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EXHIBIT 4.8
JAZZ PHARMACEUTICALS,
INC.,
ISSUER
AND
[TRUSTEE],
TRUSTEE
INDENTURE
DATED AS OF [
], 200
SENIOR DEBT
SECURITIES
T ABLE
OF C ONTENTS
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| ARTICLE 1 DEFINITIONS |
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Section 1.01 |
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Definitions Of Terms |
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| ARTICLE 2 ISSUE, DESCRIPTION, TERMS,
EXECUTION, REGISTRATION AND EXCHANGE OF SECURITIES |
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Section 2.01 |
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Designation And Terms Of Securities |
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Section 2.02 |
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Form Of
Securities And Trustee’s Certificate |
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Section 2.03 |
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Denominations: Provisions For Payment |
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Section 2.04 |
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Execution
And Authentications |
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Section 2.05 |
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Registration Of Transfer And Exchange |
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Section 2.06 |
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Temporary
Securities |
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Section 2.07 |
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Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost Or Stolen Securities |
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Section 2.08 |
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Cancellation |
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Section 2.09 |
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Benefits
Of Indenture |
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Section 2.10 |
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Authenticating Agent |
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Section 2.11 |
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Global
Securities |
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| ARTICLE 3 REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES AND
SINKING FUND PROVISIONS |
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Section 3.01 |
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Redemption |
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Section 3.02 |
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Notice Of
Redemption |
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Section 3.03 |
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Payment
Upon Redemption |
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Section 3.04 |
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Sinking
Fund |
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Section 3.05 |
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Satisfaction Of Sinking Fund Payments With
Securities |
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Section 3.06 |
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Redemption Of Securities For Sinking Fund |
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| ARTICLE 4 COVENANTS |
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Section 4.01 |
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Payment
Of Principal, Premium And Interest |
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Section 4.02 |
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Maintenance Of Office Or Agency |
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Section 4.03 |
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Paying
Agents |
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Section 4.04 |
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Appointment To Fill Vacancy In Office Of Trustee |
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Section 4.05 |
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Compliance With Consolidation Provisions |
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| ARTICLE 5 SECURITYHOLDERS’ LISTS
AND REPORTS BY THE COMPANY AND THE TRUSTEE |
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Section
5.01 |
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Company
To Furnish Trustee Names And Addresses Of
Securityholders |
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Section 5.02 |
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Preservation Of Information; Communications With
Securityholders |
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Section
5.03 |
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Reports
By The Company |
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Section
5.04 |
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Reports
By The Trustee |
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| ARTICLE 6 REMEDIES OF THE TRUSTEE AND
SECURITYHOLDERS ON EVENT OF DEFAULT |
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Section
6.01 |
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Events Of
Default |
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Section
6.02 |
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Collection Of Indebtedness And Suits For Enforcement By
Trustee |
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Section 6.03 |
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Application Of Moneys Collected |
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Section
6.04 |
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Limitation On Suits |
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Section
6.05 |
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Rights
And Remedies Cumulative; Delay Or Omission Not Waiver |
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Section
6.06 |
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Control
By Securityholders |
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Section
6.07 |
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Undertaking To Pay Costs |
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| ARTICLE 7 CONCERNING THE
TRUSTEE |
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Section
7.01 |
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Certain
Duties And Responsibilities Of Trustee |
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Section
7.02 |
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Certain
Rights Of Trustee |
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Section
7.03 |
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Trustee
Not Responsible For Recitals Or Issuance Or Securities |
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Section
7.04 |
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May Hold
Securities |
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Section
7.05 |
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Moneys
Held In Trust |
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Section 7.06 |
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Compensation And Reimbursement |
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Section
7.07 |
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Reliance
On Officers’ Certificate |
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Section
7.08 |
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Disqualification; Conflicting Interests |
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Section
7.09 |
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Corporate
Trustee Required; Eligibility |
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Section
7.10 |
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Resignation And Removal; Appointment Of Successor |
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Section
7.11 |
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Acceptance Of Appointment By Successor |
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Section 7.12 |
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Merger,
Conversion, Consolidation Or Succession To Business |
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Section 7.13 |
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Preferential Collection Of Claims Against The
Company |
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Section 7.14 |
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Notice Of
Default |
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| ARTICLE 8 CONCERNING THE
SECURITYHOLDERS |
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Section 8.01 |
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Evidence
Of Action By Securityholders |
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Section 8.02 |
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Proof Of
Execution By Securityholders |
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Section 8.03 |
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Who May
Be Deemed Owners |
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Section 8.04 |
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Certain
Securities Owned By Company Disregarded |
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Section 8.05 |
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Actions
Binding On Future Securityholders |
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| ARTICLE 9 SUPPLEMENTAL
INDENTURES |
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Section 9.01 |
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Supplemental Indentures Without The Consent Of
Securityholders |
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Section 9.02 |
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Supplemental Indentures With Consent Of
Securityholders |
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Section 9.03 |
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Effect Of
Supplemental Indentures |
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Section 9.04 |
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Securities Affected By Supplemental Indentures |
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Section 9.05 |
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Execution
Of Supplemental Indentures |
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| ARTICLE 10 SUCCESSOR ENTITY |
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Section 10.01 |
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Company
May Consolidate, Etc. |
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Section 10.02 |
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Successor
Entity Substituted |
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Section 10.03 |
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Evidence
Of Consolidation, Etc. To Trustee |
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| ARTICLE 11 SATISFACTION AND
DISCHARGE |
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Section 11.01 |
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Satisfaction And Discharge Of Indenture |
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Section 11.02 |
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Discharge
Of Obligations |
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Section 11.03 |
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Deposited
Moneys To Be Held In Trust |
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Section 11.04 |
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Payment
Of Moneys Held By Paying Agents |
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Section 11.05 |
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Repayment
To Company |
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| ARTICLE 12 IMMUNITY OF INCORPORATORS,
STOCKHOLDERS, OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS |
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Section 12.01 |
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No
Recourse |
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| ARTICLE 13 MISCELLANEOUS
PROVISIONS |
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Section 13.01 |
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Effect On
Successors And Assigns |
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Section 13.02 |
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Actions
By Successor |
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Section 13.03 |
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Surrender
Of Company Powers |
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Section 13.04 |
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Notices |
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Section 13.05 |
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Governing
Law |
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Section 13.06 |
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Treatment
Of Securities As Debt |
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Section 13.07 |
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Certificates And Opinions As To Conditions
Precedent |
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Section 13.08 |
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Payments
On Business Days |
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Section 13.09 |
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Conflict
With Trust Indenture Act |
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Section 13.10 |
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Counterparts |
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Section 13.11 |
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Separability |
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Section 13.12 |
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Compliance Certificates |
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This Table of Contents does not constitute part of the
Indenture and shall not have any bearing on the interpretation of
any of its terms or provisions. |
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INDENTURE
I
NDENTURE , dated as of
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, among J AZZ P HARMACEUTICALS , I
NC . , a Delaware corporation (the
“Company”), and [T RUSTEE ] , as
trustee (the “Trustee”):
W
HEREAS , for its lawful corporate purposes, the
Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this
Indenture to provide for the issuance of debt securities
(hereinafter referred to as the “Securities”), in an
unlimited aggregate principal amount to be issued from time to time
in one or more series as in this Indenture provided, as registered
Securities without coupons, to be authenticated by the certificate
of the Trustee;
W
HEREAS , to provide the terms and conditions
upon which the Securities are to be authenticated, issued and
delivered, the Company has duly authorized the execution of this
Indenture; and
W
HEREAS , all things necessary to make this
Indenture a valid agreement of the Company, in accordance with its
terms, have been done.
N OW , T
HEREFORE , in consideration of the premises and
the purchase of the Securities by the holders thereof, it is
mutually covenanted and agreed as follows for the equal and ratable
benefit of the holders of Securities:
ARTICLE 1
DEFINITIONS
Section 1.01
Definitions Of Terms.
The terms defined in this
Section (except as in this Indenture or any indenture supplemental
hereto otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise
requires) for all purposes of this Indenture and of any indenture
supplemental hereto shall have the respective meanings specified in
this Section and shall include the plural as well as the singular.
All other terms used in this Indenture that are defined in the
Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, or that are by reference
in such Act defined in the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(except as herein or any indenture supplemental hereto otherwise
expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires), shall
have the meanings assigned to such terms in said Trust Indenture
Act and in said Securities Act as in force at the date of the
execution of this instrument.
“Authenticating
Agent” means an authenticating agent with respect to
all or any of the series of Securities appointed by the Trustee
pursuant to Section 2.10.
“Bankruptcy
Law” means Title 11, U.S. Code, or any similar
federal or state law for the relief of debtors.
“Board Of
Directors” means the Board of Directors of the
Company or any duly authorized committee of such Board.
“Board
Resolution” means a copy of a resolution certified by
the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company to have been
duly adopted by the Board of Directors and to be in full force and
effect on the date of such certification.
“Business
Day” means, with respect to any series of Securities,
any day other than a day on which federal or state banking
institutions in the Borough of Manhattan, the City of New York, or
in the city of the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, are
authorized or obligated by law, executive order or regulation to
close.
“Certificate” means a certificate
signed by any Officer. The Certificate need not comply with the
provisions of Section 13.07.
“Company” means J
AZZ P HARMACEUTICALS , I
NC . , a corporation duly organized and existing
under the laws of the State of Delaware, and, subject to the
provisions of Article Ten, shall also include its successors and
assigns.
“Corporate Trust
Office” means the office of the Trustee at which, at
any particular time, its corporate trust business shall be
principally administered, which office at the date hereof is
located at
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“Custodian” means any receiver,
trustee, assignee, liquidator or similar official under any
Bankruptcy Law.
“Default” means any event, act or
condition that with notice or lapse of time, or both, would
constitute an Event of Default.
“Depositary” means, with respect to
Securities of any series for which the Company shall determine that
such Securities will be issued as a Global Security, The Depository
Trust Company, New York, New York, another clearing agency, or any
successor registered as a clearing agency under the Securities and
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”),
or other applicable statute or regulation, which, in each case,
shall be designated by the Company pursuant to either
Section 2.01 or 2.11.
“Event Of
Default” means, with respect to Securities of a
particular series, any event specified in Section 6.01,
continued for the period of time, if any, therein
designated.
“Global
Security” means, with respect to any series of
Securities, a Security executed by the Company and delivered by the
Trustee to the Depositary or pursuant to the Depositary’s
instruction, all in accordance with the Indenture, which shall be
registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee.
“Governmental
Obligations” means securities that are
(a) direct obligations of the United States of America for the
payment of which its full faith and credit is pledged or
(b) obligations of a Person controlled or supervised by and
acting as an agency or instrumentality of the United States of
America, the payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a
full faith and credit obligation by the United States of America
that, in either case, are not callable or redeemable at the option
of the issuer thereof at any time prior to the stated maturity of
the Securities, and shall also include a depositary receipt issued
by a bank or trust company as
custodian with respect to any such
Governmental Obligation or a specific payment of principal of or
interest on any such Governmental Obligation held by such custodian
for the account of the holder of such depositary receipt; provided,
however, that (except as required by law) such custodian is not
authorized to make any deduction from the amount payable to the
holder of such depositary receipt from any amount received by the
custodian in respect of the Governmental Obligation or the specific
payment of principal of or interest on the Governmental Obligation
evidenced by such depositary receipt.
“Herein”,
“Hereof” and “Hereunder”, and other
words of similar import, refer to this Indenture as a whole and not
to any particular Article, Section or other subdivision.
“Indenture” means this instrument as
originally executed or as it may from time to time be supplemented
or amended by one or more indentures supplemental hereto entered
into in accordance with the terms hereof.
“Interest Payment
Date” , when used with respect to any installment of
interest on a Security of a particular series, means the date
specified in such Security or in a Board Resolution or in an
indenture supplemental hereto with respect to such series as the
fixed date on which an installment of interest with respect to
Securities of that series is due and payable.
“Officer” means, with respect to the
Company, the chairman of the Board of Directors, a chief executive
officer, a president, a chief financial officer, a chief operating
officer, any executive vice president, any senior vice president,
any vice president, the treasurer or any assistant treasurer, the
controller or any assistant controller or the secretary or any
assistant secretary.
“Officers’
Certificate” means a certificate signed by any two
Officers. Each such certificate shall include the statements
provided for in Section 13.07, if and to the extent required
by the provisions thereof.
“Opinion Of
Counsel” means an opinion in writing subject to
customary exceptions of legal counsel, who may be an employee of or
counsel for the Company, that is delivered to the Trustee in
accordance with the terms hereof. Each such opinion shall include
the statements provided for in Section 13.07, if and to the
extent required by the provisions thereof.
“Outstanding” , when used with
reference to Securities of any series, means, subject to the
provisions of Section 8.04, as of any particular time, all
Securities of that series theretofore authenticated and delivered
by the Trustee under this Indenture, except (a) Securities
theretofore canceled by the Trustee or any paying agent, or
delivered to the Trustee or any paying agent for cancellation or
that have previously been canceled; (b) Securities or portions
thereof for the payment or redemption of which moneys or
Governmental Obligations in the necessary amount shall have been
deposited in trust with the Trustee or with any paying agent (other
than the Company) or shall have been set aside and segregated in
trust by the Company (if the Company shall act as its own paying
agent); provided, however, that if such Securities or portions of
such Securities are to be redeemed prior to the maturity thereof,
notice of such redemption shall have been given as in Article Three
provided, or provision satisfactory to the Trustee shall have been
made for giving such notice; and (c) Securities in lieu of or
in substitution for which other Securities shall have been
authenticated and delivered pursuant to the terms of
Section 2.07.
“Person” means any individual,
corporation, partnership, joint venture, joint-stock company,
limited liability company, association, trust, unincorporated
organization, any other entity or organization, including a
government or political subdivision or an agency or instrumentality
thereof.
“Predecessor
Security” of any particular Security means every
previous Security evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as
that evidenced by such particular Security; and, for the purposes
of this definition, any Security authenticated and delivered under
Section 2.07 in lieu of a lost, destroyed or stolen Security
shall be deemed to evidence the same debt as the lost, destroyed or
stolen Security.
“Responsible
Officer” when used with respect to the Trustee means
the chairman of its board of directors, the chief executive
officer, the president, any vice president, the secretary, the
treasurer, any trust officer, any corporate trust officer or any
other officer or assistant officer of the Trustee customarily
performing functions similar to those performed by the Persons who
at the time shall be such officers, respectively, or to whom any
corporate trust matter is referred because of his or her knowledge
of and familiarity with the particular subject.
“Securities” means the debt
Securities authenticated and delivered under this
Indenture.
“Securityholder” , “holder of
Securities”, “registered holder”, or other
similar term, means the Person or Persons in whose name or names a
particular Security shall be registered on the books of the Company
kept for that purpose in accordance with the terms of this
Indenture.
“Security
Register” and “Security
Registrar” shall have the meanings as set forth in
Section 2.05.
“Subsidiary” means, with respect to
any Person, (i) any corporation at least a majority of whose
outstanding Voting Stock shall at the time be owned, directly or
indirectly, by such Person or by one or more of its Subsidiaries or
by such Person and one or more of its Subsidiaries, (ii) any
general partnership, joint venture or similar entity, at least a
majority of whose outstanding partnership or similar interests
shall at the time be owned by such Person, or by one or more of its
Subsidiaries, or by such Person and one or more of its Subsidiaries
and (iii) any limited partnership of which such Person or any
of its Subsidiaries is a general partner.
“Trustee” means
, and, subject
to the provisions of Article Seven, shall also include its
successors and assigns, and, if at any time there is more than one
Person acting in such capacity hereunder, “Trustee”
shall mean each such Person. The term “Trustee” as used
with respect to a particular series of the Securities shall mean
the trustee with respect to that series.
“Trust Indenture
Act” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as
amended.
“Voting
Stock” , as applied to stock of any Person, means
shares, interests, participations or other equivalents in the
equity interest (however designated) in such Person having ordinary
voting power for the election of a majority of the directors (or
the equivalent) of such Person, other than shares, interests,
participations or other equivalents having such power only by
reason of the occurrence of a contingency.
ARTICLE 2
ISSUE, DESCRIPTION, TERMS,
EXECUTION, REGISTRATION AND EXCHANGE OF SECURITIES
Section 2.01
Designation And Terms Of Securities.
(a) The aggregate
principal amount of Securities that may be authenticated and
delivered under this Indenture is unlimited. The Securities may be
issued in one or more series up to the aggregate principal amount
of Securities of that series from time to time authorized by or
pursuant to a Board Resolution or pursuant to one or more
indentures supplemental hereto. Prior to the initial issuance of
Securities of any series, there shall be established in or pursuant
to a Board Resolution, and set forth in an Officers’
Certificate, or established in one or more indentures supplemental
hereto:
(1) the title of the
Securities of the series (which shall distinguish the Securities of
that series from all other Securities);
(2) any limit upon the
aggregate principal amount of the Securities of that series that
may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture (except for
Securities authenticated and delivered upon registration of
transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Securities of
that series);
(3) the date or dates
on which the principal of the Securities of the series is payable,
any original issue discount that may apply to the Securities of
that series upon their issuance, the principal amount due at
maturity, and the place(s) of payment;
(4) the rate or rates
at which the Securities of the series shall bear interest or the
manner of calculation of such rate or rates, if any;
(5) the date or dates
from which such interest shall accrue, the Interest Payment Dates
on which such interest will be payable or the manner of
determination of such Interest Payment Dates, the place(s) of
payment, and the record date for the determination of holders to
whom interest is payable on any such Interest Payment Dates or the
manner of determination of such record dates;
(6) the right, if any,
to extend the interest payment periods and the duration of such
extension;
(7) the period or
periods within which, the price or prices at which and the terms
and conditions upon which Securities of the series may be redeemed,
in whole or in part, at the option of the Company;
(8) the obligation, if
any, of the Company to redeem or purchase Securities of the series
pursuant to any sinking fund, mandatory redemption, or
analogous provisions (including payments
made in cash in satisfaction of future sinking fund obligations) or
at the option of a holder thereof and the period or periods within
which, the price or prices at which, and the terms and conditions
upon which, Securities of the series shall be redeemed or
purchased, in whole or in part, pursuant to such
obligation;
(9) the form of the
Securities of the series including the form of the Certificate of
Authentication for such series;
(10) if other than
denominations of one thousand U.S. dollars ($1,000) or any integral
multiple thereof, the denominations in which the Securities of the
series shall be issuable;
(11) any and all other
terms (including terms, to the extent applicable, relating to any
auction or remarketing of the Securities of that series and any
security for the obligations of the Company with respect to such
Securities) with respect to such series (which terms shall not be
inconsistent with the terms of this Indenture, as amended by any
supplemental indenture) including any terms which may be required
by or advisable under United States laws or regulations or
advisable in connection with the marketing of Securities of that
series;
(12) whether the
Securities are issuable as a Global Security and, in such case, the
terms and the identity of the Depositary for such
series;
(13) whether the
Securities will be convertible into or exchangeable for shares of
common stock or other securities of the Company or any other Person
and, if so, the terms and conditions upon which such Securities
will be so convertible or exchangeable, including the conversion or
exchange price, as applicable, or how it will be calculated and may
be adjusted, any mandatory or optional (at the Company’s
option or the holders’ option) conversion or exchange
features, and the applicable conversion or exchange
period;
(14) if other than the
principal amount thereof, the portion of the principal amount of
Securities of the series which shall be payable upon declaration of
acceleration of the maturity thereof pursuant to
Section 6.01;
(15) any additional or
different Events of Default or restrictive covenants (which may
include, among other restrictions, restrictions on the
Company’s ability or the ability of the Company’s
Subsidiaries to: incur additional indebtedness; issue additional
securities; create liens; pay dividends or make distributions in
respect of their capital stock; redeem capital stock; place
restrictions on such Subsidiaries placing restrictions on their
ability to pay dividends, make distributions or transfer assets;
make investments or other restricted payments; sell or otherwise
dispose of assets; enter into sale-leaseback transactions; engage
in transactions with stockholders and affiliates; issue or sell
stock of their Subsidiaries; or effect a consolidation or merger)
or financial covenants (which may include, among other financial
covenants, financial covenants that require the Company and its
Subsidiaries to maintain specified interest coverage, fixed charge,
cash flow-based or asset-based ratios) provided for with respect to
the Securities of the series;
(16) if other than
dollars, the coin or currency in which the Securities of the series
are denominated (including, but not limited to, foreign
currency);
(17) the terms and
conditions, if any, upon which the Company shall pay amounts in
addition to the stated interest, premium, if any and principal
amounts of the Securities of the series to any Securityholder that
is not a “United States person” for federal tax
purposes; and
(18) any restrictions
on transfer, sale or assignment of the Securities of the
series.
All Securities of any one
series shall be substantially identical except as to denomination
and except as may otherwise be provided in or pursuant to any such
Board Resolution or in any indentures supplemental
hereto.
If any of the terms of the
series are established by action taken pursuant to a Board
Resolution of the Company, a copy of an appropriate record of such
action shall be certified by the secretary or an assistant
secretary of the Company and delivered to the Trustee at or prior
to the delivery of the Officers’ Certificate of the Company
setting forth the terms of the series.
Securities of any particular
series may be issued at various times, with different dates on
which the principal or any installment of principal is payable,
with different rates of interest, if any, or different methods by
which rates of interest may be determined, with different dates on
which such interest may be payable and with different redemption
dates.
Section 2.02 Form Of
Securities And Trustee’s Certificate.
The Securities of any series
and the Trustee’s certificate of authentication to be borne
by such Securities shall be substantially of the tenor and purport
as set forth in one or more indentures supplemental hereto or as
provided in a Board Resolution, and set forth in an Officers’
Certificate, and they may have such letters, numbers or other marks
of identification or designation and such legends or endorsements
printed, lithographed or engraved thereon as the Company may deem
appropriate and as are not inconsistent with the provisions of this
Indenture, or as may be required to comply with any law or with any
rule or regulation made pursuant thereto or with any rule or
regulation of any securities exchange on which Securities of that
series may be listed, or to conform to usage.
Section 2.03
Denominations: Provisions For Payment.
The Securities shall be
issuable as registered Securities and in the denominations of one
thousand U.S. dollars ($1,000) or any integral multiple thereof,
subject to Section 2.01(a)(10). The Securities of a particular
series shall bear interest payable on the dates and at the rate
specified with respect to that series. Subject to
Section 2.01(a)(16), the principal of and the interest on the
Securities of any series, as well as any premium thereon in case of
redemption thereof prior to maturity, shall be payable in the coin
or currency of the United States of America that at the time is
legal tender for public and private debt, at the office or agency
of the Company maintained for that purpose in the Borough of
Manhattan, the City and State of New York. Each Security shall be
dated the date of its authentication. Interest on the Securities
shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year composed of twelve
30-day months.
The interest installment on
any Security that is payable, and is punctually paid or duly
provided for, on any Interest Payment Date for Securities of that
series shall be paid to the Person in whose name said Security (or
one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of
business on the regular record date for such interest installment.
In the event that any Security of a particular series or portion
thereof is called for redemption and the redemption date is
subsequent to a regular record date with respect to any Interest
Payment Date and prior to such Interest Payment Date, interest on
such Security will be paid upon presentation and surrender of such
Security as provided in Section 3.03.
Any interest on any Security
that is payable, but is not punctually paid or duly provided for,
on any Interest Payment Date for Securities of the same series
(herein called “Defaulted Interest”) shall forthwith
cease to be payable to the registered holder on the relevant
regular record date by virtue of having been such holder; and such
Defaulted Interest shall be paid by the Company, at its election,
as provided in clause (1) or clause (2) below:
(1) The Company may
make payment of any Defaulted Interest on Securities to the Persons
in whose names such Securities (or their respective Predecessor
Securities) are registered at the close of business on a special
record date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest, which shall
be fixed in the following manner: the Company shall notify the
Trustee in writing of the amount of Defaulted Interest proposed to
be paid on each such Security and the date of the proposed payment,
and at the same time the Company shall deposit with the Trustee an
amount of money equal to the aggregate amount proposed to be paid
in respect of such Defaulted Interest or shall make arrangements
satisfactory to the Trustee for such deposit prior to the date of
the proposed payment, such money when deposited to be held in trust
for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such Defaulted Interest
as in this clause provided. Thereupon, the Trustee shall fix a
special record date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest
which shall not be more than 15 nor less than 10 days prior to the
date of the proposed payment and not less than 10 days after the
receipt by the Trustee of the notice of the proposed payment. The
Trustee shall promptly notify the Company of such special record
date and, in the name and at the expense of the Company, shall
cause notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and
the special record date therefor to be mailed, first class postage
prepaid, to each Securityholder at his or her address as it appears
in the Security Register (as hereinafter defined), not less than 10
days prior to such special record date. Notice of the proposed
payment of such Defaulted Interest and the special record date
therefor having been mailed as aforesaid, such Defaulted Interest
shall be paid to the Persons in whose names such Securities (or
their respective Predecessor Securities) are registered on such
special record date.
(2) The Company may
make payment of any Defaulted Interest on any Securities in any
other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any
securities exchange on which such Securities may be listed, and
upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, if, after
notice given by the Company to the Trustee of the proposed payment
pursuant to this clause, such manner of payment shall be deemed
practicable by the Trustee.
Unless otherwise set forth in
a Board Resolution or one or more indentures
supplemental
hereto establishing the terms of any
series of Securities pursuant to Section 2.01 hereof, the term
“regular record date” as used in this Section with
respect to a series of Securities and any Interest Payment Date for
such series shall mean either the fifteenth day of the month
immediately preceding the month in which an Interest Payment Date
established for such series pursuant to Section 2.01 hereof
shall occur, if such Interest Payment Date is the first day of a
month, or the first day of the month in which an Interest Payment
Date established for such series pursuant to Section 2.01
hereof shall occur, if such Interest Payment Date is the fifteenth
day of a month, whether or not such date is a Business
Day.
Subject to the foregoing
provisions of this Section, each Security of a series delivered
under this Indenture upon transfer of or in exchange for or in lieu
of any other Security of such series shall carry the rights to
interest accrued and unpaid, and to accrue, that were carried by
such other Security.
Section 2.04
Execution And Authentications.
The Securities shall be
signed on behalf of the Company by one of its Officers. Signatures
may be in the form of a manual or facsimile signature.
The Company may use the
facsimile signature of any Person who shall have been an Officer,
notwithstanding the fact that at the time the Securities shall be
authenticated and delivered or disposed of such Person shall have
ceased to be such an officer of the Company. The Securities may
contain such notations, legends or endorsements required by law,
stock exchange rule or usage. Each Security shall be dated the date
of its authentication by the Trustee.
A Security shall not be valid
until authenticated manually by an authorized signatory of the
Trustee, or by an Authenticating Agent. Such signature shall be
conclusive evidence that the Security so authenticated has been
duly authenticated and delivered hereunder and that the holder is
entitled to the benefits of this Indenture. At any time and from
time to time after the execution and delivery of this Indenture,
the Company may deliver Securities of any series executed by the
Company to the Trustee for authentication, together with a written
order of the Company for the authentication and delivery of such
Securities, signed by an Officer, and the Trustee in accordance
with such written order shall authenticate and deliver such
Securities.
In authenticating such
Securities and accepting the additional responsibilities under this
Indenture in relation to such Securities, the Trustee shall be
entitled to receive, and (subject to Section 7.01) shall be
fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating that
the form and terms thereof have been established in conformity with
the provisions of this Indenture.
The Trustee shall not be
required to authenticate such Securities if the issue of such
Securities pursuant to this Indenture will affect the
Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under the
Securities and this Indenture or otherwise in a manner that is not
reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.
Section 2.05
Registration Of Transfer And Exchange.
(a) Securities of any
series may be exchanged upon presentation thereof at the office or
agency of the Company designated for such purpose in the Borough of
Manhattan, the
City and State of New York, for other
Securities of such series of authorized denominations, and for a
like aggregate principal amount, upon payment of a sum sufficient
to cover any tax or other governmental charge in relation thereto,
all as provided in this Section. In respect of any Securities so
surrendered for exchange, the Company shall execute, the Trustee
shall authenticate and such office or agency shall deliver in
exchange therefor the Security or Securities of the same series
that the Securityholder making the exchange shall be entitled to
receive, bearing numbers not contemporaneously
outstanding.
(b) The Company shall
keep, or cause to be kept, at its office or agency designated for
such purpose in the Borough of Manhattan, the City and State of New
York, or such other location designated by the Company, a register
or registers (herein referred to as the “Security
Register”) in which, subject to such reasonable regulations
as it may prescribe, the Company shall register the Securities and
the transfers of Securities as in this Article provided and which
at all reasonable times shall be open for inspection by the
Trustee. The registrar for the purpose of registering Securities
and transfer of Securities as herein provided shall be appointed as
authorized by Board Resolution (the “Security
Registrar”).
Upon surrender for transfer
of any Security at the office or agency of the Company designated
for such purpose, the Company shall execute, the Trustee shall
authenticate and such office or agency shall deliver in the name of
the transferee or transferees a new Security or Securities of the
same series as the Security presented for a like aggregate
principal amount.
All Securities presented or
surrendered for exchange or registration of transfer, as provided
in this Section, shall be accompanied (if so required by the
Company or the Security Registrar) by a written instrument or
instruments of transfer, in form satisfactory to the Company or the
Security Registrar, duly executed by the registered holder or by
such holder’s duly authorized attorney in writing.
(c) Except as provided
pursuant to Section 2.01 pursuant to a Board Resolution, and
set forth in an Officers’ Certificate, or established in one
or more indentures supplemental to this Indenture, no service
charge shall be made for any exchange or registration of transfer
of Securities, or issue of new Securities in case of partial
redemption of any series, but the Company may require payment of a
sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge in
relation thereto, other than exchanges pursuant to
Section 2.06, Section 3.03(b) and Section 9.04 not
involving any transfer.
(d) The Company shall
not be required (i) to issue, exchange or register the
transfer of any Securities during a period beginning at the opening
of business 15 days before the day of the mailing of a notice of
redemption of less than all the Outstanding Securities of the same
series and ending at the close of business on the day of such
mailing, nor (ii) to register the transfer of or exchange any
Securities of any series or portions thereof called for redemption,
other than the unredeemed portion of any such Securities being
redeemed in part. The provisions of this Section 2.05 are,
with respect to any Global Security, subject to Section 2.11
hereof.
Section 2.06
Temporary Securities.
Pending the preparation of
definitive Securities of any series, the Company may execute, and
the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, temporary Securities
(printed, lithographed or typewritten) of any authorized
denomination. Such temporary Securities shall be substantially in
the form of the definitive Securities in lieu of which they are
issued, but with such omissions, insertions and variations as may
be appropriate for temporary Securities, all as may be determined
by the Company. Every temporary Security of any series shall be
executed by the Company and be authenticated by the Trustee upon
the same conditions and in substantially the same manner, and with
like effect, as the definitive Securities of such series. Without
unnecessary delay, the Company will execute and will furnish
definitive Securities of such series and thereupon any or all
temporary Securities of such series may be surrendered in exchange
therefor (without charge to the holders), at the office or agency
of the Company designated for the purpose in the Borough of
Manhattan, the City and State of New York, and the Trustee shall
authenticate and such office or agency shall deliver in exchange
for such temporary Securities an equal aggregate principal amount
of definitive Securities of such series, unless the Company advises
the Trustee to the effect that definitive Securities need not be
executed and furnished until further notice from the Company. Until
so exchanged, the temporary Securities of such series shall be
entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as definitive
Securities of such series authenticated and delivered
hereunder.
Section 2.07
Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost Or Stolen Securities.
In case any temporary or
definitive Security shall become mutilated or be destroyed, lost or
stolen, the Company (subject to the next succeeding sentence) shall
execute, and upon the Company’s request the Trustee (subject
as aforesaid) shall authenticate and deliver, a new Security of the
same series, bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding, in
exchange and substitution for the mutilated Security, or in lieu of
and in substitution for the Security so destroyed, lost or stolen.
In every case the applicant for a substituted Security shall
furnish to the Company and the Trustee such security or indemnity
as may be required by them to save each of them harmless, and, in
every case of destruction, loss or theft, the applicant shall also
furnish to the Company and the Trustee evidence to their
satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of the
applicant’s Security and of the ownership thereof. The
Trustee may authenticate any such substituted Security and deliver
the same upon the written request or authorization of any officer
of the Company. Upon the issuance of any substituted Security, the
Company may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any
tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation
thereto and any other expenses (including the fees and expenses of
the Trustee) connected therewith.
In case any Security that has
matured or is about to mature shall become mutilated or be
destroyed, lost or stolen, the Company may, instead of issuing a
substitute Security, pay or authorize the payment of the same
(without surrender thereof except in the case of a mutilated
Security) if the applicant for such payment shall furnish to the
Company and the Trustee such security or indemnity as they may
require to save them harmless, and, in case of destruction, loss or
theft, evidence to the satisfaction of the Company and the Trustee
of the destruction, loss or theft of such Security and of the
ownership thereof.
Every replacement Security
issued pursuant to the provisions of this Section shall constitute
an additional contractual obligation of the Company whether or not
the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be found at
any time, or be enforceable by anyone, and shall be entitled to all
the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with any
and all other Securities of the same series duly issued hereunder.
All Securities shall be held and owned upon the express condition
that the foregoing provisions are exclusive with respect to the
replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen
Securities, and shall preclude (to the extent lawful) any and all
other rights or remedies, notwithstanding any law or statute
existing or hereafter enacted to the contrary with respect to the
replacement or payment of negotiable instruments or other
securities without their surrender.
Section 2.08
Cancellation.
All Securities surrendered
for the purpose of payment, redemption, exchange or registration of
transfer shall, if surrendered to the Company or any paying agent,
be delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, or, if surrendered to
the Trustee, shall be cancelled by it, and no Securities shall be
issued in lieu thereof except as expressly required or permitted by
any of the provisions of this Indenture. On request of the Company
at the time of such surrender, the Trustee shall deliver to the
Company canceled Securities held by the Trustee. In the absence of
such request the Trustee may dispose of canceled Securities in
accordance with its standard procedures and deliver a certificate
of disposition to the Company. If the Company shall otherwise
acquire any of the Securities, however, such acquisition shall not
operate as a redemption or satisfaction of the indebtedness
represented by such Securities unless and until the same are
delivered to the Trustee for cancellation.
Section 2.09 Benefits
Of Indenture.
Nothing in this Indenture or
in the Securities, express or implied, shall give or be construed
to give to any Person, other than the parties hereto and the
holders of the Securities any legal or equitable right, remedy or
claim under or in respect of this Indenture, or under any covenant,
condition or provision herein contained; all such covenants,
conditions and provisions being for the sole benefit of the parties
hereto and of the holders of the Securities.
Section 2.10
Authenticating Agent.
So long as any of the
Securities of any series remain Outstanding there may be an
Authenticating Agent for any or all such series of Securities which
the Trustee shall have the right to appoint. Said Authenticating
Agent shall be authorized to act on behalf of the Trustee to
authenticate Securities of such series issued upon exchange,
transfer or partial redemption thereof, and Securities so
authenticated shall be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture
and shall be valid and obligatory for all purposes as if
authenticated by the Trustee hereunder. All references in this
Indenture to the authentication of Securities by the Trustee shall
be deemed to include authentication by an Authenticating Agent for
such series. Each Authenticating Agent shall be acceptable to the
Company and shall be a corporation that has a combined capital and
surplus, as most recently reported or determined by it, sufficient
under the laws of any jurisdiction under which it is organized or
in which it is doing business to conduct a trust business, and that
is otherwise authorized under such laws to conduct such business
and is
subject to supervision or examination by
federal or state authorities. If at any time any Authenticating
Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with these
provisions, it shall resign immediately.
Any Authenticating Agent may
at any time resign by giving written notice of resignation to the
Trustee and to the Company. The Trustee may at any time (and upon
request by the Company shall) terminate the agency of any
Authenticating Agent by giving written notice of termination to
such Authenticating Agent and to the Company. Upon resignation,
termination or cessation of eligibility of any Authenticating
Agent, the Trustee may appoint an eligible successor Authenticating
Agent acceptable to the Company. Any successor Authenticating
Agent, upon acceptance of its appointment hereunder, shall become
vested with all the rights, powers and duties of its predecessor
hereunder as if originally named as an Authenticating Agent
pursuant hereto.
Section 2.11 Global
Securities.
(a) If the Company
shall establish pursuant to Section 2.01 that the Securities
of a particular series are to be issued as a Global Security, then
the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall, in accordance with
Section 2.04, authenticate and deliver, a Global Security that
(i) shall represent, and shall be denominated in an amount
equal to the aggregate principal amount of, all of the Outstanding
Securities of such series, (ii) shall be registered in the
name of the Depositary or its nominee, (iii) shall be
delivered by the Trustee to the Depositary or pursuant to the
Depositary’s instruction and (iv) shall bear a legend
substantially to the following effect: “Except as otherwise
provided in Section 2.11 of the Indenture, this Security may
be transferred, in whole but not in part, only to another nominee
of the Depositary or to a successor Depositary or to a nominee of
such successor Depositary.”
(b) Notwithstanding
the provisions of Section 2.05, the Global Security of a
series may be transferred, in whole but not in part and in the
manner provided in Section 2.05, only to another nominee of
the Depositary for such series, or to a successor Depositary for
such series selected or approved by the Company or to a nominee of
such successor Depositary.
(c) If at any time the
Depositary for a series of the Securities notifies the Company that
it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for such series
or if at any time the Depositary for such series shall no longer be
registered or in good standing under the Exchange Act, or other
applicable statute or regulation, and a successor Depositary for
such series is not appointed by the Company within 90 days after
the Company receives such notice or becomes aware of such
condition, as the case may be, or if an Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing and the Company has received a request
from the Depositary, this Section 2.11 shall no longer be
applicable to the Securities of such series and the Company will
execute, and subject to Section 2.04, the Trustee will
authenticate and deliver the Securities of such series in
definitive registered form without coupons, in authorized
denominations, and in an aggregate principal amount equal to the
principal amount of the Global Security of such series in exchange
for such Global Security. In addition, the Company may at any time
determine that the Securities of any series shall no longer be
represented by a Global Security and that the provisions of this
Section 2.11 shall no longer apply to the Securities of such
series. In such event the Company will execute and, subject to
Section 2.04, the Trustee, upon receipt of an Officers’
Certificate
evidencing such determination by the
Company, will authenticate and deliver the Securities of such
series in definitive registered form without coupons, in authorized
denominations, and in an aggregate principal amount equal to the
principal amount of the Global Security of such series in exchange
for such Global Security. Upon the exchange of the Global Security
for such Securities in definitive registered form without coupons,
in authorized denominations, the Global Security shall be canceled
by the Trustee. Such Securities in definitive registered form
issued in exchange for the Global Security pursuant to this
Section 2.11(c) shall be registered in such names and in such
authorized denominations as the Depositary, pursuant to
instructions from its direct or indirect participants or otherwise,
shall instruct the Trustee. The Trustee shall deliver such
Securities to the Depositary for delivery to the Persons in whose
names such Securities are so registered.
ARTICLE 3
REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES
AND SINKING FUND PROVISIONS
Section 3.01
Redemption.
The Company may redeem the
Securities of any series issued hereunder on and after the dates
and in accordance with the terms established for such series
pursuant to Section 2.01 hereof.
Section 3.02 Notice
Of Redemption.
(a) In case the
Company shall desire to exercise such right to redeem all or, as
the case may be, a portion of the Securities of any series in
accordance with any right the Company reserved for itself to do so
pursuant to Section 2.01 hereof, the Company shall, or shall
cause the Trustee to, give notice of such redemption to holders of
the Securities of such series to be redeemed by mailing, first
class postage prepaid, a notice of such redemption not less than 30
days and not more than 90 days before the date fixed for redemption
of that series to such holders at their last addresses as they
shall appear upon the Security Register, unless a shorter period is
specified in the Securities to be redeemed. Any notice that is
mailed in the manner herein provided shall be conclusively presumed
to have been duly given, whether or not the registered holder
receives the notice. In any case, failure duly to give such notice
to the holder of any Security of any series designated for
redemption in whole or in part, or any defect in the notice, shall
not affect the validity of the proceedings for the redemption of
any other Securities of such series or any other series. In the
case of any redemption of Securities prior to the expiration of any
restriction on such redemption provided in the terms of such
Securities or elsewhere in this Indenture, the Company shall
furnish the Trustee with an Officers’ Certificate evidencing
compliance with any such restriction.
Each such notice of
redemption shall specify the date fixed for redemption and the
redemption price at which Securities of that series are to be
redeemed, and shall state that payment of the redemption price of
such Securities to be redeemed will be made at the office or agency
of the Company in the Borough of Manhattan, the City and State of
New York, upon presentation and surrender of such Securities, that
interest accrued to the date fixed for redemption will be paid as
specified in said notice, that from and after said date interest
will
cease to accrue and that the redemption
is for a sinking fund, if such is the case. If less than all the
Securities of a series are to be redeemed, the notice to the
holders of Securities of that series to be redeemed in part shall
specify the particular Securities to be so redeemed.
In case any Security is to be
redeemed in part only, the notice that relates to such Security
shall state the portion of the principal amount thereof to be
redeemed, and shall state that on and after the redemption date,
upon surrender of such Security, a new Security or Securities of
such series in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion
thereof will be issued.
(b) If less than all
the Securities of a series are to be redeemed, the Company shall
give the Trustee at least 45 days’
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