EXHIBIT 4.2
FORM OF
INTEGRAL SYSTEMS,
INC.
AND
WILMINGTON TRUST
FSB
as Trustee
Senior Debt
Securities
INDENTURE
Dated as of
, 2008
CROSS REFERENCE SHEET
*
Provisions of Sections 310
through 318(a) inclusive of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as
amended, and the Indenture dated as of
, 2008 between Integral Systems,
Inc. and Wilmington Trust FSB, as Trustee.
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Section
of
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Section
of
Indenture
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310(a)(1)
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6.10
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310(a)(2)
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6.10
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310(a)(3)
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N/A
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310(a)(4)
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N/A
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310(a)(5)
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6.10
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310(b)
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6.10
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310(c)
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N/A
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311(a)
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6.11
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311(b)
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6.11
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311(c)
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N/A
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312(a)
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4.01
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312(b)
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4.02(b)
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312(c)
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4.02(c)
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313(a)
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6.06
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313(b)
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6.06
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313(c)
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6.06
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313(d)
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6.06
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314(a)
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3.04 and 4.03
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314(b)
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N/A
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314(c)(1)
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2.04 and 13.05
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314(c)(2)
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2.04 and 13.05
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314(c)(3)
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N/A
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314(d)
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N/A
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314(e)
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13.05
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315(a)
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6.01(b)
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315(b)
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6.05
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315(c)
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6.01(a)
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315(d)
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6.01(c)
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315(e)
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5.10
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316(a)(1)(A)
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5.08
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316(a)(1)(B)
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5.09
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316(a)(2)
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N/A
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316(b)
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5.06
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316(c)
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2.07
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317(a)(1)
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5.02
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317(a)(2)
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5.02
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317(b)
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3.02 and 3.03
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318(a)
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13.07
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This cross
reference sheet shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be a part
of the Indenture.
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Attention should also be directed to
Section 318(c) of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended,
which provides that the provisions of Sections 310 through 317
of such Act are a part of and govern every qualified indenture,
whether or not physically contained therein.
TABLE OF
CONTENTS
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RECITALS
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1
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ARTICLE 1 DEFINITIONS
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1
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SECTION 1.01.
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Certain
Terms Defined
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1
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ARTICLE 2 SECURITIES
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SECTION 2.01.
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Forms
Generally
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SECTION 2.02.
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Form of
Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication
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SECTION 2.03.
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Amount
Unlimited; Issuable in Series
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SECTION 2.04.
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Authentication and Delivery of
Securities
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SECTION 2.05.
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Execution of
Securities
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SECTION 2.06.
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Certificate
of Authentication
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SECTION 2.07.
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Denomination
and Date of Securities; Payments of Interest
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SECTION 2.08.
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Registration, Registration of Transfer and
Exchange
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SECTION 2.09.
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Mutilated,
Defaced, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities
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SECTION 2.10.
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Cancellation
of Securities
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SECTION 2.11.
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Temporary
Securities
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SECTION 2.12.
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Securities
in Global Form
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SECTION 2.13.
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CUSIP
Numbers
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ARTICLE 3 COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY
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SECTION 3.01.
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Payment of
Principal and Interest
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SECTION 3.02.
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Offices for
Payment, Etc.
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SECTION 3.03.
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Paying
Agents
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SECTION 3.04.
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Officers’ Certificate
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SECTION 3.05.
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Calculation
of Original Issue Discount
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ARTICLE 4 HOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS BY
THE COMPANY
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SECTION 4.01.
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Company to
Furnish Trustee Information as to Names and Addresses of
Holders
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SECTION 4.02.
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Preservation
and Disclosure of Holders’ Lists
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SECTION 4.03.
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Reports by
the Company
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ARTICLE 5 REMEDIES OF THE TRUSTEE AND HOLDERS
ON EVENT OF DEFAULT
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SECTION 5.01.
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Event of
Default Defined; Acceleration of Maturity; Waiver of
Default
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SECTION 5.02.
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Collection
of Indebtedness by Trustee; Trustee May Prove Debt
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SECTION 5.03.
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Application
of Proceeds
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SECTION 5.04.
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Restoration
of Rights on Abandonment of Proceedings
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SECTION 5.05.
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Limitations
on Suits by Holders
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SECTION 5.06.
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Unconditional Right of Holders to Institute
Certain Suits
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SECTION 5.07.
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Powers and
Remedies Cumulative; Delay or Omission Not Waiver of
Default
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SECTION 5.08.
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Control by
Holders
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SECTION 5.09.
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Waiver of
Past Defaults
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SECTION 5.10.
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Right of
Court to Require Filing of Undertaking to Pay Costs
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SECTION 5.11.
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Suits for
Enforcement
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ARTICLE 6 CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE
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SECTION 6.01.
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Duties of
Trustee
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SECTION 6.02.
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Rights of
Trustee
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SECTION 6.03.
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Individual
Rights of Trustee
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SECTION 6.04.
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Trustee’s Disclaimer
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SECTION 6.05.
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Notice of
Defaults
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SECTION 6.06.
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Reports by
Trustee to Holders
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SECTION 6.07.
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Compensation
and Indemnity
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SECTION 6.08.
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Replacement
of Trustee
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SECTION 6.09.
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Successor
Trustee by Merger
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SECTION 6.10.
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Eligibility;
Disqualification
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SECTION 6.11.
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Preferential
Collection of Claims Against Company
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ARTICLE 7 CONCERNING THE HOLDERS
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SECTION 7.01.
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Evidence of
Action Taken by Holders
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SECTION 7.02.
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Proof of
Execution of Instruments
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SECTION 7.03.
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Holders to
Be Treated as Owners
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SECTION 7.04.
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Securities
Owned by Company Deemed Not Outstanding
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SECTION 7.05.
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Right of
Revocation of Action Taken
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ARTICLE 8 SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
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SECTION 8.01.
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Supplemental
Indentures Without Consent of Holders
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SECTION 8.02.
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Supplemental
Indentures with Consent of Holders
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SECTION 8.03.
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Effect of
Supplemental Indenture
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SECTION 8.04.
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Documents to
Be Given to Trustee
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SECTION 8.05.
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Notation on
Securities in Respect of Supplemental Indentures
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ARTICLE 9 CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, SALE OR
CONVEYANCE
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SECTION 9.01.
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Company May
Consolidate, Etc. on Certain Terms
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SECTION 9.02.
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Successor
Corporation Substituted
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SECTION 9.03.
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Opinion of
Counsel to Trustee
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ARTICLE 10 SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF
INDENTURE; DEFEASANCE; UNCLAIMED FUNDS
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SECTION 10.01.
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Satisfaction
and Discharge of Indenture; Defeasance
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SECTION 10.02.
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Conditions
to Defeasance
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SECTION 10.03.
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Application
of Trust Money
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SECTION 10.04.
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Repayment to
Company
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SECTION 10.05.
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Indemnity
for Government Obligations
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SECTION 10.06.
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Reinstatement
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ARTICLE 11 REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES AND SINKING
FUNDS
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SECTION 11.01.
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Applicability of Article
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SECTION 11.02.
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Notice of
Redemption; Partial Redemptions
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SECTION 11.03.
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Payment of
Securities Called for Redemption
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SECTION 11.04.
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Exclusion of
Certain Securities from Eligibility for Selection for
Redemption
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SECTION 11.05.
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Mandatory
and Optional Sinking Funds
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SECTION 11.06.
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Repayment at
the Option of the Holders
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SECTION 11.07.
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Conversion
Arrangement on Call for Redemption
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ARTICLE 12
CONVERSION OF SECURITIES
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SECTION 12.01.
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Applicability of Article
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SECTION 12.02.
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Right of
Holders to Convert Securities into Common Shares
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SECTION 12.03.
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Issuance of
Common Shares on Conversions
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SECTION 12.04.
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No Payment
or Adjustment for Interest or Dividends
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SECTION 12.05.
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Adjustment
of Conversion Price
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SECTION 12.06.
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No
Fractional Shares to Be Issued
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SECTION 12.07.
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Preservation
of Conversion Rights upon Consolidation, Merger, Sale or
Conveyance
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SECTION 12.08.
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Notice to
Holders of the Securities of a Series Prior to Taking Certain Types
of Action
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SECTION 12.09
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Covenant to
Reserve Shares for Issuance on Conversion of
Securities
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SECTION 12.10.
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Compliance
with Governmental Requirements
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SECTION 12.11.
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Payment of
Taxes upon Certificates for Shares Issued upon
Conversion
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SECTION 12.12.
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Trustee’s Duties with Respect to
Conversion Provisions
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SECTION 12.13.
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Conversion
of Securities into Preferred Shares or Other
Securities
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ARTICLE 13
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
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SECTION 13.01.
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Incorporators, Shareholders, Officers and
Directors of Company Exempt from Individual
Liability
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SECTION 13.02.
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Provisions
of Indenture for the Sole Benefit of Parties and
Holders
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SECTION 13.03.
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Successors
and Assigns of Company Bound by Indenture
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SECTION 13.04.
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Notices and
Demands on Company, Trustee and Holders
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SECTION 13.05.
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Officers’ Certificates and Opinions of
Counsel; Statements to Be Contained Therein
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SECTION 13.06.
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Payments Due
on Saturdays, Sundays and Holidays
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SECTION 13.07.
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Conflict of
any Provision of Indenture with Trust Indenture Act
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SECTION 13.08.
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New York Law
to Govern
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SECTION 13.09.
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Counterparts
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SECTION 13.10.
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Effect of
Headings; Gender
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SECTION 13.11.
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Waiver of
Jury Trial
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SECTION 13.12.
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Force
Majeure
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iii
INDENTURE
This INDENTURE (this “
Indenture ”), dated as of
, 2008, is by and between INTEGRAL
SYSTEMS, INC., a Maryland corporation (the “ Company
”), and Wilmington Trust FSB, as trustee (the “
Trustee ”).
RECITALS
A. The Company has duly authorized
the issue from time to time of its debentures, notes or other
evidences of indebtedness (the “ Securities ”)
to be issued in one or more Series.
B. All things necessary to make this
Indenture a valid, legally binding indenture and agreement
according to its terms have been done.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of
the premises and the purchase of the Securities by the Holders
thereof, it is mutually agreed for the equal and ratable benefit of
the Holders from time to time of the Securities or of any Series
thereof as follows.
ARTICLE 1
DEFINITIONS
SECTION 1.01. Certain Terms
Defined. Unless otherwise specified as contemplated by
Section 2.03 for the Securities of any Series, the following
terms (except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the context
otherwise clearly requires) for all purposes of this Indenture and
of any indenture supplemental hereto shall have the respective
meanings specified in this Section 1.01. All other terms
(except as herein otherwise expressly provided or unless the
context otherwise clearly requires) used in this Indenture that are
defined in the Trust Indenture Act, defined by the Trust Indenture
Act reference to the Securities Act or defined by a Commission
rule, including terms defined therein by reference to the
Securities Act, shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in
the Trust Indenture Act and the Securities Act as in force at the
date of this Indenture. All accounting terms used herein and not
expressly defined shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in
accordance with GAAP. The words “ herein ”,
“ hereof ” and “ hereunder ”
and other words of similar import refer to this Indenture as a
whole, as supplemented and amended from time to time, and not to
any particular Article, Section or other subdivision. The terms
defined in this Article 1 have the meanings assigned to them in
this Article 1 and include the plural as well as the
singular.
“ applicants ”
has the meaning specified in Section 4.02(b).
“ Board of Directors
” means either the Board of Directors of the Company or any
duly authorized committee of that Board or any duly authorized
committee created by that Board.
“ Business Day ”,
except as may otherwise be provided in the form of Securities of
any particular Series, with respect to any Place of Payment or
place of publication means any day, other than a Saturday, Sunday
or day on which banking institutions are authorized or required by
law or regulation to close in that Place of Payment or place of
publication.
“ Commission ”
means the Securities and Exchange Commission, as from time to time
constituted, created under the Securities Exchange Act, or if at
any time after the execution and delivery of this Indenture such
Commission is not existing and performing the duties now assigned
to it under the Trust Indenture Act, then the body performing such
duties on such date.
“ Common Shares ”
means the shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the
Company as they exist on the date of this Indenture, or any other
shares of the Company into which such shares shall be reclassified
or changed.
“ Company ” means
the Person identified as the “Company” in the first
paragraph hereof until a successor company shall have become such
pursuant to the applicable provisions hereof, and thereafter
“Company” shall mean such successor company.
“ Corporate Trust
Office ” means the principal corporate trust office of
the Trustee at which at any particular time its corporate trust
business shall be administered, which office at the date of
execution of this Indenture is located at 246 Goose Lane,
Suite 105, Guilford, Connecticut, 06437.
“ covenant defeasance
option ” has the meaning specified in
Section 10.01(b).
“ defaulted interest
” has the meaning specified in Section 2.07.
“ Depository ”,
with respect to Securities of any Series for which the Company
shall determine that such Securities will be issued as a Depository
Security, means The Depository Trust Company or another clearing
agency or any successor registered under the Securities Exchange
Act or other applicable statute or regulation, which, in each case,
shall be designated by the Company pursuant to Sections 2.03
and 2.12.
“ Depository Security
”, with respect to any Series of Securities, means a Security
executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered by the
Trustee to the Depository or pursuant to the Depository’s
instruction, all in accordance with this Indenture and pursuant to
a resolution of the Board of Directors or an indenture supplemental
hereto as contemplated by Section 2.03, which shall be
registered as to principal and interest in the name of the
Depository or its nominee and shall represent, and shall be
denominated in an amount equal to the aggregate principal amount
of, all of the Outstanding Securities of such Series.
“ Event of Default
” has the meaning specified in Section 5.01.
“ GAAP ” means
such accounting principles as are generally accepted at the time of
any computation hereunder.
“ Government
Obligations ”, unless otherwise specified pursuant to
Section 2.03, means securities that are (i) direct
obligations of the United States government or
(ii) obligations of a Person controlled or supervised by, or
acting as an agency or instrumentality of, the United States
government, the payment of which obligations is unconditionally
guaranteed by such government, and that, in either case, are full
faith and credit obligations of such government and are not
callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer
thereof.
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“ Holder ”,
“ Holder of Securities ”, “ Registered
Holder ”, or other similar terms mean the Person in whose
name at the time a particular Security is registered in the
Security register.
“ Indenture ”
means this instrument as originally executed or as it may from time
to time be amended or supplemented as herein provided, as so
amended or supplemented or both, and shall include the forms and
terms of particular Series of Securities established as
contemplated by Section 2.03.
“ legal defeasance
option ” has the meaning specified in
Section 10.01(b).
“ mandatory sinking fund
payment ” has the meaning specified in
Section 11.05.
“ Notice of Default
” has the meaning specified in
Section 5.01(c).
“ Officers’
Certificate ” means a certificate signed on behalf of the
Company by the chief executive officer or the president or any vice
president and by the treasurer, the controller, any assistant
treasurer, the secretary or any assistant secretary of the Company
and delivered to the Trustee. Each such certificate shall include
the statements provided for in Section 13.05.
“ Opinion of Counsel
” means a written opinion of legal counsel who may be an
employee of or counsel to the Company. Each Opinion of Counsel
shall include the statements provided for in Section 13.05, if
and to the extent required hereby.
“ optional sinking fund
payment ” has the meaning specified in
Section 11.05.
“ original issue date
” of any Security means the date set forth as such on such
Security.
“ Original Issue Discount
Security ” means any Security that provides for an amount
less than the principal amount thereof to be due and payable upon a
declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof pursuant to
Section 5.01.
“ Outstanding ”,
when used with reference to Securities of any Series as of any
particular time, subject to the provisions of Section 7.04,
means all Securities of that Series authenticated and delivered
under this Indenture, except:
(a) Securities theretofore cancelled
by the Trustee or delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation;
(b) Securities, or portions thereof,
for the payment or redemption of which the necessary funds in the
required currency shall have been deposited in trust with the
Trustee or with any Paying Agent other than the Company, or shall
have been set aside, segregated and held in trust by the Company
for the holders of such Securities if the Company shall act as its
own Paying Agent, provided that if such securities, or portions
thereof, are to be redeemed prior to the maturity thereof, notice
of such redemption shall have been given as herein provided, or
provision satisfactory to the Trustee shall have been made for
giving such notice;
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(c) Securities in substitution for
which other Securities shall have been authenticated and delivered
pursuant to the terms of Section 2.09, except with respect to
any such Security as to which proof satisfactory to the Trustee and
the Company is presented that such Security is held by a person in
whose hands such Security is a legal, valid and binding obligation
of the Company;
(d) Securities converted into Common
Shares or Preferred Shares in accordance with or as contemplated by
this Indenture; and
(e) Securities with respect to which
the Company has effected defeasance as provided in
Article 10.
“ Paying Agent ”
means any Person, which may include the Company, authorized by the
Company to pay the principal of or interest, if any, on any
Security of any Series on behalf of the Company.
“ Person ” means
any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture,
association, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated
organization or government or any agency or political subdivision
thereof.
“ Place of Payment
”, when used with respect to the Securities of any Series,
means the place or places where the principal of and interest on
the Securities of that Series are payable as specified pursuant to
Section 3.02.
“ Preferred Shares
” means any shares of capital stock issued by the Company
that are entitled to a preference or priority over the Common
Shares upon any distribution of the Company’s assets, whether
by dividend or upon liquidation.
“ principal ”
whenever used with reference to the Securities or any Security or
any portion thereof shall be deemed to include “and premium,
if any.”
“ record date ”
has the meaning specified in Section 2.07.
“ Responsible Officer
”, when used with respect to the Trustee, means any officer
within the corporate trust department of the Trustee, including any
vice president, assistant vice president, assistant secretary,
senior trust officer, trust officer or any other officer or
assistant officer of the Trustee customarily performing functions
similar to those performed by the individuals who at the time shall
be such officers, respectively, or to whom any corporate trust
matter is referred at the Corporate Trust Office because of his or
her knowledge of and familiarity with the particular
subject.
“ Securities Act
” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, as in force
at the date as of which this Indenture was originally
executed.
“ Securities Exchange
Act ” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, as in force at the date as of which this Indenture was
originally executed.
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“ Security ” or
“ Securities ” has the meaning stated in the
first recital of this Indenture and more particularly means any
securities authenticated and delivered under this
Indenture.
“ Security register
” has the meaning specified in Section 2.08.
“ Series ” or
“ Series of Securities ” means all Securities of
a similar tenor authorized by a particular resolution of the Board
of Directors or in one or more indentures supplemental
hereto.
“ sinking fund payment
date ” has the meaning specified in
Section 11.05.
“ Special Securities
” has the meaning specified in
Section 12.05(e).
“Subsidiary” means: (i) a corporation in which the
Company and/or one or more Subsidiaries of the Company directly or
indirectly owns, at the date of determination, a majority of the
capital stock with voting power under ordinary circumstances to
elect directors; (ii) a partnership, limited liability
company, joint venture or similar entity in which the Company
and/or one or more Subsidiaries of the Company directly or
indirectly holds, at the date of determination, a majority interest
in the equity capital or profits or other similar interests of such
entity; or (iii) any other unincorporated Person in which the
Company and/or one or more Subsidiaries of the Company directly or
indirectly owns at the date of determination (x) at least a
majority ownership interest or (y) the power to elect or
direct the election of a majority of the directors or other
governing body of such Person.
“ Trading Day ”
has the meaning specified in Section 12.05(e).
“ Trust Indenture Act
”, except as otherwise provided in Sections 8.01 and 8.02,
means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, as in force at
the date as of which this Indenture was originally
executed.
“ Trustee ” means
the Person identified as the “Trustee” in the first
paragraph hereof until a successor Trustee shall have become such
pursuant to the applicable provisions hereof, and thereafter
“Trustee” shall mean each Person who is then a Trustee
hereunder. If at any time there is more than one such Person,
“Trustee” as used with respect to the Securities of any
Series means the Trustee with respect to Securities of that
Series.
“ 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 of “vice
president.”
ARTICLE 2
SECURITIES
SECTION 2.01. Forms
Generally. The Securities of each Series shall be
substantially in such form, including temporary or definitive
global form, as shall be established by or pursuant to a resolution
of the Board of Directors and in one or more indentures
supplemental hereto, in each case with such appropriate insertions,
omissions, substitutions and other variations as are required or
permitted by this Indenture, and may have imprinted or otherwise
reproduced thereon such legend or legends, not inconsistent with
the provisions of this Indenture, as may be required
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to comply with any law or with any rules or
regulations, or with any rules of any securities exchange or to
conform to general usage, all as may be determined by the officers
executing such Securities as evidenced by their execution of the
Securities.
The definitive Securities may be
printed or reproduced in any other manner, all as determined by the
officers executing such Securities as evidenced by their execution
of such Securities.
SECTION 2.02. Form of
Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication. The
Trustee’s certificate of authentication on all Securities
shall be in substantially the following form:
This is one of the Securities of the
Series designated herein and referred to in the within-mentioned
Indenture.
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SECTION 2.03. Amount
Unlimited; Issuable in Series. The aggregate principal
amount of Securities which may be authenticated and delivered under
this Indenture is unlimited.
The Securities may be issued in one
or more Series. There shall be established in or pursuant to a
resolution of the Board of Directors and in one or more indentures
supplemental hereto, prior to the issuance of Securities of any
Series:
(a) the title of the Securities of
the Series (including CUSIP numbers), which shall distinguish the
Securities of the Series from all other Securities issued by the
Company;
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(b) any limit upon the aggregate
principal amount of the Securities of the Series that may be
authenticated and delivered under this Indenture, except for
Securities authenticated and delivered upon registration of
transfer of, or in exchange for or in lieu of, other Securities of
the Series pursuant to Section 2.08, 2.09, 2.11, 8.05 or
11.03;
(c) the price at which the
Securities of the Series will be issued;
(d) if other than 100% of their
principal amount, the percentage of the principal amount payable
upon maturity of the Securities of the Series;
(e) the date or dates on which the
principal of the Securities of the Series is payable or the method
of determination thereof;
(f) the rate or rates, which may be
fixed or variable, or the method or methods of determination
thereof, at which the Securities of the Series shall bear interest
(including any interest rates applicable to overdue payments), if
any, the date or dates from which such interest shall accrue, the
interest payment dates on which such interest shall be payable, the
record dates for the determination of Holders to whom interest is
payable and the dates on which any other amounts, if any, will be
payable;
(g) the place or places where the
principal of, premium and other amounts, if any, and interest, if
any, on Securities of the Series shall be payable if other than as
provided in Section 3.02;
(h) the price or prices at which,
the period or periods within which and the terms and conditions
upon which Securities of the Series may be redeemed, in whole or in
part, at the option of the Company;
(i) if other than the principal
amount thereof, the portion of the principal amount of the
Securities of the Series payable upon declaration of acceleration
of maturity thereof;
(j) the obligation, if any, of the
Company to redeem, purchase or repay Securities of the Series
whether pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous provisions or
pursuant to other provisions set forth therein or at the option of
a Holder thereof and the price or prices at which and the period or
periods within which and the terms and conditions upon which
Securities of the Series shall be redeemed, purchased or repaid, in
whole or in part;
(k) the denominations in which
Securities of the Series shall be issuable;
(l) the form of the Securities,
including such legends as required by law or as the Company deems
necessary or appropriate and the form of any temporary global
security that may be issued;
(m) whether, and under what
circumstances, the Securities of any Series shall be convertible
into other securities of the Company and, if so, the terms and
conditions upon which such conversion will be effected, including
the initial conversion price or rate, the conversion period and
other provisions in addition to or in lieu of those described
herein;
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(n) whether there are any
authentication agents, Paying Agents, transfer agents or registrars
with respect to the Securities of such Series;
(o) whether the Securities of such
Series are to be issuable in whole or in part by one or more global
notes registered in the name of a Depository or its
nominee;
(p) the ranking of the Securities of
such Series as senior debt securities or subordinated debt
securities;
(q) if other than U.S. dollars, the
currency or currencies (including composite currencies or currency
units) in which the Securities of any Series may be purchased and
in which payments on the Securities of such Series will be made
(which currencies may be different for payments of principal,
premium or other amounts, if any, and/or interest, if
any);
(r) if the Securities of any Series
will be secured by any collateral, a description of the collateral
and the terms and conditions of the security and realization
provisions;
(s) the provisions relating to any
guarantee of the Securities of any Series, including the ranking
thereof;
(t) the ability, if any, to defer
payments of principal, interest, or other amounts; and
(u) any other specific terms or
conditions of the Securities of any Series, including any
additional Events of Default or covenants provided for with respect
to the Securities of such Series, and any terms that may be
required by or advisable under applicable laws or
regulations.
All Securities of any one Series
shall be substantially identical except as to denomination and
except as otherwise may be provided in or pursuant to such
resolution of the Board of Directors or in any such indenture
supplemental hereto. All Securities of any one Series need not be
issued at the same time, and unless otherwise provided, a Series
may be reopened for issuances of additional Securities of such
Series.
SECTION 2.04.
Authentication and Delivery of Securities. At
any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of
this Indenture, the Company may deliver Securities of any Series
executed by the Company to the Trustee for authentication, and the
Trustee shall thereupon authenticate and make available for
delivery such Securities to or upon the written order of the
Company, signed by (a) its chief executive officer or its
president or any vice president, and (b) its treasurer or any
assistant treasurer or its secretary or any assistant secretary. At
the time of the first authentication of Securities of a Series that
provides for the issuance of Securities of that Series from time to
time, and accepting the additional responsibilities under this
Indenture in relation to such Securities, the Trustee shall be
provided with and subject to Section 6.01 shall be fully
protected in relying upon:
(a) a copy of any resolution or
resolutions of the Board of Directors relating to such Series, in
each case certified by the secretary or an assistant secretary of
the Company;
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(b) a supplemental indenture, if
any;
(c) an Officers’ Certificate
setting forth the form and terms of the Securities of such Series
as required pursuant to Sections 2.01 and 2.03, respectively,
and prepared in accordance with Section 13.05; and
(d) an Opinion of Counsel, prepared
in accordance with Section 13.05, which shall
state:
(i) that the form or forms and terms
of such Securities have been established by or pursuant to a
resolution of the Board of Directors or by a supplemental indenture
as permitted by Sections 2.01 and 2.03 in conformity with the
provisions of this Indenture; and
(ii) that such Securities have been
duly authorized and, when authenticated and delivered by the
Trustee and issued by the Company in the manner and subject to any
conditions specified in such opinion of counsel, will constitute
valid and binding obligations of the Company enforceable, in
accordance with their terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy,
insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization or other laws
relating to or affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights
generally and by general equitable principles, regardless of
whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity
or at law.
The Trustee shall have the right to
decline to authenticate and deliver any Securities under this
Section 2.04 if the issue of such Securities pursuant to this
Indenture will affect the Trustee’s own rights, duties or
immunities under this Indenture in a manner not reasonably
acceptable to the Trustee.
SECTION 2.05. Execution of
Securities. The Securities shall be signed on behalf of
the Company by (a) its chief executive officer or its
president or any vice president and (b) its treasurer or any
assistant treasurer or its secretary or any assistant secretary.
Such signatures may be the manual or facsimile signatures of such
officers. The seal of the Company may be in the form of a facsimile
thereof and may be impressed, affixed, imprinted or otherwise
reproduced on the Securities. Typographical and other minor errors
or defects in any such reproduction of the seal or any such
signature shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any
Security that has been duly authenticated and delivered by the
Trustee.
In case any officer of the Company
who shall have signed any of the Securities shall cease to be such
officer before the Security so signed shall be authenticated and
delivered by the Trustee or disposed of by the Company, such
Security nevertheless may be authenticated and
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delivered or disposed of as though the person
who signed such Security had not ceased to be such officer of the
Company. Any Security may be signed on behalf of the Company by
such individuals as, at the actual date of the execution of such
Security, shall be the proper officers of the Company, although at
the date of the execution and delivery of this Indenture any such
individual was not such an officer.
SECTION 2.06. Certificate
of Authentication. Only such Securities as shall bear
thereon a certificate of authentication substantially in the form
set forth in Section 2.02 and executed by the Trustee by the
manual signature of one of its authorized signatories shall be
entitled to the benefits of this Indenture or be valid or
obligatory for any purpose. Such certificate by the Trustee upon
any Security executed by the Company shall be conclusive evidence
that the Security so authenticated has been duly authenticated and
delivered hereunder and that the Holder is entitled to the benefits
of this Indenture.
SECTION 2.07. Denomination
and Date of Securities; Payments of Interest. The
Securities shall be issuable in denominations as shall be specified
as contemplated by Section 2.03. In the absence of any such
specification with respect to the Securities of any Series,
Securities shall be issuable in denominations of $1,000 and any
integral multiple thereof, and interest shall be computed on the
basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months. The Securities
shall be numbered, lettered or otherwise distinguished in such
manner or in accordance with such plan as the officers of the
Company executing the same may determine with the approval of the
Trustee as evidenced by its execution and authentication
thereof.
Each Security shall be dated the
date of its authentication.
Unless otherwise provided as
contemplated by Section 2.03, interest on any Security that is
payable, and is punctually paid or duly provided for, on any
interest payment date shall be paid to the person in whose name
that Security (or one or more predecessor securities) is registered
at the close of business on the regular record date for the payment
of such interest.
The term “ record date
” as used with respect to any interest payment date (except
for a date for payment of defaulted interest) means the date
specified as such in the terms of the Securities of any particular
Series or, if no such date is so specified, the close of business
on the fifteenth day preceding such interest payment date, whether
or not such record date is a Business Day.
Any interest on any Security of any
Series that is payable but not punctually paid or duly provided for
(“ defaulted interest ”) on any interest payment
date shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Registered Holder
on the relevant record date by virtue of such Holder having been a
Holder on such record date. Such defaulted interest may be paid by
the Company, at its election in each case, as provided in
clause (a) or clause (b) below:
(a) The Company may elect to make
payment of any defaulted interest to the persons in whose names any
such Securities (or their respective predecessor Securities) are
registered at the close of business on a special record date for
the payment of such defaulted interest, which shall be fixed in the
following manner. The Company shall notify the Trustee in writing
of the amount of defaulted interest proposed to be paid
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each Security of such Series and the
date of the proposed payment, and at the same time the Company
shall deposit with the Trustee funds equal to the aggregate amount
proposed to be paid in respect of such defaulted interest or shall
make arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for such deposit
prior to the date of the proposed payment. Such funds when
deposited shall be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons
entitled to such defaulted interest as provided in this
clause (a). Thereupon the Trustee shall fix a special record
date for the payment of such defaulted interest in respect of
Securities of such Series, which shall be not more than 15 nor less
than ten days prior to the date of the proposed payment and not
less than ten days after the receipt by the Trustee of the notice
of the proposed payment. The Trustee promptly shall notify the
Company of such special record date and, in the name and at the
expense of the Company, shall cause notice of the proposed payment
of such defaulted interest and the special record date thereof to
be mailed, first class postage prepaid, to each Registered Holder
at his address as it appears in the Security register, not less
than ten days prior to such special record date. Notice of the
proposed payment of such defaulted interest and the special record
date therefor having been mailed as aforesaid, such defaulted
interest in respect of Securities of such Series shall be paid to
the persons in whose names such Securities (or their respective
predecessor Securities) are registered on such special record date
and such defaulted interest shall no longer be payable pursuant to
the following clause (b).
(b) The Company may make payment of
any defaulted interest on the Securities of any Series in any other
lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any
securities exchange on which the Securities of that Series may be
listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange,
if, after notice given by the Company to the Trustee of the
proposed payment pursuant to this clause, such payment shall be
deemed practicable by the Trustee.
Subject to the foregoing provisions
of this Section 2.07, each Security delivered under this
Indenture upon registration of transfer of or in exchange for or in
lieu of any other Security shall carry the rights to interest
accrued and unpaid, and to accrue, that were carried by such other
Security.
SECTION 2.08. Registration,
Registration of Transfer and Exchange. The Company will
cause to be kept at each office or agency to be maintained for the
purpose as provided in Section 3.02 a register or registers
(the “ Security register ”) in which, subject to
such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Company will
provide for the registration and the registration of transfer of
the Securities. The Trustee is hereby appointed Security registrar
for purposes of registering, and registering transfers of, the
Securities.
Upon surrender for registration of
transfer of any Security of any Series at any such office or agency
to be maintained for the purpose as provided in Section 3.02,
the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and
make available for delivery in the name of the transferee or
transferees, a new Security or Securities of the same Series and of
like tenor and containing the same terms (other than the principal
amount thereof, if more than one Security is executed,
authenticated and delivered with respect to any security so
presented, in which case the aggregate principal amount of the
executed, authenticated and delivered Securities shall equal the
principal amount of the Security presented in respect thereof) and
conditions.
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All Securities issued upon any
registration of transfer or exchange of Securities shall be the
valid obligations of the Company, evidencing the same debt, and
entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the
Securities surrendered upon such registration of transfer or
exchange.
Every Security presented or
surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange, if so
required by the Company or the Trustee, shall be duly endorsed, or
be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form
satisfactory to the Company and the Trustee, duly executed by the
Holder thereof or his attorney and duly authorized in
writing.
No service charge shall be made for
any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities, but the
Company may require payment of an amount sufficient to cover any
tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection
with any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities, other
than exchanges pursuant to Section 2.11, 8.05 or 11.03 not
involving any transfer (and other than exchanges or transfers
specified as contemplated by Section 2.03).
The Company shall not be required
(i) to issue, register the transfer of or exchange any
Security during the 15-day period prior to the day of mailing of
the relevant notice of redemption or (ii) to register the
transfer of or exchange any Security so selected for redemption in
whole or in part, except, in the case of any Security to be
redeemed in part, the portion thereof not redeemed.
SECTION 2.09. Mutilated,
Defaced, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities. In case
any temporary or definitive Security shall become mutilated or
defaced or be destroyed, lost or stolen, the Company shall execute,
and upon the written order of the Company, signed by (a) its
chief executive officer or its president or any vice president, and
(b) its treasurer or any assistant treasurer or its secretary
or any assistant secretary, the Trustee shall authenticate and make
available for delivery a new Security of the same Series and of
like tenor and principal amount and with the same terms and
conditions, bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding, in
exchange and substitution for the mutilated or defaced Security or
in lieu of and substitution for the Security so destroyed, lost or
stolen. In every case the applicant for a substitute Security shall
furnish to the Company and to the Trustee such security or
indemnity bond as may be required by them to indemnify and defend
and to save each of them harmless and, in every case of
destruction, loss or theft, evidence to their satisfaction of the
destruction, loss or theft of such Security and of the ownership
thereof.
Upon the issuance of any substitute
Security, the Company may require the payment of an amount
sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may
be imposed in relation thereto and any other expenses, including
the reasonable fees and expenses of the Trustee, connected
therewith. In case any Security which has matured or is about to
mature or has been called for redemption in full shall become
mutilated or defaced or be destroyed, lost or stolen, the Company,
instead of issuing a substitute Security, may pay or authorize the
payment of the same without surrender thereof except in the case of
a mutilated or defaced Security. The applicant for such payment
shall furnish to the Company and to the Trustee such security or
indemnity bond as any of them may require to save each of them
harmless. In every case of destruction, loss or theft, the
applicant also shall furnish to the Company and the Trustee
evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of
such Security and of the ownership thereof.
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Every substitute Security of any
Series issued pursuant to the provisions of this Section 2.09
by virtue of the fact that any Security is destroyed, lost or
stolen shall constitute an additional contractual obligation of the
Company, whether or not the destroyed, lost or stolen Security
shall be at any time enforceable by anyone and shall be entitled to
all the benefits of and shall be subject to all the limitations of
rights set forth in this Indenture equally and proportionately with
any and all other Securities of such Series duly authenticated and
delivered hereunder. All Securities shall be held and owned upon
the express condition that, to the extent permitted by law, the
foregoing provisions are exclusive with respect to the replacement
or payment of mutilated, defaced, destroyed, lost or stolen
Securities and shall preclude any and all other rights or remedies,
notwithstanding any law or statute to the contrary with respect to
the replacement or payment of negotiable instruments or other
securities without their surrender.
SECTION 2.10. Cancellation
of Securities . All Securities surrendered for payment,
redemption, registration of transfer or exchange, or for credit
against any payment in respect of a sinking or analogous fund, if
surrendered to the Company or any agent of the Company or the
Trustee shall be delivered to the Trustee for cancellation or, if
surrendered to the Trustee, shall be cancelled by it; and no
Securities shall be issued in lieu thereof except as expressly
permitted by the provisions of this Indenture. The Company at any
time may deliver to the Trustee for cancellation any Securities
previously authenticated hereunder which the Company has not issued
and sold and all Securities so delivered shall be promptly
cancelled by the Trustee. The Trustee shall provide copies of
cancelled Securities held by it to the Company. If the Company
shall acquire any of the Securities, such acquisition shall not
operate as a redemption or satisfaction of the indebtedness
represented by such Securities unless the same are delivered to the
Trustee for cancellation.
SECTION 2.11. Temporary
Securities. Pending the preparation of definitive
Securities for any Series, the Company may execute and the Trustee
shall authenticate and make available for delivery temporary
Securities for such Series, which may be printed, typewritten or
otherwise reproduced, in each case in form reasonably acceptable to
the Trustee. Temporary Securities of any Series may be issued in
any authorized denomination and substantially in the form of the
definitive Securities of such Series but with such omissions,
insertions and variations as may be appropriate for temporary
Securities, all as may be determined by the Company with the
reasonable concurrence of the Trustee. Temporary Securities may
contain such reference to any provisions of this Indenture as may
be appropriate. Every temporary Security shall be executed by the
Company and be authenticated by the Trustee upon the same
conditions and in substantially the same manner, and with like
effect, as the definitive Securities. Without unreasonable delay
the Company shall execute and shall furnish definitive Securities
of such Series and thereupon temporary Securities of such Series
may be surrendered in exchange therefor without charge at each
office or agency to be maintained by the Company for that purpose
pursuant to Section 3.02, and the Trustee shall authenticate
and make available for delivery in exchange for such temporary
Securities of such Series a like aggregate principal amount of
definitive Securities of the same Series of authorized
denominations. Until so exchanged, the temporary Securities of any
Series shall be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture
as definitive Securities of such Series.
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SECTION 2.12. Securities in
Global Form. If Securities of a Series are issuable in
global form, as specified as contemplated by Section 2.03,
then, notwithstanding the provisions of Section 2.03(j) and
Section 2.07, such Security shall represent such of the
Outstanding Securities of such Series as shall be specified therein
and may provide that it shall represent the aggregate amount of
Outstanding Securities from time to time endorsed thereon and that
the aggregate amount of Outstanding Securities represented thereby
may from time to time be reduced to reflect exchanges. Any
endorsement of a Security in global form to reflect the amount, or
any increase or decrease in the amount, of Outstanding Securities
represented thereby may be made by the Trustee in such manner and
upon instructions given by such Person or Persons as shall be
specified therein or in the Company order to be delivered to the
Trustee pursuant to Section 2.04. Subject to the provisions of
Section 2.04, the Trustee shall deliver and redeliver any
Security in definitive global form in the manner and upon written
instructions given by the Person or Persons specified therein or in
the applicable Company order. If a Company order pursuant to
Section 2.04 has been, or simultaneously is, delivered, any
instructions by the Company with respect to endorsement or delivery
or redelivery of a Security in global form shall be in writing but
need not comply with Section 13.05 and need not be accompanied
by an Opinion of Counsel.
Unless otherwise specified as
contemplated by Section 2.03, payment of principal of and any
interest on any Security in definitive global form shall be made to
the Person or Persons specified therein.
Except as provided in the preceding
paragraph, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company
and the Trustee shall treat a Person as the Holder of such
principal amount of outstanding Securities represented by a
definitive global Security as shall be specified in a written
statement of the Holder of such definitive global
Security.
If The Depository Trust Company is
at any time unwilling or unable to continue as Depository or if at
any time The Depository Trust Company ceases to be a clearing
agency registered under the Securities Exchange Act if so required
by applicable law or regulation, and, in either case, a successor
Depository is not appointed within 90 days, certificated Securities
will be issued in exchange for the global Securities. In addition,
the Company may determine, at any time and subject to the
procedures of The Depository Trust Company, not to have any
Securities represented by one or more global Securities, and, in
such event, shall issue individual Securities in certificated form
in exchange for the relevant global Securities. Beneficial
interests in global Securities will also be exchangeable for
individual Securities in certificated form in the event of a
default or an Event of Default, upon prior written notice to the
Trustee by or on behalf of The Depository Trust Company or at the
written request of the owner of such beneficial interests, in each
case, in accordance with the terms hereof. In any of the foregoing
circumstances, an owner of a beneficial interest in a global
Security shall be entitled to physical delivery of individual
Securities in certificated form of like tenor and rank, equal in
principal amount to such beneficial interest, and to have such
Securities in certificated form registered in its name.
SECTION 2.13. CUSIP
Numbers. The Company in issuing the Securities may use
“CUSIP” numbers if then generally in use and, if so,
the Trustee shall use “CUSIP” numbers in notices of
redemption as a convenience to Holders. Any such notice may state
that no representation is made as to the correctness of such
numbers either as printed on the Securities or
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as contained in any notice of a redemption and
that reliance may be placed only on the other identification
numbers printed on the Securities. No such redemption shall be
affected by any defect in or omission of such numbers. The Company
promptly will notify the Trustee of any change in the CUSIP
numbers.
ARTICLE 3
COVENANTS OF THE
COMPANY
SECTION 3.01. Payment of
Principal and Interest. The Company covenants and agrees
for the benefit of each particular Series of Securities that it
will duly and punctually pay or cause to be paid the principal of,
and interest on, each of the Securities of such Series in
accordance with the terms of the Securities of such Series and this
Indenture.
SECTION 3.02. Offices for
Payment, Etc. So long as any of the Securities remain
outstanding, the Company will maintain the following for each
Series: an office or agency (a) where the Securities may be
presented for payment or conversion, (b)where the Securities may be
presented for registration of transfer and for exchange and
(c) where notices and demands to or upon the Company in
respect of the Securities or of this Indenture may be served. The
Company will give to the Trustee written notice of the location of
any such office or agency and of any change of location thereof. In
case the Company shall fail to so designate or maintain any such
office or agency or shall fail to give such notice of the location
or of any change in the location thereof, presentations and demands
may be made and notices may be served at the Corporate Trust
Office. Unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 2.03,
the Trustee is hereby appointed Paying Agent.
SECTION 3.03. Paying
Agents. Whenever the Company shall appoint a Paying Agent
other than the Trustee with respect to the Securities of any
Series, it will cause such Paying Agent to execute and deliver to
the Trustee an instrument in which such Agent shall agree with the
Trustee, subject to the provisions of this
Section 3.03:
(a) that it will hold all amounts
received by it as such Paying Agent for the payment of the
principal of or interest on the Securities of such Series in trust
for the benefit of the Holders of the Securities of such Series
and, upon the occurrence of an Event of Default and upon the
written request of the Trustee, pay over all such sums received by
it to the Trustee; and
(b) that it will give the Trustee
notice of any failure by the Company or by any other obligor on the
Securities of such Series to make any payment of the principal of
or interest on the Securities of such Series when the same shall be
due and payable.
On or prior to 12:00 p.m., New York
City time, on each due date of the principal of or interest on the
Securities of such Series, the Company will deposit with the Paying
Agent sufficient funds to pay such principal or interest so
becoming due and, unless such Paying Agent is the Trustee, notify
the Trustee of any failure to take such action.
If the Company shall act as its own
Paying Agent with respect to the Securities of any Series, on or
before each due date of the principal of or interest on the
Securities of such Series it will set aside, segregate and hold in
trust for the benefit of the Holders of the Securities of such
Series sufficient funds to pay such principal or interest so
becoming due. The Company will promptly notify the Trustee of any
failure to take such action.
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At any time, for the purpose of
obtaining a satisfaction and discharge with respect to one or more
or all Series of Securities or for any other reason, the Company
may pay or cause to be paid to the Trustee all amounts held in
trust for any such Series by the Company or any Paying Agent, such
amounts to be held by the Trustee in trust pursuant to this
Indenture.
The agreement to hold amounts in
trust as provided in this Section 3.03 is subject to the
provisions of Sections 10.03 and 10.04.
SECTION 3.04.
Officers’ Certificate. The Company shall
deliver to the Trustee, within 120 days after the end of each
fiscal year, an Officers’ Certificate indicating whether the
officers signing such Officers’ Certificate on behalf of the
Company know of any default with respect to the Securities of any
Series that occurred during the previous year. The Company shall
also deliver to the Trustee, within 30 days after the occurrence
thereof, written notice of any Event of Default with respect to the
Securities of any Series, the status and what action the Company is
taking or proposes to take in respect thereof.
SECTION 3.05. Calculation
of Original Issue Discount. The Company shall file with
the Trustee, within 60 days after the end of each calendar year, a
written notice specifying the amount of original issue discount, if
any, including daily rates and accrual periods, accrued on each
Series of Outstanding Original Issue Discount Securities as of the
end of such year.
ARTICLE 4
HOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS
BY THE COMPANY
SECTION 4.01. Company to
Furnish Trustee Information as to Names and Addresses of
Holders. Unless otherwise contemplated by
Section 2.03 for the Securities of any Series, the Company
will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee a list in such
form as the Trustee reasonably may require of the names and
addresses of the Holders of the Securities of each
Series:
(a) semiannually, and not more than
15 days after each record date for the payment of interest on
such Securities, as of such record date; and
(b) at such other times as the
Trustee reasonably may request in writing, within 30 days
after receipt by the Company of any such request, such list to be
as of a date not more than 15 days prior to the time such
information is furnished;
provided that, if the Trustee shall
be the Security registrar for such Series, such list shall not be
required to be furnished.
SECTION 4.02. Preservation
and Disclosure of Holders’ Lists.
(a) The Trustee shall preserve, in
as current a form as is reasonably practicable, all information as
to the names and addresses of the Holders of each Series of
Securities contained in the most recent list furnished to it as
provided in Section 4.01 or
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maintained by the Trustee in its
capacity as Security registrar for such Series. The Trustee may
destroy any list furnished to it as provided in Section 4.01
upon receipt of a new list so furnished.
(b) In case three or more Holders of
Securities of any Series (“ applicants ”) apply
in writing to the Trustee and furnish to the Trustee reasonable
proof that each such applicant has owned a Security of such Series
for a period of at least six months preceding the date of such
application, and such application states that the applicants desire
to communicate with other Holders of Securities of such Series or
with Holders of all Securities with respect to their rights under
this Indenture or under such Securities and such application is
accompanied by a copy of the form of proxy or other communication
which such applicants propose to transmit, then the Trustee, within
five Business Days after the receipt of such application, at its
election, either:
(i) shall afford to such applicants
access to the information preserved at the time by the Trustee in
accordance with the provisions of Section 4.02(a);
or
(ii) shall inform such applicants as
to the approximate number of Holders of Securities of such Series
or all Securities, as the case may be, whose names and addresses
appear in the information preserved at the time by the Trustee, in
accordance with the provisions of Section 4.02(a), and as to
the approximate cost of mailing to such Holders the form of proxy
or other communication, if any, specified in such
application.
If the Trustee shall elect not to
afford to such applicants access to such information, the Trustee,
upon the written request of such applicants, shall mail to each
Holder of such Series or all Securities, as the case may be, whose
name and address appear in the information preserved at the time by
the Trustee in accordance with the provisions of
Section 4.02(a), a copy of the form of proxy or other
communication that is specified in such request, with reasonable
promptness after a tender to the Trustee of the material to be
mailed and of payment, or provision for the payment, of the
reasonable expenses of mailing, unless within five days after such
tender, the Trustee shall mail to such applicants and file with the
Commission together with a copy of the material to be mailed, a
written statement to the effect that, in the opinion of the
Trustee, such mailing would be contrary to the best interests of
the Holders of Securities of such Series or all Securities, as the
case may be, or could be in violation of applicable law. Such
written statement shall specify the basis of such opinion. If the
Commission, after opportunity for a hearing upon the objections
specified in the written statement so filed, shall enter an order
refusing to sustain any of such objections or if, after the entry
of such order sustaining one or more of such objections, the
Commission shall find, after notice and opportunity for hearing,
that all the objections so sustained have been met, and shall enter
an order so declaring, the Trustee shall mail copies of such
material to all such Holders with reasonable promptness after the
entry of such order and the renewal of such tender; otherwise the
Trustee shall be relieved of any obligation or duty to such
applicants respecting their application.
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(c) Each and every Holder of
Securities, by receiving and holding the same, agrees with the
Company and the Trustee that neither the Company nor the Trustee
nor any agent of the Company or the Trustee shall be held
accountable by reason of the disclosure of any such information as
to the names and addresses of the Holders of Securities in
accordance with the provisions of Section 4.02(b), regardless
of the source from which such information was derived, and that the
Trustee shall not be held accountable by reason of mailing any
material pursuant to a request made under such
Section 4.02(b).
SECTION 4.03. Reports by
the Company. Unless otherwise specified as contemplated
by Section 2.03 for the Securities of any Series, whether or
not required by the Commission’s rules and regulations, the
Company shall provide the Trustee and Holders and prospective
Holders (upon request) within 15 days after it files them with the
Commission, copies of its annual report and the information,
documents and other reports that are specified in Sections 13 and
15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act, provided that for
purposes of this covenant, such information, documents and other
reports shall be deemed to have been furnished to the Trustee and
Holders if they are electronically available via the
Commission’s EDGAR System. Even if the Company is entitled
under the Securities Exchange Act not to furnish such information
to the Commission, the Company shall nonetheless continue to
furnish information that would be required to be furnished by the
Company by Section 13 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act
(excluding exhibits) to the Trustee and the Holders of the
Securities of any Series as if it were subject to such periodic
reporting requirements. The Company shall also comply with the
other provisions of Section 314(a) of the Trust Indenture
Act.
Delivery of such reports,
information and documents to the Trustee is for informational
purposes only and the Trustee’s receipt of such shall not
constitute constructive notice of any information contained therein
or determinable from information contained therein, including the
Company’s compliance with any of its covenants hereunder (as
to which the Trustee is entitled to rely exclusively on
Officers’ Certificates).
ARTICLE 5
REMEDIES OF THE TRUSTEE AND
HOLDERS ON EVENT OF DEFAULT
SECTION 5.01. Event of
Default Defined; Acceleration of Maturity; Waiver of Default.
“ Event of Default ”, with respect to
Securities of any Series, means, unless otherwise specified as
contemplated by Section 2.03 for the Securities of any Series,
any one of the following events which shall have occurred and be
continuing (whatever the reason for such Event of Default and
whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be effected by
operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of
any court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or
governmental body) unless it is either inapplicable to a particular
Series or it is specifically deleted or modified in or pursuant to
the supplemental indenture or resolution of the Board of Directors
establishing such Series of Securities or in the form of Security
for such Series:
(a) default in the payment of any
installment of interest upon any of the Securities of such Series
as and when the same shall become due and payable, and continuance
of such default for a period of 30 days;
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(b) default in the payment of all or
any part of the principal of any of the Securities of such Series
as and when the same shall become due and payable, either at
maturity, upon any redemption or repurchase, by declaration or
otherwise;
(c) default in the performance or
breach of any covenant or warranty contained in the Securities of
such Series or in this Indenture (other than a covenant or warranty
a default the performance or breach of which is elsewhere in this
Section 5.01 specifically dealt with or which has expressly
been included in this Indenture solely for the benefit of one or
more Series of Securities other than that Series), and continuance
of such default or breach for a period of 90 days after there
has been given, by registered or certified mail, to the Company by
the Trustee or to the Company and the Trustee by the Holders of at
least 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that
Series, a written notice specifying such default or breach and
requiring it to be remedied and stating that such notice is a
“ Notice of Default ” hereunder;
(d) the Company (i) pursuant to
or within the meaning of any bankruptcy law commences a voluntary
case, consents to the entry of an order for relief against it in an
involuntary case, consents to the appointment of a custodian of it
or for any substantial part of its property, or makes a general
assignment for the benefit of its creditors or takes any comparable
action under any foreign laws relating to insolvency; or
(ii) a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order or
decree under any bankruptcy law that is for relief against the
Company in an involuntary case, appoints a custodian of the Company
or for any substantial part of its property, or orders the winding
up or liquidation of the Company or any similar relief is granted
under any foreign laws and the order or decree remains unstayed and
in effect for 90 days; or;
(e) any other Event of Default
(including Events of Default replacing or supplementing the
foregoing) provided with respect to Securities of such Series in
the supplemental indenture or resolution of the Board of Directors
establishing such Series.
If an Event of Default occurs under
clause (d) above with respect to the Company, the principal of
and interest on all the Securities of such Series shall become
immediately due and payable without any declaration or other act on
the part of the Trustee or any Holders of any Series.
Unless otherwise specified as
contemplated by Section 2.03 for the Securities of any Series,
if an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default occurring as
a result of clause (d)) with respect to the Securities of any
Series shall have occurred and be continuing, either the Trustee or
the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of
the Securities of such Series then Outstanding by notice to the
Company may declare the principal amount of all the Securities of
such Series and accrued and unpaid interest thereon to be due and
payable immediately, and upon any such declaration the same shall
become and shall be immediately due and payable. This provision,
however, is subject to the condition that if at any time after
the
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principal of the Securities of such Series shall
have been so declared due and payable, and before any judgment or
decree for the payment of the amounts due shall have been obtained
or entered as hereinafter provided, the Company shall have paid or
deposited with the Trustee sufficient funds to pay all matured
installments of interest, if any, upon all the Securities of such
Series and the principal of the Securities of such Series that
shall have become due other than by such acceleration (with
interest upon such principal and, to the extent that payment of
such interest is enforceable under applicable law, upon overdue
installments of interest, at the rate borne by the Securities of
such Series to the date of such payment or deposit) and all other
defaults under this Indenture, other than the nonpayment of the
principal of Securities of such Series that shall have become due
by such acceleration, shall have been remedied, then and in every
such case the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount
at maturity of the Securities of such Series then Outstanding, by
written notice to the Company and to the Trustee for the Securities
of such Series, may waive all defaults and rescind and annul such
declaration and its consequences; but no such waiver or rescission
and annulment shall extend to or shall affect any subsequent
default or shall impair any right consequent thereon.
Subject to the provisions of Article
6, in case an Event of Default with respect to the Securities of
any Series shall occur and be continuing, the Trustee shall not be
under any obligation to exercise any of the trusts or powers vested
in it hereby at the request or direction of any Holder of such
Series, unless such Holder shall have offered to such Trustee
security or indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it.
Additional terms and conditions with
respect to the rights of Holders of the Securities of a particular
Series (including as to rights to rescind an acceleration of the
payment of principal and interest) and the rights and obligations
of the Trustee, in each case, in connection with a default or Event
of Default, may be specified as contemplated by Section 2.03
for the Securities of any Series.
SECTION 5.02. Collection of
Indebtedness by Trustee; Trustee May Prove Debt. If the
Company shall fail to pay any installment of interest on any of the
Securities of any Series when such interest shall have become due
and payable, and such default shall have continued for a period of
30 days, or shall fail to pay the principal of any of the
Securities of any Series when the same shall have become due and
payable, whether upon maturity of the Securities of such Series or
upon any redemption or by declaration or otherwise, then upon
demand of the Trustee for the Securities of such Series, the
Company will pay to the Trustee for the Securities of such Series
for the benefit of the Holders of the Securities of such Series the
whole amount that then shall have become due and payable on all
Securities of such Series for principal of or interest, as the case
may be (with interest to the date of such payment upon the overdue
principal and, to the extent that payment of such interest is
enforceable under applicable law, on overdue installments of
interest at the same rate as the rate of interest specified in the
Securities of such Series) and such further amount as shall be
sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including
reasonable compensation to and expenses incurred by the Trustee and
each predecessor Trustee and their respective agents, attorneys and
counsel.
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Until such demand is made by the
Trustee, the Company may pay the principal of and interest on the
Securities of any Series to the persons entitled thereto, whether
or not the principal of and interest on the Securities of such
Series are overdue.
If the Company shall fail to pay
such amounts upon such demand, the Trustee for the Securities of
such Series, in its own name and as trustee of an express trust,
shall be entitled and empowered to institute any action or
proceedings at law or in equity for the collection of the amounts
so due and unpaid. In any such case, the Trustee may prosecute any
such action or proceedings to judgment or final decree and may
enforce any such judgment or final decree against the Company or
other obligor upon such Securities and collect in the manner
provided by law out of the property of the Company or other obligor
upon such Securities, wherever situated, the amounts adjudged or
decreed to be payable.
If (i) there shall be pending
proceedings relative to the Company or any other obligor upon the
Securities under Title 11 of the United States Code or any
other applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or other
similar law, (ii) a receiver, assignee or trustee in
bankruptcy or reorganization, liquidator, sequestrator or similar
official shall have been appointed for or taken possession of the
Company or its property or such other obligor or (iii) any
other comparable judicial proceedings relative to the Company or
other obligor under the Securities of any Series, or to the
creditors or property of the Company or such other obligor, shall
be pending, and irrespective of whether the principal of any
Securities shall then be due and payable or whether the Trustee
shall have made any demand pursuant to the provisions of this
Section 5.02, the Trustee shall be entitled and empowered, by
intervention in such proceedings or otherwise:
(a) to file and prove a claim or
claims for the whole amount of principal and interest owing and
unpaid in respect of the Securities of any Series and to file such
other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order
to have the claims of the Trustee (including any claim for
reasonable compensation to, and expenses incurred by, the Trustee
and each predecessor Trustee, and their respective agents,
attorneys and counsel) and of the Holders allowed in any judicial
proceedings relative to the Company or other obligor upon all
Securities of any Series, or to the creditors or property of the
Company or such other obligor; and
(b) to collect and receive any funds
or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims, and to
distribute all amounts received with respect to the claims of the
Holders and of the Trustee on their behalf; and any trustee,
receiver, or liquidator, custodian or other similar official is
hereby authorized by each of the Holders to make payments to the
Trustee for the Securities of such Series, and, in the event that
such Trustee shall consent to the making of payments directly to
the Holders, to pay to such Trustee such amounts as shall be
sufficient to cover reasonable compensation to and expenses
incurred by such Trustee, each predecessor Trustee and their
respective agents, attorneys and counsel and all other amounts due
to such Trustee or any predecessor Trustee pursuant to
Section 6.07.
Nothing herein contained shall be
deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or consent to or
accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder any plan of reorganization,
arrangement,
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adjustment or composition affecting the
Securities of any Series or the rights of any Holder thereof or to
authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder
in any such proceeding.
All rights of action and of
asserting claims under this Indenture or under any of the
Securities may be enforced by the Trustee for the Securities of
such Series without the possession of any of the Securities of such
Series or the production thereof at any trial or other proceedings
relative thereto. Any such action or proceedings instituted by the
Trustee shall be brought in its own name as trustee of an express
trust. Any recovery of judgment, subject to the payment of the
expenses, disbursements and compensation of the Trustee, each
predecessor Trustee and their respective agents and attorneys,
shall be for the ratable benefit of the Holders of the Securities
in respect of which such action was taken.
In any proceedings brought by the
Trustee for the Securities of such Series, the Trustee shall be
held to represent all the Holders of the Securities in respect of
which such action was taken, and it shall not be
necessary