Exhibit 4.1
Execution Copy
SENIOR INDENTURE
CARRIZO OIL & GAS, INC.
as Issuer
and
THE
POTENTIAL SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS
LISTED ON THE SIGNATURE PAGES HERETO
as Potential Subsidiary Guarantors
and
WELLS
FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
as Trustee
Indenture
Dated
as of May 28, 2008
Debt
Securities
CARRIZO OIL & GAS, INC.
Reconciliation and tie between Trust Indenture Act of 1939
and Indenture, dated as of May 28, 2008
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This reconciliation and tie shall not, for any purpose, be
deemed to be a part of the Indenture. |
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
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SECTION 1.01
Definitions
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SECTION 1.02 Other
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SECTION 1.03
Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act
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SECTION 1.04 Rules
of Construction
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ARTICLE II THE
SECURITIES
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SECTION 2.01
Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series
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SECTION 2.02
Denominations
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SECTION 2.03 Forms
Generally
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SECTION 2.04
Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating
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SECTION 2.05
Registrar and Paying Agent
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SECTION 2.06
Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust
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SECTION 2.07
Holder Lists
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SECTION 2.08
Transfer and Exchange
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SECTION 2.09
Replacement Securities
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SECTION 2.10
Outstanding Securities
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SECTION 2.11
Original Issue Discount, Foreign-Currency Denominated and Treasury
Securities
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SECTION 2.12
Temporary Securities
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SECTION 2.13
Cancellation
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SECTION 2.14
Payments; Defaulted Interest
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SECTION 2.15
Persons Deemed Owners
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SECTION 2.16
Computation of Interest
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SECTION 2.17
Global Securities; Book-Entry Provisions
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ARTICLE III
REDEMPTION
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SECTION 3.01
Applicability of Article
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SECTION 3.02
Notice to the Trustee
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SECTION 3.03
Selection of Securities To Be Redeemed
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SECTION 3.04
Notice of Redemption
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SECTION 3.05
Effect of Notice of Redemption
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SECTION 3.06
Deposit of Redemption Price
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SECTION 3.07
Securities Redeemed or Purchased in Part
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SECTION 3.08
Purchase of Securities
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SECTION 3.09
Mandatory and Optional Sinking Funds
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SECTION 3.10
Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities
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SECTION 3.11
Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund
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ARTICLE IV
COVENANTS
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SECTION 4.01
Payment of Securities
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SECTION 4.02
Maintenance of Office or Agency
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SECTION 4.03 SEC
Reports; Financial Statements
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SECTION 4.04
Compliance Certificate
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SECTION 4.05
Corporate Existence
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SECTION 4.06
Waiver of Stay, Extension or Usury Laws
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SECTION 4.07
Additional Amounts
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ARTICLE V
SUCCESSORS
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SECTION 5.01
Limitations on Mergers and Consolidations
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SECTION 5.02
Successor Person Substituted
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ARTICLE VI
DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES
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Events of Default
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SECTION 6.02
Acceleration
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SECTION 6.03 Other
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SECTION 6.04
Waiver of Defaults
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SECTION 6.05
Control by Majority
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SECTION 6.06
Limitations on Suits
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SECTION 6.07
Rights of Holders to Receive Payment
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SECTION 6.08
Collection Suit by Trustee
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SECTION 6.09
Trustee May File Proofs of Claim
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SECTION 6.10
Priorities
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Undertaking for Costs
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ARTICLE VII
TRUSTEE
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SECTION 7.01
Duties of Trustee
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SECTION 7.02
Rights of Trustee
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SECTION 7.03 May
Hold Securities
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SECTION 7.04
Trustee’s Disclaimer
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SECTION 7.05
Notice of Defaults
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SECTION 7.06
Reports by Trustee to Holders
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SECTION 7.07
Compensation and Indemnity
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SECTION 7.08
Replacement of Trustee
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SECTION 7.09
Successor Trustee by Merger, etc.
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SECTION 7.10
Eligibility; Disqualification
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SECTION 7.11
Preferential Collection of Claims Against the Company or the
Subsidiary Guarantor
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ARTICLE VIII
DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE
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SECTION 8.01
Termination of the Company’s and the Subsidiary
Guarantor’s Obligations
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SECTION 8.02
Application of Trust Money
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SECTION 8.03
Repayment to Company
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SECTION 8.04
Reinstatement
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ARTICLE IX
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES AND AMENDMENTS
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SECTION 9.01
Without Consent of Holders
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SECTION 9.02 With
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SECTION 9.03
Compliance with Trust Indenture Act
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SECTION 9.04
Revocation and Effect of Consents
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SECTION 9.05
Notation on or Exchange of Securities
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SECTION 9.06
Trustee to Sign Amendments, etc.
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ARTICLE X
GUARANTEE
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SECTION 10.01
Guarantee
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SECTION 10.02
Execution and Delivery of Guarantee
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SECTION 10.03
Limitation on Liability of the Subsidiary Guarantor
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SECTION 10.04
Release of Subsidiary Guarantor from Guarantee
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ARTICLE XI
MISCELLANEOUS
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Trust Indenture Act Controls
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SECTION 11.02
Notices
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SECTION 11.03
Communication by Holders with Other Holders
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SECTION 11.04
Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent
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SECTION 11.05
Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion
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SECTION 11.06
Rules by Trustee and Agents
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SECTION 11.07
Legal Holidays
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SECTION 11.08 No
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SECTION 11.09
Governing Law
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SECTION 11.10 No
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SECTION 11.11
Successors
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SECTION 11.12
Severability
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Counterpart Originals
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Table of Contents, Headings, etc.
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iii
INDENTURE
dated as of May 28, 2008 between Carrizo Oil & Gas, Inc.,
a Texas corporation (the “Company”), the potential
subsidiary guarantors listed on the signature pages hereto (the
“Potential Subsidiary Guarantors”), and Wells Fargo
Bank, National Association, as trustee (the
“Trustee”).
Each
party agrees as follows for the benefit of the other party and for
the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Company’s
unsecured debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness (the
“Securities”), and the related Guarantees (as
hereinafter defined), to be issued from time to time in one or more
series as provided in this Indenture:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
SECTION
1.01 Definitions.
“Additional
Amounts” means any additional amounts required by the express
terms of a Security or by or pursuant to a Board Resolution, under
circumstances specified therein or pursuant thereto, to be paid by
the Company with respect to certain taxes, assessments or other
governmental charges imposed on certain Holders and that are owing
to such Holders.
“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” of a Person shall mean
the power to direct the management and policies of such Person,
directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting
securities, by contract or otherwise, and the terms
“controlling” and “controlled” shall have
meanings correlative to the foregoing.
“Agent”
means any Registrar or Paying Agent.
“Bankruptcy
Law” means Title 11 of the United States Code or any similar
federal, state or foreign law for the relief of debtors.
“Board
of Directors” means the Board of Directors of the Company or
any committee thereof duly authorized, with respect to any
particular matter, to act by or on behalf of the Board of Directors
of the Company.
“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, and delivered to the
Trustee.
“Business
Day” means any day that is not a Legal Holiday.
“Company”
means the Person named as the “Company” in the first
paragraph of this instrument until a successor Person shall have
become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this
Indenture, and thereafter “Company” shall mean such
successor Person; provided, however, that for purposes of
any provision contained herein which is required by the TIA,
“Company” shall also mean each other obligor (if any)
on the Securities of a series.
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“Company
Order” and “Company Request” mean, respectively,
a written order or request signed in the name of the Company by two
Officers of the Company, and delivered to the Trustee.
“Corporate
Trust Office of the Trustee” means the office of the Trustee
located at 1445 Ross Avenue, 2nd Floor, MAC T5303-02J, Dallas,
TX 75202, Attention: Patrick Giordano, and as may be located at
such other address as the Trustee may give notice to the
Company.
“Default”
means any event, act or condition that is, or after notice or the
passage of time or both would be, an Event of Default.
“Depositary”
means, with respect to the Securities of any series issuable or
issued in whole or in part in global form, the Person specified
pursuant to Section 2.01 hereof as the initial Depositary with
respect to the Securities of such series, until a successor shall
have been appointed and become such pursuant to the applicable
provision of this Indenture, and thereafter
“Depositary” shall mean or include such
successor.
“Dollar”
or “$” means a dollar or other equivalent unit in such
coin or currency of the United States as at the time shall be legal
tender for the payment of public and private debt.
“Exchange
Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,
and any successor statute.
“GAAP”
means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States
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 entity as may be approved by a significant segment of the
accounting profession of the United States, as in effect from time
to time.
“Global
Security” means a Security that is issued in global form in
the name of the Depositary with respect thereto or its
nominee.
“Government
Obligations” means, with respect to a series of Securities,
direct obligations of the government that issues the currency in
which the Securities of the series are payable for the payment of
which the full faith and credit of such government is pledged, or
obligations of a Person controlled or supervised by and acting as
an agency or instrumentality of such government, the payment of
which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit
obligation by such government.
“Guarantee”
means the guarantee of the Company’s obligations under the
Securities of a series by a Subsidiary Guarantor (specified with
respect to such series as contemplated by Section 2.01(9)) as
provided in Article X.
“Holder”
means a Person in whose name a Security is registered.
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“Indenture”
means this Indenture as amended or supplemented from time to time
pursuant to the provisions hereof, and includes the terms of a
particular series of Securities established as contemplated by
Section 2.01.
“interest”
means, with respect to an Original Issue Discount Security that by
its terms bears interest only after Maturity, interest payable
after Maturity.
“Interest
Payment Date,” when used with respect to any Security, shall
have the meaning assigned to such term in the Security as
contemplated by Section 2.01.
“Issue
Date” means, with respect to Securities of a series, the date
on which the Securities of such series are originally issued under
this Indenture.
“Legal
Holiday” means a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banking
institutions in any of The City of New York, New York; Houston,
Texas or a Place of Payment are authorized or obligated by law,
regulation or executive order to remain closed.
“Maturity”
means, with respect to any Security, the date on which the
principal of such Security or an installment of principal becomes
due and payable as therein or herein provided, whether at the
Stated Maturity thereof, or by declaration of acceleration, call
for redemption or otherwise.
“Officer”
means the Chairman of the Board, the President, any Vice Chairman
of the Board, any Vice President, the Chief Financial Officer, the
Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer, the Controller, any Assistant
Controller, the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary of a
Person.
“Officers’
Certificate” means a certificate signed by two Officers of a
Person.
“Opinion
of Counsel” means a written opinion from legal counsel who is
acceptable to the Trustee. Such counsel may be an employee of or
counsel to the Company or the Trustee.
“Original
Issue Discount Security” means any Security that provides for
an amount less than the principal amount thereof to be due and
payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof
pursuant to Section 6.02.
“Person”
means any individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability
company, joint venture, incorporated or unincorporated association,
joint stock company, trust, unincorporated organization or
government or other agency, instrumentality or political
subdivision thereof or other entity of any kind.
“Place
of Payment” means, with respect to the Securities of any
series, the place or places where the principal of, premium (if
any) and interest on and any Additional Amounts with respect to the
Securities of that series are payable as specified in accordance
with Section 2.01 subject to the provisions of
Section 4.02.
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“principal”
of a Security means the principal of the Security plus, when
appropriate, the premium, if any, on the Security.
“Redemption
Date” means, with respect to any Security to be redeemed, the
date fixed for such redemption by or pursuant to this
Indenture.
“Redemption
Price” means, with respect to any Security to be redeemed,
the price at which it is to be redeemed pursuant to this
Indenture.
“Responsible
Officer” means any officer within the corporate trust
department of the Trustee, including any vice president, assistant
vice president, assistant secretary, assistant treasurer, trust
officer or any other officer of the Trustee who customarily
performs functions similar to those performed by the Persons who at
the time shall be such officers, respectively, or to whom any
corporate trust matter is referred because of such person’s
knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject and who
shall have direct responsibility for the administration of this
Indenture.
“Rule 144A
Securities” means Securities of a series designated pursuant
to Section 2.01 as entitled to the benefits of
Section 4.03(b).
“SEC”
means the Securities and Exchange Commission.
“Securities”
has the meaning stated in the preamble of this Indenture and more
particularly means any Securities authenticated and delivered under
this Indenture.
“Security
Custodian” means, with respect to Securities of a series
issued in global form, the Trustee for Securities of such series,
as custodian with respect to the Securities of such series, or any
successor entity thereto.
“Significant
Subsidiary” means a Subsidiary of the Company that is a
“significant subsidiary” of the Company as such term is
defined in Rule 1-02(w) of Regulation S-X as of the date
hereof.
“Stated
Maturity” means, when used with respect to any Security or
any installment of principal thereof or interest thereon, the date
specified in such Security 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 Person at least a majority 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. For the purposes of this definition, “voting
stock” means stock having 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.
“Subsidiary
Guarantors” means, with respect to any series of Securities,
the Person or Persons, if any, named in accordance with
Section 2.01(9) as the “Subsidiary Guarantors”
(i) in or pursuant to a Board Resolution, and set forth, or
determined in the manner provided, in an Officers’
Certificate of the Company or in a Company Order, or (ii) in
an
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indenture supplemental hereto establishing the terms of such series
of Securities until a successor Person or Persons shall have become
such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and
thereafter “Subsidiary Guarantor” with respect to such
series of Securities shall mean such successor Person or Persons,
in any case until the Guarantee is released pursuant to the
provisions of Article X. If a series of Securities does not
have any Subsidiary Guarantors, all references in this Indenture to
the Subsidiary Guarantors shall be ignored with respect to such
series of Securities.
“TIA”
means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, as in effect on
the date hereof.
“Trustee”
means the Person named as such above until a successor replaces it
in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and
thereafter “Trustee” means 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 means the Trustee with respect to
Securities of that series.
“United
States” means the United States of America (including the
States and the District of Columbia) and its territories and
possessions, which include Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands,
Guam, American Samoa, Wake Island and the Northern Mariana
Islands.
“U.S.
Government Obligations” means Government Obligations with
respect to Securities payable in Dollars.
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SECTION
1.02 Other Definitions.
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“Agent
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2.17 |
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“Bankruptcy
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6.01 |
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“Conversion
Event”
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6.01 |
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“covenant
defeasance”
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8.01 |
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“Event of
Default”
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6.01 |
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“Exchange
Rate”
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2.11 |
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“Judgment
Currency”
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6.10 |
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“legal
defeasance”
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8.01 |
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“mandatory
sinking fund payment”
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3.09 |
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“optional
sinking fund payment”
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3.09 |
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“Paying
Agent”
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2.05 |
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“Registrar”
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2.05 |
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“Required
Currency”
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6.10 |
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“Successor”
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SECTION
1.03 Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture
Act.
Whenever
this Indenture refers to a provision of the TIA, the provision is
incorporated by reference in and made a part of this Indenture (and
if the Indenture is not qualified under the TIA at that time, as if
it were so qualified unless otherwise provided). The following TIA
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.
“obligor”
on the indenture securities means the Company, any Subsidiary
Guarantor or any other obligor on the Securities.
All
terms used in this Indenture that are defined by the TIA, defined
by a TIA reference to another statute or defined by an SEC rule
under the TIA have the meanings so assigned to them.
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SECTION
1.04 Rules of Construction.
Unless
the context otherwise requires:
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ARTICLE II
THE
SECURITIES
SECTION
2.01 Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series.
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. There shall be
established in or pursuant to a Board Resolution, and set forth, or
determined in the manner provided, in an Officers’
Certificate of the Company or in a Company Order, or established in
one or more indentures supplemental hereto, prior to the issuance
of Securities of any series:
(1) the title of the Securities of
the series (which shall distinguish the Securities of the series
from the Securities of all other series);
(2) if there is to be a limit, the
limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the Securities of the
series that may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture
(except for Securities authenticated and delivered upon
registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of,
other Securities of the series pursuant to Section 2.08, 2.09,
2.12, 2.17, 3.07 or 9.05 and except for any Securities which,
pursuant to Section 2.04 or 2.17, are deemed never to have
been authenticated and delivered hereunder); provided,
however, that unless otherwise provided in the terms of the
series, the authorized aggregate principal amount of such series
may be increased before or after the issuance of any Securities of
the series by a Board Resolution (or action pursuant to a Board
Resolution) to such effect;
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(3) whether any Securities of the
series are to be issuable initially in temporary global form and
whether any Securities of the series are to be issuable in
permanent global form, as Global Securities or otherwise, and, if
so, whether beneficial owners of interests in any such Global
Security may exchange such interests for Securities of such series
and of like tenor of any authorized form and denomination and the
circumstances under which any such exchanges may occur, if other
than in the manner provided in Section 2.17, and the initial
Depositary and Security Custodian, if any, for any Global Security
or Securities of such series;
(4) the manner in which any interest
payable on a temporary Global Security on any Interest Payment Date
will be paid if other than in the manner provided in
Section 2.14;
(5) the date or dates on which the
principal of and premium (if any) on the Securities of the series
is payable or the method of determination thereof;
(6) the rate or rates, or the method
of determination thereof, at which the Securities of the series
shall bear interest, if any, whether and under what circumstances
Additional Amounts with respect to such Securities shall be
payable, the date or dates from which such interest shall accrue,
the Interest Payment Dates on which such interest shall be payable
and the record date for the interest payable on any Securities on
any Interest Payment Date, or if other than provided herein, the
Person to whom any interest on Securities of the series shall be
payable;
(7) the place or places where,
subject to the provisions of Section 4.02, the principal of,
premium (if any) and interest on and any Additional Amounts with
respect to the Securities of the series shall be payable;
(8) the period or periods within
which, the price or prices (whether denominated in cash, securities
or otherwise) 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, if the Company is to have that option,
and the manner in which the Company must exercise any such option,
if different from those set forth herein;
(9) whether Securities of the series
are entitled to the benefits of any Guarantee of any Subsidiary
Guarantor pursuant to this Indenture, the identity of any such
Subsidiary Guarantors and any terms of such Guarantee with respect
to the Securities of the series in addition to those set forth in
Article X, or any exceptions to or changes to those set forth
in Article X;
(10) the obligation, if any, of the
Company to redeem, purchase or repay 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 (whether denominated in cash, securities or
otherwise) at which and the terms and conditions upon which
Securities of the series shall be redeemed, purchased or repaid in
whole or in part pursuant to such obligation;
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(11) if other than denominations of
$1,000 and any integral multiple thereof, the denomination in which
any Securities of that series shall be issuable;
(12) if other than Dollars, the
currency or currencies (including composite currencies) or the
form, including equity securities, other debt securities (including
Securities), warrants or any other securities or property of the
Company or any other Person, in which payment of the principal of,
premium (if any) and interest on and any Additional Amounts with
respect to the Securities of the series shall be payable;
(13) if the principal of, premium (if
any) or interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to the
Securities of the series are to be payable, at the election of the
Company or a Holder thereof, in a currency or currencies (including
composite currencies) other than that in which the Securities are
stated to be payable, the currency or currencies (including
composite currencies) in which payment of the principal of, premium
(if any) and interest on and any Additional Amounts with respect to
Securities of such series as to which such election is made shall
be payable, and the periods within which and the terms and
conditions upon which such election is to be made;
(14) if the amount of payments of
principal of, premium (if any) and interest on and any Additional
Amounts with respect to the Securities of the series may be
determined with reference to any commodities, currencies or
indices, values, rates or prices or any other index or formula, the
manner in which such amounts shall be determined;
(15) if other than the entire
principal amount thereof, the portion of the principal amount of
Securities of the series that shall be payable upon declaration of
acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to
Section 6.02;
(16) any additional means of
satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture and any additional
conditions or limitations to discharge with respect to Securities
of the series and the related Guarantees, if any, pursuant to
Article VIII or any modifications of or deletions from such
conditions or limitations;
(17) any deletions or modifications
of or additions to the Events of Default set forth in
Section 6.01 or covenants of the Company or any Subsidiary
Guarantor set forth in Article IV pertaining to the Securities of
the series;
(18) any restrictions or other
provisions with respect to the transfer or exchange of Securities
of the series, which may amend, supplement, modify or supersede
those contained in this Article II;
(19) if the Securities of the series
are to be convertible into or exchangeable for capital stock, other
debt securities (including Securities), warrants, other equity
securities or any other securities or property of the Company, any
Subsidiary Guarantor or any other Person, at the option of the
Company or the Holder or upon the occurrence of any condition or
event, the terms and conditions for such conversion or
exchange;
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(20) if the Securities of the series
are to be entitled to the benefit of Section 4.03(b) (and
accordingly constitute Rule 144A Securities), that fact;
and
(21) any other terms of the series
(which terms shall not be prohibited by 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
(subject to Section 2.03) set forth, or determined in the
manner provided, in the Officers’ Certificate or Company
Order referred to above or in any such indenture supplemental
hereto.
If any
of the terms of the series are established by action taken pursuant
to a Board Resolution, a copy of an appropriate record of such
action, together with such Board Resolution, shall be set forth in
an Officers’ Certificate or 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 or
Company Order setting forth the terms of the series.
SECTION
2.02 Denominations.
The
Securities of each series shall be issuable in such denominations
as shall be specified as contemplated by Section 2.01. In the
absence of any such provisions with respect to the Securities of
any series, the Securities of such series denominated in Dollars
shall be issuable in denominations of $1,000 and any integral
multiples thereof.
SECTION
2.03 Forms Generally.
The
Securities of each series shall be in fully registered form and in
substantially such form or forms (including temporary or permanent
global form) established by or pursuant to a Board Resolution or in
one or more indentures supplemental hereto. The Securities may have
notations, legends or endorsements required by law, securities
exchange rule, the Company’s certificate of incorporation,
bylaws or other similar governing documents, agreements to which
the Company is subject, if any, or usage (provided that any such
notation, legend or endorsement is in a form acceptable to the
Company). A copy of the Board Resolution establishing the form or
forms of Securities of any series shall be delivered to the Trustee
at or prior to the delivery of the Company Order contemplated by
Section 2.04 for the authentication and delivery of such
Securities.
The
definitive Securities of each series 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.
The
Trustee’s certificate of authentication shall be in
substantially the following form:
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“This
is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred
to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
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SECTION
2.04 Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating.
Two
Officers of the Company shall sign the Securities on behalf of the
Company and, with respect to any related Guarantee, an Officer of
each Subsidiary Guarantor shall sign the Notation of Guarantee on
behalf of such Subsidiary Guarantor, in each case by manual or
facsimile signature. If an Officer of the Company whose signature
is on a Security no longer holds that office at the time the
Security is authenticated, the Security shall be valid
nevertheless.
A
Security shall not be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture
or the related Guarantees, if any, or be valid or obligatory for
any purpose until authenticated by the manual signature of an
authorized signatory of the Trustee, which signature shall be
conclusive evidence that the Security has been authenticated under
this Indenture. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any Security has
been authenticated and delivered hereunder but never issued and
sold by the Company, and the Company delivers such Security to the
Trustee for cancellation as provided in Section 2.13, together
with a written statement (which need not comply with
Section 11.05 and need not be accompanied by an Opinion of
Counsel) stating that such Security has never been issued and sold
by the Company, for all purposes of this Indenture such Security
shall be deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered
hereunder and shall never be entitled to the benefits of this
Indenture or the related Guarantees, if any.
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, and the
Trustee shall authenticate and deliver such Securities for original
issue upon a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of
such Securities or pursuant to such procedures acceptable to the
Trustee as may be specified from time to time by Company Order.
Such order shall specify the amount of the Securities to be
authenticated, the date on which the original issue of Securities
is to be authenticated, the name or names of the initial Holder or
Holders and any other terms of the Securities of such series not
otherwise determined. If provided for in such procedures, such
Company Order may authorize (1) authentication and delivery of
Securities of such series for original issue from time to time,
with certain terms (including, without limitation, the Maturity
dates or dates, original issue date or dates and interest rate or
rates) that differ from Security to Security and (2) may
authorize authentication and delivery pursuant to oral or
electronic instructions from the Company or its duly authorized
agent, which instructions shall be promptly confirmed in
writing.
If the
form or terms of the Securities of the series have been established
in or pursuant to one or more Board Resolutions as permitted by
Section 2.01, in authenticating such Securities, and accepting
the additional responsibilities under this Indenture in relation to
such Securities, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive (in
addition to the Company Order referred to
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above
and the other documents required by Section 11.04), and
(subject to Section 7.01) shall be fully protected in relying
upon:
(a) an Officers’ Certificate
setting forth the Board Resolution and, if applicable, an
appropriate record of any action taken pursuant thereto, as
contemplated by the last paragraph of Section 2.01; and
(b) an Opinion of Counsel to the
effect that:
(i) the form of such Securities has
been established in conformity with the provisions of this
Indenture;
(ii) the terms of such Securities
have been established in conformity with the provisions of this
Indenture; and
(iii) that such Securities and the
related Guarantees, if any, when authenticated and delivered by the
Trustee and issued by the Company in the manner and subject to any
conditions specified in such Opinion of Counsel, will constitute
valid and binding obligations of the Company and the Subsidiary
Guarantors, respectively, enforceable against the Company and the
Subsidiary Guarantors, respectively, in accordance with their
respective terms, except as the enforceability thereof may be
limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
moratorium, fraudulent conveyance or other similar laws in effect
from time to time affecting the rights of creditors generally, and
the application of general principles of equity (regardless of
whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity
or at law).
If all
the Securities of any series are not to be issued at one time, it
shall not be necessary to deliver an Officers’ Certificate
and Opinion of Counsel at the time of issuance of each such
Security, but such Officers’ Certificate and Opinion of
Counsel shall be delivered at or before the time of issuance of the
first Security of the series to be issued.
The
Trustee shall not be required to authenticate such Securities if
the issuance of such Securities pursuant to this Indenture would
affect the Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under
the Securities and this Indenture or otherwise in a manner not
reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.
The
Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent acceptable to the
Company to authenticate Securities. Unless limited by the terms of
such appointment, an authenticating agent may authenticate
Securities whenever the Trustee may do so. Each reference in this
Indenture to authentication by the Trustee includes authentication
by such agent. An authenticating agent has the same rights as an
Agent to deal with the Company, any Subsidiary Guarantor or any
other Affiliate of the Company.
Each
Security shall be dated the date of its authentication.
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SECTION
2.05 Registrar and Paying Agent.
The
Company shall maintain an office or agency for each series of
Securities where Securities of such series may be presented for
registration of transfer or exchange (“Registrar”) and
an office or agency where Securities of such series may be
presented for payment (“Paying Agent”). The Registrar
shall keep a register of the Securities of such series and of their
transfer and exchange. The Company may appoint one or more
co-registrars and one or more additional paying agents. The term
“Registrar” includes any co-registrar and the term
“Paying Agent” includes any additional paying
agent.
The
Company shall enter into an appropriate agency agreement with any
Registrar or Paying Agent not a party to this Indenture. The
agreement shall implement the provisions of this Indenture that
relate to such Agent. The Company shall notify the Trustee of the
name and address of any Agent not a party to this Indenture. The
Company may change any Paying Agent or Registrar without notice to
any Holder. If the Company fails to appoint or maintain another
entity as Registrar or Paying Agent, the Trustee shall act as such.
The Company or any Subsidiary may act as Paying Agent or
Registrar.
The
Company initially appoints the Trustee as Registrar and Paying
Agent.
SECTION
2.06 Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust.
The
Company shall require each Paying Agent other than the Trustee to
agree in writing that the Paying Agent will hold in trust for the
benefit of Holders or the Trustee all money held by the Paying
Agent for the payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest
on or any Additional Amounts with respect to Securities and will
notify the Trustee of any default by the Company in making any such
payment. While any such default continues, the Trustee may require
a Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee and to
account for any funds disbursed. The Company at any time may
require a Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee
and to account for any funds disbursed. Upon payment over to the
Trustee and upon accounting for any funds disbursed, the Paying
Agent (if other than the Company, a Subsidiary Guarantor or another
Subsidiary) shall have no further liability for the money. If the
Company or a Subsidiary acts as Paying Agent, it shall segregate
and hold in a separate trust fund for the benefit of the Holders
all money held by it as Paying Agent. Each Paying Agent shall
otherwise comply with TIA § 317(b).
SECTION
2.07 Holder Lists.
The
Trustee shall preserve in as current a form as is reasonably
practicable the most recent list available to it of the names and
addresses of Holders and shall otherwise comply with TIA
§ 312(a). If the Trustee is not the Registrar with
respect to a series of Securities, the Company shall furnish to the
Trustee at least five Business Days before each Interest Payment
Date with respect to such series of Securities, and at such other
times as the Trustee may request in writing, a list in such form
and as of such date as the Trustee may reasonably require of the
names and addresses of Holders of such series, and the Company
shall otherwise comply with TIA § 312(a).
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SECTION
2.08 Transfer and Exchange.
Except
as set forth in Section 2.17 or as may be provided pursuant to
Section 2.01:
When
Securities of any series are presented to the Registrar with the
request to register the transfer of such Securities or to exchange
such Securities for an equal principal amount of Securities of the
same series of like tenor and of other authorized denominations,
the Registrar shall register the transfer or make the exchange as
requested if its requirements and the requirements of this
Indenture for such transactions are met; provided, however ,
that the Securities presented or surrendered for registration of
transfer or exchange shall be duly endorsed or accompanied by a
written instruction of transfer in form reasonably satisfactory to
the Registrar duly executed by the Holder thereof or by his
attorney, duly authorized in writing, on which instruction the
Registrar can rely.
To
permit registrations of transfers and exchanges, the Company shall
execute and the Trustee shall authenticate Securities at the
Registrar’s written request and submission of the Securities
or Global Securities. No service charge shall be made to a Holder
for any registration of transfer or exchange (except as otherwise
expressly permitted herein), but the Company may require payment of
a sum sufficient to cover any transfer tax or similar governmental
charge payable in connection therewith (other than such transfer
tax or similar governmental charge payable upon exchanges pursuant
to Section 2.12, 3.07 or 9.05). The Trustee shall authenticate
Securities in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.04.
Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Indenture to the
contrary, the Company shall not be required to register the
transfer or exchange of (a) any Security selected for
redemption in whole or in part pursuant to Article III, except
the unredeemed portion of any Security being redeemed in part, or
(b) any Security during the period beginning 15 Business Days
prior to the mailing of notice of any offer to repurchase
Securities of the series required pursuant to the terms thereof or
of redemption of Securities of a series to be redeemed and ending
at the close of business on the day of mailing.
SECTION
2.09 Replacement Securities.
If any
mutilated Security is surrendered to the Trustee, or if the Holder
of a Security claims that the Security has been destroyed, lost or
stolen and the Company and the Trustee receive evidence to their
satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of such Security,
the Company shall issue and the Trustee shall authenticate a
replacement Security of the same series if the Trustee’s
requirements are met. If any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or
stolen Security has become or is about to become due and payable,
the Company in its discretion may, instead of issuing a new
Security, pay such Security. If required by the Trustee, any
Subsidiary Guarantor or the Company, such Holder must furnish an
indemnity bond that is sufficient in the judgment of the Trustee
and the Company to protect the Company, each Subsidiary Guarantor,
the Trustee, any Agent or any authenticating agent from any loss
that any of them may suffer if a Security is replaced. The Company
and the Trustee may charge a Holder for their expenses in replacing
a Security.
Every
replacement Security is an additional obligation of the
Company.
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SECTION
2.10 Outstanding Securities.
The
Securities outstanding at any time are all the Securities
authenticated by the Trustee except for those canceled by it, those
delivered to it for cancellation, those reductions in the interest
in a Global Security effected by the Trustee hereunder and those
described in this Section 2.10 as not outstanding.
If a
Security is replaced pursuant to Section 2.09, it ceases to be
outstanding unless the Trustee receives proof satisfactory to it
that the replaced Security is held by a bona fide purchaser.
If the
principal amount of any Security is considered paid under
Section 4.01, it ceases to be outstanding and interest on it
ceases to accrue.
A
Security does not cease to be outstanding because the Company, a
Subsidiary Guarantor or another Affiliate of the Company or an
Affiliate of a Subsidiary Guarantor holds the Security.
SECTION
2.11 Original Issue Discount, Foreign-Currency Denominated and
Treasury Securities.
In
determining whether the Holders of the required principal amount of
Securities have concurred in any direction, amendment, supplement,
waiver or consent, (a) the principal amount of an Original
Issue Discount Security shall be the principal amount thereof that
would be due and payable as of the date of such determination upon
acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 6.02,
(b) the principal amount of a Security denominated in a
foreign currency shall be the Dollar equivalent, as determined by
the Company by reference to the noon buying rate in The City of New
York for cable transfers for such currency, as such rate is
certified for customs purposes by the Federal Reserve Bank of New
York (the “Exchange Rate”) on the date of original
issuance of such Security, of the principal amount (or, in the case
of an Original Issue Discount Security, the Dollar equivalent, as
determined by the Company by reference to the Exchange Rate on the
date of original issuance of such Security, of the amount
determined as provided in (a) above), of such Security and
(c) Securities owned by the Company, a Subsidiary Guarantor or
any other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the
Company or a Subsidiary Guarantor or of such other obligor shall be
disregarded, except that, for the purpose of determining whether
the Trustee shall be protected in relying upon any such direction,
amendment, supplement, waiver or consent, only Securities that a
Responsible Officer of the Trustee actually knows are so owned
shall be so disregarded.
SECTION
2.12 Temporary Securities.
Until
definitive Securities of any series are ready for delivery, the
Company may prepare and the Trustee shall authenticate temporary
Securities. Temporary Securities shall be substantially in the form
of definitive Securities, but may have variations that the Company
considers appropriate for temporary Securities. Without
unreasonable delay, the Company shall prepare and the Trustee shall
authenticate definitive Securities in exchange for temporary
Securities. Until so exchanged, the temporary Securities shall in
all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture
as definitive Securities.
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SECTION
2.13 Cancellation.
The
Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor at any time may deliver
Securities to the Trustee for cancellation. The Registrar and the
Paying Agent shall forward to the Trustee any Securities
surrendered to them for registration of transfer, exchange, payment
or redemption or for credit against any sinking fund payment. The
Trustee shall cancel all Securities surrendered for registration of
transfer, exchange, payment, redemption, replacement or
cancellation or for credit against any sinking fund. Unless the
Company shall direct in writing that canceled Securities be
returned to it, after written notice to the Company all canceled
Securities held by the Trustee shall be disposed of in accordance
with the usual disposal procedures of the Trustee, and the Trustee
shall maintain a record of their disposal. The Company may not
issue new Securities to replace Securities that have been paid or
that have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation.
SECTION
2.14 Payments; Defaulted Interest.
Unless
otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 2.01, interest
(except defaulted interest) on any Security that is payable, and is
punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date
shall be paid to the Persons who are registered Holders of that
Security at the close of business on the record date next preceding
such Interest Payment Date, even if such Securities are canceled
after such record date and on or before such Interest Payment Date.
The Holder must surrender a Security to a Paying Agent to collect
principal payments. Unless otherwise provided with respect to the
Securities of any series, the Company will pay the principal of,
premium (if any) and interest on and any Additional Amounts with
respect to the Securities in Dollars. Such amounts shall be payable
at the offices of the Trustee or any Paying Agent, provided
that at the option of the Company, the Company may pay such amounts
(1) by wire transfer with respect to Global Securities or
(2) by check payable in such money mailed to a Holder’s
registered address with respect to any Securities.
If the
Company defaults in a payment of interest on the Securities of any
series, the Company shall pay the defaulted interest in any lawful
manner plus, to the extent lawful, interest on the defaulted
interest, in each case at the rate provided in the Securities of
such series and in Section 4.01. The Company may pay the
defaulted interest to the Persons who are Holders on a subsequent
special record date. At least 15 days before any special
record date selected by the Company, the Company (or the Trustee,
in the name of and at the expense of the Company upon 20
days’ prior written notice from the Company setting forth
such special record date and the interest amount to be paid) shall
mail to Holders a notice that states the special record date, the
related payment date and the amount of such interest to be
paid.
SECTION
2.15 Persons Deemed Owners.
The
Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors, the Trustee, any Agent and any
authenticating agent may treat the Person in whose name any
Security is registered as the owner of such Security for the
purpose of receiving payments of principal of, premium (if any) or
interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to such Security
and for all other purposes. None of the Company, any Subsidiary
Guarantor, the Trustee, any Agent or any authenticating agent shall
be affected by any notice to the contrary.
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SECTION
2.16 Computation of Interest.
Except
as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 2.01 for
Securities of any series, interest on the Securities of each series
shall be computed on the basis of a year comprising twelve 30-day
months.
SECTION
2.17 Global Securities; Book-Entry Provisions.
If
Securities of a series are issuable in global form as a Global
Security, as contemplated by Section 2.01, then,
notwithstanding clause (10) of Section 2.01 and the
provisions of Section 2.02, any such 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 appropriate, to reflect exchanges, transfers or
redemptions. Any endorsement of a Global Security to reflect the
amount, or any increase or decrease in the amount, of outstanding
Securities represented thereby shall be made by the Trustee
(i) in such manner and upon instructions given by such Person
or Persons as shall be specified in such Security or in a Company
Order to be delivered to the Trustee pursuant to Section 2.04
or (ii) otherwise in accordance with written instructions or
such other written form of instructions as is customary for the
Depositary for such Security, from such Depositary or its nominee
on behalf of any Person having a beneficial interest in such Global
Security. Subject to the provisions of Section 2.04 and, if
applicable, Section 2.12, the Trustee shall deliver and
redeliver any Security in permanent global form in the manner and
upon instructions given by the Person or Persons specified in such
Security or in the applicable Company Order. With respect to the
Securities of any series that are represented by a Global Security,
the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors authorize the execution
and delivery by the Trustee of a letter of representations or other
similar agreement or instrument in the form customarily provided
for by the Depositary appointed with respect to such Global
Security. Any Global Security may be deposited with the Depositary
or its nominee, or may remain in the custody of the Trustee or the
Security Custodian therefor pursuant to a FAST Balance Certificate
Agreement or similar agreement between the Trustee and the
Depositary. If a Company Order has been, or simultaneously is,
delivered, any instructions by the Company with respect to
endorsement or delivery or redelivery of a Security in global form
shall be in writing but need not comply with Section 11.05 and
need not be accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel.
Members
of, or participants in, the Depositary (“Agent
Members”) shall have no rights under this Indenture with
respect to any Global Security held on their behalf by the
Depositary, or the Trustee or the Security Custodian as its
custodian, or under such Global Security, and the Depositary may be
treated by the Company, any Subsidiary Guarantor, the Trustee or
the Security Custodian and any agent of the Company, any Subsidiary
Guarantor, the Trustee or the Security Custodian as the absolute
owner of such Global Security for all purposes whatsoever.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) the registered holder of a
Global Security of a series may grant proxies and otherwise
authorize any Person, including Agent Members and Persons that may
hold interests through Agent Members, to take any action that a
Holder of Securities of such series is entitled to take under this
Indenture or the Securities of such series and (ii) nothing
herein shall prevent the Company, any Subsidiary Guarantor, the
Trustee or the
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Security
Custodian, or any agent of the Company, any Subsidiary Guarantor,
the Trustee or the Security Custodian, from giving effect to any
written certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by
the Depositary or shall impair, as between the Depositary and its
Agent Members, the operation of customary practices governing the
exercise of the rights of a beneficial owner of any Security.
Notwithstanding
Section 2.08, and except as otherwise provided pursuant to
Section 2.01: Transfers of a Global Security shall be limited
to transfers of such Global Security in whole, but not in part, to
the Depositary, its successors or their respective nominees.
Interests of beneficial owners in a Global Security may be
transferred in accordance with the rules and procedures of the
Depositary. Securities shall be transferred to all beneficial
owners in exchange for their beneficial interests in a Global
Security if, and only if, either (1) the Depositary notifies
the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as
Depositary for the Global Security and a successor Depositary is
not appointed by the Company within 90 days of such notice,
(2) an Event of Default has occurred with respect to such
series and is continuing and the Registrar has received a request
from the Depositary to issue Securities in lieu of all or a portion
of the Global Security (in which case the Company shall deliver
Securities within 30 days of such request) or (3) the
Company determines not to have the Securities represented by a
Global Security.
In
connection with any transfer of a portion of the beneficial
interests in a Global Security to beneficial owners pursuant to
this Section 2.17, the Registrar shall reflect on its books
and records the date and a decrease in the principal amount of the
Global Security in an amount equal to the principal amount of the
beneficial interests in the Global Security to be transferred, and
the Company shall execute, and the Trustee upon receipt of a
Company Order for the authentication and delivery of Securities
shall authenticate and deliver, one or more Securities of the same
series of like tenor and amount.
In
connection with the transfer of all the beneficial interests in a
Global Security to beneficial owners pursuant to this
Section 2.17, the Global Security shall be deemed to be
surrendered to the Trustee for cancellation, and the Company shall
execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, to each
beneficial owner identified by the Depositary in exchange for its
beneficial interests in the Global Security, an equal aggregate
principal amount of Securities of authorized denominations.
None of
the Company, any Subsidiary Guarantor or the Trustee will have any
responsibility or liability for any aspect of the records relating
to, or payments made on account of, Securities by the Depositary,
or for maintaining, supervising or reviewing any records of the
Depositary relating to such Securities. None of the Company, any
Subsidiary Guarantor or the Trustee shall be liable for any delay
by the related Global Security Holder or the Depositary in
identifying the beneficial owners, and each such Person may
conclusively rely on, and shall be protected in relying on,
instructions from such Global Security Holder or the Depositary for
all purposes (including with respect to the registration and
delivery, and the respective principal amounts, of the Securities
to be issued).
The
provisions of the last sentence of the third paragraph of
Section 2.04 shall apply to any Global Security if such Global
Security was never issued and sold by the Company and the Company
or a Subsidiary Guarantor delivers to the Trustee the Global
Security together
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with
written instructions (which need not comply with Section 11.05
and need not be accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel) with regard
to the cancellation or reduction in the principal amount of
Securities represented thereby, together with the written statement
contemplated by the last sentence of the third paragraph of
Section 2.04.
Notwithstanding
the provisions of Sections 2.03 and 2.14, unless otherwise
specified as contemplated by Section 2.01, payment of
principal of, premium (if any) and interest on and any Additional
Amounts with respect to any Global Security shall be made to the
Person or Persons specified therein.
ARTICLE III
REDEMPTION
SECTION
3.01 Applicability of Article.
Securities
of any series that are redeemable before their Stated Maturity
shall be redeemable in accordance with their terms and (except as
otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 2.01 for
Securities of any series) in accordance with this
Article III.
SECTION
3.02 Notice to the Trustee.
If the
Company elects to redeem Securities of any series pursuant to this
Indenture, it shall notify the Trustee of the Redemption Date and
the principal amount of Securities of such series to be redeemed.
The Company shall so notify the Trustee at least 45 days
before the Redemption Date (unless a shorter notice shall be
satisfactory to the Trustee) by delivering to the Trustee an
Officers’ Certificate stating that such redemption will
comply with the provisions of this Indenture and of the Securities
of such series. Any such notice may be canceled at any time prior
to the mailing of such notice of such redemption to any Holder and
shall thereupon be void and of no effect. A redemption or notice
thereof may be subject to one or more conditions.
SECTION
3.03 Selection of Securities To Be Redeemed.
If less
than all the Securities of any series are to be redeemed (unless
all of the Securities of such series of a specified tenor are to be
redeemed), the particular Securities to be redeemed shall be
selected not more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date by
the Trustee from the outstanding Securities of such series (and
tenor) not previously called for redemption, either at random, by
lot or by such other method as the Trustee shall deem fair and
appropriate and that may provide for the selection for redemption
of portions (equal to the minimum authorized denomination for
Securities of that series or any integral multiple thereof) of the
principal amount of Securities of such series of a denomination
larger than the minimum authorized denomination for Securities of
that series or of the principal amount of Global Securities of such
series.
The
Trustee shall promptly notify the Company and the Registrar in
writing of the Securities selected for redemption and, in the case
of any Securities selected for partial redemption, the principal
amount thereof to be redeemed.
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For
purposes of this Indenture, unless the context otherwise requires,
all provisions relating to redemption of Securities shall relate,
in the case of any of the Securities redeemed or to be redeemed
only in part, to the portion of the principal amount thereof which
has been or is to be redeemed.
SECTION
3.04 Notice of Redemption.
Notice
of redemption shall be given by first-class mail, postage prepaid,
mailed not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the
Redemption Date, to each Holder of Securities to be redeemed, at
the address of such Holder appearing in the register of Securities
maintained by the Registrar.
All
notices of redemption shall identify the Securities to be redeemed
and shall state:
(1) the Redemption Date;
(2) the Redemption Price;
(3) that, unless the Company and the
Subsidiary Guarantors default in making the redemption payment,
interest on Securities called for redemption ceases to accrue on
and after the Redemption Date, and the only remaining right of the
Holders of such Securities is to receive payment of the Redemption
Price upon surrender to the Paying Agent of the Securities
redeemed;
(4) if any Security is to be redeemed
in part, the portion of the principal amount thereof to be redeemed
and that on and after the Redemption Date, upon surrender for
cancellation of such Security to the Paying Agent, a new Security
or Securities in the aggregate principal amount equal to the
unredeemed portion thereof will be issued without charge to the
Holder;
(5) that Securities called for
redemption must be surrendered to the Paying Agent to collect the
Redemption Price and the name and address of the Paying
Agent;
(6) that the redemption is for a
sinking or analogous fund, if such is the case;
(7) the CUSIP number, if any,
relating to such Securities; and
(8) if the redemption or notice
thereof is subject to one or more conditions, a statement to such
effect and the condition or conditions precedent.
Notice
of redemption of Securities to be redeemed at the election of the
Company shall be given by the Company or, at the Company’s
written request, by the Trustee in the name and at the expense of
the Company.
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SECTION
3.05 Effect of Notice of Redemption.
Once
notice of redemption is mailed, unless the redemption or notice
thereof is subject to one or more conditions as specified in the
notice, Securities called for redemption become due and payable on
the Redemption Date and at the Redemption Price. Upon surrender to
the Paying Agent, such Securities called for redemption shall be
paid at the Redemption Price, but interest installments whose
maturity is on or prior to such Redemption Date will be payable on
the relevant Interest Payment Dates to the Holders of record at the
close of business on the relevant record dates specified pursuant
to Section 2.01.
SECTION
3.06 Deposit of Redemption Price.
On or
prior to 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on any Redemption
Date, the Company or a Subsidiary Guarantor shall deposit with the
Trustee or the Paying Agent (or, if the Company or a Subsidiary
Guarantor is acting as the Paying Agent, segregate and hold in
trust as provided in Section 2.06) an amount of money in same
day funds sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of, and (except if
the Redemption Date shall be an Interest Payment Date) accrued
interest on and any Additional Amounts with respect to, the
Securities or portions thereof which are to be redeemed on that
date, other than Securities or portions thereof called for
redemption on that date which have been delivered by the Company or
a Subsidiary Guarantor to the Trustee for cancellation.
If the
Company or a Subsidiary Guarantor complies with the preceding
paragraph, then, unless the Company or the Subsidiary Guarantors
default in the payment of such Redemption Price, interest on the
Securities to be redeemed will cease to accrue on and after the
applicable Redemption Date, whether or not such Securities are
presented for payment, and the Holders of such Securities shall
have no further rights with respect to such Securities except for
the right to receive the Redemption Price upon surrender of such
Securities. If any Security called for redemption shall not be so
paid upon surrender thereof for redemption, the principal, premium,
if any, any Additional Amounts, and, to the extent lawful, accrued
interest thereon shall, until paid, bear interest from the
Redemption Date at the rate specified pursuant to Section 2.01
or provided in the Securities or, in the case of Original Issue
Discount Securities, such Securities’ yield to
maturity.
SECTION
3.07 Securities Redeemed or Purchased in Part.
Upon
surrender to the Paying Agent of a Security to be redeemed in part,
the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and
deliver to the Holder of such Security without service charge a new
Security or Securities, of the same series and of any authorized
denomination as requested by such Holder in aggregate principal
amount equal to, and in exchange for, the unredeemed portion of the
principal of the Security so surrendered that is not
redeemed.
SECTION
3.08 Purchase of Securities.
Unless
otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 2.01, the
Company, any Subsidiary Guarantor or any Affiliate of the Company
or any Subsidiary Guarantor may, subject to applicable law, at any
time purchase or otherwise acquire Securities in the open market or
by
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private
agreement. Any such acquisition shall not operate as or be deemed
for any purpose to be a redemption of the indebtedness represented
by such Securities. Any Securities purchased or acquired by the
Company or a Subsidiary Guarantor may be delivered to the Trustee
and, upon such delivery, the indebtedness represented thereby shall
be deemed to be satisfied. Section 2.13 shall apply to all
Securities so delivered.
SECTION
3.09 Mandatory and Optional Sinking Funds.
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.” Unless otherwise
provided 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 3.10. 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 and by this
Article III.
SECTION
3.10 Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with
Securities.
The
Company or a Subsidiary Guarantor may deliver outstanding
Securities of a series (other than any previously called for
redemption) and may appl
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