Exhibit 4.1
LEXMARK INTERNATIONAL, INC., as Company
and
The
Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A.,
as Trustee
Form of Indenture
Dated
as of May 22, 2008
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE 1
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Definitions
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Section 1.01
. Certain Terms Defined
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Section 1.02
. Other Definitions.
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ARTICLE 2
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Security Forms
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Section 2.01
. Forms Generally
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Section 2.02
. Form of Trustee’s Certificate of
Authentication
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ARTICLE 3
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Issue, Execution, Form and Registration
of Securities
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Section 3.01
. Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series
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Section 3.02
. Authentication and Delivery of Securities
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Section 3.03
. Execution of Securities
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Section 3.04
. Certificate of Authentication
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Section 3.05
. Denomination and Date of Securities; Payments of
Interest
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Section 3.06
. Global Security Legend
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Section 3.07
. Registration, Transfer and Exchange
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Section 3.08
. Book-Entry Provisions for Global Securities
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Section 3.09
. Mutilated, Defaced, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen
Securities
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Section 3.10
. Cancellation of Securities
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Section 3.11
. Temporary Securities
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Section 3.12
. CUSIP and ISIN Numbers
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ARTICLE 4
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Certain Covenants
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Section 4.01
. Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest on
Securities
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Section 4.02
. Maintenance of Office or Agency
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Section 4.03
. Money for Securities Payments to Be Held in Trust
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Section 4.04
. Existence
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Section 4.05
. Limitation on Liens
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Section 4.06
. Limitation on Sale and Lease-Back
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Section 4.07
. Statement by Officers as to Default
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Section 4.08
. Waiver of Certain Covenants
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ARTICLE 5
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Remedies of the Trustee and Holders on
Event of Default
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Section 5.01
. Events of Default
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Section 5.02
. Acceleration
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Section 5.03
. Other Remedies
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Section 5.04
. Waiver of Past Defaults
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Section 5.05
. Control by Majority
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Section 5.06
. Limitation on Suits
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Section 5.07
. Rights of Holders to Receive Payment
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Section 5.08
. Collection Suit by Trustee
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Section 5.09
. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim
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Section 5.10
. Priorities
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Section 5.11
. Undertaking for Costs
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Section 5.12
. Restoration of Rights and Remedies
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Section 5.13
. Rights and Remedies Cumulative
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Section 5.14
. Delay or Omission Not Waiver
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ARTICLE 6
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Concerning the Trustee
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Section 6.01
. Duties and Responsibilities of the Trustee; During
Default; Prior to Default
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Section 6.02
. Certain Rights of the Trustee
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Section 6.03
. Trustee Not Responsible for Recitals, Disposition of
Securities or Application of Proceeds Thereof
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Section 6.04
. Trustee and Agents May Hold Securities; Collections,
Etc.
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Section 6.05
. Moneys Held by Trustee
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Section 6.06
. Notice of Default
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Section 6.07
. Compensation and Indemnification of Trustee and Its Prior
Claim
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Section 6.08
. Right of Trustee to Rely on Officers’ Certificate,
Etc.
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Section 6.09
. Persons Eligible for Appointment as Trustee
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Section 6.10
. Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor
Trustee
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Section 6.11
. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor
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Section 6.12
. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business of
Trustee
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Section 6.13
. Preferential Collection of Claims
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Section 6.14
. Communications with the Trustee
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ARTICLE 7
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Concerning the Holders
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Section 7.01
. Evidence of Action Taken by Holders
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Section 7.02
. Proof of Execution of Instruments and of Holding of
Securities; Record Date
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Section 7.03
. Who May Be Deemed Owners of Securities
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Section 7.04
. Securities Owned by Company Deemed Not Outstanding
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Section 7.05
. Record Date for Action by Securityholders
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Section 7.06
. Right of Revocation of Action Taken
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ARTICLE 8
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Section 8.01.
[Reserved].
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ARTICLE 9
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Amendments, Supplements and
Waivers
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Section 9.01
. Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders
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Section 9.02
. With Consent of Holders
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Section 9.03
. Effect of Supplemental Indenture
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Section 9.04
. Documents to Be Given to Trustee; Compliance with
TIA
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Section 9.05
. Notation on Securities in Respect of Supplemental
Indentures
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ARTICLE 10
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Consolidation, Merger or Sale of
Assets
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Section 10.01
. When the Company May Merge, Etc.
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Section 10.02
. Successor Corporation Substituted
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Section 10.03
. Opinion of Counsel to Trustee
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ARTICLE 11
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Redemption of Securities
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Section 11.01
. Applicability of Article
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Section 11.02
. Notice of Redemption; Partial Redemptions
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Section 11.03
. Payment of Securities Called for Redemption
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ARTICLE 12
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Defeasance and Covenant
Defeasance
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Section 12.01
. Applicability of the Article; Company’s Option to Effect
Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance
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Section 12.02
. Full Defeasance and Discharge
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Section 12.03
. Covenant Defeasance
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Section 12.04
. Conditions to Legal or Covenant Defeasance
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Section 12.05
. Deposited Money and Government Securities to Be Held in Trust;
Other Miscellaneous Provisions
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Section 12.06
. Repayment to the Company
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Section 12.07
. Reinstatement
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ARTICLE 13
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Satisfaction and
Discharge
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Section 13.01
. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture
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Section 13.02
. Application of Trust Money
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ARTICLE 14
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Holders’ Lists and Reports by
Trustee and Company
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Section 14.01
. Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of
Holders
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Section 14.02
. Preservation of Information; Communications to
Holders
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Section 14.03
. Reports by the Trustee
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Section 14.04
. Reports by the Company
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ARTICLE 15
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Miscellaneous Provisions
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Section 15.01
. Incorporators, Stockholders, Officers and Directors of Company
Exempt from Individual Liability
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Section 15.02
. Provisions of Indenture for the Sole Benefit of Parties and
Holders
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Section 15.03
. Successors and Assigns of Company Bound by Indenture
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Section 15.04
. Notices to Holders
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Section 15.05
. Officers, Certificates and Opinions of Counsel; Statements to
Be Contained Therein
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Section 15.06
. Payments Due on Saturdays, Sundays and Holidays
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Section 15.07
. Conflict of Any Provision of Indenture with Trust Indenture
Act
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Section 15.08
. New York Law to Govern
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Section 15.09
. Third Party Beneficiaries
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Section 15.10
. Counterparts
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Section 15.11
. Effect of Headings
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Section 15.12
. Severability
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Section 15.13
. Patriot Act Compliance
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LEXMARK INTERNATIONAL, INC.
Reconciliation and tie between Trust Indenture Act of 1939
and this Indenture
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Indenture |
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§310 |
(a)(l)
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6.09 |
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(a)(2)
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6.09 |
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(a)(3)
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(a)(4)
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Not Applicable |
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(a)(5)
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6.09 |
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(b)
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§311 |
(a)
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6.13 |
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(b)
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(b)(2)
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14.03(a), 14.03(b) |
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§312 |
(a)
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14.01, 14.02 (a) |
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14.02(b) |
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§313 |
(a)
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14.03(a) |
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§314 |
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§315 |
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§316 |
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5.07 |
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§317 |
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15.07 |
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This cross-reference table shall not, for any purpose, be
deemed to be part of this Indenture. |
INDENTURE, dated as of May 22, 2008,
among Lexmark International, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the
“ Company ”), and The Bank of New York Trust
Company, N.A. (the “ Trustee ”).
RECITALS OF THE COMPANY
WHEREAS , the Company has
duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture to
provide for the issuance from time to time of its unsecured
debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness (herein called
the “ Securities ”), to be issued in one or more
series as in this Indenture provided; and
WHEREAS , all things
necessary to make the Indenture a valid and legally binding
indenture and agreement according to its terms, have been
done;
NOW, THEREFORE :
In consideration of the premises
stated herein and the purchase of the Securities by the Holders
thereof, the Company and the Trustee mutually covenant and agree
for the equal and proportionate benefit of the respective Holders
from time to time of the Securities as follows:
ARTICLE 1
Definitions
Section 1.01 . Certain Terms
Defined. The following terms (except as otherwise expressly
provided or unless the context otherwise clearly requires) for all
purposes of this Indenture and of any indenture supplemental hereto
shall have the respective meanings specified in this Section. All
other terms used in this Indenture which are defined in the Trust
Indenture Act or the definitions of which in the Securities Act are
referred to in the Trust Indenture Act (except as herein otherwise
expressly provided or unless the context otherwise clearly
requires), shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in said
Trust Indenture Act and in said Securities Act as in force at the
date of this Indenture. All accounting terms used herein and not
expressly defined shall have the meanings given to them in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the
United States (whether or not such is indicated herein). The words
“ herein ,” “ hereof ” and
“ hereunder ” and other words of similar import
refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular
Article, Section or other subdivision. The terms defined in this
Article include the plural as well as the singular.
“ Agent Members ”
has the meaning provided in Section 3.08(a).
“ Attributable Value
” means, as to any lease under which any Person is at the
time liable, other than a Capital Lease Obligation, and at any date
as of which
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the
amount thereof is to be determined, the total net amount of rent
required to be paid by such Person under such lease during the
remaining term thereof as determined in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles, discounted from the last date of
such term to the date of determination at a rate per annum equal to
the discount rate that would be applicable to a Capital Lease
Obligation with like term in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles. The net amount of rent required to be paid
under any such lease for any such period will be the aggregate
amount of rent payable by the lessee with respect to such period
after excluding amounts required to be paid on account of
insurance, taxes, assessments, utility, operating and labor costs
and similar charges. In the case of any lease that is terminable by
the lessee upon the payment of a penalty, such net amount will also
include the amount of such penalty, but no rent will be considered
as required to be paid under such lease subsequent to the first
date upon which it may be so terminated.
“ Attributable Value
” means, as to a Capital Lease Obligation under which any
Person is at the time liable and at any date as of which the amount
thereof is to be determined, the capitalized amount thereof that
would appear on the face of a balance sheet of such Person in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.
“ Authorized Officer
” means any of the Chairman of the Board, a Vice Chairman of
the Board, the President, the Chief Executive Officer, any Vice
President, the Chief Financial Officer, the Treasurer, Assistant
Treasurer, the Controller, Assistant Controller, the Secretary or
an Assistant Secretary, in each case, of the Company.
“ Board of Directors
” means, with respect to any Person, the Board of Directors
of such Person, or any authorized committee of the Board of
Directors of such Person or any officer of such Person duly
authorized by the Board of Directors of such Person to take a
specific action.
“ 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 such certification, and delivered to the Trustee.
“ Business Day ”
means any day except a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which
commercial banks in the City of New York are authorized or
obligated by law or executive order to close.
“ Capital Lease
Obligation ” of any Person means the obligation to pay
rent or other payment amounts under a lease of (or other Debt
arrangements conveying the right to use) real or personal property
that is required to be classified and accounted for as a capital
lease or a liability on the face of a balance sheet of such Person
in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. The
stated maturity of such obligation will be deemed to be the date of
the last payment of rent or any other amount due under such lease
prior to the first date upon which such lease may be terminated by
the lessee without payment of a penalty.
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“ Commission ”
means the Securities and Exchange Commission, as from time to time
constituted, created under the Exchange Act, or, if at any time
after the execution of this instrument such Commission is not
existing and performing the duties now assigned to it under the
Trust Indenture Act, then the body performing such duties at such
time.
“ 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 such
successor corporation.
“ Company Request
” or “ Company Order ” means a written
request or order signed in the name of the Company by its Chairman
of the Board, a Vice Chairman of the Board, its President, Chief
Executive Officer or a Vice President, and by its Chief Financial
Officer, Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, its Controller, an
Assistant Controller, its Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, and
delivered to the Trustee.
“ Consolidated Net Tangible
Assets ” means all assets, less (i) all current
liabilities (excluding any indebtedness for borrowed money having a
maturity of less than 12 months from the date of the most
recent consolidated balance sheet of the Company but which by its
terms is renewable or extendable beyond 12 months from such
date at the option of the borrower), (ii) the net book value
of all licenses, patents, patent applications, copyrights,
trademarks, trade names, goodwill, non-compete agreements,
organizational expenses and other like intangibles, (iii) all
unamortized Debt discount and expense, and (iv) all proper
reserves, including all reserves for depreciation, obsolescence,
depletion and amortization of properties, of the Company and its
Subsidiaries, after eliminating inter-company items and including
appropriate deductions for any minority interest, as determined on
a consolidated basis in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles.
“ Corporate Trust Office
” means the corporate trust office of the Trustee at which
the corporate trust business of the Trustee shall, at any
particular time, be principally administered, which office is, at
the date as of which this Indenture is dated, located at 2 North
LaSalle Street, 7 th Floor, Chicago,
Illinois 60602 or such address as the Trustee may designate from
time to time by notice to the Holders of the Company.
“ Debt ” means
(without duplication), with respect to any Person, (i) every
obligation of such Person for money borrowed, (ii) every
obligation of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or
other similar instruments, including obligations incurred in
connection with the acquisition of property, assets or businesses,
(iii) every reimbursement obligation of such Person with
respect to letters of credit, bankers’ acceptances or similar
facilities issued for the
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account
of such Person, (iv) every obligation of such Person issued or
assumed as the deferred purchase price of property or services (but
excluding trade accounts payable or accrued liabilities arising in
the ordinary course of business), (v) every Capital Lease
Obligation of such Person, and (vi) all Guaranties by such
Person of every obligation of the type referred to in clauses (i)
through (v) of another Person.
“ Default ” means
any event that is or with the passage of time or the giving of
notice or both would, unless cured or waived, be an Event of
Default.
“ Depositary ”
means The Depository Trust Company, its nominees, and their
respective successors.
“ Event of Default
” means any event or condition specified as such in
Section 5.01 which shall have continued for the period of
time, if any, therein designated.
“ Exchange Act ”
means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
“ Government Securities
” means direct obligations of, or obligations guaranteed by,
the United States of America, and the payment for which the United
States pledges its full faith and credit.
“ Guaranty ” by
any Person means any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of such
Person guaranteeing any Debt of any other Person (the
“primary obligor”) in any manner, whether directly or
indirectly, and includes any obligation of such Person (a) to
purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or
payment of) such Debt or to purchase (or advance or supply funds
for the purchase of) any security for the payment of such Debt,
(b) to purchase property, securities or services for the
purpose of assuring the holder of such Debt of the payment of such
Debt, or (c) to maintain working capital, equity capital or
other financial statement condition or liquidity of the primary
obligor so as to enable the primary obligor to pay such Debt;
provided, however, that a Guaranty by any Person will not include
endorsements by such Person for collection or deposit, in either
case in the ordinary course of business.
“ Holder ,”
“ Holder of Securities ,” “
Securityholder ” or other similar terms mean the
registered holder of any Security.
“ Indenture ”
means this instrument as originally executed or as it may from time
to time be supplemented or amended by one or more indentures
supplemental hereto entered into pursuant to the applicable
provisions hereof and shall include the terms of particular series
of Securities established as contemplated hereunder.
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“ Interest Payment Date
,” when used with respect to any Security, means the Stated
Maturity of an installment of interest on such Security.
“ Lien ” means,
with respect to any property or assets, any mortgage or deed of
trust, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, security interest, lien,
charge, encumbrance, easement or other security agreement of any
kind or nature whatsoever on or with respect to such property or
assets (including any conditional sale or other title retention
agreement having substantially the same economic effect as any of
the foregoing).
“ Material Adverse
Effect ” means a material adverse effect on the financial
condition or results of operations of the Company and its
consolidated Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
“ Maturity ,” when
used with respect to any Security, means the date on which the
principal of such Security or an installment of principal becomes
due and payable as therein or herein provided, whether at the
Stated Maturity or by declaration of acceleration, call for
redemption or otherwise.
“ Net Available Proceeds
” from any Sale Transaction by any Person means cash or
readily marketable cash equivalents received (including by way of
sale or discounting of a note, installment receivable or other
receivable, but excluding any consideration received in the form of
assumption of Debt or other obligations by others or received in
any other non-cash form) therefrom by such Person, net of
(i) all legal, title and recording tax expenses, commissions
and other fees and expenses incurred and all federal, state,
provincial, foreign and local taxes required to be accrued as a
liability as a consequence of such Sale Transaction, (ii) all
payments made by such Person or its Subsidiaries on any Debt that
is secured by a Lien on the property or assets so disposed of in
accordance with the terms of such Lien or that must, by the terms
of such Lien, or in order to obtain a necessary consent to such
Sale Transaction, or by applicable law, be repaid out of the
proceeds from such Sale Transaction, and (iii) all
distributions and other payments made to third parties (other than
Subsidiaries of the Person making the distribution or other
payment) in respect of minority or joint venture interests as a
result of such Sale Transaction.
“ Notice of Default
” has the meaning provided in Section 6.06.
“ Officer’s
Certificate ” means a certificate signed by the Chairman
of the Board, the President, a Vice President, the Chief Financial
Officer, the Controller, the Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer or
the Secretary of the Corporation, and delivered to the
Trustee.
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“ Opinion of Counsel
” means an opinion in writing signed by legal counsel who may
be an employee of or counsel to the Company, which opinion shall be
reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee.
“ outstanding ”,
when used with reference to Securities, subject to the provisions
of Article 7 means, as of any particular time, all Securities
authenticated and delivered by the Trustee under this Indenture,
except:
(a) Securities theretofore canceled
by the Trustee or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation;
(b) Securities; or portions thereof,
for the payment or redemption of which moneys in the necessary
amount shall have been deposited in trust with the Trustee or with
any Paying Agent (other than the Company) or shall have been set
aside, segregated and held in trust by the Company (if the Company
shall act as its own Paying Agent), provided that if such
Securities or portions thereof are to be redeemed prior to the
Maturity thereof, notice of such redemption shall have been given
as herein provided, or provision satisfactory to a Responsible
Officer of the Trustee shall have been made for giving such
notice;
(c) Securities in substitution for
which other Securities shall have been authenticated and delivered,
or which shall have been paid, pursuant to the terms of
Section 3.09 (unless proof satisfactory to the Trustee and the
Company is presented that any of such Securities is held by a
Person in whose hands such Security is a legal, valid and binding
obligation of the Company); and
(d) Securities that have been
defeased pursuant to Section 12.01.
“ Paying Agent ”
means any Person authorized by the Company to pay the principal of
(and premium, if any) and interest, if any, on any Securities on
behalf of the Company. The Company may act as Paying Agent with
respect to any Securities issued hereunder.
“ Payment Office
,” when used with respect to the Securities of or within any
series, means the place or places where the principal of (and
premium, if any)
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and
interest on such Securities are payable as specified as
contemplated by Sections 3.01 and 4.01.
“ Permitted Receivables
Financing ” means any transaction or series of
transaction entered into by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
pursuant to which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company
sells, conveys or otherwise transfers, without recourse (other than
customary limited recourse) by the Company or by any Subsidiary of
the Company, to any buyer, purchaser or lender interests in
accounts receivable (whether now existing or arising in the future)
or grants a security interest in any accounts receivable (whether
now existing or arising in the future) and any assets related
thereto, so long as all cash advances to all such programs from the
Person providing such financings does not exceed $400,000,000 at
any one time.
“ Person ” means
any individual, corporation, limited liability company,
partnership, joint venture, association, joint stock company,
trust, unincorporated organization or government or any agency or
political subdivision thereof or other similar entity.
“ Physical Securities
” means Securities issued pursuant to Section 3.01 in
exchange for an interest in the Global Security or pursuant to
Section 3.08(b) in registered form substantially in the form
recited in Section 3.01.
“ Principal Amount
” means, when used with respect to any Security, the amount
of principal of such Security that could then be declared due and
payable pursuant to Section 5.02.
“ Registrar ” has
the meaning provided in Section 3.07.
“ Regular Record Date
” for the interest payable on any Interest Payment Date on
the Securities of any series means the date specified for that
purpose as contemplated by Section 3.01.
“ Responsible Officer
” when used with respect to the Trustee means any officer
within the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee including any vice
president, any trust officer, any assistant vice president, any
assistant secretary, any assistant treasurer, or any other officer
of the Trustee customarily performing functions similar to those
performed by the persons who at the time shall be such officers,
respectively, or to whom any corporate trust matter is referred
because of his or her knowledge of and familiarity with the
particular subject and who shall have direct responsibility for the
administration of this Indenture.
“ Sale and Leaseback
Transaction ” of any Person means an arrangement with any
lender or investor or to which such lender or investor is a party
providing for the leasing by such Person of any property or assets
of such Person
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which
has been or is being sold, conveyed, transferred or otherwise
disposed of by such Person more than 270 days after the
acquisition thereof or the completion of construction or
commencement of operation thereof to such lender or investor or to
any Person to whom funds have been or are to be advanced by such
lender or investor on the security of such property or assets. The
stated maturity of such arrangement will be deemed to be the date
of the last payment of rent or any other amount due under such
arrangement prior to the first date on which such arrangement may
be terminated by the lessee without payment of a penalty.
“ Sale Transaction
” means any sale, conveyance, transfer or other disposition
of the kind referred to in the first sentence of the definition of
“Sale and Leaseback Transaction”.
“ Securities Act ”
means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
“ Security ” or
“ Securities ” means any Security or Securities,
as the case may be, authenticated and delivered under this
Indenture.
“ Security Register
” has the meaning provided in Section 3.07.
“ Stated Maturity
,” when used with respect to any Security or any installment
of principal thereof or interest thereon, means the date specified
in such Security or a coupon representing such installment of
interest as the fixed date on which the principal of such Security
or such installment of principal or interest is due and
payable.
“ Subsidiary ” of
any Person means any corporation, partnership, limited liability
company, joint venture, trust or other entity as to which more than
50% of the voting power of its outstanding capital stock or other
ownership interests is owned, directly or indirectly, by such
Person, by one or more other Subsidiaries of such Person or by such
Person and one or more other Subsidiaries of such Person. Unless
otherwise indicated, any reference to a Subsidiary means a
Subsidiary of the Company.
“ Trust Indenture Act
” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, as in
force at the date as of which this Indenture was originally
executed, and “ TIA ”, when used in respect of
an indenture supplemental hereto, means such Act as in force at the
time such indenture supplemental hereto becomes effective.
“ Trustee ” means
the Person named as the “Trustee” in the first
paragraph of this instrument until a successor Trustee shall have
become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this
Indenture, and thereafter “Trustee” shall mean or
include each Person who is then a Trustee hereunder; provided,
however, that if at any time there is more than one such Person,
“Trustee” as used with respect to the
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Securities of any series shall mean only the Trustee with respect
to Securities of that series.
“ Wholly Owned
Subsidiary ” of any Person means any corporation,
partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust or
other entity as to which 100% of the voting power of its
outstanding capital stock or other ownership interests is owned,
directly or indirectly, by such Person, by one or more other Wholly
Owned Subsidiaries of such Person or by such Person and one or more
other Wholly Owned Subsidiaries of such Person. Unless otherwise
indicated, any reference to a Wholly Owned Subsidiary means a
Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Company.
Section 1.02 . Other
Definitions.
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ARTICLE 2
Security Forms
Section 2.01 . Forms
Generally. The Securities shall be in substantially the forms
as shall be established by or pursuant to a Board Resolution or in
one or more indentures supplemental hereto, in each case with such
appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other
variations as are required or permitted by this Indenture, and may
have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification and
such legends or endorsements placed thereon as may be required to
comply with the rules of any securities exchange or as may,
consistently herewith, be determined by the officers executing such
Securities, as evidenced by their execution of the Securities. If
the form of Securities of any series is established by action taken
pursuant to a Board Resolution, a copy of an appropriate record of
such action shall be certified by the Secretary or an Assistant
Secretary of the Company and delivered to the Trustee at or prior
to the delivery of the Company Order contemplated by
Section 3.02 for the authentication and delivery of such
Securities.
The Trustee’s certificate of
authentication on all Securities shall be in substantially the form
set forth in this Article.
The definitive Securities 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 such Securities, as evidenced by their execution of such
Securities.
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Section 2.02 . Form of
Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication. The
Trustee’s certificate of authentication shall be
substantially in 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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ARTICLE 3
Issue, Execution, Form and
Registration of Securities
Section 3.01 . Amount
Unlimited; Issuable in Series. The aggregate Principal Amount
of Securities which may be authenticated and delivered under this
Indenture is unlimited.
The Securities may be issued from
time to time in one or more series. Prior to the issuance of
Securities of any series, there shall be established in or pursuant
to (i) one or more Board Resolutions, (ii) action taken
pursuant to a Board Resolution and (subject to Sections 3.03
and 3.04) set forth, or determined in the manner provided, in an
Officers’ Certificate, or (iii) one or more indentures
supplemental hereto:
(a) the title of the Securities of
the series (which shall distinguish the Securities of the series
from all other Securities);
(b) the purchase price, denomination
and any limit upon the aggregate Principal Amount of the Securities
of the series which may be authenticated and delivered under this
Indenture (except for Securities authenticated and delivered upon
registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of,
other Securities of the series pursuant to Sections 3.07, 3.09,
9.05 or 11.02);
(c) 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, any rights the
Company might have to extend the maturity of the Securities of the
series and any rights of the holders of the Securities to require
payment of the Securities at any time;
(d) the rate or rates at which the
Securities of the series shall bear interest, if any, or the method
of calculating such rate or rates of interest, the date or dates
from which such interest shall accrue or the
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method by which
such date or dates shall be determined, the Interest Payment Dates
on which any such interest shall be payable and the Regular Record
Dates, if any, for the interest payable on any Interest Payment
Date;
(e) the place or places where the
principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, on
Securities of the series shall be payable;
(f) the place or places where the
Securities may be exchanged or transferred;
(g) the period or periods within
which, the price or prices at which, the currency or currencies
(including currency unit or units) in which, and the other terms
and conditions upon 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, if other than as provided in Section
11.02, the manner in which the particular Securities of such series
(if less than all Securities of such series are to be redeemed) are
to be selected for redemption;
(h) the obligation, if any, of the
Company to redeem or purchase Securities of the series in whole or
in part pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous provisions or
upon the happening of a specified event or at the option of a
Holder thereof and the period or periods within which, the price or
prices at which, and the other terms and conditions upon which
Securities of the series shall be redeemed or purchased, in whole
or in part, pursuant to such obligation;
(i) if other than denominations of
$1,000 and any integral multiple thereof, the denominations in
which Securities of the series shall be issuable;
(j) if other than U.S. dollars, the
currency or currencies (including currency unit or units) in which
payments of principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if
any, on the Securities of the series shall or may by payable, or in
which the Securities of the series shall be denominated, and the
particular provisions applicable thereto;
(k) if the payments of principal of
(and premium, if any) and interest, if any, on the Securities of
the series are to be made, at the election of the Company or a
Securityholder, in a currency or currencies (including currency
unit or units) other than that in which such Securities are
denominated or designated to be payable, the currency or currencies
(including currency unit or units) in which such payments are to be
made, the terms and conditions of such payments and the manner in
which the
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exchange rate
with respect to such payments shall be determined, and the
particular provisions applicable thereto;
(l) if the amount of payments of
principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, on the
Securities of the series shall be determined with reference to an
index, formula or other method (which index, formula or method may
be based, without limitation, on a currency or currencies
(including currency unit or units) other than that in which the
Securities of the series are denominated or designated to be
payable), the index, formula or other method by which such amounts
shall be determined;
(m) if other than the Principal
Amount thereof, the portion of the Principal Amount of Securities
of the series which shall be payable upon declaration of
acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 5.02
or the method by which such portion shall be determined;
(n) any modifications of or additions
to the Events of Default or the covenants of the Company set forth
herein with respect to Securities of the series;
(o) if either or both of
Section 12.02 and Section 12.03 shall be inapplicable to
the Securities of the series (provided that if no such
inapplicability shall be specified, then both Section 12.02
and Section 12.03 shall be applicable to the Securities of the
series);
(p) if other than the Trustee, the
identity of the Registrar and any Paying Agent;
(q) if the Securities of the series
shall be issued in whole or in part in global form, (i) the
Depositary for such global Securities, (ii) the form of any
legend in addition to or in lieu of that in Section 3.06 which
shall be borne by such global Security, (iii) whether
beneficial owners of interests in any Securities of the series in
global form may exchange such interests for certificated Securities
of such series and of like tenor of any authorized form and
denomination, and (iv) if other than as provided in
Section 3.07, the circumstances under which any such exchange
may occur; and
(r) any other terms of the series
(which terms shall not be inconsistent with the provisions of this
Indenture, except as permitted by Section 9.01, but which may
modify or delete any provision of this Indenture insofar as it
applies to such series), including any terms which may be required
by or advisable under the laws of the United States of America or
regulations thereunder or advisable (as determined by the Company)
in connection with the marketing of Securities of the series.
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All Securities of any one series
shall be substantially identical except as to denomination and
except as may otherwise be provided (i) by one or more Board
Resolutions, (ii) by action taken pursuant to a Board
Resolution and (subject to Sections 3.02-3.05) set forth, or
determined in the manner provided, in an Officers’
Certificate or (iii) in any such indenture supplemental
hereto. All Securities of any one series need not be issued at the
same time and, unless otherwise provided, a series may be reopened,
without the consent of the Holders, for issuances of additional
Securities of such series.
If any of the terms of the Securities
of any series are established by action taken pursuant to a Board
Resolution, a copy of an appropriate record of such action shall be
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 setting forth, or providing the manner
for determining, the terms of the Securities of such series, and an
appropriate record of any action taken pursuant thereto in
connection with the issuance of any Securities of such series shall
be delivered to the Trustee prior to the authentication and
delivery thereof.
Section 3.02 . Authentication
and Delivery of Securities. Upon the execution and delivery of
this Indenture, or from time to time thereafter, Securities may be
executed on behalf of the Company by any Authorized Officer and
delivered to the Trustee for authentication, and upon delivery to
the Trustee of all documents and certificates as required by this
Indenture, the Trustee shall thereupon authenticate and make
available for delivery said Securities to or upon a Company Order
without any further action by the Company.
Section 3.03 . Execution of
Securities. The Securities shall be signed on behalf of the
Company by its Chairman of the Board of Directors or any Vice
Chairman of the Board of Directors or its President or any Vice
President (whether or not designated by a number or numbers or a
word or words added before or after the title “Vice
President”). Such signatures may be the manual or facsimile
signatures of the present or any future such officers. In case any
officer of the Company who shall have signed any of the Securities
shall cease to be such officer before the Security so signed shall
be authenticated and delivered by the Trustee or disposed of by the
Company, such Security nevertheless may be authenticated and
delivered or disposed of as though the person who signed such
Security had not ceased to be such officer of the Company, as the
case may be; and any Security may be signed on behalf of the
Company by such persons as, at the actual date of the execution of
such Security shall be the proper officers of the Company, as the
case may be, although at the date of the execution and delivery of
this Indenture any such person was not such officer.
Section 3.04 . Certificate of
Authentication. Only such Securities as shall bear thereon a
certificate of authentication substantially in the form hereinabove
recited, executed by the Trustee by manual signature of one of its
authorized
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signatories, shall be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture or
be valid or obligatory for any purpose. Such certificate by the
Trustee upon any Security executed by the Company shall be
conclusive evidence that the Security so authenticated has been
duly authenticated and delivered hereunder and that the Holder is
entitled to the benefits of this Indenture.
Section 3.05 . Denomination
and Date of Securities; Payments of Interest. (a) The
Securities shall be issuable in such denominations as shall be
specified as contemplated by Section 3.01. In the absence of
any such provisions with respect to the Securities, the Securities
shall be issuable in denominations of $1,000 and any integral
multiples thereof, The Securities shall be numbered, lettered, or
otherwise distinguished in such manner or in accordance with such
plans as the officers of the Company executing the same may
determine with the approval of the Trustee.
Any of the Securities may be issued
with appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and
variations, and may have imprinted or otherwise reproduced thereon
such legend or legends, not inconsistent with the provisions of
this Indenture, as may be required to comply with any law or with
any rules or regulations pursuant thereto, including those required
by Section 3.06, or with the rules of any securities market in
which the Securities are admitted to trading, or to conform to
general usage.
Each Security shall be dated the date
of its authentication, shall bear interest from the applicable date
and shall be payable on the dates specified on the face of the
Security. Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by
Section 3.01 for Securities of any series, interest on the
Securities of each series shall be computed on the basis of a
360-day year of twelve 30-day months.
(b) If Securities of or within a
series are issuable in whole or in part in global form, then any
such Security of such series shall be deposited with the Trustee as
custodian for the Depositary and registered in the name of Cede
& Co., as nominee for the Depositary. The Global Security shall
be deposited on behalf of the purchasers of the Securities
represented thereby with the Trustee, as custodian for the
Depositary (or with such other custodian as the Depositary may
direct), and registered in the name of the Depositary or a nominee
of the Depositary, duly executed by the Company and authenticated
by the Trustee as previously provided. The aggregate Principal
Amount of the Global Securities may from time to time be increased
or decreased by adjustments made on the records of the Trustee and
the Depositary or its nominee as hereinafter provided. Each such
Global Security shall constitute a single security for all purposes
under this Indenture.
(c) The person in whose name any
Security is registered at the close of business on any Regular
Record Date with respect to any Interest Payment Date,
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respect to such Security, shall be entitled to receive the
interest, if any, payable on such Interest Payment Date
notwithstanding any transfer or exchange of such Security
subsequent to the Regular Record Date and prior to such Interest
Payment Date, except if and to the extent the Company shall default
in the payment of the interest due on such Interest Payment Date,
with respect to such Security, in which case such defaulted
interest, plus (to the extent lawful) any interest payable on the
defaulted interest, shall be paid to the Persons in whose names
outstanding Securities are registered at the close of business on a
subsequent record date (which shall be not less than five Business
Days prior to the date of such payment) established by notice given
by mail by or on behalf of the Company to the Holders of Securities
not less than 15 days preceding such subsequent record
date.
Section 3.06 . Global
Security Legend. Any Security in global form authenticated and
delivered hereunder shall bear a legend in substantially the
following form, or in such other form as may be necessary or
appropriate to reflect the arrangements with or to comply with the
requirements of any Depositary:
THIS SECURITY
IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE
HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF THE
DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY, WHICH MAY BE TREATED BY
THE COMPANY, THE TRUSTEE AND ANY AGENT THEREOF AS OWNER AND HOLDER
OF THIS SECURITY FOR ALL PURPOSES.
UNLESS THIS
CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE
DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR
REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY SECURITY
ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER
NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE
DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (AND ANY PAYMENT HEREON IS MADE TO CEDE
& CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY), ANY TRANSFER,
PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY
PERSON IS WRONGFUL SINCE THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE &
CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
TRANSFERS OF
THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT
NOT IN PART, TO THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY OR TO NOMINEES OF
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TRUST COMPANY OR TO A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSOR’S
NOMINEE.
Section 3.07 . Registration,
Transfer and Exchange. The Securities are issuable only in
registered form without coupons. The Company will keep at each
office or agency (the “ Registrar ”) for each
series of Securities a register or registers (the “
Security Register ( s )”) in which, subject to
such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, it will register,
and will register the transfer of, Securities as in this Article
provided. Such Security Register or Security Registers shall be in
written form in the English language or in any other form capable
of being converted into such form within a reasonable time. At all
reasonable times such Security Register or Security Registers shall
be open for inspection by the Trustee. The initial Registrar shall
be the Trustee.
Upon due presentation for
registration of transfer of any Security of any series at each such
office or agency, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall
authenticate and make available for delivery in the name of the
designated transferee or transferees a new Security or Securities
of the same series, in each case, of any authorized denominations
and of a like aggregate Principal Amount.
At the option of the Holder,
Securities of any series (except a Security in global form) may be
exchanged for other Securities of the same series, of any
authorized denominations and of a like aggregate Principal Amount
and Stated Maturity, upon surrender of the Securities to be
exchanged at such office or agency. Whenever any Securities are so
surrendered for exchange, the Company shall execute, and the
Trustee shall authenticate and make available for delivery, the
Securities which the Holder making the exchange is entitled to
receive.
A Holder may transfer a Security only
by written application to the Registrar stating the name of the
proposed transferee and otherwise complying with the terms of this
Indenture. No such transfer shall be effected until, and such
transferee shall succeed to the rights of a Holder only upon, final
acceptance and registration of the transfer by the Registrar in the
Security Register. Prior to the registration of any transfer by a
Holder as provided herein, the Company, the Trustee, and any agent
of the Company shall treat the Person in whose name the Security is
registered as the owner thereof for all purposes whether or not the
Security shall be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee,
nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
Furthermore, any Holder of a Global Security shall, by acceptance
of such Global Security, agree that transfers of beneficial
interests in such Global Security may be effected only through a
book entry system maintained by the Holder of such Global Security
(or its agent) and that ownership of a beneficial interest in the
Security shall be required to be reflected in a book entry. When
Securities are presented to the Registrar or a co-Registrar with a
request to register the transfer or to exchange them for an equal
Principal Amount of Securities of other authorized denominations,
the Registrar
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shall
register the transfer or make the exchange as requested if the
requirements for such transactions set forth herein are met. To
permit registrations of transfers and exchanges, the Company shall
execute and the Trustee shall authenticate Securities at the
Registrar’s request.
The Company may require payment of a
sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that
may be imposed in connection with any exchange or registration of
transfer of Securities (other than any such transfer taxes or other
similar governmental charge payable upon exchanges pursuant to
Section 3.11, 9.05 or 11.03). No service charge to any Holder
shall be made for any such transaction.
The Company shall not be required to
exchange or register a transfer of (a) any Securities of any
series for a period of 15 days next preceding the first
mailing of a notice of redemption of Securities of that series to
be redeemed, or (b) any Securities of any series selected,
called or being called for redemption except, in the case of any
Security of any series where public notice has been given that such
Security is to be redeemed in part, the portion thereof not so to
be redeemed.
All Securities issued upon any
transfer or exchange of Securities shall be valid obligations of
the Company, evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same
benefits under this Indenture, as the Securities surrendered upon
such transfer or exchange.
Section 3.08 . Book-Entry
Provisions for Global Securities. (a) Each Global Security
initially shall (i) be registered in the name of the
Depositary for such Global Securities or the nominee of such
Depositary, (ii) be delivered to the Trustee as custodian for
such Depositary or such nominee and (iii) bear legends as set
forth in Section 3.06.
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 as its
custodian, or under the Global Security, and the Depositary may be
treated by the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or
the Trustee as the absolute owner of such Global Security for all
purposes whatsoever. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein
shall prevent the Company, the Trustee or any agent of the Company
or the Trustee, from giving effect to any written certification,
proxy or other authorization furnished by the Depositary or impair,
as between the Depositary and its Agent Members, the operation of
customary practices governing the exercise of the rights of a
holder of any Security.
(b) Transfers of a Global
Security shall be limited to transfers of such Global Security in
whole, but not in part, to the Depositary for such series, its
successors or their respective nominees. If at any time the
Depositary for the
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Securities of such series notifies the Company that it is unwilling
or unable to continue as Depositary or if at any time the
Depositary shall no longer be qualified to serve as the Depositary,
the Company shall appoint a successor depositary with respect to
the Securities of such series. If a successor depositary for the
Securities of such series is not appointed by the Company within
90 days after the Company receives such notice or becomes
aware of such ineligibility, the Trustee, upon receipt of a Company
Order for the authentication and delivery of definitive Securities
of such series of like tenor, will authenticate and deliver
Securities of such series of like tenor and terms in definitive
form in an aggregate Principal Amount equal to the Principal Amount
of the Global Securities or Securities of such series in exchange
for such Global Security or Securities.
The Company may at any time and in
its sole discretion determine that the Securities of a series
issued in the form of one or more Global Securities shall no longer
be represented by such Global Securities. In such event, the
Company will execute, and the Trustee, upon receipt of a Company
Order for the authentication and delivery of definitive Securities
of such series of like tenor and terms, will authenticate and
deliver Securities of such series of like tenor and terms in
definitive form in an aggregate Principal Amount equal to the
Principal Amount of the Global Security or Securities of such
series in exchange for such Global Security or Securities.
Interests of beneficial owners in a Global Security may be
transferred in accordance with the rules and procedures of the
Depositary. In addition, Physical Securities shall be transferred
to all beneficial owners in exchange for their beneficial interests
in a Global Security, if (i) the Depositary (A) notifies
the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as
Depositary for such Global Security, and a successor depositary is
not appointed by the Company within 90 days of such notice, or
(B) ceases to be qualified to serve as Depositary and a
successor depositary is not appointed by the Company within
90 days of such notice, (ii) the Company executes and
delivers to the Trustee a Company Order that such Global Security
shall be so transferable, registrable and exchangeable, and such
transfers shall be registrable, or (iii) an Event of Default
of which the Trustee has actual notice has occurred and is
continuing and the Registrar has received a request from the
Depositary to issue such Physical Securities.
(c) Any beneficial interest in
one of the Global Securities that is transferred to a person who
takes delivery in the form of an interest in the another Global
Security will, upon such transfer, cease to be an interest in such
Global Security and become an interest in the other Global Security
and, accordingly, will thereafter be subject to all transfer
restrictions, if any, and other procedures applicable to beneficial
interests in such other Global Security for as long as it remains
such an interest.
(d) In connection with any
transfer of a portion of the beneficial interests in a Global
Security to beneficial owners pursuant to paragraph
(b) of
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this
Section 3.08, the Registrar shall reflect on its books and
records the date and a decrease in the Principal Amount of such
Global Security in an amount equal to the Principal Amount of the
beneficial interest in such Global Security to be transferred, and
the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and
make available for delivery, one or more Physical Securities of
like tenor and amount.
(e) In connection with the
transfer of an entire Global Security to beneficial owners pursuant
to paragraph (b) of this Section, such 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 such Global Security, an
equal Principal Amount of Physical Securities of authorized
denominations.
(f) The registered holder of a
Global Security may grant proxies and otherwise authorize any
Person, including Agent Members and Persons that may hold interests
through Agent Members, to take any action which a Holder is
entitled to take under this Indenture or the Securities of such
series.
Section 3.09 . Mutilated,
Defaced, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities. In case any
temporary or definitive Security shall become mutilated, defaced or
be apparently destroyed, lost or stolen, the Company in its
discretion may execute, and upon the delivery to the Trustee of a
Company Order and of all documents and certificates as required by
this Indenture, the Trustee shall authenticate and make available
for delivery, a new Security of the same series bearing a number
not contemporaneously outstanding, in exchange and substitution for
the mutilated or defaced Security, or in lieu of and substitution
for the Security so apparently destroyed, lost or stolen. In every
case the applicant for a substitute Security shall furnish to the
Company and the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee
such security or indemnity as may be required by each of them to
indemnify and defend and to save each of them harmless and, in
every case of destruction, loss or theft, evidence to their
satisfaction of the apparent destruction, loss or theft of such
Security and of the ownership thereof.
Upon the issuance of any substitute
Security, the Company may require the payment of a sum sufficient
to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed
in relation thereto and any other expenses (including the fees and
expenses of the Trustee) connected therewith. In case any Security
which has matured or is about to mature, or has been called for
redemption in full, shall become mutilated or defaced or be
apparently destroyed, lost or stolen, the Company may, instead of
issuing a substitute Security of the same series, pay or authorize
the payment of the same (without surrender thereof except in the
case of a mutilated or defaced Security), if the applicant for such
payment shall furnish to the Company and to the Trustee and any
agent of the Company or the Trustee
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such
security or indemnity as any of them may require to save each of
them harmless from all risks, however remote, and, in every case of
apparent destruction, loss or theft, the applicant shall also
furnish to the Company and the Trustee and any agent of the Company
or the Trustee evidence to their satisfaction of the apparent
destruction, loss or theft of such Security and of the ownership
thereof.
Every substitute Security issued
pursuant to the provisions of this Section by virtue of the fact
that any Security is apparently destroyed, lost or stolen shall
constitute an additional contractual obligation of the Company
whether or not the apparently destroyed, lost or stolen Security
shall be at any time enforceable by anyone and shall be entitled to
all the benefits of (but shall be subject to all the limitations of
rights set forth in) this Indenture equally and proportionately
with any and all other Securities duly authenticated and delivered
hereunder. All Securities shall be held and owned upon the express
condition that, to the extent permitted by law, with respect to the
holder of a substitute Security, the foregoing provisions are
exclusive with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated,
defaced, or apparently destroyed, lost or stolen Securities and
shall preclude any and all other rights or remedies notwithstanding
any law or statute existing or hereafter enacted to the contrary
with respect to the replacement or payment of negotiable
instruments or other securities without their surrender.
Section 3.10. Cancellation of
Securities. All Securities surrendered for payment, redemption,
registration of transfer or exchange, if surrendered to the Company
or any agent of the Company or the Trustee, shall be delivered to
the Trustee for cancellation or, if surrendered to the Trustee,
shall be cancelled by it; and no Securities shall be issued in lieu
thereof except as expressly permitted by any of the provisions of
this Indenture. The Trustee shall dispose of cancelled Securities
in accordance with its customary procedures. If the Company shall
acquire any of the Securities, such acquisition shall not operate
as a redemption or satisfaction of the indebtedness represented by
such Securities unless and until the same are delivered to the
Trustee for cancellation.
Section 3.11. Temporary
Securities. Pending the preparation of definitive Securities of
any series, the Company may execute and the Trustee shall
authenticate and make available for delivery temporary Securities
of such series (printed, lithographed, typewritten or otherwise
reproduced, in each case in form satisfactory to the Trustee).
Temporary Securities shall be issuable as registered Securities of
such series without coupons, of any authorized denomination, and
substantially in the form of the definitive Securities of such
series but with such omissions, insertions and variations as may be
appropriate for temporary Securities, all as may be determined by
the Company with the concurrence of the Trustee. Temporary
Securities may contain such reference to any provisions of this
Indenture as may be appropriate. Every temporary Security shall be
executed by the Company and be authenticated by the Trustee upon
the same conditions
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and in
substantially the same manner, and with like effect, as the
definitive Securities of such series. Without unreasonable delay
the Company shall execute and shall furnish definitive Securities
of such series and thereupon temporary Securities of such series
may be surrendered in exchange therefor without charge at each
office or agency to be maintained by the Company for the purpose
pursuant to Section 4.02, and upon delivery to the Trustee of
all documents and certificates as required by this Indenture, the
Trustee shall authenticate and make available for delivery in
exchange for such temporary Securities a like aggregate Principal
Amount of definitive Securities of such series of authorized
denominations. Until so exchanged the temporary Securities of such
series shall be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture
as definitive Securities of such series.
Section 3.12. CUSIP and ISIN
Numbers. The Company in issuing the Securities of any series
may use a “CUSIP” or “ISIN” number (if then
generally in use), and, if so, the Trustee shall use the CUSIP
numbers or ISIN numbers, as the case may be, in notices of
redemption or exchange as a convenience to Holders of such series;
provided that any such notice shall state that no representation is
made as to the correctness of such numbers either as printed on the
Securities or as contained in any notice of redemption or exchange
and that reliance may be placed only on the other identification
numbers printed on the Securities and any such redemption shall not
be affected by any defect in or omission of such numbers. The
Company shall promptly notify the Trustee of any change in the
CUSIP numbers or ISIN numbers.
ARTICLE 4
Certain
Covenants
Section 4.01. Payment of
Principal, Premium and Interest on Securities. The Company, for
the benefit of each series of the Securities, will duly and
punctually pay or cause to be paid the principal of and any premium
and interest on the Securities of that series in accordance with
the terms of such Securities and this Indenture.
Section 4.02. Maintenance of
Office or Agency. The Company will maintain a Payment Office
where Securities may be presented or surrendered for payment, where
Securities may be surrendered for registration of transfer or
exchange, and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in
respect of the Securities and this Indenture may be served. The
Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the
location, and any change in the location, of such office or agency.
If at any time the Company shall fail to maintain any such required
office or agency or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the
address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices, and
demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office of the
Trustee, and the Company hereby
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initially appoints the Trustee at its office or agency as its agent
to receive all such presentations, surrenders, notices and
demands.
The Company may also from time to
time designate one or more other offices or agencies where the
Securities of one or more series may be presented or surrendered
for any or all such purposes and may from time to time rescind such
designations; provided, however, that no such designation or
rescission shall in any manner relieve the Company of its
obligation to maintain an office or agency in accordance with the
requirements set forth above for Securities of any series for such
purposes. The Company will give prompt written notice to the
Trustee of any such designation or rescission and of any change in
the location of any such other office or agency.
Section 4.03. Money for
Securities Payments to Be Held in Trust. (a) If the
Company shall at any time act as its own Paying Agent with respect
to any series of Securities, it will, on or before each due date of
the principal of or any premium or interest on any of the
Securities of that series, segregate and hold in trust for the
benefit of the Persons entitled thereto a sum sufficient to pay the
principal and any premium and interest so becoming due until such
sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as
herein provided and will promptly notify the Trustee of its action
or failure so to act.
(b) Whenever the Company shall
have one or more Paying Agents for any series of Securities, it
will, prior to each due date of the principal of or any premium or
interest on any Securities of that series, deposit with a Paying
Agent a sum sufficient to pay such amount, such sum to be held as
provided by the Trust Indenture Act, and (unless such Paying Agent
is the Trustee) the Company will promptly notify the Trustee of its
action or failure so to act.
(c) The Company will cause each
Paying Agent for any series of Securities (other than the Trustee)
to execute and deliver to the Trustee an instrument in which such
Paying Agent will agree with the Trustee, subject to the provisions
of this Section 4.03, that such Paying Agent will (i) comply
with the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act applicable to it as
a Paying Agent; (ii) hold all sums held by it for the payment
of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest, if any, on
the Securities of that series in trust for the benefit of the
Holders until such sums shall be paid to such Holders or otherwise
disposed of as herein provided; (iii) give the Trustee notice
of any default by the Company (or any other obligor upon the
Securities) in the making of any payment of principal (and premium,
if any) or interest, if any, on the Securities of that series; and
(iv) during the continuance of any default by the Company (or
any other obligor upon the Securities of that series) in the making
of any payment in respect of the Securities of that series, and
upon the written request of that Trustee, forthwith pay to the
Trustee all sums held in trust by such Paying Agent for payment in
respect of the Securities of that series.
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(d) The Company may at any time,
for the purpose of obtaining the satisfaction and discharge of this
Indenture or for any other purpose, pay, or by Company Order direct
any Paying Agent to pay, to the Trustee all sums held in trust by
the Company or such Paying Agent, such sums to be held by the
Trustee upon the same trusts as those upon which such sums were
held by the Company or such Paying Agent; and, upon such payment by
any Paying Agent to the Trustee, such Paying Agent will be released
from all further liability with respect to such money.
(e) Any money deposited with the
Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held by the Company, in trust
for the payment of the principal of or any premium or interest on
any Security of any series and remaining unclaimed for two years
after such principal, premium, or interest has become due and
payable will be paid to the Company upon a Company Request (or, if
then held by the Company, will be discharged from such trust); and
the Holder of such Security will thereafter, as an unsecured
general creditor, look only to the Company for payment thereof, and
all liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to
such trust money, and all liability of the Company as trustee
thereof, will thereupon cease; provided, however, that the Trustee
or such Paying Agent, before being required to make any such
repayment, may at the expense of the Company cause to be published
once, in a newspaper published in the English language, customarily
published on each Business Day and of general circulation in the
Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, notice that such money
remains unclaimed and that, after a date specified therein, which
will not be less than 30 calendar days from the date of such
publication, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining
will be repaid to the Company.
Section 4.04. Existence.
Subject to Article 10, the Company will do or cause to be done
all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect
its existence and rights (charter and statutory); provided,
however, that the Company will not be required to preserve any such
right or franchise if the Board of Directors determines that the
preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of the
business of the Company and that the loss thereof will not result
in a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 4.05. Limitation on
Liens. The Company covenants and agrees that, so long as any of
the Securities shall be outstanding, neither it nor any Subsidiary
will incur any Lien on property or assets owned on or acquired
after the date of this Indenture to secure Debt without making, or
causing such Subsidiary to make, effective provision for securing
the Securities (and, if the Company may so determine, any other
Debt of the Company or such Subsidiary that is not subordinated in
right or payment to the Securities) (x) equally and ratably
with such Debt as to such property or assets for as long as such
Debt will be so secured or (y) in the event such Debt is
subordinated in right of payment to
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the
Securities, prior to such Debt as to such property for as long as
such Debt will be so secured.
The restrictions in the preceding
paragraph will not apply to Liens existing on the date of this
Indenture or to:
(a) Liens securing only the
Securities;
(b) Liens in favor of only one
or more of the Company and the Subsidiaries securing Debt of the
Company to a Subsidiary or of a Subsidiary to the Company or to
another Subsidiary;
(c) any Lien on property of a
Person existing immediately prior to the time such Person is merged
with or into or consolidated with the Company or any Subsidiary or
otherwise becomes a Subsidiary of the Company (provided that such
Lien is not incurred in anticipation of such transaction and does
not extend beyond the property subject thereto, or secure any Debt
that is not secured thereby, immediately prior to such
transaction);
(d) any Lien on property
existing immediately prior to the time of acquisition thereof
(provided that such Lien is not incurred in anticipation of such
acquisition and does not extend beyond the property subject
thereto, or secure any Debt that is not secured thereby,
immediately prior to such acquisition);
(e) Liens to secure Debt
incurred for the purpose of financing all or any part of the
purchase price of, or the cost of construction on or improvement
of, the property subject to such Liens, provided, however, that
(A) the principal amount of any Debt secured by such a Lien
does not exceed 100% of such price or cost, (B) such Lien does
not extend to or cover any other property other than such item of
property and any improvements on such item and (C) such Lien
must be created no later than 12 months after such purchase or
the completion of such construction or installation of such
improvements;
(f) any Lien that may be deemed
to arise from a Permitted Receivables Financing; and
(g) Liens to secure Debt
incurred to extend, renew, refinance or refund (or successive
extensions, renewals, refinancings or refundings), in whole or in
part, Debt secured by any Lien referred to in the foregoing
sub-clauses (iii), (iv) and (v) as long as such Lien does
not extend to any other property and the Debt so secured is not
increased except for increases in the amount of interest, premiums
or fees and associated costs payable in connection with such
extensions, renewals, refinancings or refunding.
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In addition to the foregoing, the
Company and its Subsidiaries may, without equally and ratably
securing the Securities, incur a Lien to secure Debt or enter into
a Sale and Leaseback Transaction if, after giving effect thereto,
the sum of: (i) the amount of all Debt secured by all Liens
incurred on or after the date of this Indenture and otherwise
prohibited by this Indenture and (ii) the Attributable Value
of all Sale and Leaseback Transactions entered into on or after the
date of this Indenture and otherwise prohibited by this Indenture
does not exceed 15% of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets.
Section 4.06. Limitation on
Sale and Lease-Back. The Company covenants and agrees that
neither it nor any of its Subsidiaries will enter into any Sale and
Leaseback Transaction (except for a period not exceeding
36 months) unless (a) the Company or such Subsidiary
would be entitled to enter into such Sale and Leaseback Transaction
pursuant to the provisions of Section 4.05 without equally and
ratably securing the Securities; (b) the Company or a
Subsidiary of the Company applies, within 180 days after the
related Sale Transaction, an amount equal to the Net Available
Proceeds of such Sale Transaction to the redemption of Securities
or other debt of the Company that ranks pari passu with the
Securities in right of payment; or (iii) the transaction is
solely between the Company and a Wholly Owned Subsidiary or between
Wholly Owned Subsidiaries but only for a
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