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Title: INDENTURE
Governing Law: California     Date: 4/25/2006
Industry: Computer Services     Sector: Technology

INDENTURE, Parties: planetout inc , wells fargo bank  national association
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EXHIBIT 4.6

 

PLANETOUT INC.

and

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, Trustee

INDENTURE

Dated as of                      , 2006

 

Subordinated Securities

 

 


 

Table of Contents

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Page

ARTICLE 1 DEFINITIONS

 

 

1

 

Section 1.01. Certain Terms Defined

 

 

1

 

ARTICLE 2       SECURITIES

 

 

7

 

Section 2.01. Forms Generally

 

 

7

 

Section 2.02. Form Of Trustee’s Certification Of Authentication

 

 

8

 

Section 2.03. Amount Unlimited; Issuable In Series

 

 

8

 

Section 2.04. Authentication And Delivery Of Securities

 

 

10

 

Section 2.05. Execution Of Securities

 

 

11

 

Section 2.06. Certificate Of Authentication

 

 

11

 

Section 2.07. Denomination And Date Of Securities; Payments Of Interest

 

 

12

 

Section 2.08. Registration, Transfer And Exchange

 

 

12

 

Section 2.09. Mutilated, Defaced, Destroyed, Lost And Stolen Securities

 

 

15

 

Section 2.10. Cancellation Of Securities; Destruction Thereof

 

 

15

 

Section 2.11. Temporary Securities

 

 

16

 

Section 2.12. Computation Of Interest

 

 

16

 

ARTICLE 3       COVENANTS OF THE ISSUER AND THE TRUSTEE

 

 

16

 

Section 3.01. Payment Of Principal And Interest

 

 

16

 

Section 3.02. Offices For Payments, Etc.

 

 

16

 

Section 3.03. Paying Agents

 

 

17

 

Section 3.04. Certificate Of The Issuer

 

 

18

 

Section 3.05. Securityholders Lists

 

 

18

 

Section 3.06. Reports By The Issuer

 

 

18

 

Section 3.07. Corporate Existence

 

 

18

 

Section 3.08. Restrictions On Mergers, Sales And Consolidations

 

 

18

 

Section 3.09. Further Assurances

 

 

19

 

ARTICLE 4       REMEDIES OF THE TRUSTEE AND SECURITYHOLDERS ON EVENT OF DEFAULT

 

 

19

 

Section 4.01. Event Of Default Defined; Acceleration Of Maturity; Waiver Of Default

 

 

19

 

Section 4.02. Collection Of Indebtedness By Trustee; Trustee May Prove Debt

 

 

21

 

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Section 4.03. Application Of Proceeds

 

 

23

 

Section 4.05. Restoration Of Rights On Abandonment Of Proceedings

 

 

24

 

Section 4.06. Limitations On Suits By Securityholder

 

 

24

 

Section 4.07. Unconditional Right Of Securityholders To Institute Certain Suits

 

 

25

 

Section 4.08. Powers And Remedies Cumulative; Delay Or Omission Not Waiver Of Default

 

 

25

 

Section 4.09. Control By Securityholders

 

 

25

 

Section 4.10. Waiver Of Past Defaults

 

 

25

 

Section 4.11. Trustee To Give Notice Of Default, But May Withhold In Certain Circumstances

 

 

26

 

Section 4.12. Right Of Court To Require Filing Of Undertaking To Pay Costs

 

 

26

 

ARTICLE 5       CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE

 

 

26

 

Section 5.01. Duties And Responsibilities Of The Trustee; During Default; Prior To Default

 

 

26

 

Section 5.02. Certain Rights Of The Trustee

 

 

28

 

Section 5.03. Trustee Not Responsible For Recitals, Disposition Of Securities Or Application Of Proceeds Thereof

 

 

29

 

Section 5.04. Trustee And Agents May Hold Securities; Collections, Etc.

 

 

29

 

Section 5.05. Moneys Held By Trustee

 

 

29

 

Section 5.06. Compensation And Indemnification Of Trustee And Its Prior Claim

 

 

29

 

Section 5.07. Right Of Trustee To Rely On Officer’s Certificate, Etc.

 

 

30

 

Section 5.08. Persons Eligible For Appointment As Trustee

 

 

30

 

Section 5.09. Resignation And Removal; Appointment Of Successor Trustee

 

 

30

 

Section 5.10. Acceptance Of Appointment By Successor

 

 

32

 

Section 5.11. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation Or Succession To Business Of Trustee

 

 

32

 

Section 5.12. Reports By The Trustee

 

 

33

 

ARTICLE 6       CONCERNING THE SECURITYHOLDERS

 

 

33

 

Section 6.01. Evidence Of Action Taken By Securityholders

 

 

33

 

Section 6.02. Proof Of Execution Of Instruments And Of Holding Of Securities; Record Date

 

 

34

 

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Section 6.03. Holders To Be Treated As Owners

 

 

34

 

Section 6.04. Securities Owned By Issuer Deemed Not Outstanding

 

 

34

 

Section 6.05. Right Of Revocation Of Action Taken

 

 

35

 

ARTICLE 7       SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES

 

 

35

 

Section 7.01. Supplemental Indentures Without Consent Of Securityholders

 

 

35

 

Section 7.02. Supplemental Indentures With Consent Of Securityholders

 

 

37

 

Section 7.03. Effect Of Supplemental Indenture

 

 

39

 

Section 7.04. Documents To Be Given To Trustee

 

 

39

 

Section 7.05. Notation On Securities In Respect Of Supplemental Indentures

 

 

39

 

ARTICLE 8       CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, SALE OR CONVEYANCE

 

 

39

 

Section 8.01. Issuer May Consolidate, Etc., On Certain Terms

 

 

39

 

Section 8.02. Successor Corporation Substituted

 

 

39

 

ARTICLE 9       DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE

 

 

40

 

Section 9.01. Defeasance Within One Year Of Payment

 

 

40

 

Section 9.02. Defeasance

 

 

41

 

Section 9.03. Covenant Defeasance

 

 

42

 

Section 9.04. Application Of Trust Money

 

 

43

 

Section 9.05. Repayment To Issuer

 

 

43

 

ARTICLE 10       MISCELLANIOUS PROVISIONS

 

 

44

 

Section 10.01. Incorporators, Stockholders, Officers And Directors Of Issuer Exempt From Individual Liability

 

 

44

 

Section 10.02. Provisions Of Indenture For The Sole Benefit Of Parties And Securityholders

 

 

44

 

Section 10.03. Successors And Assigns Of Issuer Bound By Indenture

 

 

44

 

Section 10.04. Notices And Demands On Issuer, Trustee And Securityholders

 

 

44

 

Section 10.05. Officer’s Certificates And Opinions Of Counsel; Statements To Be Contained Therein

 

 

45

 

Section 10.06. Payments Due On Saturdays, Sundays And Holidays

 

 

46

 

Section 10.07. Conflict Of Any Provision Of Indenture With Trust Indenture Act Of 1939

 

 

46

 

Section 10.08. California Law To Govern

 

 

46

 

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Section 10.09. Counterparts

 

 

46

 

Section 10.10. Effect Of Headings

 

 

46

 

ARTICLE 11       REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES AND SINKING FUNDS

 

 

46

 

Section 11.01. Applicability Of Article

 

 

46

 

Section 11.02. Notice Of Redemption; Partial Redemptions

 

 

46

 

Section 11.03. Payment Of Securities Called For Redemption

 

 

47

 

Section 11.04. Exclusion Of Certain Securities From Eligibility For Selection For Redemption

 

 

48

 

Section 11.05. Mandatory And Optional Sinking Funds

 

 

48

 

Section 11.06. Conversion Arrangement On Call For Redemption

 

 

50

 

ARTICLE 12       SUBORDINATION OF SECURITIES

 

 

51

 

Section 12.01. Agreement Of Subordination

 

 

51

 

Section 12.02. Agreement Of Subordination

 

 

51

 

Section 12.03. Subrogation Of Securities

 

 

54

 

Section 12.04. Authorization By Securityholders

 

 

55

 

Section 12.05. Notice To Trustee

 

 

55

 

Section 12.06. Trustee’s Relation To Senior Indebtedness

 

 

56

 

Section 12.07. No Impairment Of Subordination

 

 

56

 

Section 12.08. Rights Of Trustee

 

 

56

 

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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 ”).

W I T N E S S E T H:

     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;

     NOW, THEREFORE:

     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:

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 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.

     “ 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

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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.

     “ 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.

     “ 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.

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     “ Event of Default ” means any event or condition specified as such in Section 4.01.

     “ Holder ,” “ Holder of Securities ,” “ Securityholder ” or other similar terms mean the registered holder of any Security.

     “ Indebtedness ” means, with respect to any Person, and without duplication:

 

(a)

 

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,

 

 

 

 

 

(b)

 

all reimbursement obligations and other liabilities (contingent or otherwise) of that Person with respect to letters of credit, bank guaranties or bankers’ acceptances,

 

 

 

 

 

(c)

 

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,

 

 

 

 

 

(d)

 

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,

 

 

 

 

 

(e)

 

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),

 

 

 

 

 

(f)

 

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

 

(g)

 

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).

     “ 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.

     “ Interest ” means, when used with respect to non-interest bearing Securities, interest payable after maturity.

     “ Issuer ” means (except as otherwise provided in Article 5) PlanetOut Inc., a Delaware corporation, and, subject to Article 8, its successors and assigns.

     “ 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:

 

(a)

 

Securities theretofore cancelled by the Trustee or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation;

 

 

 

 

 

(b)

 

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

 

(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 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).

     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.

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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.

ARTICLE 2
SECURITIES

     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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[TRUSTEE],

 

 

 

 

        as Trustee

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Authorized Signatory

 

 

     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:

 

(a)

 

the designation of the Securities of the series (which shall distinguish the Securities of the series from all other Securities);

 

 

 

 

 

(b)

 

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);

 

 

 

 

 

(c)

 

if other than dollars, the coin or currency in which the Securities of the series are denominated (including, but not limited to, foreign currency).

 

 

 

 

 

(d)

 

the date or dates on which the principal of the Securities of the series is payable;

 

 

 

 

 

(e)

 

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;

 

 

 

 

 

(f)

 

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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(g)

 

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;

 

 

 

 

 

(h)

 

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;

 

 

 

 

 

(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 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;

 

 

 

 

 

(k)

 

any other terms of the series (which terms shall not be inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture);

 

 

 

 

 

(l)

 

any trustees, depositories, authenticating or paying agents, transfer agents or registrars or any other agents with respect to the Securities of such series;

 

 

 

 

 

(m)

 

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;

 

 

 

 

 

(n)

 

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;

 

 

 

 

 

(o)

 

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;

 

 

 

 

 

(p)

 

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;

 

(q)

 

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;

 

 

 

 

 

(r)

 

any other events of default or covenants with respect to the Securities of such series; and

 

 

 

 

 

(s)

 

any other terms of the series.

     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:

 

(a)

 

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;

 

 

 

 

 

(b)

 

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;

 

 

 

 

 

(c)

 

an executed supplemental indenture, if any, and the documentation required to be delivered pursuant to Section 7.04; or

 

 

 

 

 

(d)

 

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.

     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.

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     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,

 

(a)

 

to 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

 

 

 

 

 

(b)

 

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.

     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,

 

(a)

 

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,

 

 

 

 

 

(b)

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

(c)

 

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.

     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 regulations. 9

     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):

 

(a)

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

(b)

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

(c)

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

(d)

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

(e)

 

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

 

(f)

 

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.

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 ? 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:

 

(a)

 

to 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,

 

 

 

 

 

(b)

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

(c)

 

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.

     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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