U.S. BANK NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION
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ARTICLE I
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DEFINITIONS
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ARTICLE II
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FORMS OF SECURITIES
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Section 2.01 Terms of the
Securities
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Section 2.02 Form of Trustee’s
Certificate of Authentication
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Section 2.03 Form of Trustee’s
Certificate of Authentication by an Authenticating Agent
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ARTICLE III
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THE DEBT SECURITIES
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Section 3.01 Amount Unlimited; Issuable in
Series
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Section 3.02 Denominations
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Section 3.03 Execution, Authentication,
Delivery and Dating
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Section 3.04 Temporary
Securities
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Section 3.05 Registrar and Paying
Agent
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Section 3.06 Transfer and
Exchange
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Section 3.07 Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and
Stolen Securities
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Section 3.08 Payment of Interest; Interest
Rights Preserved
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Section 3.09 Cancellation
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Section 3.10 Computation of
Interest
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Section 3.11 Currency of Payments in
Respect of Securities
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Section 3.13 CUSIP Numbers
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ARTICLE IV
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REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES
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Section 4.01 Applicability of Right of
Redemption
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The Table of
Contents is not a part of the Indenture.
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Section 4.02 Selection of Securities to be
Redeemed
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Section 4.03 Notice of
Redemption
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Section 4.04 Deposit of Redemption
Price
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Section 4.05 Securities Payable on
Redemption Date
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Section 4.06 Securities Redeemed in
Part
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ARTICLE V
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SINKING FUNDS
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Section 5.01 Applicability of Sinking
Fund
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Section 5.02 Mandatory Sinking Fund
Obligation
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Section 5.03 Optional Redemption at Sinking
Fund Redemption Price
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Section 5.04 Application of Sinking Fund
Payment
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ARTICLE VI
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PARTICULAR COVENANTS OF THE
COMPANY
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Section 6.01 Payments of
Securities
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Section 6.02 Paying Agent
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Section 6.03 To Hold Payment in
Trust
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Section 6.04 Merger, Consolidation and Sale
of Assets
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Section 6.05 Compliance
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Section 6.06 Conditional Waiver by Holders
of Securities
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Section 6.07 Statement by Officers as to
Default
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ARTICLE VII
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REMEDIES OF TRUSTEE AND
SECURITYHOLDERS
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Section 7.01 Events of Default
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Section 7.02 Acceleration; Rescission and
Annulment
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Section 7.03 Other Remedies
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Section 7.04 Trustee as
Attorney-in-Fact
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Section 7.06 Control by Securityholders;
Waiver of Past Defaults
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Section 7.07 Limitation on Suits
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Section 7.08 Undertaking for
Costs
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Section 7.09 Remedies Cumulative
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ARTICLE VIII
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CONCERNING THE
SECURITYHOLDERS
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Section 8.01 Evidence of Action of
Securityholders
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Section 8.02 Proof of Execution or Holding
of Securities
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Section 8.03 Persons Deemed
Owners
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Section 8.04 Effect of Consents
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ARTICLE IX
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SECURITYHOLDERS’
MEETINGS
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Section 9.01 Purposes of
Meetings
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Section 9.02 Call of Meetings by
Trustee
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Section 9.03 Call of Meetings by Company or
Securityholders
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Section 9.04 Qualifications for
Voting
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Section 9.05 Regulation of
Meetings
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Section 9.07 No Delay of Rights by
Meeting
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ARTICLE X
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REPORTS BY THE COMPANY AND THE
TRUSTEE AND SECURITYHOLDERS’ LISTS
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Section 10.01 Reports by Trustee
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Section 10.02 Reports by the
Company
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Section 10.03 Securityholders’
Lists
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ARTICLE XI
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CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE
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Section 11.01 Rights of Trustees;
Compensation and Indemnity
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Section 11.02 Duties of Trustee
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Section 11.03 Notice of Defaults
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Section 11.04 Eligibility;
Disqualification
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Section 11.05 Registration and Notice;
Removal
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Section 11.06 Successor Trustee by
Appointment
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Section 11.07 Successor Trustee by
Merger
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Section 11.08 Right to Rely on
Officer’s Certificate
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Section 11.09 Appointment of Authenticating
Agent
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Section 11.10 Communications by
Securityholders with Other Securityholders
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ARTICLE XII
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SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE;
DEFEASANCE
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Section 12.01 Applicability of
Article
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Section 12.02 Satisfaction and Discharge of
Indenture
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Section 12.03 Defeasance upon Deposit of
Moneys or U.S. Government Obligations
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Section 12.04 Repayment to
Company
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Section 12.05 Indemnity for U.S. Government
Obligations
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Section 12.06 Deposits to Be Held in
Escrow
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Section 12.07 Application of Trust
Money
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Section 12.08 Deposits of Non-U.S.
Currencies
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ARTICLE XIII
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IMMUNITY OF CERTAIN
PERSONS
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Section 13.01 No Personal
Liability
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ARTICLE XIV
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SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
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Section 14.01 Without Consent of
Securityholders
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Section 14.02 With Consent of
Securityholders; Limitations
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Section 14.03 Trustee Protected
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Section 14.04 Effect of Execution of
Supplemental Indenture
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Section 14.05 Notation on or Exchange of
Securities
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Section 14.06 Conformity with
TIA
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ARTICLE XV
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SUBORDINATION OF
SECURITIES
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Section 15.01 Agreement to
Subordinate
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Section 15.02 Distribution on Dissolution,
Liquidation and Reorganization; Subrogation of
Securities
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Section 15.03 No Payment on Securities in
Event of Default on Senior Indebtedness
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Section 15.04 Payments on Securities
Permitted
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Section 15.05 Authorization of
Securityholders to Trustee to Effect Subordination
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Section 15.06 Notices to Trustee
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Section 15.07 Trustee as Holder of Senior
Indebtedness
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Section 15.08 Modifications of Terms of
Senior Indebtedness
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Section 15.09 Reliance on Judicial Order or
Certificate of Liquidating Agent
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Section 15.10 Satisfaction and Discharge;
Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance
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Section 15.11 Trustee Not Fiduciary for
Holders of Senior Indebtedness
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ARTICLE XVI
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MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
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Section 16.01 Certificates and Opinions as
to Conditions Precedent
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Section 16.02 Trust Indenture Act
Controls
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Section 16.03 Notices to the Company and
Trustee
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Section 16.04 Notices to Securityholders;
Waiver
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Section 16.05 Legal Holiday
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Section 16.06 Effects of Headings and Table
of Contents
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Section 16.07 Successors and
Assigns
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Section 16.08 Separability
Clause
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Section 16.09 Benefits of
Indenture
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Section 16.10 Counterparts
Originals
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Section 16.11 Governing Law; Waiver of
Trial by Jury
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v
INDENTURE dated as
of
___, ___, among Aircastle Limited, a Bermuda exempted company (the
“Company”), and U.S. Bank National Association, a
national banking association, as trustee (the
“Trustee”).
WHEREAS, the
Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this
Indenture to provide for the issuance of debentures, notes, bonds
or other evidences of indebtedness (the “Securities”)
in an unlimited aggregate principal amount to be issued from time
to time in one or more series as provided in this Indenture;
and
WHEREAS, all
things necessary to make this Indenture a valid and legally binding
agreement of the Company, in accordance with its terms, have been
done.
NOW, THEREFORE,
THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH:
That, in
consideration of the premises and the purchase of the Securities by
the Holders thereof for the equal and proportionate benefit of all
of the present and future Holders of the Securities, each party
agrees and covenants as follows:
For all purposes
of this Indenture, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless
the context otherwise requires:
(a) the terms
defined in this Article have the meanings assigned to them in this
Article and include the plural as well as the singular;
(b) all terms
used herein without definition which are defined in the Trust
Indenture Act, either directly or by reference therein, have the
meanings assigned to them therein; and
(c) the words
“herein”, “hereof” and
“hereunder” and other words of similar import refer to
this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Article,
Section or other subdivision.
(d) references
to “Article” or “Section” or other
subdivision herein are references to an Article, Section or other
subdivision of the Indenture, unless the context otherwise
requires.
Section 1.01
Definitions.
(a) Unless
otherwise defined in this Indenture or the context otherwise
requires, all terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned to
them in the Trust Indenture Act.
(b) Unless
the context otherwise requires, the terms defined in this
Section 1.01(b) shall for all purposes of this Indenture have
the meanings hereinafter set forth, the
following
definitions to be equally applicable to both the singular and the
plural forms of any of the terms herein defined:
The term
“Affiliate,” with respect to any specified Person shall
mean any other Person directly or indirectly controlling or
controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such
specified Person. For the purposes of this definition,
“control” when used with respect to any specified
Person means the power to direct the management and policies of
such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership
of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms
“controlling” and “controlled” have
meanings correlative to the foregoing.
The term
“Authenticating Agent” shall have the meaning assigned
to it in Section 11.09.
The term
“Board of Directors” shall mean either the board of
directors of the Company or the executive or any other committee of
that board duly authorized to act in respect hereof.
The term
“Board Resolution” shall mean a copy of a resolution or
resolutions certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of
the Company to have been duly adopted by the Board of Directors (or
by a committee of the Board of Directors to the extent that any
such other committee has been authorized by the Board of Directors
to establish or approve the matters contemplated) and to be in full
force and effect on the date of such certification and delivered to
the Trustee.
The term
“Business Day,” when used with respect to any Place of
Payment or any other particular location referred to in this
Indenture or in the Securities, shall mean each Monday, Tuesday,
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday which is not a day on which banking
institutions in that Place of Payment or other location are
authorized or obligated by law or executive order to
close.
The term
“Capital Stock” shall mean:
(a) in
the case of a corporation, corporate stock;
(b) in
the case of an association or business entity, any and all shares,
interests, participations, rights or other equivalents (however
designated) of corporate stock;
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(c) in
the case of a partnership or limited liability company, partnership
interests (whether general or limited) or membership interests;
and
(d) any
other interest or participation that confers on a Person the right
to receive a share of the profits and losses of, or distributions
of assets of, the issuing Person, but excluding from all of the
foregoing any debt securities convertible into Capital Stock,
whether or not such debt securities include any right of
participation with Capital Stock.
The term
“Code” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 as
in effect on the date hereof.
The term
“Company” shall mean the Person named as the
“Company” in the first paragraph of this Indenture
until a successor Person shall have become such pursuant to the
applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter
“Company” shall mean such successor Person.
The term
“Company Order” shall mean a written order signed in
the name of the Company by the Chairman, Chief Executive Officer,
President, Executive Vice President, Senior Vice President,
Treasurer, Assistant Treasurer, Controller, Assistant Controller,
Secretary or Assistant Secretary of the Company, and delivered to
the Trustee.
The term
“Corporate Trust Office,” or other similar term, shall
mean the principal office of the Trustee at which at any particular
time its corporate trust business shall be administered, which
office at the date hereof is located at 60 Livingston Avenue, St.
Paul, MN 55107-2292, Attention: Corporate Trust Administration, or
such other address as the Trustee may designate from time to time
by notice to the Holders and the Company, or the principal
corporate trust officer of any successor Trustee (or such other
address as such successor Trustee may designate from time to time
by notice to the Holders and the Company).
The term
“Currency” shall mean U.S. Dollars or Foreign
Currency.
The term
“Default” shall have the meaning assigned to it in
Section 11.03.
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The term
“Defaulted Interest” shall have the same meaning
assigned to it in Section 3.08(b).
The term
“Depositary” shall mean, with respect to the Securities
of any series issuable in whole or in part in the form of one or
more Global Securities, the Person designated as Depositary by the
Company pursuant to Section 3.01 until a successor Depositary
shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of
this Indenture, and thereafter “Depositary” shall mean
or include each Person who is then a Depositary hereunder, and if
at any time there is more than one such Person,
“Depositary” as used with respect to the Securities of
any such series shall mean the Depositary with respect to the
Securities of that series.
The term
“Designated Currency” shall have the same meaning
assigned to it in Section 3.12.
The term
“Discharged” shall have the meaning assigned to it in
Section 12.03.
The term
“Event of Default” shall have the meaning specified in
Section 7.01.
The term
“Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended.
The term
“Exchange Rate” shall have the meaning assigned to it
in Section 7.01.
The term
“Floating Rate Security” shall mean a Security that
provides for the payment of interest at a variable rate determined
periodically by reference to an interest rate index specified
pursuant to Section 3.01.
The term
“Foreign Currency” shall mean a currency issued by the
government of any country other than the United States or a
composite currency, the value of which is determined by reference
to the values of the currencies of any group of
countries.
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The term
“GAAP,” with respect to any computations required or
permitted hereunder, shall mean generally accepted accounting
principles in effect in the United States as in effect from time to
time; provided, however if the Company is required by the SEC to
adopt (or is permitted to adopt and so adopts) a different
accounting framework, including but not limited to the
International Financial Reporting Standards, “GAAP”
shall mean such new accounting framework as in effect from time to
time, including, without limitation, in each case, those accounting
principles set forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the
Accounting Principles Board of the American Institute of Certified
Public Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the
Financial Accounting Standards Board or in such other statements by
such other entity as approved by a significant segment of the
accounting profession.
The term
“Global Security” shall mean any Security that
evidences all or part of a series of Securities, issued in
fully-registered certificated form to the Depositary for such
series in accordance with Section 3.03 and bearing the legend
prescribed in Section 3.03(g).
Holder;
Holder of Securities:
The terms
“Holder” and “Holder of Securities” are
defined under “Securityholder; Holder of Securities;
Holder.”
The term
“Indebtedness” shall mean any and all obligations of a
Person for money borrowed which, in accordance with GAAP, would be
reflected on the balance sheet of such Person as a liability on the
date as of which Indebtedness is to be determined.
The term
“Indenture” or “this Indenture” shall mean
this instrument and all indentures supplemental hereto.
The term
“Individual Securities” shall have the meaning
specified in Section 3.01(p).
The term
“interest” shall mean, with respect to an Original
Issue Discount Security that by its terms bears interest only after
Maturity, interest payable after Maturity.
The term
“Interest Payment Date” shall mean, with respect to any
Security, the Stated Maturity of an installment of interest on such
Security.
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Mandatory
Sinking Fund Payment:
The term
“Mandatory Sinking Fund Payment” shall have the meaning
assigned to it in Section 5.01(b).
The term
“Maturity,” with respect to any Security, shall mean
the date on which the principal of such Security shall become due
and payable as therein and herein provided, whether by declaration,
call for redemption or otherwise.
The term
“Members” shall have the meaning assigned to it in
Section 3.03(i).
The term
“Officer’s Certificate” shall mean a certificate
signed by any of the Chairman of the Board of Directors, Chief
Executive Officer, the President or a Vice President, Treasurer, an
Assistant Treasurer, the Controller, the Secretary or an Assistant
Secretary of the Company and delivered to the Trustee. Each such
certificate shall include the statements provided for in
Section 16.01 if and to the extent required by the provisions
of such Section.
The term
“Opinion of Counsel” shall mean an opinion in writing
signed by legal counsel, who may be an employee of or of counsel to
the Company, or may be other counsel that meets the requirements
provided for in Section 16.01.
Optional
Sinking Fund Payment:
The term
“Optional Sinking Fund Payment” shall have the meaning
assigned to it in Section 5.01(b).
Original
Issue Discount Security:
The term
“Original Issue Discount Security” shall mean any
Security that is issued with “original issue discount”
within the meaning of Section 1273(a) of the Code and the
regulations thereunder and any other Security designated by the
Company as issued with original issue discount for United States
federal income tax purposes.
The term
“Outstanding,” when used with respect to Securities
means, as of the date of determination, all Securities theretofore
authenticated and delivered under this Indenture,
except:
(a) Securities
theretofore canceled by the Trustee or delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation;
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(b) Securities
or portions thereof for which payment or redemption money in the
necessary amount has been theretofore deposited with the Trustee or
any Paying Agent (other than the Company) in trust or set aside and
segregated in trust by the Company (if the Company shall act as its
own Paying Agent) for the Holders of such Securities or Securities
as to which the Company’s obligations have been Discharged;
provided, however, that if such Securities or portions thereof are
to be redeemed, notice of such redemption has been duly given
pursuant to this Indenture or provision therefor satisfactory to
the Trustee has been made; and
(c) Securities
that have been paid pursuant to Section 3.07(b) or in exchange
for or in lieu of which other Securities have been authenticated
and delivered pursuant to this Indenture, other than any such
Securities in respect of which there shall have been presented to a
Responsible Officer of the Trustee proof satisfactory to it that
such Securities are held by a protected purchaser in whose hands
such Securities are valid obligations of the Company;
provided,
however, that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite
principal amount of Securities of a series Outstanding have
performed any action hereunder, Securities owned by the Company or
any other obligor upon the Securities of such series or any
Affiliate of the Company or of such other obligor shall be
disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding, except that, in
determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying upon
any such action, only Securities of such series that a Responsible
Officer of the Trustee actually knows to be so owned shall be so
disregarded. Securities so owned that have been pledged in good
faith may be regarded as Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to
the satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgee’s right to act
with respect to such Securities and that the pledgee is not the
Company or any other obligor upon such Securities or any Affiliate
of the Company or of such other obligor. In determining whether the
Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities
of a series have performed any action hereunder, the principal
amount of an Original Issue Discount Security that shall be deemed
to be Outstanding for such purpose shall be the amount of the
principal thereof that would be due and payable as of the date of
such determination upon a declaration of acceleration of the
Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 7.02 and the principal
amount of a Security denominated in a Foreign Currency that shall
be deemed to be Outstanding for such purpose shall be the amount
calculated pursuant to Section 3.11(b).
The term
“Paying Agent” shall have the meaning assigned to it in
Section 6.02(a).
The term
“Person” shall mean an individual, a corporation, a
limited liability company, a partnership, an association, a joint
stock company, a trust, an unincorporated organization or a
government or an agency or political subdivision
thereof.
The term
“Place of Payment” shall mean, when used with respect
to the Securities of any series, the place or places where the
principal of and premium, if any, and interest on the Securities of
that series are payable as specified pursuant to
Section 3.01.
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The term
“Predecessor Security” shall mean, with respect to any
Security, every previous Security evidencing all or a portion of
the same debt as that evidenced by such particular Security, and,
for the purposes of this definition, any Security authenticated and
delivered under Section 3.07 in lieu of a lost, destroyed or
stolen Security shall be deemed to evidence the same debt as the
lost, destroyed or stolen Security.
The term
“Record Date” shall mean, with respect to any interest
payable on any Security on any Interest Payment Date, the close of
business on any date specified in such Security for the payment of
interest pursuant to Section 3.01.
The term
“Redemption Date” shall mean, when used with respect to
any Security to be redeemed, in whole or in part, the date fixed
for such redemption by or pursuant to this Indenture and the terms
of such Security, which, in the case of a Floating Rate Security,
unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.01, shall be
an Interest Payment Date only.
The term
“Redemption Price,” when used with respect to any
Security to be redeemed, in whole or in part, shall mean the price
at which it is to be redeemed pursuant to the terms of the Security
and this Indenture.
The term
“Register” shall have the meaning assigned to it in
Section 3.05(a).
The term
“Registrar” shall have the meaning assigned to it in
Section 3.05(a).
The term
“Responsible Officers” of the Trustee hereunder shall
mean any vice president, any assistant vice president, any trust
officer, any assistant trust officer or any other officer
associated with the corporate trust department of the Trustee
customarily performing functions similar to those performed by any
of the above designated officers, and also means, with respect to a
particular corporate trust matter, any other officer of the Trustee
to whom such matter is referred because of such person’s
knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject and who
shall have direct responsibility for the administration of this
Indenture.
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The term
“SEC” shall mean the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission, as constituted from time to time.
The term
“Securities Act” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended.
The term
“Security” or “Securities” shall have the
meaning stated in the recitals and shall more particularly mean one
or more of the Securities duly authenticated by the Trustee and
delivered pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture.
The term
“Security Custodian” shall mean the custodian with
respect to any Global Security appointed by the Depositary, or any
successor Person thereto, and shall initially be the Paying
Agent.
Securityholder; Holder of Securities;
Holder:
The term
“Securityholder” or “Holder of Securities”
or “Holder,” shall mean the Person in whose name
Securities shall be registered in the Register kept for that
purpose hereunder.
The term
“Senior Indebtedness” means the principal of (and
premium, if any) and unpaid interest on (x) Indebtedness of
the Company, whether outstanding on the date hereof or thereafter
created, incurred, assumed or guaranteed, for money borrowed other
than (a) any Indebtedness of the Company which when incurred,
and without respect to any election under Section 1111(b) of the
Federal Bankruptcy Code, was without recourse to the Company,
(b) any Indebtedness of the Company to any of its
Subsidiaries, (c) Indebtedness to any employee of the Company,
(d) any liability for taxes, (e) Trade Payables and
(f) any Indebtedness of the Company which is expressly
subordinate in right of payment to any other Indebtedness of the
Company, and (y) renewals, extensions, modifications and
refundings of any such Indebtedness. For purposes of the foregoing
and the definition of “Senior Indebtedness,” the phrase
“subordinated in right of payment” means debt
subordination only and not lien subordination, and accordingly,
(i) unsecured indebtedness shall not be deemed to be
subordinated in right of payment to secured indebtedness merely by
virtue of the fact that it is unsecured, and (ii) junior
liens, second liens and other contractual arrangements that provide
for priorities among Holders of the same or different issues of
indebtedness with respect to any collateral or the proceeds of
collateral shall not constitute subordination in right of payment.
This definition may be modified or superseded by a supplemental
indenture.
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The term
“Special Record Date” shall have the meaning assigned
to it in Section 3.08(b)(i).
The term
“Stated Maturity” when used with respect to any
Security or any installment of interest thereon, shall mean the
date specified in such Security as the fixed date on which the
principal (or any portion thereof) of or premium, if any, on such
Security or such installment of interest is due and
payable.
The term
“Subsidiary,” when used with respect to any Person,
shall mean:
(a) any
corporation, limited liability company, association or other
business entity of which more than 50% of the total voting power of
shares of Capital Stock entitled (without regard to the occurrence
of any contingency and after giving effect to any voting agreement
or stockholders’ agreement that effectively transfers voting
power) to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees
of the corporation, association or other business entity is at the
time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by that Person or
one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person (or a
combination thereof); and
(b) any
partnership (i) the sole general partner or the managing
general partner of which is such Person or a Subsidiary of such
Person or (ii) the only general partners of which are that
Person or one or more Subsidiaries of that Person (or any
combination thereof).
The term
“Successor Company” shall have the meaning assigned to
it in Section 3.06(i).
The term
“Trade Payables” means accounts payable or any other
Indebtedness or monetary obligations to trade creditors created or
assumed by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in the
ordinary course of business (including guarantees thereof or
instruments evidencing such liabilities).
Trust
Indenture Act; TIA:
The term
“Trust Indenture Act” or “TIA” shall mean
the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended.
The term
“Trustee” shall mean the Person named as the
“Trustee” in the first paragraph of this Indenture
until a successor Trustee shall have become such with respect to
one or more
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series of
Securities pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture,
and thereafter “Trustee” shall mean or include each
Person who is then a Trustee hereunder, and if at any time there is
more than one such Person, “Trustee” as used with
respect to the Securities of any series shall mean the Trustee with
respect to Securities of that series.
The term
“U.S. Dollars” shall mean such currency of the United
States as at the time of payment shall be legal tender for the
payment of public and private debts.
U.S.
Government Obligations:
The term
“U.S. Government Obligations” shall have the meaning
assigned to it in Section 12.03.
The term
“United States” shall mean the United States of America
(including the States and the District of Columbia), its
territories and its possessions and other areas subject to its
jurisdiction.
Section 2.01
Terms of the Securities .
(a) The
Securities of each series shall be substantially in the form set
forth in a Company Order or in one or more indentures supplemental
hereto, and shall have such appropriate insertions, omissions,
substitutions and other variations as are required or permitted by
this Indenture, and may have such letters, numbers or other marks
of identification or designation and such legends or endorsements
placed thereon as the Company may deem appropriate and as are not
inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture, or as may be
required to comply with any law or with any rule or regulation made
pursuant thereto or with any rule or regulation of any securities
exchange on which any series of the Securities may be listed or of
any automated quotation system on which any such series may be
quoted, or to conform to usage, all as determined by the officers
executing such Securities as conclusively evidenced by their
execution of such Securities.
(b) The
terms and provisions of the Securities shall constitute, and are
hereby expressly made, a part of this Indenture, and, to the extent
applicable, the Company and the Trustee, by their execution and
delivery of this Indenture expressly agree to such terms and
provisions and to be bound thereby.
Section 2.02
Form of Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication
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(a) Only
such of the Securities as shall bear thereon a certificate
substantially in the form of the Trustee’s certificate of
authentication hereinafter recited,
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executed by the
Trustee by manual signature, shall be valid or become obligatory
for any purpose or entitle the Holder thereof to any right or
benefit under this Indenture.
(b) Each
Security shall be dated the date of its authentication, except that
any Global Security shall be dated as of the date specified as
contemplated in Section 3.01.
(c) The
form of the Trustee’s certificate of authentication to be
borne by the Securities shall be substantially as
follows:
TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF
AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the
Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the
within-mentioned Indenture.
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Section 2.03
Form of Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication by an
Authenticating Agent . If at any time there shall be an
Authenticating Agent appointed with respect to any series of
Securities, then the Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication
by such Authenticating Agent to be borne by Securities of each such
series shall be substantially as follows:
TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF
AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the
Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the
within-mentioned Indenture.
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Section 3.01
Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series . The aggregate
principal amount of Securities that may be authenticated and
delivered under this Indenture is unlimited. The Securities may be
issued in one or more series. There shall be set forth in a Company
Order or in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, prior to
the issuance of Securities of any series:
(a) the
title of the Securities of the series (which shall distinguish the
Securities of such series from the Securities of all other series,
except to the extent that additional Securities of an existing
series are being issued);
(b) any
limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the Securities of the
series that may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture
(except for Securities authenticated and delivered upon transfer
of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Securities of such
series pursuant to Section 3.04, 3.06, 3.07, 4.06, or
14.05);
(c) the
dates on which or periods during which the Securities of the series
may be issued, and the dates on, or the range of dates within,
which the principal of and premium, if any, on the Securities of
such series are or may be payable or the method by which such date
or dates shall be determined or extended;
(d) the
rate or rates at which the Securities of the series shall bear
interest, if any, or the method by which such rate or rates shall
be determined, whether such interest shall be payable in cash or
additional Securities of the same series or shall accrue and
increase the aggregate principal amount outstanding of such series
(including if such Securities were originally issued at a
discount), the date or dates from which such interest shall accrue,
or the method by which such date or dates shall be determined, the
Interest Payment Dates on which any such interest shall be payable,
and the Record Dates for the determination of Holders to whom
interest is payable on such Interest Payment Dates or the method by
which such date or dates shall be determined, the right, if any, to
extend or defer interest payments and the duration of such
extension or deferral;
(e) if
other than U.S. Dollars, the Currency in which Securities of the
series shall be denominated or in which payment of the principal
of, premium, if any, or interest on the Securities of the series
shall be payable and any other terms concerning such
payment;
(f) if
the amount of payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest
on the Securities of the series may be determined with reference to
an index, formula or other method including, but not limited to, an
index based on a Currency or Currencies other than that in which
the Securities are stated to be payable, the manner in which such
amounts shall be determined;
(g) if
the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on Securities of the
series are to be payable, at the election of the Company or a
Holder thereof, in a Currency other than that in which the
Securities are denominated or stated to be payable without such
election, the period or periods within which, and the terms and
conditions upon which, such election may be
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made and the
time and the manner of determining the exchange rate between the
Currency in which the Securities are denominated or payable without
such election and the Currency in which the Securities are to be
paid if such election is made;
(h) the
place or places, if any, in addition to or instead of the Corporate
Trust Office of the Trustee where the principal of, premium, if
any, and interest on Securities of the series shall be payable, and
where Securities of any series may be presented for registration of
transfer, exchange or conversion, and the place or places where
notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the
Securities of such series may be made;
(i) the
price or prices at which, the period or periods within which or the
date or dates on which, and the terms and conditions upon which
Securities of the series may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at
the option of the Company, if the Company is to have that
option;
(j) the
obligation or right, if any, of the Company to redeem, purchase or
repay Securities of the series pursuant to any sinking fund,
amortization or analogous provisions or at the option of a Holder
thereof and the price or prices at which, the period or periods
within which or the date or dates on which, the Currency or
Currencies in which and the terms and conditions upon which
Securities of the series shall be redeemed, purchased or repaid, in
whole or in part, pursuant to such obligation;
(k) if
other than denominations of $1,000 or any integral multiple
thereof, the denominations in which Securities of the series shall
be issuable;
(l) if
other than the principal amount thereof, the portion of the
principal amount of the Securities of the series which shall be
payable upon declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof
pursuant to Section 7.02;
(m) the
guarantors, if any, of the Securities of the series, and the extent
of the guarantees (including provisions relating to seniority,
subordination, and the release of the guarantors), if any, and any
additions or changes to permit or facilitate guarantees of such
Securities;
(n) whether
the Securities of the series are to be issued as Original Issue
Discount Securities and the amount of discount with which such
Securities may be issued;
(o) provisions,
if any, for the defeasance of Securities of the series in whole or
in part and any addition or change in the provisions related to
satisfaction and discharge;
(p) whether
the Securities of the series are to be issued in whole or in part
in the form of one or more Global Securities and, in such case, the
Depositary for such Global Security or Global Securities, and the
terms and conditions, if any, upon which interests in such Global
Security or Global Securities may be exchanged in whole or in part
for the Individual Securities represented thereby in definitive
form registered in the name or names of Persons other than such
Depositary or a nominee or nominees thereof (“Individual
Securities”);
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(q) the
date as of which any Global Security of the series shall be dated
if other than the original issuance of the first Security of the
series to be issued;
(r) the
form of the Securities of the series;
(s) if
the Securities of the series are to be convertible into or
exchangeable for any securities or property of any Person
(including the Company), the terms and conditions upon which such
Securities will be so convertible or exchangeable, and any
additions or changes, if any, to permit or facilitate such
conversion or exchange;
(t) whether
the Securities of such series are subject to subordination and the
terms of such subordination;
(u) any
restriction or condition on the transferability of the Securities
of such series;
(v) any
addition or change in the provisions related to compensation and
reimbursement of the Trustee which applies to Securities of such
series;
(w) any
addition or change in the provisions related to supplemental
indentures set forth in Sections 14.02 and 14.04 which applies
to Securities of such series;
(x) provisions,
if any, granting special rights to Holders upon the occurrence of
specified events;
(y) any
addition to or change in the Events of Default which applies to any
Securities of the series and any change in the right of the Trustee
or the requisite Holders of such Securities to declare the
principal amount thereof due and payable pursuant to
Section 7.02 and any addition or change in the provisions set
forth in Article VII which applies to Securities of the
series;
(z) any
addition to or change in the covenants set forth in Article VI
which applies to Securities of the series; and
(aa) any
other terms of the Securities of such series (which terms shall not
be inconsistent with the provisions of the TIA, but may modify,
amend, supplement or delete any of the terms of this Indenture with
respect to such series).
All Securities
of any one series shall be substantially identical, except as to
denomination and except as may otherwise be provided herein or set
forth in a Company Order or in one or more indentures supplemental
hereto.
Section 3.02
Denominations . In the absence of any specification pursuant
to Section 3.01 with respect to Securities of any series, the
Securities of such series shall be issuable only as Securities in
denominations of any integral multiple of $1,000, and shall be
payable only in U.S. Dollars.
Section 3.03
Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating .
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(a) The
Securities shall be executed in the name and on behalf of the
Company by the manual or facsimile signature of its Chairman of the
Board of Directors, its Chief Executive Officer, President, one of
its Vice Presidents or Treasurer. If the Person whose signature is
on a Security no longer holds that office at the time the Security
is authenticated and delivered, the Security shall nevertheless be
valid.
(b) At
any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of
this Indenture, the Company may deliver Securities of any series
executed by the Company to the Trustee for authentication, together
with a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of such
Securities and, if required pursuant to Section 3.01, a
supplemental indenture or Company Order setting forth the terms of
the Securities of a series. The Trustee shall thereupon
authenticate and deliver such Securities without any further action
by the Company. The Company Order shall specify the amount of
Securities to be authenticated and the date on which the original
issue of Securities is to be authenticated.
(c) In
authenticating the first Securities of any series and accepting the
additional responsibilities under this Indenture in relation to
such Securities the Trustee shall receive, and (subject to
Section 11.02) shall be fully protected in relying upon an
Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each
prepared in accordance with Section 16.01 stating that the
conditions precedent, if any, provided for in the Indenture have
been complied with.
(d) The
Trustee shall have the right to decline to authenticate and deliver
the Securities under this Section 3.03 if the issue of the
Securities pursuant to this Indenture will affect the
Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under the
Securities and this Indenture or otherwise in a manner which is not
reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.
(e) Each
Security shall be dated the date of its authentication, except as
otherwise provided pursuant to Section 3.01 with respect to
the Securities of such series.
(f) Notwithstanding
the provisions of Section 3.01 and of this Section 3.03,
if all of the Securities of any series are not to be originally
issued at the same time, then the documents required to be
delivered pursuant to this Section 3.03 must be delivered only
once prior to the authentication and delivery of the first Security
of such series;
(g) If
the Company shall establish pursuant to Section 3.01 that the
Securities of a series are to be issued in whole or in part in the
form of one or more Global Securities, then the Company shall
execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver one or more
Global Securities that (i) shall represent an aggregate amount
equal to the aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities of such series to be represented by such Global
Securities, (ii) shall be registered, if in registered form,
in the name of the Depositary for such Global Security or Global
Securities or the nominee of such Depositary, (iii) shall be
delivered by the Trustee to such Depositary or pursuant to such
Depositary’s instruction and (iv) shall bear a legend
substantially to the following effect:
“THIS
SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE
HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF THE
DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY, WHICH
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MAY BE TREATED
BY THE COMPANY, THE TRUSTEE AND ANY AGENT THEREOF AS OWNER AND
HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY FOR ALL PURPOSES.
UNLESS THIS
CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF [THE
DEPOSITARY] TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF
TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS
REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF [THE NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY] OR IN
SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF
[THE DEPOSITARY] (AND ANY PAYMENT HEREON IS MADE TO [THE NOMINEE OF
THE DEPOSITARY] OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN
AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF [THE DEPOSITARY]), ANY TRANSFER,
PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY
PERSON IS WRONGFUL SINCE THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, [THE NOMINEE
OF THE DEPOSITARY], HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
TRANSFERS OF
THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT
NOT IN PART, BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY, OR
BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE
OF THE DEPOSITARY, OR BY THE DEPOSITARY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A
SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR
DEPOSITARY.”
The aggregate
principal amount of each Global Security may from time to time be
increased or decreased by adjustments made on the records of the
Security Custodian, as provided in this Indenture.
(h) Each
Depositary designated pursuant to Section 3.01 for a Global
Security in registered form must, at the time of its designation
and at all times while it serves as such Depositary, be a clearing
agency registered under the Exchange Act and any other applicable
statute or regulation.
(i) Members
of, or participants in, the Depositary (“Members”)
shall have no rights under this Indenture with respect to any
Global Security held on their behalf by the Depositary or by the
Security Custodian under such Global Security, and the Depositary
may be treated by the Company, the Trustee, the Paying Agent and
the Registrar and any of their agents as the absolute owner of such
Global Security for all purposes whatsoever. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, nothing herein shall prevent the Company, the Trustee,
the Paying Agent or the Registrar or any of their agents from
giving effect to any written certification, proxy or other
authorization furnished by the Depositary or impair, as between the
Depositary and its Members, the operation of customary practices of
the Depositary governing the exercise of the rights of an owner of
a beneficial interest in any Global Security. The Holder of a
Global Security may grant proxies and otherwise authorize any
Person, including Members and Persons that may hold interests
through Members, to take any action that a Holder is entitled to
take under this Indenture or the Securities.
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(j) No
Security shall be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture or
be valid or obligatory for any purpose unless there appears on such
Security a certificate of authentication substantially in one of
the forms provided for herein duly executed by the Trustee or by an
Authenticating Agent by manual or facsimile signature of an
authorized signatory of the Trustee, and such certificate upon any
Security shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that
such Security has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder
and is entitled to the benefits of this Indenture.
Section 3.04
Temporary Securities .
(a) Pending
the preparation of definitive Securities of any series, the Company
may execute, and upon Company Order the Trustee shall authenticate
and deliver, temporary Securities that are printed, lithographed,
typewritten, mimeographed or otherwise reproduced, in any
authorized denomination, substantially of the tenor of the
definitive Securities in lieu of which they are issued, in
registered form and with such appropriate insertions, omissions,
substitutions and other variations as the officers executing such
Securities may determine, as conclusively evidenced by their
execution of such Securities. Any such temporary Security may be in
the form of one or more Global Securities, representing all or a
portion of the Outstanding Securities of such series. Every such
temporary Security shall be executed by the Company and shall be
authenticated and delivered by the Trustee upon the same conditions
and in substantially the same manner, and with the same effect, as
the definitive Security or Securities in lieu of which it is
issued.
(b) If
temporary Securities of any series are issued, the Company will
cause definitive Securities of such series to be prepared without
unreasonable delay. After the preparation of definitive Securities
of such series, the temporary Securities of such series shall be
exchangeable for definitive Securities of such series upon
surrender of such temporary Securities at the office or agency of
the Company in a Place of Payment for such series, without charge
to the Holder. Upon surrender for cancellation of any one or more
temporary Securities of any series, the Company shall execute and
the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a
like principal amount of definitive Securities of the same series
of authorized denominations and of like tenor. Until so exchanged,
the temporary Securities of any series shall in all respects be
entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as definitive
Securities of such series.
(c) Upon
any exchange of a portion of a temporary Global Security for a
definitive Global Security or for the Individual Securities
represented thereby pursuant to this Section 3.04 or
Section 3.06, the temporary Global Security shall be endorsed
by the Trustee to reflect the reduction of the principal amount
evidenced thereby, whereupon the principal amount of such temporary
Global Security shall be reduced for all purposes by the amount so
exchanged and endorsed.
Section 3.05
Registrar and Paying Agent .
(a) The
Company will keep, at an office or agency to be maintained by it in
a Place of Payment where Securities may be presented for
registration or presented and surrendered for registration of
transfer or of exchange, and where Securities of any series that
are
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convertible or
exchangeable may be surrendered for conversion or exchange, as
applicable (the “Registrar”), a security register for
the registration and the registration of transfer or of exchange of
the Securities (the registers maintained in such office and in any
other office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment being
herein sometimes collectively referred to as the
“Register”), as in this Indenture provided, which
Register shall at all reasonable times be open for inspection by
the Trustee. Such Register shall be in written form or in any other
form capable of being converted into written form within a
reasonable time. The Company may have one or more co-Registrars;
the term “Registrar” includes any
co-registrar.
(b) The
Company shall enter into an appropriate agency agreement with any
Registrar or co-Registrar not a party to this Indenture. The
agreement shall implement the provisions of this Indenture that
relate to such agent. The Company shall notify the Trustee of the
name and address of each such agent. If the Company fails to
maintain a Registrar for any series, the Trustee shall act as such
and shall be entitled to appropriate compensation therefor pursuant
to Section 11.01. The Company or any Affiliate thereof may act
as Registrar, co-Registrar or transfer agent.
(c) The
Company hereby appoints the Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office
as Registrar in connection with the Securities and this Indenture,
until such time as another Person is appointed as such.
Section 3.06
Transfer and Exchange .
(i)
Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Security of any
series at the Registrar the Company shall execute, and the Trustee
or any Authenticating Agent shall authenticate and deliver, in the
name of the designated transferee, one or more new Securities of
the same series for like aggregate principal amount of any
authorized denomination or denominations. The transfer of any
Security shall not be valid as against the Company or the Trustee
unless registered at the Registrar at the request of the Holder, or
at the request of his, her or its attorney duly authorized in
writing.
(ii)
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section, unless and
until it is exchanged in whole or in part for the Individual
Securities represented thereby, a Global Security representing all
or a portion of the Securities of a series may not be transferred
except as a whole by the Depositary for such series to a nominee of
such Depositary or by a nominee of such Depositary to such
Depositary or another nominee of such Depositary or by such
Depositary or any such nominee to a successor Depositary for such
series or a nominee of such successor Depositary.
(i)
At the option of the Holder, Securities of any series (other than a
Global Security, except as set forth below) may be exchanged for
other Securities of the same series for like aggregate principal
amount of any authorized
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denomination or
denominations, upon surrender of the Securities to be exchanged at
the Registrar.
(ii)
Whenever any Securities are so surrendered for exchange, the
Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and
deliver, the Securities that the Holder making the exchange is
entitled to receive.
(c) Exchange
of Global Securities for Individual Securities. Except as provided
below, owners of beneficial interests in Global Securities will not
be entitled to receive Individual Securities.
(i)
Individual Securities shall be issued to all owners of beneficial
interests in a Global Security in exchange for such interests if:
(A) at any time the Depositary for the Securities of a series
notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as
Depositary for the Securities of such series or if at any time the
Depositary for the Securities of such series shall no longer be
eligible under Section 3.03(h) and, in each case, a successor
Depositary is not appointed by the Company within 90 days of
such notice, or (B) the Company executes and delivers to the
Trustee and the Registrar an Officer’s Certificate stating
that such Global Security shall be so exchangeable.
In connection with
the exchange of an entire Global Security for Individual Securities
pursuant to this subsection (c), such Global Security shall be
deemed to be surrendered to the Trustee for cancellation, and the
Company shall execute, and the Trustee, upon receipt of a Company
Order for the authentication and delivery of Individual Securities
of such series, will authenticate and deliver to each beneficial
owner identified by the Depositary in exchange for its beneficial
interest in such Global Security, an equal aggregate principal
amount of Individual Securities of authorized
denominations.
(ii)
The owner of a beneficial interest in a Global Security will be
entitled to receive an Individual Security in exchange for such
interest if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.
Upon receipt by the Security Custodian and Registrar of
instructions from the Holder of a Global Security directing the
Security Custodian and Registrar to (x) issue one or more
Individual Securities in the amounts specified to the owner of a
beneficial interest in such Global Security and (y) debit or
cause to be debited an equivalent amount of beneficial interest in
such Global Security, subject to the rules and regulations of the
Depositary:
(A)
the Security Custodian and Registrar shall notify the Company and
the Trustee of such instructions, identifying the owner and amount
of such beneficial interest in such Global Security;
(B)
the Company shall promptly execute and the Trustee, upon receipt of
a Company Order for the
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authentication
and delivery of Individual Securities of such series, shall
authenticate and deliver to such beneficial owner Individual
Securities in an equivalent amount to such beneficial interest in
such Global Security; and
(C)
the Security Custodian and Registrar shall decrease such Global
Security by such amount in accordance with the foregoing. In the
event that the Individual Securities are not issued to each such
beneficial owner promptly after the Registrar has received a
request from the Holder of a Global Security to issue such
Individual Securities, the Company expressly acknowledges, with
respect to the right of any Holder to pursue a remedy pursuant to
Section 7.07 hereof, the right of any beneficial Holder of
Securities to pursue such remedy with respect to the portion of the
Global Security that represents such beneficial Holder’s
Securities as if such Individual Securities had been
issued.
(iii)
If specified by the Company pursuant to Section 3.01 with
respect to a series of Securities, the Depositary for such series
of Securities may surrender a Global Security for such series of
Securities in exchange in whole or in part for Individual
Securities of such series on such terms as are acceptable to the
Company and such Depositary. Thereupon, the Company shall execute,
and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, without service
charge,
(A)
to each Person specified by such Depositary a new Individual
Security or new Individual Securities of the same series, of any
authorized denomination as requested by such Person in aggregate
principal amount equal to and in exchange for such Person’s
beneficial interest in the Global Security; and
(B)
to such Depositary a new Global Security in a denomination equal to
the difference, if any, between the principal amount of the
surrendered Global Security and the aggregate principal amount of
Individual Securities delivered to Holders thereof.
(iv)
In any exchange provided for in clauses (i) through (iii), the
Company will execute and the Trustee will authenticate and deliver
Individual Securities in registered form in authorized
denominations.
(v)
Upon the exchange in full of a Global Security for Individual
Securities, such Global Security shall be canceled by the Trustee.
Individual Securities issued in exchange for a Global Security
pursuant to this Section shall be registered in such names and in
such authorized denominations as the Depositary for such Global
Security, pursuant to instructions from its direct or indirect
participants or otherwise, shall instruct the Trustee. The Trustee
shall
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deliver such
Securities to the Persons in whose names such Securities are so
registered.
(d) All
Securities issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of
Securities shall be valid obligations of the Company evidencing the
same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture,
as the Securities surrendered for such registration of transfer or
exchange.
(e) Every
Security presented or surrendered for registration of transfer, or
for exchange or payment shall (if so required by the Company, the
Trustee or the Registrar) be duly endorsed, or be accompanied by a
written instrument or instruments of transfer in form satisfactory
to the Company, the Trustee and the Registrar, duly executed by the
Holder thereof or by his, her or its attorney duly authorized in
writing.
(f) No
service charge will be made for any registration of transfer or
exchange of Securities. The Company or the Trustee may require
payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax, assessment or other
governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any
registration of transfer or exchange of Securities, other than
those expressly provided in this Indenture to be made at the
Company’s own expense or without expense or charge to the
Holders.
(g) The
Company shall not be required to (i) register, transfer or
exchange Securities of any series during a period beginning at the
opening of business 15 days before the day of the transmission
of a notice of redemption of Securities of such series selected for
redemption under Section 4.03 and ending at the close of
business on the day of such transmission, or (ii) register,
transfer or exchange any Security so selected for redemption in
whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Security
being redeemed in part.
(h) Prior
to the due presentation for registration of transfer or exchange of
any Security, the Company, the Trustee, the Paying Agent, the
Registrar, any co-Registrar or any of their agents may deem and
treat the Person in whose name a Security is registered as the
absolute owner of such Security (whether or not such Security shall
be overdue and notwithstanding any notation of ownership or other
writing thereon) for all purposes whatsoever, and none of the
Company, the Trustee, the Paying Agent, the Registrar, any
co-Registrar or any of their agents shall be affected by any notice
to the contrary.
(i) In
case a successor Company (“Successor Company”) has
executed an indenture supplemental hereto with the Trustee pursuant
to Article XIV, any of the Securities authenticated or
delivered pursuant to such transaction may, from time to time, at
the request of the Successor Company, be exchanged for other
Securities executed in the name of the Successor Company with such
changes in phraseology and form as may be appropriate, but
otherwise identical to the Securities surrendered for such exchange
and of like principal amount; and the Trustee, upon Company Order
of the Successor Company, shall authenticate and deliver Securities
as specified in such order for the purpose of such exchange. If
Securities shall at any time be authenticated and delivered in any
new name of a Successor Company pursuant to this Section 3.06
in exchange or substitution for or upon registration of transfer of
any Securities, such Successor Company, at the option of the
Holders but without expense to them, shall provide
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for the
exchange of all Securities at the time Outstanding for Securities
authenticated and delivered in such new name.
(j) Each
Holder of a Security agrees to indemnify the Company and the
Trustee against any liability that may result from the transfer,
exchange or assignment of such Holder’s Security in violation
of any provision of this Indenture and/or applicable United States
federal or state securities laws.
(k) The
Trustee shall have no obligation or duty to monitor, determine or
inquire as to compliance with any restrictions on transfer imposed
under this Indenture or under applicable law with respect to any
transfer of any interest in any Security other than to require
delivery of such certificates and other documentation or evidence
as are expressly required by, and to do so if and when expressly
required by the terms of, this Indenture, and to examine the same
to determine substantial compliance as to form with the express
requirements hereof.
(l) Neither
the Trustee nor any agent of the Trustee shall have any
responsibility for any actions taken or not taken by the
Depositary.
Section 3.07
Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities
.
(a) If
(i) any mutilated Security is surrendered to the Trustee at
its Corporate Trust Office or (ii) the Company and the Trustee
receive evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or
theft of any Security, and there is delivered to the Company and
the Trustee security or indemnity satisfactory to them to save each
of them and any Paying Agent harmless, and neither the Company nor
the Trustee receives notice that such Security has been acquired by
a protected purchaser, then the Company shall execute and upon
Company Order the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in
exchange for or in lieu of any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or
stolen Security, a new Security of the same series and of like
tenor, form, terms and principal amount, bearing a number not
contemporaneously outstanding, that neither gain nor loss in
interest shall result from such exchange or
substitution.
(b) In
case any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security has
become or is about to become due and payable, the Company in its
discretion may, instead of issuing a new Security, pay the amount
due on such Security in accordance with its terms.
(c) Upon
the issuance of any new Security under this Section, the Company
may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or
other governmental charge that may be imposed in respect thereto
and any other expenses (including the fees and expenses of the
Trustee) connected therewith.
(d) Every
new Security of any series issued pursuant to this Section shall
constitute an original additional contractual obligation of the
Company, whether or not the destroyed, lost or stolen Security
shall be at any time enforceable by anyone, and shall be entitled
to all the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately
with any and all other Securities of that series duly issued
hereunder.
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(e) The
provisions of this Section are exclusive and shall preclude (to the
extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the
replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen
Securities.
Section 3.08
Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved .
(a) Interest
on any Security that is payable and is punctually paid or duly
provided for on any Interest Payment Date shall be paid to the
Person in whose name such Security (or one or more Predecessor
Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Record
Date for such interest notwithstanding the cancellation of such
Security upon any transfer or exchange subsequent to the Record
Date. Payment of interest on Securities shall be made at the
Corporate Trust Office (except as otherwise specified pursuant to
Section 3.01) or, at the option of the Company, by check
mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such
address shall appear in the Register or, in accordance with
arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee, by wire transfer to an
account designated by the Holder.
(b) Any
interest on any Security that is payable but is not punctually paid
or duly provided for on any Interest Payment Date (herein called
“Defaulted Interest”) shall forthwith cease to be
payable to the Holder on the relevant Record Date by virtue of his,
her or its having been such a Holder, and such Defaulted Interest
may be paid by the Company, at its election in each case, as
provided in clause (i) or (ii) below:
(i)
The Company may elect to make payment of any Defaulted Interest to
the Persons in whose names such Securities (or their respective
Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of business on
a special record date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest (a
“Special Record Date”), which shall be fixed in the
following manner. The Company shall notify the Trustee in writing
of the amount of Defaulted Interest proposed to be paid on each
such Security and the date of the proposed payment, and at the same
time the Company shall deposit with the Trustee an amount of money
equal to the aggregate amount proposed to be paid in respect of
such Defaulted Interest or shall make arrangements satisfactory to
the Trustee for such deposit prior to the date of the proposed
payment, such money when deposited to be held in trust for the
benefit of the Persons entitled to such Defaulted Interest as in
this clause provided. Thereupon the Trustee shall fix a Special
Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest which shall
be not more than 15 calendar days and not less than 10 calendar
days prior to the date of the proposed payment and not less than 10
calendar days after the receipt by the Trustee of the notice of the
proposed payment. The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company of
such Special Record Date and, in the name and at the expense of the
Company, shall cause notice of the proposed payment of such
Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor to be
mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to the Holders of such
Securities at their addresses as they appear in the Register, not
less than 10 calendar days prior to such Special Record Date.
Notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the
Special Record Date therefor having been mailed as aforesaid, such
Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the Persons in whose names such
Securities (or their respective Predecessor Securities) are
registered at the
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close of
business on such Special Record Date and shall no longer be payable
pursuant to the following clause (ii).
(ii)
The Company may make payment of any Defaulted Interest on
Securities in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the
requirements of any securities exchange on which such Securities
may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such
exchange, if, after notice given by the Company to the Trustee of
the proposed payment pursuant to this clause, such manner of
payment shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee.
(c) Subject
to the provisions set forth herein relating to Record Dates, each
Security delivered pursuant to any provision of this Indenture in
exchange or substitution for, or upon registration of transfer of,
any other Security shall carry all the rights to interest accrued
and unpaid, and to accrue, which were carried by such other
Security.
Section 3.09
Cancellation . Unless otherwise specified pursuant to
Section 3.01 for Securities of any series, all Securities
surrendered for payment, redemption, registration of transfer or
exchange or credit against any sinking fund or otherwise shall, if
surrendered to any Person other than the Trustee, be delivered to
the Trustee for cancellation and shall be promptly canceled by it
and, if surrendered to the Trustee, shall be promptly canceled by
it. The Company may at any time deliver to the Trustee for
cancellation any Securities previously authenticated and delivered
hereunder that the Company may have acquired in any manner
whatsoever, and all Securities so delivered shall be promptly
canceled by the Trustee. No Securities shall be authenticated in
lieu of or in exchange for any Securities canceled as provided in
this Section, except as expressly permitted by this Indenture. The
Trustee shall dispose of all canceled Securities held by it in
accordance with its then customary procedures and deliver a
certificate of such disposal to the Company upon its request
therefor. The acquisition of any Securities by the Company shall
not operate as a redemption or satisfaction of the Indebtedness
represented thereby unless and until such Securities are
surrendered to the Trustee for cancellation.
Section 3.10
Computation of Interest . Except as otherwise specified
pursuant to Section 3.01 for Securities of any series,
interest on the Securities of each series shall be computed on the
basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.
Section 3.11
Currency of Payments in Respect of Securities .
(a) Except
as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 3.01 for Securities
of any series, payment of the principal of and premium, if any, and
interest on Securities of such series will be made in U.S.
Dollars.
(b)
For purposes of any provision of the Indenture where the Holders of
Outstanding Securities may perform an action that requires that a
specified percentage of the Outstanding Securities of all series
perform such action and for purposes of any decision or
determination by the Trustee of amounts due and unpaid for the
principal of and premium, if any, and interest on the Securities of
all series in respect of which moneys are to be disbursed ratably,
the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on the
Outstanding Securities denominated in a Foreign Currency will be
the amount in U.S. Dollars based upon exchange rates, determined
as
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specified
pursuant to Section 3.01 for Securities of such series, as of
the date for determining whether the Holders entitled to perform
such action have performed it or as of the date of such decision or
determination by the Trustee, as the case may be.
(c) Any
decision or determination to be made regarding exchange rates shall
be made by an agent appointed by the Company; provided, that such
agent shall accept such appointment in writing and the terms of
such appointment shall, in the opinion of the Company at the time
of such appointment, require such agent to make such determination
by a method consistent with the method provided pursuant to
Section 3.01 for the making of such decision or determination.
All decisions and determinations of such agent regarding exchange
rates shall, in the absence of manifest error, be conclusive for
all purposes and irrevocably binding upon the Company, the Trustee
and all Holders of the Securities.
Section 3.12
Judgments . The Company may provide pursuant to
Section 3.01 for Securities of any series that (a) the
obligation, if any, of the Company to pay the principal of,
premium, if any, and interest on the Securities of any series in a
Foreign Currency or U.S. Dollars (the “Designated
Currency”) as may be specified pursuant to Section 3.01
is of the essence and agrees that, to the fullest extent possible
under applicable law, judgments in respect of such Securities shall
be given in the Designated Currency; (b) the obligation of the
Company to make payments in the Designated Currency of the
principal of and premium, if any, and interest on such Securities
shall, notwithstanding any payment in any other Currency (whether
pursuant to a judgment or otherwise), be discharged only to the
extent of the amount in the Designated Currency that the Holder
receiving such payment may, in accordance with normal banking
procedures, purchase with the sum paid in such other Currency
(after any premium and cost of exchange) on the business day in the
country of issue of the Designated Currency or in the international
banking community (in the case of a composite currency) immediately
following the day on which such Holder receives such payment;
(c) if the amount in the Designated Currency that may be so
purchased for any reason falls short of the amount originally due,
the Company shall pay such additional amounts as may be necessary
to compensate for such shortfall; and (d) any obligation of
the Company not discharged by such payment shall be due as a
separate and independent obligation and, until discharged as
provided herein, shall continue in full force and
effect.
Section 3.13
CUSIP Numbers . The Company in issuing any Securities may
use CUSIP, ISIN or other similar numbers, if then generally in use,
and thereafter with respect to such series, the Trustee may use
such numbers in any notice of redemption or exchange with respect
to such series provided that any such notice may state that no
representation is made as to the correctness of such numbers either
as printed on the Securities or as contained in any notice of a
redemption and that reliance may be placed only on the other
identification numbers printed on the Securities, and any such
redemption shall not be affected by any defect in or omission of
such numbers. The Company will promptly notify the Trustee in
writing of any change in the CUSIP, ISIN or other similar
numbers.
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Section 4.01
Applicability of Right of Redemption . Redemption of
Securities (other than pursuant to a sinking fund, amortization or
analogous provision) permitted by the terms of any series of
Securities shall be made (except as otherwise specified pursuant to
Section 3.01 for Securities of any series) in accordance with
this Article; provided, however, that if any such terms of a series
of Securities shall conflict with any provision of this Article,
the terms of such series shall govern.
Section 4.02
Selection of Securities to be Redeemed .
(a) If
the Company shall at any time elect to redeem all or any portion of
the Securities of a series then Outstanding, it shall at least
45 days prior to the Redemption Date fixed by the Company
(unless a shorter period shall be satisfactory to the Trustee)
notify the Trustee of such Redemption Date and of the principal
amount of Securities to be redeemed, and thereupon the Trustee
shall select, by lot or in such other manner as the Trustee shall
deem appropriate and which may provide for the selection for
redemption of a portion of the principal amount of any Security of
such series; provided that the unredeemed portion of the principal
amount of any Security shall be in an authorized denomination
(which shall not be less than the minimum authorized denomination)
for such Security. In any case where more than one Security of such
series is registered in the same name, the Trustee may treat the
aggregate principal amount so registered as if it were represented
by one Security of such series. The Trustee shall, as soon as
practicable, notify the Company in writing of the Securities and
portions of Securities so selected.
(b) For
all purposes of this Indenture, unless the context otherwise
requires, all provisions relating to the redemption of Securities
shall relate, in the case of any Security redeemed or to be
redeemed only in part, to the portion of the principal amount of
such Security that has been or is to be redeemed. If the Company
shall so direct, Securities registered in the name of the Company,
any Affiliate or any Subsidiary thereof shall not be included in
the Securities selected for redemption.
Section 4.03
Notice of Redemption .
(a) Notice
of redemption shall be given by the Company or, at the
Company’s request, by the Trustee in the name and at the
expense of the Company, not less than 30 nor more than 60 days
prior to the Redemption Date, to the Holders of Securities of any
series to be redeemed in whole or in part pursuant to this Article,
in the manner provided in Section 16.04. Any notice so given
shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether or
not the Holder receives such notice. Failure to give such notice,
or any defect in such notice to the Holder of any Security of a
series designated for redemption, in whole or in part, shall not
affect the sufficiency of any notice of redemption with respect to
the Holder of any other Security of such series.
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(b) All
notices of redemption shall identify the Securities to be redeemed
(including CUSIP, ISIN or other similar numbers, if available) and
shall state:
(i)
such election by the Company to redeem Securities of such series
pursuant to provisions contained in this Indenture or the terms of
the Securities of such series or a supplemental indenture
establishing such series, if such be the case;
(ii)
the Redemption Date;
(iii)
the Redemption Price;
(iv)
if less than all Outstanding Securities of any series are to be
redeemed, the identification (and, in the case of partial
redemption, the principal amounts) of the Securities of such series
to be redeemed;
(v)
that on the Redemption Date the Redemption Price will become due
and payable upon each such Security to be redeemed, and that, if
applicable, interest thereon shall cease to accrue on and after
said date;
(vi)
the Place or Places of Payment where such Securities are to be
surrendered for payment of the Redemption Price; and
(vii)
that the redemption is for a sinking fund, if such is the
case;
Section 4.04
Deposit of Redemption Price . On or prior to
11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the Redemption Date for any
Securities, the Company shall deposit with the Trustee or with a
Paying Agent (or, if the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent,
segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section 6.03) an
amount of money in the Currency in which such Securities are
denominated (except as provided pursuant to Section 3.01)
sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of such Securities or any
portions thereof that are to be redeemed on that date.
Section 4.05
Securities Payable on Redemption Date . Notice of redemption
having been given as aforesaid, any Securities so to be redeemed
shall, on the Redemption Date, become due and payable at the
Redemption Price and from and after such date (unless the Company
shall Default in the payment of the Redemption Price) such
Securities shall cease to bear interest. Upon surrender of any such
Security for redemption in accordance with said notice, such
Security shall be paid by the Company at the Redemption Price;
provided, however, that (unless otherwise provided pursuant to
Section 3.01) installments of interest that have a Stated
Maturity on or prior to the Redemption Date for such Securities
shall be payable according to the terms of such Securities and the
provisions of Section 3.08.
If any Security
called for redemption shall not be so paid upon surrender thereof
for redemption, the principal thereof and premium, if any, thereon
shall, until paid, bear interest from the Redemption Date at the
rate prescribed therefor in the Security.
Section 4.06
Securities Redeemed in Part . Any Security that is to be
redeemed only in part shall be surrendered at the Corporate Trust
Office or such other office or agency of the
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Company as is
specified pursuant to Section 3.01 with, if the Company, the
Registrar or the Trustee so requires, due endorsement by, or a
written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company,
the Registrar and the Trustee duly executed by the Holder thereof
or his, her or its attorney duly authorized in writing, and the
Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and
deliver to the Holder of such Security without service charge, a
new Security or Securities of the same series, of like tenor and
form, of any authorized denomination as requested by such Holder in
aggregate principal amount equal to and in exchange for the
unredeemed portion of the principal of the Security so surrendered;
except that if a Global Security is so surrendered, the Company
shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to
the Depositary for such Global Security, without service charge, a
new Global Security in a denomination equal to and in exchange for
the unredeemed portion of the principal of the Global Security so
surrendered. In the case of a Security providing appropriate space
for such notation, at the option of the Holder thereof, the
Trustee, in lieu of delivering a new Security or Securities as
aforesaid, may make a notation on such Security of the payment of
the redeemed portion thereof.
Section 5.01
Applicability of Sinking Fund .
(a) Redemption
of Securities permitted or required pursuant to a sinking fund for
the retirement of Securities of a series by the terms of such
series of Securities shall be made in accordance with such terms of
such series of Securities and this Article, except as otherwise
specified pursuant to Section 3.01 for Securities of such
series, provided, however, that if any such terms of a series of
Securities shall conflict with any provision of this Article, the
terms of such series shall govern.
(b) The
minimum amount of any sinking fund payment provided for by the
terms of Securities of any series is herein referred to as a
“Mandatory Sinking Fund Payment,” and any payment in
excess of such minimum amount provided for by the terms of
Securities of any series is herein referred to as an
“Optional Sinking Fund Payment.” If provided for by the
terms of Securities of any series, the cash amount of any Mandatory
Sinking Fund Payment may be subject to reduction as provided in
Section 5.02.
Section 5.02
Mandatory Sinking Fund Obligation . The Company may, at its
option, satisfy any Mandatory Sinking Fund Payment obligation, in
whole or in part, with respect to a particular series of Securities
by (a) delivering to the Trustee Securities of such series in
transferable form theretofore purchased or otherwise acquired by
the Company or redeemed at the election of the Company pursuant to
Section 4.03 or (b) receiving credit for Securities of
such series (not previously so credited) acquired by the Company
and theretofore delivered to the Trustee. The Trustee shall credit
such Mandatory Sinking Fund Payment obligation with an amount equal
to the Redemption Price specified in such Securities for redemption
through operation of the sinking fund and the amount of such
Mandatory Sinking Fund Payment shall be reduced accordingly. If the
Company shall elect to so satisfy any Mandatory Sinking Fund
Payment obligation, it shall deliver to the Trustee not less than
45 days prior to the relevant
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sinking fund
payment date an Officer’s Certificate, which shall designate
the Securities (and portions thereof, if any) so delivered or
credited and which shall be accompanied by such Securities (to the
extent not theretofore delivered) in transferable form. In case of
the failure of the Company, at or before the time so required, to
give such notice and deliver such Securities the Mandatory Sinking
Fund Payment obligation shall be paid entirely in
moneys.
Section 5.03
Optional Redemption at Sinking Fund Redemption Price . In
addition to the sinking fund requirements of Section 5.02, to
the extent, if any, provided for by the terms of a particular
series of Securities, the Company may, at its option, make an
Optional Sinking Fund Payment with respect to such Securities.
Unless otherwise provided by such terms, (a) to the extent
that the right of the Company to make such Optional Sinking Fund
Payment shall not be exercised in any year, it shall not be
cumulative or carried forward to any subsequent year, and
(b) such optional payment shall operate to reduce the amount
of any Mandatory Sinking Fund Payment obligation as to Securities
of the same series. If the Company intends to exercise its right to
make such optional payment in any year it shall deliver to the
Trustee not less than 45 days prior to the relevant sinking
fund payment date an Officer’s Certificate stating that the
Company will exercise such optional right, and specifying the
amount which the Company will pay on or before the next succeeding
sinking fund payment date. Such Officer’s Certificate shall
also state that no Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing.
Section 5.04
Application of Sinking Fund Payment .
(a) If
the sinking fund payment or payments made in funds pursuant to
either Section 5.02 or 5.03 with respect to a particular
series of Securities plus any unused balance of any preceding
sinking fund payments made in funds with respect to such series
shall exceed $50,000 (or a lesser sum if the Company shall so
request, or such equivalent sum for Securities denominated other
than in U.S. Dollars), it shall be applied by the Trustee on the
sinking fund payment date next following the date of such payment,
unless the date of such payment shall be a sinking fund payment
date, in which case such payment shall be applied on such sinking
fund payment date, to the redemption of Securities of such series
at the redemption price specified pursuant to Section 4.03(b). The
Trustee shall select, in the manner provided in Section 4.02,
for redemption on such sinking fund payment date, a sufficient
principal amount of Securities of such series to absorb said funds,
as nearly as may be, and shall, at the expense and in the name of
the Company, thereupon cause notice of redemption of the Securities
to be given in substantially the manner provided in
Section 4.03(a) for the redemption of Securities in part at
the option of the Company, except that the notice of redemption
shall also state that the Securities are being redeemed for the
sinking fund. Any sinking fund moneys not so applied by the Trustee
to the redemption of Securities of such series shall be added to
the next sinking fund payment received in funds by the Trustee and,
together with such payment, shall be applied in accordance with the
provisions of this Section 5.04. Any and all sinking fund
moneys held by the Trustee on the last sinking fund payment date
with respect to Securities of such series, and not held for the
payment or redemption of particular Securities of such series,
shall be applied by the Trustee to the payment of the principal of
the Securities of such series at Maturity.
(b) On
or prior to each sinking fund payment date, the Company shall pay
to the Trustee a sum equal to all interest accrued to but not
including the date fixed for
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redemption on
Securities to be redeemed on such sinking fund payment date
pursuant to this Section 5.04.
(c) The
Trustee shall not redeem any Securities of a series with sinking
fund moneys or mail any notice of redemption of Securities of such
series by operation of the sinking fund during the continuance of a
Default in payment of interest on any Securities of such series or
of any Event of Default (other than an Event of Default occurring
as a consequence of this paragraph) of which a Responsible Officer
of the Trustee has actual knowledge, except that if the notice of
redemption of any Securities of such series shall theretofore have
been mailed in accordance with the provisions hereof, the Trustee
shall redeem such Securities if funds sufficient for that purpose
shall be deposited with the Trustee in accordance with the terms of
this Article. Except as aforesaid, any moneys in the sinking fund
at the time any such Default or Event of Default shall occur and
any moneys thereafter paid into the sinking fund shall, during the
continuance of such Default or Event of Default, be held as
security for the payment of all the Securities of such series;
provided, however, that in case such Default or Event of Default
shall have been cured or waived as provided herein, such moneys
shall thereafter be applied on the next sinking fund payment date
on which such moneys are required to be applied pursuant to the
provisions of this Section 5.04.
PARTICULAR COVENANTS OF THE
COMPANY
The Company hereby
covenants and agrees as follows:
Section 6.01
Payments of Securities . The Company will duly and
punctually pay the principal of and premium, if any, on each series
of Securities, and the interest which shall have accrued thereon,
at the dates and place and in the manner provided in the Securities
and in this Indenture.
Section 6.02
Paying Agent .
(a) The
Company will maintain in each Place of Payment for any series of
Securities, if any, an office or agency where Securities may be
presented or surrendered for payment, where 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 and this Indenture may be served (the “Paying
Agent”). The Company will give prompt written notice to the
Trustee of the location, and any change in the location, of such
office or agency. If at any time
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