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ARTICLE I. DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY
REFERENCE
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Section 1.2. Other Definitions
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Section 1.3. Incorporation by Reference of
Trust Indenture Act
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Section 1.4. Rules of
Construction
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ARTICLE II. THE SECURITIES
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Section 2.1. Issuable in Series
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Section 2.2. Establishment of Terms of
Series of Securities
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Section 2.3. Execution and
Authentication
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Section 2.4. Registrar and Paying
Agent
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Section 2.5. Paying Agent to Hold Money in
Trust
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Section 2.6. Securityholder
Lists
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Section 2.7. Transfer and
Exchange
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Section 2.8. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and
Stolen Securities
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Section 2.9. Outstanding
Securities
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Section 2.10. Treasury
Securities
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Section 2.11. Temporary
Securities
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Section 2.12. Cancellation
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Section 2.13. Defaulted Interest
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Section 2.14. Global Securities
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Section 2.15. CUSIP Numbers
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Section 3.1. Notice to Trustee
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Section 3.2. Selection of Securities to be
Redeemed
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Section 3.3. Notice of
Redemption
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Section 3.4. Effect of Notice of
Redemption
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Section 3.5. Deposit of Redemption
Price
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Section 3.6. Securities Redeemed in
Part
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Section 4.1. Payment of Principal and
Interest
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Section 4.3. Compliance
Certificate
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Section 4.4. Stay, Extension and Usury
Laws
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Section 4.5. Corporate Existence
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Section 5.1. When Company May Merge,
Etc.
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Section 5.2. Successor Corporation
Substituted
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ARTICLE VI. DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES
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Section 6.1. Events of Default
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Section 6.2. Acceleration of Maturity;
Rescission and Annulment
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Section 6.3. Collection of Indebtedness and
Suits for Enforcement by Trustee
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Section 6.4. Trustee May File Proofs of
Claim
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Section 6.5. Trustee May Enforce Claims
Without Possession of Securities
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Section 6.6. Application of Money
Collected
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Section 6.7. Limitation on Suits
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Section 6.8. Unconditional Right of Holders
to Receive Principal and Interest
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Section 6.9. Restoration of Rights and
Remedies
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Section 6.10. Rights and Remedies
Cumulative
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Section 6.11. Delay or Omission Not
Waiver
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Section 6.12. Control by Holders
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Section 6.13. Waiver of Past
Defaults
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Section 6.14. Undertaking for
Costs
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Section 7.1. Duties of Trustee
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Section 7.2. Rights of Trustee
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Section 7.3. Individual Rights of
Trustee
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Section 7.4. Trustee’s
Disclaimer
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Section 7.5. Notice of Defaults
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Section 7.6. Reports by Trustee to
Holders
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Section 7.7. Compensation and
Indemnity
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Section 7.8. Replacement of
Trustee
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Section 7.9. Successor Trustee by Merger,
etc.
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Section 7.10. Eligibility;
Disqualification
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Section 7.11. Preferential Collection of
Claims Against Company
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ARTICLE VIII. SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE;
DEFEASANCE
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Section 8.1. Satisfaction and Discharge of
Indenture
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Section 8.2. Application of Trust Funds;
Indemnification
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Section 8.3. Legal Defeasance of Securities
of any Series
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Section 8.4. Covenant Defeasance
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Section 8.5. Repayment to
Company
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Section 8.6. Reinstatement
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ARTICLE IX. AMENDMENTS AND WAIVERS
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Section 9.1. Without Consent of
Holders
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Section 9.2. With Consent of
Holders
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Section 9.4. Compliance with Trust
Indenture Act
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Section 9.5. Revocation and Effect of
Consents
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Section 9.6. Notation on or Exchange of
Securities
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Section 9.7. Trustee Protected
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Section 10.1. Trust Indenture Act
Controls
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Section 10.3. Communication by Holders with
Other Holders
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Section 10.4. Certificate and Opinion as to
Conditions Precedent
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Section 10.5. Statements Required in
Certificate or Opinion
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Section 10.6. Rules by Trustee and
Agents
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Section 10.7. Legal Holidays
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Section 10.8. No Recourse Against
Others
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Section 10.9. Counterparts
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Section 10.10. Governing Laws
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Section 10.11. No Adverse Interpretation of
Other Agreements
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Section 10.12. Successors
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Section 10.13. Severability
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Section 10.14. Table of Contents, Headings,
Etc.
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Section 10.15. Securities in a Foreign
Currency or in ECU
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Section 10.16. Judgment Currency
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ARTICLE XI. SINKING FUNDS
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Section 11.1. Applicability of
Article
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Section 11.2. Satisfaction of Sinking Fund
Payments with Securities
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Section 11.3. Redemption of Securities for
Sinking Fund
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iii
Reconciliation and tie between Trust
Indenture Act of 1939 and
Indenture, dated as of
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7.10
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7.10
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Not
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7.10
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7.10
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7.11
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7.11
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2.6
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10.3
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10.3
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7.6
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7.6
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7.6
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7.6
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7.6
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4.2,
10.5
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10.4
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10.4
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10.5
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7.1
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7.5
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7.1
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7.1
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6.14
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2.10
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6.12
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6.13
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6.8
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6.3
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6.4
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2.5
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10.1
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Note:
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This
reconciliation and tie shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be
part of the Indenture.
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iv
Indenture
dated as of
between Ferro Corporation, an Ohio corporation (“
Company ”), and Wilmington Trust FSB, a federal
savings bank (“ Trustee ”).
Each
party agrees as follows for the benefit of the other party and for
the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Securities
issued under this Indenture.
ARTICLE I.
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
Section 1.1.
Definitions .
“
Additional Amounts ” means any additional amounts
which are required hereby or by any Security, under circumstances
specified herein or therein, to be paid by the Company in respect
of certain taxes imposed on Holders specified herein or therein and
which are owing to such Holders.
“
Affiliate ” of any specified person means any other
person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under
common control with such specified person. For the purposes of this
definition, “control” (including, with correlative
meanings, the terms “controlled by” and “under
common control with”), as used with respect to any person,
shall mean the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to
direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of such
person, whether through the ownership of voting securities or by
agreement or otherwise.
“
Agent ” means any Registrar, Paying Agent or Service
Agent.
“
Board of Directors ” means the Board of Directors of
the Company or any duly authorized committee thereof.
“
Board Resolution ” means a copy of a resolution
certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company
to have been adopted by the Board of Directors or pursuant to
authorization by the Board of Directors and to be in full force and
effect on the date of the certificate and delivered to the
Trustee.
“
Business Day ” means, unless otherwise provided by
Board Resolution, Officers’ Certificate or supplemental
indenture hereto for a particular Series, any day except a
Saturday, Sunday or a legal holiday in The City of New York on
which banking institutions are authorized or required by law,
regulation or executive order to close.
“
Capital Stock ” means any and all shares, interests,
participations, rights or other equivalents (however designated) of
corporate stock.
“
Company ” means the party named as such above until a
successor replaces it and thereafter means the
successor.
“
Company Order ” means a written order signed in the
name of the Company by two Officers, one of whom must be the
Company’s principal executive officer, principal financial
officer or principal accounting officer.
“
Company Request ” means a written request signed in
the name of the Company by its Chief Executive Officer, the
President or a Vice President, and by its Treasurer, an Assistant
Treasurer, its Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, and delivered
to the Trustee.
“
Corporate Trust Office ” means the office of the
Trustee at which at any particular time its corporate trust
business shall be principally administered.
“
Default ” means any event which is, or after notice or
passage of time or both would be, an Event of Default.
“
Depositary ” means, with respect to the Securities of
any Series issuable or issued in whole or in part in the form of
one or more Global Securities, the person designated as Depositary
for such Series by the Company, which Depositary shall be a
clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act; and if at any
time there is more than one such person, “Depositary”
as used with respect to the Securities of any Series shall mean the
Depositary with respect to the Securities of such
Series.
“
Discount Security ” means any Security that provides
for an amount less than the stated principal amount thereof to be
due and payable upon declaration of acceleration of the maturity
thereof pursuant to Section 6.2.
“
Dollars ” and “ $ ” means the
currency of The United States of America.
“
ECU ” means the European Currency Unit as determined
by the Commission of the European Union.
“
Exchange Act ” means the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended.
“
Foreign Currency ” means any currency or currency unit
issued by a government other than the government of The United
States of America.
“
Foreign Government Obligations ” means, with respect
to Securities of any Series that are denominated in a Foreign
Currency, (i) direct obligations of the government that issued
or caused to be issued such currency for the payment of which
obligations its full faith and credit is pledged or
(ii) obligations of a person controlled or supervised by or
acting as an agency or instrumentality of such government the
timely payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full
faith and credit obligation by such government, which, in either
case under clauses (i) or (ii), are not callable or redeemable
at the option of the issuer thereof.
“GAAP” means accounting principles generally
accepted in the United States of America set forth in the opinions
and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board of the
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements
and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board or
in such other statements by such other entity as have been approved
by a significant segment of the accounting profession, which are in
effect as of the date of determination.
“
Global Security ” or “ Global Securities
” means a Security or Securities, as the case may be, in the
form established pursuant to Section 2.2 evidencing all or
part of a Series of
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Securities,
issued to the Depositary for such Series or its nominee, and
registered in the name of such Depositary or nominee.
“
Holder ” or “ Securityholder ”
means a person in whose name a Security is registered.
“
Indenture ” means this Indenture as amended or
supplemented from time to time and shall include the form and terms
of particular Series of Securities established as contemplated
hereunder.
“
interest ” with respect to any Discount Security which
by its terms bears interest only after Maturity, means interest
payable after Maturity.
“
Maturity ,” when used with respect to any Security,
means the date on which the principal of such Security becomes due
and payable as therein or herein provided, whether at the Stated
Maturity or by declaration of acceleration, call for redemption or
otherwise.
“
Officer ” means the Chief Executive Officer,
President, any Vice-President, the Treasurer, the Secretary, any
Assistant Treasurer or any Assistant Secretary of the
Company.
“
Officers’ Certificate ” means a certificate
signed by two Officers, one of whom must be the Company’s
principal executive officer, principal financial officer or
principal accounting officer.
“
Opinion of Counsel ” means a written opinion of legal
counsel who is acceptable to the Trustee. The counsel may be an
employee of or counsel to the Company.
“
person ” means any individual, corporation,
partnership, joint venture, association, limited liability company,
joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization or
government or any agency or political subdivision
thereof.
“
principal ” of a Security means the principal of the
Security plus, when appropriate, the premium, if any, on, and any
Additional Amounts in respect of, the Security.
“
Responsible Officer ” means any officer of the Trustee
in its Corporate Trust Office and also means, with respect to a
particular corporate trust matter, any other officer to whom any
corporate trust matter is referred because of his or her knowledge
of and familiarity with a particular subject.
“
SEC ” means the Securities and Exchange
Commission.
“
Securities ” means the debentures, notes or other debt
instruments of the Company of any Series authenticated and
delivered under this Indenture.
“
Series ” or “ Series of Securities
” means each series of debentures, notes or other debt
instruments of the Company created pursuant to Sections 2.1
and 2.2 hereof.
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Stated Maturity ” when used with respect to any
Security, means the date specified in such Security as the fixed
date on which the principal of such Security or interest is due and
payable.
“
Subsidiary ” of any specified person means any
corporation, association or other business entity of which more
than 50% of the total voting power of shares of Capital Stock
entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to
vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees thereof is
at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such
person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that person or a
combination thereof.
“
TIA ” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S.
Code §§ 77aaa-77bbbb) as in effect on the date of this
Indenture; provided , however , that in the event the
Trust Indenture Act of 1939 is amended after such date,
“TIA” means, to the extent required by any such
amendment, the Trust Indenture Act as so amended.
“
Trustee ” means the person named as the
“Trustee” in the first paragraph of this instrument
until a successor Trustee shall have become such pursuant to the
applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter
“Trustee” shall mean or include each person who is then
a Trustee hereunder, and if at any time there is more than one such
person, “Trustee” as used with respect to the
Securities of any Series shall mean the Trustee with respect to
Securities of that Series.
“
U.S. Government Obligations ” means securities which
are (i) direct obligations of The United States of America for
the payment of which its full faith and credit is pledged or
(ii) obligations of a person controlled or supervised by and
acting as an agency or instrumentality of The United States of
America the payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a
full faith and credit obligation by The United States of America,
and which in the case of (i) and (ii) are not callable or
redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof, and shall also
include a depository receipt issued by a bank or trust company as
custodian with respect to any such U.S. Government Obligation or a
specific payment of interest on or principal of any such U.S.
Government Obligation held by such custodian for the account of the
holder of a depository receipt, provided that (except as
required by law) such custodian is not authorized to make any
deduction from the amount payable to the holder of such depository
receipt from any amount received by the custodian in respect of the
U.S. Government Obligation evidenced by such depository
receipt.
Section 1.2.
Other Definitions .
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SECTION
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6.1
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6.1
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6.1
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10.15
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10.16
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11.1
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10.15
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10.16
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“ optional sinking fund payment
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11.1
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2.4
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2.4
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10.16
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2.4
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Section 1.3.
Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act
.
Whenever
this Indenture refers to a provision of the TIA, the provision is
incorporated by reference in and made a part of this Indenture. The
following TIA terms used in this Indenture have the following
meanings:
“
Commission ” means the SEC.
“
indenture securities ” means the
Securities.
“
indenture security holder ” means a
Securityholder.
“
indenture to be qualified ” means this
Indenture.
“
indenture trustee ” or “ institutional
trustee ” means the Trustee.
“
obligor ” on the indenture securities means the
Company and any successor obligor upon the Securities.
All
other terms used in this Indenture that are defined by the TIA,
defined by TIA reference to another statute or defined by SEC rule
under the TIA and not otherwise defined herein are used herein as
so defined.
Section 1.4.
Rules of Construction .
Unless
the context otherwise requires:
(a)
a term has the meaning assigned to it;
(b)
an accounting term not otherwise defined has the meaning assigned
to it in accordance with GAAP;
(c)
“ or ” is not exclusive;
(d)
words in the singular include the plural, and in the plural include
the singular; and
(e)
provisions apply to successive events and transactions.
5
ARTICLE II.
THE SECURITIES
Section 2.1.
Issuable in Series .
The
aggregate principal amount of Securities that may be authenticated
and delivered under this Indenture is unlimited. The Securities may
be issued in one or more Series. All Securities of a Series shall
be identical except as may be set forth or determined in the manner
provided in a Board Resolution, supplemental indenture or
Officers’ Certificate detailing the adoption of the terms
thereof pursuant to authority granted under a Board Resolution. In
the case of Securities of a Series to be issued from time to time,
the Board Resolution, Officers’ Certificate or supplemental
indenture detailing the adoption of the terms thereof pursuant to
authority granted under a Board Resolution may provide for the
method by which specified terms (such as interest rate, maturity
date, record date or date from which interest shall accrue) are to
be determined. Securities may differ between Series in respect of
any matters, provided that all Series of Securities shall be
equally and ratably entitled to the benefits of the
Indenture.
Section 2.2.
Establishment of Terms of Series of Securities .
At
or prior to the issuance of any Securities within a Series, the
following shall be established (as to the Series generally, in the
case of Subsection 2.2.1 and either as to such Securities within
the Series or as to the Series generally in the case of Subsections
2.2.2 through 2.2.23) by or pursuant to a Board Resolution, and set
forth or determined in the manner provided in a Board Resolution,
supplemental indenture or Officers’ Certificate:
2.2.1.
the title of the Series (which shall distinguish the Securities of
that particular Series from the Securities of any other
Series);
2.2.2.
the price or prices (expressed as a percentage of the principal
amount thereof) at which the Securities of the Series will be
issued;
2.2.3.
any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the Securities of
the Series which may be authenticated and delivered under this
Indenture (except for Securities authenticated and delivered upon
registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of,
other Securities of the Series pursuant to Section 2.7, 2.8,
2.11, 3.6 or 9.6);
2.2.4.
the date or dates on which the principal of the Securities of the
Series is payable;
2.2.5.
the rate or rates (which may be fixed or variable) per annum or, if
applicable, the method used to determine such rate or rates
(including, but not limited to, any commodity, commodity index,
stock exchange index or financial index) at which the Securities of
the Series shall bear interest, if any, the date or dates from
which such interest, if any, shall accrue, the date or dates on
which such interest, if any, shall commence and be payable and any
regular record date for the interest payable on any interest
payment date;
2.2.6.
the place or places where the principal of and interest, if any, on
the Securities of the Series shall be payable, where the Securities
of such Series may be surrendered
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for
registration of transfer or exchange and where notices and demands
to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities of such Series
and this Indenture may be served, and the method of such payment,
if by wire transfer, mail or other means;
2.2.7.
if applicable, the period or periods within which, the price or
prices at which and the terms and conditions upon which the
Securities of the Series may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at
the option of the Company;
2.2.8.
the obligation, if any, of the Company to redeem or purchase the
Securities of the Series pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous
provisions or at the option of a Holder thereof and the period or
periods within which, the price or prices at which and the terms
and conditions upon which Securities of the Series shall be
redeemed or purchased, in whole or in part, pursuant to such
obligation;
2.2.9.
the dates, if any, on which and the price or prices at which the
Securities of the Series will be repurchased by the Company at the
option of the Holders thereof and other detailed terms and
provisions of such repurchase obligations;
2.2.10.
if other than denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple
thereof, the denominations in which the Securities of the Series
shall be issuable;
2.2.11.
the forms of the Securities of the Series and whether the
Securities will be issuable as Global Securities;
2.2.12.
if other than the principal amount thereof, the portion of the
principal amount of the Securities of the Series that shall be
payable upon declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof
pursuant to Section 6.2;
2.2.13.
the currency of denomination of the Securities of the Series, which
may be Dollars or any Foreign Currency, including, but not limited
to, the ECU, and if such currency of denomination is a composite
currency other than the ECU, the agency or organization, if any,
responsible for overseeing such composite currency;
2.2.14.
the designation of the currency, currencies or currency units in
which payment of the principal of and interest, if any, on the
Securities of the Series will be made;
2.2.15.
if payments of principal of or interest, if any, on the Securities
of the Series are to be made in one or more currencies or currency
units other than that or those in which such Securities are
denominated, the manner in which the exchange rate with respect to
such payments will be determined;
2.2.16.
the manner in which the amounts of payment of principal of or
interest, if any, on the Securities of the Series will be
determined, if such amounts may be determined by reference to an
index based on a currency or currencies or by reference to a
commodity, commodity index, stock exchange index or financial
index;
2.2.17.
the provisions, if any, relating to any security provided for the
Securities of the Series;
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2.2.18.
any addition to or change in the Events of Default which applies to
any Securities of the Series and any change in the right of the
Trustee or the requisite Holders of such Securities to declare the
principal amount thereof due and payable pursuant to
Section 6.2;
2.2.19.
any addition to or change in the covenants set forth in Articles IV
or V which applies to Securities of the Series;
2.2.20.
any other terms of the Securities of the Series (which may
supplement, modify or delete any provision of this Indenture
insofar as it applies to such Series);
2.2.21.
any depositaries, interest rate calculation agents, exchange rate
calculation agents or other agents with respect to Securities of
such Series if other than those appointed herein;
2.2.22.
the provisions, if any, relating to conversion of any Securities of
such Series, including if applicable, the conversion price, the
conversion period, provisions as to whether conversion will be
mandatory, at the option of the Holders thereof or at the option of
the Company, the events requiring an adjustment of the conversion
price and provisions affecting conversion if such Series of
Securities are redeemed; and
2.2.23.
whether the Securities of such Series will be senior debt
securities or subordinated debt securities and, if applicable, a
description of the subordination terms thereof.
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, supplemental indenture hereto or Officers’
Certificate referred to above.
Section 2.3.
Execution and Authentication .
A
duly authorized Officer shall sign the Securities for the Company
by manual or facsimile signature.
If
an Officer whose signature is on a Security no longer holds that
office at the time the Security is authenticated, the Security
shall nevertheless be valid.
A
Security shall not be valid until authenticated by the manual
signature of the Trustee or an authenticating agent. The signature
shall be conclusive evidence that the Security has been
authenticated under this Indenture.
The
Trustee shall at any time, and from time to time, authenticate
Securities for original issue in the principal amount provided in
the Board Resolution, supplemental indenture hereto or
Officers’ Certificate, upon receipt by the Trustee of a
Company Order. 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. Each Security
shall be dated the date of its authentication.
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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 the Board Resolution,
supplemental indenture hereto or Officers’ Certificate
delivered pursuant to Section 2.2, except as provided in
Section 2.8.
Prior
to the issuance of Securities of any Series, the Trustee shall have
received and (subject to Section 7.2) shall be fully protected
in relying on: (a) the Board Resolution, supplemental
indenture hereto or Officers’ Certificate establishing the
form of the Securities of that Series or of Securities within that
Series and the terms of the Securities of that Series or of
Securities within that Series, (b) an Officers’
Certificate complying with Section 10.4, and (c) an Opinion of
Counsel complying with Section 10.4.
The
Trustee shall have the right to decline to authenticate and deliver
any Securities of such Series: (a) if the Trustee, being
advised by counsel, determines that such action may not be taken
lawfully; or (b) if the Trustee in good faith by its board of
directors or trustees, executive committee or a trust committee of
directors and/or vice-presidents shall determine that such action
would expose the Trustee to personal liability to Holders of any
then outstanding Series of Securities.
The
Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent acceptable to the
Company to authenticate Securities. An authenticating agent may
authenticate Securities whenever the Trustee may do so. Each
reference in this Indenture to authentication by the Trustee
includes authentication by such agent. An authenticating agent has
the same rights as an Agent to deal with the Company or an
Affiliate of the Company.
Section 2.4.
Registrar and Paying Agent .
The
Company shall maintain, with respect to each Series of Securities,
at the place or places specified with respect to such Series
pursuant to Section 2.2, an office or agency where Securities
of such Series may be presented or surrendered for payment (“
Paying Agent ”), where Securities of such Series may
be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange (“
Registrar ”) and where notices and demands to or upon
the Company in respect of the Securities of such Series and this
Indenture may be served (“ Service Agent ”). The
Registrar shall keep a register with respect to each Series of
Securities and to their transfer and exchange. The Company will
give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the name and address,
and any change in the name or address, of each Registrar, Paying
Agent or Service Agent. If at any time the Company shall fail to
maintain any such required Registrar, Paying Agent or Service Agent
or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the name and address
thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be
made or served at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and
the Company hereby appoints the Trustee as its agent to receive all
such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands.
The
Company may also from time to time designate one or more
co-registrars, additional paying agents or additional service
agents 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
obligations to maintain a Registrar, Paying Agent and Service Agent
in each place so specified pursuant to Section 2.2 for
Securities of any Series for such purposes.
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The Company
will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such
designation or rescission and of any change in the name or address
of any such co-registrar, additional paying agent or additional
service agent. The term “ Registrar ” includes
any co-registrar; the term “ Paying Agent ”
includes any additional paying agent; and the term “
Service Agent ” includes any additional service
agent.
The
Company hereby appoints the Trustee the initial Registrar, Paying
Agent and Service Agent for each Series unless another Registrar,
Paying Agent or Service Agent, as the case may be, is appointed
prior to the time Securities of that Series are first
issued.
Section 2.5.
Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust .
The
Company shall require each Paying Agent other than the Trustee to
agree in writing that the Paying Agent will hold in trust, for the
benefit of Securityholders of any Series of Securities, or the
Trustee, all money held by the Paying Agent for the payment of
principal of or interest on the Series of Securities, and will
notify the Trustee of any default by the Company in making any such
payment. While any such default continues, the Trustee may require
a Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee. The
Company at any time may require a Paying Agent to pay all money
held by it to the Trustee. Upon payment over to the Trustee, the
Paying Agent (if other than the Company or a Subsidiary of the
Company) shall have no further liability for the money. If the
Company or a Subsidiary of the Company acts as Paying Agent, it
shall segregate and hold in a separate trust fund for the benefit
of Securityholders of any Series of Securities all money held by it
as Paying Agent.
Section 2.6.
Securityholder Lists .
The
Trustee shall preserve in as current a form as is reasonably
practicable the most recent list available to it of the names and
addresses of Securityholders of each Series of Securities and shall
otherwise comply with TIA § 312(a). If the Trustee is not the
Registrar, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee at least ten
days before each interest payment date and at such other times as
the Trustee may request in writing a list, in such form and as of
such date as the Trustee may reasonably require, of the names and
addresses of Securityholders of each Series of
Securities.
Section 2.7.
Transfer and Exchange .
Where
Securities of a Series are presented to the Registrar or a
co-registrar with a request to register a transfer or to exchange
them for an equal principal amount of Securities of the same
Series, the Registrar shall register the transfer or make the
exchange if its requirements for such transactions are met. To
permit registrations of transfers and exchanges, the Trustee shall
authenticate Securities at the Registrar’s request. No
service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or
exchange (except as otherwise expressly permitted herein), but the
Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any
transfer tax or similar governmental charge payable in connection
therewith (other than any such transfer tax or similar governmental
charge payable upon exchanges pursuant to Sections 2.11, 3.6
or 9.6).
Neither
the Company nor the Registrar shall be required (a) to issue,
register the transfer of, or exchange Securities of any Series for
the period beginning at the opening of
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business
fifteen days immediately preceding the mailing of a notice of
redemption of Securities of that Series selected for redemption and
ending at the close of business on the day of such mailing, or
(b) to register the transfer of or exchange Securities of any
Series selected, called or being called for redemption as a whole
or the portion being redeemed of any such Securities selected,
called or being called for redemption in part.
Section 2.8.
Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities
.
If
any mutilated Security is surrendered to the Trustee, the Company
shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in
exchange therefor a new Security of the same Series and of like
tenor and principal amount and bearing a number not
contemporaneously outstanding.
If
there shall be delivered to the Company and the Trustee
(i) evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or
theft of any Security and (ii) such security or indemnity as
may be required by them to save each of them and any agent of
either of them harmless, then, in the absence of notice to the
Company or the Trustee that such Security has been acquired by a
bona fide purchaser, the Company shall execute and upon its request
the Trustee shall authenticate and make available for delivery, in
lieu of any such destroyed, lost or stolen Security, a new Security
of the same Series and of like tenor and principal amount and
bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding.
In
case any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security has
become or is about to become due and payable, the Company in its
discretion may, instead of issuing a new Security, pay such
Security.
Upon
the issuance of any new Security under this Section, the Company
may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or
other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto
and any other expenses (including the fees and expenses of the
Trustee) connected therewith.
Every
new Security of any Series issued pursuant to this Section in lieu
of any destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall constitute an
original additional contractual obligation of the Company, whether
or not the destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be at any time
enforceable by anyone, and shall be entitled to all the benefits of
this Indenture equally and proportionately with any and all other
Securities of that Series duly issued hereunder.
The
provisions of this Section are exclusive and shall preclude (to the
extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the
replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen
Securities.
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Section 2.9.
Outstanding Securities .
The
Securities outstanding at any time are all the Securities
authenticated by the Trustee except for those canceled by it, those
delivered to it for cancellation, those reductions in the interest
on a Global Security effected by the Trustee in accordance with the
provisions hereof and those described in this Section as not
outstanding.
If
a Security is replaced pursuant to Section 2.8, it ceases to
be outstanding until the Trustee receives proof satisfactory to it
that the replaced Security is held by a bona fide
purchaser.
If
the Paying Agent (other than the Company, a Subsidiary of the
Company or an Affiliate of the Company) holds on the Maturity of
Securities of a Series money sufficient to pay such Securities
payable on that date, then on and after that date such Securities
of the Series cease to be outstanding and interest on them ceases
to accrue.
A
Security does not cease to be outstanding because the Company or an
Affiliate of the Company holds the Security.
In
determining whether the Holders of the requisite principal amount
of outstanding Securities have given any request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder, the
principal amount of a Discount Security that shall be deemed to be
outstanding for such purposes shall be the amount of the principal
thereof that would be due and payable as of the date of such
determination upon a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity
thereof pursuant to Section 6.2.
Section 2.10.
Treasury Securities .
In
determining whether the Holders of the required principal amount of
Securities of a Series have concurred in any request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver, Securities of
a Series owned by the Company or any Affiliate of the Company shall
be disregarded, except that for the purposes of determining whether
the Trustee shall be protected in relying on any such request,
demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver only
Securities of a Series that the Trustee knows are so owned shall be
so disregarded.
Section 2.11.
Temporary Securities .
Until
definitive Securities are ready for delivery, the Company may
prepare and the Trustee shall authenticate temporary Securities
upon a Company Order. Temporary Securities shall be substantially
in the form of definitive Securities but may have variations that
the Company considers appropriate for temporary Securities. Without
unreasonable delay, the Company shall prepare and the Trustee upon
request shall authenticate definitive Securities of the same Series
and date of maturity in exchange for temporary Securities. Until so
exchanged, temporary securities shall have the same rights under
this Indenture as the definitive Securities.
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Section 2.12.
Cancellation .
The
Company at any time may deliver Securities to the Trustee for
cancellation. The Registrar and the Paying Agent shall forward to
the Trustee any Securities surrendered to them for registration of
transfer, exchange or payment. The Trustee shall cancel all
Securities surrendered for transfer, exchange, payment, replacement
or cancellation and shall destroy such canceled Securities (subject
to the record retention requirement of the Exchange Act) and
deliver a certificate of such destruction to the Company. The
Company may not issue new Securities to replace Securities that it
has paid or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation.
Section 2.13.
Defaulted Interest .
If
the Company defaults in a payment of interest on a Series of
Securities, it shall pay the defaulted interest, plus, to the
extent permitted by law, any interest payable on the defaulted
interest, to the persons who are Securityholders of the Series on a
subsequent special record date. The Company shall fix the record
date and payment date. At least 10 days before the record
date, the Company shall mail to the Trustee and to each
Securityholder of the Series a notice that states the record date,
the payment date and the amount of interest to be paid. The Company
may pay defaulted interest in any other lawful manner.
Section 2.14.
Global Securities .
2.14.1.
Terms of Securities . A Board Resolution, a supplemental
indenture hereto or an Officers’ Certificate shall establish
whether the Securities of a Series shall be issued in whole or in
part in the form of one or more Global Securities and the
Depositary for such Global Security or Securities.
2.14.2.
Transfer and Exchange . Notwithstanding any provisions to
the contrary contained in Section 2.7 of the Indenture and in
addition thereto, any Global Security shall be exchangeable
pursuant to Section 2.7 of the Indenture for Securities
registered in the names of Holders other than the Depositary for
such Security or its nominee only if (i) such Depositary
notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as
Depositary for such Global Security or if at any time such
Depositary ceases to be a clearing agency registered under the
Exchange Act, and, in either case, the Company fails to appoint a
successor Depositary registered as a clearing agency under the
Exchange Act within 90 days of such event or (ii) the
Company executes and delivers to the Trustee an Officers’
Certificate to the effect that such Global Security shall be so
exchangeable. Any Global Security that is exchangeable pursuant to
the preceding sentence shall be exchangeable for Securities
registered in such names as the Depositary shall direct in writing
in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of
the Global Security with like tenor and terms.
Except
as provided in this Section 2.14.2, a Global Security may not
be transferred except as a whole by the Depositary with respect to
such Global Security to a nominee of such Depositary, by a nominee
of such Depositary to such Depositary or another nominee of such
Depositary or by the Depositary or any such nominee to a successor
Depositary or a nominee of such a successor Depositary.
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2.14.3.
Legend . Any Global Security issued hereunder shall bear a
legend in substantially the following form:
“This
Security is a Global Security within the meaning of the Indenture
hereinafter referred to and is registered in the name of the
Depositary or a nominee of the Depositary. This Security is
exchangeable for Securities registered in the name of a person
other than the Depositary or its nominee only in the limited
circumstances described in the Indenture, and may not be
transferred except as a whole by the Depositary to a nominee of the
Depositary, by a nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary or
another nominee of the Depositary or by the Depositary or any such
nominee to a successor Depositary or a nominee of such a successor
Depositary.”
2.14.4.
Acts of Holders . The Depositary, as a Holder, may appoint
agents and otherwise authorize participants to give or take any
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver
or other action which a Holder is entitled to give or take under
the Indenture.
2.14.5.
Payments . Notwithstanding the other provisions of this
Indenture, unless otherwise specified as contemplated by
Section 2.2, payment of the principal of and interest, if any,
on any Global Security shall be made to the Holder
thereof.
2.14.6.
Consents, Declaration and Directions . Except as provided in
Section 2.14.5, the Company, the Trustee and any Agent shall treat
a person as the Holder of such principal amount of outstanding
Securities of such Series represented by a Global Security as shall
be specified in a written statement of the Depositary with respect
to such Global Security, for purposes of obtaining any consents,
declarations, waivers or directions required to be given by the
Holders pursuant to this Indenture.
Section 2.15.
CUSIP Numbers .
The
Company in issuing the Securities may use “CUSIP”
numbers (if then generally in use), and, if so, the Trustee shall
use “CUSIP” numbers in notices of redemption as a
convenience to Holders; provided that any such notice may
state that no representation is made as to the correctness of such
numbers either as printed on the Securities or as contained in any
notice of a redemption and that reliance may be placed only on the
other elements of identification printed on the Securities, and any
such redemption shall not be affected by any defect in or omission
of such numbers.
Section 3.1.
Notice to Trustee .
The
Company may, with respect to any Series of Securities, reserve the
right to redeem and pay the Series of Securities or may covenant to
redeem and pay the Series of Securities or any part thereof prior
to the Stated Maturity thereof at such time and on such terms as
provided for in such Securities. If a Series of Securities is
redeemable and the Company wants or is obligated to redeem prior to
the Stated Maturity thereof all or part of the Series of
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pursuant to the terms of such Securities, it shall notify the
Trustee of the redemption date and the principal amount of Series
of Securities to be redeemed. The Company shall give the notice to
the Trustee at least 30 days before the redemption date (or
such shorter notice as may be acceptable to the
Trustee).
Section 3.2.
Selection of Securities to be Redeemed .
Unless
otherwise indicated for a particular Series by a Board Resolution,
a supplemental indenture hereto or an Officers’ Certificate,
if less than all the Securities of a Series are to be redeemed, the
Trustee shall select the Securities of the Series to be redeemed in
any manner that the Trustee deems fair and appropriate. The Trustee
shall make the selection from Securities of the Series outstanding
not previously called for redemption. The Trustee may select for
redemption portions of the principal of Securities of the Series
that have denominations larger than $1,000. Securities of the
Series and portions of them it selects shall be in amounts of
$1,000 or whole multiples of $1,000 or, with respect to Securities
of any Series issuable in other denominations pursuant to
Section 2.2.10, the minimum principal denomination for each
Series and integral multiples thereof. Provisions of this Indenture
that apply to Securities of a Series called for redemption also
apply to portions of Securities of that Series called for
redemption.
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Section 3.3. Notice of
Redemption .
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Unless
otherwise indicated for a particular Series by Board Resolution, a
supplemental indenture hereto or an Officers’ Certificate, at
least 15 days but not more than 60 days before a
redemption date, the Company shall mail a notice of redemption by
first-class mail to each Holder whose Securities are to be
redeemed.
The
notice shall identify the Securities of the Series to be redeemed
and shall state:
(b)
the redemption price;
(c)
the name and address of the Paying Agent;
(d)
that Securities of the Series called for redemption must be
surrendered to the Paying Agent to collect the redemption
price;
(e)
that interest on Securities of the Series called for redemption
ceases to accrue on and after the redemption date;
(f)
the CUSIP number, if any; and
(g)
any other information as may be required by the terms of the
particular Series or the Securities of a Series being
redeemed.
At
the Company’s request, the Trustee shall give the notice of
redemption in the Company’s name and at its expense. In such
event, the Company shall provide the Trustee with the information
required by this Section at least 30 days before the redemption
date.
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Section 3.4.
Effect of Notice of Redemption .
Once
notice of redemption is mailed or published as provided in
Section 3.3, Securities of a Series called for redemption
become due and payable on the redemption date and at the redemption
price. A notice of redemption may not be conditional. Upon
surrender to the Paying Agent, such Securities shall be paid at the
redemption price plus accrued interest to the redemption
date.
Section 3.5.
Deposit of Redemption Price .
On
or before 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the redemption
date, the Company shall deposit with the Paying Agent money
sufficient to pay the redemption price of and accrued interest, if
any, on all Securities to be redeemed on that date.
Section 3.6.
Securities Redeemed in Part .
Upon
surrender of a Security that is redeemed in part, the Trustee shall
authenticate for the Holder a new Security of the same Series and
the same maturity equal in principal amount to the unredeemed
portion of the Security surrendered.
Section 4.1.
Payment of Principal and Interest .
The
Company covenants and agrees for the benefit of the Holders of each
Series of Securities that it will duly and punctually pay the
principal of and interest, if any, on the
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