Exhibit 4.2
INDENTURE
SENIOR SECURITIES
MAY
15, 2008
HARSCO CORPORATION,
ISSUER
AND
THE
BANK OF NEW YORK,
TRUSTEE
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION
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Section 1.1
Definitions
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Section 1.2
Compliance Certificates and Opinions
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Section 1.3
Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee
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Section 1.4
Acts of Holders; Record Dates
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Section 1.5
Notices, Etc., to Trustee and Company
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Section 1.6
Notice to Holders; Waiver
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Section 1.7
Conflict with Trust Indenture Act
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Section 1.8
Effect of Headings and Table of Contents
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Section 1.9
Successors and Assigns
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Section 1.10
Separability Clause
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Section 1.11
Benefits of Indenture
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Section 1.12
Governing Law
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Section 1.13
Legal Holidays
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Section 1.14
Waiver of Jury Trial
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Section 1.15
Force Majeure
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ARTICLE II
SECURITY FORMS
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Section 2.1
Forms Generally
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Section 2.2
Form of Face of Security
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Section 2.3
Form of Reverse of Security
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Section 2.4
Form of Legend for Global Securities
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Section 2.5
Form of Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication
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ARTICLE III THE
SECURITIES
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Section 3.1
Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series
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Section 3.2
Denominations
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Section 3.3
Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating
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Section 3.4
Temporary Securities
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Section 3.5
Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange
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Section 3.6
Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities
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Section 3.7
Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved
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Section 3.8
Persons Deemed Owners
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Section 3.9
Cancellation
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Section 3.10
Computation of Interest
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Section 3.11
CUSIP Numbers
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ARTICLE IV
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
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Section 4.1
Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture
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Section 4.2
Application of Trust Money
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ARTICLE V
REMEDIES
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Section 5.1
Events of Default
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Section 5.2
Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment
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Section 5.3
Collection and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee
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Section 5.4
Trustee May File Proofs of Claim
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Section 5.5
Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities
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Section 5.6
Application of Money Collected
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Section 5.7
Limitation on Suits
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Section 5.8
Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal, Premium and
Interest
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Section 5.9
Restoration of Rights and Remedies
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Section 5.10
Rights and Remedies Cumulative
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Section 5.11
Delay or Omission Not Waiver
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Section 5.12
Control by Holders
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Section 5.13
Waiver of Past Defaults
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Section 5.14
Undertaking for Costs
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Section 5.15
Waiver of Usury, Stay or Extension Laws
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ARTICLE VI THE
TRUSTEE
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Section 6.1
Duties of Trustee
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Section 6.2
Rights of Trustee
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Section 6.3
Individual Rights of Trustee
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Section 6.4
Trustee’s Disclaimer
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Section 6.5
Notice of Default
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Section 6.6
Reports by Trustee to Holders
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Section 6.7
Compensation and Indemnity
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Section 6.8
Replacement of Trustee
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Section 6.9
Successor Trustee by Merger, Etc.
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Section 6.10
Eligibility; Disqualification
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Section 6.11
Preferential Collection of Claims against Company
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ARTICLE VII
HOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY
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Section 7.1
Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders
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Section 7.2
Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders
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Section 7.3
Reports by Trustee
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Section 7.4
Reports by Company
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ARTICLE VIII
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE
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Section 8.1
When Company May Merge, Etc.
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Section 8.2
Successor Substituted
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ARTICLE IX
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
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Section 9.1
Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders
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Section 9.2
Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Holders
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Section 9.3
Execution of Supplemental Indentures
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Section 9.4
Effect of Supplemental Indentures
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Section 9.5
Conformity with Trust Indenture Act
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Section 9.6
Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures
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ARTICLE X
COVENANTS
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Section 10.1
Payment of Securities
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Section 10.2
Maintenance of Office or Agency
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Section 10.3
Money for Securities Payments to Be Held in Trust
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Section 10.4
Compliance Certificate; Notice of Default
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Section 10.5
Corporate Existence
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Section 10.6
Waiver of Certain Covenants
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ARTICLE XI
REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES
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Section 11.1
Applicability of Article
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Section 11.2
Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee
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Section 11.3
Selection by Trustee of Securities to Be Redeemed
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Section 11.4
Notice of Redemption
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Section 11.5
Deposit of Redemption Price
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Section 11.6
Securities Payable on Redemption Date
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Section 11.7
Securities Redeemed in Part
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ARTICLE XII
SINKING FUNDS
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Section 12.1
Applicability of Article
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Section 12.2
Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities
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Section 12.3
Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund
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ARTICLE XIII
DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE
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Section 13.1
Company’s Option to Effect Defeasance or Covenant
Defeasance
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Section 13.2
Defeasance and Discharge
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Section 13.3
Covenant Defeasance
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Section 13.4
Conditions to Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance
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Section 13.5
Deposited Money and U.S. Government Obligations to be Held in
Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions
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Section 13.6
Reinstatement
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INDENTURE, dated as of May 15,
2008, between Harsco Corporation, a corporation duly organized and
existing under the laws of Delaware (herein called the
“Company”), having its principal office at 350 Poplar
Church Road, Camp Hill, PA 17011, and The Bank of
New York, a New York banking corporation, as Trustee (herein called
the “Trustee”).
RECITALS OF THE COMPANY
The Company has duly authorized the
execution and delivery of this Indenture to provide for the
issuance from time to time of its unsecured debentures, notes or
other evidences of indebtedness (herein called the
“Securities”), to be issued in one or more series as in
this Indenture provided.
All things necessary to make this
Indenture a valid and legally binding agreement of the Company, in
accordance with its terms, have been done.
NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH:
For and in consideration of the
premises and the purchase of the Securities by the Holders thereof,
it is mutually agreed, for the equal and proportionate benefit of
all Holders of the Securities or of series thereof, as
follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION
Section 1.1 Definitions
For all purposes of this Indenture,
except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the context
otherwise requires:
(a) the
terms defined in this Article have the meanings assigned to them in
this Article and include the plural as well as the singular;
(b) all
other terms used herein which are defined in the Trust Indenture
Act, either directly or by reference therein, have the meanings
assigned to them therein;
(c) all
accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings
assigned to them in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles, and, except as otherwise herein expressly provided, the
term GAAP with respect to any computation required or permitted
hereunder shall mean such accounting principles as are generally
accepted at the date of such computation;
(d) the
words “Article” and “Section” refer to an
Article and Section, respectively, of this Indenture;
(e) the
words “herein,” “hereof” and
“hereunder” and other words of similar import refer to
this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Article,
Section or other subdivision; and
(f) Certain terms used principally in Articles III, V,
XII and XIII are defined in those Articles.
“Act,” when used with respect to any Holder, has the
meaning specified in Section 1.4.
“Affiliate” of any
specified Person means any other Person directly or indirectly
controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common
control with such specified Person. For the purposes of this
definition, “control” when used with respect to any
specified Person means the power to direct the management and
policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through
the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and
the terms “controlling” and “controlled”
have meanings correlative to the foregoing.
“Bankruptcy Law” means
Title 11, U.S. Code or any similar Federal, state or foreign
law for the relief of debtors.
“Board of Directors”
means either the board of directors of the Company or any duly
authorized committee of that board.
“Business Day,” when used
with respect to any Place of Payment, means each Monday, Tuesday,
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday which is not a day on which banking
institutions in that Place of Payment are authorized or obligated
by law or executive order to close.
“Commission” means the
Securities and Exchange Commission, from time to time constituted,
created under the Exchange Act or, if at any time after the
execution of this instrument such Commission is not existing and
performing the duties now assigned to it under the Trust Indenture
Act, then the body performing such duties at such time.
“Company” means the
Person named as the “Company” in the first paragraph of
this instrument until a successor Person shall have become such
pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and
thereafter “Company” shall mean such successor
Person.
“Company Request” or
“Company Order” means a written request or order signed
in the name of the Company by its Chairman of the Board, any Vice
Chairman of the Board, its President, its Chief Executive Officer
or a Vice President, and by its Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer,
its Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, and delivered to the
Trustee.
“Corporate Trust Office”
means the principal office of the Trustee in New York, New York, at
which at any particular time its corporate trust business shall be
administered, which office as of the date hereof is located at 101
Barclay Street, Fl. 8W, New York, NY 10286, Attn: U.S. Corporate
Finance.
“Corporation” means a
corporation, association, company, joint-stock company or business
trust.
“Covenant Defeasance” has
the meaning specified in Section 13.3.
“Defaulted Interest” has
the meaning specified in Section 3.7.
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“Defeasance” has the
meaning specified in Section 13.2.
“Defeasible Series” has
the meaning specified in Section 13.1.
“Depositary” means, with
respect to Securities of any series issuable in whole or in part in
the form of one or more Global Securities, a clearing agency
registered under the Exchange Act that is designated to act as
Depositary for such Securities as contemplated by
Section 3.1.
“Establishment Action” shall mean:
(a) a
resolution duly adopted by the Company’s Board of Directors
establishing one or more series of Securities, authorizing the
issuance of any Security and/or authorizing any other action that
may be taken by the Company in connection with this Indenture or
the Securities, or
(b) a
resolution or action by a committee, officer or employee of the
Corporation, establishing one or more series of Securities,
authorizing the issuance of any Security and/or authorizing any
other action that may be taken by the Company in connection with
this Indenture or the Securities, in each case, pursuant to a
resolution duly adopted by the Company’s Board of
Directors.
“Event of
Default” has the meaning specified in Section 5.
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“Exchange Act” means the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time, and
any statute successor thereto.
“GAAP” means generally
accepted accounting principles set forth in the opinions and
pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board, the
Commission or in such other statements by such other entity as have
been approved by a significant segment of the accounting
profession.
“Global Security” means a
Security that evidences all or part of the Securities of any series
and is authenticated and delivered to, and registered in the name
of, the Depositary for such Securities or a nominee thereof.
“Holder” means a Person
in whose name a Security is registered in the Security
Register.
“Indenture” means this
instrument as originally executed or as it may from time to time be
supplemented or amended by one or more indentures supplemental
hereto entered into pursuant to the applicable provisions hereof,
including, for all purposes of this instrument, and any such
supplemental indenture, the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act
that are deemed to be a part of and govern this instrument and any
such supplemental indenture, respectively. The term
“Indenture” shall also include the terms of particular
series of Securities established as contemplated by
Section 3.1.
“Interest,” when used
with respect to an Original Issue Discount Security which by its
terms bears interest only after Maturity, means interest payable
after Maturity.
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“Interest Payment Date,”
when used with respect to any Security, means the Stated Maturity
of an installment of interest on such Security.
“Maturity,” when used
with respect to any Security, means the date on which the principal
of such Security or an installment of principal becomes due and
payable as therein or herein provided, whether at the Stated
Maturity or by declaration of acceleration, call for redemption or
otherwise.
“Notice of Default” means
a written notice of the kind specified in
Section 5.1(d).
“Officers’
Certificate” means a certificate signed by the Chairman of
the Board, a Vice Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive
Officer, the President or a Vice President, and by the Treasurer,
an Assistant Treasurer, the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, of
the Company, and delivered to the Trustee.
“Opinion of Counsel”
means a written opinion of counsel, who may be counsel for the
Company or any of its subsidiaries.
“Original Issue Discount
Security” means any Security which provides for an amount
less than the principal amount thereof to be due and payable upon a
declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to
Section 5.2.
“Outstanding,” when used
with respect to Securities, means, as of the date of determination,
all Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered under this
Indenture, except:
(a) Securities theretofore cancelled by the Trustee or
delivered to the Trustee for cancellation;
(b) Securities for whose payment or redemption money in the
necessary amount has been theretofore deposited with the Trustee or
any Paying Agent (other than the Company) in trust or set aside and
segregated in trust by the Company (if the Company shall act as its
own Paying Agent) for the Holders of such Securities; provided
that, if such Securities are to be redeemed, notice of such
redemption has been duly given pursuant to this Indenture or
provision therefor satisfactory to the Trustee has been made;
(c) Securities as to which Defeasance has been effected
pursuant to Section 13.2; and
(d) Securities which have been paid pursuant to
Section 3.6 or in exchange for or in lieu of which other
Securities have been authenticated and delivered pursuant to this
Indenture, other than any such Securities in respect of which there
shall have been presented to the Trustee proof satisfactory to it
that such Securities are held by a Protected Purchaser in whose
hands such Securities are valid obligations of the Company;
provided, however, that in determining whether the Holders of the
requisite principal amount of the Outstanding Securities have given
any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or
waiver hereunder, (i) the principal amount of an Original
Issue Discount Security that
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shall be
deemed to be Outstanding shall be the amount of the principal
thereof that would be due and payable as of the date of such
determination upon acceleration of the Maturity thereof to such
date pursuant to Section 5.2, (ii) the principal amount
of a Security denominated in one or more foreign currencies or
currency units shall be the U.S. dollar equivalent, determined in
the manner provided as contemplated by Section 3.1 on the date
of original issuance of such Security, of the principal amount (or,
in the case of an Original Issue Discount Security, the U.S. dollar
equivalent on the date of original issuance of such Security of the
amount determined as provided in Clause (i) above) of such
Security, and (iii) Securities owned by the Company or any
other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the Company
or of such other obligor shall be disregarded and deemed not to be
Outstanding, except that, in determining whether the Trustee shall
be protected in relying upon any such request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver, only
Securities which a Responsible Officer of the Trustee actually
knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded. Securities so owned
which have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as
Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the
Trustee the pledgee’s right so to act with respect to such
Securities and that the pledgee is not the Company or any other
obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or of
such other obligor.
“Paying Agent” means any
Person authorized by the Company to pay the principal of or any
premium or interest on any Securities on behalf of the
Company.
“Person” means any
individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited
liability company, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated
organization or government or any agency or political subdivision
thereof.
“Place of Payment,” when
used with respect to the Securities of any series, means the place
or places where the principal of and any premium and interest on
the Securities of that series are payable as specified as
contemplated by Section 3.1.
“Predecessor Security” of
any particular Security means every previous Security evidencing
all or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced by such
particular Security; and, for the purposes of this definition, any
Security authenticated and delivered under Section 3.6 in
exchange for or in lieu of a mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen
Security shall be deemed to evidence the same debt as the
mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security.
“Protected Purchaser”
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8-303 of the
Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the State of
New York from time to time.
“Redemption Date,” when
used with respect to any Security to be redeemed, means the date
fixed for such redemption by or pursuant to this Indenture.
“Redemption Price,” when
used with respect to any Security to be redeemed, means the price
at which it is to be redeemed pursuant to this Indenture.
“Regular Record Date” for
the interest payable on any Interest Payment Date on the Securities
of any series means the date specified for that purpose as
contemplated by Section 3.1.
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“Responsible Officer,”
when used with respect to the Trustee, means any officer of the
Trustee with direct responsibility for the administration of this
Indenture and also means, with respect to a particular corporate
trust matter, any other officer of the Trustee to whom such matter
is referred because of his knowledge and familiarity with the
particular subject.
“Securities” has the
meaning stated in the first recital of this Indenture and more
particularly means any Securities authenticated and delivered under
this Indenture.
“Securities Act” means
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended from time to time, and any
statute successor thereto.
“Security Register” and
“Security Registrar” have the respective meanings
specified in Section 3.5.
“Special Record Date” for
the payment of any Defaulted Interest means a date fixed by the
Trustee pursuant to Section 3. 7.
“Stated Maturity,” when
used with respect to any Security or any installment of principal
thereof or interest thereon, means the date specified in such
Security as the fixed date on which the principal of such Security
or such installment of principal or interest is due and
payable.
“Trust Indenture Act”
means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended from time to
time, and any statute successor thereto.
“Trustee” means the
Person named as the “Trustee” in the first paragraph of
this instrument until a successor Trustee shall have become such
pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and
thereafter “Trustee” shall mean or include each Person
who is then a Trustee hereunder, and if at any time there is more
than one such Person, “Trustee” as used with respect to
the Securities of any series shall mean each Trustee with respect
to Securities of that series.
“U.S. Government
Obligations” has the meaning specified in
Section 13.4.
“Vice President,” when
used with respect to the Company or the Trustee, means any vice
president, whether or not designated by a number or a word or words
added before or after the title “vice president”.
Section 1.2 Compliance Certificates and Opinions
Upon any application or request by
the Company to the Trustee to take any action under any provision
of this Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee such
certificates and opinions as may be required under the Trust
Indenture Act. Each such certificate or opinion shall be given in
the form of an Officers’ Certificate, if to be given by an
officer of the Company, or an Opinion of Counsel, if to be given by
counsel, and shall comply with the requirements of the Trust
Indenture Act and any other requirements set forth in this
Indenture.
Every certificate or opinion with
respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in
this Indenture shall include
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(a) a
statement that each individual signing such certificate or opinion
has read such covenant or condition and the definitions herein
relating thereto;
(b) a
brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or
investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in
such certificate or opinion are based;
(c) a
statement that, in the opinion of each such individual, he has made
such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him to
express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or
condition has been complied with; and
(d) a
statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such individual,
such condition or covenant has been complied with.
Section 1.3 Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee
In any case where several matters are
required to be certified by, or covered by an opinion of, any
specified Person, it is not necessary that all such matters be
certified by, or covered by the opinion of, only one such Person,
or that they be so certified or covered by only one document, but
one such Person may certify or give an opinion with respect to some
matters and one or more other such Persons as to other matters, and
any such Person may certify or give an opinion as to such matters
in one or several documents.
Any certificate or opinion of an
officer of the Company may be based, insofar as it relates to legal
matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations by,
counsel, unless such officer knows, or in the exercise of
reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or
representations with respect to the matters upon which his
certificate or opinion is based are erroneous. Any such certificate
or opinion of counsel may be based, insofar as it relates to
factual matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or
representations by, an officer or officers of the Company or any
subsidiary of the Company stating that the information with respect
to such factual matters is in the possession of the Company or any
subsidiary of the Company, unless such counsel knows, or in the
exercise of reasonable care should know, that the certificate or
opinion or representations with respect to such matters are
erroneous.
Where any Person is required to make,
give or execute two or more applications, requests, consents,
certificates, statements, opinions or other instruments under this
Indenture, they may, but need not, be consolidated and form one
instrument.
Section 1.4 Acts of Holders; Record Dates
Any request, demand, authorization,
direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided or
permitted by this Indenture to be given or taken by Holders may be
embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of
substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders in person or by
agent duly appointed in writing; and, except as herein otherwise
expressly provided, such action shall become effective when such
instrument or instruments are delivered to the Trustee and, where
it is hereby expressly required, to the Company. Such instrument or
instruments (and the action embodied therein and evidenced thereby)
are herein sometimes referred to as the “Act” of the
Holders signing such instrument or instruments. Proof of execution
of any such instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent
shall be sufficient for
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purpose of this Indenture and (subject to Section 6.1)
conclusive in favor of the Trustee and the Company, if made in the
manner provided in this Section.
The fact and date of the execution by
any Person of any such instrument or writing may be proved by the
affidavit of a witness of such execution or by a certificate of a
notary public or other officer authorized by law to take
acknowledgments of deeds, certifying that the individual signing
such instrument or writing acknowledged to him the execution
thereof. Where such execution is by a signer acting in a capacity
other than his individual capacity, such certificate or affidavit
shall also constitute sufficient proof of his authority. The fact
and date of the execution of any such instrument or writing, or the
authority of the Person executing the same, may also be proved in
any other manner which the Trustee deems sufficient.
The ownership of Securities shall be
proved by the Security Register.
Any request, demand, authorization,
direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act of the Holder of
any Security shall bind every future Holder of the same Security
and the Holder of every Security issued upon the registration of
transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof in
respect of anything done, omitted or suffered to be done by the
Trustee or the Company in reliance thereon, whether or not notation
of such action is made upon such Security.
The Company may, in the circumstances
permitted by the Trust Indenture Act, set any day as the record
date for the purpose of determining the Holders of Outstanding
Securities of any series entitled to give or take any request,
demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other
action provided or permitted by this Indenture to be given or taken
by Holders of Securities of such series. With regard to any record
date set pursuant to this paragraph, the Holders of Outstanding
Securities of the relevant series on such record date (or their
duly appointed agents), and only such Persons, shall be entitled to
give or take the relevant action, whether or not such Holders
remain Holders after such record date. With regard to any action
that may be given or taken hereunder only by Holders of a requisite
principal amount of Outstanding Securities of any series (or their
duly appointed agents) and for which a record date is set pursuant
to this paragraph, the Company may, at its option, set an
expiration date after which no such action purported to be given or
taken by any Holder shall be effective hereunder unless given or
taken on or prior to such expiration date by Holders of the
requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities of such series
on such record date (or their duly appointed agents). On or prior
to any expiration date set pursuant to this paragraph, the Company
may, on one or more occasions at its option, extend such date to
any later date. Nothing in this paragraph shall prevent any Holder
(or any duly appointed agent thereof) from giving or taking, after
any such expiration date, any action identical to, or, at any time,
contrary to or different from, the action or purported action to
which such expiration date relates, in which event the Company may
set a record date in respect thereof pursuant to this paragraph.
Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to render ineffective
any action taken at any time by the Holders (or their duly
appointed agents) of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding
Securities of the relevant series on the date such action is so
taken. Notwithstanding the foregoing or the Trust Indenture Act,
the Company shall not set a record date for, and the provisions of
this paragraph shall not apply with respect to, any notice,
declaration or direction referred to in the next paragraph.
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The Trustee may set any day as a
record date for the purpose of determining the Holders of
Outstanding Securities of any series entitled to join in the giving
or making of (i) any Notice of Default, (ii) any
declaration of acceleration referred to in Section 5. 2, if an
Event of Default with respect to Securities of such series has
occurred and is continuing and the Trustee shall not have given
such a declaration to the Company, (iii) any request to
institute proceedings referred to in Section 5. 7(b) or
(iv) any direction referred to in Section 5.12, in each
case with respect to Securities of such series. Promptly after any
record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the Trustee shall
notify the Company and the Holders of Outstanding Series of such
series of any such record date so fixed and the proposed action.
The Holders of Outstanding Securities of such series on such record
date (or their duly appointed agents), and only such Persons, shall
be entitled to join in such notice, declaration or direction,
whether or not such Holders remain Holders after such record date;
provided that, unless such notice, declaration or direction shall
have become effective by virtue of Holders of the requisite
principal amount of Outstanding Securities of such series on such
record date (or their duly appointed agents) having joined therein
on or prior to the 90th day after such record date, such notice,
declaration or direction shall automatically and without any action
by any Person be cancelled and of no further effect. Nothing in
this paragraph shall be construed to prevent a Holder (or a duly
appointed agent thereof) from giving, before or after the
expiration of such 90-day period, a notice, declaration or
direction contrary to or different from, or, after the expiration
of such period, identical to, the notice, declaration or direction
to which such record date relates, in which event a new record date
in respect thereof shall be set pursuant to this paragraph. Nothing
in this paragraph shall be construed to render ineffective any
notice, declaration or direction of the type referred to in this
paragraph given at any time to the Trustee and the Company by
Holders (or their duly appointed agents) of the requisite principal
amount of Outstanding Securities of the relevant series on the date
such notice, declaration or direction is so given.
Without limiting the foregoing, a
Holder entitled hereunder to give or take any action hereunder with
regard to any particular Security may do so with regard to all or
any part of the principal amount of such Security or by one or more
duly appointed agents each of which may do so pursuant to such
appointment with regard to all or any different part of such
principal amount.
Section 1.5 Notices, Etc., to Trustee and Company
Any request, demand, authorization,
direction, notice, consent, waiver or Act of Holders or other
document provided or permitted by this Indenture to be made upon,
given or furnished to, or filed with,
(a) the
Trustee by any Holder or by the Company shall be sufficient for
every purpose hereunder if made, given, furnished or filed in
writing (which may be via facsimile) to or with the Trustee at its
Corporate Trust Office, Attention: U.S. Corporate Finance Group,
or
(b) the
Company by the Trustee or by any Holder shall be sufficient for
every purpose hereunder (unless otherwise herein expressly
provided) if in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to
the Company addressed to it at the address of its principal
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specified in the first paragraph of this instrument or at any other
address previously furnished in writing to the Trustee by the
Company.
Section 1.6 Notice to Holders; Waiver
Where this Indenture provides for
notice to Holders of any event, such notice shall be sufficiently
given (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing
and sent via electronic transmission, mailed, first-class postage
prepaid, or delivered by hand or overnight courier, to each Holder
affected by such event, at his address as it appears in the
Security Register, not later than the latest date (if any), and not
earlier than the earliest date (if any), prescribed for the giving
of such notice. In any case where notice to Holders is sent
electronically, mailed or delivered by hand or overnight courier,
neither the failure to send, mail or deliver by hand or overnight
courier any notice, nor any defect in any notice so sent, mailed or
delivered by hand or overnight courier, to any particular Holder
shall affect the sufficiency of such notice with respect to other
Holders. Where this Indenture provides for notice in any manner,
such notice may be waived in writing by the Person entitled to
receive such notice, either before or after the event, and such
waiver shall be the equivalent of such notice. Waivers of notice by
Holders shall be filed with the Trustee, but such filing shall not
be a condition precedent to the validity of any action taken in
reliance upon such waiver.
Section 1.7 Conflict with Trust Indenture Act
If any provision hereof limits,
qualifies or conflicts with a provision of the Trust Indenture Act
that is required under such Act to be a part of and govern this
Indenture, the latter provision shall control. If any provision of
this Indenture modifies or excludes any provision of the Trust
Indenture Act that may be so modified or excluded, the latter
provision shall be deemed to apply to this Indenture as so modified
or to be excluded, as the case may be. Wherever this Indenture
refers to a provision of the Trust Indenture Act, such provision is
incorporated by reference in and made a part of this
Indenture.
The following Trust Indenture Act
terms used in this Indenture have the following meanings:
“Commission” means the
United States Securities and Exchange Commission;
“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; and
“obligor on the indenture
securities” means the Company and any other obligor on the
Securities.
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All other Trust Indenture Act terms
used in this Indenture that are defined by the Trust Indenture Act,
defined by the Trust Indenture Act referenced to another statute or
defined by any Commission Rule and not otherwise defined herein
have the meanings defined to them thereby.
Section 1.8 Effect of Headings and Table of Contents
The Article and Section headings
herein and the Table of Contents are for convenience only and shall
not affect the construction hereof.
Section 1.9 Successors and Assigns
All covenants and agreements in this
Indenture by the Company shall bind its successors and assigns,
whether so expressed or not.
Section 1.10 Separability Clause
In case any provision in this
Indenture or in the Securities shall be invalid, illegal or
unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the
remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired
thereby.
Section 1.11 Benefits of Indenture
Nothing in this Indenture or in the
Securities, express or implied, shall give to any Person, other
than the parties hereto and their successors hereunder and the
Holders, any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or
claim under this Indenture.
Section 1.12 Governing Law
This Indenture and the Securities
shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of
the State of New York.
Section 1.13 Legal Holidays
In any case where any Interest
Payment Date, Redemption Date or Stated Maturity of any Security or
the last date on which a Holder has the right to convert his
Securities shall not be a Business Day at any Place of Payment,
then (notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture or of
the Securities (other than a provision of the Securities of any
series which specifically states that such provision shall apply in
lieu of this Section)) payment of interest or principal (and
premium, if any) or conversion of the Securities need not be made
at such Place of Payment on such date, but may be made on the next
succeeding Business Day at such Place of Payment with the same
force and effect as if made on the Interest Payment Date or
Redemption Date, or at the Stated Maturity, or on such last day for
conversion, provided that no interest shall accrue for the
intervening period.
Section 1.14 Waiver of Jury Trial
EACH OF THE COMPANY AND THE TRUSTEE
HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY
APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND
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RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR
RELATING TO THIS INDENTURE, THE NOTES OR THE TRANSACTIONS
CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.
Section 1.15 Force Majeure
In no event shall the Trustee be
responsible or liable for any failure or delay in the performance
of its obligations hereunder arising out of or caused by, directly
or indirectly, forces beyond its control, including, without
limitation, strikes, work stoppages, accidents, acts of war or
terrorism, civil or military disturbances, nuclear or natural
catastrophes or acts of God, and interruptions, loss or
malfunctions of utilities, communications or computer (software and
hardware) services; it being understood that the Trustee shall use
reasonable efforts which are consistent with accepted practices in
the banking industry to resume performance as soon as practicable
under the circumstances.
ARTICLE II
SECURITY FORMS
Section 2.1 Forms Generally
The Securities of each series shall
be in substantially the form set forth in this Article, or in such
other form as shall be established by or pursuant to an
Establishment Action or in one or more indentures supplemental
hereto, in each case with such appropriate insertions, omissions,
substitutions and other variations as are required or permitted by
this Indenture, and may have such letters, numbers or other marks
of identification and such legends or endorsements placed thereon
as may be required to comply with the rules of any securities
exchange or as may, consistently herewith, be determined by the
officers executing such Securities, as evidenced by their execution
of the Securities. If the form of Securities of any series is
established by action taken pursuant to an Establishment Action, 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 Company
Order contemplated by Section 3.3 for the authentication and
delivery of such Securities.
The definitive Securities shall be
printed, lithographed or engraved on steel engraved borders or may
be produced in any other manner, all as determined by the officers
executing such Securities, as evidenced by their execution of such
Securities.
Section 2.2 Form of Face of Security
[ Insert any legend required by
the Internal Revenue Code and the regulations thereunder
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HARSCO CORPORATION
No. [ • ] $[
• ]
Harsco Corporation, a corporation
duly organized and existing under the laws of Delaware (herein
called the “Company,” which term includes any successor
Person under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value
received, hereby promises to pay to [ • ], or
registered assigns, the principal sum of [ • ] Dollars
on [ • ] [ if the Security is to bear interest prior
to Maturity, insert —, and to pay interest thereon from [
• ] or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to
which interest has been paid or duly provided for, semi-annually on
[ • ] (or the first Business Day thereafter if [
• ] is not a Business Day) and [ • ] (or
the first Business Day thereafter if [ • ] is not a
Business Day) in each year, commencing [ • ], at the
rate of [ • ]% per annum on the basis of a 360-day year
consisting of twelve 30-day months, until the principal hereof is
paid or made available for payment [ if applicable, insert
—, and at the rate of [ • ]% per annum on any
overdue principal and premium and on any overdue installment of
interest]. The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly
provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in
such Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Security
(or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close
of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest, which
shall be the [ • ] or [ • ] (whether or not
a Business Day), as the case may be, next preceding such Interest
Payment Date. Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly
provided for will forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on
such Regular Record Date and may either be paid to the Person in
whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is
registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for
the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee,
notice whereof shall be given to Holders of Securities of this
series not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record
Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not
inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on
which the Securities of this series may be listed, and upon such
notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully
provided in said Indenture].
[ If the Security is not to bear
interest prior to Maturity, insert — The principal of
this Security shall not bear interest except in the case of a
default in payment of principal upon acceleration, upon redemption
or at Stated Maturity and in such case the overdue principal of
this Security shall bear interest at the rate of [ • ]%
per annum, which shall accrue from the date of such default in
payment to the date payment of such principal has been made or duly
provided for. Interest on any overdue principal shall be payable on
demand. Any such interest on any overdue principal that is not so
paid on demand shall bear interest at the rate of [ •
]% per annum, which shall accrue from the date of such demand for
payment to the date payment of such interest has been made or duly
provided for, and such interest shall also be payable on
demand.]
Payment of the principal of (and
premium, if any) and [ if applicable, insert — any
such] interest on this Security will be made at the office or
agency of the Company maintained for that purpose in [
• ], in such coin or currency of the United States of
America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of
public and private debts [ if applicable, insert —;
provided, however, that at the option of the Company payment of
interest may be made by check mailed to the address of the Person
entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security
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Reference is hereby made to the
further provisions of this Security set forth on the reverse
hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the
same effect as if set forth at this place.
Unless the certificate of
authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee referred to
on the reverse hereof by manual signature, this Security shall not
be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or
obligatory for any purpose.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has
caused this instrument to be duly executed.
Dated: [ • ]
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Section 2.3 Form of Reverse of Security
This Security is one of a duly
authorized issue of securities of the Company (herein called the
“Securities”), issued and to be issued in one or more
series under an Indenture, dated as of May 15, 2008 (herein
called the “Indenture”), between the Company and The
Bank of New York, as Trustee (herein called the
“Trustee,” which term includes any successor trustee
under the Indenture), to which Indenture and all indentures
supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of
the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities
thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the
Securities and of the terms upon which the Securities are, and are
to be, authenticated and delivered. This Security is one of the
series designated on the face hereof [ if applicable, insert
—, limited in aggregate principal amount to $[ •
]].
[ If applicable, insert
— Subject to and upon compliance with the provisions of the
Indenture, the Holder of this Security is entitled, at the
Holder’s option, at any time on or before the close of
business on [ • ], or in case this Security or a
portion hereof is called for redemption, then in respect of this
Security or such portion hereof until and including, but (unless
the Company defaults in making the payment due upon redemption) not
after, the close of business on the 10th calendar day before the
Redemption Date, to convert this Security (or any portion of the
principal amount hereof which is $1,000 or an integral multiple
thereof), at the principal amount hereof, or of such portion, into
fully paid and non-assessable shares (calculated as to each
conversion to the nearest 1/100 of a share) of Common Stock of the
Company at a conversion price per share of Common Stock equal to $[
• ] per each share of Common Stock (or at the current
adjusted conversion price if an adjustment has been made as
provided in the Indenture) by surrender of this Security, duly
endorsed or assigned to the Company or in blank, to the Company at
its office or agency in [ • ], accompanied by written
notice to the Company that the Holder hereof elects to convert this
Security, or if less than the entire principal amount hereof is to
be converted, the portion hereof to be converted, and, in case such
surrender shall be made during the period from the close of
business on any Regular Record Date next preceding any Interest
Payment Date to the opening of business on such Interest Payment
Date (unless this Security or the portion thereof being converted
has been called for redemption on a Redemption Date within such
period), also accompanied by payment in funds acceptable to the
Company of an amount equal to the interest payable on such Interest
Payment Date on the principal amount of this Security then being
converted. Subject to the aforesaid requirement for payment and, in
the case of a conversion after the Regular Record Date next
preceding any Interest Payment Date and on or before such Interest
Payment Date, to the right of the Holder of this Security (or any
Predecessor Security) of record at such Regular Record Date to
receive an installment of interest (with certain exceptions
provided in the Indenture), no payment or adjustment is to be made
on conversion for interest accrued hereon or for dividends on the
Common Stock issued on conversion. No fractions of shares or scrip
representing fractions of shares will be issued on conversion, but
instead of any fractional interest the Company shall pay a cash
adjustment as provided in the Indenture. The conversion price is
subject to adjustment as provided in the Indenture. In addition,
the Indenture provides that in case of certain consolidations or
mergers to which the Company is a party or the transfer of
substantially all of the assets of the Company, the Indenture shall
be amended, without the consent of any Holders of Securities, so
that this Security, if then outstanding, will be convertible
thereafter, during the period this Security shall
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convertible as specified above, only into the kind and amount of
securities, cash and other property receivable upon the
consolidation, merger or transfer by a holder of the number of
shares of Common Stock into which this Security might have been
converted immediately prior to such consolidation, merger or
transfer (assuming such holder of Common Stock failed to exercise
any rights of election and received per share the kind and amount
received per share by a plurality of non-electing shares).]
[ If applicable, insert
— The Securities of this series are subject to redemption
upon not less than 30 days’ notice by mail, [ if
applicable, insert — (1) on [ • ] in any
year commencing with the year [ • ] and ending with the
year [ • ] through operation of the sinking fund for
this series at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of the principal
amount, and (2)] at any time [ if applicable, insert —
on or after [ • ], 20[ • ]], as a whole or
in part, at the election of the Company, at the following
Redemption Prices (expressed as percentages of the principal
amount): If redeemed [ if applicable, insert — on or
before [ • ], [ • ]%, and if redeemed]
during the 12-month period beginning [ • ] of the years
indicated,
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thereafter at a Redemption Price equal to [ • ]% of the
principal amount, together in the case of any such redemption [
if applicable, insert — (whether through operation of
the sinking fund or otherwise)] with accrued interest to the
Redemption Date, but interest installments whose Stated Maturity is
on or prior to such Redemption Date will be payable to the Holders
of such Securities, or one or more Predecessor Securities, of
record at the close of business on the relevant Record Dates
referred to on the face hereof, all as provided in the
Indenture.
[ If applicable, insert
— The Securities of this series are subject to redemption
upon not less than 30 days’ notice by mail, (1) on
[ • ] in any year commencing with the year [
• ] and ending with the year [ • ] through
operation of the sinking fund for this series at the Redemption
Prices for redemption through operation of the sinking fund
(expressed as percentages of the principal amount) set forth in the
table below, and (2) at any time [ if applicable,
insert — on or after [ • ]], as a whole or in
part, at the election of the Company, at the Redemption Prices for
redemption otherwise than through operation of the sinking fund
(expressed as percentages of the principal amount) set forth in the
table below: If redeemed during the 12-month period beginning [
• ] of the years indicated,
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and
thereafter at a Redemption Price equal to [ • ]% of the
principal amount, together in the case of any such redemption
(whether through operation of the sinking fund or otherwise) with
accrued interest to the Redemption Date, but interest installments
whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to such Redemption Date will
be payable to the Holders of such Securities, or one or more
Predecessor Securities, of record at the close of business on the
relevant Record Dates referred to on the face hereof, all as
provided in the Indenture.]
[ If applicable, insert
— The sinking fund for this series provides for the
redemption on [ • ] in each year beginning with the
year [ • ] and ending with the year [ • ]
of [ if applicable, insert — not less than $[
• ] (“mandatory sinking fund”) and not more
than] $[ • ] aggregate principal amount of Securities
of this series. Securities of this series acquired or redeemed by
the Company otherwise than through [ if applicable, insert
mandatory] sinking fund payments [ if applicable, insert and
Securities surrendered for conversion] may be credited against
subsequent [ if applicable, insert — mandatory]
sinking fund payments otherwise required to be made [ if
applicable, insert — in the inverse order in which they
become due].
[ If the Security is subject to
redemption of any kind, insert — In the event of
redemption or conversion of this Security in part only, a new
Security or Securities of this series and of like tenor for the
unredeemed or unconverted portion hereof will be issued in the name
of the Holder hereof upon the cancellation hereof.]
[ If applicable, insert
— The Indenture contains provisions for defeasance at any
time of [(1) the entire indebtedness of this Security or (2)]
certain restrictive covenants and Events of Default with respect to
this Security, in each case upon compliance with certain conditions
set forth in the Indenture.]
[ If the Security is not an
Original Issue Discount Security, insert — If an Event of
Default with respect to Securities of this series shall occur and
be continuing, the principal of the Securities of this series may
be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect
provided in the Indenture.]
[ If the Security is an Original
Issue Discount Security, insert — If an Event of Default
with respect to Securities of this series shall occur and be
continuing, an amount of principal of the Securities of this series
may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect
provided in the Indenture. Such amount shall be equal to —
insert formula for determining the amount. Upon payment (i) of
the amount of principal so declared due and payable and
(ii) of interest on any overdue principal and overdue interest
all of the Company’s obligations in respect of the payment of
the principal of and interest, if any, on the Securities of this
series shall terminate.]
The Indenture permits, with certain
exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the
modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and the
rights of the Holders of the Securities of each series to be
affected under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the
Trustee with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal
amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding of each series to
be affected. The Indenture also contains
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provisions permitting the Holders of specified percentages in
principal amount of the Securities of each series at the time
Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Securities of such
series, to waive compliance by the Company with certain provisions
of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the Indenture and
their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of
this Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and
upon all future Holders of this Security and of any Security issued
upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or
in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver
is made upon this Security.
As provided in and subject to the
provisions of the Indenture, the Holder of this Security shall not
have the right to institute any proceeding with respect to the
Indenture or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee or for
any other remedy thereunder, unless such Holder shall have
previously given the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event
of Default with respect to the Securities of this series, the
Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Securities
of this series at the time Outstanding shall have made written
request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such
Event of Default as Trustee and offered the Trustee reasonable
indemnity and the Trustee shall not have received from the Holders
of a majority in principal amount of Securities of this series at
the time Outstanding a direction inconsistent with such request,
and shall have failed to institute any such proceeding, for
60 days after receipt of such notice, request and offer of
indemnity. The foregoing shall not apply to any suit instituted by
the Holder of this Security for the enforcement of any payment of
principal hereof or any premium or interest hereon on or after the
respective due dates expressed herein.
No reference herein to the Indenture
and no provision of this Security or of the Indenture shall alter
or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and
unconditional, to pay the principal of (and premium, if any) and
interest on this Security at the times, place and rate, and in the
coin or currency, herein prescribed or to convert this Security as
provided in the Indenture.
As provided in the Indenture and
subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of
this Security is registrable in the Security Register, upon
surrender of this Security for registration of transfer at the
office or agency of the Company in any place where the principal of
and any premium and interest on this Security are payable, duly
endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in
form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly
executed by, the Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in
writing, and thereupon one or more new Securities of this series
and of like tenor, of authorized denominations and for the same
aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated
transferee or transferees.
The Securities of this series are
issuable only in registered form without coupons in denominations
of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof. As provided in the
Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth,
Securities of this series are exchangeable for a like aggregate
principal amount of Securities of this series and of like tenor of
a different authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder
surrendering the same.
No service charge shall be made for
any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company or
the Security Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to
cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection
therewith.
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Prior to due presentment of this
Security for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee and
any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in
whose name this Security is registered as the owner hereof for all
purposes, whether or not this Security be overdue, and neither the
Company, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice
to the contrary.
All terms used in this Security which
are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to
them in the Indenture.
Section 2.4 Form of Legend for Global Securities
Unless otherwise specified as
contemplated by Section 3.1 for the Securities evidenced
thereby, every Global Security authenticated and delivered
hereunder shall bear a legend in substantially the following
form:
This Security is a Global Security
within the meaning of the Indenture hereinafter referred to and is
registered in the name of a Depositary or a nominee thereof. This
Security may not be transferred to, or registered or exchanged for
Securities registered in the name of, any Person other than the
Depositary or a nominee thereof and no such transfer may be
registered, except in the limited circumstances described in the
Indenture. Every Security authenticated and delivered upon
registration of transfer of, or in exchange for or in lieu of, this
Security shall be a Global Security subject to the foregoing,
except in such limited circumstances.
Section 2.5 Form of Trustee’s Certificate of
Authentication
The Trustee’s certificates of
authentication shall be in substantially the following form:
This is one of the Securities of the
series designated therein referred to in the within-mentioned
Indenture.
The
Bank of New York, as Trustee
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ARTICLE III
THE SECURITIES
Section 3.1 Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series
The aggregate principal amount of
Securities which may be authenticated and delivered under this
Indenture is unlimited.
The Securities may be issued in one
or more series. There shall be established in or pursuant to an
Establishment Action and, subject to Section 3.3, set forth,
or determined in the
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manner
provided, in an Officers’ Certificate, or established in one
or more indentures supplemental hereto, prior to the issuance of
Securities of any series,
(a) the
title of the Securities of the series, including CUSIP Numbers
(which shall distinguish the Securities of the series from
Securities of any other series);
(b) any
limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the Securities of the
series which may be authenticated and delivered under this
Indenture (except for Securities authenticated and delivered upon
registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of,
other Securities of the series pursuant to Section 3.4, 3.5,
3.6, 9.6 or 11.7 and except for any Securities which, pursuant to
Section 3.3, are deemed never to have been authenticated and
delivered hereunder);
(c) the
Person to whom any interest on a Security of the series shall be
payable, if other than the Person in whose name that Security (or
one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of
business on the Regular Record Date for such interest;
(d) the
date or dates on which the principal of the Securities of the
series is payable;
(e) the
rate or rates at which the Securities of the series shall bear
interest, if any, the date or dates from which such interest shall
accrue, the Interest Payment Dates on which any such interest shall
be payable and the Regular Record Date for any interest payable on
any Interest Payment Date;
(f) the
place or places where the principal of and any premium and interest
on Securities of the series shall be payable;
(g) the
period or periods within which, the price or prices at which and
the terms and conditions upon which Securities of the series may be
redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option of the Company;
(h) the
obligation, if any, of the Company to redeem or purchase Securities
of the series pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous provisions
or at the option of a Holder thereof and the period or periods
within which, the price or prices at which and the terms and
conditions upon which Securities of the series shall be redeemed or
purchased, in whole or in part, pursuant to such obligation;
(i) if
other than denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple
thereof, the denominations in which Securities of the series shall
be issuable;
(j) the
currency, currencies or currency units in which payment of the
principal of and any premium and interest on any Securities of the
series shall be payable if other than the currency of the United
States of America and the manner of determining the equivalent
thereof in the currency of the United States of America for
purposes of the definition of “Outstanding” in
Section 1.1;
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(k) if the
amount of payments of principal of or any premium or interest on
any Securities of the series may be determined with reference to an
index, the manner in which such amounts shall be determined;
(l) if the
principal of or any premium or interest on any Securities of the
series is to be payable, at the election of the Company or a Holder
thereof, in one or more currencies or currency units other than
that or those in which the Securities are stated to be payable, the
currency, currencies or currency units in which payment of the
principal of and any premium and interest on 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;
(m) if
other than the principal amount thereof, the portion of the
principal amount of Securities of the series which shall be payable
upon declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant
to Section 5.2;
(n) if
applicable, that the Securities of the series shall be subject to
either or both of Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance as provided in
Article XIII; provided that no series of Securities that is
convertible into or exchangeable for any other securities pursuant
to Section 3.1(p) shall be subject to Defeasance pursuant to
Section 13.2;
(o) if and
as applicable, that the Securities of the series shall be issuable
in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Securities
and, in such case, the Depositary or Depositaries for such Global
Security or Global Securities and any circumstances other than
those set forth in Section 3.5 in which any such Global
Security may be transferred to, and registered and exchanged for
Securities registered in the name of, a Person other than the
Depositary for such Global Security or a nominee thereof and in
which any such transfer may be registered;
(p) the
terms and conditions, if any, pursuant to which the Securities are
convertible into or exchangeable for any other securities;
(q) any
addition to or change in the covenants set forth in Article X
which applies to Securities of the series; and
(r) any
other terms of the series (which terms shall not be inconsistent
with the provisions of this Indenture, except as permitted by
Section 9.1(e)).
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 an
Establishment Action referred to above and (subject to
Section 3.3) set forth, or determined in the manner provided,
in the Officers’ Certificate 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 an Establishment Action, a
copy of an appropriate record of such action shall be certified by
the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company and
delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the
Officers’ Certificate setting forth the terms of the
series.
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The Company may, from time to time,
by an Establishment Action and subject to compliance with any other
applicable provisions of this Indenture, without the consent of the
Holders, create and issue pursuant to this Indenture additional
securities of any series of Securities (“Add On
Securities”) having terms and conditions identical to those
of such series of Outstanding Securities, except that such Add On
Securities:
(a) may
have a different issue date from such series of Outstanding
Securities;
(b) may
have a different amount of interest payable on the first Interest
Payment Date after issuance than is payable on such series of
Outstanding Securities; and
(c) may
have terms specified in such Establishment Action for such Add On
Securities making appropriate adjustments to this Article III
applicable to such Add On Securities in order to conform to and
ensure compliance with the Securities Act (or applicable securities
laws) which are not adverse in any material respect to the Holder
of any Outstanding Securities (other than such Add On Securities)
and which shall not affect the rights or duties of the
Trustee.
Section 3.2 Denominations
The Securities of each series shall
be issuable only in registered form without coupons in such
denominations as shall be specified as contemplated by
Section 3.1. In the absence of any such specified denomination
with respect to the Securities of any series, the Securities of
such series shall be issuable in denominations of $1,000 and any
integral multiple thereof.
Section 3.3 Execution, Authentication, Delivery and
Dating
The Securities shall be executed on
behalf of the Company by its Chairman of the Board, its Vice
Chairman of the Board, its President, its Chief Executive Officer,
one of its Vice Presidents or its Treasurer, and attested by its
Secretary or one of its Assistant Secretaries or by its Chief
Financial Officer. The signature of any of these officers on the
Securities may be manual or facsimile.
Securities bearing the manual or
facsimile signatures of individuals who were at any time the proper
officers of the Company shall bind the Company, notwithstanding
that such individuals or any of them have ceased to hold such
offices prior to the authentication and delivery of such Securities
or did not hold such offices at the date of such Securities.
At any time and from time to time
after the execution and delivery of this Indenture, the Company may
deliver Securities of any Series executed by the Company to the
Trustee for authentication, together with a Company Order for the
authentication and delivery of such Securities, and the Trustee in
accordance with the Company Order shall authenticate and deliver
such Securities. If the form or terms of the Securities of the
series have been established in or pursuant to one or more
Establishment Actions as permitted by Sections 2.1 and 3.1, in
authenticating such Securities, and accepting the additional
responsibilities under this Indenture in relation to such
Securities, the Trustee shall be provided with, and (subject to
Section 6.1) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an
Opinion of Counsel stating,
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