U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Trustee
Dated as of December 21,
2006
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ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY
REFERENCE
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SECTION 1.02 OTHER DEFINITIONS
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SECTION 1.03 INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE OF TRUST
INDENTURE ACT
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SECTION 1.04 RULES OF CONSTRUCTION
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ARTICLE II THE DEBT SECURITIES
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SECTION 2.01 AMOUNT UNLIMITED; ISSUABLE IN
SERIES
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SECTION 2.02 FORM AND DATING
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SECTION 2.03 EXECUTION AND
AUTHENTICATION
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SECTION 2.04 REGISTRAR, PAYING AGENT AND
DEPOSITARY
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SECTION 2.05 PAYING AGENT TO HOLD MONEY IN
TRUST
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SECTION 2.06 HOLDER LISTS
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SECTION 2.07 TRANSFER AND EXCHANGE
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SECTION 2.08 REPLACEMENT DEBT
SECURITIES
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SECTION 2.09 OUTSTANDING DEBT
SECURITIES
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SECTION 2.10 TEMPORARY DEBT
SECURITIES
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SECTION 2.11 CANCELLATION
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SECTION 2.12 PAYMENT OF INTEREST; DEFAULTED
INTEREST
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SECTION 2.13 CUSIP, ISIN OR COMMON CODE
NUMBERS
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SECTION 3.01 OPTIONAL REDEMPTION
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SECTION 3.02 ELECTION TO REDEEM; NOTICE TO
TRUSTEE
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SECTION 3.03 SELECTION BY TRUSTEE OF DEBT
SECURITIES TO BE REDEEMED
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SECTION 3.04 NOTICE OF REDEMPTION
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SECTION 3.05 DEPOSIT OF REDEMPTION
PRICE
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SECTION 3.06 DEBT SECURITIES PAYABLE ON
REDEMPTION DATE
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SECTION 3.07 DEBT SECURITIES REDEEMED IN
PART
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SECTION 3.08 MANDATORY DISPOSITION OF DEBT
SECURITIES PURSUANT TO GAMING LAWS
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SECTION 4.01 PAYMENT OF PRINCIPAL, PREMIUM AND
INTEREST
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SECTION 4.03 OFFICER’S CERTIFICATE AS TO
COMPLIANCE
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SECTION 4.04 MAINTENANCE OF OFFICE OR
AGENCY
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SECTION 4.05 MONEY FOR DEBT SECURITIES; PAYMENTS
TO BE HELD IN TRUST
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SECTION 4.06 CORPORATE EXISTENCE
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SECTION 4.07 WAIVER OF CERTAIN
COVENANTS
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SECTION 4.08 GAMING APPROVALS
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ARTICLE V CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE,
TRANSFER OR LEASE
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SECTION 5.01 COMPANY MAY CONSOLIDATE, ETC., ONLY
ON CERTAIN TERMS
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SECTION 5.02 SUCCESSOR CORPORATION
SUBSTITUTED
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ARTICLE VI DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES
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SECTION 6.01 EVENTS OF DEFAULT
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SECTION 6.02 ACCELERATION OF MATURITY;
RESCISSION AND ANNULMENT
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SECTION 6.03 COLLECTION OF INDEBTEDNESS AND
SUITS FOR ENFORCEMENT BY TRUSTEE
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SECTION 6.04 TRUSTEE MAY FILE PROOFS OF
CLAIM
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SECTION 6.05 TRUSTEE MAY ENFORCE CLAIMS WITHOUT
POSSESSION OF DEBT SECURITIES
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SECTION 6.06 APPLICATION OF MONEY
COLLECTED
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SECTION 6.07 LIMITATION ON SUITS
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SECTION 6.08 UNCONDITIONAL RIGHT OF HOLDERS TO
RECEIVE PRINCIPAL, PREMIUM AND INTEREST
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SECTION 6.09 RESTORATION OF RIGHTS AND
REMEDIES
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SECTION 6.10 RIGHTS AND REMEDIES
CUMULATIVE
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SECTION 6.11 DELAY OR OMISSION NOT
WAIVER
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SECTION 6.12 CONTROL BY HOLDERS
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SECTION 6.13 WAIVER OF PAST DEFAULTS
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SECTION 6.14 UNDERTAKING FOR COSTS
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SECTION 6.15 WAIVER OF STAY OR EXTENSION
LAWS
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SECTION 6.16 DISQUALIFIED HOLDERS
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SECTION 7.01 CERTAIN DUTIES AND
RESPONSIBILITIES
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SECTION 7.02 NOTICE OF DEFAULTS
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SECTION 7.03 CERTAIN RIGHTS OF
TRUSTEE
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SECTION 7.04 NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR RECITALS OR
ISSUANCE OF DEBT SECURITIES
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SECTION 7.05 MAY HOLD DEBT SECURITIES
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SECTION 7.06 MONEY HELD IN TRUST
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SECTION 7.07 COMPENSATION AND
REIMBURSEMENT
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SECTION 7.08 DISQUALIFICATION; CONFLICTING
INTERESTS
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SECTION 7.09 CORPORATE TRUSTEE REQUIRED;
ELIGIBILITY
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SECTION 7.10 RESIGNATION AND REMOVAL;
APPOINTMENT OF SUCCESSOR
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SECTION 7.11 ACCEPTANCE OF APPOINTMENT BY
SUCCESSOR
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SECTION 7.12 MERGER, CONVERSION, CONSOLIDATION
OR SUCCESSION TO BUSINESS
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SECTION 7.13 PREFERENTIAL COLLECTION OF CLAIMS
AGAINST COMPANY
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SECTION 7.14 APPOINTMENT OF AUTHENTICATING
AGENT
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SECTION 7.15 PAYING AGENT; REGISTRAR
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SECTION 7.16 REPORTS BY TRUSTEE
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ARTICLE VIII DISCHARGE OF DEBT SECURITIES;
DEFEASANCE
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SECTION 8.01 SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF DEBT
SECURITIES
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SECTION 8.02 APPLICATION OF TRUST
MONEY
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SECTION 8.03 APPLICABILITY OF ARTICLE
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SECTION 8.04 DEFEASANCE UPON DEPOSIT OF MONEYS
OR U.S. GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS
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SECTION 8.05 DEPOSITED MONEYS AND U.S.
GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS TO BE HELD IN TRUST
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SECTION 8.06 REPAYMENT TO COMPANY
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ARTICLE IX SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
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SECTION 9.01 SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES WITHOUT
CONSENT OF HOLDERS
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SECTION 9.02 SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES WITH
CONSENT OF HOLDERS
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SECTION 9.03 EXECUTION OF SUPPLEMENTAL
INDENTURES
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SECTION 9.04 EFFECT OF SUPPLEMENTAL
INDENTURES
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SECTION 9.05 CONFORMITY WITH TRUST INDENTURE
ACT
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SECTION 9.06 REFERENCE IN DEBT SECURITIES TO
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
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ARTICLE X DEBT SECURITY GUARANTEES
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SECTION 10.02 EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF
GUARANTEE
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SECTION 10.03 LIMITATION OF GUARANTOR’S
LIABILITY
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SECTION 10.04 CONTRIBUTION
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SECTION 10.05 RIGHTS UNDER THE
GUARANTEE
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SECTION 10.06 PRIMARY OBLIGATIONS
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SECTION 10.09 NO ELECTION
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SECTION 10.10 FINANCIAL CONDITION OF THE
COMPANY
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SECTION 10.11 CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, ETC., ONLY
ON CERTAIN TERMS
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SECTION 11.01 TRUST INDENTURE ACT
CONTROLS
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SECTION 11.03 COMMUNICATION BY HOLDERS WITH
OTHER HOLDERS
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SECTION 11.04 CERTIFICATE AND OPINION AS TO
CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
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SECTION 11.05 STATEMENTS REQUIRED IN CERTIFICATE
OR OPINION
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SECTION 11.06 BUSINESS DAYS
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SECTION 11.07 GOVERNING LAW
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SECTION 11.08 NO RECOURSE AGAINST
OTHERS
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SECTION 11.10 MULTIPLE ORIGINALS
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SECTION 11.11 TABLE OF CONTENTS;
HEADINGS
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SECTION 11.12 SEVERABILITY
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SECTION 11.13 NO ADVERSE INTERPRETATION OF OTHER
AGREEMENTS
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SECTION 11.14 NO PARENT LIABILITY
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SECTION 11.15 RULES BY TRUSTEE, PAYING AGENT AND
REGISTRAR
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EXHIBIT A
— FORM OF DEBT SECURITY
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TIA
Section
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Indenture
Section
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(a)(1)
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7.09
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(a)(2)
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7.09
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(a)(3)
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N.A.
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(a)(4)
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N.A.
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(a)(5)
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7.09
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(b)
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7.08
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(c)
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N.A.
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(a)
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7.13
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(b)
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7.13
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(c)
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N.A.
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(a)
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2.06
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(b)
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11.03
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(c)
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11.03
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(a)
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7.16
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(b)(1)
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7.16
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(b)(2)
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7.16
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(c)
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7.16;11.02
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(d)
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7.16
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(a)
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4.02
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N.A.
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(c)(1)
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11.04
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11.04
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(c)(3)
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11.04
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N.A.
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11.05
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N.A.
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(a)
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7.01
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7.02;
11.01
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(c)
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7.01
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7.01
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(e)
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6.14
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(a)(last
sentence)
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2.08
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(a)(1)(A)
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6.12
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(a)(1)(B)
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6.13
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(a)(2)
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N.A.
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(b)
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6.08
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(c)
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N.A.
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(a)(1)
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6.03
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(a)(2)
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6.04
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(b)
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2.05
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(a)
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11.01
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N.A.
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(c)
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1.03
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N.A. means not
applicable.
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This Cross
Reference Table is not part of the Indenture.
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iv
INDENTURE dated as
of December 21, 2006, among MGM MIRAGE, a Delaware corporation
(the “ Company ”), the Guarantors party
hereto, and U.S. Bank National Association (the “
Trustee ”), having its Corporate Trust Office
at 60 Livingston Avenue, St. Paul, MN 55107-1419.
The Company has
duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture to
provide for the issuance from time to time of its debentures,
notes, bonds or other evidences of indebtedness (the “Debt
Securities”), to be issued in one or more series, as provided
in this Indenture.
This Indenture is
subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as
amended, that are deemed incorporated into this Indenture and
shall, to the extent applicable, be governed by such
provisions.
All things
necessary have been done to make this Indenture, when executed by
the Company, a valid agreement of the Company, in accordance with
its terms.
NOW, THEREFORE,
THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH:
For and in
consideration of the premises and the purchase of Debt Securities
by the Holders thereof, it is mutually covenanted and agreed, for
the equal and proportionate benefit of all Holders of Debt
Securities or Holders of Debt Securities of any series, as
applicable, as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
SECTION 1.01
DEFINITIONS.
“
Act ” means any request, demand, authorization,
direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided by this
Indenture to be given or taken by holders of Debt Securities that
is embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of
substantially similar tenor signed by such holders in person or by
an agent or proxy duly appointed in writing; and, except as herein
otherwise expressly provided, such action shall become effective
when such instrument or instruments are delivered to the Trustee,
and, where it is hereby expressly required, to the
Company.
“
Affiliate ” of any specified Person means any
other Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or
under direct or indirect common control with such specified Person.
For the purposes of this definition, “control”
(including, with correlative meanings, the terms
“controlling,” “controlled by” and
“under common control with”) as used with respect to
any Person means the power to direct the management and policies of
such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership
of voting securities, by agreement or otherwise.
“
Agent ” means any Registrar, Paying Agent,
co-registrar or additional paying agent.
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Applicable Procedures ” means, with respect to
any transfer or exchange of or for beneficial interests in any
Global Note, the rules and procedures of the Depositary that apply
to such transfer or exchange at the relevant time.
“
Authenticating Agent ” has the meaning
specified in Section 7.14.
“
Bankruptcy Law ” means Title 11, U.S. Code, or
any similar federal, state or foreign law for the relief of
debtors.
“
Beneficiaries ” means the Holders of the Debt
Securities and the Trustee.
“
Board of Directors ” means, with respect to any
Person, the Board of Directors (or any similar governing body) of
such Person, or unless the context otherwise requires, any
authorized committee of the Board of Directors (or such body) of
such Person. Unless otherwise specified, “Board of
Directors” means the Board of Directors of the
Company.
“
Board Resolution ” means, with respect to the
Company, a duly adopted resolution of the Board of Directors of the
Company.
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Business Day ” means any day which is not a
Saturday, a Sunday or a legal holiday or a day on which banking
institutions or trust companies in Nevada or New York are
authorized or obligated by law to close.
“
Code ” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986,
as amended.
“
Commission ” means the Securities and Exchange
Commission or any successor agency.
“
Company ” means the Person named as the
“Company” in the first paragraph of this instrument
until a successor Person shall have become such pursuant to the
applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter
“Company” shall mean such successor Person.
“
Company Request ” and “ Company
Order ” mean, respectively, a written request or
order signed in the name of the Company by the Chairman of the
Board of Directors, the President or an Executive or Senior Vice
President and by the Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, the
Controller, an Assistant Controller, the Secretary or an Assistant
Secretary of the Company, and delivered to the Trustee.
“
Corporate Trust Office ” means the office of
the Trustee specified in the Board Resolution, Officers’
Certificate or supplemental indenture establishing the terms of the
Debt Securities of any series.
“
corporation ” means a corporation, association,
company or business trust.
“ Debt
Securities ” has the meaning stated in the first
recital of this Indenture and more particularly means any Debt
Securities (including any Global Note) authenticated and delivered
under this Indenture; provided, however, that, if at any
time there is more than one Person acting as Trustee under this
Indenture, “ Debt Securities ” with respect to
the Indenture as to which such Person is Trustee shall have the
meaning stated in the first recital of this Indenture and shall
more particularly mean Debt Securities authenticated and delivered
under this Indenture, exclusive, however, of Debt Securities of any
series as to which such Person is not Trustee.
“ Debt
Security Register” means a register maintained in any
office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment in which,
subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the
Company shall provide for the registration of Debt Securities and
of transfers and exchanges of Debt Securities which the Company
shall cause to be kept at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee
(or at the appropriate office of any other Registrar appointed
hereunder).
“
Default ” means any event that, with the
passage of time or the giving of notice or both, would be an Event
of Default.
“
Defaulted Interest ” has the meaning specified
in Section 2.12.
“
Definitive Note ” means one or more
certificated Debt Securities registered in the name of the Holder
thereof, issued in accordance with Section 2.07, and
substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto or as otherwise
established pursuant to Section 2.02.
“
Depositary ” means, with respect to the Debt
Securities issuable or issued in whole or in part in global form,
the person specified in or pursuant to Section 2.04 as the
Depositary with respect to the Debt Securities, until a successor
shall have been appointed and become such pursuant to the
applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter,
“Depositary” means or includes such
successor.
“
Discharged ” has the meaning specified in
Section 8.04.
“
Disqualified Holder ” has the meaning specified
in Section 3.08.
“
Dollar ” or “ $ ”
means a dollar or other equivalent unit in such coin or currency of
the United States that, at the time of payment, is legal tender for
the payment of public and private debts.
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DTC ” has the meaning specified in
Section 2.04.
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Event of Default ” has the meaning specified in
Section 6.01.
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Exchange Act ” means the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended.
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GAAP ” means generally accepted accounting
principles in the United States of America as in effect from time
to time, including those set forth in the statements and
pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board or in
such other statements by such other entity as have been approved by
a significant segment of the accounting profession.
“
Gaming Authority ” means the Nevada Gaming
Commission, the Nevada State Gaming Control Board, the New Jersey
Casino Control Commission, the New Jersey Division of Gaming
Enforcement, the Michigan Gaming Control Board, the Detroit City
Council, the Mississippi Gaming Commission, the Illinois Gaming
Board or any similar commission or agency which has, or may at any
time after the date of this Indenture have, jurisdiction over the
gaming activities of the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company or
any successor thereto.
“
Gaming Laws ” means the gaming laws of a
jurisdiction or jurisdictions to which the Company or a Subsidiary
of the Company is, or may at any time after the date of this
Indenture be, subject.
“
Gaming Licenses ” means every material license,
permit, franchise, registration or other material approval held by,
or issued at any time after the date of this Indenture, to the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries authorizing the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries to own, lease, operate or otherwise conduct or
manage gaming in any state or jurisdiction.
“
Global Notes ” means one or more Debt
Securities substantially in the form attached hereto as
Exhibit A, or as otherwise established pursuant to
Section 2.02, issued under this Indenture that is deposited
with or on behalf of and registered in the name of the Depositary
or its nominee.
“
Global Note Legend ” means the legend set forth
in Section 2.07(f), which is required to be placed on all
Global Notes issued under this Indenture.
“
Guarantee ” has the meaning specified in
Section 10.01.
“
Guaranteed Obligations ” has the meaning
specified in Section 10.01.
“
Guarantor ” means, with respect to the Debt
Securities of any series, any Person who has guaranteed the
obligations of the Company under this Indenture with respect to
such series pursuant to Article 10, until released from such
guarantee pursuant to the terms of this Indenture.
“
Holder ” means the Person in whose name a Debt
Security is registered on the Registrar’s books.
“
Incur ” means, with respect to any
Indebtedness, to incur, create, issue, assume, guarantee or
otherwise become liable for or with respect to, or become
responsible for, the payment of, contingently or otherwise, such
Indebtedness; provided that the accrual of interest shall
not be considered an Incurrence of Indebtedness.
“
Indebtedness ” of any Person means (i) any
indebtedness of such Person, contingent or otherwise, in respect of
borrowed money (whether or not the recourse of the lender is to the
whole of the assets of such Person or only to a portion thereof),
or evidenced by notes, bonds, debentures or similar instruments or
letters of credit, or representing the balance deferred and unpaid
of the purchase price of any property, including any such
indebtedness Incurred in connection with the acquisition by such
person or any of its Subsidiaries of any other business or entity,
if and to the extent such indebtedness would appear as a liability
upon a balance sheet of such Person prepared in accordance with
GAAP, including for such purpose Obligations under capitalized
leases, and (ii) any guarantee, endorsement (other than for
collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business), discount
with recourse, or any agreement (contingent or otherwise) to
purchase, repurchase or otherwise acquire or to supply or advance
funds with
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respect to, or
to become liable with respect to (directly or indirectly) any
indebtedness, obligation, liability or dividend of any Person, but
shall not include indebtedness or amounts owed for compensation to
employees, or for goods or materials purchased, or services
utilized, in the ordinary course of business of such Person. For
purposes of this definition of Indebtedness, a “capitalized
lease” shall be deemed to mean a lease of real or personal
property which, in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles, is required to be capitalized.
“
Indenture ” means this Indenture as amended or
supplemented from time to time. The term “Indenture”
shall also include the terms of a particular series of Debt
Securities established as contemplated by
Section 2.01.
“
Indirect Participant ” means an entity that,
with respect to any Depositary, clears through or maintains a
direct or indirect, custodial relationship with a
Participant.
“
Interest Payment Date ” with respect to any
Debt Security means the Stated Maturity of an installment of
interest on such Debt Security.
“
Joint Venture ” means any partnership,
corporation or other entity, in which up to and including 50% of
the partnership interests, outstanding voting stock or other equity
interests is owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company and/or
one or more of its Subsidiaries.
“
Lien ” means any mortgage, pledge,
hypothecation, assignment, deposit, arrangement, encumbrance,
security interest, lien (statutory or otherwise), or preference,
priority or other security or similar agreement or preferential
arrangement of any kind or nature whatsoever (including, without
limitation, any conditional sale or other title retention agreement
having substantially the same economic effect as any of the
foregoing).
“
Maturity ” when used with respect to any Debt
Security means the date on which the principal of such Debt
Security or an installment of principal becomes due and payable as
therein or herein provided, whether at the Stated Maturity or by
declaration of acceleration, call for redemption, repayment or
otherwise.
“
Moody’s ” means Moody’s Investor
Service, Inc.
“
Non-recourse Indebtedness ” means Indebtedness
the terms of which provide that the lender’s claim for
repayment of such Indebtedness is limited solely to a claim against
the property which secures such Indebtedness.
“
Notes Custodian ” or “
Custodian ” means the custodian with respect to
any Global Note (as appointed by the Depositary), or any successor
entity thereto covered in 2.04.
“
Notice of Default ” has the meaning specified
in Section 6.01.
“
Obligations ” means any principal, interest,
premium, if any, penalties, fees, indemnifications, reimbursements,
expenses, damages or other liabilities or amounts payable under the
documentation governing or otherwise in respect of any
Indebtedness.
“
Officers ” means any of the following: the
Chairman of the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer,
the Chief Financial Officer, the President, an Executive or Senior
Vice President, the Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, the
Controller, an Assistant Controller, the Secretary or an Assistant
Secretary of the Company.
“
Officers’ Certificate ” means a
certificate signed by the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the
President or an Executive or Senior Vice President and by the
Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, the Controller, an Assistant
Controller, the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company
and delivered to the Trustee.
“
Opinion of Counsel ” means a written opinion of
counsel, who may be counsel to the Company (including an employee
of the Company).
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Original Issue Discount Security ” means any
Debt Security which 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 6.02.
“
Outstanding Debt Securities ” has the meaning
set forth in Section 2.09.
“
Participant ” means, with respect to the
Depositary, a Person who has an account with the
Depositary.
“
Paying Agent ” has the meaning specified in
Section 2.04.
“
Payment ” means, with respect to the Debt
Securities and Guarantees, any payment, whether in cash or other
assets or property, of interest, principal, premium, or any other
amount on, of or in respect of the Debt Securities, any other
acquisition of Debt Securities and any deposit into the trust
described in Article VIII. The verb “ pay ”
has a correlative meaning.
“
Person ” means any individual, corporation,
partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, association,
joint stock company, trust, estate, unincorporated organization or
government or any agency or political subdivision thereof or any
other entity.
“
Place of Payment ” when used with respect to
the Debt Securities means the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee
or such other location as may be established under
Section 4.04.
“
Predecessor Debt Security ” of any particular
Debt Security means every previous Debt Security evidencing all or
a portion of the same debt as that evidenced by such particular
Debt Security; and, for the purposes of this definition, any Debt
Security authenticated and delivered under Section 2.08 in
lieu of a mutilated, lost, destroyed or stolen Debt Security shall
be deemed to evidence the same debt as the mutilated, lost,
destroyed or stolen Debt Security.
“
Redemption Date ” means the date fixed for
redemption of any Debt Security pursuant to this
Indenture.
“
Redemption Price ”, when used with respect to
any Debt Security to be redeemed, means the price at which it is to
be redeemed pursuant to this Indenture.
“
Registrar ” has the meaning specified in
Section 2.04.
“
Regular Record Date ” for the interest payable
on the Debt Securities of any series on any Interest Payment Date
means the dates designated as the Record Dates in the Global Notes
of any such series.
“
Securities Act ” means the Securities Act of
1933, as amended.
“
Significant Subsidiary ” means, with respect to
any Person, any Subsidiary of that Person that would be a
“significant subsidiary” as defined in Article I,
Rule 1-02 of Regulation S X, promulgated pursuant to the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, as such Regulation is in effect
on the date hereof.
“
Special Record Date ” for the payment of any
Defaulted Interest means a date fixed by the Trustee pursuant to
Section 2.12.
“
Stated Maturity ” when used with respect to any
Debt Security or any payment of principal thereof or premium
thereon or interest thereon means the date specified in such Debt
Security or in this Indenture, as the date on which the principal
of such Debt Security or such payment of principal, premium or
interest is due and payable.
“
Subsidiary ” of any specified Person means any
corporation, partnership or limited liability company of which at
least a majority of the outstanding stock (or other equity
interests) having by the terms thereof ordinary voting power for
the election of directors (or the equivalent) of such Person
(irrespective of whether or not at the
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time stock (or
other equity interests) of any other class or classes of such
Person shall have or might have voting power by reason of the
happening of any contingency) is at the time directly or indirectly
owned by such Person, or by one or more other Subsidiaries, or by
such Person and one or more other Subsidiaries.
“
TIA ” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15
U.S.C. §§ 77aaa-77bbbb) as in effect on the date of this
Indenture, except as stated in Section 9.03.
“
Tracinda ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 11.14.
“
Treasury Securities ” mean any obligations
issued or guaranteed by the United States government or any agency
thereof.
“
Trustee ” means the Person named as the
“Trustee” in the first paragraph of this Indenture
until a successor Trustee shall have become such pursuant to the
applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter
“Trustee” shall mean or include each Person who is then
a Trustee hereunder; provided, however, that if at any time there
is more than one such Person, “Trustee” as used with
respect to the Debt Securities of any series shall mean only the
Trustee with respect to Debt Securities of that series.
“
Trust Officer ” means, when used with respect
to the Trustee or Paying Agent, any officer within the corporate
trust department of the Trustee or Paying Agent, as applicable,
including any vice president, assistant vice president, assistant
secretary, assistant treasurer, trust officer or any other officer
of the Trustee or Paying Agent who customarily performs 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 such person’s knowledge of and
familiarity with the particular subject and who shall have direct
responsibility for the administration of this Indenture.
“
Uniform Commercial Code ” means the Nevada
Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time.
“
United States ” means the United States of
America (including the States and the District of Columbia), its
territories and possessions and other areas subject to its
jurisdiction.
“ U.S.
Depositary ” means Depository Trust Company or any
other clearing agency registered under the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended, or any successor thereto, which shall in
either case be the U.S. Depositary designated in the form of Debt
Security attached as Exhibit A hereto until a successor U.S.
Depositary shall have become such pursuant to the applicable
provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter “U.S.
Depositary” shall mean or include each Person who is then a
U.S. Depositary hereunder.
“ U.S.
Government Obligations ” has the meaning specified in
Section 8.04.
“ Vice
President ” includes, with respect to the Company,
any Executive or Senior Vice President and includes, with respect
to the Trustee, any Vice President, whether or not designated by a
number or word or words added before or after the title “Vice
President.”
SECTION 1.02
OTHER DEFINITIONS.
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SECTION 1.03 INCORPORATION BY
REFERENCE OF TRUST INDENTURE ACT.
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This Indenture is
subject to the mandatory provisions of the TIA, which are
incorporated by reference in and made a part of this Indenture. The
following TIA terms have the following meanings:
“indenture
securities” means the Debt Securities.
“indenture
security holder” means a Holder.
“indenture
to be qualified” means this Indenture.
“indenture
trustee” or “institutional trustee” means the
Trustee.
“obligor”
on the indenture securities means the Company, each Guarantor and
any other obligor on the Debt Securities.
All other TIA
terms used in this Indenture that are defined by the TIA, defined
by TIA reference to another statute or defined by Commission rule
have the meanings assigned to them by such definitions.
SECTION 1.04
RULES OF CONSTRUCTION.
Unless the context
otherwise requires:
(1) a term
has the meaning assigned to it;
(2) an
accounting term not otherwise defined has the meaning assigned to
it in accordance with GAAP and all financial calculations and
determinations contemplated by this Indenture shall be made in
conformity with GAAP as in effect as of the Closing
Date;
(3) “or”
is not exclusive;
(4) “including”
means “including without limitation”;
(5) words in
the singular include the plural and words in the plural include the
singular;
(6) the
principal amount of any noninterest bearing or other discount
security at any date shall be the principal amount thereof that
would be shown on a balance sheet of the Company dated such date
prepared in accordance with GAAP and accretion of principal on such
security shall not be deemed to be the incurrence of
Debt;
(7) all
references to “principal” of the Debt Securities
include redemption price and purchase price and all references to
“interest” on the Debt Securities include interest
accruing after the commencement of a proceeding under Title 11,
U.S. Code or any similar federal or state law for the relief of
debtors (including post-petition interest), whether or not allowed
or allowable as a claim in any such proceeding;
(8) all
exhibits are incorporated by reference herein and expressly made a
part of this Indenture;
(9) all
references to articles, sections and exhibits (and subparts
thereof) are to this Indenture; and
(10) all
references to statutes or rules (or their subparts) include
replacement or successor provisions.
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ARTICLE II
THE DEBT SECURITIES
SECTION 2.01
AMOUNT UNLIMITED; ISSUABLE IN SERIES.
The aggregate
principal amount of Debt Securities that may be authenticated and
delivered under this Indenture is unlimited.
The Debt
Securities may be issued in one or more series. There shall be
established (i) in or pursuant to a Board Resolution and,
subject to Section 2.02, set forth, or determined in the
manner provided, in an Officers’ Certificate, or (ii) in
one or more indentures supplemental hereto, prior to the issuance
of Debt Securities of any series:
(a) the title of
the Debt Securities of the series, including CUSIP number(s) (which
shall distinguish the Debt Securities of the series from Debt
Securities of any other series);
(b) any limit upon
the aggregate principal amount of the Debt Securities of the series
which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture
(except for Debt Securities authenticated and delivered upon
registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of,
other Debt Securities of the series pursuant to Section 2.07,
2.08, 2.10, 3.07 or 9.06 and except for any Debt Securities which,
pursuant to Section 2.03, are deemed never to have been
authenticated and delivered hereunder);
(c) the Person to
whom any interest on a Debt Security of the series shall be
payable, if other than the Person in whose name that Debt Security
(or one or more predecessor Debt Securities) is registered at the
close of business on the record date for such interest;
(d) the date or
dates on which the principal of any Debt Securities of the series
is payable;
(e) the rate or
rates at which any Debt Securities of the series shall bear
interest, if any, the date or dates from which any such interest
shall accrue, the interest payment dates on which any such interest
shall be payable and the record date for any such interest payable
on any interest payment date;
(f) the place or
places where the principal of and any premium and interest on any
Debt Securities of the series shall be payable;
(g) the period or
periods within which, the price or prices at which and the terms
and conditions upon which any Debt Securities of the series may be
redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option of the Company and, if
other than by a Board Resolution, the manner in which any election
by the Company to redeem the Debt Securities shall be
evidenced;
(h) if the amount
of principal of or any premium or interest on any Debt Securities
of the series may be determined with reference to a financial or
economic measure or pursuant to a formula, the manner in which such
amounts shall be determined;
(i) if other than
the entire principal amount thereof, the portion of the principal
amount of any Debt Securities of the series which shall be payable
upon declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant
to Section 6.02;
(j) if the
principal amount payable at the Stated Maturity of any Debt
Securities of the series will not be determinable as of any one or
more dates prior to the Stated Maturity, the amount which shall be
deemed to be the principal amount of such Debt Securities as of any
such date for any purpose thereunder or hereunder, including the
principal amount thereof which shall be due and payable upon any
maturity other than the Stated Maturity or which shall be deemed to
be Outstanding as of any date prior to the Stated Maturity (or, in
any such case, the manner in which such amount deemed to be the
principal amount shall be determined);
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(k) if other than
by a Board Resolution, the manner in which any election by the
Company to defease any Debt Securities of the series pursuant to
Section 8.04 shall be evidenced; or, that the Debt Securities
of the series, in whole or any specified part, shall not be
defeasible pursuant to Section 8.04;
(l) if applicable,
that any Debt Securities of the series shall be issuable in whole
or in part in the form of one or more Global Notes and, in such
case, the respective Depositaries for such Global Notes, the form
of any legend or legends which shall be borne by any such Global
Note in addition to or in lieu of that set forth in
Section 2.07(f) and any circumstances in addition to or in
lieu of those set forth in Section 2.07 in which any such
Global Notes may be exchanged in whole or in part for Debt
Securities registered, and any transfer of such Global Note in
whole or in part may be registered, in the name or names of Persons
other than the Depositary for such Global Note or a nominee
thereof;
(m) any addition
to or change in the Events of Default which apply to any Debt
Securities of the series and any change in the right of the Trustee
or the requisite Holders of such Debt Securities to declare the
principal amount thereof due and payable pursuant to
Section 6.02;
(n) any addition
to, deletion from or change in the covenants set forth in
Article IV which apply to Debt Securities of the
series;
(o) the
designation of the Trustee in respect of Debt Securities of the
series;
(p) if applicable,
that any Debt Securities of the series will be subordinated to
other indebtedness of the Company and the terms and conditions, if
any, of such subordination;
(q) if applicable,
that any Debt Securities of the series shall be guaranteed by any
Guarantors and the terms and conditions, if any, upon which such
Debt Securities shall be guaranteed and, if applicable, upon which
such Guarantees may be subordinated to other indebtedness of the
respective Guarantors;
(r) if applicable,
that any such Debt Securities of the series shall be secured by any
collateral and the terms and conditions, if any, upon which such
Debt Securities shall be secured and, if applicable, upon which
such liens may be subordinated to other liens securing other
indebtedness of the Company or any guarantor;
(s) if applicable,
that any Debt Securities of the series shall be convertible into,
or exchangeable for, any other securities issued by the Company or
any other Persons and the terms and conditions, if any, upon which
such Debt Securities shall be convertible or exchangeable;
and
(t) any other
terms of the series (which terms shall not be inconsistent with the
provisions of this Indenture).
All Debt
Securities of any one series shall be substantially identical
except as to denomination and except as may otherwise be provided
in or pursuant to the Board Resolution referred to above and
(subject to Section 2.02(a)) set forth, or determined in the
manner provided, in the Officers’ Certificate referred to
above or in any such indenture supplemental hereto. All Debt
Securities of any one series need not be issued at one time and,
unless otherwise provided in or pursuant to the Board Resolution
referred to above and (subject to Section 2.02(a)) set forth,
or determined in the manner provided, in the Officers’
Certificate referred to above or in any such indenture supplemental
hereto with respect to a series of Debt Securities, additional Debt
Securities of a series may be issued, at the option of the Company,
without the consent of any Holder, at any time and from time to
time.
If any of the
terms of the series are established by action taken pursuant to a
Board Resolution, a copy of an appropriate record of such action
shall be certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of
the Company and delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the
delivery of the Officers’ Certificate setting forth the terms
of the series. If all of the Debt Securities of any series
established by action taken pursuant to a Board Resolution are not
to be issued at one time, it shall not be necessary to deliver a
record of such action at the time of issuance of each Debt Security
of such series, but an appropriate record of such action shall be
delivered at or before the time of issuance of the first Debt
Security of such series.
SECTION 2.02
FORM AND DATING.
(a)
General. The Debt Securities and the Trustee’s
certificate of authentication shall be substantially in the form of
Exhibit A hereto, or in such other form as shall be
established by or pursuant to a Board Resolution or in one or more
indentures supplemental hereto, in each case with such appropriate
insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as are
required or permitted by this Indenture, and may have such letters,
numbers or other marks of identification and such legends or
endorsements placed thereon as may be required to comply with the
rules of any securities exchange or Depositary therefor or as may,
consistently herewith, be determined by the officers executing such
Debt Securities, as evidenced by their execution thereof. If the
form of Debt Securities of any series is established by action
taken pursuant to a Board Resolution, a copy of an appropriate
record of such action shall be certified by the Secretary or an
Assistant Secretary of the Company and delivered to the Trustee at
or prior to the delivery of the Authentication Order contemplated
by Section 2.03 for the authentication and delivery of such
Debt Securities. If all of the Debt Securities of any series
established by action taken pursuant to a Board Resolution are not
to be issued at one time, it shall not be necessary to deliver a
record of such action at the time of issuance of each Debt Security
of such series, but an appropriate record of such action shall be
delivered at or before the time of issuance of the first Debt
Security of such series. The Debt Securities may have notations,
legends or
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endorsements
required by law, stock exchange rule, usage or this Indenture. Each
Debt Security shall be dated the date of its authentication. The
Debt Securities shall be in denominations of $1,000 and integral
multiples thereof.
The terms and
provisions contained in the Debt Securities shall constitute, and
are hereby expressly made, a part of this Indenture and the
Company, any Guarantors and the Trustee, by their execution and
delivery of this Indenture, expressly agree to such terms and
provisions and to be bound thereby. However, to the extent any
provision of any Debt Security conflicts with the express
provisions of this Indenture, the provisions of this Indenture
shall govern and be controlling.
(b)
Global Notes. Subject to Section 2.02(a), the Debt
Securities issued in global form shall be substantially in the form
of Exhibit A attached hereto (including the Global Note Legend
thereon and the “Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the
Global Note” attached thereto). Subject to
Section 2.02(a), the Debt Securities issued in definitive form
shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A attached
hereto (but without the Global Note Legend thereon and without the
“Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note”
attached thereto). Each Global Note shall represent such of the
outstanding Debt Securities as shall be specified therein and each
shall provide that it shall represent the aggregate principal
amount of outstanding Debt Securities from time to time endorsed
thereon and that the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Debt
Securities represented thereby may from time to time be reduced or
increased, as appropriate, to reflect exchanges, redemptions or
transfers of beneficial interests from one Global Note to another
Global Note. Any endorsement of a Global Note to reflect the amount
of any increase or decrease in the aggregate principal amount of
outstanding Debt Securities represented thereby shall be made by
the Trustee or the Notes Custodian, at the direction of the
Trustee, in accordance with instructions given by the Holder or
beneficial owner thereof as required by
Section 2.07.
SECTION 2.03
EXECUTION AND AUTHENTICATION.
The Debt
Securities shall be executed on behalf of the Company by its
Chairman of the Board of Directors, its President, one of its
Executive or Senior Vice Presidents or Chief Executive Officers or
its Treasurer, and attested by its Secretary or one of its
Assistant Secretaries. The signature of any of these officers may
be manual or facsimile.
If an Officer
whose signature is on a Debt Security no longer holds that office
at the time a Debt Security is authenticated, the Debt Security
shall nevertheless be valid. A Debt Security shall not be valid
until authenticated by the manual signature of the Trustee. The
signature shall be conclusive evidence that the Debt Security has
been authenticated under this Indenture. The Trustee shall, upon a
written order of the Company signed by an Officer (an “
Authentication Order ”), authenticate and, if
requested therein, deliver the Debt Securities for original
issuance up to the aggregate principal amount stated in such
Authentication Order in such form as may be provided therein or in
this Indenture. The Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent
acceptable to the Company to authenticate Debt Securities. An
authenticating agent may authenticate Debt Securities whenever the
Trustee may do so. Each reference in this Indenture to
authentication by the Trustee includes authentication by such
agent. An authenticating agent has the same rights as an Agent to
deal with Holders or an Affiliate of the Company.
SECTION 2.04
REGISTRAR, PAYING AGENT AND DEPOSITARY.
The Company shall
maintain an office or agency in the Borough of Manhattan, the City
of New York, where Debt Securities may be presented for
registration of transfer or for exchange (“
Registrar ”) and an office or agency where Debt
Securities may be presented for payment (“ Paying
Agent ”). The Registrar shall keep a register of the
Debt Securities and of their transfer and exchange. The Company may
appoint one or more co-registrars and one or more additional paying
agents. The term “Registrar” includes any co-registrar
and the term “Paying Agent” includes any additional
paying agent. The Company shall enter into an appropriate agency
agreement with any Registrar, Paying Agent or other Agent not a
party to this Indenture, which shall incorporate the mandatory
terms of the TIA not otherwise excluded hereunder. The Company may
change any Paying Agent or Registrar without notice to any Holder.
The Registrar or Paying Agent may resign at any time upon not less
than 10 Business Days’ prior written notice to the Company;
provided, however , that the Trustee may resign as Paying
Agent or Registrar only if the Trustee also resigns as Trustee in
accordance with Section 7.10.
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The Company shall
notify the Trustee in writing of the name and address of any Agent
not a party to this Indenture. If the Company fails to appoint or
maintain another entity as Registrar or Paying Agent, the Trustee
shall act as such. The Company or any of its Subsidiaries may act
as Paying Agent or Registrar.
The Company
initially appoints The Depository Trust Company (“
DTC ”) to act as Depositary with respect to the
Global Notes. The Company initially appoints the Trustee to act as
the Registrar and Paying Agent and to act as Notes Custodian with
respect to the Global Notes. The Company shall cause the Debt
Security Register to be kept at the Corporate Trust Office of the
Trustee acting in its capacity as Registrar.
SECTION 2.05
PAYING AGENT TO HOLD MONEY IN TRUST.
Prior to
10:00 a.m. on each due date of the principal and interest on
any Debt Security, the Company shall deposit with the Paying Agent
(or if the Company or a Subsidiary is acting as Paying Agent,
segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled
thereto) by wire transfer a sum sufficient to pay such principal
and interest when so becoming due. The Company shall require each
Paying Agent other than the Trustee to agree in writing that the
Paying Agent shall hold in trust for the benefit of Holders or the
Trustee all money held by the Paying Agent for the payment of
principal, premium or interest on the Debt Securities, and shall
notify the Trustee in writing of any default by the Company in
making any such payment. While any such default continues, the
Trustee may require a Paying Agent, and in such event any such
Paying Agent shall have the obligation, to pay all money held by it
to the Trustee. The Company at any time may require a Paying Agent
to pay all money held by it to the Trustee. Upon payment over to
the Trustee, the Paying Agent (if other than the Company or a
Subsidiary) shall have no further liability for such money. If the
Company or a Subsidiary acts as Paying Agent, it shall segregate
and hold in a separate trust fund for the benefit of the Holders
all money held by it as Paying Agent. Upon any bankruptcy or
reorganization proceedings relating to the Company, the Trustee
shall serve as Paying Agent for the Debt Securities.
Any money
deposited with any Paying Agent, or then held by the Company or a
domestic Subsidiary in trust for the payment of principal or
interest on any Debt Security and remaining unclaimed for two years
after such principal and interest has become due and payable shall
be paid to the Company at its request, or, if then held by the
Company or a domestic Subsidiary, shall be discharged from such
trust; and the Holders shall thereafter, as general unsecured
creditors, look only to the Company for payment thereof, and all
liability of the Paying Agent with respect to such money, and all
liability of the Company or such permitted Subsidiary as trustee
thereof, shall thereupon cease.
SECTION 2.06
HOLDER LISTS.
The Trustee shall
preserve in as current a form as is reasonably practicable the most
recent list available to it of the names and addresses of all
Holders and shall otherwise comply with TIA § 312(a). If the
Trustee is not the Registrar, the Company shall furnish, or shall
cause the Registrar (if other than the Company) to furnish, to the
Trustee at least seven Business Days before each interest payment
date and at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing,
a list in such form and as of such date as the Trustee may
reasonably require of the names and addresses of the Holders of
Debt Securities and, to the extent applicable, the Company shall
otherwise comply with TIA § 312(a).
SECTION 2.07
TRANSFER AND EXCHANGE.
(a)
Transfer and Exchange of Global Notes. A Global Note may not
be transferred as a whole except by the Depositary to a nominee of
the Depositary, by a nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary or
to another nominee of the Depositary, or by the Depositary or any
such nominee to a successor Depositary or a nominee of such
successor Depositary. All Global Notes shall be exchanged by the
Company for Definitive Notes if (i) the Company notifies the
Trustee in writing that the Depositary is no longer willing or able
to act as a depositary or ceases to be registered as a clearing
agency under the Exchange Act and a successor Depositary is not
appointed within 90 days of such notice or cessation or
(ii) the Company in its sole discretion determines that the
Global Notes (in whole but not in part) should be exchanged for
Definitive Notes and delivers a written notice to such effect to
the Trustee. Upon the occurrence of any of the preceding events in
(i) or (ii) above, Definitive Notes shall be issued in
such names as the Depositary shall instruct the Trustee. Global
Notes also may be exchanged or replaced, in whole
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or in part, as
provided in Sections 2.08 and 2.10. Every Debt Security
authenticated and delivered in exchange for, or in lieu of, a
Global Note or any portion thereof, pursuant to this
Section 2.07 or Section 2.08 or 2.10, shall be
authenticated and delivered in the form of, and shall be, a Global
Note. A Global Note may not be exchanged for another Debt Security
other than as provided in this Section 2.07(a); however,
beneficial interests in a Global Note may be transferred and
exchanged as provided in Section 2.07(b) or (c) or
pursuant to Section 2.01.
(b)
Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in the Global
Notes. The transfer and exchange of beneficial interests in the
Global Notes shall be effected through the Depositary, in
accordance with the provisions of this Indenture and the Applicable
Procedures. Transfers and exchanges of beneficial interests in the
Global Notes also shall require compliance with either subparagraph
(i) or (ii) below, as applicable, as well as one or more
of the other following subparagraphs, as applicable:
(i)
Transfer of Beneficial Interests in the Same Global Note .
Beneficial interests in any Global Note may be transferred to
Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial
interest in the same Global Note. No written orders or instructions
shall be required to be delivered to the Registrar to effect the
transfers described in this Section 2.07(b)(i).
(ii)
All Other Transfers and Exchanges of Beneficial Interests in
Global Notes. In connection with all transfers and exchanges of
beneficial interests that are not subject to Section 2.07(b)(i),
the transferor of such beneficial interest must deliver to the
Registrar either (A) (1) an order from a Participant or an Indirect
Participant given to the Depositary in accordance with the
Applicable Procedures directing the Depositary to credit or cause
to be credited a beneficial interest in another Global Note in an
amount equal to the beneficial interest to be transferred or
exchanged and (2) instructions given in accordance with the
Applicable Procedures containing information regarding the
Participant account to be credited with such increase or (B)
(1) an order from a Participant or an Indirect Participant
given to the Depositary in accordance with the Applicable
Procedures directing the Depositary to cause to be issued a
Definitive Note in an amount equal to the beneficial interest to be
transferred or exchanged and (2) instructions given by the
Depositary to the Registrar containing information regarding the
Person in whose name such Definitive Note shall be registered to
effect the transfer or exchange referred to in (B)(1) above. Upon
satisfaction of all of the requirements for transfer or exchange of
beneficial interests in Global Notes contained in this Indenture
and the Debt Securities or otherwise applicable under the
Securities Act, the Trustee or Notes Custodian shall adjust the
principal amount of the relevant Global Note(s) pursuant to
Section 2.07(g).
(c)
Transfer or Exchange of Beneficial Interests in Global Notes for
Definitive Notes. If any Holder of a beneficial interest in a
Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a
Definitive Note or to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person
who takes delivery thereof in the form of a Definitive Note, then,
upon satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section
2.07(b)(ii), the Trustee shall cause the aggregate principal amount
of the applicable Global Note to be reduced accordingly pursuant to
Section 2.07(g), and the Company shall execute and, upon
receipt of an Authentication Order pursuant to Section 2.03,
the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Person designated
in the instructions an Definitive Note in the appropriate principal
amount. Any Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial
interest pursuant to this Section 2.07(c) shall be registered
in such name or names and in such authorized denomination or
denominations as the Holder of such beneficial interest shall
instruct the Registrar through instructions from the Depositary and
the Participant or Indirect Participant. The Trustee shall deliver
such Definitive Notes to the Persons in whose names such Debt
Securities are so registered.
(d)
Transfer and Exchange of Definitive Notes for Beneficial
Interests in Global Notes. A Holder of a Definitive Note may
exchange such Debt Security for a beneficial interest in a Global
Note or transfer such Definitive Notes to a Person who takes
delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in a Global
Note at any time. Upon receipt of a request for such an exchange or
transfer, the Trustee shall cancel the applicable Definitive Note
and increase or cause to be increased the aggregate principal
amount of the applicable Global Note.
(e)
Transfer and Exchange of Definitive Notes for Definitive
Notes. Upon request by a Holder of Definitive Notes and such
Holder’s compliance with the provisions of this
Section 2.07(e), the Registrar shall register the transfer or
exchange of Definitive Notes. Prior to such registration of
transfer or exchange, the requesting Holder shall present or
surrender to the Registrar the Definitive Notes duly endorsed or
accompanied by a written instruction of transfer in form
satisfactory to the Registrar duly executed by such Holder or by
its attorney, duly authorized in writing. A Holder of Definitive
Notes may transfer such Debt Securities to a Person who
takes
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delivery
thereof in the form of a Definitive Note. Upon receipt of a request
to register such a transfer, the Registrar shall register the
Definitive Notes pursuant to the instructions from the Holder
thereof.
(f)
Global Note Legend. Each Global Note shall bear a legend in
substantially the following form (unless otherwise specified by the
Depositary):
“THIS DEBT
SECURITY IS A GLOBAL NOTE WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE
HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A
DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF. THIS DEBT SECURITY MAY NOT BE
TRANSFERRED TO, OR REGISTERED OR EXCHANGED FOR SECURITIES
REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF, ANY PERSON OTHER THAN THE DEPOSITARY OR
A NOMINEE THEREOF AND NO SUCH TRANSFER MAY BE REGISTERED, EXCEPT IN
THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE. EVERY DEBT
SECURITY AUTHENTICATED AND DELIVERED UPON REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER
OF, OR IN EXCHANGE FOR OR IN LIEU OF, THIS DEBT SECURITY SHALL BE A
GLOBAL NOTE SUBJECT TO THE FOREGOING, EXCEPT IN SUCH LIMITED
CIRCUMSTANCES.”
(g)
Cancellation and/or Adjustment of Global Notes. At such time
as all beneficial interests in a particular Global Note have been
exchanged for Definitive Notes or a particular Global Note has been
redeemed, repurchased or cancelled in whole and not in part, each
such Global Note shall be returned to or retained and cancelled by
the Trustee in accordance with Section 2.11. At any time prior
to such cancellation, if any beneficial interest in a Global Note
is exchanged for or transferred to a Person who will take delivery
thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Global Note
or for Definitive Notes, the principal amount of Debt Securities
represented by such Global Note shall be reduced accordingly and an
endorsement shall be made on such Global Note by the Trustee or by
the Depositary at the direction of the Trustee to reflect such
reduction; and if the beneficial interest is being exchanged for or
transferred to a Person who will take delivery thereof in the form
of a beneficial interest in another Global Note, the principal
amount of Debt Securities represented by such other Global Note
shall be increased accordingly and an endorsement shall be made on
such Global Note by the Trustee or by the Depositary at the
direction of the Trustee to reflect such increase.
(h) General
Provisions Relating to Transfers and Exchanges.
(i) The
Debt Securities shall be transferable only upon the surrender of a
Debt Security for registration of transfer and in compliance with
this Section 2.07. When a Debt Security is presented to the
Registrar with a request to register a transfer, the Registrar
shall register the transfer as requested if the requirements of
Section 8-401 of the Uniform Commercial Code and this
Section 2.07 are met. When Debt Securities are presented to
the Registrar with a request to exchange them for an equal
principal amount of Debt Securities of other denominations, the
Registrar shall make the exchange as requested if the same
requirements are met.
(ii) To
permit registrations of transfers and exchanges, the Company shall
execute and the Trustee shall authenticate Global Notes and
Definitive Notes upon receipt of an Authentication
Order.
(iii) No
service charge shall be made to a Holder of a beneficial interest
in a Global Note or to a Holder of a Definitive Note for any
registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company may require
payment of a sum sufficient to cover any transfer tax or similar
governmental charge payable in connection therewith (other than any
such transfer taxes or similar governmental charge payable upon
exchange or transfer pursuant to Sections 2.10, 3.07 and
9.06).
(iv) The
Registrar shall retain copies of all certificates, notices and
other written communications received pursuant to this
Section 2.07. The Company shall have the right to inspect and
make copies of all such certificates, notices or other written
communications at any reasonable time upon the giving of reasonable
written notice to the Registrar.
(v) All
Global Notes and Definitive Notes issued upon any registration of
transfer or exchange of Global Notes or Definitive Notes shall be
the valid obligations of the Company, evidencing the
same
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indebtedness,
and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the
Global Notes or Definitive Notes surrendered upon such registration
of transfer or exchange.
(vi) The
Company, Trustee and Registrar shall not be required (A) to
issue, to register the transfer of or to exchange any Debt
Securities during a period beginning at the opening of business
15 days before the day of any selection of Debt Securities for
redemption under Section 3.03 and ending at the close of
business on the day of selection, (B) to register the transfer
of or to exchange any Debt Security so selected for redemption in
whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Debt
Security being redeemed in part or (C) to register the
transfer of or to exchange a Debt Security between a record date
and the next succeeding interest payment date.
(vii) Prior
to due presentment for the registration of a transfer of any Debt
Security, the Trustee, any Agent and the Company may deem and treat
the Person in whose name any Debt Security is registered as the
absolute owner of such Debt Security for the purpose of receiving
payment of principal of, premium, if any, and interest on such Debt
Securities, payment of the redemption price of the Debt Securities
and for all other purposes, and none of the Trustee, any Agent or
the Company shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
(viii) The
Trustee shall authenticate Global Notes and Definitive Notes in
accordance with the provisions of Section 2.02.
(ix) All
certifications and certificates required to be submitted to the
Registrar pursuant to this Section 2.07 to effect a
registration of transfer or exchange may be submitted by facsimile,
with an original of such document to be sent promptly
thereafter.
SECTION 2.08
REPLACEMENT DEBT SECURITIES.
If a mutilated
Debt Security is surrendered to the Registrar or if the Holder of a
Debt Security claims that the Debt Security has been lost,
destroyed or wrongfully taken, the Company shall issue and the
Trustee shall authenticate a replacement Debt Security if the
requirements of Section 8-405 of the Uniform Commercial Code
are met, such that the Holder (i) satisfies the Company or the
Trustee within a reasonable time after he has notice of such loss,
destruction or wrongful taking and the Registrar does not register
a transfer prior to receiving such notification, (ii) makes
such request to the Company or the Trustee prior to the Debt
Security being acquired by a protected purchaser as defined in
Section 8-303 of the Uniform Commercial Code (a “
protected purchaser ”) and (iii) satisfies
any other reasonable requirements of the Trustee and the Company
including evidence of the destruction, loss or theft of the Debt
Security. Such Holder shall furnish an indemnity bond sufficient in
the judgment of the Trustee to protect the Company, any Guarantor,
the Trustee, the Paying Agent, and the Registrar from any loss that
any of them may suffer if a Debt Security is replaced. The Company
and the Trustee may charge the Holder for their expenses in
replacing a Debt Security including the payment of a sum sufficient
to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be required.
In the event any such mutilated, lost, destroyed or wrongfully
taken Debt Security has become or is about to become due and
payable, the Company in its discretion may pay such Debt Security
instead of issuing a new Debt Security in replacement
thereof.
Every replacement
Debt Security is an additional obligation of the Company and shall
be entitled to all of the benefits of this Indenture equally and
proportionally with all other Debt Securities duly issued
hereunder.
The provisions of
this Section 2.08 are exclusive and shall preclude (to the
extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the
replacement or payment of mutilated, lost, destroyed or wrongfully
taken Debt Securities.
SECTION 2.09
OUTSTANDING DEBT SECURITIES.
“
Outstanding Debt Securities ”, or “
Outstanding ” when used with respect to Debt
Securities, means, as of the date of determination, all Debt
Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered under this
Indenture, except:
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(i) Debt
Securities theretofore cancelled by the Trustee or delivered to the
Trustee for cancellation, including Debt Securities tendered and
exchanged for other securities of the Company;
(ii) Debt
Securities of any series for which payment or redemption money in
the necessary amount has been theretofore deposited with the
Trustee or any Paying Agent (other than the Company) in trust or
set aside and segregated in trust by the Company (if the Company
shall act as its own Paying Agent) for the Holders of the Debt
Securities of such series; provided, however, that if such
Debt Securities are to be redeemed, then notice of redemption has
been duly given pursuant to this Indenture or provision therefor
satisfactory to the Trustee has been made and the date for such
redemption has passed;
(iii) Debt
Securities of any series, except to the extent provided in
Section 8.04, with respect to which the Company has effected
defeasance as provided in Article VIII; and
(iv) Debt
Securities paid pursuant to Section 2.08 and Debt Securities
in exchange for or in lieu of which other Debt Securities have been
authenticated and delivered pursuant to this Indenture, other than
any such Debt Securities in respect of which there shall have been
presented to the Trustee proof satisfactory to it that such Debt
Securities are held by a bona fide purchaser in whose hands such
Debt Securities are valid obligations of the Company;
provided,
however, that in
determining whether the Holders of the requisite principal amount
of Debt Securities Outstanding of any series have performed any Act
hereunder, (A) the principal amount of Original Issue Discount
Securities, if any, which shall be deemed to be Outstanding shall
be the amount of the principal thereof which would be due and
payable as of such date upon acceleration of the maturity thereof
to such date pursuant to Section 6.02 and (B) Debt
Securities of such series owned by the Company or any other obligor
upon the Debt Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or of such
other obligor shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding
(provided, that in connection with any offer by the Company or any
obligor to purchase or exchange Debt Securities, Debt Securities
tendered by a Holder shall be Outstanding until the date of
purchase or exchange), except that, in determining whether the
Trustee shall be protected in relying upon any such Act, only Debt
Securities which a Trust Officer of the Trustee actually knows to
be so owned shall be so disregarded. Debt Securities so owned which
have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as Outstanding if
the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the Trustee the
pledgee’s right to act with respect to such Debt Securities
and that the pledgee is not the Company or any other obligor upon
the Debt Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or of such
other obligor.
SECTION 2.10
TEMPORARY DEBT SECURITIES.
Until certificates
representing Definitive Notes are ready for delivery, the Company
may prepare and the Trustee, upon receipt of an Authentication
Order, shall authenticate temporary Debt Securities. Temporary Debt
Securities shall be substantially in the form of Definitive Debt
Securities but may have variations that the Company considers
appropriate for temporary Debt Securities and as shall be
reasonably acceptable to the Trustee. Without unreasonable delay,
the Company shall prepare and the Trustee shall authenticate
Definitive Debt Securities in exchange for temporary Debt
Securities. Holders of temporary Debt Securities shall be entitled
to all of the benefits of this Indenture.
SECTION 2.11
CANCELLATION.
All Debt
Securities surrendered for payment, redemption, transfer or
exchange shall, if surrendered to any Person other than the
Trustee, be delivered to the Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office.
All Debt Securities so delivered shall be promptly cancelled by the
Trustee. The Company may at any time deliver to the Trustee for
cancellation any Debt Securities previously authenticated and
delivered hereunder which the Company may have acquired in any
manner whatsoever, and may deliver to the Trustee (or to any other
Person for delivery to the Trustee) for cancellation any Debt
Securities previously authenticated hereunder which the Company has
not issued, and all Debt Securities so delivered shall be promptly
cancelled by the Trustee. No Debt Securities shall be authenticated
in lieu of or in exchange for any Debt Securities cancelled as
provided in this Section, except as permitted by this Indenture.
All cancelled Debt Securities held by the Trustee shall be
delivered to the Company upon Company Request. The acquisition of
any Debt Securities by the Company shall not operate as a
redemption or satisfaction of the indebtedness represented thereby
unless and until such Debt Securities are surrendered to
the
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Trustee for
cancellation. The Debt Securities shall not be disposed of until
exchanged in full for Definitive Debt Securities or until payment
thereon is made in full.
SECTION 2.12
PAYMENT OF INTEREST; DEFAULTED INTEREST.
(a) Except as
otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 2.01 with
respect to any series of Debt Securities, interest on any Debt
Security which is payable, and is punctually paid or duly provided
for, on any Interest Payment Date will be paid to the Person in
whose name that Debt Security (or one or more Predecessor Debt
Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular
Record Date for such interest.
(b) Any
interest on any Debt Security which is payable but is not
punctually paid or duly provided for on any Interest Payment Date
(herein called “ Defaulted Interest ”)
shall forthwith cease to be payable to the registered Holder on the
relevant Regular Record Date by virtue of his having been such
registered Holder, and such Defaulted Interest may be paid by the
Company, at its election in each case, as provided in clause
(1) or (2) below:
(1) The
Company may elect to make payment of any Defaulted Interest to the
Persons in whose names such Debt Securities (or their respective
Predecessor Debt Security) are registered at the close of business
on a special record date (the “ Special Record
Date ”) for the payment of such Defaulted Interest,
which shall be fixed in the following manner. The Company shall
notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of Defaulted Interest
proposed to be paid on each such Debt Security and the date of the
proposed payment, and at the same time the Company shall deposit
with the Trustee prior to 10:00 a.m., New York City time, an
amount of money equal to the aggregate amount proposed to be paid
in respect of such Defaulted Interest or shall make arrangements
satisfactory to the Trustee for such deposit prior to the date of
the proposed payment, such money when deposited to be held in trust
for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such Defaulted Interest
as in this clause provided. Thereupon the Trustee shall fix a
Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest. The
Trustee shall promptly notify the Company of such Special Record
Date and, in the name and at the expense of the Company, shall
cause notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and
the Special Record Date therefor to be mailed, first-class postage
prepaid, to the Holders of such Debt Securities at their addresses
as they appear in the Debt Security Register, not less than
15 days prior to such Special Record Date. Notice of the
proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record
Date therefor having been mailed as aforesaid, such Defaulted
Interest shall be paid to the Persons in whose names such Debt
Securities (or their respective Predecessor Debt Security) are
registered at the close of business on such Special Record Date and
shall no longer be payable pursuant to the following clause
(2).
(2) The
Company may make payment of any Defaulted Interest on Debt
Securities in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the
requirements of any securities exchange on which such Debt
Securities may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required
by such exchange, if, after notice is given by the Company to the
Trustee of the proposed payment pursuant to this clause, such
manner of payment shall be deemed practicable by the
Trustee.
(c) Subject
to the foregoing provisions of this Section, each Debt Security
delivered under this Indenture upon transfer of, in exchange for,
or in lieu of, any other Debt Security shall carry the rights to
interest accrued and unpaid, and to accrue, which were carried by
such other Debt Security.
SECTION 2.13
CUSIP, ISIN OR COMMON CODE NUMBERS.
The Company in
issuing the Debt Securities may use “CUSIP,”
“ISIN” or “Common Code” numbers (if then
generally in use) and, if so, the Trustee shall use such numbers in
notices of redemption or repurchase as a convenience to Holders;
provided, however, that any such notice may state that no
representation is made as to the correctness of such numbers either
as printed on the Debt Securities or as contained in any notice of
a redemption or repurchase and that reliance may be placed only on
the other identification numbers printed on the Debt Securities,
and any such redemption or repurchase shall not be affected by any
defect in or omission of such numbers. The Company shall promptly
notify the Trustee of any change in “CUSIP,”
“ISIN” or “Common Code” numbers.
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SECTION 3.01
OPTIONAL REDEMPTION.
Debt Securities of
any series which are redeemable before their Stated Maturity shall
be redeemable in accordance with their terms and in accordance with
this Article.
SECTION 3.02
ELECTION TO REDEEM; NOTICE TO TRUSTEE.
The election of
the Company to redeem Debt Securities of any series shall be
evidenced by a Board Resolution. The Company shall, not less than
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nor more than 60 days before the Redemption Date fixed by the
Company, notify the Trustee of such Redemption Date, the series of
Debt Securities to be redeemed, the Redemption Price, the CUSIP
numbers and the principal amount of Debt Securities of such series
to be redeemed.
SECTION 3.03
SELECTION BY TRUSTEE OF DEBT SECURITIES TO BE
REDEEMED.
If less than all
of the Debt Securities of any series are to be redeemed at the
election of the Company, the particular Debt Securities of such
series to be redeemed shall be selected not more than 60 days
prior to the Redemption Date by the Trustee from the Outstanding
Debt Securities of such series not previously called for redemption
by such method as the Trustee shall deem fair and appropriate and
which may provide for the selection for redemption of portions
(equal to the minimum authorized denomination for such Debt
Securities or any integral multiple thereof) of the principal
amount of such Debt Securities in a denomination larger than the
minimum authorized denomination for such Debt Securities pursuant
to Section 2.02(a) in the currency in which the such Debt
Securities are denominated. The portions of the principal amount of
the Debt Securities of such series so selected for partial
redemption shall be equal to the minimum authorized denominations
for such Debt Securities pursuant to Section 2.02(a) in the
currency in which such Debt Securities are denominated or any
integral multiple thereof. In any case when more than one Debt
Security is registered in the same name, the Trustee, in its
discretion, may treat the aggregate principal amount so registered
as if it were represented by one Debt Security.
The Trustee shall
promptly notify the Company and the U.S. Depositary for the
applicable series of Debt Securities (if other than itself) in
writing of the Debt Securities of such series selected for
redemption and, in the case of Debt Securities of any such series
selected for partial redemption, the principal amount thereof to be
redeemed.
For all purposes
of this Indenture, unless the context otherwise requires, all
provisions relating to the redemption of Debt Securities shall
relate, in the case of any Debt Security redeemed or to be redeemed
only in part, to the portion of the principal amount of such Debt
Security which has been or is to be redeemed.
SECTION 3.04
NOTICE OF REDEMPTION.
Notice of
redemption shall be given by the Company, or at the Company’s
written request, by the Trustee in the name and at the expense of
the Company, not less than 30 days and not more than
60 days prior to the Redemption Date to the Holders of the
Debt Securities of the series to be redeemed pursuant to this
Article III, in the manner provided in Section 11.02. Any
notice so given shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly
given, whether or not any such Holder receives such notice. Failure
to give such notice, or any defect in such notice to the Holder of
any Debt Security, in whole or in part, shall not affect the
sufficiency of any notice of redemption with respect to the Holder
of any other Debt Security.
All notices of
redemption shall identify the series of Debt Securities to be
redeemed (including CUSIP number) and shall state:
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(b) the
Redemption Price,
(c) that the
Debt Securities of such series are being redeemed by the Company
pursuant to provisions contained in this Indenture or the terms of
such Debt Securities, together with a brief statement of the facts
permitting such redemption,
(d) that
(i) all Outstanding Debt Securities of such series are to be
redeemed, or (ii) if less than all Outstanding Securities of
such series are to be redeemed, the identification (and, in the
case of partial redemption, the principal amount) of the particular
Debt Securities to be redeemed,
(e) in the
case of Debt Securities of any series that are to be redeemed in
part only, that on or after the Redemption Date, upon surrender of
such Debt Securities, the Holders of such Debt Securities will
receive, without charge, new Debt Securities of such series in
authorized denominations for the principal amount thereof remaining
unredeemed,
(f) that on
the Redemption Date the Redemption Price will become due and
payable upon each such Debt Security to be redeemed, and that
interest thereon, if any, shall cease to accrue on and after said
date, and
(g) the Place
or Places of Payment where such Debt Securities are to be
surrendered for payment of the Redemption Price.
SECTION 3.05
DEPOSIT OF REDEMPTION PRICE.
On or prior to
10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the Redemption Date for the
Debt Securities of any series so to be redeemed, the Company shall
deposit with the Trustee or with a Paying Agent (or, if the Company
is acting as its own Paying Agent, segregate and hold in trust as
provided in Section 4.05) an amount of money in the currency
in which such Debt Securities are denominated sufficient to pay the
Redemption Price of such Debt Securities which are to be redeemed
on that date.
SECTION 3.06
DEBT SECURITIES PAYABLE ON REDEMPTION DATE.
Notice of
redemption having been given as aforesaid, any Debt Securities of
any series so to be redeemed shall, on the Redemption Date, become
due and payable at the Redemption Price in the currency in which
such Debt Securities are payable, and from and after such date
(unless the Company shall default in the payment of the Redemption
Price) such Debt Securities shall cease to bear interest. Upon
surrender of any such Debt Security of any such series for
redemption in accordance with said notice, such Debt Security shall
be paid by the Company at the Redemption Price; provided,
however, that installments of interest on Debt Securities which
have a Stated Maturity on or prior to the Redemption Date for such
Debt Securities shall be payable according to the terms of such
Debt Securities and the provisions of Section 2.05,
Section 2.12 and Section 4.05.
If any Debt
Security called for redemption shall not be so paid upon surrender
thereof for redemption, the principal (and premium, if any) shall,
until paid, bear interest from the Redemption Date at the rate
prescribed therefor in such Debt Security.
SECTION 3.07
DEBT SECURITIES REDEEMED IN PART.
Any Debt Security
of a series which is to be redeemed only in part shall be
surrendered at the Corporate Trust Office with, if the Company, the
U.S. Depositary for such Debt Securities or the Trustee so
requires, due endorsement by, or a written instrument of transfer
in form satisfactory to the Company, the U.S. Depositary for such
Debt Securities and the Trustee duly executed by, the Holder
thereof or such Holder’s attorney duly authorized in writing,
and the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate
and deliver to the Holder of such Debt Security without service
charge, a new Debt Security or Debt Securities of the same series,
of like tenor and form, of any authorized denomination as requested
by such Holder in aggregate principal amount equal to and in
exchange for the unredeemed portion of the principal of the Debt
Security so surrendered. In the case of a Debt Security providing
appropriate space for such notation, at the option of the Holder
thereof, the Trustee, in lieu of delivering a
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new Debt
Security or Debt Securities as aforesaid, may make a notation on
such Debt Security of the payment of the redeemed portion
thereof.
SECTION 3.08
MANDATORY DISPOSITION OF DEBT SECURITIES PURSUANT TO GAMING
LAWS.
Each Holder and
beneficial owner, by accepting or otherwise acquiring an interest
in the Debt Securities, shall be deemed to have agreed that if the
Gaming Authority of any jurisdiction in which the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries conducts or proposes to conduct gaming requires
that a Person who is a Holder or beneficial owner must be licensed,
qualified or found suitable under the applicable Gaming Laws, such
Holder or beneficial owner shall apply for a license, qualification
or a finding of suitability within the required time period. If
such Person fails to apply or become licensed or qualified or is
found unsuitable (a “ Disqualified Holder
”), then the Company shall have the right, at its option,
notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture:
(i) to
require such Person to dispose of its Debt Securities or beneficial
interest therein within 30 days of receipt of notice of the
Company’s election or such earlier date as may be requested
or prescribed by such Gaming Authority; or
(ii) to
redeem such Debt Securities, which Redemption Date may be less than
30 days following the notice of redemption if so requested or
prescribed by the Gaming Authority, at a redemption price equal
to:
(a) the
Person’s cost, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to
the earlier of the Redemption Date or the date of the finding of
unsuitability or failure to comply; and
(b) 100%
of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest
to the earlier of the Redemption Date or the date of the finding of
unsuitability or failure to comply; or
(2) such
other amount as may be required by applicable Gaming Laws or by
order of any Gaming Authority.
The Company shall
notify the Trustee in writing of any such Disqualified Holder
status or redemption as soon as practicable. The Company shall not
be responsible for any costs or expenses any such Holder or
beneficial owner may incur in connection with its application for a
license, qualification or a finding of suitability. Notwithstanding
any other provision of this Indenture, immediately upon the
imposition of a requirement to dispose of Debt Securities by a
Gaming Authority, such Person shall, to the extent required by
applicable Gaming Laws, have no further right (i) to exercise,
directly or indirectly, through any trustee, nominee or any other
person or entity, any right conferred by the Debt Securities or
(ii) to receive any interest, dividends or any other
distributions or payments with respect to the Debt Securities or
any remuneration in any form with respect to the Debt Securities
from the Company or the Trustee, except the redemption
price.
SECTION 4.01
PAYMENT OF PRINCIPAL, PREMIUM AND INTEREST.
The Company
covenants and agrees for the benefit of Holders of Debt Securities
of each series that it will duly and punctually pay the principal
of (and premium, if any) and interest on the Debt Securities of
such series in accordance with the terms of such Debt Securities
and this Indenture.
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(a) Whether
or not required by the Commission, so long as any Debt Securities
are outstanding, the Company shall furnish to the Holders within
15 days after the time periods specified in the
Commission’s rules and regulations:
(1) all
quarterly and annual financial information that would be required
to be contained in a filing with the Commission on Forms 10-Q and
10-K if the Company were required to file such Forms, including a
“Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial
Condition and Results of Operations” (“
MD&A ”) and, with respect to the annual
information only, a report thereon by the Company’s
independent registered public accounting firm; and
(2) all
current reports that would be required to be filed with the
Commission on Form 8-K if the Company were required to file such
reports.
(b) The
Company shall at all times comply with TIA §
314(a).
SECTION 4.03
OFFICER’S CERTIFICATE AS TO COMPLIANCE.
The Company will
deliver to the Trustee, within 120 days after the end of each
fiscal year, a certificate of the principal executive officer,
principal financial officer or principal accounting officer of the
Company stating whether or not, to the knowledge of the signer
thereof, the Company is in compliance with all covenants and
conditions under this Indenture, and, in the event of any
noncompliance, specifying such noncompliance and the nature and
status thereof of which such signer may have knowledge. For
purposes of this Section, such compliance shall be determined
without regard to any period of grace or requirement of notice
provided under this Indenture.
SECTION 4.04
MAINTENANCE OF OFFICE OR AGENCY.
The Company will
maintain in each Place of Payment for Debt Securities of any series
an office or agency where such Debt Securities may be presented or
surrendered for payment, where such Debt Securities may be
surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange, where Debt
Securities of a series that are convertible may be surrendered for
conversion, if applicable, and where notices and demands to or upon
the Company in respect of such Debt Securities and this Indenture
may be served. If Debt Securities of a series are listed on The
Stock Exchange of the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland,
the Luxembourg Stock Exchange or any other stock exchange located
outside the United States and such stock exchange shall so require,
the Company will maintain a Paying Agent for such Debt Securities
in London, Luxembourg or any other required city located outside
the United States, as the case may be, so long as such Debt
Securities are listed on such exchange, and subject to any laws or
regulations applicable thereto, in a Place of Payment for such Debt
Securities located outside the United States an office or agency
where any such Debt Securities may be surrendered for registration
of transfer, where such Debt Securities may be surrendered for
exchange or redemption and where notices and demands to or upon the
Company in respect of such Debt Securities and this Indenture may
be served. The Company will give prompt written notice to the
Trustee of the location, and any change in the location, of such
office or agency. If at any time the Company shall fail to maintain
any such required office or agency or shall fail to furnish the
Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders,
notices and demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust
Office of the Trustee and the Company hereby appoints the Trustee
as its agent to receive all presentations, surrenders, notices and
demands.
The Company may
also from time to time designate different or additional offices or
agencies to be maintained for such purposes (in or outside of such
Place of Payment), and may from time to time rescind any such
designations; provided, however, that no such designation or
rescission shall in any manner relieve the Company of its
obligations described in the preceding paragraph. The Company will
give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such additional
designation or rescission of designation and any change in the
location of any such different or additional office or
agency.
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SECTION 4.05
MONEY FOR DEBT SECURITIES; PAYMENTS TO BE HELD IN
TRUST.
If the Company
shall at any time act as its own Paying Agent with respect to Debt
Securities of any series, it will, on or before each due date of
the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on any of the
Debt Securities of that series, segregate and hold in trust for the
benefit of the Persons entitled thereto a sum sufficient to pay the
principal (and premium, if any) or interest so becoming due until
such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as
herein provided, and will promptly notify the Trustee of its action
or failure so to act.
Whenever the
Company shall have one or more Paying Agents with respect to the
Debt Securities of any series, it will, by or on each due date of
the principal (and premium, if any) or interest on any Debt
Securities of that series, deposit with any such Paying Agent a sum
sufficient to pay the principal (and premium, if any) or interest
so becoming due (in same day funds and, if a Global Note is
Outstanding, by 10:00 a.m., New York City time, in order for
the Trustee to make payment to the U.S. Depositary for the Debt
Securities of such series in accordance with rules of such U.S.
Depositary), such sum to be held in trust for the benefit of the
Persons entitled thereto, and (unless any such Paying Agent is the
Trustee) the Company will promptly notify the Trustee of its action
or failure so to act.
The Company will
cause each Paying Agent with respect to the Debt Securities of any
series other than the Trustee to execute and deliver to the Trustee
an instrument in which such Paying Agent shall agree with the
Trustee, subject to the provisions of this Section, that such
Paying Agent will:
(a) hold all
sums held by it for the payment of the principal of (and premium,
if any) or interest on Debt Securities of that series in trust for
the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto until such sums shall
be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein
provided;
(b) give the
Trustee notice of any default by the Company (or any other obligor
upon the Debt Securities of that series) in the making of any
payment of principal (and premium, if any) or interest on the Debt
Securities of that series; and
(c) at any
time during the continuance of any such default, upon the written
request of the Trustee, forthwith pay to the Trustee all sums so
held in trust by such Paying Agent.
The Company may at
any time, for the purpose of obtaining the satisfaction and
discharge of this Indenture or for any other purpose, pay, or by
Company Order direct any Paying Agent to pay, to the Trustee all
sums held in trust by the Company or such Paying Agent, such sums
to be held by the Trustee upon the same trusts as those upon which
such sums were held by the Company or such Paying Agent; and, upon
such payment by any Paying Agent to the Trustee, such Paying Agent
shall be released from all further liability with respect to such
money.
Any money
deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held by the
Company, in trust for the payment of the principal of (and premium,
if any) or interest on any Debt Security of any series and
remaining unclaimed for two years after such principal (and
premium, if any) or interest has become due and payable shall be
paid to the Company upon Company Request, or (if then held by the
Company) shall be discharged from such trust; and the Holder of
such Debt Security shall thereafter, as an unsecured general
creditor, look only to the Company for payment thereof, and all
liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such
trust money, and all liability of the Company as trustee thereof,
shall thereupon cease; provided, however, that the Trustee
or such Paying Agent, before being required to make any such
repayment, shall at the expense of the Company cause to be
transmitted in the manner and to the extent provided by Section
11.02, notice that such money remains unclaimed and that, after a
date specified therein, which shall not be less than 30 days
from the date of such notification, any unclaimed balance of such
money then remaining will be repaid to the Company upon Company
Request.
SECTION 4.06
CORPORATE EXISTENCE.
Subject to
Articles V and X, the Company will do or cause to be done all
things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its
and each Guarantor’s corporate existence, rights (charter and
statutory) and franchises; provided, however, that the
Company shall not be required to preserve any such right or
franchise if the
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Company shall
determine that the preservation thereof is no longer desirable in
the conduct of the business of the Company and the Guarantors,
taken as a
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