Wells Fargo Bank, National
Association, Trustee
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Section 1.01. Certain Terms
Defined
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Section 2.01. Forms Generally
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Section 2.02. Form Of Trustee’s
Certification Of Authentication
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Section 2.03. Amount Unlimited; Issuable In
Series
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Section 2.04. Authentication And Delivery
Of Securities
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Section 2.05. Execution Of
Securities
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Section 2.06. Certificate Of
Authentication
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Section 2.07. Denomination And Date Of
Securities; Payments Of Interest
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Section 2.08. Registration, Transfer And
Exchange
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Section 2.09. Mutilated, Defaced,
Destroyed, Lost And Stolen Securities
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Section 2.10. Cancellation Of Securities;
Destruction Thereof
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Section 2.11. Temporary
Securities
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Section 2.12. Computation Of
Interest
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ARTICLE 3
COVENANTS OF THE ISSUER AND THE
TRUSTEE
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Section 3.01. Payment Of Principal And
Interest
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Section 3.02. Offices For Payments,
Etc.
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Section 3.03. Paying Agents
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Section 3.04. Certificate Of The
Issuer
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Section 3.05. Securityholders
Lists
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Section 3.06. Reports By The
Issuer
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Section 3.07. Corporate
Existence
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Section 3.08. Restrictions On Mergers,
Sales And Consolidations
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Section 3.09. Further Assurances
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ARTICLE 4
REMEDIES OF THE TRUSTEE AND
SECURITYHOLDERS ON EVENT OF DEFAULT
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Section 4.01. Event Of Default Defined;
Acceleration Of Maturity; Waiver Of Default
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Section 4.02. Collection Of Indebtedness By
Trustee; Trustee May Prove Debt
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Table Of
Contents
(CONTINUED)
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Section 4.03. Application Of
Proceeds
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Section 4.05. Restoration Of Rights On
Abandonment Of Proceedings
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Section 4.06. Limitations On Suits By
Securityholder
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Section 4.07. Unconditional Right Of
Securityholders To Institute Certain Suits
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Section 4.08. Powers And Remedies
Cumulative; Delay Or Omission Not Waiver Of Default
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Section 4.09. Control By
Securityholders
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Section 4.10. Waiver Of Past
Defaults
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Section 4.11. Trustee To Give Notice Of
Default, But May Withhold In Certain Circumstances
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Section 4.12. Right Of Court To Require
Filing Of Undertaking To Pay Costs
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ARTICLE 5
CONCERNING THE
TRUSTEE
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Section 5.01. Duties And Responsibilities
Of The Trustee; During Default; Prior To Default
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Section 5.02. Certain Rights Of The
Trustee
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Section 5.03. Trustee Not Responsible For
Recitals, Disposition Of Securities Or Application Of Proceeds
Thereof
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Section 5.04. Trustee And Agents May Hold
Securities; Collections, Etc.
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Section 5.05. Moneys Held By
Trustee
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Section 5.06. Compensation And
Indemnification Of Trustee And Its Prior Claim
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Section 5.07. Right Of Trustee To Rely On
Officer’s Certificate, Etc.
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Section 5.08. Persons Eligible For
Appointment As Trustee
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Section 5.09. Resignation And Removal;
Appointment Of Successor Trustee
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Section 5.10. Acceptance Of Appointment By
Successor
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Section 5.11. Merger, Conversion,
Consolidation Or Succession To Business Of Trustee
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Section 5.12. Reports By The
Trustee
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ARTICLE 6
CONCERNING THE
SECURITYHOLDERS
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Section 6.01. Evidence Of Action Taken By
Securityholders
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Section 6.02. Proof Of Execution Of
Instruments And Of Holding Of Securities; Record Date
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Table Of
Contents
(CONTINUED)
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Section 6.03. Holders To Be Treated As
Owners
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Section 6.04. Securities Owned By Issuer
Deemed Not Outstanding
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Section 6.05. Right Of Revocation Of Action
Taken
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ARTICLE 7
SUPPLEMENTAL
INDENTURES
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Section 7.01. Supplemental Indentures
Without Consent Of Securityholders
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Section 7.02. Supplemental Indentures With
Consent Of Securityholders
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Section 7.03. Effect Of Supplemental
Indenture
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Section 7.04. Documents To Be Given To
Trustee
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Section 7.05. Notation On Securities In
Respect Of Supplemental Indentures
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ARTICLE 8
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, SALE OR CONVEYANCE
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Section 8.01. Issuer May Consolidate, Etc.,
On Certain Terms
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Section 8.02. Successor Corporation
Substituted
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ARTICLE 9
DISCHARGE OF
INDENTURE
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Section 9.01. Defeasance Within One Year Of
Payment
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Section 9.03. Covenant
Defeasance
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Section 9.04. Application Of Trust
Money
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Section 9.05. Repayment To
Issuer
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ARTICLE 10
MISCELLANIOUS
PROVISIONS
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Section 10.01. Incorporators, Stockholders,
Officers And Directors Of Issuer Exempt From Individual
Liability
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Section 10.02. Provisions Of Indenture For
The Sole Benefit Of Parties And Securityholders
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Section 10.03. Successors And Assigns Of
Issuer Bound By Indenture
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Section 10.04. Notices And Demands On
Issuer, Trustee And Securityholders
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Section 10.05. Officer’s Certificates
And Opinions Of Counsel; Statements To Be Contained
Therein
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Section 10.06. Payments Due On Saturdays,
Sundays And Holidays
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Section 10.07. Conflict Of Any Provision Of
Indenture With Trust Indenture Act Of 1939
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Section 10.08. California Law To
Govern
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Table Of
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Section 10.09. Counterparts
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Section 10.10. Effect Of
Headings
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ARTICLE 11
REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES AND
SINKING FUNDS
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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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Section 11.04. Exclusion Of Certain
Securities From Eligibility For Selection For Redemption
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Section 11.05. Mandatory And Optional
Sinking Funds
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Section 11.06. Conversion Arrangement On
Call For Redemption
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ARTICLE 12
SUBORDINATION OF
SECURITIES
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Section 12.01. Agreement Of
Subordination
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Section 12.02. Agreement Of
Subordination
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Section 12.03. Subrogation Of
Securities
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Section 12.04. Authorization By
Securityholders
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Section 12.05. Notice To Trustee
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Section 12.06. Trustee’s Relation To
Senior Indebtedness
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Section 12.07. No Impairment Of
Subordination
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Section 12.08. Rights Of Trustee
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THIS INDENTURE,
dated as of
, 2006 between PLANETOUT INC., a Delaware corporation (the “
Issuer ”) and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
(the “ Trustee ”).
WHEREAS, the
Issuer has duly authorized the issue from time to time of its
unsecured debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness to
be issued in one or more series (the “ Securities
”) up to such principal amount or amounts as may from time to
time be authorized in accordance with the terms of this Indenture
and to provide, among other things, for the authentication,
delivery and administration thereof, the Issuer has duly authorized
the execution and delivery of this Indenture; and
WHEREAS, all
things necessary to make this Indenture a valid indenture and
agreement according to its terms have been done;
In consideration
of the premises and the purchases of the Securities by the holders
thereof, the Issuer 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:
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
that are defined in the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 or the
definitions of which in the Securities Act of 1933 are referred to
in the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, including terms defined therein
by reference to the Securities Act of 1933 (except as herein
otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise
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 assigned to such terms in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and the
term “ generally accepted accounting principles
” means such accounting principles as are generally accepted
at the time of any computation. 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 have the meanings
assigned to them in this Article and include the plural as well as
the singular.
“ Board
of Directors ” means either the Board of Directors of the
Issuer or any committee of such Board duly authorized to act on its
behalf.
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Business Day ” means, with respect to any Security, a
day that in the city (or in any of the cities, if more than one) in
which amounts are payable, as specified in the form of
such
1.
Security, is
not a day on which banking institutions are authorized or required
by law or regulation to close.
“ Capital
Stock ” means, with respect to any Person, including the
Issuer, any and all shares, interests, participations or other
equivalents (however designated, whether voting or non-voting) of
such Person’s capital stock or equity, including, without
limitation, all common stock and Preferred Stock.
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Commission ” means the Securities and Exchange
Commission, as from time to time constituted, created under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or if at any time after the
execution and delivery of this Indenture such Commission is not
existing and performing the duties now assigned to it under the
Trust Indenture Act, then the body performing such duties on such
date.
“ Common
Stock ” means, with respect to any Person, any and all
shares, interests, participations or other equivalents (however
designated, whether voting or non-voting) of such Person’s
common stock, whether now outstanding or issued after the date of
this Indenture, including, without limitation, all series and
classes of such common stock.
“
Corporate Trust Office ” means the 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
Sixth Street & Marquette Avenue, N9303-120, Minneapolis, MN
55479, Attention: PlanetOut Administrator.
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Default ” means any Event of Default as defined in
Section 4.01 and any event that is, or after notice or 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 the form of one or more Registered
Global Securities, the Person designated as Depositary by the
Issuer pursuant to Section 2.03 until a successor Depositary
shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of
this Indenture, and thereafter “Depositary” shall mean
or include each Person who is then a Depositary hereunder, and if
at any time there is more than one such Person,
“Depositary” as used with respect to the Securities of
any such series shall mean the Depositary with respect to the
Registered Global Securities of that series.
“
Designated Senior Indebtedness ” means obligations of
the Issuer under any Senior Indebtedness with respect to which the
instrument creating or evidencing the same or the assumption or
guarantee thereof (or related agreements or documents to which the
Issuer is a party) expressly provides that the Senior Indebtedness
shall be ''Designated Senior Indebtedness’’ for
purposes of the Indenture; provided that the instrument, agreement
or other document may place limitations and conditions on the right
of that Senior Indebtedness to exercise the rights of Designated
Senior Indebtedness. If any payment made to any holder of any
Designated Senior Indebtedness or its representative with respect
so such Designated Senior Indebtedness is rescinded or must
otherwise be returned by such holder or representative upon the
insolvency, bankruptcy or reorganization of the Issuer or
otherwise, the reinstated Indebtedness of the Issuer arising as a
result f such rescission or return shall constitute Designated
Senior Indebtedness effective as of the date of such rescission or
return.
2.
“ Event
of Default ” means any event or condition specified as
such in Section 4.01.
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Holder ,” “ Holder of Securities ,”
“ Securityholder ” or other similar terms mean
the registered holder of any Security.
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Indebtedness ” means, with respect to any Person, and
without duplication:
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(a)
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all
indebtedness, obligations and other liabilities (contingent or
otherwise) of that Person for borrowed money (including obligations
of that Person in respect of overdrafts, foreign exchange
contracts, currency exchange agreements, interest rate protection
agreements, and any loans or advances from banks, whether or not
evidenced by notes or similar instruments) or evidenced by bonds,
debentures, notes or similar instruments (whether or not the
recourse of the lender is to the whole of the assets of that Person
or to only a portion thereof), other than any account payable or
other accrued current liability or obligation incurred in the
ordinary course of business in connection with the obtaining of
materials or services,
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(b)
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all
reimbursement obligations and other liabilities (contingent or
otherwise) of that Person with respect to letters of credit, bank
guaranties or bankers’ acceptances,
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(c)
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all
obligations and liabilities (contingent or otherwise) in respect of
leases of that Person required, in conformity with generally
accepted accounting principles, to be accounted for as capitalized
lease obligations on the balance sheet of that Person and all
obligations and other liabilities (contingent or otherwise) under
any lease or related document (including a purchase agreement)
entered into for financing purposes in connection with the lease of
real property or improvements which provides that that Person is
contractually obligated to purchase or cause a third party to
purchase the leased property or pay or guaranty a minimum residual
value of the leased property to the lessor and the obligations of
that Person under the lease or related document to purchase or to
cause a third party to purchase the leased property,
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(d)
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all
obligations of that Person (contingent or otherwise) with respect
to an interest rate or other swap, cap or collar agreement or other
similar instrument or agreement or foreign currency hedge,
exchange, purchase or similar instrument or agreement,
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(e)
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all
direct or indirect guaranties or similar agreements by that Person
in respect of, and obligations or liabilities (contingent or
otherwise) of that Person to purchase or otherwise acquire or
otherwise assure a creditor against loss in respect of,
indebtedness, obligations or liabilities of another Person of the
kind described in clauses (a) through (d),
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(f)
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any
indebtedness or other obligations described in clauses
(a) through (d) secured by any mortgage, pledge, lien or other
encumbrance existing on property which is
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owned or held
by that Person, regardless of whether the indebtedness or other
obligation secured thereby shall have been assumed by that Person,
and
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(g)
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any
and all refinancings, replacements, deferrals, renewals, extensions
and refundings of, or amendments, modifications or supplements to,
any indebtedness, obligation or liability of the kind described in
clauses (a) through (f).
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“
Indenture ” means this instrument as originally
executed and delivered or, if amended or supplemented as herein
provided, as so amended or supplemented or both, and shall include
the forms and terms of particular series of Securities established
as contemplated hereunder.
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Interest ” means, when used with respect to
non-interest bearing Securities, interest payable after
maturity.
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Issuer ” means (except as otherwise provided in
Article 5) PlanetOut Inc., a Delaware corporation, and,
subject to Article 8, its successors and assigns.
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Officer’s Certificate ” means a certificate
signed by any of the following: chairman of the Board of Directors,
the president, any vice president, the chief financial officer, the
chief legal officer, the treasurer, any assistant treasurer, the
controller, any assistant controller, any secretary or any
assistant secretary of the Issuer or any other person authorized by
the Board of Directors to execute such a certificate and delivered
to the Trustee. Each such certificate shall comply with
Section 314 of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 and include the
statements provided for in Section 10.05.
“ Opinion
of Counsel ” means an opinion in writing, subject to
customary exceptions, signed by legal counsel who may be an
employee of or counsel to the Issuer and who shall be reasonably
satisfactory to the Trustee. Each such opinion shall comply with
Section 314 of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 and include the
statements provided for in Section 10.05, if and to the extent
required hereby.
“
Original Issue Discount Security ” means any Security
that provides for an amount less than the principal amount thereof
to be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the
maturity thereof pursuant to Section 4.01.
“
Outstanding ,” when used with reference to Securities,
shall, subject to the provisions of Section 6.04, mean, as of
any particular time, all Securities authenticated and delivered by
the Trustee under this Indenture, except:
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(a)
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Securities theretofore cancelled by
the Trustee or delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation;
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(b)
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Securities, or portions thereof, for
the payment or redemption of which moneys or U.S. Government
Obligations (as provided by Section 9.01) in the necessary
amount shall have been deposited in trust with the Trustee or with
any paying agent (other than the Issuer) or shall have been set
aside, segregated and held in trust by the Issuer for the Holders
of such Securities (if the Issuer shall act as its own paying
agent), provided that if such Securities, or portions
thereof, are to be
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redeemed prior to the maturity
thereof, notice of such redemption shall have been given as herein
provided, or provision reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee shall
have been made for giving such notice; and
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(c)
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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 2.09 (except with respect to any such Security as to
which proof reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee is presented
that such Security is held by a person in whose hands such Security
is a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Issuer).
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In determining
whether the Holders of the requisite principal amount of
Outstanding Securities of any or all series have given any request,
demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver
hereunder, the principal amount of an Original Issue Discount
Security that shall be deemed to be Outstanding for such purposes
shall be the amount of the principal thereof that would be due and
payable as of the date of such determination upon a declaration of
acceleration of the maturity thereof pursuant to
Section 4.01.
“
Person ” means any individual, corporation,
partnership, joint venture, association, joint stock company,
trust, unincorporated organization or government or any agency or
political subdivision thereof.
“
Preferred Stock ” means, with respect to any Person,
any and all shares, interests, participations or other equivalents
(however designated, whether voting or non-voting) of such
Person’s preferred or preference stock, whether now
outstanding or issued after the date of the Indenture, including,
without limitation, all series and classes of such preferred or
preference stock.
“
Principal ” whenever used with reference to the
Securities or any Security or any portion thereof, shall be deemed
to include “and premium, if any.”
“Record
Date” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 2.07.
“
Registered Global Security ”, means a Security
evidencing all or a part of a series of Registered Securities,
issued to the Depositary for such series in accordance with
Section 2.04, and bearing the legend prescribed in
Section 2.04.
“
Registered Security ” means any Security registered on
the register maintained by the Issuer pursuant to
Section 2.08.
“
Responsible Officer ” when used with respect to the
Trustee means any president, vice president, any assistant vice
president, any assistant secretary, any secretary, any treasurer or
any assistant treasurer within the Corporate Trust Services (or a
successor group) of the Trustee 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
knowledge of and familiarity with the particular
subject.
5.
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Security ” or “ Securities ” has
the meaning stated in the first recital of this Indenture, or, as
the case may be, Securities that have been authenticated and
delivered under this Indenture.
“ Senior
Indebtedness ” means the principal of, premium, if any,
interest (including all interest accruing subsequent to the
commencement of any bankruptcy or similar proceeding, whether or
not a claim for post-petition interest is allowable as a claim in
the proceeding) and rent payable on or termination payment with
respect to or in connection with, and all fees, costs, expenses and
other amounts accrued or due on or in connection with, Indebtedness
of the Issuer, whether outstanding on the date of the Indenture or
thereafter created, incurred, assumed, guaranteed or in effect
guaranteed by the Issuer (including all refinancings, replacements,
deferrals, renewals, extensions or refundings of, or amendments,
modifications or supplements to, the foregoing), unless in the case
of any particular Indebtedness the instrument creating or
evidencing the same or the assumption or guarantee thereof
expressly provides that the Indebtedness shall not be senior in
right of payment to the Securities or expressly provides that the
Indebtedness is pari passu or junior to the Securities. The
term “Senior Indebtedness” shall include all
“Designated Senior Indebtedness. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the term Senior Indebtedness shall not include
Indebtedness of the Issuer to any of its subsidiaries, a majority
of the voting stock of which is owned, directly or indirectly, by
the Issuer.
“Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person,
(i) any corporation, association or other business entity of
which more than 50% of the total voting power of shares of capital
stock or other equity interest entitled (without regard to the
occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of
directors, managers or trustees thereof is at the time owned or
controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or one or more
of the other subsidiaries of that Person (or a combination thereof)
and (ii) any partnership (a) the sole general partner or
managing general partner of which is such Person or a subsidiary of
such Person or (b) the only general partners of which are such
Person or of one or more subsidiaries of such Person (or any
combination thereof).
“
Trustee ” means the Person identified as
“Trustee” in the first paragraph hereof and, subject to
the provisions of Article 5, shall also include any successor
trustee.
“ Trust
Indenture Act of 1939 ” means the Trust Indenture Act of
1939 as amended from time to time.
“ UCC
” means the Uniform Commercial Code, as in effect in each
applicable jurisdiction.
“
Unregistered Security ” means any Security other than
a Registered Security.
“ U.S.
Government Obligations ” means securities that are
(i) direct obligations of the United States of America for the
payment of which its full faith and credit is pledged or
(ii) obligations of an agency or instrumentality of the United
States of America the payment of which is unconditionally
guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation by the United
States of America, and shall also include a depository receipt
issued by a bank or trust company as custodian with respect to any
such U.S. Government Obligation or a specific payment of interest
on or principal of any such U.S. Government Obligation held by such
custodian for the account of the holder of a depository receipt;
provided that (except as required by law) such custodian
is
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not authorized
to make any deduction from the amount payable to the holder of such
depository receipt from any amount received by the custodian in
respect of the U.S. Government Obligation or the specific payment
of interest on or principal of the U.S. Government Obligation
evidenced by such depository receipt.
“ vice
president ” when used with respect to the Issuer means
any vice president, whether or not designated by a number or a word
or words added before or after the title of “vice
president.”
“
Wholly-Owned ” is defined to mean, with respect to any
Subsidiary of any person, such Subsidiary if all of the outstanding
common stock or other similar equity ownership interests (but not
including preferred stock) in such Subsidiary (other than any
director’s qualifying shares or investments by foreign
nationals mandated by applicable law) is owned directly or
indirectly by such person.
“ Yield
to Maturity ” means the yield to maturity on a series of
securities, calculated at the time of issuance of such series, or,
if applicable, at the most recent redetermination of interest on
such series, and calculated in accordance with accepted financial
practice.
Section 2.01.
Forms Generally. The Securities of each series shall be
substantially in such form (not inconsistent with this Indenture)
as shall be established by or pursuant to a resolution of the Board
of Directors 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 imprinted or otherwise reproduced
thereon such legend or legends or endorsements, 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, or
with any rules of any securities exchange or to conform to general
usage, all as may be determined by the officers executing such
Securities, as evidenced by their execution of the Securities. The
Issuer shall furnish any such legends to the Trustee in
writing.
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 Certification Of
Authentication. The Trustee’s certificate of
authentication on all Securities shall be in substantially the
following form:
This is one of the
Securities referred to in the within-mentioned
Indenture.
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[TRUSTEE],
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Authorized Signatory
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Section 2.03.
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 in one or more series and the Securities of each such
Series shall rank equally and pari passu with the Securities
of other series, but all Securities issued hereunder shall be
subordinate and junior in right of payment, to the extent and in
the manner set forth in Article 12, to all series of
Indebtedness of the Issuer. There shall be established in or
pursuant to a resolution of the Board of Directors and set forth in
an Officer’s Certificate, or established in one or more
indentures supplemental hereto, prior to the issuance of Securities
of any series:
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the
designation of the Securities of the series (which shall
distinguish the Securities of the series from all other
Securities);
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(b)
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any
limit upon 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 upon
registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of,
other Securities of the series pursuant to Section 2.08, 2.09,
2.11 or 11.03);
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if
other than dollars, the coin or currency in which the Securities of
the series are denominated (including, but not limited to, foreign
currency).
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the
date or dates on which the principal of the Securities of the
series is payable;
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the
rate or rates at which the Securities of the series shall bear
interest, if any, the date or dates from which such interest shall
accrue, the interest payment dates on which such interest shall be
payable and the record dates for the determination of Holders to
whom interest is payable;
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the
place or places where the principal of and any interest on
Securities of the series shall be payable (if other than as
provided in Section 3.02);
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the
price or prices at which, the period or periods within which and
the terms and conditions upon which Securities of the series may be
redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option of the Issuer,
pursuant to any sinking fund or otherwise;
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the
obligation, if any, of the Issuer to redeem, purchase or repay
Securities of the series pursuant to any mandatory redemption,
sinking fund or analogous provisions or at the option of a Holder
thereof and the price or prices at which and the period or periods
within which and any terms and conditions upon which Securities of
the series shall be redeemed, purchased or repaid, in whole or in
part, pursuant to such obligation;
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(i)
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if
other than denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple
thereof, the denominations in which Securities of the series shall
be issuable;
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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;
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(k)
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any
other terms of the series (which terms shall not be inconsistent
with the provisions of this Indenture);
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any
trustees, depositories, authenticating or paying agents, transfer
agents or registrars or any other agents with respect to the
Securities of such series;
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the
right, if any, of the Issuer to redeem Securities, in whole or in
part, at its option and the period or periods within which, the
price or prices at which and any terms and conditions, including
any redemption notice period, upon which Securities of the series
may be so redeemed, pursuant to any sinking fund or
otherwise;
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if
the Holders of the Securities of the series may convert or exchange
the Securities of the series into or for securities of the Issuer
or of other entities or other property (or the cash value thereof),
the specific terms of and period during which such conversion or
exchange may be made;
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whether the Securities of the series
will be issuable as Registered Securities (and if so, whether such
Securities will be issuable as Registered Global Securities) or
Unregistered Securities (with or without coupons), or any
combination of the foregoing, any restrictions applicable to the
offer, sale, transfer, exchange or delivery of Unregistered
Securities or Registered Securities or the payment of interest
thereon and, if other than as provided in Section 2.08, the
terms upon which Unregistered Securities of any series may be
exchanged for Registered Securities of such series and vice
versa;
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whether and under what circumstances
the Issuer will pay additional amounts on the Securities of the
series held by a Person who is not a U.S. Person in respect of any
tax, assessment or governmental charge withheld or deducted and, if
so,
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whether the Issuer will have the
option to redeem such Securities rather than pay such additional
amounts;
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if
the Securities of such series are to be issuable in definitive form
(whether upon original issue or upon exchange of a temporary
Security of such series) only upon receipt of certain certificates
or other documents or satisfaction of other conditions, the form
and terms of such certificates, documents or conditions;
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any
other events of default or covenants with respect to the Securities
of such series; and
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any
other terms 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 in or pursuant
to such resolution of the Board of Directors or in any such
indenture supplemental hereto. All Securities of any one series
need not be issued at the same time and may be issued from time to
time, consistent with the terms of this Indenture, if so provided
by or pursuant to such board resolutions, such Officer’s
Certificate or any such Indenture Supplement hereto.
Section 2.04.
Authentication And Delivery Of Securities. At any time and
from time to time after the execution and delivery of this
Indenture, the Issuer may deliver Securities of any series executed
by the Issuer to the Trustee for authentication, and the Trustee
shall thereupon authenticate and deliver such Securities to or upon
the written order of the Issuer, signed by any officer authorized
to sign an Officer’s Certificate, without any further action
by the Issuer. In authenticating such Securities and accepting the
additional responsibilities under this Indenture in relation to
such Securities the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and
(subject to Section 5.01) shall be fully protected in relying
upon:
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a
certified copy of any resolution or resolutions of the Board of
Directors authorizing the action taken pursuant to the resolution
or resolutions delivered under clause 2.04(b) below;
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a
copy of any resolution or resolutions of the Board of Directors
relating to such series, in each case certified by the secretary or
an assistant secretary of the Issuer;
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an
executed supplemental indenture, if any, and the documentation
required to be delivered pursuant to Section 7.04;
or
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an
Officer’s Certificate setting forth the form and terms of the
Securities as required pursuant to Section 2.01 and 2.03,
respectively and prepared in accordance with
Section 10.05.
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The Trustee shall
have the right to decline to authenticate and deliver any
Securities under this section if the Trustee, being reasonably
advised by counsel, determines that such action may not lawfully be
taken by the Issuer or if the Trustee in good faith by its board of
directors or board of trustees, executive committee, or a trust
committee of directors or trustees
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or Responsible
Officers shall determine that such action would expose the Trustee
to personal liability.
If the Issuer
shall establish pursuant to Section 2.03 that the Securities
of a series are to be issued in the form of one or more Registered
Global Securities, then the Issuer shall execute and the Trustee
shall, in accordance with this Section and the Officer’s
Certificate with respect to such series, authenticate and deliver
one or more Registered Global Securities that (i) shall
represent and shall be denominated in an amount equal to the
aggregate principal amount of all of the Securities of such series
issued and not yet cancelled, (ii) shall be registered in the
name of the Depositary for such Registered Global Security or
Securities or the nominee of such Depositary, (iii) shall be
delivered by the Trustee to such Depositary or pursuant to such
Depositary’s instructions and (iv) shall bear a legend
substantially to the following effect: “Unless and until it
is exchanged in whole or in part for Securities in definitive
registered form, this Security may not be transferred except as a
whole by the Depositary to the nominee of the Depositary or by a
nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary or another nominee of
the Depositary or by the Depositary or any such nominee to a
successor Depositary or a nominee of such successor
Depositary.” Each Depositary designated pursuant to
Section 2.03 must, at the time of its designation and at all
times while it serves as Depositary, be a clearing agency
registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and any other
applicable statute or regulation.
Section 2.05.
Execution Of Securities. The Securities shall be signed on
behalf of the Issuer by any of the following: the chairman of its
Board of Directors, its president, any vice president, its
treasurer or any assistant treasurer, chief financial officer or
chief legal officer or any officer authorized by the Board of
Directors, under its corporate seal which may, but need not, be
attested. Such signatures may be the manual or facsimile signatures
of the present or any future such officers. The seal of the Issuer
may be in the form of a facsimile thereof and may be impressed,
affixed, imprinted or otherwise reproduced on the Securities.
Typographical and other minor errors or defects in any such
reproduction of the seal or any such signature shall not affect the
validity or enforceability of any Security that has been duly
authenticated and delivered by the Trustee.
In case any
officer of the Issuer 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
Issuer, 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 Issuer; and any
Security may be signed on behalf of the Issuer by such persons as,
at the actual date of the execution of such Security, shall be the
proper officers of the Issuer, although at the date of the
execution and delivery of this Indenture any such person was not
such an officer.
Section 2.06.
Certificate Of Authentication. Only such Securities as shall
bear thereon a certificate of authentication substantially in the
form hereinbefore recited, executed by the Trustee by the manual
signature of one of its authorized 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 Issuer shall be conclusive evidence that the
Security
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so
authenticated has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder
and that the holder is entitled to the benefits of this
Indenture.
Section 2.07.
Denomination And Date Of Securities; Payments Of Interest.
The Securities shall be issuable as registered securities without
coupons and in denominations as shall be specified as contemplated
by Section 2.03. In the absence of any such specification with
respect to the Securities of any series, the Securities of such
series shall be issuable in denominations of $1,000 and any
multiple thereof. The Securities shall be numbered, lettered, or
otherwise distinguished in such manner or in accordance with such
plan as the officers of the Issuer executing the same may determine
as evidenced by the execution and authentication
thereof.
Each Security
shall be dated the date of its authentication, shall bear interest,
if any, from the date and shall be payable on the dates, in each
case, which shall be specified as contemplated by
Section 2.03.
The person in
whose name any Security of any series is registered at the close of
business on any record date applicable to a particular series with
respect to any interest payment date for such series 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 record date and prior to such interest
payment date, except if and to the extent the Issuer shall default
in the payment of the interest due on such interest payment date
for such series, in which case such defaulted interest shall be
paid to the persons in whose names Outstanding Securities for such
series 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 payment of such defaulted interest) established by
notice given by mail by or on behalf of the Issuer to the holders
of Securities not less than 15 days preceding such subsequent
record date. The term “ record date ” as used
with respect to any interest payment date (except a date for
payment of defaulted interest) shall mean the date specified as
such in the terms of the Securities of any particular series, or,
if no such date is so specified, if such interest payment date is
the first day of a calendar month, the fifteenth day of the next
preceding calendar month or, if such interest payment date is the
fifteenth day of a calendar month, the first day of such calendar
month, whether or not such record date is a Business
Day.
Section 2.08.
Registration, Transfer And Exchange. The Issuer will keep or
cause to be kept at each office or agency to be maintained for the
purpose as provided in Section 3.02 a register or registers 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 register 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 register or registers shall be open for
inspection by the Trustee.
Upon due
presentation for registration of transfer of any Security of any
series at any such office or agency to be maintained for the
purpose as provided in Section 3.02, the Issuer shall execute
and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in the name of the
transferee or transferees a new Security or Securities of the same
series in authorized denominations for a like aggregate principal
amount.
12.
Any Security or
Securities of any series (other than a Registered global Security,
except as set forth below) may be exchanged for a Security or
Securities of the same series in other authorized denominations, in
an equal aggregate principal amount. Securities of any series to be
exchanged shall be surrendered at any office or agency to be
maintained by the Issuer for the purpose as provided in
Section 3.02, and the Issuer shall execute and the Trustee
shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor the Security or
Securities of the same series which the Securityholder making the
exchange shall be entitled to receive, bearing numbers not
contemporaneously outstanding.
Whenever any
Securities are so surrendered for exchange, the Issuer shall
execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the
Securities which the Holder making the exchange is entitled to
receive. All Securities and Coupons surrendered upon any exchange
or transfer provided for in this Indenture shall be promptly
cancelled and disposed of by the Trustee and the Trustee will
deliver a certificate of disposition thereof to the
Issuer.
All Securities
presented for registration of transfer, exchange, redemption,
conversion or payment shall (if so required by the Issuer or the
Trustee) be duly endorsed by, or be accompanied by a written
instrument or instruments of transfer in form satisfactory to the
Issuer and the Trustee duly executed by, the holder or his attorney
duly authorized in writing.
The Issuer 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. No service
charge shall be made for any such transaction.
The Issuer 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 mailing or first publication of notice of redemption
of Securities of such series to be redeemed, or (b) any
Securities selected, called or being called for redemption except,
in the case of any Security where notice has been given that such
Security is to be redeemed in part, the portion thereof not so to
be redeemed.
Notwithstanding
any other provision of this Section 2.08, unless and until it
is exchanged in whole or in part for Securities in definitive
registered form, a Registered Global Security representing all or a
portion of the Securities of a series may not be transferred except
as a whole by the Depositary for such series to a nominee of such
Depositary or by a nominee of such Depositary to such Depositary or
another nominee of such Depositary or by such Depositary or any
such nominee to a successor Depositary for such series or a nominee
of such successor Depositary.
If at any time the
Depositary for any Registered Securities of a series represented by
one or more Registered Global Securities notifies the Issuer that
it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for such
Registered Securities or if at any time the Depositary for such
Registered Securities shall no longer be eligible under
Section 2.04, the Issuer shall appoint a successor Depositary
eligible under Section 2.04 with respect to such Registered
Securities. If a successor Depositary eligible under
Section 2.04 for such Registered Securities is not appointed
by the Issuer within 90 days after the Issuer receives such
notice or becomes aware of such ineligibility, the Issuer’s
election pursuant to Section 2.03 that such Registered
Securities be represented by one or more Registered Global
Securities shall no longer be effective and the Issuer will
execute,
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and the
Trustee, upon receipt of an Officer’s Certificate for the
authentication and delivery of definitive Securities of such
series, will authenticate and deliver, Securities of such series in
definitive registered form without coupons, in any authorized
denominations, in an aggregate principal amount equal to the
principal amount of the Registered Global Security or Securities
representing such Registered Securities in exchange for such
Registered Global Security or Securities.
The Issuer may at
any time and in its sole discretion determine that the Registered
Securities of any series issued in the form of one or more
Registered Global Securities shall no longer be represented by a
Registered Global Security or Securities. In such event the Issuer
will execute, and the Trustee, upon receipt of an Officer’s
Certificate for the authentication and delivery of definitive
Securities of such series, will authenticate and deliver,
Securities of such series in definitive registered form without
coupons, in any authorized denominations, in an aggregate principal
amount equal to the principal amount of the Registered Global
Security or Securities representing such Registered Securities, in
exchange for such Registered Global Security or
Securities.
If specified by
the Issuer pursuant to Section 2.03 with respect to Securities
represented by a Registered Global Security, the Depositary for
such Registered Global Security may surrender such Registered
Global Security in exchange in whole or in part for Securities of
the same series in definitive registered form on such terms as are
acceptable to the Issuer and such Depositary. Thereupon, the Issuer
shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver,
without service charge,
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the Person specified by such Depositary a new Registered Security
or Securities of the same series, of any authorized denominations
as requested by such Person, in an aggregate principal amount equal
to and in exchange for such Person’s beneficial interest in
the Registered Global Security; and
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to
such Depositary a new Registered Global Security in a denomination
equal to the difference, if any, between the principal amount of
the surrendered Registered Global Security and the aggregate
principal amount of Registered Securities authenticated and
delivered pursuant to clause (a) above.
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Upon the exchange
of a Registered Global Security for Securities in definitive
registered form without coupons, in authorized denominations, such
Registered Global Security shall be cancelled by the Trustee or an
agent of the Issuer or the Trustee. Securities in definitive
registered form without coupons issued in exchange for a Registered
Global Security pursuant to this Section 2.08 shall be
registered in such names and in such authorized denominations as
the Depositary for such Registered Global Security, pursuant to
instructions from its direct or indirect participants or otherwise,
shall instruct the Trustee or an agent of the Issuer or the
Trustee. The Trustee or such agent shall deliver such Securities to
or as directed by the Persons in whose names such Securities are so
registered.
All Securities
issued upon any transfer or exchange of Securities shall be valid
obligations of the Issuer, evidencing the same debt, and entitled
to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Securities
surrendered upon such transfer or exchange.
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Section 2.09.
Mutilated, Defaced, Destroyed, Lost And Stolen Securities.
In case any temporary or definitive Security shall become mutilated
or defaced and shall be surrendered to the Trustee, the Issuer
shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, a
new Security of the same series, bearing a number not
contemporaneously Outstanding, in exchange and substitution for the
mutilated or defaced Security. If the Holder of any Security claims
that the Security has been lost, destroyed or wrongfully taken, the
Issuer shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and
deliver, a new Security of the same series, bearing a number not
contemporaneously outstanding, in exchange and substitution for the
lost, destroyed or wrongfully taken Security, if the applicant so
requests before the Issuer has notice that the Security has been
acquired by a protected purchaser, and the applicant furnishes to
the Issuer and to the Trustee and any agent of the Issuer or the
Trustee such security or indemnity as may be required by them to
indemnify and defend and to save each of them harmless and the
applicant satisfies other reasonable requirements imposed by the
Issuer.
Upon the issuance
of any substitute Security, the Issuer 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 and its counsel)
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 destroyed, lost or stolen, the
Issuer may instead of issuing a substitute Security, 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 Issuer and to the Trustee and
any agent of the Issuer or the Trustee such security or indemnity
as any of them may require to save each of them harmless, and, in
every case of destruction, loss or wrongful taking, the applicant
shall also furnish to the Issuer and the Trustee and any agent of
the Issuer or the Trustee evidence to their satisfaction of the
destruction, loss or wrongful taking of such Security and of the
ownership thereof.
Every substitute
Security of any series issued pursuant to the provisions of this
section by virtue of the fact that any such Security is destroyed,
lost or stolen shall constitute an additional contractual
obligation of the Issuer, whether or not the destroyed, lost or
wrongfully taken 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 of such series duly authenticated and delivered
hereunder. All Securities shall be held and owned upon the express
condition that, to the extent permitted by law, the foregoing
provisions are exclusive with respect to the replacement or payment
of mutilated, defaced or destroyed, lost or wrongfully taken
Securities and shall preclude any and all other rights or
remedies.
Section 2.10.
Cancellation Of Securities; Destruction Thereof. All
Securities surrendered for payment, redemption, conversion,
registration of transfer or exchange, or for credit against any
payment in respect of a sinking or analogous fund, if surrendered
to the Issuer or any agent of the Issuer or the Trustee, shall be
delivered to the Trustee for cancellation or, if surrendered to the
Trustee, shall be canceled 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 canceled
Securities held by it in accordance with the record retention
policies of the Trustee in effect from time to time and, if such
cancelled certificates are destroyed, shall deliver a certificate
of destruction to the Issuer. If the Issuer shall acquire any of
the Securities,
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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 2.11.
Temporary Securities. Pending the preparation of definitive
Securities for any series, the Issuer may execute and the Trustee
shall authenticate and deliver temporary Securities for such series
(printed, lithographed, typewritten or otherwise reproduced, in
each case in form satisfactory to the Trustee). Temporary
Securities of any series shall be issuable as registered Securities
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 Issuer 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
Issuer and be authenticated by the Trustee upon the same conditions
and in substantially the same manner, and with like effect, as the
definitive Securities. Without unreasonable delay the Issuer 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 Issuer for that purpose pursuant to
Section 3.02, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver
in exchange for such temporary Securities of such series a like
aggregate principal amount of definitive Securities of the same
series of authorized denominations. Until so exchanged, the
temporary Securities of any series shall be entitled to the same
benefits under this Indenture as definitive Securities of such
series.
Section 2.12.
Computation Of Interest. Except as otherwise specified in
the Securities of a series, interest shall be computed on the basis
of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.
ARTICLE 3
COVENANTS OF THE ISSUER AND THE TRUSTEE
Section 3.01.
Payment Of Principal And Interest. The Issuer covenants and
agrees for the benefit of each series of Securities that it will
duly and punctually pay or cause to be paid the principal of, and
interest on, each of the Securities of such series at the place or
places, at the respective times and in the manner provided in such
Securities. Each installment of interest on the Securities of any
series may be paid at the option of the Issuer by wire transfer or
mailing checks for such interest payable to or upon the written
order of the holders of Securities entitled thereto at their last
addresses as they shall appear on the registry books of the
Issuer.
Section 3.02.
Offices For Payments, Etc. So long as any of the Securities
remain Outstanding, the Issuer will an office or agency
(a) where the Securities may be presented for payment, (b)
where the Securities may be presented for registration of transfer
and for exchange as in this Indenture provided, (c) where
notices and demands to or upon the Issuer in respect of the
Securities or of this Indenture may be served and (d) for
Securities of each series that is convertible, where such
Securities may be presented for conversion. The Issuer will give to
the Trustee written notice of the location of any such office or
agency and of any change of location thereof. Unless otherwise
specified in accordance with Section 2.03, the Issuer hereby
initially designates the Corporate Trust Office of Trustee as the
office to be maintained by it for each such purpose. In case the
Issuer shall fail to so designate or maintain any such office or
agency or shall fail to give such notice of the location or of any
change in the location thereof,
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presentations
and demands may be made and notices may be served at the Corporate
Trust Office.
Section 3.03.
Paying Agents. Whenever the Issuer shall appoint a paying
agent other than the Trustee with respect to the Securities of any
series, it will cause such paying agent to execute and deliver to
the Trustee an instrument in which such agent shall agree with the
Trustee, subject to the provisions of this Section,
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that it will hold all sums received
by it as such agent for the payment of the principal of or interest
on the Securities of such series (whether such sums have been paid
to it by the Issuer or by any other obligor on the Securities of
such series) in trust for the benefit of the holders of the
Securities of such series or of the Trustee,
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that it will give the Trustee notice
of any failure by the Issuer (or by any other obligor on the
Securities of such series) to make any payment of the principal of
or interest on the Securities of such series when the same shall be
due and payable, and
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pay
any such sums so held in trust by it to the Trustee upon the
Trustee’s written request at any time during the continuance
of the failure referred to in clause 3.03(b) above.
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The Issuer will,
on or prior to each due date of the principal of or interest on the
Securities of such series, deposit with the paying agent a sum
sufficient to pay such principal or interest so becoming due, and
(unless such paying agent is the Trustee) the Issuer will promptly
notify the Trustee of any failure to take such action.
If the Issuer
shall act as its own paying agent with respect to the Securities of
any Series, it will, on or before each due date of the principal of
or interest on the Securities of such series, set aside, segregate
and hold in trust for the benefit of the holders of the Securities
of such series a sum sufficient to pay such principal or interest
so becoming due. The Issuer will promptly notify the Trustee of any
failure to take such action.
Whenever the
Issuer shall have one or more paying agents for any series of
Securities, it will, on or before each due date of the principal of
or interest on any Securities of such series, deposit with the
paying agent or agents for the Securities of such series a sum, by
11:00 a.m. New York time in immediately available funds on the
payment date, sufficient to pay the principal or interest so
becoming due with respect to the Securities of such series, and
(unless such paying agent is the Trustee) the Issuer will promptly
notify the Trustee in writing of any failure so to act.
Anything in this
Section to the contrary notwithstanding, the Issuer may at any
time, for the purpose of obtaining a satisfaction and discharge
with respect to one or more or all series of Securities hereunder,
or for any other reason, pay or cause to be paid to the Trustee all
sums held in trust for any such series by the Issuer or any paying
agent hereunder, as required by this Section, such sums to be held
by the Trustee upon the trusts herein contained.
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Anything in this
Section to the contrary notwithstanding, the agreement to hold sums
in trust as provided in this Section is subject to the provisions
of Section 9.05.
Section 3.04.
Certificate Of The Issuer. Within 120 days after the
close of the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006, and within
120 days after the close of each fiscal year thereafter, the
Issuer will furnish to the Trustee a brief certificate (which need
not comply with Section 10.05) from the principal executive,
financial or accounting officer of the Issuer as to his or her
knowledge of the Issuer’s compliance with all conditions and
covenants under the Indenture (such compliance to be determined
without regard to any period of grace or requirement of notice
provided under the Indenture).
Section 3.05.
Securityholders Lists. If and so long as the Trustee shall
not be the Security registrar for the Securities of any series, the
Issuer will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee a list
in such form as the Trustee may reasonably require of the names and
addresses of the holders of the Securities of such series pursuant
to Section 312 of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939
(a) semi-annually not more than 10 days after each record
date for the payment of interest on such Securities, as hereinabove
specified, as of such record date and on dates to be determined
pursuant to Section 2.03 for non-interest bearing Securities
in each year, and (b) at such other times as the Trustee may
request in writing, within thirty days after receipt by the Issuer
of any such request as of a date not more than 10 days prior
to the time such information is furnished.
Section 3.06.
Reports By The Issuer. The Issuer covenants to: file with
the Trustee, within 15 days after the Issuer is required to
file the same with the Commission, copies of the annual reports and
of the information, documents, and other reports which the Issuer
may be required to file with the Commission pursuant to
Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934; or, if the Issuer is not required to file with the
Commission, annual reports, information, documents and other
reports pursuant to either Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, then the Issuer will file with the
Trustee and will file with the Commission, in accordance with rules
and regulations prescribed by the Commission, such of the
supplementary and periodic information, documents and reports
required pursuant to Section 13 of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934 in respect of a security listed and registered on a
national securities exchange as may be prescribed in such rules and
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Section 3.07.
Corporate Existence. So long as any of the Securities remain
unpaid, the Issuer will at all times (except as otherwise provided
or permitted elsewhere in this Indenture) do or cause to be done
all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect
its corporate existence; provided however, that the Issuer shall
not be required to preserve any such right if the Issuer shall
determine that the preservation thereof is no longer desirable in
the conduct of Issuer’s business and the loss thereof is not
disadvantageous in any material respect to the Holders of the
Securities.
Section 3.08.
Restrictions On Mergers, Sales And Consolidations. So long
as any of the Securities remain unpaid, the Issuer will not
consolidate or merge with or sell, convey or lease all or
substantially all of its property to any other corporation except
as permitted in Article 8 hereof.
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Section 3.09.
Further Assurances. From time to time whenever requested by
the Trustee, the Issuer will execute and deliver such further
instruments and assurances and do such further acts as may be
reasonably necessary or proper to carry out more effectually the
purposes of this Indenture or to secure the rights and remedies
hereunder of the holders of the Securities of any
series.
ARTICLE 4
REMEDIES OF THE TRUSTEE AND SECURITYHOLDERS
ON EVENT OF DEFAULT
Section 4.01.
Event Of Default Defined; Acceleration Of Maturity; Waiver Of
Default. “ Event of Default ” with respect
to Securities of any series wherever used herein, means each one of
the following events which shall have occurred and be continuing
(whatever the reason for such Event of Default and whether it shall
be voluntary or involuntary or be effected by operation of law or
pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any
order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental
body):
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default in the payment of any
installment of interest upon any of the Securities of such series
as and when the same shall become due and payable, and continuance
of such default for a period of 30 days; or
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default in the payment of all or any
part of the principal on any of the Securities of such series as
and when the same shall become due and payable either at maturity,
upon redemption, by declaration or otherwise; or
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default in the performance, or
breach, of any covenant or warranty of the Issuer in respect of the
Securities of such series (other than a covenant or warranty in
respect of the Securities of such series a default in whose
performance or whose breach is elsewhere in this Section
specifically dealt with), and continuance of such default or breach
for a period of 90 days after there has been given, by
registered or certified mail, to the Issuer by the Trustee or to
the Issuer and the Trustee by the Holders of at least 25% in
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of all series
affected thereby, a written notice specifying such default or
breach and requiring it to be remedied and stating that such notice
is a “ Notice of Default ” hereunder;
or
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a
court having jurisdiction in the premises shall enter a decree or
order for relief in respect of the Issuer in an involuntary case
under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law
now or hereafter in effect, or appointing a receiver, liquidator,
assignee, custodian, trustee or sequestrator (or similar official)
of the Issuer or for any substantial part of its property or
ordering the winding up or liquidation of its affairs, and such
decree or order shall remain unstayed and in effect for a period of
180 consecutive days; or
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the
Issuer shall commence a voluntary case under any applicable
bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in
effect, or consent to the entry of an order for relief in an
involuntary case under any such law, or consent to the
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appointment of
or taking possession by a receiver, liquidator, assignee,
custodian, trustee or sequestrator (or similar official) of the
Issuer or for any substantial part of its property, or make any
general assignment for the benefit of creditors; or
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any
other Event of Default provided in the supplemental indenture or
resolution of the Board of Directors under which such series of
Securities is issued or in the form of Security for such
series.
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If an Event of
Default described in clauses 4.01(a), 4.01(b), 4.01(c), or 4.01(f)
above occurs and is continuing, then, and in each and every such
case, unless the principal of all of the Securities of such series
shall have already become due and payable, either the Trustee or
the holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of
the Securities of any affected series then Outstanding hereunder
(each such series voting as a separate class) by notice in writing
to the Issuer (and to the Trustee if given by Securityholders), may
declare the entire principal (or, if the Securities of such series
are Original Issue Discount Securities, such portion of the
principal amount as may be specified in the terms of such series)
of all Securities of such series and the interest accrued thereon,
if any, to be due and payable immediately, and upon any such
declaration the same shall become immediately due and payable. If
an Event of Default described in clauses 4.01(d) or 4.01(e) occurs
and is continuing, then the principal amount of all the Securities
then outstanding and interest accrued thereon, if any, shall be and
become immediately due and payable, without any notice or other
action by any Holder or the Trustee, to the full extent permitted
by applicable law.
The foregoing
provisions, however, are subject to the condition that if, at any
time after the principal (or, if the Securities are Original Issue
Discount Securities, such portion of the principal as may be
specified in the terms thereof) of the Securities of any series (or
of all the Securities, as the case may be) shall have been so
declared due and payable, and before any judgment or decree for the
payment of the moneys due shall have been obtained or entered as
hereinafter provided, the Issuer shall pay or shall deposit with
the Trustee a sum sufficient to pay all matured installments of
interest upon all the Securities of such series (or of all the
Securities, as the case may be) and the principal of any and all
Securities of such series (or of all the Securities, as the case
may be) which shall have become due otherwise than by acceleration
(with interest upon such principal and, to the extent that payment
of such interest is enforceable under applicable law, on overdue
installments of interest, at the same rate as the rate of interest
or Yield to Maturity (in the case of Original Issue Discount
Securities) specified in the Securities of such series (or at the
respective rates of interest or Yields to Maturity of all the
Securities, as the case may be) to the date of such payment or
deposit) and such amount as shall be sufficient to cover reasonable
compensation to the Trustee, its agents, attorneys and counsel, and
all other reasonable expenses and liabilities incurred, and all
advances made, by the Trustee except as a result of negligence or
bad faith, and if any and all Events of Default under the
Indenture, other than the non-payment of the principal of
Securities which shall have become due by acceleration, shall have
been cured, waived or otherwise remedied as provided herein
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then and in every such case the
holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of all the then
Outstanding Securities of all such series that have been
accelerated, each such series voting as a separate class, by
written notice to the Issuer and to the Trustee, may waive all
defaults with respect to such series (or with respect to all the
Securities, as the case may be) and rescind and annul
such
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declaration and
its consequences, but no such waiver or rescission and annulment
shall extend to or shall affect any subsequent default or shall
impair any right consequent thereon.
For all purposes
under this Indenture, if a portion of the principal of any Original
Issue Discount Securities shall have been accelerated and declared
due and payable pursuant to the provisions hereof, then, from and
after such declaration, unless such declaration has been rescinded
and annulled, the principal amount of such Original Issue Discount
Securities shall be deemed, for all purposes hereunder, to be such
portion of the principal thereof as shall be due and payable as a
result of such acceleration, and payment of such portion of the
principal thereof as shall be due and payable as a result of such
acceleration, together with interest, if any, thereon and all other
amounts owing thereunder, shall constitute payment in full of such
Original Issue Discount Securities.
Section 4.02.
Collection Of Indebtedness By Trustee; Trustee May Prove
Debt. The Issuer covenants that (a) in case default shall
be made in the payment of any installment of interest on any of the
Securities of any series when such interest shall have become due
and payable, and such default shall have continued for a period of
30 days or (b) in case default shall be made in the
payment of all or any part of the principal of any of the
Securities of any series when the same shall have become due and
payable, whether upon maturity of the Securities of such series or
upon any redemption or by declaration or otherwise then upon demand
of the Trustee, the Issuer will pay to the Trustee for the benefit
of the Holders of the Securities of such series the whole amount
that then shall have become due and payable on all Securities of
such series for principal or interest, as the case may be (with
interest to the date of such payment upon the overdue principal
and, to the extent that payment of such interest is enforceable
under applicable law, on overdue installments of interest at the
same rate as the rate of interest or Yield to Maturity (in the case
of Original Issue Discount Securities) specified in the Securities
of such series); and in addition thereto, such further amount as
shall be sufficient to cover the reasonable costs and expenses of
collection, including reasonable compensation to the Trustee and
each predecessor Trustee, their respective agents, attorneys and
counsel, and any reasonable expenses and liabilities incurred, and
all advances made, by the Trustee and each predecessor Trustee
except as a result of its negligence or bad faith.
Until such demand
is made by the Trustee, the Issuer may pay the principal of and
interest on the Securities of any series to the registered holders,
whether or not the principal of and interest on the Securities of
such series be overdue.
In case the Issuer
shall fail forthwith to pay such amounts upon such demand, the
Trustee, in its own name and as trustee of an express trust, shall
be entitled and empowered to institute any action or proceedings at
law or in equity for the collection of the sums so due and unpaid,
and may prosecute any such action or proceedings to judgment or
final decree, and may enforce any such judgment or final decree
against the Issuer or other obligor upon such Securities and
collect in the manner provided by law out of the property of the
Issuer or other obligor upon such Securities, wherever situated,
the moneys adjudged or decreed to be payable.
In case there
shall be pending proceedings relative to the Issuer or any other
obligor upon the Securities under Title 11 of the United States
Code or any other applicable Federal or state bankruptcy,
insolvency or other similar law, or in case a receiver, assignee or
trustee in
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bankruptcy or
reorganization, liquidator, sequestrator or similar official shall
have been appointed for or taken possession of the Issuer or its
property or such other obligor, or in case of any other comparable
judicial proceedings relative to the Issuer or other obligor upon
the Securities of any series, or to the creditors or property of
the Issuer or such other obligor, the Trustee, irrespective of
whether the principal of any Securities shall then be due and
payable as therein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and
irrespective of whether the Trustee shall have made any demand
pursuant to the provisions of this Section, shall be entitled and
empowered, by intervention in such proceedings or
otherwise:
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file and prove a claim or claims for the whole amount of principal
and interest (or, if the Securities of any series are Original
Issue Discount Securities, such portion of the principal amount as
may be specified in the terms of such series) owing and unpaid in
respect of the Securities of any series, and to file such other
papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to
have the claims of the Trustee (including any claim for reasonable
compensation to the Trustee and each predecessor Trustee, and their
respective agents, attorneys and counsel, and for reimbursement of
all reasonable expenses and liabilities incurred, and all advances
made, by the Trustee and each predecessor Trustee, except as a
result of negligence or bad faith) and of the Securityholders
allowed in any judicial proceedings relative to the Issuer or other
obligor upon the Securities of any series, or to the creditors or
property of the Issuer or such other obligor,
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unless prohibited by applicable law
and regulations, to vote on behalf of the holders of the Securities
of any series in any election of a trustee or a standby trustee in
arrangement, reorganization, liquidation or other bankruptcy or
insolvency proceedings or person performing similar functions in
comparable proceedings, and
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to
collect and receive any moneys or other property payable or
deliverable on any such claims, and to distribute all amounts
received with respect to the claims of the Securityholders and of
the Trustee on their behalf; and any trustee, receiver, or
liquidator, custodian or other similar official is hereby
authorized by each of the Securityholders to make payments to the
Trustee, and, in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the
making of payments directly to the Securityholders, to pay to the
Trustee such amounts as shall be sufficient to cover reasonable
compensation to the Trustee, each predecessor Trustee and their
respective agents, attorneys and counsel, and all other reasonable
expenses and liabilities incurred, and all advances made, by the
Trustee and each predecessor Trustee except as a result of
negligence or bad faith and all other amounts due to the Trustee or
any predecessor Trustee pursuant to Section 5.06.
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Nothing herein
contained shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or
consent to or vote for or accept or adopt on behalf of any
Securityholder any plan or reorganization, arrangement, adjustment
or composition affecting the Securities of any series or the rights
of any Holder thereof, or to authorize the Trustee to vote in
respect of the claim of any Securityholder in any such proceeding
except, as aforesaid, to vote for the election of a trustee in
bankruptcy or similar person.
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All rights of
action and of asserting claims under this Indenture, or under any
of the Securities, may be enforced by the Trustee without the
possession of any of the Securities or the production thereof on
any trial or other proceedings relative thereto, and any such
action or proceedings instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in
its own name as trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of
judgment, subject to the paymen
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