THE GUARANTORS PARTY
HERETO
SUBORDINATED DEBT
SECURITIES
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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6.09
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6.09
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Not
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6.08
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6.13
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6.13
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7.01
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7.02
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7.02
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7.02
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7.03
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7.03
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7.03
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7.03
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7.04
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1.01
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1.02
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1.02
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1.02
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6.01
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6.02
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6.01
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6.01
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5.14
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1.01
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5.02,
5.12
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5.13
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5.08
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1.04
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5.03
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5.04
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10.03
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1.07
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Note:
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This reconciliation and tie shall not, for any
purpose, be deemed to be a part of the Indenture.
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ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL
APPLICATION
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Definitions
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Compliance
Certificates and Opinions
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10
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Form of
Documents Delivered to Trustee
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11
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Acts of
Holders; Record Dates
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11
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Notices, Etc.,
to Trustee, Company, Guarantors and Holders
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14
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Conflict with
Trust Indenture Act
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14
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Effect of
Headings and Table of Contents
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Successors and
Assigns
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Separability
Clause
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Benefits of
Indenture
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15
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Governing
Law
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15
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Legal
Holidays
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15
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No Adverse
Interpretation of Other Agreements
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15
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No Personal
Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees and
Stockholders
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15
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Language of
Notices, Etc
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Force
Majeure
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Waiver of Jury
Trial
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U.S.A. Patriot
Act
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ARTICLE II
SECURITY FORM
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Forms
Generally
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Form of Face of
Security
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Form of Reverse
of Security
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Form of Legend
for Global Securities
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Form of
Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication
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ARTICLE III
THE SECURITIES
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Amount
Unlimited; Issuable in Series
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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 Wrongfully Taken 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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CUSIP
Numbers
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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 and to
Convert
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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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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 Against Company
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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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Subordination
Unimpaired
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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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Statement by
Officers as to Default
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Waiver of
Certain Covenants
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Calculation of
Original Issue Discount
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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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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; Miscellaneous
Provisions
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Reinstatement
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ARTICLE XIV
GUARANTEES
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Guarantees
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ARTICLE XV
SUBORDINATION OF SECURITIES
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Securities
Subordinate to Senior Debt
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Payment Over of
Proceeds Upon Dissolution, Etc.
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Prior Payment
to Senior Debt Upon Acceleration of Securities
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No Payment When
Senior Debt in Default
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Payment
Permitted in Certain Situations
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Subrogation to
Rights of Holders of Senior Debt
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Provisions
Solely to Define Relative Rights
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Trustee to
Effectuate Subordination
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No Waiver of
Subordination Provisions
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Notice to
Trustee
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Reliance on
Judicial Order or Certificate of Liquidating Agent
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Trustee Not
Fiduciary For Holders of Senior Debt
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Rights of
Trustee as Holder of Senior Debt; Preservation of Trustees
Rights
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Article Applicable to Paying
Agents
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ARTICLE XVI
SECURITY
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Security
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v
INDENTURE,
dated as of [
], among HORSEHEAD HOLDING CORP., a corporation duly organized and
existing under the laws of Delaware (herein called the “
Company ”), having its principal office at 4955
Steubenville Pike, Suite 405, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15205,
the Guarantors (as defined hereinafter), each having its principal
office at 4955 Steubenville Pike, Suite 405, Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania 15205, and [TRUSTEE], 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
subordinated secured or unsecured debentures, notes or other
evidences of indebtedness (herein called the “
Securities ”) to be issued in one or more
series as in this Indenture provided.
Each
of the Initial Guarantors has duly authorized the execution and
delivery of this Indenture to provide for the guarantee by such
Initial Guarantor of such series of Securities as to which such
guarantee has been made applicable as provided herein.
All
things necessary to make this Indenture a valid agreement of the
Company and of the Initial Guarantors in accordance with its terms
have been done.
NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH
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For
and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the
Securities by the Holders thereof, it is mutually agreed, for the
equal and proportionate benefit of all Holders of the Securities or
of series thereof, as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF
GENERAL APPLICATION
Section 1.01.
Definitions . 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 GAAP;
(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;
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(5) the
words “herein”, “hereof” and
“hereunder” and other words of similar import refer to
this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Article,
Section or other subdivision;
(6) when
used with respect to any Security, the words “convert”,
“converted” and “conversion” are intended
to refer to the right of the Holder or the Company to convert or
exchange such Security into or for securities or other property in
accordance with such terms, if any, as may hereafter be specified
for such Security as contemplated by Section 3.01 , and
these words are not intended to refer to any right of the Holder or
the Company to exchange such Security for other Securities of the
same series and like tenor pursuant to Section 3.04 ,
Section 3.05 , Section 3.06 ,
Section 9.06 or Section 11.07 or another
similar provision of this Indenture, unless the context otherwise
requires; and references herein to the terms of any Security that
may be converted mean such terms as may be specified for such
Security as contemplated in Section 3.01 ;
and
(7) unless
the context otherwise requires, any reference to “duly
provided for” and other words of similar import with respect
to any amount or property required to be paid or delivered, as
applicable, shall include, without limitation, having made such
amount or property available for payment or delivery.
“
Act ”, when used with respect to any Holder,
has the meaning specified in Section 1.04 .
“
Affiliate ” of any specified Person means any
other Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or
under direct or indirect common control with such specified Person.
For the purposes of this definition, “control” when
used with respect to any specified Person means the power to direct
the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly,
whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or
otherwise; and the terms “controlling” and
“controlled” have meanings correlative to the
foregoing.
“
Applicable Procedures ” of a Depositary means,
with respect to any matter at any time, the policies and procedures
of such Depositary, if any, that are applicable to such matter at
such time.
“
Authenticating Agent ” means, when used with
respect to Securities of any series, any Person authorized by the
Trustee to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate the
Securities of such series.
“
Board of Directors ” means either the board of
directors of the Company or any duly authorized committee of that
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 and to be in
full force and effect on the date of such certification, and
delivered to the Trustee. Where any provision of this Indenture
refers to action to be taken pursuant to a Board Resolution
(including the establishment of any series of the Securities and
the forms and terms thereof), such action may be taken by any
officer or employee of the Company authorized to take such action
by the Board of Directors as evidenced by a Board
Resolution.
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“
Business Day ”, when used with respect to any
Place of Payment, means each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday
and Friday which is not a day on which banking institutions in that
Place of Payment are authorized or obligated by law or executive
order to close; provided that, when used with respect to any
Security, “Business Day” may have such other meaning,
if any, as may be specified for such Security as contemplated by
Section 3.01 .
(1) in
the case of a corporation, corporate stock;
(2) in
the case of a limited liability company or similar entity, any
membership or similar interests therein;
(3) in
the case of an association or business entity, any and all shares,
interests, participations, rights or other equivalents (however
designated) of corporate stock;
(4) in
the case of a partnership, partnership interests (whether general
or limited); and
(5) any
other interest or participation that confers on a Person the right
to receive a share of the profits and losses of, or distributions
of assets of, the issuing Person.
“
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
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 of the following: a Chairman of
the Board, a Chief Executive Officer, a Chief Financial Officer, a
President, a Vice President, a Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer,
its Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company, or any
other officer or officers of the Company designated in writing by
or pursuant to authority of the Board of Directors and delivered to
the Trustee from time to time.
“
Corporate Trust Office ” means the designated
office of the Trustee in [____________] at which at any particular
time its corporate trust business shall be administered and which,
at the date hereof, is located at [____________], Attention:
[_________], or at such other address as the Trustee may designate
from time to time by notice to the Holders and the Company, or the
principal corporate trust office of any successor
Trustee.
“
corporation ” means a corporation, association,
company (including a limited liability company), joint-stock
company, business trust or other similar entity.
“
Covenant Defeasance ” has the meaning specified
in Section 13.03 .
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“
Credit Agreement ” means the credit agreement
dated as of _________,___, among the Company, the financial
institutions party thereto as lenders, and _______________, as
administrative agent, together with related documents thereto
including any guarantee agreements and security documents, as
amended, modified supplemented, restated, renewed, refunded,
replaced, restructured repaid or refinanced from time to time
(including any agreement extending the maturity thereof or
increasing the amount of available borrowings thereunder or adding
entities as additional borrowers or guarantors thereunder) whether
with the original agents and lenders or otherwise and whether
provided under the original credit agreement or other credit
agreements or otherwise.
“
Defaulted Interest “has the meaning specified
in Section 3.07 .
“
Defeasance ” has the meaning specified in
Section 13.02 .
“
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 that is designated to act
as depositary for such Securities as contemplated by
Section 3.01 .
“
DTC ” has the meaning specified in
Section 1.04 .
“
Equity Interests ” means Capital Stock and all
warrants, options or other rights to acquire Capital Stock (but
excluding any debt security that is convertible into, or
exchangeable for, Capital Stock).
“
Event of Default ” has the meaning specified in
Section 5.01 .
“
Exchange Act ” means the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 and any statute successor thereto, in each case as
amended from time to time.
“
Expiration Date ” has the meaning specified in
Section 1.04 .
“
GAAP ” means, at any time, (i) generally
accepted accounting principles set forth in the opinions and
pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board of the American
Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and
pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board or in
such other statements by such other entity as have been approved by
a significant segment of the accounting profession in the United
States or (ii) if at such time the Company is required to
prepare its financial statements for reports filed with the
Commission under Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act
pursuant to standards other than those specified in clause (i)
(which may include International Financial Reporting Standards),
such other standards, in each case which are in effect at such
time.
“
Global Security ” means a Security that
evidences all or part of the Securities of any series and bears the
legend set forth in Section 2.04 (or such legend as may
be specified as contemplated by Section 3.01 for such
Securities).
“
Guarantee ” means a guarantee of any Securities
by a Guarantor as contemplated by ARTICLE XIV ; provided
that the term “Guarantee,” when used with respect to
any Security or with respect to the Securities of any series, means
a guarantee of such Security or of the
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Securities of
such series, respectively, by a Guarantor of such Security or of
the Securities of such series, respectively, as contemplated by
ARTICLE XIV .
“
Guarantor ” means each of the Initial
Guarantors and any other Person who shall have become a Guarantor
under this Indenture pursuant to Section 9.01 hereof,
in each case unless and until a successor Person shall have become
such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, at
which time references to such Guarantor shall mean such successor
Person; provided that the term “Guarantor,” when used,
with respect to the Securities of any series, means the Persons who
shall from time to time be the guarantors of Securities of such
series as contemplated by ARTICLE XIV .
“
Guarantor’s Board of Directors ” means,
with respect to any Guarantor, either the board of directors of
such Guarantor or any duly authorized committee of that
board.
“
Guarantor’s Board Resolution ” means,
with respect to any Guarantor, a copy of a resolution certified by
the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of such Guarantor to have
been duly adopted by such Guarantor’s Board of Directors and
to be in full force and effect on the date of such certification,
and delivered to the Trustee. Where any provision of this Indenture
refers to action to be taken pursuant to a Guarantor’s Board
Resolution, such action may be taken by any officer or employee of
such Guarantor authorized to take such action by such
Guarantor’s Board of Directors as evidenced by a
Guarantor’s Board Resolution.
“
Guarantor’s Officers’ Certificate ”
means, with respect to any Guarantor, a certificate signed by any
two of the following: a Chairman of the Board, a Chief Executive
Officer, a President, a Vice President, a Treasurer, an Assistant
Treasurer, a Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of such Guarantor,
or any other officer or officers of such Guarantor designated in a
writing by or pursuant to authority of such Guarantor’s Board
of Directors and delivered to the Trustee from time to
time.
“
Guarantor Request ” or “ Guarantor
Order ” means, with respect to any Guarantor, a
written request or order signed in the name of such Guarantor by
any two of the following: a Chairman of the Board, a Chief
Executive Officer, a Chief Financial Officer, a President, a Vice
President, a Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, its Secretary or an
Assistant Secretary of such Guarantor, or any other officer or
officers of such Guarantor designated in writing by or pursuant to
authority of such Guarantor’s Board of Directors and
delivered to the Trustee from time to time. In the event that
Guarantor’s Requests relating to the same matter shall be
delivered by two or more Guarantors on the same date, such requests
may be combined into a single document, provided that the requests
made by each Guarantor therein shall be several and not joint
requests of each such Guarantor.
“
Holder ” means a Person in whose name a
Security is registered in the Security Register.
“
Indebtedness ” means, with respect to any
Person, without duplication, any indebtedness of such Person,
whether or not contingent: (i) in respect of borrowed money;
(ii) evidenced by bonds, notes, debentures or similar
instruments or letters of credit (or reimbursement agreements in
respect thereof); (iii) in respect of banker’s
acceptances;
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(iv) representing capital lease
obligations; (v) in respect of any guarantee by such Person of
production or payment with respect to a production payment recorded
as a liability or deferred revenue in accordance with GAAP;
(vi) representing the balance deferred and unpaid of the
purchase price of any property, except any such balance that
constitutes an accrued expense or trade payable; or
(vii) representing any hedging obligation, if and to the
extent any of the foregoing indebtedness (other than letters of
credit and hedging obligations) would appear as a liability upon a
balance sheet of such Person prepared in accordance with GAAP. In
addition, the term “Indebtedness” includes (x) all
indebtedness of any other Person, of the types described above in
clauses (i) through (vii), secured by a lien on any asset of
such Person (whether or not such indebtedness is assumed by such
Person), and (y) to the extent not otherwise included, the
guarantee by such Person of any indebtedness of any other Person of
the types described above in clauses (i) through (vii).
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the following shall not constitute
“Indebtedness”: (a) accrued expenses and trade
accounts payable arising in the ordinary course of business;
(b) any obligation in respect of any production payment
recorded as a liability or deferred revenue in accordance with
GAAP; (c) any indebtedness which has been defeased in
accordance with GAAP or defeased pursuant to the deposit of cash or
government securities (in an amount sufficient to satisfy all such
indebtedness obligations at maturity or redemption, as applicable,
and all payments of interest and premium, if any) in a trust or
account created or pledged for the sole benefit of the holders of
such indebtedness, and subject to no other liens, and the other
applicable terms of the instrument governing such indebtedness;
(d) any obligations in respect of completion bonds,
performance bonds, bid bonds, appeal bonds, surety bonds, bankers
acceptances, letters of credit, insurance obligations or bonds and
other similar bonds and obligations incurred in the ordinary course
of business and any guaranties or letters of credit functioning as
or supporting any of the foregoing bonds or obligations;
(e) any obligation arising from the honoring by a bank or
other financial institution of a check, draft or similar instrument
drawn against insufficient funds in the ordinary course of business
(provided, however, that such obligation is extinguished within
five business days of its incurrence); (f) any obligation
arising from any agreement providing for indemnities, guarantees,
purchase price adjustments, holdbacks, contingency payment
obligations based on the performance of the acquired or disposed
assets or similar obligations (other than guarantees of
Indebtedness) incurred by any Person in connection with the
acquisition or disposition of assets; and (h) any obligation
in respect of operating agreements, joint venture agreements,
partnership agreements, assignments, purchase and sale agreements,
royalties, joint interest billing arrangements, net profits
interests, participation agreements, subleases, licenses or
subleases and other agreements similar to any of the foregoing that
are customary in the bottled beverage industry.
“
Indenture ” means this instrument as originally
executed and 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 any particular series or specific
Securities within a series and of any Guarantees thereof
established as contemplated by Section 3.01
.
“
interest ”, when used with respect to an
Original Issue Discount Security which by its terms bears interest
only after Maturity, means interest payable after
Maturity.
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“
Initial Guarantor ” or “ Initial
Guarantors ” means Horsehead Corporation, a Delaware
corporation, Chestnut Ridge Railroad Corp., a Delaware corporation
and Horsehead Metals Development, LLC, a Delaware limited liability
company.
“
Interest Payment Date ”, when used with respect
to any Security, means the Stated Maturity of an installment of
interest on such Security.
“
Maturity ”, when used with respect to any
Security, means the date on which the principal of such Security or
an installment of principal becomes due and payable as therein or
herein provided, whether at the Stated Maturity or by declaration
of acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise.
“
Notice of Default ” means a written notice of
the kind specified in Section 5.01(4) .
“
Officers’ Certificate ” means a
certificate signed by any two of the following: a Chairman of the
Board, a Chief Executive Officer, a Chief Financial Officer, a
President, a Vice President, a Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, a
Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company, or any other
officer or officers of the Company designated in a writing by or
pursuant to authority of the Board of Directors and delivered to
the Trustee from time to time.
“
Opinion of Counsel ” means a written opinion of
counsel, who may be an employee of or counsel for the Company or a
Guarantor.
“
Original Issue Discount Security ” means any
Security which provides for an amount less than the principal
amount thereof to be due and payable upon a declaration of
acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to
Section 5.02 .
“
Outstanding ”, when used with respect to
Securities, means, as of the date of determination, all Securities
theretofore authenticated and delivered under this Indenture,
except:
(1) Securities
theretofore 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;
(3) Securities
as to which Defeasance has been effected pursuant to
Section 13.02 ;
(4) Securities
which have been paid pursuant to Section 3.06 or in
exchange for or in lieu of which other Securities have been
authenticated and delivered pursuant to this Indenture, other than
any such Securities in respect of which there shall have been
presented to the Trustee proof satisfactory to it that such
Securities are held by a protected purchaser in whose hands such
Securities are valid obligations of the Company; and
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(5) Securities
as to which any property deliverable upon conversion thereof has
been delivered (or such delivery has been duly provided for), or as
to which any other particular conditions have been satisfied, in
each case as may be provided for such Securities as contemplated in
Section 3.01 ;
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 5.02
, (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 3.01 , (C) the principal amount of a
Security denominated in one or more foreign currencies, composite
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 3.01 , 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, any
Guarantor of the Securities or any other obligor upon the
Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or any such Guarantor 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 Guarantor
of such Securities or any other obligor upon the Securities or any
Affiliate of the Company or a Guarantor of the Securities or such
other obligor.
“
Paying Agent ” means any Person authorized by
the Company to pay the principal of or any premium or interest on
any Securities on behalf of the Company.
“
Person ” means any individual, corporation,
partnership, joint venture, 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 and subject to
Section 10.02 , means the place or places where the
principal of and any premium and interest on the Securities of that
series are payable as specified as contemplated by Section
3.01 .
“
Predecessor Security ” of any particular
Security means every previous Security evidencing all or a portion
of the same debt as that evidenced by such particular Security;
and, for the purposes of this definition, any Security
authenticated and delivered under Section 3.06 in
exchange for or in lieu of a mutilated, destroyed, lost or
wrongfully taken Security shall be deemed to evidence the same debt
as the mutilated, destroyed, lost or wrongfully taken
Security.
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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 3.01 .
“
Responsible Officer ”, when used with respect
to the Trustee, means any officer of the Trustee within the
corporate trust department, including any Vice President, assistant
secretary, assistant treasurer, trust officer or assistant trust
officer assigned to the Corporate Trust Office, or any other
officer of the Trustee customarily performing functions similar to
those performed by any of the above designated officers and also
means, with respect to a particular corporate trust matter, any
other officer of the Trustee 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.
“
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 3.05 .
“
Senior Debt ” means: (a) indebtedness of
the Company under or in respect of the Credit Agreement, whether
for principal, interest (including interest accruing after the
filing of a petition initiating any proceeding pursuant to any
bankruptcy law, whether or not the claim for such interest is
allowed as a claim in such proceeding), reimbursement obligations,
fees, commissions, expenses, indemnities or other amounts; and
(b) any other Indebtedness permitted under the terms of this
Indenture, unless the instrument under which such Indebtedness is
incurred expressly provides that it is on a parity with or
subordinated in right of payment to the Securities. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, “Senior Debt” will not include:
(i) Equity Interests; (ii) any liability for federal,
state, local or other taxes due or owed by the Company;
(iii) any Indebtedness of the Company to any of its
Subsidiaries or Affiliates; (iv) any trade payables; or
(v) any Indebtedness that is incurred in violation of this
Indenture.
“
Senior Guarantor Debt ” means, with respect to
any Guarantor: (a) indebtedness of such Guarantor under or in
respect of the Credit Agreement, whether for principal, interest
(including interest accruing after the filing of a petition
initiating any proceeding pursuant to any bankruptcy law, whether
or not the claim for such interest is allowed as a claim in such
proceeding), reimbursement obligations, fees, commissions,
expenses, indemnities or other amounts; and (b) any other
Indebtedness permitted under the terms of this Indenture, unless
the instrument under which such Indebtedness is incurred expressly
provides that it is on a parity with or subordinated in right of
payment to such Guarantor’s Guarantee of the
Securities.
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Notwithstanding
the foregoing, “Senior Guarantor Debt” will not
include: (i) Equity Interests; (ii) any liability for
federal, state, local or other taxes due or owed by such Guarantor;
(iii) any Indebtedness of such Guarantor to any of its Subsidiaries
or Affiliates; (iv) any trade payables; or (v) any
Indebtedness that is incurred in violation of this
Indenture.
“
Special Record Date ” for the payment of any
Defaulted Interest means a date fixed by the Trustee pursuant to
Section 3.07 .
“
Stated Maturity ”, when used with respect to
any Security or any installment of principal thereof or interest
thereon, means the date specified in such Security as the fixed
date on which the principal of such Security or such installment of
principal or interest is due and payable.
“
Subsidiary ” means any Person a majority of the
combined voting power of the total outstanding ownership interests
in which is, at the time of determination, beneficially owned or
held, directly or indirectly, by the Company or one or more other
Subsidiaries. For this purpose, “voting power” means
power to vote in an ordinary election of directors (or, in the case
of a Person that is not a corporation, ordinarily to appoint or
approve the appointment of Persons holding similar positions),
whether at all times or only as long as no senior class of
ownership interests has such voting power by reason of any
contingency.
“
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.
“
Trust Indenture Act ” means the Trust Indenture
Act of 1939 as in force at the date as of which this instrument was
executed; provided , however , that in the event the
Trust Indenture Act of 1939 is amended after such date,
“Trust Indenture Act” means, to the extent required by
any such amendment, the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as so
amended.
“
Uniform Commercial Code ” means the Uniform
Commercial Code in effect in the State of Delaware or the State of
New York, as applicable, in each case as amended from time to
time.
“
U.S. Government Obligation ” has the meaning
specified in Section 13.04 .
“
Vice President ”, when used with respect to the
Company, any Guarantor or the Trustee, means any vice president,
whether or not designated by a number or a word or words added
before or after the title “vice president.”
Section 1.02.
Compliance Certificates and Opinions . Upon any application
or request by the Company or a Guarantor to the Trustee to take any
action under any provision of this Indenture, the Company or such
Guarantor, as the case may be, shall furnish to the Trustee such
certificates and opinions as may be required under the Trust
Indenture Act; provided , however , that no such
opinion shall be required in connection with the issuance of
Securities that
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are part of any
series as to which such an opinion has been furnished. Each such
certificate or opinion shall be given in the form of an
Officers’ Certificate, if to be given by an officer of the
Company, or a Guarantor’s Officers’ Certificate, if to
be given by an officer of any Guarantor, or an Opinion of Counsel,
if to be given by counsel, and shall comply with the requirements
of the Trust Indenture Act and any other requirements set forth in
this Indenture.
Every
certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition
or covenant provided for in this Indenture 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 1.03.
Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee . In any case where
several matters are required to be certified by, or covered by an
opinion of, any specified Person, it is not necessary that all such
matters be certified by, or covered by the opinion of, only one
such Person, or that they be so certified or covered by only one
document, but one such Person may certify or give an opinion with
respect to some matters and one or more other such Persons as to
other matters, and any such Person may certify or give an opinion
as to such matters in one or several documents.
Any
certificate or opinion of an officer of the Company or a 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 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, or representation by, 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
such Guarantor, as the case may be, stating that the information
with respect to such factual matters is in the possession of the
Company or such Guarantor, as the case may be, unless such counsel
knows that the certificate or opinion or representations with
respect to such matters are erroneous. Where any Person is required
to make, give or execute two or more applications, requests,
consents, certificates, statements, opinions or other instruments
under this Indenture, they may, but need not, be consolidated and
form one instrument.
Section 1.04.
Acts of Holders; Record Dates . Any request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action
provided or permitted by this Indenture to be given, 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 or agents duly appointed in writing; and,
except as herein otherwise expressly provided, such
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action shall
become effective when such instrument or instruments are delivered
to the Trustee and, where it is hereby expressly required, to the
Company and any Guarantor. Such instrument or instruments (and the
action embodied therein and evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes
referred to as the “Act” of the Holders signing such
instrument or instruments. Proof of execution of any such
instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent shall be
sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture and (subject to
Section 6.01 ) conclusive in favor of the Trustee, the
Company and any Guarantor, if made in the manner provided in this
Section.
Without
limiting the generality of this Section, unless otherwise provided
in or pursuant to this Indenture, (i) a Holder, including a
Depositary or its nominee that is a Holder of a Global Security,
may give, make or take, by an agent or agents duly appointed in
writing, any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice,
consent, waiver or other action provided or permitted in or
pursuant to this Indenture to be given, made or taken by Holders,
and a Depositary or its nominee that is a Holder of a Global
Security may duly appoint in writing as its agent or agents members
of, or participants in, such Depositary holding interests in such
Global Security in the records of such Depositary; and
(ii) with respect to any Global Security the Depositary for
which is The Depository Trust Company (“ DTC
”), any consent or other action given, made or taken by an
“agent member” of DTC by electronic means in accordance
with the Automated Tender Offer Procedures system or other
Applicable Procedures of, and pursuant to authorization by, DTC
shall be deemed to constitute the “Act” of the Holder
of such Global Security, and such Act shall be deemed to have been
delivered to the Company, any Guarantor and the Trustee upon the
delivery by DTC of an “ agent’s
message” or other notice of such consent or other action
having been so given, made or taken in accordance with the
Applicable Procedures of DTC.
The
fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such instrument
or writing may be proved by the affidavit of a witness of such
execution or by a certificate of a notary public or other officer
authorized by law to take acknowledgments of deeds, certifying that
the individual signing such instrument or writing acknowledged to
him the execution thereof. Where such execution is by a signer
acting in a capacity other than his individual capacity, such
certificate or affidavit shall also constitute sufficient proof of
his authority. The fact and date of the execution of any such
instrument or writing, or the authority of the Person executing the
same, may also be proved in any other manner which the Trustee
deems sufficient.
The
ownership of Securities shall be proved by the Security Register.
Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent,
waiver or other Act of the Holder of any Security shall bind every
future Holder of the same Security and the Holder of every Security
issued upon the registration of transfer thereof or in exchange
therefor or in lieu thereof in respect of anything done, omitted or
suffered to be done by the Trustee or the Company or any Guarantor
in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made
upon such Security.
The
Company and any Guarantor may 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, 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 neither the
Company nor such Guarantor may set a record date for, and the
provisions of this paragraph shall not apply with respect to, the
giving, making or taking of any
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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 give,
make or take the relevant action, whether or not such Holders
remain Holders after such record date; provided ,
however , that no such action shall be effective hereunder
unless given, made or 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 or any
Guarantor 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 given, made or taken by Holders of the requisite
principal amount of Outstanding Securities of the relevant series
on the date such action is given, made or taken. Promptly after any
record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the Company or such
Guarantor, as the case may be, 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 1.05 .
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, making or taking of (i) any
Notice of Default, (ii) any declaration of acceleration
referred to in Section 5.02 , (iii) any request to
institute proceedings referred to in Section 5.07(2) or
(iv) any direction referred to in Section 5.12 ,
in each case with respect to Securities of such series. 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 give, make or take such notice,
declaration, request or direction, whether or not such Holders
remain Holders after such record date; provided, however,
that no such action shall be effective hereunder unless given, made
or 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 given, made or taken by Holders of
the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities of the
relevant series on the date such action is given, made or 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 and any Guarantor in
writing and to each Holder of Securities of the relevant series in
the manner set forth in Section 1.05 .
With
respect to any record date set pursuant to this Section, the party
hereto which sets such record date 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 1.05 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
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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 to an earlier
day 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 give, make
or take any action hereunder with regard to any particular Security
may do so, in person or by an agent duly appointed in writing, with
regard to all or any part of the principal amount of such
Security.
Section 1.05.
Notices, Etc., to Trustee, Company, Guarantors and Holders .
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 or any
Guarantor shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder if made,
given, furnished or filed in writing (which may be by facsimile
transmission) to or with the Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office,
at [____________], Attention: [____________] or any other address
previously furnished in writing to the Company and the Holders by
the Trustee or (2) the Company or a Guarantor 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 or such
Guarantor, as the case may be, addressed to it at the address of
its principal office specified in the first paragraph of this
instrument or at any other address previously furnished in writing
to the Trustee by the Company.
Where
this Indenture provides for notice to Holders of any event, such
notice shall be sufficiently given (unless otherwise herein
expressly provided) if in writing and mailed, first-class postage
prepaid, to each Holder affected by such event, at his address as
it appears in the Security Register, not later than the latest date
(if any), and not earlier than the earliest date (if any),
prescribed for the giving of such notice. In any case where notice
to Holders is given by mail, neither the failure to mail such
notice, nor any defect in any notice so mailed, to any particular
Holder shall affect the sufficiency of such notice with respect to
other Holders. Where this Indenture provides for notice in any
manner, such notice may be waived in writing by the Person entitled
to receive such notice, either before or after the event, and such
waiver shall be the equivalent of such notice. Waivers of notice by
Holders shall be filed with the Trustee, but such filing shall not
be a condition precedent to the validity of any action taken in
reliance upon such waiver. In case by reason of the suspension of
regular mail service or by reason of any other cause it shall be
impracticable to give such notice by mail, then such notification
as shall be made with the approval of the Trustee shall constitute
a sufficient notification for every purpose hereunder.
Where
this Indenture provides for notice of any event to a Holder of a
Global Security, such notice shall be sufficiently given if given
to the Depositary for such Security (or its designee), pursuant to
its Applicable Procedures, not later than the latest date (if any),
and not earlier than the earliest date (if any), prescribed for the
giving of such notice.
Section 1.06.
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 such Act to be a part of and
govern this Indenture, the latter provision shall control. If any
provision
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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 1.07.
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 1.08.
Successors and Assigns . All covenants and agreements in
this Indenture by the Company and any Guarantor shall bind their
respective successors and assigns, whether so expressed or
not.
Section 1.09.
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 1.10.
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, the holders
of Senior Debt and any Senior Guarantor Debt and the Holders, any
benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this
Indenture, except as may otherwise be provided pursuant to
Section 3.01 with respect to any Securities of a
particular series or under this Indenture with respect to such
Securities.
Section 1.11.
Governing Law . This Indenture, the Guarantees and the
Securities and the rights and obligations of the parties hereto and
thereto, including the interpretation, construction, validity and
enforceability thereof, shall be governed by and construed and
interpreted in accordance with the law of the State of New York,
without regard to conflicts of laws principles thereof.
Section 1.12.
Legal Holidays . In any case where any Interest Payment
Date, Redemption Date or Maturity of any Security, or any date on
which a Holder has the right to convert his Security, shall not be
a Business Day at any Place of Payment, then (notwithstanding any
other provision of this Indenture or of the Securities (other than
a provision of 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 conversion of such Security
need not be made at such Place of Payment on such date, but may be
made on the next succeeding Business Day at such Place of Payment
with the same force and effect as if made on the Interest Payment
Date or Redemption Date, or at the Maturity, or on such date for
conversion, as the case may be.
Section 1.13.
No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements . This
Indenture may not be used to interpret any other indenture, loan or
other agreement of the Company or any Guarantor or any Subsidiaries
of any thereof or of any other Person. Any such indenture, loan or
other agreement may not be used to interpret this
Indenture.
Section 1.14.
No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees and
Stockholders . No past, present or future director, officer,
employee, incorporator or stockholder of the Company or any
Guarantor, as such, will have any liability for any obligations of
the Company or any Guarantor, respectively, under the Securities or
this Indenture or for any claim
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based on, in
respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation.
Each Holder of Securities by accepting a Security waives and
releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the
consideration for issuance of the Securities. The waiver may not be
effective to waive liabilities under the federal securities
laws.
Section 1.15.
Language of Notices, Etc . Any request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver, other action or
Act provided or permitted under this Indenture shall be in the
English language, except that any published notice may be in an
official language of the country of publication.
Section 1.16.
Force Majeure . Subject to Section 6.01 , 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 that are consistent with accepted practices in
the banking industry to resume performance as soon as practicable
under the circumstances.
Section 1.17.
Waiver of Jury Trial . EACH OF THE COMPANY, EACH GUARANTOR
AND THE TRUSTEE HEREBY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY
APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT
OF ANY LITIGATION DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF, UNDER OR
IN CONNECTION WITH THIS INDENTURE.
Section 1.18.
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 2.01.
Forms Generally . The Securities of each series shall be in
substantially the form set forth in this Article, or in such other
form as shall be established by or pursuant to a Board Resolution
or in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, and, if the
Securities of such series are to be guaranteed by the Guarantees of
any Guarantor as provided in Section 3.01 and the terms
of such Securities provide for the endorsement thereon or
attachment thereto of Guarantees by such Guarantor, such Guarantees
to be endorsed on or attached to such Securities shall be in
substantially such form as shall be established by or pursuant to a
Guarantor’s Board Resolution of such Guarantor or in one or
more indentures supplemented 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
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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 or Guarantees,
respectively, as evidenced by their execution thereof. 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 3.03 for the authentication and delivery of
such Securities. If the form of any Guarantees by any Guarantor to
be endorsed on Securities of any series is established by action
taken pursuant to a Guarantor’s Board Resolution of such
Guarantor, a copy of an appropriate record of such action shall be
certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of such
Guarantor and delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery
of the Guarantor Order contemplated by Section 3.03 for
the authentication and delivery of such Securities with such
Guarantee endorsed thereon. For purposes hereof, a Guarantee that
is endorsed on, or otherwise attached to, a Security shall be
deemed “endorsed” on such Security.
The
definitive Securities and any Guarantees endorsed thereon shall be
printed, lithographed or engraved on steel engraved borders or may
be produced in any other manner, all as determined by the officers
of the Company executing such Securities or, if such Guarantees by
any Guarantor are executed by such Guarantor, by the officers of
such Guarantor executing such Guarantees, respectively, as
evidenced by their execution of such Securities or, if such
Guarantees by any Guarantor are executed by such Guarantor, by the
officers of such Guarantor executing such Guarantees,
respectively.
Anything
herein to the contrary notwithstanding, there shall be no
requirement that any Security have endorsed thereon or attached
thereto a Guarantee or a notation of a Guarantee, but such a
Guarantee or notation of a Guarantee may be endorsed thereon or
attached thereto as contemplated by this Section 2.01
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Section 2.02.
Form of Face of Security .
[Insert any legend required by the
Internal Revenue Code and the regulations thereunder.]
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HORSEHEAD
HOLDING CORP., a corporation duly organized and existing under the
laws of Delaware (herein called the “ Company
”, which term includes any successor Person under the
Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby
promises to pay to ____________, or registered assigns, the
principal sum of ____________ Dollars on ____________[ if the
Security is to bear interest prior to Maturity, insert —, and
to pay interest thereon from __________ or from the most recent
Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly
provided for, semi-annually on _________ and _________ in each
year, commencing _________, and at the Maturity thereof, at the
rate of _________% per annum, until the principal hereof is paid or
made available for payment [if applicable, insert
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—,
provided that any 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 date such overdue amount is due
until such amount is paid or duly provided for, and such interest
on any overdue amount 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 so payable,
but not punctually paid or duly provided for, will forthwith cease
to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date and may
either be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or
more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business
on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest
to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to
Holders of Securities of this series not less than 10 days
prior to such Special Record Date, or be paid in any other lawful
manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities
exchange on which this Security may be listed, and upon such notice
as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in
said Indenture].
[If
the Security is not to bear interest prior to Maturity, insert
— The principal of this Security shall not bear interest
except in the case of a default in payment of principal upon
acceleration, upon redemption or at Stated Maturity and in such
case the overdue principal 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.]
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
New York, New York, 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, against surrender of this Security in the
case of any payment due at the Maturity of the principal thereof or
any payment of interest becomes payable on a day other than an
Interest Payment Date; provided , however , that if
this Security is not a Global Security, (i) payment of
interest on an Interest Payment Date will be made by check mailed
to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall
appear in the Security Register; and all other payments will be
made by check against surrender of this Security; (ii) all
payments by check will be made in next-day funds (i.e., funds that
become available on the day after the check is cashed); and
(iii) notwithstanding clauses (i) and (ii) above, with
respect to any payment of any amount due on this Security, if this
Security is in a denomination of at least $1,000,000 and the Holder
hereof at the time of surrender hereof or, in the case of any
payment of interest on any Interest Payment Date, the Holder
thereof on the related Regular Record Date delivers a written
request to the Paying Agent to make such payment by wire transfer
at least five Business Days before the date such payment becomes
due, together with appropriate wire transfer instructions
specifying an account at a bank in New York, New York, the Company
shall make such payment by wire transfer of immediately available
funds to such account at such bank in New York City, any such wire
instructions, once properly given by a Holder as to this Security,
remaining in effect as to such Holder and this Security unless and
until new instructions are given in the manner described
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above and
provided further , that notwithstanding anything in the
foregoing to the contrary, if this Security is a Global Security,
payment shall be made pursuant to the Applicable Procedures of the
Depositary as permitted in said Indenture. Any interest shall be
computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day
months.
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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HOLDING CORP.
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Section 2.03.
Form of Reverse of Security . This Security is one of a duly
authorized issue of senior securities of the Company (herein called
the “ Securities ”), issued and to be
issued in one or more series under an Indenture, dated as of
[ ]
(herein called the “ Indenture,” which
term shall have the meaning assigned to it in such instrument),
among the Company, the Guarantors and [Trustee], as Trustee (herein
called the “ Trustee ,” which term
includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), and reference
is hereby made to the Indenture for a statement of the respective
rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of
the Company, the Guarantors, the Trustee, the holders of Senior
Debt [if applicable, insert — and any Senior Guarantor Debt]
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
$[ ].
This
Security is the general, [unsecured], senior obligation of the
Company [if applicable, insert—and is guaranteed pursuant to
a guarantee (the “ Guarantee ”) by [
insert name of each Guarantor ] (the “
Guarantors ”). The Guarantee by each Guarantee
is the general, [unsecured], senior obligation of such
Guarantor].
[If
applicable, insert — The Securities of this series are
subject to redemption upon not less than 30 days’ nor
more than 60 days’ notice, at any time [if applicable,
insert — on or after _________, 20__], as a whole or in part,
at the election of the Company, at the following Redemption Prices
(expressed as percentages of the principal amount): If redeemed [if
applicable, insert — on or before _________, ______%, and if
redeemed] during the 12-month period beginning of the years
indicated,
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and thereafter
at a Redemption Price equal to % of the principal amount, together
in the case of any such redemption with accrued interest to the
Redemption Date, but interest installments whose Stated Maturity is
on or prior to such Redemption Date will be payable to the Holders
of such Securities, or one or more Predecessor Securities, of
record at the close of business on the relevant Record Dates
referred to on the face hereof, all as provided in the
Indenture.]
[If
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.]
The
indebtedness evidenced by this Security is, to the extent provided
in the Indenture, subordinate and subject in right of payment to
the prior payment in full of all Senior Debt [if applicable, insert
— and the Guarantees by the Guarantors are, to the extent
provided in the Indenture, subordinate and subject in right of
payment to the prior payment in full of all Senior Guarantor Debt],
and this Security is issued subject to the provisions of the
Indenture with respect thereto. Each Holder of this Security, by
accepting the same, (a) agrees to and shall be bound by such
provisions, (b) authorizes and directs the Trustee on his or
her behalf to take such actions as may be necessary or appropriate
to effectuate the subordination so provided and (c) appoints the
Trustee his or her attorney-in-fact for any and all such purposes.
Each Holder hereof, by his or her acceptance hereof, waives all
notice of the acceptance of the subordination provisions contained
herein and in the Indenture by each holder of Senior Debt [if
applicable, insert — or Senior Guarantor Debt], whether now
outstanding or hereafter created, incurred, assumed or guaranteed,
and waives reliance by each such holder upon said
provisions.
[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 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
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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 [if applicable, insert—and the
Guarantors] and the rights of the Holders of the Securities to be
affected under the Indenture at any time by the Company [if
applicable, insert—and the Guarantors] and the Trustee with
the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount
(including consents obtained in connection with a purchase of, or
tender offer or exchange offer for, Securities) of all Securities
at the time Outstanding to be affected (considered together as one
class for this purpose and such Securities to be affected
potentially being Securities of the same or different series and,
with respect to any series, potentially comprising fewer than all
the Securities of such series), except as may otherwise be provided
pursuant to the Indenture for all or any specific Securities of any
series. The Indenture also contains provisions (i) permitting
the Holders of a majority in principal amount (including waivers
obtained in connection with a purchase of, or tender offer or
exchange offer for, Securities) of the Securities at the time
Outstanding to be affected under the Indenture (considered together
as one class for this purpose and such affected Securities
potentially being Securities of the same or different series and,
with respect to any particular series, potentially comprising fewer
than all the Securities of such series), on behalf of the Holders
of all Securities so affected, to waive compliance by the Company
[if applicable, insert—and the Guarantors] with certain
provisions of the Indenture and (ii) permitting the Holders of
a majority in principal amount (including waivers obtained in
connection with a purchase of, or tender offer or exchange offer
for, Securities) of the Securities at the time Outstanding of any
series to be affected under the Indenture (with each such series
considered separately for this purpose), on behalf of the Holders
of all Securities of such series, to waive certain past defaults
under the Indenture with respect to such series and their
consequences, in the case of Clause (i) or (ii), except as may
otherwise be provided pursuant to the Indenture for all or any
specific Securities of any series. 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 [if
applicable, insert—or alter or impair the obligation of each
Guarantor, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay pursuant to
its Guarantee].
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
his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more
new Securities of this series and of like tenor, of authorized
denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be
issued to the designated transferee or transferees.
The
Securities of this series are issuable only in registered form
without coupons in denominations of $1,000 and any integral
multiple thereof. As provided in the Indenture and subject to
certain limitations therein set forth, Securities of this series
are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of
Securities of this series and of like tenor of a different
authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering
the same.
No
service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer
or exchange, but the Company 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, [if applicable, insert—any Guarantor,] the
Trustee and any agent of the Company [if applicable,
insert—any Guarantor] 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, [if applicable, insert—any Guarantor,] the Trustee
nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the
contrary.
[If
this Security is a Global Security, insert — This Security is
a Global Security and is subject to the provisions of the Indenture
relating to Global Securities, including the limitations therein on
transfers and exchanges of Global Securities.]
This
Security and the Indenture shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the law of the State of New York.
All
terms used in this Security which are defined in the Indenture
shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture, without
regard to conflicts of laws principles thereof.
Section 2.04.
Form of Legend for Global Securities . Unless otherwise
specified as contemplated by Section 3.01 for the
Securities evidenced thereby, every Global Security authenticated
and delivered hereunder shall bear a legend in substantially the
following form:
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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.
Section 2.05.
Form of Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication . The
Trustee’s certificates of authentication shall be in
substantially the following form:
This
is one of the Securities of the series designated herein and
referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
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ARTICLE III
THE SECURITIES
Section 3.01.
Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series . The aggregate
principal amount of Securities which may be authenticated and
delivered under this Indenture is unlimited.
The
Securities may be issued in one or more series. There shall be
established in or pursuant to a Board Resolution, and, subject to
Section 3.03 , set forth, or determined in the manner
provided, in an Officers’ Certificate, or established in one
or more indentures supplemental hereto, prior to the issuance of
Securities of any series,
(1) the
title of the Securities of the series (which shall distinguish the
Securities of the series from Securities of any other
series);
(2) any
limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the Securities of the
series which may be authenticated and delivered under this
Indenture (except for Securities authenticated and delivered upon
registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of,
other Securities of the series pursuant to Section 3.04
, Section 3.05, Section 3.06 ,
Section 9.06 or Section 11.07 and except
for any Securities which, pursuant to Section 3.03 ,
are deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered
hereunder);
(3) the
Person to whom any interest on a Security of the series shall be
payable, if other than the Person in whose name that Security (or
one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of
business on the Regular Record Date for such interest;
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(4) the
date or dates on which the principal of any Securities of the
series is payable;
(5) the
rate or rates at which any Securities of the series shall bear
interest, if any, the date or dates from which any such interest
shall accrue, the Interest Payment Dates on which any such interest
shall be payable and the Regular Record Date for any such interest
payable on any Interest Payment Date;
(6) the
place or places where the principal of and any premium and interest
on any Securities of the series shall be payable and the manner in
which any payment may be made;
(7) 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
and, if other than by a Board Resolution, the manner in which any
election by the Company to redeem the Securities shall be
evidenced;
(8) 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 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;
(9) if
other than denominations of $1,000 and any multiple thereof, the
denominations in which any Securities of the series shall be
issuable;
(10) 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;
(11) if
other than the currency of the United States of America, the
currency, currencies, composite currency, composite 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 the purposes of
making payment in the currency of the United States of America and
applying the definition of “Outstanding” in
Section 1.01 ;
(12) if
the principal of or any premium or interest on any Securities of
the series is to be payable, at the election of the Company or the
Holder thereof, in one or more currencies, composite currencies or
currency units other than that or those in which such Securities
are stated to be payable, the currency, currencies, composite
currency, composite 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);
(13) 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 5.02 ;
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(14) 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);
(15) if
applicable, that the Securities of the series, in whole or any
specified part, shall not be defeasible pursuant to
Section 13.02 or Section 13.03 or both such
Sections, and, if such Securities may be defeased, in whole or in
part, pursuant to either or both such Sections, any provisions to
permit a pledge of obligations other than U.S. Government
Obligations (or the establishment of other arrangements) to satisfy
the requirements of Section 13.04(1) for defeasance of such
Securities and, if other than by a Board Resolution, the manner in
which any election by the Company to defease such Securities shall
be evidenced;
(16) 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 2.04 , any addition to, elimination of
or other change in the circumstances set forth in Clause
(2) of the penultimate paragraph of Section 5.02
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 and any other provisions governing exchanges
or transfers of any such Global Security;
(17) any
addition to, elimination of or other 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 5.02 ;
(18) any
addition to, elimination of or other change in the covenants set
forth in ARTICLE X which applies to Securities of the
series;
(19) any
provisions necessary to permit or facilitate the issuance, payment
or conversion of any Securities of the series that may be converted
into securities or other property other than Securities of the same
series and of like tenor, whether in addition to, or in lieu of,
any payment of principal or other amount and whether at the option
of the Company or otherwise;
(20) if
applicable, that Persons other than those specified in
Section 1.11 shall have such benefits, rights, remedies
and claims with respect to any Securities of the series or under
this Indenture with respect to such Securities, as and to the
extent provided for such Securities;
(21) any
change in the actions permitted or required under this Indenture to
be taken by or on behalf of the Holders of the Securities of the
series, including any such change
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that permits or
requires any or all such actions to be taken by or on behalf of the
Holders of any specific Securities of the series rather than or in
addition to the Holders of all Securities of the series;
(22) if
the Securities of the series are to be guaranteed by any
Guarantors, the names of the Guarantors of the Securities of the
series (which may, but need not, include any or all of the Initial
Guarantors) and the terms of the Guarantees of the Securities of
the series, if such terms differ from those set forth in
Section 14.01 , and any deletions from, or
modifications or additions to, the provisions of ARTICLE XIV
or any other provisions of this Indenture in connection with the
Guarantees of the Securities of the series;
(23) whether
the Securities of such series are to be secured by any property,
assets or other collateral and, if so, the applicable collateral,
any deletions from, or modifications or additions to, the
provisions of Article XVI hereof or any other
provisions of this Indenture in connection therewith or in
connection with any other instrument or agreement entered into in
connection therewith; and
(24) any
other terms of the series (which terms shall not be inconsistent
with the provisions of this Indenture, except as permitted by
Section 9.01(5) ).
If
the Securities of the series are to be guaranteed by any Guarantor
pursuant to ARTICLE XIV , there shall be established in or
pursuant to a Guarantor’s Board Resolution of such Guarantor
and, subject to Section 3.03 , set forth, or determined
in the manner provided, in a Guarantor’s Officers’
Certificate of such Guarantor, or established in one or more
indentures supplemental hereto, prior to the issuance of Securities
of the series, the terms of the Guarantees by such Guarantor with
respect to the Securities of the series, if such terms differ from
those set forth in Section 14.01 .
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 3.03 ) 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 pursuant to this Section 3.01 for
any series, after issuance of Securities of such series, such
series may be reopened for issuances of additional Securities of
that series.
The
terms of any Security of a series may differ from the terms of
other Securities of the same series, if and to the extent provided
pursuant to this Section 3.01 . The matters referenced
in any or all of Clauses (1) through (23) above may be
established and set forth or determined as aforesaid with respect
to all or any specific Securities of a series (in each case to the
extent permitted by the Trust Indenture Act).
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.
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If
any of the terms of the Guarantees by any Guarantor of the
Securities of the series are established by action taken pursuant
to a Guarantor’s Board Resolution of such Guarantor, a copy
of an appropriate record of such action shall be certified by the
Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of such Guarantor and delivered
to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Guarantor’s
Officers’ Certificate of such Guarantor setting forth the
terms of such Guarantees.
The
Securities shall be subordinated in right of payment to Senior Debt
as provided in ARTICLE XV .
Section 3.02.
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 3.01 . In the absence of any such specified
denomination with respect to the Securities of any series, the
Securities of such series shall be issuable in denominations of
$1,000 and any integral multiple thereof.
Section 3.03.
Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating . The
Securities shall be executed on behalf of the Company by its
Chairman of the Board, President or a Vice President of the Company
(or any other officer of the Company designated in writing by or
pursuant to authority of the Board of Directors and delivered to
the Trustee from time to time). The signature of any of these
officers on the Securities may be manual or facsimile. If the terms
of the Securities of any series provide that any Guarantee by any
Guarantor is to be endorsed on or otherwise attached to, or made
part of, Securities of any series, and if the terms of such
Securities provide for the execution of such Guarantee by such
Guarantor (it being understood and agreed that the terms of
Securities of any series may, but need not, provide for the
execution of any Guarantee by any Guarantor), such Guarantee shall
be executed on behalf of such Guarantor by the Chairman of the
Board, President or a Vice President of such Guarantor (or any
other officer of such Guarantor designated in writing by or
pursuant to authority of the Guarantor’s Board of Directors
and delivered to the Trustee from time to time). The signature of
any of these officers on any Guarantee may be manual or
facsimile.
Securities
and any Guarantees by any Guarantor endorsed thereon bearing the
manual or facsimile signatures of individuals who were at any time
the proper officers of the Company or such Guarantor, as the case
may be, shall bind the Company or such Guarantor, as the case may
be, 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, together with, if the terms of such
Securities provide for the endorsement thereon of any Guarantees by
any Guarantor, such Guarantees endorsed hereon and, if such terms
so provide, executed by such Guarantor, to the Trustee for
authentication, together with a Company Order and, if any Guarantee
by a Guarantor is to be endorsed on such Securities, a Guarantor
Order of such Guarantor, for the authentication and delivery of
such Securities with any such Guarantees endorsed thereon, and the
Trustee in accordance with the Company Order shall authenticate and
deliver such Securities with any such Guarantees endorsed thereon.
If the form or terms of the
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Securities of
the series have been established by or pursuant to one or more
Board Resolutions or the form or terms of any Guarantees thereof by
any Guarantor have been established by or pursuant to one or more
Guarantor’s Board Resolutions of such Guarantor as permitted
by Section 2.01 and Section 3.01 in
authenticating such Securities with any such Guarantees endorsed
thereon, and accepting the additional responsibilities under this
Indenture in relation to such Securities and such Guarantees, the
Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and (subject to
Section 6.01 ) shall be fully protected in relying
upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating,
(1) if
the form of such Securities or any Guarantee by any Guarantor
endorsed thereon has been established by or pursuant to Board
Resolution or Guarantor’s Board Resolution of such Guarantor,
as permitted by Section 2.01 , that such form has been
established in conformity with the provisions of this
Indenture;
(2) if
the terms of such Securities or any Guarantee thereof by a
Guarantor have been established by or pursuant to Board Resolution
or Guarantor’s Board Resolution of such Guarantor as
permitted by Section 3.01 , that such terms have been
established in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture;
and
(3) that
when such Securities with any Guarantees endorsed thereon have been
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, such Securities and such Guarantee will
constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company or
such Guarantor, respectively, 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 subject to any limitation with
respect to payments in currency other than U.S. dollars.
If
such form or terms have been so established, the Trustee shall not
be required to authenticate such Securities with any Guarantees
endorsed thereon if the issue of such Securities with any
Guarantees endorsed thereon pursuant to this Indenture will affect
the Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under the
Securities and this Indenture or otherwise in a manner which is not
reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.
Notwithstanding
the provisions of Section 3.01 and of the preceding
paragraph, if all Securities of a series are not to be originally
issued at one time, it shall not be necessary to deliver the
Officers’ Certificate or Guarantor’s Officers’
Certificate otherwise required pursuant to Section 3.01
or the Company Order, any Guarantor 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, nor any 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
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evidence, and
the only evidence, that such Security with any Guarantees endorsed
thereon 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 3.09 ,
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.
Wherever
herein it shall provide for the Company to execute, and the Trustee
to authenticate and deliver, Securities of any series, if the terms
of such Securities provide for the endorsement thereon of the
Guarantees by any Guarantor, the Company shall cause such
Securities so executed by the Company and authenticated and
delivered by the Trustee to have such Guarantees endorsed thereon,
and, if such terms require such Guarantees to be executed by such
Guarantor, such Guarantees to be executed by such
Guarantor.
Section 3.04.
Temporary Securities . Pending the preparation of definitive
Securities of any series, the Company may execute, and upon Company
Order and, if any Guarantees by a Guarantor are so to be endorsed
on such Securities, a Guarantor Order of such Guarantor, 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 or
Guarantees, respectively, may determine, as evidenced by their
execution of such Securities or Guarantees,
respectively.
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 3.05.
Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange . The
Company shall cause to be kept at each office or agency of the
Company designated as a Place of Payment pursuant to the first
paragraph of Section 10.02 a register (the register
maintained in each such 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. [Each such office or agency/The Trustee] is hereby
appointed “Security Registrar” for the purpose of
registering Securities and transfers of Securities as herein
provided.
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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 and, if applicable, the Guarantors 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.
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.
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.
Every
Security presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or
for exchange shall (if so required by the Company, any Guarantor 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.
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
Section 3.04 , Section 9.06 or
Section 11.07 not involving any transfer.
If
the Securities of any series (or of any series and specified tenor)
are to be redeemed in whole or 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 mailing of a notice of
redemption of any such Securities under Section 11.03
and ending at the close of business on the day of such mailing (or
during such period as otherwise specified pursuant to
Section 3.01 for such Securities), 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.
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(2) Notwithstanding
any other provision in this Indenture, and subject to such
applicable provisions, if any, as may be specified as contemplated
by Section 3.01 , 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
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