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Exhibit 4.2
ANTHRACITE CAPITAL,
INC.
INDENTURE
Dated as of
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DEBT
SECURITIES
WELLS FARGO BANK,
N.A.
Trustee
TABLE OF
CONTENTS*
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| ARTICLE I |
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| DEFINITIONS |
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Section 1.01
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Definitions
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| ARTICLE II |
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| FORMS OF SECURITIES |
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Section 2.01
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Terms of the Securities
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Section 2.02
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Form of Trustee’s Certificate of
Authentication
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Section 2.03
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Form of Trustee’s Certificate of
Authentication by an Authenticating Agent
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| ARTICLE III |
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| THE DEBT SECURITIES |
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Section 3.01
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Amount Unlimited; Issuable in
Series
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Section 3.02
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Denominations
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Section 3.03
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Execution, Authentication, Delivery and
Dating
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Section 3.04
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Temporary Securities
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Section 3.05
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Registrar
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Section 3.06
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Transfer and Exchange
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Section 3.07
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Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen
Securities
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Section 3.08
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Payment of Interest; Interest Rights
Preserved
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Section 3.09
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Cancellation
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Section 3.10
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Computation of Interest
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Section 3.11
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Currency of Payments in Respect of
Securities
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Section 3.12
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Judgments
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Section 3.13
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CUSIP Numbers
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| ARTICLE IV |
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| REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES |
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Section 4.01
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Applicability of Right of
Redemption
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The Table of Contents is not a part of the
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Section 4.02
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Selection of Securities to be
Redeemed
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Section 4.03
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Notice of Redemption
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Section 4.04
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Deposit of Redemption Price
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Section 4.05
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Securities Payable on Redemption
Date
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Section 4.06
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Securities Redeemed in Part
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| ARTICLE V |
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| SINKING FUNDS |
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Section 5.01
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Applicability of Sinking Fund
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Section 5.02
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Mandatory Sinking Fund
Obligation
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Section 5.03
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Optional Redemption at Sinking Fund
Redemption Price
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Section 5.04
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Application of Sinking Fund
Payment
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| ARTICLE VI |
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| PARTICULAR COVENANTS OF THE
COMPANY |
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Section 6.01
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Payments of Securities
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Section 6.02
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Paying Agent
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Section 6.03
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To Hold Payment in Trust
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Section 6.04
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Merger, Consolidation and Sale of
Assets
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Section 6.05
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Compliance Certificate
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Section 6.06
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Conditional Waiver by Holders of
Securities
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Section 6.07
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Statement by Officers as to
Default
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| ARTICLE VII |
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| REMEDIES OF TRUSTEE AND
SECURITYHOLDERS |
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Section 7.01
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Events of Default
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Section 7.02
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Acceleration; Rescission and
Annulment
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Section 7.03
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Other Remedies
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Section 7.04
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Trustee as Attorney-in-Fact
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Section 7.05
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Priorities
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Section 7.06
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Control by Securityholders; Waiver of
Past Defaults
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Section 7.07
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Limitation on Suits
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Section 7.08
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Undertaking for Costs
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Section 7.09
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Remedies Cumulative
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| ARTICLE VIII |
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| CONCERNING THE
SECURITYHOLDERS |
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Section 8.01
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Evidence of Action of
Securityholders
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Section 8.02
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Proof of Execution or Holding of
Securities
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Section 8.03
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Persons Deemed Owners
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Section 8.04
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Effect of Consents
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| ARTICLE IX |
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| SECURITYHOLDERS’
MEETINGS |
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Section 9.01
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Purposes of Meetings
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Section 9.02
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Call of Meetings by Trustee
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Section 9.03
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Call of Meetings by Company or
Securityholders
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Section 9.04
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Qualifications for Voting
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Section 9.05
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Regulation of Meetings
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Section 9.06
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Voting
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Section 9.07
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No Delay of Rights by Meeting
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| ARTICLE X |
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REPORTS BY THE COMPANY AND
THE TRUSTEE AND
SECURITYHOLDERS’
LISTS
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Section 10.01
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Reports by Trustee
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Section 10.02
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Reports by the Company
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Section 10.03
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Securityholders’ Lists
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| ARTICLE XI |
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| CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE |
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Section 11.01
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Rights of Trustees; Compensation and
Indemnity
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Section 11.02
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Duties of Trustee
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Section 11.03
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Notice of Defaults
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Section 11.04
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Eligibility; Disqualification
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Section 11.05
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Registration and Notice;
Removal
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Section 11.06
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Successor Trustee by
Appointment
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Section 11.07
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Successor Trustee by Merger
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Section 11.08
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Right to Rely on Officer’s
Certificate
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Section 11.09
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Appointment of Authenticating
Agent
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Section 11.10
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Communications by Securityholders with
Other Securityholders
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| ARTICLE XII |
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| SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE;
DEFEASANCE |
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Section 12.01
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Applicability of Article
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Section 12.02
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Satisfaction and Discharge of
Indenture
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Section 12.03
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Defeasance upon Deposit of Moneys or
U.S. Government Obligations
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Section 12.04
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Repayment to Company
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Section 12.05
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Indemnity for U.S. Government
Obligations
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Section 12.06
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Application of Trust Money
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Section 12.07
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Deposits of Non-U.S.
Currencies
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| ARTICLE XIII |
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| IMMUNITY OF CERTAIN PERSONS |
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Section 13.01
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No Personal Liability
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| ARTICLE XIV |
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| SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES |
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Section 14.01
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Without Consent of
Securityholders
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Section 14.02
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With Consent of Securityholders;
Limitations
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Section 14.03
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Trustee Protected
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Section 14.04
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Effect of Execution of Supplemental
Indenture
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Section 14.05
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Notation on or Exchange of
Securities
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Section 14.06
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Conformity with TIA
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| ARTICLE XV |
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| SUBORDINATION OF SECURITIES |
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Section 15.01
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Agreement to Subordinate
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Section 15.02
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Distribution on Dissolution, Liquidation
and Reorganization; Subrogation of Securities
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Section 15.03
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No Payment on Securities in Event of
Default on Senior Indebtedness
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Section 15.04
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Payments on Securities
Permitted
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Section 15.05
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Authorization of Securityholders to
Trustee to Effect Subordination
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Section 15.06
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Notices to Trustee
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Section 15.07
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Trustee as Holder of Senior
Indebtedness
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Section 15.08
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Modifications of Terms of Senior
Indebtedness
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Section 15.09
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Reliance on Judicial Order or
Certificate of Liquidating Agent
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Section 15.10
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Satisfaction and Discharge; Defeasance
and Covenant Defeasance
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Section 15.11
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Trustee Not Fiduciary for Holders of
Senior Indebtedness
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| ARTICLE XVI |
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| MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS |
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Section 16.01
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Certificates and Opinions as to
Conditions Precedent
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Section 16.02
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Trust Indenture Act Controls
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Section 16.03
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Notices to the Company and
Trustee
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Section 16.04
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Notices to Securityholders;
Waiver
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Section 16.05
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Legal Holiday
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Section 16.06
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Effects of Headings and Table of
Contents
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Section 16.07
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Successors and Assigns
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Section 16.08
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Separability Clause
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Section 16.09
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Benefits of Indenture
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Section 16.10
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Counterparts Originals
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Section 16.11
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Governing Law; Waiver of Trial by
Jury
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v
INDENTURE dated as of
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, among Anthracite Capital, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the
“Company”), and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., a national
banking association organized under the laws of the United States,
as trustee (the “Trustee”).
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, the Company has duly
authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture to provide
for the issuance of debentures, notes, bonds or other evidences of
indebtedness (the “Securities”) in an unlimited
aggregate principal amount to be issued from time to time in one or
more series as provided in this Indenture; and
WHEREAS, 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:
That, in consideration of the
premises and the purchase of the Securities by the Holders thereof
for the equal and proportionate benefit of all of the present and
future Holders of the Securities, each party agrees and covenants
as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
For all purposes of this
Indenture, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the
context otherwise requires:
(a) the terms defined in this
Article have the meanings assigned to them in this Article and
include the plural as well as the singular;
(b) all terms used herein
without definition which are defined in the Trust Indenture Act,
either directly or by reference therein, have the meanings assigned
to them therein; and
(c) 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.
(d) References to
“Article” or “Section” or other subdivision
herein are references to an Article, Section or other subdivision
of the Indenture, unless the context otherwise requires.
Section 1.01
Definitions .
(a) Unless otherwise defined
in this Indenture or the context otherwise requires, all terms used
herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Trust
Indenture Act.
(b) Unless the context
otherwise requires, the terms defined in this Section 1.01(b)
shall for all purposes of this Indenture have the meanings
hereinafter set forth, the
following definitions to be
equally applicable to both the singular and the plural forms of any
of the terms herein defined:
Affiliate:
The term
“Affiliate,” with respect to any specified Person shall
mean any other Person directly or indirectly controlling or
controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such
specified Person. For the purposes of this definition,
“control” when used with respect to any specified
Person means the power to direct the management and policies of
such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership
of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms
“controlling” and “controlled” have
meanings correlative to the foregoing.
Authenticating Agent:
The term
“Authenticating Agent” shall have the meaning assigned
to it in Section 11.09.
Board of Directors:
The term “Board of
Directors” shall mean either the board of directors of the
Company or the executive or any other committee of that board duly
authorized to act in respect hereof.
Board Resolution:
The term “Board
Resolution” shall mean a copy of a resolution or resolutions
certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company
to have been duly adopted by the Board of Directors (or by a
committee of the Board of Directors to the extent that any such
other committee has been authorized by the Board of Directors to
establish or approve the matters contemplated) and to be in full
force and effect on the date of such certification and delivered to
the Trustee.
Business Day:
The term “Business
Day,” when used with respect to any Place of Payment or any
other particular location referred to in this Indenture or in the
Securities, shall mean each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday
and Friday which is not a day on which banking institutions in that
Place of Payment or other location are authorized or obligated by
law or executive order to close.
Capital Stock:
The term “Capital
Stock” shall mean:
(a) in the case of a
corporation, corporate stock;
(b) in the case of an
association or business entity, any and all shares, interests,
participations, rights or other equivalents (however designated) of
corporate stock;
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(c) in the case of a
partnership or limited liability company, partnership interests
(whether general or limited) or membership interests;
and
(d) any other interest or
participation that confers on a Person the right to receive a share
of the profits and losses of, or distributions of assets of, the
issuing Person, but excluding from all of the foregoing any debt
securities convertible into Capital Stock, whether or not such debt
securities include any right of participation with Capital
Stock.
Code:
The term “Code”
shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 as in effect on the
date hereof.
Company:
The term
“Company” shall mean the Person named as the
“Company” in the first paragraph of this Indenture
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 Order:
The term “Company
Order” shall mean a written order signed in the name of the
Company by the Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, President, Chief
Financial Officer, any Vice President, Treasurer, any Assistant
Treasurer, Controller, Assistant Controller, Secretary or any
Assistant Secretary of the Company, and delivered to the
Trustee.
Corporate Trust
Office:
The term “Corporate
Trust Office,” or other similar term, shall mean the
principal office of the Trustee at which at any particular time its
corporate trust business shall be administered, which office at the
date hereof is located at 213 Court St. Suite 703, Middeltown, CT,
Attention: Corporate Trust Services, or such other address as the
Trustee may designate from time to time by notice to the Holders
and the Company, or the principal corporate trust officer of any
successor Trustee (or such other address as such successor Trustee
may designate from time to time by notice to the Holders and the
Company).
Currency:
The term
“Currency” shall mean U.S. Dollars or Foreign
Currency.
Default:
The term
“Default” shall have the meaning assigned to it in
Section 11.03.
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Defaulted Interest:
The term “Defaulted
Interest” shall have the same meaning assigned to it in
Section 3.08(b).
Depositary:
The term
“Depositary” shall mean, with respect to the Securities
of any series issuable in whole or in part in the form of one or
more Global Securities, the Person designated as Depositary by the
Company pursuant to Section 3.01 until a successor Depositary
shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of
this Indenture, and thereafter “Depositary” shall mean
or include each Person who is then a Depositary hereunder, and if
at any time there is more than one such Person,
“Depositary” as used with respect to the Securities of
any such series shall mean the Depositary with respect to the
Securities of that series.
Designated Currency:
The term “Designated
Currency” shall have the same meaning assigned to it in
Section 3.12.
Discharged:
The term
“Discharged” shall have the meaning assigned to it in
Section 12.03.
Event of Default:
The term “Event of
Default” shall have the meaning specified in
Section 7.01.
Exchange Act:
The term “Exchange
Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.
Exchange Rate:
The term “Exchange
Rate” shall have the meaning assigned to it in
Section 7.01.
Floating Rate
Security:
The term “Floating Rate
Security” shall mean a Security that provides for the payment
of interest at a variable rate determined periodically by reference
to an interest rate index specified pursuant to
Section 3.01.
Foreign Currency:
The term “Foreign
Currency” shall mean a currency issued by the government of
any country other than the United States or a composite currency,
the value of which is determined by reference to the values of the
currencies of any group of countries.
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GAAP:
The term “GAAP,”
with respect to any computation required or permitted hereunder,
shall mean generally accepted accounting principles in effect in
the United States as in effect from time to time, including,
without limitation, those set forth in the opinions and
pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board of the American
Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and
pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board or in
such other statements by such other entity as approved by a
significant segment of the accounting profession.
Global Security:
The term “Global
Security” shall mean any Security that evidences all or part
of a series of Securities, issued in fully-registered certificated
form to the Depositary for such series in accordance with
Section 3.03 and bearing the legend prescribed in
Section 3.03(g).
Holder; Holder of
Securities:
The terms
“Holder” and “Holder of Securities” are
defined under “Securityholder; Holder of Securities;
Holder.”
Indebtedness:
The term
“Indebtedness” shall mean any and all obligations of a
Person for money borrowed which, in accordance with GAAP, would be
reflected on the balance sheet of such Person as a liability on the
date as of which Indebtedness is to be determined.
Indenture:
The term
“Indenture” or “this Indenture” shall mean
this instrument and all indentures supplemental hereto.
Interest:
The term
“interest” shall mean, with respect to an Original
Issue Discount Security that by its terms bears interest only after
Maturity, interest payable after Maturity.
Interest Payment Date:
The term “Interest
Payment Date” shall mean, with respect to any Security, the
Stated Maturity of an installment of interest on such
Security.
Mandatory Sinking Fund
Payment:
The term “Mandatory
Sinking Fund Payment” shall have the meaning assigned to it
in Section 5.01.
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Maturity:
The term
“Maturity,” with respect to any Security, shall mean
the date on which the principal of such Security shall become due
and payable as therein and herein provided, whether by declaration,
call for redemption or otherwise.
Members:
The term
“Members” shall have the meaning assigned to it in
Section 3.03(i).
Officer’s
Certificate:
The term
“Officer’s Certificate” shall mean a certificate
signed by any of the Chairman of the Board of Directors, Chief
Executive Officer, President, Chief Financial Officer, any Vice
President, Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer, Controller,
Assistant Controller, Secretary or any Assistant Secretary of the
Company and delivered to the Trustee. Each such certificate shall
include the statements provided for in Section 16.01 if and to
the extent required by the provisions of such Section.
Opinion of Counsel:
The term “Opinion of
Counsel” shall mean an opinion in writing signed by legal
counsel, who may be an employee of or of counsel to the Company, or
may be other counsel that meets the requirements provided for in
Section 16.01.
Optional Sinking Fund
Payment:
The term “Optional
Sinking Fund Payment” shall have the meaning assigned to it
in Section 5.01.
Original Issue Discount
Security:
The term “Original
Issue Discount Security” shall mean any Security that is
issued with “original issue discount” within the
meaning of Section 1273(a) of the Code and the regulations
thereunder and any other Security designated by the Company as
issued with original issue discount for United States federal
income tax purposes.
Outstanding:
The term
“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
canceled by the Trustee or delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation;
(b) Securities or portions
thereof for which 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
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Company shall act as its own
Paying Agent) for the Holders of such Securities or Securities as
to which the Company’s obligations have been Discharged;
provided, however, that if such Securities or portions thereof 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; and
(c) Securities that have been
paid pursuant to Section 3.07(b) 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 a Responsible
Officer of 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 Securities
of a series Outstanding have performed any action hereunder,
Securities owned by the Company or any other obligor upon the
Securities of such series 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 action, only Securities of
such series that a Responsible Officer of the Trustee actually
knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded. Securities so owned
that have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as Outstanding
if the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the Trustee the
pledgee’s right to act with respect to such Securities and
that the pledgee is not the Company or any other obligor upon such
Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or of such other
obligor. In determining whether the Holders of the requisite
principal amount of Outstanding Securities of a series have
performed any action hereunder, the principal amount of an Original
Issue Discount Security that shall be deemed to be Outstanding for
such purpose shall be the amount of the principal thereof that
would be due and payable as of the date of such determination upon
a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to
Section 7.02 and the principal amount of a Security
denominated in a Foreign Currency that shall be deemed to be
Outstanding for such purpose shall be the amount calculated
pursuant to Section 3.11(b).
Paying Agent:
The term “Paying
Agent” shall have the meaning assigned to it in
Section 6.02(a).
Person:
The term “Person”
shall mean an individual, a corporation, a limited liability
company, a partnership, an association, a joint stock company, a
trust, an unincorporated organization or a government or an agency
or political subdivision thereof.
Place of Payment:
The term “Place of
Payment” shall mean, when used with respect to the Securities
of any series, the place or places where the principal of and
premium, if any, and interest on the Securities of that series are
payable as specified pursuant to Section 3.01.
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Predecessor Security:
The term “Predecessor
Security” shall mean, with respect to any Security, 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 3.07 in lieu of a lost, destroyed or stolen Security
shall be deemed to evidence the same debt as the lost, destroyed or
stolen Security.
Record Date:
The term “Record
Date” shall mean, with respect to any interest payable on any
Security on any Interest Payment Date, the close of business on any
date specified in such Security for the payment of interest
pursuant to Section 3.01.
Redemption Date:
The term “Redemption
Date” shall mean, when used with respect to any Security to
be redeemed, in whole or in part, the date fixed for such
redemption by or pursuant to this Indenture and the terms of such
Security, which, in the case of a Floating Rate Security, unless
otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.01, shall be an
Interest Payment Date only.
Redemption Price:
The term “Redemption
Price,” when used with respect to any Security to be
redeemed, in whole or in part, shall mean the price at which it is
to be redeemed pursuant to the terms of the Security and this
Indenture.
Register:
The term
“Register” shall have the meaning assigned to it in
Section 3.05(a).
Registrar:
The term
“Registrar” shall have the meaning assigned to it in
Section 3.05(a).
Responsible Officers:
The term “Responsible
Officers” of the Trustee hereunder shall mean any vice
president, any assistant vice president, any trust officer, any
assistant trust officer or any other officer associated with the
corporate trust department of the Trustee customarily performing
functions similar to those performed by any of the above designated
officers, and also means, with respect to a particular corporate
trust matter, any other officer of the Trustee to whom such 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.
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SEC:
The term “SEC”
shall mean the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, as
constituted from time to time.
Securities Act:
The term “Securities
Act” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended.
Security:
The term
“Security” or “Securities” shall have the
meaning stated in the recitals and shall more particularly mean one
or more of the Securities duly authenticated by the Trustee and
delivered pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture.
Security Custodian:
The term “Security
Custodian” shall mean the custodian with respect to any
Global Security appointed by the Depositary, or any successor
Person thereto, and shall initially be the Paying Agent.
Securityholder; Holder of Securities;
Holder:
The term
“Securityholder” or “Holder of Securities”
or “Holder,” shall mean the Person in whose name
Securities shall be registered in the Register kept for that
purpose hereunder.
Senior Indebtedness:
The term “Senior
Indebtedness” means the principal of (and premium, if any)
and unpaid interest on (x) Indebtedness of the Company,
whether outstanding on the date hereof or thereafter created,
incurred, assumed or guaranteed, for money borrowed other than
(a) any Indebtedness of the Company which when incurred, and
without respect to any election under Section 1111(b) of the
Federal Bankruptcy Code, was without recourse to the Company,
(b) any Indebtedness of the Company to any of its
Subsidiaries, (c) Indebtedness to any employee of the Company,
(d) any liability for taxes, (e) Trade Payables and
(f) any Indebtedness of the Company which is expressly
subordinate in right of payment to any other Indebtedness of the
Company, and (y) renewals, extensions, modifications and
refundings of any such Indebtedness. For purposes of the foregoing
and the definition of “Senior Indebtedness,” the phrase
“subordinated in right of payment” means debt
subordination only and not lien subordination, and accordingly,
(i) unsecured indebtedness shall not be deemed to be
subordinated in right of payment to secured indebtedness merely by
virtue of the fact that it is unsecured, and (ii) junior
liens, second liens and other contractual arrangements that provide
for priorities among Holders of the same or different issues of
indebtedness with respect to any collateral or the proceeds of
collateral shall not constitute subordination in right of payment.
This definition may be modified or superseded by a supplemental
indenture.
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Special Record Date:
The term “Special
Record Date” shall have the meaning assigned to it in
Section 3.08(b)(i).
Stated Maturity:
The term “Stated
Maturity” when used with respect to any Security or any
installment of interest thereon, shall mean the date specified in
such Security as the fixed date on which the principal (or any
portion thereof) of or premium, if any, on such Security or such
installment of interest is due and payable.
Subsidiary:
The term
“Subsidiary,” when used with respect to any Person,
shall mean:
(a) any corporation, limited
liability company, association or other business entity of which
more than 50% of the total voting power of shares of Capital Stock
entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency and
after giving effect to any voting agreement or stockholders’
agreement that effectively transfers voting power) to vote in the
election of directors, managers or trustees of the corporation,
association or other business entity is at the time owned or
controlled, directly or indirectly, by that Person or one or more
of the other Subsidiaries of that Person (or a combination
thereof); and
(b) any partnership
(i) the sole general partner or the managing general partner
of which is such Person or a Subsidiary of such Person or
(ii) the only general partners of which are that Person or one
or more Subsidiaries of that Person (or any combination
thereof).
Successor Company:
The term “Successor
Company” shall have the meaning assigned to it in
Section 3.06(i).
Trade Payables:
The term “Trade
Payables” means accounts payable or any other Indebtedness or
monetary obligations to trade creditors created or assumed by the
Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in the ordinary course of
business (including guarantees thereof or instruments evidencing
such liabilities).
Trust Indenture Act;
TIA:
The term “Trust
Indenture Act” or “TIA” shall mean the Trust
Indenture Act of 1939, as amended.
Trustee:
The term
“Trustee” shall mean the Person named as the
“Trustee” in the first paragraph of this Indenture
until a successor Trustee shall have become such with respect to
one or more
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series of Securities pursuant to the
applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter
“Trustee” shall mean or include each Person who is then
a Trustee hereunder, and if at any time there is more than one such
Person, “Trustee” as used with respect to the
Securities of any series shall mean the Trustee with respect to
Securities of that series.
U.S. Dollars:
The term “U.S.
Dollars” shall mean such currency of the United States as at
the time of payment shall be legal tender for the payment of public
and private debts.
U.S. Government
Obligations:
The term “U.S.
Government Obligations” shall mean (i) direct
non-callable obligations of, or guaranteed by, the United States or
(ii) obligations of a Person controlled or supervised by and
acting as an agency or instrumentality of the United States, in
either case, for the payment of which guarantee or obligation the
full faith and credit of the United States is pledged.
United States:
The term “United
States” shall mean the United States of America (including
the States and the District of Columbia), its territories and its
possessions and other areas subject to its jurisdiction.
ARTICLE II
FORMS OF
SECURITIES
Section 2.01 Terms of the
Securities .
(a) The Securities of each
series shall be substantially in the form set forth in a Company
Order or in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, and shall
have 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
or designation and such legends or endorsements placed thereon as
the Company may deem appropriate and as are not inconsistent with
the provisions of this Indenture, or as may be required to comply
with any law or with any rule or regulation made pursuant thereto
or with any rule or regulation of any securities exchange on which
any series of the Securities may be listed or of any automated
quotation system on which any such series may be quoted, or to
conform to usage, all as determined by the officers executing such
Securities as conclusively evidenced by their execution of such
Securities.
(b) The terms and provisions
of the Securities shall constitute, and are hereby expressly made,
a part of this Indenture, and, to the extent applicable, the
Company and the Trustee, by their execution and delivery of this
Indenture expressly agree to such terms and provisions and to be
bound thereby.
Section 2.02 Form of
Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication .
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(a) Only such of the
Securities as shall bear thereon a certificate substantially in the
form of the Trustee’s certificate of authentication
hereinafter recited, executed by the Trustee by manual signature,
shall be valid or become obligatory for any purpose or entitle the
Holder thereof to any right or benefit under this
Indenture.
(b) Each Security shall be
dated the date of its authentication, except that any Global
Security shall be dated as of the date specified as contemplated in
Section 3.01.
(c) The form of the
Trustee’s certificate of authentication to be borne by the
Securities shall be substantially as follows:
TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE
OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Securities
of the series designated therein referred to in the
within-mentioned Indenture.
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Section 2.03 Form of
Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication by an Authenticating
Agent . If at any time there shall be an Authenticating Agent
appointed with respect to any series of Securities, then the
Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication by such
Authenticating Agent to be borne by Securities of each such series
shall be substantially as follows:
TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE
OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Securities
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ARTICLE III
THE DEBT
SECURITIES
Section 3.01 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 set forth in a Company Order or in one or
more indentures supplemental hereto, prior to the issuance of
Securities of any series:
(a) the title of the
Securities of the series (which shall distinguish the Securities of
such series from the Securities of all other series, except to the
extent that additional Securities of an existing series are being
issued);
(b) any 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 transfer of, or in
exchange for, or in lieu of, other Securities of such series
pursuant to Section 3.04, 3.06, 3.07, 4.06, or
14.05);
(c) the dates on which or
periods during which the Securities of the series may be issued,
and the dates on, or the range of dates within, which the principal
of and premium, if any, on the Securities of such series are or may
be payable or the method by which such date or dates shall be
determined or extended;
(d) the rate or rates at
which the Securities of the series shall bear interest, if any, or
the method by which such rate or rates shall be determined, the
date or dates from which such interest shall accrue, or the method
by which such date or dates shall be determined, the Interest
Payment Dates on which any such interest shall be payable, and the
Record Dates for the determination of Holders to whom interest is
payable on such Interest Payment Dates or the method by which such
date or dates shall be determined, the right, if any, to extend or
defer interest payments and the duration of such extension or
deferral;
(e) if other than U.S.
Dollars, the Currency in which Securities of the series shall be
denominated or in which payment of the principal of, premium, if
any, or interest on the Securities of the series shall be payable
and any other terms concerning such payment;
(f) if the amount of payment
of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on the Securities of
the series may be determined with reference to an index, formula or
other method including, but not limited to, an index based on a
Currency or Currencies other than that in which the Securities are
stated to be payable, the manner in which such amounts shall be
determined;
(g) if the principal of,
premium, if any, or interest on Securities of the series are to be
payable, at the election of the Company or a Holder thereof, in a
Currency other than that in which the Securities are denominated or
stated to be payable without such election, the period or periods
within which, and the terms and conditions upon which, such
election may be made and the time and the manner of determining the
exchange rate between the Currency in which the Securities are
denominated or payable without such election and the Currency in
which the Securities are to be paid if such election is
made;
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(h) the place or places, if
any, in addition to or instead of the Corporate Trust Office of the
Trustee where the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on
Securities of the series shall be payable, and where Securities of
any series may be presented for registration of transfer, exchange
or conversion, and the place or places where notices and demands to
or upon the Company in respect of the Securities of such series may
be made;
(i) the price or prices at
which, the period or periods within which or the date or dates on
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;
(j) the obligation or right,
if any, of the Company to redeem, purchase or repay Securities of
the series pursuant to any sinking fund, amortization or analogous
provisions or at the option of a Holder thereof and the price or
prices at which, the period or periods within which or the date or
dates on which, the Currency or Currencies in 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;
(k) if other than
denominations of $1,000 or any integral multiple thereof, the
denominations in which Securities of the series shall be
issuable;
(l) if other than the
principal amount thereof, the portion of the principal amount of
the Securities of the series which shall be payable upon
declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to
Section 7.02;
(m) whether the Securities of
the series are to be issued as Original Issue Discount Securities
and the amount of discount with which such Securities may be
issued;
(n) provisions, if any, for
the defeasance of Securities of the series in whole or in part and
any addition or change in the provisions related to satisfaction
and discharge;
(o) whether the Securities of
the series are to be issued in whole or in part in the form of one
or more Global Securities and, in such case, the Depositary for
such Global Security or Securities and the terms and conditions, if
any, upon which interests in such Global Security or Securities may
be exchanged in whole or in part for the individual Securities
represented thereby;
(p) the date as of which any
Global Security of the series shall be dated if other than the
original issuance of the first Security of the series to be
issued;
(q) the form of the
Securities of the series;
(r) if the Securities of the
series are to be convertible into or exchangeable for any
securities or property of any Person (including the Company), the
terms and conditions upon which such Securities will be so
convertible or exchangeable, and any additions or changes, if any,
to permit or facilitate such conversion or exchange;
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(s) whether the Securities of
such series are subject to subordination and the terms of such
subordination;
(t) any restriction or
condition on the transferability of the Securities of such
series;
(u) any addition or change in
the provisions related to compensation and reimbursement of the
Trustee which applies to Securities of such series;
(v) any addition or change in
the provisions related to supplemental indentures set forth in
Sections 14.04 and 14.02 which applies to Securities of such
series;
(w) provisions, if any,
granting special rights to Holders upon the occurrence of specified
events;
(x) any addition to or change
in the Events of Default which applies to any Securities of the
series and any change in the right of the Trustee or the requisite
Holders of such Securities to declare the principal amount thereof
due and payable pursuant to Section 7.02 and any addition or
change in the provisions set forth in Article VII which applies to
Securities of the series;
(y) any addition to or change
in the covenants set forth in Article VI which applies to
Securities of the series; and
(z) any other terms of the
Securities of such series (which terms shall not be inconsistent
with the provisions of this Indenture, except as permitted by
Section 14.01).
All Securities of any one series shall
be substantially identical, except as to denomination and except as
may otherwise be provided herein or set forth in a Company Order or
in one or more indentures supplemental hereto.
Section 3.02
Denominations . In the absence of any specification pursuant
to Section 3.01 with respect to Securities of any series, the
Securities of such series shall be issuable only as Securities in
denominations of any integral multiple of $1,000, and shall be
payable only in U.S. Dollars.
Section 3.03 Execution,
Authentication, Delivery and Dating .
(a) The Securities shall be
executed in the name and on behalf of the Company by the manual or
facsimile signature of its Chairman of the Board of Directors,
Chief Executive Officer, President, Chief Operating Officer, Chief
Financial Officer, one of its Vice Presidents or Treasurer. If the
Person whose signature is on a Security no longer holds that office
at the time the Security is authenticated and delivered, the
Security shall nevertheless be valid.
(b) 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
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delivery of such Securities
and, if required pursuant to Section 3.01, a supplemental
indenture or Company Order setting forth the terms of the
Securities of a series. The Trustee shall thereupon authenticate
and deliver such Securities without any further action by the
Company. The Company Order shall specify the amount of Securities
to be authenticated and the date on which the original issue of
Securities is to be authenticated.
(c) In authenticating the
first Securities of any series and accepting the additional
responsibilities under this Indenture in relation to such
Securities the Trustee shall receive, and (subject to
Section 11.02) shall be fully protected in relying upon an
Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each
prepared in accordance with Section 16.01 stating that the
conditions precedent, if any, provided for in the Indenture have
been complied with.
(d) The Trustee shall have
the right to decline to authenticate and deliver the Securities
under this Section 3.03 if the issue of the Securities
pursuant to this Indenture will affect the Trustee’s own
rights, duties or immunities under the Securities and this
Indenture or otherwise in a manner which is not reasonably
acceptable to the Trustee.
(e) Each Security shall be
dated the date of its authentication, except as otherwise provided
pursuant to Section 3.01 with respect to the Securities of
such series.
(f) Notwithstanding the
provisions of Section 3.01 and of this Section 3.03, if
all of the Securities of any series are not to be originally issued
at the same time, then the documents required to be delivered
pursuant to this Section 3.03 must be delivered only once
prior to the authentication and delivery of the first Security of
such series;
(g) If the Company shall
establish pursuant to Section 3.01 that the Securities of a
series are to be issued in whole or in part in the form of one or
more Global Securities, then the Company shall execute and the
Trustee shall authenticate and deliver one or more Global
Securities that (i) shall represent an aggregate amount equal
to the aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of
such series to be represented by such Global Securities,
(ii) shall be registered, if in registered form, in the name
of the Depositary for such Global Security or Securities or the
nominee of such Depositary, (iii) shall be delivered by the
Trustee to such Depositary or pursuant to such Depositary’s
instruction and (iv) shall bear a legend substantially to the
following effect:
“Unless and until it is
exchanged in whole or in part for the individual Securities
represented hereby, this Global Security may not be transferred
except as a whole by the Depositary to a nominee of the Depositary
or by a nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary or another
nominee of the Depositary or by the Depositary or any such nominee
to a successor Depositary or a nominee of such successor
Depositary.”
The aggregate principal
amount of each Global Security may from time to time be increased
or decreased by adjustments made on the records of the Security
Custodian, as provided in this Indenture.
(h) Each Depositary
designated pursuant to Section 3.01 for a Global Security in
registered form must, at the time of its designation and at all
times while it serves as
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such Depositary, be a
clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act and any other
applicable statute or regulation.
(i) Members of, or
participants in, the Depositary (“Members”) shall have
no rights under this Indenture with respect to any Global Security
held on their behalf by the Depositary or by the Security Custodian
under such Global Security, and the Depositary may be treated by
the Company, the Trustee, the Paying Agent and the Registrar and
any of their agents as the absolute owner of such Global Security
for all purposes whatsoever. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing
herein shall prevent the Company, the Trustee, the Paying Agent or
the Registrar or any of their agents from giving effect to any
written certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by
the Depositary or impair, as between the Depositary and its
Members, the operation of customary practices of the Depositary
governing the exercise of the rights of an owner of a beneficial
interest in any Global Security. The Holder of a Global Security
may grant proxies and otherwise authorize any Person, including
Members and Persons that may hold interests through Members, to
take any action that a Holder is entitled to take under this
Indenture or the Securities.
(j) No Security shall be
entitled to any benefit under this Indenture or be valid or
obligatory for any purpose unless there appears on such Security a
certificate of authentication substantially in one of the forms
provided for herein duly executed by the Trustee or by an
Authenticating Agent by manual or facsimile signature of an
authorized signatory of the Trustee, and such certificate upon any
Security shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that
such Security has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder
and is entitled to the benefits of this Indenture.
Section 3.04 Temporary
Securities .
(a) Pending the preparation
of definitive Securities of any series, the Company may execute,
and upon Company Order the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver,
temporary Securities that are printed, lithographed, typewritten,
mimeographed or otherwise reproduced, in any authorized
denomination, substantially of the tenor of the definitive
Securities in lieu of which they are issued, in registered form and
with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and
other variations as the officers executing such Securities may
determine, as conclusively evidenced by their execution of such
Securities. Any such temporary Security may be in global form,
representing all or a portion of the Outstanding Securities of such
series. Every such temporary Security shall be executed by the
Company and shall be authenticated and delivered by the Trustee
upon the same conditions and in substantially the same manner, and
with the same effect, as the definitive Security or Securities in
lieu of which it is issued.
(b) If temporary Securities
of any series are issued, the Company will cause definitive
Securities of such series to be prepared without unreasonable
delay. After the preparation of definitive Securities of such
series, the temporary Securities of such series shall be
exchangeable for definitive Securities of such series upon
surrender of such temporary Securities at the office or agency of
the Company in a Place of Payment for such series, without charge
to the Holder. Upon surrender for cancellation of any one or more
temporary Securities of any series, the Company shall execute and
the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange
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therefor a like principal
amount of definitive Securities of the same series of authorized
denominations and of like tenor. Until so exchanged, the temporary
Securities of any series shall in all respects be entitled to the
same benefits under this Indenture as definitive Securities of such
series.
(c) Upon any exchange of a
portion of a temporary Global Security for a definitive Global
Security or for the individual Securities represented thereby
pursuant to this Section 3.04 or Section 3.06, the
temporary Global Security shall be endorsed by the Trustee to
reflect the reduction of the principal amount evidenced thereby,
whereupon the principal amount of such temporary Global Security
shall be reduced for all purposes by the amount so exchanged and
endorsed.
Section 3.05 Registrar
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(a) The Company will keep, at
an office or agency to be maintained by it in a Place of Payment
where Securities may be presented for registration or presented and
surrendered for registration of transfer or of exchange, and where
Securities of any series that are convertible or exchangeable may
be surrendered for conversion or exchange, as applicable (the
“Registrar”), a security register for the registration
and the registration of transfer or of exchange of the Securities
(the registers maintained in such office and in any other office or
agency of the Company in a Place of Payment being herein sometimes
collectively referred to as the “Register”), as in this
Indenture provided, which Register shall at all reasonable times be
open for inspection by the Trustee. Such Register shall be in
written form or in any other form capable of being converted into
written form within a reasonable time. The Company may have one or
more co-Registrars; the term “Registrar” includes any
co-registrar.
(b) The Company shall enter
into an appropriate agency agreement with any Registrar or
co-Registrar 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 each such agent. If the Company fails to maintain a Registrar
for any series, the Trustee shall act as such and shall be entitled
to appropriate compensation therefor pursuant to
Section 11.01. The Company or any Affiliate thereof may act as
Registrar, co-Registrar or transfer agent.
(c) The Company hereby
appoints the Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office as Registrar in
connection with the Securities and this Indenture, until such time
as another Person is appointed as such.
Section 3.06 Transfer and
Exchange .
(a) Transfer.
(i) Upon surrender for
registration of transfer of any Security of any series at the
Registrar the Company shall execute, and the Trustee or any
Authenticating Agent shall authenticate and deliver, in the name of
the designated transferee, one or more new Securities of the same
series for like aggregate principal amount of any authorized
denomination or denominations. The transfer of any Security shall
not be valid as against the Company or the Trustee
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at the request of the Holder, or at the request of his, her or its
attorney duly authorized in writing.
(ii) Notwithstanding any
other provision of this Section, unless and until it is exchanged
in whole or in part for the individual Securities represented
thereby, a Global Security representing all or a portion of the
Securities of a series may not be transferred except as a whole by
the Depositary for such series to a nominee of such Depositary or
by a nominee of such Depositary to such Depositary or another
nominee of such Depositary or by such Depositary or any such
nominee to a successor Depositary for such series or a nominee of
such successor Depositary.
(b) Exchange.
(i) At the option of the
Holder, Securities of any series (other than a Global Security,
except as set forth below) may be exchanged for other Securities of
the same series for like aggregate principal amount of any
authorized denomination or denominations, upon surrender of the
Securities to be exchanged at the Registrar.
(ii) Whenever any Securities
are so surrendered for exchange, the Company shall execute, and the
Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the Securities that the
Holder making the exchange is entitled to receive.
(c) Exchange of Global
Securities for Individual Securities. Except as provided below,
owners of beneficial interests in Global Securities will not be
entitled to receive individual Securities.
(i) Individual Securities
shall be issued to all owners of beneficial interests in a Global
Security in exchange for such interests if: (A) at any time
the Depositary for the Securities of a series notifies the Company
that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for the
Securities of such series or if at any time the Depositary for the
Securities of such series shall no longer be eligible under
Section 3.03(h) and, in each case, a successor Depositary is
not appointed by the Company within 90 days of such notice, or
(B) the Company executes and delivers to the Trustee and the
Registrar an Officer’s Certificate stating that such Global
Security shall be so exchangeable.
In connection with the
exchange of an entire Global Security for individual Securities
pursuant to this subsection (c), such Global Security shall be
deemed to be surrendered to the Trustee for cancellation, and the
Company shall execute, and the Trustee, upon receipt of a Company
Order for the authentication and delivery of individual Securities
of such series, will authenticate and deliver to each beneficial
owner identified by the Depositary in exchange for its beneficial
interest in such Global Security, an equal aggregate principal
amount of individual Securities of authorized
denominations.
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(ii) The owner of a
beneficial interest in a Global Security will be entitled to
receive an individual Security in exchange for such interest if an
Event of Default has occurred and is continuing. Upon receipt by
the Security Custodian and Registrar of instructions from the
Holder of a Global Security directing the Security Custodian and
Registrar to (x) issue one or more individual Securities in
the amounts specified to the owner of a beneficial interest in such
Global Security and (y) debit or cause to be debited an
equivalent amount of beneficial interest in such Global Security,
subject to the rules and regulations of the Depositary:
(A) the Security Custodian
and Registrar shall notify the Company and the Trustee of such
instructions, identifying the owner and amount of such beneficial
interest in such Global Security;
(B) the Company shall
promptly execute and the Trustee, upon receipt of a Company Order
for the authentication and delivery of individual Securities of
such series, shall authenticate and deliver to such beneficial
owner individual Securities in an equivalent amount to such
beneficial interest in such Global Security; and
(C) the Security Custodian
and Registrar shall decrease such Global Security by such amount in
accordance with the foregoing. In the event that the individual
Securities are not issued to each such beneficial owner promptly
after the Registrar has received a request from the Holder of a
Global Security to issue such individual Securities, the Company
expressly acknowledges, with respect to the right of any Holder to
pursue a remedy pursuant to Section 7.07 hereof, the right of
any beneficial Holder of Securities to pursue such remedy with
respect to the portion of the Global Security that represents such
beneficial Holder’s Securities as if such individual
Securities had been issued.
(iii) If specified by the
Company pursuant to Section 3.01 with respect to a series of
Securities, the Depositary for such series of Securities may
surrender a Global Security for such series of Securities in
exchange in whole or in part for individual Securities of such
series on such terms as are acceptable to the Company and such
Depositary. Thereupon, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee
shall authenticate and deliver, without service charge,
(A) to each Person specified
by such Depositary a new individual Security or Securities of the
same series, of any authorized denomination as requested by such
Person in aggregate principal amount equal to and in exchange for
such Person’s beneficial interest in the Global Security;
and
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(B) to such Depositary a new
Global Security in a denomination equal to the difference, if any,
between the principal amount of the surrendered Global Security and
the aggregate principal amount of individual Securities delivered
to Holders thereof.
(iv) In any exchange provided
for in clauses (i) through (iii), the Company will execute and
the Trustee will authenticate and deliver individual Securities in
registered form in authorized denominations.
(v) Upon the exchange in full
of a Global Security for individual Securities, such Global
Security shall be canceled by the Trustee. Individual Securities
issued in exchange for a Global Security pursuant to this Section
shall be registered in such names and in such authorized
denominations as the Depositary for such Global Security, pursuant
to instructions from its direct or indirect participants or
otherwise, shall instruct the Trustee. The Trustee shall deliver
such Securities to the Persons in whose names such Securities are
so registered.
(d) All Securities issued
upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities shall
be valid obligations of the Company evidencing the same debt, and
entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the
Securities surrendered for such registration of transfer or
exchange.
(e) Every Security presented
or surrendered for registration of transfer, or for exchange or
payment shall (if so required by the Company, the Trustee or the
Registrar) be duly endorsed, or be accompanied by a written
instrument or instruments of transfer in form satisfactory to the
Company, the Trustee and the Registrar, duly executed by the Holder
thereof or by his, her or its attorney duly authorized in
writing.
(f) No service charge will be
made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities.
The Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any
tax, assessment or other governmental charge that may be imposed in
connection with any registration of transfer or exchange of
Securities, other than those expressly provided in this Indenture
to be made at the Company’s own expense or without expense or
charge to the Holders.
(g) The Company shall not be
required to (i) register, transfer or exchange Securities of
any series during a period beginning at the opening of business 15
days before the day of the transmission of a notice of redemption
of Securities of such series selected for redemption under
Section 4.03 and ending at the close of business on the day of
such transmission, or (ii) register, transfer or exchange any
Security so selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the
unredeemed portion of any Security being redeemed in
part.
(h) Prior to the due
presentation for registration of transfer or exchange of any
Security, the Company, the Trustee, the Paying Agent, the
Registrar, any co-Registrar or any of their agents may deem and
treat the Person in whose name a Security is registered as the
absolute owner of such Security (whether or not such Security shall
be overdue and
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notwithstanding any notation
of ownership or other writing thereon) for all purposes whatsoever,
and none of the Company, the Trustee, the Paying Agent, the
Registrar, any co-Registrar or any of their agents shall be
affected by any notice to the contrary.
(i) In case a successor
Company (“Successor Company”) has executed an indenture
supplemental hereto with the Trustee pursuant to Article XIV, any
of the Securities authenticated or delivered pursuant to such
transaction may, from time to time, at the request of the Successor
Company, be exchanged for other Securities executed in the name of
the Successor Company with such changes in phraseology and form as
may be appropriate, but otherwise identical to the Securities
surrendered for such exchange and of like principal amount; and the
Trustee, upon Company Order of the Successor Company, shall
authenticate and deliver Securities as specified in such order for
the purpose of such exchange. If Securities shall at any time be
authenticated and delivered in any new name of a Successor Company
pursuant to this Section 3.06 in exchange or substitution for
or upon registration of transfer of any Securities, such Successor
Company, at the option of the Holders but without expense to them,
shall provide for the exchange of all Securities at the time
Outstanding for Securities authenticated and delivered in such new
name.
(j) Each Holder of a Security
agrees to indemnify the Company and the Trustee against any
liability that may result from the transfer, exchange or assignment
of such Holder’s Security in violation of any provision of
this Indenture and/or applicable United States federal or state
securities laws.
(k) The Trustee shall have no
obligation or duty to monitor, determine or inquire as to
compliance with any restrictions on transfer imposed under this
Indenture or under applicable law with respect to any transfer of
any interest in any Security other than to require delivery of such
certificates and other documentation or evidence as are expressly
required by, and to do so if and when expressly required by the
terms of, this Indenture, and to examine the same to determine
substantial compliance as to form with the express requirements
hereof.
(l) Neither the Trustee nor
any agent of the Trustee shall have any responsibility for any
actions taken or not taken by the Depositary.
Section 3.07 Mutilated,
Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities .
(a) If (i) any mutilated
Security is surrendered to the Trustee at its Corporate Trust
Office or (ii) the Company and the Trustee receive evidence to
their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any
Security, and there is delivered to the Company and the Trustee
security or indemnity bond satisfactory to them to save each of
them and any Paying Agent harmless, and neither the Company nor the
Trustee receives notice that such Security has been acquired by a
protected purchaser, then the Company shall execute and upon
Company Order the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in
exchange for or in lieu of any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or
stolen Security, a new Security of the same series and of like
tenor, form, terms and principal amount, bearing a number not
contemporaneously outstanding, that neither gain nor loss in
interest shall result from such exchange or
substitution.
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(b) In case 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 the amount due on such
Security in accordance with its terms.
(c) Upon the issuance of any
new Security under this Section, the Company may require the
payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental
charge that may be imposed in respect thereto and any other
expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Trustee) connected
therewith.
(d) Every new Security of any
series issued pursuant to this Section shall constitute an original
additional contractual obligation of the Company, whether or not
the destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be at any time
enforceable by anyone, and shall be entitled to all the benefits of
this Indenture equally and proportionately with any and all other
Securities of that series duly issued hereunder.
(e) The provisions of this
Section are exclusive and shall preclude (to the extent lawful) all
other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement or
payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen
Securities.
Section 3.08 Payment of
Interest; Interest Rights Preserved .
(a) 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 Person in whose name
such Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered
at the close of business on the Record Date for such interest
notwithstanding the cancellation of such Security upon any transfer
or exchange subsequent to the Record Date. Payment of interest on
Securities shall be made at the Corporate Trust Office (except as
otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.01) or, at the
option of the Company, by check mailed to the address of the Person
entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Register or,
in accordance with arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee, by
wire transfer to an account designated by the Holder.
(b) Any interest on any
Security that is payable but is not punctually paid or duly
provided for on any Interest Payment Date (herein called
“Defaulted Interest”) shall forthwith cease to be
payable to the Holder on the relevant Record Date by virtue of his,
her or its having been such a Holder, and such Defaulted Interest
may be paid by the Company, at its election in each case, as
provided in clause (i) or (ii) below:
(i) The Company may elect to
make payment of any Defaulted Interest to the Persons in whose
names such Securities (or their respective Predecessor Securities)
are registered at the close of business on a special record date
for the payment of such Defaulted Interest (a “Special Record
Date”), which shall be fixed in the following manner. The
Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of
Defaulted Interest proposed to be paid on each such Security and
the date of the proposed payment, and at the same time the Company
shall deposit with the Trustee an amount of money equal to the
aggregate amount proposed to be paid in respect of such Defaulted
Interest or shall make arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for
such deposit prior to the date of the
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proposed payment, such money
when deposited to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons
entitled to such Defaulted Interest as in this clause provided.
Thereupon the Trustee shall fix a Special Record Date for the
payment of such Defaulted Interest which shall be not more than 15
calendar days and not less than 10 calendar days prior to the date
of the proposed payment and not less than 10 calendar days after
the receipt by the Trustee of the notice of the proposed payment.
The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company of such Special
Record Date and, in the name and at the expense of the Company,
shall cause notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted
Interest and the Special Record Date therefor to be mailed,
first-class postage prepaid, to the Holders of such Securities at
their addresses as they appear in the Register, not less than 10
calendar days prior to such Special Record Date. Notice of the
proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record
Date therefor having been mailed as aforesaid, such Defaulted
Interest shall be paid to the Persons in whose names such
Securities (or their respective Predecessor Securities) are
registered at the close of business on such Special Record Date and
shall no longer be payable pursuant to the following clause
(ii).
(ii) The Company may make
payment of any Defaulted Interest on Securities in any other lawful
manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities
exchange on which such Securities may be listed, and upon such
notice as may be required by such exchange, if, after notice given
by the Company to the Trustee of the proposed payment pursuant to
this clause, such manner of payment shall be deemed practicable by
the Trustee.
(c) Subject to the provisions
set forth herein relating to Record Dates, each Security delivered
pursuant to any provision of this Indenture in exchange or
substitution for, or upon registration of transfer of, any other
Security shall carry all the rights to interest accrued and unpaid,
and to accrue, which were carried by such other
Security.
Section 3.09
Cancellation . Unless otherwise specified pursuant to
Section 3.01 for Securities of any series, all Securities
surrendered for payment, redemption, registration of transfer or
exchange or credit against any sinking fund or otherwise shall, if
surrendered to any Person other than the Trustee, be delivered to
the Trustee for cancellation and shall be promptly canceled by it
and, if surrendered to the Trustee, shall be promptly canceled by
it. The Company may at any time deliver to the Trustee for
cancellation any Securities previously authenticated and delivered
hereunder that the Company may have acquired in any manner
whatsoever, and all Securities so delivered shall be promptly
canceled by the Trustee. No Securities shall be authenticated in
lieu of or in exchange for any Securities canceled as provided in
this Section, except as expressly permitted by this Indenture. The
Trustee shall dispose of all canceled Securities held by it in
accordance with its then customary procedures and deliver a
certificate of such disposal to the Company upon its request
therefor. The acquisition of any Securities by the Company shall
not operate as a redemption or satisfaction of the Indebtedness
represented thereby unless and until such Securities are
surrendered to the Trustee for cancellation.
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Section 3.10 Computation
of Interest . Except as otherwise specified pursuant to
Section 3.01 for Securities of any series, interest on the
Securities of each series shall be computed on the basis of a
360-day year of twelve 30-day months.
Section 3.11 Currency of
Payments in Respect of Securities .
(a) Except as otherwise
specified pursuant to Section 3.01 for Securities of any
series, payment of the principal of and premium, if any, and
interest on Securities of such series will be made in U.S.
Dollars.
(b) For purposes of any
provision of the Indenture in which the Holders of Outstanding
Securities may perform an action that requires that a specified
percentage of the Outstanding Securities of all series perform such
action and for purposes of any decision or determination by the
Trustee of amounts due and unpaid for the principal of and premium,
if any, and interest on the Securities of all series in respect of
which moneys are to be disbursed ratably, the principal of and
premium, if any, and interest on the Outstanding Securities
denominated in a Foreign Currency will be the amount in U.S.
Dollars based upon exchange rates, determined as specified pursuant
to Section 3.01 for Securities of such series, as of the date
for determining whether the Holders entitled to perform such action
have performed it or as of the date of such decision or
determination by the Trustee, as the case may be.
(c) Any decision or
determination to be made regarding exchange rates shall be made by
an agent appointed by the Company; provided, that such agent shall
accept such appointment in writing and the terms of such
appointment shall, in the opinion of the Company at the time of
such appointment, require such agent to make such determination by
a method consistent with the method provided pursuant to
Section 3.01 for the making of such decision or determination.
All decisions and determinations of such agent regarding exchange
rates shall, in the absence of manifest error, be conclusive for
all purposes and irrevocably binding upon the Company, the Trustee
and all Holders of the Securities.
Section 3.12 Judgments
. The Company may provide pursuant to Section 3.01 for
Securities of any series that (a) the obligation, if any, of
the Company to pay the principal of, premium, if any, and interest
on the Securities of any series in a Foreign Currency or U.S.
Dollars (the “Designated Currency”) as may be specified
pursuant to Section 3.01 is of the essence and agrees that, to
the fullest extent possible under applicable law, judgments in
respect of such Securities shall be given in the Designated
Currency; (b) the obligation of the Company to make payments
in the Designated Currency of the principal of and premium, if any,
and interest on such Securities shall, notwithstanding any payment
in any other Currency (whether pursuant to a judgment or
otherwise), be discharged only to the extent of the amount in the
Designated Currency that the Holder receiving such payment may, in
accordance with normal banking procedures, purchase with the sum
paid in such other Currency (after any premium and cost of
exchange) on the business day in the country of issue of the
Designated Currency or in the international banking community (in
the case of a composite currency) immediately following the day on
which such Holder receives such payment; (c) if the amount in
the Designated Currency that may be so purchased for any reason
falls short of the amount originally due, the Company shall pay
such additional amounts as may be necessary to compensate for such
shortfall; and (d) any obligation of the Company not
discharged by such payment shall be due as
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a separate and independent obligation
and, until discharged as provided herein, shall continue in full
force and effect.
Section 3.13 CUSIP
Numbers . The Company in issuing any Securities may use CUSIP,
ISIN or other similar numbers, if then generally in use, and
thereafter with respect to such series, the Trustee may use such
numbers in any notice of redemption or exchange with respect to
such series provided that any such notice may state that no
representation is made as to the correctness of such numbers either
as printed on the Securities or as contained in any notice of a
redemption and that reliance may be placed only on the other
identification numbers printed on the Securities, and any such
redemption shall not be affected by any defect in or omission of
such numbers. The Company will promptly notify the Trustee in
writing of any change in the CUSIP, ISIN or other similar
numbers.
ARTICLE IV
REDEMPTION OF
SECURITIES
Section 4.01 Applicability
of Right of Redemption . Redemption of Securities (other than
pursuant to a sinking fund, amortization or analogous provision)
permitted by the terms of any series of Securities shall be made
(except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.01 for
Securities of any series) in accordance with this Article;
provided, however, that if any such terms of a series of Securities
shall conflict with any provision of this Article, the terms of
such series shall govern.
Section 4.02 Selection of
Securities to be Redeemed .
(a) If the Company shall at
any time elect to redeem all or any portion of the Securities of a
series then Outstanding, it shall at least 30 days prior to the
Redemption Date fixed by the Company (unless a shorter period shall
be satisfactory to the Trustee) notify the Trustee of such
Redemption Date and of the principal amount of Securities to be
redeemed, and thereupon the Trustee shall select, by lot or in such
other manner as the Trustee shall deem appropriate and which may
provide for the selection for redemption of a portion of the
principal amount of any Security of such series; provided that the
unredeemed portion of the principal amount of any Security shall be
in an authorized denomination (which shall not be less than the
minimum authorized denomination) for such Security. In any case
where more than one Security of such series is registered in the
same name, the Trustee may treat the aggregate principal amount so
registered as if it were represented by one Security of such
series. The Trustee shall, as soon as practicable, notify the
Company in writing of the Securities and portions of Securities so
selected.
(b) For all purposes of this
Indenture, unless the context otherwise requires, all provisions
relating to the redemption of Securities shall relate, in the case
of any Security redeemed or to be redeemed only in part, to the
portion of the principal amount of such Security that has been or
is to be redeemed. If the Company shall so direct, Securities
registered in the name of the Company, any Affiliate or any
Subsidiary thereof shall not be included in the Securities selected
for redemption.
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Section 4.03 Notice of
Redemption .
(a) Notice of redemption
shall be given by the Company or, at the Company’s request,
by the Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Company;
provided, however, that the Company makes such request at least 3
days prior to the date by which such notice of redemption must be
given to Holders in accordance with this Section 4.03;
provided further that, the text of such notice shall be prepared by
the Company, not less than 60 days before the Redemption Date
unless the Trustee consents to a shorter period, to the Holders of
Securities of any series to be redeemed in whole or in part
pursuant to this Article, in the manner provided in
Section 16.04. Any notice so given shall be conclusively
presumed to have been duly given, whether or not the Holder
receives such notice. Failure to give such notice, or any defect in
such notice to the Holder of any Security of a series designated
for redemption, in whole or in part, shall not affect the
sufficiency of any notice of redemption with respect to the Holder
of any other Security of such series.
(b) All notices of redemption
shall identify the Securities to be redeemed (including CUSIP, ISIN
or other similar numbers, if available) and shall state:
(i) such election by the
Company to redeem Securities of such series pursuant to provisions
contained in this Indenture or the terms of the Securities of such
series or a supplemental indenture establishing such series, if
such be the case;
(ii) the Redemption
Date;
(iii) the Redemption
Price;
(iv) if less than all
Outstanding Securities of any series are to be redeemed, the
identification (and, in the case of partial redemption, the
principal amounts) of the Securities of such series to be
redeemed;
(v) that on the Redemption
Date the Redemption Price will become due and payable upon each
such Security to be redeemed, and that, if applicable, interest
thereon shall cease to accrue on and after said date;
(vi) the Place or Places of
Payment where such Securities are to be surrendered for payment of
the Redemption Price;
(vii) that the redemption is
for a sinking fund, if such is the case; and
(viii) that the Securities
must be surrendered to the Paying Agent for payment of the
Redemption Price.
Section 4.04 Deposit of
Redemption Price . On or prior to 11:00 a.m., New York City
time, on the Redemption Date for any Securities, the Company shall
deposit with the Trustee or with a Paying Agent (or, if the Company
is acting as its own Paying Agent, segregate and hold in trust as
provided in Section 6.03) an amount of money in the Currency
in which such Securities
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are denominated (except as provided
pursuant to Section 3.01) sufficient to pay the Redemption
Price of such Securities or any portions thereof that are to be
redeemed on that date.
Section 4.05 Securities
Payable on Redemption Date . Notice of redemption having been
given as aforesaid, any Securities so to be redeemed shall, on the
Redemption Date, become due and payable at the Redemption Price and
from and after such date (unless the Company shall Default in the
payment of the Redemption Price) such Securities shall cease to
bear interest. Upon surrender of any such Security for redemption
in accordance with said notice, such Security shall be paid by the
Company at the Redemption Price; provided, however, that (unless
otherwise provided pursuant to Section 3.01) installments of
interest that have a Stated Maturity on or prior to the Redemption
Date for such Securities shall be payable according to the terms of
such Securities and the provisions of Section 3.08.
If any Security called for
redemption shall not be so paid upon surrender thereof for
redemption, the principal thereof and premium, if any, thereon
shall, until paid, bear interest from the Redemption Date at the
rate prescribed therefor in the Security.
Section 4.06 Securities
Redeemed in Part . Any Security that is to be redeemed only in
part shall be surrendered at the Corporate Trust Office or such
other office or agency of the Company as is specified pursuant to
Section 3.01 with, if the Company, the Registrar or the
Trustee so requires, due endorsement by, or a written instrument of
transfer in form satisfactory to the Company, the Registrar and the
Trustee duly executed by the Holder thereof or his, her or its
attorney duly authorized in writing, and 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, of like tenor and form, 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; except that if a Global
Security is so surrendered, the Company shall execute, and the
Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Depositary for such
Global Security, without service charge, a new Global Security in a
denomination equal to and in exchange for the unredeemed portion of
the principal of the Global Security so surrendered. In the case of
a Security providing appropriate space for such notation, at the
option of the Holder thereof, the Trustee, in lieu of delivering a
new Security or Securities as aforesaid, may make a notation on
such Security of the payment of the redeemed portion
thereof.
ARTICLE V
SINKING
FUNDS
Section 5.01 Applicability
of Sinking Fund .
(a) Redemption of Securities
permitted or required pursuant to a sinking fund for the retirement
of Securities of a series by the terms of such series of Securities
shall be made in accordance with such terms of such series of
Securities and this Article, except as otherwise specified pursuant
to Section 3.01 for Securities of such series, provided,
however, that if any such terms of a series of Securities shall
conflict with any provision of this Article, the terms of such
series shall govern.
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(b) The minimum amount of any
sinking fund payment provided for by the terms of Securities of any
series is herein referred to as a “Mandatory Sinking Fund
Payment,” and any payment in excess of such minimum amount
provided for by the terms of Securities of any series is herein
referred to as an “Optional Sinking Fund Payment.” If
provided for by the terms of Securities of any series, the cash
amount of any Mandatory Sinking Fund Payment may be subject to
reduction as provided in Section 5.02.
Section 5.02 Mandatory
Sinking Fund Obligation . The Company may, at its option,
satisfy any Mandatory Sinking Fund Payment obligation, in whole or
in part, with respect to a particular series of Securities by
(a) delivering to the Trustee Securities of such series in
transferable form theretofore purchased or otherwise acquired by
the Company or redeemed at the election of the Company pursuant to
Section 4.03 or (b) receiving credit for Securities of
such series (not previously so credited) acquired by the Company
and theretofore delivered to the Trustee. The Trustee shall credit
such Mandatory Sinking Fund Payment obligation with an amount equal
to the Redemption Price specified in such Securities for redemption
through operation of the sinking fund and the amount of such
Mandatory Sinking Fund Payment shall be reduced accordingly. If the
Company shall elect to so satisfy any Mandatory Sinking Fund
Payment obligation, it shall deliver to the Trustee not less than
45 days prior to the relevant sinking fund payment date a written
notice signed on behalf of the Company by its Chairman of the Board
of Directors, Chief Executive Officer, President, Chief Operating
Officer, Chief Financial Officer, one of its Vice Presidents, its
Treasurer or one of its Assistant Treasurers, which shall designate
the Securities (and portions thereof, if any) so delivered or
credited and which shall be accompanied by such Securities (to the
extent not theretofore delivered) in transferable form. In case of
the failure of the Company, at or before the time so required, to
give such notice and deliver such Securities the Mandatory Sinking
Fund Payment obligation shall be paid entirely in
moneys.
Section 5.03 Optional
Redemption at Sinking Fund Redemption Price . In addition to
the sinking fund requirements of Section 5.02, to the extent,
if any, provided for by the terms of a particular series of
Securities, the Company may, at its option, make an Optional
Sinking Fund Payment with respect to such Securities. Unless
otherwise provided by such terms, (a) to the extent that the
right of the Company to make such Optional Sinking Fund Payment
shall not be exercised in any year, it shall not be cumulative or
carried forward to any subsequent year, and (b) such optional
payment shall operate to reduce the amount of any Mandatory Sinking
Fund Payment obligation as to Securities of the same series. If the
Company intends to exercise its right to make such optional payment
in any year it shall deliver to the Trustee not less than 45 days
prior to the relevant sinking fund payment date a certificate
signed by its Chairman of the Board of Directors, Chief Executive
Officer, President, Chief Operating Officer, Chief Financial
Officer, one of its Vice Presidents, Treasurer or one of its
Assistant Treasurers stating that the Company will exercise such
optional right, and specifying the amount which the Company will
pay on or before the next succeeding sinking fund payment date.
Such certificate shall also state that no Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing.
Section 5.04 Application
of Sinking Fund Payment .
(a) If the sinking fund
payment or payments made in funds pursuant to either
Section 5.02 or 5.03 with respect to a particular series of
Securities plus any unused
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balance of any preceding
sinking fund payments made in funds with respect to such series
shall exceed $50,000 (or
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