Exhibit 4.4
CAPITAL TRUST,
INC.,
Issuer
AND
[
]
Trustee
INDENTURE
Dated as of [ ],
2008
Senior Debt
Securities
CROSS-REFERENCE
TABLE*
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Section of
Trust Indenture Act
of 1939, as amended
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Section of
Indenture
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310(a)
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7.09
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310(b)
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7.08
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7.10
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310(c)
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Inapplicable
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311(a)
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7.13(a)
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311(b)
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7.13(b)
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311(c)
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Inapplicable
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312(a)
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5.01
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5.02(a)
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312(b)
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5.02(b)
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312(c)
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5.02(c)
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313(a)
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5.04(a)
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313(b)
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5.04(b)
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313(c)
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5.04(a)
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5.04(b)
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313(d)
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5.04(c)
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314(a)
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5.03
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314(b)
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Inapplicable
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314(c)
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13.06
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314(d)
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Inapplicable
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314(e)
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13.06
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314(f)
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Inapplicable
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315(a)
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7.01(a)
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7.02
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315(b)
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6.07
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315(c)
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7.01
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315(d)
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7.01(b)
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7.01(c)
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315(e)
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6.07
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316(a)
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6.06
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8.04
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316(b)
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6.04
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316(c)
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8.01
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317(a)
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6.02
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317(b)
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4.03
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318(a)
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13.08
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This Cross-Reference Table does not constitute part of the
Indenture and shall not have any bearing on the interpretation of
any of its terms or provisions.
TABLE
OF CONTENTS*
ARTICLE I.
DEFINITIONS
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ARTICLE I.
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DEFINITIONS
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SECTION
1.01
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Definitions of
Terms
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1
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Affiliate
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1
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Authenticating
Agent
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2
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Bankruptcy
Law
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2
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Board of
Directors
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2
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Board
Resolution
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2
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Business
Day
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2
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Certificate
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Company
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Corporate Trust
Office
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Custodian
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Default
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Depositary
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Event of
Default
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2
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Global
Security
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Governmental
Obligations
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“herein”, “hereof” and
“hereunder”
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Indenture
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3
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Interest Payment
Date
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3
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Officers’
Certificate
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3
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Opinion of
Counsel
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Outstanding
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Person
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Predecessor
Security
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4
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Responsible
Officer
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4
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Securities
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4
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Securityholder,
“holder of Securities”, “registered
holder”
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4
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Subsidiary
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4
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Trust Indenture
Act
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4
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Trustee
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4
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Voting
Stock
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ARTICLE II.
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ISSUE, DESCRIPTION, TERMS, EXECUTION
REGISTRATION AND EXCHANGE OF
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SECURITIES
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SECTION 2.01
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Designation and
Terms of Securities
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5
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SECTION 2.02
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Form of
Securities and Trustee’s Certificate
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This Table of Contents does not constitute part of the Indenture
and shall not have any being on the interpretation of any of its
terms or provisions
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SECTION 2.03
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Denominations;
Provisions for Payment
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SECTION 2.04
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Execution and
Authentications
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SECTION 2.05
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Registration of
Transfer and Exchange
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SECTION 2.06
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Temporary
Securities
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SECTION 2.07
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Mutilated,
Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Securities
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SECTION 2.08
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Cancellation
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SECTION 2.09
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Benefits of
Indenture
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SECTION 2.10
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Authenticating
Agent
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SECTION 2.11
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Global
Securities
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ARTICLE
III.
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REDEMPTION OF
SECURITIES AND SINKING FUND PROVISIONS
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SECTION 3.01
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Redemption
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SECTION 3.02
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Notice of
Redemption
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SECTION 3.03
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Payment Upon
Redemption
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SECTION 3.04
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Sinking
Fund
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SECTION 3.05
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Satisfaction of
Sinking Fund Payments with Securities
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SECTION 3.06
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Redemption of
Securities for Sinking Fund
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ARTICLE IV.
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CERTAIN
COVENANTS
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SECTION 4.01
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Payment of
Principal, Premium and Interest
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SECTION 4.02
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Maintenance of
Office or Agency
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SECTION 4.03
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Paying
Agents
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SECTION 4.04
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Appointment to
Fill Vacancy in Office of Trustee
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SECTION 4.05
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Compliance with
Consolidation Provisions
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ARTICLE V.
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SECURITYHOLDERS’
LISTS AND REPORTS BY THE COMPANY AND THE TRUSTEE
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SECTION 5.01
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Company to Furnish
Trustee Names and Addresses of Securityholders
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SECTION 5.02
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Preservation of
Information; Communications with Securityholders
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SECTION 5.03
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Reports by the
Company
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SECTION 5.04
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Reports by the
Trustee
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ARTICLE VI.
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REMEDIES OF THE
TRUSTEE AND SECURITYHOLDERS ON EVENT OF DEFAULT
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SECTION 6.01
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Events of
Default
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SECTION 6.02
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Collection of
Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee
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SECTION 6.03
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Application of
Moneys Collected
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SECTION 6.04
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Limitation on
Suits
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SECTION 6.05
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Rights and
Remedies Cumulative; Delay or Omission Not Waiver
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SECTION 6.06
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Control by
Securityholders
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SECTION 6.07
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Undertaking to Pay
Costs
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ARTICLE VII.
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CONCERNING THE
TRUSTEE
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SECTION 7.01
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Certain Duties and
Responsibilities of Trustee
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SECTION 7.02
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Certain Rights of
Trustee
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SECTION 7.03
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Trustee Not
Responsible for Recitals or Issuance or Securities
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SECTION 7.04
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May Hold
Securities
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SECTION 7.05
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Moneys Held in
Trust
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SECTION 7.06
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Compensation and
Reimbursement
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SECTION 7.07
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Reliance on
Officers’ Certificate
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SECTION 7.08
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Disqualification;
Conflicting Interests
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SECTION 7.09
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Corporate Trustee
Required; Eligibility
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SECTION 7.10
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Resignation and
Removal; Appointment of Successor
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SECTION 7.11
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Acceptance of
Appointment By Successor
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SECTION 7.12
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Merger,
Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business
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SECTION 7.13
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Preferential
Collection of Claims Against the Company
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ARTICLE VIII.
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CONCERNING THE
SECURITYHOLDERS
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SECTION 8.01
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Evidence of Action
by Securityholders
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SECTION 8.02
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Proof of Execution
by Securityholders
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SECTION 8.03
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Who May be
Deemed Owners
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SECTION 8.04
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Certain Securities
Owned by Company Disregarded
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SECTION 8.05
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Actions Binding on
Future Securityholders
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ARTICLE IX.
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SUPPLEMENTAL
INDENTURES
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SECTION 9.01
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Supplemental
Indentures Without the Consent of Securityholders
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SECTION 9.02
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Supplemental
Indentures With Consent of Securityholders
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SECTION 9.03
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Effect of
Supplemental Indentures
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SECTION 9.04
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Securities
Affected by Supplemental Indentures
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SECTION 9.05
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Execution of
Supplemental Indentures
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ARTICLE X.
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SUCCESSOR
CORPORATION
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SECTION 10.01
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Company
May Consolidate, Etc.
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SECTION 10.02
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Successor
Corporation Substituted
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SECTION 10.03
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Evidence of
Consolidation, Etc. to Trustee
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ARTICLE XI.
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SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
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SECTION 11.01
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Satisfaction and
Discharge of Indenture
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SECTION 11.02
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Discharge of
Obligations
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SECTION 11.03
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Deposited Moneys
to be Held in Trust
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SECTION 11.04
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Payment of Moneys
Held by Paying Agents
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SECTION 11.05
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Repayment to
Company
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ARTICLE
XII.
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IMMUNITY OF
INCORPORATORS, STOCKHOLDERS, OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS
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SECTION 12.01
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No
Recourse
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ARTICLE XIII.
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MISCELLANEOUS
PROVISIONS
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SECTION 13.01
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Effect on
Successors and Assigns
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SECTION 13.02
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Actions by
Successor
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SECTION 13.03
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Surrender of
Company Powers
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SECTION 13.04
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Notices
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SECTION 13.05
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Governing
Law
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SECTION 13.06
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Treatment of
Securities as Debt
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SECTION 13.07
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Compliance
Certificates and Opinions
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SECTION 13.08
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Payments on
Business Days
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SECTION 13.09
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Conflict with
Trust Indenture Act
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SECTION 13.10
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Counterparts
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SECTION 13.11
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Separability
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SECTION 13.12
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Assignment
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iv
INDENTURE, dated
as of [ ], 2008, among Capital Trust, Inc., a Maryland
corporation (the “Company”), and [ ], as trustee (the
“Trustee”):
WHEREAS, for its
lawful corporate purposes, the Company has duly authorized the
execution and delivery of this Indenture to provide for the
issuance of unsecured debt securities (hereinafter referred to as
the “Securities”), in an unlimited aggregate principal
amount to be issued from time to time in one or more series as in
this Indenture provided, as registered Securities without coupons,
to be authenticated by the certificate of the Trustee;
WHEREAS, to
provide the terms and conditions upon which the Securities are to
be authenticated, issued and delivered, the Company has duly
authorized the execution of this Indenture; and
WHEREAS, all
things necessary to make this Indenture a valid agreement of the
Company, in accordance with its terms, have been done.
NOW, THEREFORE, in
consideration of the premises and the purchase of the Securities by
the holders thereof, it is mutually covenanted and agreed as
follows for the equal and ratable benefit of the holders of
Securities:
ARTICLE I.
DEFINITIONS
SECTION 1.01 Definitions of
Terms .
The terms defined
in this Section (except as in this Indenture otherwise
expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires) for
all purposes of this Indenture and of any indenture supplemental
hereto shall have the respective meanings specified in this
Section and shall include the plural as well as the
singular. All other terms used in this Indenture that are
defined in the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, or that are
by reference in such Act defined in the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (except as herein otherwise expressly provided or unless
the context otherwise requires), shall have the meanings assigned
to such terms in said Trust Indenture Act and in said Securities
Act as in force at the date of the execution of this
instrument.
“Affiliate” means, with respect to
a specified Person, (a) any Person directly or indirectly
owning, controlling or holding with power to vote 10% or more of
the outstanding voting securities or other ownership interests of
the specified Person, (b) any Person 10% or more of whose
outstanding voting securities or other ownership interests are
directly or indirectly owned, controlled or held with power to vote
by the specified Person, (c) any Person directly or indirectly
controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the
specified Person, (d) a partnership in which the specified
Person is a general partner, (e) any officer or director of
the specified Person, and (f) if the specified Person is an
individual, any entity of which the specified Person is an officer,
director or general partner.
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“Authenticating Agent” means an
authenticating agent with respect to all or any of the series of
Securities appointed with respect to all or any series of the
Securities by the Trustee pursuant to Section 2.10.
“Bankruptcy
Law” means Title 11, U.S. Code, or any similar federal or
state law for the relief of debtors.
“Board of
Directors” means the Board of Directors of the Company or any
duly authorized committee of such Board.
“Board
Resolution” means a copy of a resolution certified by the
Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company to have been
duly adopted by the Board of Directors and to be in full force and
effect on the date of such certification.
“Business
Day” means, with respect to any series of Securities, any day
other than a day on which Federal or State banking institutions in
the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, are authorized or
obligated by law, executive order or regulation to
close.
“Certificate” means a certificate
signed by the principal executive officer, the principal financial
officer, the Treasurer or the principal accounting officer of the
Company. The Certificate need not comply with the provisions
of Section 13.07.
“Company” means Capital
Trust, Inc., a corporation duly organized and existing under
the laws of the State of Maryland, and, subject to the provisions
of Article Ten, shall also include its successors and
assigns.
“Corporate
Trust Office” means the office of the Trustee at which, at
any particular time, its corporate trust business shall be
principally administered, which office at the date hereof is
located at [ ], except that whenever a provision herein
refers to an office or agency of the Trustee in the Borough of
Manhattan, The City of New York, such office is located, at the
date hereof, at [ ].
“Custodian” means any receiver,
trustee, assignee, liquidator, or similar official under any
Bankruptcy Law.
“Default” means any event, act or
condition that with notice or lapse of time, or both, would
constitute an Event of Default.
“Depositary” means, with respect to
Securities of any series, for which the Company shall determine
that such Securities will be issued as a Global Security, The
Depository Trust Company, New York, New York, another clearing
agency, or any successor registered as a clearing agency under the
Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
“Exchange Act”), or other applicable statute or
regulation, which, in each case, shall be designated by the Company
pursuant to either Section 2.01 or 2.11.
“Event of
Default” means, with respect to Securities of a particular
series any event specified in Section 6.01, continued for the
period of time, if any, therein designated.
2
“Global
Security” means, with respect to any series of Securities, a
Security executed by the Company and delivered by the Trustee to
the Depositary or pursuant to the Depositary’s instruction,
all in accordance with the Indenture, which shall be registered in
the name of the Depositary or its nominee.
“Governmental Obligations” means
securities that are (i) direct obligations of the United
States of America for the payment of which its full faith and
credit is pledged or (ii) obligations of a Person controlled
or supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of the
United States of America, the payment of which is unconditionally
guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation by the United
States of America that, in either case, are not callable or
redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof, and shall also
include a depositary receipt issued by a bank (as defined in
Section 3(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended) as custodian with respect to any such Governmental
Obligation or a specific payment of principal of or interest on any
such Governmental Obligation held by such custodian for the account
of the holder of such depositary receipt; provided, however, that
(except as required by law) such custodian is not authorized to
make any deduction from the amount payable to the holder of such
depositary receipt from any amount received by the custodian in
respect of the Governmental Obligation or the specific payment of
principal of or interest on the Governmental Obligation evidenced
by such depositary receipt.
“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.
“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 in accordance with the terms hereof.
“Interest
Payment Date” , when used with respect to any installment of
interest on a Security of a particular series, means the date
specified in such Security or in a Board Resolution or in an
indenture supplemental hereto with respect to such series as the
fixed date on which an installment of interest with respect to
Securities of that series is due and payable.
“Officers’ Certificate” means
a certificate signed by two of the following officers: the
President, any Senior Vice President, any Executive Vice President,
any Vice President, the Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer, the
Secretary or any Assistant Secretary of the Company that is
delivered to the Trustee in accordance with the terms hereof.
Each such certificate shall include the statements provided for in
Section 13.07, if and to the extent required by the provisions
thereof.
“Opinion of
Counsel” means an opinion in writing of legal counsel, who
may be an employee of or counsel for the Company or its external
manager, if any, that is delivered to the Trustee in accordance
with the terms hereof. Each such opinion shall include the
statements provided for in Section 13.07, if and to the extent
required by the provisions thereof.
“Outstanding”, when used with
reference to Securities of any series, means, subject to the
provisions of Section 8.04, as of any particular time, all
Securities of that series theretofore authenticated and delivered
by the Trustee under this Indenture, except (a) Securities
theretofore
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canceled by the Trustee
or any paying agent, or delivered to the Trustee or any paying
agent for cancellation or that have previously been canceled;
(b) Securities or portions thereof for the payment or
redemption of which moneys or Governmental Obligations in the
necessary amount shall have been deposited in trust with the
Trustee or with any paying agent (other than the Company) or shall
have been set aside and segregated in trust by the Company (if the
Company shall act as its own paying agent); provided, however, that
if such Securities or portions of such Securities are to be
redeemed prior to the maturity thereof, notice of such redemption
shall have been given as in Article Three provided, or
provision satisfactory to the Trustee shall have been made for
giving such notice; and (c) Securities in lieu of or in
substitution for which other Securities shall have been
authenticated and delivered pursuant to the terms of
Section 2.07.
“Person” means any individual,
corporation, partnership, joint-venture, joint-stock company,
unincorporated organization or government or any agency or
political subdivision thereof.
“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 2.07 in lieu of a lost, destroyed or stolen Security
shall be deemed to evidence the same debt as the lost, destroyed or
stolen Security.
“Responsible
Officer” when used with respect to the Trustee means the
Chairman of the Board of Directors, the Chairman, any Vice
President, the Secretary, the Treasurer, any trust officer, any
corporate trust officer or any other officer or assistant officer
of the Trustee customarily performing functions similar to those
performed by the Persons who at the time shall be such officers,
respectively, or to whom any corporate trust matter is referred
because of his or her knowledge of and familiarity with the
particular subject.
“Securities” means the debt
Securities authenticated and delivered under this
Indenture.
“Securityholder”, “holder of
Securities”, “registered holder” , or other
similar term, means the Person or Persons in whose name or names a
particular Security shall be registered on the books of the Company
kept for that purpose in accordance with the terms of this
Indenture.
“Subsidiary” means, with respect to
any Person, (i) any corporation at least a majority of whose
outstanding Voting Stock shall at the time be owned, directly or
indirectly, by such Person or by one or more of its Subsidiaries or
by such Person and one or more of its Subsidiaries, (ii) any
general partnership, joint venture or similar entity, at least a
majority of whose outstanding partnership or similar interests
shall at the time be owned by such Person, or by one or more of its
Subsidiaries, or by such Person and one or more of its Subsidiaries
and (iii) any limited partnership of which such Person or any
of its Subsidiaries is a general partner.
“Trust
Indenture Act” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as
amended, subject to the provisions of Sections 9.01, 9.02, and
10.01, as in effect at the date of execution of this
instrument.
“Trustee” means
[ ], and, subject to
the provisions of Article Seven, shall also include its
successors and assigns, and, if at any time there is more than one
Person acting in
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such capacity
hereunder, “Trustee” shall mean each such Person.
The term “Trustee” as used with respect to a particular
series of the Securities shall mean the trustee with respect to
that series.
“Voting
Stock” , as applied to stock of any Person, means shares,
interests, participations or other equivalents in the equity
interest (however designated) in such Person having ordinary voting
power for the election of a majority of the directors (or the
equivalent) of such Person, other than shares, interests,
participations or other equivalents having such power only by
reason of the occurrence of a contingency.
ARTICLE II.
ISSUE, DESCRIPTION, TERMS, EXECUTION
REGISTRATION AND EXCHANGE OF SECURITIES
SECTION 2.01 Designation and
Terms of Securities .
(a)
The aggregate principal amount of Securities that may be
authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is
unlimited. The Securities may be issued in one or more series
up to the aggregate principal amount of Securities of that series
from time to time authorized by or pursuant to a Board Resolution
of the Company or pursuant to one or more indentures supplemental
hereto. Prior to the initial issuance of Securities of any
series, there shall be established in or pursuant to a Board
Resolution of the Company, and set forth in an Officers’
Certificate of the Company, or established in one or more
indentures supplemental hereto:
(1)
the title of the Security of the series (which shall distinguish
the Securities of the series from all other Securities);
(2)
any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the Securities of
that series that may be authenticated and delivered under this
Indenture (except for Securities authenticated and delivered upon
registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of,
other Securities of that series);
(3)
the date or dates on which the principal of the Securities of the
series is payable;
(4)
the rate or rates at which the Securities of the series shall bear
interest or the manner of calculation of such rate or rates, if
any;
(5)
the date or dates from which such interest shall accrue, the
Interest Payment Dates on which such interest will be payable or
the manner of determination of such Interest Payment Dates and the
record date for the determination of holders to whom interest is
payable on any such Interest Payment Dates;
(6)
the right, if any, to extend the interest payment periods and the
duration of such extension;
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(7)
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;
(8)
the obligation, if any, of the Company to redeem or purchase
Securities of the series pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous
provisions (including payments made in cash in participation of
future sinking fund obligations) 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;
(9)
the form of the Securities of the series including the form of the
Certificate of Authentication for such series;
(10)
if other than denominations of one thousand U.S. dollars ($1,000)
or any integral multiple thereof, the denominations in which the
Securities of the series shall be issuable;
(11)
any and all other terms with respect to such series (which terms
shall not be inconsistent with the terms of this Indenture)
including any terms which may be required by or advisable under
United States laws or regulations or advisable in connection with
the marketing of Securities of that series;
(12)
whether the Securities are issuable as a Global Security and, in
such case, the identity for the Depositary for such series;
(13)
whether the Securities will be convertible into shares of common
stock or other securities of the Company and, if so, the terms and
conditions upon which such Securities will be so convertible,
including the conversion price and the conversion period;
(14)
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;
(15)
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 6.01;
(16)
any additional or different Events of Default or restrictive
covenants provided for with respect to the Securities of the
series;
(17)
any provisions granting special rights to holders when a specified
event occurs; and
(18)
any special tax implications of the notes, including provisions for
original issue discount securities, if offered.
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All Securities of
any one series shall be substantially identical except as to
denomination and except as may otherwise be provided in or pursuant
to any such Board Resolution or in any indentures supplemental
hereto.
If any of the
terms of the series are established by action taken pursuant to a
Board Resolution of the Company, a copy of an appropriate record of
such action shall be certified by the Secretary or an Assistant
Secretary of the Company and delivered to the Trustee at or prior
to the delivery of the Officers’ Certificate of the Company
setting forth the terms of the series.
Securities of any
particular series may be issued at various times, with different
dates on which the principal or any installment of principal is
payable, with different rates of interest, if any, or different
methods by which rates of interest may be determined, with
different dates on which such interest may be payable and with
different redemption dates. Unless otherwise provided, a
series may be reopened for issuances of additional Securities of
such series.
SECTION 2.02 Form of
Securities and Trustee’s Certificate .
The Securities of
any series and the Trustee’s certificate of authentication to
be borne by such Securities shall be substantially of the tenor and
purport as set forth in one or more indentures supplemental hereto
or as provided in a Board Resolution of the Company and as set
forth in an Officers’ Certificate of the Company and may have
such letters, numbers or other marks of identification or
designation and such legends or endorsements printed, lithographed
or engraved thereon as the Company may deem appropriate and as are
not inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture, or as may
be required to comply with any law or with any rule or
regulation made pursuant thereto or with any rule or
regulation of any stock exchange on which Securities of that series
may be listed, or to conform to usage.
SECTION 2.03 Denominations;
Provisions for Payment .
The Securities
shall be issuable as registered Securities and in the denominations
of one thousand U.S. dollars ($1,000) or any integral multiple
thereof, subject to Section 2.01(11). The Securities of
a particular series shall bear interest payable on the dates and at
the rate specified with respect to that series. The principal
of and the interest on the Securities of any series, as well as any
premium thereon in case of redemption thereof prior to maturity,
shall be payable in the coin or currency of the United States of
America that at the time is legal tender for public and private
debt, at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that
purpose in the Borough of Manhattan, the City and State of New
York. Each Security shall be dated the date of its
authentication. Interest on the Securities shall be computed on the
basis of a 360-day year composed of twelve 30-day
months.
The interest
installment on any Security that is payable, and is punctually paid
or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date for Securities
of that series shall be paid to the Person in whose name said
Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at
the close of business on the regular record date for such interest
installment. In the event that any Security of a particular
series or portion thereof is called for redemption and the
redemption date is subsequent to a regular record date with respect
to any Interest Payment Date and prior to such
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Interest Payment Date,
interest on such Security will be paid upon presentation and
surrender of such Security as provided in
Section 3.03.
Any interest on
any Security that is payable, but is not punctually paid or duly
provided for, on any Interest Payment Date for Securities of the
same series (herein called “Defaulted Interest”) shall
forthwith cease to be payable to the registered holder on the
relevant regular record date by virtue of having been such holder;
and such Defaulted Interest shall be paid by the Company, at its
election, as provided in clause (1) or
clause (2) below:
(1)
The Company may make payment of any Defaulted Interest on
Securities to the Persons in whose names such Securities (or their
respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of
business on a special record date for the payment of such Defaulted
Interest, which shall be fixed in the following manner: the Company
shall notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of Defaulted
Interest proposed to be paid on each such Security and the date of
the proposed payment, and at the same time the Company shall
deposit with the Trustee an amount of money equal to the aggregate
amount proposed to be paid in respect of such Defaulted Interest or
shall make arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for such
deposit prior to the date of the proposed payment, such money when
deposited to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons
entitled to such Defaulted Interest as in this clause
provided. Thereupon the Trustee shall fix a special record
date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest which shall not be
more than 15 nor less than 10 days prior to the date of the
proposed payment and not less than 10 days after the receipt by the
Trustee of the notice of the proposed payment. The Trustee
shall promptly notify the Company of such special record date and,
in the name and at the expense of the Company, shall cause notice
of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the special
record date therefor to be mailed, first class postage prepaid, to
each Securityholder at his or her address as it appears in the
Security Register (as hereinafter defined), not less than 10 days
prior to such special record date. Notice of the proposed
payment of such Defaulted Interest and the special record date
therefor having been mailed as aforesaid, such Defaulted Interest
shall be paid to the Persons in whose names such Securities (or
their respective Predecessor Securities) are registered on such
special record date and shall be no longer payable pursuant to the
following clause (2).
(2)
The Company may make payment of any Defaulted Interest on any
Securities in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the
requirements of any securities exchange on which such Securities
may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such
exchange, if, after notice given by the Company to the Trustee of
the proposed payment pursuant to this clause, such manner of
payment shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee.
Unless otherwise
set forth in a Board Resolution of the Company or one or more
indentures supplemental hereto establishing the terms of any series
of Securities pursuant to Section 2.01 hereof, the term
“regular record date” as used in this Section with
respect to a series of Securities with respect to any Interest
Payment Date for such series shall mean either the fifteenth day of
the month immediately preceding the month in which an Interest
Payment Date established for such series pursuant to
Section 2.01 hereof shall occur, if such Interest
Payment
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Date is the first day
of a month, or the last day of the month immediately preceding the
month in which an Interest Payment Date established for such series
pursuant to Section 2.01 hereof shall occur, if such Interest
Payment Date is the fifteenth day of a month, whether or not such
date is a Business Day.
Subject to the
foregoing provisions of this Section, each Security of a series
delivered under this Indenture upon transfer of or in exchange for
or in lieu of any other Security of such series shall carry the
rights to interest accrued and unpaid, and to accrue, that were
carried by such other Security.
SECTION 2.04 Execution and
Authentications .
The Securities
shall be signed on behalf of the Company by two of its officers,
under its corporate seal attested by its Secretary or one of its
Assistant Secretaries. Signatures may be in the form of a
manual or facsimile signature. The Company may use the
facsimile signature of any Person who shall have been an officer
thereof, notwithstanding the fact that at the time the Securities
shall be authenticated and delivered or disposed of such Person
shall have ceased to be such officer of the Company. The seal
of the Company may be in the form of a facsimile of such seal and
may be impressed, affixed, imprinted or otherwise reproduced on the
Securities. The Securities may contain such notations,
legends or endorsements required by law, stock exchange
rule or usage. Each Security shall be dated the date of
its authentication by the Trustee.
A Security shall
not be valid until authenticated manually by an authorized
signatory of the Trustee, or by an Authenticating Agent. Such
signature shall be conclusive evidence that the Security so
authenticated has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder
and that the holder is entitled to the benefits of this
Indenture.
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 written order of the Company for the authentication and
delivery of such Securities, signed by two of its officers in
accordance with such written order shall authenticate and deliver
such Securities.
In authenticating
such Securities and accepting the additional responsibilities under
this Indenture in relation to such Securities, the Trustee shall be
entitled to receive, and (subject to Section 7.01) shall be
fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating that
the form and terms thereof have been established in conformity with
the provisions of this Indenture.
The Trustee shall
not be required to authenticate such Securities if the issue of
such Securities pursuant to this Indenture will affect the
Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under the
Securities and this Indenture or otherwise in a manner that is not
reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.
SECTION 2.05 Registration of
Transfer and Exchange .
(a)
Securities of any series may be exchanged upon presentation thereof
at the office or agency of the Company designated for such purpose
in the Borough of Manhattan, the City and State of New York, for
other Securities of such series of authorized denominations, and
for a
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like aggregate
principal amount, upon payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax
or other governmental charge in relation thereto, all as provided
in this Section. In respect of any Securities so surrendered
for exchange, the Company shall execute, the Trustee shall
authenticate and such office or agency shall deliver in exchange
therefor the Security or Securities of the same series that the
Securityholder making the exchange shall be entitled to receive,
bearing numbers not contemporaneously outstanding.
(b)
The Company shall keep, or cause to be kept, at its office or
agency designated for such purpose in the Borough of Manhattan, the
City and State of New York, or such other location designated by
the Company a register or registers (herein referred to as the
“Security Register”) in which, subject to such
reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Company shall
register the Securities and the transfers of Securities as in this
Article provided and which at all reasonable times shall be
open for inspection by the Trustee. The registrar for the
purpose of registering Securities and transfer of Securities as
herein provided shall be appointed as authorized by Board
Resolution (the “Security Registrar”).
Upon surrender for
transfer of any Security at the office or agency of the Company
designated for such purpose, the Company shall execute, the Trustee
shall authenticate and such office or agency shall deliver in the
name of the transferee or transferees a new Security or Securities
of the same series as the Security presented for a like aggregate
principal amount.
All Securities
presented or surrendered for exchange or registration of transfer,
as provided in this Section, shall be accompanied (if so required
by the Company or the Security Registrar) by a written instrument
or instruments of transfer, in form satisfactory to the Company or
the Security Registrar, duly executed by the registered holder or
by such holder’s duly authorized attorney in
writing.
(c)
No service charge shall be made for any exchange or registration of
transfer of Securities, or issue of new Securities in case of
partial redemption of any series, but the Company may require
payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental
charge in relation thereto, other than exchanges pursuant to
Section 2.06, the second paragraph of Section 3.03 and
Section 9.04 not involving any transfer.
(d)
The Company shall not be required (i) to issue, exchange or
register the transfer of any Securities during a period beginning
at the opening of business 15 days before the day of the mailing of
a notice of redemption of less than all the Outstanding Securities
of the same series and ending at the close of business on the day
of such mailing, nor (ii) to register the transfer of or
exchange any Securities of any series or portions thereof called
for redemption. The provisions of this Section 2.05 are,
with respect to any Global Security, subject to Section 2.11
hereof.
SECTION 2.06 Temporary
Securities .
Pending the
preparation of definitive Securities of any series, the Company may
execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, temporary
Securities (printed, lithographed or typewritten) of any authorized
denomination. Such temporary Securities shall be
substantially in the form of the definitive Securities in lieu of
which they are issued, but with such omissions,
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insertions and
variations as may be appropriate for temporary Securities, all as
may be determined by the Company. Every temporary Security of
any series shall be executed by the Company and be authenticated by
the Trustee upon the same conditions and in substantially the same
manner, and with like effect, as the definitive Securities of such
series. Without unnecessary delay the Company will execute
and will furnish definitive Securities of such series and thereupon
any or all temporary Securities of such series may be surrendered
in exchange therefor (without charge to the holders), at the office
or agency of the Company designated for the purpose in the Borough
of Manhattan, the City and State of New York, and the Trustee shall
authenticate and such office or agency shall deliver in exchange
for such temporary Securities an equal aggregate principal amount
of definitive Securities of such series, unless the Company advises
the Trustee to the effect that definitive Securities need not be
executed and furnished until further notice from the Company.
Until so exchanged, the temporary Securities of such series shall
be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as definitive
Securities of such series authenticated and delivered
hereunder.
SECTION 2.07 Mutilated,
Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Securities .
In case any
temporary or definitive Security shall become mutilated or be
destroyed, lost or stolen, the Company (subject to the next
succeeding sentence) shall execute, and upon the Company’s
request the Trustee (subject as aforesaid) shall authenticate and
deliver, a new Security of the same series, bearing a number not
contemporaneously outstanding, in exchange and substitution for the
mutilated Security, or in lieu of and in substitution for the
Security so destroyed, lost or stolen. In every case the
applicant for a substituted Security shall furnish to the Company
and the Trustee such security or indemnity as may be required by
them to save each of them harmless, and, in every case of
destruction, loss or theft, the applicant shall also furnish to the
Company and the Trustee evidence to their satisfaction of the
destruction, loss or theft of the applicant’s Security and of
the ownership thereof. The Trustee may authenticate any such
substituted Security and deliver the same upon the written request
or authorization of any officer of the Company. Upon the
issuance of any substituted Security, the Company may require the
payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental
charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other
expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Trustee) connected
therewith. In case any Security that has matured or is about
to mature shall become mutilated or be destroyed, lost or stolen,
the Company may, instead of issuing a substitute Security, pay or
authorize the payment of the same (without surrender thereof except
in the case of a mutilated Security) if the applicant for such
payment shall furnish to the Company and the Trustee such security
or indemnity as they may require to save them harmless, and, in
case of destruction, loss or theft, evidence to the satisfaction of
the Company and the Trustee of the destruction, loss or theft of
such Security and of the ownership thereof.
Every replacement
Security issued pursuant to the provisions of this
Section shall constitute an additional contractual obligation
of the Company whether or not the mutilated, destroyed, lost or
stolen Security shall be found at any time, or be enforceable by
anyone, and shall be entitled to all the benefits of this Indenture
equally and proportionately with any and all other Securities of
the same series duly issued hereunder. All Securities shall
be held and owned upon the express condition that the foregoing
provisions are exclusive with respect to the replacement or payment
of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities, and shall
preclude (to the extent lawful) any and all other rights or
remedies, notwithstanding any law or statute
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existing or hereafter
enacted to the contrary with respect to the replacement or payment
of negotiable instruments or other securities without their
surrender.
SECTION 2.08 Cancellation
.
All Securities
surrendered for the purpose of payment, redemption, exchange or
registration of transfer shall, if surrendered to the Company or
any paying agent, be delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, or,
if surrendered to the Trustee, shall be cancelled by it, and no
Securities shall be issued in lieu thereof except as expressly
required or permitted by any of the provisions of this
Indenture. On request of the Company at the time of such
surrender, the Trustee shall deliver to the Company canceled
Securities held by the Trustee. In the absence of such
request the Trustee may dispose of canceled Securities in
accordance with its standard procedures and deliver a certificate
of disposition to the Company. If the Company shall otherwise
acquire any of the Securities, however, such acquisition shall not
operate as a redemption or satisfaction of the indebtedness
represented by such Securities unless and until the same are
delivered to the Trustee for cancellation.
SECTION 2.09 Benefits of
Indenture .
Nothing in this
Indenture or in the Securities, express or implied, shall give or
be construed to give to any Person, other than the parties hereto
and the holders of the Securities any legal or equitable right,
remedy or claim under or in respect of this Indenture, or under any
covenant, condition or provision herein contained; all such
covenants, conditions and provisions being for the sole benefit of
the parties hereto and of the holders of the Securities.
SECTION 2.10 Authenticating
Agent .
So long as any of
the Securities of any series remain Outstanding there may be an
Authenticating Agent for any or all such series of Securities which
the Trustee shall have the right to appoint. Said
Authenticating Agent shall be authorized to act on behalf of the
Trustee to authenticate Securities of such series issued upon
exchange, transfer or partial redemption thereof, and Securities so
authenticated shall be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture
and shall be valid and obligatory for all purposes as if
authenticated by the Trustee hereunder. All references in
this Indenture to the authentication of Securities by the Trustee
shall be deemed to include authentication by an Authenticating
Agent for such series. Each Authenticating Agent shall be
acceptable to the Company and shall be a corporation that has a
combined capital and surplus, as most recently reported or
determined by it, sufficient under the laws of any jurisdiction
under which it is organized or in which it is doing business to
conduct a trust business, and that is otherwise authorized under
such laws to conduct such business and is subject to supervision or
examination by Federal or State authorities. If at any time
any Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance
with these provisions, it shall resign immediately.
Any Authenticating
Agent may at any time resign by giving written notice of
resignation to the Trustee and to the Company. The Trustee
may at any time (and upon request by the Company shall) terminate
the agency of any Authenticating Agent by giving written notice of
termination to such Authenticating Agent and to the Company.
Upon resignation, termination or
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cessation of
eligibility of any Authenticating Agent, the Trustee may appoint an
eligible successor Authenticating Agent acceptable to the
Company. Any successor Authenticating Agent, upon acceptance
of its appointment hereunder, shall become vested with all the
rights, powers and duties of its predecessor hereunder as if
originally named as an Authenticating Agent pursuant
hereto.
SECTION 2.11 Global
Securities .
(a)
If the Company shall establish pursuant to Section 2.01 that
the Securities of a particular series are to be issued as a Global
Security, then the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall, in
accordance with Section 2.04, authenticate and deliver, a
Global Security that (i) shall represent, and shall be
denominated in an amount equal to the aggregate principal amount
of, all of the Outstanding Securities of such series,
(ii) shall be registered in the name of the Depositary or its
nominee, (iii) shall be delivered by the Trustee to the
Depositary or pursuant to the Depositary’s instruction and
(iv) shall bear a legend substantially to the following
effect: “Except as otherwise provided in Section 2.11 of
the Indenture, this Security may be transferred, in whole but not
in part, only to another nominee of the Depositary or to a
successor Depositary or to a nominee of such successor
Depositary.”
(b)
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 2.05, the Global
Security of a series may be transferred, in whole but not in part
and in the manner provided in Section 2.05, only to another
nominee of the Depositary for such series, or to a successor
Depositary for such series selected or approved by the Company or
to a nominee of such successor Depositary.
(c)
If at any time the Depositary for a series of the Securities
notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as
Depositary for such series or if at any time the Depositary for
such series shall no longer be registered or in good standing under
the Exchange Act, or other applicable statute or regulation, and a
successor Depositary for such series is not appointed by the
Company within 90 days after the Company receives such notice or
becomes aware of such condition, as the case may be, this
Section 2.11 shall no longer be applicable to the Securities
of such series and the Company will execute, and subject to
Section 2.05, the Trustee will authenticate and deliver the
Securities of such series in definitive registered form without
coupons, in authorized denominations, and in an aggregate principal
amount equal to the principal amount of the Global Security of such
series in exchange for such Global Security. In addition, the
Company may at any time determine that the Securities of any series
shall no longer be represented by a Global Security and that the
provisions of this Section 2.11 shall no longer apply to the
Securities of such series. In such event the Company will
execute and subject to Section 2.05, the Trustee, upon receipt
of an Officers’ Certificate evidencing such determination by
the Company, will authenticate and deliver the Securities of such
series in definitive registered form without coupons, in authorized
denominations, and in an aggregate principal amount equal to the
principal amount of the Global Security of such series in exchange
for such Global Security. Upon the exchange of the Global
Security for such Securities in definitive registered form without
coupons, in authorized denominations, the Global Security shall be
canceled by the Trustee. Such Securities in definitive
registered form issued in exchange for the Global Security pursuant
to this Section 2.11(c) shall be registered in such names
and in such authorized denominations as the Depositary, pursuant to
instructions from its direct or indirect
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participants or
otherwise, shall instruct the Trustee. The Trustee shall
deliver such Securities to the Depositary for delivery to the
Persons in whose names such Securities are so
registered.
ARTICLE III.
REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES AND
SINKING FUND PROVISIONS
SECTION 3.01 Redemption
.
The Company may
redeem the Securities of any series issued hereunder on and after
the dates and in accordance with the terms established for such
series pursuant to Section 2.01 hereof.
SECTION 3.02 Notice of
Redemption .
(a)
In case the Company shall desire to exercise such right to redeem
all or, as the case may be, a portion of the Securities of any
series in accordance with the right reserved so to do, the Company
shall, or shall cause the Trustee to, give notice of such
redemption to holders of the Securities of such series to be
redeemed by mailing, first class postage prepaid, a notice of such
redemption not less than 30 days and not more than 90 days before
the date fixed for redemption of that series to such holders at
their last addresses as they shall appear upon the Security
Register unless a shorter period is specified in the Securities to
be redeemed. Any notice that is mailed in the manner herein
provided shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given,
whether or not the registered holder receives the notice. In
any case, failure duly to give such notice to the holder of any
Security of any series designated for redemption in whole or in
part, or any defect in the notice, shall not affect the validity of
the proceedings for the redemption of any other Securities of such
series or any other series. In the case of any redemption of
Securities prior to the expiration of any restriction on such
redemption provided in the terms of such Securities or elsewhere in
this Indenture, the Company shall furnish the Trustee with an
Officers’ Certificate evidencing compliance with any such
restriction.
Each such notice
of redemption shall specify the date fixed for redemption and the
redemption price at which Securities of that series are to be
redeemed, and shall state that payment of the redemption price of
such Securities to be redeemed will be made at the office or agency
of the Company in the Borough of Manhattan, the City and State of
New York, upon presentation and surrender of such Securities, that
interest accrued to the date fixed for redemption will be paid as
specified in said notice, that from and after said date interest
will cease to accrue and that the redemption is for a sinking fund,
if such is the case. If less than all the Securities of a
series are to be redeemed, the notice to the holders of Securities
of that series to be redeemed in whole or in part shall specify the
particular Securities to be so redeemed. In case any Security
is to be redeemed in part only, the notice that relates to such
Security shall state the portion of the principal amount thereof to
be redeemed, and shall state that on and after the redemption date,
upon surrender of such Security, a new Security or Securities of
such series in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion
thereof will be issued.
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(b)
If less than all the Securities of a series are to be redeemed, the
Company shall give the Trustee at least 35 days’ notice in
advance of the date fixed for redemption as to the aggregate
principal amount of Securities of the series to be redeemed, and
thereupon the Trustee shall select, by lot or in such other manner
as it shall deem appropriate and fair in its discretion and that
may provide for the selection of a portion or portions (equal to
one thousand U.S. dollars ($1,000) or any integral multiple
thereof) of the principal amount of such Securities of a
denomination larger than $1,000, the Securities to be redeemed and
shall thereafter promptly notify the Company in writing of the
numbers of the Securities to be redeemed, in whole or in
part.
The Company may,
if and whenever it shall so elect, by delivery of instructions
signed on its behalf by two of its officers, instruct the Trustee
or any paying agent to call all or any part of the Securities of a
particular series for redemption and to give notice of redemption
in the manner set forth in this Section, such notice to be in the
name of the Company or its own name as the Trustee or such paying
agent may deem advisable. In any case in which notice of
redemption is to be given by the Trustee or any such paying agent,
the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered to, or permit to
remain with, the Trustee or such paying agent, as the case may be,
such Security Register, transfer books or other records, or
suitable copies or extracts therefrom, sufficient to enable the
Trustee or such paying agent to give any notice by mail that may be
required under the provisions of this Section.
SECTION 3.03 Payment Upon
Redemption .
(a)
If the giving of notice of redemption shall have been completed as
above provided, the Securities or portions of Securities of the
series to be redeemed specified in such notice shall become due and
payable on the date and at the place stated in such notice at the
applicable redemption price, together with interest accrued to the
date fixed for redemption and interest on such Securities or
portions of Securities shall cease to accrue on and after the date
fixed for redemption, unless the Company shall default in the
payment of such redemption price and accrued interest with respect
to any such Security or portion thereof. On presentation and
surrender of such Securities on or after the date fixed for
redemption at the place of payment specified in the notice, said
Securities shall be paid and redeemed at the applicable redemption
price for such series, together with interest accrued thereon to
the date fixed for redemption (but if the date fixed for redemption
is an interest payment date, the interest installment payable on
such date shall be payable to the registered holder at the close of
business on the applicable record date pursuant to
Section 2.03).
(b)
Upon presentation of any Security of such series that is to be
redeemed in part only, the Company shall execute and the Trustee
shall authenticate and the office or agency where the Security is
presented shall deliver to the holder thereof, at the expense of
the Company, a new Security of the same series of authorized
denominations in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion
of the Security so presented.
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SECTION 3.04 Sinking Fund
.
The provisions of
Sections 3.04, 3.05 and 3.06 shall be applicable to any sinking
fund for the retirement of Securities of a series, except as
otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 2.01 for
Securities of such series.
The minimum amount
of any sinking fund payment provided for by the terms of Securities
of any series is herein referred to as a “mandatory sinking
fund payment,” and any payment in excess of such minimum
amount provided for by the terms of Securities of any series is
herein referred to as an “optional sinking fund
payment”. If provided for by the terms of Securities of
any series, the cash amount of any sinking fund payment may be
subject to reduction as provided in Section 3.05. Each
sinking fund payment shall be applied to the redemption of
Securities of any series as provided for by the terms of Securities
of such series.
SECTION 3.05 Satisfaction of
Sinking Fund Payments with Securities .
The Company
(i) may deliver Outstanding Securities of a series (other than
any Securities previously called for redemption) and (ii) may
apply as a credit Securities of a series that have been redeemed
either at the election of the Company pursuant to the terms of such
Securities or through the application of permitted optional sinking
fund payments pursuant to the terms of such Securities, in each
case in satisfaction of all or any part of any sinking fund payment
with respect to the Securities of such series required to be made
pursuant to the terms of such Securities as provided for by the
terms of such series, provided that such Securities have not been
previously so credited. Such Securities shall be received and
credited for such pu
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