ATLAS AIR WORLDWIDE HOLDINGS,
INC.,
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Trust Indenture
Act Section
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6.9
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6.9
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N.A.
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N.A.
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6.8
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N.A.
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6.13
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6.13
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N.A.
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7.1
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7.2
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7.2
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7.3
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N.A.
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7.3
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7.3
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7.4
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N.A.
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1.2
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1.2
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N.A.
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N.A.
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1.2
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N.A.
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6.1,
6.3
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6.2
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6.1
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6.1
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5.14
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5.12
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5.13
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N.A.
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1.1
(“Outstanding”)
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5.7,
5.8
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5.12,
10.7
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5.3
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5.4
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4.2
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1.7
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N.A. means Not
Applicable.
Note: This
Cross-Reference Table shall not be deemed to be part of the
Indenture.
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ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION
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1
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Definitions
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Compliance
Certificates and Opinions
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6
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Form of
Documents Delivered to Trustee
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7
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Acts of
Holders
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7
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Notices, Etc.,
to Trustee or Company
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Notice to
Holders; Waiver
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Conflict with
Trust Indenture Act
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10
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Effect of
Headings and Table of Contents
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10
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Successors and
Assigns
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10
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Separability
Clause
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10
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Benefits of
Indenture
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10
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Governing
Law
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10
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Legal
Holidays
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ARTICLE II
SECURITY FORMS
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11
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Forms
Generally
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11
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Form of
Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication
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11
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ARTICLE III THE
SECURITIES
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Amount
Unlimited; Issuable in Series
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12
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Denominations
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Execution,
Authentication, Delivery and Dating
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Temporary
Securities
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Registration;
Registration of Transfer and Exchange
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Mutilated,
Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities
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Payment of
Interest; Interest Rights Preserved
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Persons Deemed
Owners
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Cancellation
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Computation of
Interest
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ARTICLE IV
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
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Satisfaction
and Discharge of Indenture
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Application of
Trust Money
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ARTICLE V
REMEDIES
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Events of
Default
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Acceleration of
Maturity; Rescission and Annulment
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Collection of
Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee
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Trustee May
File Proofs of Claim
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Trustee May
Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities
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Application of
Money Collected
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Limitation on
Suits
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Unconditional
Right of Holders to Receive Principal, Premium and
Interest
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Restoration of
Rights and Remedies
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Rights and
Remedies Cumulative
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Delay or
Omission Not Waiver
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Control by
Holders
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Waiver of Past
Defaults
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Undertaking for
Costs
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Waiver of
Usury, Stay or Extension Laws
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ARTICLE VI THE
TRUSTEE
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Certain Duties
and Responsibilities
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Notice of
Defaults
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Certain Rights
of Trustee
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Not Responsible
for Recitals or Issuance of Securities
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May Hold
Securities
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Money Held in
Trust
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Compensation
and Reimbursement
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Disqualification; Conflicting
Interests
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Corporate
Trustee Required; Eligibility
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Resignation and
Removal; Appointment of Successor
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Acceptance of
Appointment by Successor
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Merger,
Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business
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Preferential
Collection of Claims
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Appointment of
Authenticating Agent
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ARTICLE VII
HOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY
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Company to
Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders
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Preservation of
Information; Communications to Holders
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Reports by
Trustee
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Reports by
Company
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ARTICLE VIII
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE
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Company May
Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms
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Successor
Substituted
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ARTICLE IX
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
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Supplemental
Indentures Without Consent of Holders
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Supplemental
Indentures with Consent of Holders
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Execution of
Supplemental Indentures
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Effect of
Supplemental Indentures
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Conformity with
Trust Indenture Act
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Reference in
Securities to Supplemental Indentures
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ARTICLE X
COVENANTS
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Payment of
Principal, Premium and Interest
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Maintenance of
Office or Agency
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Money for
Securities Payments to Be Held in Trust
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Corporate
Existence
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Maintenance of
Properties
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Statement by
Officers as to Default
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Waiver of
Covenant
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ARTICLE XI
REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES
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Applicability
of Article
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Election to
Redeem; Notice to Trustee
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Selection by
Trustee of Securities to Be Redeemed
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Notice of
Redemption
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Deposit of
Redemption Price
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Securities
Payable on Redemption Date
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Securities
Redeemed in Part
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ARTICLE XII
SINKING FUNDS
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Applicability
of Article
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Satisfaction of
Sinking Fund Payments with Securities
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Redemption of
Securities for Sinking Fund
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ARTICLE XIII
DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE
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Applicability
of Article; Company’s Option to Effect Defeasance or Covenant
Defeasance
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Defeasance and
Discharge
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Covenant
Defeasance
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Conditions to
Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance
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Deposited Money
and U.S. Government Obligations to Be Held in Trust; Other
Miscellaneous Provisions
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INDENTURE, dated
as of [ • ], 2009, between Atlas Air Worldwide
Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (herein called the
“Company”), having its principal executive offices at
2000 Westchester Avenue, Purchase, New York, and
[ ]
National Association, a national banking association, as trustee
(herein called the “Trustee”).
The Company has
duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture to
provide for the issuance from time to time of its unsecured senior
debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness (herein called
the “Securities”), to be issued in one or more series
as in this Indenture provided.
All things
necessary to make this Indenture a valid agreement of the Company,
in accordance with its terms, have been done.
NOW, THEREFORE,
THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH:
For and in
consideration of the premises and the purchase of the Securities by
the Holders thereof, it is mutually covenanted and agreed, for the
equal and proportionate benefit of all Holders of the Securities or
of any series thereof, as follows:
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS
OF GENERAL APPLICATION
Section 1.1. Definitions
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For all purposes
of this Indenture, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless
the context otherwise requires:
(1) the terms
defined in this Article have the meanings assigned to them in this
Article and include the plural as well as the singular;
(2) all other
terms used herein which are defined in the Trust Indenture Act,
either directly or by reference therein, have the meanings assigned
to them therein;
(3) all accounting
terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to
them in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles,
and, except as otherwise herein expressly provided, the term
“generally accepted accounting principles” with respect
to any computation required or permitted hereunder shall mean such
accounting principles as are generally accepted at the date of such
computation; and
(4) the words
“herein”, “hereof” and
“hereunder” and other words of similar import refer to
this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Article,
Section or other subdivision.
“Act”,
when used with respect to any Holder, has the meaning specified in
Section 1.4(a).
“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 to act on
behalf of the Trustee to authenticate Securities.
“Board of
Directors” means the board of directors of the Company or any
duly authorized committee of such board.
“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 of the Company and to be in
full force and effect on the date of such certification, and
delivered to the Trustee.
“Business
Day” means each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and
Friday which is not a day on which banking institutions in The City
of New York or the city in which the Corporate Trust Office is
located are required or authorized to close.
“Capital
Stock” for any corporation means any and all shares,
interests, rights to purchase, warrants, options, participations or
other equivalents of or interests in (however designated) stock
issued by that corporation.
“Commission”
means the Securities and Exchange Commission, as from time to time
constituted, created under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or,
if at any time after the execution of this instrument such
Commission is not existing and performing the duties now assigned
to it under the Trust Indenture Act, then the body performing such
duties at such time.
“Company”
means the Person named as the “Company” in the first
paragraph of this instrument until a successor Person shall have
become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this
Indenture, and thereafter “Company” shall mean such
successor Person.
“Company
Request” or “Company Order” means a written
request or order signed in the name of the Company by any two
Officers.
“Corporate
Trust Office” means the office of the Trustee at which at any
particular time its corporate trust business shall be principally
administered, which office, as at the date of this Indenture, is
located at [
], Attention: Corporate Trust Administration.
The term
“corporation” includes corporations, associations,
companies (including limited liability companies) and business
trusts.
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The terms
“covenant defeasance” and “defeasance” bear
the meanings assigned to such terms, respectively, by
Sections 13.3 and 13.2.
The term
“default”, when used in Section 6.2, has the
meaning specified in Section 6.2.
“Defaulted
Interest” has the meaning specified in
Section 3.7(b).
“Depositary”
means, with respect to the Securities of any series issuable or
issued in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global
Securities, the Person designated as Depositary for such series by
the Company pursuant to Section 3.1(b)(15), which Person shall
be a clearing agency registered under the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended; and if at any time there is more than one such
Person, “Depositary” as used with respect to the
Securities of any series shall mean the Depositary with respect to
the Securities of such series.
“Event of
Default” has the meaning specified in
Section 5.1.
“Global
Security” or “Global Securities” means a Security
or Securities, as the case may be, evidencing all or part of a
series of Securities, issued to the Depositary for such series or
its nominee, and registered in the name of such Depositary or
nominee.
“Holder”
means a Person in whose name a Security is registered in the
Security Register.
“Indebtedness”
of any person means indebtedness for borrowed money and
indebtedness under purchase money mortgages or other purchase money
liens or conditional sales or similar title retention agreements,
in each case where such indebtedness has been created, incurred, or
assumed by such person to the extent such indebtedness would appear
as a liability upon a balance sheet of such Person prepared in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles,
guarantees by such Person of such indebtedness, and indebtedness
for borrowed money secured by any mortgage, pledge or other lien or
encumbrance upon property owned by such Person, even though such
person has not assumed or become liable for the payment of such
indebtedness.
“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 and shall include the terms of particular series
of Securities established as contemplated by
Section 3.1.
“interest”,
when used with respect to an Original Issue Discount Security which
by its terms bears interest only after Maturity, means interest
payable after Maturity.
“Interest
Payment Date”, when used with respect to any Security, means
the Stated Maturity of an installment of interest on such
Security.
“Market
Exchange Rate” has the meaning specified in
Section 1.4(f).
“Maturity”,
when used with respect to any Security, means the date on which the
principal of such Security or an installment of principal becomes
due and payable as therein or
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herein
provided, whether at the Stated Maturity or by declaration of
acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise.
“Notice of
Default” has the meaning specified in
Section 5.1.
“Officer”
means the Chairman of the Board of Directors, any Vice Chairman of
the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, the President,
Chief Financial Officer, any Senior Vice President, the Treasurer,
the Secretary or the Controller of the Company.
“Officers’
Certificate” means a certificate signed by any two Officers.
An Officers’ Certificate provided pursuant to
Section 10.6 shall be signed by the principal executive,
financial or accounting Officer of the Company.
“Opinion of
Counsel” means a written opinion of counsel, who may be
counsel for the Company (including an employee or officer of the
Company or any of its Affiliates) 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 5.2.
“Outstanding”,
when used with respect to Securities, means, as of the date of
determination, all Securities theretofore authenticated and
delivered under this Indenture, except:
(i) Securities
theretofore canceled by the Trustee or delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation;
(ii) Securities
for whose payment or redemption money (or in the case of payment by
defeasance under Section 13.2, money, U.S. Government
Obligations or both) 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 and provided
further , in the case of payment by defeasance under
Section 13.2, that all conditions precedent to the application
of such Section shall have been satisfied; and
(iii) Securities
which have been paid pursuant to Section 3.6 or in exchange
for or in lieu of which other Securities have been authenticated
and delivered pursuant to this Indenture, other than any such
Securities in respect of which there shall have been presented to
the Trustee proof satisfactory to it that such Securities are held
by a bona fide purchaser in whose hands such Securities are valid
obligations of the Company;
provided , however , that in determining whether
the Holders of the requisite principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities have given any request, demand, authorization,
direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder, (i) the
principal amount of an Original Issue Discount Security
that
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shall be deemed
to be Outstanding shall be the amount of the principal thereof that
would be due and payable as of the date of such determination upon
acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 5.2
and (ii) 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 or waiver, only
Securities which the Trustee 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 independent
right so to act with respect to such Securities and that the
pledgee is not the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities
or any Affiliate of the Company or of such other
obligor.
“Paying
Agent” means any Person authorized by the Company to pay the
principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on any Securities on
behalf of the Company.
“Person”
means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture,
association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated
organization or government or any agency or political subdivision
thereof.
“Place of
Payment”, when used with respect to the Securities of any
series, means the place or places where the principal of (and
premium, if any) and interest on the Securities of that series are
payable as specified as contemplated by Section 3.1 or, if not
so specified, the City of New York, New York.
“Predecessor
Security” of any particular Security means every previous
Security evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that
evidenced by such particular Security; and, for the purposes of
this definition, any Security authenticated and delivered under
Section 3.6 in exchange for or in lieu of a mutilated,
destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be deemed to evidence the
same debt as the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen
Security.
“Redemption
Date”, when used with respect to any Security to be redeemed,
means the date fixed for such redemption by or pursuant to this
Indenture.
“Redemption
Price”, when used with respect to any Security to be
redeemed, means the price at which it is to be redeemed pursuant to
this Indenture.
“Regular
Record Date” for the interest payable on any Interest Payment
Date on the Securities of any series means the date specified for
that purpose as contemplated by Section 3.1.
“Responsible
Officer”, when used with respect to the Trustee, means any
officer in the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee with direct
responsibility for the administration of this Indenture and also
means, with respect to a particular corporate trust matter, any
other officer to whom such matter is referred because of his
knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject and who
shall have direct responsibility for the administration of this
Indenture.
“Securities”
has the meaning stated in the first recital of this Indenture and
more particularly means any Securities authenticated and delivered
under this Indenture.
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“Security
Register” and “Security Registrar” have the
respective meanings specified in Section 3.5(a).
“Senior Vice
President” means any senior vice president, whether or not
designated by a number or a word or words added before or after the
title “senior vice president”.
“Special
Record Date” for the payment of any Defaulted Interest means
a date fixed by the Trustee pursuant to
Section 3.7(b).
“Stated
Maturity”, when used with respect to any Security or any
installment of principal thereof or interest thereon, means the
date specified in such Security as the fixed date on which the
principal of such Security or such installment of principal or
interest is due and payable.
“Subsidiary”
means (i) a corporation, a majority of whose Capital Stock
with voting power, under ordinary circumstances, to elect directors
is, at the date of determination, directly or indirectly owned by
the Company, by one or more Subsidiaries of the Company or by the
Company and one or more Subsidiaries of the Company, (ii) a
partnership in which the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company
holds a majority interest in the equity capital or profits of such
partnership, or (iii) any other Person (other than a
corporation or partnership) in which the Company, a Subsidiary of
the Company or the Company and one or more Subsidiaries of the
Company, directly or indirectly, at the date of determination, has
(x) at least a majority ownership interest or (y) the
power to elect or direct the election of a majority of the
directors or other governing body of such person.
“Trust
Indenture Act” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as in
force at the date as of which this instrument was executed, except
as provided in Section 9.5 and, to the extent required by any
amendment thereto, the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as
amended.
“Trustee”
means the Person named as the “Trustee” in the first
paragraph of this instrument until a successor Trustee shall have
become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this
Indenture, and thereafter “Trustee” shall mean or
include each Person who is then a Trustee hereunder and, if at any
time there is more than one such Person, “Trustee” as
used with respect to the Securities of any series shall mean the
Trustee with respect to Securities of that series.
“U.S.
Government Obligation” has the meaning set forth in
Section 13.4(a).
Section 1.2. Compliance Certificates and
Opinions.
(a) 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 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 an
Opinion of Counsel stating that in the opinion of such counsel all
such conditions precedent, if any, have been complied with, except
that in the case of any such application or request as to which the
furnishing of such documents is specifically required by any
provision of this Indenture relating to such particular application
or request, no additional certificate or opinion need be
furnished.
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(b) Every
certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition
or covenant provided for in this Indenture (other than certificates
provided pursuant to Section 10.6) shall include:
(1) a statement
that each individual signing such certificate or opinion has read
such covenant or condition and the definitions herein relating
thereto;
(2) a brief
statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or
investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in
such certificate or opinion are based;
(3) a statement
that, in the opinion of each such individual, he has made such
examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him to
express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or
condition has been complied with; and
(4) a statement as
to whether, in the opinion of each such individual, such condition
or covenant has been complied with.
Section 1.3. Form of Documents Delivered
to Trustee .
(a) 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 more
documents.
(b) Any
certificate or opinion of any officer of the Company may be based,
insofar as it relates to legal matters, upon a certificate or
opinion of, or representations by, counsel, unless such officer
knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the
certificate or opinion or representations with respect to the
matters upon which his certificate or opinion is based are
erroneous. Any such certificate or Opinion of Counsel may be based,
insofar as it relates to factual matters, upon a certificate or
opinion of, or representations by, an officer or officers of the
Company stating that the information with respect to such factual
matters is in the possession of the Company, unless such counsel
knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the
certificate or opinion or representations with respect to such
matters are erroneous.
(c) Where any
Person is required to make, give or execute two or more
applications, requests, consents, certificates, statements,
opinions or other instruments under this Indenture, they may, but
need not, be consolidated and form one instrument.
Section 1.4. Acts of Holders
.
(a) Any
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver
or other action provided by this Indenture to be given or taken by
Holders may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments
of substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders in
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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. Such instrument or
instruments (and the action embodied therein and evidenced thereby)
are herein sometimes referred to as the “Act” of the
Holders signing such instrument or instruments. Proof of execution
of any such instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent
shall be sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture and (subject
to Section 6.1) conclusive in favor of the Trustee and the
Company, if made in the manner provided in this Section.
(b) The fact
and date of the execution by any Person of any such instrument or
writing may be proved by the affidavit of a witness of such
execution or by a certificate of a notary public or other officer
authorized by law to take acknowledgments of deeds, certifying that
the individual signing such instrument or writing acknowledged to
him the execution thereof. Where such execution is by a signer
acting in a capacity other than his individual capacity, such
certificate or affidavit shall also constitute sufficient proof of
his authority. The fact and date of the execution of any such
instrument or writing, or the authority of the Person executing the
same, may also be proved in any other manner which the Trustee
deems sufficient.
(c) The
ownership of Securities shall be proved by the Security
Register.
(d) 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, the Company in reliance thereon, whether
or not notation of such action is made upon such Security or such
other Security.
(e) The
Depositary selected pursuant to subsection (15) of
Section 3.1, as a Holder, may appoint agents and otherwise
authorize participants to give or take any request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action
which a Holder is entitled to give or take hereunder.
(f) Unless
otherwise specified in a Board Resolution, a supplemental indenture
hereto or an Officers’ Certificate delivered pursuant to
Section 3.1 of this Indenture with respect to a particular
series of Securities, whenever for purposes of this Indenture any
action may be taken by the Holders of a specified percentage in
aggregate principal amount of Securities of all series or all
series affected by a particular action at the time outstanding and,
at such time, there are outstanding Securities of any series which
are denominated in a coin or currency other than U.S. Dollars, then
the principal amount of Securities of such series which shall be
deemed to be outstanding for the purpose of taking such action
shall be that amount of U.S. Dollars that could be obtained for
such amount at the Market Exchange Rate at such time. For purposes
of this Section 1.04(f), “Market Exchange Rate” shall
mean the noon U.S. Dollar buying rate in The City of New York for
cable transfers of that currency as published by the Federal
Reserve Bank of New York. If such Market Exchange Rate is not
available for any reason with respect to such currency, the Trustee
shall use, in its sole discretion and without liability on its
part, such quotation of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York or
quotations from one or more major banks
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in The City of
New York or in the country of issue of the currency in question or
such other quotations as the Trustee, upon consultation with the
Company, shall deem appropriate. The provisions of this paragraph
shall apply in determining the equivalent principal amount in
respect of Securities of a series denominated in currency other
than U.S. Dollars in connection with any action taken by Holders of
Securities pursuant to the terms of this Indenture. All decisions
and determinations of the Trustee regarding the Market Exchange
Rate or any alternative determination provided for in this
paragraph shall be in its sole discretion and shall, in the absence
of manifest error, be conclusive to the extent permitted by law for
all purposes and irrevocably binding upon the Company and all
Holders.
Section 1.5. Notices, Etc., to Trustee
or 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 the Company shall be sufficient for every purpose
hereunder if made, given, furnished or filed in writing 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 its office specified in the first
paragraph of this instrument or at any other address previously
furnished in writing to the Trustee by the Company.
Section 1.6. Notice to Holders;
Waiver .
(a) Where
this Indenture provides for notice to Holders of any event, such
notice shall be sufficiently given (unless otherwise herein
expressly provided) if in writing and mailed, first-class postage
prepaid, to each Holder affected by such event, at his address as
it appears in the Security Register, not later than the latest
date, and not earlier than the earliest date, 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.
(b) 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.
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Section 1.7. Conflict with Trust
Indenture Act .
If any provision
hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with another provision hereof
which is required to be included in this Indenture by any of the
provisions of the Trust Indenture Act, such required provision
shall control. If any provision hereof limits, qualifies or
conflicts with the duties imposed by Section 318(c) of the Trust
Indenture Act such imposed duties shall control. If any provision
of the Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with a provision of
the Trust Indenture Act that is required under the Trust Indenture
Act to be a part of and govern the Indenture, such provision of the
Trust Indenture Act shall control. If any provision of the
Indenture modifies or excludes any provision of the Trust Indenture
Act that may be so modified or excluded, the latter provision shall
be deemed to apply to the Indenture as such provision of the Trust
Indenture Act is so modified or excluded, as the case may
be.
Section 1.8. Effect of Headings and
Table of Contents .
The Article and
Section headings herein and the Table of Contents are for
convenience only and shall not affect the construction
hereof.
Section 1.9. Successors and Assigns
.
All covenants and
agreements in this Indenture by the Company shall bind its
successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not.
Section 1.10. Separability Clause
.
In case any
provision in this Indenture or in the Securities shall be invalid,
illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability
of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or
impaired thereby.
Section 1.11. Benefits of Indenture
.
Nothing in this
Indenture or in the Securities, express or implied, shall give to
any Person, other than the parties hereto and their successors
hereunder and the Holders, any benefit or any legal or equitable
right, remedy or claim under this Indenture.
Section 1.12. Governing Law
.
This Indenture and
the Securities shall be governed by and construed in accordance
with the laws of the State of New York.
Section 1.13. Legal Holidays
.
In any case where
any Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date or Stated Maturity of
any Security shall not be a Business Day at any Place of Payment,
then (notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture or of
the Securities) payment of interest or principal (and premium, if
any) need not be made at such Place of Payment on such date, but
may be made on the next succeeding Business Day at such Place of
Payment with the same force and effect as if made on
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the Interest
Payment Date or Redemption Date, or at the Stated Maturity,
provided that no interest shall accrue on the amount then payable
for the period from and after such Interest Payment Date,
Redemption Date or Stated Maturity, as the case may be.
Section 2.1. Forms Generally
.
(a) The
Securities of each series shall be in substantially the form as
shall be established by or pursuant to a Board Resolution or in one
or more indentures supplemental hereto, with such appropriate
insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as are
required or permitted by this Indenture, and may have such letters,
numbers or other marks of identification and such legends or
endorsements placed thereon as may be required to comply with the
rules of any securities exchange or as may, consistently herewith,
be determined by the Officers executing such Securities, as
evidenced by their execution of such Securities. If the form of
Securities of any series is 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 Company Order contemplated by Section 3.3 for
the authentication and delivery of such Securities.
(b) The
definitive Securities shall be printed, lithographed or engraved on
steel engraved borders or may be produced in any other manner, all
as determined by the Officers executing such Securities, as
evidenced by their execution of such Securities.
Section 2.2. 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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Section 3.1. Amount Unlimited; Issuable
in Series .
(a) The
aggregate principal amount of Securities which may be authenticated
and delivered under this Indenture is unlimited.
(b) 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 3.3) set forth or determined as provided in an
Officers’ Certificate, or established in one or more
indentures supplemental hereto, prior to the issuance of Securities
of any series,
(1) the title of
the Securities of the series (which shall distinguish the
Securities of the series from all other Securities);
(2) any limit upon
the aggregate principal amount of the Securities of the series
which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture
(except for Securities authenticated and delivered upon
registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of,
other Securities of the series pursuant to Section 3.4, 3.5,
3.6, 9.6 or 11.7 and except for any Securities which, pursuant to
Section 3.3, are deemed never to have been authenticated and
delivered hereunder);
(3) the Person to
whom any interest on a Security of the series shall be payable, if
other than the Person in whose name that Security (or one or more
Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on
the Regular Record Date for such interest;
(4) the date or
dates on which the principal of the Securities of the series is
payable and/or the method by which such date or dates shall be
determined;
(5) the rate or
rates (or method for establishing the rate or rates) at which the
Securities of the series shall bear interest, if any, the date or
dates from which such interest shall accrue, the Interest Payment
Dates on which such interest shall be payable and the Regular
Record Date for the interest payable on any Interest Payment Date
(or method for establishing such date or dates);
(6) the place or
places where the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on
Securities of the series shall be payable;
(7) the period or
periods within which, the price or prices at which and the terms
and conditions upon which Securities of the series may be redeemed,
in whole or in part, at the option of the Company;
(8) any provisions
relating to convertibility or exchangeability of the Securities for
other Securities or any equity securities of the
Company;
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(9) the
obligation, if any, of the Company to redeem or purchase Securities
of the series pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous provisions
or at the option of a Holder thereof and the period or periods
within which, the price or prices at which and the terms and
conditions upon which Securities of the series shall be redeemed or
purchased, in whole or in part, pursuant to such
obligation;
(10) if other than
denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof, the
denominations in which Securities of the series shall be
issuable;
(11) if other than
the full principal amount thereof, the portion of the principal
amount of Securities of the series which shall be payable upon
declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to
Section 5.2 or the method by which such portion shall be
determined;
(12) if other than
such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the
time of payment is legal tender for payment of public or private
debts, the currency or currencies (including composite currencies)
in which payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and/or
interest on the Securities of the series shall be
payable;
(13) if the
principal of (and premium, if any) and/or interest on the
Securities of the series are to be payable, at the election of the
Company or any Holder, in a currency or currencies (including
composite currencies) other than that in which the Securities are
stated to be payable, the period or periods within which, and the
terms and conditions, upon which, such election may be
made;
(14) if the
amounts of payments of principal of (and premium, if any) and/or
interest on the Securities of the series may be determined with
reference to an index, the manner in which such amounts shall be
determined;
(15) in the case
of Securities of a series the terms of which are not established
pursuant to subsection (11), (12) or (13) above, whether
either or both of Section 13.2 or Section 13.3 shall not
be applicable to the Securities of such series; or, in the case of
Securities the terms of which are established pursuant to
subsection (11), (12) or (13) above, the adoption and
applicability, if any, to such Securities of any terms and
conditions similar to those contained in Section 13.2 and/or
Section 13.3;
(16) whether the
Securities of the series shall be issued in whole or in part in the
form of one or more Global Securities and, in such case, the
Depositary for such Global Security or Securities;
(17) any
additional or different events of default that apply to Securities
of the series, and any change in the right of the Trustee or the
Holders of such Securities to declare the principal thereof due and
payable;
(18) any
additional or different covenants that apply to Securities of the
series;
(19) the form of
the Securities of the series; and
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(20) any other
terms of the series (which terms shall not contradict the
provisions of this Indenture).
(c) All
Securities of any one series shall be substantially identical
except as to interest rates, method for determining interest rates,
Interest Payment Dates, Regular Record Dates, redemption terms,
Stated Maturity, denomination, date of authentication, currency,
any index for determining amounts payable, and except as may
otherwise be provided in or pursuant to such Board Resolution and
set forth or determined as provided in such Officers’
Certificate or in any such indenture supplemental
hereto.
(d) 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. With respect to Securities of a series constituting
a medium term note program, such Board Resolution may provide
general terms or parameters for Securities of such series and may
provide that the specific terms of particular Securities of such
series, and the Persons authorized to determine such terms or
parameters, may be determined in accordance with or pursuant to the
Company Order referred to in Section 3.3.
Section 3.2. Denominations
.
The Securities of
each series shall be issuable in registered form without coupons in
such denominations as shall be specified as contemplated by
Section 3.1. In the absence of any such provisions with
respect to the Securities of any series, the Securities of such
series shall be issuable in denominations of $1,000 and any
integral multiple thereof.
Section 3.3. Execution, Authentication,
Delivery and Dating .
(a) The
Securities shall be executed on behalf of the Company by any
Officer and 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.
(b) Securities
bearing the manual or facsimile signatures of individuals who were
at any time the proper Officers of the Company shall bind the
Company, notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them have
ceased to hold such offices prior to the authentication and
delivery of such Securities or did not hold such offices at the
date of such Securities.
(c) At any
time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of this
Indenture, the Company may deliver Securities of any series
executed by the Company to the Trustee for authentication, together
with a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of such
Securities, and the Trustee in accordance with such Company Order
shall authenticate and deliver such Securities; provided, that,
with respect to Securities of a series constituting a medium term
note program, the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver Securities
of such series for original issue from time to time in the
aggregate principal amount established for such series pursuant to
such procedures acceptable to the Trustee and to such recipients as
may be specified from time to time by a Company Order. The maturity
dates, original issue dates, interest rates
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and any other
terms of the Securities of such series shall be determined by or
pursuant to such Company Order and procedures. If provided for in
such procedures, such Company Order may authorize authentication
and delivery pursuant to oral instructions from the Company or its
duly authorized agent, which instructions shall be promptly
confirmed in writing.
(d) If the
form or terms of the Securities of the series have been established
in or pursuant to one or more Board Resolutions as permitted by
Sections 2.1 and 3.1, in authenticating such Securities, and
accepting the additional responsibilities under this Indenture in
relation to such Securities, the Trustee shall be entitled to
receive, and (subject to Section 6.1) shall be fully protected
in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating,
(1) if the form of
any of such Securities has been established by or pursuant to Board
Resolution as permitted by Section 2.1, that such form has
been established in conformity with the provisions of this
Indenture;
(2) if the terms
of any of such Securities have been established by or pursuant to
Board Resolution as permitted by Section 3.1, that such terms
have been established in conformity with the provisions of this
Indenture; and
(3) that such
Securities, when authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and
issued by the Company in the manner and subject to any conditions
specified in such Opinion of Counsel, will constitute valid and
legally binding obligations of the Company, enforceable in
accordance with their terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization and other laws of general applicability relating to
or affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights and to
general equity principles.
(e) Notwithstanding
that such form or terms have been so established, the Trustee shall
not be required to authenticate such Securities if the issue of
such Securities pursuant to this Indenture would adversely 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.
(f) Notwithstanding
the provisions of Section 3.1 and of the preceding paragraph,
if all Securities of a series are not to be originally issued at
one time, it shall not be necessary to deliver the Officers’
Certificate otherwise required pursuant to Section 3.1 or the
Company Order and Opinion of Counsel otherwise required pursuant to
the preceding paragraph at or prior to the time of authentication
of each Security of such series if such documents have been
delivered at or prior to the time of authentication upon original
issuance of the first Security of such series to be
issued.
(g) With
respect to Securities of a series constituting a medium term note
program, if the form and general terms of the Securities of such
series have been established by or pursuant to one or more Board
Resolutions or by an indenture supplemental hereto, as permitted by
Sections 2.1 and 3.1 in authenticating such Securities, and
accepting the additional responsibilities under this Indenture in
relation to such Securities, the Trustee shall be entitled to
receive, and (subject to Section 6.1) shall be fully protected
in relying upon, in addition to the
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foregoing
documents and Opinion of Counsel, or in lieu of clause
(c) above, an Opinion of Counsel stating that the Securities
have been duly authorized by the Company and, when duly executed by
the Company and completed and authenticated by the Trustee in
accordance with the Indenture and issued, delivered and paid for in
accordance with any applicable distribution agreement, will have
been duly issued under the Indenture and will constitute valid and
binding obligations of the Company, enforceable in accordance with
their terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization and
other laws of general applicability relating to or affecting the
enforcement of creditors’ rights and to general equity
principles.
(h) Each
Security shall be dated the date of its authentication.
(i) No
Security shall be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture or
be valid or obligatory for any purpose unless there appears on such
Security a certificate of authentication substantially in the form
provided for herein executed by the Trustee by manual signature,
and such certificate upon any Security shall be conclusive
evidence, and the only evidence, that such Security has been duly
authenticated and delivered hereunder and is entitled to the
benefits of this Indenture. 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 3.9 together with a written statement (which need not
comply with Section 1.2 and need not be accompanied by an
Opinion of Counsel) stating that such Security has never been
issued and sold by the Company, 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 3.4. Temporary Securities
.
(a) Pending
the preparation of definitive Securities of any series, the Company
may execute, and upon Company Order from the Company, 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, 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.
(b) 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 a like principal amount of definitive Securities
of the same series and of like tenor, of authorized denominations.
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.
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Section 3.5. Registration; Registration
of Transfer and Exchange .
(a) The
Company shall cause to be kept at the Corporate Trust Office of the
Trustee a register (the register maintained in such office and in
any other office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment
being herein sometimes collectively referred to as the
“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 is hereby appointed “Security
Registrar” for the purpose of registering Securities and
transfers of Securities as herein provided.
(b) Upon
surrender for registration of transfer of any Security of any
series at an office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment
designated by the Company pursuant to Section 10.2 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 a like aggregate principal
amount and tenor.
(c) 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 a like aggregate principal amount and tenor, 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.
(d) All
Securities issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of
Securities shall be the valid obligations of the Company,
evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under
this Indenture, as the Securities surrendered upon such
registration of transfer or exchange.
(e) 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 his attorney duly
authorized in writing.
(f) No
service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or
for exchange of Securities, but the Company or the Trustee 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 Section 3.4, 9.6 or 11.7 not involving
any transfer.
(g) The
Company shall not be required (i) to issue, register the
transfer of or exchange Securities of any series during a period
beginning at the opening of business 15 days before the day of
the mailing of a notice of redemption of Securities of that series
selected for redemption under Section 11.3 and ending at the
close of business on the day of such mailing, or (ii) 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.
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(h) Notwithstanding
the foregoing, any Global Security shall be exchangeable pursuant
to this Section 3.5 for Securities registered in the names of
Persons other than the Depositary for such Security or its nominee
only if (i) such Depositary notifies the Company that it is
unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for such Global
Security or if any time such Depositary ceases to be a clearing
agency registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, (ii) the Company executes and delivers to the Trustee
a Company Order that such Global Security shall be so exchangeable
or (iii) there shall have occurred and be continuing an Event
of Default of which the Trustee has been notified with respect to
the Securities. Any Global Security that is exchangeable pursuant
to the preceding sentence shall be exchangeable for Securities
registered in such names as the Depositary shall direct in writing
in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of
the Global Security with like tenor and terms.
(i) Notwithstanding
any other provision in this Indenture, a Global Security may not be
transferred except as a whole by the Depositary with respect to
such Global Security to a nominee of such Depositary or by a
nominee of such Depositary to such Depositary or another nominee of
such Depositary.
Section 3.6. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost
and Stolen Securities .
(a) 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.
(b) 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 any 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 upon its request the
Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in lieu of any such
destroyed, lost or stolen Security, a new Security of the same
series and of like tenor and principal amount, and bearing a number
not contemporaneously outstanding.
(c) 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.
(d) Upon the
issuance of any new Security under this Section, the Company or the
Trustee 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 and its counsel) connected therewith.
(e) Every new
Security of any series issued pursuant to this Section in lieu of
any destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall constitute an original
additional contractual obligation of the Company, whether or not
the destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be at any
time
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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.
(f) The
provisions of this Section are exclusive and shall preclude (to the
extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the
replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen
Securities.
Section 3.7. Payment of Interest;
Interest Rights Preserved .
(a) Unless
otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 3.1 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.
(b) 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 entitled to such interest 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 Securities) are registered at the close of business on
a Special Record Date (as defined below) for the payment of such
Defaulted Interest, which shall be fixed in the following manner.
The Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of
Defaulted Interest proposed to be paid on each Security of such
series and the date of the proposed payment, and at the same time
the Company shall deposit with the Trustee an amount of money equal
to the aggregate amount proposed to be paid in respect of such
Defaulted Interest or shall make arrangements satisfactory to the
Trustee for such deposit prior to the date of the proposed payment,
such money when deposited to be held in trust for the benefit of
the Persons entitled to such Defaulted Interest as in this clause
provided. Thereupon the Trustee shall fix a special record date
(the “Special Record Date”) for the payment of such
Defaulted Interest which shall be not more than 15 days and
not less than 10 days prior to the date of the proposed
payment and not less than 10 days after the receipt by the
Trustee of the notice of the proposed payment. The Trustee shall
promptly notify the Company of such Special Record Date and, in the
name and at the expense of the Company, shall cause notice of the
proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record
Date therefor to be mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to each
Holder of Securities of such series at his address as it appears in
the Security Register, not less than 10 days prior to such
Special Record Date. Notice of the proposed payment of such
Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor having been
so mailed, such Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the Persons in
whose names the Securities of such series (or their respective
Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of business on
such Special Record Date and shall no longer be payable pursuant to
the following clause (2).
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(2) The Company
may make payment of any Defaulted Interest on the Securities of any
series in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the
requirements of any securities exchange on which such Securities
may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such
exchange, if, after notice given by the Company to the Trustee of
the proposed payment pursuant to this clause, such manner of
payment shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee.
(c) Subject
to the foregoing provisions of this Section, each Security
delivered under this Indenture, upon registration of transfer of or
in exchange for or in lieu of any other Security shall carry the
rights to interest accrued and unpaid, and to accrue, which were
carried by such other Security.
Section 3.8. Persons Deemed Owners
.
Prior to due
presentment of a 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 such Security is registered as
the owner of such Security for the purpose of receiving payment of
principal of (and premium, if any) and (subject to
Section 3.7) interest on such Security and for all other
purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Security be overdue, and
neither the Company, the Trustee nor any agent of the Company or
the Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
Section 3.9. Cancellation
.
All Securities
surrendered for payment, redemption, registration of transfer or
exchange or for credit against any sinking fund payment shall, if
surrendered to any Person other than the Trustee, be delivered to
the Trustee and shall be promptly canceled by it. The Company may
at any time deliver to the Trustee for cancellation any Securities
previously authenticated and delivered hereunder which the Company
may have acquired in any manner whatsoever, and may deliver to the
Trustee (or to any other Person for delivery to the Trustee) for
cancellation any Securities previously authenticated hereunder
which the Company has not issued and sold and all Securities so
delivered shall be promptly canceled by the Trustee. No Securities
shall be authenticated in lieu of or in exchange for any Securities
canceled as provided in this Section, except as expressly permitted
by this Indenture. All canceled Securities held by the Trustee
shall be disposed of as directed by a Company Order from the
Company.
Section 3.10. Computation of
Interest .
Except as
otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.1 for
Securities of any series, interest on the Securities of each series
shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day
months.
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SATISFACTION AND
DISCHARGE
Section 4.1. Satisfaction and Discharge
of Indenture .
(a) This
Indenture shall upon Company Request from the Company cease to be
of further effect with respect to Securities of any series (except
as to any surviving rights of registration of transfer or exchange
of Securities of such series and replacement of lost, stolen or
mutilated Securities of such series herein expressly provided for),
and the Trustee, on the demand of and at the expense of the
Company, shall execute instruments acknowledging satisfaction and
discharge of this Indenture with respect to such series,
when
(A) all Securities
of such series theretofore authenticated and delivered (other than
(i) Securities of such series which have been destroyed, lost
or stolen and which have been replaced or paid as provided in
Section 3.6 and (ii) Securities of such series for whose
payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust or segregated
and held in trust by the Company and thereafter repaid to the
Company or discharged from such trust, as provided in
Section 10.3) have been delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation; or
(B) all such
Securities of such series not theretofore delivered to the Trustee
for cancellation
(i) have become
due and payable, or
(ii) will become
due and payable at their Stated Maturity within one year,
or
(iii) are to be
called for redemption within one year under arrangements
satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of
redemption,
and the Company,
in the case of (i), (ii) or (iii) above, has deposited or
caused to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in trust for
the purpose an amount sufficient to pay and discharge the entire
indebtedness on such Securities of such series not theretofore
delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, for principal (and
premium, if any) and interest to the date of such deposit (in the
case of Securities of such series which have become due and
payable) or to the Stated Maturity or Redemption Date, as the case
may be; and
(2) the Company
has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable hereunder by
the Company; and
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(3) the Company
has delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an
Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent
herein provided for relating to the satisfaction and discharge of
this Indenture have been complied with.
(b) At any
time when no Securities of any series are outstanding, this
Indenture shall upon Company Request cease to be of further effect
and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall execute
instruments of satisfaction and discharge of this
Indenture.
(c) Notwithstanding
the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, the obligations
of the Company to the Trustee under Section 6.7 and, if money
shall have been deposited with the Trustee pursuant to subclause
(B) of clause (1) of this Section, the obligations of the
Trustee under Section 4.2 and the last paragraph of
Section 10.3 shall survive.
Section 4.2. Application of Trust
Money .
Subject to the
provisions of the last paragraph of Section 10.3, all
money
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