ANY GUARANTORS PARTY
HERETO,
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ARTICLE ONE DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF
GENERAL APPLICATION
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Section 102. Compliance Certificates and
Opinions
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Section 103. Form of Documents Delivered to
Trustee
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Section 104. Acts of Holders; Record
Dates
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Section 105. Notices, Etc., to Trustee and
Company
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Section 106. Notice to Holders;
Waiver
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Section 107. Conflict with Trust Indenture
Act
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Section 108. Effect of Headings and Table
of Contents
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Section 109. Successors and
Assigns
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Section 110. Separability Clause
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Section 111. Benefits of
Indenture
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Section 112. Governing Law; Waiver of Jury
Trial
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Section 113. Legal Holidays
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Section 114. Indenture and Securities
Solely Corporate Obligations
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Section 115. Indenture May be Executed in
Counterparts
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Section 116. Acceptance of Trust
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Section 117. Force Majeure
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Section 118. U.S.A. Patriot Act
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ARTICLE TWO SECURITY FORMS
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Section 201. Forms Generally
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Section 202. Form of Face of
Security
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Section 203. Form of Reverse of
Security
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Section 204. Form of Legend for Global
Securities
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Section 205. Form of Trustee’s
Certificate of Authentication
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Section 206. Form of Conversion
Notice
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ARTICLE THREE THE SECURITIES
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Section 301. Amount Unlimited; Issuable in
Series
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Section 302. Denominations
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Section 303. Execution, Authentication,
Delivery and Dating
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Section 304. Temporary
Securities
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Section 305. Registration; Registration of
Transfer and Exchange
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Section 306. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and
Stolen Securities
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Section 307. Payment of Interest; Interest
Rights Preserved
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Section 308. Persons Deemed
Owners
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Section 309. Cancellation
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Section 310. Computation of
Interest
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Section 311. CUSIP Numbers
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ARTICLE FOUR SATISFACTION AND
DISCHARGE
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Section 401. Satisfaction and Discharge of
Indenture
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Section 402. Application of Trust
Money
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Section 403. Repayment to the
Company
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Section 501. Events of Default
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Section 502. Acceleration of Maturity;
Rescission and Annulment
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Section 503. Collection of Indebtedness and
Suits for Enforcement by Trustee
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Section 504. Trustee May File Proofs of
Claim
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Section 505. Trustee May Enforce Claims
Without Possession of Securities
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Section 506. Application of Money
Collected
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Section 507. Limitation on Suits
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Section 508. Unconditional Right of Holders
to Receive Principal, Premium and Interest and to
Convert
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Section 509. Restoration of Rights and
Remedies
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Section 510. Rights and Remedies
Cumulative
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Section 511. Delay or Omission Not
Waiver
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Section 512. Control by Holders
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Section 513. Waiver of Past
Defaults
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Section 514. Undertaking for
Costs
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Section 515. Waiver of Stay or Extension
Laws
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Section 601. Certain Duties and
Responsibilities
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Section 602. Notice of Defaults
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Section 603. Certain Rights of
Trustee
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Section 604. Not Responsible for Recitals
or Issuance of Securities
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Section 605. May Hold Securities and Act as
Trustee Under Other Indentures
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Section 606. Money Held in Trust
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Section 607. Compensation and
Reimbursement
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Section 608. Conflicting
Interests
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Section 609. Corporate Trustee Required;
Eligibility
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Section 610. Resignation and Removal;
Appointment of Successor
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Section 611. Acceptance of Appointment by
Successor
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Section 612. Merger, Conversion,
Consolidation or Succession to Business
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Section 613. Preferential Collection of
Claims Against the Company
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Section 614. Appointment of Authenticating
Agent
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ARTICLE SEVEN HOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS
BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY
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Section 701. Company to Furnish Trustee
Names and Addresses of Holders
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Section 702. Preservation of Information;
Communications to Holders
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Section 703. Reports by Trustee
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Section 704. Reports by Company
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ARTICLE EIGHT CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE,
TRANSFER OR LEASE
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Section 801. Company May Consolidate, Etc.,
Only on Certain Terms
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Section 802. Successor
Substituted
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ARTICLE NINE SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
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Section 901. Supplemental Indentures
Without Consent of Holders
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Section 902. Supplemental Indentures With
Consent of Holders
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Section 903. Execution of Supplemental
Indentures
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Section 904. Effect of Supplemental
Indentures
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Section 905. Conformity with Trust
Indenture Act
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Section 906. Reference in Securities to
Supplemental Indentures
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Section 1001. Payment of Principal, Premium
and Interest
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Section 1002. Maintenance of Office or
Agency
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Section 1003. Money for Securities Payments
to Be Held in Trust
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Section 1004. Statement by Officers as to
Default
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Section 1006. Payment of Taxes and Other
Claims
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Section 1007. Calculation of Original Issue
Discount
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ARTICLE ELEVEN REDEMPTION OF
SECURITIES
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Section 1101. Applicability of
Article
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Section 1102. Election to Redeem; Notice to
Trustee
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Section 1103. Selection by Trustee of
Securities to Be Redeemed
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Section 1104. Notice of
Redemption
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Section 1105. Deposit of Redemption
Price
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Section 1106. Securities Payable on
Redemption Date
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Section 1107. Securities Redeemed in
Part
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ARTICLE TWELVE SINKING FUNDS
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Section 1201. Applicability of
Article
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Section 1202. Satisfaction of Sinking Fund
Payments with Securities
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Section 1203. Redemption of Securities for
Sinking Fund
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ARTICLE THIRTEEN DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT
DEFEASANCE
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Section 1301. [Intentionally
Omitted]
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Section 1302. Defeasance and
Discharge
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Section 1303. Covenant
Defeasance
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Section 1304. Conditions to Defeasance or
Covenant Defeasance
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Section 1305. Deposited Money and U.S.
Government Obligations to be Held in Trust; Miscellaneous
Provisions
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Section 1306. Reinstatement
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ARTICLE FOURTEEN CONVERSION AND EXCHANGE OF
SECURITIES
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Section 1401. Applicability of
Article
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Section 1402. Exercise of Conversion and
Exchange Privilege
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Section 1403. No Fractional
Shares
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Section 1404. Adjustment of Conversion and
Exchange Price
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Section 1405. Notice of Certain Corporate
Actions
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Section 1406. Reservation of Shares of
Common Stock
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Section 1407. Payment of Certain Taxes Upon
Conversion and Exchange
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Section 1408. Nonassessability
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Section 1409. Provision in Case of
Consolidation, Merger or Sale of Assets
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Section 1410. Duties of Trustee Regarding
Conversion and Exchange
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Section 1411. Repayment of Certain Funds
Upon Conversion and Exchange
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ARTICLE FIFTEEN GUARANTEE
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Section 1501. Unconditional
Guarantee
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Section 1502. Execution and Delivery of
Guarantee
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Section 1503. Limitation on
Guarantors’ Liability
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Section 1504. Release of Guarantors from
Guarantee
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Section 1505. Guarantor
Contribution
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Notation of Guarantee — Annex A
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iii
Certain Sections of this Indenture
relating to Sections 310
through 318, inclusive, of the Trust Indenture Act of
1939:
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Trust Indenture
Act Section
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Indenture Section
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609
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609
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Not Applicable
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Not Applicable
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608, 610
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613
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613
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701, 702
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702
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702
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703
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703
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703
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703
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704
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101, 1004
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Not Applicable
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102
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102
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Not Applicable
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Not Applicable
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102
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601
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602
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601
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601
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514
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101
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502, 512
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513
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Not Applicable
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508
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104
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503
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504
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1003
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NOTE: This
reconciliation and tie shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be
a part of the Indenture.
iv
INDENTURE, dated
as of June 9, 2009, among Express Scripts, Inc., a corporation
duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware
(herein called the “ Company ”), having
its principal executive office at One Express Way, St. Louis,
Missouri 63121, any Guarantors (as defined herein) party hereto,
and Union Bank, N.A., a national banking association, as Trustee
(herein called the “ Trustee
”).
RECITALS OF THE COMPANY AND
GUARANTORS
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, which Securities may be guaranteed by each of the
Guarantors, as provided in this Indenture.
All things
necessary to make this Indenture a valid agreement of the Company
and any Guarantors, 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 covenanted and agreed, for the
equal and proportionate benefit of all Holders of the Securities or
of series thereof appertaining, as follows:
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS
OF GENERAL APPLICATION
Section 101. Definitions.
For all
purposes of this Indenture and the Securities authenticated and
delivered under 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 in
the United States, and, except as otherwise herein expressly
provided, the term “generally accepted accounting
principles” with respect to any computation required or
permitted hereunder shall mean such accounting principles as are
generally accepted in the United States at the date of this
instrument;
(4) unless the
context otherwise requires, any reference to an
“Article” or a “Section” refers to an
Article or a Section, as the case may be, of this
Indenture;
(5) the words
“herein,” “hereof,” “hereunder”
and other words of similar import refer to this Indenture or the
Securities, as applicable, as a whole and not to any particular
Article, Section or other subdivision; and
(6) the term
“including” means including without
limitation.
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Act ,” when used with respect to any Holder,
has the meaning specified in Section 104.
“
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.
“
Authenticating Agent ” means any Person
authorized by the Trustee pursuant to Section 614 to act on
behalf of the Trustee to authenticate Securities of one or more
series.
“
Board of Directors ” means either the board of
directors of the Company or any duly authorized committee empowered
by that board to act with respect to this Indenture.
“
Board Resolution ” means a copy of a resolution
certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company
to have been duly adopted by the Board of Directors and to be in
full force and effect on the date of such certification, and
delivered to the Trustee.
“
Business Day ,” means, 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, except as may otherwise be provided in the form of
Securities of any particular series pursuant to the provisions of
this Indenture.
“
Commission ” means the Securities and Exchange
Commission, as from time to time constituted, created under the
Exchange Act, or, if at any time after the execution of this
Indenture such Commission is not existing and performing the duties
now assigned to it under the Trust Indenture Act, then the body
performing such duties at such time.
“
Common Stock ” includes any stock of any class
of the Company which has no preference in respect of dividends or
of amounts payable in the event of any voluntary or involuntary
liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Company and which is
not subject to redemption by the Company; provided ,
however , subject to the provisions of Section 1409,
shares issuable upon conversion of Securities shall include only
shares of the class designated as Common Stock of the Company at
the date of this Indenture or shares of any class or classes
resulting from any reclassification or reclassifications thereof
and which have no preference in respect of dividends or of amounts
payable in the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation,
dissolution or winding-up of the Company and which are not subject
to redemption by the Company; provided , further ,
that if at any time there shall be more
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than one such
resulting class, the shares of each such class then so issuable
shall be substantially in the proportion which the total number of
shares of such class resulting from all such reclassifications
bears to the total number of shares of all such classes resulting
from all such reclassifications.
“
Company ” means the corporation named as the
“Company” in the first paragraph of this Indenture
until a successor Person shall have become such pursuant to the
applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter
“Company” shall means such successor
corporation.
“
Company Request ” or “ Company
Order ” means a written request or order signed in
the name of the Company by (a) its Chairman of the Board of
Directors, its Chief Executive Officer, its President or a Vice
President, its Chief Financial Officer, its Treasurer or an
Assistant Treasurer, and (b) its Secretary or an Assistant
Secretary, and delivered to the Trustee.
“
Constituent Person ” has the meaning specified
in Section 1409.
“
Corporate Trust Office ” means the principal
corporate trust office of the Trustee, which office, at the date of
execution of this Indenture, is located at 551 Madison Avenue,
11 th
Floor, New York, NY 10022,
Attention: Corporate Trust Department (Express Scripts Debt
Securities), at which at any particular time its corporate trust
business shall be administered.
“
corporation ” means a corporation, association,
company, limited liability company, joint-stock company or business
trust.
“
Covenant Defeasance ” has the meaning specified
in Section 1303.
“
Debt ” of any Person at any date means all
indebtedness for borrowed money.
“
Default ” means any event which is, or after
notice or passage of time or both, would be, an Event of
Default.
“
Defaulted Interest ” has the meaning specified
in Section 307.
“
Defeasance ” has the meaning specified in
Section 1302.
“
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 301, until a successor
Depositary shall have become such pursuant to the applicable
provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter
“Depositary” shall mean or include each person who is
then a Depositary hereunder, and if at any time there is more than
one such Person, “Depositary” as used with respect to
the Securities of any such series shall mean the Depositary with
respect to the Securities of that series.
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Dollar ” or “ $ ”
means a dollar or other equivalent unit in such coin or currency of
the United States of America as at the time shall be legal tender
for the payment of public and private debts.
“
Event of Default ” unless otherwise specified
in the supplemental indenture establishing series of Securities,
has the meaning specified in Section 501.
“
Exchange Act ” means the United States
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules and regulations
promulgated by the Commission thereunder and any statute successor
thereto, in each case as amended from time to time.
“
Expiration Date ” has the meaning specified in
Section 104.
“
Funding Guarantor ” has the meaning specified
in Section 1505.
“
Global Security ” means a Security that
evidences all or part of the Securities of any series, which is
executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered by the
Trustee to the applicable Depositary for such series in accordance
with Section 303, and bears the legend set forth in
Section 204 (or such legend as may be specified as
contemplated by Section 301 for such Securities).
“
Guarantee ” has the meaning stated in
Section 1501(2). The term “Guarantee” used as a
verb has a corresponding meaning.
“
Guarantors ” means any Subsidiary of the
Company and any other Affiliate of the Company who may execute this
Indenture, or a supplement hereto, for the purpose of providing a
Guarantee of Securities pursuant to this Indenture until (a) a
successor Person shall have become such pursuant to the applicable
provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter
“Guarantors” shall mean such successor Person or
(b) such Person shall have been released from its Guarantee
pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture.
“
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 301; provided , however
, that if at any time more than one Person is acting as Trustee
under this Indenture due to the appointment of one or more separate
Trustees for any one or more separate series of Securities,
“Indenture” shall mean, with respect to such series of
Securities for which any such Person is Trustee, this instrument as
originally executed or as it may from time to time be supplemented
or amended by one or more indentures supplemental hereto entered
into pursuant to the applicable provisions hereof and shall include
the terms of particular series of Securities for which such Person
is Trustee established as contemplated by Section 301,
exclusive, however, of any provisions or terms which relate solely
to other series of Securities for which such Person is not Trustee,
regardless of when such terms or provisions were adopted, and
exclusive of any provisions or terms adopted by means of one or
more indentures supplemental hereto executed and delivered after
such person had become such Trustee, but to which such person, as
such Trustee, was not a party; provided , further
that in the event that this Indenture is supplemented or amended by
one or more indentures supplemental hereto which are
only
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applicable to
certain series of Securities, the term “Indenture” for
a particular series of Securities shall only include the
supplemental indentures applicable thereto.
“
Interest Payment Date ,” when used with respect
to any Security, means the Stated Maturity of an installment of
interest on such Security.
“
Investment Company Act ” means the Investment
Company Act of 1940 and any statute successor thereto, in each case
as amended from time to time.
“
Maturity ,” when used with respect to any
Security, means the date on which the principal of such Security
becomes due and payable as therein or herein provided, whether at
the Stated Maturity or by declaration of acceleration, call for
redemption, repurchase at the option of the Holder or
otherwise.
“
Non-electing Share ” has the meaning specified
in Section 1409.
“
Notice of Default ” means a written notice of
the kind specified in Section 501(4).
“
Officer ” means the Chairman of the Board of
Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, any Vice
President, the Chief Financial Officer, the Treasurer, any
Assistant Treasurer, any Secretary or any Assistant
Secretary.
“
Officers’ Certificate ” means a
certificate signed by two Officers of the Company, and delivered to
the Trustee. One of the officers signing an Officers’
Certificate given pursuant to Section 1004 shall be the
principal executive, financial or accounting officer of the
Company.
“
Opinion of Counsel ” means a written opinion of
counsel, who may be counsel for, or an employee of, the Company,
and who shall be reasonably 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 502.
“
Outstanding ,” when used with respect to
Securities or Securities of any series, means, as of the date of
determination, all such Securities theretofore authenticated and
delivered under this Indenture, except:
(1) Securities
theretofore canceled by the Trustee or delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation;
(2) Securities for
whose payment or redemption money in the necessary amount has been
theretofore deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent (other
than the Company) in trust or set aside and segregated in trust by
the Company (if the Company shall act as its own Paying Agent) for
the Holders of such Securities; provided that , if
such Securities are to be redeemed, notice of such redemption has
been duly given pursuant to this Indenture or provision therefor
satisfactory to the Trustee has been made;
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(3) Securities as
to which Defeasance has been effected pursuant to
Section 1302; and
(4) Securities
which have been paid pursuant to Section 306 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, made or taken any request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action
hereunder as of any date, (A) the principal amount of an
Original Issue Discount Security which shall be deemed to be
Outstanding shall be the amount of the principal thereof which
would be due and payable as of such date upon acceleration of the
Maturity thereof to such date pursuant to Section 502,
(B) if, as of such date, the principal amount payable at the
Stated Maturity of a Security is not determinable, the principal
amount of such Security which shall be deemed to be Outstanding
shall be the amount as specified or determined as contemplated by
Section 301, (C) the principal amount of a Security
denominated in one or more foreign currencies or currency units
which shall be deemed to be Outstanding shall be the U.S. dollar
equivalent, determined as of such date in the manner provided as
contemplated by Section 301, of the principal amount of such
Security (or, in the case of a Security described in Clause
(A) or (B) above, of the amount determined as provided in
such Clause), and (D) Securities owned by the Company or any
other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the Company
or of such other obligor shall be disregarded and deemed not to be
Outstanding, except that, in determining whether the Trustee shall
be protected in relying upon any such request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action,
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 or premium, if any, or interest,
if any, on any Securities on behalf of the Company, and shall
initially be the Trustee.
“
Person ” means any individual, corporation,
limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust,
unincorporated organization or government or any agency or
political subdivision thereof or any other entity of any
kind.
“
Place of Payment ,” when used with respect to
the Securities of any series, means the place or places where the
principal of and any premium and interest on the Securities of that
series are payable as specified in or as contemplated by
Section 301.
“
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 306 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.
“
Record Date ” means any Regular Record Date or
Special Record Date.
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“
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 301.
“
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 and any statute successor thereto, in each case as amended
from time to time.
“
Security Register ” and “ Security
Registrar ” have the respective meanings specified in
Section 305.
“
Significant Subsidiary ” with respect to any
Person means any Subsidiary of such Person that constitutes a
“significant subsidiary” within the meaning of
Rule 1-02(w) of Regulation S-X promulgated under the
Securities Act, as such regulation is in effect on the date of this
Indenture.
“
Special Record Date ” for the payment of any
Defaulted Interest means a date fixed by the Trustee pursuant to
Section 307.
“
Stated Maturity ,” when used with respect to
any Security or any installment of principal thereof or interest,
if any, 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, if any, is due and
payable.
“
Subsidiary ” with respect to any Person means
(i) any corporation, association or other business entity of
which more than 50% of the total voting power of shares of capital
stock or other equity interests entitled (without regard to the
occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of
directors, managers or trustees thereof is at the time owned or
controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or one or more
of the other Subsidiaries of such Person (or a combination
thereof), (ii) any partnership, limited liability company or
similar pass-through entity the sole general partner or the
managing general partner or managing member of which is such Person
or a Subsidiary of such Person and (iii) any partnership,
limited liability company or similar pass-through entity the only
general partners, managing members or Persons, however designated
in corresponding roles, of which are such Person or one or more
Subsidiaries of such Person (or any combination
thereof).
“
Trust Indenture Act ” means the Trust Indenture
Act of 1939 as in force at the date as of which this Indenture was
executed, except as provided in Section 905; 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.
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“
Trustee ” means the Person named as the
“Trustee” in the first paragraph of this Indenture
until a successor Trustee shall have become such pursuant to the
applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter
“Trustee” shall mean or include each Person who is then
a Trustee hereunder, and if at any time there is more than one such
Person, “Trustee” as used with respect to the
Securities of any series shall mean the Trustee with respect to
Securities of that series.
“ U.S.
Government Obligation ” has the meaning specified in
Section 1304.
“ 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 102. 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 (1) an Officers’ Certificate
stating that all conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this
Indenture relating to the proposed action have been complied with
and (2) an Opinion of Counsel stating that in the opinion of
such counsel all such conditions precedent, if any, have been
complied with.
Every certificate
or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant
provided for in this Indenture 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 or she has made
such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him or
her to express an informed opinion as to whether or not there has
been compliance with such covenant or condition; and
(4) a statement as
to whether, in the opinion of each such individual, there has been
compliance with such condition or covenant.
Section 103. 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.
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Any certificate or
opinion of an officer of the Company or any Guarantor may be based,
insofar as it relates to legal matters, upon a certificate or
opinion of, or representations by, counsel, unless such officer
knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the
certificate or opinion or representations with respect to the
matters upon which his or her certificate or opinion is based are
erroneous. Any such certificate or Opinion of Counsel may be based,
insofar as it relates to factual matters, upon a certificate or
opinion of, or representations by, an officer or officers of the
Company or any Guarantor, as applicable, stating that the
information with respect to such factual matters is in the
possession of the Company or any Guarantor, as the case may be,
unless such counsel knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care
should know, that the certificate or opinion or representations
with respect to such matters are erroneous. Any such certificate or
opinion of counsel may be based, insofar as it relates to
accounting matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or
representations by, an accountant (who may be an employee of the
Company) or firm of accountants, 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 104. Acts of Holders; Record
Dates.
Any request,
demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other
action provided or permitted by this Indenture to be given, made or
taken by Holders may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more
instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders
in person or by an agent duly appointed in writing; and, except as
herein otherwise expressly provided, such action shall become
effective when such instrument or instruments are delivered to the
Trustee and, where it is hereby expressly required, to the Company.
The Trustee shall promptly deliver to the Company copies of all
such instrument or instruments and records delivered to the
Trustee. Such instrument or instruments (and the action embodied
therein and evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as
the “ Act ” of the Holders signing such
instrument or instruments. Proof of execution of any such
instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent shall be
sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture and (subject to
Section 601) conclusive in favor of the Trustee and the
Company, if made in the manner provided in this Section.
The fact and date
of the execution by any Person of any such instrument or writing
may be proved by the affidavit of a witness of such execution or by
a certificate of a notary public or other officer authorized by law
to take acknowledgments of deeds, certifying that the individual
signing such instrument or writing acknowledged to him or her the
execution thereof. Where such execution is by a signer acting in a
capacity other than his or her individual capacity, such
certificate or affidavit shall also constitute sufficient proof of
his or her authority. The fact and date of the execution of any
such instrument or writing, or the authority of the Person
executing the same, may also be proved in any other manner 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 a record date for the purpose of determining the Holders of
Outstanding Securities of any series entitled to give, make or take
any request, demand, authorization, direction, vote, notice,
consent, waiver or other action provided or permitted by this
Indenture to be given, made or taken by Holders of Securities of
such series; provided that the Company may not
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a record date
for, and the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply with
respect to, the giving or making of any notice, declaration,
request or direction referred to in the next paragraph. If any
record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the Holders of
Outstanding Securities of the relevant series on such record date,
and no other Holders, shall be entitled to take the relevant
action, whether or not such Holders remain Holders after such
record date; provided further that no such
action shall be effective hereunder unless taken on or prior to the
applicable Expiration Date by Holders of the requisite principal
amount of Outstanding Securities of such series on such record
date. Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to prevent the
Company from setting a new record date for any action for which a
record date has previously been set pursuant to this paragraph
(whereupon the record date previously set shall automatically and
with no action by any Person be canceled and of no effect), and
nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to render ineffective
any action taken by Holders of the requisite principal amount of
Outstanding Securities of the relevant series on the date such
action is taken. Promptly after any record date is set pursuant to
this paragraph, the Company, at its own expense, shall cause notice
of such record date, the proposed action by Holders and the
applicable Expiration Date to be given to the Trustee in writing
and to each Holder of Securities of the relevant series in the
manner set forth in Section 106.
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 502, (iii) any request to institute proceedings
referred to in Section 507(2) or (iv) any direction
referred to in Section 512, in each case with respect to Securities
of such series. If any record date is set pursuant to this
paragraph, the Holders of Outstanding Securities of such series on
such record date, and no other Holders, shall be entitled to join
in such notice, declaration, request or direction, whether or not
such Holders remain Holders after such record date; provided
that no such action shall be effective hereunder unless
taken on or prior to the applicable Expiration Date by Holders of
the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities of such
series on such record date. Nothing in this paragraph shall be
construed to prevent the Trustee from setting a new record date for
any action for which a record date has previously been set pursuant
to this paragraph (whereupon the record date previously set shall
automatically and with no action by any Person be canceled and of
no effect), and nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to
render ineffective any action taken by Holders of the requisite
principal amount of Outstanding Securities of the relevant series
on the date such action is taken. Promptly after any record date is
set pursuant to this paragraph, the Trustee, at the Company’s
expense, shall cause notice of such record date, the proposed
action by Holders and the applicable Expiration Date to be given to
the Company in writing and to each Holder of Securities of the
relevant series in the manner set forth in
Section 106.
With respect to
any record date set pursuant to this Section, the party hereto
which sets such record dates may designate any day as the “
Expiration Date ” and from time to time may
change the Expiration Date to any earlier or later day;
provided that no such change shall be effective
unless notice of the proposed new Expiration Date is given to the
other party hereto in writing, and to each Holder of Securities of
the relevant series in the manner set forth in Section 106, on or
prior to the existing Expiration Date. If an Expiration Date is not
designated with respect to any record date set pursuant to this
Section, the party hereto which set such record date shall be
deemed to have initially designated the 180th day after such record
date as the Expiration Date with respect thereto, subject to its
right to change the Expiration Date as provided in this paragraph.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Expiration Date shall be later
than the 180th day after the applicable record date.
Without limiting
the foregoing, a Holder entitled hereunder to take any action
hereunder with regard to any particular Security may do so with
regard to all or any part of the principal amount of such Security
or by one or more duly appointed agents each of which may do so
pursuant to such appointment with regard to all or any part of such
principal amount.
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Section 105. Notices, Etc., to Trustee and
Company.
Any request,
demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or Act of
Holders or other document provided or permitted by this Indenture
to be made upon, given or furnished to, or filed with,
(1) the Trustee by
any Holder or by the Company shall be sufficient for every purpose
hereunder if made, given, furnished or filed in writing (or by
facsimile transmission ((646)-452-2000); provided
that oral confirmation of receipt shall have been received)
to or with the Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office, 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
addressed to it at the address of the Company’s principal
office specified in the first paragraph of this instrument or at
any other address previously furnished in writing to the Trustee by
the Company, Attention: Chief Financial Officer, with a copy to the
Secretary; provided that such notice shall not be
deemed to be given until received by the Company.
Section 106. 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 its address as it appears in
the Security Register, not later than the latest date (if any), and
not earlier than the earliest date (if any), prescribed for the
giving of such notice. 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 107. Conflict with Trust Indenture
Act.
If any provision
hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with a provision of the Trust
Indenture Act which is required under the Trust Indenture 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 which may be so modified
or excluded, the latter provision shall be deemed to apply to this
Indenture as so modified or to be excluded, as the case may
be.
Section 108. Effect of Headings and Table of
Contents.
The Article and
Section headings herein and the Table of Contents are for
convenience only and shall not affect the construction
hereof.
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Section 109. Successors and Assigns.
All covenants and
agreements in this Indenture by each of the Company and the
Guarantors shall bind its successors and assigns, whether so
expressed or not.
Section 110. 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 111. 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 112. Governing Law; Waiver of Jury
Trial
THIS INDENTURE
AND THE SECURITIES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE
WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICTS
OF LAWS PRINCIPLES THEREOF. EACH OF THE COMPANY AND THE TRUSTEE
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 TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.
Section 113. Legal Holidays.
In any case where
any Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date or Stated Maturity of
any Security or the last date on which a Holder has the right to
convert a Security at a particular conversion price shall not be a
Business Day at any Place of Payment, then (notwithstanding any
other provision of this Indenture or of the Securities (other than
a provision of any Security which specifically states that such
provision shall apply in lieu of this Section)) payment of interest
or principal (and premium, if any) or, if applicable to a
particular series of Securities, conversion need not be made at
such Place of Payment on such date, but may be made on the next
succeeding Business Day at such Place of Payment with the same
force and effect as if made on the Interest Payment Date or
Redemption Date, at the Stated Maturity or on such last day for
conversion, as the case may be.
Section 114. Indenture and Securities Solely Corporate
Obligations.
None of the
Company’s or any Guarantor’s past, present or future
directors, officers, employees or shareholders, as such, shall have
any liability for any of the Company’s or any
Guarantor’s obligations under this Indenture or the
Securities or for any claim based on, or in respect or by reason
of, such obligations or their creation. By accepting a Security,
each holder waives and releases all such liability. This waiver and
release is part of the consideration for the issuance of the
Securities.
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Section 115. Indenture May be Executed in
Counterparts.
This Indenture may
be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which so
executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all such
counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same
instrument. The exchange of copies of this Indenture and of
signature pages by facsimile or PDF transmission shall constitute
effective execution and delivery of this Indenture as to the
parties hereto and may be used in lieu of the original Indenture
for all purposes. Signatures of the parties hereto transmitted by
facsimile or PDF shall be deemed to be their original signatures
for all purposes.
Section 116. Acceptance of Trust.
Union Bank, N.A.,
the Trustee named herein, hereby accepts the trusts in this
Indenture declared and provided, upon the terms and conditions set
forth herein.
Section 117. 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.
Section 118. U.S.A. Patriot Act
The parties hereto
acknowledge that in accordance with Section 326 of the U.S.A.
Patriot Act, the Trustee, like all financial institutions and in
order to help fight the funding of terrorism and money laundering,
is required to obtain, verify, and record information that
identifies each person or legal entity that establishes a
relationship or opens an account with the Trustee. The parties to
this Indenture agree that they will provide the Trustee with such
information as it may request in order for the Trustee to satisfy
the requirements of the U.S.A. Patriot Act.
Section 201. 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 a Board Resolution 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 Depositary therefor or as may, consistently
herewith, be determined by the officers executing such Securities,
as evidenced by their execution thereof. If the form of Securities
of any series is established by action taken pursuant to a
Board
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Resolution, 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 303 for the authentication and
delivery of such Securities. Any such Board Resolution or record of
such action shall have attached thereto a true and correct copy of
the form of Security referred to therein approved by or pursuant to
such Board Resolution.
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 202. Form of Face of
Security.
[Insert any
legend required by the Internal Revenue Code and the regulations
thereunder.]
Express Scripts,
Inc., 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 to, but excluding the next Interest
Payment Date, [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 —
; provided that any principal and premium, and
any such installment of interest, which is overdue shall bear
interest at the rate of [___%] per annum (to the extent that the
payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable), from the
dates such amounts are due until they are paid or made available
for payment, and such interest shall be payable on demand]. 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 fewer 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. Interest on the Security shall be
computed on the basis of a 360 day year of twelve 30 day
months.]
[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 and any overdue premium shall bear
interest at the rate of ___% per annum (to the extent that the
payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable), from the
dates such amounts are due until they are paid or made available
for payment. Interest on any overdue principal or premium shall be
payable on demand. Any such interest on overdue principal or
premium which is not paid on demand shall
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bear interest
at the rate of ___% per annum (to the extent that the payment of
such interest on interest shall be legally enforceable), from the
date of such demand until the amount so demanded is paid or made
available for payment. Interest on any overdue interest shall 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
, [if applicable, insert — which shall initially be
the designated corporate trust office of the Trustee], in such coin
or currency of the United States of America as at the time of
payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts
[if applicable, insert — ; provided ,
however , that at the option of the Company payment of
interest may be made by check mailed to the address of the Person
entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security
Register].
Reference is
hereby made to the further provisions of this Security set forth on
the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes
have the same effect as if set forth at this place.
Unless the
certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the
Trustee referred to on the reverse hereof by manual signature, this
Security shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture
or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.
IN WITNESS
WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly
executed.
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EXPRESS
SCRIPTS, INC .
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Title:
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Attest:
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Section 203. 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
, 2009 (herein called the “ Indenture ,”
which term shall have the meaning assigned to it in such
instrument), among the Company, any Guarantors party thereto and
Union Bank, N.A., as Trustee (herein called the “
Trustee ,” which term includes any successor
trustee under the Indenture), and reference is hereby made to the
Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto applicable to
this Security for a statement of the respective rights, limitations
of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the
Guarantors, 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 — The Securities of this series are
subject to redemption upon not fewer than 30 days’ 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___], in 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 of business on the relevant
Record Dates referred to on the face hereof, all as provided in the
Indenture.]
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[If
applicable, insert — The Securities of this series are
subject to redemption upon not fewer than 30 days’ 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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Redemption Through Operation
of the Sinking Fund
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Redemption Otherwise Than
Through Operation of the Sinking
Fund
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and thereafter
at a Redemption Price equal to ___% of the principal amount,
together in the case of any such redemption (whether through
operation of the sinking fund or otherwise) with accrued interest
to the Redemption Date, but interest installments whose Stated
Maturity is on or prior to such Redemption Date will be payable to
the Holders of such Securities, or one or more Predecessor
Securities, of record at the close of business on the relevant
Record Dates referred to on the face hereof, all as provided in the
Indenture.]
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[If
applicable, insert — Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
Company may not, prior to
, redeem any Securities of this series as contemplated by [if
applicable, insert — Clause (2) of] the preceding
paragraph as a part of, or in anticipation of, any refunding
operation by the application, directly or indirectly, of moneys
borrowed having an interest cost to the Company (calculated in
accordance with generally accepted financial practice) of less than
___% per annum.]
[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 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 [the entire indebtedness of this
Security] [or] [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 convertible into Common Stock of the Company, insert
— Subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the Holder
of this Security is entitled, at its option, at any time on or
prior to Maturity (except that, in case this Security or any
portion hereof shall be called for redemption, such right shall
terminate with respect to this Security or portion hereof, as the
case may be, so called for redemption at the close of business on
the first Business Day next preceding the date fixed for redemption
as provided in the Indenture unless the Company defaults in making
the payment due upon redemption), to convert the principal amount
of this Security (or any portion hereof which is $1,000 or an
integral multiple thereof), into fully paid and non-assessable
shares (calculated as to each conversion to the nearest 1/100th of
a share) of the Common Stock of the Company, as said shares shall
be constituted at the date of conversion, at the conversion price
of $
principal amount of Securities for each share of Common Stock, or
at the adjusted conversion price in effect at the date of
conversion determined as provided in the Indenture, upon surrender
of this Security, together with the conversion notice hereon duly
executed, to the Company at the designated office or agency of the
Company in
, accompanied (if so required by the Company) by instruments of
transfer, in form satisfactory to the Company and to the Trustee,
duly executed by the Holder or by its duly authorized attorney in
writing. Such surrender shall, if made during any period beginning
at the close of business on a Regular Record Date and ending at the
opening of business on the Interest Payment Date next following
such Regular Record Date (unless this Security or the portion being
converted shall have been called for redemption on a Redemption
Date during the period beginning at the close of business on a
Regular Record Date and ending at the opening of business on the
first Business Day after the next succeeding Interest Payment Date,
or if such Interest Payment Date is not a Business Day, the second
such Business Day), also be accompanied by payment in funds
acceptable to the Company of an amount equal to the interest
payable on such Interest Payment Date on the principal amount of
this Security then being converted. Subject to the aforesaid
requirement for payment and, in the case of a conversion after the
Regular Record Date next preceding any Interest Payment Date and on
or before such Interest Payment Date, to the right of the Holder of
this Security (or any Predecessor Security) of record at such
Regular Record Date to receive an installment of interest (with
certain exceptions provided in the Indenture), no adjustment is to
be made on conversion for interest accrued hereon or for dividends
on shares of Common Stock issued on conversion. The Company is not
required to issue fractional shares upon any such conversion, but
shall make adjustment therefor in cash on the basis of the current
market value of such fractional interest as provided in the
Indenture. The conversion price is subject to adjustment as
provided in the Indenture. In addition, the Indenture provides that
in case of certain consolidations or mergers to which the Company
is a party or the sale of substantially all of the assets of the
Company, the Indenture shall be amended,
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without the
consent of any Holders of Securities, so that this Security, if
then outstanding, will be convertible thereafter, during the period
this Security shall be convertible as specified above, only into
the kind and amount of securities, cash and other property
receivable upon the consolidation, merger or sale by a holder of
the number of shares of Common Stock into which this Security might
have been converted immediately prior to such consolidation, merger
or sale (assuming such holder of Common Stock failed to exercise
any rights of election and received per share the kind and amount
received per share by a plurality of non-electing shares). In the
event of conversion of this Security in part only, a new Security
or Securities for the unconverted portion hereof shall be issued in
the name of the Holder hereof upon the cancellation
hereof.]
[If the
Security is convertible into other securities of the Company,
provides for adjustments to the conversion rate or provides for
other means to settle conversion, specify the conversion
features.]
[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, premium and interest (in each case to the extent that
the payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable), all of
the Company’s obligations in respect of the payment of the
principal of and premium 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 at least
a majority in principal amount of the Securities at the time
Outstanding of each series to be affected. The Indenture also
contains provisions permitting the Holders of specified percentages
in principal amount of the Securities of each series at the time
Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Securities of such
series, to waive compliance by the Company with certain provisions
of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the Indenture and
their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of
this Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and
upon all future Holders of this Security and of any Security issued
upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or
in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver
is made upon this Security.
As provided in and
subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the Holder of this
Security shall not have the right to institute any proceeding with
respect to the Indenture or for the appointment of a receiver or
trustee or for any other remedy thereunder, unless such Holder
shall have previously given the Trustee written notice of a
continuing Event of Default with respect to the Securities of this
series, the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the
Securities of this series at the time Outstanding shall have made
written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect
of such Event of Default as Trustee and offered the Trustee
indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it, 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.
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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
any premium 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 where the principal of
and any premium and interest on this Security are payable, duly
endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in
form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly
executed by, the Holder hereof or its 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 $
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 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.
This Security
shall be deemed to be a contract made under the laws of the State
of New York, and for all purposes shall be construed in accordance
with and governed by the laws of said State, without regard to
conflict of laws principles thereof.
All terms used in
this Security which are defined in the Indenture shall have the
meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.
Section 204. Form of Legend for Global
Securities.
Unless otherwise
specified as contemplated by Section 301 for the Securities
evidenced thereby, every Global Security authenticated and
delivered hereunder shall bear a legend in substantially the
following form:
THIS SECURITY
IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE
HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A
DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF. THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE EXCHANGED
IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR A SECURITY REGISTERED, AND NO TRANSFER OF
THIS SECURITY IN WHOLE OR IN PART MAY BE REGISTERED, IN THE NAME OF
ANY PERSON OTHER THAN SUCH DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF, EXCEPT
IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE
INDENTURE.
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Section 205. 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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UNION BANK,
N.A.,
As Trustee
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By:
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Authorized
Signatory
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Section 206. Form of Conversion
Notice.
Conversion notices
shall be in substantially the following form, with such changes as
are appropriate for the applicable series of Securities:
To Express
Scripts, Inc.:
The undersigned
owner of this Security hereby irrevocably exercises the option to
convert this Security, or portion hereof (which is $1,000 or an
integral multiple thereof) below designated, in accordance with the
terms of the Indenture referred to in this Security, and directs
that any shares issuable and deliverable upon the conversion,
together with any check in payment for fractional shares and any
Securities representing any unconverted principal amount hereof, be
issued and delivered to the registered holder hereof unless a
different name has been indicated below. If this Notice is being
delivered on a date after the close of business on a Regular Record
Date and prior to the opening of business on the related Interest
Payment Date (unless this Security or the portion thereof being
converted has been called for redemption on a Redemption Date
during the period beginning at the close of business on a Regular
Record Date and ending at the opening of business on the first
Business Day after the next succeeding Interest Payment Date, or if
such Interest Payment Date is not a Business Day, the second such
Business Day), this Notice is accompanied by payment, in funds
acceptable to the Company, of an amount equal to the interest
payable on such Interest Payment Date of the principal of this
Security to be converted. If shares are to be issued in the name of
a person other than the undersigned, the undersigned will pay all
transfer taxes payable with respect to this option exercise,
including such issuance. Any amount required to be paid by the
undersigned on account of interest accompanies this
Security.
Principal
Amount to be Converted (in an integral multiple of $1,000, if less
than all)
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Signature(s)
must be guaranteed by an eligible guarantor institution (banks,
stock brokers, savings and loan associations and credit unions with
membership in an approved signature guarantee medallion program)
pursuant to Securities and Exchange Commission Rule 17 Ad-15,
if shares of Common Stock are to be delivered, or Securities to be
issued, other than to and in the name of the registered
owner.
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Signature
Guaranty
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Fill in for
registration of shares of Common Stock and Security if to be issued
otherwise than to the registered Holder.
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Social Security
or Other Taxpayer
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Identification
Number
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Name and Address (including zip code number)
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[The above
conversion notice is to be modified, as appropriate, for conversion
into other securities or property of the Company.]
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Section 301. 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 a Board Resolution and, subject to Section 303,
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, any or all of the following:
(1) the title of
the Securities of the series (which shall distinguish the
Securities of the series from Securities of any other
series);
(2) any limit upon
the aggregate principal amount of the Securities of the series
which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture
(except for Securities authenticated and delivered upon
registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of,
other Securities of the series pursuant to Section 304, 305,
306, 906 or 1107 and except for any Securities which, pursuant to
Section 303, are deemed never to have been authenticated and
delivered hereunder);
(3) the price or
prices at which the Securities of such series will be offered by
the Company (such price or prices to be expressed as a percentage
of the principal amount of the Securities of such
series);
(4) 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;
(5) the date or
dates on which the principal of any Securities of the series is
payable;
(6) the rate or
rates at which any Securities of the series shall bear interest, if
any, or the method of determining the rate or rates, the date or
dates from which any such interest shall accrue, the Interest
Payment Dates on which any such interest shall be payable or the
method of determining such dates and the Regular Record Date for
any such interest payable on any Interest Payment Date;
(7) the rate or
rates of interest, if any, payable on overdue installments of
principal of, or any premium or interest on the Securities of such
series, and the basis upon which interest shall be calculated if
other than that of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day
months;
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(8) the place or
places where the principal of and any premium, if any, and interest
on any Securities of the series shall be payable;
(9) the period or
periods within which, the price or prices at which and the terms
and conditions upon which any Securities of the series may be
redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option of the Company or
otherwise and, if other than by a Board Resolution, the manner in
which any election by the Company to redeem the Securities shall be
evidenced;
(10) the
obligation, if any, of the Company to redeem or purchase any
Securities of the series pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous
provisions or otherwise at the option of the Holder thereof and the
period or periods within which, the price or prices at which and
the terms and conditions upon which any Securities of the series
shall be redeemed or purchased, in whole or in part, pursuant to
such obligation;
(11) if other than
denominations of $2,000 and any integral multiples of $1,000 in
excess thereof, the denominations in which any Securities of the
series shall be issuable;
(12) if the amount
of principal of or any premium or interest on any Securities of the
series may be determined with reference to an index or pursuant to
a formula, the manner in which such amounts shall be
determined;
(13) if other than
the currency of the United States of America, the currency,
currencies or currency units in which the principal of or any
premium or interest on any Securities of the series shall be
payable and the manner of determining the equivalent thereof in the
currency of the United States of America for any purpose, including
for purposes of the definition of “Outstanding” in
Section 101;
(14) 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 the
Holder thereof, in one or more currencies or currency units other
than that or those in which such Securities are stated to be
payable, the currency, currencies or currency units in which the
principal of or any premium or interest on such Securities as to
which such election is made shall be payable, the periods within
which and the terms and conditions upon which such election is to
be made and the amount so payable (or the manner in which such
amount shall be determined);
(15) if other than
the entire principal amount thereof, the portion of the principal
amount of any Securities of the series which shall be payable upon
declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to
Section 502;
(16) if the
principal amount payable at the Stated Maturity of any Securities
of the series will not be determinable as of any one or more dates
prior to the Stated Maturity, the amount which shall be deemed to
be the principal amount of such Securities as of any such date for
any purpose thereunder or hereunder, including the principal amount
thereof which shall be due and payable upon any Maturity other than
the Stated Maturity or which shall be deemed to be Outstanding as
of any date prior to the Stated Maturity (or, in any such case, the
manner in which such amount deemed to be the principal amount shall
be determined);
(17) if
applicable, that the Securities of the series, in whole or any
specified part, shall be defeasible pursuant to Section 1302
or Section 1303 or both such Sections and, if other than by a
Board
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Resolution, the
manner in which any election by the Company to defease such
Securities shall be evidenced and any changes or additions to the
provisions provided in Article Thirteen of this Indenture and
related definitions and provisions dealing with defeasance,
including the addition of additional covenants that may be subject
to the Company’s Covenant Defeasance option;
(18) if
applicable, the terms of any right to convert Securities of the
series into, or exchange securities for, shares of Common Stock of
the Company or other securities or property or cash in lieu of such
Common Stock or other securities or property, or any combination
thereof, and any corresponding changes to the provisions of this
Indenture as then in effect;
(19) if
applicable, that any Securities of the series shall be issuable in
whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Securities and,
in such case, the respective Depositaries for such Global
Securities, the form of any legend or legends which shall be borne
by any such Global Security in addition to or in lieu of that set
forth in Section 204 and any circumstances in addition to or
in lieu of those set forth in Clause (2) of the last paragraph
of Section 305 in which any such Global Security may be
exchanged in whole or in part for Securities registered, and any
transfer of such Global Security in whole or in part may be
registered, in the name or names of Persons other than the
Depositary for such Global Security or a nominee
thereof;
(20) any addition
to or change in the Events of Default which applies to any
Securities of the series and any change in the right of the Trustee
or the requisite Holders of such Securities to declare the
principal amount thereof due and payable pursuant to
Section 502;
(21) any
Authenticating Agents, Paying Agents or Security
Registrars;
(22) whether
Securities of the series are entitled to any benefits of any
Guarantee of any Guarantors pursuant to this Indenture;
(23) the terms, if
any, of the transfer, mortgage, pledge or assignment as security
for the Securities of the series of any properties, assets, moneys,
proceeds, securities or other collateral, including whether certain
provisions of the Trust Indenture Act are applicable and any
corresponding changes to provisions of this Indenture as then in
effect;
(24) any addition
to or change in the covenants set forth in Article Ten which
applies to Securities of the series; and
(25) any other
terms of the series (which terms shall not be inconsistent with the
provisions of this Indenture, except as permitted by
Section 901(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 the Board Resolution referred to above and (subject to
Section 303) set forth, or determined in the manner provided,
in the Officers’ Certificate referred to above or in any such
indenture supplemental hereto. All Securities of any one series
need not be issued at the same time and, unless otherwise provided,
a series may be reopened for issuances of additional Securities of
such series.
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If any of the
terms of the series are established by action taken pursuant to a
Board Resolution, 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.
Section 302. Denominations.
The Securities of
each series shall be issuable only in registered form without
coupons and only in such denominations as shall be specified as
contemplated by Section 301. 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 minimum
denominations of $2,000 and any integral multiple of $1,000 in
excess thereof.
Section 303. Execution, Authentication, Delivery and
Dating.
The Securities
shall be executed on behalf of the Company by its Chairman of the
Board of Directors, its principal financial officer, its Chief
Executive Officer, its President or one of its Vice Presidents, its
Treasurer or its Assistant Treasurer, attested by its Secretary or
one of its Assistant Secretaries. The signature of any of these
officers on the Securities may be manual or facsimile.
The Guarantee
endorsed on any Securities shall be executed on behalf of the
Guarantor by its Chairman of the Board of Directors, its principal
financial officer, its Chief Executive Officer, its President or
one of its Vice Presidents, its Treasurer or its Assistant
Treasurer, attested by its Secretary or one of its Assistant
Secretaries. The signature of any of these officers on the
Guarantee may be manual or facsimile.
Securities or the
Guarantee bearing the manual or facsimile signatures of individuals
who were at any time the proper officers of the Company or the
Guarantors, as applicable, shall bind the Company or the
Guarantors, as applicable, notwithstanding that such individuals or
any of them have ceased to hold such offices prior to the
authentication and delivery of such Securities or did not hold such
offices at the date 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 and, if applicable, having endorsed thereon
the Guarantees executed as provided in Section 1502 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 (which may provide that
Securities that are the subject thereof will be authenticated and
delivered by the Trustee from time to time upon the telephonic or
written order of Persons designated in said Company Order and that
such Persons are authorized to determine such terms and conditions
of said Securities as are specified in the Company Order) shall
authenticate and deliver such Securities. If the form or terms of
the Securities of the series have been established by or pursuant
to one or more Board Resolutions as permitted by Sections 201
and 301, in authenticating such Securities, and accepting the
additional responsibilities under this Indenture in relation to
such Securities, the Trustee shall receive, and (subject to
Section 601) shall be fully protected in conclusively relying
upon, a copy of such Board Resolution, the Officers’
Certificate setting forth the terms of the series and an Opinion of
Counsel, with such Opinion of Counsel stating,
(1) if the form of
such Securities has been established by or pursuant to Board
Resolutions as permitted by Section 201, that such form has
been established in conformity with the provisions of this
Indenture;
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(2) if the terms
of such Securities have been established by or pursuant to Board
Resolutions as permitted by Section 301, that such terms have
been established in conformity with the provisions of this
Indenture;
(3) that this
Indenture and 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,
and, if applicable, the Guarantees endorsed thereon will constitute
valid and legally binding obligations of the Guarantors, in each
case 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;
and
(4) that all laws
and requirements in respect of the execution and delivery by the
Company of such Securities have been complied with.
However, 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 301 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 301 or the
Company Order and Opinion of Counsel otherwise required pursuant to
such preceding paragraph at or prior to the 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 or
Guarantee endorsed thereon 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 duly authenticated and delivered hereunder.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any Security shall have been
authenticated and delivered hereunder but never issued and sold by
the Company, and the Company shall deliver such Security to the
Trustee for cancellation as provided in Section 309, for all
purposes of this Indenture such Security shall be deemed never to
have been authenticated and delivered hereunder and shall never be
entitled to the benefits of this Indenture.
Section 304. Temporary Securities.
Pending the
preparation of definitive Securities of any series, the Company may
execute, and upon Company Order the Trustee shall authenticate and
deliver, temporary Securities which are printed, lithographed,
typewritten, mimeographed or otherwise produced, in any authorized
denomination, substantially of the tenor of the definitive
Securities in lieu of which they are issued and with such
appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other
variations as the officers executing such Securities may determine,
as evidenced by their execution of such Securities.
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If temporary
Securities of any series are issued, the Company will cause
definitive Securities of that series to be prepared without
unreasonable delay. After the preparation of definitive Securities
of such series, the temporary Securities of such series shall be
exchangeable for definitive Securities of such series upon
surrender of the temporary Securities of such series at the office
or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment for that series,
without charge to the Holder. Upon surrender for cancellation of
any one or more temporary Securities of any series, the Company
shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in
exchange therefor one or more definitive Securities of the same
series, of any authorized denominations and of like tenor and
aggregate principal amount. Until so exchanged, the temporary
Securities of any series shall in all respects be entitled to the
same benefits under this Indenture as definitive Securities of such
series and tenor.
Section 305. Registration; Registration of Transfer and
Exchange.
The Company shall
cause to be kept at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee a
register (the register maintained in such office or in any other
office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment being herein
sometimes collectively referred to as the “ Security
Register ”) in which, subject to such reasonable
regulations as it may prescribe, the Company shall provide for the
registration of Securities and of transfers of Securities. The
Trustee initially is hereby appointed “Security
Registrar” for the purpose of registering Securities and
transfers of Securities as herein provided. The Company may change
any Security Registrar without prior notice to any Holder. The
Company or any of its Subsidiaries may act as Security
Registrar.
Upon surrender for
registration of transfer of any Security of a series at the office
or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment for that series, the
Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and
deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees,
one or more new Securities of the same series, of any authorized
denominations and of like tenor and aggregate principal amount, and
having endorsed thereon a Guarantee executed by the
Guarantors.
At the option of
the Holder, Securities of any series may be exchanged for other
Securities of the same series, of any authorized denominations and
of like tenor and aggregate principal amount, upon surrender of the
Securities to be exchanged at such office or agency. Whenever any
Securities are so surrendered for exchange, the Company shall
execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the
Securities which the Holder making the exchange is entitled to
receive, and having endorsed thereon a Guarantee executed by the
Guarantor.
All Securities and
the Guarantee endorsed thereon issued upon any registration of
transfer or exchange of Securities and the Guarantee endorsed
thereon, shall be the valid obligations of the Company and the
Guarantors, respectively evidencing the same debt, and entitled to
the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Securities and the
Guarantee endorsed thereon surrendered upon such registration of
transfer or exchange.
Every Security
presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or for
exchange shall (if so required by the Company or the Trustee) be
duly endorsed, or be accompanied by a written instrument of
transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security
Registrar duly executed, by the Holder thereof or its attorney duly
authorized in writing.
No service charge
shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of
Securities, 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 any registration of transfer or exchange of
Securities, other than exchanges pursuant to Sections 304, 906
or 1107 not involving any transfer.
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If the Securities
of any series (or of any series and specified tenor) are to be
redeemed in part, the Company shall not be required (A) to
issue, register the transfer of or exchange any Securities of that
series (or of that series and specified tenor, as the case may be)
during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days
before the day of the mailing of a notice of redemption of any such
Securities selected for redemption under Section 1103 and
ending at the close of business on the day of such mailing, or
(B) to register the transfer of or exchange any Security so
selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed
portion of any Security being redeemed in part.
The provisions of
Clauses (1), (2), (3) and (4) below shall apply only to
Global Securities:
(1) Each Global
Security authenticated under this Indenture shall be registered in
the name of the Depositary designated for such Global Security or a
nominee thereof and delivered to such Depositary or a nominee
thereof or custodian therefor, and each such Global Security shall
constitute a single Security for all purposes of this
Indenture.
(2)
Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, no Global
Security may be exchanged in whole or in part for Securities
registered, and no transfer of a Global Security in whole or in
part may be registered, in the name of any Person other than the
Depositary for such Global Security or a nominee thereof unless
(A) such Depositary (i) has notified the Company that it
is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for such Global
Security or (ii) has ceased to be a clearing agency registered
under the Exchange Act, (B) there shall have occurred and be
continuing an Event of Default with respect to such Global Security
or (C) there shall exist such circumstances, if any, in
addition to or in lieu of the foregoing as have been specified for
this purpose as contemplated by Section 301.
(3) Subject to
Clause (2) above, any exchange of a Global Security for other
Securities may be made in whole or in part, and all Securities
issued in exchange for a Global Security or any portion thereof
shall be registered in such names as the Depositary for such Global
Security shall direct.
(4) Every Security
authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in
exchange for or in lieu of, a Global Security or any portion
thereof, whether pursuant to this Section, Section 304, 306,
906 or 1107 or otherwise, shall be authenticated and delivered in
the form of, and shall be, a Global Security, unless such Security
is registered in the name of a Person other than the Depositary for
such Global Security or a nominee thereof.
Section 306. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen
Securities.
If any mutilated
Security is surrendered to the Trustee, the Company shall execute
and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor
a new Security of the same series and of like tenor and principal
amount and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding, and
having endorsed thereon a Guarantee executed by the Guarantors, if
applicable.
If there shall be
delivered to the Company and the Trustee (i) evidence to their
satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Security and
(ii) such security or indemnity as may be required by them to
save each of them and any agent of either of them harmless, then,
in the absence of notice to the Company or the Trustee that such
Security has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the Company
shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in
lieu of any such destroyed, lost or stolen Security, a new Security
of the same series and
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of like tenor
and principal amount and bearing a number not contemporaneously
outstanding, and having endorsed thereon a Guarantee executed by
the Guarantors, if applicable.
In case any such
mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security has become or is
about to become due and payable, the Company in its discretion may,
instead of issuing a new Security, pay such Security.
Upon the issuance
of any new Security under this Section, the Company may require the
payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental
charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other
expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Trustee) connected
therewith.
Every new Security
of any series and the Guarantee endorsed thereon, issued pursuant
to this Section in lieu of any destroyed, lost or stolen Security
shall constitute an original additional contractual obligation of
the Company and the Guarantors, as applicable, whether or not the
destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be at any time enforceable
by anyone, and shall be entitled to all the benefits of this
Indenture equally and proportionately with any and all other
Securities of that series duly issued hereunder.
The provisions of
this Section are exclusive and shall preclude (to the extent
lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the
replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen
Securities.
Section 307. Payment of Interest; Interest Rights
Preserved.
Except as
otherwise provided in or as contemplated by Section 301 with
respect to any series of Securities, interest on any Security which
is payable, and is punctually paid or duly provided for, on any
Interest Payment Date shall be paid to 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; provided that on the maturity date for any
series of Securities, the Company will pay accrued and unpaid
interest to the Person to whom the Company pays the principal
amount, instead of 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.
In the case of
Securities represented by a Global Security registered in the name
of or held by a Depository or its nominee, unless otherwise
specified by Section 301, payment of principal, premium, if
any, and interest, if any, will be made to the Depository or its
nominee, as the case may be, as the registered owner or Holder of
such Global Security. None of the Company, the Guarantors, the
Trustee and the Paying Agent, any Authenticating Agent or the
Security Registrant for such Securities will have any
responsibility or liability for any aspect of the records relating
to or payments made on account of a beneficial ownership interest
in a Global Security or maintaining, supervising or reviewing any
records relating to such beneficial ownership interests.
Any interest on
any Security of any series which is payable, but is not punctually
paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date (herein
called “ Defaulted Interest ”) shall
forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on the relevant Regular
Record Date by virtue of having been such Holder, and such
Defaulted Interest may be paid by the Company, at its election in
each case, as provided in Clause (1) or
(2) below:
(1) The Company
may elect to make payment of any Defaulted Interest to the Persons
in whose names the Securities of such series (or their respective
Predecessor S
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