Exhibit 4.11
PNC FUNDING CORP, ISSUER
AND
THE PNC FINANCIAL SERVICES GROUP, INC.,
GUARANTOR
AND
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., TRUSTEE
INDENTURE
DATED AS OF JUNE 30, 2005
Guaranteed Convertible Senior Debt
Securities
SHOWING REFLECTION OF CERTAIN
PROVISIONS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO SECTIONS 3.10 THROUGH 3.18(a),
INCLUSIVE, OF THE TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939 (WHICH PURSUANT TO
SECTION 318(C) OF THE TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939 ARE PART OF AND
GOVERN SUCH PROVISIONS OF THE INDENTURE WHETHER OR NOT CONTAINED
THEREIN):
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TRUST
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INDENTURE
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ACT
SECTION
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INDENTURE
SECTION
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6.09
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6.09
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Not
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Not
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6.08, 6.10(a),
(b), and (d)
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6.13
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6.13
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7.01,
7.02
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7.02
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7.03
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7.03
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7.03
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7.03
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Section 3.14(a)(1), (2) and
(3)
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7.04
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10.04
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1.02
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1.02
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1.02
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6.01
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6.02
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6.01
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TRUST
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INDENTURE
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ACT
SECTION
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INDENTURE SECTION
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6.01
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5.14
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5.02,
5.12
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5.13
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5.08
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5.03
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5.04
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10.03
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1.07
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NOTE: This
table is not a part of the Indenture.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS*
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PREAMBLE
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1
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Recitals of the
Company
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ARTICLE ONE
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DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION
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Definitions
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1
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Compliance
Certificates and Opinions
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Form of
Documents Delivered to Trustee
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Acts of
Holders; Record Dates
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Notices, Etc.,
to Trustee and Company
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11
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Notice to
Holders; Waiver
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Conflict with
Trust Indenture Act
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Effect of
Headings and Table of Contents
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Successors and
Assigns
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Separability
Clause
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Benefits of
Indenture
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Governing
Law
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Legal
Holidays
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ARTICLE TWO
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SECURITY FORMS
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Forms
Generally
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Form of
Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication
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Forms of
Security
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Form of
Guarantee
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Forms of Legend
for Global Securities
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ARTICLE THREE
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THE SECURITIES
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Title and
Terms
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Denominations
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Execution,
Authentication, Delivery and Dating
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Temporary
Securities
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Registration,
Registration of Transfer and Exchange
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Mutilated,
Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities
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Payment of
Interest; Interest Rights Preserved
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Persons Deemed
Owners
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Cancellation
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Computation of
Interest
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Unconditional
Guarantee
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Execution of
Guarantees
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ARTICLE FOUR
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SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
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Satisfaction
and Discharge of Indenture
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Application of
Trust Money
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ARTICLE FIVE
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REMEDIES
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Events of
Default
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Acceleration of
Maturity; Rescission and Annulment
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Collection of
Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee
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Trustee May
File Proofs of Claim
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Trustee May
Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities
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Application of
Money Collected
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Limitation on
Suits
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Unconditional
Right of Holders to Receive Principal, Premium, Interest and to
Convert
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Restoration of
Rights and Remedies
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Rights and
Remedies Cumulative
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Delay or
Omission Not Waiver
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Control by
Holders
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Waiver of Past
Defaults
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Undertaking for
Costs
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Waiver of
Usury, Stay or Extension Laws
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ARTICLE SIX
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THE TRUSTEE
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Certain Duties
and Responsibilities
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Notice of
Defaults
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Certain Rights
of Trustee
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Not Responsible
for Recitals or Issuance of Securities
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May Hold
Securities
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Money Held in
Trust
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Compensation
and Reimbursement
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Conflicting
Interests
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Corporate
Trustee Required; Eligibility
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Resignation and
Removal; Appointment of Successor
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Acceptance of
Appointment by Successor
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Merger,
Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business
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Preferential
Collection of Claims Against Company and Guarantor
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ARTICLE SEVEN
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HOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY
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Company to
Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders
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Preservation of
Information; Communications to Holders
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Reports by
Trustee
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Reports by
Company and Guarantor
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ARTICLE EIGHT
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CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE
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Company May
Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms
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Successor
Substituted
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Guarantor May
Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms
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Successor
Corporation Substituted for Guarantor
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Company May
Consolidated, Etc. With Guarantor Only on Certain Terms
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ARTICLE NINE
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SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
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Supplemental
Indentures Without Consent of Holders
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Supplemental
Indentures With Consent of Holders
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Execution of
Supplemental Indentures
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Effect of
Supplemental Indentures
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Conformity with
Trust Indenture Act
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Reference in
Securities to Supplemental Indentures
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ARTICLE TEN
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COVENANTS
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Payment of
Principal, Premium and Interest
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Maintenance of
Office or Agency
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Money for
Securities Payments to Be Held in Trust
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Certification
of Compliance of the Company and the Guarantor
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Existence
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Limitation on
Sale or Issuance of Voting Shares of Principal Subsidiary
Banks
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Ownership of
the Company
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Liens
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Waiver of
Covenants
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Limitation on
the Covenant Concerning Sale or Issuance of Voting Shares of
Principal Subsidiary Bank
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ARTICLE ELEVEN
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REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES
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Applicability
of Article
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Election to
Redeem; Notice to Trustee
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Selection by
Trustee of Securities to Be Redeemed
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Notice of
Redemption
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Deposit of
Redemption Price
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Securities
Payable on Redemption Date
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Securities
Redeemed in Part
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ARTICLE TWELVE
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SINKING FUNDS
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Applicability
of Article
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Satisfaction of
Sinking Fund Payments with Securities
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Redemption of
Securities for Sinking Fund
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ARTICLE THIRTEEN
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DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE
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Company’s
Option to Effect Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance
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Defeasance and
Discharge
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Covenant
Defeasance
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Conditions to
Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance
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Deposited Money
and U.S. Government Obligations to Be Held in Trust; Miscellaneous
Provisions
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Reinstatement
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ARTICLE FOURTEEN
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CONVERSION OF SECURITIES
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Conversion
Privilege
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Exercise of
Conversion Privilege
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Fractions of
Shares
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64
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Notice of
Adjustments of Conversion Price
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65
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Notice of
Certain Corporate Action
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Guarantor to
Reserve Guarantor Common Stock
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Taxes on
Conversions
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Covenant as to
Guarantor Common Stock
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Cancellation of
Converted Securities
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Provisions in
Case of Consolidation, Merger of Sale of Assets
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Trustee
Adjustment Disclaimer
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ARTICLE FIFTEEN
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IMMUNITY OF INCORPORATORS, STOCKHOLDERS,
OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS
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Exemption from
Individual Liability
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*This table of
contents is not part of the Indenture.
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INDENTURE, dated
as of June 30, 2005, among PNC Funding Corp, a Pennsylvania
corporation (herein called the “Company,” which term
shall include any successors and assigns pursuant to the terms of
this Indenture) having its principal office at One PNC Plaza, 249
Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222 and The PNC Financial
Services Group, Inc., a Pennsylvania Corporation (herein called the
“Guarantor,” which term shall include any successors
and assigns pursuant to the terms of this Indenture) having its
principal executive office at One PNC Plaza, 249 Fifth Avenue,
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222, and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as
Trustee (herein called the “Trustee”).
RECITALS OF THE COMPANY
WHEREAS, the
Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this
Indenture to provide for the issuance from time to time of its
unsecured, convertible debentures, notes or other evidences of
indebtedness (herein called the “Securities”), to be
issued in one or more series as in this Indenture
provided;
WHEREAS, the
Guarantor deems it appropriate to guarantee the Securities on the
terms hereinafter provided, and to provide therefor, the Guarantor
has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this
Indenture;
WHEREAS, the
Trustee deems it appropriate to serve as Trustee on the terms
hereinafter provided, and to provide therefor, the Trustee has duly
authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture;
and
WHEREAS, all
things necessary to make this Indenture a valid agreement of the
Company, the Guarantor and the Trustee in accordance with its
terms, have been done.
NOW, THEREFORE,
THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH:
For
and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the
Securities by the Holders thereof, it is mutually agreed, for the
equal and proportionate benefit of all Holders of the Securities or
of series thereof, as follows:
ARTICLE ONE
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL
APPLICATION
SECTION 1.01.
DEFINITIONS.
For
all purposes of this Indenture, except as otherwise expressly
provided or unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) the terms
defined in this Article have the meanings assigned to them in this
Article and include the plural as well as the singular;
(2) all other
terms used herein which are defined in the Trust Indenture Act,
either directly or by reference therein, have the meanings assigned
to them therein;
(3) all accounting
terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to
them in accordance with 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;
(4) unless the
context otherwise requires, any reference to an
“Article” or a “Section” refers to an
Article or a Section, as the case may be, of this Indenture;
and
(5) the words
“herein”, “hereof” and
“hereunder” and other words of similar import refer to
this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Article,
Section or other subdivision.
“Act”,
when used with respect to any Holder, has the meaning specified in
Section 1.04.
“Affiliate”
of any specified Person means any other Person directly or
indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect
common control with such specified Person. For the purposes of this
definition, “control” when used with respect to any
specified Person means the power to direct the management and
policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through
the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and
the terms “controlling” and “controlled”
have meanings correlative to the foregoing.
“Authorized
Newspaper” means a newspaper customarily published at least
once a day, and customarily published for at least five days in
each calendar week, and of general circulation in such city or
cities as the Place of Payment.
“Board of
Directors” means, with respect to the Company or the
Guarantor, either the board of directors of the Company or the
Guarantor, as the case may be, or the executive committee of that
board or other committee duly authorized to act on behalf of the
board with regard to a given matter.
“Board
Resolution” means, with respect to the Company or the
Guarantor, a copy of a resolution certified by the Secretary or an
Assistant Secretary or Associate Secretary of the Company or the
Guarantor, as the case may be, 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
each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday which is not 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.
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“Commission”
means the Securities and Exchange Commission, as from time to time
constituted, created under the Exchange Act, or, if at any time
after the execution of this instrument such Commission is not
existing and performing the duties now assigned to it under the
Trust Indenture Act, then the body performing such duties at such
time.
“Capital
Stock” means, as to shares of a particular corporation,
outstanding shares of stock of any class whether now or hereafter
authorized, irrespective of whether such class shall be limited to
a fixed sum or percentage in respect of the rights of the holders
thereof to participate in dividends and in the distribution of
assets upon the voluntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of
such corporation.
“Company”
means the Person named as the “Company” in the first
paragraph of this instrument until a successor Person shall have
become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this
Indenture, and thereafter “Company” shall mean such
successor Person.
“Company
Request”, “Company Order”, “Guarantor
Request” and Guarantor Order” means a written request
or order signed in the name of the Company or the Guarantor by its
Chairman of the Board, its Vice Chairman of the Board, its
President or a Vice President, and by its Treasurer, an Assistant
Treasurer, its Secretary or an Assistant Secretary or Associate
Secretary, and delivered to the Trustee.
“Consolidated
Banking Assets” means the aggregate of the assets of all
Subsidiary Banks (including Subsidiaries of such Subsidiary
Banks).
“Corporate
Trust Office” means the designated corporate trust office of
the Trustee at which at any particular time its corporate trust
business shall be administered, which office at the date hereof is
located at 4 New York Plaza, 15 th Floor, New York, NY 10004.
“corporation”
means a corporation, association, company, joint-stock company or
business trust.
“Covenant
Defeasance” has the meaning specified in
Section 13.03.
“Defaulted
Interest” has the meaning specified in
Section 3.07.
“Defeasance”
has the meaning specified in Section 13.02.
“Depositary”
means, with respect to Securities of any series issuable in whole
or in part in the form of one or more Global Securities, a clearing
agency registered under the Exchange Act that is designated to act
as Depositary for such Securities as contemplated by
Section 3.01.
“Event of
Default” has the meaning specified in
Section 5.01.
“Exchange
Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and any
statute successor thereto, in each case as amended from time to
time.
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“Expiration
Date” has the meaning specified in
Section 1.04.
“Global
Security” means a Security that evidences all or part of the
Securities of any series and bears the legend set forth in
Section 2.05 or such legend as may be specified as
contemplated by Section 3.01 for such Securities).
“Guarantor
Common Stock” means any stock of any class of the Guarantor
which has no preference in respect of dividends or of amounts
payable in the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation,
dissolution or winding-up of the Guarantor and which is not subject
to redemption by the Guarantor. However, subject to the provisions
of Article Fourteen, shares issuable on conversion of
Securities shall include only shares of the class designated as
Guarantor Common Stock at the date of this instrument or shares of
any class or classes resulting from any reclassification or
reclassifications thereof and which have no preference in respect
of dividends or of amounts payable in the event of any voluntary or
involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Guarantor
and which are not subject to redemption by the Guarantor; provided
that, if at any time there shall be more than one such resulting
class, the shares of each such class then so issuable shall be
substantially in the proportion which the total number of shares of
such class resulting from all such reclassifications bears to the
total number of shares of all such classes resulting from all such
reclassifications.
“Guarantee”
means the Guarantor’s unconditional guarantee of the payment
of the Securities as more fully described in
Article Three.
“Guarantor”
means the Person named as the “Guarantor” in the first
paragraph of this instrument until a successor corporation shall
have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this
Indenture, and thereafter “Guarantor” shall mean such
successor corporation.
“Holder”
means a Person in whose name a Security is registered in the
Security Register.
“Indenture”
means this instrument as originally executed and as it may from
time to time be supplemented or amended by one or more indentures
supplemental hereto entered into pursuant to the applicable
provisions hereof, including, for all purposes of this instrument
and any such supplemental indenture, the provisions of the Trust
Indenture Act that are deemed to be a part of and govern this
instrument and any such supplemental indenture, respectively. The
term “Indenture” shall also include the terms of
particular series of Securities established as contemplated by
Section 3.01.
“Interest”,
when used with respect to an Original Issue Discount Security which
by its terms bears interest only after Maturity, means interest
payable after Maturity.
“Interest
Payment Date”, when used with respect to any Security, means
the Stated Maturity of an installment of interest on such
Security.
“Investment
Company Act” means the Investment Company Act of 1940 and any
statute successor thereto, in each case as amended from time to
time.
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“Maturity”,
when used with respect to any Security, means the date on which the
principal of such Security or an installment of principal becomes
due and payable as therein or herein provided, whether at the
Stated Maturity or by declaration of acceleration, call for
redemption or otherwise.
“Notice of
Default” means a written notice of the kind specified in
Section 5.01(3).
“Officers’
Certificate” means a certificate signed by the Chairman of
the Board, a Vice Chairman of the Board, the President or a Vice
President, and by the Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, the
Secretary or an Assistant Secretary or Associate Secretary, of the
Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be and delivered to the
Trustee.
“Opinion of
Counsel” means a written opinion of counsel, who may be
counsel for the Company or the Guarantor, or other counsel and who
shall be acceptable to the Trustee.
“Original
Issue Discount Security” means any Security which provides
for an amount less than the principal amount thereof to be due and
payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof
pursuant to Section 5.02.
“Outstanding”,
when used with respect to Securities, means, as of the date of
determination, all Securities theretofore authenticated and
delivered under this Indenture, except:
(1) Securities theretofore cancelled by the
Trustee or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation;
(2) Securities for whose payment or
redemption money in the necessary amount has been theretofore
deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent (other than the
Company) in trust or set aside and segregated in trust by the
Company (if the Company shall act as its own Paying Agent) for the
Holders of such Securities; provided that, if such Securities are
to be redeemed, notice of such redemption has been duly given
pursuant to this Indenture or provision therefor satisfactory to
the Trustee has been made;
(3) Securities as to which Defeasance has
been effected pursuant to Section 13.02; and
(4) Securities which have been paid
pursuant to Section 3.06 or in exchange for or in lieu of
which other Securities have been authenticated and delivered
pursuant to this Indenture, other than any such Securities in
respect of which there shall have been presented to the Trustee
proof satisfactory to it that such Securities are held by a bona
fide purchaser in whose hands such Securities are valid obligations
of the Company;
provided, however, that in
determining whether the Holders of the requisite principal amount
of the Outstanding Securities have given, made or taken any
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver
or other action hereunder as of any date, (A) the principal
amount of an Original Issue Discount Security which shall be deemed
to be Outstanding shall be the amount of the principal thereof
which would be due and payable as of such date upon
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acceleration of the Maturity
thereof to such date pursuant to Section 5.02, (B) if, as
of such date, the principal amount payable at the Stated Maturity
of a Security is not determinable, the principal amount of such
Security which shall be deemed to be Outstanding shall be the
amount as specified or determined as contemplated by
Section 3.01, (C) the principal amount of a Security
denominated in one or more foreign currencies or currency units
which shall be deemed to be Outstanding shall be the U.S. dollar
equivalent, determined as of such date in the manner provided as
contemplated by Section 3.01, of the principal amount of such
Security (or, in the case of a Security described in Clause
(A) or (B) above, of the amount determined as provided in
such Clause), and (D) Securities owned by the Company, the
Guarantor, or any other obligor upon the Securities or any
Affiliate of the Company, the Guarantor or of such other obligor
shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding, except that,
in determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying
upon any such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice,
consent, waiver or other action, only Securities which a
Responsible Officer of the Trustee actually knows to be so owned
shall be so disregarded. Securities so owned which have been
pledged in good faith may be regarded as Outstanding if the pledgee
establishes to the satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgee’s
right so to act with respect to such Securities and that the
pledgee is not the Company , the Guarantor or any other
obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the Company
, the Guarantor or of such other obligor.
“Paying
Agent” means any Person authorized by the Company to pay the
principal of or any premium or interest on any Securities on behalf
of the Company.
“Person”
means any individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability
company, joint venture, trust, unincorporated organization or
government or any agency or political subdivision thereof or any
other entity.
“Place of
Payment”, when used with respect to the Securities of any
series, means the place or places where the principal of and any
premium and interest on the Securities of that series are payable
as specified as contemplated by Section 3.01.
“Predecessor
Security” of any particular Security means every previous
Security evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that
evidenced by such particular Security; and, for the purposes of
this definition, any Security authenticated and delivered under
Section 3.06 in exchange for or in lieu of a mutilated,
destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be deemed to evidence the
same debt as the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen
Security.
“Principal
Subsidiary Bank” means each of (i) PNC Bank, National
Association (ii) any other Subsidiary Bank the consolidated
assets of which constitute 20% or more of the consolidated assets
of the Guarantor and its Subsidiaries, (iii) any other
Subsidiary Bank designated as a Principal Subsidiary Bank pursuant
to a Board Resolution and set forth in an Officers’
Certificate, and (iv) any Subsidiary that owns, directly or
indirectly, any Voting Shares, or securities convertible into, or
options, warrants or rights to subscribe for or purchase Voting
Shares, of any Principal Subsidiary Bank under clause (i),
(ii) or (iii), and in the case of clause (i), (ii),
(iii) or (iv) their respective successors (whether by
consolidation, merger, conversion, transfer of substantially all
their assets and business or otherwise) so long as any such
successor
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is a Subsidiary Bank (in the case
of clause (i), (ii) or (iii) or a Subsidiary (in the case
of clause (iv)).
“Redemption
Date”, when used with respect to any Security to be redeemed,
means the date fixed for such redemption by or pursuant to this
Indenture.
“Redemption
Price”, when used with respect to any Security to be
redeemed, means the price at which it is to be redeemed pursuant to
this Indenture.
“Regular
Record Date” for the interest payable on any Interest Payment
Date on the Securities of any series means the date specified for
that purpose as contemplated by Section 3.01.
“Responsible
Officer”, when used with respect to the Trustee, shall mean
any Vice President, any Assistant Vice President, any Senior Trust
Officer, any Trust Officer or any Assistant Trust Officer employed
in the Corporate Trust Office or any other officer or assistant
officer of the Trustee customarily performing functions similar to
those performed by the persons who at the time shall be such
officers, respectively, or to whom any corporate trust matter is
referred because of his knowledge of and familiarity with the
particular subject.
“Securities”
has the meaning stated in the first recital of this Indenture and
more particularly means any Securities authenticated and delivered
under this Indenture.
“Securities
Act” means the Securities Act of 1933 and any statute
successor thereto, in each case as amended from time to
time.
“Security
Register” and “Security Registrar” have the
respective meanings specified in Section 3.05.
“Special
Record Date” for the payment of any Defaulted Interest means
a date fixed by the Trustee pursuant to
Section 3.07.
“Stated
Maturity”, when used with respect to any Security or any
installment of principal thereof or interest thereon, means the
date specified in such Security as the fixed date on which the
principal of such Security or such installment of principal or
interest is due and payable.
“Subsidiary”
means any corporation a majority of the Voting Shares of which at
the time are owned directly or indirectly by the Guarantor or by
one or more other Subsidiaries or by the Guarantor and one or more
other Subsidiaries.
“Subsidiary
Bank” means any Subsidiary that is organized under the laws
of the United States, any State of the United States, the District
of Columbia, any territory of the United States, Puerto Rico, Guam,
American Samoa or the Virgin Islands and either (i) accepts
deposits that the depositor has a legal right to withdraw on demand
and engages in the business of making commercial loans or
(ii) is a trust company.
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“Trust
Indenture Act” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as
amended and as in force at the date as of which this instrument was
executed; provided, however, that in the event the Trust Indenture
Act of 1939 is amended after such date, “Trust Indenture
Act” means, to the extent required by any such amendment, the
Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as so amended.
“Trustee”
means the Person named as the “Trustee” in the first
paragraph of this instrument until a successor Trustee shall have
become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this
Indenture, and thereafter “Trustee” shall mean or
include each Person who is then a Trustee hereunder, and if at any
time there is more than one such Person, “Trustee” as
used with respect to the Securities of any series shall mean the
Trustee with respect to Securities of that series.
“U.S.
Government Obligation” has the meaning specified in
Section 13.04.
“Vice
President”, when used with respect to the Company, the
Guarantor or the Trustee, means any vice president, whether or not
designated by a number or a word or words added before or after the
title “vice president”.
“Voting
Shares” means, as to shares of a particular corporation,
outstanding shares of Capital Stock of any class or classes having
voting power under ordinary circumstances to elect at least a
majority of the board of directors, managers or trustees of such
corporation (irrespective of whether at the time stock of any other
class or classes shall have or might have voting power by reason of
the failure to pay a dividend or other amount or by reason of the
occurrence of any other contingency).
SECTION 1.02. COMPLIANCE
CERTIFICATES AND OPINIONS.
Upon any
application or request by the Company or the Guarantor to the
Trustee to take any action under any provision of this Indenture,
the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, shall furnish to
the Trustee such certificates and opinions as may be required under
the Trust Indenture Act. Each such certificate or opinion shall be
given in the form of an Officers’ Certificate, if to be given
by an officer of the Company or the Guarantor, or an Opinion of
Counsel, if to be given by counsel, and shall comply with the
requirements of the Trust Indenture Act and any other requirements
set forth in this Indenture.
Every certificate
or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant
provided for in this Indenture (other than annual certificates
provided pursuant to Section 10.04) shall include,
(1) a statement
that each individual signing such certificate or opinion has read
such covenant or condition and the definitions herein relating
thereto;
(2) a brief
statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or
investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in
such certificate or opinion are based;
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(3) a statement
that, in the opinion of each such individual, he has made such
examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him to
express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or
condition has been complied with; and
(4) a statement as
to whether, in the opinion of each such individual, such condition
or covenant has been complied with.
SECTION 1.03. FORM OF DOCUMENTS
DELIVERED TO TRUSTEE.
In
any case where several matters are required to be certified by, or
covered by an opinion of, any specified Person, it is not necessary
that all such matters be certified by, or covered by the opinion
of, only one such Person, or that they be so certified or covered
by only one document, but one such Person may certify or give an
opinion with respect to some matters and one or more other such
Persons as to other matters, and any such Person may certify or
give an opinion as to such matters in one or several
documents.
Any
certificate or opinion of an officer of the Company or the
Guarantor may be based, insofar as it relates to legal matters,
upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations by, counsel,
unless such officer knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care
should know, that the certificate or opinion or representations
with respect to the matters upon which his certificate or opinion
is based are erroneous. Any such certificate or opinion of counsel
may be based, insofar as it relates to factual matters, upon a
certificate or opinion of, or representations by, an officer or
officers of the Company or the Guarantor stating that the
information with respect to such factual matters is in the
possession of the Company or the Guarantor, unless such counsel
knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the
certificate or opinion or representations with respect to such
matters are erroneous.
Any
certificate or opinion of any independent registered public
accounting firm filed with the Trustee shall contain a statement
that such firm is independent.
Where any Person
is required to make, give or execute two or more applications,
requests, consents, certificates, statements, opinions or other
instruments under this Indenture, they may, but need not, be
consolidated and form one instrument.
SECTION 1.04. ACTS OF HOLDERS;
RECORD DATES.
(a) Any
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver
or other action provided or permitted by this Indenture to be
given, made or taken by Holders may be embodied in and evidenced by
one or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by
such Holders in person or by agent duly appointed in writing; and,
except as herein otherwise expressly provided, such action shall
become effective when such instrument or instruments are delivered
to the Trustee and, where it is hereby expressly required, to the
Company and the Guarantor. Such instrument or instruments (and the
action embodied therein and evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes
referred to as the “Act” of the Holders signing such
instrument or instruments. Proof of execution of any such
instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent shall be
sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture and (subject to
Section 6.01) conclusive in
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favor of the Trustee and the
Company and the Guarantor, 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 in any reasonable manner which the Trustee
deems sufficient.
(c) The
ownership of Securities shall be proved by the Security
Register.
(d) Any
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver
or other Act of the Holder of any Security shall bind every future
Holder of the same Security and the Holder of every Security issued
upon the registration of transfer thereof or in exchange therefor
or in lieu thereof in respect of anything done, omitted or suffered
to be done by the Trustee, the Company or the Guarantor in reliance
thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made upon such
Security.
(e) The
Company may set any day as a record date for the purpose of
determining the Holders of Outstanding Securities of any series
entitled to give, make or take any request, demand, authorization,
direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided or
permitted by this Indenture to be given, made or taken by Holders
of Securities of such series, provided that the Company may not set
a record date for, and the provisions of this paragraph shall not
apply with respect to, the giving or making of any notice,
declaration, request or direction referred to in the next
paragraph. If any record date is set pursuant to this paragraph,
the Holders of Outstanding Securities of the relevant series on
such record date, and no other Holders, shall be entitled to take
the relevant action, whether or not such Holders remain Holders
after such record date; provided that no such action shall be
effective hereunder unless taken on or prior to the applicable
Expiration Date by Holders of the requisite principal amount of
Outstanding Securities of such series on such record date. Nothing
in this paragraph shall be construed to prevent the Company from
setting a new record date for any action for which a record date
has previously been set pursuant to this paragraph (whereupon the
record date previously set shall automatically and with no action
by any Person be cancelled and of no effect), and nothing in this
paragraph shall be construed to render ineffective any action taken
by Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding
Securities of the relevant series on the date such action is taken.
Promptly after any record date is set pursuant to this paragraph,
the Company, at its own expense, shall cause notice of such record
date, the proposed action by Holders and the applicable Expiration
Date to be given to the Trustee in writing and to each Holder of
Securities of the relevant series in the manner set forth in
Section 1.06.
The
Trustee may set any day as a record date for the purpose of
determining the Holders of Outstanding Securities of any series
entitled to join in the giving or making of (i) any Notice of
Default, (ii) any declaration of acceleration referred to in
Section 5.02, (iii) any request to institute proceedings
referred to in Section 5.07(2) or (iv) any direction
referred to in Section 5.12, in each case with respect to
Securities of such series. If any record date is set pursuant to
this paragraph, the Holders of Outstanding Securities of such
series on such record date, and no other Holders, shall be entitled
to join in such notice, declaration, request or direction, whether
or not such Holders remain Holders after such record date; provided
that no such action shall be effective hereunder unless taken on or
prior to the applicable Expiration
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Date by Holders of the requisite
principal amount of Outstanding Securities of such series on such
record date. Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to
prevent the Trustee from setting a new record date for any action
for which a record date has previously been set pursuant to this
paragraph (whereupon the record date previously set shall
automatically and with no action by any Person be cancelled and of
no effect), and nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to
render ineffective any action taken by Holders of the requisite
principal amount of Outstanding Securities of the relevant series
on the date such action is taken. Promptly after any record date is
set pursuant to this paragraph, the Trustee, at the Company’s
expense, shall cause notice of such record date, the proposed
action by Holders and the applicable Expiration Date to be given to
the Company in writing and to each Holder of Securities of the
relevant series in the manner set forth in
Section 1.06.
With respect to
any record date set pursuant to this Section, the party hereto
which sets such record date may designate any day as the
“Expiration Date” and from time to time may change the
Expiration Date to any earlier or later day; provided that no such
change shall be effective unless notice of the proposed new
Expiration Date is given to the other party hereto in writing, and
to each Holder of Securities of the relevant series in the manner
set forth in Section 1.06, on or prior to the existing
Expiration Date. If an Expiration Date is not designated with
respect to any record date set pursuant to this Section, the party
hereto which set such record date shall be deemed to have initially
designated the 180th day after such record date as the Expiration
Date with respect thereto, subject to its right to change the
Expiration Date as provided in this paragraph. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, no Expiration Date shall be later than the 180th day
after the applicable record date.
Without limiting
the foregoing, a Holder entitled hereunder to take any action
hereunder with regard to any particular Security may do so with
regard to all or any part of the principal amount of such Security
or by one or more duly appointed agents each of which may do so
pursuant to such appointment with regard to all or any part of such
principal amount.
SECTION 1.05. NOTICES, ETC., TO
TRUSTEE AND COMPANY.
Any
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver
or Act of Holders or other document provided or permitted by this
Indenture to be made upon, given or furnished to, or filed
with,
(1) the Trustee by
any Holder or by the Company or the Guarantor shall be sufficient
for every purpose hereunder if made, given, furnished or filed in
writing to or with the Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office,
Attention: Institutional Trust Services, or
(2) the Company or
the Guarantor by the Trustee or by any Holder shall be sufficient
for every purpose hereunder (unless otherwise herein expressly
provided) if in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to
the Company or the Guarantor addressed to it at the address of its
principal office specified in the first paragraph of this
instrument or at any other address previously furnished in writing
to the Trustee by the Company or the Guarantor.
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SECTION 1.06. NOTICE TO HOLDERS;
WAIVER.
Where this
Indenture provides for notice to Holders of any event, such notice
shall be sufficiently given (unless otherwise herein expressly
provided) if in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to
each Holder affected by such event, at his address as it appears in
the Security Register, not later than the latest date (if any), and
not earlier than the earliest date (if any), prescribed for the
giving of such notice. In any case where notice to Holders is given
by mail, neither the failure to mail such notice, nor any defect in
any notice so mailed, to any particular Holder shall affect the
sufficiency of such notice with respect to other Holders. Where
this Indenture provides for notice in any manner, such notice may
be waived in writing by the Person entitled to receive such notice,
either before or after the event, and such waiver shall be the
equivalent of such notice. Waivers of notice by Holders shall be
filed with the Trustee, but such filing shall not be a condition
precedent to the validity of any action taken in reliance upon such
waiver.
In
case by reason of the suspension of regular mail service or by
reason of any other cause it shall be impracticable to give such
notice by mail, then such notification as shall be made with the
approval of the Trustee shall constitute a sufficient notification
for every purpose hereunder.
SECTION 1.07. CONFLICT WITH TRUST
INDENTURE ACT.
If
any provision hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with a
provision of the Trust Indenture Act which is required or deemed
under such Act to be a part of and govern this Indenture, the
latter provision shall control. If any provision of this Indenture
modifies or excludes any provision of the Trust Indenture Act which
may be so modified or excluded, the latter provision shall be
deemed to apply to this Indenture as so modified or to be excluded,
as the case may be.
SECTION 1.08. EFFECT OF HEADINGS
AND TABLE OF CONTENTS.
The
Article and Section headings herein and the Table of Contents are
for convenience only and shall not affect the construction
hereof.
SECTION 1.09. SUCCESSORS AND
ASSIGNS.
All
covenants and agreements in this Indenture by the Company and the
Guarantor shall bind their respective 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.
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SECTION 1.11. BENEFITS OF
INDENTURE.
Nothing in this
Indenture or in the Securities, express or implied, shall give to
any Person, other than the parties hereto and their successors
hereunder and the Holders, any benefit or any legal or equitable
right, remedy or claim under this Indenture.
SECTION 1.12. GOVERNING
LAW.
This Indenture and
the Securities shall be governed by and construed in accordance
with the law of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, without regard to
conflict of laws principles thereof, except that the rights,
immunities, duties and liabilities of the Trustee as a trustee and
any right and immunities limiting such liability shall be governed
by the laws of the State in which the principal office of the
Trustee shall be located.
SECTION 1.13. LEGAL
HOLIDAYS.
In
any case where any Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date or Stated
Maturity of any Security or the last date on which a Holder of
Securities has the right to convert its Securities, shall not be a
Business Day at any Place of Payment, then (notwithstanding any
other provision of this Indenture or of the Securities (other than
a provision of any Security which specifically states that such
provision shall apply in lieu of this Section)) payment of interest
or principal (and premium, if any) or conversion of the Securities
need not be made at such Place of Payment on such date, but may be
made on the next succeeding Business Day at such Place of Payment
with the same force and effect as if made on the Interest Payment
Date or Redemption Date, or at the Stated Maturity or on such last
day for conversion.
ARTICLE TWO
SECURITY FORMS
SECTION 2.01. FORMS
GENERALLY.
The
Guarantees and the Securities of each series and the certificates
of authentication on the Securities shall be in substantially the
form as shall be established pursuant to this Article and
Section 3.01, in each case with such appropriate insertions,
omissions, substitutions and other variations as are required or
permitted by this Indenture, and may have such letters, numbers or
other marks of identification or designation and such legends or
endorsements placed thereon as the Company may deem appropriate and
as are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture (and
which do not effect the rights, duties or immunities of the
Trustee) or as may be required to comply with any law or with any
rules or regulations made pursuant thereto or with any rules or
regulations of any securities exchange or as may, consistently
herewith, be determined by the officers executing such Guarantees
and Securities as evidenced by their execution of the Guarantees
and Securities.
The
definitive Guarantees and Securities of each series shall be
printed, lithographed or engraved on steel engraved borders or may
be produced in any other manner, all as determined
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by the officers executing such
Guarantees and Securities as evidenced by their execution of such
Guarantees and Securities subject, with respect to the Securities
and Guarantees of any series, to the rules of any securities
exchange on which the Securities of such series are
listed.
SECTION 2.02. FORM OF
TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION.
The
Trustee’s certificates of authentication shall be in
substantially the following form:
This is one of the
Securities of the series designated herein referred to in the
within-mentioned Indenture.
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SECTION 2.03. FORMS OF
SECURITY.
Each Security
shall be in a form approved from time to time by or pursuant to a
Company Board Resolution, or established in one or more indentures
supplemental hereto. Prior to the delivery of a Security to the
Trustee for authentication in any form approved by or pursuant to a
Company Board Resolution, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee
the Company Board Resolution by or pursuant to which such form of
Security has been approved, which Company Board Resolution shall
have attached thereto a true and correct copy of the form of
Security which has been approved by or pursuant thereto, and, if a
Company Board Resolution authorizes a specific officer or officers
of the Company to approve a form of Security, a certificate of such
officer or officers approving the form of Security attached
thereto. Any form of Security approved by or pursuant to a Company
Board Resolution must be acceptable as to form to the Trustee, such
acceptance to be evidenced by a certificate signed by a Responsible
Officer of the Trustee and delivered to the Company or by the
Trustee’s execution of the certificate of authentication
appearing thereon.
SECTION 2.04. FORM OF
GUARANTEE.
Each Guarantee
shall be in a form approved from time to time by or pursuant to a
Guarantor Board Resolution, or established in one or more
indentures supplemental hereto. Prior to the execution of a
Guarantee in any form approved by or pursuant to a Guarantor Board
Resolution, the Guarantor shall deliver to the Trustee the
Guarantor Board Resolution by or pursuant to which such form of
Guarantee has been approved, which Guarantor Board Resolution shall
have attached thereto a true and correct copy of the form of
Guarantee which has been approved by or pursuant thereto, and, if a
Guarantor Board Resolution authorizes a specific officer or
officers of the Guarantor to approve a form of Guarantee, a
certificate of such officer or officers approving the form of
Guarantee attached thereto. Any form of Guarantee approved by or
pursuant to a Guarantor Board Resolution must be acceptable as to
form to the Trustee, such acceptance to be evidenced by a
certificate signed by a Responsible Officer of the Trustee and
delivered to the Guarantor.
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SECTION 2.05. FORM OF LEGEND FOR
GLOBAL SECURITIES.
Unless otherwise
specified as contemplated by Section 3.01 for the Securities
evidenced thereby, every Global Security authenticated and
delivered hereunder shall bear a legend in substantially the
following form:
“UNLESS AND
UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR SECURITIES OF THIS
SERIES 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 ANY SUCH
NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH DEPOSITARY.
UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF SUCH A TRANSFERROR TO THE ISSUER OR ITS AGENT FOR
REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE
ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF SUCH A TRANSFEREE OR SUCH OTHER
NAME AS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF SUCH A
TRANSFERROR AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO SUCH A TRANSFEREE, ANY
TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR
TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL SINCE THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, SUCH A
TRANSFERROR, HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.”
ARTICLE THREE
THE SECURITIES
SECTION 3.01. TITLE AND
TERMS.
The
aggregate principal amount of Securities which may be authenticated
and delivered under this Indenture is unlimited.
The
Securities may be issued in one or more series. There shall be
established in or pursuant to a Company Board Resolution and set
forth in an Officers’ Certificate of the Company, or
established in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, which
shall be delivered to the Trustee prior to the issuance of
Securities of any series,
(1) the form of
the Securities of the series;
(2) the title of
the Securities of the series (which shall distinguish the
Securities of the series from Securities of any other
series);
(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 3.04, 3.05,
3.06, 9.06, 11.07
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or
14.02 and except for any Securities which, pursuant to
Section 3.03, are deemed never to have been authenticated and
delivered hereunder);
(4) the date or
dates on which Securities may be issued;
(5) the date or
dates on which the principal of any Securities of the series is
payable;
(6) the rate or
rates at which any Securities of the series shall bear interest, if
any, the date or dates from which any such interest shall accrue,
the Interest Payment Dates on which any such interest shall be
payable, the manner (if any) of determination of such Interest
Payment Dates and the Regular Record Date for any such interest
payable on any Interest Payment Date;
(7) the place or
places where the principal of and any premium and interest on any
Securities of the series shall be payable;
(8) the period or
periods within which, the price or prices at which and the terms
and conditions upon which any Securities of the series may be
redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option of the Company and, if
other than by a Board Resolution, the manner in which any election
by the Company to redeem the Securities shall be
evidenced;
(9) the
obligation, if any, of the Company to redeem or purchase any
Securities of the series pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous
provisions or at the option of the Holder thereof and the period or
periods within which, the price or prices at which and the terms
and conditions upon which any Securities of the series shall be
redeemed or purchased, in whole or in part, pursuant to such
obligation;
(10) if other than
denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof, the
denominations in which any Securities of the series shall be
issuable;
(11) if the amount
of principal of or any premium or interest on any Securities of the
series may be determined with reference to an index or pursuant to
a formula, the manner in which such amounts shall be
determined;
(12) if other than
the currency of the United States of America, the currency,
currencies or currency units in which the principal of or any
premium or interest on any Securities of the series shall be
payable and the manner of determining the equivalent thereof in the
currency of the United States of America for any purpose, including
for purposes of the definition of “Outstanding” in
Section 1.01;
(13) if the
principal of or any premium or interest on any Securities of the
series is to be payable, at the election of the Company or the
Holder thereof, in one or more currencies or currency units other
than that or those in which such Securities are stated to be
payable, the currency, currencies or currency units in which the
principal of
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or
any premium or interest on such Securities as to which such
election is made shall be payable, the periods within which and the
terms and conditions upon which such election is to be made and the
amount so payable (or the manner in which such amount shall be
determined);
(14) if other than
the entire principal amount thereof, the portion of the principal
amount of any Securities of the series which shall be payable upon
declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to
Section 5.02;
(15) if
applicable, that the Securities of the series, in whole or any
specified part, shall be defeasible pursuant to Section 13.02
or Section 13.03 or both such Sections and, if other than by a
Board Resolution, the manner in which any election by the Company
to defease such Securities shall be evidenced;
(16) if
applicable, that any Securities of the series shall be issuable in
whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Securities and,
in such case, the respective Depositaries for such Global
Securities, the form of any legend or legends which shall be borne
by any such Global Security in addition to or in lieu of that set
forth in Section 2.05 and any circumstances in addition to or in
lieu of those set forth in Clause (2) of the last paragraph of
Section 3.05 in which any such Global Security may be
exchanged in whole or in part for Securities registered, and any
transfer of such Global Security in whole or in part may be
registered, in the name or names of Persons other than the
Depositary for such Global Security or a nominee
thereof;
(17) 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 5.02;
(18) the price or
rate at which shares of Guarantor Common Stock will be delivered
upon conversion of the Securities of the series, any circumstances
in which such price or rate will be adjusted, the closing price for
determining payment in respect of fractional shares, and any
addition to or change in article Fourteen with respect to
Securities of the series;
(19) whether
payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest, if any,
on Securities of such series shall be with or without deduction for
taxes, assessments or governmental charges, and with or without
reimbursement of taxes, assessments or governmental charges paid by
holders;
(20) if the
Securities of such series do not bear interest, the applicable date
for the purpose of Section 7.01 clause (1);
(21) if other than
as set forth herein, provisions for the satisfaction and discharge
of the indebtedness represented by the Securities of such series;
and
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(22) any other
terms of the series (which terms shall not be inconsistent with the
provisions of this Indenture).
The
payment of principal and premium, if any, and interest and sinking
fund payments, if any, on or relating to the Securities of each
series shall be unconditionally guaranteed by the
Guarantor.
The
Trustee shall be entitled to receive and shall be fully protected
in relying on, in addition to the Opinion of Counsel to be
furnished to the Trustee pursuant to Section 1.02, with the
Officers’ Certificate relating to the issuance of any series
of Securities, an Opinion of Counsel stating that:
(1) all
instruments furnished to the Trustee conform to the requirements of
this Indenture and constitute sufficient authority hereunder for
the Trustee to authenticate and deliver such Securities;
(2) all laws and
requirements with respect to the form and execution by the Company
and the Guarantor of the supplemental indenture (or the applicable
Board Resolution), if any, have been complied with and the
execution and delivery of the supplemental indenture, if any, by
the Trustee will not violate this Indenture, the Company and the
Guarantor have corporate power to execute and deliver any such
supplemental indenture and have power to execute and deliver any
such supplemental indenture (or to adopt the applicable Board
Resolution) and have taken all necessary corporate action for those
purposes and any such supplemental indenture has been executed and
delivered and constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation
of the Company and the Guarantor enforceable in accordance with its
terms (subject, as to enforcement of remedies, to applicable
bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium or other laws
affecting creditors’ rights generally from time to time in
effect);
(3) the form and
terms of such Securities have been established in conformity with
the provisions of this Indenture;
(4) all laws and
requirements with respect to the execution and delivery by the
Company of such Securities and by the Guarantor of the Guarantees
endorsed thereon have been complied with and the authentication and
delivery of any such Securities by the Trustee will not violate the
terms of the Indenture, the Company has the corporate power to
issue such Securities and the Guarantor has the corporate power to
issue such Guarantees, and such Securities and Guarantees have been
duly authorized and delivered by the Company and the Guarantor,
respectively, and, assuming due authentication and delivery of such
Securities by the Trustee, such Securities and Guarantees
constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company and
the Guarantor, respectively, enforceable in accordance with their
terms (subject, as to enforcement of remedies to applicable
bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium or other laws
affecting creditors’ rights generally from time to time in
effect) and entitled to the benefits of this
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Indenture, equally and ratably with all other
Guarantees and all other Securities, if any, of such series
Outstanding;
(5) the amount of
the Securities Outstanding, including such Securities, does not
exceed the amount at the time permitted by law;
(6) this Indenture
is qualified under the Trust Indenture Act; and
(7) the issuance
of such Securities will not contravene the Articles of
Incorporation or the By-Laws of the Company or the Guarantor or
result in any violation of any of the terms or the provisions of
any indenture, mortgage or other agreement known to such counsel by
which the Company, the Guarantor or any of its subsidiaries is
bound. In addition, the Opinion of Counsel and the Officers’
Certificate will cover such other matters as the Trustee may
reasonably request.
SECTION 3.02.
DENOMINATIONS.
The
Securities of each series shall be issuable only in fully
registered form without coupons and only in such denominations as
shall be specified as contemplated by Section 3.01. In the
absence of any such specified denomination with respect to the
Securities of any series, the Securities of such series shall be
issuable in denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple
thereof.
SECTION 3.03. EXECUTION,
AUTHENTICATION, DELIVERY AND DATING.
The
Securities shall be executed on behalf of the Company and the
Guarantees endorsed thereon shall be executed on behalf of the
Guarantor by, respectively, its Chairman of the Board, its
Executive Vice Chairman of the Board, its President or one of its
Executive Vice Presidents or Senior Vice Presidents under its
corporate seal, reproduced thereon and attested by its Secretary or
one of its Assistant Secretaries. The signature of any of these
officers on the Securities or Guarantees may be manual or
facsimile. 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.
Securities and
Guarantees 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 and Guarantees.
At
any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of
this Indenture, the Company may deliver Securities of any series
executed by the Company with Guarantees endorsed thereon executed
by the Guarantor to the Trustee for authentication and the Trustee
shall authenticate and deliver such Securities to or upon a Company
Order and Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel
without any further action by the Company or the
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Guarantor (including, but not
limited to, the Officers’ Certificates and Opinions of
Counsel required pursuant to Sections 1.02 and
3.01).
The
Trustee shall have the right to decline to authenticate and deliver
any security under this Section if the Trustee, being advised by
counsel, determines that such action may not lawfully be taken or
if the Trustee in good faith by its board of directors or trustees,
executive committee, or a trust committee of vice presidents and/or
vice presidents shall determine that such action would expose the
Trustee to personal liability.
Notwithstanding
the provisions of Section 3.01 and of the preceding paragraph,
if all Securities of a series are not to be originally issued at
one time, it shall not be necessary to deliver the Officers’
Certificate otherwise required pursuant to Section 3.01 or the
Company Order and Opinion of Counsel otherwise required pursuant to
the second preceding paragraph above at or prior to the
authentication of each Security of such series if such documents
are delivered at or prior to the authentication upon original
issuance of the first Security of such series to be issued and such
documentation covers the entire aggregate principal amount of
Securities of such series.
Each Security
shall be dated the date of its authentication.
No
Security or Guarantee endorsed thereon shall be entitled to any
benefit under this Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any
purpose unless there appears on such Security a certificate of
authentication substantially in the form provided for herein
executed by the Trustee by manual signature and such certificate
upon any Security shall be conclusive evidence, and the only
evidence, that such Security has been duly authenticated and
delivered hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any Security
shall have been authenticated and delivered hereunder but never
issued and sold by the Company, and the Company shall deliver such
Security to the Trustee for cancellation as provided in
Section 3.09, for all purposes of this Indenture such Security
shall be deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered
hereunder and shall never be entitled to the benefits of this
Indenture.
SECTION 3.04. TEMPORARY
SECURITIES.
Pending the
preparation of definitive Securities of any series, the Company may
execute, and upon receipt of a Company Order (together with all
applicable Officers’ Certificates and Opinions of Counsel),
the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, temporary Securities
which are printed, lithographed, typewritten, mimeographed or
otherwise produced, in any authorized denomination, substantially
of the tenor of the definitive Securities in lieu of which they are
issued and with such appropriate insertions, omissions,
substitutions and other variations as the officers executing such
Securities may determine, as evidenced by their execution of such
Securities.
If
temporary Securities of any series are issued, the Company will
cause definitive Securities of that series to be prepared without
unreasonable delay. After the preparation of definitive Securities
of such series, the temporary Securities of such series shall be
exchangeable for definitive Securities of such series upon
surrender of the temporary Securities of such series
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at the office or agency of the
Company in a Place of Payment for that series, without charge to
the Holder. Upon surrender for cancellation of any one or more
temporary Securities of any series, the Company shall execute and
the Trustee, upon receipt of a Company Order, shall authenticate
and deliver in exchange therefor one or more definitive Securities
of the same series, of any authorized denominations and of like
tenor and aggregate principal amount. Until so exchanged, the
temporary Securities of any series and the Guarantees endorsed
thereon shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits
under this Indenture as definitive Securities of such series and
tenor and the Guarantees endorsed thereon.
SECTION 3.05. REGISTRATION,
REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER AND EXCHANGE.
The
Company shall cause to be kept at the Corporate Trust Office of the
Trustee a register (the register maintained in such office or in
any other office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment
being herein sometimes referred to as the “Security
Register”) in which, subject to such reasonable regulations
as it may prescribe, the Company shall provide for the registration
of Securities and of transfers of Securities. The Trustee is hereby
appointed “Security Registrar” for the purpose of
registering Securities and transfers of Securities as herein
provided.
Upon surrender for
registration of transfer of any Security of a series at the office
or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment for that series, the
Company shall execute, and the Trustee, upon receipt of a Company
Order, shall authenticate and deliver, in the name of the
designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Securities of
the same series (having guarantees duly endorsed thereon), of any
authorized denominations and of like tenor and aggregate principal
amount.
At
the option of the Holder, Securities of any series may be exchanged
for other Securities of the same series (having guarantees duly
endorsed thereon), of any authorized denominations and of like
tenor and aggregate principal amount, upon surrender of the
Securities to be exchanged at such office or agency. Whenever any
Securities are so surrendered for exchange, the Company shall
execute, and the Trustee, upon receipt of a Company Order, shall
authenticate and deliver, the Securities which the Holder making
the exchange is entitled to receive and the Guarantor shall execute
the Guarantees endorsed thereon.
All
Securities and the Guarantees endorsed thereon issued upon any
registration of transfer or exchange of Securities shall be the
valid obligations of the Company, evidencing the same debt, and
entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the
Securities surrendered upon such registration of transfer or
exchange.
Every Security
presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or for
exchange shall (if so required by the Company or the Trustee) be
duly endorsed, or be accompanied by a written instrument of
transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security
Registrar duly executed, by the Holder thereof or his attorney duly
authorized in writing.
No
service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or
exchange of Securities, but the Company may require payment of a
sum sufficient to cover any tax or other
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governmental charge that may be
imposed in connection with any registration of transfer or exchange
of Securities, other than exchanges pursuant to Section 3.04,
9.06, 11.07 or 14.02 not involving any transfer.
If
the Securities of any series (or of any series and specified tenor)
are to be redeemed, the Company shall not be required (A) to
issue, register the transfer of or exchange any Securities of that
series (or of that series and specified tenor, as the case may be)
during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days
before the day of the mailing of a notice of redemption of any such
Securities 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 any Security so selected for redemption in
whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Security
being redeemed in part.
The
provisions of Clauses (1), (2), (3) and (4) below shall
apply only to Global Securities:
(1) Each Global
Security authenticated under this Indenture shall be registered in
the name of the Depositary designated for such Global Security or a
nominee thereof and delivered to such Depositary or a nominee
thereof or custodian therefor, and each such Global Security shall
constitute a single Security for all purposes of this
Indenture.
(2)
Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, no Global
Security may be exchanged in whole or in part for Securities
registered, and no transfer of a Global Security in whole or in
part may be registered, in the name of any Person other than the
Depositary for such Global Security or a nominee thereof unless
(A) such Depositary (i) has notified the Company that it
is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for such Global
Security or (ii) has ceased to be a clearing agency registered
under the Exchange Act, (B) there shall have occurred and be
continuing an Event of Default with respect to such Global Security
or (C) there shall exist such circumstances, if any, in
addition to or in lieu of the foregoing as have been specified for
this purpose as contemplated by Section 3.01.
(3) Subject to
Clause (2) above, any exchange of a Global Security for other
Securities may be made in whole or in part, and all Securities
issued in exchange for a Global Security or any portion thereof
shall be registered in such names as the Depositary for such Global
Security shall direct.
(4) Every Security
authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in
exchange for or in lieu of, a Global Security or any portion
thereof, whether pursuant to this Section, Section 3.04, 3.06,
9.06, 11.07 or 14.02 or otherwise, shall be authenticated and
delivered in the form of, and shall be, a Global Security, unless
such Security is registered in the name of a Person other than the
Depositary for such Global Security or a nominee
thereof.
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SECTION 3.06. MUTILATED,
DESTROYED, LOST AND STOLEN SECURITIES.
If
any mutilated Security is surrendered to the Trustee, the Company
shall execute and the Trustee, upon receipt of a Company Order,
shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a new Security
of the same series with a Guarantee duly endorsed thereon by the
Guarantor, and of like tenor and principal amount and bearing a
number not contemporaneously outstanding.
If
there shall be delivered to the Company , the Guarantor 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, the Guarantor or the Trustee that such
Security has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the Company
shall execute and the Trustee, upon receipt of a Company Order,
shall authenticate and deliver, in lieu of any such destroyed, lost
or stolen Security, a new Security of the same series with a
Guarantee duly endorsed thereon by the Guarantor, 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 guaranteed by the
Guarantor, 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.
SECTION 3.07. PAYMENT OF
INTEREST; INTEREST RIGHTS PRESERVED.
Except as
otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 3.01 with
respect to any series of Securities, interest on any Security which
is payable, and is punctually paid or duly provided for, on any
Interest Payment Date shall be paid to the Person in whose name
that Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered
at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such
interest. In the case of a Security issued between a record date
and the initial Interest Payment Date relating to such record date,
interest for the period beginning on the date of issue
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and ending or such initial
Interest Payment Date shall be paid to the person to whom such
Security shall have been originally issued.
Any
interest on any Security of any series which is payable, but is not
punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date
(herein called “Defaulted Interest”) shall forthwith
cease to be payable to the Holder on the relevant Regular Record
Date by virtue of having been such Holder, and such Defaulted
Interest may be paid by the Company, at its election in each case,
as provided in Clause (1) or (2) below:
(1) The Company
may elect to make payment of any Defaulted Interest to the Persons
in whose names the Securities of such series (or their respective
Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of business on
a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest,
which shall be fixed in the following manner. The Company shall
notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of Defaulted Interest
proposed to be paid on each Security of such series and the date of
the proposed payment, and at the same time the Company shall
deposit with the Trustee an amount of money equal to the aggregate
amount proposed to be paid in respect of such Defaulted Interest or
shall make arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for such
deposit prior to the date of the proposed payment, such money when
deposited to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons
entitled to such Defaulted Interest as in this Clause provided.
Thereupon the Trustee shall fix a Special Record Date for the
payment of such Defaulted Interest which shall be not more than
15 days and not less than 10 days prior to the date of
the proposed payment and not less than 10 days after the receipt by
the Trustee of the notice of the proposed payment. The Trustee
shall promptly notify the Company of such Special Record Date and,
in the name and at the expense of the Company, shall cause notice
of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special
Record Date therefor to be given to each Holder of Securities of
such series in the manner set forth in Section 1.06, not less
than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date. Notice of the
proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record
Date therefor having been so mailed, such Defaulted Interest shall
be paid to the Persons in whose names the Securities of such series
(or their respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at the
close of business on such Special Record Date and shall no longer
be payable pursuant to the following Clause (2).
(2) The Company
may make payment of any Defaulted Interest on the Securities of any
series in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the
requirements of any securities exchange on which such Securities
may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such
exchange, if, after notice given by the Company to the Trustee of
the proposed payment pursuant to this Clause, such manner of
payment shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee.
Subject to the
foregoing provisions of this Section, each Security of any series
delivered under this Indenture upon registration of transfer of or
in exchange for or in lieu of any other Security of such series
shall carry the rights to interest accrued and unpaid, and to
accrue, which were carried by such other Security.
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In
the case of any Security which is converted from the close of
business on any Regular Record Date to the opening of business on
the next succeeding Interest Payment Date (other than any Security
whose Maturity is prior to such Interest Payment Date), interest
whose Stated Maturity is on such Interest Payment Date shall be
payable on such Interest Payment Date notwithstanding such
conversion, and such interest (whether or not punctually paid or
duly provided for) shall be paid to the Person in whose name that
Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at
the close of business on such Regular Record Date. Except as
otherwise expressly provided in the immediately preceding sentence,
in the case of any Security which is converted, interest whose
Stated Maturity is after the date of conversion of such Security
shall not be payable.
SECTION 3.08. PERSONS DEEMED
OWNERS.
Prior to due
presentment of a Security for registration of transfer, the
Company, the Guarantor, the Trustee and any agent of the Company,
the Guarantor, or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name
such Security is registered as the owner of such Security for the
purpose of receiving payment of principal of and any premium and
(subject to Section 3.07) any interest on such Security and
for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Security be
overdue, and neither the Company, the Guarantor, the Trustee nor
any agent of the Company, the Guarantor, or the Trustee shall be
affected by notice to the contrary.
SECTION 3.09.
CANCELLATION.
All
Securities surrendered for payment, redemption, conversion,
registration of transfer or exchange or for credit against any
sinking fund payment shall, if surrendered to any Person other than
the Trustee, be delivered to the Trustee and shall be promptly
cancelled by it. The Company or the Guarantor may at any time
deliver to the Trustee for cancellation any Securities previously
authenticated and delivered hereunder which the Company or the
Guarantor may have acquired in any manner whatsoever, and may
deliver to the Trustee (or to any other Person for delivery to the
Trustee) for cancellation any Securities previously authenticated
hereunder which the Company has not issued and sold, and all
Securities so delivered shall be promptly cancelled by the Trustee.
No Securities shall be authenticated in lieu of or in exchange for
any Securities cancelled as provided in this Section, except as
expressly permitted by this Indenture. All cancelled Securities
held by the Trustee shall be destroyed and certification of their
destruction delivered to the Company unless by a Company Order the
Company shall direct that cancelled Securities be returned to
it.
SECTION 3.10. COMPUTATION OF
INTEREST.
Except as
otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.01 for
Securities of any series, interest on the Securities of each series
shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day
months.
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SECTION 3.11. UNCONDITIONAL
GUARANTEE.
The
Guarantor hereby unconditionally guarantees to each Holder of a
Security authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and to the
Trustee, the due and punctual payment of the principal of, sinking
fund payment, if any, premium, if any, and interest on such
Security, net of any taxes required to be withheld, when and as the
same shall become due and payable, whether by declaration thereof
or otherwise, in accordance with the terms of such Security and of
this Indenture. In case of default by the Company in the payment of
any such principal, sinking fund payment, premium or interest, the
Guarantor agrees duly and punctually to pay the same. The Guarantor
hereby agrees that its obligations hereunder or under any Guarantee
shall be absolute and unconditional irrespective of any invalidity,
irregularity or unenforceability of any such Security, or this
Indenture, any failure to enforce the provisions of any such
Security or this Indenture, any waiver, modification or indulgence
granted to the Company with respect thereto by the holder of such
Security or the Trustee, or any other circumstances which may
otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge of a surety or
guarantor. The Guarantor hereby waives diligence, presentment,
demand of payment, filing of claims with a court in the event of
merger or bankruptcy of the Company, any right to require a
proceeding first against the Company, protest or notice with
respect to any Security or the indebtedness evidenced thereby and
all demands whatsoever, and covenants that its obligation hereunder
or under any Guarantee will not be discharged as to any such
Security, except by payment in full of the principal thereof and
premium, if any, and interest thereon.
The
Guarantor shall be subrogated to all rights of the holder of any
Security against the Company in respect of any amounts paid by the
Guarantor pursuant to the provisions of any Guarantee;
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