EXHIBIT 4.3
INDENTURE
Dated as of
,
20___
Between
HEMISPHERX BIOPHARMA,
INC.,
as Issuer
And
[
],
as Trustee
Debt Securities
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY
REFERENCE
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SECTION 1.01. Definitions
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SECTION 1.02. Other Definitions
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4
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SECTION 1.03 Incorporation by Reference of Trust
Indenture Act
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4
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SECTION 1.04 Rules of Construction
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ARTICLE II THE SECURITIES
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SECTION 2.01 Unlimited in Amount, Issuable in
Series, Form and Dating
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SECTION 2.02 Execution and
Authentication
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SECTION 2.03 Registrar and Paying
Agent
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SECTION 2.04 Paying Agent to Hold Assets in
Trust
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SECTION 2.05 Holder Lists
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SECTION 2.06 Registration of Transfer and
Exchange
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SECTION 2.07 Replacement Securities
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SECTION 2.08 Outstanding Securities
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SECTION 2.09 Treasury Securities
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SECTION 2.10 Temporary Securities
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SECTION 2.11 Cancellation
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SECTION 2.12 CUSIP Numbers
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SECTION 2.13 Defaulted Interest
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SECTION 2.14 Special Record Dates
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SECTION 3.01 Notices to Trustee
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SECTION 3.02 Selection of Securities to Be
Redeemed
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SECTION 3.03 Notice of Redemption
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SECTION 3.04 Effect of Notice of
Redemption
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SECTION 3.05 Deposit of Redemption
Price
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SECTION 3.06 Securities Redeemed in
Part
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SECTION 4.01 Payment of Securities
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SECTION 4.02 Maintenance of Office or
Agency
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SECTION 4.04 Compliance Certificate
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SECTION 4.06 Corporate Existence
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SECTION 5.01 When Company May Merge,
etc.
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SECTION 5.02 Successor Corporation
Substituted
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ARTICLE VI DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES
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SECTION 6.01 Events of Default
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SECTION 6.02 Acceleration
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SECTION 6.03 Other Remedies
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SECTION 6.04 Wavier of Past Defaults
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SECTION 6.05 Control by Majority
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SECTION 6.06 Limitation on Suits
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SECTION 6.07 Rights of Holders to Receive
Payment
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SECTION 6.08 Collection Suit by
Trustee
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SECTION 6.09 Trustee May File Proofs of
Claim
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SECTION 6.11. Undertaking for Costs
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SECTION 7.01. Duties of Trustee
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SECTION 7.02. Rights of Trustee
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SECTION 7.03. Individual Rights of
Trustee
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SECTION 7.04. Trustee’s
Disclaimer
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SECTION 7.05. Notice of Defaults
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SECTION 7.06. Reports by Trustee to
Holders
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SECTION 7.07. Compensation and
Indemnity
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SECTION 7.08. Replacement of Trustee
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SECTION 7.09. Successor Trustee by Merger,
Etc.
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SECTION 7.10. Eligibility;
Disqualification
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SECTION 7.11. Preferential Collection of Claims
Against the Company
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ARTICLE VIII DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE
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SECTION 8.01. Satisfaction and Discharge of
Indenture
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SECTION 8.02. Application of Trust Funds;
Indemnification
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SECTION 8.03. Legal Defeasance of Securities of
any Series
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SECTION 8.04. Covenant Defeasance
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SECTION 8.05. Repayment to Company
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ARTICLE IX AMENDMENTS, SUPPLEMENTS AND
WAIVERS
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SECTION 9.01. Without Consent of
Holders
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SECTION 9.02. With Consent of Holders
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SECTION 9.03. Compliance with Trust Indenture
Act
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SECTION 9.04. Revocation and Effect of
Consents
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SECTION 9.05. Notation on or Exchange of
Securities
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SECTION 9.06. Trustee to Sign Amendment,
etc.
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SECTION 10.01. Trust Indenture Act
Controls
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SECTION 10.03. Communication by Holders with
Other Holders
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SECTION 10.04. Certificate and Opinion as to
Conditions Precedent
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SECTION 10.05. Statements Required in
Certificate or Opinion
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SECTION 10.06. Rules by Trustee and
Agents
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SECTION 10.07. Legal Holidays
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SECTION 10.08. Duplicate Originals
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SECTION 10.09. Governing Law
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SECTION 10.10. No Adverse Interpretation of
Other Agreements
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SECTION 10.11. Successors
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SECTION 10.12. Severability
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SECTION 10.13. Counterpart Originals
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CROSS-REFERENCE
TABLE
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Indenture
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TIA
Section
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Section
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7.10
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7.10
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N.A.
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N.A.
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7.10
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7.08; 7.10
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N.A.
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7.11
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7.11
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N.A.
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2.05
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10.03
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10.03
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7.06
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N.A.
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7.06
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7.06; 10.02
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7.06
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Section 314 (a)(1), (2), (3)
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4.03
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4.04
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N.A.
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10.04
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10.04
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N.A.
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N.A.
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10.05
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N.A.
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7.01
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(b)
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7.05; 10.02
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7.01
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(a)
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7.01
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(c)
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6.11
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Section 316(a) (last sentence)
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2.09
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6.05
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6.04
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N.A.
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6.07
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9.04
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6.08
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6.09
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2.04
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10.01
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N.A. means Not
Applicable
NOTE: This
Cross-Reference Table shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be a
part of the indenture.
INDENTURE dated as of
,
20___, between HEMISPHERX BIOPHARMA, INC., a Delaware corporation
(the “ Company ”), as issuer, and [
], a [
] banking corporation, as Trustee (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 debentures, notes or other evidences of
indebtedness to be issued in one or more series (the “
Securities ”), as herein provided, up to such
principal amount as may from time to time be authorized in or
pursuant to one or more resolutions of the Board of Directors or by
supplemental indenture.
Each party agrees as follows for the benefit of
the other party and for the equal and ratable benefit of the
Holders of each series of the Securities:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION
BY REFERENCE
SECTION
1.01. Definitions .
“ Affiliate ” means, when
used with reference to the Company or another person, any person
directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under direct
or indirect common control with, the Company or such other person,
as the case may be. For the purposes of this definition,
“control” when used with respect to any specified
person means the power to direct or cause the direction of
management or 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 of the
foregoing.
“ Agent ” means any
registrar, Paying Agent, authenticating agent or
co-registrar.
“ Board of Directors ” means,
with respect to any person, the Board of Directors of a person or
any duly authorized committee of such Board of
Directors.
“ Board Resolution ” means,
with respect to any person, a copy of a resolution certified by the
secretary or an assistant secretary of such person to have been
duly adopted by the Board of Directors of such person or any duly
authorized committee thereof and to be in full force and effect on
the date of such certification, and delivered to the
Trustee.
“ Business Day ” means a day
that is not a Legal Holiday as defined in Section 10.07
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“ Company ” means the party
named as such in this Indenture, or any other obligor under this
Indenture, until a successor replaces it pursuant to this Indenture
and thereafter means the successor.
“ Consolidated ” or “
consolidated ” means, when used with reference to any
amount, such amount determined on a consolidated basis in
accordance with GAAP, after the elimination of intercompany
items.
“ Consolidated Assets ”
means, at a particular date, all amounts which would be included
under total assets on a consolidated balance sheet of the Company
and its Subsidiaries as at such date, determined in accordance with
GAAP.
“ Corporate Trust Office ”
means the office of the Trustee at which at any particular time its
corporate services business shall be principally administered,
which office at the date of execution of this Indenture is located
at [
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“ Default ” means any event
which is, or after notice or lapse of time or both would be, an
Event of Default.
“ Event of Default ” has the
meaning provided in Section 6.01 .
“ Exchange Act ” means the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
“ GAAP ” means generally
accepted accounting principles set forth in the opinions and
pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board of the American
Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and
pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board or in
such other statements by such other entity as have been approved by
a significant segment of the accounting profession, which are
applicable from time to time.
“ Global Security ” means a
Security issued to evidence all or a part of any series of
Securities that is executed by the Company and authenticated and
delivered by the Trustee to a depositary or pursuant to such
depositary’s instructions, all in accordance with this
Indenture and pursuant to Section 2.01 , which shall be
registered as to principal and interest in the name of such
depositary or its nominee.
“ Holder ” means the person
in whose name a Security is registered on the registrar’s
books.
“ Indebtedness ” of a Person
means all obligations which would be treated as liabilities upon a
balance sheet of such Person prepared on a consolidated basis in
accordance with GAAP.
“ Indenture ” means this
Indenture, as amended, supplemented or modified from time to time,
and shall include the terms of a particular series of Securities
established as contemplated by Section 2.01.
“ Lien ” means any lien,
security interest, charge or encumbrance of any kind.
“ Obligations ” means all
obligations for principal, premium, interest, penalties, fees,
indemnifications, reimbursements, damages and other liabilities
payable under the documentation governing any
Indebtedness.
“ Officer ” of any person
means the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the
President, any Vice President, the Treasurer, the Secretary or the
Controller of such person.
“ Officers’ Certificate
” means a certificate signed by two Officers or by an Officer
and an Assistant Treasurer, Assistant Secretary or Assistant
Controller of any person.
“ Opinion of Counsel ” means
a written opinion from legal counsel who is reasonably acceptable
to the Trustee. The counsel may be an employee of or counsel to the
Company.
“ Original Issue Discount Security
” means any Security which provides that an amount less than
its principal amount is due and payable upon acceleration after an
Event of Default.
“ Person ” or “
person ” means any individual, corporation,
partnership, joint venture, trust, association, limited liability
company, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated organization or
government or any agency or political subdivision
thereof.
“ Redemption Date ” means,
with respect to any Security to be redeemed, the date fixed for
such redemption pursuant to this Indenture.
“ Redemption Price ” has the
meaning provided in Section 3.03 .
“ SEC ” means the Securities
and Exchange Commission and any government agency succeeding to its
functions.
“ Securities ” means the
securities authenticated and delivered under this
Indenture.
“ Securities Act ” means the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
“ Series ” means a series of
Securities established pursuant to this Indenture.
“ Subsidiary ” of any Person
means (i) a corporation a majority of whose capital stock with
voting power, under ordinary circumstances, to elect directors is
at the time, directly or indirectly, owned by such Person or by
such Person and a subsidiary or subsidiaries of such Person or by a
subsidiary or subsidiaries of such Person or (ii) any other
Person (other than a corporation) in which such Person or such
Person and a subsidiary or subsidiaries of such Person or a
subsidiary or subsidiaries of such Persons, at the time, directly
or indirectly, own at least a majority voting interest under
ordinary circumstances.
“ TIA ” means the Trust
Indenture Act of 1939, as in effect on the date of this Indenture;
provided , however , that in
the event the TIA is amended after such date, “ TIA
” means, to the extent required by such amendment, the Trust
Indenture Act of 1939, as so amended.
“ Trustee ” means the party
named as such above until a successor becomes such pursuant to this
Indenture and thereafter means or includes each party who is then a
trustee hereunder, and if at any time there is more than one such
party, “ Trustee ” as used with respect to the
Securities of any series means the Trustee with respect to
Securities of that series. If Trustees with respect to different
series of Securities are Trustees under this Indenture, nothing
herein shall constitute the Trustees co-Trustees of the same trust,
and each Trustee shall be the Trustee of a trust separate and apart
from any trust administered by any other Trustee with respect to a
different series of Securities.
“ Trust Officer ” means any
officer in the corporate trust department of the Trustee or any
other officer of the Trustee assigned by the Trustee to administer
this Indenture.
“ U.S. Government Obligations
” means (i) direct obligations of the United States of
America for the payment of which the full faith and credit of the
United States of America is pledged or (ii) obligations of a
person controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or
instrumentality of the United States of America, the payment of
which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit
obligation by the United States of America and which in either
case, are non-callable at the option of the issuer
thereof.
SECTION
1.02. Other Definitions .
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Defined in
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Term
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Section
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6.01
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6.01
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10.7
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2.03
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2.03
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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.
The
following TIA terms used in this Indenture have the following
meanings:
“
indenture Securities ” means the
Securities;
“
indenture Security holder ” means a Holder;
“
indenture to be qualified ” means this
Indenture;
“
indenture Trustee ” or “ institutional
Trustee ” means the Trustee; and
“
obligor ” on the Securities means the Company and any
other obligor on the indenture Securities.
All other TIA terms used in this Indenture that
are defined by the TIA, defined by TIA reference to another statute
or defined by SEC rule have the meanings assigned to them by such
definitions.
SECTION
1.04. Rules of Construction .
Unless the context otherwise requires:
(i) a term has the meaning assigned to it; (ii) an
accounting term not otherwise defined has the meaning assigned to
it in accordance with GAAP; (iii) “or” is not
exclusive; (iv) words in the singular include the plural, and
in the plural include the singular; (v) provisions apply to
successive events and transactions; and (vi) statements
relating to the payment of principal and interest shall include the
payment, premium (if any) and interest.
ARTICLE II
THE SECURITIES
SECTION
2.01. Unlimited in Amount, Issuable in Series, Form and
Dating .
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 pursuant to a Board Resolution or an
Officers’ Certificate pursuant to authority granted under a
Board Resolution or established in one or more indentures
supplemental hereto, prior to the issuance of Securities of any
series:
(a) The
title, ranking and authorized denominations of such
Securities;
(b) The
aggregate principal amount of such Securities and any limit on such
aggregate principal amount;
(c) The
price (expressed as a percentage of the principal amount thereof)
at which such Securities will be issued and, if other than the
principal amount thereof, the portion of the principal amount
thereof payable upon declaration of acceleration of the maturity
thereof;
(d) The
date or dates, or the method for determining such date or dates, on
which the principal of such Securities will be payable;
(e) The
rate or rates (which may be fixed or variable), or the method by
which such rate or rates shall be determined, at which such
Securities will bear interest, if any;
(f) The
date or dates, or the method for determining such date or dates,
from which any such interest will accrue, the dates on which any
such interest will be payable, the record dates for such interest
payment dates, or the method by which such dates shall be
determined, the persons to whom such interest shall be payable, and
the basis upon which interest shall be calculated if other than
that of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months;
(g) The
place or places where the principal of and interest, if any, on
such Securities will be payable, where such Securities may be
surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange and where
notices or demands to or upon the Company in respect of such
Securities and this Indenture may be served;
(h) The
period or periods, if any, within which, the price or prices at
which and the other terms and conditions upon which such Securities
may, pursuant to any optional or mandatory redemption provisions,
be redeemed, as a whole or in part, at the option of the
Company;
(i) The
obligation, if any, of the Company to redeem, repay or purchase
such Securities pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous provision
or at the option of a holder thereof, and the period or periods
within which, the price or prices at which and the other terms and
conditions upon which such Securities will be redeemed, repaid or
purchased, as a whole or in part, pursuant to such
obligation;
(j) If
other than U.S. dollars, the currency or currencies in which such
Securities are denominated and payable, which may be a foreign
currency or units of two or more foreign currencies or a composite
currency or currencies, and the terms and conditions relating
thereto;
(k) Whether
the amount of payments of principal of (and premium, if any) or
interest, if any, on such Securities may be determined with
reference to an index, formula or other method (which index,
formula or method may, but need not be, based on the yield on or
trading price of other Securities, including United States Treasury
Securities, or on a currency, currencies, currency unit or units,
or composite currency or currencies) and the manner in which such
amounts shall be determined;
(l) Whether
the principal of or interest on the Securities of the series is to
be payable, at the election of the Company or a holder thereof, in
a currency or currencies, currency unit or units or composite
currency or currencies other than that in which such Securities are
denominated or stated to be payable, the period or periods within
which, and the terms and conditions upon which, such election may
be made, and the time and manner of, and identity of the exchange
rate agent with responsibility for, determining the exchange rate
between the currency or currencies, currency unit or units or
composite currency or currencies in which such Securities are
denominated or stated to be payable and the currency or currencies,
currency unit or units or composite currency or currencies in which
such Securities are to be so payable;
(m) Provisions,
if any, granting special rights to the holders of Securities of the
series upon the occurrence of such events as may be
specified;
(n) Any
deletions from, modifications of or additions to the Events of
Default or covenants of the Company with respect to Securities of
the series, whether or not such Events of Default or covenants are
consistent with the Events of Default or covenants described
herein;
(o) Whether and under what
circumstances the Company will pay any additional amounts on such
Securities in respect of any tax, assessment or governmental charge
and, if so, whether the Company will have the option to redeem such
Securities in lieu of making such payment;
(p) Whether
Securities of the series are to be issuable as registered
Securities, bearer Securities (with or without coupons) or both,
any restrictions applicable to the offer, sale or delivery of
bearer Securities and the terms upon which bearer Securities of the
series may be exchanged for registered Securities of the series and
vice versa (if permitted by applicable laws and regulations),
whether any Securities of the series are to be issuable initially
in temporary global form and whether any Securities of the series
are to be issuable in permanent global form with or without coupons
and, if so, whether beneficial owners of interests in any such
permanent Global Security may exchange such interests for
Securities of such series and of like tenor or any authorized form
and denomination and the circumstances under which any such
exchanges may occur, if other than in the manner provided in this
Indenture, and, if registered Securities of the series are to be
issuable as a Global Security, the identity of the depositary for
such series;
(q) The
date as of which any bearer Securities of the series and any
temporary Global Security representing outstanding Securities of
the series shall be dated if other than the date of original
issuance of the first Security of the series to be
issued;
(r) The
person to whom any interest on any registered 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, the manner in which, or the person to whom, any interest
on any bearer Security of the series shall be payable, if otherwise
than upon presentation and surrender of the coupons appertaining
thereto as they severally mature, and the extent to which, or the
manner in which, any interest payable on a temporary Global
Security on an interest payment date will be paid if other than in
the manner provided in this Indenture;
(s) Whether
such Securities will be issued in certificated or book entry
form;
(t) The
applicability, if any, of the legal defeasance and covenant
defeasance provisions of this Indenture to the Securities of the
series;
(u) If
the Securities of such series are to be issuable in definitive form
(whether upon original issue or upon exchange of a temporary
Security of such series) only upon receipt of certain certificates
or other documents or satisfaction of other conditions, then the
form and/or terms of such certificates, documents or
conditions;
(v) Whether
the Securities will be listed for trading on an exchange and the
identity of such exchange;
(w) Whether
any underwriters will act as market makers for the
Securities;
(x) Any
guarantees of such Securities by the Company’s Subsidiaries
or others;
(y) The
date or dates, if any, after which the Securities may be converted
or exchanged into or for shares of the Company’s common stock
or another company’s securities or properties or cash and the
terms for any such conversion or exchange;
(z) Any
other terms of the series.
The
Securities of any series shall be substantially of the tenor and
purport as set forth in one or more indentures supplemental hereto
or as provided in a written order of the Company, in each case with
such insertions, omission, substitutions and other variations as
are required or permitted by this Indenture, and may have such
letters, numbers or other marks of identification or designation
and such legends or endorsements printed, lithographed or engraved
thereon as the Company may deem appropriate and as are not
inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture, or as may be
required to comply with any law or with any rule or regulation made
pursuant thereto or with any rule or regulation of any stock
exchange on which Securities of that series may be listed or of the
depository, or to conform to usage.
The
Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication shall be in
substantially the following form:
“This
is one of the Securities of the series designated in accordance
with, and referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
Dated:
[
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SECTION 2.02. Execution and
Authentication . Two Officers shall sign the Securities for
the Company by manual or facsimile signature.
If
an Officer whose signature is on a Security no longer holds that
office at the time the Security is authenticated, the Security
shall be valid nevertheless.
A
Security shall not be valid until authenticated by the manual
signature of the Trustee. The signature shall be conclusive
evidence that the Security has been authenticated under this
Indenture.
The
Trustee shall authenticate Securities for original issue upon a
written order of the Company signed by one Officer of the
Company.
The
Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent reasonably acceptable
to the Company to authenticate Securities. Unless limited by the
terms of such appointment, an authenticating agent may authenticate
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 an
Agent to deal with the Company or an Affiliate of the
Company.
If
the Company shall establish pursuant to Section 2.01
that the Securities of a series are to be issued in the form of one
or more Global Securities, then the Company shall execute and the
Trustee shall authenticate and deliver one or more Global
Securities that (i) shall represent and shall be denominated
in an amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of all of the
Securities of such series to be issued in the form of Global
Securities and not yet canceled, (ii) shall be registered in
the name of the depositary for such Global Security or Securities
or the nominee of such depositary, (iii) shall be delivered by
the Trustee to such depositary or pursuant to such
depositary’s instructions, and (iv) shall bear a legend
substantially to the following effect: “Unless and until it
is exchanged in whole or in part for Securities in definitive
registered form, this Security may not be transferred except as a
whole by the depositary to the nominee of the depositary or by a
nominee of the depositary to the depositary or another nominee of
the depositary or by the depositary or any such nominee to a
successor depositary or a nominee of such successor
depositary.”
Each depositary
designated pursuant to Section 2.01 must, at the time
of its designation and at all times while it services as
depositary, be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange
Act.
SECTION 2.03. Registrar and Paying Agent
. The Company shall
maintain an office or agency where Securities of a particular
series may be presented for registration of transfer or for
exchange (the “ Registrar ”) and an office or
agency where Securities may be presented for payment (the “
Paying Agent ”). The registrar for a particular series
of Securities shall keep a register of the Securities of that
series and of their transfer and exchange. The Company may appoint
one or more co-registrars and one or more additional Paying Agents
for each series of Securities. The term “Paying Agent”
includes any additional paying agent and the term
“Registrar” includes any additional registrar. The
Company may change any Paying Agent or registrar without prior
notice to any Holder.
The
Company shall enter into an appropriate agency agreement with any
Agent not a party to this Indenture, which shall incorporate the
terms of the TIA and implement the terms of this Indenture which
relate to such Agent. The Company shall give prompt written notice
to the Trustee of the name and address of any Agent who is not a
party to this Indenture. If the Company fails to appoint or
maintain another entity as Registrar or Paying Agent, the Trustee
shall act as such. The Company or any Affiliate of the Company may
act as Paying Agent or Registrar.
The
Company hereby initially appoints the Trustee as Registrar and
Paying Agent for each series of Securities unless another Registrar
or Paying Agent, as the case may be, is appointed prior to the time
the Securities of that series are first issued.
SECTION 2.04. Paying Agent to Hold Assets in Trust .
The Company shall require each Paying Agent other than the Trustee
to agree in writing that the Paying Agent shall hold in trust for
the benefit of Holders or the Trustee all assets held by the Paying
Agent for the payment of principal of and interest on the
Securities (whether such money has been paid to it by the Company
or any other obligor on the Securities) and shall notify the
Trustee of any failure by the Company (or any other obligor on the
Securities) in making any such payment. While any such failure
continues, the Trustee may require a Paying Agent to pay all money
held by it to the Trustee and to account for any funds disbursed.
The Company at any time may require a Paying Agent to pay all money
held by it to the Trustee. Upon payment over to the Trustee, the
Paying Agent (if other than the Company or a Subsidiary of the
Company) shall have no further liability for the money so paid over
to the Trustee. If the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company acts
as Paying Agent, it shall segregate and hold in a separate trust
fund for the benefit of the Holders all money held by it as Paying
Agent.
SECTION 2.05. Holder Lists . The Trustee shall
preserve in as current a form as is reasonably practicable the most
recent list available to it of the names and addresses of Holders,
separately by series, and shall otherwise comply with TIA
Section 312(a). If the Trustee is not the registrar, the
Company shall furnish to the Trustee on or before each interest
payment date for the Securities and at such other times as the
Trustee may request in writing a list in such form and as of such
date as the Trustee may reasonably require of the names and
addresses of Holders, separately by series, relating to such
interest payment date or request, as the case may be.
SECTION 2.06. Registration of Transfer and Exchange .
When Securities of a series are presented to the registrar or a
co-registrar with a request to register their transfer or to
exchange them for an equal principal amount of Securities of other
denominations, the registrar or co-registrar shall register the
transfer or make the exchange if its requirements for such
transaction are met. To permit registrations of transfer and
exchanges, the Company shall issue and the Trustee shall
authenticate Securities at the registrar’s or
co-registrar’s request. No service charge shall be made for
any registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company may
require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other
governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with
registration, transfer or exchange of Securities other than
exchanges pursuant to Section 2.10 ,
3.06 or 9.05
not involving any transfer.
The
registrar or co-registrar shall not be required to register the
transfer or exchange of (i) any Security of a particular
series selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the
unredeemed portion of any Security of that series being redeemed in
part, or (ii) any Security of a particular series during a
period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before the
day of any selection of Securities of that series for redemption
under Section 3.02 and ending
at the close of business on the date of selection.
Any
Holder of a beneficial interest in a Global Security shall, by
acceptance of such beneficial interest, agree that transfers of
beneficial interest in such Global Security may be effected only
through a book entry system maintained by the holder of such Global
Security (or its agent), and that ownership of a beneficial
interest in the Security shall be required to be reflected in a
book entry system.
SECTION 2.07. Replacement Securities . If a mutilated
Security is surrendered to the Trustee or if the Holder of a
Security claims that the Security has been lost, destroyed or
wrongfully taken, the Company shall issue and the Trustee shall
authenticate a replacement Security of the same series if the
requirements of the Trustee and the Company are met;
provided that, if any such Security has been
called for redemption in accordance with the terms thereof, the
Trustee may pay the Redemption Price thereof on the Redemption Date
without authenticating or replacing such Security. The Trustee or
the Company may, in either case, require the Holder to provide an
indemnity bond sufficient in the judgment of each of the Trustee
and the Company to protect the Company, the Trustee or any Agent
from any loss which any of them may suffer if a Security is
replaced or if the Redemption Price therefor is paid pursuant to
this Section. The Company may charge the Holder who has lost a
Security for its expenses in replacing a Security.
Every
replacement Security is an obligation of the Company and shall be
entitled to the benefits of this Indenture equally and
proportionately with any and all other Securities of the same
series.
SECTION 2.08. Outstanding Securities . The Securities
of any series outstanding at any time are all the Securities of
that series authenticated by the Trustee except for those canceled
by it, those delivered to it for cancellation and those described
in this Section as not outstanding.
If
a Security is replaced pursuant to Section 2.07 , it
ceases to be outstanding and interest ceases to accrue unless the
Trustee receives proof satisfactory to it that the replaced
Security is held by a bona fide purchaser.
If
all principal of and interest on any of the Securities are
considered paid under Section 4.01 , such Securities
shall cease to be outstanding and interest on them shall cease to
accrue.
Except
as provided in Section 2.09 , a Security does not cease
to be outstanding because the Company or an Affiliate of the
Company holds such Security.
For
each series of Original Issue Discount Securities, the principal
amount of such Securities that shall be deemed to be outstanding
and used to determine whether the necessary Holders have given any
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or
waiver, shall be the principal amount of such Securities that could
be declared to be due and payable upon acceleration upon an Event
of Default as of the date of such determination. When requested by
the Trustee, the Company will advise the Trustee of such amount,
showing its computations in reasonable detail.
SECTION 2.09. Treasury Securities . In determining
whether the Holders of the required principal amount of Securities
of any series have concurred in any direction, waiver or consent,
Securities owned by the Company or an Affiliate of the Company
shall be considered as though they are not outstanding, except that
for the purposes of determining whether the Trustee shall be
protected in relying on any such direction, waiver or consent, only
Securities which such Trustee actually knows are so owned shall be
so disregarded.
SECTION 2.10. Temporary Securities . Until definitive
Securities are ready for delivery, the Company may prepare and
execute and the Trustee shall authenticate temporary Securities.
Temporary Securities shall be substantially in the form of
definitive Securities but may have variations that the Company
considers appropriate for temporary Securities. Without
unreasonable delay, the Company shall prepare and the Trustee shall
authenticate definitive Securities in exchange for temporary
Securities. Holders of temporary Securities shall be entitled to
all of the benefits of this Indenture.
SECTION 2.11. Cancellation . The Company at any time
may deliver Securities to the Trustee for cancellation. The
Registrar and Paying Agent shall forward to the Trustee any
Securities surrendered to them for registration of transfer,
exchange, payment or repurchase. The Trustee shall cancel all
Securities surrendered for registration of transfer, exchange,
payment, repurchase, redemption, replacement or cancellation and
shall destroy such Securities (subject to the record retention
requirements of the Exchange Act). Certification of the destruction
of all cancelled Securities shall be promptly delivered to the
Company. The Company may not issue new Securities to replace
Securities that it has paid or that have been delivered to the
Trustee for cancellation.
SECTION 2.12. CUSIP Numbers . The Company in issuing
the Securities may use “CUSIP” numbers (if then
generally in use), and the Trustee shall use CUSIP numbers in
notices of redemption or exchange as a convenience to
Holders; provided that any such notice
shall state that no representation is made as to the correctness of
such numbers either as printed on the Securities or as contained in
any such notice and that reliance may be placed only on the other
identification numbers printed on the Securities, and any such
redemption shall not be affected by any defect in or omission of
such numbers. The Company shall promptly notify the Trustee of any
change in the CUSIP numbers.
SECTION 2.13. Defaulted Interest . If the Company
fails to make a payment of interest on any series of Securities, it
shall pay such defaulted interest plus (to the extent lawful) any
interest payable on the defaulted interest, in any lawful manner.
It may elect to pay such defaulted interest, plus any such interest
payable on it, to the Persons who are Holders of such Securities on
which the interest is due on a subsequent special record date. The
Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of
defaulted interest proposed to be paid on each such Security. The
Company shall fix any such record date and payment date for such
payment. At least 15 days before any such record date, the
Company shall mail to Holders affected thereby a notice that states
the record date, payment date, and amount of such interest to be
paid.
SECTION 2.14. Special Record Dates . The Company may,
but shall not be obligated to, set a record date for the purpose of
determining the identity of Holders entitled to consent to any
supplement, amendment or waiver permitted by this Indenture. If a
record date is fixed, the Holders of Securities of that series
outstanding on such record date, and no other Holders, shall be
entitled to consent to such supplement, amendment or waiver or
revoke any consent previously given, whether or not such Holders
remain Holders after such record date. No consent shall be valid or
effective for more than 90 days after such record date unless
consents from Holders of the principal amount of Securities of that
series required hereunder for such amendment or waiver to be
effective shall have also been given and not revoked within such
90-day period.
ARTICLE III
REDEMPTION
SECTION 3.01. Notices to Trustee . If the Company
elects to redeem Securities of any series pursuant to any optional
redemption provisions thereof, it shall notify the Trustee of the
intended Redemption Date and the principal amount of Securities of
that series to be redeemed.
The
Company shall give each notice provided for in this Section and an
Officers’ Certificate at least 45 days before the
Redemption Date (unless a shorter period shall be satisfactory to
the Trustee).
SECTION 3.02. Selection of Securities to Be Redeemed
. If fewer than all the Securities of any series are to be
redeemed, the Trustee shall select the Securities of that series to
be redeemed from the outstanding Securities of that series to be
redeemed by a method that complies with the requirements of any
exchange on which the Securities of that series are listed, or, if
the Securities of that series are not listed on an exchange, on a
pro rata basis or by lot, which in any case shall be in accordance
with a method the Trustee considers fair and
appropriate.
Except
as otherwise provided as to any particular series of Securities,
Securities and portions thereof that the Trustee selects shall be
in amounts equal to the minimum authorized denomination for
Securities of the series to be redeemed or any integral multiple
thereof. Provisions of this Indenture that apply to Securities
called for redemption also apply to portions of Securities called
for redemption. The Trustee shall notify the Company promptly in
writing of the Securities or portions of Securities to be called
for redemption.
SECTION 3.03. Notice of Redemption . At least
30 days but not more than 60 days before the Redemption
Date, the Company shall mail a notice of redemption by first-class
mail to each Holder whose Securities are to be redeemed at the
address of such Holder appearing in the register.
The
notice shall identify the Securities of the series to be redeemed
and shall state:
(2) the redemption
price fixed in accordance with the terms of the Securities of the
series to be redeemed, plus accrued interest, if any, to the date
fixed for redemption (the “ Redemption Price
”);
(3) if any
Security is being redeemed in part, the portion of the principal
amount of such Security to be redeemed and that, after the
Redemption Date, upon surrender of such Security, a new Security or
Securities in principal amount equal to the unredeemed
portion will be issued;
(4) the name and
address of the Paying Agent;
(5) that
Securities called for redem