Exhibit 4.1
ENERGYSOUTH, INC.
TO
REGIONS BANK,
as Trustee
INDENTURE
Dated
as of
, 2008
SENIOR DEBT SECURITIES
TABLE OF CONTENTS
| |
|
|
|
|
|
ARTICLE ONE
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
SECTION 101.
Definitions
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
SECTION 102.
Compliance Certificates and Opinions
|
|
|
12 |
|
|
SECTION 103. Form
of Documents Delivered to Trustee
|
|
|
13 |
|
|
SECTION 104. Acts
of Holders
|
|
|
13 |
|
|
SECTION 105.
Notices, etc., the Trustee and Company
|
|
|
16 |
|
|
SECTION 106.
Notice to Holders; Waiver
|
|
|
16 |
|
|
SECTION 107.
Effect of Headings and Table of Contents
|
|
|
18 |
|
|
SECTION 108.
Successors and Assigns
|
|
|
18 |
|
|
SECTION 109.
Separability Clause
|
|
|
18 |
|
|
SECTION 110.
Benefits of Indenture
|
|
|
18 |
|
|
SECTION 111. No
Personal Liability
|
|
|
18 |
|
|
SECTION 112.
Governing Law
|
|
|
18 |
|
|
SECTION 113. Legal
Holidays
|
|
|
19 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
ARTICLE TWO
SECURITIES FORMS
|
|
|
19 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
SECTION 201. Forms
of Securities
|
|
|
19 |
|
|
SECTION 202. Form
of Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication
|
|
|
20 |
|
|
SECTION 203.
Securities Issuable in Global Form
|
|
|
20 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
ARTICLE THREE THE
SECURITIES
|
|
|
21 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
SECTION 301.
Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series
|
|
|
21 |
|
|
SECTION 302.
Denominations
|
|
|
26 |
|
|
SECTION 303.
Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating
|
|
|
26 |
|
|
SECTION 304.
Temporary Securities
|
|
|
28 |
|
|
SECTION 305.
Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange
|
|
|
31 |
|
|
SECTION 306.
Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities
|
|
|
34 |
|
|
SECTION 307.
Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved
|
|
|
36 |
|
|
SECTION 308.
Persons Deemed Owners
|
|
|
38 |
|
|
SECTION 309.
Cancellation
|
|
|
39 |
|
|
SECTION 310.
Computation of Interest
|
|
|
39 |
|
|
SECTION 311. CUSIP
Numbers
|
|
|
39 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
ARTICLE FOUR
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
|
|
|
40 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
SECTION 401.
Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture
|
|
|
40 |
|
|
SECTION 402.
Application of Trust Funds
|
|
|
41 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
ARTICLE FIVE
REMEDIES
|
|
|
42 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
SECTION 501.
Events of Default
|
|
|
42 |
|
|
SECTION 502.
Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment
|
|
|
44 |
|
|
SECTION 503.
Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by
Trustee
|
|
|
45 |
|
- i -
| |
|
|
|
|
|
SECTION 504.
Trustee May File Proofs of Claim
|
|
|
46 |
|
|
SECTION 505.
Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities or
Coupons
|
|
|
47 |
|
|
SECTION 506.
Application of Money Collected
|
|
|
47 |
|
|
SECTION 507.
Limitation on Suits
|
|
|
48 |
|
|
SECTION 508.
Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal, Premium or
Make-Whole Amount, if any, Interest and Additional Amounts
|
|
|
48 |
|
|
SECTION 509.
Restoration of Rights and Remedies
|
|
|
49 |
|
|
SECTION 510.
Rights and Remedies Cumulative
|
|
|
49 |
|
|
SECTION 511. Delay
or Omission Not Waiver
|
|
|
49 |
|
|
SECTION 512.
Control by Holders of Securities
|
|
|
49 |
|
|
SECTION 513.
Waiver of Past Defaults
|
|
|
50 |
|
|
SECTION 514.
Waiver of Stay, Usury or Extension Laws
|
|
|
50 |
|
|
SECTION 515.
Undertaking for Costs
|
|
|
50 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
ARTICLE SIX THE
TRUSTEE
|
|
|
51 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
SECTION 601.
Notice of Defaults
|
|
|
51 |
|
|
SECTION 602.
Certain Duties, Responsibilities and Rights of Trustee
|
|
|
51 |
|
|
SECTION 603. Not
Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities
|
|
|
53 |
|
|
SECTION 604. May
Hold Securities
|
|
|
53 |
|
|
SECTION 605. Money
Held in Trust
|
|
|
54 |
|
|
SECTION 606.
Compensation and Reimbursement
|
|
|
54 |
|
|
SECTION 607.
Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility
|
|
|
55 |
|
|
SECTION 608.
Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor
|
|
|
55 |
|
|
SECTION 609.
Acceptance of Appointment By Successor
|
|
|
56 |
|
|
SECTION 610.
Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business
|
|
|
58 |
|
|
SECTION 611.
Appointment of Authenticating Agent
|
|
|
58 |
|
|
SECTION 612.
Certain Duties and Responsibilities
|
|
|
60 |
|
|
SECTION 613.
Conflicting Interests
|
|
|
60 |
|
|
SECTION 614.
Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company
|
|
|
60 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
ARTICLE SEVEN
HOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY
|
|
|
60 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
SECTION 701.
Disclosure of Names and Addresses of Holders
|
|
|
60 |
|
|
SECTION 702.
Reports by Trustee
|
|
|
61 |
|
|
SECTION 703.
Reports by Company
|
|
|
61 |
|
|
SECTION 704.
Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders
|
|
|
62 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
ARTICLE EIGHT
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, SALE, LEASE OR CONVEYANCE
|
|
|
62 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
SECTION 801.
Consolidations and Mergers of Company and Sales, Leases and
Conveyances Permitted Subject to Certain Conditions
|
|
|
62 |
|
|
SECTION 802.
Rights and Duties of Successor Corporation
|
|
|
63 |
|
- ii -
| |
|
|
|
|
|
SECTION 803.
Officers’ Certificate and Opinion of Counsel
|
|
|
63 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
SUPPLEMENTAL
INDENTURES
|
|
|
63 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
SECTION 901.
Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders
|
|
|
63 |
|
|
SECTION 902.
Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Holders
|
|
|
65 |
|
|
SECTION 903.
Execution of Supplemental Indentures
|
|
|
67 |
|
|
SECTION 904.
Effect of Supplemental Indentures
|
|
|
67 |
|
|
SECTION 905.
Conformity with Trust Indenture Act
|
|
|
68 |
|
|
SECTION 906.
Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures
|
|
|
68 |
|
|
SECTION 907.
Notice of Supplemental Indentures
|
|
|
68 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
ARTICLE TEN
COVENANTS
|
|
|
68 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
SECTION 1001.
Payment of Principal, Premium or Make-Whole Amount, if any,
Interest and Additional Amounts
|
|
|
68 |
|
|
SECTION 1002.
Maintenance of Office or Agency
|
|
|
69 |
|
|
SECTION 1003.
Money for Securities Payments to Be Held in Trust
|
|
|
70 |
|
|
SECTION 1004.
[Reserved]
|
|
|
72 |
|
|
SECTION 1005.
Existence
|
|
|
72 |
|
|
SECTION 1006.
Maintenance of Properties
|
|
|
72 |
|
|
SECTION 1007.
[Reserved]
|
|
|
72 |
|
|
SECTION 1008.
Payment of Taxes and Other Claims
|
|
|
72 |
|
|
SECTION 1009.
Provision of Financial Information
|
|
|
73 |
|
|
SECTION 1010.
Statement as to Compliance
|
|
|
73 |
|
|
SECTION 1011.
Additional Amounts
|
|
|
73 |
|
|
SECTION 1012.
Waiver of Certain Covenants
|
|
|
74 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
ARTICLE ELEVEN
REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES
|
|
|
75 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
SECTION 1101.
Applicability of Article
|
|
|
75 |
|
|
SECTION 1102.
Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee
|
|
|
75 |
|
|
SECTION 1103.
Selection by Trustee of Securities to Be Redeemed
|
|
|
75 |
|
|
SECTION 1104.
Notice of Redemption
|
|
|
76 |
|
|
SECTION 1105.
Deposit of Redemption Price
|
|
|
77 |
|
|
SECTION 1106.
Securities Payable on Redemption Date
|
|
|
78 |
|
|
SECTION 1107.
Securities Redeemed in Part
|
|
|
79 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
ARTICLE TWELVE
SINKING FUNDS
|
|
|
79 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
SECTION 1201.
Applicability of Article
|
|
|
79 |
|
|
SECTION 1202.
Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities
|
|
|
79 |
|
|
SECTION 1203.
Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund
|
|
|
80 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
ARTICLE THIRTEEN
REPAYMENT AT THE OPTION OF HOLDERS
|
|
|
80 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
SECTION 1301.
Applicability of Article
|
|
|
80 |
|
|
SECTION 1302.
Repayment of Securities
|
|
|
80 |
|
|
SECTION 1303.
Exercise of Option
|
|
|
81 |
|
|
SECTION 1304. When
Securities Presented for Repayment Become Due and Payable
|
|
|
81 |
|
|
SECTION 1305.
Securities Repaid in Part
|
|
|
82 |
|
- iii -
| |
|
|
|
|
|
ARTICLE FOURTEEN
DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE
|
|
|
83 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
SECTION 1401.
Applicability of Article; Company’s Option to Effect
Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance
|
|
|
83 |
|
|
SECTION 1402.
Defeasance and Discharge
|
|
|
83 |
|
|
SECTION 1403.
Covenant Defeasance
|
|
|
84 |
|
|
SECTION 1404.
Conditions to Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance
|
|
|
84 |
|
|
SECTION 1405.
Deposited Money and Government Obligations to Be Held in Trust;
Other Miscellaneous Provisions
|
|
|
86 |
|
|
SECTION 1406.
Reinstatement
|
|
|
87 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
ARTICLE FIFTEEN
MEETINGS OF HOLDERS OF SECURITIES
|
|
|
88 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
SECTION 1501.
Purposes for Which Meetings May Be Called
|
|
|
88 |
|
|
SECTION 1502.
Call, Notice and Place of Meetings
|
|
|
88 |
|
|
SECTION 1503.
Persons Entitled to Vote at Meetings
|
|
|
88 |
|
|
SECTION 1504.
Quorum; Action
|
|
|
89 |
|
|
SECTION 1505.
Determination of Voting Rights; Conduct and Adjournment of
Meetings
|
|
|
90 |
|
|
SECTION 1506.
Counting Votes and Recording Action of Meetings
|
|
|
91 |
|
|
SECTION 1507.
Evidence of Action Taken by Holders
|
|
|
91 |
|
|
SECTION 1508.
Proof of Execution of Instruments
|
|
|
91 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
ARTICLE SIXTEEN
CONVERSION OR EXCHANGE OF SECURITIES
|
|
|
92 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
SECTION 1601.
Applicability of Article
|
|
|
92 |
|
|
SECTION 1602.
Election to Exchange; Notice to Trustee and Holders
|
|
|
92 |
|
|
SECTION 1603. No
Fractional Shares
|
|
|
92 |
|
|
SECTION 1604.
Adjustment of Exchange Rate
|
|
|
93 |
|
|
SECTION 1605.
Payment of Certain Taxes Upon Exchange
|
|
|
93 |
|
|
SECTION 1606.
Shares Free and Clear
|
|
|
93 |
|
|
SECTION 1607.
Cancellation of Security
|
|
|
94 |
|
|
SECTION 1608.
Duties of Trustee Regarding Exchange
|
|
|
94 |
|
|
SECTION 1609.
Repayment of Certain Funds Upon Exchange
|
|
|
94 |
|
|
SECTION 1610.
Exercise of Conversion Privilege
|
|
|
95 |
|
|
SECTION 1611.
Effect of Consolidation or Merger on Conversion Privilege
|
|
|
96 |
|
- iv -
ENERGYSOUTH, INC.
Reconciliation and tie between Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as
amended (the “TIA”), and Indenture, dated as of
, 20___
| |
|
|
|
|
| Trust Indenture Act Section |
|
Indenture Section |
|
|
Section 310(a)(1)
|
|
|
607 |
|
|
(a)(2)
|
|
|
607 |
|
|
(b)
|
|
|
613 |
|
|
Section 312(c)
|
|
|
701 |
|
|
Section 314(a)
|
|
|
703 |
|
|
(a)(4)
|
|
|
1010 |
|
|
(c)(1)
|
|
|
102 |
|
|
(c)(2)
|
|
|
102 |
|
|
(e)
|
|
|
102 |
|
|
Section 315(b)
|
|
|
601 |
|
|
Section 316(a)(last sentence)
|
|
|
101 |
|
|
(“Outstanding”)
|
|
|
|
|
|
(a)(1)(A)
|
|
|
502, 512 |
|
|
(a)(1)(B)
|
|
|
513 |
|
|
(b)
|
|
|
508 |
|
|
Section 317(a)(1)
|
|
|
503 |
|
|
(a)(2)
|
|
|
504 |
|
|
Section 318(a)
|
|
|
112 |
|
|
(c)
|
|
|
112 |
|
|
|
|
| |
|
Note: This reconciliation and tie
shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be a part of the
Indenture. |
| |
| |
|
Attention should also be directed to Section 318(c) of the TIA,
which provides that the provisions of Sections 310 to and
including 317 of the TIA are a part of and govern every qualified
indenture, whether or not physically contained therein. |
- v -
INDENTURE
INDENTURE, dated as of ___, 20___,
between ENERGYSOUTH, INC. a Delaware corporation (hereinafter
called the “Company”), having its principal office at
2828 Dauphin Street, Mobile, Alabama 36606 and REGIONS BANK, an
Alabama banking corporation, as Trustee hereunder (hereinafter
called the “Trustee”), having a Corporate Trust Office
at 106 St. Francis St., Mobile, Alabama 36622.
RECITALS OF THE COMPANY
The Company deems it necessary to
issue from time to time for its lawful purposes senior debt
securities (hereinafter called the “Securities”)
evidencing its unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness, and has
duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture to
provide for the issuance from time to time of the Securities,
unlimited as to aggregate principal amount, to bear interest at the
rates or formulas, to mature at such times and to have such other
provisions as shall be fixed therefor as hereinafter
provided.
All things necessary to make this
Indenture a valid agreement of the Company, in accordance with its
terms, have been done.
NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH:
For and in consideration of the
premises and the purchase of the Securities by the Holders thereof,
it is mutually covenanted and agreed, for the equal and
proportionate benefit of all Holders of the Securities, as
follows:
ARTICLE ONE
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION
SECTION 101.
Definitions.
For all purposes of this Indenture,
except as otherwise expressly provided or the context otherwise
requires:
(1) the terms defined in this
Article have the meanings assigned to them in this Article, and
include the plural as well as the singular;
(2) all other terms used herein
which are defined in the Trust Indenture Act, either directly or by
reference therein, have the meanings assigned to them therein, and
the terms “cash transaction” and “self-
liquidating paper,” as used in Trust Indenture Act
Section 311, shall have the meanings assigned to them in the
rules of the Commission adopted under the Trust Indenture
Act;
(3) all accounting terms not
otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to them in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles; and
(4) the words
“herein,” “hereof” and
“hereunder” and other words of similar import refer to
this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Article,
Section or other subdivision.
Certain terms, used principally in
Article Three, Article Five, Article Six and
Article Ten, are defined in those Articles. In addition, the
following terms shall have the indicated respective meanings:
“Act” has the meaning
specified in Section 104.
“Additional Amounts”
means any additional amounts which are required by a Security,
under circumstances specified therein, to be paid by the Company in
respect of certain taxes imposed on certain Holders and which are
owing to such Holders in order that they receive the amount they
would have received as if such taxes had not been imposed.
“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” when used with respect to any
specified Person means the power to direct the management and
policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through
the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and
the terms “controlling” and “controlled”
have meanings correlative to the foregoing.
“Authenticating Agent”
means any authenticating agent appointed by the Trustee pursuant to
Section 611.
“Authorized Newspaper”
means a newspaper, printed in the English language or in an
official language of the country of publication, customarily
published on each Business Day, whether or not published on
Saturdays, Sundays or holidays, and of general circulation in each
place in connection with which the term is used or in the financial
community of each such place. Whenever successive publications are
required to be made in Authorized Newspapers, the successive
publications may be made in the same or in different Authorized
Newspapers in the same city meeting the foregoing requirements and
in each case on any Business Day.
“Bankruptcy Law” has the
meaning specified in Section 501.
“Bearer Security” means a
Security issued hereunder which is payable to bearer.
“Board of Directors”
means the Board of Directors of the Company, the executive
committee or any other committee or director of that board duly
authorized to act for it in respect hereof.
- 2 -
“Board Resolution” means
a copy of a resolution certified by the Secretary or an Assistant
Secretary of the Company to have been duly adopted by the Board of
Directors or a committee to which authority to act on behalf of the
Board of Directors has been lawfully delegated, and to be in full
force and effect on the date of such certification, and delivered
to the Trustee.
“Business Day,” when used
with respect to any Place of Payment or any other particular
location referred to in this Indenture or in the Securities, means,
unless otherwise specified with respect to any Securities pursuant
to Section 301, any day, other than a Saturday or Sunday, that
is neither a legal holiday nor a day on which banking institutions
in that Place of Payment or particular location are authorized or
required by law, regulation or executive order to close.
“Capital Stock” of any
Person means any and all shares, interests, rights to purchase,
warrants, options, participations or other equivalents of or
interests in (however designated) the equity of such Person,
including any Preferred Stock, but excluding any debt securities
convertible into such equity.
“Clearstream” means
Clearstream Banking, societé anonyme or its successor.
“Commission” means the
Securities and Exchange Commission, as from time to time
constituted, created under the Exchange Act, or, if at any time
after execution of this instrument such Commission is not existing
and performing the duties now assigned to it under the Trust
Indenture Act, then the body performing such duties on such
date.
“Common Depository” has
the meaning specified in Section 304(b).
“Company” means the
Person named as the “Company” in the first paragraph of
this Indenture until a successor corporation shall have become such
pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and
thereafter “Company” shall mean such successor
corporation.
“Company Request” and
“Company Order” mean, respectively, a written request
or order signed in the name of the Company by the President or a
Vice President of the Company, and by the Treasurer, an Assistant
Treasurer, the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company,
and delivered to the Trustee.
“Conversion Event” means
the cessation of use of (i) a Foreign Currency (other than as
otherwise provided with respect to a Security pursuant to
Section 301) as provided by the government of the country
which issued such currency and for the settlement of transactions
by a central bank or other public institutions of or within the
international banking community or (ii) any currency unit (or
composite currency) for the purposes for which it was
established.
- 3 -
“Corporate Trust Office”
means the office of the Trustee at which, at any particular time,
its corporate trust business shall be principally administered,
which office at the date hereof is located at 106 St. Francis St.,
Mobile, Alabama 36622, or at any other time at such other address
as the Trustee may designate from time to time by notice to the
Holders.
“Corporation” includes
corporations, associations, companies and business trusts.
“Coupon” means any
interest coupon appertaining to a Bearer Security.
“Custodian” has the
meaning set forth in Section 501.
“Debt” means the
principal, premium, if any, unpaid interest (including interest
accruing on or after the filing of any petition in bankruptcy or
for reorganization relating to the Company whether or not a claim
for post-filing interest is allowed in such proceeding), fees,
charges, expenses, reimbursement and indemnification obligations,
and all other amounts payable under or in respect of the following
indebtedness of the Company, whether any such indebtedness exists
as of the date of the Indenture or is created, incurred or assumed
after such date:
| |
(i) |
|
any debt (a) for money borrowed, or (b) evidenced by
a bond, note, debenture, or similar instrument (including purchase
money obligations) whether or not given in connection with the
acquisition of any business, property or assets, whether by
purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise, but shall not include
any account payable or other obligation created or assumed in the
ordinary course of business in connection with the obtaining of
materials or services, or (c) which is a direct or indirect
obligation which arises as a result of banker’s acceptances
or bank letters of credit issued to secure obligations of the
Company, or to secure the payment of revenue bonds issued for the
benefit of the Company, whether contingent or otherwise; |
| |
| |
(ii) |
|
any debt of others described in the preceding clause
(i) which the Company has guaranteed or for which it is
otherwise liable; |
| |
| |
(iii) |
|
indebtedness secured by any mortgage, pledge, lien, charge,
encumbrance or any security interest existing on property owned by
the Company; |
| |
| |
(iv) |
|
the obligation of the Company, as lessee under any lease of
property that is or is required to be reflected on the
Company’s balance sheet as a capitalized lease in accordance
with GAAP; and |
| |
| |
(v) |
|
any deferral, amendment, renewal, extension, supplement,
modification or refunding of any liability of the kind described in
any of the preceding clauses (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv); |
- 4 -
provided, however, that, in computing indebtedness of the Company,
there shall be excluded any particular indebtedness if,
(i) upon or prior to the maturity thereof, there shall have
been deposited with an unaffiliated depository in trust money (or
evidence of indebtedness if permitted by the instrument creating
such indebtedness) in the necessary amount to pay, redeem or
satisfy such indebtedness as it becomes due (or, if applicable, as
it may be redeemed prior to its stated maturity in accordance with
the terms, if any, regarding early redemption set forth in the
instrument governing such indebtedness), and the amount so
deposited shall not be included in any computation of the assets of
the Company and (ii) prior to such deposit the Company shall
deliver an Officers’ Certificate to the Trustee which shall
certify that such amount has been so deposited with such
depository.
“Defaulted Interest” has
the meaning specified in Section 307.
“Depository” when used
with respect to the Securities of or within any series issuable or
issued in whole or in part in global form, means the Person
designated as depository by the Company pursuant to
Section 301 until a successor Depository shall have become
such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and
thereafter shall mean or include each Person which is then a
Depository hereunder, and if at any time there is more than one
such Person, shall be a collective reference to such Persons.
“Dollar” or
“$” means a dollar or other equivalent unit in such
coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time
shall be legal tender for payment of public and private
debts.
“DTC” means The
Depository Trust Company.
“Euroclear” means
Euroclear Bank S.A. or its successor as operator of the Euroclear
System.
“Event of Default” has
the meaning specified in Section 501.
“Exchange Act” means the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and
regulations promulgated thereunder by the Commission.
“Exchange Rate Agent”
unless otherwise specified with respect to Securities of or within
any series pursuant to Section 301, means a bank designated as
such in accordance with Section 301 (which may include any
such bank acting as Trustee).
“Exchange Rate Officer’s
Certificate” means a certificate in the form attached as
Exhibit B setting forth (i) the applicable market
exchange rate or the applicable bid quotation and (ii) the
Dollar or Foreign Currency amounts of principal (and premium, if
any) and interest, if any (on an aggregate basis and on the basis
of a Security having the lowest denomination principal amount in
the relevant currency or currency unit), payable with respect to a
Security of any series on the basis of such market exchange rate or
the
- 5 -
applicable bid quotation, signed by the Chief Financial Officer,
Treasurer, or any Vice President of the Company.
“Expiration Date” means
any date designated as such pursuant to Section 104(h)
hereof.
“Foreign Currency” means
any currency, currency unit or composite currency issued by the
government of one or more countries other than the United States of
America or by any recognized confederation or association of such
governments.
“GAAP” means generally
accepted accounting principles as used in the United States applied
on a consistent basis as in effect from time to time; provided that
solely for purposes of any calculation required by the financial
covenants contained herein, “GAAP” shall mean generally
accepted accounting principles as used in the United States on the
date hereof, applied on a consistent basis.
“Government Obligations”
means securities which are (i) direct obligations of the
United States of America or, if specified as contemplated by
Section 301, the government which issued the Foreign Currency
in which the Securities of a particular series are payable, for the
payment of which its full faith and credit is pledged or
(ii) obligations of a Person controlled or supervised by and
acting as an agency or instrumentality of the United States of
America or, if specified as contemplated by Section 301, such
government which issued the Foreign Currency in which the
Securities of such series are payable, the payment of which is
unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation by
the United States of America or such other government, which, in
either case, are not callable or redeemable at the option of the
issuer thereof, and shall also include a depository receipt issued
by a bank or trust company as custodian with respect to any such
Government Obligation or a specific payment of interest on or
principal of any such Government Obligation held by such custodian
for the account of the holder of a depository receipt, provided
that (except as required by law) such custodian is not authorized
to make any deduction from the amount payable to the holder of such
depository receipt from any amount received by the custodian in
respect of the Government Obligation or the specific payment of
interest on or principal of the Government Obligation evidenced by
such depository receipt.
“Holder” means, in the
case of a Registered Security, the Person in whose name a Security
is registered in the Security Register and, in the case of a Bearer
Security, the bearer thereof and, when used with respect to any
coupon, shall mean the bearer thereof.
“Indenture” means this
instrument as originally executed or as it may from time to time be
supplemented or amended by one or more indentures supplemental
hereto entered into pursuant to the applicable provisions hereof,
and shall include the terms of particular series of Securities
established as contemplated by Section 301; provided, however,
that, if at any time more than one Person is acting as Trustee
under this instrument, “Indenture” shall mean, with
respect to any one or more series of Securities for which such
Person is Trustee, this instrument as originally executed or as it
may from time to
- 6 -
time be
supplemented or amended by one or more indentures supplemental
hereto entered into pursuant to the applicable provisions hereof
and shall include the terms of the or those particular series of
Securities for which such Person is Trustee established as
contemplated by Section 301, exclusive, however, of any
provisions or terms which relate solely to other series of
Securities for which such Person is not Trustee, regardless of when
such terms or provisions were adopted, and exclusive of any
provisions or terms adopted by means of one or more indentures
supplemental hereto executed and delivered after such Person had
become such Trustee but to which such Person, as such Trustee, was
not a party.
“Indexed Security” means
a Security the terms of which provide that the principal amount
thereof payable at Stated Maturity may be more or less than the
principal face amount thereof at original issuance.
“Interest” when used with
respect to an Original Issue Discount Security which by its terms
bears interest only after Maturity, shall mean interest payable
after Maturity, and, when used with respect to a Security which
provides for the payment of Additional Amounts pursuant to
Section 1011, includes such Additional Amounts.
“Interest Payment Date”
means, when used with respect to any Security, the Stated Maturity
of an installment of interest on such Security.
“Make-Whole Amount” means
the amount, if any, in addition to principal which is required by a
Security, under the terms and conditions specified therein or as
otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301, to be paid
by the Company to the Holder thereof in connection with any
optional redemption or accelerated payment of such Security.
“Maturity” means, when
used with respect to any Security, the date on which the principal
of such Security or an installment of principal becomes due and
payable as therein or herein provided, whether at the Stated
Maturity or by declaration of acceleration, notice of redemption,
notice of option to elect repayment, repurchase or otherwise.
“Officers’
Certificate” means a certificate signed by the President or a
Vice President and by the Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, 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 an employee of or
counsel for the Company or other counsel satisfactory to the
Trustee.
“Original Issue Discount
Security” means any 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 502.
- 7 -
“Outstanding,” when used
with respect to Securities, means, as of the date of determination,
all Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered under this
Indenture, except:
| |
(i) |
|
Securities theretofore canceled by the Trustee or delivered to
the Trustee for cancellation; |
| |
| |
(ii) |
|
Securities, or portions thereof, for whose payment or
redemption or repayment at the option of the Holder money in the
necessary amount and the required currency 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 such Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto;
provided that, if such Securities are to be redeemed, notice of
such redemption has been duly given pursuant to this Indenture or
other provision therefor satisfactory to the Trustee has been
made; |
| |
| |
(iii) |
|
Securities, except solely to the extent provided in
Sections 1402 or 1403, as applicable, with respect to which
the Company has effected defeasance and/or covenant defeasance as
provided in Article Fourteen; |
| |
| |
(iv) |
|
Securities which have been paid pursuant to Section 306 or
in exchange for or in lieu of which other Securities have been
authenticated and delivered pursuant to this Indenture, other than
any such Securities in respect of which there shall have been
presented to the Trustee proof satisfactory to it that such
Securities are held by a bona fide purchaser in whose hands such
Securities are valid obligations of the Company; and |
| |
| |
(v) |
|
Securities converted or exchanged into other securities or
property of the Company pursuant to or in accordance with this
Indenture if the terms of such Securities provide for
convertibility or exchange pursuant to Section 301; provided,
however, that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities have given any
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or
waiver hereunder or are present at a meeting of Holders for quorum
purposes, and for the purpose of making the calculations required
by Trust Indenture Act Section 313, (i) the principal
amount of an Original Issue Discount Security that may be counted
in making such determination or calculation and that shall be
deemed to be Outstanding for such purpose shall be equal to the
amount of principal thereof that would be (or shall have been
declared to be) due and payable, at the time of such determination,
upon a declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof pursuant
to Section 502, (ii) the principal amount of any Security
denominated in a Foreign Currency that may be counted in making
such determination or calculation and that shall be deemed
Outstanding for such purpose shall be equal to the Dollar
equivalent, determined pursuant to Section 301 as of the date
such Security is originally |
- 8 -
| |
|
|
issued by the Company as set forth in an Exchange Rate
Officer’s Certificate delivered to the Trustee, of the
principal amount (or, in the case of an Original Issue Discount
Security, the Dollar equivalent as of such date of original
issuance of the amount determined as provided in clause
(i) above) of such Security, (iii) the principal amount
of any Indexed Security that may be counted in making such
determination or calculation and that shall be deemed outstanding
for such purpose shall be equal to the principal face amount of
such Indexed Security at original issuance, unless otherwise
provided with respect to such Indexed Security pursuant to
Section 301, and (iv) Securities owned by the Company or
any other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the
Company or of such other obligor shall be disregarded and deemed
not to be Outstanding, except that, in determining whether the
Trustee shall be protected in making such calculation or in relying
upon any such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice,
consent or waiver, only Securities which a Responsible Officer of
the Trustee actually knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded.
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 so to act
with respect to such Securities and that the pledgee is not the
Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate
of the Company or of such other obligor. |
“Paying Agent” means any
Person authorized by the Company to pay the principal of (and
premium or Make-Whole Amount, if any), interest or any other
payments on any Securities, or coupons on behalf of the Company, or
if no such Person is authorized, the Company.
“Person” means any
individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company,
joint venture, association, joint stock company, trust,
unincorporated organization or government or any agency or
political subdivision thereof.
“Place of Payment” means,
when used with respect to the Securities of or within any series,
the place or places where the principal of (and premium or
Make-Whole Amount, if any), interest and any other payment on such
Securities are payable as specified as contemplated by
Sections 301 and 1002.
“Predecessor Security” of
any particular Security means every previous Security evidencing
all or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced by such
particular Security; and, for the purposes of this definition, any
Security authenticated and delivered under Section 306 in
exchange for or in lieu of a mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen
Security or a Security to which a mutilated, destroyed, lost or
stolen coupon appertains shall be deemed to evidence the same debt
as the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security or the
Security to which the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen coupon
appertains.
“Preferred Stock” means,
as applied to the Capital Stock of any corporation, Capital Stock
of any class or classes (however designated) which is preferred as
to the
- 9 -
payment
of dividends, or as to the distribution of assets upon any
voluntary or involuntary liquidation or dissolution of such
corporation, over shares of Capital Stock of any other class of
such corporation.
“Redemption Date” means,
when used with respect to any security to be redeemed in whole or
in part, the date fixed for such redemption by or pursuant to this
Indenture.
“Redemption Price” means,
when used with respect to any Security to be redeemed in whole or
in part, the price at which it is to be redeemed pursuant to this
Indenture.
“Registered Security”
means any Security which is registered in the Security
Register.
“Regular Record Date” for
the installment of interest payable on any Interest Payment Date on
the Registered Securities of or within any series means the date
specified for that purpose as contemplated by Section 301,
whether or not a Business Day.
“Repayment Date” means,
when used with respect to any Security to be repaid or repurchased
at the option of the Holder, the date fixed for such repayment or
repurchase by or pursuant to this Indenture.
“Repayment Price” means,
when used with respect to any Security to be repaid or purchased at
the option of the Holder, the price at which it is to be repaid or
repurchased pursuant to this Indenture.
“Responsible Officer”
means, with respect to the Trustee, any officer within the
Corporate Trust Office including any vice president, assistant vice
president, managing director, assistant treasurer, secretary,
assistant secretary or any other officer of the Trustee customarily
performing functions similar to those performed by any of the above
designated officers and having direct responsibility for the
administration of this Indenture, and also, with respect to a
particular matter, any other officer to whom such matter is
referred because of such officer’s knowledge of and
familiarity with the particular subject.
“Securities Act” means
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and
regulations promulgated thereunder by the Commission.
“Security” has the
meaning stated in the first recital of this Indenture and, more
particularly, means any Security or Securities 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, “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 Securities authenticated and delivered under this
Indenture,
- 10 -
exclusive, however, of Securities of or within any series as to
which such Person is not Trustee.
“Security Register” and
“Security Registrar” have the respective meanings
specified in Section 305.
“Significant Subsidiary”
means any Subsidiary which is a “significant
subsidiary” (within the meaning of Regulation S-X,
promulgated under the Securities Act) of the Company.
“Special Record Date” for
the payment of any Defaulted Interest on the Registered Securities
of or within any series means a date fixed by the Trustee pursuant
to Section 307.
“Stated Maturity” means,
when used with respect to any Security or any installment of
principal thereof or interest thereon, the date specified in such
Security or a coupon representing such installment of interest as
the fixed date on which the principal of such Security or such
installment of principal or interest is due and payable.
“Subsidiary” means, with
respect to any Person, (a) any corporation or other entity of
which a majority of (i) the voting power of the voting equity
securities or (ii) the outstanding equity interests of which
are owned, directly or indirectly, by such Person or (b) any
other Person which is otherwise controlled by such Person or by one
or more other Subsidiaries of such Person or by such Person and one
or more other Subsidiaries of such Person. For the purposes of this
definition, “voting equity securities” means equity
securities having voting power for the election of directors or
other similar entity, whether at all times or only so long as no
senior class of security has such voting power by reason of any
contingency.
“Trust Indenture Act” or
“TIA” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended
and as in force at the date as of which this Indenture was
executed, except as provided in Section 905.
“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 Securities of or within any series shall
mean only the Trustee with respect to the Securities of that
series.
“United States” means,
unless otherwise specified with respect to any Securities pursuant
to Section 301, the United States of America (including the
states and the District of Columbia), its territories, its
possessions and other areas subject to its jurisdiction.
- 11 -
“United States person”
means, unless otherwise specified with respect to any Securities
pursuant to Section 301, an individual who is a citizen or
resident of the United States, a corporation, partnership or other
entity created or organized in or under the laws of the United
States or any state or the District of Columbia or an estate or
trust the income of which is subject to United States federal
income taxation regardless of its source.
“Voting Stock” of a
Person means all classes of Capital Stock or other interests
(including partnership interests) of such Person then outstanding
and normally entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any
contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers or
trustees thereof.
“Wholly-owned Subsidiary”
means a Subsidiary all the Capital Stock of which (other than
directors’ qualifying shares and shares held by other Persons
to the extent such shares are required by applicable law to be held
by a Person other than the Company or a Subsidiary) is owned by the
Company or one or more Wholly-owned Subsidiaries.
“Yield to Maturity” means
the yield to maturity, computed at the time of issuance of a
Security (or, if applicable, at the most recent predetermination of
interest on such Security) and as set forth in such Security in
accordance with generally accepted United States bond yield
computation principles.
SECTION 102. Compliance
Certificates and Opinions.
Upon any application or request by
the Company to the Trustee to take any action under any provision
of this Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee an
Officers’ Certificate stating that all conditions precedent,
if any, provided for in this Indenture (including covenants,
compliance with which constitute conditions precedent) relating to
the proposed action have been complied with and an Opinion of
Counsel stating that in the opinion of such counsel all such
conditions precedent, if any, have been complied with, except that
in the case of any such application or request as to which the
furnishing of such documents is specifically required by any
provision of this Indenture relating to such particular application
or request, no additional certificate or opinion need be
furnished.
Every certificate or opinion with
respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in
this Indenture (excluding certificates delivered pursuant to
Section 1010) shall include:
| |
(1) |
|
a statement that each individual signing such certificate or
opinion has read such condition or covenant and the definitions
herein relating thereto; |
| |
| |
(2) |
|
a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination
or investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in
such certificate or opinion are based; |
- 12 -
| |
(3) |
|
a statement that, in the opinion of each such individual, he
has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to
enable him to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such
condition or covenant has been complied with; and |
| |
| |
(4) |
|
a statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such
individual, such condition or covenant has been complied with. |
SECTION 103. Form of Documents
Delivered to Trustee.
In any case where several matters are
required to be certified by, or covered by an opinion of, any
specified Person, it is not necessary that all such matters be
certified by, or covered by the opinion of, only one such Person,
or that they be so certified or covered by only one document, but
one such Person may certify or give an opinion as to some matters
and one or more other such Persons as to other matters, and any
such Person may certify or give an opinion as to such matters in
one or several documents.
Any certificate or opinion of an
officer of the Company may be based, insofar as it relates to legal
matters, upon an Opinion of Counsel, or a certificate or
representations by counsel, unless such officer knows, or in the
exercise of reasonable care should know, that the opinion,
certificate or representations with respect to the matters upon
which his certificate or opinion is based are erroneous. Any such
Opinion of Counsel or certificate or representations may be based,
insofar as it relates to factual matters, upon a certificate or
opinion of, or representations by, an officer or officers of the
Company stating that the information as to such factual matters is
in the possession of the Company, unless such counsel knows that
the certificate or opinion or representations as to such matters
are erroneous.
Where any Person is required to make,
give or execute two or more applications, requests, consents,
certificates, statements, opinions or other instruments under this
Indenture, they may, but need not, be consolidated and form one
instrument.
SECTION 104. Acts of
Holders.
(a) Any request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action
provided by this Indenture to be given or taken by Holders of the
Outstanding Securities of all series or one or more series, as the
case may be, may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more
instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders
in person or by agents duly appointed in writing. If Securities of
a series are issuable as Bearer Securities, any request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action
provided by this Indenture to be given or taken by Holders of
Securities of such series may, alternatively, be embodied in and
evidenced by the record of Holders of Securities of such series
voting in favor thereof, whether in person or by proxies duly
appointed in writing, at any meeting of Holders of Securities of
such series duly called and held in accordance with the provisions
of Article Fifteen, or a combination of such instruments and
any such record. Except as herein otherwise expressly provided,
such action shall become effective when such instrument or
- 13 -
instruments or record or both are delivered to the Trustee and,
where it is hereby expressly required, to the Company. Such
instrument or instruments and any such record (and the action
embodied therein and evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes
referred to as the “Act” of the Holders signing such
instrument or instruments or so voting at any such meeting. Proof
of execution of any such instrument or of a writing appointing any
such agent, or of the holding by any Person of a Security, shall be
sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture and (subject to
Section 612) conclusive in favor of the Trustee and the
Company and any agent of the Trustee or the Company, if made in the
manner provided in this Section. The record of any meeting of
Holders of Securities shall be proved in the manner provided in
Section 1506.
(b) The fact and date of the
execution by any Person of any such instrument or writing may be
proved by the affidavit of a witness of such execution or by a
certificate of a notary public or other officer authorized by law
to take acknowledgments of deeds, certifying that the individual
signing such instrument or writing acknowledged to him the
execution thereof. Where such execution is by a signer acting in a
capacity other than his individual capacity, such certificate or
affidavit shall also constitute sufficient proof of his authority.
The fact and date of the execution of any such instrument or
writing, or the authority of the Person executing the same, may
also be proved in any other reasonable manner which the Trustee
deems sufficient.
(c) The ownership of Registered
Securities shall be proved by the Security Register or by a
certificate of the Security Registrar.
(d) The ownership of Bearer
Securities may be proved by the production of such Bearer
Securities or by a certificate executed, as depository, by any
trust company, bank, banker or other depository, wherever situated,
if such certificate shall be deemed by the Trustee to be
satisfactory, showing that at the date therein mentioned such
person had on deposit with such depository, or exhibited to it, the
Bearer Securities therein described; or such facts may be proved by
the certificate or affidavit of the Person holding such Bearer
Securities, if such certificate or affidavit is deemed by the
Trustee to be satisfactory. The Trustee and the Company may assume
that such ownership of any Bearer Security continues until
(1) another certificate or affidavit bearing a later date
issued in respect of the same Bearer Security is produced, or (2)
such Bearer Security is produced to the Trustee by some other
Person, or (3) such Bearer Security is surrendered in exchange
for a Registered Security, or (4) such Bearer Security is no
longer Outstanding. The ownership of Bearer Securities may also be
proved in any other manner which the Trustee deems
sufficient.
(e) If the Company shall solicit
from the Holders of Registered Securities any request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act, the
Company may, at its option, in or pursuant to a Board Resolution,
fix in advance a record date for the determination of Holders
entitled to give such request, demand, authorization, direction,
notice, consent, waiver or other Act, but the Company shall have no
obligation to do so. Notwithstanding TIA Section 316(c), such
record date shall be the record date specified in or pursuant to
such Board Resolution, which shall be a date
- 14 -
not
earlier than the date 30 days prior to the first solicitation
of Holders generally in connection therewith and not later than the
date such solicitation is completed. If such a record date is
fixed, such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice,
consent, waiver or other Act may be given before or after such
record date, but only the Holders of record at the close of
business on such record date shall be deemed to be Holders for the
purposes of determining whether Holders of the requisite proportion
of Outstanding Securities have authorized or agreed or consented to
such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent,
waiver or other Act, and for that purpose the Outstanding
Securities shall be computed as of such record date; provided that
no such authorization, agreement or consent by the Holders on such
record date shall be deemed effective unless it shall become
effective pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture not later
than eleven months after the record date.
(f) Any request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act of
the Holder of any Security shall bind every future Holder of the
same Security and the Holder of every Security issued upon the
registration of transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu
thereof in respect of anything done, omitted or suffered to be done
by the Trustee, any Security Registrar, any Paying Agent, any
Authenticating Agent or the Company in reliance thereon, whether or
not notation of such action is made upon such Security.
(g) The Trustee, in its sole
discretion, may set any day as a record date for the purpose of
determining the Holders of Outstanding Securities of any series
entitled to join in the giving or making of (i) any Notice of
Default, (ii) any declaration of acceleration referred to in
Section 502, (iii) any request to institute proceedings
referred to in Section 507(2) or (iv) any direction
referred to in Section 512, in each case with respect to
Securities of such series. If any record date is set pursuant to
this paragraph, the Holders of Outstanding Securities of such
series on such record date, and no other Holders, shall be entitled
to join in such notice, declaration, request or direction, whether
or not such Holders remain Holders after such record date; provided
that no such action shall be effective hereunder unless taken on or
prior to the applicable Expiration Date by Holders of the requisite
principal amount of Outstanding Securities of such series on such
record date. Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to
prevent the Trustee from setting a new record date for any action
for which a record date has previously been set pursuant to this
paragraph (whereupon the record date previously set shall
automatically and with no action by any Person be cancelled and of
no effect), and nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to
render ineffective any action taken by Holders of the requisite
principal amount of Outstanding Securities of the relevant series
on the date such action is taken. Promptly after any record date is
set pursuant to this paragraph, the Trustee, at the Company’s
expense, shall cause notice of such record date, the proposed
action by Holders and the applicable Expiration Date to be given to
the Company in writing and to each Holder of Securities of the
relevant series in the manner set forth in Section 106.
(h) With respect to any record
date set pursuant to this Section, the party hereto which sets such
record dates may designate any day as the “Expiration
Date” and
- 15 -
from
time to time may change the Expiration Date to any earlier or later
day; provided that no such change shall be effective unless notice
of the proposed new Expiration Date is given to the other party
hereto in writing, and to each Holder of Securities of the relevant
series in the manner set forth in Section 106, on or prior to
the existing Expiration Date. If an Expiration Date is not
designated with respect to any record date set pursuant to this
Section, the party hereto which set such record date shall be
deemed to have initially designated the 180 th day after such
record date as the Expiration Date with respect thereto, subject to
its right to change the Expiration Date as provided in this
paragraph. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Expiration Date shall
be later than the 180 th day after the
applicable record date. Without limiting the foregoing, a Holder
entitled hereunder to take any action hereunder with regard to any
particular Security may do so with regard to all or any part of the
principal amount of such Security or by one or more duly appointed
agents each of which may do so pursuant to such appointment with
regard to all or any part of such principal amount.
SECTION 105. Notices, etc., the
Trustee and Company .
Any request, demand, authorization,
direction, notice, consent, waiver or Act of Holders or other
document provided or permitted by this Indenture to be made upon,
given or furnished to or filed with,
| |
(1) |
|
the Trustee by any Holder or by the Company shall be sufficient
for every purpose hereunder if made, given, furnished or filed in
writing to or with the Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office,
Attention: Corporate Trust and Agency Services, or |
| |
| |
(2) |
|
the Company by the Trustee or by any Holder shall be sufficient
for every purpose hereunder (unless otherwise herein expressly
provided) if in writing and mailed, first class postage prepaid, to
the Company addressed to it at the address of its principal office
specified in the first paragraph of this Indenture or at any other
address previously furnished in writing to the Trustee by the
Company. |
SECTION 106. Notice to Holders;
Waiver.
Where this Indenture provides for
notice of any event to Holders of Registered Securities by the
Company or the Trustee, such notice shall be sufficiently given
(unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing and
mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to each such Holder affected
by such event, at his address as it appears in the Security
Register, not later than the latest date, and not earlier than the
earliest date, prescribed for the giving of such notice. In any
case where notice to Holders of Registered Securities is given by
mail, neither the failure to mail such notice, nor any defect in
any notice so mailed, to any particular Holder shall affect the
sufficiency of such notice with respect to other Holders of
Registered Securities or the sufficiency of any notice to Holders
of Bearer Securities given as provided herein. Any notice mailed to
a Holder in the manner herein prescribed shall be conclusively
deemed to have been received by such Holder, whether or not such
Holder actually receives such notice.
- 16 -
If by reason of the suspension of or
irregularities in regular mail service or by reason of any other
cause it shall be impracticable or unreliable to give such notice
by mail, then such notification to Holders of Registered Securities
as shall be made with the approval of the Trustee shall constitute
a sufficient notification to such Holders for every purpose
hereunder.
Except as otherwise expressly
provided herein or otherwise specified with respect to any
Securities pursuant to Section 301, where this Indenture
provides for notice to Holders of Bearer Securities of any event,
such notice shall be sufficiently given if published in an
Authorized Newspaper in The City of New York and in such other city
or cities as may be specified in such Securities, and if the
Securities of such series are listed on any stock exchange outside
the United States, in any place at which such Securities are listed
on a securities exchange to the extent that such securities
exchange so requires, on a Business Day, such publication to be not
later than the latest date, and not earlier than the earliest date,
prescribed for the giving of such notice. Any such notice shall be
deemed to have been given on the date of such publication or, if
published more than once, on the date of the first such
publication.
If by reason of the suspension of
publication of any Authorized Newspaper or Authorized Newspapers or
by reason of any other cause it shall be impracticable to publish
any notice to Holders of Bearer Securities as provided above, then
such notification to Holders of Bearer Securities as shall be given
with the approval of the Trustee shall constitute sufficient notice
to such Holders for every purpose hereunder. Neither the failure to
give notice by publication to any particular Holder of Bearer
Securities as provided above, nor any defect in any notice so
published, shall affect the sufficiency of such notice with respect
to other Holders of Bearer Securities or the sufficiency of any
notice to Holders of Registered Securities given as provided
herein.
Any request, demand, authorization,
direction, notice, consent or waiver required or permitted under
this Indenture shall be in the English language, except that any
published notice may be in an official language of the country of
publication.
Where this Indenture provides for
notice in any manner, such notice may be waived in writing by the
Person entitled to receive such notice, either before or after the
event, and such waiver shall be the equivalent of such notice.
Waivers of notice by Holders shall be filed with the Trustee, but
such filing shall not be a condition precedent to the validity of
any action taken in reliance upon such waiver.
All notices, requests and other
communications to the Trustee shall be in writing (including
telecopy or similar writing or other electronic communication
acceptable to the Trustee) and shall be given to the Trustee,
addressed to it at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee.
- 17 -
SECTION 107. Effect of Headings
and Table of Contents.
The Article and Section headings
herein and the Table of Contents are for convenience only and shall
not affect the construction hereof.
SECTION 108. Successors and
Assigns.
All covenants and agreements in this
Indenture by the Company shall bind its successors and assigns,
whether so expressed or not.
SECTION 109. Separability
Clause.
In case any provision in this
Indenture or in any Security or coupon shall be invalid, illegal or
unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the
remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired
thereby.
SECTION 110. Benefits of
Indenture.
Nothing in this Indenture or in the
Securities or coupons appertaining thereto, express or implied,
shall give to any Person, other than the parties hereto, any
Security Registrar, any Paying Agent, any Authenticating Agent and
their successors hereunder and the Holders any benefit or any legal
or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Indenture.
SECTION 111. No Personal
Liability.
No recourse under or upon any
obligation, covenant or agreement contained in this Indenture, in
any Security or coupon appertaining thereto, or because of any
indebtedness evidenced thereby, shall be had against any promoter,
as such, or against any past, present or future shareholder,
officer or director, as such, of the Company or of any successor,
either directly or through the Company or any successor, under any
rule of law, statute or constitutional provision or by the
enforcement of any assessment or by any legal or equitable
proceeding or otherwise, all such liability being expressly waived
and released by the acceptance of the Securities by the Holders
thereof and as part of the consideration for the issue of the
Securities.
SECTION 112. Governing
Law.
This Indenture and the Securities and
coupons shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the
laws of the State of New York. This Indenture is subject to the
provisions of the TIA that are required to be part of this
Indenture and shall, to the extent applicable, be governed by such
provisions and any provisions of this Indenture that are not
permitted by the provisions of the TIA shall be deemed to be
deleted or modified to the extent such provisions are required to
be deleted or modified for the Indenture to be qualified under the
TIA.
- 18 -
SECTION 113. Legal
Holidays.
In any case where any Interest
Payment Date, Redemption Date, Repayment Date, sinking fund payment
date, Stated Maturity or Maturity of any Security or the last date
on which a Holder has the right to convert or exchange a Security
at a particular conversion or exchange price shall not be a
Business Day at any Place of Payment, then (notwithstanding any
other provision of this Indenture or any Security or coupon other
than a provision in the Securities of any series which specifically
states that such provision shall apply in lieu hereof), payment of
interest or any Additional Amounts or principal (and premium or
Make-Whole Amount, if any) need not be made at such Place of
Payment on such date and conversion or exchange need not be made at
such Place of Payment on such date, but may be made on the next
succeeding Business Day at such Place of Payment with the same
force and effect as if made on the Interest Payment Date,
Redemption Date, Repayment Date or sinking fund payment date, or at
the Stated Maturity or Maturity or on such last day for conversion
or exchange, provided that so long as such payment is made on the
next succeeding Business Day, no interest shall accrue on the
amount so payable for the period from and after such Interest
Payment Date, Redemption Date, Repayment Date, sinking fund payment
date, Stated Maturity or Maturity or on such last day for
conversion or exchange, as the case may be, to such next succeeding
Business Day, notwithstanding the foregoing, if such succeeding
Business Day is in the next succeeding calendar year, such payment
shall be made on the immediately preceding Business Day (in each
case with the same force and effect as if made on the Interest
Payment Date, Redemption Date, Repayment Date, sinking fund payment
date, Stated Maturity or Maturity or on such last day for
conversion or exchange, as the case may be).
ARTICLE TWO
SECURITIES FORMS
SECTION 201. Forms of
Securities.
The Registered Securities, if any, of
each series and the Bearer Securities, if any, and related coupons
of each series, shall be in substantially the forms as shall be
established in or pursuant to one or more indentures supplemental
hereto or Board Resolutions, shall have such appropriate
insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as are
required or permitted by this Indenture or any indenture
supplemental hereto, and may have such letters, numbers or other
marks of identification or designation and such legends or
endorsements placed thereon as the Company may deem appropriate and
as are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture, or
as may be required to comply with any law or with any rule or
regulation made pursuant thereto or with any rule or regulation of
any stock exchange on which the Securities may be listed or any
Depository therefor, or to conform to usage. If temporary
Securities of any series are issued as permitted by
Section 304, the form thereof also shall be established as
provided in the preceding sentence. If the forms of Securities and
coupons, if any, of any series are established by, or by action
taken pursuant to, a Board Resolution, a copy of the Board
Resolution together with an appropriate record of any such action
taken pursuant thereto,
- 19 -
including a copy of the approved form of Securities or coupons, if
any, shall be certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary
of the Company and delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the
delivery of the Company Order contemplated by Section 303 for
the authentication and delivery of such Securities.
Unless otherwise specified as
contemplated by Section 301, Bearer Securities shall have
interest coupons attached.
The definitive Securities and coupons
shall be printed, lithographed or engraved or produced by any
combination of these methods on a steel engraved border or steel
engraved borders or may be produced in any other manner, all as
determined by the officers of the Company executing such Securities
or coupons, as evidenced by their execution of such Securities or
coupons.
SECTION 202. Form of
Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication.
Subject to Section 611, the
Trustee’s certificate of authentication shall be in
substantially the following form:
This is one of the Securities of the
series designated therein referred to in the within-mentioned
Indenture.
REGIONS BANK, AS TRUSTEE
By:
Authorized Officer
SECTION 203. Securities Issuable
in Global Form.
If Securities of or within a series
are issuable in global form, as specified as contemplated by
Section 301, then, notwithstanding clause (8) of
Section 301 and the provisions of Section 302, any such
Security shall represent such of the Outstanding Securities of such
series as shall be specified therein and may provide that it shall
represent the aggregate amount of Outstanding Securities of such
series from time to time endorsed thereon and that the aggregate
amount of Outstanding Securities of such series represented thereby
may from time to time be increased or decreased to reflect
exchanges. Any endorsement of a Security in global form to reflect
the amount, or any increase or decrease in the amount, of
Outstanding Securities represented thereby shall be made by the
Trustee in such manner and upon written instruction given by such
Person or Persons as shall be specified therein or in the Company
Order to be delivered to the Trustee pursuant to Section 303
or 304. Subject to the provisions of Section 303 and, if
applicable, Section 304, the Trustee shall deliver and
redeliver any Security in permanent global form in the manner and
upon written instructions given by the Person or Persons specified
therein or in the applicable Company Order. If a Company Order
pursuant to Section 303 or 304 has been, or simultaneously is,
delivered, any instructions by the Company with respect to
endorsement or delivery or redelivery of a Security in global form
shall be in writing but need not comply with Section 102 and
need not be accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel.
- 20 -
The provisions of the last sentence
of Section 303 shall apply to any Security represented by a
Security in global form if such Security was never issued and sold
by the Company and the Company delivers to the Trustee the Security
in global form together with written instructions (which need not
comply with Section 102 and need not be accompanied by an
Opinion of Counsel) with regard to the reduction in the principal
amount of Securities represented thereby, together with the written
statement contemplated by the last sentence of
Section 303.
Notwithstanding the provisions of
Section 307, unless otherwise specified as contemplated by
Section 301, payment of principal of and any premium or
Make-Whole Amount and interest on any Security in permanent global
form shall be made to the Person or Persons specified
therein.
Notwithstanding the provisions of
Section 308 and except as provided in the preceding paragraph,
the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company and the
Trustee shall treat as the Holder of such principal amount of
Outstanding Securities represented by a permanent global Security
(i) in the case of a permanent global Security in registered
form, the Holder of such permanent global Security in registered
form, or (ii) in the case of a permanent global Security in
bearer form, Euroclear or Clearstream.
ARTICLE THREE
THE SECURITIES
SECTION 301. Amount Unlimited;
Issuable in Series.
The aggregate principal amount of
Securities which may be authenticated and delivered under this
Indenture is unlimited.
The Securities may be issued in one
or more series. There shall be established in or pursuant to one or
more Board Resolutions, or indentures supplemental hereto, prior to
the issuance of Securities of any series, any or all of the
following, as applicable (each of which (except for the matters set
forth in clauses (1), (2) and (15) below), if so
provided, may be determined from time to time by the Company with
respect to unissued Securities of or within the series when issued
from time to time):
| |
(1) |
|
the title of the Securities of or within the series (which
shall distinguish the Securities of such series from all other
series of Securities); |
| |
| |
(2) |
|
any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the Securities
of or within the series that may be authenticated and delivered
under this Indenture (except for Securities authenticated and
delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or
in lieu of, other Securities of or within the series pursuant to
Section 304, 305, 306, 906, 1107, or 1305); |
- 21 -
| |
(3) |
|
the date or dates, or the method by which such date or dates
will be determined, on which the principal of the Securities of or
within the series shall be payable and the amount of principal
payable thereon; |
| |
| |
(4) |
|
the rate or rates (which may be fixed or variable) at which the
Securities of or within the series shall bear interest, if any, and
Additional Interest, if any, or the method by which such rate or
rates shall be determined, the date or dates from which such
interest shall accrue or the method by which such date or dates
shall be determined, the Interest Payment Dates on which such
interest will be payable and the Regular Record Date, if any, for
the interest payable on any Registered Security on any Interest
Payment Date, or the method by which such date shall be determined,
and the basis upon which interest shall be calculated if other than
that of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months; |
| |
| |
(5) |
|
the place or places, if any, other than or in addition to the
City of Mobile, Alabama or the Borough of Manhattan, The City of
New York, where the principal of (and premium or Make-Whole Amount,
if any), interest, if any, on, and Additional Amounts, if any,
payable in respect of, Securities of or within the series shall be
payable, any Registered Securities of or within the series may be
surrendered for registration of transfer, exchange or conversion
and notices or demands to or upon the Company in respect of the
Securities of or within the series and this Indenture may be
served; |
| |
| |
(6) |
|
the period or periods within which, the price or prices
(including the premium or Make-Whole Amount, if any) at which, the
currency or currencies, currency unit or units or composite
currency or currencies in which and other terms and conditions upon
which Securities of or within the series may be redeemed in whole
or in part, at the option of the Company, if the Company is to have
the option; |
| |
| |
(7) |
|
the obligation, if any, of the Company to redeem, repay or
purchase Securities of or within the series pursuant to any sinking
fund or analogous provision or at the option of a Holder thereof,
and the period or periods within which or the date or dates on
which, the price or prices at which, the currency or currencies,
currency unit or units or composite currency or currencies in
which, and other terms and conditions upon which Securities of or
within the series shall be redeemed, repaid or purchased, in whole
or in part, pursuant to such obligation; |
| |
| |
(8) |
|
if other than denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple
thereof, the denominations in which any Registered Securities of or
within the series shall be issuable and, if other than the
denomination of $5,000 and any integral multiple thereof, the
denomination or denominations in which any Bearer Securities of or
within the series shall be issuable; |
- 22 -
| |
(9) |
|
if other than the Trustee, the identity of each Security
Registrar and/or Paying Agent; |
| |
| |
(10) |
|
if other than the principal amount thereof, the portion of the
principal amount of Securities of or within the series that shall
be payable upon declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof
pursuant to Section 502 or, if applicable, the portion of the
principal amount of Securities of or within the series that is
convertible in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture, or
the method by which such portion shall be determined; |
| |
| |
(11) |
|
if other than Dollars, the Foreign Currency or Currencies in
which payment of the principal of (and premium or Make-Whole
Amount, if any) or interest or Additional Amounts, if any, on the
Securities of or within the series shall be payable or in which the
Securities of or within the series shall be denominated; |
| |
| |
(12) |
|
whether the amount of payments of principal of (and premium or
Make-Whole Amount, if any) or interest, if any, on the Securities
of or within the series may be determined with reference to an
index, formula or other method (which index, formula or method may
be based, without limitation, on one or more currencies, currency
units, composite currencies, commodities, equity indices or other
indices), and the manner in which such amounts shall be
determined; |
| |
| |
(13) |
|
whether the principal of (and premium or Make Whole Amount, if
any) or interest or Additional Amounts, if any, on the Securities
of or within the series are to be payable, at the election of the
Company or a Holder thereof, in a currency or currencies, currency
unit or units or composite currency or currencies other than that
in which such Securities are denominated or stated to be payable,
the period or periods within which, and the terms and conditions
upon which, such election may be made, and the time and manner of,
and identity of the Exchange Rate Agent with responsibility for,
determining the exchange rate between the currency or currencies,
currency unit or units or composite currency or currencies in which
such Securities are denominated or stated to be payable and the
currency or currencies, currency unit or units or composite
currency or currencies in which such Securities are to be so
payable; |
| |
| |
(14) |
|
provisions, if any, granting special rights to the Holders of
Securities of or within the series upon the occurrence of such
events as may be specified; |
| |
| |
(15) |
|
(a) any deletions from, modifications of or additions to
the Events of Default with respect to Securities of or within the
series, whether or not such Events of Default are consistent with
the Events of Default set forth herein and (b) any deletions
from, modifications of or additions to the covenants of the Company
set forth herein with respect to the Securities of |
- 23 -
| |
|
|
or within the series, whether or not such covenants are
consistent with the covenants set forth herein; |
| |
(16) |
|
whether Securities of or within the series are to be issuable
as Registered Securities, Bearer Securities (with or without
coupons) or both, any restrictions applicable to the offer, sale or
delivery of Bearer Securities and the terms upon which Bearer
Securities of or within the series may be exchanged for Registered
Securities of or within the series and vice versa (if permitted by
applicable laws and regulations), whether any Securities of or
within the series are to be issuable initially in temporary global
form and whether any Securities of or within the series are to be
issuable in permanent global form (with or without coupons) and, if
so, whether beneficial owners of interests in any such permanent
global Security may exchange such interests for Securities of such
series and of like tenor of any authorized form and denomination
and the circumstances under which any such exchanges may occur, if
other than in the manner provided in Section 305, and, if
Registered Securities of or within the series are to be issuable as
a global Security, the identity of the depository for such
series; |
| |
| |
(17) |
|
the date as of which any Bearer Securities of or within the
series and any temporary global Security representing Outstanding
Securities of or within the series shall be dated if other than the
date of original issuance of the first Security of the series to be
issued; |
| |
| |
(18) |
|
the Person to whom any interest on any Registered Security of
the series shall be payable, if other than the Person in whose name
that Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered
at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such
interest, the manner in which, or the Person to whom, any interest
on any Bearer Security of the series shall be payable, if otherwise
than upon presentation and surrender of the coupons appertaining
thereto as they severally mature, and the extent to which, or the
manner in which, any interest payable on a temporary global
Security on an Interest Payment Date will be paid if other than in
the manner provided in Section 304; |
| |
| |
(19) |
|
the applicability, if any, of Sections 1402 and/or 1403 to
the Securities of or within the series and any provisions in
modification of, in addition to or in lieu of any of the provisions
of Article Fourteen and, if the Securities of the series are
payable in a currency other than Dollars, whether, for purposes of
such defeasance or covenant defeasance the term “Government
Obligations” shall include obligations referred to in the
definition of such term which are not obligations of the United
States or an agency or an instrumentality thereof; |
| |
| |
(20) |
|
if the Securities of such series are to be issuable in
definitive form (whether upon original issue or upon exchange of a
temporary Security of |
- 24 -
| |
|
|
such series) only upon receipt of certain certificates or other
documents or satisfaction of other conditions, then the form and/or
terms of such certificates, documents or conditions; |
| |
(21) |
|
if the Securities of or within the series are to be issued upon
the exercise of debt warrants, the time, manner and place for such
Securities to be authenticated and delivered; |
| |
| |
(22) |
|
whether and under what circumstances the Company will pay
Additional Amounts as contemplated by Section 1011 on the
Securities of or within the series to any Holder who is not a
United States person (including any modification to the definition
of such term) in respect of any tax, assessment or governmental
charge and, if so, whether the Company will have the option to
redeem such Securities rather than pay such Additional Amounts (and
the terms of any such option); |
| |
| |
(23) |
|
the obligation, if any, of the Company to permit the Securities
of such series to be converted into or exchanged for common stock
of the Company or other securities or property of the Company and
the terms and conditions upon which such conversion or exchange
shall be effected (including, without limitation, the initial
conversion price or rate, the conversion or exchange period, any
adjustment of the applicable conversion or exchange price or rate
and any requirements relative to the reservation of such shares for
purposes of conversion or exchange); |
| |
| |
(24) |
|
if convertible or exchangeable, any applicable limitations on
the ownership or transferability of the securities or property into
which such Securities are convertible or exchangeable; and |
| |
| |
(25) |
|
if the principal amount payable at the Stated Maturity of any
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 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); |
| |
| |
(26) |
|
whether the Securities of the series are entitled to a
guarantee of any Subsidiary; and |
| |
| |
(27) |
|
any other terms of the series (which terms shall not be
inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture except as
permitted by Section 901(5)). |
- 25 -
All Securities of any one series and
the coupons appertaining to any Bearer Securities of such series,
if any, shall be substantially identical except, in the case of
Registered or Bearer Securities issued in global form, as to
denomination and except as may otherwise be provided in or pursuant
to such Board Resolution or in any indenture supplemental hereto.
All Securities of any one series need not be issued at the same
time and, unless otherwise provided, a series may be reopened,
without the consent of the Holders, for issuances of additional
Securities of such series.
If any of the terms of the Securities
of any series are established by action taken pursuant to one or
more Board Resolutions, a copy of an appropriate record of such
action(s) shall be certified by the Secretary or an Assistant
Secretary of the Company and delivered to the Trustee at or prior
to the delivery of the Company Order for authentication and
delivery of such Securities.
SECTION 302.
Denominations.
The Securities of each series shall
be issuable in such denominations as shall be specified as
contemplated by Section 301. With respect to Securities of any
series denominated in Dollars, in the absence of any such
provisions with respect to the Securities of any series, the
Registered Securities of such series, other than Registered
Securities issued in global form (which may be of any
denomination), shall be issuable in denominations of $1,000 and any
integral multiple thereof and the Bearer Securities of such series
other than Bearer Securities issued in global form (which may be of
any denomination), shall be issuable in denominations of
$5,000.
SECTION 303. Execution,
Authentication, Delivery and Dating.
The Securities and any coupons
appertaining thereto shall be executed on behalf of the Company by
its President or a Vice President, under its corporate seal
reproduced thereon, and attested by its Secretary or an Assistant
Secretary. The signature of any of these officers on the Securities
and coupons may be manual or facsimile signatures of the present or
any future such authorized officer and may be imprinted or
otherwise reproduced on the Securities.
Securities or coupons appertaining
thereto bearing the manual or facsimile signatures of individuals
who were at any time the proper officers of the Company shall bind
the Company, notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them
have ceased to hold such offices prior to the authentication and
delivery of such Securities or did not hold such offices at the
date of such Securities or coupons.
At any time and from time to time
after the execution and delivery of this Indenture, the Company may
deliver Securities of any series, together with any coupon
appertaining thereto, executed by the Company to the Trustee for
authentication, together with a Company Order for the
authentication and delivery of such Securities, and the Trustee in
accordance with the Company Order shall authenticate and deliver
such Securities; provided, however, that, in connection with its
original issuance, no Bearer Security shall be mailed or otherwise
delivered to any location in the United States; and
- 26 -
provided
further that, unless otherwise specified with respect to any series
of Securities pursuant to Section 301 a Bearer Security may be
delivered in connection with its original issuance only if the
Person entitled to receive such Bearer Security shall have
furnished a certificate to Euroclear or Clearstream, as the case
may be, in the form set forth in Exhibit A-1 to this Indenture
or such other certificate as may be specified with respect to any
series of Securities pursuant to Section 301, dated no earlier
than 15 days prior to the earlier of the date on which such
Bearer Security is delivered and the date on which any temporary
Security first becomes exchangeable for such Bearer Security in
accordance with the terms of such temporary Security and this
Indenture. Except as permitted by Section 306, the Trustee
shall not authenticate and deliver any Bearer Security unless all
appurtenant coupons for interest then matured have been detached
and canceled.
If all of the Securities are not to
be issued at one time and if the Board Resolution or supplemental
indenture establishing such series shall so permit, such Company
Order may set forth procedures acceptable to the Trustee for the
issuance of such Securities and determining the terms of particular
Securities of such series, such as interest rate or formula,
maturity date, date of issuance and date from which interest shall
accrue. In authenticating Securities, and accepting the additional
responsibilities under this Indenture in relation to such
Securities, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and (subject
to Section 612 and TIA Section 315(a) through 315(d)) shall be
fully protected in conclusively relying upon:
| |
(i) |
|
an Opinion of Counsel complying with Section 102 and
stating that: |
| |
(a) |
|
the form or forms of such Securities and any coupons have been,
or will have been upon compliance with such procedures as may be
specified therein, established in conformity with the provisions of
this Indenture; |
| |
| |
(b) |
|
the terms of such Securities and any coupons have been, or will
have been upon compliance with such procedures as may be specified
therein, established in conformity with the provisions of this
Indenture; and |
| |
| |
(c) |
|
such Securities, together with any coupons appertaining
thereto, when completed pursuant to such procedures as may be
specified therein, and executed and delivered by the Company to the
Trustee for authentication in accordance with this Indenture,
authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in accordance with this
Indenture and issued by the Company in the manner and subject to
any conditions specified in such Opinion of Counsel, will
constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company,
enforceable in accordance with their terms, subject to applicable
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization and other similar laws of
general applicability relating to or affecting the enforcement of
creditors’ |
- 27 -
| |
|
|
rights generally and to general equitable principles and to
such other matters as may be specified therein; and |
| |
(ii) |
|
an Officers’ Certificate complying with Section 102
and stating that all conditions precedent provided for in this
Indenture relating to the issuance of such Securities have been, or
will have been upon compliance with such procedures as may be
specified therein, complied with and that, to the best of the
knowledge of the signers of such certificate, no Event of Default
with respect to such Securities shall have occurred and be
continuing. |
Notwithstanding the provisions of
Section 301 and of the preceding paragraph, if all the
Securities of any series are not to be issued at one time, it shall
not be necessary to deliver a Company Order, an Opinion of Counsel
or an Officers’ Certificate otherwise required pursuant to
the preceding paragraph at the time of issuance of each Security of
such series, but such order, opinion and certificate, with
appropriate modifications to cover such future issuances, shall be
delivered at or before the time of issuance of the first Security
of such series.
The Trustee shall not be required to
authenticate such Securities if the issue of such Securities
pursuant to this Indenture will affect the Trustee’s own
rights, duties, obligations or immunities under the Securities and
this Indenture or otherwise in a manner which is not reasonably
acceptable to the Trustee.
Each Registered Security shall be
dated the date of its authentication and each Bearer Security shall
be dated as of the date specified as contemplated by
Section 301.
No Security or coupon appertaining
thereto shall be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture or be
valid or obligatory for any purpose unless there appears on such
Security or the Security to which such coupon appertains a
certificate of authentication substantially in the form provided
for herein duly executed by the Trustee by manual signature of an
authorized officer, and such certificate upon any Security shall be
conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such Security has
been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder and is entitled to
the benefits of this Indenture. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if
any Security shall have been authenticated and delivered hereunder
but never issued and sold by the Company, and the Company shall
deliver such Security to the Trustee for cancellation as provided
in Section 309 together with a written statement (which need
not comply with Section 102 and need not be accompanied by an
Opinion of Counsel) stating that such Security has never been
issued or sold by the Company, for all purposes of this Indenture
such Security shall be deemed never to have been authenticated and
delivered hereunder and shall never be entitled to the benefits of
this Indenture.
SECTION 304. Temporary
Securities.
(a) Pending the preparation of
definitive Securities of any series, the Company may execute, and
upon Company Order the Trustee shall authenticate and
- 28 -
deliver,
temporary Securities which are printed, lithographed, typewritten,
mimeographed or otherwise produced, in any authorized denomination,
substantially of the tenor of the definitive Securities in lieu of
which they are issued, in registered form, or, if authorized, in
bearer form with one or more coupons or without coupons, and with
such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other
variations as the officers of the Company executing such Securities
may determine, as conclusively evidenced by their execution of such
Securities. In the case of Securities of any series, such temporary
Securities may be in global form.
Except
in the case of temporary Securities in global form (which shall be
exchanged in accordance with Section 304(b) or as otherwise
provided in or pursuant to a Board Resolution), if temporary
Securities of any series are issued, the Company will cause
definitive Securities of that series to be prepared without
unreasonable delay. After the preparation of definitive Securities
of such series, the temporary Securities of such series shall be
exchangeable for definitive Securities of such series upon
surrender of the temporary Securities of such series at the office
or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment for that series,
without charge to the Holder. Upon surrender for cancellation of
any one or more temporary Securities of any series (accompanied by
any non-matured coupons appertaining thereto), the Company shall
execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange
therefor a like principal amount of definitive Securities of the
same series of authorized denominations; provided, however, that no
definitive Bearer Security shall be delivered in exchange for a
temporary Registered Security; and provided further that a
definitive Bearer Security shall be delivered in exchange for a
temporary Bearer Security only in compliance with the conditions
set forth in Section 303. Until so exchanged, the temporary
Securities of any series shall in all respects be entitled to the
same benefits under this Indenture as definitive Securities of such
series.
(b) Unless otherwise provided as
contemplated in Section 301, this Section 304(b) shall govern
the exchange of temporary Securities issued in global form other
than through the facilities of DTC. If any such temporary Security
is issued in global form, then such temporary global Security
shall, unless otherwise provided therein, be delivered to the
London office of a depository or common depository (the
“Common Depository”), for the benefit of Euroclear and
Clearstream.
Without
unnecessary delay but in any event not later than the date
specified in, or determined pursuant to the terms of, any such
temporary global Security (the “Exchange Date”), the
Company shall deliver to the Trustee definitive Securities, in an
aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of such
temporary global Security, executed by the Company. On or after the
Exchange Date, such temporary global Security shall be surrendered
by the Common Depository to the Trustee, as the Company’s
agent for such purpose, to be exchanged, in whole or from time to
time in part, for definitive Securities without charge, and the
Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in exchange for each
portion of such temporary global Security, an equal aggregate
principal amount of definitive Securities of or within the same
series of authorized denominations and of like tenor as the portion
of such temporary global
- 29 -
Security
to be exchanged. The definitive Securities to be delivered in
exchange for any such temporary global Security shall be in bearer
form, registered form, permanent global bearer form or permanent
global registered form, or any combination thereof, as specified as
contemplated by Section 301, and, if any combination thereof
is so specified, as requested by the beneficial owner thereof;
provided, however, that, unless otherwise specified in such
temporary global Security, upon such presentation by the Common
Depository, such temporary global Security is accompanied by a
certificate dated the Exchange Date or a subsequent date and signed
by Euroclear as to the portion of such temporary global Security,
if any, held for its account then to be exchanged and a certificate
dated the Exchange Date or a subsequent date and signed by
Clearstream as to the portion of such temporary global Security, if
any, held for its account then to be exchanged, each in the form
set forth in Exhibit A-2 to this Indenture or in such other
form as may be established pursuant to Section 301; and
provided further that definitive Bearer Securities shall be
delivered in exchange for a portion of a temporary global Security
only in compliance with the requirements of Section 303.
Unless
otherwise specified in such temporary global Security, the interest
of a beneficial owner of Securities of a series in a temporary
global Security shall be exchanged for definitive Securities of the
same series and of like tenor following the Exchange Date when the
account holder instructs Euroclear or Clearstream, as the case may
be, to request such exchange on his behalf and delivers to
Euroclear or Clearstream, as the case may be, a certificate in the
form set forth in Exhibit A-1 to this Indenture (or in such
other form as may be established pursuant to Section 301),
dated no earlier than 15 days prior to the Exchange Date,
copies of which certificate shall be available from the offices of
Euroclear or Clearstream, the Trustee, any Authenticating Agent
appointed for such series of Securities and each Paying Agent.
Unless otherwise specified in such temporary global Security, any
such exchange shall be made free of charge to the beneficial owners
of such temporary global Security, except that a Person receiving
definitive Securities must bear the cost of insurance, postage,
transportation and the like unless such Person takes delivery of
such definitive Securities in person at the offices of Euroclear or
Clearstream. Definitive Securities in bearer form to be delivered
in exchange for any portion of a temporary global Security shall be
delivered only outside the United States.
Until
exchanged in full as hereinabove provided, the temporary Securities
of any series shall in all respects be entitled to the same
benefits under this Indenture as definitive Securities of the same
series and of like tenor authenticated and delivered hereunder,
except that, unless otherwise specified as contemplated by
Section 301, interest payable on a temporary global Security
on an Interest Payment Date for Securities of such series occurring
prior to the applicable Exchange Date shall be payable to Euroclear
or Clearstream on such Interest Payment Date upon delivery by
Euroclear or Clearstream to the Trustee of a certificate or
certificates in the form set forth in Exhibit A-2 to this
Indenture (or in such other forms as may be established pursuant to
Section 301), for credit without further interest on or after
such Interest Payment Date to the respective accounts of Persons
who are the beneficial owners of such temporary global Security on
such Interest Payment Date and who have each delivered to
Euroclear
- 30 -
or
Clearstream, as the case may be, a certificate dated no earlier
than 15 days prior to the Interest Payment Date occurring
prior to such Exchange Date in the form set forth as
Exhibit A-1 to this Indenture (or in such other forms as may
be established pursuant to Section 301). Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary herein contained, the certifications made
pursuant to this paragraph shall satisfy the certification
requirements of the preceding two paragraphs of this Section 304(b)
and of the third paragraph of Section 303 of this Indenture
and the interests of the Persons who are the beneficial owners of
the temporary global Security with respect to which such
certification was made will be exchanged for definitive Securities
of the same series and of like tenor on the Exchange Date or the
date of certification if such date occurs after the Exchange Date,
without further act or deed by such beneficial owners. Except as
otherwise provided in this paragraph, no payments of principal or
interest owing with respect to a beneficial interest in a temporary
global Security will be made unless and until such interest in such
temporary global Security shall have been exchanged for an interest
in a definitive Security. Any interest so received by Euroclear or
Clearstream and not paid as herein provided shall be returned to
the Trustee prior to the expiration of two years after such
Interest Payment Date in order to be repaid to the Company.
SECTION 305. Registration,
Registration of Transfer and Exchange.
The Company shall cause to be kept at
the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee or in any office or
agency of the Company in a Place of Payment a register for each
series of Securities (the registers maintained in such office or in
any such office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment
being herein sometimes referred to collectively as the
“Security Register”) in which, subject to such
reasonable regulations as it or the Security Registrar may
prescribe, the Company shall provide for the registration of
Registered Securities and of transfers of Registered Securities.
The Security Register shall be in written form or any other form
capable of being converted into written form within a reasonable
time. The Trustee, at its Corporate Trust Office, is hereby
initially appointed “Security Registrar” for the
purpose of registering Registered Securities and transfers of
Registered Securities on such Security Register as herein provided.
In the event that the Trustee shall cease to be Security Registrar,
it shall have the right to examine the Security Register at all
reasonable times and to require that a copy of the Security
Register in written form be delivered to it from time to time as
reasonably requested. Subject to the provisions of this
Section 305, upon surrender for registration of transfer of
any Registered Security of any series at any office or agency of
the Company in a Place of Payment for that series, the Company
shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in
the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more
new Registered Securities of the same series, of any authorized
denominations and of a like aggregate principal amount, bearing a
number not contemporaneously outstanding, and containing identical
terms and provisions.
Subject to the provisions of this
Section 305, at the option of the Holder, Registered
Securities of any series (not in global form) may be exchanged for
other Registered Securities of the same series, of any authorized
denomination or denominations and of a like aggregate principal
amount, containing identical terms and provisions, upon surrender
of the Registered Securities to be exchanged at any such
- 31 -
office
or agency. Whenever any such Registered Securities are so
surrendered for exchange, the Company shall execute, and the
Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the Registered Securities
which the Holder making the exchange is entitled to receive. Unless
otherwise specified with respect to any series of Securities as
contemplated by Section 301, Bearer Securities may not be
issued in exchange for Registered Securities.
If (but only if) permitted as
contemplated by Section 301, at the option of the Holder,
Bearer Securities of any series may be exchanged for Registered
Securities of the same series of any authorized denominations and
of a like aggregate principal amount and tenor, upon surrender of
the Bearer Securities to be exchanged at any such office or agency,
with all unmatured coupons and all matured coupons in default
thereto appertaining. If the Holder of a Bearer Security is unable
to produce any such unmatured coupon or coupons or matured coupon
or coupons in default, any such permitted exchange may be effected
if the Bearer Securities are accompanied by payment in funds
acceptable to the Company in an amount equal to the face amount of
such missing coupon or coupons, or the surrender of such missing
coupon or coupons may be waived by the Company and the Trustee if
there is furnished to them such security or indemnity as they may
require to save each of them and any Paying Agent harmless. If
thereafter the Holder of such Security shall surrender to any
Paying Agent any such missing coupon in respect of which such a
payment shall have been made, such Holder shall be entitled to
receive the amount of such payment; provided, however, that, except
as otherwise provided in Section 1002, interest represented by
coupons shall be payable only upon presentation and surrender of
those coupons at an office or agency located outside the United
States. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in case a Bearer Security of
any series is surrendered at any such office or agency in a
permitted exchange for a Registered Security of the same series and
like tenor after the close of business at such office or agency on
(i) any Regular Record Date and before the opening of business
at such office or agency on the relevant Interest Payment Date, or
(ii) any Special Record Date and before the opening of
business at such office or agency on the related proposed date for
payment of Defaulted Interest, such Bearer Security shall be
surrendered without the coupon relating to such Interest Payment
Date or proposed date for payment, as the case may be, and interest
or Defaulted Interest, as the case may be, will not be payable on
such Interest Payment Date or proposed date for payment, as the
case may be, in respect of the Registered Security issued in
exchange for such Bearer Security, but will be payable only to the
Holder of such coupon when due in accordance with the provisions of
this Indenture. Whenever any Securities are so surrendered for
exchange, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver, the Securities which the holder making
the exchange is entitled to receive.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, except
as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301, any
permanent global Security shall be exchangeable only as provided in
this paragraph. If the depository for any permanent global Security
is DTC, then, unless the terms of such global Security expressly
permit such global Security to be exchanged in whole or in part for
definitive Securities, a global Security may be transferred, in
whole but not in part, only to a nominee of DTC, or by a nominee of
DTC to DTC, or to a successor to DTC for such global Security
selected or approved by the Company or to a
- 32 -
nominee
of such successor to DTC. If at any time DTC notifies the Company
that it is unwilling or unable to continue as depository for the
applicable global Security or Securities or if at any time DTC
ceases to be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act if
so required by applicable law or regulation, the Company shall
appoint a successor depository with respect to such global Security
or Securities. If (x) a successor depository for such global
Security or Securities is not appointed by the Company within
90 days after the Company receives such notice or becomes
aware of such unwillingness, inability or ineligibility,
(y) an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and the
beneficial owners representing a majority in principal amount of
the applicable series of Securities represented by such global
Security or Securities advise DTC to cease acting as depository for
such global Security or Securities or (z) the Company, in its sole
discretion, determines at any time that all Outstanding Securities
(but not less than all) of any series issued or issuable in the
form of one or more global Securities shall no longer be
represented by such global Security or Securities (provided,
however, the Company may not make such determination during the
40-day restricted period provided by Regulation S under the
Securities Act or during any other similar period during which the
Securities must be held in global form as may be required by the
Securities Act), then the Company shall execute, and the Trustee
shall authenticate and deliver definitive Securities of like
series, rank, tenor and terms in definitive form in an aggregate
principal amount equal to the principal amount of such global
Security or Securities. If any beneficial owner of an interest in a
permanent global Security is otherwise entitled to exchange such an
interest for Securities of such series and of like tenor and
principal amount of another authorized form and denomination, as
specified as contemplated by Section 301 and provided that any
applicable notice provided in the permanent global Security shall
have been given, then without unnecessary delay but in any event
not later than the earliest date on which such interest may be so
exchanged, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver definitive Securities in aggregate
principal amount equal to the principal amount of such beneficial
owner’s interest in such permanent global Security. On or
after the earliest date on which such interests may be so
exchanged, such permanent global Security shall be surrendered for
exchange by DTC or such other depository as shall be specified in
the Company Order with respect thereto to the Trustee, as the
Company’s agent for such purpose; provided, however, that no
such exchanges may occur during a period beginning at the opening
of business 15 days before any selection of Securities to be
redeemed and ending on the relevant Redemption Date if the Security
for which exchange is requested may be among those selected for
redemption; and provided further that no Bearer Security delivered
in exchange for a portion of a permanent global Security shall be
mailed or otherwise delivered to any location in the United States.
If a Registered Security is issued in exchange for any portion of a
permanent global Security after the close of business at the office
or agency where such exchange occurs on (i) any Regular Record
Date and before the opening of business at such office or agency on
the relevant Interest Payment Date, or (ii) any Special Record
Date and before the opening of business at such office or agency on
the related proposed date for payment of Defaulted Interest,
interest or Defaulted Interest, as the case may be, will not be
payable on such Interest Payment Date or proposed date for payment,
as the case may be, in respect of such Registered Security, but
will be payable on such Interest Payment Date or proposed date for
payment, as the case may be, only to
- 33 -
the
Person to whom interest in respect of such portion of such
permanent global Security is payable in accordance with the
provisions of this Indenture.
All Securities issued upon any
registration of transfer or exchange of Securities shall be the
valid obligations of the Company, evidencing the same debt, and
entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the
Securities surrendered upon such registration of transfer or
exchange.
Every Registered Security presented
or surrendered for registration of transfer or for exchange or
redemption shall (if so required by the Company, the Trustee or the
Security Registrar) be duly endorsed, or be accompanied by a
written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Security
Registrar, duly executed by the Holder thereof or his attorney duly
authorized in writing.
No service charge shall be made for
any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities, but the
Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or
other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with
any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities, other than
exchanges pursuant to Section 304, 306, 1107 or 1305 not
involving any transfer.
The Company or the Trustee, as
applicable, shall not be required (i) to issue, register the
transfer of or exchange any Security if such Security may be among
those selected for redemption during a period beginning at the
opening of business 15 days before selection of the Securities
to be redeemed under Section 1103 and ending at the close of
business on (A) if such Securities are issuable only as
Registered Securities, the day of the mailing of the relevant
notice of redemption and (B) if such Securities are issuable
as Bearer Securities, the day of the first publication of the
relevant notice of redemption or, if such Securities are also
issuable as Registered Securities and there is no publication, the
mailing of the relevant notice of redemption, or (ii) to
register the transfer of or exchange any Registered Security so
selected for redemption in whole or in part, except, in the case of
any Registered Security to be redeemed in part, the portion thereof
not to be redeemed, or (iii) to exchange any Bearer Security
so selected for redemption except that such a Bearer Security may
be exchanged for a Registered Security of that series and like
tenor, provided that such Registered Security shall be
simultaneously surrendered for redemption, or (iv) to issue or
to register the transfer or exchange of any Security which has been
surrendered for repayment at the option of the Holder, except the
portion, if any, of such Security not to be so repaid.
SECTION 306. Mutilated,
Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities.
If any mutilated Security or a
Security with a mutilated coupon appertaining to it is surrendered
to the Trustee or the Company, together with such security or
indemnity as may be required by the Company or the Trustee to save
each of them or any agent of either of them harmless, the Company
shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in
exchange therefor a new Security of the same series and principal
amount, containing identical terms and provisions and bearing a
number not contemporaneously
- 34 -
outstanding, with coupons corresponding to the coupons, if any,
appertaining to the surrendered Security.
If there shall be delivered to the
Company and to the Trustee (i) evidence to their satisfaction
of the destruction, loss or theft of any Security or coupon, and
(ii) such security or indemnity as may be required by them to
save each of them and any agent of either of them harmless, then,
in the absence of actual notice to the Company or the Trustee that
such Security or coupon has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser,
the Company shall execute and upon its written request the Trustee
shall authenticate and deliver, in lieu of any such destroyed, lost
or stolen Security or in exchange for the Security to which a
destroyed, lost or stolen coupon appertains (with all appurtenant
coupons not destroyed, lost or stolen), a new Security of the same
series and principal amount, containing identical terms and
provisions and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding,
with coupons corresponding to the coupons, if any, appertaining to
such destroyed, lost or stolen Security or to the Security to which
such destroyed, lost or stolen coupon appertains.
Notwithstanding the provisions of the
previous two paragraphs, in case any such mutilated, destroyed,
lost or stolen Security or coupon has become or is about to become
due and payable, the Company in its discretion may, instead of
issuing a new Security, with coupons corresponding to coupons, if
any, appertaining to such destroyed, lost or stolen Security or to
the Security to which such destroyed, lost or stolen coupon
appertains, pay such Security or coupon; provided, however, that
payment of principal of (and premium or Make-Whole Amount, if any),
any interest on and any Additional Amounts with respect to Bearer
Securities shall, except as otherwise provided in
Section 1002, be payable only at an office or agency located
outside the United States and, unless otherwise specified as
contemplated by Section 301, any interest on Bearer Securities
shall be payable only upon presentation and surrender of the
coupons appertaining thereto.
Upon the issuance of any new Security
under this Section, the Company may require the payment of a sum
sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may
be imposed in relation thereto and any other expenses (including
the fees and expenses of the Trustee) connected therewith.
Every new Security of any series with
its coupons, if any, issued pursuant to this Section in lieu of any
destroyed, lost or stolen Security, or in exchange for a Security
to which a destroyed, lost or stolen coupon appertains, shall
constitute an original additional contractual obligation of the
Company, whether or not the destroyed, lost or stolen Security and
its coupons, if any, or the destroyed, lost or stolen coupon shall
be at any time enforceable by anyone, and shall be entitled to all
the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with any
and all other Securities of that series and their coupons, if any,
duly issued hereunder.
- 35 -
The provisions of this Section are
exclusive and shall preclude (to the extent lawful) all other
rights and remedies with respect to the replacement or payment of
mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities or coupons.
SECTION 307. Payment of Interest;
Interest Rights Preserved.
Except as otherwise specified with
respect to a series of Securities in accordance with the provisions
of Section 301, interest on any Registered Security that is
payable, and is punctually paid or duly provided for, on any
Interest Payment Date shall be paid to the Person in whose name
that Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered
at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such
interest at the office or agency of the Company maintained for such
purpose pursuant to Section 1002; provided, however, that each
installment of interest on any Registered Security may at the
Company’s option be paid by (i) mailing a check for such
interest, payable to or upon the written order of the Person
entitled thereto pursuant to Section 308, to the address of
such Person as it appears on the Security Register or
(ii) wire transfer to an account maintained by the payee
located inside the United States.
Unless otherwise provided as
contemplated by Section 301 with respect to the Securities of
any series, payment of interest may be made, in the case of a
Bearer Security, by transfer to an account maintained by the payee
with a bank located outside the United States.
Unless otherwise provided as
contemplated by Section 301, every permanent global Security
will provide that interest, if any, payable on any Interest Payment
Date will be paid to DTC, Euroclear and/or Clearstream, as the case
may be, with respect to that portion of such permanent global
Security held for its account by DTC, Euroclear or Clearstream, as
the case may be, for the purpose of permitting such party to credit
the interest received by it in respect of such permanent global
Security to the accounts of the beneficial owners thereof.
In case a Bearer Security of any
series is surrendered in exchange for a Registered Security of such
series after the close of business (at an office or agency in a
Place of Payment for such series) on any Regular Record Date and
before the opening of business (at such office or agency) on the
next succeeding Interest Payment Date, such Bearer Security shall
be surrendered without the coupon relating to such Interest Payment
Date and interest will not be payable on such Interest Payment Date
in respect of the Registered Security issued in exchange for such
Bearer Security, but will be payable only to the Holder of such
coupon when due in accordance with the provisions of this
Indenture.
Except as otherwise specified with
respect to a series of Securities in accordance with the provisions
of section 301, any interest on any Registered Security of any
series that 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 thereof on the relevant Regular Record Date by
virtue of having been
- 36 -
such
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 the Registered Securities of such series (or their respective
Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of business on
a 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 Registered Security of such series and
the date of the proposed payment (which shall not be less than
20 days after such notice is received by the Trustee), and at
the same time the Company shall deposit with the Trustee an amount
of money in the currency or currencies, currency unit or units or
composite currency or currencies in which the Securities of such
series are payable (except as otherwise specified pursuant to
Section 301 for the Securities of such series) 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 on or 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 which shall be not more than
15 days and not less than 10 days prior to the date of
the proposed payment and not less than 10 days after the
receipt by the Trustee of the notice of the proposed payment. 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 each Holder of Registered Securities of such series at
his address as it appears in the Security Register not less than
10 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 the Registered
Securities of such series (or their respective Predecessor
Securities) are registered at the close of business on such Special
Record Date and shall no longer be payable pursuant to the
following clause (2). In case a Bearer Security of any series is
surrendered at the office or agency in a Place of Payment for such
series in exchange for a Registered Security of such series after
the close of business at such office or agency on any Special
Record Date and before the opening of business at such office or
agency on the related proposed date for payment of Defaulted
Interest, such Bearer Security shall be surrendered without the
coupon relating to such proposed date of payment and Defaulted
Interest will not be payable on such proposed date of payment in
respect of the Registered Security issued in exchange for such
Bearer Security, but will be payable only to the Holder of such
coupon when due in accordance with the provisions of this
Indenture.
(2) The Company may make payment
of any Defaulted Interest on the Registered Securities of any
series in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the
requirements of any securities exchange on which such Securities
may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such
exchange, if, after written notice given by
- 37 -
the
Company to the Trustee of the proposed payment pursuant to this
clause, such manner of payment shall be deemed practicable by the
Trustee.
Subject to the foregoing provisions
of this Section and Section 305, each Security delivered under
this Indenture upon registration of transfer of or in exchange for
or in lieu of any other Security shall carry the rights to interest
accrued and unpaid, and to accrue, which were carried by such other
Security.
Subject to the provisions of
Section 1402 and except as otherwise specified with respect to
a series of Securities in accordance with the provisions of section
301, in the case of any Security which is converted or exchanged
after any Regular Record Date and on or prior to the next
succeeding Interest Payment Date (other than any Security, the
principal of (or premium, if any, on) which shall become due and
payable, whether at a Stated Maturity or by declaration of
acceleration, call for redemption, or otherwise, prior to such
Interest Payment Date), interest whose Stated Maturity is on such
Interest Payment Date shall be payable on such Interest Payment
Date notwithstanding such conversion or exchange, and such interest
(whether or not punctually paid or duly provided for) shall be paid
to the Person in whose name that Security (or one or more
Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on
such Regular Record Date. Except as otherwise expressly provided in
the immediately preceding sentence, in the case of any Security
which is converted or exchanged, interest whose Stated Maturity is
after the date of conversion or exchange of such Security shall not
be payable.
SECTION 308. Persons Deemed
Owners.
&nbs
|