Exhibit
4.1
Cable Holdco, Inc.
to
Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas
as
Trustee
______________________________
INDENTURE
______________________________
Dated as of August 4,
2008
Providing for Issuance of
Senior
Debt Securities
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Table of
Contents
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ARTICLE ONE
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION
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Definitions.
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Compliance
Certificates and Opinions.
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14
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Form of
Documents Delivered to Trustee.
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Acts of
Holders; Record Dates.
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Notices, Etc.,
to Trustee and Company.
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Notice to
Holders; Waiver.
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Conflict with
Trust Indenture Act.
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Effect of
Headings and Table of Contents.
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Successors and
Assigns.
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Separability
Clause.
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Benefits of
Indenture.
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Governing
Law.
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Legal
Holidays.
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ARTICLE TWO THE
NOTES
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Form
Generally.
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Form of Face of
Security.
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Form of Reverse
of Security.
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Form of
Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication.
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30
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Form of Legend
for Global Securities.
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Form of Rule
144A/Regulation S Legend.
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ARTICLE THREE
THE SECURITIES
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Amount.
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Denominations.
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Execution,
Authentication, Delivery and Dating.
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Global
Securities.
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Temporary
Securities.
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Transfer and
Exchange.
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Registration.
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Mutilated,
Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities.
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Replacement
Securities.
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Reserved.
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Cancellation.
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Reserved.
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Payment of
Interest; Interest Rights Preserved.
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Persons Deemed
Owners.
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Computation of
Interest.
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CUSIP
Numbers.
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ARTICLE FOUR
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
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Satisfaction
and Discharge of Indenture.
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Application of
Trust Money.
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ARTICLE FIVE
REMEDIES
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Events of
Default.
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Acceleration of
Maturity; Rescission and Annulment.
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Collection of
Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee.
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Trustee May
File Proofs of Claim.
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Trustee May
Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities.
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Application of
Money Collected.
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Limitation on
Suits.
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Unconditional
Right of Holders to Receive Principal, Premium and
Interest.
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Restoration of
Rights and Remedies.
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Rights and
Remedies Cumulative.
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Delay or
Omission Not Waiver.
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Control by
Holders.
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Waiver of Past
Defaults.
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Undertaking for
Costs.
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Waiver of Stay
or Extension Laws.
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ARTICLE SIX THE
TRUSTEE
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Certain Duties
and Responsibilities.
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Notice of
Defaults.
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Certain Rights
of Trustee.
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Not Responsible
for Recitals or Issuance of Securities.
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May Hold
Securities and Serve as Trustee Under Other Indentures.
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Money Held in
Trust.
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Compensation
and Reimbursement.
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Disqualification; Conflicting
Interests.
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Corporate
Trustee Required; Eligibility.
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Resignation and
Removal; Appointment of Successor.
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Acceptance of
Appointment by Successor.
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Merger,
Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business.
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Preferential
Collection of Claims Against Company.
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Appointment of
Authenticating Agent.
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ARTICLE SEVEN
HOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY
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Company to
Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders.
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Preservation of
Information; Communications to Holders.
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Reports by
Trustee
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Reports by
Company.
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Compliance
Certificate.
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ARTICLE EIGHT
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR
LEASE
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Company May
Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms.
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Successor
Substituted.
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Officers’
Certificate and Opinion of Counsel.
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ARTICLE NINE
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
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Supplemental
Indentures Without Consent of Holders.
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Supplemental
Indentures with Consent of Holders.
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Execution of
Supplemental Indentures.
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Effect of
Supplemental Indentures.
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Conformity with
Trust Indenture Act.
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Reference in
Securities to Supplemental Indentures.
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ARTICLE TEN
COVENANTS
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Applicability.
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Payment of
Principal, Premium and Interest.
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Maintenance of
Office or Agency.
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Money for
Securities Payments to Be Held in Trust.
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Compliance with
Law.
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Insurance.
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Maintenance of
Properties.
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Payment of
Taxes and Claims.
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Corporate
Existence.
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Securities to
Rank Pari Passu.
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Subsidiary
Guarantee; Release.
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Transactions
with Affiliates.
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Minimum
Consolidated Adjusted Net Worth.
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Leverage
Ratio.
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Priority
Debt.
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Sale of
Assets.
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Nature of
Business.
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Limitation upon
Liens.
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Interest
Expense Coverage Ratio.
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Foreign Assets
Control Regulations.
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Redemption at
the Option of Holders Upon a Change in Control.
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Waiver of
Certain Covenants.
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ARTICLE ELEVEN
REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES
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Applicability
of Article.
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Election to
Redeem: Notice to Trustee.
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Selection by
Trustee of Securities to Be Redeemed.
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Notice of
Redemption.
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Deposit of
Redemption Price.
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Securities
Payable on Redemption Date.
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Securities
Redeemed in Part.
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ARTICLE TWELVE
RESERVED
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Reserved.
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ARTICLE
THIRTEEN DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE
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Applicability
of Article; Company’s Option to Effect Defeasance or Covenant
Defeasance.
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Defeasance and
Discharge.
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Covenant
Defeasance.
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Conditions to
Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.
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Deposited Money
and U.S. Government Obligations to be Held in Trust; Other
Miscellaneous Provisions.
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Reinstatement.
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Qualifying
Trustee.
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ARTICLE
FOURTEEN IMMUNITY OF INCORPORATORS, STOCKHOLDERS, OFFICERS,
DIRECTORS AND EMPLOYEES
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Exemption from
Individual Liability.
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Patriot
Act.
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Exhibit
A
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Form of
Certificate of Transfer
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Exhibit
B
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Form of
Exchange
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Exhibit
C
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Form of
Guarantee
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Exhibit
D
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Form of First
Supplemental Indenture
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Exhibit
E
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Form of Second
Supplemental Indenture
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Certain Sections of this
Indenture relating to
Sections 310 through 318,
inclusive, of the
Trust Indenture Act of
1939:
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Trust
Indenture
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Act
Section
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Indenture Section
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609
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609
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Not Applicable
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Not Applicable
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608, 610
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613
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613
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701, 702(a)
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702(b)
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702(c)
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703(a)
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703(a)
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703(a)
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703(b)
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704
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101, 704, 705
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Not Applicable
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102
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102
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Not Applicable
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Not Applicable
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102
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601
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602
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601
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601
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514
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101
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502, 512
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513
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Not Applicable
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508
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104(c)
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503
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504
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1003
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107
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NOTE: This
reconciliation and tie shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be
a part of the Indenture.
INDENTURE
INDENTURE, dated as of [August 4], 2008 between
Cable Holdco, Inc., a corporation duly organized and existing under
the laws of the State of Delaware (herein called the
“Company”), having its principal office at Cable
Holdco, Inc., c/o Kraft Foods Inc., Three Lakes Drive, Northfield,
IL 60093, and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, a New York
banking corporation, as Trustee (herein called the
“Trustee”).
Recitals of the
Company
The Company has duly authorized the execution
and delivery of this Indenture to provide for the issuance of its
senior unsubordinated notes (herein called the
“Securities”), to be issued as provided in this
Indenture.
All things necessary to make this Indenture a
valid agreement of the Company, in accordance with its terms, have
been done.
NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE
WITNESSETH:
For and in consideration of the premises and the
purchase of the Securities by the Holders thereof, it is mutually
agreed, for the equal and proportionate benefit of all Holders of
the Securities, as follows:
ARTICLE ONE
Definitions and Other Provisions
of General Application
For all purposes of this Indenture, except as
otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise
requires:
(1) the terms defined in this Article have the
meanings assigned to them in this Article and include the plural as
well as the singular;
(2) all other terms used herein that are defined
in the Trust Indenture Act, either directly or by reference
therein, have the meanings assigned to them therein;
(3) all accounting terms not otherwise defined
herein have the meanings assigned to them in accordance with GAAP,
and, except as otherwise herein expressly provided, the term GAAP
with respect to any computation required or permitted hereunder
shall mean such accounting principles as are generally accepted at
the date of such computation in the United States of America;
and
(4) unless the context otherwise requires, any
reference to an “Article” or a “Section”
refers to an Article or a Section, as the case may be, of this
Indenture; and
(5) 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.
“144A Global Security” means
Securities bearing the legend for global securities set forth in
Section 205 and the Rule 144A/Regulation S legend set forth in
Section 206 and deposited with and registered in the name of the
Depositary or its nominee and sold for initial resale in reliance
on Rule 144A.
“2018 Fixed Rate Notes” means the
Company’s 7.29% Notes due 2018.
“2018 Floating Rate Notes” means the
Company’s Floating Rate Notes due 2018.
“2020 Fixed Rate Notes” means the
Company’s 7.39% Notes due 2020.
“Accounts Receivable Financing
Program” means a program of sales or securitization of, or
transfers of interests in, accounts receivable and related contract
rights by the Company or any Subsidiary on a limited recourse basis
provided that each such sale or transfer qualifies as a sale under
GAAP and provided further that the aggregate amount of financing or
sales thereunder at any time outstanding shall not exceed an amount
equal to 7.5% of (a) Consolidated Total Assets as of the most
recent fiscal quarter for which financial statements have been
provided pursuant to Section 704 minus (b) the aggregate
amount of goodwill and other intangible assets of the Company and
its Subsidiaries as of such fiscal quarter end, in each case as
reflected on the Company’s consolidated financial
statements.
“Act”, when used with respect to any
Holder, has the meaning specified in Section 104.
“Adjusted Consolidated Interest
Expense” means (i) Consolidated Interest Expense plus (ii)
consolidated interest, yield or discount accrued during such period
on the aggregate outstanding investment or claim held by
purchasers, assignees or other transferees of (or of interests in)
receivables of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries in
connection with a revolving Accounts Receivable Financing Program
(regardless of the accounting treatment of such Accounts Receivable
Financing Program).
“Adjusted EBITDA” means, for any
applicable computation period, the sum of (a) EBIT for such
period plus (b) the Company’s and the
Subsidiaries’ amortization and depreciation deducted in
determining Net Income for such period; provided however, that
(i) Adjusted EBITDA shall include any Purchase during the
computation period on a pro forma basis for the entire computation
period and (ii) in the event that the Company sells or
otherwise disposes of all or any portion of the capital stock of
Vail Resorts, Inc. during such period, then Adjusted EBITDA shall
be calculated by subtracting (adding) all equity earnings (losses)
attributable to such divested interest for such period.
“Affiliate” means, at any time, and
with respect to any Person, (a) any other Person that at such
time directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries
Controls, or is Controlled by, or is under common Control with,
such first Person, and (b) any Person beneficially owning or
holding, directly or indirectly, 10% or more of any class of voting
or equity interests of the Company or any Subsidiary or any
corporation of which the Company and its Subsidiaries beneficially
own or hold, in the aggregate, directly or indirectly, 10% or more
of any class of voting or equity interests. As used in
this definition, “Control” means the possession,
directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the
direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether
through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or
otherwise. Unless the context otherwise clearly
requires, any reference to an “Affiliate” is a
reference to an Affiliate of the Company.
“Applicable Premium” means, with
respect to any Security on any date of redemption, the excess, if
any, of (1) the present value on the date of redemption of (a) the
principal amount of such Security payable at Maturity, plus (b) all
required remaining scheduled interest payments due on such Security
through Maturity, computed using a discounted rate equal to the
Treasury Rate as of such date of redemption plus 50 basis points;
over (2) the principal amount of such Security.
“Applicable Procedures” means, with
respect to any transfer, redemption or exchange of or for
beneficial interests in any Security, the rules and procedures of
the Depositary that apply to such transfer, redemption or
exchange.
“Asset Disposition” means any
Transfer except (a) any Transfer from a Subsidiary to the Company
or to a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary so long as immediately before and
immediately after the consummation of any such Transfer and after
giving effect thereto, no Default or Event of Default would exist,
(b) any Transfer made in the ordinary course of business and
involving only property that is either (1) inventory held for
rent or sale or (2) equipment, fixtures, supplies or materials
no longer required in the operation of the business of the Company
or any of its Subsidiaries or that is obsolete and (c)any Transfer
of the Company’s or any Subsidiary’s equity investment
in Vail Resorts, Inc., provided that at the time thereof and
immediately after giving effect thereto no Default or Event of
Default exists.
“Authenticating Agent” means any
Person authorized by the Trustee pursuant to Section 615 to
act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate Securities.
“Bank Debt” means $300.0 million in
new bank debt to be incurred by Kraft Foods Global Inc. that Cable
Holdco, Inc. will assume and which will become debt obligations of
Ralcorp Holdings, Inc. as part of the Transactions.
“Board of Directors” means either
the board of directors of the Company or any duly authorized
committee of that 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 or
pursuant to authority granted by the Board of Directors and to be
in full force and effect on the date of such certification, and
delivered to the Trustee.
“Business Day”, when used with
respect to any Place of Payment, means each Monday, Tuesday,
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday that is not a day on which banking
institutions in that Place of Payment are authorized or obligated
by law or executive order to close; provided, further, with respect
to the 2018 Floating Rate Notes, that the day is also a London
Business Day.
“Calculation Agent” means the
agent appointed by the Company for the purpose of calculating the
interest rate on the 2018 Floating Rate Notes as required pursuant
to the provisions thereof.
“Capital Lease” means, at any time,
a lease with respect to which the lessee is required concurrently
to recognize the acquisition of an asset and the incurrence of a
liability in accordance with GAAP.
“Change in Control” means an event
that shall be deemed to have occurred if
(a)
any person (as such term is used in Section 13(d) and Section
14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act as in effect on the date hereof) or
related persons constituting a group (as such term is used in Rule
13d-5 under the Exchange Act on the date hereof), other than a
group including, and under the general supervision of, one or more
members of the Excluded Group (i) become the “beneficial
owners” (as such term is used in Rule 13d-3 under the
Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the
total voting power of all classes then outstanding of the voting
stock or membership or other equity interests of the Company, or
(ii) acquire after the date hereof (x) the power to elect, appoint
or cause the election or appointment of at least a majority of the
members of the Board of Directors of the Company, through
beneficial ownership of the capital stock of the Company or
otherwise, or (y) all or substantially all of the properties and
assets of the Company, provided that in no event shall any part of
the Transactions be deemed to be a Change in Control; or
(b) a
“change in control” (as defined therein) occurs under
any of the Company’s other outstanding
indebtedness.
“Clearstream” means Clearstream
Banking S.A. and any successor entity.
“Code” means the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder
from time to time.
“Commission” means the Securities
and Exchange Commission, as from time to time constituted, created
under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or, if at
any time after the execution of this instrument such Commission is
not existing and performing the duties now assigned to it under the
Trust Indenture Act, then the body performing such duties at such
time.
“Company” means the Person named as
the “Company” in the first paragraph of this instrument
until a successor Person shall have become such pursuant to the
applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter
“Company” shall mean such successor Person.
“Company Request” or “Company
Order” means a written request or order signed in the name of
the Company by its Chairman of the Board, its Chief Executive
Officer, its President, its Chief Financial Officer, a Vice
Chairman of the Board, a Vice Chairman or a Vice President, and by
its Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, its Controller, an Assistant
Controller, its Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, and delivered
to the Trustee.
“Consolidated” or
“consolidated”, when used in connection with any
calculation, means a calculation to be determined on a consolidated
basis for the Company and its Subsidiaries in accordance with
GAAP.
“Consolidated Adjusted Net Worth”
means as of the date of any determination thereof, the amount of
consolidated stockholders equity of the Company and its
Subsidiaries, as determined in the most recent financial statements
of the Company, plus (but without duplication and only to the
extent excluded or deducted from stockholders’ equity)
(i) any “LIFO Reserve” specifically described in
such financial statements, (ii) deferred income tax liabilities as
determined in such financial statements, (iii) any goodwill
incurred (whether capitalized on the Company’s balance sheet
or written off as incurred or goodwill written off through an
impairment to the Company’s goodwill), and (iv) Minority
Interests of the Company and its Subsidiaries, and minus the Vail
Adjustment to the extent included in the computation.
“Consolidated Interest Expense”
means, with respect to any period (without duplication) of
consolidated interest expense of the Company and its Consolidated
Subsidiaries for such period before the effect of interest income,
as reflected on the Consolidated statements of income for the
Company and its Subsidiaries for such period.
“Consolidated Total Assets” means,
as of the date of any determination thereof, total assets of the
Company and its Subsidiaries determined on a consolidated basis in
accordance with GAAP but excluding the Vail Adjustment if included
in determining such total assets.
(i)
the execution by the Company or an Affiliate of any agreement or
letter of intent with respect to any proposed transaction or event
or series of transactions or events which, individually or in the
aggregate, may reasonably be expected to result in a Change in
Control;
(ii) the execution of any written agreement
which, when fully performed by the parties thereto, would result in
a Change in Control, or
(iii) the making of any written offer by any
person (as such term is used in Section 13(d) and
Section 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act) or related persons
constituting a group (as such term is used in Rule 13d-5 under the
Exchange Act) to the holders of the outstanding equity of the
Company, which offer, if accepted by the requisite number of
holders, would result in a Change in Control, provided that in no
event shall any part of the Transactions be deemed to be a Change
in Control.
“Corporate Trust Office” means the
principal office of the Trustee at which at any particular time its
corporate trust business shall be principally administered, which
office at the date of original execution of this Indenture is
located at 60 Wall Street, New York, New York 10005, Attention:
Trust and Securities Services, except that, with respect to
presentation of the Securities for payment or registration of
transfers or exchanges and the location of the register, such term
means the office or agency of the Trustee at which at any
particular time its corporate agency business shall be
conducted.
“Covenant Effective Time” means the
later of (i) the consummation of the Transactions or (ii) the
assumption of the obligations hereunder by Ralcorp Holdings,
Inc.
“Debt” with respect to
any Person means, at any time, without duplication, (a) its
liabilities for borrowed money; (b) its liabilities for the
deferred purchase price of property acquired by such Person
(excluding accounts payable arising in the ordinary course of
business but including all liabilities created or arising under any
conditional sale or other title retention agreement with respect to
any such property); (c) all liabilities appearing on its
balance sheet in accordance with GAAP in respect of Capital Leases;
(d) all liabilities for borrowed money secured by any Lien
with respect to any property owned by such Person (whether or not
it has assumed or otherwise become liable for such liabilities);
and (e) any Guaranty of such Person or letter of credit of
such Person, with respect to liabilities of a type described in any
of clauses (a) through (d) hereof. Debt of any Person
shall include all obligations of such Person of the character
described in clauses (a) through (e) to the extent such
Person remains legally liable in respect thereof notwithstanding
that any such obligation is deemed to be extinguished under GAAP.
“Debt” of any Person shall not include (i) such
obligations of the character described in clauses (a) through
(d) above, if owed or made by the Company or any Subsidiary to
the Company or any Wholly-Owned Subsidiary or (ii) any
unfunded obligations which may now or hereafter exist in respect of
pension, retirement or other similar plans of the Company or any
Subsidiary, (iii) the Ralston Obligations or (iv) the
obligations of a Vail Owner under the Forward Sale Agreement or any
other similar or any other similar forward sale agreement in
respect of such Vail Owner’s sale of shares of capital stock
of Vail Resorts, Inc., and which, in each case, such obligations
may be satisfied by delivery of, or foreclosure on, the shares of
such capital stock and which such obligations are not guaranteed,
directly or indirectly, by the Company or any other
Subsidiary.
“Debt Prepayment Application” means,
with respect to any Transfer of property constituting an Asset
Disposition, the application by the Company of cash in an amount
equal to the Net Proceeds Amount with respect to such Transfer to
pay Senior Debt (other than Senior Debt owing to the Company, any
of its Subsidiaries or any Affiliate) including a redemption of the
Securities pursuant to Article 11 hereof in a principal amount at
least equal to the Net Proceeds Amount multiplied by a fraction
whose numerator is equal to the aggregate principal amount of all
Securities then Outstanding and whose denominator is equal to the
aggregate unpaid amount of all Senior Debt; provided, that in the
event such Senior Debt would otherwise permit the reborrowing of
such Debt by the Company, the commitment to relend such Debt shall
be permanently reduced by the amount of such Debt Prepayment
Application.
“Default” means an event or
condition the occurrence or existence of which would, with the
lapse of time or the giving of notice or both, become an Event of
Default.
“Default Rate” means that rate of
interest that is 2.00% per annum plus the stated rate of interest
on the applicable Security.
“Defaulted Interest” has the meaning
specified in Section 313.
“Definitive Securities” of any
Tranche means certificated Securities registered in the name of the
Holder thereof substantially in the applicable form set forth in
Article Two.
“Depositary” means, with respect to
Securities issuable or issued in whole or in part in the form of
one or more Global Securities, the Person designated as Depositary,
which Person shall be a clearing agency registered under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, which may include DTC, Euroclear
and Clearstream.
“Disposition Value” means, at any
time, with respect to any property (a) in the case of property that
does not constitute Subsidiary Stock, the book value thereof,
valued at the time of such disposition in good faith by the
Company, and (b) in the case of property that constitutes the
Subsidiary Stock, an amount equal to that percentage of book value
of the assets of the Subsidiary that issued such Subsidiary Stock
as is equal to the percentage that the book value of such
Subsidiary Stock represents of the book value of all of the
outstanding capital stock or similar equity interests of such
Subsidiary (assuming, in making such calculations, that all
Securities convertible into such capital stock or similar equity
interests are so converted and giving full effect to all
transactions that would occur or be required in connection with
such conversion) determined at the time of the disposition thereof,
in good faith by the Company.
“DTC” means the Depository Trust
Company, a New York Corporation.
“EBIT” means, for any applicable
computation period, the Company and Subsidiaries’ Net Income
on a consolidated basis plus (a) consolidated federal, state,
local and foreign income and franchises taxes paid or accrued
during such period and (b) Consolidated Interest Expense for
such period minus (or plus) equity earnings (or losses) during such
period attributable to equity investments by the Company and its
Subsidiaries in the capital stock or other equity interests in any
Person that is not a Subsidiary (other than Vail Resorts,
Inc.).
“Environmental Laws” means any and
all Federal, state, local, and foreign statutes, laws, regulations,
ordinances, rules, judgments, orders, decrees, permits,
concessions, grants, franchises, licenses, agreements or
governmental restrictions relating to pollution and the protection
of the environment or the release of any materials into the
environment, including but not limited to those related to
hazardous substances or wastes, air emissions and discharges to
waste or public systems.
“ERISA” means the Employee
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and the rules and
regulations promulgated thereunder from time to time in
effect.
“ERISA Affiliate” means any trade or
business (whether or not incorporated) that is treated as a single
employer together with the Company under section 414 of the
Code.
“Euroclear” means Euroclear Bank,
S.A./N.V., as operator of the Euroclear Systems, and any successor
thereto.
“Event of Default” has the meaning
specified in Section 501.
“Exchange Act” means the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time.
“Excluded Group” means and includes
the Chairman of the Board of the Company as of the date hereof and
the individuals described in Item 4A of Part I of the 2007 Annual
Report on Form 10-K of Ralcorp Holdings, Inc., filed with the
Commission on November 29, 2007.
“Fixed Rate Notes” means the 2018
Fixed Rate Notes and the 2020 Fixed Rate Notes.
“Forward Sale Agreement” means the
forward sale agreement dated October 31, 2005 between RH Financial
Corporation and Bank of America, N.A.
“GAAP” means generally accepted
accounting principles as in effect from time to time in the United
States of America.
“Global Securities” means global
Securities in one of the forms set forth in Article Two, issued in
accordance with this Indenture.
“Guaranty” means, with respect to
any Person, any obligation (except the endorsement in the ordinary
course of business of negotiable instruments for deposit or
collection) of such Person guaranteeing or in effect guaranteeing
any indebtedness, dividend or other obligation of any other Person
in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, including (without
limitation) obligations incurred through an agreement, contingent
or otherwise, by such Person:
(a) to
purchase such indebtedness or obligation or any property
constituting security therefor;
(b) to
advance or supply funds (i) for the purchase or payment of
such indebtedness or obligation, or (ii) to maintain any
working capital or other balance sheet condition or any income
statement condition of any other Person or otherwise to advance or
make available funds for the purchase or payment of such
indebtedness or obligation;
(c) to
lease properties or to purchase properties or services primarily
for the purpose of assuring the owner of such indebtedness or
obligation of the ability of any other Person to make payment of
the indebtedness or obligation; or
(d) otherwise
to assure the owner of such indebtedness or obligation against loss
in respect thereof.
In any computation of the indebtedness or other
liabilities of the obligor under any Guaranty, the indebtedness or
other obligations that are the subject of such Guaranty shall be
assumed to be direct obligations of such obligor.
“High Leverage Quarter” has the
meaning set forth in Section 1014.
“Holder” means a Person in whose
name a Security is registered in the Security Register.
“Indenture” means this instrument as
originally executed or as it may from time to time be supplemented
or amended by one or more indentures supplemental hereto entered
into pursuant to the applicable provisions hereof, including, for
all purposes of this instrument, and any such supplemental
indenture, the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act that are
deemed to be a part of and govern this instrument and any such
supplemental indenture, respectively, regardless of whether the
Securities are subject to the Trust Indenture Act; provided,
however, that Section 703 shall only apply if the Securities would
otherwise be subject to the Trust Indenture Act.
“Indirect Participant” means a bank,
broker, dealer, other financial institution or other entity that
clears its securities transaction through or maintains a custodial
relationship with a Participant.
“Initial Purchaser” means each of
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., as
initial purchasers under the Purchase Agreement.
“Interest Expense Coverage Ratio”
means, for any applicable computation period, the ratio of EBIT to
the Company’s Adjusted Consolidated Interest Expense for such
period as determined in accordance with GAAP.
“Interest Payment Date”, when used
with respect to any Security, means the Stated Maturity of an
installment of interest on such Security.
“Issue Date” means the date of
original issuance of Securities authenticated and delivered under
this Indenture.
“Leverage Ratio” means, with respect
to the Company on a consolidated basis with its Subsidiaries, the
ratio at the end of any fiscal quarter of the aggregate unpaid
principal amount of all Debt of the Company and its Subsidiaries on
a consolidated basis at the end of such fiscal quarter to Adjusted
EBITDA for the four fiscal quarters then ending.
“Lien” means, with respect to any
Person, any mortgage, lien, pledge, charge, security interest or
other encumbrance, or any interest or title of any vendor, lessor,
lender or other secured party to or of such Person under any
conditional sale or other title retention agreement or Capital
Lease, upon or with respect to any property or asset of such Person
(including in the case of stock, stockholder agreements, voting
trust agreements and all similar arrangements).
“London Business Day” means, with
respect to any 2018 Floating Rate Note, a day on which commercial
banks are open for business in London.
“Material” means material in
relation to the business, operations, affairs, financial condition,
assets, properties, or prospects of the Company and its
Subsidiaries taken as a whole.
“Material Adverse Effect” means a
material adverse effect on (a) the business, operations,
financial condition, assets or properties of the Company and its
Subsidiaries taken as a whole, or (b) the ability of the
Company to perform its obligations under this Indenture and the
Securities, or (c) the validity or enforceability of this
Indenture or the Securities.
“Maturity”, when used with respect
to any Security, means the date on which the principal of such
Security or an installment of principal becomes due and payable as
therein or herein provided, whether at the Stated Maturity or by
declaration of acceleration, call for redemption or
otherwise.
“Minority Interests” mean any shares
of stock of any class of a Subsidiary (other than directors’
qualifying shares as required by law) that are not owned by the
Company and/or one or more of its Subsidiaries. Minority
Interests shall be valued by valuing Minority Interests
constituting preferred stock at the voluntary or involuntary
liquidating value of such preferred stock, whichever is greater,
and by valuing Minority Interests constituting common stock at the
book value of capital and surplus applicable thereto adjusted, if
necessary, to reflect any changes from the book value of such
common stock required by the foregoing method of valuing Minority
Interests in preferred stock.
“Monetary Default” has the meaning
specified in Section 501.
“Multiemployer Plan” means any Plan
that is a “multiemployer plan” (as such term is defined
in section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA).
“Net Income” means, for any
applicable computation period, with respect to the Company on a
consolidated basis with its Subsidiaries (other than any Subsidiary
that is restricted from declaring or paying dividends or otherwise
advancing funds to its parent whether by contract or otherwise),
cumulative net income earned during such period as determined in
accordance with GAAP, but (i) excluding any non-cash charges
or gains which are unusual, non-recurring or extraordinary and
(ii) including, to the extent not otherwise included in the
determination of Net Income, all cash dividends and cash
distributions actually received by the Company or any
Subsidiary.
“Net Proceeds Amount” means, with
respect to any Transfer of any property by any Person, an amount
equal to the difference of (a) the aggregate amount of the
consideration (valued at the fair market value of such
consideration at the time of the consummation of such Transfer)
allocated to such Person in respect of such Transfer, net of any
applicable taxes incurred in connection with such Transfer, minus
(b) all ordinary and reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses
actually incurred by such Person in connection with such
Transfer.
“Officer” means the Chairman of the
Board, a Member of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the
President, the Chief Financial Officer, a Vice Chairman of the
Board, a Vice Chairman or a Vice President, the Treasurer, an
Assistant Treasurer, the Controller, an Assistant Controller, the
Secretary or an Assistant Secretary.
“Officers’ Certificate” means
a certificate signed by the Chairman of the Board, a Member of the
Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, the Chief
Financial Officer, a Vice Chairman of the Board, a Vice Chairman or
a Vice President, and by the Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, the
Controller, an Assistant Controller, the Secretary or an Assistant
Secretary, of the Company, and delivered to the Trustee.
“Opinion of Counsel” means a written
opinion of counsel, who may be counsel for the Company, and who
shall be acceptable to the Trustee.
“Outstanding”, when used with
respect to Securities, means, as of the date of determination, all
Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered under this
Indenture, except:
(i) Securities
theretofore cancelled by the Trustee or delivered to the Trustee
for cancellation;
(ii) on
or after the Maturity Date or any Redemption Date, those Securities
for whose payment or redemption money in the necessary amount has
been theretofore deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent in
trust for the Holders of such Securities;
(iii) Securities,
except to the extent provided in Sections 1302 and 1303, with
respect to which the Company has effected defeasance or covenant
defeasance as provided in Article Thirteen; and
(iv) Securities
that have been paid pursuant to Section 311 or in exchange for
or in lieu of which other Securities have been authenticated and
delivered pursuant to this Indenture, other than any such
Securities in respect of which there shall have been presented to
the Trustee proof satisfactory to it that such Securities are held
by a bona fide purchaser in whose hands such Securities are valid
obligations of the Company; provided, however, that in determining
whether the Holders of the requisite principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities have given, made or taken any request,
demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other
action hereunder, or whether sufficient funds are available for
redemption or for any other purpose, and for the purpose of making
the calculations required by Section 313 of the Trust
Indenture Act, except for the purpose of making the calculations
required by Section 313 of the Trust Indenture Act, Securities
owned by the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or
any Affiliate of the Company or of such other obligor shall be
disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding, except that, in
determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying upon
any such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice,
consent, waiver or other action, only Securities that a Responsible
Officer of the Trustee actually knows to be so owned shall be so
disregarded. Securities so owned, which have been
pledged in good faith, may be regarded as Outstanding if the
pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the Trustee the
pledgee’s right so to act with respect to such Securities and
that the pledgee is not the Company or any other obligor upon the
Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or of such other
obligor.
“Participant” means, with respect to
the Depositary, DTC, Euroclear and Clearstream, a Person who has an
account with the Depositary, Euroclear or Clearstream,
respectively.
“Paying Agent” means any Person
authorized by the Company to pay the principal of or any premium or
interest on any Securities on behalf of the Company, which may not
include the Company or any Affiliate under any
conditions.
“PBGC” means the Pension Benefit
Guaranty Corporation referred to and defined in ERISA or any
successor thereto.
“Person” means an individual,
partnership, corporation, limited liability company, association,
trust, unincorporated organization or a government or agency or
political subdivision thereof.
“Place of Payment” means the place
or places where the principal of and any premium and interest on
the Securities are payable as specified as contemplated by such
Securities and Section 1003.
“Plan” means an “employee
benefit plan” (as defined in section 3(3) of ERISA) that
is or, within the preceding five years, has been established or
maintained, or to which contributions are or, within the preceding
five years, have been made or required to be made, by the Company
or any ERISA Affiliate or with respect to which the Company or any
ERISA Affiliate may have any liability.
“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 308 in exchange for
or in lieu of a mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall
be deemed to evidence the same debt as the mutilated, destroyed,
lost or stolen Security.
“Priority Debt” means the sum,
without duplication, of (i) Debt of the Company or any Subsidiary
secured by Liens not otherwise permitted by clauses (1) through (9)
of Section 1018 and, but without duplication, (ii) all Debt of
Subsidiaries (other than to the Company or another Subsidiary)
excluding debt of Subsidiary Guarantors.
“Property Reinvestment Application”
means, with respect to any Transfer of property constituting an
Asset Disposition, the application of an amount equal to the Net
Proceeds Amount with respect to such Transfer to the acquisition by
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of operating assets for the
Company or any Subsidiary to be used in the principal business of
such Person.
“Purchase” shall mean and include
any transaction or series of related transactions after the date
hereof, by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
(a) acquires any ongoing business or all or substantially all
of the assets of any firm, corporation or division or line of
business thereof, whether through purchase of assets, merger or
otherwise, or (b) directly or indirectly acquires (in one
transaction or as the most recent transaction in a series of
transactions) at least a majority (in number of votes) of the
securities of a corporation that have ordinary voting power for the
election of directors (other than securities having such power only
by reason of the happening of a contingency) or a majority (by
percentage or voting power) of the outstanding partnership
interests of a partnership.
“Purchase Agreement” means the
purchase agreement, dated July 18, 2008 between the Company,
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., as
Selling Noteholders, and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and J.P.
Morgan Securities Inc. as Initial Purchasers.
“QIB” means a “qualified
institutional buyer” as defined in Rule 144A.
“Ralston Obligations” means the
indemnification obligations of the Company existing on the date
hereof in favor of General Mills Inc. with respect to its
indemnification of Ralston Purina Company, as more fully described
in Note 14 of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K
for the year ended September 30, 2002 under “Other
Contingencies.”
“Redemption Date”, when used with
respect to any Security to be redeemed, means the date fixed for
such redemption by or pursuant to this Indenture.
“Redemption Price”, when used with
respect to any Security to be redeemed, means the price at which it
is to be redeemed pursuant to this Indenture.
“Regular Record Date” for the
interest payable on any Interest Payment Date on a Security means
the date specified for that purpose in such Security.
“Regulation S” means Regulation S
promulgated under the Securities Act.
“Regulation S Global Securities”
means Securities bearing the legend for global securities set forth
in Section 205 and the Rule 144A/Regulation S Legend set forth in
Section 206 and deposited with and registered in the name of the
Depositary or its nominee and sold for initial resale in reliance
on Rule 903 of Regulation S.
“Responsible Officer”, when used
with respect to the Trustee, means any managing director, director,
vice president, any assistant secretary, any assistant treasurer,
any senior trust officer, any trust officer or assistant trust
officer, or any other officer 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 to whom such matter is referred
because of his knowledge of and familiarity with the particular
subject and who shall have direct responsibility for the
administration of the Indenture.
“Restricted Definitive Security”
means a Definitive Security bearing the legend set forth in Section
206.
“Restricted Global Security” means a
Global Security bearing the legend set forth in Sections 205 and
206.
“Restricted Period” means the 40-day
distribution compliance period as defined in Regulation
S.
“Rule 144” means Rule 144
promulgated under the Securities Act.
“Rule 144A” means Rule 144A
promulgated under the Securities Act.
“Rule 903” means Rule 903
promulgated under the Securities Act.
“Rule 904” means Rule 904
promulgated under the Securities Act.
“Securities” has the meaning stated
in the first recital of this Indenture and more particularly means
any Securities authenticated and delivered under this
Indenture. Except as specifically provided otherwise,
all of the Securities shall constitute a single series.
“Securities Act” means the U.S.
Securities Act of 1933, as amended from time to time.
“Security Register” and
“Security Registrar” have the respective meanings
specified in Section 307.
“Senior Debt” shall mean and include
(i) any Debt of the Company (other than Debt owing to any
Subsidiary or Affiliate) that is not expressed to be junior or
subordinate to any other Debt of the Company, and (ii) any
Debt of a Subsidiary (other than Debt owing to the Company, any
other Subsidiary or any Affiliate).
“Special Record Date” for the
payment of any Defaulted Interest means a date fixed by the Trustee
and the Company pursuant to Section 313.
“Stated Maturity”, when used with
respect to any Security or any installment of principal thereof or
interest thereon, means the date specified in such Security as the
fixed date on which the principal of such Security or such
installment of principal or interest is due and payable.
“Subsidiary” means, as to any
Person, any corporation, association or other business entity in
which such person or one or more of its Subsidiaries or such Person
and one or more of its Subsidiaries owns sufficient equity or
voting interests to enable it or them (as a group) ordinarily, in
the absence of contingencies, to elect a majority of the directors
(or persons performing similar functions) of such entity, and any
partnership or joint venture if more than a 50% interest in the
profits or capital thereof is owned by such Person or one or more
of its Subsidiaries or such Person and one or more of its
Subsidiaries (unless such partnership can and does ordinarily take
major business actions without the prior approval of such Person or
one or more of its Subsidiaries). Unless the context
otherwise requires, any reference to a “Subsidiary”
herein is a reference to a Subsidiary of the Company.
“Subsidiary Guarantee” means a
guarantee of the obligations under the Securities and this
Indenture as required by Section 1011.
“Subsidiary Guarantor” means each
Subsidiary which has outstanding a Guaranty or direct liability
with respect to any other present and future Debt of the Company
and, as a result, guarantees the Securities pursuant to Section
1011; provided, however, that if such Subsidiary is organized in a
jurisdiction other than the United States or Canada, then solely
for purposes of determining “Priority Debt”, such
Subsidiary shall not be deemed a Subsidiary Guarantor unless and
until the Company provides to the Trustee and the Holders a written
opinion of independent counsel addressed to the Trustee and the
Holders to the effect that the Subsidiary Guarantee of such
Subsidiary Guarantor has been duly authorized, executed and
delivered by such Subsidiary Guarantor and constitutes a legal,
valid and binding obligation enforceable against such Subsidiary
Guarantor in accordance with its terms, subject to usual and
customary exceptions and assumptions reasonably satisfactory to the
Trustee (acting with the consent of the Holders of a majority in
principal amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding) acting
at the time such Subsidiary becomes obligated as a guarantor or
direct obligor in respect of any other Debt of the
Company.
“Subsidiary Stock” means, with
respect to any Person, the stock (or any options or warrants to
purchase stock or similar equity interests or other Securities
exchangeable for or convertible into stock or similar equity
interests) of any Subsidiary of such Person.
“Successor Corporation” has
the meaning specified in Section 801.
“Tranche” of Securities shall refer
to (i) the 2018 Fixed Rate Notes, (ii) the 2018 Floating Rate Notes
or (iii) the 2020 Fixed Rate Notes issued hereunder, as
applicable.
“Transactions” means the
transactions contemplated by the RMT Transaction Agreement, dated
as of November 15, 2007, among Kraft Foods Inc., Cable Holdco,
Inc., Ralcorp Holdings, Inc. and Ralcorp Mailman LLC, which
provides for the transfer by Kraft Foods Global, Inc. of certain of
the assets related to Kraft’s Post cereals business located
in the United States and cash to Cable Newco, LLC, the Bank Debt,
Securities issued hereunder, the contribution by Kraft Foods
Global, Inc. of all the issued and outstanding limited liability
company interests in Cable Newco, LLC to Cable Holdco, Inc., the
distribution of all of the shares of Cable Holdco, Inc. common
stock held by Kraft Foods Global, Inc. to Kraft Foods Inc., the
transfer by Kraft Foods Global, Inc. to Kraft Foods Inc. of the
cash proceeds of the Bank Debt in repayment of an equal amount of
intercompany debt, the transfer by Kraft Foods Global, Inc. to
Kraft Foods Inc. of Securities issued hereunder in exchange for the
repayment of intercompany debt, the distribution by Kraft Foods
Inc. of its shares of Cable Holdco, Inc. common stock to the
holders of shares of Kraft Foods Inc. common stock by way of the
exchange offer and, with respect to any shares of Cable Holdco,
Inc. common stock that are not subscribed for in the exchange
offer, a pro rata dividend to the holders of shares of Kraft Foods
Inc. common stock, the merger of Cable Holdco, Inc. with and into
Ralcorp Mailman LLC and the merger of Ralcorp Mailman LLC with and
into Ralcorp Holdings, Inc., the purchase by Ralcorp Holdings, Inc.
of assets relating to the Post cereals business outside the
United States and the transfer of the Securities by Kraft Foods
Inc. to the selling noteholders in exchange for debt obligations of
Kraft Foods Inc.
“Transfer” means, with respect to
any Person, any transaction in which such Person sells, conveys,
transfers (including by merger or consolidation) or leases (as
lessor) any of its property, including, without limitation,
Subsidiary Stock but excluding dividends to the extent paid in
cash. For purposes of determining the application of the
Net Proceeds Amount in respect of any Transfer, the Company may
designate any Transfer as one or more separate Transfers each
yielding a separate Net Proceeds Amount. In any such
case, (a) the Disposition Value of any property subject to
each such separate Transfer and (b) the amount of Consolidated
Total Assets attributable to any property subject to each such
separate Transfer shall be determined by ratably allocating the
aggregate Disposition Value of, and the aggregate Consolidated
Total Assets attributable to, all property subject to all such
separate Transfers to each such separate Transfer on a
proportionate basis.
“Trustee” means the Person named as
the “Trustee” in the first paragraph of this instrument
until a successor Trustee shall have become such pursuant to the
applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter
“Trustee” shall mean or include each Person who is then
a Trustee hereunder.
“Trust Indenture Act” means the
Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as in force at the date as of which
this instrument was executed; provided, however, that in the event
the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 is amended after such date,
“Trust Indenture Act” means, to the extent required by
any such amendment, the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as so
amended.
“Unrestricted Global Security” means
a Global Security bearing the legend set forth in Section
205.
“U.S. Government Obligations” has
the meaning specified in Section 1304.
“Vail Adjustment” shall mean, as of
the date of any determination, the value (but not less than zero)
of the equity investment of the Company and its Subsidiaries in
Vail Resorts, Inc.
“Vail Owner” means RH Financial
Corporation, a Nevada corporation and a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary,
which owns shares of capital stock in Vail Resorts, Inc. and shall
also include the Company and/or any other Subsidiary upon a
Transfer of such capital stock by RH Financial Corporation to the
Company or to such Subsidiary, respectively.
“Vice President”, when used with
respect to the Company or the Trustee, means any vice president,
whether or not designated by a number or a word or words added
before or after the title “vice president”.
“Wholly-Owned Subsidiary” means, at
any time, any Subsidiary one hundred percent (100%) of all of the
equity interests (except directors’ qualifying shares) and
voting interests of which are owned by any one or more of the
Company and the Company’s other Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries at
such time.
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Section
102.
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Compliance Certificates and
Opinions.
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Upon any application or request by the Company
to the Trustee to take any action under any provision of this
Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee such
certificates and opinions as may be required under the Trust
Indenture Act and provisions of this Indenture. Each
such certificate or opinion shall be given in the form of an
Officers’ Certificate, if to be given by an Officer of the
Company, or an Opinion of Counsel, if to be given by counsel, and
shall comply with the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act and
any other requirements set forth in this Indenture.
Every certificate or opinion with respect to
compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this
Indenture shall include
(1) a statement that each individual signing
such certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition and
the definitions herein relating thereto;
(2) a brief statement as to the nature and scope
of the examination or investigation upon which the statements or
opinions contained in such certificate or opinion are
based;
(3) a statement that, in the opinion of each
such individual, he has made such examination or investigation as
is necessary to enable him to express an informed opinion as to
whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with;
and
(4) a statement as to whether, in the opinion of
each such individual, such condition or covenant has been complied
with.
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Form
of Documents Delivered to Trustee.
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In any case where several matters are required
to be certified by, or covered by an opinion of, any specified
Person, it is not necessary that all such matters be certified by,
or covered by the opinion of, only one such Person, or that they be
so certified or covered by only one document, but one such Person
may certify or give an opinion with respect to some matters and one
or more other such Persons as to other matters, and any such Person
may certify or give an opinion as to such matters in one or several
documents.
Any certificate or opinion of an officer of the
Company may be based, insofar as it relates to legal matters, upon
a certificate or representations by counsel or an Opinion of
Counsel, unless such officer knows, or in the exercise of
reasonable care should know, that the certificate, representations
or opinion with respect to the matters upon which such
officer’s certificate or opinion is based are
erroneous. Any such certificate or representations of
counsel or Opinion of Counsel may be based, insofar as it relates
to factual matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or
representations by, an officer or officers of the Company stating
that the information with respect to such factual matters is in the
possession of the Company, unless such counsel knows, or in the
exercise of reasonable care should know, that the certificate or
opinion or representations with respect to such matters are
erroneous.
Where any Person is required to make, give or
execute two or more applications, requests, consents, certificates,
statements, opinions or other instruments under this Indenture,
they may, but need not, be consolidated and form one
instrument.
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Section
104.
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Acts
of Holders; Record Dates.
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(a) Any request, demand, authorization,
direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided or
permitted by this Indenture to be given, made or taken by Holders
may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of
substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders in person or by
agent duly appointed in writing; and, except as herein otherwise
expressly provided, such action shall become effective when such
instrument or instruments are delivered to the Trustee and, where
it is hereby expressly required, to the Company. Such
instrument or instruments (and the action embodied therein and
evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the
“Act” of the Holders signing such instrument or
instruments. Proof of execution of any such instrument
or of a writing appointing any such agent shall be sufficient for
any purpose of this Indenture and (subject to Section 601)
conclusive in favor of the Trustee and the Company, if made in the
manner provided in this Section.
(b) The fact and date of the execution by any
Person of any such instrument or writing may be proved in any
reasonable manner which the Trustee deems sufficient and in
accordance with such reasonable rules as the Trustee may
determine.
(c) The Company may, but shall not be obligated
to, fix any day as the record date for the purpose of determining
the Holders of Securities entitled to give or take any request,
demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other
action, or to vote on any action, authorized or permitted to be
given or taken by Holders of Securities; provided that such record
date shall not be earlier than the 15 th day prior to the first solicitation of a Holder
of Securities (or, if earlier, then no earlier than the date of the
most recent list of Holders required to be provided pursuant to
Section 701) and shall not be later than the date such solicitation
is completed. If not set by the Company prior to the
first solicitation of a Holder of Securities made by any Person in
respect of any such action, or, in the case of any such vote, prior
to such vote, the record date for any such action or vote shall be
the 30th day (or, if later, the date of the most recent list of
Holders required to be provided pursuant to Section 701) prior
to such first solicitation or vote, as the case may
be. With regard to any record date for action to be
taken by the Holders of Securities, only the Holders of Securities
on such date (or their duly designated proxies) shall be entitled
to give or take, or vote on, the relevant action.
(d) The ownership of Securities shall be proved
by the Security Register.
(e) Any request, demand, authorization,
direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act of the Holder of
any Security shall bind every future Holder of the same Security
and the Holder of every Security issued upon the registration of
transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof in
respect of anything done, omitted or suffered to be done by the
Trustee or the Company in reliance thereon, whether or not notation
of such action is made upon such Security.
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Section
105.
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Notices, Etc., to Trustee and
Company.
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Any request, demand, authorization, direction,
notice, consent, waiver or Act of Holders or other document
provided or permitted by this Indenture to be made upon, given or
furnished to, or filed with,
(1) the Trustee by any Holder or by the Company
shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder if made, given,
furnished or filed in writing to or with the Trustee at its
Corporate Trust Office, Attention: Corporate Trust Administration,
or
(2) the Company by the Trustee or by any Holder
shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder (unless otherwise
herein expressly provided) if in writing and mailed, first-class
postage prepaid, to the Company addressed to it at the address of
its principal office specified in the first paragraph of this
instrument or at any other address previously furnished in writing
to the Trustee by the Company, Attention: Treasurer.
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Section 106.
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Notice
to Holders; Waiver.
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Where this Indenture provides for notice to
Holders of any event, such notice shall be sufficiently given
(unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing and
mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to each Holder affected by
such event, at his address as it appears in the Security Register,
not later than the latest date (if any), and not earlier than the
earliest date (if any), prescribed for the giving of such
notice. In any case where notice to Holders is given by
mail, neither the failure to mail such notice, nor any defect in
any notice so mailed, to any particular Holder shall affect the
sufficiency of such notice with respect to other
Holders. Any notice mailed to a Holder in the manner
herein prescribed shall be conclusively deemed to have been
received by such Holder, whether or not such Holder actually
receives such notice. Where this Indenture provides for
notice in any manner, such notice may be waived in writing by the
Person entitled to receive such notice, either before or after the
event, and such waiver shall be the equivalent of such
notice. Waivers of notice by Holders shall be filed with
the Trustee, but such filing shall not be a condition precedent to
the validity of any action taken in reliance upon such
waiver.
In case by reason of the suspension of regular
mail service or by reason of any other cause it shall be
impracticable to give such notice by mail, then such notification
as shall be made with the approval of the Trustee shall constitute
a sufficient notification for every purpose hereunder.
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Section
107.
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Conflict with Trust Indenture
Act.
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If any provision hereof limits, qualifies or
conflicts with a provision of the Trust Indenture Act, that is
required under such Act to be a part of and govern this Indenture,
the latter provision shall control. If any provision of
this Indenture modifies or excludes any provision of the Trust
Indenture Act that may be so modified or excluded, the latter
provision shall be deemed to apply to this Indenture as so modified
or to be excluded, as the case may be.
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Section
108.
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Effect
of Headings and Table of Contents.
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The Article and Section headings herein and
the Table of Contents are for convenience only and shall not affect
the construction hereof.
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Section
109.
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Successors and
Assigns.
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All covenants and agreements in this Indenture
by the Company shall bind its successors and assigns, whether so
expressed or not.
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Section
110.
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Separability
Clause.
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In case any provision in this Indenture or in
the Securities shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the
validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions
shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
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Section
111.
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Benefits of Indenture.
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Nothing in this Indenture or in the Securities,
express or implied, shall give to any Person, other than the
parties hereto and their successors hereunder and the Holders, any
benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this
Indenture.
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Section
112.
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Governing Law.
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This Indenture and the Securities shall be
governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State
of New York without regard to conflicts of laws principles
thereof.
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Section
113.
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Legal
Holidays.
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In any case where any Interest Payment Date,
Redemption Date, Stated Maturity or Maturity of any Security shall
not be a Business Day at any Place of Payment, then
(notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture or of the
Securities) payment of interest or principal (and premium, if any)
need not be made at such Place of Payment on such date, but may be
made on the next succeeding Business Day at such Place of Payment
with the same force and effect as if made on the Interest Payment
Date, the Redemption Date, or at the Stated Maturity or Maturity;
provided, that no interest shall accrue on such payment for the
intervening period.
ARTICLE TWO
The Notes
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Section
201.
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Form
Generally.
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The Securities shall be in substantially the
form set forth in this Article, with such appropriate insertions,
omissions, substitutions and other variations as are required or
permitted by this Indenture, and may have such letters, numbers or
other marks of identification and such legends or endorsements
placed thereon as may be required to comply with the rules of any
securities exchange or Depositary therefor or as may, consistently
herewith, be determined by the officers executing such Securities,
as evidenced by their execution of the Securities.
The Securities shall initially be issued in
definitive form. If the Definitive Securities are
exchanged for Securities in global form, they shall include the
legend set forth in Section 205. The Securities issued
in definitive form shall be substantially in the form set forth in
this Article (but without the legend set forth in Section 205
thereon). A Global Security shall represent such
aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities as shall
be specified therein and each shall provide that it shall represent
the aggregate principal amount of Outstanding Securities from time
to time endorsed thereon and that the aggregate principal of
Outstanding Securities represented thereby may from time to time be
reduced or increased, as appropriate, to reflect exchanges and
redemptions and transfers of interest therein. Any
endorsement of a Global Security to reflect the amount of any
increase or decrease in the aggregate principal amount of
Outstanding Securities represented thereby shall be made by the
Trustee or the custodian at the direction of the Trustee, in
accordance with instructions given by the Holder thereof as
required by Section 306 hereof.
With respect to Global Securities deposited with
the Trustee, as custodian for the
Depositary, Participants and Indirect Participants shall
have no rights under this Indenture or any Global Security with
respect to any Global Security held on their behalf by the
Depositary or by the Trustee as custodian for the Depositary, and
the Depositary shall be treated by the Company, the Trustee and any
agent of the Company or the Trustee as the absolute owner of such
Global Security for all purposes
whatsoever. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing
herein shall prevent the Company, the Trustee or any agent of the
Company or the Trustee from giving effect to any written
certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by the
Depositary or impair, as between the Depositary and its
Participants or Indirect Participants, the Applicable Procedure or
the operation of customary practices of the Depositary governing
the exercise of the rights of a Holder of a beneficial interest in
any Global Security.
The provisions of the “Operating
Procedures of the “Euroclear System” and “Terms
and Conditions Governing Use of Euroclear” and the
“General Terms and Conditions of Clearstream” and
“Customer Handbook” of Clearstream shall be applicable
to transfers of beneficial interests in Global Securities that are
held by Participants through Euroclear or Clearstream.
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Section
202.
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Form
of Face of Security.
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(a) 2018 Fixed Rate Notes:
[insert any legend required by the Code and the
regulations thereunder, the Securities Act and the regulations
thereunder or a Depositary.]
Cable Holdco, Inc.
7.29% Note due 2018
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$
_________________
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No._________
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CUSIP_______
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For Value Received, the undersigned, Cable
Holdco, Inc. (herein called the “Company” ), a
corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of
Delaware, hereby promises to pay to [________________], or
registered assigns, the principal sum of
____________________________ ___________________ Dollars on August
15, 2018, with interest (computed on the basis of a 360-day year
comprised of twelve 30-day months) on the unpaid balance thereof at
the rate of 7.29% per annum from the date hereof, payable on the
15 th
day of February and
August in each year, commencing February 15, 2009, until the
principal hereof shall have become due and payable, provided that
if the Leverage Ratio (as defined in the Indenture referred to on
the reverse hereof) exceeds 3.5 to 1.0 as of the end of any fiscal
quarter (a “High Leverage Quarter”), then, in addition
to all other interest accruing thereon (and all rights and remedies
of the Holders (as set forth in the Indenture) in the event the
Leverage Ratio exceeds 4.0 to 1.0, at the end of any fiscal
quarter, or 3.5 to 1.0 for more than four successive fiscal
quarters), additional interest in the amount of 0.5% per annum
shall accrue on the Securities, commencing on the first day of the
first fiscal quarter following each such High Leverage Quarter and
continuing until the Company has provided a certificate pursuant to
the Indenture demonstrating that, as of the end of the fiscal
quarter in respect of which such certificate is delivered, the
Leverage Ratio is not more than 3.5 to 1.0. Following delivery of
such certificate demonstrating that the Leverage Ratio did not
exceed 3.5 to 1.0 as of the applicable quarter, the additional
0.50% interest shall cease to accrue or be payable for any fiscal
quarter subsequent to the fiscal quarter in respect of which such
certificate was delivered, until and unless there shall occur
another High Leverage Quarter. The Company shall pay
interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding under
any federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or
other similar law) on overdue principal, premium and interest (to
the extent lawful) from time to time on demand at the Default Rate
(as defined in the Indenture). The interest so payable,
and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment
Date will, as provided in such Indenture, be paid to the Person in
whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is
registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for
such interest, which shall be February 1 or August 1 (whether or
not a Business Day), as the case may be, next preceding such
Interest Payment Date. Any such interest not so
punctually paid or duly provided for will forthwith cease to be
payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date and may either be
paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more
Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a
Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to
be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Holders
of Securities not more than 15 days and less than 10 days prior to
such Special Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other
lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any
securities exchange on which the Securities may be listed, and upon
such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully
provided in said Indenture.
Payments of principal of, interest on and
any Applicable Premium, if any, with respect to this Note are to be
made in lawful money of the United States of America at the office
of the Trustee, which will serve as the initial paying agent, at
Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, 60 Wall Street, New York, New
York 10005, Attention: Trust and Securities Services, in such coin
or currency of the United States of America as at the time of
payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts;
provided, however, that at the option of the Company payment of
interest may be made by check mailed to the address of the Person
entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security
Register or by wire transfer to an account maintained by the Person
entitled thereto as specified in the Security Register, provided
that such Person shall have given the Trustee written wire
instructions at least five Business Days prior to the applicable
Interest Payment Date.
Reference is hereby made to the further
provisions of this Security set forth on the reverse hereof, which
further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as
if set forth at this place.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon
has been executed by the Trustee referred to on the reverse hereof
by manual signature, this Security shall not be entitled to any
benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any
purpose.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this
instrument to be duly executed.
(b) 2018
Floating Rate Notes:
[insert any legend required by the
Code and the regulations thereunder, the Securities Act and the
regulations thereunder or a Depositary.]
Floating Rate Note due
2018
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$
_____________
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No._________
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CUSIP_______
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For Value Received, the undersigned, Cable
Holdco, Inc. (herein called the “Company” ), a
corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of
Delaware, hereby promises to pay to [________________], or
registered assigns, the principal sum of ________________________
Dollars on August 15, 2018, with interest (computed on the basis of
a 360-day year based on the actual number of days elapsed) on the
unpaid balance thereof at the Interest Rate (as defined herein),
from the date hereof, payable on the 15 th
day of February, May, August and
November in each year (each, an “Interest Payment
Date”), commencing November 15, 2008, until the principal
hereof shall have become due and payable, provided that if the
Leverage Ratio (as defined in the Indenture referred to on the
reverse hereof) exceeds 3.5 to 1.0 as of the end of any fiscal
quarter (a “High Leverage Quarter”), then, in addition
to all other interest accruing thereon (and all rights and remedies
of the Holders (as set forth in the Indenture) in the event the
Leverage Ratio exceeds 4.0 to 1.0, at the end of any fiscal
quarter, or 3.5 to 1.0 for more than four successive fiscal
quarters), additional interest in the amount of 0.5% per annum
shall accrue on the Securities, commencing on the first day of the
first fiscal quarter following each such High Leverage Quarter and
continuing until the Company has provided a certificate pursuant to
the Indenture demonstrating that, as of the end of the fiscal
quarter in respect of which such certificate is delivered, the
Leverage Ratio is not more than 3.5 to 1.0. Following delivery of
such certificate demonstrating that the Leverage Ratio did not
exceed 3.5 to 1.0 as of the applicable quarter, the additional
0.50% interest shall cease to accrue or be payable for any fiscal
quarter subsequent to the fiscal quarter in respect of which such
certificate was delivered, until and unless there shall occur
another High Leverage Quarter. The “Interest
Rate” shall be equal to the Adjusted LIBOR Rate (as defined
below) from time to time, payable quarterly on each Interest
Payment Date. The “Adjusted LIBOR Rate”
shall mean, for any Interest Period (as defined below), LIBOR (as
defined below) plus 254 basis points, as determined by the
Calculation Agent, notice whereof shall be given to the Company
(and shall be given by the Company to any beneficial owners who
have identified themselves as such to the Company and the Trustee
prior to the date such notice is made and have provided notice
information) on the second Business Day preceding each Interest
Period. “LIBOR” shall mean, for any Interest
Period, the rate per annum (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the
next higher one hundred-thousandth of a percentage point) for
deposits in U.S. Dollars for a 90-day period which appears on the
Bloomberg “BBAM Screen” published by the British
Bankers Association or any successor page or source thereto,
effective as of 11:00 a.m. (London, England time) two (2) Business
Days prior to the beginning of such Interest Period. “Interest
Period” shall mean each period commencing on the date hereof
and, thereafter, commencing on an Interest Payment Date and
continuing up to, but not including, the next Interest Payment
Date.
The Company shall pay interest (including
post-petition interest in any proceeding under any federal or state
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law) on
overdue principal, premium and interest (to the extent lawful) from
time to time on demand at the Default Rate (as defined in the
Indenture). The interest so payable, and punctually paid
or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as
provided in such Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name
this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered
at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such
interest, which shall be February 1 or August 1 (whether or not a
Business Day), as the case may be, next preceding such Interest
Payment Date. Any such interest not so punctually paid
or duly provided for will forthwith cease to be payable to the
Holder on such Regular Record Date and may either be paid to the
Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor
Securities) is registered at the close of business on a Special
Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed
by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of
Securities not more than 15 days and less than 10 days prior to
such Special Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other
lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any
securities exchange on which the Securities may be listed, and upon
such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully
provided in said Indenture.
Payments of principal of, interest on and any
Applicable Premium, if any, with respect to this Note are to be
made in lawful money of the United States of America at the office
of the Trustee, which will serve as the initial paying agent, at
Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, 60 Wall Street, New York, New
York 10005, Attention: Trust and Securities Services, in such coin
or currency of the United States of America as at the time of
payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts;
provided, however, that at the option of the Company payment of
interest may be made by check mailed to the address of the Person
entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security
Register or by wire transfer to an account maintained by the Person
entitled thereto as specified in the Security Register, provided
that such Person shall have given the Trustee written wire
instructions at least five Business Days prior to the applicable
Interest Payment Date.
Reference is hereby made to the further
provisions of this Security set forth on the reverse hereof, which
further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as
if set forth at this place.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon
has been executed by the Trustee referred to on the reverse hereof
by manual signature, this Security shall not be entitled to any
benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any
purpose.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this
instrument to be duly executed.
(c) 2020 Fixed Rate Notes:
[insert any legend required by the
Code and the regulations thereunder, the Securities Act and the
regulations thereunder or a Depositary.]
Cable Holdco, Inc.
7.39% Note due 2020
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$________________
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No._________
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CUSIP_______
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For Value Received, the undersigned, Cable
Holdco, Inc. (herein called the “Company” ), a
corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of
Delaware, hereby promises to pay to [________________], or
registered assigns, the principal sum of _________________________
Dollars on August 15, 2020, with interest (computed on the basis of
a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months) on the unpaid
balance thereof at the rate of 7.39% per annum from the date
hereof, payable on the 15 th
day of February and
August in each year, commencing February 15, 2009, until the
principal hereof shall have become due and payable, provided that
if the Leverage Ratio (as defined in the Indenture referred to on
the reverse hereof) exceeds 3.5 to 1.0 as of the end of any fiscal
quarter (a “High Leverage Quarter”), then, in addition
to all other interest accruing thereon (and all rights and remedies
of the Holders (as set forth in the Indenture) in the event the
Leverage Ratio exceeds 4.0 to 1.0, at the end of any fiscal
quarter, or 3.5 to 1.0 for more than four successive fiscal
quarters), additional interest in the amount of 0.5% per annum
shall accrue on the Securities, commencing on the first day of the
first fiscal quarter following each such High Leverage Quarter and
continuing until the Company has provided a certificate pursuant to
the Indenture demonstrating that, as of the end of the fiscal
quarter in respect of which such certificate is delivered, the
Leverage Ratio is not more than 3.5 to 1.0. Following delivery of
such certificate demonstrating that the Leverage Ratio did not
exceed 3.5 to 1.0 as of the applicable quarter, the additional
0.50% interest shall cease to accrue or be payable for any fiscal
quarter subsequent to the fiscal quarter in respect of which such
certificate was delivered, until and unless there shall occur
another High Leverage Quarter. The Company shall pay
interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding under
any federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or
other similar law) on overdue principal, premium and interest (to
the extent lawful) from time to time on demand at the Default Rate
(as defined in the Indenture). The interest so payable,
and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment
Date will, as provided in such Indenture, be paid to the Person in
whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is
registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for
such interest, which shall be February 1 or August 1 (whether or
not a Business Day), as the case may be, next preceding such
Interest Payment Date. Any such interest not so
punctually paid or duly provided for will forthwith cease to be
payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date and may either be
paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more
Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a
Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to
be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Holders
of Securities not more than 15 days and less than 10 days prior to
such Special Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other
lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any
securities exchange on which the Securities may be listed, and upon
such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully
provided in said Indenture.
Payments of principal of, interest on and any
Applicable Premium, if any, with respect to this Note are to be
made in lawful money of the United States of America at the office
of the Trustee, which will serve as the initial paying agent, at
Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, 60 Wall Street, New York, New
York 10005, Attention: Trust and Securities Services, in such coin
or currency of the United States of America as at the time of
payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts;
provided, however, that at the option of the Company payment of
interest may be made by check mailed to the address of the Person
entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security
Register or by wire transfer to an account maintained by the Person
entitled thereto as specified in the Security Register, provided
that such Person shall have given the Trustee written wire
instructions at least five Business Days prior to the applicable
Interest Payment Date.
Reference is hereby made to the further
provisions of this Security set forth on the reverse hereof, which
further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as
if set forth at this place.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon
has been executed by the Trustee referred to on the reverse hereof
by manual signature, this Security shall not be entitled to any
benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any
purpose.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this
instrument to be duly executed.
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Form
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(a) 2018 Fixed Rate Notes:
This Security is one of a duly
authorized tranche (“Tranche”) of securities of the
Company (herein called the “Securities”), issued and to
be issued under an Indenture, as of [August 4, 2008] (herein called
the “Indenture”), between the Company and Deutsche Bank
Trust Company Americas, as Trustee (herein called the
“Trustee”, which term includes any successor trustee
under the Indenture), to which Indenture and all indentures
supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of
the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities
thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the
Securities and of the terms upon which the Securities are, and are
to be, authenticated and delivered. The Securities of
this Tranche are limited in aggregate principal amount to
$577,500,000.
The Company may, at its option, upon
notice as provided below, at any time and from time to time after
August 15, 2013, redeem all, or any part of, the Fixed Rate Notes
(including the Securities and all other Securities of a different
Tranche bearing interest at a fixed rate), in an amount not less
than 10% of the aggregate principal amount of the Fixed Rate Notes
then Outstanding at a redemption price equal to 100% of the
principal amount so redeemed, together with interest accrued
thereon to the date of such redemption plus the excess, if any, of
(1) the present value on the date of redemption of (a) the
principal amount of each such Security payable at Maturity, plus
(b) all required remaining scheduled interest payments due on each
such Security through Maturity, computed using a discount rate
equal to the Treasury Rate as of such date of redemption plus 50
basis points over (2) the principal amount of each such
Security. “Treasury Rate” means, as of any
redemption date, the yield to maturity as of such redemption date
of United States Treasury securities with a constant maturity (as
compiled and published in the most recent Federal Reserve
Statistical Release H.15 (519) that has become publicly available
at least two Business Days prior to the redemption date (or, if
such Statistical Release is no longer published, any publicly
available source of similar market data)) most nearly equal to the
period from the redemption date to the Securities’ Maturity;
provided that if the period from the redemption date to such date
is less than one year, the weekly average yield on actually traded
United States Treasury securities adjusted to a constant maturity
of one year will be used. The Company will give each
holder of Securities written notice of each optional redemption not
less than 30 days and not more than 60 days prior to the date fixed
for such redemption except that redemption notices may be mailed
more than 60 days prior to a redemption date if the notice is
issued in connection with a defeasance of the Securities or a
satisfaction and discharge of the Indenture. Each such
notice shall specify such date, the aggregate principal amount of
the Securities to be redeemed on such date, the principal amount of
each Securities held by such holder to be redeemed, and the
interest to be paid on the redemption date with respect to such
principal amount being redeemed.
In the event of redemption of
this Security in part only, a new Security or Securities of like
tenor for the unredeemed portion hereof will be issued in the name
of the Holder hereof upon the cancellation hereof.
The Securities do not have the
benefit of any sinking fund obligations.
The Indenture contains provisions
for defeasance at any time of the entire indebtedness of this
Security and certain restrictive covenants and Events of Default
with respect to this Security, in each case upon compliance with
certain conditions set forth in the Indenture.
If an Event of Default with respect
to the Securities shall occur and be continuing, the principal of
the Securities (and a premium if applicable) may be declared due
and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the
Indenture.
The Indenture permits, with certain
exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the
modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and the
rights of the Holders of the Securities to be adversely affected
under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with
the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the
Securities at the time Outstanding to be adversely
affected. The Indenture also contains provisions
permitting the Holders of specified percentages in principal amount
of the Securities at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders
of all Securities, to waive compliance by the Company with certain
provisions of the Indenture and certain past Defaults under the
Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or
waiver by the Holder of this Security shall be conclusive and
binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this
Security and of any Security issued upon the registration of
transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof, whether
or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this
Security.
No reference herein to the Indenture
and no provision of this Security or of the Indenture shall alter
or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and
unconditional, to pay the principal of and any premium and interest
on this Security at the times, place and rate, and in the coin or
currency, herein prescribed.
As provided in the Indenture and
subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of
this Security is registrable in the Security Register, upon
surrender of this Security for registration of transfer at the
office or agency of the Company in any place where the principal of
and any premium and interest on this Security are payable, duly
endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in
form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly
executed by, the Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in
writing, and thereupon one or more new Securities and of like
tenor, of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate
principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or
transferees.
If (i) DTC (A) notifies the Company
that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for the
Global Securities or (B) has ceased to be a clearing agency
registered under the Exchange Act, and in either case the Company
fails to appoint a successor Depositary within 120 days after
becoming aware of such condition; (ii) the Company, at its option,
subject to certain restrictions set forth in the Indenture,
notifies the Trustee in writing that it elects to cause the
issuance of Definitive Securities in exchange for this Security (in
whole but not in part); or (iii) there shall have occurred and be
continuing a Default or Event of Default with respect to the
Securities, Definitive Securities shall be issued in such names as
the Depositary shall instruct the Trustee in an aggregate principal
amount equal to the principal amount of this Security in exchange
for this Security.
Except as specified in the
Indenture, no Holder of any Securities shall have any right to
institute any proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to
the Indenture or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or
for any other remedy under the Indenture, unless (1) the Trustee
shall have received written notice from such Holder of a continuing
Event of Default in respect of such Securities; (2) the Trustee
shall have received a written request from the Holders of not less
than 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities in
respect of which the Event of Default has occurred to institute
proceedings in respect of such Event of Default in its own name as
Trustee under the Indenture; (3) such Holder or Holders have
offered to the Trustee indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee
against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred in
compliance with such request; (4) the Trustee for 60 days after its
receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity has failed
to institute any such proceeding; and (5) no direction inconsistent
with such written request has been given to the Trustee during such
60 day period by the Holders of a majority in principal amount of
the Outstanding Securities.
The Securities are issuable only in
registered form without coupons in denominations of $100,000 and
any integral multiple thereof. As provided in the
Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth,
Securities are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount
of Securities of like tenor of a different authorized denomination,
as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.
No service charge shall be made for
any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company may
require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other
governmental charge payable in connection therewith.
No recourse shall be had for the
payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or the interest on
this Security, or for any claim based hereon, or otherwise in
respect hereof, or based on or in respect of the Indenture or any
indenture supplemental thereto, against any incorporator,
stockholder, Officer, director or employee, as such, past, present
or future, of Kraft Foods Inc. or any of its affiliates or the
Company, any Subsidiary Guarantor or any Successor Corporation,
whether by virtue of any constitution, statute or rule of law, or
by the enforcement of any assessment or penalty or otherwise, all
such liability being, by the acceptance hereof and as part of the
consideration for the issue hereof, expressly waived and
released.
Prior to due presentment of this
Security for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee and
any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in
whose name this Security is registered as the owner hereof for all
purposes (subject to Section 314 of the Indenture), whether or
not this Security be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee
nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the
contrary.
All terms used in this Security,
which are defined in the Indenture, shall have the meanings
assigned to them in the Indenture.
The Indenture and this Security
shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of
the State of New York without regard to the conflicts of laws
principles thereof.
(b) 2018 Floating Rate
Notes
This Security is one of a duly
authorized tranche (“Tranche”) of securities of the
Company (herein called the “Securities”), issued and to
be issued under an Indenture, as of [August 4, 2008] (herein called
the “Indenture”), between the Company and Deutsche Bank
Trust Company Americas, as Trustee (herein called the
“Trustee”, which term includes any successor trustee
under the Indenture), to which Indenture and all indentures
supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of
the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities
thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the
Securities and of the terms upon which the Securities are, and are
to be, authenticated and delivered. The Securities of
this Tranche are limited in aggregate principal amount to
$20,000,000.
The Company may, at its option, upon
notice as provided below, at any time and from time to time after
August 15, 2013, redeem all, or any part of, the Securities of this
Tranche, in an amount not less than 10% of the aggregate principal
amount of the 2018 Floating Rate Notes then Outstanding at a
redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount so redeemed,
together with interest accrued thereon to the date of such
redemption. The Company will give each holder of
Securities written notice of each optional redemption not less than
30 days and not more than 60 days prior to the date fixed for such
redemption except that redemption notices may be mailed more than
60 days prior to a redemption date if the notice is issued in
connection with a defeasance of the Securities or a satisfaction
and discharge of the Indenture. Each such notice shall
specify such date, the aggregate principal amount of the Securities
to be redeemed on such date, the principal amount of each
Securities held by such holder to be redeemed, and the interest to
be paid on the redemption date with respect to such principal
amount being redeemed.
In the event of redemption of this
Security in part only, a new Security or Securities of like tenor
for the unredeemed portion hereof will be issued in the name of the
Holder hereof upon the cancellation hereof.
The Securities do not have the
benefit of any sinking fund obligations.
The Indenture contains provisions
for defeasance at any time of the entire indebtedness of this
Security and certain restrictive covenants and Events of Default
with respect to this Security, in each case upon compliance with
certain conditions set forth in the Indenture.
If an Event of Default with respect
to the Securities shall occur and be continuing, the principal of
the Securities (and a premium if applicable) may be declared due
and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the
Indenture.
The Indenture permits, with certain
exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the
modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and the
rights of the Holders of the Securities to be adversely affected
under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with
the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the
Securities at the time Outstanding to be adversely
affected. The Indenture also contains provisions
permitting the Holders of specified percentages in principal amount
of the Securities at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders
of all Securities, to waive compliance by the Company with certain
provisions of the Indenture and certain past Defaults under the
Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or
waiver by the Holder of this Security shall be conclusive and
binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this
Security and of any Security issued upon the registration of
transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof, whether
or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this
Security.
No reference herein to the Indenture
and no provision of this Security or of the Indenture shall alter
or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and
unconditional, to pay the principal of and any premium and interest
on this Security at the times, place and rate, and in the coin or
currency, herein prescribed.
As provided in the Indenture and
subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of
this Security is registrable in the Security Register, upon
surrender of this Security for registration of transfer at the
office or agency of the Company in any place where the principal of
and any premium and interest on this Security are payable, duly
endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in
form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly
executed by, the Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in
writing, and thereupon one or more new Securities and of like
tenor, of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate
principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or
transferees.
If (i) DTC (A) notifies the Company
that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for the
Global Securities or (B) has ceased to be a clearing agency
registered under the Exchange Act, and in either case the Company
fails to appoint a successor Depositary within 120 days after
becoming aware of such condition; (ii) the Company, at its option,
subject to certain restrictions set forth in the Indenture,
notifies the Trustee in writing that it elects to cause the
issuance of Definitive Securities in exchange for this Security (in
whole but not in part); or (iii) there shall have occurred and be
continuing a Default or Event of Default with respect to the
Securities, Definitive Securities shall be issued in such names as
the Depositary shall instruct the Trustee in an aggregate principal
amount equal to the principal amount of this Security in exchange
for this Security.
Except as specified in the
Indenture, no Holder of any Securities shall have any right to
institute any proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to
the Indenture or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or
for any other remedy under the Indenture, unless (1) the Trustee
shall have received written notice from such Holder of a continuing
Event of Default in respect of such Securities; (2) the Trustee
shall have received a written request from the Holders of not less
than 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities in
respect of which the Event of Default has occurred to institute
proceedings in respect of such Event of Default in its own name as
Trustee under the Indenture; (3) such Holder or Holders have
offered to the Trustee indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee
against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred in
compliance with such request; (4) the Trustee for 60 days after its
receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity has failed
to institute any such proceeding; and (5) no direction inconsistent
with such written request has been given to the Trustee during such
60 day period by the Holders of a majority in principal amount of
the Outstanding Securities.
The Securities are issuable only in
registered form without coupons in denominations of $100,000 and
any integral multiple thereof. As provided in the
Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth,
Securities are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount
of Securities of like tenor of a different authorized denomination,
as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.
No service charge shall be made for
any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company may
require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other
governmental charge payable in connection therewith.
No recourse shall be had for the
payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or the interest on
this Security, or for any claim based hereon, or otherwise in
respect hereof, or based on or in respect of the Indenture or any
indenture supplemental thereto, against any incorporator,
stockholder, Officer, director or employee, as such, past, present
or future, of Kraft Foods Inc. or any of its affiliates or the
Company, any Subsidiary Guarantor or any Successor Corporation,
whether by virtue of any constitution, statute or rule of law, or
by the enforcement of any assessment or penalty or otherwise, all
such liability being, by the acceptance hereof and as part of the
consideration for the issue hereof, expressly waived and
released.
Prior to due presentment of this
Security for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee and
any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in
whose name this Security is registered as the owner hereof for all
purposes (subject to Section 314 of the Indenture), whether or
not this Security be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee
nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the
contrary.
All terms used in this Security,
which are defined in the Indenture, shall have the meanings
assigned to them in the Indenture.
The Indenture and this Security
shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of
the State of New York without regard to the conflicts of laws
principles thereof.
(c) 2020 Fixed Rate
Notes
This Security is one of a duly
authorized tranche (“Tranche”) of securities of the
Company (herein called the “Securities”), issued and to
be issued under an Indenture, as of [August 4, 2008] (herein called
the “Indenture”), between the Company and Deutsche Bank
Trust Company Americas, as Trustee (herein called the
“Trustee”, which term includes any successor trustee
under the Indenture), to which Indenture and all indentures
supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of
the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities
thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the
Securities and of the terms upon which the Securities are, and are
to be, authenticated and delivered. The Securities of
this Tranche are limited in aggregate principal amount to
$67,000,000.
The Company may, at its option, upon
notice as provided below, at any time and from time to time after
August 15, 2013, redeem all, or any part of, the Fixed Rate Notes
(including the Securities and all other securities of a different
Tranche bearing interest at a fixed rate), in an amount not less
than 10% of the aggregate principal amount of the Fixed Rate Notes
then Outstanding at a redemption price equal to 100% of the
principal amount so redeemed, together with interest accrued
thereon to the date of such redemption plus the excess, if any, of
(1) the present value on the date of redemption of (a) the
principal amount of each such Security payable at Maturity, plus
(b) all required remaining scheduled interest payments due on each
such Security through Maturity, computed using a discount rate
equal to the Treasury Rate as of such date of redemption plus 50
basis points over (2) the principal amount of each such
Security. “Treasury Rate” means, as of any
redemption date, the yield to maturity as of such redemption date
of United States Treasury securities with a constant maturity (as
compiled and published in the most recent Federal Reserve
Statistical Release H.15 (519) that has become publicly available
at least two Business Days prior to the redemption date (or, if
such Statistical Release is no longer published, any publicly
available source of similar market data)) most nearly equal to the
period from the redemption date to the Securities’ Maturity;
provided that if the period from the redemption date to such date
is less than one year, the weekly average yield on actually traded
United States Treasury securities adjusted to a constant maturity
of one year will be used. The Company will give each
holder of Securities written notice of each optional redemption not
less than 30 days and not more than 60 days prior to the date fixed
for such redemption except that redemption notices may be mailed
more than 60 days prior to a redemption date if the notice is
issued in connection with a defeasance of the Securities or a
satisfaction and discharge of the Indenture. Each such
notice shall specify such date, the aggregate principal amount of
the Securities to be redeemed on such date, the principal amount of
each Securities held by such holder to be redeemed, and the
interest to be paid on the redemption date with respect to such
principal amount being redeemed.
In the event of redemption of this
Security in part only, a new Security or Securities of like tenor
for the unredeemed portion hereof will be issued in the name of the
Holder hereof upon the cancellation hereof.
The Securities do not have the
benefit of any sinking fund obligations.
The Indenture contains provisions
for defeasance at any time of the entire indebtedness of this
Security and certain restrictive covenants and Events of Default
with respect to this Security, in each case upon compliance with
certain conditions set forth in the Indenture.
If an Event of Default with respect
to the Securities shall occur and be continuing, the principal of
the Securities (and a premium if applicable) may be declared due
and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the
Indenture.
The Indenture permits, with certain
exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the
modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and the
rights of the Holders of the Securities to be adversely affected
under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with
the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the
Securities at the time Outstanding to be adversely
affected. The Indenture also contains provisions
permitting the Holders of specified percentages in principal amount
of the Securities at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders
of all Securities, to waive compliance by the Company with certain
provisions of the Indenture and certain past Defaults under the
Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or
waiver by the Holder of this Security shall be conclusive and
binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this
Security and of any Security issued upon the registration of
transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof, whether
or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this
Security.
No reference herein to the Indenture
and no provision of this Security or of the Indenture shall alter
or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and
unconditional, to pay the principal of and any premium and interest
on this Security at the times, place and rate, and in the coin or
currency, herein prescribed.
As provided in the Indenture and
subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of
this Security is registrable in the Security Register, upon
surrender of this Security for registration of transfer at the
office or agency of the Company in any place where the principal of
and any premium and interest on this Security are payable, duly
endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in
form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly
executed by, the Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in
writing, and thereupon one or more new Securities and of like
tenor, of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate
principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or
transferees.
If (i) DTC (A) notifies the Company
that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for the
Global Securities or (B) has ceased to be a clearing agency
registered under the Exchange Act, and in either case the Company
fails to appoint a successor Depositary within 120 days after
becoming aware of such condition; (ii) the Company, at its option,
subject to certain restrictions set forth in the Indenture,
notifies the Trustee in writing that it elects to cause the
issuance of Definitive Securities in exchange for this Security (in
whole but not in part); or (iii) there shall have occurred and be
continuing a Default or Event of Default with respect to the
Securities, Definitive Securities shall be issued in such names as
the Depositary shall instruct the Trustee in an aggregate principal
amount equal to the principal amount of this Security in exchange
for this Security.
Except as specified in the
Indenture, no Holder of any Securities shall have any right to
institute any proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to
the Indenture or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or
for any other remedy under the Indenture, unless (1) the Trustee
shall have received written notice from such Holder of a continuing
Event of Default in respect of such Securities; (2) the Trustee
shall have received a written request from the Holders of not less
than 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities in
respect of which the Event of Default has occurred to institute
proceedings in respect of such Event of Default in its own name as
Trustee under the Indenture; (3) such Holder or Holders have
offered to the Trustee indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee
against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred in
compliance with such request; (4) the Trustee for 60 days after its
receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity has failed
to institute any such proceeding; and (5) no direction inconsistent
with such written request has been given to the Trustee during such
60 day period by the Holders of a majority in principal amount of
the Outstanding Securities.
The Securities are issuable only in
registered form without coupons in denominations of $100,000 and
any integral multiple thereof. As provided in the
Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth,
Securities are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount
of Securities of like tenor of a different authorized denomination,
as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.
No service charge shall be made for
any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company may
require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other
governmental charge payable in connection therewith.
No recourse shall be had for the
payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or the interest on
this Security, or for any claim based hereon, or otherwise in
respect hereof, or based on or in respect of the Indenture or any
indenture supplemental thereto, against any incorporator,
stockholder, Officer, director or employee, as such, past, present
or future, of Kraft Foods Inc. or any of its affiliates or the
Company, any Subsidiary Guarantor or any Successor Corporation,
whether by virtue of any constitution, statute or rule of law, or
by the enforcement of any assessment or penalty or otherwise, all
such liability being, by the acceptance hereof and as part of the
consideration for the issue hereof, expressly waived and
released.
Prior to due presentment of this
Security for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee and
any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in
whose name this Security is registered as the owner hereof for all
purposes (subject to Section 314 of the Indenture), whether or
not this Security be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee
nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the
contrary.
All terms used in this Security,
which are defined in the Indenture, shall have the meanings
assigned to them in the Indenture.
The Indenture and this Security
shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of
the State of New York without regard to the conflicts of laws
principles thereof.
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Form
of Trustee’s Certificate of
Authentication.
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The Trustee’s certificate of
authentication shall be in substantially the following
form:
This is one of the Securities designated therein
referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
Dated: _____________________
Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas,
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Authorized Signatory
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Form
of Legend for Global Securities.
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Every Global Security authenticated and
delivered hereunder shall bear a legend in substantially the
following form:
“UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE
OR IN PART FOR SECURITIES IN DEFINITIVE FORM, THIS
SECURITY MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE
DEPOSITORY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITORY, OR BY ANY
SUCH NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITORY, OR BY THE DEPOSITORY OR
NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITORY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE
TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITORY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR
DEPOSITORY. UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN
AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW
YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO THE ISSUER OR ITS
AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT,
AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE &
CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT HEREON IS MADE TO CEDE &
CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN
AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR
OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR
TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED
OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST
HEREIN. TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE
LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO
NOMINEES OF CEDE & CO. OR TO A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR
SUCH SUCCESSOR’S NOMINEE AND TRANSFERS OF PORTIONS OF THIS
GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE
WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN THE INDENTURE
GOVERNING THIS SECURITY.”
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Form
of Rule 144A/Regulation S Legend.
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Every security authenticated and delivered
hereunder shall bear a legend in substantially the following
form:
THIS SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES
ACT”), OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OR OTHER
JURISDICTION. NEITHER THIS SECURITY NOR ANY INTEREST OR
PARTICIPATION HEREIN MAY BE REOFFERED, SOLD, ASSIGNED, TRANSFERRED,
PLEDGED, ENCUMBERED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH
REGISTRATION OR UNLESS SUCH TRANSACTION IS EXEMPT FROM, OR NOT
SUBJECT TO, SUCH REGISTRATION. THE HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY, BY ITS
ACCEPTANCE HEREOF, AGREES ON ITS OWN BEHALF AND ON BEHALF OF ANY
INVESTOR ACCOUNT FOR WHICH IT HAS PURCHASED SECURITIES, TO OFFER,
SELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER SUCH SECURITY, PRIOR TO THE DATE (THE
“RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE”) THAT IS THE
LATER OF (1) ONE YEAR AFTER THE LAST ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE HEREOF OR
SUCH SHORTER PERIOD OF TIME UNDER WHICH RESALES ARE EXEMPT FROM
REGISTRATION UNDER RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR ANY
SUCCESSOR PROVISION THEREUNDER, AND (2) SUCH LATER DATE, IF ANY, AS
MAY BE REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ONLY (A) TO THE ISSUER OR ANY
SUBSIDIARY OF THE ISSUER, (B) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT
THAT HAS BEEN DECLARED EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (C) FOR
SO LONG AS THE SECURITIES ARE ELIGIBLE FOR RESALE PURSUANT TO RULE
144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, TO A PERSON IT REASONABLY BELIEVES
IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” AS DEFINED IN RULE
144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT THAT PURCHASES FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR
FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER TO WHOM NOTICE
IS GIVEN THAT THE TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A,
(D) IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION COMPLYING WITH RULE 903 OR RULE 904
OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, OR (E) PURSUANT TO
ANOTHER AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF
THE SECURITIES ACT, SUBJECT TO THE ISSUER’S AND THE
TRUSTEE’S RIGHT PRIOR TO ANY SUCH OFFER, SALE OR TRANSFER
PURSUANT TO CLAUSES (D) OR (E) TO REQUIRE THE DELIVERY OF AN
OPINION OF COUNSEL, CERTIFICATION OR OTHER INFORMATION SATISFACTORY
TO EACH OF THEM IN THE FORMS OF EXHIBITS TO THE INDENTURE. THIS
LEGEND WILL BE REMOVED UPON THE REQUEST OF THE HOLDER AFTER THE
RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE.
ARTICLE THREE
The Securities
The aggregate principal amount of Securities
that may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is
$664,500,000. All Securities of each Tranche shall be
substantially identical to the other Securities of the same Tranche
except as to denomination.
The Securities shall be issuable in registered
form without coupons in denominations of $100,000 and any integral
multiple thereof.
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Execution, Authentication, Delivery and
Dating.
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The Securities shall be executed on behalf of
the Company by its Chairman of the Board, one of its Directors, its
Chief Executive Officer, its President, its Chief Financial Officer
or one of its Vice Presidents, attested by its Secretary or one of
its Assistant Secretaries. The signature of any of these
officers on the Securities may be manual or facsimile.
Securities bearing the manual or facsimile
signatures of individuals who were at any time the officers of the
Company shall bind the Company, notwithstanding that such
individuals or any of them have ceased to hold such offices prior
to the authentication and delivery of such Securities or did not
hold such offices at the date of such Securities.
At any time and from time to time after the
execution and delivery of this Indenture, the Company may deliver
Securities executed by the Company to the Trustee for
authentication, together with a Company Order for the
authentication and delivery of such Securities together with an
Officer’s Certificate and Opinion of Counsel, and the Trustee
in accordance with the Company Order shall authenticate and deliver
or make available for delivery such Securities.
Each Security shall be dated the date of its
authentication.
Definitive Securities shall be produced in any
manner determined by the officers executing such Securities, as
evidenced by their execution of such Securities.
If the Securities of a Tranche are to be issued
or exchanged in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global
Securities, then the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall,
in accordance with this Section and the Company Order, authenticate
and deliver one or more Global Securities of the same Tranche in
temporary or permanent form that (i) shall represent and shall be
denominated in an aggregate amount equal to the aggregate principal
amount of the Outstanding Securities to be represented by one or
more Global Securities, (ii) shall be registered in the name of the
Depositary for such Global Security of 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 (or
such other legend as may be prescribed by the
Depositary): “Unless and until it is exchanged in
whole or in part for Securities in definitive registered form, this
Security may not be transferred except as a whole by the Depositary
to the 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
exchanges by J.P. Morgan Securities, Inc., as representative of the
Initial Purchasers on the date hereof, shall not be subject to the
foregoing requirements.
Each Depositary for a Global Security in
registered form must, at the time of its designation and at all
times while it serves as Depositary, be a clearing agency
registered under the Exchange Act and any other applicable statute
or regulation.
Beneficial owners of part or all of a Global
Security shall be subject to the rules of the Depositary as in
effect from time to time. The Company, the Trustee and
the Paying Agent shall not be responsible for any acts or omissions
of the Depositary, for any Depositary records of beneficial
interests or for any transactions between the Depositary and
beneficial owners.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this
Section, unless and until it is exchanged in whole or in part for
Securities in definitive form, a Global Security representing all
or a portion of the Securities may not be transferred except as a
whole by the Depositary or 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 or a nominee of such successor
Depositary.
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 the form provided for herein
executed by the Trustee by manual signature of an authorized
signatory thereof, and such certificate upon any Security shall be
conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such Security has
been duly authenticated and delivered
hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any
Security shall have been authenticated and delivered hereunder but
never issued and sold by the Company, and the Company shall deliver
such Security to the Trustee for cancellation as provided in
Section 311, for all purposes of this Indenture such Security
shall be deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered
hereunder and shall never be entitled to the benefits of this
Indenture.
Pending the preparation of Definitive Securities
of a Tranche, the Company may execute, and upon Company Order the
Trustee shall authenticate and deliver or make available for
delivery, temporary Securities of the same Tranche, which are
printed, lithographed, typewritten, photocopied or otherwise
produced, in any authorized denomination, substantially of the
tenor of the Definitive Securities in lieu of which they are issued
and with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and
other variations as the Officers executing such Securities may
determine, as evidenced by their execution of such
Securities.
If temporary Securities are issued, the Company
will cause Definitive Securities to be prepared without
unreasonable delay. After the preparation of Definitive
Securities, the temporary Securities shall be exchangeable for
Definitive Securities of the same Tranche upon surrender of the
temporary Securities at the office or agency of the Company in a
Place of Payment, without charge to the Holder. Upon
surrender for cancellation of any one or more temporary Securities
the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and
deliver or make available for delivery in exchange therefor one or
more Definitive Securities of the same Tranche, of any authorized
denominations and of a like aggregate principal amount and
tenor. Until so exchanged the temporary Securities shall
in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this
Indenture as Definitive Securities.
(a)
Transfer and exchange of Global Securities A Global Security
may not be transferred as a whole except by the Depositary to a
nominee of the Depositary, by a nominee of the Depositary to the
Depositary or to another nominee of the Depositary, or by the
Depositary or any such nominee to a successor Depositary or a
nominee of such successor Depositary. All Global
Securities shall be exchanged by the Company for Definitive
Securities if (i) DTC (A) notifies the Company that it is unwilling
or unable to continue as Depositary or (B) has ceased to be a
clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act, and in either
case the Company fails to appoint a successor Depositary within 120
days after becoming aware of such condition; (ii) the Company, at
its option, notifies the Trustee in writing that it elects to cause
the issuance of Definitive Securities in exchange for Global
Securities (in whole but not in part); provided that in no event
shall Regulation S Global Securities be exchanged by the Company
for Definitive Securities other than in accordance with paragraph
(c)(ii) of this Section; or (iii) there shall have occurred and be
continuing a Default or Event of Default with respect to the
Securities. Upon the occurrence of any of the preceding
events in (i), (ii) or (iii) above, Definitive Securities shall be
issued in such names as the Depositary shall instruct the
Trustee. Global Securities also may be exchanged or
replaced, in whole or in part, as provided in Section 305
hereof. Every Security authenticated and delivered in
exchange for, or in lieu of, a Global Security or any portion
thereof, pursuant to this Section or Section 305 hereof, shall be
authenticated and delivered in the form of, and shall be, a Global
Security. A Global Security may not be exchanged for
another Security other than as provided in this
Section. All transfers referred to in this Section 306
may only be for Securities of the same Tranche.
(b)
Transfer and Exchange
of Beneficial Interests in the Global Securities
. The transfer and exchange of beneficial interests in
the Global Securities shall be effected through the Depositary, in
accordance with the provisions of this Indenture and the Applicable
Procedures. Beneficial interests in the Restricted
Global Securities shall be subject to restrictions on transfer
comparable to those set forth herein to the extent required by the
Securities Act. Transfers of beneficial interests in the
Global Securities also shall require compliance with either
subparagraph (i) or (ii) below, as applicable, as well as one or
more of the other following subparagraphs, as
applicable:
(i)
Transfer of Beneficial Interests
in the Same Global Security . Beneficial interests
in any Restricted Global Security may be transferred to Persons who
take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in the
same Restricted Global Security in accordance with the transfer
restrictions set forth in the legend in Section 206; provided,
however, that prior to the expiration of the Restricted Period,
transfers of beneficial interests in the Regulation S Global
Security may not be made to a U.S. Person or for the account or
benefit of a U.S. Person (other than an Initial
Purchaser). Beneficial interests in any Unrestricted
Global Security may be transferred to Persons who take delivery
thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted
Global Security. No written orders or instructions shall
be required to be delivered to the Security Registrar to effect the
transfers described in this subparagraph.
(ii)
All Other Transfers and Exchanges of Beneficial Interests in
Global Securities . In connection with all transfers
and exchanges of beneficial interests that are not subject to
subparagraph (i) above, the transferor of such beneficial interest
must deliver to the Security Registrar either (A)(1) a written
order from a Participant or an Indirect Participant given to the
Depositary in accordance with the Applicable Procedures directing
the Depositary to credit or cause to be credited a beneficial
interest in another Global Security in an amount equal to the
beneficial interest to be transferred or exchanged and (2)
instructions given in accordance with the Applicable Procedures
containing information regarding the Participant account to be
credited with such increase or (B)(1) a written order from a
Participant or an Indirect Participant given to the Depositary in
accordance with the Applicable Procedures directing the Depositary
to cause to be issued a Definitive Security in an amount equal to
the beneficial interest to be transferred or exchanged and (2)
instructions given by the Depositary to the Security Registrar
containing information regarding the Person in whose name such
Definitive Security shall be registered to effect the transfer or
exchange referred to in (1) above; provided that in no event shall
Definitive Securities be issued upon the transfer or exchange of
beneficial interests in the Regulation S Global Security other than
in accordance with Section 306(c)(ii). Upon satisfaction
of all of the requirements for transfer or exchange of beneficial
interests in Global Securities contained in this Indenture and the
Securities or otherwise applicable under the Securities Act, the
Trustee shall adjust the principal amount at maturity of the
relevant Global Security.
(iii)
Transfer of Beneficial Interests to Another Restricted Global
Security . A beneficial interest in any Restricted
Global Security may be transferred to a Person who takes delivery
thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Restricted
Global Security if the transfer complies with the requirements of
Section 306(b)(ii) above and the Security Registrar receives the
following:
(A) if
the transferee shall take delivery in the form of a beneficial
interest in the 144A Global Security, then the transferor must
deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit A, including the
certifications in item (1) thereof; and
(B) if
the transferee shall take delivery in the form of a beneficial
interest in a Regulation S Global Security, then the transferor
must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit A, including the
certifications in item (2) thereof.
(iv)
Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in a Restricted
Global Security for Beneficial Interests in an Unrestricted Global
Security . A beneficial interest in any Restricted
Global Security may be exchanged by any Holder thereof for a
beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Security or
transferred to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a
beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Security if the
exchange or transfer complies with the requirements of Section
306(b)(ii) above and the Security Registrar receives the
following:
(A) if
the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global
Security proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a
beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Security, a
certificate from such holder in the form of Exhibit B, including
the certifications in (1)(a) thereof; or
(B) if the
holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Security
proposes to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who shall
take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an
Unrestricted Global Security, a certificate from such holder in the
form of Exhibit A, including the certifications in item (4)
thereof; and, in each such case set forth in this subparagraph, if
the Security Registrar or the Company so requests or if the
Applicable Procedures so require, an Opinion of Counsel in form
reasonably acceptable to the Security Registrar and the Company to
the effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the
Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained
herein and in the legend set forth in Section 206 are no longer
required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities
Act.
If any such transfer is effected at a time when
an Unrestricted Global Security has not yet been issued, the
Company shall issue and, upon receipt of an authentication order in
accordance with Section 303 hereof, the Trustee shall authenticate
one or more Unrestricted Global Securities in an aggregate
principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of
beneficial interests transferred pursuant to this
subparagraph.
(c)
Transfer or Exchange of Beneficial Interests for Definitive
Securities.
(i)
Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global
Securities to Restricted Definitive Securities . If
any holder of a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Security
proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a Restricted
Definitive Security or to transfer such beneficial interest to a
Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a Restricted
Definitive Security, then, upon receipt by the Security Registrar
of the following documentation:
(A)
if the holder of such beneficial interest in a
Restricted Global Security proposes to exchange such beneficial
interest for a Restricted Definitive Security, a certificate from
such holder in the form of Exhibit B, including the certifications
in item (2)(a) thereof;
(B)
if such beneficial interest is being
transferred to a QIB in accordance with Rule 144A under the
Securities Act, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit A,
including the certifications in item (1) thereof; or
(C)
If such beneficial interest is being
transferred to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, a
certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit A, including the
certifications in item (3)(a) thereof,
the Trustee
shall cause the aggregate principal amount of the applicable Global
Security to be reduced accordingly pursuant to Section 311 hereof,
and the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate
and deliver to the Person designated in the instructions a
Definitive Security in the appropriate principal
amount. Any Definitive Security issued in exchange for a
beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Security pursuant to
this Section shall be registered in such name or names and in such
authorized denomination or denominations as the holder of such
beneficial interest shall instruct the Security Registrar through
instructions from the Depositary and the Participant or Indirect
Participant. The Trustee shall deliver such Definitive
Securities to the persons in whose names such Securities are so
registered. Any Definitive Security iss