FORM OF INDENTURE TO BE ENTERED INTO
BETWEEN THE COMPANY AND A TRUSTEE TO BE NAMED
LAKES ENTERTAINMENT,
INC.
Providing for the Issuance of
Debt Securities
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Trust Indenture
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Act Section
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Indenture
Section
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(1)
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6.09
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(2)
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6.09
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(3)
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N.A.
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(4)
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N.A.
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(5)
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6.08
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6.08
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N.A.
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6.13
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6.13
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N.A.
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7.01
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7.02
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7.02
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7.03
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(2)
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7.03
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7.03
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7.03
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7.04;
1.02
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1.02
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(2)
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1.02
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N.A.
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1.02
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N.A.
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6.01
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6.02;
1.06
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6.01
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6.01
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5.14
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1.01
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(1)(A)
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5.12
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(1)(B)
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5.02
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(2)
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N.A.
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5.08
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3.07
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5.03
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5.04
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4.06
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1.07
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N.A.
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1.07
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N.A. means not
applicable.
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This Cross
Reference Table is not part of the Indenture.
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PAGE
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ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL
APPLICATION
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Section 1.02 Officers’ Certificates
and Opinions
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Section 1.03 Form of Documents Delivered to
Trustee
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Section 1.04 Acts of
Securityholders
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Section 1.05 Notices, etc., to Trustee and
Company
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Section 1.06 Notice To Securityholders;
Waiver
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Section 1.07 Conflict with Trust Indenture
Act
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Section 1.08 Effect of Headings and Table
of Contents
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Section 1.09 Successors and
Assigns
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Section 1.10 Separability Clause
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Section 1.11 Benefits Of
Indenture
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Section 1.12 Governing Law
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Section 1.13 Counterparts
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Section 1.15 Legal Holidays
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ARTICLE II SECURITY FORMS
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Section 2.01 Forms Generally
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Section 2.02 Forms of Securities
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Section 2.03 Securities in Global
Form
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Section 2.04 Form of Trustee’s
Certificate of Authentication
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ARTICLE III THE SECURITIES
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Section 3.01 General Title; General
Limitations; Issuable in Series; Terms of Particular
Series
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Section 3.02 Denominations and
Currency
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Section 3.03 Execution, Authentication and
Delivery, and Dating
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Section 3.04 Temporary
Securities
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Section 3.05 Registration, Transfer and
Exchange
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Section 3.06 Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and
Stolen Securities
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Section 3.07 Payment of Interest; Interest
Rights Preserved
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Section 3.08 Persons Deemed
Owners
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Section 3.09 Cancellation
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Section 3.10 Computation of
Interest
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ARTICLE IV SATISFACTION AND
DISCHARGE
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Section 4.01 Satisfaction and Discharge of
Indenture
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Section 4.02 Discharge and
Defeasance
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Section 4.03 Covenant Defeasance
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Section 4.04 Conditions To Defeasance Or
Covenant Defeasance
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Section 4.05 Application of Trust Money;
Excess Funds
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Section 4.06 Paying Agent to Repay Moneys
Held
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Section 4.07 Return of Unclaimed
Amounts
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Section 5.01 Events of Default
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Section 5.02 Acceleration of Maturity;
Rescission, and Annulment
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Section 5.03 Collection of Indebtedness and
Suits for Enforcement by Trustee
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Section 5.04 Trustee May File Proofs of
Claim
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Section 5.05 Trustee May Enforce Claims
Without Possession of Securities
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Section 5.06 Application of Money
Collected
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Section 5.07 Limitation on Suits
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Section 5.08 Unconditional Right of
Securityholders to Receive Principal, Premium, and
Interest
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Section 5.09 Restoration of Rights and
Remedies
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Section 5.10 Rights and Remedies
Cumulative
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Section 5.11 Delay or Omission Not
Waiver
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Section 5.12 Control by
Securityholders
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Section 5.13 Waiver of Past
Defaults
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Section 5.14 Undertaking for
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Section 5.15 Waiver of Stay or Extension
Laws
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Section 6.01 Certain Duties and
Responsibilities of Trustee
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Section 6.02 Notice of Defaults
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Section 6.03 Certain Rights of
Trustee
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Section 6.04 Not Responsible for Recitals
or Issuance of Securities
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Section 6.05 May Hold Securities
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Section 6.06 Money Held in Trust
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Section 6.07 Compensation and
Reimbursement
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Section 6.08 Disqualification; Conflicting
Interests
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Section 6.09 Corporate Trustee Required;
Eligibility
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Section 6.10 Resignation and Removal;
Appointment of Successor
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Section 6.11 Acceptance of Appointment by
Successor
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Section 6.12 Merger, Conversion,
Consolidation or Succession to Business
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Section 6.13 Preferential Collection of
Claims Against Company
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Section 6.14 Appointment of Authenticating
Agent
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ARTICLE VII
SECURITYHOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND
COMPANY
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Section 7.01 Company to Furnish Trustee
Names and Addresses of Securityholders
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Section 7.02 Preservation of Information;
Communications to Securityholders
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Section 7.03 Reports by Trustee
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Section 7.04 Reports by Company
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ARTICLE VIII
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE OR TRANSFER
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Section 8.01 Company May Consolidate, etc.,
Only on Certain Terms
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Section 8.02 Successor Corporation
Substituted
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ARTICLE IX
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
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Section 9.01 Supplemental Indentures
Without Consent of Securityholders
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Section 9.02 Supplemental Indentures With
Consent of Securityholders
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Section 9.03 Execution of Supplemental
Indentures
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Section 9.04 Effect of Supplemental
Indentures
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Section 9.05 Conformity With Trust
Indenture Act
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Section 9.06 Reference in Securities to
Supplemental Indentures
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Section 10.01 Payment of Principal, Premium
and Interest
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Section 10.02 Maintenance of Office or
Agency
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Section 10.03 Money or Security Payments to
Be Held in Trust
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Section 10.04 Certificate to
Trustee
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Section 10.05 Corporate
Existence
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ARTICLE XI REDEMPTION OF
SECURITIES
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Section 11.01 Applicability of
Article
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Section 11.02 Election to Redeem; Notice to
Trustee
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Section 11.03 Selection by Trustee of
Securities to be Redeemed
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Section 11.04 Notice of
Redemption
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Section 11.05 Deposit of Redemption
Price
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Section 11.06 Securities Payable on
Redemption Date
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Section 11.07 Securities Redeemed in
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Section 11.08 Provisions with Respect to
any Sinking Funds
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ARTICLE XII REPAYMENT AT OPTION OF
HOLDERS
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Section 12.01 Applicability of
Article
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Section 12.02 Repayment of
Securities
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Section 12.03 Exercise of Option
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Section 12.04 When Securities Presented for
Repayment Become Due and Payable
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Section 12.05 Securities Repaid in
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v
THIS INDENTURE,
between Lakes Entertainment, Inc., a Minnesota corporation
(hereinafter called the “Company”) having its principal
office at 130 Cheshire Lane, Suite 101, Minnetonka, Minnesota
55305, and,
, a
, as trustee (hereinafter called the “Trustee”), is
made and entered into as of this ___ day of
, 20 .
The Company has
duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture to
provide for the issuance of its unsecured debentures, notes, bonds,
and other evidences of indebtedness, to be issued in one or more
fully registered series.
All things
necessary to make this Indenture a valid agreement of the Company,
in accordance with its terms, have been done.
Agreements of the
Parties
To set forth or to
provide for the establishment of the terms and conditions upon
which the Securities (as hereinafter defined) are and are to be
authenticated, issued, and delivered, and in consideration of the
premises thereof, and the purchase of Securities by the Holders (as
hereinafter defined) thereof, it is mutually covenanted and agreed
as follows, for the equal and proportionate benefit of all Holders
from time to time of the Securities or of any series thereof, as
the case may be:
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS
OF GENERAL APPLICATION
Section 1.01
Definitions. For all purposes of this Indenture and of any
indenture supplemental hereto, except as otherwise expressly
provided or unless the context otherwise requires:
(a) the terms
defined in this Article have the meanings assigned to them in this
Article, and include the plural as well as the singular;
(b) all other
terms used herein which are defined in the Trust Indenture Act (as
hereinafter defined), either directly or by reference therein, have
the meanings assigned to them therein;
(c) all accounting
terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to
them in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles
and, except as otherwise herein expressly provided, the term
“generally accepted accounting principles” with respect
to any computation required or permitted hereunder shall mean such
accounting principles as are generally accepted in the United
States of America at the date of such computation; and
(d) all references
in this instrument to designated “Articles” ,
“Sections” and other subdivisions are to the
designated Articles, Sections and other subdivisions of this
instrument as originally executed. 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.
(e) the following
terms will have the meanings set forth below:
“Act” , when used with respect to any
Securityholder (as hereinafter defined), has the meaning specified
in Section 1.04.
“Affiliate” of any specified Person (as
hereinafter defined) means any other Person directly or indirectly
controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common
control with such specified Person. For the purposes of this
definition, “control” when used with respect to any
specified Person means the power to direct the
management and
policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through
the ownership of voting securities, by contract, or otherwise; and
the terms “controlling” and “controlled”
have meanings correlative to the foregoing.
“Authenticating Agent” means any Person
authorized by the Trustee to authenticate Securities of one or more
series under Section 6.14.
“Authentication Order” has the meaning specified
in Section 3.03.
“Board
of Directors” means the board of directors of the
Company, or any executive or any committee of that board of
directors duly authorized to act in respect thereof.
“Board
Resolution” means a copy of a resolution certified by the
secretary or an assistant secretary of the Company to have been
duly adopted by the Board of Directors and to be in full force and
effect on the date of such certification, and delivered to the
Trustee.
“Business Day” when used with respect to any
Place of Payment, means any day which is not a Saturday or Sunday
and which is not a legal holiday or a day on which banking
institutions or trust companies in that Place of Payment are
authorized or obligated by law or executive order to
close.
“Capital
Stock” means, with respect to any Person, any capital
stock (including preferred stock), shares, interests,
participations or other ownership interests (however designated) of
such Person and any rights (other than debt securities convertible
or exchangeable for corporate stock), warrants or options to
purchase any thereof.
“Commission” means the Securities and Exchange
Commission, as from time to time constituted, created under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or, if at any time after the
execution of this instrument such Commission is not existing and
performing the duties now assigned to it under the Trust Indenture
Act, then the body performing such duties on such date.
“Company” means the party named as such in this
Indenture, unless and 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” mean, respectively, a written
request, order, or consent signed in the name of the Company by the
chairman of the Board of Directors, the chief executive officer,
the president, the chief financial officer, the treasurer, the
controller, or by any other officer or officers of the Company
pursuant to an applicable Board Resolution, 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, which office at the
date hereof is located at
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“Covenant Defeasance” has the meaning specified
in Section 4.03.
“Defaulted Interest” has the meaning specified
in Section 3.07.
“Defeasance” has the meaning specified in
Section 4.02.
“Depositary” means with respect to the
Securities of any series issuable or issued in whole or in part in
global form, the Person designated as Depositary by the Company
pursuant to Section 3.01, unless and until a successor Depositary
shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of
this Indenture, and thereafter “Depositary”
shall mean or include each Person who is then a Depositary
hereunder, and if at any time there is more than one such Person,
“Depositary” as used with respect to the
Securities of any such series shall mean the
“Depositary” with respect to the Securities of
that series.
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“Equivalent Government Securities” means, in
relation to Securities denominated in a currency other than U.S.
dollars, securities of the government that issued the currency in
which such Securities are denominated or securities of government
agencies backed by the full faith and credit of such
government.
“Event
of Default” has the meaning specified in ARTICLE
V.
“Holder” , “Securityholder”
and “Holder of Securities” means a Person in
whose name a Security is registered in the Security Register (as
hereinafter defined).
“Indenture” or “this
Indenture” means this instrument as originally executed
or as it may from time to time be supplemented or amended by one or
more indentures supplemental hereto entered into pursuant to the
applicable provisions hereof and shall include the terms of any
particular series of Securities established as contemplated by
Section 3.01.
“Interest Payment Date” , when used with respect
to any series of Securities, means any date on which an installment
of interest on those Securities is scheduled to be paid.
“Maturity” , when used with respect to any
Security, means the date on which the principal amount outstanding
under such Security or an installment of principal amount
outstanding under such Security becomes due and payable, as therein
or herein provided, whether on the Scheduled Maturity Date (as
hereinafter defined), by declaration of acceleration, call for
redemption, or otherwise.
“Officers’ Certificate” means a
certificate signed by the chairman of the Board of Directors, the
chief executive officer, the president, the chief financial
officer, any vice president, the treasurer or by any other officer
or officers of the Company pursuant to an applicable Board
Resolution, and delivered to the Trustee.
“Opinion
of Counsel” means a written opinion of counsel to the
Company, which counsel may be an employee of the Company or other
counsel who shall be reasonably acceptable to the
Trustee.
“Original Issue Discount Security” means any
Security which is initially sold at a discount from the principal
amount thereof and the terms of which provide that upon redemption
or acceleration of the Maturity thereof, an amount less than the
principal amount thereof would become due and payable.
“Outstanding” , when used with respect to any
particular Securities or to the Securities of any particular series
means, as of the date of determination, all such Securities
theretofore authenticated and delivered under this Indenture,
except:
(i) such
Securities theretofore canceled by the Trustee or delivered by the
Company to the Trustee for cancellation;
(ii) such
Securities, or portions thereof, for whose payment or redemption
money in the necessary amount has been theretofore deposited in
trust with the Trustee or with any Paying Agent (as hereinafter
defined) other than the Company, or, if the Company shall act as
its own Paying Agent, has been set aside and segregated in trust by
the Company; provided, in any case, that if such Securities are to
be redeemed prior to their Scheduled Maturity Date, notice of such
redemption has been duly given pursuant to this Indenture or
provision therefor satisfactory to the Trustee has been made;
and
(iii) such
Securities in exchange for or in lieu of which other Securities
have been authenticated and delivered pursuant to this Indenture,
or which shall have been paid, in each case, pursuant to the terms
of Section 3.06 (except with respect to any such Security as
to which proof satisfactory to the Trustee is presented that such
Security is held by a Person in whose hands such Security is a
legal, valid, and binding obligation of the Company).
In determining
whether the Holders of the requisite principal amount of such
Securities Outstanding have given any request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder, the
principal amount of any Original Issue Discount Security that shall
be deemed to be Outstanding shall be the amount of the
principal
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thereof that
would be due and payable as of the date of such determination upon
a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof. In
determining whether the Holders of the requisite principal amount
of such Securities Outstanding have given a direction concerning
the time, method, and place of conducting any proceeding for any
remedy available to the Trustee, or concerning the exercise of any
trust or power conferred upon the Trustee under this Indenture, or
concerning a consent on behalf of the Holders of any series of
Securities to the waiver of any past default and its consequences,
Securities owned by the Company, any other obligor upon the
Securities, or any Affiliate of the Company or such other obligor
shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding. In
determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying upon
any such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice,
consent, or waiver, only Securities which a Responsible Officer
assigned to the corporate trust department of the Trustee knows to
be owned by the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or
any Affiliate of the Company or such other obligor shall be so
disregarded. Securities so owned which have been pledged in good
faith may be regarded as Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to
the satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgee’s right to act as
owner with respect to such Securities and that the pledgee is not
the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or any
Affiliate of the Company or such other obligor.
“Paying
Agent” means, with respect to any Securities, any Person
appointed by the Company to distribute amounts payable by the
Company on such Securities. If at any time there shall be more than
one such Person, “Paying Agent” as used with respect to
the Securities of any particular series shall mean the Paying Agent
with respect to Securities of that series.
“Person” means any individual, corporation,
partnership, joint venture, association, joint-stock company,
trust, unincorporated organization, or government, or any agency or
political subdivision thereof.
“Place
of Payment” means with respect to any series of
Securities issued hereunder the city or political subdivision so
designated with respect to the series of Securities in question in
accordance with the provisions of Section 3.01.
“Predecessor Securities” of any particular
Security means every previous Security evidencing all or a portion
of the same debt as that evidenced by such particular Security;
and, for the purposes of this definition, any Security
authenticated and delivered under Section 3.06 in lieu of a
lost, destroyed, mutilated, or stolen Security shall be deemed to
evidence the same debt as the lost, destroyed, mutilated, or stolen
Security.
“Record
Date” means any date as of which the Holder of a Security
will be determined for any purpose described herein, such
determination to be made as of the close of business on such date
by reference to the Security Register.
“Redemption Date” , when used with respect to
any Security to be redeemed, means the date fixed for such
redemption by or pursuant to this Indenture.
“Redemption Price” , when used with respect to
any Security to be redeemed, means the price specified in the
Security at which it is to be redeemed pursuant to this
Indenture.
“Repayment Date” , when used with respect to any
Security to be repaid, means the date fixed for such repayment
pursuant to such Security.
“Repayment Price” , when used with respect to
any Security to be repaid, means the price at which it is to be
repaid pursuant to such Security.
“Responsible Officer” , when used with respect
to the Trustee, shall mean an officer or assistant officer of the
Trustee in the Corporate Trust Office, having direct responsibility
for the administration of this Indenture, and also, 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.
“Scheduled Maturity Date” , when used with
respect to any Security, means the date specified in such Security
as the date on which all outstanding principal and interest will be
due and payable.
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“Security” or “Securities”
means any note or notes, bond or bonds, debenture or debentures, or
any other evidences of indebtedness, as the case may be, of any
series authenticated and delivered from time to time under this
Indenture.
“Security Register” shall have the meaning
specified in Section 3.05.
“Security Registrar” means the Person who
maintains the Security Register, which Person shall be the Trustee
unless and until a successor Security Registrar is appointed by the
Company.
“Special
Record Date” for the payment of any Defaulted Interest
means a date fixed by the Trustee pursuant to
Section 3.07.
“Specified Currency” has the meaning specified
in Section 3.01.
“Subsidiary” means any Person of which at the
time of determination the Company owns or controls directly or
indirectly more than 50% of the outstanding shares of Voting Stock
or equivalent interest.
“Trust
Indenture Act” or “TIA” means the
Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as in force as of the date hereof,
except as provided in Section 9.05.
“Trustee” means the party named as such above
until a successor becomes such pursuant to this Indenture and
thereafter means or includes each party who is then a trustee
hereunder, and if at any time there is more than one such party,
“Trustee” as used with respect to the Securities of any
series means the Trustee with respect to Securities of that series.
If Trustees with respect to different series of Securities are
trustees under this Indenture, nothing herein shall constitute the
Trustees co-trustees of the same trust, and each Trustee shall be
the trustee of a trust separate and apart from any trust
administered by any other Trustee with respect to a different
series of Securities.
“U.S.
Government Obligations” means (i) securities that
are direct obligations of the United States of America, the payment
of which is unconditionally guaranteed by the full faith and credit
of the United States of America and (ii) securities that are
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 by the full faith
and credit of the United States of America, and also includes
depository receipts issued by a bank or trust company as custodian
with respect to any of the securities described in the preceding
clauses (i) and (ii), and any payment of interest or principal
payable under any of the securities described in the preceding
clauses (i) and (ii) that is 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, or from any amount received by the custodian in
respect of such securities, or from any specific payment of
interest or principal payable under the securities evidenced by
such depository receipt.
“Voting
Stock” , as applied to the stock of any corporation,
means stock of any class or classes (however designated), the
outstanding shares of which have, by the terms thereof, ordinary
voting power to elect a majority of the members of the board of
directors (or other governing body) of such corporation, other than
stock having such power only by reason of the happening of a
contingency.
Section 1.02
Officers’ Certificates and Opinions. Every Officers’
Certificate, Opinion of Counsel, and other certificate or opinion
to be delivered to the Trustee under this Indenture with respect to
any action to be taken by the Trustee (except for the
Officers’ Certificate required by Section 10.04) shall
include the following:
(a) a statement
that each individual signing such certificate or opinion has read
all covenants and conditions of this Indenture relating to such
proposed action, including the definitions herein relating
thereto;
(b) a brief
statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or
investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in
such certificate or opinion are based;
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(c) a statement
that, in the opinion of each such individual, he or she has made
such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him or
her to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such
covenant or condition has been complied with; and
(d) a statement as
to whether, in the opinion of each such individual, such condition
or covenant has been complied with.
Section 1.03
Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee. In any case where several
matters are required to be certified by, or covered by an opinion
of, any specified Person, it is not necessary that all such matters
be certified by, or covered by the opinion of, only one such
Person, or that they be so certified or covered by only one
document, but one such Person may certify or give an opinion with
respect to some matters and one or more other such Persons as to
the other matters, and any such Person may certify or give an
opinion as to such matters in one or several documents.
Any certificate or
opinion of an officer of the Company may be based, insofar as it
relates to legal matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or
representations by, legal counsel, unless such officer knows that
any such certificate, opinion, or representation is erroneous. Any
opinion of counsel for the Company may be based, insofar as it
relates to factual matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or
representations by, an officer or officers of the Company, unless
such counsel knows that any such certificate, opinion, or
representation is erroneous.
Where any Person
is required to make, give, or execute two or more applications,
requests, consents, certificates, statements, opinions, or other
instruments under this Indenture, such instruments may, but need
not, be consolidated and form a single instrument.
Section 1.04
Acts of Securityholders.
(a) Any request,
demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver, or other
action provided by this Indenture to be given or taken by
Securityholders may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more
instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such
Securityholders in person or by an agent duly appointed in writing;
and, except as herein otherwise expressly provided, such action
shall become effective when such instrument or instruments are
delivered to the Trustee and (if expressly required by the
applicable terms of this Indenture) to the Company. If any
Securities are denominated in coin or currency other than that of
the United States, then for the purposes of determining whether the
Holders of the requisite principal amount of Securities have taken
any action as herein described, the principal amount of such
Securities shall be deemed to be that amount of United States
dollars that could be obtained for such principal amount on the
basis of the spot rate of exchange into United States dollars for
the currency in which such Securities are denominated (as evidenced
to the Trustee by a certificate provided by a financial
institution, selected by the Company, that maintains an active
trade in the currency in question, acting as conversion agent) as
of the date the taking of such action by the Holders of such
requisite principal amount is evidenced to the Trustee as provided
in the immediately preceding sentence. Such instrument or
instruments (and the action embodied therein and evidenced thereby)
are herein sometimes referred to as the “Act” of
the Securityholders signing such instrument or instruments. Proof
of execution of any such instrument or of a writing appointing any
such agent shall be sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture
and (subject to Section 6.01) conclusive in favor of the
Trustee and the Company, if made in the manner provided in this
Section.
(b) The fact and
date of the execution by any Person of any such instrument or
writing may be proved by the affidavit of a witness to such
execution or by the certificate of any notary public or other
officer authorized by law to take acknowledgments of deeds,
certifying that the individual signing such instrument or writing
acknowledged to him the execution thereof. Where such execution is
by an officer of a corporation or a member of a partnership, on
behalf of such corporation or partnership, such certificate or
affidavit shall also constitute sufficient proof of his authority.
The fact and date of the execution of any such instrument or
writing, or the authority of the person executing the same, may
also be proved in any other manner which the Trustee deems
sufficient.
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(c) The ownership
of Securities shall for all purposes be determined by reference to
the Security Register, as such register shall exist as of the
applicable date.
(d) If the Company
shall solicit from the Holders any request, demand, authorization,
direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action, the Company
may, at its option, by Board Resolution, fix in advance a Record
Date for the determination of Holders entitled to give such
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver
or other action, but the Company shall have no obligation to do so.
If such Record Date is fixed, such request, demand, authorization,
direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action may be given
before or after such Record Date, but only the Holders of record at
the close of business on such Record Date shall be deemed to be
Holders for the purpose of determining whether Holders of the
requisite proportion of Securities Outstanding have authorized or
agreed or consented to such request, demand, authorization,
direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action, and for that
purpose the Securities Outstanding shall be computed as of such
Record Date; provided, that no such authorization, agreement
or consent by the Holders on such Record Date shall be deemed
effective unless it shall become effective pursuant to the
provisions of this Indenture not later than six months after such
Record Date.
(e) Any request,
demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other
action by the Holder of any Security shall bind each subsequent
Holder of such Security, and each Holder of any Security issued
upon the registration of transfer thereof or in exchange therefor
or in lieu thereof, with respect to anything done or suffered to be
done by the Trustee or the Company in reliance upon such action,
whether or not notation of such action is made upon such
Security.
Section 1.05
Notices, etc., to Trustee and Company. Any request, order,
authorization, direction, consent, waiver, or other action to be
taken by the Trustee, the Company, or the Securityholders hereunder
(including any Authentication Order), and any notice to be given to
the Trustee or the Company with respect to any action taken or to
be taken by the Trustee, the Company, or the Securityholders
hereunder, shall be sufficient if made in writing and
(a) (if to be
furnished or delivered to or filed with the Trustee by the Company
or any Securityholder) delivered to the Trustee at its Corporate
Trust Office, or
(b) (if to be
furnished or delivered to the Company by the Trustee or any
Securityholder, and except as otherwise provided in
Section 5.01(d) and, in the case of a request for repayment,
except as specified in the Security carrying the right to
repayment) mailed to the Company, first-class postage prepaid, at
its principal office (as specified in the first paragraph of this
instrument), to the attention of its chief financial officer, or at
any other address hereafter furnished in writing by the Company to
the Trustee.
Section 1.06
Notice To Securityholders; Waiver. Where this Indenture or any
Security provides for notice to Securityholders of any event, such
notice shall be sufficiently given (unless otherwise expressly
provided herein or in such Security) if in writing and mailed,
first-class postage prepaid, to each Securityholder affected by
such event, at his or her address as it appears in the Security
Register as of the applicable Record Date, not later than the
latest date or earlier than the earliest date prescribed by this
Indenture or such Security for the giving of such notice. In any
case where notice to Securityholders is given by mail, neither the
failure to mail such notice nor any defect in any notice so mailed
to any particular Securityholder shall affect the sufficiency of
such notice with respect to other Securityholders. Where this
Indenture or any Security provides for notice in any manner, such
notice may be waived in writing by the Person entitled to receive
such notice, either before or after the event, and such waiver
shall be the equivalent of such notice. Waivers of notice by
Securityholders shall be filed with the Trustee, but such filing
shall not be a condition precedent to the validity of any action
taken in reliance upon such waiver.
In case, by reason
of the suspension of regular mail service as a result of a strike,
work stoppage or otherwise, it shall be impractical to mail notice
of any event to any Securityholder when such notice is required to
be given pursuant to any provision of this Indenture or the
applicable Security, then any method of notification as shall be
satisfactory to the Trustee and the Company shall be deemed to be
sufficient for the giving of such notice.
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Section 1.07
Conflict with Trust Indenture Act. If any provision hereof limits,
qualifies or conflicts with another provision hereof which is
required to be included in this Indenture by any of the provisions
of the TIA, such required provision shall control.
Section 1.08
Effect of Headings and Table of Contents. The Article and Section
headings herein and the Table of Contents hereof are for
convenience only and shall not affect the construction of any
provision of this Indenture.
Section 1.09
Successors and Assigns. All covenants and agreements in this
Indenture by the Company shall bind its successors and assigns,
whether so expressed or not.
Section 1.10
Separability Clause. In case any provision in this Indenture or in
the Securities shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the
validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions
shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
Section 1.11
Benefits Of Indenture. Nothing in this Indenture or in any
Securities, express or implied, shall give to any Person, other
than the parties hereto, their successors hereunder, the
Authenticating Agent, the Security Registrar, any Paying Agent, and
the Holders of Securities (or such of them as may be affected
thereby), any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or
claim under this Indenture.
Section 1.12
Governing Law. This Indenture shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without regard
to the principles of conflict of laws.
Section 1.13
Counterparts. This instrument may be executed in any number of
counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be
an original, but all of which shall together constitute but one and
the same instrument.
Section 1.15
Legal Holidays. In any case where any Interest Payment Date,
Redemption Date, Repayment Date or Maturity of any Security shall
not be a Business Day at any Place of Payment, then
(notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture or of the
Securities) payment of interest or principal (and premium, if any)
need not be made at such Place of Payment on such date, but may be
made on the next succeeding Business Day at such Place of Payment
with the same force and effect as if made on the Interest Payment
Date, Redemption Date, Repayment Date or at Maturity,
provided, that no interest shall accrue for the period from
and after such Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date, Repayment
Date or Maturity, as the case may be.
ARTICLE II
SECURITY FORMS
Section 2.01
Forms Generally. The Securities of each series shall have such
appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other
variations as are required or permitted by this Indenture and may
have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification and
such legends or endorsements placed thereon, as may be required to
comply with the rules of any securities exchange, or as may,
consistently herewith, be determined by the officers executing such
Securities, as evidenced by their execution of the Securities. Any
portion of the text of any Security may be set forth on the reverse
thereof, with an appropriate reference thereto on the face of the
Security.
The definitive
Securities, if any, shall be printed, lithographed or engraved or
produced by any combination of these methods on steel engraved
borders or may be produced in any other manner permitted by the
rules of any securities exchange, all as determined by the officers
executing such Securities, as evidenced by their execution of such
Securities.
Section 2.02
Forms of Securities. Each Security shall be in one of the forms
approved from time to time by or pursuant to any Board Resolution,
or established in one or more indentures supplemental hereto. Prior
to the delivery to the Trustee for authentication of any Security
in any form approved by or pursuant to a Board Resolution, the
Company shall deliver to the Trustee a copy of such Board
Resolution, together with a true and
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correct copy of
the form of Security which has been approved thereby, or, if a
Board Resolution authorizes a specific officer or officers to
approve a form of Security, together with a certificate of such
officer or officers approving the form of Security attached
thereto, provided, however , that with respect to all
Securities issued pursuant to the same Board Resolution, the
required copy of such Board Resolution, together with the
appropriate attachment, need be delivered only once. Any form of
Security approved by or pursuant to a Board Resolution must be
acceptable as to form to the Trustee, such acceptance to be
evidenced by the Trustee’s authentication of Securities in
that form or by a certificate signed by a Responsible Officer of
the Trustee and delivered to the Company.
Section 2.03
Securities in Global Form. If Securities of a series are issuable
in whole or in part in global form, the global security
representing such Securities may provide that it shall represent
the aggregate amount of Outstanding Securities from time to time
endorsed thereon and may also provide that the aggregate amount of
Outstanding Securities represented thereby may from time to time be
reduced to reflect exchanges or increased to reflect the issuance
of additional Securities. Any endorsement of a Security in global
form to reflect the amount (or any increase or decrease in the
amount) of Outstanding Securities represented thereby shall be made
in such manner and by such Person or Persons as shall be specified
therein or in the Authentication Order delivered to the Trustee
pursuant to Section 3.03 hereof.
Section 2.04
Form of Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication. The form of
Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication for any Security
issued pursuant to this Indenture shall be substantially as
follows:
This is one of the
Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the
within-mentioned Indenture.
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ARTICLE III
THE SECURITIES
Section 3.01
General Title; General Limitations; Issuable in Series; Terms of
Particular Series.
(a) The aggregate
principal amount of Securities that may be authenticated,
delivered, and Outstanding at any time under this Indenture is not
limited.
(b) The Securities
may be issued in one or more series in such aggregate principal
amount as may from time to time be authorized by the Board of
Directors. All Securities of a series issued under this Indenture
shall in all respects be equally and ratably entitled to the
benefits hereof, without preference, priority, or distinction on
account of the actual time of the authentication and delivery or
Scheduled Maturity Date thereof.
(c) Each series of
Securities shall be created either by or pursuant to one or more
Board Resolutions, by an Officers’ Certificate or by one or
more indentures supplemental hereto. Any such Board Resolution or
supplemental indenture (or, in the case of a series of Securities
created pursuant to a Board Resolution, any officer or officers
authorized by such Board Resolution) shall establish the terms of
any such series of Securities, including the following (as and to
such extent as may be applicable):
(1) the title of
such series;
(2) the limit, if
any, upon the aggregate principal amount or issue price of the
Securities of such series;
(3) the issue date
or issue dates of the Securities of such series;
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(4) the date or
dates on which the principal and premium, if any, of the Securities
of such series are payable;
(5) the place or
places where the principal, premium, if any, interest, if any, and
additional amounts, if any, payable with respect to the Securities
of such series shall be payable;
(6) whether the
Securities of such series will be issued at par or at a premium
over or a discount from their face amount;
(7) the rate or
rates (which may be fixed or variable) at which the Securities of
such series shall bear interest, if any, and, if applicable, the
method by which such rate or rates may be determined;
(8) the date or
dates (or the method by which such date or dates may be determined)
from which interest, if any, shall accrue, and the Interest Payment
Dates on which such interest shall be payable;
(9) the rights, if
any, to defer payments of interest on the Securities by extending
the interest payment periods and the duration of such
extension;
(10) the period or
periods within which, the Redemption Price(s) or Repayment Price(s)
at which, and any other terms and conditions upon which the
Securities of such series may be redeemed or repaid, in whole or in
part, by the Company;
(11) the
obligation, if any, of the Company to redeem, repay, or purchase
any of the Securities of such series pursuant to any sinking fund,
mandatory redemption, purchase obligation, or analogous provision
at the option of a Holder thereof, and the period or periods within
which, the Redemption Price(s) or Repayment Price(s) or other price
or prices at which, and any other terms and conditions upon which
the Securities of such series shall be redeemed, repaid, or
purchased, in whole or in part, pursuant to such
obligation;
(12) the issuance
of the Securities of such series in whole or in part in global form
and, if so, the identity of the Depositary for such global security
and the terms and conditions, if any, upon which interests in the
Securities represented by such global security may be exchanged, in
whole or in part, for the individual Securities represented thereby
(if other than as provided in Section 3.05);
(13) whether such
securities are subordinated securities and if so, the provisions
for such subordination;
(14) the
denominations in which the Securities of such series will be issued
(which may be any denomination as set forth in the terms of such
Securities) if other than U.S. $1,000 or an integral multiple
thereof;
(15) whether and
under what circumstances additional amounts on the Securities of
such series shall be payable in respect of any taxes, assessments,
or other governmental charges withheld or deducted and, if so,
whether the Company will have the option to redeem such Securities
rather than pay such additional amounts;
(16) the basis
upon which interest shall be calculated;
(17) if the
Securities of such series are to be issuable in definitive form
(whether upon original issue or upon exchange of a temporary
Security for a definitive Security of such series) only upon
receipt of certain certificates or other documents or upon
satisfaction of other conditions, then the form and terms of such
certificates, documents, and/or conditions;
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(18) the exchange
or conversion of the Securities of that series, whether or not at
the option of the Holders thereof, for or into new Securities of a
different series or for or into any other securities which may
include shares of Capital Stock of the Company or any Subsidiary of
the Company or securities directly or indirectly convertible into
or exchangeable for any such shares or securities of entities
unaffiliated with the Company or any Subsidiary of the
Company;
(19) if other than
U.S. dollars, the foreign or composite currency or currencies (each
such currency a “Specified Currency” ) in which
the Securities of such series shall be denominated and in which
payments of principal, premium, if any, interest, if any, or
additional amounts, if any, payable with respect to such Securities
shall or may be payable;
(20) if the
principal, premium, if any, interest, if any, or additional
amounts, if any, payable with respect to the Securities of such
series are to be payable in any currency other than that in which
the Securities are stated to be payable, whether at the election of
the Company or of a Holder thereof, the period or periods within
which, and the terms and conditions upon which, such election may
be made;
(21) if the amount
of any payment of principal, premium, if any, interest, if any, or
other sum payable with respect to the Securities of such series may
be determined by reference to the relative value of one or more
Specified Currencies, commodities, securities, or instruments, the
level of one or more financial or non-financial indices, or any
other designated factors or formulas, the manner in which such
amounts shall be determined;
(22) the exchange
of Securities of such series, at the option of the Holders thereof,
for other Securities of the same series of the same aggregate
principal amount of a different authorized kind or different
authorized denomination or denominations, or both;
(23) the
appointment by the Trustee of an Authenticating Agent in one or
more places other than the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee,
with power to act on behalf of the Trustee, and subject to its
direction, in the authentication and delivery of the Securities of
such series;
(24) any trustees,
depositaries, paying agents, transfer agents, exchange agents,
conversion agents, registrars, or other agents with respect to the
Securities of such series if other than the Trustee, Paying Agent
and Security Registrar named herein;
(25) the portion
of the principal amount of Securities of such series, if other than
the principal amount thereof, that shall be payable upon
declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to
Section 5.02 or provable in bankruptcy pursuant to
Section 5.04;
(26) any Event of
Default with respect to the Securities of such series, if not set
forth herein, or any modification of any Event of Default set forth
herein with respect to such series;
(27) any covenant
solely for the benefit of the Securities of such series;
(28) the
inapplicability of Section 4.02 and Section 4.03 of this
Indenture to the Securities of such series and if Section 4.03
is applicable, the covenants subject to Covenant Defeasance under
Section 4.03; and
(29) any other
terms of the securities of such series (which terms shall not be
inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture, but which may
modify or delete any provision of this Indenture insofar as it
applies to such series).
If all of the
Securities issuable by or pursuant to any Board Resolution are not
to be issued at one time, it shall not be necessary to deliver the
Officers’ Certificate and Opinion of Counsel required by
Section 3.03 hereof at the time of issuance of each such
Security, but such Officers’ Certificate and Opinion of
Counsel shall be delivered at or before the time of issuance of the
first such Security.
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If any series of
Securities shall be established by action taken pursuant to any
Board Resolution, the execution by the officer or officers
authorized by such Board Resolution of an Authentication Order (as
defined in Section 3.03 below) with respect to the first
Security of such series to be issued, and the delivery of such
Authentication Order to the Trustee at or before the time of
issuance of the first Security of such series, shall constitute a
sufficient record of such action. Except as otherwise permitted by
Section 3.03, if all of the Securities of any such series are
not to be issued at one time, the Company shall deliver an
Authentication Order with respect to each subsequent issuance of
Securities of such series, but such Authentication Orders may be
executed by any authorized officer or officers of the Company,
whether or not such officer or officers would have been authorized
to establish such series pursuant to the aforementioned Board
Resolution.
Unless otherwise
provided by or pursuant to the Board Resolution or supplemental
indenture creating such series (i) a series may be reopened
for issuances of additional Securities of such series, and
(ii) all Securities of the same series shall be substantially
identical, except for the initial Interest Payment Date, issue
price, initial interest accrual date and the amount of the first
interest payment.
The form of the
Securities of each series shall be established in a supplemental
indenture or by or pursuant to the Board Resolution creating such
series. The Securities of each series shall be distinguished from
the Securities of each other series in such manner as the Board of
Directors or its authorized representative or representatives may
determine.
Unless otherwise
provided with respect to Securities of a particular series, the
Securities of any series may only be issuable in registered form,
without coupons.
Section 3.02
Denominations and Currency. The Securities of each series shall be
issuable in such denominations and currency as shall be provided in
the provisions of this Indenture or by or pursuant to the Board
Resolution or supplemental indenture creating such series. In the
absence of any such provisions with respect to the Securities of
any series, the Securities of that series shall be issuable only in
fully registered form in denominations of U.S. $1,000 and any
integral multiple thereof.
Section 3.03
Execution, Authentication and Delivery, and Dating. The Securities
shall be executed on behalf of the Company by the president, any
vice president, the treasurer or any assistant treasurer and
attested by the secretary or any one of its assistant secretaries,
under its corporate seal. The signature of any of these officers on
the Securities may be manual or facsimile. The seal of the Company,
if set forth thereon, may be in the form of a facsimile thereof and
may be impressed, affixed, imprinted, or otherwise reproduced on
the Securities. Typographical and other minor errors or defects in
any such reproduction of the seal or any such signature shall not
affect the validity or enforceability of any Security that has been
duly authenticated and delivered by the Trustee.
Unless otherwise
provided in the form of Security for any series, all Securities
shall be dated the date of their authentication.
Securities bearing
the manual or facsimile signatures of individuals who were at any
time the proper officers of the Company shall bind the Company,
notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them have ceased to
hold such offices prior to the authentication and delivery of such
Securities or did not hold such offices at the date of such
Securities.
At any time and
from time to time after the execution and delivery of this
Indenture, the Company may deliver Securities to the Trustee for
authentication, together with a Company Order for authentication
and delivery (such Company Order an “Authentication
Order” ) with respect to such Securities, and the Trustee
shall, upon receipt of such Authentication Order, in accordance
with procedures acceptable to the Trustee set forth in the
Authentication Order, and subject to the provisions hereof,
authenticate and deliver such Securities to such recipients as may
be specified from time to time pursuant to such Authentication
Order. The material terms of such Securities shall be determinable
by reference to such Authentication Order and procedures. If
provided for in such procedures, such Authentication Order may
authorize authentication and delivery of such Securities pursuant
to oral
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instructions
from the Company or its duly authorized agent, which instructions
shall be promptly confirmed in writing. In authenticating such
Securities and accepting the additional responsibilities under this
Indenture in relation to such Securities, the Trustee shall be
entitled to receive, and (subject to the provisions of
Section 6.01 hereof) shall be fully protected in relying
upon:
(1) an executed
supplemental indenture, if any;
(2) an
Officers’ Certificate, certifying as to the authorized form
or forms and terms of such Securities; and
(3) an Opinion of
Counsel, stating that:
(b) the form
or forms and terms of such Securities have been established by and
in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture;
provided, that if all such Securities are not to be issued
at the same time, such Opinion of Counsel may state that such terms
will be established in conformity with the provisions of this
Indenture, subject to any conditions specified in such Opinion of
Counsel; and
(c) such
Securities, when authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and
issued by the Company in the manner and subject to any conditions
specified in such Opinion of Counsel, will constitute valid and
legally binding obligations of the Company, enforceable in
accordance with their terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency,
moratorium, reorganization, and other laws of general applicability
relating to or affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights
and to general principles of equity;
provided,
however , that if all
Securities issuable by or pursuant to a Board Resolution or
supplemental indenture are not to be originally issued at one time,
it shall not be necessary to deliver the Officers’
Certificate or Opinion of Counsel otherwise required pursuant to
this paragraph at or prior to the time of authentication of each
such Security if such documents are delivered at or prior to the
time of authentication upon original issuance of the first such
Security to be issued. After the original issuance of the first
such Security to be issued, any separate request by the Company
that the Trustee authenticate such Securities for original issuance
will be deemed to be a certification by the Company that it is in
compliance with all conditions precedent provided for in this
Indenture relating to the authentication and delivery of such
Securities.
The Trustee shall
not be required to authenticate such Securities if the issue
thereof will adversely affect the Trustee’s own rights,
duties, or immunities under the Securities and this
Indenture.
If the Company
shall establish pursuant to Section 3.01 that Securities of a
series may be issued in whole or in part in global form, then the
Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall (in accordance with
this Section 3.03 and the Authentication Order with respect to
such series) authenticate and deliver, one or more Securities in
global form that (i) shall represent and shall be denominated
in an aggregate amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of
the Outstanding Securities of such series to be represented by such
one or more Securities in global form, (ii) shall be registered, in
the name of the Depositary for such Security or Securities in
global form, or in the name of a nominee of such Depositary,
(iii) shall be delivered to such Depositary or pursuant to
such Depositary’s instruction, and (iv) shall bear a
legend substantially as follows: “Unless and until it is
exchanged in whole or in part for Securities in certificated form,
this Security may not be transferred except as a whole by the
Depositary to a nominee of the Depositary, or 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 successor Depositary.” Each Depositary
designated pursuant to Section 3.01 for a Security in global
form must, at the time of its designation and at all times while it
serves as Depositary, be a clearing agency registered under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and any other applicable statute or
regulation.
No Security shall
be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture or be valid or
obligatory for any purpose unless there appears on such Security a
certificate of authentication substantially in the form provided
for herein executed by the Trustee by manual signature of an
authorized officer, and such certificate upon any Security shall be
conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such Security has
been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder.
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Section 3.04
Temporary Securities. Pending the preparation of definitive
Securities of any series, the Company may execute, and, upon
receipt of the documents required by Section 2.02,
Section 3.01 and Section 3.03, together with an
Authentication Order, the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver,
temporary Securities of such series that are printed, lithographed,
typewritten, mimeographed, or otherwise produced, in any authorized
denomination, substantially of the tenor of the definitive
Securities in lieu of which they are issued in registered form,
without coupons, and with such appropriate insertions, omissions,
substitutions, and other variations as the officers executing such
Securities may determine, as evidenced by their execution of such
Securities. In the case of Securities of any series for which a
temporary Security may be issued in global form, such temporary
global security shall represent all of the Outstanding Securities
of such series and tenor.
Except in the case
of temporary Securities in global form, which shall be exchanged in
accordance with the provisions thereof, if temporary Securities of
any series are issued, the Company will cause definitive Securities
of such series to be prepared without unreasonable delay. After the
preparation of definitive Securities, the temporary Securities of
such series shall be exchangeable, at the Corporate Trust Office of
the Trustee, or at such other office or agency as may be maintained
by the Company in a Place of Payment pursuant to Section 10.02
hereof, for definitive Securities of such series having identical
terms and provisions, upon surrender of the temporary Securities of
such series, at the Company’s own expense and without charge
to the Holder; and upon surrender for cancellation of any one or
more temporary Securities of any series, the Company shall execute
and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor
a like principal amount of definitive Securities of such series in
authorized denominations containing identical terms and provisions.
Unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.01
with respect to a temporary Security in global form, until so
exchanged, the temporary Securities of such series shall in all
respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as
definitive Securities of such series.
Section 3.05
Registration, Transfer and Exchange. With respect to the Securities
of each series, the Trustee shall keep a register (herein sometimes
referred to as the “Security Register” ) which
shall provide for the registration of Securities of such series,
and for transfers of Securities of such series, in accordance with
information to be provided to the Trustee by the Company, subject
to such reasonable regulations as the Trustee may prescribe. Such
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 the information contained in such register or
registers shall be available for inspection at the Corporate Trust
Office of the Trustee or at such other office or agency to be
maintained by the Company pursuant to Section 10.02
hereof.
Upon due
presentation for registration of transfer of any Security of any
series at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee or at any other
office or agency maintained by the Company with respect to that
series pursuant to Section 10.02 hereof, the Company shall
execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in the
name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new
Securities of such series of any authorized denominations, of like
aggregate principal amount, tenor, terms and Scheduled Maturity
Date.
Any other
provision of this Section 3.05 notwithstanding, unless and
until it is exchanged in whole or in part for the individual
Securities represented thereby, in definitive form, a Security in
global form representing all or a portion of the Securities of a
series may not be transferred except as a whole by the Depositary
for such series to a nominee of such Depositary, or by a nominee of
such Depositary to such Depositary or another nominee of such
Depositary, or by such Depositary or any such nominee to a
successor Depositary for such series or a nominee of such successor
Depositary.
At the option of
the Holder, Securities of any series may be exchanged for other
Securities of such series of any authorized denominations, of like
aggregate principal amount, tenor, terms and Scheduled Maturity
Date, upon surrender of the Securities to be exchanged at such
office or agency. Whenever any Securities are so surrendered for
exchange, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver, the Securities which the Securityholder
making the exchange is entitled to receive.
If at any time the
Depositary for the Securities of a series represented by one or
more Securities in global form notifies the Company that it is
unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for the Securities of
such series, or if at any time the Depositary for the Securities of
such series shall no longer be eligible under Section 3.03
hereof, the Company, by Company Order, shall appoint a successor
Depositary with respect to the Securities of such series. If a
successor Depositary for the Securities of such series is not
appointed by the Company within 90 days after the
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Company
receives such notice or becomes aware of such ineligibility, the
Company’s election pursuant to Section 3.01 that such
Securities be represented by one or more Securities in global form
shall no longer be effective with respect to the Securities of such
series and the Company will execute, and the Trustee, upon receipt
of an Authentication Order for the authentication and delivery of
definitive Securities of such series, will authenticate and deliver
Securities of such series in definitive form, in authorized
denominations, in an aggregate principal amount, and of like terms
and tenor, equal to the principal amount of the Security or
Securities in global form representing such series, in exchange for
such Security or Securities in global form.
The Company may at
any time and in its sole discretion and subject to the procedures
of the Depositary determine that individual Securities of any
series issued in global form shall no longer be represented by such
Security or Securities in global form. In such event the Company
will execute, and the Trustee, upon receipt of an Authentication
Order for the authentication and delivery of definitive Securities
of such series and of the same terms and tenor, will authenticate
and deliver Securities of such series in definitive form, in
authorized denominations, and in aggregate principal amount equal
to the principal amount of the Security or Securities in global
form representing such series in exchange for such Security or
Securities in global form.
If specified by
the Company pursuant to Section 3.01 with respect to a series
of Securities issued in global form, the Depositary for such series
of Securities may surrender a Security in global form for such
series of Securities in exchange in whole or in part for Securities
of such series in definitive form and of like terms and tenor on
such terms as are acceptable to the Company and such Depositary.
Thereupon, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee upon receipt
of an Authentication Order for the authentication and delivery of
definitive Securities of such series, shall authenticate and
deliver, without service charge:
(a) to each
Person specified by such Depositary, a new definitive Security or
Securities of the same series and of the same tenor and terms, in
authorized denominations, in aggregate principal amount equal to
and in exchange for such Person’s beneficial interest in the
Security in global form; and
(b) to such
Depositary, a new Security in global form in a denomination equal
to the difference, if any, between the principal amount of the
surrendered Security in global form and the aggregate principal
amount of the definitive Securities delivered to Holders pursuant
to clause (a) above.
Upon the exchange
of a Security in global form for Securities in definitive form,
such Security in global form shall be canceled by the Trustee or an
agent of the Company or the Trustee. Securities issued in
definitive form in exchange for a Security in global form pursuant
to this Section 3.05 shall be registered in such names and in
such authorized denominations as the Depositary for such Security
in global form, pursuant to instructions from its direct or
indirect participants or otherwise, shall instruct the Trustee or
an agent of the Company or the Trustee in writing. The Trustee or
such agent shall deliver such Securities to or as directed by the
Persons in whose names such Securities are so registered or to the
Depositary.
Whenever any
securities are so surrendered for exchange, the Company shall
execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the
Securities which the Holder making the exchange is entitled to
receive.
All Securities
issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities
shall be the valid obligations of the Company, evidencing the same
debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as
the Securities surrendered upon such transfer or
exchange.
Every Security
presented or surrendered for registration of transfer, exchange,
redemption or payment shall (if so required by the Company or the
Trustee) be duly endorsed, or be accompanied by a written
instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the
Security Registrar duly executed by the Holder thereof or his
attorney duly authorized in writing.
Unless otherwise
provided in the Security to be transferred or exchanged, no service
charge shall be imposed for any registration of transfer or
exchange of Securities, but the Company may (unless otherwise
provided in such Security) require payment of a sum sufficient to
cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in
connection with any transfer or exchange of Securities, other than
exchanges pursuant to Section 3.04, Section 3.06,
Section 9.06 and Section 11.07 hereof not involving any
transfer.
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The Company shall
not be required to (i) issue, register the transfer of, or
exchange any Security of any series during a period beginning at
the opening of business 15 days before the day of the mailing
of a notice of redemption of Securities of such series selected for
redemption under Section 11.03 and ending at the close of
business on the date of such mailing, or (ii) register the
transfer of or exchange any Security so selected for redemption in
whole or in part, except in the case of any Security to be redeemed
in part, the portion thereof not to be redeemed.
Section 3.06
Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities. If (i) any
mutilated Security is surrendered to the Trustee, or the Company
and the Trustee receive evidence to their satisfaction of the
destruction, loss or theft of any Security, and (ii) there is
delivered to the Company and the Trustee such security or indemnity
as may be required by them to save each 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
may in its discretion execute and upon request of the Company the
Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in exchange for or in lieu
of any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security, a new
Security of like tenor, terms, series, Scheduled Maturity Date, and
principal amount, 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
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 the same
series duly issued hereunder.
The provisions of
this Section are exclusive and shall preclude (to the extent
lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the
replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen
Securities.
Section 3.07
Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved. Interest on any
Security which is payable and is punctually paid or duly provided
for on any Interest Payment Date shall, if so provided in such
Security, be paid to the Person in whose name that Security (or one
or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of
business on the applicable Record Date, notwithstanding any
transfer or exchange of such Security subsequent to such Record
Date and prior to such Interest Payment Date (unless such Interest
Payment Date is also the date of Maturity of such
Security).
Any interest on
any Security which is payable, but is not punctually paid or duly
provided for, on any Interest Payment Date (herein called
“Defaulted Interest”) shall forthwith cease to be
payable to the registered Holder on the applicable Record Date by
virtue of his having been such Holder; and, except as hereinafter
provided, such Defaulted Interest may be paid by the Company, at
its election in each case, as provided in clause (a) or clause
(b) below:
(a) The Company
may elect to make payment of any Defaulted Interest to the Persons
in whose names any such Securities (or their respective Predecessor
Securities) are registered at the close of business on a Special
Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest, which shall
be fixed in the following manner. The Company shall notify the
Trustee in writing of the amount of Defaulted Interest proposed to
be paid on each such Security and the date of the proposed payment,
and at the same time the Company shall deposit with the Trustee an
amount of money equal to the aggregate amount proposed to be paid
in respect of such Defaulted Interest or shall make arrangements
satisfactory to the Trustee for such deposit prior to the date of
the proposed payment, such money when deposited to be held in trust
for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such Defaulted Interest
as in this clause provided. Thereupon the Trustee shall fix a
Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest
which shall be not more than 15 nor less than 10 days prior to the
date of the proposed payment and not less than 10 days after
the receipt
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by the Trustee
of the notice of the proposed payment. The Trustee shall promptly
notify the Company of such
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