UNIVEST CORPORATION OF
PENNSYLVANIA
SUBORDINATED DEBT SECURITIES
(Issuable in Series)
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ARTICLE 1
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DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF
GENERAL APPLICATION
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1
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Section 1.2 Incorporation by Reference of
Trust Indenture Act
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Section 1.3 Compliance Certificates and
Opinions
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Section 1.4 Form of Documents Delivered to
Trustee
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Section 1.5 Acts of Holders; Record
Dates
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Section 1.6 Notices, etc., to Trustee and
Company
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Section 1.7 Notice to Holders;
Waiver
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Section 1.8 Conflict with Trust Indenture
Act
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Section 1.9 Effect of Headings and Table of
Contents
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Section 1.10 Successors and
Assigns
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Section 1.11 Separability Clause
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Section 1.12 Benefits of
Indenture
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Section 1.13 Governing Law
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Section 1.14 Legal Holidays
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Section 1.15 Indenture and Securities
Solely Corporate Obligations
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Section 1.16 Indenture May be Executed in
Counterparts
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ARTICLE 2
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SECURITY FORMS
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Section 2.1 Forms Generally
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Section 2.2 Form of Trustee’s
Certificate of Authentication
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Section 2.3 Global Securities
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Section 2.4 Form of Legend for Global
Securities
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Section 2.5 Form of Face of
Security
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Section 2.6 Form of Reverse of
Security
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ARTICLE 3
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THE SECURITIES
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Section 3.1 Amount Unlimited; Issuable in
Series
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Section 3.2 Denominations
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Section 3.3 Execution, Authentication,
Delivery and Dating
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Section 3.4 Temporary Securities
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Section 3.5 Registration; Registration of
Transfer and Exchange
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Section 3.6 Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and
Stolen Securities
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Section 3.7 Payment of Interest; Interest
Rights Preserved
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Section 3.8 Persons Deemed
Owners
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Section 3.10 Computation of
Interest
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ARTICLE 4
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SATISFACTION AND
DISCHARGE
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Section 4.1 Satisfaction and Discharge of
Indenture
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Section 4.2 Application of Trust
Money
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Section 4.3 Reinstatement
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ARTICLE 5
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REMEDIES
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Section 5.1 Events of Default
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Section 5.2 Acceleration of Maturity;
Rescission and Annulment
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Section 5.3 Collection of Indebtedness and
Suits for Enforcement by Trustee
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Section 5.4 Trustee May File Proofs of
Claim
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Section 5.5 Trustee May Enforce Claims
Without Possession of Securities
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Section 5.6 Application of Money
Collected
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Section 5.7 Limitation on Suits
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Section 5.8 Right of Holders to Receive
Principal, Premium and Interest
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Section 5.9 Restoration of Rights and
Remedies
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Section 5.10 Rights and Remedies
Cumulative
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Section 5.11 Delay or Omission Not
Waiver
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Section 5.12 Control by Holders
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Section 5.13 Waiver of Past
Defaults
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Section 5.14 Undertaking for
Costs
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ARTICLE 6
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THE TRUSTEE
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Section 6.1 Certain Duties and
Responsibilities
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Section 6.2 Notice of Defaults
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Section 6.3 Certain Rights of
Trustee
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Section 6.4 Not Responsible for Recitals or
Issuance of Securities
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Section 6.5 May Hold Securities and Act as
Trustee under Other Indentures
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Section 6.6 Money Held in Trust
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Section 6.7 Compensation and
Reimbursement
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Section 6.8 Conflicting
Interests
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Section 6.9 Eligibility;
Disqualification
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Section 6.10 Resignation and Removal;
Appointment of Successor
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Section 6.11 Acceptance of Appointment by
Successor
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Section 6.12 Merger, Conversion,
Consolidation or Succession to Business
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Section 6.13 Preferential Collection of
Claims Against Company
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Section 6.14 Appointment of Authenticating
Agent
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ARTICLE 7
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HOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS BY
TRUSTEE AND COMPANY
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Section 7.1 Company to Furnish Trustee
Names and Addresses of Holders
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Section 7.2 Preservation of Information;
Communications to Holders
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Section 7.3 Reports by Trustee
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Section 7.4 Reports by Company
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ARTICLE 8
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CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE,
TRANSFER OR LEASE
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Section 8.1 Company May Consolidate, etc.,
Only on Certain Terms
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Section 8.2 Successor
Substituted
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ARTICLE 9
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SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
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Section 9.1 Supplemental Indentures Without
Consent of Holders
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Section 9.2 Supplemental Indentures with
Consent of Holders
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Section 9.3 Execution of Supplemental
Indentures
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Section 9.4 Effect of Supplemental
Indentures
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Section 9.5 Conformity with Trust Indenture
Act
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Section 9.6 Reference in Securities to
Supplemental Indentures
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ARTICLE 10
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COVENANTS
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Section 10.1 Payment of Principal, Premium
and Interest
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Section 10.2 Maintenance of Office or
Agency
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Section 10.3 Money for Securities Payments
to be Held in Trust
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Section 10.4 Statement by Officers as to
Default
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Section 10.6 All Securities to be Equally
and Ratably Secured
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Section 10.7 Maintenance of
Properties
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Section 10.8 Payment of Taxes and Other
Claims
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Section 10.9 Waiver of Certain
Covenants
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Section 10.10 Additional Amounts
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ARTICLE 11
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REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES
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Section 11.1 Applicability of
Article
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Section 11.2 Election to Redeem; Notice to
Trustee
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Section 11.3 Selection by Trustee of
Securities to Be Redeemed
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Section 11.4 Notice of
Redemption
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Section 11.5 Deposit of Redemption
Price
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Section 11.6 Securities Payable on
Redemption Date
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Section 11.7 Securities Redeemed in
Part
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ARTICLE 12
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SINKING FUNDS
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Section 12.1 Applicability of
Article
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Section 12.2 Satisfaction of Sinking Fund
Payments with Securities
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Section 12.3 Redemption of Securities for
Sinking Fund
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ARTICLE 13
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DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT
DEFEASANCE
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Section 13.1 Company’s Option to
Effect Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance
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Section 13.2 Defeasance and
Discharge
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Section 13.3 Covenant Defeasance
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Section 13.4 Conditions to Defeasance or
Covenant Defeasance
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Section 13.5 Deposited Money, U. S.
Government Obligations and Foreign Government Obligations to be
Held in Trust; Miscellaneous Provisions
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Section 13.6 Reinstatement
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ARTICLE 14
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SUBORDINATION
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Section 14.1 Securities Subordinated to
Senior Indebtedness
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Section 14.2 Right of Trustee to Hold
Senior Indebtedness
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Section 14.3 Subordination Not to Prevent
Events of Default
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Section 14.4 No Fiduciary Duty of Trustee
to Holders of Senior Indebtedness
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Section 14.5 Article Applicable to
Paying Agent
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iv
UNIVEST CORPORATION OF
PENNSYLVANIA
This Cross
Reference Sheet shows the location in the Indenture of the
provisions inserted pursuant to Sections 3.10 through 3.18,
inclusive, of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939:
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(a)
(1)
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6.9
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(2)
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6.9
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(a)
(3)
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6.9
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(a)
(4)
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Not Applicable
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(a)
(5)
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6.9
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(b)
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6.8, 6.10
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(c)
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Not Applicable
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(a)
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6.13
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(b)
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6.13
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(c)
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Not Applicable
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(a)
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7.1, 7.2
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(b)
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7.2
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(c)
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7.2
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7.3
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7.3
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7.3
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7.3
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7.4
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7.4
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7.4
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1.1, 10.4
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Not Applicable
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(1)
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1.3
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(2)
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1.3
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(3)
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Not Applicable
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Not Applicable
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(e)
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1.3
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(a)
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6.1
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(b)
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6.2
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(c)
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6.1
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6.1
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(e)
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5.14
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(a)
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1.1
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(a) (1)
(A)
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5.2, 5.12
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(a) (1)
(B)
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5.13
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Not Applicable
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(b)
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5.8
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(c)
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1.5
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(a)
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5.3
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(2)
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5.4
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10.3
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1.8
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NOTE: This Cross
Reference Sheet is not part of the Indenture.
v
INDENTURE, dated
as of , 20___between UNIVEST
CORPORATION OF PENNSYLVANIA, a Pennsylvania corporation (the
“ Company”), having its principal office at
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as trustee, (the “ Trustee “), the office of the
Trustee at which at the date hereof its corporate trust business is
principally administered being
.
The Company has
duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture to
provide for the issuance from time to time of its subordinated
debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness (the “
Securities “), to be issued in one or more series as herein
provided.
This Indenture is
subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act and the rules
and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder that are
required to be part of this Indenture and, to the extent
applicable, shall be governed by such provisions.
All things
necessary to make this Indenture a valid agreement of the Company,
in accordance with its terms, have been done.
NOW, THEREFORE,
for and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the
Securities by the Holders thereof, each party agrees for the
benefit of the other party and for the equal and ratable benefit of
the Holders of the Securities, or of series thereof, issued under
this Indenture, as follows:
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
accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings
assigned to them in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles in the United States of America, and, except as
otherwise herein expressly provided, the term “generally
accepted accounting principles” with respect to any
computation required or permitted hereunder shall mean such
accounting principles in the United States of America as are
generally accepted as of the time when and for the period as to
which such accounting principles are to be applied;
(3)
“or” is not exclusive;
(4) any
reference to an “Article” or a “Section”
refers to an Article or a Section, as the case may be, of this
Indenture;
(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; and
(6) certain
terms, used principally in Article 6, are defined in
Section 1.2.
“Act,”
when used with respect to any Holder, has the meaning specified in
Section 1.5.
“Additional
Amounts” means any additional amounts that are required by
the express terms of a Security or by or pursuant to a Board
Resolution, under circumstances specified therein or pursuant
thereto, to be paid by the Company with respect to certain taxes,
assessments or other governmental charges imposed on certain
Holders and that are owing to such Holders.
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“Affiliate”
of any specified Person means any other Person directly or
indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect
common control with such specified Person. For purposes of this
definition, “ control “ when used with respect to any
specified Person means the power to direct the management and
policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through
the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and
the terms “ controlling “ and “ controlled
“ have meanings correlative to the foregoing.
“Authenticating
Agent” means any Person, which may include the Company,
authorized by the Trustee pursuant to Section 6.14 to act on
behalf of the Trustee to authenticate Securities of one or more
series.
“Authorized
Newspaper” means a newspaper of general circulation in the
New York, New York area, printed in the English language and
customarily published on each Business Day, whether or not
published on Saturdays, Sundays or holidays. Whenever successive
weekly publications in an Authorized Newspaper are required
hereunder they may be made (unless otherwise expressly provided
herein) on the same or different days of the week and in the same
or in different Authorized Newspapers.
“Bankruptcy
Law” means Title 11, U.S. Code, or any similar federal or
state law for the relief of debtors.
“Board”
or “Board of Trustees” means either the board of
trustees of the Company or any duly authorized committee
thereof.
“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 Trustees 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 which is not a
day on which banking institutions in that Place of Payment, or the
city in which the Corporate Trust Office is located, are authorized
or obligated by law or executive order to close.
“Commission”
means the Securities and Exchange Commission, from time to time
constituted, created under the Exchange Act, or, if at any time
after the execution of this instrument such Commission is not
existing and performing the duties now assigned to it under the
Trust Indenture Act, then the body performing such duties at such
time.
“Common
Shares” includes any shares of beneficial interest of any
class of the Company which has no preference in respect of
dividends or of amounts payable in the event of any voluntary or
involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Company
and which is not subject to redemption by the Company.
“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, respectively,
a written request or order signed in the name of the Company by its
Chairman of the Board, its Chief Executive Officer, its President
or a Vice President, and by its principal financial officer, its
Controller, an Assistant Controller, its Treasurer, an Assistant
Treasurer, its Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, and delivered
to the Trustee.
“Corporate
Trust Office” means the corporate trust office of the Trustee
at [ ], Attention: Corporate Trust Department, or such other
office, designated by the Trustee by written notice to the Company,
at which at any particular time its corporate trust business shall
be administered.
“Covenant
Defeasance” has the meaning specified in
Section 13.3.
“Custodian”
means any receiver, trustee, assignee, liquidator or similar
official under any Bankruptcy Law.
“default”
means, with respect to the Securities of any series, any event, act
or condition that is, or after notice or the passage of time or
both would be, an Event of Default with respect to Securities of
such series.
“Defaulted
Interest” has the meaning specified in
Section 3.7.
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“Defeasance”
has the meaning specified in Section 13.2.
“Depositary”
means, with respect to Securities of any series issuable in whole
or in part in the form of one or more Global Securities, The
Depository Trust Company, New York, New York, another clearing
agency, or any successor, registered under the Exchange Act that is
designated to act as Depositary for such Securities as contemplated
by Section 3.1 .
“Dollar”
or “$” means a dollar or other equivalent unit in such
coin or currency of the United States as at the time shall be legal
tender for the payment of public and private debts.
“euro”
or “euros” means the currency adopted by those nations
participating in the third stage of the economic and monetary union
provisions of the Treaty on European Union, signed at Maastricht on
February 7, 1992.
“European
Economic Area” means the member nations of the European
Economic Area pursuant to the Oporto Agreement on the European
Economic Area dated May 2, 1992, as amended.
“European
Union” means the member nations of the European Union
established by the Treaty of European Union, signed at Maastricht
on February 2, 1992, which amended the Treaty of Rome
establishing the European Community.
“Event of
Default” has the meaning specified in
Section 5.1.
“Exchange
Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and any
statute successor thereto, in each case as amended from time to
time.
“Exchange
Rate” has the meaning specified in
Section 3.2.
“Expiration
Date” has the meaning specified in
Section 1.5.
“Foreign
Government Obligation” means with respect to Securities of
any series which are not denominated in the currency of the United
States of America (x) any security which is (i) a direct
obligation of the government which issued or caused to be issued
the currency in which such security is denominated and for the
payment of which obligations its full faith and credit is pledged
or, with respect to Securities of any series which are denominated
in euros, a direct obligation of any member nation of the European
Union for the payment of which obligation the full faith and credit
of the respective nation is pledged so long as such nation has a
credit rating at least equal to that of the highest rated member
nation of the European Economic Area, or (ii) an obligation of
a Person controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or
instrumentality of a government specified in clause (i) above
the payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith
and credit obligation by the such government, which, in either case
(i) or (ii), is not callable or redeemable at the option of
the issuer thereof, and (y) any depositary receipt issued by a
bank (as defined in Section 3(a)(2) of the Securities Act) as
custodian with respect to any Foreign Government Obligation which
is specified in clause (x) above and held by such bank for the
account of the holder of such depositary receipt, or with respect
to any specific payment of principal of or interest on any Foreign
Government Obligation which is so specified and held, provided that
(except as required by law) such custodian is not authorized to
make any deduction from the amount payable to the holder of such
depositary receipt from any amount received by the custodian in
respect of the Foreign Government Obligation or the specific
payment of principal or interest evidenced by such depositary
receipt.
“Global
Security” means a Security that evidences all or part of the
Securities of any series and bears the legend set forth in
Section 2.4 (or such legend as may be specified as
contemplated by Section 3.1 for such Securities).
“Holder”
means a Person in whose name a Security is registered in the
Security Register.
“Indenture”
means this instrument as originally executed and as it may from
time to time be supplemented or amended by one or more indentures
supplemental hereto entered into pursuant to the applicable
provisions hereof, including, for all purposes of this instrument
and any such supplemental indenture, the provisions of the Trust
Indenture Act that are deemed to be a part of and govern this
instrument and any such supplemental indenture, respectively. The
term “ Indenture ” shall also include the terms of
particular series of Securities established as contemplated by
Section 3.1 ; provided, however, that if at any time more than
one Person is acting as Trustee
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under this
Indenture due to the appointment of one or more separate Trustees
for any one or more separate series of Securities, “
Indenture “ shall mean, with respect to such series of
Securities for which any such Person is Trustee, 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 and shall include
the terms of particular series of Securities for which such Person
is Trustee established as contemplated by Section 3.1 ,
exclusive, however, of any provisions or terms which relate solely
to other series of Securities for which such Person is not Trustee,
regardless of when such terms or provisions were adopted, and
exclusive of any provisions or terms adopted by means of one or
more indentures supplemental hereto executed and delivered after
such Person had become such Trustee, but to which such person, as
such Trustee, was not a party; provided, further that in the event
that this Indenture is supplemented or amended by one or more
indentures supplemental hereto which are only applicable to certain
series of Securities, the term “ Indenture “ for a
particular series of Securities shall exclude provisions or terms
which relate solely to other series of Securities.
“Interest,”
when used with respect to an Original Issue Discount Security,
which by its terms bears interest only after Maturity, means
interest payable after Maturity.
“Interest
Payment Date,” when used with respect to any Security, means
the Stated Maturity of an installment of interest on such
Security.
“Investment
Company Act” means the Investment Company Act of 1940 and any
statute successor thereto, in each case as amended from time to
time.
“Judgment
Currency” has the meaning specified in
Section 5.6.
“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, repurchase at
the option of the Holder, call for redemption or
otherwise.
“Mortgage”
means and includes any mortgage, pledge, lien, security interest,
conditional sale or other title retention agreement or other
similar encumbrance.
“Notice of
Default” means a written notice of the kind specified in
Section 5.1(4).
“Officers’
Certificate” means a certificate signed by the Chairman of
the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President or a Vice
President, and by the principal financial officer, the Treasurer,
the Controller, an Assistant Treasurer, an Assistant Controller,
the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, of the Company, and
delivered to the Trustee. One of the officers signing an
Officers’ Certificate given pursuant to Section 10.4
shall be the principal executive, financial or accounting officer
of the Company.
“Opinion of
Counsel” means a written opinion of legal counsel, who may
be, without limitation, (a) an employee of the Company, or
(b) outside counsel designated by the Company, rendered, if
applicable, in accordance with Section 314(c) of the Trust
Indenture Act.
“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 5.2 .
“Outstanding”
when used with respect to Securities, means, as of the date of
determination, all Securities theretofore authenticated and
delivered under this Indenture, except
(1) Securities
theretofore canceled by the Trustee or delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation;
(2) Securities
for whose payment or redemption money in the necessary amount has
been theretofore deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent
(other than the Company) in trust or set aside and segregated in
trust by the Company (if the Company shall act as its own Paying
Agent) for the Holders of such Securities; provided that, if such
Securities are to be redeemed, notice of such redemption has been
duly given pursuant to this Indenture or provision therefor
satisfactory to the Trustee has been made;
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(3) Securities
which have been paid pursuant to Section 3.6 or in exchange
for or in lieu of which other Securities have been authenticated
and delivered pursuant to this Indenture, other than any such
Securities in respect of which there shall have been presented to
the Trustee proof satisfactory to it that such Securities are held
by a bona fide purchaser in whose hands such Securities are valid
obligations of the Company; provided, however, that unless
otherwise provided with respect to any Securities of any series
pursuant to Section 3.1 , 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 as of
any date, (A) the principal amount of an Original Issue
Discount Security which shall be deemed to be Outstanding shall be
the amount of the principal thereof which would be due and payable
as of such date upon acceleration of the Maturity thereof to such
date pursuant to Section 5.2 , (B) if, as of such date,
the principal amount payable at the Stated Maturity of a Security
is not determinable, the principal amount of such Security which
shall be deemed to be Outstanding shall be the amount as specified
or determined as contemplated by Section 3.1 , (C) the
principal amount of a Security denominated in one or more non-U.S.
dollar currencies or currency units which shall be deemed to be
Outstanding shall be the U.S. dollar equivalent, determined as of
such date in the manner provided as contemplated by
Section 3.1 , of the principal amount of such Security (or, in
the case of a Security described in clause (A) or
(B) above, of the amount determined as provided in such
clause), and (D) Securities owned by the Company or any other
obligor upon the Securities or any Subsidiary 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 which a Responsible Officer of the Trustee 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 Subsidiary of the Company or of such other
obligor.
“Paying
Agent” means any Person, which may include the Company,
authorized by the Company to pay the principal of or any premium or
interest on, or any Additional Amounts with respect to, any one or
more series of Securities on behalf of the Company.
“Periodic
Offering” means an offering of Securities of a series from
time to time the specific terms of which Securities, including,
without limitation, the rate or rates of interest or formula for
determining the rate or rates of interest thereon, if any, the
Maturity thereof and the redemption provisions, if any, with
respect thereto, are to be determined by the Company upon the
issuance of such Securities.
“Person”
means any individual, corporation, limited liability company,
partnership, joint venture, incorporated or unincorporated
association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated
organization or government or any agency or political subdivision
thereof or other entity of any kind.
“Place of
Payment,” when used with respect to the Securities of any
series, means the place or places where the principal of and any
premium and interest on, or any Additional Amounts with respect to,
the Securities of that series are payable as specified as
contemplated by Section 3.1 and 10.2 .
“Predecessor
Security” of any particular Security means every previous
Security evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that
evidenced by such particular Security; and, for the purposes of
this definition, any Security authenticated and delivered under
Section 3.6 in exchange for or in lieu of a mutilated,
destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be deemed to evidence the
same debt as the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen
Security.
“Preferred
Shares” as applied to the shares of beneficial interest of
the Company means shares of beneficial interest of any class or
classes (however designated) which is preferred as to the payment
of dividends, or as to the distribution of assets upon any
voluntary or involuntary liquidation or dissolution of the Company,
over Common Shares of the Company.
“Record
Date” means any Regular Record Date or Special Record
Date.
“Redemption
Date,” when used with respect to any Security to be redeemed,
means the date fixed for such redemption by or pursuant to the
terms of such Security and 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
the terms of such Security and this Indenture.
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“Regular
Record Date” for the interest payable on any Interest Payment
Date on the Securities of any series means any date specified for
that purpose as contemplated by Section 3.1 , or, if not so
specified, the first day of the calendar month of the month of such
Interest Payment Date if such Interest Payment Date is the
fifteenth day of the calendar month, or the fifteenth day of the
calendar month preceding such Interest Payment Date if such
Interest Payment Date is the first day of a calendar month, whether
or not such day shall be a Business Day.
“Required
Currency” has the meaning specified in
Section 5.6.
“Responsible
Officer” means, when used with respect to the Trustee, an
officer of the Trustee in the Corporate Trust Office assigned and
duly authorized by the Trustee to administer its corporate trust
matters.
“Securities”
has the meaning stated in the first recital of this Indenture and
more particularly means any debentures, notes or other evidences of
indebtedness of the Company authenticated and delivered under this
Indenture.
“Securities
Act” means the Securities Act of 1933 and any statute
successor thereto, in each case as amended from time to
time.
“Security
Custodian” means, with respect to Securities of a series
issued in global form, the Trustee for Securities of such series,
acting in its capacity as custodian with respect to the Securities
of such series, or any successor entity thereto.
“Security
Register” and “Security Registrar” have the
respective meanings specified in Section 3.5.
“Senior
Indebtedness” of the Company, means with respect to the
Securities of a series as contemplated by Section 3.1 , the
indebtedness specified in such Securities or in the supplemental
indenture pursuant to which such Securities are issued. Different
series of Securities may be subordinated to different Senior
Indebtedness, and one series of Securities may be subordinated to
another series of Securities, all as and to the extent provided in
the relevant documentation for each issue of Securities.
“Special
Record Date” for the payment of any Defaulted Interest means
a date fixed by the Trustee pursuant to Section 3.7
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“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 any Person of which the Company at the time owns or controls,
directly or indirectly, more than 50% of the shares of outstanding
stock or other equity interests having general voting power under
ordinary circumstances to elect a majority of the board of
directors, managers or trustees, as the case may be, of such Person
(irrespective of whether or not at the time stock of any other
class or classes or other equity interests of such corporation
shall have or might have voting power by reason of the happening of
any contingency).
“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.
“Trustee”
means the Person named as the “Trustee” in the first
paragraph of this instrument until a successor Trustee shall have
become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this
Indenture, and thereafter “Trustee” shall mean or
include each Person who is then a Trustee hereunder, and if at any
time there is more than one such Person, “Trustee” as
used with respect to the Securities of any series shall mean the
Trustee with respect to Securities of that series.
“United
States” means the United States of America (including the
states thereof and the District of Columbia) and its
“possessions”, which include Puerto Rico, the U.S.
Virgin Islands, Guam, American Somoa, Wake Island and the Northern
Mariana Islands.
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“United
States Alien” means any Person who, for United States federal
income tax purposes, is a foreign corporation, a nonresident alien
individual, a nonresident alien or foreign fiduciary of an estate
or trust, or a foreign partnership.
“U.S.
Government Obligation” means (x) any security which is
(i) a direct obligation of the United States of America for
the payment of which the full faith and credit of the United States
of America is pledged or (ii) an obligation of a Person
controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or
instrumentality of the United States of America the payment of
which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit
obligation by the United States of America, which, in either case
(i) or (ii), is not callable or redeemable at the option of
the issuer thereof, and (y) any depositary receipt issued by a
bank (as defined in Section 3(a)(2) of the Securities Act) as
custodian with respect to any U.S. Government Obligation which is
specified in clause (x) above and held by such bank for the
account of the holder of such depositary receipt, or with respect
to any specific payment of principal of or interest on any U.S.
Government Obligation which is so specified and held, provided that
(except as required by law) such custodian is not authorized to
make any deduction from the amount payable to the holder of such
depositary receipt from any amount received by the custodian in
respect of the U.S. Government Obligation or the specific payment
of principal or interest evidenced by such depositary
receipt.
“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.”
“Yield to
Maturity” means, when used with respect to any Original Issue
Discount Security, the yield to maturity, if any, set forth on the
face thereof.
Section 1.2
Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act.
Whenever this
Indenture refers to a provision of the Trust Indenture Act, the
provision is incorporated by reference in and made a part of this
Indenture. The following Trust Indenture Act terms used in this
Indenture have the following meanings:
“indenture
securities” means the Securities.
“indenture
security holder” means a Holder.
“indenture
to be qualified” means this Indenture.
“indenture
trustee” or “institutional trustee” means the
Trustee.
“obligor”
on the indenture securities means the Company or any other obligor
on the Securities.
All terms used in
this Indenture that are defined by the Trust Indenture Act, defined
by a Trust Indenture Act reference to another statue or defined by
Commission rule under the Trust Indenture Act and not otherwise
defined herein have the meanings assigned to them
therein.
Section 1.3
Compliance Certificates and Opinions.
Except as
otherwise expressly provided by this Indenture, upon any
application or request by the Company to the Trustee to take any
action under any provision of this Indenture, the Company shall
furnish to the Trustee such certificates and opinions as may be
required under the Trust Indenture Act. Each such certificate or
opinion shall be given in the form of an Officers’
Certificate, if to be given by an officer of the Company, or an
Opinion of Counsel, if to be given by counsel, and shall comply
with the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act and any other
requirements set forth in this Indenture.
Every certificate
or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant
provided for in this Indenture (other than pursuant to
Section 10.4 ) shall include,
(1) a
statement that each Person signing such certificate or opinion has
read such covenant or condition and the definitions herein relating
thereto;
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(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 Person, such Person has
made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable
such Person 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 Person, such
condition or covenant has been complied with.
Section 1.4
Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee.
In any case where
several matters are required to be certified by, or covered by an
opinion of, any specified Person, it is not necessary that all such
matters be certified by, or covered by the opinion of, only one
such Person, or that they be so certified or covered by only one
document, but one such Person may certify or give an opinion with
respect to some matters and one or more other such Persons as to
other matters, and any such Person may certify or give an opinion
as to such matters in one or several documents.
Any certificate or
opinion of an officer of the Company may be based, insofar as it
relates to legal matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or
representations by, counsel, unless such officer knows, or in the
exercise of reasonable care should know, that the certificate or
opinion or representations with respect to the matters upon which
his or her certificate or opinion is based are erroneous. Any such
certificate or opinion of counsel may be based, insofar as it
relates to factual matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or
representations by, an officer or officers of the Company 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.
Any certificate or
opinion of an officer of the Company or of counsel may be based,
insofar as it relates to accounting matters, upon a certificate or
opinion of or representations by an accountant or firm of
accountants employed or retained by the Company unless such officer
or counsel, as the case may be, knows, or in the exercise of
reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinions or
representations as to such accounting matters are
erroneous.
Where any Person
is required to make, give or execute two or more applications,
requests, consents, certificates, statements, opinions or other
instruments under this Indenture, they may, but need not, be
consolidated and form one instrument.
Section 1.5
Acts of Holders; Record Dates.
Any request,
demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other
action provided or permitted by this Indenture to be given, made or
taken by Holders of the Outstanding Securities of all series or one
or more series, as the case may be, 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. The Trustee shall promptly deliver to the
Company copies of all such instrument or instruments delivered to
the Trustee. 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 6.1 ) conclusive in favor of the Trustee and the
Company, if made in the manner provided in this Section.
The fact and date
of the execution by any Person of any such instrument or writing
may be proved by the affidavit of a witness of such execution or by
a certificate of a notary public or other officer authorized by law
to take acknowledgments of deeds, certifying that the individual
signing such instrument or writing acknowledged to him or her the
execution thereof. Where such execution is by a signer acting in a
capacity other than his or her individual capacity, such
certificate or affidavit shall also constitute sufficient proof of
his or her authority. The fact and date of the execution of any
such instrument or writing, or the authority of the Person
executing the same, may also be proved in any other manner that the
Trustee deems sufficient.
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The ownership,
date of holding, principal amount and serial numbers of Securities
shall be proved by the Security Register.
Any request,
demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other
Act of the Holder of any Security shall bind every future Holder of
the same Security and the Holder of every Security issued upon the
registration of transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu
thereof in respect of anything done, omitted or suffered to be done
by the Trustee, the Company in reliance thereon, whether or not
notation of such action is made upon such Security. Any consent or
waiver of the Holder of any Security shall be irrevocable for a
period of six months after the date of execution thereof, but
otherwise any such Holder or subsequent Holder may revoke the
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or other
Act as to his Security or portion of his Security; provided,
however, that such revocation shall be effective only if the
Trustee receives the notice of revocation before the date the Act
becomes effective.
The Company may
set any day as a record date for the purpose of determining the
Holders of Outstanding Securities of any series entitled to give,
make or take any request, demand, authorization, direction, vote,
notice, consent, waiver or other action provided or permitted by
this Indenture to be given, made or taken by Holders of Securities
of such series, provided that the Company may not set a record date
for, and the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply with
respect to, the giving or making of any notice, declaration,
request or direction referred to in the next paragraph. If any
record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the Holders of
Outstanding Securities of the relevant series on such record date,
and no other Holders, shall be entitled to take the relevant
action, whether or not such Holders remain Holders after such
record date; provided that no such action shall be effective
hereunder unless taken on or prior to the applicable Expiration
Date by Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding
Securities of such series on such record date. Nothing in this
paragraph shall be construed to prevent the Company from setting a
new record date for any action for which a record date has
previously been set pursuant to this paragraph (whereupon the
record date previously set shall automatically and with no action
by any Person be canceled and of no effect), and nothing in this
paragraph shall be construed to render ineffective any action taken
by Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding
Securities of the relevant series on the date such action is taken.
Promptly after any record date is set pursuant to this paragraph,
the Company, at its own expense, shall cause notice of such record
date, the proposed action by Holders and the applicable Expiration
Date to be given to the Trustee in writing and to each Holder of
Securities of the relevant series in the manner set forth in
Section 1.7 .
The Trustee may
set any day as a record date for the purpose of determining the
Holders of Outstanding Securities of any series entitled to join in
the giving or making of (i) any Notice of Default,
(ii) any declaration of acceleration referred to in
Section 5.2 , (iii) any request to institute proceedings
referred to in Section 5.7(2 ) or (iv) any direction
referred to in Section 5.12 , in each case with respect to
Securities of such series. If any record date is set pursuant to
this paragraph, the Holders of Outstanding Securities of such
series on such record date, and no other Holders, shall be entitled
to join in such notice, declaration, request or direction, whether
or not such Holders remain Holders after such record date; provided
that no such action shall be effective hereunder unless taken on or
prior to the applicable Expiration Date by Holders of the requisite
principal amount of Outstanding Securities of such series on such
record date. Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to
prevent the Trustee from setting a new record date for any action
for which a record date has previously been set pursuant to this
paragraph (whereupon the record date previously set shall
automatically and with no action by any Person be canceled and of
no effect), and nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to
render ineffective any action taken by Holders of the requisite
principal amount of Outstanding Securities of the relevant series
on the date such action is taken. Promptly after any record date is
set pursuant to this paragraph, the Trustee, at the Company’s
expense, shall cause notice of such record date, the proposed
action by Holders and the applicable Expiration Date to be given to
the Company in writing and to each Holder of Securities of the
relevant series in the manner set forth in
Section 1.7.
With respect to
any record date set pursuant to this Section, the party hereto
which sets such record dates may designate any day as the “
Expiration Date “ and from time to time may change the
Expiration Date to any earlier or later day; provided that no such
change shall be effective unless notice of the proposed new
Expiration Date is given to the other party hereto in writing, and
to each Holder of Securities of the relevant series in the manner
set forth in Section 1.7 , on or prior to the existing
Expiration Date. If an Expiration Date is not designated with
respect to any record date set pursuant to this Section 1.5,
the party hereto which set such record date shall be deemed to have
initially designated the 180th day after such record date as the
Expiration Date with respect thereto, subject to its
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right to change
the Expiration Date as provided in this paragraph. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, no Expiration Date shall be later than the 180th day
after the applicable record date.
Without limiting
the foregoing, a Holder entitled hereunder to take any action
hereunder with regard to any particular Security may do so with
regard to all or any part of the principal amount of such Security
or by one or more duly appointed agents each of which may do so
pursuant to such appointment with regard to all or any part of such
principal amount.
Section 1.6
Notices, etc., to Trustee and Company.
Any request,
demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or Act of
Holders or other document provided or permitted by this Indenture
to be made upon, given or furnished to, or filed with,
(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 (or by facsimile transmissions, provided that oral
confirmation of receipt shall have been received) to or with the
Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office, Attention: Corporate Trust
Department, 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 furnished by certified mail, return
receipt requested, personally delivered or furnished via overnight
courier 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: Chief Financial
Officer.
Section 1.7
Notice to Holders; Waiver.
Where this
Indenture provides for notice to Holders of any event, such notice
shall be sufficiently given (unless otherwise herein expressly
provided) if in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, or
delivered by hand or overnight courier to each Holder affected by
such event, at its 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.
Neither the failure to mail or deliver by hand or overnight courier
any notice, nor any defect in any notice so mailed or delivered by
hand or overnight courier, to any particular Holder shall affect
the sufficiency of such notice with respect to other Holders. Where
this Indenture provides for notice in any manner, such notice may
be waived in writing by the Person entitled to receive such notice,
either before or after the event, and such waiver shall be the
equivalent of such notice. Waivers of notice by Holders shall be
filed with the Trustee, but such filing shall not be a condition
precedent to the validity of any action taken in reliance upon such
waiver.
In case by reason
of the suspension of regular mail service or by reason of any other
cause it shall be impracticable to give notice to Holders of
Securities by mail, then such notification as shall be made with
the approval of the Trustee shall constitute a sufficient
notification for every purpose hereunder. In any case in which
notice to Holders of Securities is given by mail, neither the
failure to mail such notice, nor any defect in any notice so
mailed, to any particular Holder of a Security, shall affect the
sufficiency of such notice with respect to other Holders of
Securities.
Section 1.8
Conflict with Trust Indenture Act.
If any provision
hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with a provision of the Trust
Indenture Act or another provision hereof required to be included
in this Indenture by any of the provisions of the Trust Indenture
Act, the latter provision shall control. If any provision of this
Indenture modifies or excludes any provision of the Trust Indenture
Act, which 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.
Section 1.9
Effect of Headings and Table of Contents.
The Article and
Section headings herein and the Table of Contents are for
convenience only and shall not affect the construction
hereof.
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Section 1.10
Successors and Assigns.
All covenants and
agreements in this Indenture by the Company shall bind its
successors and assigns, whether or not so expressed. All agreements
of the Trustee in this Indenture shall bind its
successor.
Section 1.11
Separability Clause.
In case any
provision in this Indenture or in the Securities shall be invalid,
illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability
of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or
impaired thereby.
Section 1.12
Benefits of Indenture.
Nothing in this
Indenture or in the Securities, express or implied, shall give to
any Person, other than the parties hereto and their successors
hereunder, any Authenticating Agent, Paying Agent or Security
Registrar, and the Holders and any holders of Senior Indebtedness,
any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under
this Indenture.
Section 1.13
Governing Law.
THIS INDENTURE AND
THE SECURITIES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE
WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, BUT WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT
TO APPLICABLE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW TO THE EXTENT THE
APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION WOULD BE REQUIRED
THEREBY.
Section 1.14
Legal Holidays.
Unless otherwise
provided with respect to any Security or Securities pursuant to
Section 3.1, in any case where any Interest Payment Date,
Redemption Date, sinking fund payment date, or Stated Maturity or
Maturity or other payment date of any Security or the last date on
which a Holder has the right to convert a Security at a particular
conversion price shall not be a Business Day at any Place of
Payment, then (notwithstanding any other provision of this
Indenture or of the Securities (other than a provision of any
Security which specifically states that such provision shall apply
in lieu of this Section)) payment of interest or principal (and
premium, if any) or, if applicable to a particular series of
Securities, conversion need not be made at such Place of Payment on
such date, but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day at
such Place of Payment with the same force and effect as if made on
the Interest Payment Date or Redemption Date, at the Stated
Maturity or on such last day for conversion, as the case may
be.
Section 1.15
Indenture and Securities Solely Corporate Obligations.
No recourse for
the payment of the principal of or premium, if any, or interest on
any Security, or for any claim based thereon or otherwise in
respect thereof, and no recourse under or upon any obligation,
covenant or agreement of the Company in this Indenture or in any
supplemental indenture or in any Security, or because of the
creation of any indebtedness represented thereby, shall be had,
directly or indirectly, against any incorporator, subscriber to the
shares of beneficial interest (or capital stock or membership
interests (as applicable)), shareholder, stockholder, member,
employee, agent, manager, officer, trustee or director, as such,
past, present or future, of the Company or the Trustee or of any
predecessor or successor corporation, either directly or through
the Company or the Trustee or any predecessor or successor
corporation, whether by virtue of any constitution, statute or rule
of law, or by the enforcement of any assessment or penalty or
otherwise; it being expressly understood that this Indenture and
the obligations issued hereunder are solely corporate obligations
and that no such personal liability whatever shall attach to, or is
or shall be incurred by, any incorporator, subscriber to the shares
of beneficial interest (or capital stock or membership interests
(as applicable)), shareholder, stockholder, member, employee,
agent, manager, officer, trustee or director, as such, of the
Company or the Trustee or of any predecessor or successor
corporation, because of the creation of the indebtedness hereby
authorized, or under or by reason of the obligations, covenants or
agreements contained in this Indenture or in any of the Securities
or implied therefrom; and that any and all such personal liability
of every name and nature, either at common law or in equity or by
constitution or statute, of, and any and all such rights and claims
against, every such incorporator, subscriber to the shares of
beneficial interest (or capital stock or membership interests (as
applicable)), shareholder, stockholder, member, employee, agent,
manager, officer, trustee or director, as such, because of the
creation of the indebtedness hereby authorized, or under or
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reason of the
obligations, covenants or agreements contained in this Indenture,
any supplemental indenture hereto, any certificate or other writing
delivered in connection herewith, or in any of the Securities or
implied therefrom, are hereby expressly waived and released as a
condition of, and as a consideration for, the execution of this
Indenture and the issuance of such Securities. By accepting a
Security, each Holder agrees to the provisions of this
Section 1.15 and waives and releases all such liability. Such
waiver and release shall be part of the consideration for the
issuance of the Securities.
Section 1.16
Indenture May be Executed in Counterparts.
This instrument
may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall
be an original, but such counterparts shall together constitute but
one and the same instrument.
Section 2.1
Forms Generally.
The Securities of
each series shall be in such form or forms as shall be established
by or pursuant to one or more Board Resolutions and set forth in
such Board Resolutions, or, to the extent established pursuant to,
rather than set forth in, such Board Resolutions, an
Officers’ Certificate detailing such establishment, or in one
or more indentures supplemental hereto, in each case with such
appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other
variations as are required or permitted by this Indenture, and may
have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification and
such legends or endorsements placed thereon as may be required to
comply with any applicable law or with any rules or regulations
pursuant thereto, or any 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 thereof. If the form of Securities of any series is
established by action taken pursuant to a Board Resolution, or, to
the extent established pursuant to, rather than set forth in, such
Board Resolutions, an Officers’ Certificate detailing such
establishment, a copy of an appropriate record of such action shall
be certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the
Company and delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of
the Company Order contemplated by Section 3.3 for the
authentication and delivery of such Securities. Any such Board
Resolution, Officers’ Certificate or record of such action
shall have attached thereto a true and correct copy of the form of
Security referred to therein approved by or pursuant to such Board
Resolution or Officers’ Certificate.
The definitive
Securities shall be printed, lithographed or engraved on steel
engraved borders or may be produced in any other manner, all as
determined by the officers executing such Securities, as evidenced
by their execution of such Securities.
Section 2.2
Form of Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication.
The
Trustee’s certificates of authentication shall be in
substantially the following form:
This is one of the
Securities of the series designated herein referred to in the
within-mentioned Indenture.
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Section 2.3
Global Securities.
If the Company
shall establish pursuant to Section 3.1 that the Securities of
a particular series are to be issued in whole or in part in the
form of one or more Global Securities, then the Company shall
execute and the Trustee shall, in accordance with Section 3.3
and the Company Order delivered to the Trustee thereunder,
authenticate and deliver
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such Global
Security or Securities, which (i) shall represent, and shall
be denominated in an amount equal to the aggregate principal amount
of the Outstanding Securities of such series to be represented by
such Global Security or Securities, (ii) may provide that the
aggregate amount of Outstanding Securities represented thereby may
from time to time be increased or reduced to reflect exchanges,
(iii) shall be registered in the name of the Depositary for
such Global Security or Securities or its nominee, (iv) shall
be delivered by the Trustee to the Depositary or pursuant to the
Depositary’s instruction and (v) shall bear a legend in
accordance with the requirements of the Depositary.
Notwithstanding
any other provision of this Section or of Section 3.5, except
as contemplated by the provisions of this Section 2.3 below,
unless the terms of a Global Security expressly permit such Global
Security to be exchanged in whole or in part for individual
Securities, a Global Security may be transferred, in whole but not
in part and in the manner provided in Section 3.5 , only to a
nominee of the Depositary for such Global Security, or to the
Depositary, or to a successor Depositary for such Global Security
selected or approved by the Company, or to a nominee of such
successor Depositary.
If at any time the
Depositary for a Global Security notifies the Company that it is
unwilling or unable to continue as the Depositary for such Global
Security or if at any time the Depositary for the Securities for
such series shall no longer be eligible or in good standing under
the Exchange Act, or other applicable statute or regulation, the
Company shall appoint a successor Depositary with respect to such
Global Security. If a successor Depositary for such Global Security
is not appointed by the Company within 90 days after the
Company receives such notice or becomes aware of such
ineligibility, the Company will execute, and the Trustee, upon
receipt of a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of
Securities of such series in the form of definitive certificates in
exchange for such Global Security, will authenticate and deliver
Securities of such series in the form of definitive certificates of
like tenor and terms in an aggregate principal amount equal to the
principal amount of the Global Security in exchange for such Global
Security. Such Securities will be issued to and registered in the
name of such Person or Persons as are specified by the
Depositary.
The Company may at
any time and in its sole discretion determine that the Securities
of any series issued or issuable in the form of one or more Global
Securities shall no longer be represented by such Global Security
or Securities. In any such event the Company will execute, and the
Trustee, upon receipt of a Company Request for the authentication
and delivery of Securities in the form of definitive certificates
in exchange in whole or in part for such Global Security, will
authenticate and deliver without service charge to each Person
specified by the Depositary Securities in the form of definitive
certificates of like tenor and terms in an aggregate principal
amount equal to the principal amount of such Global Security
representing such series, or the aggregate principal amount of such
Global Securities representing such series, in exchange for such
Global Security or Securities.
If specified by
the Company pursuant to Section 3.1 with respect to Securities
issued or issuable in the form of a Global Security, the Depositary
for such Global Security may surrender such Global Security in
exchange in whole or in part for Securities in the form of
definitive certificates of like tenor and terms on such terms as
are acceptable to the Company and such Depositary. Thereupon the
Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and
deliver, without service charge, (A) to each Person specified
by such Depositary a new Security or Securities of the same series
of like tenor and terms and any authorized denomination as
requested by such Person in aggregate principal amount equal to and
in exchange for such Person’s beneficial interest in the
Global Security and (B) to such Depositary a new Global
Security of like tenor and terms and in an authorized denomination
equal to the difference, if any, between the principal amount of
the surrendered Global Security and the aggregate principal amount
of Securities delivered to Holders thereof.
In any exchange
provided for in any of the preceding three paragraphs, the Company
shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver
Securities in the form of definitive certificates in authorized
denominations. Upon the exchange of the entire principal amount of
a Global Security for Securities in the form of definitive
certificates, such Global Security shall be canceled by the
Trustee. Except as provided in the immediately preceding
subparagraph, Securities issued in exchange for a Global Security
pursuant to this Section 2.3 shall be registered in such names
and in such authorized denominations as the Depositary for such
Global Security, acting pursuant to instructions from its direct or
indirect participants or otherwise, shall instruct the Trustee.
Provided that the Company and the Trustee have so agreed, the
Trustee shall deliver such Securities to the Persons in whose names
the Securities are so to be registered.
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Any endorsement of
a Global Security to reflect the principal amount thereof, or any
increase or decrease in such principal amount, or changes in the
rights of Holders of Outstanding Securities represented thereby
shall be made in such manner and by such Person or Persons as shall
be specified in or pursuant to any applicable letter of
representations or other arrangement entered into with, or
procedures of, the Depositary with respect to such Global Security
or in the Company Order delivered or to be delivered pursuant to
Section 3.3 or Section 3.4 with respect thereto. Subject
to the provisions of Section 3.3 and, if applicable,
Section 3.4 , the Trustee shall deliver and redeliver any such
Global Security in the manner and upon instructions given by the
Person or Persons specified in or pursuant to any applicable letter
of representations or other arrangement entered into with, or
procedures of, the Depositary with respect to such Global Security
or in any applicable Company Order. If a Company Order pursuant to
Section 3.3 or Section 3.4 is so delivered, any
instructions by the Company with respect to such Global Security
contained therein shall be in writing but need not be accompanied
by or contained in an Officers’ Certificate and need not be
accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel.
The Depositary or,
if there be one, its nominee, shall be the Holder of a Global
Security for all purposes under this Indenture; and beneficial
owners with respect to such Global Security shall hold their
interests pursuant to applicable procedures of such Depositary. The
Company, the Trustee, the Paying Agent and the Security Registrar
shall be entitled to deal with such Depositary for all purposes of
this Indenture relating to such Global Security (including the
payment of principal, premium, if any, and interest and any
Additional Amounts with respect to such Global Security and the
giving of instructions or directions by or to the beneficial owners
of such Global Security as the sole Holder of such Global Security
and shall have no obligations to the beneficial owners thereof
(including any direct or indirect participants in such Depositary).
None of the Company, the Trustee, any Paying Agent or the Security
Registrar shall have any responsibility or liability for any aspect
of the records relating to or payments made on account of
beneficial ownership interests of a Global Security in or pursuant
to any applicable letter of representations or other arrangement
entered into with, or procedures of, the Depositary with respect to
such Global Security or for maintaining, supervising or reviewing
any records relating to such beneficial ownership
interests.
Section 2.4
Form of Legend for Global Securities.
Unless otherwise
specified as contemplated by Section 3.1 for the Securities
evidenced thereby, every Global Security authenticated and
delivered hereunder shall bear a legend in substantially the
following form:
THIS SECURITY IS A
GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER
REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITARY OR A
NOMINEE THEREOF. THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN
PART FOR A SECURITY REGISTERED, AND NO TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY IN
WHOLE OR IN PART MAY BE REGISTERED, IN THE NAME OF ANY PERSON OTHER
THAN SUCH DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF, EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED
CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE.
Section 2.5
Form of Face of Security.
[Insert any legend
required by the Internal Revenue Code and the regulations
thereunder.]
UNIVEST CORPORATION OF
PENNSYLVANIA
Univest
Corporation of Pennsylvania, a corporation duly organized and
existing under the laws of Pennsylvania (herein called the
“Company”, which term includes any successor Person
under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received,
hereby promises to pay to
, or registered
assigns, the principal sum of
Dollars on [ if the Security is to
bear interest prior to Maturity, insert — , and to pay
interest thereon from or from the
most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid
or duly provided for, semi-annually on
and in
each year, commencing , at the rate
of per annum, until the
principal
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hereof is paid
or made available for payment [ if applicable, insert — , and
at the rate of % per annum on any
overdue principal and premium and on any overdue installment of
interest]. The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly
provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in
such Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Security
(or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close
of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest, which
shall be the or
(whether or not a Business Day), as
the case may be, next preceding such Interest Payment Date. Any
such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for will
forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record
Date and may either be paid to the Person in whose name this
Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at
the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of
such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof
shall be given to Holders of Securities of this series not less
than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or be paid at
any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the
requirements of any securities exchange on which the Securities of
this series may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required
by such exchange, all as more fully provided in said
Indenture].
[If the Security
is not to bear interest prior to Maturity, insert — The
principal of this Security shall not bear interest except in the
case of a default in payment of principal upon acceleration, upon
redemption or at Stated Maturity and in such case the overdue
principal of this Security shall bear interest at the rate of
% per annum which shall accrue from
the date of such default in payment to the date payment of such
principal has been made or duly provided for. Interest on any
overdue principal shall be payable on demand. Any such interest on
any overdue principal that is not so paid on demand shall bear
interest at the rate of % per annum
which shall accrue from the date of such demand for payment to the
date payment of such interest has been made or duly provided for,
and such interest shall also be payable on demand.]
Payment of the
principal of (and premium, if any) and [if applicable, insert
— any such] interest on this Security will be made at the
office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose in
, in such coin or currency of the
United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender
for payment of public and private debts [ if applicable, insert
— ; provided , however , that at the option of the Company
payment of interest may be made by check mailed to the address of
the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the
Security Register].
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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UNIVEST
CORPORATION OF PENNSYLVANIA
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Section 2.6 Form of Reverse of
Security.
This Security is
one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Company (herein
called the “Securities”), issued and to be issued in
one or more series under an Indenture, dated as of
, 20
(herein called the
“Indenture”), between the Company and
, 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, the holders of Senior
Indebtedness and the Holders of the Securities and of the terms
upon which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and
delivered. This Security is
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one of the
series designated on the face hereof [ if applicable, insert
—, limited in aggregate principal amount to $ ].
[If applicable,
insert — Subject to and upon compliance with the provisions
of the Indenture, the Holder of this Security is entitled, at his
option, at any time on or before the close of business on
, or in case this Security or a
portion hereof is called for redemption, then in respect of this
Security or such portion hereof until and including, but (unless
the Company defaults in making the payment due upon redemption) not
after, the close of business on the 10th calendar day before the
Redemption Date, to convert this Security (or any portion of the
principal amount hereof which is $1,000 or an integral multiple
thereof), at the principal amount hereof, or of such portion, into
fully paid and non-assessable shares (calculated as to each
conversion to the nearest 1/100 of a share) of Common Stock of the
Company at a conversion price per share of Common Stock equal to
$ per each share of Common Stock (or
at the current adjusted conversion price if an adjustment has been
made as provided in the Indenture) by surrender of this Security,
duly endorsed or assigned to the Company or in blank, to the
Company at its office or agency in ,
accompanied by written notice to the Company that the Holder hereof
elects to convert this Security, or if less than the entire
principal amount hereof is to be converted, the portion hereof to
be converted, and, in case such surrender shall be made during the
period from the close of business on any Regular Record Date next
preceding any Interest Payment Date to the opening of business on
such Interest Payment Date (unless this Security or the portion
thereof being converted has been called for redemption on a
Redemption Date within such period), also accompanied by payment in
funds acceptable to the Company of an amount equal to the interest
payable on such Interest Payment Date on the principal amount of
this Security then being converted. Subject to the aforesaid
requirement for payment and, in the case of a conversion after the
Regular Record Date next preceding any Interest Payment Date and on
or before such Interest Payment Date, to the right of the Holder of
this Security (or any Predecessor Security) of record at such
Regular Record Date to receive an installment of interest (with
certain exceptions provided in the Indenture), no payment or
adjustment is to be made on conversion for interest accrued hereon
or for dividends on the Common Stock issued on conversion. No
fractions of shares or scrip representing fractions of shares will
be issued on conversion, but instead of any fractional interest the
Company shall pay a cash adjustment as provided in the Indenture.
The conversion price is subject to adjustment as provided in the
Indenture. In addition, the Indenture provides that in case of
certain consolidations or mergers to which the Company is a party
or the transfer of substantially all of the assets of the Company,
the Indenture shall be amended, without the consent of any Holders
of Securities, so that this Security, if then outstanding, will be
convertible thereafter, during the period this Security shall be
convertible as specified above, only into the kind and amount of
securities, cash and other property receivable upon the
consolidation, merger or transfer by a holder of the number of
shares of Common Stock into which this Security might have been
converted immediately prior to such consolidation, merger or
transfer (assuming such holder of Common Stock failed to exercise
any rights of election and received per share the kind and amount
received per share by a plurality of non-electing
shares).]
[If applicable,
insert — The Securities of this series are subject to
redemption upon not less than 30 days’ notice by mail, [
if applicable, insert — (1) on
in any year commencing with the year
and ending with the year 20
through operation of the sinking fund
for this series at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of the
principal amount, and (2)] at any time [ if applicable, insert
— on or after
, 20
], as a whole or in part, at the
election of the Company, at the following Redemption Prices
(expressed as percentages of the principal amount): If redeemed [
if applicable, insert — on or before
, %,
and if redeemed] during the 12-month period beginning
of the years indicated,
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and thereafter
at a Redemption Price equal to % of
the principal amount, together in the case of any such redemption [
if applicable, insert — (whether through operation of the
sinking fund or otherwise)] with accrued interest to the Redemption
Date, but interest installments whose Stated Maturity is on or
prior to such Redemption Date will be payable to the Holders of
such Securities, or one or more Predecessor Securities, of record
at the close of business on the relevant Record Dates referred to
on the face hereof, all as provided in the Indenture.]
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[If applicable,
insert — The Securities of this series are subject to
redemption upon not less than 30 days’ notice by mail,
(1) on in any year commencing
with the year and ending with the
year through operation of the
sinking fund for this series at the Redemption Prices for
redemption through operation of the sinking fund (expressed as
percentages of the principal amount) set forth in the table below,
and (2) at any time [if applicable, insert — on or after
], as a whole or in part, at the
election of the Company, at the Redemption Prices for redemption
otherwise than through operation of the sinking fund (expressed as
percentages of the principal amount) set forth in the table below:
If redeemed during the 12-month period beginning
of the years indicated,
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and thereafter
at a Redemption Price equal to % of
the principal amount, together in the case of any such redemption
(whether through operation of the sinking fund or otherwise) with
accrued interest to the Redemption Date, but interest installments
whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to such Redemption Date will
be payable to the Holders of such Securities, or one or more
Predecessor Securities, of record at the close of business on the
relevant Record Dates referred to on the face hereof, all as
provided in the Indenture.]
[If applicable,
insert — The sinking fund for this series provides for the
redemption on in each year beginning
with the year and ending with the
year of [ if applicable, insert
— not less than $
(“mandatory sinking fund”) and not more than] $
aggregate principal amount of
Securities of this series. Securities of this series acquired or
redeemed by the Company otherwise than through [ if applicable,
insert mandatory] sinking fund payments [if applicable, insert and
Securities surrendered for conversion] may be credited against
subsequent [ if applicable, insert — mandatory] sinking fund
payments otherwise required to be made [ if applicable, insert
— in the inverse order in which they become due].
[If the Security
is subject to redemption of any kind, insert — In the event
of redemption or conversion of this Security in part only, a new
Security or Securities of this series and of like tenor for the
unredeemed or unconverted portion hereof will be issued in the name
of the Holder hereof upon the cancellation hereof.]
The indebtedness
evidenced by this Security is, to the extent provided in the
Indenture, subordinate and subject in right of payment to the prior
payment in full of all Senior Indebtedness, and this Security is
issued subject to the provisions of the Indenture with respect
thereto. Each Holder of this Security, by accepting the same,
(a) agrees to and shall be bound by such provisions,
(b) authorizes and directs the Trustee on his behalf to take
action as may be necessary or appropriate to effectuate the
subordination so provided and (c) appoints the Trustee his
attorney-in-fact for any and all such purposes.
[If applicable,
insert — The Indenture contains provisions for defeasance at
any time of [(1) the entire indebtedness of this Security or (2)]
certain restrictive covenants and Events of Default with respect to
this Security, in each case upon compliance with certain conditions
set forth in the Indenture.]
[If the Security
is not an Original Issue Discount Security, insert — If an
Event of Default with respect to Securities of this series shall
occur and be continuing, the principal of the Securities of this
series may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the
effect provided in the Indenture.]
[If the Security
is an Original Issue Discount Security, insert — If an Event
of Default with respect to Securities of this series shall occur
and be continuing, an amount of principal of the Securities of this
series may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the
effect provided in the Indenture. Such amount shall be equal to
— insert formula for determining the amount . Upon payment
(i) of the amount of principal so declared due and payable and
(ii) of interest on any overdue principal and overdue interest
all of the Company’s obligations in respect of the payment of
the principal of and interest, if any, on the Securities of this
series shall terminate.]
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The Indenture
permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment
thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the
Company and the rights of the Holders of the Securities of each
series to be affected under the Indenture at any time by the
Company and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of a
majority in principal amount of the Securities at the time
Outstanding of each series to be affected. The Indenture also
contains provisions permitting the Holders of specified percentages
in principal amount of the Securities of each series at the time
Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Securities of such
series, to waive compliance by the Company with certain provisions
of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the Indenture and
their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of
this Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and
upon all future Holders of this Security and of any Security issued
upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or
in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver
is made upon this Security.
As provided in and
subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the Holder of this
Security shall not have the right to institute any proceeding with
respect to the Indenture or for the appointment of a receiver or
trustee or for any other remedy thereunder, unless such Holder
shall have previously given the Trustee written notice of a
continuing Event of Default with respect to the Securities of this
series, the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the
Securities of this series at the time Outstanding shall have made
written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect
of such Event of Default as Trustee and offered the Trustee
reasonable indemnity and the Trustee shall not have received from
the Holders of a majority in principal amount of Securities of this
series at the time Outstanding a direction inconsistent with such
request, and shall have failed to institute any such proceeding,
for 60 days after receipt of such notice, request and offer of
indemnity. The foregoing shall not apply to any suit instituted by
the Holder of this Security for the enforcement of any payment of
principal hereof or any premium or interest hereon on or after the
respective due dates expressed herein.
Subject to the
rights of holders of Senior Indebtedness, as set forth in the
Indenture, no other reference herein to the Indenture and no other
provision of this Security or of the Indenture shall alter or
impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and
unconditional, to pay the principal of (and premium, if any) and
interest on this Security at the times, place and rate, and in the
coin or currency, herein prescribed or to convert this Security as
provided in the Indenture.
As provided in the
Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the
transfer of this Security is registerable in the Security Register,
upon surrender of this Security for registration of transfer at the
office or agency of the Company in any place where the principal of
and any premium and interest on this Security are payable, duly
endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in
form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly
executed by, the Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in
writing, and thereupon one or more new Securities of this series
and of like tenor, of authorized denominations and for the same
aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated
transferee or transferees.
The Securities of
this series are issuable only in registered form without coupons in
denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof. As
provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations
therein set forth, Securities of this series are exchangeable for a
like aggregate principal amount of Securities of this series and of
like tenor of a different authorized denomination, as requested by
the Holder surrendering the same.
No service charge
shall be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange,
but the Company or the Security Registrar may require payment of a
sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge
payable in connection therewith.
Prior to due
presentment of this Security for registration of transfer, the
Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee
may treat the Person in whose name this Security is registered as
the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Security be
overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any such agent
shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
All terms used in
this Security which are defined in the Indenture shall have the
meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.
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Section 3.1
Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series.
The aggregate
principal amount of Securities that may be authenticated and
delivered under this Indenture is unlimited.
The Securities may
be issued in one or more series. There shall be established in or
pursuant to a Board Resolution and, subject to Section 3.3 ,
set forth, or determined in the manner provided, in an
Officers’ Certificate, or established in one or more
indentures supplemental hereto, prior to the issuance of Securities
of any series,
(1) the
title of the Securities of the series (which shall distinguish the
Securities of the series from Securities of any other
series);
(2) any
limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the Securities of the
series which may be authenticated and delivered under this
Indenture (except for Securities authenticated and delivered upon
registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of,
other Securities of the series pursuant to Section 2.3 , 3.4 ,
3.5 , 3.6 , 9.6 or 11.7 and except for any Securities which,
pursuant to Section 3.3 , are deemed never to have been
authenticated and delivered hereunder);
(3) the
Person to whom any interest on a Security of the series shall be
payable, if other than the Person in whose name that Security (or
one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of
business on the Regular Record Date for such interest;
(4) the
date or dates on which the principal of and premium, if any, on any
Securities of the series is payable or the method of determination
and/or extension of such date or dates; and the amount or amounts
of such payments of principal and premium, if any, or the method of
determination thereof;
(5) the
rate or rates (which may be fixed or variable), at which any
Securities of the series shall bear interest, if any, whether and
under what circumstances Additional Amounts with respect to such
Securities shall be payable, the date or dates from which any such
interest shall accrue, the Interest Payment Dates on which any such
interest shall be payable and, if other that as set forth in
Section 1.1 , the Regular Record Date for any such interest
payable on any Interest Payment Date (or the method for determining
the dates and rates);
(6) whether
any of such Securities will be subject to certain optional interest
rate reset provisions;
(7) the
place or places where the principal of and any premium and interest
on, or any Additional Amounts with respect to, the Securities of
the series shall be payable, where the Securities of such series
may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange and
where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the
Securities of such series and this Indenture may be served, and the
method of such payment, if by wire transfer, mail or other
means;
(8)
(a) the period or periods within which, the price or prices at
which, the currency or currencies (including currency units) and
the terms and conditions upon which any Securities of the series
may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option of the Company,
(b) if other than as provided in Section 11.3 , the
manner in which the particular Securities of such series (if less
than all Securities of such series are to be redeemed) are to be
selected for redemption and (c) if other than by a Board
Resolution, the manner in which any election by the Company to
redeem the Securities shall be evidenced;
(9) the
Senior Indebtedness to which the Securities of such series are
subordinated, and the terms of such subordination;
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(10) the
obligation, if any, of the Company to redeem, purchase or repay any
Securities of the series pursuant to any sinking fund, amortization
or analogous provisions or upon the happening of a specified event
or at the option of the Holder thereof and the period or periods
within which, the price or prices at which and the terms and
conditions upon which any Securities of the series shall be
redeemed, purchased or repaid, in whole or in part, pursuant to
such obligation and any provisions for the remarketing of such
Securities;
(11) if
other than denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple
thereof, the denominations in which any Securities of the series
shall be issuable;
(12) if
other than the Trustee, the identity of the Securities Registrar
and/or the Paying Agent;
(13) if
the amount of principal of or any premium or interest on or other
payments, if any, on any Securities of the series may be determined
with reference to an index, formula or other method (which index,
formula or method may be based, without limitation, on the price of
one or more commodities, derivatives or securities; one or more
securities, derivatives or commodities exchange indices or other
indices; a currency or currencies (including currency unit or
units) other than that in which the Securities of the series are
denominated or designated to be payable; or any other variable or
the relationship between any variables or combination of
variables), the index, formula or other method by which such
amounts shall be determined;
(14) if
other than the currency of the United States of America, the
currency, currencies or currency units (including composite
currencies) in which the principal of or any premium or interest
on, or any Additional Amounts with respect to, any Securities of
the series shall be payable and the manner of determining the
equivalent thereof in the currency of the United States of America
for any purpose, including for purposes of the definition of
“ Outstanding “ in Section 1.1 ;
(15) if
the principal of or any premium or interest on, or any Additional
Amounts with respect to, any Securities of the series is to be
payable, at the election of the Company or the Holder thereof, in
one or more currencies or currency units other than that or those
in which such Securities are stated to be payable, the currency,
currencies or currency units in which the principal of or any
premium or interest on such Securities as to which such election is
made shall be payable, the periods within which and the terms and
conditions upon which such election is to be made and the amount so
payable (or the manner in which such amount shall be
determined);
(16) if
other than the entire principal amount thereof, the portion of the
principal amount of any Securities of the series which shall be
payable upon declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof
pursuant to Section 5.2 ;
(17) if
the principal amount payable at the Stated Maturity of any
Securities of the series will not be determinable as of any one or
more dates prior to the Stated Maturity, the amount which shall be
deemed to be the principal amount of such Securities as of any such
date for any purpose thereunder or hereunder, including the
principal amount thereof which shall be due and payable upon any
Maturity other than the Stated Maturity or which shall be deemed to
be Outstanding as of any date prior to the Stated Maturity (or, in
any such case, the manner in which such amount deemed to be the
principal amount shall be determined);
(18) if
applicable, that the Securities of the series, in whole or any
specified part, shall be defeasible pursuant to Section 13.2
or Section 13.3 or both such Sections, or any other defeasance
provisions applicable to any Securities of the series, and, if
other than by a Board Resolution, the manner in which any election
by the Company to defease such Securities shall be
evidenced;
(19) the
terms, if any, upon which Securities of the series may be
convertible into or exchanged for other Securities, Common Shares,
Preferred Shares, other debt securities, warrants to purchase any
of the foregoing, or other securities of any kind of the Company or
any other obligor or any other property, and the terms and
conditions upon which the conversion or exchange shall be effected,
including the initial conversion or exchange price or rate, the
conversion or exchange period, and any other additional
provisions;
(20) if
applicable, that any Securities of the series shall be issuable in
whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Securities and,
in such case, the respective Depositaries for such Global
Securities, the form of any legend or legends which shall be borne
by any such Global Security in addition to or in lieu of that set
forth in Section 2.4 ;
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(21) any
deletions, modifications of or additions to the definitions set
forth in Section 1.1, the Events of Default which apply to any
Securities of the series and any change in the right of the Trustee
or the requisite Holders of such Securities to declare the
principal amount thereof due and payable pursuant to
Section 5.2 ;
(22) any
addition to, deletion of or change in the covenants set forth in
Article 10 which applies to Securities of the
series;
(23) any
Authenticating Agents, Paying Agents, Security Registrars or such
other agents necessary in connection with the issuance of the
Securities of su
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