Exhibit 4.1
GLOBALSTAR,
INC.
AND
U.S. BANK, NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION
Trustee
INDENTURE
DATED AS OF April 15,
2008
SENIOR DEBT
SECURITIES
GLOBALSTAR, INC.
RECONCILIATION AND TIE BETWEEN TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939, AS
AMENDED, AND INDENTURE, DATED AS OF April 15,
2008
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TRUST INDENTURE ACT
SECTION
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INDENTURE
SECTION
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Section 310(a)(1)
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6.9
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(a)(2)
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6.9
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(a)(3)
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Not
Applicable
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(a)(4)
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Not
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(a)(5)
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6.9
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(b)
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6.8
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Section 311
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6.13
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Section 312(a)
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7.1, 7.2 (a)
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(b)
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7.2
(b)
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(c)
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7.2
(c)
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Section 313(a)
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7.3
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(b)
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(c)
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(d)
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7.3
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Section 314(a)
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7.4
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(a)(4)
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10.5
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(b)
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Not
Applicable
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(c)(1)
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1.3
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(c)(2)
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1.3
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(c)(3)
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Not
Applicable
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(d)
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Not
Applicable
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(e)
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1.3
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Section 315(a)
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6.1
(a)
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(b)
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6.2
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(c)
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6.1
(b)
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(d)
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6.1
(c)
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(d)(1)
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6.1
(a)(1)
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(d)(2)
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6.1
(c)(2)
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(d)(3)
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6.1
(c)(3)
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(e)
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5.14
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Section 316(a)
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1.1, 1.2
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(a)(1)(A)
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5.2, 5.12
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(a)(1)(B)
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5.13
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(a)(2)
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Not
Applicable
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(b)
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5.8
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(c)
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1.5
(f)
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TRUST INDENTURE ACT
SECTION
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INDENTURE
SECTION
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Section 317(a)(1)
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5.3
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(a)(2)
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5.4
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(b)
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10.3
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Section 318(a)
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1.8
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NOTE: This reconciliation and tie shall not,
for any purpose, be deemed to be a part of the
Indenture.
*
Deemed included pursuant to Section 318(c) of the Trust
Indenture Act
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Page
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PARTIES
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1
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RECITALS OF THE COMPANY:
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1
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ARTICLE ONE DEFINITIONS AND OTHER
PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION
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1
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Section 1.1.
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Definitions
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1
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Section 1.2.
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Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture
Act
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7
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Section 1.3.
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Compliance Certificates and Opinions
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8
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Section 1.4.
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Form of Documents Delivered to
Trustee
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8
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Section 1.5.
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Acts of Holders; Record Dates
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9
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Section 1.6.
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Notices, Etc., to Trustee and
Company
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10
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Section 1.7.
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Notice to Holders; Waiver
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10
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Section 1.8.
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Conflict with Trust Indenture Act
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11
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Section 1.9.
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Effect of Headings and Table of
Contents
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11
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Section 1.10.
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Successors and Assigns
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11
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Section 1.11.
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Separability Clause
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11
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Section 1.12.
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Benefits of Indenture
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11
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Section 1.13.
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Governing Law
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11
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Section 1.14.
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Legal Holidays
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12
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Section 1.15.
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Securities in a Composite Currency, Currency
Unit or Foreign Currency
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12
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Section 1.16.
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Payment in Required Currency; Judgment
Currency
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Section 1.17.
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Language of Notices, Etc.
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Section 1.18.
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Incorporators, Shareholders, Officers and
Directors of the Company Exempt from Individual
Liability
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ARTICLE TWO SECURITY FORMS
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13
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Section 2.1.
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Forms Generally
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Section 2.2.
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Form of Face of Security
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Section 2.3.
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Form of Reverse of Security
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Section 2.4.
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Global Securities
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Section 2.5.
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Form of Trustee’s Certificate of
Authentication
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ARTICLE THREE THE SECURITIES
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Section 3.1.
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Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series
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Section 3.2.
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Denominations
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Section 3.3.
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Execution, Authentication, Delivery and
Dating
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Section 3.4.
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Temporary Securities
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25
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Section 3.5.
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Registration, Registration of Transfer and
Exchange
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Section 3.6.
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Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen
Securities
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Section 3.7.
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Payment of Interest; Interest Rights
Preserved
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Section 3.8.
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Persons Deemed Owners
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Section 3.9.
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Cancellation
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Section 3.10.
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Computation of Interest
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Section 3.11.
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CUSIP or CINS Numbers
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ARTICLE FOUR SATISFACTION AND
DISCHARGE
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Section 4.1.
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Satisfaction and Discharge of
Indenture
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Section 4.2.
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Application of Trust Money
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ARTICLE FIVE REMEDIES
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Section 5.1.
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Events of Default
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Section 5.2.
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Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and
Annulment
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Section 5.3.
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Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for
Enforcement by Trustee
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Section 5.4.
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Trustee May File Proofs of
Claim
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Section 5.5.
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Trustee May Enforce Claims Without
Possession of Securities
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Section 5.6.
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Application of Money Collected
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Section 5.7.
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Limitation on Suits
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Section 5.8.
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Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive
Principal, Premium and Interest
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Section 5.9.
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Restoration of Rights and Remedies
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Section 5.10.
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Rights and Remedies Cumulative
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Section 5.11.
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Delay or Omission Not Waiver
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Section 5.12.
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Control by Holders
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Section 5.13.
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Waiver of Past Defaults
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Section 5.14.
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Undertaking for Costs
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Section 5.15.
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Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws
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ARTICLE SIX THE TRUSTEE
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Section 6.1.
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Certain Duties and Responsibilities
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Section 6.2.
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Notice of Defaults
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Section 6.3.
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Certain Rights of Trustee
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Section 6.4.
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Not
Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities
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Section 6.5.
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May Hold Securities
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Section 6.6.
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Money Held in Trust
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Section 6.7.
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Compensation and Reimbursement
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Section 6.8.
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Disqualification; Conflicting
Interests
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Section 6.9.
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Corporate Trustee Required;
Eligibility
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Section 6.10.
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Resignation and Removal; Appointment of
Successor
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Section 6.11.
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Acceptance of Appointment by
Successor
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Section 6.12.
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Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession
to Business
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Section 6.13.
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Preferential Collection of Claims Against
Company
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Section 6.14.
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Appointment of Authenticating Agent
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ARTICLE SEVEN HOLDERS’ LISTS AND
REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY
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Section 7.1.
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Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses
of Holders
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Section 7.2.
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Preservation of Information; Communications to
Holders
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Section 7.3.
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Reports by Trustee
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Section 7.4.
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Reports by Company
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ARTICLE EIGHT CONSOLIDATION, AMALGAMATION,
MERGER AND SALE
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Section 8.1.
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Company May Consolidate, Etc., Only On
Certain Terms
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Section 8.2.
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Successor Substituted
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ARTICLE NINE AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND
WAIVER
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Section 9.1.
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Without Consent of Holders
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Section 9.2.
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With Consent of Holders
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Section 9.3.
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Execution of Supplemental Indentures
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Section 9.4.
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Effect of Supplemental Indentures
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Section 9.5.
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Conformity with Trust Indenture Act
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Section 9.6.
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Reference in Securities to Supplemental
Indentures
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52
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ARTICLE TEN COVENANTS
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Section 10.1.
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Payment of Principal, Premium and
Interest
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Section 10.2.
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Maintenance of Office or Agency
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Section 10.3.
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Money for Securities Payments to Be Held in
Trust
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Section 10.4.
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Existence
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Section 10.5.
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Statement by Officers as to Default
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Section 10.6.
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Additional Amounts
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ARTICLE ELEVEN REDEMPTION OF
SECURITIES
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Section 11.1.
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Applicability of Article
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55
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Section 11.2.
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Election to Redeem; Notice to
Trustee
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55
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Section 11.3.
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Selection by Trustee of Securities to Be
Redeemed
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Section 11.4.
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Notice of Redemption
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56
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Section 11.5.
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Deposit of Redemption Price
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Section 11.6.
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Securities Payable on Redemption
Date
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56
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Section 11.7.
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Securities Redeemed in Part
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ARTICLE TWELVE SINKING FUNDS
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57
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Section 12.1.
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Applicability of Article
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Section 12.2.
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Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with
Securities
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57
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Section 12.3.
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Redemption of Securities for Sinking
Fund
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57
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ARTICLE THIRTEEN DEFEASANCE
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Section 13.1.
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Option to Effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant
Defeasance
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Section 13.2.
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Legal Defeasance and Discharge
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Section 13.3.
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Covenant Defeasance
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Section 13.4.
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Conditions to Legal or Covenant
Defeasance
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Section 13.5.
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Deposited Money and U.S. Government Obligations
to be Held in Trust, Other Miscellaneous Provisions
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60
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Section 13.6.
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Repayment
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Section 13.7.
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Reinstatement
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61
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NOTE: This table of contents shall not, for any
purpose, be deemed to be a part of the Indenture.
iii
PARTIES
INDENTURE, dated
as of April 15, 2008, between GLOBALSTAR, INC., a corporation
duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware
(herein called the “Company”) and U.S. BANK, NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION, a banking corporation organized under the laws of the
United States, as trustee (the “Trustee”).
RECITALS OF THE COMPANY:
The Company has
duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture to
provide for the issuance from time to time of its unsecured senior
debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness (herein called
the “Securities”), to be issued in one or more series
as provided in this Indenture.
All things
necessary to make this Indenture a valid agreement of the Company,
in accordance with its terms, have been done.
This Indenture is
subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act that are
required to be a part of this Indenture and, to the extent
applicable, shall be governed by such provisions.
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 or
of series thereof, as follows:
ARTICLE ONE
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER
PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION
Section 1.1.
Definitions .
For all purposes
of this Indenture, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless
the context otherwise requires:
(a) the terms defined in this
Article have the meanings assigned to them in this
Article and include the plural as well as the
singular;
(b) all terms used in this
Indenture that are defined in the Trust Indenture Act, defined by a
Trust Indenture Act reference to another statute or defined by an
SEC rule under the Trust Indenture Act have the meanings so
assigned to them;
(c) all accounting terms not
otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to them in
accordance with GAAP;
(d) 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;
(e) the words “Article”
and “Section” refer to an Article and Section,
respectively, of this Indenture; and
(f) the word
“includes” and its derivatives means “includes,
but is not limited to” and corresponding derivative
definitions.
Certain terms,
used principally in Article Six, are defined in that
Article.
“Act,”
when used with respect to any Holder, has the meaning specified in
Section 1.5.
“Additional
Defeasible Provision” means a covenant or other provision
contained that is (a) made part of this Indenture pursuant to
a supplemental indenture hereto, a Board Resolution or an
Officer’s Certificate delivered pursuant to Section 3.1,
and (b) pursuant to the terms set forth in such supplemental
indenture, Board Resolution or Officer’s Certificate, made
subject to the provisions of Article Thirteen.
“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 purposes of this definition,
“control,” as used with respect to any Person, means
the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or
cause the direction of the management or policies of such Person,
whether through the ownership of voting securities, by agreement or
otherwise. For purposes of this definition, the terms
“controlling,” “controlled by” and
“under common control with” have correlative
meanings.
“Authenticating Agent” means any
Person authorized by the Trustee to act on behalf of the Trustee to
authenticate Securities.
“Banking
Day” means, in respect of any city, any date on which
commercial banks are open for business in that city.
“Bankruptcy
Law” means any applicable Federal or State bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization or other similar law.
“Board of
Directors” means the board of directors of the Company or any
duly authorized committee of that board to which the powers of that
board have been lawfully delegated.
“Board
Resolution” means a copy of a resolution certified by the
Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company, the principal
financial officer of the Company, any other authorized officer of
the Company, or a person duly authorized by any of them, in each
case as applicable, to have been duly adopted by the Board of
Directors and to be in full force and effect on the date of such
certification, and delivered to the Trustee. Where any
provision of this Indenture refers to action to be taken pursuant
to a Board Resolution (including the establishment of any series of
the Securities and the forms and terms thereof), such action may be
taken by any committee, officer or employee of the Company
authorized to take such action by the Board of Directors as
evidenced by a Board Resolution.
“Business
Day”, when used with respect to any Place of Payment or other
location, means, except as otherwise provided as contemplated by
Section 3.1 with respect to any series of Securities, each
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday which is not a day
on which banking institutions in that Place of Payment or other
location are authorized or obligated by law, executive order or
regulation to close.
“CINS”
means the CUSIP International Numbering System.
“Code”
means the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended.
“Company” means the Person named as
the “Company” in the first paragraph of this instrument
until a successor or resulting corporation shall have become such
pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and
thereafter “Company” shall mean such successor or
resulting corporation.
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“Company
Request” or “Company Order” means, in the case of
the Company, a written request or order signed in the name of the
Company by its Chairman of the Board, its Chief Executive Officer,
its Chief Financial Officer, its Chief Operating Officer, its
President, any of its Vice Presidents or any other duly authorized
officer of the Company or any person duly authorized by any of
them, and delivered to the Trustee.
“Corporate
Trust Office” means the office of the Trustee at its address
specified in Section 1.6 or such other address as to which the
Trustee may give notice to the Company.
“corporation” includes
corporations, companies, associations, partnerships, limited
partnerships, limited liability companies, joint-stock companies
and trusts.
“Covenant
Defeasance” has the meaning specified in
Section 13.3.
“CUSIP” means the Committee on
Uniform Securities Identification Procedures.
“Custodian” means any receiver,
trustee, assignee, liquidator or similar official under any
Bankruptcy Law.
“Debt”
means any obligation created or assumed by any Person for the
repayment of money borrowed and any purchase money obligation
created or assumed by such Person and any guarantee of the
foregoing.
“Default” means, with respect to a
series of Securities, any event that is, or after notice or lapse
of time or both would be, an Event of Default.
“Defaulted
Interest” has the meaning specified in
Section 3.7.
“Definitive
Security” means a security other than a Global Security or a
temporary Security.
“Depositary” means, with respect to
the Securities of any series issuable or issued in whole or in part
in the form of one or more Global Securities, a clearing agency
registered under the Exchange Act that is designated to act as
Depositary for such Securities as contemplated by Section 3.1,
until a successor Depositary shall have become such pursuant to the
applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter shall mean
or include each Person which is a Depositary hereunder, and if at
any time there is more than one such Person, shall be a collective
reference to such Persons.
“Dollar” or “$” means
the coin or currency of the United States of America, which at the
time of payment is legal tender for the payment of public and
private debts.
“Event of
Default” has the meaning specified in
Section 5.1.
“Exchange
Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.
“Foreign
Currency” means a currency used by the government of a
country other than the United States of America.
“GAAP”
means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States
of America as in effect from time to time, including those set
forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting
Principles Board of the American Institute of Certified Public
Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial
Accounting Standards Board or in such other statements by such
other
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entity as approved
by a significant segment of the accounting profession. All
ratios and computations based on GAAP contained in this Indenture
will be computed in conformity with GAAP.
“Global
Security” means a Security in global form that evidences all
or part of a series of Securities and is authenticated and
delivered to, and registered in the name of, the Depositary for the
Securities of such series or its nominee.
“Holder” means a Person in whose
name a Security is registered in the Security Register.
“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,
including, for all purposes of this instrument, and any such
supplemental indenture, the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act
that are deemed to be part of and govern this instrument and any
such supplemental indenture, respectively. The term
“Indenture” also shall include the terms of a
particular series of Securities established as contemplated by
Section 3.1.
“interest,” when used with respect
to an Original Issue Discount Security which by its terms bears
interest only after Maturity, means interest payable after
Maturity.
“Interest
Payment Date,” when used with respect to any Security, means
the Stated Maturity of an installment of interest on such
Security.
“Judgment
Currency” has the meaning specified in
Section 1.16.
“Legal
Defeasance” has the meaning specified in
Section 13.2.
“mandatory
sinking fund payment” has the meaning specified in
Section 12.1.
“Maturity”, when used with respect
to any Security, means the date on which the principal of such
Security or an installment of principal becomes due and payable as
therein or herein provided, whether at the Stated Maturity or by
declaration of acceleration, call for redemption or
otherwise.
“Notice of
Default” means a written notice of the kind specified in
Section 5.1(e).
“Officer’s Certificate”
means, in the case of the Company, a certificate signed by the
Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief
Financial Officer, the Chief Operating Officer, the President, any
Vice President or any other duly authorized officer of the Company,
or a person duly authorized by any of them, 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 and who shall be reasonably
acceptable to the Trustee.
“optional
sinking fund payment” has the meaning specified in
Section 12.1.
“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 5.2.
“Outstanding,” when used with
respect to Securities, means, as of the date of determination, all
Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered under this
Indenture, except:
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(a)
Securities theretofore canceled by the Trustee or delivered to the
Trustee for cancellation;
(b)
Securities for whose payment or redemption money in the necessary
amount has been theretofore deposited with the Trustee or any
Paying Agent (other than the Company) in trust or set aside and
segregated in trust by the Company (if the Company shall act as its
own Paying Agent) for the Holders of such Securities;
provided , however , that, if such Securities are to
be redeemed, notice of such redemption has been duly given pursuant
to this Indenture or provision therefor satisfactory to the Trustee
has been made;
(c)
Securities which have been paid pursuant to Section 3.6 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
(d)
Securities, except to the extent provided in Section 13.2 and
Section 13.3, with respect to which the Company has effected
Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance as provided in
Article Thirteen, which Legal Defeasance or Covenant
Defeasance then continues in effect;
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, (i) the principal amount of an Original
Issue Discount Security that shall be deemed to be Outstanding
shall be the amount of the principal thereof that would be due and
payable as of the date of such determination upon acceleration of
the Maturity thereof on such date pursuant to Section 5.2,
(ii) the principal amount of a Security denominated in one or
more currencies or currency units other than U.S. dollars shall be
the U.S. dollar equivalent of such currencies or currency units,
determined in the manner provided as contemplated by
Section 3.1 on the date of original issuance of such Security
or by Section 1.15, if not otherwise so provided pursuant to
Section 3.1, of the principal amount (or, in the case of an
Original Issue Discount Security, the U.S. dollar equivalent (as so
determined) on the date of original issuance of such Security of
the amount determined as provided in clause (i) above) of such
Security, and (iii) 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 relying upon any such request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver, only
Securities which the Trustee knows to be so owned shall be so
disregarded. Securities so owned as described in clause
(iii) of the immediately preceding sentence which have been
pledged in good faith may be regarded as Outstanding if the pledgee
establishes to the satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgee’s
right to act with respect to such 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 any premium or interest on any Securities on
behalf of the Company.
“Periodic
Offering” means an offering of Securities of a series from
time to time, the specific terms of which Securities, including,
without limitation, the rate or rates of interest or formula for
determining the rate or rates of interest thereon, if any, the
Stated Maturity or Stated Maturities thereof, the original issue
date or dates thereof, the redemption provisions, if any, with
respect thereto, and any other terms specified as contemplated by
Section 3.1 with respect thereto, are to be determined by the
Company upon the issuance of such Securities.
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“Person” means any individual,
corporation, company, limited liability company, partnership,
limited partnership, joint venture, association, joint-stock
company, trust, other entity, unincorporated organization or
government or any agency or political subdivision
thereof.
“Place of
Payment”, when used with respect to the Securities of any
series, means, unless otherwise specifically provided for with
respect to such series as contemplated by Section 3.1, the
office or agency of the Company in the City of New York and such
other place or places where, subject to the provisions of
Section 10.2, the principal of and any premium and interest on
the Securities of that series are payable as contemplated by
Section 3.1.
“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 3.6 in exchange for or in lieu of a mutilated,
destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be deemed to evidence the
same debt as the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen
Security.
“Redemption
Date,” when used with respect to any Security to be redeemed,
means the date fixed for such redemption by or pursuant to this
Indenture.
“Redemption
Price,” when used with respect to any Security to be
redeemed, means the price at which it is to be redeemed pursuant to
this Indenture.
“Regular
Record Date” for the interest payable on any Interest Payment
Date on the Securities of any series means the date specified for
that purpose as contemplated by Section 3.1.
“Required
Currency” has the meaning specified in
Section 1.16.
“Responsible
Officer” when used with respect to the Trustee, means any
officer within the Corporate Trust Administration of the Trustee
(or any successor group of the Trustee) or any other officer of the
Trustee customarily performing functions similar to those performed
by any of the above designated officers and also means, with
respect to a particular corporate trust matter, any other officer
to whom such matter is referred because of his knowledge of and
familiarity with the particular subject.
“SEC”
means the Securities and Exchange Commission, as from time to time
constituted, created under the Exchange Act, or, if at any time
after the execution of this instrument such commission is not
existing and performing the duties now assigned to it under the
Trust Indenture Act, then the body performing such duties at such
time.
“Securities” has the meaning stated
in the first recital of this Indenture and more particularly means
any Securities authenticated and delivered under this
Indenture.
“Security
Register” and “Security Registrar” have the
respective meanings specified in Section 3.5.
“Significant
Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary that would be a
“Significant Subsidiary” of the Company within the
meaning of Rule 1-02 under Regulation S-X promulgated by the
SEC.
“Special
Record Date” for the payment of any Defaulted Interest means
a date fixed by the Trustee pursuant to
Section 3.7.
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“Stated
Maturity,” when used with respect to any Security or any
installment of principal thereof or interest thereon, means the
date specified in such Security as the fixed date on which the
principal of such Security or such installment of principal or
interest is due and payable.
“Subsidiary” means (a) a
corporation more than 50% of the outstanding voting stock of which
is owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company or by one or more
other Subsidiaries, or by the Company and one or more other
Subsidiaries or (b) any partnership or similar business
organization more than 50% of the ownership interests having
ordinary voting power of which shall at the time be so owned. For
the purposes of this definition, “voting stock” means
capital stock or equity interests which ordinarily have voting
power for the election of directors, whether at all times or only
so long as no senior class of stock has such voting power by reason
of any contingency.
“Trustee” means the Person named as
the “Trustee” in the first paragraph of this instrument
until a successor Trustee shall have become such pursuant to the
applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter
“Trustee” shall mean or include each Person who is then
a Trustee hereunder, and if at any time there is more than one such
Person, “Trustee” as used with respect to the
Securities of any series shall mean the Trustee with respect to
Securities of that series.
“Trust
Indenture Act” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as
amended, as in force at the date as of which this instrument was
executed, except as provided in Section 9.5; provided ,
however , that if the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 is amended
after such date, “Trust Indenture Act” means, to the
extent required by any such amendment, the Trust Indenture Act of
1939 as so amended.
“U.S.
Person” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code.
“U.S.
Government Obligations” means securities which are
(a) direct obligations of the United States for the payment of
which its full faith and credit is pledged, or (b) obligations
of a Person controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or
instrumentality of the United States, the payment of which is
unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation by
the United States, each of which are not callable or redeemable at
the option of the issuer thereof.
“Vice
President”, when used with respect to the Company or the
Trustee, means any vice president, regardless of whether designated
by a number or a word or words added before or after the title
“vice president.”
Section 1.2.
Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture
Act
Whenever this
Indenture refers to a provision of the Trust Indenture Act, the
provision is incorporated by reference in and made a part of this
Indenture. The following Trust Indenture Act terms used in
this Indenture have the following meanings:
“commission” means the
SEC.
“indenture
securities” means the Securities.
“indenture
security holder” means a Holder.
“indenture to be
qualified” means this Indenture.
“indenture
trustee” or “institutional trustee” means the
Trustee.
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“obligor”
on the indenture securities means the Company or any other obligor
on the indenture securities.
All terms used in
this Indenture that are defined by the Trust Indenture Act, defined
by a Trust Indenture Act reference to another statute or defined by
an SEC rule under the Trust Indenture Act have the meanings so
assigned to them.
Section 1.3.
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 Officer’s Certificate stating that
all conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Indenture
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
except as required under Section 314(c) of the Trust
Indenture Act.
Every certificate
or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant
provided for in this Indenture (except for certificates provided
for in Section 10.5) shall include:
(a) a statement that each
individual signing such certificate or opinion has read such
covenant or condition and the definitions herein relating
thereto;
(b) 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;
(c) 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 such covenant or condition has been complied
with; and
(d) a statement as to whether, in
the opinion of each such individual, such condition or covenant has
been complied with.
Section 1.4.
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 with
respect 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 a certificate or opinion of, or
representations by, counsel, unless such officer knows or, in the
exercise of reasonable care, should know that the certificate or
opinion or representations with respect to the matters upon which
his certificate or opinion is based are erroneous. Any such
certificate or opinion of counsel 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 with respect to such factual matters is in the
possession of the Company unless such counsel knows that the
certificate or opinion or representations with respect to such
matters are erroneous.
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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 1.5.
Acts of Holders; Record Dates .
(a) Any request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action
provided by this Indenture to be given or taken by Holders may be
embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of
substantially similar tenor signed (either physically or by means
of a facsimile or an electronic transmission, provided that
such electronic transmission is transmitted through the facilities
of a Depositary) by such Holders in person or by agent duly
appointed in writing; and, except as herein otherwise expressly
provided, such action shall become effective when such instrument
or instruments are delivered to the Trustee and, where it is hereby
expressly required, to the Company. Such instrument or
instruments (and the action embodied therein and evidenced thereby)
are herein sometimes referred to as the “Act” of the
Holders signing such instrument or instruments. Proof of
execution of any such instrument or of a writing appointing any
such agent shall be sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture
and (subject to Section 315 of the Trust Indenture Act)
conclusive in favor of the Trustee and the Company if made in the
manner provided in this Section.
(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 manner which the Trustee
deems sufficient.
(c) The ownership, principal amount
and serial numbers of Securities held by any Person, and the date
of commencement of such Person’s holding of same, shall be
proved by the Security Register.
(d) 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 or the Company in reliance thereon, regardless of
whether notation of such action is made upon such
Security.
(e) Without limiting the foregoing,
a Holder entitled to give or 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 different part of such
principal amount.
(f) The Company may set any
day as the record date for the purpose of determining the Holders
of Outstanding Securities of any series entitled to give or take
any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent,
waiver or other Act provided or permitted by this Indenture to be
given or taken by Holders of Securities of such series, but the
Company shall have no obligation to do so. With regard to any
record date set pursuant to this paragraph, the Holders of
Outstanding Securities of the relevant series on such record date
(or their duly
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appointed agents), and only such Persons, shall
be entitled to give or take the relevant action, regardless of
whether such Holders remain Holders after such record
date.
Section 1.6.
Notices, Etc., to Trustee and Company .
(a)
Any notice or communication by the Company or the Trustee to the
others is duly given if in writing and delivered in Person or
mailed by first class mail (registered or certified, return receipt
requested), telecopier or overnight air courier guaranteeing next
day delivery, to the others’ address:
If to the
Company:
c/o
Globalstar, Inc.
461 So. Milpitas Blvd
Milpitas, CA 95035
Facsimile: 408-933-4949
Attention: Chief Financial Officer
If to the
Trustee:
U.S. Bank National
Association, as Trustee
Corporate Trust Dept. CN-OH-W6CT
425 Walnut Street
Cincinnati, OH 45202
Facsimile: 513-632-5511
(b)
The Company or the Trustee, by notice to the others, may designate
additional or different addresses for subsequent notices or
communications.
(c)
All notices and communications (other than those sent to Holders)
shall be deemed to have been duly given: at the time
delivered by hand, if personally delivered; three Business Days
after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, if mailed; when
receipt acknowledged, if telecopied; and the next Business Day
after timely delivery to the courier, if sent by overnight air
courier guaranteeing next day delivery.
Section 1.7.
Notice to Holders; Waiver .
Where this
Indenture provides for notice to Holders of any event, such notice
shall be sufficiently given (unless otherwise herein expressly
provided) if in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to
each 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 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. Any
notice mailed to a Holder in the manner herein prescribed shall be
conclusively deemed to have been received by such Holder,
regardless of whether such Holder actually receives such
notice.
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
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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.
In case by reason
of the suspension of regular mail service or by reason of any other
cause it shall be impracticable to give such notice by mail, then
such notification as shall be made with the approval of the Trustee
shall constitute a sufficient notification for every purpose
hereunder.
Section 1.8.
Conflict with Trust Indenture Act .
If any provision
hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with a provision of the Trust
Indenture Act that is required under such Act to be a part of and
govern this Indenture, the latter provision shall control. If
any provision of this Indenture modifies or excludes any provision
of the Trust Indenture Act that may be so modified or excluded, the
latter provision shall be deemed to apply to this Indenture as so
modified or excluded, as the case may be.
Section 1.9.
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 1.10.
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 1.11.
Separability Clause .
In case any
provision in this Indenture or in the Securities 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 1.12.
Benefits of Indenture .
Nothing in this
Indenture or in the Securities express or implied, shall give to
any Person, other than the parties hereto and their successors
hereunder and the Holders, any benefit or any legal or equitable
right, remedy or claim under this Indenture.
Section 1.13.
Governing Law .
THIS INDENTURE AND THE
SECURITIES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH
THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
Section 1.14.
Legal Holidays .
In any case where
any Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date or Stated Maturity of
any Security shall not be a Business Day at any Place of Payment,
then (notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture or of
the Securities (other than a provision of the Securities of any
series that specifically states that such provision shall apply in
lieu of this Section 1.14)) payment of interest or principal
and any premium 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 or Redemption Date, or at the Stated
Maturity, provided that no interest shall
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accrue for the
period from and after such Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date
or Stated Maturity, as the case may be.
Section 1.15.
Securities in a Composite Currency, Currency Unit or Foreign
Currency .
Unless otherwise
specified in an Officer’s Certificate delivered pursuant to
Section 3.1 of this Indenture with respect to a particular
series of Securities, whenever for purposes of this Indenture any
action may be taken by the Holders of a specified percentage in
aggregate principal amount of Securities of all series or all
series affected by a particular action at the time Outstanding and,
at such time, there are Outstanding Securities of any series which
are denominated in a coin, currency or currencies other than
Dollars (including, but not limited to, any composite currency,
currency units or Foreign Currency), then the principal amount of
Securities of such series which shall be deemed to be Outstanding
for the purpose of taking such action shall be that amount of
Dollars that could be obtained for such amount at the Market
Exchange Rate. For purposes of this Section 1.15, the
term “Market Exchange Rate” shall mean the noon Dollar
buying rate in The City of New York for cable transfers of such
currency or currencies as published by the Federal Reserve Bank of
New York, as of the most recent available date. If such
Market Exchange Rate is not so available for any reason with
respect to such currency, the Trustee shall use, in its sole
discretion and without liability on its part, such quotation of the
Federal Reserve Bank of New York as of the most recent
available date, or quotations or rates of exchange from one or more
major banks in The City of New York or in the country of issue of
the currency in question, which for purposes of euros shall be
Brussels, Belgium, or such other quotations or rates of exchange as
the Trustee shall deem appropriate. The provisions of this
paragraph shall apply in determining the equivalent principal
amount in respect of Securities of a series denominated in a
currency other than Dollars in connection with any action taken by
Holders of Securities pursuant to the terms of this
Indenture.
All decisions and
determinations of the Trustee regarding the Market Exchange Rate or
any alternative determination provided for in the preceding
paragraph shall be in its sole discretion and shall, in the absence
of manifest error, be conclusive to the extent permitted by law for
all purposes and irrevocably binding upon the Issuer and all
Holders.
Section 1.16.
Payment in Required Currency; Judgment Currency
.
The Company
agrees, to the fullest extent that it may effectively do so under
applicable law, that (a) if for the purpose of obtaining
judgment in any court it is necessary to convert the sum due in
respect of the principal of or interest on the Securities of any
series (the “Required Currency”) into a currency in
which a judgment will be rendered (the “Judgment
Currency”), the rate of exchange used shall be the rate at
which in accordance with normal banking procedures the Trustee
could purchase in The City of New York the Required Currency with
the Judgment Currency on the day on which final unappealable
judgment is entered, unless such day is not a Banking Day, then, to
the extent permitted by applicable law, the rate of exchange used
shall be the rate at which in accordance with normal banking
procedures the Trustee could purchase in The City of New York the
Required Currency with the Judgment Currency on the Banking Day
next preceding the day on which final unappealable judgment is
entered and (b) its obligations under this Indenture to make
payments in the Required Currency (i) shall not be discharged
or satisfied by any tender, or any recovery pursuant to any
judgment (regardless of whether entered in accordance with
subclause (a)), in any currency other than the Required Currency,
except to the extent that such tender or recovery shall result in
the actual receipt, by the payee, of the full amount of the
Required Currency expressed to be payable in respect of such
payments, (ii) shall be enforceable as an alternative or
additional cause of action for the purpose of recovering in the
Required Currency the amount, if any, by which such actual receipt
shall fall short of the full amount of the Required Currency so
expressed to be payable and (iii) shall not be affected by
judgment being obtained for any other sum due under this
Indenture.
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Section 1.17.
Language of Notices, Etc.
Any
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver
or Act 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.
Section 1.18.
Incorporators, Shareholders, Officers and Directors of the
Company Exempt from Individual Liability.
No
recourse under or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement of or
contained in this Indenture or of or contained in any Security or
for any claim based thereon or otherwise in respect thereof, or in
any Security or because of the creation of any indebtedness
represented thereby, shall be had against any incorporator,
stockholder, member, officer, manager or director, as such, past,
present or future, of the Company or any successor Person, either
directly or through the Company or any successor Person, whether by
virtue of any constitution, statute or rule of law, or by the
enforcement of any assessment or penalty or otherwise, it being
expressly understood that all such liability is hereby expressly
waived and released as a condition of, and as a part of the
consideration for, the execution of this Indenture and the issue of
the Securities.
ARTICLE TWO
SECURITY
FORMS
Section 2.1.
Forms Generally.
The
Securities of each series shall be in substantially the form set
forth in this Article Two, or in such other form or forms as
shall be established by or pursuant to a Board Resolution or in one
or more indentures supplemental hereto, in each case with such
appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other
variations as are required or permitted by this Indenture, and may
have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification and
such legends or endorsements placed thereon as may be required to
comply with the rules of any securities exchange or as may,
consistently herewith, be determined by the officers executing such
Securities as evidenced by their execution thereof.
The
definitive Securities shall be printed, lithographed or engraved on
steel engraved borders or may be produced in any other manner, all
as determined by the officers executing such Securities, as
evidenced by their execution thereof. If the form of
Securities of any series is established by action taken pursuant to
a Board Resolution, a copy of an appropriate record of such action
shall be certified by an authorized officer or other authorized
person on behalf of the Company and delivered to the Trustee at or
prior to the delivery of the Company Order contemplated by
Section 3.3 for the authentication and delivery of such
Securities.
The
forms of Global Securities of any series shall have such provisions
and legends as are customary for Securities of such series in
global form, including without limitation any legend required by
the Depositary for the Securities of such series.
Section 2.2.
Form of Face of Security.
[ If the
Security is an Original Issue Discount Security, insert—
FOR PURPOSES OF SECTION 1275 OF THE UNITED STATES INTERNAL
REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED, THE AMOUNT OF THE ORIGINAL ISSUE
DISCOUNT IS
,
THE ISSUE DATE IS
,
20 [AND] [,] THE YIELD TO
MATURITY IS
[,]
[AND THE ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT FOR THE
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PERIOD IS
AND
THE METHOD USED TO DETERMINE THE YIELD THEREFOR IS
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[Insert any other
legend required by the Code or the regulations
thereunder.]
[ If a Global
Security,—insert legend required by Section 2.4 of the
Indentur e] [ If applicable, insert —
UNLESS THIS SECURITY IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE
OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION, TO THE
COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR
PAYMENT, AND ANY SECURITY ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF
CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN
AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (AND ANY
PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS
IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY
TRUST COMPANY), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE
OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL SINCE THE REGISTERED
OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST
HEREIN.]
GLOBALSTAR, INC.
[TITLE OF SECURITY]
[CUSIP No. ]
GLOBALSTAR, INC.,
a company duly incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware
(herein called the “Company,” which term includes any
successor or resulting Person under the Indenture hereinafter
referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to
,
or registered assigns, the principal sum
of
United States Dollars on
[ If the Security is to bear interest prior to Maturity,
insert— , and to pay interest thereon from
or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has
been paid or duly provided for, semi-annually on
and
in
each year, commencing
., at the rate of . . %
per annum, until the principal hereof is paid or made available for
payment [ if applicable, insert— , and at the rate of
% per annum on any overdue
principal and premium and on any installment of interest (to the
extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally
enforceable)]. The interest so payable, and punctually paid
or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as
provided in such Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name
this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered
at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such
interest, which shall be the
or
(regardless of whether a Business Day), as the case may be, next
preceding such Interest Payment Date. Any such interest not
so punctually paid or duly provided for will forthwith cease to be
payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date and may either be
paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more
Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a
Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to
be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Holders
of Securities of this series not less than 10 days prior to such
Special Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful
manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities
exchange on which the Securities of this series may be listed, and
upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more
fully provided in said Indenture].
[ If the
Security is not to bear interest prior to Maturity,
insert— The principal of this Security shall not bear
interest except in the case of a default in payment of principal
upon acceleration, upon redemption or at Stated Maturity and in
such case the overdue principal of this Security shall bear
interest at the rate of
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% per annum (to
the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally
enforceable), which shall accrue from the date of such default in
payment to the date payment of such principal has been made or duly
provided for. Interest on any overdue principal shall be
payable on demand. Any such interest on any overdue principal
that is not so paid on demand shall bear interest at the rate of
. % per annum
(to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally
enforceable), which shall accrue from the date of such demand for
payment to the date payment of such interest has been made or duly
provided for, and such interest shall also be payable on
demand.]
[ If a Global
Security, insert— Payment of the principal of (and
premium, if any) and [ if applicable, insert—any such
] interest on this Security will be made by transfer of immediately
available funds to a bank account in
designated by the Holder in such coin or currency of the United
States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for
payment of public and private debts [state other
currency].]
[ If a
Definitive Security, insert— Payment of the principal of
(and premium, if any) and [ if applicable, insert— any
such] interest on this Security will be made at the office or
agency of the Company maintained for that purpose in
,
in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the
time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private
debts] [state other currency] [or subject to any laws or
regulations applicable thereto and to the right of the Company (as
provided in the Indenture) to rescind the designation of any such
Paying Agent, at the [main] offices of
in
,
or at such other offices or agencies as the Company may designate,
by [United States Dollar] [state other currency] check drawn on, or
transfer to a [United States Dollar] account maintained by the
payee with, a bank in The City of New York (so long as the
applicable Paying Agency has received proper transfer instructions
in writing at least days prior
to the payment date)] [ if applicable, insert— ;
provided , however , that payment of interest may be
made at the option of the Company by [United States Dollar] [state
other currency] check mailed to the addresses of the Persons
entitled thereto as such addresses shall appear in the Security
Register] [or by transfer to a [United States Dollar] [state other
currency] account maintained by the payee with a bank in The City
of New York [state other Place of Payment] (so long as the
applicable Paying Agent has received proper transfer instructions
in writing by the record date prior to the applicable Interest
Payment Date)].]
Reference is
hereby made to the further provisions of this Security set forth on
the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes
have the same effect as if set forth at this place.
Unless the
certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the
Trustee referred to on the reverse hereof by manual signature, this
Security shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture
or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly
executed.
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Section 2.3.
Form of Reverse of Security.
This Security is
one of a duly authorized issue of senior securities of the Company
(herein called the “Securities”), issued and to be
issued in one or more series under an Indenture, dated as of
, 2008 (herein called the
“Indenture”), between the Company and U.S. Bank,
National Association, as Trustee (herein called the
“Trustee”, which term includes any successor trustee
under the Indenture), to which Indenture and all indentures
supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a statement, of
the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities
thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the
Securities and of the terms upon which the Securities are, and are
to be, authenticated and delivered. As provided in the
Indenture, the Securities may be issued in one or more series,
which different series may be issued in various aggregate principal
amounts, may mature at different times, may bear interest, if any,
at different rates, may be subject to different redemption
provisions, if any, may be subject to different sinking, purchase
or analogous funds, if any, may be subject to different covenants
and Events of Default and may otherwise vary as in the Indenture
provided or permitted. This Security is one of the series
designated on the face hereof [, limited in aggregate principal
amount to $
].
This security is
the general, unsecured, senior obligation of the
Company.
[ If
applicable, insert— The Securities of this series are
subject to redemption upon not less than
days’ notice by mail, [ if applicable, insert ,
— (1) on
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in any year commencing with the year
and ending with the year
through operation of the sinking fund for this series at a
Redemption Price equal to 100% of the principal amount, and
(2) ] at any time [on or after
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part, at the election of the Company, at the following Redemption
Prices (expressed as percentages of the principal amount): If
redeemed [on or before
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%, and if redeemed] during the 12-month period beginning
of the years indicated,
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and thereafter at
a Redemption Price equal to %
of the principal amount, together in the case of any such
redemption [ if applicable, insert— (whether through
operation of the sinking fund or otherwise)] with accrued interest
to the Redemption Date, but interest installments whose Stated
Maturity is on or prior to such Redemption Date will be payable to
the Holders of such Securities, or one or more Predecessor
Securities, of record at the close of business on the relevant
record dates referred to on the face hereof, all as provided in the
Indenture.]
[ If
applicable, insert— The Securities of this series are
subject to redemption upon not less than.
nor more than days’ notice by mail,
(1) on
in any year commencing with the year
and ending with the year
through operation of the
sinking fund for this series at the Redemption Prices for
redemption through operation of the sinking fund (expressed as
percentages of the principal amount) set forth in the table below,
and (2) at anytime [on or after
],
as a whole or in part, at the election of the Company, at the
Redemption Prices for redemption otherwise than through operation
of the sinking fund (expressed as percentages of the principal
amount) set forth in the table below: If redeemed during the
12-month period beginning
of the years indicated,
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and thereafter at
a Redemption Price equal to
% of the principal
amount, together in the case of any such redemption (whether
through operation of the sinking fund or otherwise) with accrued
interest to the Redemption Date, but interest installments whose
Stated Maturity is on or prior to such Redemption Date will be
payable to the Holders of such Securities, or one or more
Predecessor Securities, of record at the close of business on the
relevant record dates referred to on the face hereof, all as
provided in the Indenture.]
[ If
applicable, insert— Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
Company may not, prior to
,
redeem any Securities of this series as contemplated by [clause
(2) of] the preceding paragraph as a part of, or in
anticipation of, any refunding operation by the application,
directly or indirectly, of moneys borrowed having an interest cost
to the Company (calculated in accordance with generally accepted
financial practice) of less than
% per annum.]
[ If
applicable, insert— The sinking fund for this series
provides for the redemption on
in each year beginning with the year
and ending with the year
of [not less than] $
[ (“mandatory sinking fund”) and not more than $
] aggregate principal
amount of Securities of this series. [Securities of this series
acquired or redeemed by the Company otherwise than through
[mandatory] sinking fund payments may be credited against
subsequent [mandatory] sinking fund payments otherwise required to
be made [ If applicable, insert— in the inverse order
in which they become due].]
[ If the
Securities are subject to redemption in part of any kind,
insert— In the event of redemption of this Security in
part only, a new Security or Securities of this series and of like
tenor for the unredeemed portion hereof will be issued in the name
of the Holder hereof upon the cancellation hereof.]
[ If
applicable, insert— The Securities of this series are not
redeemable prior to Stated Maturity.]
[ If the
Security is not an Original Issue Discount Security ,
insert — If an
Event of Default with respect to Securities of this series shall
occur and be continuing, the principal of the Securities of this
series may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the
effect provided in the Indenture.]
[ If the
Security is an Original Issue Discount Security ,
insert — If an
Event of Default with respect to Securities of this series shall
occur and be continuing, an amount of principal of the Securities
of this series may be declared due and payable in the manner and
with the effect provided in the Indenture. Such amount shall
be equal to —insert formula for determining the amount
. Upon payment (i) of the amount of principal so
declared due and payable and (ii) of interest on any overdue
principal and overdue interest
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(in each case to
the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally
enforceable), all of the Company’s obligations in respect of
the payment of the principal of and interest, if any, on the
Securities of this series shall terminate.]
The Indenture
permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment
thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the
Company and the rights of the Holders of the Securities of each
series to be affected under the Indenture at any time by the
Company and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of a
majority in principal amount of the Securities at the time
Outstanding of each series to be affected. The Indenture also
contains provisions permitting the Holders of specified percentages
in principal amount of the Securities of each series at the time
Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Securities of such
series, to waive compliance by the Company with certain provisions
of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the Indenture and
their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder
of this Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder
and upon all future Holders of this Security and of any Security
issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange
herefor or in lieu hereof, regardless of whether notation of such
consent or waiver is made upon this Security.
No reference
herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Security or of the
Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company,
which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of (and
premium, if any) and interest on this Security at the times,
place(s) and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein
prescribed.
[ If a Global
Security, insert— This Global Security or portion hereof
may not be exchanged for Definitive Securities of this series
except in the limited circumstances provided in the
Indenture. The holders of beneficial interests in this Global
Security will not be entitled to receive physical delivery of
Definitive Securities except as described in the Indenture and will
not be considered the Holders thereof for any purpose under the
Indenture.]
[ If a
Definitive Security, insert— As provided in the Indenture
and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer
of this Security is registerable in the Security Register, upon
surrender of this Security for registration of transfer at the
office or agency of the Company in [ if applicable,
insert— any place where the principal of and any premium
and interest on this Security are payable] [ if applicable,
insert— The City of New York [, or, subject to any laws
or regulations applicable thereto and to the right of the Company
(limited as provided in the Indenture) to rescind the designation
of any such transfer agent, at the [main] offices of
in
or at such other offices or agencies as the Company may
designate]], duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written
instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the
Security Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or his
attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new
Securities of this series and of like tenor, of authorized
denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be
issued to the designated transferee or transferees.]
The Securities of
this series are issuable only in registered form without coupons in
denominations of U.S. $
and
any integral multiple thereof. As provided in the Indenture
and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Securities of
this series are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount
of Securities of this series and of like tenor of a different
authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering
the same.
No service charge
shall be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange,
but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover
any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection
therewith.
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Prior to due
presentment of this Security for registration of transfer, the
Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee
may treat the Person in whose name this Security is registered as
the owner hereof for all purposes, regardless of whether this
Security be overdue, and none of the Company, the Trustee nor any
such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
No recourse under
or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement of or contained in
the Indenture or of or contained in any Security, or for any claim
based thereon or otherwise in respect thereof, or in any Security,
or because of the creation of any indebtedness represented thereby,
shall be had against any incorporator, stockholder, member,
officer, manager or director, as such, past, present or future, of
the Company or of any successor Person, either directly or through
the Company or any successor Person, whether by virtue of any
constitution, statute or rule of law, or by the enforcement of
any assessment, penalty or otherwise; it being expressly understood
that all such liability is hereby expressly waived and released by
the acceptance hereof and as a condition of, and as part of the
consideration for, the Securities and the execution of the
Indenture.
The Indenture
provides that the Company (a) will be discharged from any and
all obligations in respect of the Securities (except for certain
obligations described in the Indenture), or (b) need not
comply with certain restrictive covenants of the Indenture, in each
case if the Company deposits, in trust, with the Trustee money or
U.S. Government Obligations (or a combination thereof) which
through the payment of interest thereon and principal thereof in
accordance with their terms will provide money, in an amount
sufficient to pay all the principal of and interest on the
Securities, but such money need not be segregated from other funds
except to the extent required by law.
Except as
otherwise defined herein, all terms used in this Security which are
defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them
in the Indenture.
[ If a
Definitive Security, insert as a separate page
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FOR VALUE
RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s) and
transfer(s) unto
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instrument of GLOBALSTAR, INC. and does hereby irrevocably
constitute and appoint
Attorney to transfer said instrument on the books of the
within-named Company, with full power of substitution in the
premises.
Please Insert Social Security or Other
Identifying Number of Assignee:
NOTICE: The
signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as
written upon the face of the within instrument in every particular,
without alteration or enlargement or any change
whatever.]
Section 2.4.
Global Securities.
Every Global Security authenticated and
delivered hereunder shall bear a legend in substantially the
following form:
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THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL
SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED
TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE
THEREOF. THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED TO, OR
REGISTERED OR EXCHANGED FOR SECURITIES REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF,
ANY PERSON OTHER THAN THE DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF AND NO
SUCH TRANSFER MAY BE REGISTERED, EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED
CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE.
EVERY SECURITY AUTHENTICATED
AND DELIVERED UPON REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER OF, OR IN EXCHANGE FOR
OR IN LIEU OF, THIS SECURITY SHALL BE A GLOBAL SECURITY SUBJECT TO
THE FOREGOING, EXCEPT IN SUCH LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES.
If
Securities of a series are issuable in whole or in part in the form
of one or more Global Securities, as specified as contemplated by
Section 3.1, then, notwithstanding clause (i) of
Section 3.1 and the provisions of Section 3.2, any Global
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 from time
to time endorsed thereon and that the aggregate amount of
Outstanding Securities represented thereby may from time to time be
reduced or increased, as the case may be, to reflect
exchanges. Any endorsement of a Global Security to reflect
the amount, or any reduction or increase in the amount, of
Outstanding Securities represented thereby shall be made in such
manner and upon instructions given by such Person or Persons as
shall be specified therein or in a Company Order. Subject to
the provisions of Section 3.3, Section 3.4 and
Section 3.5, the Trustee shall deliver and redeliver any
Global Security in the manner and upon instructions given by the
Person or Persons specified therein or in the applicable Company
Order. Any instructions by the Company with respect to
endorsement or delivery or redelivery of a Global Security shall be
in a Company Order (which need not comply with Section 1.3 and
need not be accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel).
The
provisions of the last sentence of Section 3.3 shall apply to
any Security represented by a Global Security if such Security was
never issued and sold by the Company and the Company delivers to
the Trustee the Global Security together with a Company Order
(which need not comply with Section 1.3 and need not be
accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel) with regard to the reduction
or increase, as the case may be, in the principal amount of
Securities represented thereby, together with the written statement
contemplated by the last sentence of Section 3.3.
Section 2.5.
Form of Trustee’s Certificate of
Authentication.
The
Trustee’s certificate(s) of authentication shall be in
substantially the following form:
This is one of the Securities of the series
designated [ insert title of applicable series ] referred to
in the within-mentioned Indenture.
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ARTICLE THREE
THE SECURITIES
Section 3.1.
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 a Board Resolution, and set forth,
or determined in the manner provided, in an Officer’s
Certificate, or established in one or more indentures supplemental
hereto, prior to the issuance of Securities of any
series,
(a) the title of the Securities of
the series (which shall distinguish the Securities of the series
from all other Securities and which may be part of a series of
Securities previously issued);
(b) any limit upon the aggregate
principal amount of the Securities of the series which may be
authenticated and delivered under this Indenture (except for
Securities authenticated and delivered upon registration of
transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Securities of
the series pursuant to Section 3.4, Section 3.5,
Section 3.6, Section 9.6 or Section 11.7 and except
for any Securities which, pursuant to Section 3.3, are deemed
never to have been authenticated and delivered
hereunder);
(c) the Person to whom any interest
on a 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;
(d) the date or dates on which the
principal of the Securities of the series is payable or the method
of determination thereof;
(e) the rate or rates at which the
Securities of the series shall bear interest, if any, or the
formula, method or provision pursuant to which such rate or rates
are determined, the date or dates from which such interest shall
accrue or the method of determination thereof, the Interest
Payment Dates on which such interest shall be payable and the
Regular Record Date for the interest payable on any Interest
Payment Date;
(f) the place or places
where, subject to the provisions of Section 10.2, the
principal of and any premium and interest on Securities of the
series shall be payable, Securities of the series may be
surrendered for registration of transfer, Securities of the series
may be surrendered for exchange and notices, and demands to or upon
the Company in respect of the Securities of the series and this
Indenture may be served;
(g) the period or periods within
which, the price or prices at which and the terms and conditions
upon which Securities of the series may be redeemed, in whole or in
part, at the option of the Company;
(h) the obligation, if any, of the
Company to redeem or purchase Securities of the series pursuant to
any sinking fund or analogous provisions or at the option of a
Holder thereof and the period or periods within which, the price or
prices at which and the terms and conditions upon which Securities
of the series shall be redeemed or purchased, in whole or in part,
pursuant to such obligation;
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(i) if other than
denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof, the
denominations in which Securities of the series shall be
issuable;
(j) whether payment of
principal of and premium, if any, and interest, if any, on the
Securities of the series shall be without deduction for taxes,
assessments or governmental charges paid by Holders of the
series;
(k) if other than the principal
amount thereof, the portion of the principal amount of Securities
of the series which shall be payable upon declaration of
acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to
Section 5.2;
(l) if the amount of payments
of principal of and any premium or interest on the Securities of
the series may be determined with reference to an index, the manner
in which such amounts shall be determined;
(m) if and as applicable, that the
Securities of the series shall be issuable in whole or in part in
the form of one or more Global Securities and, in such case, the
Depositary or Depositaries for such Global Security or Global
Securities and any circumstances other than those set forth in
Section 3.5 in which any such Global Security may be
transferred to, and registered and exchanged for Securities
registered in the name of, a Person other than the Depositary for
such Global Security or a nominee thereof and in which any such
transfer may be registered;
(n) any deletions from,
modifications of or additions to the Events of Default set forth in
Section 5.1 or the covenants of the Company set forth in
Article Ten with respect to the Securities of such
series;
(o) whether and under what
circumstances the Company will pay additional amounts on the
Securities of the series held by a Person who is not a U.S. Person
in respect of any tax, assessment or governmental charge withheld
or deducted and, if so, whether the Company will have the option to
redeem the Securities of the series rather than pay such additional
amounts;
(p) if the Securities of the series
are to be issuable in definitive form (whether upon original issue
or upon exchange of a temporary Security of such series) only upon
receipt of certain certificates or other documents or satisfaction
of other conditions, the form and terms of such certificates,
documents or conditions;
(q) if the Securities of the series
are to be convertible into or exchangeable for any other security
or property of the Company, including, without limitation,
securities of another Person held by the Company or its Affiliates
and, if so, the terms thereof;
(r) if other than as provided
in Section 13.2 and Section 13.3, the means of Legal
Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance as may be specified for the
Securities of the series;
(s) if other than the Trustee, the
identity of the initial Security Registrar and any initial Paying
Agent; and
(t) any other terms of the
series (which terms shall not be inconsistent with the provisions
of this Indenture).
All
Securities of any one series shall be substantially identical
except as to denomination and except as may otherwise be provided
in or pursuant to the Board Resolution referred to above
and
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(subject to Section 3.3) set forth, or
determined in the manner provided, in the Officer’s
Certificate referred to above or in any such indenture supplemental
hereto.
All
Securities of any one series need not be issued at the same time
and, unless otherwise provided, a series may be reopened, without
the consent of the Holders, for increases in the aggregate
principal amount of such series of Securities and issuances of
additional Securities of such series or for the establishment of
additional terms with respect to the Securities of such
series.
If
any of the terms of the series are established by action taken by
or pursuant to a Board Resolution, a copy of an appropriate record
of such action shall be certified by an authorized officer or other
authorized person on behalf of the Company and delivered to the
Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Officer’s
Certificate setting forth, or providing the manner for determining,
the terms of the series.
With respect to Securities of a series subject
to a Periodic Offering, such Board Resolution or Officer’s
Certificate may provide general terms for Securities of such series
and provide either that the specific terms of particular Securities
of such series shall be specified in a Company Order or that such
terms shall be determined by the Company or one or more agents
thereof designated in an Officer’s Certificate, in accordance
with a Company Order.
Section 3.2.
Denominations.
The
Securities of each series shall be issuable in registered form
without coupons in such denominations as shall be specified as
contemplated by Section 3.1. In the absence of any such
provisions with respect to the Securities of any series, the
Securities of such series shall be issuable in denominations of
$1,000 and any integral multiple thereof.
Section 3.3.
Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating.
The
Securities shall be executed on behalf of the Company by its
Chairman of the Board, its Chief Executive Officer, its President,
its Chief Financial Officer or any of its Vice Presidents and need
not be attested. The signature of any of these officers on
the Securities may be manual or facsimile.
Securities 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.
At
any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of
this Indenture, the Company may deliver Securities of any series
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 the case of Securities offered in a
Periodic Offering, the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver such
Securities from time to time in accordance with such other
procedures (including, without limitation, the receipt by the
Trustee of oral or electronic instructions from the Company or its
duly authorized agents, thereafter promptly confirmed in writing)
acceptable to the Trustee as may be specified by or pursuant to a
Company Order delivered to the Trustee prior to the time of the
first authentication of Securities of such series. If the
forms or terms of the Securities of the series have been
established in or pursuant to one or more Board Resolutions as
permitted by Section 2.1 and Section 3.1, in
authenticating such Securities, and accepting the additional
responsibilities under this Indenture in relation to such
Securities, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive such documents
as it may reasonably request. The Trustee shall also
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entitled to receive, and (subject to
Section 6.1) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an
Opinion of Counsel stating,
(a) if the form or forms of such
Securities has been established in or pursuant to a Board
Resolution as permitted by Section 2.1, that each such form
has been established in conformity with the provisions of this
Indenture;
(b) if the terms of such Securities
have been, or in the case of Securities of a series offered in a
Periodic Offering will be, established in or pursuant to a Board
Resolution as permitted by Section 3.1, that such terms have
been, or in the case of Securities of a series offered in a
Periodic Offering will be, established in conformity with the
provisions of this Indenture, subject, in the case of Securities of
a series offered in a Periodic Offering, to any conditions
specified in such Opinion of Counsel; and
(c) that such Securities when
authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and issued by the
Company in the manner and subject to any conditions and assumptions
specified in such Opinion of Counsel, will constitute valid and
legally binding obligations of the Company enforceable in
accordance with their terms, subject to the following limitations:
(i) bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, reorganization,
liquidation, fraudulent conveyance or transfer and other similar
laws of general applicability relating to or affecting the
enforcement of creditors’ rights, or to general equity
principles, (ii) the availability of equitable remedies being
subject to the discretion of the court to which application
therefor is made; and (iii) such other usual and customary
matters as shall be specified in such Opinion of
Counsel.
If
such form or forms or terms have been so established, 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, d
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