[Form of Senior
Indenture]
TARGA RESOURCES PARTNERS
LP
TARGA RESOURCES PARTNERS FINANCE
CORP.
any Subsidiary Guarantors party
hereto,
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TIA
Section
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Indenture
Section
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(a)
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7.10
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(b)
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7.10
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(c)
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N.A.
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(a)
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7.11
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(b)
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7.11
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(c)
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N.A.
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(a)
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5.01
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(b)
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5.02
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(c)
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5.02
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(a)
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5.03
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(b)
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5.03
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(c)
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13.03
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(d)
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5.03
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(a)
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4.05
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(b)
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N.A.
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(c)(1)
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13.05
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(c)(2)
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13.05
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(c)(3)
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N.A.
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(d)
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N.A.
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(e)
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13.05
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(f)
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N.A.
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(a)
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7.01
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(b)
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6.07 &
13.03
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(c)
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7.01
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(d)
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7.01
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(e)
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6.08
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(a) (last
sentence)
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1.01
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(a)(1)(A)
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6.06
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(a)(1)(B)
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6.06
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(a)(2)
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9.01(d)
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(b)
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6.04
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(c)
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5.04
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(a)(1)
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6.02
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(a)(2)
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6.02
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(b)
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4.04
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(a)
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13.07
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N.A. means Not
Applicable
NOTE: This
Cross-Reference table shall not, for any purpose, be deemed part of
this Indenture.
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Page
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ARTICLE I
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DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY
REFERENCE
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Definitions
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1
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Other
Definitions
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Incorporation
by Reference of Trust Indenture Act
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7
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Rules of
Construction
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ARTICLE II
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DEBT SECURITIES
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Forms
Generally
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7
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Form of
Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication
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7
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Principal
Amount; Issuable in Series
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Execution of
Debt Securities
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Authentication
and Delivery of Debt Securities
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Denomination of
Debt Securities
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Registration of
Transfer and Exchange
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Temporary Debt
Securities
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Mutilated,
Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Debt Securities
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Cancellation of
Surrendered Debt Securities
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Provisions of
the Indenture and Debt Securities for the Sole Benefit of the
Parties and the Holders
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Payment of
Interest; Interest Rights Preserved
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Securities
Denominated in Dollars
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Wire
Transfers
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Securities
Issuable in the Form of a Global Security
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Medium Term
Securities
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Defaulted
Interest
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CUSIP
Numbers
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ARTICLE III
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REDEMPTION OF DEBT
SECURITIES
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Applicability
of Article
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Notice of
Redemption; Selection of Debt Securities
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Payment of Debt
Securities Called for Redemption
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Mandatory and
Optional Sinking Funds
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Redemption of
Debt Securities for Sinking Fund
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ARTICLE IV
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PARTICULAR COVENANTS OF THE
ISSUERS
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Payment of
Principal of, and Premium, If Any, and Interest on, Debt
Securities
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Maintenance of
Offices or Agencies for Registration of Transfer, Exchange and
Payment of Debt Securities
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Appointment to
Fill a Vacancy in the Office of Trustee
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Duties of
Paying Agents, etc
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SEC Reports;
Financial Statements
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Compliance
Certificate
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Further
Instruments and Acts
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Existence
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Maintenance of
Properties
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Payment of
Taxes and Other Claims
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Waiver of
Certain Covenants
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ARTICLE V
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HOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS BY
THE TRUSTEE
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Issuers to
Furnish Trustee Information as to Names and Addresses of Holders;
Preservation of Information
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Communications
to Holders
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Reports by
Trustee
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Record Dates
for Action by Holders
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ARTICLE VI
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REMEDIES OF THE TRUSTEE AND HOLDERS
IN EVENT OF DEFAULT
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Events of
Default
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Collection of
Debt by Trustee, etc
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Application of
Moneys Collected by Trustee
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Limitation on
Suits by Holders
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Remedies
Cumulative; Delay or Omission in Exercise of Rights Not a Waiver of
Default
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Rights of
Holders of Majority in Principal Amount of Debt Securities to
Direct Trustee and to Waive Default
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Trustee to Give
Notice of Events of Defaults Known to It, but May Withhold Such
Notice in Certain Circumstances
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Requirement of
an Undertaking to Pay Costs in Certain Suits under the Indenture or
Against the Trustee
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ARTICLE VII
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CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE
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Certain Duties
and Responsibilities
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Certain Rights
of Trustee
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Trustee Not
Liable for Recitals in Indenture or in Debt Securities
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Trustee, Paying
Agent or Registrar May Own Debt Securities
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Moneys Received
by Trustee to Be Held in Trust
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Compensation
and Reimbursement
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Right of
Trustee to Rely on an Officers’ Certificate Where No Other
Evidence Specifically Prescribed
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Separate
Trustee; Replacement of Trustee
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Successor
Trustee by Merger
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Eligibility;
Disqualification
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Preferential
Collection of Claims Against Issuers
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Compliance with
Tax Laws
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ARTICLE VIII
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CONCERNING THE HOLDERS
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Evidence of
Action by Holders
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Proof of
Execution of Instruments and of Holding of Debt
Securities
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Who May Be
Deemed Owner of Debt Securities
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Instruments
Executed by Holders Bind Future Holders
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ARTICLE IX
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SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
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Purposes for
Which Supplemental Indenture May Be Entered into Without Consent of
Holders
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Modification of
Indenture with Consent of Holders of Debt Securities
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Effect of
Supplemental Indentures
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Debt Securities
May Bear Notation of Changes by Supplemental Indentures
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ARTICLE X
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CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, SALE OR
CONVEYANCE
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Consolidations
and Mergers of the Issuers
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Rights and
Duties of Successor Company
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ARTICLE XI
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SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF
INDENTURE; DEFEASANCE; UNCLAIMED MONEYS
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Applicability
of Article
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Satisfaction
and Discharge of Indenture; Defeasance
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Conditions of
Defeasance
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Application of
Trust Money
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Repayment to
Issuers
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Indemnity for
U.S. Government Obligations
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Reinstatement
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ARTICLE XII
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[RESERVED]
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This
Article XII has been intentionally omitted
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ARTICLE XIII
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MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
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Successors and
Assigns of Issuers Bound by Indenture
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Acts of Board,
Committee or Officer of Successor Issuer Valid
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Required
Notices or Demands
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Indenture and
Debt Securities to Be Construed in Accordance with the Laws of the
State of New York
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Officers’
Certificate and Opinion of Counsel to Be Furnished upon Application
or Demand by the Issuers
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Payments Due on
Legal Holidays
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Provisions
Required by TIA to Control
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Computation of
Interest on Debt Securities
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Rules by
Trustee, Paying Agent and Registrar
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No Recourse
Against Others
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Severability
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Effect of
Headings
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Indenture May
Be Executed in Counterparts
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ARTICLE XIV
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GUARANTEE
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Unconditional
Guarantee
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Execution and
Delivery of Guarantee
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Limitation on
Subsidiary Guarantors’ Liability
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Release of
Subsidiary Guarantors from Guarantee
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Subsidiary
Guarantor Contribution
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Notation of
Guarantee
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Annex A
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THIS INDENTURE
dated as of
is among Targa Resources Partners LP, a Delaware limited
partnership (the “Partnership”), Targa Resources
Partners Finance Corp. (“Finance Corp.,” and together
with the Partnership, the “Issuers”), any Subsidiary
Guarantors (as defined herein) party hereto and [
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, as trustee (the
“Trustee”).
RECITALS OF THE ISSUERS AND ANY
SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS
The Issuers and
any Subsidiary Guarantors have duly authorized the execution and
delivery of this Indenture to provide for the issuance from time to
time of the Issuers’ debentures, notes, bonds or other
evidences of indebtedness to be issued in one or more series
unlimited as to principal amount (herein called the “Debt
Securities”), which Debt Securities may be guaranteed by each
of the Subsidiary Guarantors, as in this Indenture
provided.
All things
necessary to make this Indenture a valid agreement of the Issuers
and any Subsidiary Guarantors, in accordance with its terms, have
been done.
NOW, THEREFORE,
THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH
That in order to
declare the terms and conditions upon which the Debt Securities are
authenticated, issued and delivered, and in consideration of the
premises, and of the purchase and acceptance of the Debt Securities
by the Holders thereof, the Issuers, any Subsidiary Guarantor and
the Trustee covenant and agree with each other, for the benefit of
the respective Holders from time to time of the Debt Securities or
any series thereof, as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
Section 10.1
Definitions .
“Affiliate”
of any specified Person means any other Person directly or
indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect
common control with such specified Person. For 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 Trustee may request
and may conclusively rely upon an Officers’ Certificate to
determine whether any Person is an Affiliate of any specified
Person.
“Agent”
means any Registrar or paying agent.
“Bankruptcy
Law” means Title 11, U.S. Code or any similar federal or
state law for the relief of debtors.
“Board of
Directors” means, (i) with respect to Finance Corp., the
board of directors of the corporation or any committee thereof duly
authorized to act on behalf of such board, (ii) with respect
to the Partnership, the Board of Directors of the General Partner
or any authorized committee of the Board of Directors of the
General Partner or any directors and/or officers of the
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General Partner
to whom such Board of Directors or such committee shall have duly
delegated its authority to act hereunder. If the Partnership shall
change its form of entity to other than a limited partnership, the
references to the Board of Directors of the General Partner shall
mean the Board of Directors (or other comparable governing body) of
the Partnership.
“Business
Day” means any day other than a Legal Holiday.
“capital
stock” of any Person means and includes any and all shares,
rights to purchase, warrants or options (whether or not currently
exercisable), participations or other equivalents of or interests
in (however designated) the equity (which includes, but is not
limited to, common stock, preferred stock and partnership and joint
venture interests) of such Person (excluding any debt securities
that are convertible into, or exchangeable for, such
equity).
“Custodian”
means any receiver, trustee, assignee, liquidator or similar
official under any Bankruptcy Law.
“Debt”
of any Person at any date means any obligation created or assumed
by such Person for the repayment of borrowed money and any
guarantee thereof.
“Debt
Security” or “Debt Securities” has the meaning
stated in the first recital of this Indenture and more particularly
means any debt security or debt securities, as the case may be, of
any series authenticated and delivered under this
Indenture.
“Default”
means any event, act or condition that is, or after notice or the
passage of time or both would be, an Event of Default.
“Depositary”
means, unless otherwise specified by the Issuers pursuant to either
Section 2.03 or 2.15, with respect to Debt Securities of any
series issuable or issued in whole or in part in the form of one or
more Global Securities, The Depository Trust Company, New York, New
York, or any successor thereto registered as a clearing agency
under the Exchange Act or other applicable statute or
regulations.
“Dollar”
or “$” means such currency of the United States as at
the time of payment is legal tender for the payment of public and
private debts.
“Exchange
Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,
and any successor statute.
“Finance
Corp.” means the Person named as “Finance Corp.”
in the first paragraph of this instrument until a successor Person
shall have become such pursuant to the applicable terms of this
Indenture, and thereafter “Finance Corp.” shall mean
such successor Person.
“Floating
Rate Security” means a Debt 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 2.03.
“GAAP”
means generally accepted accounting principles in the United
States, as in effect from time to time.
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“General
Partner” means Targa Resources GP LLC, a Delaware limited
liability company, and its successors and permitted assigns as
general partner of the Partnership or as the business entity with
the ultimate authority to manage the business and operations of the
Partnership.
“Global
Security” means with respect to any series of Debt Securities
issued hereunder, a Debt Security which is executed by the Issuers
and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee to the Depositary or
pursuant to the Depositary’s instruction, all in accordance
with this Indenture and any Indentures supplemental hereto, or
resolution of the Board of Directors and set forth in an
Officers’ Certificate, which shall be registered in the name
of the Depositary or its nominee and which shall represent, and
shall be denominated in an amount equal to the aggregate principal
amount of, all the Outstanding Debt Securities of such series or
any portion thereof, in either case having the same terms,
including, without limitation, the same original issue date, date
or dates on which principal is due and interest rate or method of
determining interest.
“guarantee”
means any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of any Person
directly or indirectly guaranteeing any Debt or other obligation of
any other Person and any obligation, direct or indirect, contingent
or otherwise, of such Person (a) to purchase or pay (or
advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Debt
or other obligation of such other Person (whether arising by virtue
of partnership arrangements, or by agreement to keep-well, to
purchase assets, goods, securities or services, to take-or-pay, or
to maintain financial statement conditions or otherwise) or
(b) entered into for purposes of assuring in any other manner
the obligee of such Debt or other obligation of the payment thereof
or to protect such obligee against loss in respect thereof (in
whole or in part); provided, however, that the term
“guarantee” shall not include endorsements for
collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business. The term
“guarantee” used as a verb has a corresponding
meaning.
“Holder,”
“Holder of Debt Securities” or other similar terms
means, a Person in whose name a Debt Security is registered in the
Debt Security Register (as defined in
Section 2.07(a)).
“Indenture”
means this instrument as originally executed, or, if amended or
supplemented as herein provided, as so amended or supplemented and
shall include the form and terms of particular series of Debt
Securities as contemplated hereunder, whether or not a supplemental
Indenture is entered into with respect thereto.
“Issuers”
means the Partnership and Finance Corp.
“Issuer
Order” means a written request or order signed on behalf of
each of the Issuers by one of its Officers and delivered to the
Trustee.
“Legal
Holiday” means a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banking
institutions in the City of Houston, Texas, City of New York, New
York or at a Place of Payment are authorized by law, regulation or
executive order to remain closed. If a payment date is a Legal
Holiday at a Place of Payment, payment may be made at that place on
the next succeeding day that is not a Legal Holiday, and no
interest shall accrue for the intervening period.
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“Lien”
means, with respect to any asset, any mortgage, lien, security
interest, pledge, charge or other encumbrance of any kind in
respect of such asset, whether or not filed, recorded or otherwise
perfected under applicable law.
“Officer”
means, with respect to any Person, the Chairman of the Board, the
Chief Executive Officer, the President, the Chief Operating
Officer, the Chief Financial Officer, the Treasurer, any Assistant
Treasurer, the Controller, the Secretary or any Vice President of
such Person (or, if such Person is a limited partnership, the
general partner of such Person, except it shall be the General
Partner in the case of the Partnership so long as it is a limited
partnership).
“Officers’
Certificate” means a certificate signed on behalf of each
Issuer by any two of its Officers, one of whom must be the
principal executive officer, the principal financial officer or the
principal accounting officer of such Issuer, that meets the
requirements of Section 13.05 hereof.
“Opinion of
Counsel” means a written opinion from legal counsel who is
acceptable to the Trustee. The counsel may be an employee of or
counsel to the Partnership or the Trustee.
“Original
Issue Discount Debt Security” means any Debt Security which
provides for an amount less than the principal amount thereof to be
due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the maturity
thereof pursuant to Section 6.01.
“Outstanding,”
when used with respect to any series of Debt Securities, means, as
of the date of determination, all Debt Securities of that series
theretofore authenticated and delivered under this Indenture,
except:
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theretofore canceled by the Trustee or delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation;
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Debt Securities of that series for
whose payment or redemption money in the necessary amount has been
theretofore deposited with the Trustee or any paying agent (other
than an Issuer) in trust or set aside and segregated in trust by
the Issuers (if an Issuer shall act as its own paying agent) for
the Holders of such Debt Securities; provided, that, if such Debt
Securities are to be redeemed, notice of such redemption has been
duly given pursuant to this Indenture or provision therefor
satisfactory to the Trustee has been made; and
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Debt Securities of that series which
have been paid pursuant to Section 2.09 or in exchange for or
in lieu of which other Debt Securities have been authenticated and
delivered pursuant to this Indenture, other than any such Debt
Securities in respect of which there shall have been presented to
the Trustee proof satisfactory to it that such Debt Securities are
held by a protected purchaser in whose hands such Debt Securities
are valid obligations of the Issuers;
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provided,
however, that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite
principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of any series
have given any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice,
consent or waiver hereunder, Debt Securities owned by either of the
Issuers or any other obligor upon the Debt Securities or any
Affiliate of the Partnership or of such other
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obligor shall
be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding, except that, in
determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying upon
any such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent
or waiver, only Debt Securities which a Trust Officer actually
knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded. Debt Securities so
owned which have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as
Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the
Trustee the pledgee’s right so to act with respect to such
Debt Securities and that the pledgee is not an Issuer or any other
obligor upon the Debt Securities or an Affiliate of the Partnership
or of such other obligor. In determining whether the Holders of the
requisite principal amount of Outstanding Debt Securities have
given any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice,
consent or waiver hereunder, the principal amount of an Original
Issue Discount Debt Security that shall be deemed to be Outstanding
for such purposes 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 6.01.
“Partnership”
means the Person named as the “Partnership” in the
first paragraph of this instrument until a successor Person shall
have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this
Indenture, and thereafter “Partnership” shall mean such
successor Person.
“Person”
means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture,
limited liability company, incorporated or unincorporated
association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated
organization or government or other agency or political subdivision
thereof or other entity of any kind.
“Redemption
Date,” when used with respect to any Debt Security to be
redeemed, means the date fixed for such redemption by or pursuant
to this Indenture.
“SEC”
means the Securities and Exchange Commission.
“Securities
Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any
successor statute.
“Stated
Maturity” means, with respect to any security, the date
specified in such security as the fixed date on which the payment
of principal of such security is due and payable, including
pursuant to any mandatory redemption provision (but excluding any
provision providing for the repurchase of such security at the
option of the holder thereof upon the happening of any contingency
beyond the control of the issuer unless such contingency has
occurred).
“Subsidiary”
of any Person means:
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any
corporation, association or other business entity of which more
than 50% of the total voting power of equity interests entitled,
without regard to the occurrence of any contingency, to vote in the
election of directors, managers, trustees or equivalent Persons
thereof is at the time of determination owned or controlled,
directly or indirectly, by such Person or one or more of the other
Subsidiaries of such Person or combination thereof; or
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in
the case of a partnership, more than 50% of the partners’
equity interests, considering all partners’ equity interests
as a single class, is at such time of determination owned or
controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or one or more
of the other Subsidiaries of such Person or combination
thereof.
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“Subsidiary
Guarantors” means any Subsidiary of the Partnership (except
Finance Corp.) who may execute this Indenture, or a supplement
hereto, for the purpose of providing a Guarantee of Debt Securities
pursuant to this Indenture until a successor Person shall have
become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this
Indenture, and thereafter “Subsidiary Guarantors” shall
mean such successor Person.
“TIA”
means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (15 U.S.C.
§§ 77aaa-77bbbb), as in effect on the date of this
Indenture as originally executed and, to the extent required by
law, as amended.
“Trustee”
initially means [
] and any other Person or Persons appointed as such from time to
time pursuant to Section 7.08, and, subject to the provisions
of Article VII, includes its or their successors and assigns.
If at any time there is more than one such Person,
“Trustee” as used with respect to the Debt Securities
of any series shall mean the Trustee with respect to the Debt
Securities of that series.
“Trust
Officer” means any officer or assistant officer of the
Trustee assigned by the Trustee to administer its corporate trust
matters.
“United
States” means the United States of America (including the
States and the District of Columbia), its territories, its
possessions and other areas subject to its jurisdiction.
“U.S.
Government Obligations” means direct obligations of the
United States of America, obligations on which the payment of
principal and interest is fully guaranteed by the United States of
America or obligations or guarantees for the payment of which the
full faith and credit of the United States of America is
pledged.
“Yield to
Maturity” means the yield to maturity, calculated at the time
of issuance of a series of Debt Securities, or, if applicable, at
the most recent redetermination of interest on such series and
calculated in accordance with accepted financial
practice.
Section 1.02
Other Definitions .
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Section 1.03
Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act . Whenever
this Indenture refers to a provision of the TIA, the provision is
incorporated by reference in and made a part of this
Indenture.
All terms used in
this Indenture that are defined by the TIA, defined by TIA
reference to another statute or defined by SEC rule under the TIA
have the meanings so assigned to them.
Section 1.04
Rules of Construction . Unless the context otherwise
requires:
(a) a term
has the meaning assigned to it;
(b) an
accounting term not otherwise defined has the meaning assigned to
it in accordance with GAAP;
(c) “or”
is not exclusive;
(d) words in
the singular include the plural, and in the plural include the
singular;
(e) provisions
apply to successive events and transactions; and
(f) the
principal amount of any noninterest bearing or other discount
security at any date shall be the principal amount thereof that
would be shown on a balance sheet of the issuer dated such date
prepared in accordance with GAAP.
ARTICLE II
DEBT SECURITIES
Section 2.01
Forms Generally . The Debt Securities of each series shall
be in substantially the form established without the approval of
any Holder by or pursuant to a resolution of the Board of Directors
of each Issuer or in one or more Indentures supplemental hereto, in
each case with such appropriate insertions, omissions,
substitutions and other variations as are required or permitted by
this Indenture, and may have such letters, numbers or other marks
of identification and such legends or endorsements placed thereon
as the Issuers may deem appropriate (and, if not contained in a
supplemental Indenture entered into in accordance with
Article IX, as are not prohibited by the provisions of this
Indenture) or as may be required or appropriate to comply with any
law or with any rules made pursuant thereto or with any rules of
any securities exchange on which such series of Debt Securities may
be listed, or to conform to general usage, or as may, consistently
herewith, be determined by the officers executing such Debt
Securities as evidenced by their execution of the Debt
Securities.
The definitive
Debt Securities of each series shall be printed, lithographed or
engraved on steel engraved borders or may be produced in any other
manner, all as determined by the officers executing such Debt
Securities, as evidenced by their execution of such Debt
Securities.
Section 2.02
Form of Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication . The
Trustee’s certificate of authentication on all Debt
Securities authenticated by the Trustee shall be in substantially
the following form:
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TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF
AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the
Debt Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the
within-mentioned Indenture.
Section 2.03
Principal Amount; Issuable in Series . The aggregate
principal amount of Debt Securities which may be issued, executed,
authenticated, delivered and outstanding under this Indenture is
unlimited.
The Debt
Securities may be issued in one or more series in fully registered
form. There shall be established, without the approval of any
Holders, in or pursuant to a resolution of the Board of Directors
of each Issuer and set forth in an Officers’ Certificate, or
established in one or more Indentures supplemental hereto, prior to
the issuance of Debt Securities of any series any or all of the
following:
(a) the title
of the Debt Securities of the series (which shall distinguish the
Debt Securities of the series from all other Debt
Securities);
(b) any limit
upon the aggregate principal amount of the Debt Securities of the
series which may be authenticated and delivered under this
Indenture (except for Debt Securities authenticated and delivered
upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu
of, other Debt Securities of the series pursuant to this
Article II);
(c) the date
or dates on which the principal of and premium, if any, on the Debt
Securities of the series are payable;
(d) the rate
or rates (which may be fixed or variable) at which the Debt
Securities of the series shall bear interest, if any, or the method
of determining such rate or rates, the date or dates from which
such interest shall accrue, the interest payment dates on which
such interest shall be payable, or the method by which such date
will be determined, the record dates for the determination of
Holders thereof to whom such interest is payable; and the basis
upon which interest will be calculated if other than that of a
360-day year of twelve thirty-day months;
(e) the place
or places, if any, in addition to or instead of the corporate trust
office of the Trustee, where the principal of, and premium, if any,
and interest on, Debt Securities of the series shall be payable
(“Place of Payment”);
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(f) the price
or prices at which, the period or periods within which and the
terms and conditions upon which Debt Securities of the series may
be redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option of the Issuers or
otherwise;
(g) whether
Debt Securities of the series are entitled to the benefits of any
Guarantee of any Subsidiary Guarantors pursuant to this
Indenture;
(h) the
obligation, if any, of the Issuers to redeem, purchase or repay
Debt Securities of the series pursuant to any sinking fund or
analogous provisions or at the option of a Holder thereof, and the
price or prices at which and the period or periods within which and
the terms and conditions upon which Debt Securities of the series
shall be redeemed, purchased or repaid, in whole or in part,
pursuant to such obligations;
(i) the
terms, if any, upon which the Debt Securities of the series may be
convertible into or exchanged for capital stock (which may be
represented by depositary shares), other Debt Securities or
warrants for capital stock or Debt or other securities of any kind
of either of the Issuers or any other obligor and the terms and
conditions upon which such conversion or exchange shall be
effected, including the initial conversion or exchange price or
rate, the conversion or exchange period and any other provision in
addition to or in lieu of those described herein;
(j) if other
than denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof, the
denominations in which Debt Securities of the series shall be
issuable;
(k) if the
amount of principal of or any premium or interest on Debt
Securities of the series may be determined with reference to an
index or pursuant to a formula, the manner in which such amounts
will be determined;
(l) if the
principal amount payable at the Stated Maturity of Debt Securities
of the series will not be determinable as of any one or more dates
prior to such Stated Maturity, the amount which will be deemed to
be such principal amount as of any such date for any purpose,
including the principal amount thereof which will be due and
payable upon any maturity other than the Stated Maturity or which
will be deemed to be Outstanding as of any such date (or, in any
such case, the manner in which such deemed principal amount is to
be determined);
(m) any
changes or additions to Article XI, including the addition of
additional covenants that may be subject to the covenant defeasance
option pursuant to Section 11.02(b);
(n) if other
than the principal amount thereof, the portion of the principal
amount of Debt Securities of the series which shall be payable upon
declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof pursuant to
Section 6.01 or provable in bankruptcy pursuant to
Section 6.02;
(o) the
terms, if any, of the transfer, mortgage, pledge or assignment as
security for the Debt Securities of the series of any properties,
assets, moneys, proceeds, securities or other collateral, including
whether certain provisions of the TIA are applicable and any
corresponding changes to provisions of this Indenture as currently
in effect;
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(p) any
addition to or change in the Events of Default with respect to the
Debt Securities of the series and any change in the right of the
Trustee or the Holders to declare the principal of, and premium and
interest on, such Debt Securities due and payable;
(q) if the
Debt Securities of the series shall be issued in whole or in part
in the form of a Global Security or Securities, the terms and
conditions, if any, upon which such Global Security or Securities
may be exchanged in whole or in part for other individual Debt
Securities in definitive registered form; and the Depositary for
such Global Security or Securities and the form of any legend or
legends to be borne by any such Global Security or Securities in
addition to or in lieu of the legend referred to in
Section 2.15(a);
(r) any
trustees, authenticating or paying agents, transfer agents or
registrars;
(s) the
applicability of, and any addition to or change in the covenants
and definitions currently set forth in this Indenture or in the
terms currently set forth in Article X, including conditioning
any merger, conveyance, transfer or lease permitted by
Article X upon the satisfaction of any Debt coverage standard
by the Issuers and Successor Company (as defined in
Article X);
(t) with
regard to Debt Securities of the series that do not bear interest,
the dates for certain required reports to the Trustee;
and
(u) any other
terms of the Debt Securities of the series (which terms shall not
be prohibited by the provisions of this Indenture).
All Debt
Securities of any one series shall be substantially identical
except as to denomination and except as may otherwise be provided
in or pursuant to such resolution of the Board of Directors and as
set forth in such Officers’ Certificate or in any such
Indenture supplemental hereto.
Section 2.04
Execution of Debt Securities . The Debt Securities shall be
signed on behalf of each of the Issuers by at least one of its
Officers. Such signatures upon the Debt Securities may be the
manual or facsimile signatures of the present or any future such
authorized officers and may be imprinted or otherwise reproduced on
the Debt Securities.
Only such Debt
Securities as shall bear thereon a certificate of authentication
substantially in the form hereinbefore recited, signed manually by
the Trustee, shall be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture or
be valid or obligatory for any purpose. Such certificate by the
Trustee upon any Debt Security executed on behalf of each of the
Issuers by at least one of its Officers shall be conclusive
evidence that the Debt Security so authenticated has been duly
authenticated and delivered hereunder.
In case any
Officer of either Issuer who shall have signed any of the Debt
Securities shall cease to be such Officer before the Debt
Securities so signed shall have been authenticated and delivered by
the Trustee, or disposed of by the Issuers, such Debt Securities
nevertheless may be authenticated and delivered or disposed of as
though the Person who signed such Debt Securities had not ceased to
be such Officer; and any Debt Security may be signed on behalf of
either Issuer by such Persons as, at the actual date of the
execution of such Debt Security, shall be the
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proper Officers
of such Issuer, although at the date of such Debt Security or of
the execution of this Indenture any such Person was not such
Officer.
Section 2.05
Authentication and Delivery of Debt Securities . At any time
and from time to time after the execution and delivery of this
Indenture, the Issuers may deliver to the Trustee for
authentication Debt Securities of any series executed by the
Issuers, and the Trustee shall thereupon authenticate and deliver
said Debt Securities to or upon an Issuer Order. In authenticating
such Debt Securities, and accepting the additional responsibilities
under this Indenture in relation to such Debt Securities, the
Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and (subject to
Section 7.01) shall be fully protected in relying
upon:
(a) a copy of
any resolution or resolutions of the Board of Directors of each
Issuer, certified by the Secretary or Assistant Secretary of each
of the General Partner and Finance Corp., authorizing the terms of
issuance of any series of Debt Securities;
(b) an
executed supplemental Indenture, if any;
(c) an
Officers’ Certificate; and
(d) an
Opinion of Counsel prepared in accordance with Section 13.05
which shall also state:
(i) that the form
of such Debt Securities has been established by or pursuant to a
resolution of the Board of Directors of each Issuer or by a
supplemental Indenture as permitted by Section 2.01 in
conformity with the provisions of this Indenture;
(ii) that the
terms of such Debt Securities have been established by or pursuant
to a resolution of the Board of Directors or by a supplemental
Indenture as permitted by Section 2.03 in conformity with the
provisions of this Indenture;
(iii) that such
Debt Securities, when authenticated and delivered by the Trustee
and issued by the Issuers in the manner and subject to any
conditions specified in such Opinion of Counsel, will constitute
valid and legally binding obligations of the Issuers, enforceable
in accordance with their terms except as the enforceability thereof
may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws affecting
the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and rights of
acceleration and the availability of equitable remedies may be
limited by equitable principles of general
applicability;
(iv) that the
Issuers have the power to issue such Debt Securities and has duly
taken all necessary action with respect to such
issuance;
(v) that the
issuance of such Debt Securities will not contravene the
organizational documents of the Issuers or result in any material
violation of any of the terms or provisions of any law or
regulation or of any material indenture, mortgage or other
agreement known to such counsel by which the Issuers are
bound;
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(vi) that
authentication and delivery of such Debt Securities and the
execution and delivery of any supplemental Indenture will not
violate the terms of this Indenture; and
(vii) such other
matters as the Trustee may reasonably request.
Such Opinion of
Counsel need express no opinion as to whether a court in the United
States would render a money judgment in a currency other than that
of the United States.
The Trustee shall
have the right to decline to authenticate and deliver any Debt
Securities under this Section 2.05 if the Trustee, being
advised by counsel, determines that such action may not lawfully be
taken or if the Trustee in good faith by its board of directors or
trustees, executive committee or a trust committee of directors,
trustees or Officers (or any combination thereof) shall determine
that such action would expose the Trustee to personal liability to
existing Holders.
The Trustee may
appoint an authenticating agent reasonably acceptable to the
Issuers to authenticate Debt Securities of any series. Unless
limited by the terms of such appointment, an authenticating agent
may authenticate Debt Securities whenever the Trustee may do so.
Each reference in this Indenture to authentication by the Trustee
includes authentication by such agent. An authenticating agent has
the same rights as any Registrar, paying agent or agent for service
of notices and demands.
Unless otherwise
provided in the form of Debt Security for any series, each Debt
Security shall be dated the date of its authentication.
Section 2.06
Denomination of Debt Securities . Unless otherwise provided
in the form of Debt Security for any series, the Debt Securities of
each series shall be issuable only as fully registered Debt
Securities in such Dollar denominations as shall be specified or
contemplated by Section 2.03. In the absence of any such
specification with respect to the Debt Securities of any series,
the Debt Securities of such series shall be issuable in
denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple
thereof.
Section 2.07
Registration of Transfer and Exchange .
(a) The
Issuers shall keep or cause to be kept a register for each series
of Debt Securities issued hereunder (hereinafter collectively
referred to as the “Debt Security Register”), in which,
subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the
Issuers shall provide for the registration of all Debt Securities
and the transfer of Debt Securities as in this Article II
provided. At all reasonable times the Debt Security Register shall
be open for inspection by the Trustee. Subject to
Section 2.15, upon due presentment for registration of
transfer of any Debt Security at any office or agency to be
maintained by the Issuers in accordance with the provisions of
Section 4.02, the Issuers shall execute and the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver in the name of the transferee or
transferees a new Debt Security or Debt Securities of authorized
denominations for a like aggregate principal amount. In no event
may Debt Securities be issued as, or exchanged for, bearer
securities.
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Unless and until
otherwise determined by the Issuers by resolutions of each
Issuer’s Board of Directors, the Debt Security Register shall
be kept at the principal corporate trust office of the Trustee and,
for this purpose, the Trustee shall be designated
“Registrar.”
Debt Securities of
any series (other than a Global Security, except as set forth
below) may be exchanged for a like aggregate principal amount of
Debt Securities of the same series of other authorized
denominations. Subject to Section 2.15, Debt Securities to be
exchanged shall be surrendered at the office or agency to be
maintained by the Issuers as provided in Section 4.02, and the
Issuers shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and
deliver in exchange therefor the Debt Security or Debt Securities
which the Holder making the exchange shall be entitled to
receive.
(b) All Debt
Securities presented or surrendered for registration of transfer,
exchange or payment shall (if so required by the Issuers, the
Trustee or the Registrar) be duly endorsed or be accompanied by a
written instrument or instruments of transfer, in form satisfactory
to the Issuers, the Trustee and the Registrar, duly executed by the
Holder or his attorney duly authorized in writing.
All Debt
Securities issued in exchange for or upon transfer of Debt
Securities shall be the valid obligations of the Issuers,
evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under
this Indenture as the Debt Securities surrendered for such exchange
or transfer.
No service charge
shall be made for any exchange or registration of transfer of Debt
Securities (except as provided by Section 2.09), but the
Issuers may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax,
fee, assessment or other governmental charge that may be imposed in
relation thereto, other than those expressly provided in this
Indenture to be made at the Issuers’ own expense or without
expense or without charge to the Holders.
The Issuers shall
not be required (i) to issue, register the transfer of or
exchange any Debt Securities for a period of 15 days next
preceding any mailing of notice of redemption of Debt Securities of
such series or (ii) to register the transfer of or exchange
any Debt Securities selected, called or being called for
redemption.
Prior to the due
presentation for registration of transfer of any Debt Security, the
Issuers, the Subsidiary Guarantors, the Trustee, any paying agent
or any Registrar may deem and treat the Person in whose name a Debt
Security is registered as the absolute owner of such Debt Security
for the purpose of receiving payment of or on account of the
principal of, and premium, if any, and (subject to
Section 2.12) interest on, such Debt Security and for all
other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Debt Security is
overdue, and none of the Issuers, the Subsidiary Guarantors, the
Trustee, any paying agent or any Registrar shall be affected by
notice to the contrary.
None of the
Issuers, the Subsidiary Guarantors, the Trustee, any agent of the
Trustee, any paying agent or any Registrar will have any
responsibility or liability for any aspect of the records relating
to, or payments made on account of, beneficial ownership interests
of a Global Security or for maintaining, supervising or reviewing
any records relating to such beneficial ownership
interests.
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Section 2.08
Temporary Debt Securities . Pending the preparation of
definitive Debt Securities of any series, the Issuers may execute
and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver temporary Debt
Securities (printed, lithographed, photocopied, typewritten or
otherwise produced) of any authorized denomination, and
substantially in the form of the definitive Debt Securities in lieu
of which they are issued, in registered form with such omissions,
insertions and variations as may be appropriate for temporary Debt
Securities, all as may be determined by the Issuers with the
concurrence of the Trustee. Temporary Debt Securities may contain
such reference to any provisions of this Indenture as may be
appropriate. Every temporary Debt Security shall be executed by the
Issuers and be authenticated by the Trustee upon the same
conditions and in substantially the same manner, and with like
effect, as the definitive Debt Securities.
If temporary Debt
Securities of any series are issued, the Issuers will cause
definitive Debt Securities of such series to be prepared without
unreasonable delay. After the preparation of definitive Debt
Securities of such series, the temporary Debt Securities of such
series shall be exchangeable for definitive Debt Securities of such
series upon surrender of the temporary Debt Securities of such
series at the office or agency of the Issuers at a Place of Payment
for such series, without charge to the Holder thereof, except as
provided in Section 2.07 in connection with a transfer. Upon
surrender for cancellation of any one or more temporary Debt
Securities of any series, the Issuers shall execute and the Trustee
shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a like
principal amount of definitive Debt Securities of the same series
of authorized denominations and of like tenor. Until so exchanged,
temporary Debt Securities of any series shall in all respects be
entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as definitive
Debt Securities of such series.
Upon any exchange
of a portion of a temporary Global Security for a definitive Global
Security or for the individual Debt Securities represented thereby
pursuant to Section 2.07 or this Section 2.08, 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 to be exchanged and
endorsed.
Section 2.09
Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Debt Securities . If
(a) any mutilated Debt Security is surrendered to the Trustee
at its corporate trust office or (b) the Issuers and the
Trustee receive evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction,
loss or theft of any Debt Security, and there is delivered to the
Issuers and the Trustee such security or indemnity as may be
required by them to save each of them and any paying agent
harmless, and neither the Issuers nor the Trustee receives notice
that such Debt Security has been acquired by a protected purchaser,
then the Issuers shall execute and, upon an Issuer Order, the
Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in exchange for or in lieu
of any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Debt Security, a
new Debt Security of the same series of like tenor, form, terms and
principal amount, bearing a number not contemporaneously
Outstanding. Upon the issuance of any substituted Debt Security,
the Issuers or the Trustee may require the payment of a sum
sufficient to cover any tax, fee, assessment or other governmental
charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other
expenses connected therewith. In case any Debt Security which has
matured or is about to mature or which has been called for
redemption shall become mutilated or be destroyed, lost or stolen,
the Issuers may, instead of issuing a substituted Debt Security,
pay or authorize the
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payment of the
same (without surrender thereof except in the case of a mutilated
Debt Security) if the applicant for such payment shall furnish the
Issuers and the Trustee with such security or indemnity as either
may require to save it harmless from all risk, however remote, and,
in case of destruction, loss or theft, evidence to the satisfaction
of the Issuers and the Trustee of the destruction, loss or theft of
such Debt Security and of the ownership thereof.
Every substituted
Debt Security of any series issued pursuant to the provisions of
this Section 2.09 by virtue of the fact that any Debt Security
is destroyed, lost or stolen shall constitute an original
additional contractual obligation of the Issuers, whether or not
the destroyed, lost or stolen Debt Security shall be found at any
time, and shall be entitled to all the benefits of this Indenture
equally and proportionately with any and all other Debt Securities
of that series duly issued hereunder. All Debt Securities shall be
held and owned upon the express condition that the foregoing
provisions are exclusive with respect to the replacement or payment
of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Debt Securities, and shall
preclude any and all other rights or remedies, notwithstanding any
law or statute existing or hereafter enacted to the contrary with
respect to the replacement or payment of negotiable instruments or
other securities without their surrender.
Section 2.10
Cancellation of Surrendered Debt Securities . All Debt
Securities surrendered for payment, redemption, registration of
transfer or exchange shall, if surrendered to an Issuer or any
paying agent or a Registrar, be delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation by it, or if surrendered to the Trustee, shall be
canceled by it, and no Debt Securities shall be issued in lieu
thereof except as expressly permitted by any of the provisions of
this Indenture. All canceled Debt Securities held by the Trustee
shall be destroyed (subject to the record retention requirements of
the Exchange Act) and certification of their destruction delivered
to the Issuers, unless otherwise directed. On request of the
Issuers, the Trustee shall deliver to the Issuers canceled Debt
Securities held by the Trustee. If either of the Issuers shall
acquire any of the Debt Securities, however, such acquisition shall
not operate as a redemption or satisfaction of the Debt represented
thereby unless and until the same are delivered or surrendered to
the Trustee for cancellation. The Issuers may not issue new Debt
Securities to replace Debt Securities it has redeemed, paid or
delivered to the Trustee for cancellation.
Section 2.11
Provisions of the Indenture and Debt Securities for the Sole
Benefit of the Parties and the Holders . Nothing in this
Indenture or in the Debt Securities, expressed or implied, shall
give or be construed to give to any Person, other than the parties
hereto, the Holders or any Registrar or paying agent, any legal or
equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of this
Indenture, or under any covenant, condition or provision herein
contained; all its covenants, conditions and provisions being for
the sole benefit of the parties hereto, the Holders and any
Registrar and paying agents.
Section 2.12
Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved .
(a) Interest
on any Debt 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 Debt Security is registered at the close
of business on the regular record date for such interest
notwithstanding the cancellation of such Debt Security upon any
transfer or exchange subsequent to the regular record date. Payment
of interest on Debt Securities shall be made at the
corporate
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trust office of
the Trustee (except as otherwise specified pursuant to
Section 2.03), or at the option of the Issuers, by check
mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such
address shall appear in the Debt Security Register or, if provided
pursuant to Section 2.03 and in accordance with arrangements
satisfactory to the Trustee, at the option of the Holder by wire
transfer to an account designated by the Holder.
(b) Subject
to the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.12 and
Section 2.17, each Debt Security of a particular series
delivered under this Indenture upon registration of transfer of or
in exchange for or in lieu of any other Debt Security of the same
series shall carry the rights to interest accrued and unpaid, and
to accrue, which were carried by such other Debt
Security.
Section 2.13
Securities Denominated in Dollars . Except as otherwise
specified pursuant to Section 2.03 for Debt Securities of any
series, payment of the principal of, and premium, if any, and
interest on, Debt Securities of such series will be made in
Dollars.
Section 2.14
Wire Transfers . Notwithstanding any other provision to the
contrary in this Indenture, the Issuers may make any payment of
moneys required to be deposited with the Trustee on account of
principal of, or premium, if any, or interest on, the Debt
Securities (whether pursuant to optional or mandatory redemption
payments, interest payments or otherwise) by wire transfer in
immediately available funds to an account designated by the Trustee
before 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the date such moneys are
to be paid to the Holders of the Debt Securities in accordance with
the terms hereof.
Section 2.15
Securities Issuable in the Form of a Global Security
.
(a) If the
Issuers shall establish pursuant to Sections 2.01 and 2.03
that the Debt Securities of a particular series are to be issued in
whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Securities, then
the Issuers shall execute and the Trustee or its agent shall, in
accordance with Section 2.05, authenticate and deliver, such
Global Security or Securities, which shall represent, and shall be
denominated in an amount equal to the aggregate principal amount
of, the Outstanding Debt Securities of such series to be
represented by such Global Security or Securities, or such portion
thereof as the Issuers shall specify in an Officers’
Certificate, shall be registered in the name of the Depositary for
such Global Security or Securities or its nominee, shall be
delivered by the Trustee or its agent to the Depositary or pursuant
to the Depositary’s instruction and shall bear a legend
substantially to the following effect:
“UNLESS THIS
CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE
DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION
(“DTC”), NEW YORK, NEW YORK, TO THE ISSUERS OR THEIR
AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY
CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR
SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF
DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO., OR TO SUCH OTHER
ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY
TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR
TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF,
CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
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TRANSFERS OF THIS
GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN
PART, TO NOMINEES OF DTC OR TO A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH
SUCCESSOR’S NOMINEE AND TRANSFERS OF PORTIONS OF THIS GLOBAL
SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN THE INDENTURE REFERRED TO
HEREIN.”
or such other
legend as may then be required by the Depositary for such Global
Security or Securities.
(b) Notwithstanding
any other provision of this Section 2.15 or of
Section 2.07 to the contrary, and subject to the provisions of
paragraph (c) below, unless the terms of a Global Security
expressly permit such Global Security to be exchanged in whole or
in part for definitive Debt Securities in registered form, a Global
Security may be transferred, in whole but not in part and in the
manner provided in Section 2.07, only by the Depositary to a
nominee of the Depositary for such Global Security, or by a nominee
of the Depositary to the Depositary or another nominee of the
Depositary, or by the Depositary or a nominee of the Depositary to
a successor Depositary for such Global Security selected or
approved by the Issuers, or to a nominee of such successor
Depositary.
(c) (i) If
at any time the Depositary for a Global Security or Securities
notifies the Issuers that it is unwilling or unable to continue as
Depositary for such Global Security or Securities or if at any time
the Depositary for the Debt Securities for such series shall no
longer be eligible or in good standing under the Exchange Act or
other applicable statute, rule or regulation, the Issuers shall
appoint a successor Depositary with respect to such Global Security
or Securities. If a successor Depositary for such Global Security
or Securities is not appointed by the Issuers within 90 days
after the Issuers receive such notice or becomes aware of such
ineligibility, the Issuers shall execute, and the Trustee or its
agent, upon receipt of an Issuer Order for the authentication and
delivery of such individual Debt Securities of such series in
exchange for such Global Security or Securities, will authenticate
and deliver, individual Debt Securities of such series of like
tenor and terms in definitive form in an aggregate principal amount
equal to the principal amount of the Global Security or Securities
in exchange for such Global Security or Securities.
(ii) If an Event
of Default occurs and the Depositary for a Global Security or
Securities notifies the Trustee of its decision to require that the
Debt Securities of any series or portion thereof issued or issuable
in the form of one or more Global Securities shall no longer be
represented by such Global Security or Securities, the Issuers
shall appoint a successor Depositary with respect to such Global
Security or Securities. In such event the Issuers will execute, and
the Trustee, upon receipt of an Issuer Order for the authentication
and delivery of individual Debt Securities of such series in
exchange in whole or in part for such Global Security or
Securities, will authenticate and deliver individual Debt
Securities of such series of like tenor and terms in definitive
form in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount
of such series or portion thereof in exchange for such Global
Security or Securities.
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(iii) If specified
by the Issuers pursuant to Sections 2.01 and 2.03 with respect
to Debt Securities issued or issuable in the form of a Global
Security, the Depositary for such Global Security may surrender
such Global Security in exchange in whole or in part for individual
Debt Securities of such series of like tenor and terms in
definitive form on such terms as are acceptable to the Issuers, the
Trustee and such Depositary. Thereupon the Issuers shall execute,
and the Trustee or its agent upon receipt of an Issuer Order for
the authentication and delivery of definitive Debt Securities of
such series shall authenticate and deliver, without service charge,
to each Person specified by such Depositary a new Debt Security or
Securities of the same series of like tenor and terms and 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 to such Depositary
a new Global Security of like tenor and terms and in an authorized
denomination equal to the difference, if any, between the principal
amount of the surrendered Global Security and the aggregate
principal amount of Debt Securities delivered to Holders
thereof.
(iv) In any
exchange provided for in any of the preceding three paragraphs, the
Issuers will execute and the Trustee or its agent will authenticate
and deliver individual Debt Securities. Upon the exchange of the
entire principal amount of a Global Security for individual Debt
Securities, such Global Security shall be canceled by the Trustee
or its agent. Except as provided in the preceding paragraph, Debt
Securities issued in exchange for a Global Security pursuant to
this Section 2.15 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 or the
Registrar. The Trustee or the Registrar shall deliver such Debt
Securities to the Persons in whose names such Debt Securities are
so registered.
(v) Payments in
respect of the principal of and interest on any Debt Securities
registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee will be
payable to the Depositary or such nominee in its capacity as the
registered owner of such Global Security. The Issuers, any
Subsidiary Guarantors and the Trustee may treat the Person in whose
name the Debt Securities, including the Global Security, are
registered as the owner thereof for the purpose of receiving such
payments and for any and all other purposes whatsoever. None of the
Issuers, any Subsidiary Guarantors, the Trustee, any Registrar, the
paying agent or any agent of the Issuers, any Subsidiary Guarantors
or the Trustee will have any responsibility or liability for any
aspect of the records relating to or payments made on account of
the beneficial ownership interests of the Global Security by the
Depositary or its nominee or any of the Depositary’s direct
or indirect participants, or for maintaining, supervising or
reviewing any records of the Depositary, its nominee or any of its
direct or indirect participants relating to the beneficial
ownership interests of the Global Security, the payments to the
beneficial owners of the Global Security of amounts paid to the
Depositary or its nominee, or any other matter relating to the
actions and practices of the Depositary, its nominee or any of its
direct or indirect participants. None of the Issuers, any
Subsidiary Guarantors, the Trustee or any such agent will be liable
for any delay by the Depositary, its nominee, or any of its direct
or indirect participants in identifying the beneficial owners of
the Debt Securities, and the Issuers, any Subsidiary Guarantors and
the Trustee may conclusively rely on, and will be protected in
relying on, instructions
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from the
Depositary or its nominee for all purposes (including with respect
to the registration and delivery, and the respective principal
amounts, of the Debt Securities to be issued).
Section 2.16
Medium Term Securities . Notwithstanding any contrary
provision herein, if all Debt Securities of a series are not to be
originally issued at one time, it shall not be necessary for each
of the Issuers to deliver to the Trustee an Officers’
Certificate, resolutions of each such Issuer’s Board of
Directors, supplemental Indenture, Opinion of Counsel or written
order or any other document otherwise required pursuant to
Section 2.01, 2.03, 2.05 or 13.05 at or prior to the time of
authentication of each Debt Security of such series if such
documents are delivered to the Trustee or its agent at or prior to
the authentication upon original issuance of the first such Debt
Security of such series to be issued; provided, that any subsequent
request by the Issuers to the Trustee to authenticate Debt
Securities of such series upon original issuance shall constitute a
representation and warranty by the Issuers that, as of the date of
such request, the statements made in the Officers’
Certificate delivered pursuant to Section 2.05 or 13.05 shall
be true and correct as if made on such date and that the Opinion of
Counsel delivered at or prior to such time of authentication of an
original issuance of Debt Securities shall specifically state that
it shall relate to all subsequent issuances of Debt Securities of
such series that are identical to the Debt Securities issued in the
first issuance of Debt Securities of such series.
An Issuer Order
delivered by the Issuers to the Trustee in the circumstances set
forth in the preceding paragraph, may provide that Debt Securities
which are the subject thereof will be authenticated and delivered
by the Trustee or its agent on original issue from time to time
upon the telephonic or written order of Persons designated in such
written order (any such telephonic instructions to be promptly
confirmed in writing by such Person) and that such Persons are
authorized to determine, consistent with the Officers’
Certificate, supplemental Indenture or resolution of the Board of
Directors relating to such written order, such terms and conditions
of such Debt Securities as are specified in such Officers’
Certificate, supplemental Indenture or such resolution.
Section 2.17
Defaulted Interest . Any interest on any Debt Security of a
particular series which is payable, but is not punctually paid or
duly provided for, on the dates and in the manner provided in the
Debt Securities of such series and in this Indenture (herein called
“Defaulted Interest”) shall forthwith cease to be
payable to the Holder thereof on the relevant record date by virtue
of having been such Holder, and such Defaulted Interest may be paid
by the Issuers, at their election in each case, as provided in
clause (i) or (ii) below:
(i) The Issuers
may elect to make payment of any Defaulted Interest to the Persons
in whose names the Debt Securities of such series are registered at
the close of business on a special record date for the payment of
such Defaulted Interest, which shall be fixed in the following
manner. The Issuers shall notify the Trustee in writing of the
amount of Defaulted Interest proposed to be paid on each such Debt
Security of such series and the date of the proposed payment, and
at the same time the Issuers 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
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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 days and not less than 10 days prior
to the date of the proposed payment and not less than 10 days
after the receipt by the Trustee of the notice of the proposed
payment. The Trustee shall promptly notify the Issuers of such
special record date and, in the name and at the expense of the
Issuers, shall cause notice of the proposed payment of such
Defaulted Interest and the special record date therefor to be
mailed, first class postage pre-paid, to each Holder thereof at its
address as it appears in the Debt Security Register, not less than
10 days prior to such special record date. Notice of the
proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the special record
date therefor having been so mailed, such Defaulted Interest shall
be paid to the Persons in whose names the Debt Securities of such
series are registered at the close of business on such special
record date.
(ii) The Issuers
may make payment of any Defaulted Interest on the Debt Securities
of such series in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the
requirements of any securities exchange on which the Debt
Securities of such series may be listed, and upon such notice as
may be required by such exchange, if, after notice given by the
Issuers to the Trustee of the proposed payment pursuant to this
clause, such manner of payment shall be deemed practicable by the
Trustee.
Section 2.18
CUSIP Numbers . The Issuers in issuing the Debt Securities
may use “CUSIP” numbers (if then generally in use),
and, if so, the Trustee shall use “CUSIP” numbers in
notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders; provided that
any such notice may state that no representation is made as to the
accuracy of such numbers either as printed on the Debt 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
Debt Securities, and any such redemption shall not be affected by
any defect in or omission of such numbers. The Issuers will
promptly notify the Trustee in writing of any change in the
“CUSIP” numbers.
ARTICLE III
REDEMPTION OF DEBT SECURITIES
Section 3.01
Applicability of Article . The provisions of this Article
shall be applicable to the Debt Securities of any series which are
redeemable before their Stated Maturity except as otherwise
specified as contemplated by Section 2.03 for Debt Securities
of such series.
Section 3.02
Notice of Redemption; Selection of Debt Securities . In case
the Issuers shall desire to exercise the right to redeem all or, as
the case may be, any part of the Debt Securities of any series in
accordance with their terms, by resolution of the Board of
Directors of each Issuer or a supplemental Indenture, the Issuers
shall fix a date for redemption and shall give notice of such
redemption at least 30 and not more than 60 days prior to the
date fixed for redemption to the Holders of Debt Securities of such
series so to be redeemed as a whole or in part, in the manner
provided in Section 13.03. The notice if given in the manner
herein provided shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly
given, whether or not the Holder receives such notice. In any case,
failure to give such notice or any defect in the notice to the
Holder of any Debt Security of a series designated for redemption
as a whole or in part shall not affect the validity of the
proceedings for the redemption of any other Debt Security of such
series.
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Each such notice
of redemption shall specify (i) the date fixed for redemption,
(ii) the redemption price at which Debt Securities of such
series are to be redeemed (or the method of calculating such
redemption price), (iii) the Place or Places of Payment that
payment will be made upon presentation and surrender of such Debt
Securities, (iv) that any interest accrued to the date fixed
for redemption will be paid as specified in said notice,
(v) that the redemption is for a sinking fund payment (if
applicable), (vi) that, unless otherwise specified in such
notice, if the Issuers default in making such redemption payment
the paying agent is prohibited from making such payment pursuant to
the terms of this Indenture, (vii) that on and after said date
any interest thereon or on the portions thereof to be redeemed will
cease to accrue, (viii) that in the case of Original Issue
Discount Securities original issue discount accrued after the date
fixed for redemption will cease to accrue, (ix) the terms of
the Debt Securities of that series pursuant to which the Debt
Securities of that series are being redeemed and (x) that no
representation is made as to the correctness or accuracy of the
CUSIP number, if any, listed in such notice or printed on the Debt
Securities of that series. If less than all the Debt Securities of
a series are to be redeemed the notice of redemption shall specify
the certificate numbers of any Debt Securities of that series to be
redeemed that are not in global form. In case any Debt Security of
a series is to be redeemed in part only, the notice of redemption
shall state the portion of the principal amount thereof to be
redeemed and shall state that on and after the date fixed for
redemption, upon surrender of such Debt Security, a new Debt
Security or Debt Securities of that series in principal amount
equal to the unredeemed portion thereof, will be issued.
At least five days
before the giving of any notice of redemption, unless the Trustee
consents to a shorter period, the Issuers shall give written notice
to the Trustee of the Redemption Date, the principal amount of Debt
Securities to be redeemed and the series and terms of the Debt
Securities pursuant to which such redemption will occur. Such
notice shall be accompanied by an Officers’ Certificate and
an Opinion of Counsel from the Issuers to the effect that such
redemption will comply with the conditions herein, and such notice
may be revoked at any time prior to the giving of a notice of
redemption to the Holders pursuant to this Section 3.02. If
fewer than all the Debt Securities of a series are to be redeemed,
the record date relating to such redemption shall be selected by
the Issuers and given in writing to the Trustee, which record date
shall be not less than three days after the date of notice to the
Trustee.
By 11 a.m., New
York City time, on the Redemption Date for any Debt Securities, the
Issuers shall deposit with the Trustee or with a paying agent (or,
if an Issuer is acting as its own paying agent, segregate and hold
in trust) an amount of money in Dollars (except as provided
pursuant to Section 2.03) sufficient to pay the redemption
price of such Debt Securities or any portions thereof that are to
be redeemed on that date, together with any interest accrued to the
Redemption Date.
If less than all
the Debt Securities of like tenor and terms of a series are to be
redeemed (other than pursuant to mandatory sinking fund
redemptions), the Trustee shall select, on a pro rata basis, by lot
or by such other method as in its sole discretion it shall deem
appropriate and fair, the Debt Securities of that series or
portions thereof (in multiples of $1,000) to be redeemed. In any
case where more than one Debt Security of such series is registered
in the same name, the Trustee in its discretion may treat the
aggregate principal amount so registered as if it were represented
by one Debt Security of such series. The Trustee shall promptly
notify the Issuers in writing of the Debt Securities selected for
redemption and, in the case of any Debt Securities
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selected for
partial redemption, the principal amount thereof to be redeemed. If
any Debt Security called for redemption shall not be so paid upon
surrender thereof on such Redemption Date, the principal, premium,
if any, and interest shall bear interest until paid from the
Redemption Date at the rate borne by the Debt Securities of that
series. If less than all the Debt Securities of unlike tenor and
terms of a series are to be redeemed, the particular Debt
Securities to be redeemed shall be selected by the Issuers.
Provisions of this Indenture that apply to Debt Securities called
for redemption also apply to portions of Debt Securities called for
redemption.
Section 3.03
Payment of Debt Securities Called for Redemption . If notice
of redemption has been given as provided in Section 3.02, the
Debt Securities or portions of Debt Securities of the series with
respect to which such notice has been given shall become due and
payable on the date and at the Place or Places of Payment stated in
such notice at the applicable redemption price, together with any
interest accrued to the date fixed for redemption, and on and after
said date (unless the Issuers shall default in the payment of such
Debt Securities at the applicable redemption price, together with
any interest accrued to said date) any interest on the Debt
Securities or portions of Debt Securities of any series so called
for redemption shall cease to accrue, and any original issue
discount in the case of Original Issue Discount Securities shall
cease to accrue. On presentation and surrender of such Debt
Securities at the Place or Places of Payment in said notice
specified, the said Debt Securities or the specified portions
thereof shall be paid and redeemed by the Issuers at the applicable
redemption price, together with any interest accrued thereon to the
date fixed for redemption.
Any Debt Security
that is to be redeemed only in part shall be surrendered at the
Place of Payment with, if the Issuers, the Registrar or the Trustee
so requires, due endorsement by, or a written instrument of
transfer in form satisfactory to the Issuers, the Registrar and the
Trustee duly executed by, the Holder thereof or his attorney duly
authorized in writing, and the Issuers shall execute, and the
Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder of such Debt
Security without service charge, a new Debt Security or Debt
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 Debt Security so surrendered;
except that if a Global Security is so surrendered, the Issuers
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 Debt Security providing appropriate
space for such notation, at the option of the Holder thereof, the
Trustee, in lieu of delivering a new Debt Security or Debt
Securities as aforesaid, may make a notation on such Debt Security
of the payment of the redeemed portion thereof.
Section 3.04
Mandatory and Optional Sinking Funds . The minimum amount of
any sinking fund payment provided for by the terms of Debt
Securities of a
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