ALLEGHENY TECHNOLOGIES
INCORPORATED,
Issuer
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON,
Trustee
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ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF
GENERAL APPLICATION
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Section 1.02 Compliance Certificates and
Opinions
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Section 1.03 Form of Documents Delivered to
Trustee
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Section 1.04 Acts of Holders; Record
Dates
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Section 1.05 Notices, Etc., to Trustee and
Company
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Section 1.06 Notice to Holders;
Waiver
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Section 1.07 Conflict with Trust Indenture
Act
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Section 1.08 Effect of Headings and Table
of Contents
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Section 1.09 Successors and
Assigns
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Section 1.10 Separability Clause
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Section 1.11 Benefits of
Indenture
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Section 1.12 Governing Law
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Section 1.13 Legal Holidays
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Section 1.14 Waiver of Jury
Trial
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Section 1.15 Force Majeure
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ARTICLE II SECURITY FORMS
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Section 2.01 Forms Generally
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Section 2.02 Form of Face of
Security
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Section 2.03 Form of Reverse of
Security
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Section 2.04 Form of Legend for Global
Securities
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Section 2.05 Form of Trustee’s
Certificate of Authentication
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ARTICLE III THE 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 Registration, Registration of
Transfer and Exchange
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Section 3.06 Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and
Stolen Securities
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Table of Contents
(continued)
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Section 3.07 Payment of Interest; Interest
Rights Preserved
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Section 3.08 Persons Deemed
Owners
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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 CUSIP Numbers
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ARTICLE IV SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
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Section 4.01 Satisfaction and Discharge of
Indenture
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Section 4.02 Application of Trust
Money
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Section 5.01 Events of Default
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Section 5.02 Acceleration of Maturity;
Rescission and Annulment
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Section 5.03 Collection and Suits for
Enforcement by Trustee
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Section 5.04 Trustee May File Proofs of
Claim
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Section 5.05 Trustee May Enforce Claims
Without Possession of Securities
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Section 5.06 Application of Money
Collected
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Section 5.07 Limitation on Suits
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Section 5.08 Unconditional Right of Holders
to Receive Principal, Premium and Interest and to
Convert
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Section 5.09 Restoration of Rights and
Remedies
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Section 5.10 Rights and Remedies
Cumulative
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Section 5.11 Delay or Omission Not
Waiver
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Section 5.12 Control by Holders
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Section 5.13 Waiver of Past
Defaults
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Section 5.14 Undertaking for
Costs
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Section 5.15 Waiver of Usury, Stay or
Extension Laws
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Section 6.01 Duties of Trustee
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Section 6.02 Rights of Trustee
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Section 6.03 Individual Rights of
Trustee
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Section 6.04 Trustee’s
Disclaimer
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Table of Contents
(continued)
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Section 6.05 Notice of Default
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Section 6.06 Reports by Trustee to
Holders
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Section 6.07 Compensation and
Indemnity
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Section 6.08 Replacement of
Trustee
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Section 6.09 Successor Trustee by Merger,
Etc
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Section 6.10 Eligibility;
Disqualification
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Section 6.11 Preferential Collection of
Claims against Company
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ARTICLE VII HOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS BY
TRUSTEE AND COMPANY
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Section 7.01 Company to Furnish Trustee
Names and Addresses of Holders
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Section 7.02 Preservation of Information;
Communications to Holders
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Section 7.03 Reports by Trustee
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Section 7.04 Reports by Company
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ARTICLE VIII CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE,
TRANSFER OR LEASE
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Section 8.01 When Company May Merge,
Etc
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Section 8.02 Successor
Substituted
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ARTICLE IX SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
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Section 9.01 Supplemental Indentures
Without Consent of Holders
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Section 9.02 Supplemental Indentures with
Consent of Holders
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Section 9.03 Execution of Supplemental
Indentures
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Section 9.04 Effect of Supplemental
Indentures
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Section 9.05 Conformity with Trust
Indenture Act
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Section 9.06 Reference in Securities to
Supplemental Indentures
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Section 10.01 Payment of
Securities
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Section 10.02 Maintenance of Office or
Agency
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Section 10.03 Money for Securities Payments
to Be Held in Trust
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Section 10.04 Compliance Certificate;
Notice of Default
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Section 10.05 Corporate
Existence
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Section 10.06 Waiver of Certain
Covenants
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Table of Contents
(continued)
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ARTICLE XI REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES
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Section 11.01 Applicability of
Article
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Section 11.02 Election to Redeem; Notice to
Trustee
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Section 11.03 Selection by Trustee of
Securities to Be Redeemed
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Section 11.04 Notice of
Redemption
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Section 11.05 Deposit of Redemption
Price
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Section 11.06 Securities Payable on
Redemption Date
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Section 11.07 Securities Redeemed in
Part
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ARTICLE XII SINKING FUNDS
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Section 12.01 Applicability of
Article
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Section 12.02 Satisfaction of Sinking Fund
Payments with Securities
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Section 12.03 Redemption of Securities for
Sinking Fund
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ARTICLE XIII DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT
DEFEASANCE
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Section 13.01 Company’s Option to
Effect Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance
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Section 13.02 Defeasance and
Discharge
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Section 13.03 Covenant
Defeasance
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Section 13.04 Conditions to Defeasance or
Covenant Defeasance
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Section 13.05 Deposited Money and U.S.
Government Obligations to be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous
Provisions
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Section 13.06 Reinstatement
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iv
INDENTURE, dated
as of June 1, 2009, between Allegheny Technologies
Incorporated, a corporation duly organized and existing under the
laws of Delaware (herein called the “Company”), having
its principal office as of the date hereof at 1000 Six PPG Place,
Pittsburgh, PA 15222, and The Bank of New York Mellon, a New York
banking corporation, as Trustee (herein called the
“Trustee”).
The Company has
duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture to
provide for the issuance from time to time of its unsecured
debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness (herein called
the “Securities”), to be issued in one or more series
as in this Indenture provided.
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:
For and in
consideration of the premises and the purchase of the Securities by
the Holders thereof, it is mutually agreed, for the equal and
proportionate benefit of all Holders of the Securities or of series
thereof, as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS
OF GENERAL APPLICATION
Section 1.01 Definitions
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For all purposes
of this Indenture, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless
the context otherwise requires:
(1) the terms
defined in this Article have the meanings assigned to them in this
Article and include the plural as well as the singular;
(2) all other
terms used herein which are defined in the Trust Indenture Act,
either directly or by reference therein, have the meanings assigned
to them therein;
(3) all
accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings
assigned to them in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles, and, except as otherwise herein expressly provided, the
term GAAP with respect to any computation required or permitted
hereunder shall mean such accounting principles as are generally
accepted at the date of such computation;
(4) the words
“Article” and “Section” refer to an Article
and Section, respectively, of this Indenture, unless the context
otherwise indicates;
(5) the words
“herein”, “hereof” and
“hereunder” and other words of similar import refer to
this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Article,
Section or other subdivision; and
(6) Certain
terms used principally in Articles III, V, XII and XIII are defined
in those Articles.
“Act”,
when used with respect to any Holder, has the meaning specified in
Section 1.04.
“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.
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“Bankruptcy
Default” has the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 5.01.
“Bankruptcy
Law” means Title 11, U.S. Code or any similar Federal, state
or foreign law for the relief of debtors.
“Board of
Directors” means either the board of directors of the Company
or any duly authorized committee of that board.
“Business
Day”, when used with respect to any Place of Payment, means
each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday which is not a
day on which banking institutions in that Place of Payment are
authorized or obligated by law or executive order to
close.
“Commission”
means the Securities and Exchange Commission, from time to time
constituted, created under the Exchange Act or, if at any time
after the execution of this instrument such Commission is not
existing and performing the duties now assigned to it under the
Trust Indenture Act, then the body performing such duties at such
time.
“Company”
means the Person named as the “Company” in the first
paragraph of this instrument until a successor Person shall have
become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this
Indenture, and thereafter “Company” shall mean such
successor Person.
“Company
Request” or “Company Order” means a written
request or order signed in the name of the Company by its Chairman
of the Board, any Vice Chairman of the Board, its President or a
Vice President, and by its Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, its
Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, and delivered to the
Trustee.
“Corporate
Trust Office” means the principal office of the Trustee in
New York, New York at which at any particular time its corporate
trust business shall be administered, which office as of the date
hereof is located at 101 Barclay Street — 8th Floor West, New
York, NY 10286, Attn: Corporate Trust Division — Corporate
Finance Unit, or such other address as the Trustee may designate
from time to time by notice to the Company, or principal corporate
trust office of any Successor Trustee (or such other address as
such Successor Trustee may designate from time to time by notice to
the Company).
“Corporation”
means a corporation, association, company, joint-stock company or
business trust.
“Covenant
Defeasance” has the meaning specified in
Section 13.03.
“Defaulted
Interest” has the meaning specified in
Section 3.07.
“Defeasance”
has the meaning specified in Section 13.02.
“Defeasible
Series” has the meaning specified in
Section 13.01.
“Depositary”
means, with respect to Securities of any series issuable in whole
or in part in the form of one or more Global Securities, a clearing
agency registered under the Exchange Act that is designated to act
as Depositary for such Securities as contemplated by
Section 3.01.
“Establishment
Action” shall mean:
(i) a
resolution duly adopted by the Company’s Board of Directors
establishing one or more series of Securities, authorizing the
issuance of any Security and/or authorizing any other action that
may be taken by the Company in connection with this Indenture or
the Securities, or
(ii) a
resolution or action by a committee, officer or employee of the
Company, establishing one or more series of Securities, authorizing
the issuance of any Security and/or authorizing any other action
that may be taken by the Company in connection with this Indenture
or the Securities, in each case, pursuant to a resolution
duly
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adopted by the
Company’s Board of Directors.
“Event of
Default” has the meaning specified in
Section 5.01.
“Exchange
Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
from time to time, and any statute successor thereto.
“GAAP”
means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States
set forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Financial
Accounting Standards Board or in such other statements by such
other entity as have been approved by a significant segment of the
accounting profession.
“Global
Security” means a Security that evidences all or part of the
Securities of any series and is authenticated and delivered to, and
registered in the name of, the Depositary for such Securities or a
nominee thereof.
“Holder”
means a Person in whose name a Security is registered in the
Security Register.
“Indenture”
means this instrument as originally executed or as it may from time
to time be supplemented or amended by one or more indentures
supplemental hereto entered into pursuant to the applicable
provisions hereof, including, for all purposes of this instrument,
and any such supplemental indenture, the provisions of the Trust
Indenture Act that are deemed to be a part of and govern this
instrument and any such supplemental indenture, respectively. The
term “Indenture” shall also include the terms of
particular series of Securities established as contemplated by
Section 3.01.
“Interest”,
when used with respect to an Original Issue Discount Security which
by its terms bears interest only after Maturity, means interest
payable after Maturity.
“Interest
Payment Date”, when used with respect to any Security, means
the Stated Maturity of an installment of interest on such
Security.
“Maturity”,
when used with respect to any Security, means the date on which the
principal of such Security or an installment of principal becomes
due and payable as therein or herein provided, whether at the
Stated Maturity or by declaration of acceleration, call for
redemption or otherwise.
“Notice of
Default” means a written notice of the kind specified in
Section 5.01(4).
“Officers’
Certificate” means a certificate signed by the Chairman of
the Board, a Vice Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive
Officer, the President or a Vice President, and by the Treasurer,
an Assistant Treasurer, the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, of
the Company, and delivered to the Trustee.
“Opinion of
Counsel” means a written opinion of counsel (who may be
counsel for the Company) who is acceptable to the
Trustee.
“Original
Issue Discount Security” means any 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 5.02.
“Outstanding”,
when used with respect to Securities, means, as of the date of
determination, all Securities theretofore authenticated and
delivered under this Indenture, except :
(1) Securities
theretofore cancelled by the Trustee or delivered to the Trustee
for cancellation;
(2) Securities
for whose payment or redemption money in the necessary amount has
been theretofore deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent
(other than the Company) in trust or set aside and segregated in
trust by the Company (if the Company shall act as its own Paying
Agent) for the Holders of such Securities; provided that, if
such Securities are to be redeemed, notice of such redemption has
been duly given pursuant to this Indenture
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or provision
therefor satisfactory to the Trustee has been made;
(3) Securities
as to which Defeasance has been effected pursuant to
Section 13.02; and
(4) Securities
which have been paid pursuant to Section 3.06 or in exchange
for or in lieu of which other Securities have been authenticated
and delivered pursuant to this Indenture, other than any such
Securities in respect of which there shall have been presented to
the Trustee proof satisfactory to it that such Securities are held
by a bona fide purchaser in whose hands such Securities are valid
obligations of the Company;
provided , however , that in determining whether
the Holders of the requisite principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities have given any request, demand, authorization,
direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder, (A) the
principal amount of an Original Issue Discount Security that shall
be deemed to be Outstanding shall be the amount of the principal
thereof that would be due and payable as of the date of such
determination upon acceleration of the Maturity thereof to such
date pursuant to Section 5.02, (B) the principal amount
of a Security denominated in one or more foreign currencies or
currency units shall be the U.S. dollar equivalent, determined in
the manner provided as contemplated by Section 3.01 on the
date of original issuance of such Security, of the principal amount
(or, in the case of an Original Issue Discount Security, the U.S.
dollar equivalent on the date of original issuance of such Security
of the amount determined as provided in clause (A) above) of
such Security, and (C) Securities owned by the Company or any
other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the Company
or of such other obligor shall be disregarded and deemed not to be
Outstanding, unless the Company or any such other obligor or
Affiliate of the Company or such other obligor owns all of such
Securities, except that, in determining whether the Trustee shall
be protected in relying upon any such request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver, only
Securities which a Responsible Officer of the Trustee actually
knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded. Securities so owned
which have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as
Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the
Trustee the pledgee’s right so to act with respect to such
Securities and that the pledgee is not the Company or any other
obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or of
such other obligor.
“Paying
Agent” means any Person authorized by the Company to pay the
principal of or any premium or interest on any Securities on behalf
of the Company.
“Person”
means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture,
limited liability company, joint stock company, trust,
unincorporated organization or government or any agency or
political subdivision thereof.
“Place of
Payment”, when used with respect to the Securities of any
series, means the place or places where the principal of and any
premium and interest on the Securities of that series are payable
as specified as contemplated by Section 3.01.
“Predecessor
Security” of any particular Security means every previous
Security evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that
evidenced by such particular Security; and, for the purposes of
this definition, any Security authenticated and delivered under
Section 3.06 in exchange for or in lieu of a mutilated,
destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be deemed to evidence the
same debt as the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen
Security.
“Redemption
Date”, when used with respect to any Security to be redeemed,
means the date fixed for such redemption by or pursuant to this
Indenture.
“Redemption
Price”, when used with respect to any Security to be
redeemed, means the price at which it is to be redeemed pursuant to
this Indenture.
“Regular
Record Date” for the interest payable on any Interest Payment
Date on the Securities of any series means the date specified for
that purpose as contemplated by Section 3.01.
“Responsible
Officer”, when used with respect to the Trustee, means any
officer assigned to the Corporate Trust Division — Corporate
Finance Unit (or any other successor division or unit) of the
Trustee located at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee who
shall have direct responsibility for the administration of this
Indenture and, for purposes of Sections 5.12 and 6.01(c)(2)
and the last sentence of Section 6.05 hereof, also means,
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respect to a
particular corporate trust matter, any other officer to whom such
matter is referred because of his knowledge of and familiarity with
the particular subject.
“Securities”
has the meaning stated in the first recital of this Indenture and
more particularly means any Securities authenticated and delivered
under this Indenture.
“Securities
Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the
rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated
thereunder.
“Security
Register” and “Security Registrar” have the
respective meanings specified in Section 3.05.
“Special
Record Date” for the payment of any Defaulted Interest means
a date fixed by the Trustee pursuant to
Section 3.07.
“Stated
Maturity”, when used with respect to any Security or any
installment of principal thereof or interest thereon, means the
date specified in such Security as the fixed date on which the
principal of such Security or such installment of principal or
interest is due and payable.
“Trust
Indenture Act” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as in
force at the date as of which this instrument was executed;
provided , however , that in the event the Trust
Indenture Act of 1939 is amended after such date, “Trust
Indenture Act” means, to the extent required by any such
amendment, the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as so
amended.
“Trustee”
means the Person named as the “Trustee” in the first
paragraph of this instrument until a successor Trustee shall have
become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this
Indenture, and thereafter “Trustee” shall mean or
include each Person who is then a Trustee hereunder, and if at any
time there is more than one such Person, “Trustee” as
used with respect to the Securities of any series shall mean each
Trustee with respect to Securities of that series.
“U.S.
Government Obligations” has the meaning specified in
Section 13.04.
“Vice
President”, when used with respect to the Company or the
Trustee, means any vice president, whether or not designated by a
number or a word or words added before or after the title
“vice president”.
Section 1.02 Compliance Certificates and
Opinions .
Upon any
application or request by the Company to the Trustee to take any
action under any provision of this Indenture, the Company shall
furnish to the Trustee such certificates and opinions as may be
required under the Trust Indenture Act. Each such certificate or
opinion shall be given in the form of an Officers’
Certificate, if to be given by an officer of the Company, or an
Opinion of Counsel, if to be given by counsel, and shall comply
with the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act and any other
requirements set forth in this Indenture.
Every certificate
or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant
provided for in this Indenture (other than the Officers’
Certificate required by the first paragraph of Section 10.04)
shall include
(1) a
statement that each individual signing such certificate or opinion
has read such covenant or condition and the definitions herein
relating thereto;
(2) a brief
statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or
investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in
such certificate or opinion are based;
(3) a
statement that, in the opinion of each such individual, he has made
such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him to
express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or
condition has been complied with; and
(4) a
statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such individual,
such condition or covenant has
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Section 1.03 Form of Documents Delivered
to Trustee .
In any case where
several matters are required to be certified by, or covered by an
opinion of, any specified Person, it is not necessary that all such
matters be certified by, or covered by the opinion of, only one
such Person, or that they be so certified or covered by only one
document, but one such Person may certify or give an opinion with
respect to some matters and one or more other such Persons as to
other matters, and any such Person may certify or give an opinion
as to such matters in one or several documents.
Any certificate or
opinion of an officer of the Company may be based, insofar as it
relates to legal matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or
representations by, counsel, unless such officer knows, or in the
exercise of reasonable care should know, that the certificate or
opinion or representations with respect to the matters upon which
his certificate or opinion is based are erroneous. Any such
certificate or opinion of counsel may be based, insofar as it
relates to factual matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or
representations by, an officer or officers of the Company or any
subsidiary of the Company stating that the information with respect
to such factual matters is in the possession of the Company or any
subsidiary of the Company, unless such counsel knows, or in the
exercise of reasonable care should know, that the certificate or
opinion or representations with respect to such matters are
erroneous.
Where any Person
is required to make, give or execute two or more applications,
requests, consents, certificates, statements, opinions or other
instruments under this Indenture, they may, but need not, be
consolidated and form one instrument.
Section 1.04 Acts of Holders; Record
Dates .
Any request,
demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other
action provided or permitted by this Indenture to be given or taken
by Holders may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more
instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders
in person or by agent duly appointed in writing; and, except as
herein otherwise expressly provided, such action shall become
effective when such instrument or instruments are delivered to the
Trustee and, where it is hereby expressly required, to the Company.
Such instrument or instruments (and the action embodied therein and
evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the
“Act” of the Holders signing such instrument or
instruments. Proof of execution of any such instrument or of a
writing appointing any such agent shall be sufficient for any
purpose of this Indenture and (subject to Section 6.01)
conclusive in favor of the Trustee and the Company, if made in the
manner provided in this Section.
The fact and date
of the execution by any Person of any such instrument or writing
may be proved by the affidavit of a witness of such execution or by
a certificate of a notary public or other officer authorized by law
to take acknowledgments of deeds, certifying that the individual
signing such instrument or writing acknowledged to him the
execution thereof. Where such execution is by a signer acting in a
capacity other than his individual capacity, such certificate or
affidavit shall also constitute sufficient proof of his authority.
The fact and date of the execution of any such instrument or
writing, or the authority of the Person executing the same, may
also be proved in any other manner which the Trustee deems
sufficient.
The ownership of
Securities shall be proved by the Security Register.
Any request,
demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other
Act of the Holder of any Security shall bind every future Holder of
the same Security and the Holder of every Security issued upon the
registration of transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu
thereof in respect of anything done, omitted or suffered to be done
by the Trustee or the Company in reliance thereon, whether or not
notation of such action is made upon such Security.
The Company may,
in the circumstances permitted by the Trust Indenture Act, set any
day as the record date for the purpose of determining the Holders
of Outstanding Securities of any series entitled to give or take
any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent,
waiver or other action provided or permitted by this Indenture to
be given or taken by Holders of Securities of such series. With
regard to any record date set pursuant to
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this paragraph,
the Holders of Outstanding Securities of the relevant series on
such record date (or their duly appointed agents), and only such
Persons, shall be entitled to give or take the relevant action,
whether or not such Holders remain Holders after such record date.
With regard to any action that may be given or taken hereunder only
by Holders of a requisite principal amount of Outstanding
Securities of any series (or their duly appointed agents) and for
which a record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the Company
may, at its option, set an expiration date after which no such
action purported to be given or taken by any Holder shall be
effective hereunder unless given or taken on or prior to such
expiration date by Holders of the requisite principal amount of
Outstanding Securities of such series on such record date (or their
duly appointed agents). On or prior to any expiration date set
pursuant to this paragraph, the Company may, on one or more
occasions at its option, extend such date to any later date.
Nothing in this paragraph shall prevent any Holder (or any duly
appointed agent thereof) from giving or taking, after any such
expiration date, any action identical to, or, at any time, contrary
to or different from, the action or purported action to which such
expiration date relates, in which event the Company may set a
record date in respect thereof pursuant to this paragraph. Nothing
in this paragraph shall be construed to render ineffective any
action taken at any time by the Holders (or their duly appointed
agents) of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities
of the relevant series on the date such action is so taken.
Notwithstanding the foregoing or the Trust Indenture Act, the
Company shall not set a record date for, and the provisions of this
paragraph shall not apply with respect to, any notice, declaration
or direction referred to in the next paragraph.
The Trustee may
set any day as a record date for the purpose of determining the
Holders of Outstanding Securities of any series entitled to join in
the giving or making of (i) any Notice of Default,
(ii) any declaration of acceleration referred to in
Section 5.02, if an Event of Default with respect to
Securities of such series has occurred and is continuing and the
Trustee shall not have given such a declaration to the Company,
(iii) any request to institute proceedings referred to in
Section 5.07(2) or (iv) any direction referred to in
Section 5.12, in each case with respect to Securities of such
series. Promptly after any record date is set pursuant to this
paragraph, the Trustee shall notify the Company and the Holders of
Outstanding Series of such series of any such record date so fixed
and the proposed action. The Holders of Outstanding Securities of
such series on such record date (or their duly appointed agents),
and only such Persons, shall be entitled to join in such notice,
declaration or direction, whether or not such Holders remain
Holders after such record date; provided that, unless such
notice, declaration or direction shall have become effective by
virtue of Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding
Securities of such series on such record date (or their duly
appointed agents) having joined therein on or prior to the 90th day
after such record date, such notice, declaration or direction shall
automatically and without any action by any Person be cancelled and
of no further effect. Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed
to prevent a Holder (or a duly appointed agent thereof) from
giving, before or after the expiration of such 90-day period, a
notice, declaration or direction contrary to or different from, or,
after the expiration of such period, identical to, the notice,
declaration or direction to which such record date relates, in
which event a new record date in respect thereof shall be set
pursuant to this paragraph. Nothing in this paragraph shall be
construed to render ineffective any notice, declaration or
direction of the type referred to in this paragraph given at any
time to the Trustee and the Company by Holders (or their duly
appointed agents) of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding
Securities of the relevant series on the date such notice,
declaration or direction is so given.
Without limiting
the foregoing, a Holder entitled hereunder to give or take any
action hereunder with regard to any particular Security may do so
with regard to all or any part of the principal amount of such
Security or by one or more duly appointed agents each of which may
do so pursuant to such appointment with regard to all or any
different part of such principal amount.
Section 1.05 Notices, Etc., to Trustee
and Company .
Any request,
demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or Act of
Holders or other document provided or permitted by this Indenture
to be made upon, given or furnished to, or filed with,
(1) the
Trustee by any Holder or by the Company shall be sufficient for
every purpose hereunder if made, given, furnished or filed in
writing (which may be via facsimile) to or with the Trustee at its
Corporate Trust Office, Attention: Corporate Finance Unit,
or
(2) the
Company by the Trustee or by any Holder shall be sufficient for
every purpose hereunder (unless otherwise herein expressly
provided) if in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to
the Company
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addressed to it
at the address of its principal office specified in the first
paragraph of this instrument or at any other address previously
furnished in writing to the Trustee by the Company.
Section 1.06 Notice to Holders;
Waiver .
Where this
Indenture provides for notice to Holders of any event, such notice
shall be sufficiently given (unless otherwise herein expressly
provided) if in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to
each Holder affected by such event, at his address as it appears in
the Security Register, not later than the latest date (if any), and
not earlier than the earliest date (if any), prescribed for the
giving of such notice. In any case where notice to Holders is given
by mail, neither the failure to mail such notice, nor any defect in
any notice so mailed, to any particular Holder shall affect the
sufficiency of such notice with respect to other Holders. Where
this Indenture provides for notice in any manner, such notice may
be waived in writing by the Person entitled to receive such notice,
either before or after the event, and such waiver shall be the
equivalent of such notice. Waivers of notice by Holders shall be
filed with the Trustee, but such filing shall not be a condition
precedent to the validity of any action taken in reliance upon such
waiver.
In case by reason
of the suspension of regular mail service or by reason of any other
cause it shall be impracticable to give such notice by mail, then
such notification as shall be made with the approval of the Trustee
shall constitute a sufficient notification for every purpose
hereunder.
Section 1.07 Conflict with Trust
Indenture Act .
If any provision
hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with a provision of the Trust
Indenture Act that is required under such Act to be a part of and
govern this Indenture, the latter provision shall control. If any
provision of this Indenture modifies or excludes any provision of
the Trust Indenture Act that may be so modified or excluded, the
latter provision shall be deemed to apply to this Indenture as so
modified or to be excluded, as the case may be. Wherever this
Indenture refers to a provision of the Trust Indenture Act, such
provision is incorporated by reference in and made a part of this
Indenture.
The following
Trust Indenture Act terms used in this Indenture have the following
meanings:
“commission”
means the United States Securities and Exchange
Commission;
“indenture
securities” means the Securities;
“indenture
security holder” means a Holder;
“indenture
to be qualified” means this Indenture;
“indenture
trustee” or “institutional trustee” means the
Trustee; and
“obligor on
the indenture securities” means the Company and any other
obligor on the Securities.
All other Trust
Indenture Act terms used in this Indenture that are defined by the
Trust Indenture Act, defined by the Trust Indenture Act referenced
to another statute or defined by any Commission rule and not
otherwise defined herein have the meanings defined to them
thereby.
Section 1.08 Effect of Headings and
Table of Contents .
The Article and
Section headings herein and the Table of Contents are for
convenience only and shall not affect the construction
hereof.
Section 1.09 Successors and Assigns
.
All covenants and
agreements in this Indenture by the Company shall bind its
successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not.
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Section 1.10 Separability Clause
.
In case any
provision in this Indenture or in the Securities shall be invalid,
illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability
of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or
impaired thereby.
Section 1.11 Benefits of Indenture
.
Nothing in this
Indenture or in the Securities, express or implied, shall give to
any Person, other than the parties hereto and their successors
hereunder and the Holders, any benefit or any legal or equitable
right, remedy or claim under this Indenture.
Section 1.12 Governing Law
.
This Indenture and
the Securities shall be governed by and construed in accordance
with the law of the State of New York.
Section 1.13 Legal Holidays
.
In any case where
any Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date or Stated Maturity of
any Security shall not be a Business Day at any Place of Payment,
then (notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture or of
the Securities (other than a provision of the Securities of any
series which specifically states that such provision shall apply in
lieu of this Section)) payment of interest or principal (and
premium, if any) need not be made at such Place of Payment on such
date, but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day at such
Place of Payment with the same force and effect as if made on the
Interest Payment Date or Redemption Date, or at the Stated
Maturity, provided that no interest shall accrue for the
intervening period.
Section 1.14 Waiver of Jury Trial
.
EACH OF THE
COMPANY AND THE TRUSTEE, AND EACH HOLDER OF A SECURITY BY ITS
ACCEPTANCE HEREOF, HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT
PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN
ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS INDENTURE,
THE SECURITIES OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.
Section 1.15 Force Majeure
.
In no event shall
the Trustee be responsible or liable for any failure or delay in
the performance of its obligations hereunder arising out of or
caused by, directly or indirectly, forces beyond its control,
including, without limitation, strikes, work stoppages, accidents,
acts of war or terrorism, civil or military disturbances, nuclear
or natural catastrophes or acts of God, and interruptions, loss or
malfunctions of utilities, communications or computer (software and
hardware) services; it being understood that the Trustee shall use
reasonable efforts which are consistent with accepted practices in
the banking industry to resume performance as soon as practicable
under the circumstances.
ARTICLE II
SECURITY FORMS
Section 2.01 Forms Generally
.
The Securities of
each series shall be in substantially the form set forth in this
Article, or in such other form as shall be established by or
pursuant to an Establishment Action or in one or more indentures
supplemental hereto, in each case with such appropriate insertions,
omissions, substitutions and other variations as are required or
permitted by this Indenture, and may have such letters, numbers or
other marks of identification and such legends or endorsements
placed thereon as may be required to comply with the rules of any
securities exchange or as may,
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consistently
herewith, be determined by the officers executing such Securities,
as evidenced by their execution of the Securities. If the form of
Securities of any series is established by action taken pursuant to
an Establishment Action, a copy of an appropriate record of such
action shall be certified by the Secretary or an Assistant
Secretary of the Company and delivered to the Trustee at or prior
to the delivery of the Company Order contemplated by
Section 3.03 for the authentication and delivery of such
Securities.
The definitive
Securities shall be printed, lithographed or engraved on steel
engraved borders or may be produced in any other manner, all as
determined by the officers executing such Securities, as evidenced
by their execution of such Securities.
Section 2.02 Form of Face of
Security .
[Insert any legend
required by the Internal Revenue Code and the regulations
thereunder.]
[Insert Global
Security legend if required.]
ALLEGHENY TECHNOLOGIES
INCORPORATED
Allegheny
Technologies Incorporated, a corporation duly organized and
existing under the laws of Delaware (herein called the
“Company”, which term includes any successor Person
under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received,
hereby promises to pay to
, or registered assigns, the principal sum of
Dollars on
[ if the Security is to bear interest prior to Maturity,
insert —, and to pay interest thereon from
or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has
been paid or duly provided for, semi-annually on
and
in each year, commencing
, at the rate of
% per annum, until the principal hereof is paid or made available
for payment [ if applicable, insert —, and at the rate
of
% per annum on any overdue principal and premium and on any overdue
installment of interest]. The interest so payable, and punctually
paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as
provided in such Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name
this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered
at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such
interest, which shall be the
or
(whether or not a Business Day), as the case may be, next preceding
such Interest Payment Date. Any such interest not so punctually
paid or duly provided for will forthwith cease to be payable to the
Holder on such Regular Record Date and may either be paid to the
Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor
Securities) is registered at the close of business on a Special
Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed
by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of
Securities of this series not less than 10 days prior to such
Special Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful
manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities
exchange on which the Securities of this series may be listed, and
upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more
fully provided in said Indenture].
[ If the
Security is not to bear interest prior to Maturity, insert
— The principal of this Security shall not bear interest
except in the case of a default in payment of principal upon
acceleration, upon redemption or at Stated Maturity and in such
case the overdue principal of this Security shall bear interest at
the rate of
% per annum, which shall accrue from the date of such default in
payment to the date payment of such principal has been made or duly
provided for. Interest on any overdue principal shall be payable on
demand. Any such interest on any overdue principal that is not so
paid on demand shall bear interest at the rate of
% per annum, which shall accrue from the date of such demand for
payment to the date payment of such interest has been made or duly
provided for, and such interest shall also be payable on
demand.]
Payment of the
principal of (and premium, if any) and [ if applicable,
insert — any such] interest on this Security will be made
at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose
in
, in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at
the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and
private debts [ if applicable, insert —;
provided , however , that at the option of
the
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Company payment
of interest may be made by check mailed to the address of the
Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the
Security Register] [ if applicable, insert — ;
provided , however , that any such payment in respect
of a Global Security shall be made in same-day funds to the
applicable Depositary].
Reference is
hereby made to the further provisions of this Security set forth on
the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes
have the same effect as if set forth at this place.
Unless the
certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the
Trustee referred to on the reverse hereof by manual signature, this
Security shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture
or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.
IN WITNESS
WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly
executed.
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TECHNOLOGIES INCORPORATED
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Trustee’s certificate of authentication.]
Section 2.03 Form of Reverse of
Security .
This Security is
one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Company (herein
called the “Securities”), issued and to be issued in
one or more series under an Indenture, dated as of
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(herein called the “Indenture”), between the Company
and
, as Trustee (herein called the “Trustee”, which term
includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), to which
Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is
hereby made for a statement of the respective rights, limitations
of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the
Trustee and the Holders of the Securities and of the terms upon
which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and
delivered. This Security is one of the series designated on the
face hereof [ if applicable, insert —, limited in
aggregate principal amount to $
].
[If applicable,
insert legend regarding conversion procedures]
[ If
applicable, insert — The Securities of this series are
subject to redemption upon not less than 30 nor more than
60 days’ notice by mail, [ if applicable, insert
— (1) on
in any year commencing with the year
and ending with the year
through operation of the sinking fund for this series at a
Redemption Price equal to 100% of the principal amount, and (2)] at
any time [ if applicable, insert — on or after
, 20___], as a whole or in part, at the election of the Company, at
the following Redemption Prices (expressed as percentages of the
principal amount): If redeemed [ if applicable, insert
— on or before
, ___%, and if redeemed] during the 12-month period beginning
of the years indicated,
and thereafter
at a Redemption Price equal to
% of the principal amount, together in the case of any such
redemption [ if applicable, insert — (whether through
operation of the sinking fund or otherwise)] with accrued interest
to the Redemption Date, but interest installments whose Stated
Maturity is on or prior to such Redemption Date will be payable to
the Holders of such Securities, or one or more Predecessor
Securities, of record at the close
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of business on
the relevant Record Dates referred to on the face hereof, all as
provided in the Indenture. [ If
applicable, insert — The Securities of this series are
subject to redemption upon not less than 30 nor more than
60 days’ notice by mail, (1) on in any year
commencing with the year
and ending with the year
through operation of the sinking fund for this series at the
Redemption Prices for redemption through operation of the sinking
fund (expressed as percentages of the principal amount) set forth
in the table below, and (2) at any time [ if applicable,
insert — on or after
], as a whole or in part, at the election of the Company, at the
Redemption Prices for redemption otherwise than through operation
of the sinking fund (expressed as percentages of the principal
amount) set forth in the table below: If redeemed during the
12-month period beginning
of the years indicated,
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at a Redemption Price equal to
% of the principal amount, together in the case of any such
redemption (whether through operation of the sinking fund or
otherwise) with accrued interest to the Redemption Date, but
interest installments whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to such
Redemption Date will be payable to the Holders of such Securities,
or one or more Predecessor Securities, of record at the close of
business on the relevant Record Dates referred to on the face
hereof, all as provided in the Indenture.]
[ If
applicable, insert — The sinking fund for this series
provides for the redemption on
in each year beginning with the year
and ending with the year
of [ if applicable, insert — not less than $
(“mandatory sinking fund”) and not more than] $
aggregate principal amount of Securities of this series.
Securities of this series acquired or redeemed by the Company
otherwise than through [ if applicable, insert —
mandatory] sinking fund payments [ if applicable, insert
— and Securities surrendered for conversion] may be credited
against subsequent [ if applicable, insert —
mandatory] sinking fund payments otherwise required to be made [
if applicable, insert — in the inverse order in which
they become due].
[ If the
Security is subject to redemption of any kind, insert —
In the event of redemption of this Security in part only, a new
Security or Securities of this series and of like tenor for the
unredeemed portion hereof will be issued in the name of the Holder
hereof upon the cancellation hereof.]
[ If
applicable, insert — The Indenture contains provisions
for defeasance at any time of [(1) the entire indebtedness of this
Security or (2)] certain restrictive covenants and Events of
Default with respect to this Security, in each case upon compliance
with certain conditions set forth in the Indenture.]
[ If the
Security is not an Original Issue Discount Security, insert
— If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of this
series shall occur and be continuing, the principal of the
Securities of this series may be declared due and payable in the
manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.]
[ If the
Security is an Original Issue Discount Security, insert —
If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of this series
shall occur and be continuing, an amount of principal of the
Securities of this series may be declared due and payable in the
manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture. Such amount
shall be equal to — insert formula for determining the
amount . Upon payment (i) of the amount of principal so
declared due and payable and (ii) of interest on any overdue
principal and overdue interest all of the Company’s
obligations in respect of the payment of the principal of and
interest, if any, on the Securities of this series shall
terminate.]
The Indenture
permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment
thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the
Company and the rights of the Holders of the Securities of each
series to be affected under the Indenture at any time by the
Company and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of a
majority in principal amount of the Securities at the time
Outstanding of each series to be affected. The Indenture also
contains provisions permitting the Holders of specified percentages
in principal amount of the Securities of each series at the time
Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Securities of such
series, to waive
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compliance by
the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain
past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such
consent or waiver by the Holder of this Security shall be
conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders
of this Security and of any Security issued upon the registration
of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof,
whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this
Security.
As provided in and
subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the Holder of this
Security shall not have the right to institute any proceeding with
respect to the Indenture or for the appointment of a receiver or
trustee or for any other remedy thereunder, unless such Holder
shall have previously given the Trustee written notice of a
continuing Event of Default with respect to the Securities of this
series, the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the
Securities of this series at the time Outstanding shall have made
written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect
of such Event of Default as Trustee and offered the Trustee
reasonable indemnity and the Trustee shall not have received from
the Holders of a majority in principal amount of Securities of this
series at the time Outstanding a direction inconsistent with such
request, and shall have failed to institute any such proceeding,
for 60 days after receipt of such notice, request and offer of
indemnity. The foregoing shall not apply to any suit instituted by
the Holder of this Security for the enforcement of any payment of
principal hereof or any premium or interest hereon on or after the
respective due dates expressed herein.
No reference
herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Security or of the
Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company,
which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of (and
premium, if any) and interest on this Security at the times, place
and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein
prescribed.
As provided in the
Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the
transfer of this Security is registrable in the Security Register,
upon surrender of this Security for registration of transfer at the
office or agency of the Company in any Place of Payment, duly
endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in
form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly
executed by, the Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in
writing, and thereupon one or more new Securities of this series
and of like tenor, of authorized denominations and for the same
aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated
transferee or transferees.
The Securities of
this series are issuable only in registered form without coupons in
denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof. As
provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations
therein set forth, Securities of this series are exchangeable for a
like aggregate principal amount of Securities of this series and of
like tenor of a different authorized denomination, as requested by
the Holder surrendering the same.
No service charge
shall be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange,
but the Company or the Security Registrar may require payment of a
sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge
payable in connection therewith.
Prior to due
presentment of this Security for registration of transfer, the
Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee
may treat the Person in whose name this Security is registered as
the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Security be
overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any such agent
shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
All terms used in
this Security which are defined in the Indenture shall have the
meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.
Section 2.04 Form of Legend for Global
Securities .
Unless otherwise
specified as contemplated by Section 3.01 for the Securities
evidenced thereby, every Global Security authenticated and
delivered hereunder shall bear a legend in substantially the
following form:
This Security is a
Global Security within the meaning of the Indenture hereinafter
referred to and is registered in the name of a Depositary or a
nominee thereof. This Security may not be transferred to, or
registered or exchanged for Securities registered in the name of,
any Person other than the Depositary or a nominee thereof and no
such transfer may be registered, except in the limited
circumstances described in the Indenture. Every Security
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authenticated
and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for
or in lieu of, this Security shall be a Global Security subject to
the foregoing, except in such limited circumstances.
Section 2.05 Form of Trustee’s
Certificate of Authentication .
The
Trustee’s certificates of authentication shall be in
substantially the following form:
This is one of the
Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the
within-mentioned Indenture.
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THE BANK OF NEW
YORK MELLON, as Trustee
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By:
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Authorized
Signatory
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Dated:
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ARTICLE III
THE SECURITIES
Section 3.01 Amount Unlimited; Issuable
in Series .
The aggregate
principal amount of Securities which may be authenticated and
delivered under this Indenture is unlimited.
The Securities may
be issued in one or more series. There shall be established in or
pursuant to an Establishment Action and, subject to
Section 3.03, set forth, or determined in the manner provided,
in an Officers’ Certificate, or established in one or more
indentures supplemental hereto, prior to the issuance of Securities
of any series,
(1) the title
of the Securities of the series, including CUSIP Numbers (which
shall distinguish the Securities of the series from Securities of
any other series);
(2) any limit
upon the aggregate principal amount of the Securities of the series
which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture
(except for Securities authenticated and delivered upon
registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of,
other Securities of the series pursuant to Section 3.04, 3.05,
3.06, 9.06 or 11.07 and except for any Securities which, pursuant
to Section 3.03, are deemed never to have been authenticated
and delivered hereunder);
(3) the
Person to whom any interest on a Security of the series shall be
payable, if other than the Person in whose name that Security (or
one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of
business on the Regular Record Date for such interest;
(4) the date
or dates on which the principal of the Securities of the series is
payable;
(5) the rate
or rates at which the Securities of the series shall bear interest,
if any, the date or dates from which such interest shall accrue,
the Interest Payment Dates on which any such interest shall be
payable and the Regular Record Date for any interest payable on any
Interest Payment Date;
(6) the place
or places where the principal of and any premium and interest on
Securities of the series shall be payable;
(7) the
period or periods within which, the price or prices at 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;
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(8) the
obligation, if any, of the Company to redeem or purchase Securities
of the series pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous provisions
or at the option of a Holder thereof and the period or periods
within which, the price or prices at which and the terms and
conditions upon which Securities of the series shall be redeemed or
purchased, in whole or in part, pursuant to such
obligation;
(9) if other
than denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof, the
denominations in which Securities of the series shall be
issuable;
(10) the
currency, currencies or currency units in which payment of the
principal of and any premium and interest on any Securities of the
series shall be payable if other than the currency of the United
States of America and the manner of determining the equivalent
thereof in the currency of the United States of America for
purposes of the definition of “Outstanding” in
Section 1.01;
(11) if the
amount of payments of principal of or any premium or interest on
any Securities of the series may be determined with reference to an
index, the manner in which such amounts shall be
determined;
(12) if the
principal of or any premium or interest on any Securities of the
series is to be payable, at the election of the Company or a Holder
thereof, in one or more currencies or currency units other than
that or those in which the Securities are stated to be payable, the
currency, currencies or currency units in which payment of the
principal of and any premium and interest on Securities of such
series as to which such election is made shall be payable, and the
periods within which and the terms and conditions upon which such
election is to be made;
(13) if other
than the principal amount thereof, the portion of the principal
amount of Securities of the series which shall be payable upon
declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to
Section 5.02;
(14) if
applicable, that the provisions of Article IV shall not apply
to the Securities of the series;
(15) if
applicable, that the Securities of the series shall be subject to
either or both of Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance as provided in
Article XIII; provided that no series of Securities that is
convertible into or exchangeable for any other securities pursuant
to Section 3.01(16) shall be subject to Defeasance pursuant to
Section 13.02;
(16) if and
as applicable, that the Securities of the series shall be issuable
in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Securities
and, in such case, the Depositary or Depositaries for such Global
Security or Global Securities and any circumstances other than
those set forth in Section 3.05 in which any such Global
Security may be transferred to, and registered and exchanged for
Securities registered in the name of, a Person other than the
Depositary for such Global Security or a nominee thereof and in
which any such transfer may be registered;
(17) the
terms and conditions, if any, pursuant to which the Securities are
convertible into or exchangeable for any other
securities;
(18) any
addition to or change in the covenants set forth in Article X
which applies to Securities of the series; and
(19) any
other terms of the series (which terms shall not be inconsistent
with the provisions of this Indenture, except as permitted by
Section 9.01(5)).
All Securities of
any one series shall be substantially identical except as to
denomination and except as may otherwise be provided in or pursuant
to an Establishment Action referred to above and (subject to
Section 3.03) set forth, or determined in the manner provided,
in the Officers’ Certificate referred to above or in any such
indenture supplemental hereto.
If any of the
terms of the series are established by action taken pursuant to an
Establishment Action, a copy of an appropriate record of such
action shall be certified by the Secretary or an Assistant
Secretary of the Company and delivered to the Trustee at or prior
to the delivery of the Officers’ Certificate setting forth
the terms of the series.
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Subject to any
limitation imposed in accordance with paragraph (2) above, the
Company may, from time to time, by an Establishment Action and
subject to compliance with any other applicable provisions of this
Indenture, without the consent of the Holders, create and issue
pursuant to this Indenture additional securities of any series of
Securities (“ Add On Securities ”) having terms
and conditions identical to those of such series of Outstanding
Securities, except that such Add On Securities:
(i) may have
a different issue date from such series of Outstanding
Securities;
(ii) may have
a different amount of interest payable on the first Interest
Payment Date after issuance than is payable on such series of
Outstanding Securities; and
(iii) may
have terms specified in such Establishment Action for such Add On
Securities making appropriate adjustments to this Article III
applicable to such Add On Securities in order to conform to and
ensure compliance with the Securities Act (or applicable securities
laws) which are not adverse in any material respect to the Holder
of any Outstanding Securities (other than such Add On Securities)
and which shall not affect the rights or duties of the
Trustee.
Section 3.02 Denominations
.
The Securities of
each series shall be issuable only in registered form without
coupons in such denominations as shall be specified as contemplated
by Section 3.01. In the absence of any such specified
denomination with respect to the Securities of any series, the
Securities of such series shall be issuable in denominations of
$1,000 and any integral multiple thereof.
Section 3.03 Execution, Authentication,
Delivery and Dating .
The Securities
shall be executed on behalf of the Company by its Chairman of the
Board, its Vice Chairman of the Board, its President, one of its
Vice Presidents or its Treasurer, and attested by its Secretary or
one of its Assistant Secretaries or by its Chief Financial Officer.
The signature of any of these officers on the Securities may be
manual or facsimile.
Securities bearing
the manual or facsimile signatures of individuals who were at any
time the proper officers of the Company shall bind the Company,
notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them have ceased to
hold such offices prior to the authentication and delivery of such
Securities.
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 the Trustee in accordance with the Company Order
shall authenticate and deliver such Securities. If the form or
terms of the Securities of the series have been established in or
pursuant to one or more Establishment Actions as permitted by
Sections 2.01 and 3.01, in authenticating such Securities, and
accepting the additional responsibilities under this Indenture in
relation to such Securities, the Trustee shall be provided with,
and (subject to Section 6.01) shall be fully protected in
relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating,
(1) if the
form of such Securities has been established by an Establishment
Action as permitted by Section 2.01, that such form has been
established in conformity with the provisions of this
Indenture;
(2) if the
terms of such Securities have been established by an Establishment
Action as permitted by Section 3.01, that such terms have been
established in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture;
and
(3) that such
Securities, when authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and
issued by the Company in the manner and subject to any conditions
specified in such Opinion of Counsel, will constitute valid and
legally binding obligations of the Company enforceable in
accordance with their terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency,
fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws of
general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’
rights and to general equity principles.
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If such form or
terms have been so established, the Trustee shall not be required
to authenticate such Securities if the issue of such 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.
Notwithstanding
the provisions of Section 3.01 and of the preceding paragraph,
if all Securities of a series are not to be originally issued at
one time, it shall not be necessary to deliver the Officers’
Certificate otherwise required pursuant to Section 3.01 or the
Company Order and Opinion of Counsel otherwise required pursuant to
such preceding paragraph at or prior to the time of authentication
of each Security of such series if such documents are delivered at
or prior to the authentication upon original issuance of the first
Security of such series to be issued.
Each Security
shall be dated the date of its authentication.
No Security shall
be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture or be valid or
obligatory for any purpose unless there appears on such Security a
certificate of authentication substantially in the form provided
for herein executed by the Trustee by manual signature, and such
certificate upon any Security shall be conclusive evidence, and the
only evidence, that such Security has been
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