Exhibit
4.2
RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL,
INC.,
as Issuer
and
The Bank of New York Mellon Trust
Company, N.A.,
as Trustee
_________________
INDENTURE
Dated as of August 10,
2009
_________________
Senior Debt Securities
CROSS-REFERENCE SHEET*
Between
Provisions of
Sections 310 through 318 of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as
amended, and the within Indenture between Raymond James Financial,
Inc. and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A.,
Trustee:
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SECTION OF
ACT
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SECTION OF
INDENTURE
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310(a)(1) and
(2)
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7.09
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310(a)(3) and
(4)
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Not
applicable
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310(b)
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7.08 and
7.10
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310(c)
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Not
applicable
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311(a) and
(b)
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7.13
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311(c)
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Not
applicable
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312(a)
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5.01 and
5.02(a)
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312(b) and
(c)
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5.02(b) and
(c)
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313(a)
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5.04(a)
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313(b)(1)
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Not
applicable
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313(b)(2)
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5.04(b)
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313(c)
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5.04(c)
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313(d)
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5.04(d)
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314(a)
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5.03
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314(b)
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Not
applicable
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314(c)(1) and
(2)
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14.04
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314(c)(3)
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Not
applicable
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314(d)
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Not
applicable
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314(e)
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15.05
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314(f)
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Not
applicable
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315(a), (c) and
(d)
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7.01
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315(b)
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7.14
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315(e)
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6.14
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316(a)(1)
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6.12
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316(a)(2)
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Omitted
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316(a) last
sentence
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8.04
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316(b)
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6.08
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317(a)
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6.03 and
6.04
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317(b)
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4.03(a)
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318(a)
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15.07
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*This
Cross-Reference Sheet is not part of the Indenture.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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PAGE
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ARTICLE 1
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DEFINITIONS
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SECTION
1.01.
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Definitions
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1
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ARTICLE 2
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ISSUE, EXECUTION, REGISTRATION AND
EXCHANGE OF SECURITIES
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SECTION
2.01.
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Amount
Unlimited; Issuable in Series
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9
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SECTION
2.02.
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Form of
Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication
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9
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SECTION
2.03.
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Form of
Securities Generally; Establishment of Terms of Series
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9
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SECTION
2.04.
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Securities in
Global Form
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13
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SECTION
2.05.
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Denominations;
Record Date; Payment of Interest
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13
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SECTION
2.06.
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Execution,
Authentication, Delivery and Dating of Securities
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14
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SECTION
2.07.
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Exchange and
Registration of Transfer of Securities
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SECTION
2.08.
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Temporary
Securities
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20
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SECTION
2.09.
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Mutilated,
Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Securities and Coupons
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23
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SECTION
2.10.
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Cancellation
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SECTION
2.11.
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Book-Entry Only
System
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ARTICLE 3
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REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES
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SECTION
3.01.
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Redemption of
Securities; Applicability of Section
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25
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SECTION
3.02.
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Notice of
Redemption; Selection of Securities
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25
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SECTION
3.03.
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Payment of
Securities Called for Redemption
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26
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SECTION
3.04.
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Redemption
Suspended During Event of Default
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ARTICLE 4
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PARTICULAR COVENANTS OF THE
COMPANY
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SECTION
4.01.
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Payment of
Principal, Premium and Interest
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28
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SECTION
4.02.
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Offices for
Notices and Payments, etc.
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28
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SECTION
4.03.
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Provisions as
to Paying Agent
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30
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SECTION
4.04.
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Statement as to
Compliance
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31
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SECTION
4.05.
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Corporate
Existence
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31
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SECTION
4.06.
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Limitation on
Sale or Issuance of Capital Stock of a Principal
Subsidiary
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31
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SECTION
4.07.
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Waiver of
Covenants
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33
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SECTION
4.08.
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Notice of
Default
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33
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SECTION
4.09.
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Determination
of Additional Amounts
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33
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ARTICLE 5
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SECURITYHOLDER LISTS AND REPORTS BY
THE COMPANY AND THE TRUSTEE
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SECTION
5.01.
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Securityholder
Lists
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THIS INDENTURE,
dated as of August 10, 2009 between Raymond James Financial, Inc.,
a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the
State of Florida (hereinafter called the “Company”),
and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. (hereinafter
sometimes called the “Trustee”, which term shall
include any successor trustee appointed pursuant to Article 7 of
this Indenture).
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, the
Company deems it necessary to issue from time to time for its
lawful purposes securities (hereinafter called the
“Securities”) evidencing its unsecured indebtedness and
has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture to
provide for the issuance of the Securities in one or more series,
unlimited as to principal amount, to bear such rates of interest,
to mature at such time or times, and to have such other provisions
as shall be fixed as hereinafter provided; and
WHEREAS, the
Company represents that all acts and things necessary to constitute
these presents a valid indenture and agreement according to its
terms have been done and performed, and the execution of this
Indenture has in all respects been duly authorized, and the
Company, in the exercise of legal right and power in it vested, is
executing this Indenture;
NOW,
THEREFORE:
In order to
declare the terms and conditions upon which the Securities are
authenticated, issued and received, and in consideration of the
premises, of the purchase and acceptance of the Securities by the
holders thereof and of the sum of One Dollar to it duly paid by the
Trustee at the execution of these presents, the receipt whereof is
hereby acknowledged, the Company covenants and agrees with the
Trustee, for the equal and proportionate benefit of the respective
holders from time to time of the Securities, as follows:
ARTICLE
1
DEFINITIONS
The terms
defined in this Section (except as herein otherwise expressly
provided or unless the context otherwise requires) for all purposes
of this Indenture and of any indenture supplemental hereto shall
have the respective meanings specified in this
Section. All other terms used in this Indenture that are
defined in the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 or that are by reference
therein defined in the Securities Act of 1933 shall have the
meanings (except as herein otherwise expressly provided or unless
the context otherwise requires) assigned to such terms in said
Trust Indenture Act of 1939 and in said Securities Act as in force
at the date of this Indenture as originally
executed. All accounting terms used herein and not
expressly defined shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and the
term “generally accepted accounting principles” means
such accounting principles as are generally accepted at the time of
any computation. 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. The
terms defined in this Article have the meanings assigned to them in
this Article and include the plural as well as the
singular.
Additional
Amounts:
The term
“Additional Amounts” shall mean any additional amounts
to be paid by the Company in respect of Securities of a series, as
may be specified pursuant to Section 2.03(b) hereof and in
such Security and under the circumstances specified therein, in
respect of specified taxes, assessments or other governmental
charges imposed on certain holders who are United States Aliens,
and which may be owing to such holders as set forth in
Section 4.08 hereof.
Agreement
Accounting Principles:
The term
“Agreement Accounting Principles” shall mean generally
accepted accounting principles as in effect from time to time,
applied in a manner consistent with those used in preparing the
Company’s financial statements.
Authorized
Newspaper:
The term
“Authorized Newspaper” shall mean a newspaper (which,
in the case of the United Kingdom, will, if practicable, be the
Financial Times (London Edition) and, in the case of Luxembourg,
will, if practicable, be the Luxemburger Wort) of general
circulation in the place of publication, published in an official
language of the country of publication and customarily published at
least once a day for at least five days in each calendar
week. Whenever successive weekly publications in an
Authorized Newspaper are authorized or required hereunder, they may
be made (unless otherwise provided herein) on the same or different
days of the week and in the same or different Authorized
Newspapers. If it shall be impractical in the opinion of
the Trustee to make any publication of any notice required hereby
in an Authorized Newspaper, any publication or other notice in lieu
thereof which is made or given with the approval of the Trustee
shall constitute a sufficient publication of such
notice.
Bearer
Security:
The term
“Bearer Security” shall mean any Security established
pursuant to Section 2.01 and Section 2.03(b) hereof which
is payable to bearer (including without limitation any Security in
temporary or permanent global bearer form) and title to which
passes by delivery only, but does not include any
coupons.
Board of
Directors:
The term
“Board of Directors” or “Board” shall mean
the Board of Directors of the Company or any duly authorized
committee of such Board.
Board
Resolution:
The term
“Board Resolution” shall mean a resolution certified by
the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company to have been
duly adopted by the Board of Directors or by a committee acting
under authority of or appointment by the Board of Directors and to
be in full force and effect on the date of such certification, and
delivered to the Trustee.
Business
Day:
The term
“business day” shall mean, unless otherwise specified
pursuant to Section 2.03(b), with respect to any Place of
Payment or any other particular location referred to in this
Indenture or in the Securities, a day that in the city (or in any
one of the cities, if more than one) in which amounts are payable,
as specified in the form of such Security, is not a day on which
banking institutions are authorized or required by law or
regulation to be closed.
Capital
Stock:
The term
“Capital Stock” shall mean, as to shares of a
particular corporation, outstanding shares of stock of any class,
whether now or hereafter authorized, irrespective of whether such
class shall be limited to a fixed sum or percentage in respect of
the rights of the holders thereof to participate in dividends and
in the distribution of assets upon the voluntary liquidation,
dissolution or winding up of such corporation.
Clearstream,
Luxembourg:
The term
“Clearstream, Luxembourg” shall mean Clearstream
Banking, société anonyme, Luxembourg, or any successor
thereof.
Common
Depositary:
The term
“Common Depositary” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 2.08 hereof.
Commission:
The term
“Commission” shall mean the Securities and Exchange
Commission or any successor entity.
Company:
The term
“Company” shall mean the person named as the
“Company” in the first paragraph of this instrument
until a successor corporation shall have become such pursuant to
the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter
“Company” shall mean such successor
corporation.
Company
Request, Company Order and Company Consent:
The terms
“Company Request,” “Company Order” and
“Company Consent” mean, respectively, a written
request, order or consent signed in the name of the Company by its
Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer, President, Chief
Financial Officer, Vice President, General Counsel, Deputy or
Associate General Counsel or Treasurer and delivered to the
Trustee.
Coupon:
The term
“coupon” shall mean any interest coupon appertaining to
a Bearer Security.
Credit
Agreement:
The term
“Credit Agreement” shall mean the $100,000,000 Credit
Agreement, dated as of February 6, 2009, among the Company, as
borrower, the lenders name therein, JPMorgan Chase Bank, National
Association, as administrative agent, Regions Bank, as
co-syndication agent, Fifth Third Bank, as co-syndication agent and
PNC Bank, National Association, as co-syndication agent, as amended
from time to time.
Default:
The term
“Default” or “default” shall have the
meaning specified in Article 6.
Dollar or
$:
The term
“Dollar” or “$” shall mean a dollar or
other equivalent unit in such coin or currency of the United States
of America as at the time shall be legal tender for the payment of
public and private debts.
Euroclear:
The term
“Euroclear” shall mean Morgan Guaranty Trust Company of
New York, Brussels office, or any successor thereof, as the
operator of the Euroclear System.
Euro
Security:
The term
“Euro Security” shall mean any Bearer Security, any
Security initially represented by a Security in temporary global
form exchangeable for Bearer Securities and any Security in
permanent global form exchangeable for Bearer
Securities.
Event of
Default:
The term
“Event of Default” shall have the meaning specified in
Article 6.
Exchange
Act:
The term
“Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended.
Exchange
Date:
The term
“Exchange Date” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 2.08 .
Holder:
The terms
“holder,” “holder of Securities,”
“securityholder” or other similar term shall mean
(a) in the case of any Registered Security, the person in
whose name such Security is registered in the Security Register
kept by the Company for that purpose, in accordance with the terms
hereof, and (b) in the case of any Bearer Security, the bearer
thereof, and as used with respect to any coupon appertaining to any
Bearer Security, the term “holder” shall mean the
bearer thereof.
Indenture:
The term
“Indenture” shall mean this instrument as originally
executed and delivered or as it may from time to time be
supplemented or amended by one or more indentures supplemental
hereto entered into pursuant to the applicable provisions hereof,
including without limitation, the forms and terms of particular
series of Securities established as contemplated by Article
2.
Officers’
Certificate:
The term
“Officers’ Certificate” shall mean a certificate
signed by the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer,
President, Chief Financial Officer, Vice President, General
Counsel, Deputy or Assistant General Counsel or Treasurer of the
Company and delivered to the Trustee.
Opinion of
Counsel:
The term
“Opinion of Counsel” shall mean an opinion in writing
signed by legal counsel, who may be an employee of or counsel to
the Company and who shall be satisfactory to the Trustee, or who
may be other counsel satisfactory to the Trustee.
Original Issue
Discount Securities:
The term
“Original Issue Discount Securities” shall mean any
Securities which are initially sold at a discount from the
principal amount thereof and which provide upon an Event of Default
for declaration of an amount less than the principal amount thereof
to be due and payable upon acceleration thereof.
Outstanding:
The term
“Outstanding” or “outstanding,” when used
with reference to Securities, shall, subject to the provisions of
Section 7.08, Section 8.01 and Section 8.04, mean,
as of any particular time, all Securities authenticated and
delivered by the Trustee under this Indenture, except:
Securities theretofore cancelled by the Trustee
or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation;
Securities, or portions thereof, for the payment
or redemption of which moneys in the necessary amount shall have
been deposited in trust with the Trustee or with any paying agent
(other than the Company) or shall have been set aside and
segregated and held in trust by the Company (if the Company shall
act as its own paying agent) for the holders of such Securities and
any coupons appertaining thereto; provided, that if such
Securities, or portions thereof, are to be redeemed prior to the
maturity thereof, notice of such redemption shall have been given
as provided in Article 3, or provision satisfactory to the Trustee
shall have been made for giving such notice;
Securities that have been defeased pursuant to
Section 14.02 hereof; and
Securities that have been paid pursuant to
Section 2.09, or Securities in exchange for, in lieu of and in
substitution for which other Securities shall have been
authenticated and delivered pursuant to the terms of
Section 2.07, unless proof satisfactory to the Trustee is
presented that any such Securities are held by bona fide holders in
due course.
Periodic
Offering:
The term
“Periodic Offering” shall mean an offering of
Securities of a series, from time to time, the specific terms of
which (including, without limitation, the rate or rates of interest
or formula for determining the rate or rates of interest thereon,
if any, the maturity date or dates thereof and the redemption
provisions, if any, with respect thereto) are to be determined by
the Company upon the issuance of such Securities.
Person:
The term
“Person” or “person” shall mean any
individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, association,
joint stock company, trust, unincorporated organization or
government or any agency or political subdivision
thereof.
Place of
Payment:
The term
“Place of Payment,” when used with respect to the
Securities of any series, means the place or places where, subject
to the provisions of Section 4.02, the principal of (and
premium, if any, on) and any interest on the Securities of that
series are payable as specified as contemplated by
Section 2.03(b).
Possessions:
The term
“possessions,” when used with respect to the United
States, shall include Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam,
American Samoa, Wake Island and Northern Mariana
Islands.
Principal
Subsidiary:
The term
“Principal Subsidiary” shall mean any Subsidiary the
total assets of which as set forth in the most recent statement of
financial condition of such Subsidiary equal more than 10% of the
total consolidated assets of the Company and its subsidiaries as
determined from the most recent consolidated statement of financial
condition of the Company and its subsidiaries.
Record
Date:
The term
“record date” as used with respect to any interest
payment date shall have the meaning specified in
Section 2.05.
Registered
Security:
The term
“Registered Security” shall mean any Security
established pursuant to Section 2.01 and Section 2.03(b)
which is registered on the Security Register of the
Company.
Responsible
Officer:
The term
“Responsible Officer,” when used with respect to the
Trustee, shall mean any officer within the Corporate Trust Office
of the Trustee (or any successor group of the Trustee), including
any Vice President, Assistant Vice President, Assistant Secretary
or any other officer of the Trustee customarily performing
functions similar to those performed by any of the above designated
officers and also shall mean, with respect to a particular
corporate trust matter, any other officer to whom such matter is
referred because of such officer’s knowledge of and
familiarity with the particular subject.
Securities:
The term
“Securities” shall have the meaning set forth in the
preamble of this Indenture.
Securities
Act:
The term
“Securities Act” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended.
Security
Register and Security Registrar:
The terms
“Security Register” and “Security
Registrar” shall have the respective meanings set forth in
Section 2.07(a) hereof.
Subsidiary:
The term
“Subsidiary” shall mean any subsidiary of the Company
which is an entity organized and doing business under any State or
Federal law.
Trust Indenture
Act of 1939:
Except as
otherwise provided in this Indenture, the term “Trust
Indenture Act of 1939” shall mean the Trust Indenture Act of
1939, as amended, as in force at the date of this Indenture as
originally executed.
Trustee:
The term
“Trustee” shall mean the person identified as
“Trustee” in the first paragraph hereof until the
acceptance of appointment of a successor trustee pursuant to the
provisions of Article 7, and thereafter shall mean such successor
trustee.
United States
Alien:
The term
“United States Alien” shall mean any person who, for
United States Federal income tax purposes, is a foreign
corporation, a non-resident alien individual, a non-resident alien
fiduciary of a foreign estate or trust, or a foreign partnership to
the extent that one or more of its members is, for United States
Federal income tax purposes, a foreign corporation, a non-resident
alien individual or a non-resident alien fiduciary of a foreign
estate or trust.
U.S.
Depositary:
The term
“U.S. Depositary” shall mean, with respect to the
Securities of any series issuable or issued in whole or in part in
the form of one or more permanent global Securities, the person
designated as U.S. Depositary by the Company pursuant to
Section 2.03(b), which must be a clearing agency registered
under the Exchange Act, until a successor U.S. Depositary shall
have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this
Indenture, and thereafter “U.S. Depositary” shall mean
or include each person who is then a U.S. Depositary hereunder, and
if at any time there is more than one such person, “U.S.
Depositary” as used with respect to the Securities of any
series shall mean the U.S. Depositary with respect to the
Securities of such series.
Vice
President:
The term
“Vice President” when used with respect to the Company
or the Trustee shall mean any vice president, whether or not
designated by a number or word or words added before or after the
title “vice president,” including any Executive or
Senior Vice President.
Wholly-Owned
Subsidiary:
“Wholly-Owned Subsidiary” of a
Person means (a) any Subsidiary all of the outstanding voting
securities of which shall at the time be owned or controlled,
directly or indirectly, by such Person or one or more Wholly-Owned
Subsidiaries of such Person, or by such Person and one or more
Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries of such Person, or (b) any partnership,
limited liability company, association, joint venture or similar
business organization 100% of the ownership interests having
ordinary voting power of which shall at the time be so owned or
controlled.
ARTICLE
2
ISSUE, EXECUTION, REGISTRATION AND
EXCHANGE OF SECURITIES
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Amount
Unlimited; Issuable in Series.
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Upon the
execution of this Indenture, or from time to time thereafter,
Securities up to the aggregate principal amount and containing
terms and conditions from time to time authorized by or pursuant to
a Board Resolution, or in an indenture supplemental hereto, as set
forth in Section 2.03, may be executed by the Company and
delivered to the Trustee for authentication, and the Trustee shall
thereupon authenticate and make available for delivery said
Securities to or upon Company Order, without any further action by
the Company but subject to the provisions of Section 2.03, or
in an indenture supplemental hereto, as set forth in
Section 2.03.
The Securities
may be issued in one or more series. The aggregate
principal amount of Securities of all series that may be
authenticated and delivered and outstanding under this Indenture is
not limited. The Securities of a particular series may
be issued up to the aggregate principal amount of Securities for
such series from time to time authorized by or pursuant to a Board
Resolution.
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Form of
Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication.
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The
Trustee’s certificate of authentication shall be in
substantially the following form:
[Form of Trustee’s Certificate
of Authentication]
This is one of
the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the
within-mentioned Indenture.
Dated: ________________________
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The Bank of New York Mellon Trust
Company, N.A., as Trustee
By:
Authorized Signatory
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Form of
Securities Generally; Establishment of Terms of Series.
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(a) The Registered
Securities, if any, of each series, the Bearer Securities, if any,
of each series and related coupons, if any, the temporary global
Securities of each series, if any, and the permanent global
Securities of each series, if any, shall be in the forms
established from time to time in or pursuant to one or more Board
Resolutions (and, to the extent established pursuant to rather than
set forth in one or more Board Resolutions, in an Officers’
Certificate (to which shall be attached true and correct copies of
the relevant Board Resolution(s)) detailing such establishment) or
established in an indenture supplemental hereto.
The Securities
may be issued in typewritten, printed or engraved form with such
letters, numbers or other marks of identification or designation
(including “CUSIP” numbers, if then generally in use)
and such legends or endorsements printed, lithographed or engraved
thereon as the Company may deem appropriate and as are not
inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture, or as may be
required to comply with any law or with any rule or regulation made
pursuant thereto or with any rule or regulation of any stock
exchange on which the Securities may be listed, or to conform to
usage. Unless otherwise specified as contemplated
hereinafter, Securities in bearer form shall have interest coupons
attached.
(b) At or prior to the
initial issuance of Securities of any series, the particular terms
of Securities of such series shall be established in or pursuant to
one or more Board Resolutions (and to the extent established
pursuant to rather than set forth in one or more Board Resolutions,
in an Officers’ Certificate (to which shall be attached true
and correct copies of the relevant Board Resolutions(s)) detailing
such establishment) or established in an indenture supplemental
hereto, including the following:
(1) the designation of
the particular series (which shall distinguish such series from all
other series);
(2) the aggregate
principal amount of such 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 this
Indenture and except for any Securities which, pursuant to
Section 2.06, are deemed never to have been authenticated and
delivered hereunder);
(3) whether Securities
of the series are to be issuable as Registered Securities, Bearer
Securities (with or without coupons) or both, whether any
Securities of the series are to be issuable initially in temporary
global form with or without coupons and, if so, the name of the
Common Depositary with respect to any such temporary global
Security, and whether any Securities of the series are to be
issuable in permanent global form with or without coupons and, if
so, whether beneficial owners of interests in any such permanent
global Security may exchange such interests for Securities of such
series and of like tenor of any authorized form and denomination
and the circumstances under which any such exchanges may occur, if
other than in the manner provided in Section 2.06 and the name
of the Common Depositary or the U.S. Depositary with respect to any
such permanent global Security;
(4) the date as of
which any Bearer Securities of such series and any temporary
Security in global form representing Outstanding Securities of such
series shall be dated, if other than the date of original issuance
of the first Securities of the series to be issued;
(5) the person to whom
any interest on any Registered Security of the series shall be
payable, if other than the person in whose name that Security (or
one or more predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of
business on the regular record date for such interest, the manner
in which, or the person to whom, any interest on any Bearer
Security of the series shall be payable, if otherwise than upon
presentation and surrender of the coupons appertaining thereto as
they severally mature, the extent to which, or the manner in which,
any interest payable on a temporary global Security on an interest
payment date will be paid if other than in the manner provided in
Section 2.08 and the extent to which, or the manner in which,
any interest payable on a permanent global Security on an interest
payment date will be paid;
(6) the date or dates
on which the principal of the Securities of such series is
payable;
(7) the rate or rates,
and if applicable the method used to determine the rate, at which
the Securities of such series shall bear interest, if any, the date
or dates from which such interest shall accrue, the date or dates
on which such interest shall be payable and the record date or
dates for the interest payable on any Registered Securities on any
interest payment date;
(8) the place or
places at which, subject to the provisions of Section 4.02,
the principal of (and premium, if any, on) and any interest on
Securities of such series shall be payable, any Registered
Securities of the series may be surrendered for registration of
transfer, Securities of the series may be surrendered for exchange
and notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the
Securities of the series and this Indenture may be
served;
(9) the obligation, if
any, of the Company to redeem or purchase Securities of such
series, at the option of the Company or at the option of a holder
thereof, pursuant to any sinking fund or other redemption
provisions and the period or periods within which, the price or
prices at which and the terms and conditions upon which Securities
of the series may be so redeemed or purchased, in whole or in
part;
(10) if other than
denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof, the
denominations in which any Registered Securities of such series
shall be issuable, and the denomination or denominations in which
any Bearer Securities of the series shall be issuable, if other
than the denomination of $5,000;
(11) if other than the
principal amount thereof, the portion of the principal amount of
Securities of such series which shall be payable upon declaration
of acceleration of the maturity thereof;
(12) the currency,
currencies or currency units in which payment of the principal of
(and premium, if any, on) and any interest on any Securities of the
series shall be payable if other than the currency of the United
States of America and the manner of determining the equivalent
thereof in the currency of the United States of America for
purposes of the definition of “Outstanding” in
Section 1.01;
(13) if the principal
of (and premium, if any, on) or any interest on the Securities of
the series are to be payable, at the election of the Company or a
holder thereof, in one or more currencies or currency units, other
than that or those in which the Securities are stated to be
payable, the currency or currencies in which payment of the
principal of (and premium, if any, on) and any interest on
Securities of such series as to which such election is made shall
be payable, and the periods within which and the terms and
conditions upon which such election is to be made;
(14) if the amount of
payments of principal of (and premium, if any, on) or any interest
on the Securities of the series may be determined with reference to
an index, the manner in which such amounts shall be
determined;
(15) whether the
Securities will be issued in book-entry only form;
(16) any interest rate
calculation agents, exchange rate calculation agents or other
agents with respect to Securities of such series;
(17) if either or both
of Sections 14.02 and 14.03 do not apply to the Securities of
the series;
(18) whether and under
what circumstances the Company will pay Additional Amounts in
respect of any series of Securities and whether the Company has the
option to redeem such Securities rather than pay such Additional
Amounts;
(19) any provisions
relating to the extension of maturity of, or the renewal of,
Securities of such series, or the conversion of Securities of such
series into other securities of the Company;
(20) any provisions
relating to the purchase or redemption of all or any portion of a
tranche or series of Securities, including the period of notice
required to redeem those Securities; and
(21) any other terms of
the Securities or provisions relating to the payment of principal,
premium (if any) or interest thereon, including, but not limited
to, whether such Securities are issuable at a discount or premium,
as amortizable Securities, and if payable in, convertible or
exchangeable for commodities or for the securities of the Company
or any third party.
All Securities
of any one series need not be issued at the same time and may be
issued from time to time, consistent with the terms of this
Indenture, if so provided by or pursuant to the Board Resolution or
Officers’ Certificate referred to above or as set forth in an
indenture supplemental hereto, and, unless otherwise provided, the
authorized principal amount of any series may be increased to
provide for issuances of additional Securities of such
series. If so provided by or pursuant to the Board
Resolution or Officers’ Certificate or supplemental indenture
referred to above, the terms of such Securities to be issued from
time to time may be determined as set forth in such Board
Resolution, Officers’ Certificate or supplemental indenture,
as the case may be. All Securities of any one series
shall be substantially identical except as to denomination,
interest rate, maturity and other similar terms and except as may
be provided otherwise by or pursuant to such Board Resolution,
Officers’ Certificate or supplemental indenture.
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Securities in
Global Form.
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If Securities
of a series are issuable in global form, as specified as
contemplated by Section 2.03(b), then, notwithstanding clause
(10) of Section 2.03(b) and the provisions of
Section 2.05, any such Security in global form shall represent
such of the Securities of such series Outstanding as shall be
specified therein, and any such Security in global form may provide
that it shall represent the aggregate amount of Securities
Outstanding from time to time endorsed thereon and that the
aggregate amount of Securities Outstanding represented thereby may
from time to time be reduced to reflect any exchanges of beneficial
interests in such Security in global form for Securities of such
series as contemplated herein. Any endorsement of a
Security in global form to reflect the amount, or any decrease in
the amount, of Securities Outstanding represented thereby shall be
made by the Trustee or the Security Registrar in such manner and
upon instructions given by such person or persons as shall be
specified in such Security in global form or in the Company Order
to be delivered to the Trustee pursuant to Section 2.06 or
Section 2.08. Subject to the provisions of
Section 2.06 and, if applicable, Section 2.08, the
Trustee or the Security Registrar shall deliver and redeliver any
Security in permanent global form in the manner and upon
instructions given by the person or persons specified in such
Security in global form or in the applicable Company
Order. If a Company Order pursuant to Section 2.06
or 2.08 has been, or simultaneously is, delivered, any instructions
by the Company with respect to endorsement or delivery or
redelivery of a Security in global form shall be in writing but
need not be represented by a Company Order and need not be
accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel.
The provisions
of the last sentence of Section 2.06 shall apply to any
Security represented by a Security in global form if such Security
was never issued and sold by the Company and the Company delivers
to the Trustee or the Security Registrar the Security in global
form together with written instructions (which need not be
represented by a Company Order and need not be accompanied by an
Opinion of Counsel) with regard to the reduction in the principal
amount of Securities represented thereby, together with the written
statement contemplated by the last sentence of
Section 2.06.
Notwithstanding
the provisions of Section 2.05, unless otherwise specified as
contemplated by Section 2.03(b), payment of principal of and
any premium and interest on any Security in permanent global form
shall be made to the persons or persons specified
therein.
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Denominations;
Record Date; Payment of Interest.
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(a) Unless otherwise
provided as contemplated by Section 2.03(b) with respect to
any series of Securities, any Registered Securities of a series
shall be issuable without coupons in denominations of $1,000 and
any Bearer Securities of a series shall be issuable, with interest
coupons attached, in the denomination of $5,000.
(b) The term
“record date” as used with respect to an interest
payment date for any series of a Registered Security shall mean
such day or days as shall be specified as contemplated by
Section 2.03(b); provided, however, that in the absence of any
such provisions with respect to any series, such term shall mean
(1) the last day of the calendar month next preceding such
interest payment date if such interest payment date is the 15th day
of a calendar month; or (2) the 15th day of a calendar month
next preceding such interest payment date if such interest payment
date is the first day of the calendar month.
Unless
otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 2.03(b) with
respect to any series of Securities, the person in whose name any
Registered Security is registered at the close of business on the
record date with respect to an interest payment date shall be
entitled to receive the interest payable on such interest payment
date notwithstanding the cancellation of such Security upon any
registration of transfer or exchange thereof subsequent to such
record date and prior to such interest payment date; provided,
however, that if and to the extent the Company shall default in the
payment of the interest due on such interest payment date, such
defaulted interest shall be paid to the persons in whose names the
Securities are registered on a subsequent record date established
by notice given to the extent and in the manner set forth in
Section 15.04 by or on behalf of the Company to the holders of
Securities of the series in default not less than 15 days preceding
such subsequent record date, such record date to be not less than
five days preceding the date of payment of such defaulted interest,
or in any other lawful manner acceptable to the Trustee.
(c) Unless otherwise
specified by Board Resolution or Company Order for a particular
series of Securities, the principal of, redemption premium, if any,
on and interest, if any, on the Securities of any series shall be
payable at the office or agency of the Company maintained pursuant
to Section 4.02 in a Place of Payment for such series, in New
York Clearing House funds; provided, however, that, at the option
of the Company, payment of interest with respect to a Registered
Security may be paid by check mailed to the holders of the
Registered Securities entitled thereto at their last addresses as
they appear on the Security Register.
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Execution,
Authentication, Delivery and Dating of Securities.
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The Securities
shall be signed on behalf of the Company by its Chairman of the
Board, its President or one of its Vice Presidents under its
corporate seal and attested by its Secretary or one of its
Assistant Secretaries. Such signatures may be the manual
or facsimile signatures of such then current officers.
The seal of the
Company may be in the form of a facsimile thereof and may be
impressed, affixed, imprinted or otherwise reproduced on the
Securities. Coupons shall bear the facsimile signature
of the Secretary or one of the Assistant Secretaries of the Company
or such other officer of the Company as may be specified pursuant
to Section 2.03(b). Any Security or coupon may be
signed on behalf of the Company by such persons as, at the actual
date of the execution of such Security, shall be the proper
officers of the Company, although at the date of the execution of
this Indenture any such person was not such
officer. Securities and coupons bearing the manual or
facsimile signatures of individuals who were, at the actual date of
the execution of such Security or coupon, the proper officers of
the Company shall bind the Company, notwithstanding that such
individuals or any of them have ceased to hold such offices prior
to the authentication and delivery of such Securities, or the
delivery of such coupons, as the case may be, or did not hold such
offices at the date of such Securities.
Upon the
execution and delivery of this Indenture, the Company shall deliver
to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate as to the incumbency
and specimen signatures of officers authorized to execute and
deliver the Securities and coupons and give instructions under this
Section and, as long as Securities are Outstanding under this
Indenture, shall deliver a similar Officers’ Certificate each
year on the anniversary of the date of the first such
Officers’ Certificate. The Trustee may
conclusively rely on the documents delivered pursuant to this
Section (unless revoked by superseding comparable documents) and
Section 2.03 hereof as to the authorization of the Board of
Directors of any Securities delivered hereunder, and the form and
terms thereof, and as to the authority of the instructing officers
referred to in this Section so to act.
The Trustee
shall at any time, and from time to time, authenticate Securities
for original issue in an unlimited aggregate principal amount upon
receipt by the Trustee of a Company Order; provided, however, that
with respect to Securities of a series subject to a Periodic
Offering, (a) such Company Order may be delivered to the
Trustee prior to the delivery to the Trustee of such Securities for
authentication and delivery, (b) the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver Securities of such series for original
issue from time to time, in an aggregate principal amount not
exceeding the aggregate principal amount, if any, established for
such series, pursuant to a Company Order or pursuant to such
procedures acceptable to the Trustee as may be specified from time
to time by a Company Order, (c) the maturity date or dates,
original issue date or dates, interest rate or rates and any other
terms of Securities of such series shall be determined by Company
Order or pursuant to such procedures, and (d) if provided for
in such procedures, such Company Order may authorize authentication
and delivery pursuant to oral or electronic instructions from the
Company or its duly authorized agent or agents, which oral
instructions shall be promptly confirmed in writing; and provided
further, however, that definitive Euro Securities may only be
delivered at an office or agency outside the United States and its
possessions in exchange for a portion of a Euro Security in
temporary global form of equal aggregate principal amount and
series and only if (x) prior to such delivery, the owner of
such Euro Security or a financial institution or clearing
organization through which the owner holds such Euro Security,
directly or indirectly, shall have furnished a certificate in the
form set forth in Exhibit A.1 to this Indenture, dated no earlier
than 15 days prior to the date on which Euroclear or Clearstream,
Luxembourg, as the case may be, furnishes to the Common Depositary,
in accordance with the procedures established in Section 2.08,
a certificate in the form set forth in Exhibit A.2 to this
Indenture that relates to all or such portion of such temporary
global Security, and (y) the person to whom such certificate
is provided does not know or have reason to know that the
information contained in such certificate is false. If
any Euro Security initially represented by a portion of a temporary
global Security is exchanged for a portion of a permanent global
Security in equal aggregate principal amount and series, then, for
purposes of this Section and Section 2.08, the notation of a
beneficial owner’s interest therein upon exchange shall be
deemed to be delivery of definitive Euro Securities representing
such beneficial owner’s interest. Except as
permitted by Section 2.09, the Trustee shall not authenticate
and deliver any Bearer Security unless all appurtenant coupons for
interest then matured have been detached and cancelled.
Prior to the
issuance of a Security of any new series and any related coupons,
and the authentication thereof by the Trustee, the Trustee shall
have received and (subject to Section 7.02) shall be fully
protected in relying on:
(i) The Board
Resolution or Officers’ Certificate or indenture supplemental
hereto establishing the terms and the form of the Securities of
that series pursuant to Sections 2.01 and 2.03;
(ii) An Officers’
Certificate stating that all conditions precedent provided for in
this Indenture relating to the authentication and delivery of
Securities in such form have been complied with;
(iii) An Opinion of
Counsel stating that: (1) the form and terms of
such Securities and coupons, if any, have been established by or
pursuant to a Board Resolution in conformity with the provisions of
this Indenture; (2) Securities in such form, when completed by
appropriate insertions and executed and delivered by the Company to
the Trustee for authentication in accordance with this Indenture,
authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in accordance with this
Indenture, and sold in the manner specified in such Opinion of
Counsel, will be valid and legally binding obligations of the
Company and enforceable in accordance with their terms, subject to
applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, fraudulent conveyance,
insolvency, moratorium and other similar laws affecting the rights
of creditors now or hereafter in effect, and to equitable
principles that may limit the right to specific enforcement of
remedies, and further subject to the application of principles of
public policy; (3) all laws and requirements in respect of the
execution and delivery by the Company of the Securities and
coupons, if any, have been complied with and that authentication
and delivery of the Securities by the Trustee will not violate the
terms of the Indenture; and (4) such other matters as the
Trustee may reasonably request; provided, however, that with
respect to Securities of a series subject to a Periodic Offering,
the Trustee shall be entitled to receive such Opinion of Counsel
only once at or prior to the time of the first authentication of
Securities of such series and that the opinions described in
clauses (1) and (2) above may state, respectively, (x) that
when certain terms of such Securities and coupons, if any, have
been established pursuant to a Board Resolution, Officers’
Certificate or an indenture supplemental hereto pursuant to
Section 2.03(b) hereof, and when such other terms as are to be
established pursuant to procedures set forth in a Company Order
shall have been established, all such terms will have been duly
authorized by the Company and will have been established in
conformity with the provisions of this Indenture; and (y) that
Securities in such Series, when (A) executed by the Company,
(B) completed, authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in
accordance with this Indenture, (C) issued and delivered by
the Company and (D) paid for, all as contemplated by and in
accordance with the Company Order or specified procedures, as the
case may be, will have been duly issued under this Indenture and
will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the
Company, enforceable in accordance with their terms, subject to
applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, fraudulent conveyance,
insolvency, moratorium and other similar laws affecting the rights
of creditors now or hereafter in effect, and to equitable
principles that may limit the right to specific enforcement of
remedies and further subject to the application of principles of
public policy.
With respect to
Securities of a series offered in a Periodic Offering, the Trustee
may rely, as to the authorization by the Company of any of such
Securities, the form and terms thereof and of any coupons and the
legality, validity, binding effect and enforceability thereof, upon
the Opinion of Counsel and other documents delivered pursuant to
this Section in connection with the first authentication of
Securities of such series unless and until such Opinion of Counsel
or other documents have been superseded or revoked. In
connection with the authentication and delivery of Securities of a
series subject to a Periodic Offering, the Trustee shall be
entitled to assume that the Company’s instructions to
authenticate and deliver such Securities do not violate any rules,
regulations or orders of any governmental agency or commission
having jurisdiction over the Company.
Each Registered
Security shall be dated the date of its authentication except as
otherwise provided by Board Resolution or Officers’
Certificate or indenture supplemental hereto; and each Bearer
Security shall be dated as of the date of original issuance of the
first Security of such series to be issued unless otherwise
specified pursuant to Section 2.03(b) hereof.
The aggregate
principal amount of Securities of any series outstanding at any
time may not exceed any limit upon the maximum principal amount for
such series set forth in or pursuant to the Board Resolution or
Officers’ Certificate or indenture supplemental hereto
delivered pursuant to Section 2.03, except as provided in
Section 2.08.
No Security or
coupon shall be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture or be
valid or obligatory for any purpose unless there appears on such
Security, or the Security to which such coupon appertains, a
certificate of authentication substantially in the form provided
for herein executed by the Trustee by manual signature, and such
certificate upon any Security shall be conclusive evidence, and the
only evidence, that such Security has been duly authenticated and
delivered hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if
any Security shall have been authenticated and delivered hereunder
but never issued and sold by the Company, and the Company shall
deliver such Security to the Trustee for cancellation as provided
in Section 2.09 together with a written statement stating that
such Security has never been issued and sold by the Company, for
all purposes of this Indenture such Security shall be deemed never
to have been authenticated and delivered hereunder and shall never
be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture.
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Exchange and
Registration of Transfer of Securities.
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(a) The Company shall
keep, at an office or agency to be designated and maintained by the
Company in accordance with Section 4.02 (as such, a
“Security Registrar”), registry books (the
“Security Register”) in which, subject to such
reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Company shall
register Registered Securities and shall register the transfer of
Registered Securities of each such series as provided in this
Article 2. Such Security Register shall be in written
form or in any other form capable of being converted into written
form within a reasonable time. At all reasonable times
such Security Register shall be open for inspection by the
Trustee. Upon due presentment for registration of
transfer of any Registered Security of a particular series at such
office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 4.02 for such
purpose in a Place of Payment, the Company shall execute and
register and the Trustee shall authenticate and make available for
delivery in the name of the transferee or transferees a new
Registered Security or Registered Securities of such series of any
authorized denominations and for an equal aggregate principal
amount and tenor.
(b) At the option of
the holder, Registered Securities of any series may be exchanged
for other Registered Securities of the same series of any
authorized denominations and of an equal aggregate principal amount
and tenor. Registered Securities to be exchanged shall
be surrendered at any such office or agency maintained pursuant to
Section 4.02 for such purpose in a Place of Payment, and the
Company shall execute and register and the Trustee shall
authenticate and make available for delivery in exchange therefor
the Security or Securities that the securityholder making the
exchange shall be entitled to receive. Registered
Securities, including Registered Securities received in exchange
for Bearer Securities, may not be exchanged for Bearer Securities,
unless the Company otherwise expressly provides for the issuance,
upon such terms and conditions as may be provided with respect to
such series, by the Company of Registered Securities of a series
that may be exchanged, at the option of the securityholder upon
such conditions and limitations as may be specified by the Company,
for Bearer Securities of such series.
At the option
of the holder, Bearer Securities of any series may be exchanged for
Registered Securities of the same series of any authorized
denominations and of a like aggregate principal amount and tenor,
upon surrender of the Bearer Securities to be exchanged at any such
office or agency, with all unmatured coupons (except as provided
below) and with all matured coupons in default appertaining
thereto. If the holder of a Bearer Security is unable to
produce any such unmatured coupon or coupons or matured coupon or
coupons in default, such exchange may be effected if the Bearer
Securities are accompanied by payment in funds acceptable to the
Company in an amount equal to the face amount of such missing
coupon or coupons, or the surrender of such missing coupon or
coupons may be waived by the Company and the Trustee if there is
furnished to them such security or indemnity as they may require to
save each of them and any paying agent harmless. If
thereafter the holder of such Securities shall surrender to any
paying agent any such missing coupon in respect of which such a
payment shall have been made, such holder shall be entitled to
receive the amount of such payment; provided, however, that, except
as otherwise provided in Section 4.02, interest represented by
coupons shall be payable only upon presentation and surrender of
those coupons at an office or agency located outside the United
States and its possessions. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, in case a Bearer Security of any series is surrendered
at any such office or agency in exchange for a Registered Security
of the same series and like tenor after the close of business at
such office or agency on (i) any record date and before the
opening of business at such office or agency on the relevant
interest payment date, or (ii) any special record date and
before the opening of business at such office or agency on the
related proposed date for payment of defaulted interest as set
forth in Section 2.05, such Bearer Security shall be
surrendered without the coupon relating to such interest payment
date or proposed date for payment, as the case may be, and interest
or defaulted interest, as the case may be, will not be payable on
such interest payment date or proposed date for payment, as the
case may be, in respect of the Registered Security issued in
exchange for such Bearer Security, but will be payable only to the
holder of such coupon when due in accordance with the provisions of
this Indenture.
Whenever any
Securities are so surrendered for exchange, the Company shall
execute and register, and the Trustee shall authenticate and make
available for delivery, the Securities which the holder making the
exchange is entitled to receive.
(c) 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.
All Registered
Securities presented for registration of transfer or for exchange,
redemption or payment, as the case may be, shall (if so required by
the Company or the Trustee) be duly endorsed by, or be accompanied
by a written instrument or instruments of transfer in form
satisfactory to the Company and the Trustee or the Security
Registrar duly executed by, the holder thereof or his attorney duly
authorized in writing.
No service
charge shall be made for any exchange or registration of transfer
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 therewith, other than exchanges pursuant
to the terms of this Indenture not involving any
transfer.
The Company
shall not be required (1) to issue, to exchange or register
the transfer of Securities of any series to be redeemed for a
period of 15 days next preceding any selection of such Securities
to be redeemed, or (2) to exchange or register the transfer of
any Registered Security so selected, called or being called for
redemption, except in the case of any such series to be redeemed in
part the portion thereof not to be so redeemed, or (3) to
exchange any Bearer Security so selected for redemption except that
such a Bearer Security may be exchanged for a Registered Security
of that series and of like tenor, provided that such Registered
Security shall be simultaneously surrendered for
redemption.
(d) Notwithstanding
the foregoing, except as otherwise specified as contemplated by
Section 2.03(b), any permanent global Security shall be
exchangeable pursuant to this Section only as provided in this
paragraph. If the beneficial owners of interests in a
permanent global Security are entitled to exchange such interests
for Securities of such series and of like tenor and principal
amount of another authorized form and denomination, as specified as
contemplated by Section 2.03(b), then without unnecessary
delay but in any event not later than the earliest date on which
such interests may be so exchanged, the Company shall deliver to
the Trustee or the Security Registrar definitive Securities of that
series in aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount
of such permanent global Security executed by the
Company. On or after the earliest date on which such
interests may be so exchanged, in accordance with instructions
given by the Company to the Trustee or the Security Registrar and
the Common Depositary or the U.S. Depositary, as the case may be
(which instructions shall be in writing), such permanent global
Security shall be surrendered from time to time by the Common
Depositary or the U.S. Depositary, as the case may be, or such
other depositary or Common Depositary or U.S. Depositary, as the
case may be, as shall be specified in the Company Order with
respect thereto to the Trustee, as the Company’s agent for
such purpose, or to the Security Registrar, to be exchanged, in
whole or in part, for definitive Securities of the same series
without charge and the Trustee shall authenticate and make
available for delivery in accordance with such instructions, in
exchange for each portion of such permanent global Security, a like
aggregate principal amount of definitive Securities of the same
series of authorized denominations and of like tenor as the portion
of such permanent global Security to be exchanged which (unless the
Securities of the series are not issuable both as Bearer Securities
and as Registered Securities, in which case the definitive
Securities exchanged for the permanent global Security shall be
issuable only in the form in which the Securities are issuable, as
specified as contemplated by Section 2.03(b)), shall be in the
form of Bearer Securities or Registered Securities, or any
combination thereof, as shall be specified by the beneficial owner
thereof; provided, however, that no such exchanges may occur for a
period of 15 days next preceding any selection of Securities of
that series and of like tenor for redemption; and provided,
further, that no Bearer Security delivered in exchange for a
portion of a permanent global security shall be mailed or otherwise
delivered to any location in the United States or its
possessions. Promptly following any such exchange in
part, such permanent global Security should be returned by the
Trustee or the Security Registrar to the Common Depositary or the
U.S. Depositary, as the case may be, or such other depositary or
Common Depositary or U.S. Depositary referred to above in
accordance with the instructions of the Company referred to
above. If a Registered Security is issued in exchange
for any portion of a permanent global Security after the close of
business at the office or agency where such exchange occurs on
(i) any record date and before the opening of business at such
office or agency on the relevant interest payment date, or
(ii) any special record date and before the opening of
business at such office or agency on the related proposed date for
payment of defaulted interest as provided in Section 2.05,
interest or defaulted interest, as the case may be, will not be
payable on such interest payment date or proposed date for payment,
as the case may be, in respect of such Registered Security, but
will be payable on such interest payment date or proposed date for
payment, as the case may be, only to the person to whom interest in
respect of such portion of such permanent global Security is
payable in accordance with the provisions of this
Indenture.
Pending the
preparation of definitive Securities of any series, the Company may
execute and the Trustee shall, upon Company Order, authenticate and
make available for delivery, temporary Securities of such series
(typewritten, printed, lithographed or otherwise
produced). Such temporary Securities, in any authorized
denominations, shall be substantially in the form of the definitive
Securities in lieu of which they are issued, in registered form or,
if authorized, in bearer form with one or more or without coupons,
in the form approved from time to time by or pursuant to a Board
Resolution but with such omissions, insertions, substitutions and
other variations as may be appropriate for temporary Securities,
all as may be determined by the Company, but not inconsistent with
the terms of this Indenture or any provision of applicable
law. In the case of any series issuable as Bearer
Securities, such temporary Securities shall be delivered only in
compliance with the conditions set forth in Section 2.06 and
may be in global form.
Except in the
case of temporary Securities in global form (which shall be
exchanged as hereinafter provided), 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 maintained pursuant to Section 4.02
in a Place of Payment for such series for the purpose of exchanges
of Securities of such series, without charge to the
holder. Upon surrender for cancellation of any one or
more temporary Securities of any series (accompanied by any
unmatured coupons appertaining thereto), the Company shall execute
and the Trustee shall authenticate and make available for delivery
in exchange therefor a like aggregate principal amount of
definitive Securities of the same series and of like tenor of
authorized denominations; provided, however, that, except as
otherwise expressly provided by the Company as contemplated in
Section 2.07(b), no definitive Bearer Security shall be
delivered in exchange for a temporary Registered Security; and
provided further, however, that a definitive Bearer Security shall
be delivered in exchange for a temporary Bearer Security only in
compliance with the conditions set forth in
Section 2.06.
All Euro
Securities shall be issued initially in the form of a temporary
global Security and any such temporary global Security shall,
unless otherwise provided therein, be delivered to the London
office of a depositary or common depositary (the “Common
Depositary”), for the benefits of Euroclear and Clearstream,
Luxembourg, for credit to the respective accounts for the
beneficial owners of such Securities (or to such other accounts as
they may direct).
Without
unnecessary delay but in any event not later than the date
specified in, or determined pursuant to the terms of, any such
temporary global Security of a series (the “Exchange
Date”), the Company shall deliver to the Trustee definitive
Securities of that series, in aggregate principal amount equal to
the principal amount of such temporary global Security, executed by
the Company. On or after the Exchange Date such
temporary global Security shall be presented and surrendered by the
Common Depositary to the Trustee, as the Company’s agent for
such purpose, or to the Security Registrar, to be exchanged, in
whole or from time to time in part, for definitive Securities of
such series without charge, and the Trustee shall authenticate and
make available for delivery, in exchange for each portion of such
temporary global Security, a like aggregate principal amount of
definitive Securities of the same series of authorized
denominations and of like tenor as the portion of such temporary
global Security to be exchanged; provided, however, that, unless
otherwise specified in such temporary global Security, upon such
presentation by the Common Depositary, such temporary global
Security must be accompanied by a certificate dated the Exchange
Date or a subsequent date and signed by Euroclear as to the portion
of such temporary global Security held for its account then to be
exchanged and a certificate dated the Exchange Date or a subsequent
date and signed by Clearstream, Luxembourg as to the portion of
such temporary global Security held for its account then to be
exchanged, each in the form set forth in Exhibit A.2 to this
Indenture. The definitive Securities to be delivered in
exchange for any such temporary global Security shall be in bearer
form, registered form, permanent global bearer form or permanent
global registered form, or any combination thereof, as specified as
contemplated by Section 2.03(b), and, if any combination
thereof is so specified, as requested by the beneficial owner
thereof; provided, however, that definitive Securities shall be
delivered in exchange for a portion of a temporary global Security
only in compliance with the requirements of
Section 2.06.
Unless
otherwise specified in such temporary global Security, the interest
of a beneficial owner of Securities of a series in a temporary
global Security shall be exchanged for definitive Securities of the
same series and of like tenor upon the receipt by Euroclear or
Clearstream, Luxembourg, as the case may be, after the Exchange
Date of a certificate in the form set forth in Exhibit A.1 to this
Indenture (whether or not such certificate is delivered in
connection with the payment of interest, as hereinafter provided)
signed by the owner of the Security or a financial institution or
clearing organization through which the owner directly or
indirectly holds such Security, and dated no earlier than 15 days
prior to the date on which Euroclear or Clearstream, Luxembourg, as
the case may be, furnishes to the Common Depositary in accordance
with the preceding paragraph a certificate in the form set forth in
Exhibit A.2 to this Indenture that relates to the interest to be
exchanged for definitive Securities. Copies of the
certificate in the form set forth in Exhibit A.1 to this Indenture
shall be available from the offices of Euroclear and Clearstream,
Luxembourg, the Trustee, any authenticating agent appointed for
such series of Securities and each paying agent. Unless
otherwise specified in such temporary global Security, any such
exchange shall be made free of charge to the beneficial owners of
such temporary global Security, except that a person receiving
definitive Securities must bear the cost of insurance, postage,
transportation and the like in the event that such person does not
take delivery of such definitive Securities in person at the
offices of Euroclear or Clearstream,
Luxembourg. Definitive Securities to be delivered in
exchange for any portion of a temporary global Security shall be
delivered only outside the United States and its
possessions.
Until exchanged
in full as hereinabove provided, the temporary Securities of any
series shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under
this Indenture as definitive Securities of the same series and of
like tenor authenticated and delivered hereunder, except that,
unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 2.03(b),
interest payable on a temporary global Security on any interest
payment date for Securities of such series occurring prior to the
exchange of such temporary global Security shall be payable to
Euroclear and Clearstream, Luxembourg on such interest payment date
upon delivery by Euroclear and Clearstream, Luxembourg to the
Trustee or the applicable paying agent of a certificate or
certificates in the form set forth in Exhibit A.3 to this
Indenture, for credit without further interest on or after such
interest payment date to the respective accounts of the persons for
whom Euroclear or Clearstream, Luxembourg, as the case may be,
holds such temporary global Security on such interest payment date
and who have each delivered to Euroclear or Clearstream,
Luxembourg, as the case may be, a certificate in the form set forth
in Exhibit A.1 to this Indenture. If such interest
payment date occurs on or after the Exchange Date, Euroclear or
Clearstream, Luxembourg, as the case may be, following the receipt
of such certificate shall exchange, in accordance with the
procedures hereinabove provided, the portion of the temporary
global Security that relates to such certificate for definitive
Securities (which, in the absence of instructions to the contrary,
shall be an interest in a permanent global
Security). Any interest so received by Euroclear and
Clearstream, Luxembourg and not paid as herein provided shall be
returned to the Trustee or the applicable paying agent immediately
prior to the expiration of two years after such interest payment
date in order to be repaid to the Company in accordance with
Section 12.04.
The terms and
form of the certificates to be delivered hereunder, and procedures
established with respect thereto, are intended to ensure that
(i) interest payable by the Company on Securities of a series
issuable in bearer form is deductible by the Company under
Section 163(f) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as may be
amended from time to time, or any successor provision and
(ii) the Company meets the requirements, if any, established
by Euroclear or Clearstream, Luxembourg from time to time, and any
such certificates or the procedures with respect thereto may be
amended or modified by the Company upon delivery of a Company Order
to the Trustee accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel to the effect
that the proposed modification or amendment will effect continued
compliance by the Company with provisions of such Code or Euroclear
or Clearstream, Luxembourg, as the case may be.
Every temporary
Security shall be executed by the Company and be authenticated by
the Trustee upon the same conditions and in substantially the same
manner, and with like effect, as the definitive
Securities.
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Mutilated,
Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Securities and Coupons.
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If any
mutilated Security or a Security with a mutilated coupon
appertaining thereto is surrendered to the Trustee, the Company
shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and make available
for delivery in exchange therefor a new Security of the same series
and of like tenor and principal amount and bearing a number not
contemporaneously outstanding, with coupons corresponding to the
coupons, if any, appertaining to the surrendered
Security.
If there shall
be delivered to the Company and the Trustee (i) evidence to
their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any
Security or coupon and (ii) such security or indemnity as may
be required by them to save each of them and any agent of either of
them harmless, then, in the absence of notice to the Company or the
Trustee that such Security or coupon has been acquired by a bona
fide purchaser, the Company shall, subject to the following
paragraph, execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and make
available for delivery, in lieu of any such destroyed, lost or
stolen Security or in exchange for the Security to which a
destroyed, lost or stolen coupon appertains (with all appurtenant
coupons not destroyed, lost or stolen), a new Security of the same
series and of like tenor and principal amount and bearing a number
not contemporaneously outstanding, with coupons corresponding to
the coupons, if any, appertaining to such destroyed, lost or stolen
Security or to the Security to which such destroyed, lost or stolen
coupon appertains.
In case any
such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security or coupon has
become or is about to become due and payable, the Company in its
discretion may, instead of issuing a new Security, pay such
Security or coupon; provided, however, that principal of (and
premium, if any, on) and any interest on Bearer Securities shall,
except as otherwise provided in Section 4.02, be payable only
at an office or agency located outside the United States and its
possessions.
Upon the
issuance of any new Security under this Section, the Company may
require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other
governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any
other expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Trustee)
connected therewith.
Every new
Security of any series, with any coupons appertaining thereto,
issued pursuant to this Section in lieu of any destroyed, lost or
stolen Security or in exchange for a Security to which a destroyed,
lost or stolen coupon appertains, shall constitute an original
additional contractual obligation of the Company, whether or not
the destroyed, lost or stolen Security and any coupons appertaining
thereto, or the destroyed, lost or stolen coupon shall be at any
time enforceable by anyone, and any such new Security and coupons,
if any, shall be entitled to all the benefits of this Indenture
equally and proportionately with any and all other Securities of
that series and their coupons, if any, duly issued
hereunder.
The provisions
of this Section are exclusive and shall preclude (to the extent
lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the
replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen
Securities or coupons.
All Securities
surrendered for payment, redemption, exchange or registration of
transfer or for credit against any sinking fund payment, as the
case may be, and any coupons surrendered for payment, shall, if
surrendered to the Company or any agent of the Company or of the
Trustee, be delivered to the Trustee. All Registered
Securities and matured coupons so delivered shall be promptly
cancelled by the Trustee. All Bearer Securities and
unmatured coupons so delivered shall be held by the Trustee, and
upon instruction by a Company Order, shall be cancelled or held for
reissuance. All Bearer Securities and unmatured coupons
held by the Trustee pending such cancellation or reissuance shall
be deemed to be delivered for cancellation for all purposes of this
Indenture and the Securities. The Company may deliver to
the Trustee for cancellation any Securities previously
authenticated and delivered hereunder which the Company may have
acquired in any manner whatsoever, and may deliver to the Trustee
(or to any other person for delivery to the Trustee) for
cancellation any Securities previously authenticated hereunder
which the Company has not issued and sold, and all Securities so
delivered shall be promptly cancelled by the Trustee. No
Securities shall be authenticated in lieu of or in exchange for any
Securities cancelled as provided in this Section except as
expressly provided by this Indenture. Any cancelled
Securities and coupons held by the Trustee shall be delivered to
the Company or disposed of as directed by the Company; provided,
however, that the Trustee may, but shall not be required to,
destroy such Securities.
If specified by
the Company pursuant to Section 2.03(b) with respect to
Securities represented by a Security in global form, a series of
Securities may be issued initially in book-entry only form and, if
issued in such form, shall be represented by one or more Securities
in global form registered in the name of the U.S. or Common
Depositary or other depositary designated with respect
thereto. So long as such system of registration is in
effect, (a) Securities of such series so issued in book-entry
only form will not be issuable in the form of or exchangeable for
Securities in certificated or definitive registered form,
(b) the records of the U.S. or Common Depositary or such other
depositary will be determinative for all purposes and
(c) neither the Company, the Trustee nor any paying agent,
Security Registrar or transfer agent for such Securities will have
any responsibility or liability for (i) any aspect of the
records relating to or payments made on account of owners of
beneficial interests in the Securities of such series,
(ii) maintaining, supervising or reviewing any records
relating to such beneficial interests, (iii) receipt of
notices, voting and requesting or directing the Trustee to take, or
not to take, or consenting to, certain actions hereunder, or
(iv) the records and procedures of the U.S. or Common
Depositary, or such other depositary, as the case may
be.
ARTICLE
3
REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES
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Redemption of
Securities; Applicability of Section.
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Redemption of
Securities of any series as permitted or required by the terms
thereof shall be made in accordance with the terms of such
Securities as specified pursuant to Section 2.03(b) hereof and
this Article; provided, however, that if any provision of any
series of Securities shall conflict with any provision of this
Section, the provision of such series of Securities shall
govern.
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Notice of
Redemption; Selection of Securities.
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In case the
Company shall desire to exercise the right to redeem all or, as the
case may be, any part of a series of Securities pursuant to
Section 3.01, it shall fix a date for
redemption. Notice of redemption of Securities to be
redeemed at the election of the Company shall be given by the
Company, or, at the Company’s request, by the Trustee in the
name and at the expense of the Company. The Company or
the Trustee, as the case may be, shall give notice of such
redemption, in the manner and to the extent set forth in Section
15.04, on that date prior to the date fixed for a redemption to the
holders of such Securities so to be redeemed, as a whole or in
part, (a) as set forth in Board Resolutions, as described in
Section 2.03(b), or (b) as determined by the Chief Executive
Officer, the Chief Financial Officer, any Senior or other Vice
President or the Treasurer of the Company (each, an
“Authorized Officer”) and evidenced by the preparation
of an offering document or an Officer’s Certificate
specifying the period of notice of such redemption. If the Board
Resolutions or an Authorized Officer do not specify a period of
notice of such redemption, the Company or the Trustee, as the case
may be, shall give notice of such redemption, in the manner and to
the extent set forth in Section 15.04, at least 10 business days
and not more than 60 calendar days prior to the date fixed for a
redemption to the holders of such Securities so to be redeemed as a
whole or in part. Notice given in such manner shall be
conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether or not the
holder receives such notice. In any case, failure to
give such notice or any defect in the notice to the holder of any
such Security designated for redemption as a whole or in part shall
not affect the validity of the proceedings for the redemption of
any other such Security. If the Company requests the
Trustee to give any notice of redemption, it shall make such
request at least ten days prior to the designated date for
delivering such notice, unless a shorter period is satisfactory to
the Trustee.
Each such
notice of redemption shall specify the date fixed for redemption,
the redemption price at which such Securities are to be redeemed,
the CUSIP numbers of such Securities, the Place of Payment where
such Securities, together, in the case of Bearer Securities, with
all coupons appertaining thereto, if any, maturing after the date
of redemption, are to be surrendered for payment of the redemption
prices, that payment will be made upon presentation and surrender
of such Securities, that interest accrued to the date fixed for
redemption will be paid as specified in said notice, and that on
and after said date interest thereon or on the portions thereof to
be redeemed will cease to accrue. If less than all of a
series is to be redeemed, the notice of redemption shall specify
the numbers of the Securities to be redeemed. In case
any Security is to be redeemed in part only, the notice of
redemption shall state the portion of the principal amount thereof
to be redeemed and shall state that, upon surrender of such
Security, a new Security or Securities of the same series in
principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion thereof will be
issued.
On or before
the redemption date specified in the notice of redemption given as
provided in this Section, the Company will deposit in trust with
the Trustee or with one or more paying agents an amount of money
sufficient to redeem on the redemption date all the Securities or
portions of Securities so called for redemption at the appropriate
redemption price, together with accrued interest, if any, to the
date fixed for redemption. If less than all of a series
of Securities is to be redeemed, the Company will give the Trustee
adequate written notice at least 45 days in advance (unless a
shorter notice shall be satisfactory to the Trustee) as to the
aggregate principal amount of Securities to be redeemed.
If less than
all the Securities of a series are to be redeemed, the Trustee
shall select, pro rata or by lot or in such other manner is it
shall deem appropriate and fair, not more than 60 days prior to the
date of redemption, the numbers of such Securities Outstanding not
previously called for redemption, to be redeemed in whole or in
part. The portion of principal of Securities so selected
for partial redemption shall be equal to the minimum authorized
denomination for Securities of that series or any integral multiple
thereof. The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company
of the Securities to be redeemed. If, however, less than
all the Securities of a series having differing issue dates,
interest rates and stated maturities are to be redeemed, the
Company in its sole discretion shall select the particular
Securities of such series to be redeemed and shall notify the
Trustee in writing at least 45 days prior to the relevant
redemption date.
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Payment of
Securities Called for Redemption.
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If notice of
redemption has been given as above provided, the Securities or
portions of Securities with respect to which such notice has been
given shall become due and payable on the date and at the place
stated in such notice at the applicable redemption price, together
with any interest accrued to the date fixed for redemption, and on
and after said date (unless the Company shall default in the
payment of such Securities at the redemption price, together with
interest accrued to said date) interest on such Securities or
portions of Securities so called for redemption shall cease to
accrue and the coupons, if any, for such interest appertaining to
any Bearer Securities so to be redeemed, except to the extent
provided below, shall be void. On presentation and
surrender of such Securities subject to redemption at the Place of
Payment and in the manner specified in such notice, together with
all coupons, if any, appertaining thereto and maturing after the
date specified in such notice for redemption, such Securities or
the specified portions thereof shall be paid and redeemed by the
Company at the applicable redemption price, together with interest
accrued thereon to the date fixed for redemption; provided,
however, that installments of interest on Bearer Securities whose
stated maturity date is on or prior to the date of redemption shall
be payable only at an office or agency located outside the United
States and its possessions (except as otherwise provided in
Section 4.02) and, unless otherwise specified as contemplated
by Section 2.03(b), only upon presentation and surrender of
coupons for such interest; and provided, further, that unless
otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 2.03(b),
installments of interest on Registered Securities whose stated
maturity date is on or prior to the date of redemption shall be
payable to the holders of such Registered Securities, or one or
more predecessor Securities, registered as such at the close of
business on the relevant record dates according to their terms and
the provisions of Section 2.05.
At the option
of the Company, payment with respect to Registered Securities may
be made by check to the holders of such Securities or other persons
entitled thereto against presentation and surrender of such
Securities.
If any Bearer
Security surrendered for redemption shall not be accompanied by all
appurtenant coupons maturing after the date of redemption, such
Security may be paid after deducting from the redemption price an
amount equal to the face amount of all such missing coupons, or the
surrender of such missing coupon or coupons may be waived by the
Company and the Trustee if there is furnished to them such security
or indemnity as they may require to save each of them and any
paying agent harmless. If thereafter the holder of such
Security shall surrender to the Trustee or any paying agent any
such missing coupon in respect of which a deduction shall have been
made from the redemption price, such holder shall be entitled to
receive the amount so deducted; provided, however, that interest
represented by coupons shall be payable only at an office or agency
located outside the United States and its possessions (except as
otherwise provided in Section 4.02) and, unless otherwise
specified as contemplated by Section 2.03(b), only upon
presentation and surrender of those coupons.
Any Security
(including any coupons appertaining thereto) that is to be redeemed
only in part shall be surrendered at a Place of Payment therefor
(with, if the Company or the Trustee so requires, due endorsement
by, or a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the
Company and the Trustee duly executed by, the holder thereof or
such holder’s attorney duly authorized in writing), and upon
such presentation, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall
authenticate and make available for delivery to the holder thereof,
at the expense of the Company, a new Security or Securities of the
same series, of authorized denominations, in aggregate principal
amount equal to the unredeemed portion of the principal of the
Security so presented. If a temporary global Security or
permanent global Security is so surrendered, such new Security so
issued shall be a new temporary global Security or permanent global
Security, respectively.
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Redemption
Suspended During Event of Default.
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The Trustee
shall not redeem any Securities (unless all Securities then
outstanding are to be redeemed) or commence the giving of any
notice or redemption of Securities during the continuance of any
Event of Default of which a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has
actual knowledge or notice, except that where the giving of notice
of redemption of any Securities shall theretofore have been made,
the Trustee shall redeem such Securities, provided funds are
deposited with it for such purpose. Except as aforesaid,
any moneys theretofore or thereafter received by the Trustee shall,
during the continuance of such Event of Default, be held in trust
for the benefit of the securityholders and applied in the manner
set forth in Section 6.06; provided, however, that in case
such Event of Default shall have been waived as provided herein or
otherwise cured, such moneys shall thereafter be held and applied
in accordance with the provisions of this Article.
ARTICLE
4
PARTICULAR COVENANTS OF THE
COMPANY
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Payment of
Principal, Premium and Interest.
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The Company
will duly and punctually pay or cause to be paid the principal of
(and premium, if any, on) and any interest on each of the
Securities of a series at the place, at the respective times and in
the manner provided in the terms of the Securities, any coupons
appertaining thereto and this Indenture. Unless
otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 2.03(b) with
respect to any series of Securities, any interest due on and any
Additional Amounts payable in respect of Bearer Securities on or
before maturity shall be payable only upon presentation and
surrender of the several coupons for such interest installments as
are evidenced thereby as they severally mature.
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Offices for
Notices and Payments, etc.
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If Securities
of a series are issuable only as Registered Securities, the Company
will maintain in each Place of Payment for such series an office or
agency where Securities of that series may be presented or
surrendered for payment, where Securities of that series may be
surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange and where
notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the
Securities of that series and this Indenture may be
served. If Securities of a series are issuable as Bearer
Securities, the Company will maintain (A) in the Borough of
Manhattan, The City of New York (or in such other place or places
in the United States as the Company may designate from time to time
by Company Order delivered to the Trustee), an office or agency
where any Registered Securities of that series may be presented or
surrendered for payment, where any Registered Securities of that
series may be surrendered for registration of transfer, where
Securities of that series may be surrendered for exchange, where
notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the
Securities of that series and this Indenture may be served and
where Bearer Securities of that series and related coupons may be
presented or surrendered for payment in the circumstances described
below (and not otherwise), (B) subject to any laws or
regulations applicable thereto, in a Place of Payment for that
series which is located outside the United States and its
possessions, an office or agency where Securities of that series
and related coupons may be presented and surrendered for payment
(including payment of any Additional Amounts payable on Securities
of that series pursuant to Section 4.09); provided, however,
that if the Securities of that series are listed on The
International Stock Exchange of the United Kingdom and the Republic
of Ireland, Limited, the Luxembourg Stock Exchange or any other
stock exchange located outside the United States and its
possessions and such stock exchange shall so require, the Company
will maintain a paying agent for the Securities of that series in
London, Luxembourg or any other required city located outside the
United States and its possessions, as the case may be, so long as
the Securities of that series are listed on such exchange, and
(C) subject to any laws or regulations applicable thereto, in
a Place of Payment for that series which is located outside the
United States and its possessions, an office or agency where any
Registered Securities of that series may be surrendered for
registration of transfer, where Securities of that series may be
surrendered for exchange and where notices and demands to or upon
the Company in respect of the Securities of that series and this
Indenture may be served.
The Company
will give to the Trustee notice of the location of each such office
or agency and of any change in the location thereof. In
case the Company shall fail to maintain any such office or agency
as required, or shall fail to give such notice of the location or
of any change in the location thereof, presentations and surrenders
of Securities of that series may be made and notices and demands
may be served at the principal corporate trust office of the
Trustee, except that Bearer Securities of that series and the
related coupons may be presented and surrendered for payment
(including payment of any Additional Amounts payable on Bearer
Securities of that series pursuant to Section 4.09) at any
paying agent for such series located outside the United States and
its possessions or, if none have been so appointed, then at the
London office of the Trustee, and the Company hereby appoints the
same as its agent to receive such respective presentations,
surrenders, notices and demands.
No payment of
principal, premium or interest on Bearer Securities shall be made
at any office or agency of the Company in the United States or its
possessions or by check mailed to any address in the United States
or its possessions or by transfer to any account maintained with a
financial institution located in the United States or its
possessions; provided, however, that, if the Securities of a series
are denominated and payable in Dollars, payment of principal of
(and premium, if any) and any interest on any Bearer Security
(including any Additional Amounts payable on Securities of such
series pursuant to Section 4.09) shall be made at the office
of the Company’s paying agent in the Borough of Manhattan,
The City of New York (or in such other place or places in the
United States as the Company may designate from time to time by
Company Order delivered to the Trustee), if (but only if) payment
in Dollars of the full amount of such principal, premium, interest
or Additional Amounts, as the case may be, at all offices or
agencies outside the United States and its possessions maintained
for the purpose by the Company in accordance with this Indenture is
illegal or effectively precluded by exchange controls or other
similar restrictions.
The Company may
also from time to time designate one or more other offices or
agencies where the Securities of one or more series may be
presented or surrendered for any or all such purposes and may from
time to time rescind such designations; provided, however, that no
such designation or rescission shall in any manner relieve the
Company of its obligation to maintain an office or agency in
accordance with the requirements set forth above for Securities of
any series for such purposes. The Company will give
prompt written notice to the Trustee and the holders of any such
designation or rescission and of any change in the location of any
such other office or agency.
The Company
hereby initially designates the principal corporate trust office of
The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. as the office of
the Company in the Borough of Manhattan, the City of New York,
where Registered Securities may be presented for payment, for
registration of transfer and for exchange as in this Indenture
provided and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in
respect of the Securities or of this Indenture may be
served.
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Provisions as
to Paying Agent.
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(a) Whenever the
Company shall appoint a paying agent other than the Trustee with
respect to the Securities of any series, it will cause such paying
agent to execute and deliver to the Trustee an instrument in which
such agent shall agree with the Trustee, subject to the provisions
of this Section:
(1) that it will hold
sums held by it as such agent for the payment of the principal of
(and premium, if any, on) or any interest on the Securities of such
series (whether such sums have been paid to it by the Company or by
any other obligor on the Securities of such series) in trust for
the benefit of the persons entitled thereto until such sums shall
be paid to such persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided
and will notify the Trustee of the receipt of sums to be so
held;
(2) that it will give
the Trustee notice of any failure by the Company (or by any other
obligor on the Securities of such series) to make any payment of
the principal of (or premium, if any, on) or any interest on the
Securities of such series when the same shall be due and payable;
and
(3) that at any time
when any such failure has occurred and is continuing, it will, upon
the written request of the Trustee, forthwith pay to the Trustee
all sums so held in trust by such paying agent.
(b) If the Company
shall act as its own paying agent, it will, on or before each due
date of the principal of (and premium, if any) or any interest on
the Securities of any series, set aside, segregate and hold in
trust for the benefit of the persons entitled thereto a sum
sufficient to pay such principal (and premium, if any) or any
interest so becoming due until such sums shall be paid to such
persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided. The
Company will promptly notify the Trustee of any failure to take
such action.
(c) Whenever the
Company shall have one or more paying agents with respect to a
series of Securities, it will, on or prior to each due date of the
principal of (and premium, if any, on) or any interest on, any
Securities, deposit with a paying agent a sum sufficient to pay the
principal (and premium, if any) or any interest, so becoming due,
such sum to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons
entitled to such principal, premium or interest, and (unless such
paying agent is the Trustee) the Company will promptly notify the
Trustee of its action or failure so to act.
(d) Anything in this
Section to the contrary notwithstanding, the Company may, at any
time, for the purpose of obtaining the satisfaction and discharge
of this Indenture with respect to one or more or all series of
Securities hereunder, or for any other reason, pay or cause to be
paid to the Trustee all sums held in trust for such series by it or
any paying agent hereunder as required by this Section, such sums
to be held by the Trustee upon the trusts herein contained, and
upon such payment by any paying agent to the Trustee, such paying
agent shall be released from all further liability with respect to
such money.
(e) Anything in this
Section to the contrary notwithstanding, the agreement to hold sums
in trust as provided in this Section is subject to the provisions
of Sections 12.03 and 12.04.
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Statement as to
Compliance.
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The Company
will deliver to the Trustee, within 120 days after the end of each
fiscal year of the Company, commencing with the fiscal year ending
in the year during which the first series of Securities is issued
hereunder (but in no event more than one year from the issuance of
the first series hereunder), a written statement signed by the
Chairman of the Board, President or other principal executive
officer and by the Treasurer or other principal financial officer
or principal accounting officer of the Company, stating, as to each
signer thereof, that:
(a) a review of the
activities of the Company during such year and of performance under
this Indenture has been made under his supervision; and
(b) to the best of his
knowledge, based on such review, the Company has fulfilled all its
obligations under this Indenture throughout such year, or, if there
has been a default in the fulfillment of any such obligation,
specifying each such default known to him and the nature and status
thereof.
Subject to the
provisions of Article 11, the Company will do or cause to be done
all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect
its corporate existence, rights (charter and statutory) and
franchises and the corporate existence and rights (charter and
statutory) and franchises of its subsidiaries; provided, however,
that the Company shall not be required to, or to cause any
subsidiary to, preserve any right or franchise or to keep in full
force and effect the corporate existence of any subsidiary if the
Company shall determine that the keeping in existence or
preservation thereof is no longer desirable in or consistent with
the conduct of the business of the Company.
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Limitation on
Sale or Issuance of Capital Stock of a Principal
Subsidiary.
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Subject to the
provisions of Article 11, the Company will not sell, assign,
transfer or otherwise dispose of, or permit the issuance of, or
permit a subsidiary to sell, assign, transfer or dispose of, any
shares of Capital Stock of, or any securities convertible into or
options, warrants or rights to subscribe for or purchase shares of,
Capital Stock of, any Principal Subsidiary or any subsidiary which
owns shares of Capital Stock of, or any securities convertible into
or options, warrants or rights to subscribe for or purchase shares
of Capital Stock of, any Principal Subsidiary, except:
(1) any sale,
assignment, transfer or other disposition or issuance made, in the
minimum amount required by law, to any person for the purpose of
the qualification of such person to serve as a director;
or
(2) any sale,
assignment, transfer or other disposition or issuance for not less
than fair market value (as determined by the Board of Directors,
such determination being evidenced by a Board Resolution, which
determination shall be conclusive), if, after giving effect to such
disposition and to conversion of any shares or securities
convertible into Capital Stock of a Principal Subsidiary, the
Company would own directly or indirectly not less than 80% of each
class of the Capital Stock of such Principal Subsidiary (or any
successor corporation thereto); or
(3) any sale,
assignment, transfer or other disposition or issuance made in
compliance with an order of a court or regulatory authority of
competent jurisdiction; or
(4) any sale by a
Principal Subsidiary (or any successor corporation thereto) of
additional shares of its Capital Stock to its stockholders at any
price, so long as (1) prior to such sale the Company owns,
directly or indirectly, shares of the same class and
(2) immediately after such sale, the Company owns, directly or
indirectly, at least as great a percentage of each class of Capital
Stock of such Principal Subsidiary as it owned prior to such sale
of additional shares; or
(5) any sale by a
Principal Subsidiary (or any successor corporation thereto) of
additional securities convertible into shares of its Capital Stock
to its stockholders at any price, so long as (1) prior to such
sale the Company owns, directly or indirectly, securities of the
same class and (2) immediately after such sale the Company
owns, directly or indirectly, at least as great a percentage of
each class of such securities convertible into shares of Capital
Stock of such Principal Subsidiary as it owned prior to such sale
of additional securities; or
(6) any sale by a
Principal Subsidiary (or any successor corporation thereto) of
additional options, warrants or rights to subscribe for or purchase
shares of its Capital Stock to its stockholders at any price, so
long as (1) prior to such sale the Company owns, directly or
indirectly, options, warrants or rights, as the case may be, of the
same class and (2) immediately after such sale, the Company
owns, directly or indirectly, at least as great a percentage of
each class of such options, warrants or rights, as the case may be,
to subscribe for or purchase shares of Capital Stock of a Principal
Subsidiary as it owned prior to such sale of additional options,
warrants or rights; or
(7) any issuance of
shares of Capital Stock, or securities convertible into or options,
warrants or rights to subscribe for or purchase shares of Capital
Stock, of a Principal Subsidiary or any subsidiary which owns
shares of Capital Stock, or securities convertible into, or
options, warrants or rights to acquire Capital Stock of any
Principal Subsidiary to the Company or another Wholly-Owned
Subsidiary.
The Trustee
shall have no duty or responsibility to monitor compliance with
this Section 4.06.
The Company may
omit in any particular instance to comply with any covenant or
condition set forth herein if before or after the time for such
compliance the holders of a majority in principal amount of the
Securities of all series affected thereby then Outstanding shall
either waive such compliance in such instance or generally waive
compliance with such covenant or condition, but no such waiver
shall extend to or affect such covenant or condition except to the
extent so expressly waived, and, until such waiver shall become
effective, the obligations of the Company and the duties of the
Trustee in respect of any such covenant or condition shall remain
in full force and effect.
The Company
shall file with the Trustee written notice of the occurrence of any
Default or Event of Default within five business days of its
becoming aware of any such Default or Event of Default.
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Determination
of Additional Amounts.
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If the
Securities of a series provide for the payment of Additional
Amounts, the Company will pay to the holder of any Security of such
series or any coupon appertaining thereto Additional Amounts as
provided therein. Whenever in this Indenture there is
mentioned, in any context, the payment of the principal of or any
premium or interest on, or in respect of, any Security of any
series or payment of any related coupon or the net proceeds
received on the sale or exchange of any Security of any series,
such mention shall be deemed to include mention of the payment of
Additional Amounts provided for in this Section to the extent that,
in such context, Additional Amounts are, were or would be payable
in respect thereof pursuant to the provisions of this Section and
express mention of the payment of Additional Amounts (if
applicable) in any provisions hereof shall not be construed as
excluding Additional Amounts in those provisions hereof where such
express mention is not made.
If the
Securities of a series provide for the payment of Additional
Amounts, at least 10 days prior to the first interest payment date
with respect to that series of Securities (or, if the Securities of
that series will not bear interest prior to maturity (including any
maturity occurring by reason of a call of redemption or otherwise),
the first day on which a payment of principal and any premium is
made), and at least 10 days prior to each date of payment of
principal and any premium or interes