Discovery Communications,
LLC
and Discovery Communications,
Inc.
U.S. Bank National
Association
Dated as of August 19,
2009
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Section
of
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Trust Indenture
Act
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Section of
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of 1939, as
amended
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Indenture
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6.09
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6.08
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6.10
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Inapplicable
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6.13
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6.13
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Inapplicable
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4.01
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4.04
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4.04
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(c)
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4.04
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(c)
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4.03
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4.03
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4.03
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4.03
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4.02
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2.04
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8.04
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9.01
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(c)
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10.06
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(b)
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11.05
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Inapplicable
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11.05
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Inapplicable
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6.01
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6.02
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5.11
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6.01
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6.01
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6.02
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5.12
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5.09
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5.10
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7.04
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5.06
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5.10
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7.02
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5.04
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3.04
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11.07
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(1)
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This
Cross-Reference Table does not constitute part of the Indenture and
shall not have any bearing on the interpretation of any of its
terms or provisions.
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PAGE
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Section 1.01 Certain Terms
Defined
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7
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Section 2.01 Forms Generally
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7
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Section 2.02 Form of Trustee’s
Certificate of Authentication
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7
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Section 2.03 Form of Notation of
Guarantee
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Section 2.04 Amount Unlimited; Issuable in
Series
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8
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Section 2.05 Authentication and Delivery of
Securities
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Section 2.06 Execution of
Securities
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12
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Section 2.07 Certificate of
Authentication
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12
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Section 2.08 Denomination and Date of
Securities; Payments of Interest
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12
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Section 2.09 Registration, Transfer and
Exchange
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Section 2.10 Mutilated, Defaced, Destroyed,
Lost and Stolen Securities
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Section 2.11 Cancellation of Securities;
Destruction Thereof
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Section 2.12 Temporary
Securities
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ARTICLE 3 COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY
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Section 3.01 Payment of Principal and
Interest
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Section 3.02 Offices for Payments,
Etc
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Section 3.03 Appointment to Fill a Vacancy
in Office of Trustee
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Section 3.04 Paying Agents
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Section 3.05 Written Statement to
Trustee
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ARTICLE 4 SECURITYHOLDERS LISTS AND REPORTS BY
THE COMPANY, GUARANTOR AND THE TRUSTEE
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Section 4.01 Company to Furnish Trustee
Information as to Names and Addresses of Securityholders
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Section 4.02 Reports by the Company and
Guarantor
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Section 4.03 Reports by the
Trustee
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Section 4.04 Preservation of Information;
Communication with Securityholders
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ARTICLE 5 REMEDIES OF THE TRUSTEE AND
SECURITYHOLDERS ON EVENT OF DEFAULT
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Section 5.01 Event of Default Defined;
Acceleration of Maturity; Waiver of Default
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Section 5.02 Collection of Debt by Trustee;
Trustee May Prove Debt
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Section 5.03 Application of
Proceeds
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Section 5.04 Suits for
Enforcement
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Section 5.05 Restoration of Rights on
Abandonment of Proceedings
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Section 5.06 Limitations on Suits by
Securityholders
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Section 5.07 Unconditional Right of
Securityholders to Institute Certain Suits
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Section 5.08 Powers and Remedies
Cumulative; Delay or Omission Not Waiver of Default
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Section 5.09 Control by Holders of
Securities
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Section 5.10 Waiver of Past
Defaults
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Section 5.11 Trustee to Give Notice of
Default
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Section 5.12 Right of Court to Require
Filing of Undertaking to Pay Costs
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ARTICLE 6 CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE
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Section 6.01 Duties and Responsibilities of
the Trustee; During Default; Prior to Default
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Section 6.02 Certain Rights of the
Trustee
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Section 6.03 Trustee Not Responsible for
Recitals, Disposition of Securities or Application of Proceeds
Thereof
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Section 6.04 Trustee and Agents May Hold
Securities; Collections, Etc
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Section 6.05 Moneys Held by
Trustee
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Section 6.06 Compensation and
Indemnification of Trustee and Its Prior Claim
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Section 6.07 Right of Trustee to Rely on
Officer’s Certificate, Etc
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Section 6.08 Disqualification; Conflicting
Interests
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Section 6.09 Persons Eligible for
Appointment as Trustee
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Section 6.10 Resignation and Removal;
Appointment of Successor Trustee
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Section 6.11 Acceptance of Appointment by
Successor Trustee
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Section 6.12 Merger, Conversion,
Consolidation or Succession to Business of Trustee
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Section 6.13 Preferential Collection of
Claims Against the Company
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ARTICLE 7 CONCERNING THE
SECURITYHOLDERS
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Section 7.01 Evidence of Action Taken by
Securityholders
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Section 7.02 Proof of Execution of
Instruments and of Holding of Securities
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Section 7.03 Holders to Be Treated as
Owners
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Section 7.04 Securities Owned by Company or
Guarantor Deemed Not Outstanding
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Section 7.05 Right of Revocation of Action
Taken
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ARTICLE 8 SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
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Section 8.01 Supplemental Indentures
Without Consent of Securityholders
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Section 8.02 Supplemental Indentures With
Consent of Securityholders
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Section 8.03 Effect of Supplemental
Indenture
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Section 8.04 Documents to Be Given to
Trustee
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Section 8.05 Notation on Securities in
Respect of Supplemental Indentures
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ARTICLE 9 CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, SALE OR
CONVEYANCE
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Section 9.01 Company May Consolidate, Etc.,
on Certain Terms
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Section 9.02 Successor Company
Substituted
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Section 9.03 Guarantor May Consolidate,
etc., on Certain Terms
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Section 9.04 Successor Guarantor
Substituted
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ARTICLE 10 SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF
INDENTURE; UNCLAIMED MONEYS
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Section 10.01 Discharge of Liability on
Securities
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Section 10.02 Repayment to the
Company
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Section 10.03 Option to Effect Defeasance
or Covenant Defeasance
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Section 10.04 Defeasance and
Discharge
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Section 10.05 Covenant
Defeasance
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Section 10.06 Conditions to Defeasance or
Covenant Defeasance
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ARTICLE 11 MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
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Section 11.01 No Recourse
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Section 11.02 Provisions of Indenture for
the Sole Benefit of Parties and Holders of Securities
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Section 11.03 Successors and Assigns of
Company and Guarantor Bound by Indenture
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Section 11.04 Notices and Demands on
Company, Guarantor, Trustee and Holders of Securities
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Section 11.05 Officer’s Certificates
and Opinions of Counsel; Statements to Be Contained
Therein
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Section 11.06 Payments Due on Saturdays,
Sundays and Holidays
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Section 11.07 Conflict of Any Provision of
Indenture With Trust Indenture Act of 1939
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Section 11.08 New York Law to
Govern
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Section 11.09 Counterparts
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Section 11.10 Effect of Headings
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Section 11.11 Actions by
Successor
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Section 11.12 Severability
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ARTICLE 12 REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES AND SINKING
FUNDS
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Section 12.01 Applicability of
Article
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Section 12.02 Notice of Redemption; Partial
Redemptions
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Section 12.03 Payment of Securities Called
for Redemption
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Section 12.04 Exclusion of Certain
Securities from Eligibility for Selection for Redemption
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Section 12.05 Mandatory and Optional
Sinking Funds
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ARTICLE 13 GUARANTEE OF SECURITIES
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Section 13.02 Execution of Notations of
Guarantee
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EXHIBIT A - FORM OF SENIOR NOTE
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iii
THIS INDENTURE,
dated as of August 19, 2009 between Discovery Communications,
LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “
Company ”), and Discovery Communications, Inc., a
Delaware corporation (the “ Guarantor ”), and
U.S. Bank National Association (the “ Trustee
”).
WHEREAS, the
Company may from time to time duly authorize the issuance of, and
in the case of the Guarantor, the guarantee of, the Company’s
unsecured debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness to
be issued in one or more series (the “ Securities
”) up to such principal amount or amounts as may from time to
time be authorized in accordance with the terms of this
Indenture;
WHEREAS, each of
the Company and the Guarantor has duly authorized the execution and
delivery of this Indenture to provide, among other things, for the
authentication, delivery and administration of the Securities;
and
WHEREAS, all
things necessary to make this Indenture a valid indenture and
agreement of each of the Company and the Guarantor, in accordance
with its terms have been done;
In consideration
of the premises and the purchases of the Securities by the holders
thereof, the Company, the Guarantor and the Trustee mutually
covenant and agree for the equal and proportionate benefit of the
respective holders from time to time of the Securities as
follows:
Section 1.01
Certain Terms Defined. The following terms (except as
otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise
clearly requires) for all purposes of this Indenture and of any
indenture supplemental hereto shall have the respective meanings
specified in this Section. All other terms used in this Indenture
that are defined in the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 or the
definitions of which in the Securities Act of 1933 are referred to
in the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, including terms defined therein
by reference to the Securities Act of 1933 (except as herein
otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise
clearly requires), shall have the meanings assigned to such terms
in said Trust Indenture Act and in said Securities Act as in force
at the date of this Indenture. All accounting terms used herein and
not expressly defined shall have the meanings assigned to such
terms in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles,
and the term “ generally accepted accounting
principles ” means such accounting principles as are
generally accepted at the time of any computation. The words
“herein”, “hereof” and
“hereunder” and other words of similar import refer to
this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Article,
Section or other subdivision. The terms defined in this Article
have the meanings assigned to them in this Article and include the
plural as well as the singular.
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Authorized Newspaper ” means a newspaper, in the
English language or, at the option of the Company, in an official
language of the country of publication, customarily published on
each Business Day whether or not published on Saturdays, Sundays or
holidays, and of general circulation in the place in connection
with which the term is used or in the financial community of such
place. Where successive publications are required to be made in
Authorized Newspapers, the successive publications may be made in
the same or in different Authorized Newspapers meeting the
foregoing requirements and in each case on any Business
Day.
“ Board
of Directors ” means either the Board of Directors of
Discovery Communications, Inc. or any committee of such Board duly
authorized to act on its behalf.
“ Board
Resolution ” means a copy of one or more resolutions,
certified by the secretary or an assistant secretary of Discovery
Communications, Inc. to have been duly adopted by the Board of
Directors and to be in full force and effect, and delivered to the
Trustee.
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Business Day ” means, with respect to any Security, a
day that in the city (or in any of the cities, if more than one) in
which amounts are payable, as specified in the form of such
Security, is not a day on which banking institutions are authorized
or required by law or regulation to close.
“
Commission ” means the Securities and Exchange
Commission, as from time to time constituted, created under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or if at any time after the
execution and delivery of this Indenture such Commission is not
existing and performing the duties now assigned to it under the
Trust Indenture Act of 1939, then the body performing such duties
on such date.
“ Common
Stock ” means shares of Series A Common Stock, par
value $0.01 per share of Discovery Communications, Inc.;
Series B Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share of Discovery
Communications, Inc.; or Series C Common Stock, par value
$0.01 per share of Discovery Communications, Inc., as the case may
be, as the same exists at the date of execution and delivery of
this Indenture or as such stock may be reconstituted from time to
time.
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Company ” means the Person named as the
“Company” in the first paragraph of this instrument
until a successor replaces it and, thereafter,
“Company” shall mean the successor and, for purposes of
any provision contained herein and required by the Trust Indenture
Act, each other obligor on the Securities.
“ Company
Order ” means a written statement, request or order of
the Company signed in its name by the Sole Member, the president or
any vice president of the Company.
“ Consent
of the Sole Member ” means a copy of one or more
resolutions adopted by written consents of the Sole Member,
certified by the secretary or an assistant secretary of the Sole
Member to have been duly executed by the Sole Member and to be in
full force and effect, and delivered to the Trustee.
“
Corporate Trust Office ” means the corporate trust
office of the Trustee at which the transactions contemplated by
this Indenture shall, at any particular time, be
principally
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administered,
which office is, at the date as of which this Indenture is dated,
located at One Federal Street, 3 rd Floor, Boston, Massachusetts, 02110.
“
Debt ” of any Person means any debt for money borrowed
which is created, assumed, incurred or guaranteed in any manner by
such Person or for which such Person is otherwise responsible or
liable, and shall expressly include any such guaranty thereof by
such Person. For the purpose of computing the amount of the Debt of
any Person there shall be excluded all Debt of such Person for the
payment or redemption or satisfaction of which money or securities
(or evidences of such Debt, if permitted under the terms of the
instrument creating such Debt) in the necessary amount shall have
been deposited in trust with the proper depositary, whether upon or
prior to the maturity or the date fixed for redemption of such
Debt; and, in any instance where Debt is so excluded, for the
purpose of computing the assets of such Person there shall be
excluded the money, securities or evidences of Debt deposited by
such Person in trust for the purpose of paying or satisfying such
Debt.
“
Defeased Securities ” shall have the meaning set forth
in Section 10.03.
“
Depositary ” means, with respect to the Securities of
any series issuable or issued in the form of one or more Global
Securities, the Person designated as Depositary by the Company
pursuant to Section 2.05 until a successor Depositary shall
have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this
Indenture, and thereafter “ Depositary ” shall
mean or include each Person who is then a Depositary hereunder, and
if at any time there is more than one such Person, “
Depositary ” as used with respect to the Securities of
any such series shall mean the Depositary with respect to the
Global Securities of that series.
“
Dollar ” means the currency of the United States of
America as at the time of payment is legal tender for the payment
of public and private debts.
“ Event
of Default ” means any event or condition specified as
such in Section 5.01.
“ Foreign
Currency ” means a currency issued by the government of a
country other than the United States.
“ Global
Security ”, means a Security evidencing all or a part of
a series of Securities, issued to the Depositary for such series in
accordance with Section 2.05, and bearing the legend
prescribed in Section 2.05.
“
Guarantee ” means the irrevocable and unconditional
guarantee by the Guarantor of any Security of any series of the
Company authenticated and delivered pursuant to
Article 13.
“
Guarantor ” means the Person named as the
“Guarantor” in the first paragraph of this instrument
until a successor replaces the Guarantor and, thereafter,
“Guarantor” shall mean the successor.
“
Guarantor Authorizing Resolution ” means, a Board
Resolution.
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Holder ”, “ holder of Securities ”,
“ Securityholder ” or other similar terms mean
the Person in whose name such Security is registered in the
Security register kept by the Company for that purpose in
accordance with the terms hereof.
“
Indenture ” means this instrument as originally
executed and delivered or, if amended or supplemented as herein
provided, as so amended or supplemented or both, and shall include
the forms and terms of particular series of Securities established
as contemplated hereunder.
“
interest ”, unless the context otherwise requires,
refers to interest, and when used with respect to non-interest
bearing Securities, refers to interest payable after maturity, if
any.
“
Officer’s Certificate ” means, with respect to
the Company or the Guarantor, a certificate signed by the Sole
Member, chairman of the Board of Directors, the president, any vice
president, the treasurer, the secretary or any assistant secretary
of the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, and delivered
to the Trustee. Each such certificate shall comply with
Section 314 of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 and shall
include the statements provided for in
Section 11.05.
“ Opinion
of Counsel ” means an opinion in writing signed by the
general corporate counsel or such other legal counsel who may be an
employee of or counsel to the Company or the Guarantor and who
shall be satisfactory to the Trustee. Each such opinion shall
comply with Section 314 of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 and
shall include the statements provided for in Section 11.05, if
and to the extent required hereby.
“
original issue date ” of any Security (or portion
thereof) means the earlier of (a) the date of such Security or
(b) the date of any Security (or portion thereof) for which
such Security was issued (directly or indirectly) on registration
of transfer, exchange or substitution.
“
Original Issue Discount Security ” means any Security
that 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 5.01.
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Outstanding ”, when used with reference to Securities,
shall, subject to the provisions of Section 7.04, mean, as of
any particular time, all Securities authenticated and delivered by
the Trustee under this Indenture, except:
(a) Securities
theretofore cancelled by the Trustee or delivered to the Trustee
for cancellation;
(b) Securities, or
portions thereof, for the payment or redemption of which moneys in
the necessary amount shall have been deposited in trust with the
Trustee or with any paying agent (other than the Company) or shall
have been set aside, segregated and held in trust by the Company
for the Holders of such Securities (if the Company shall act as its
own paying agent); provided , that if such Securities, or
portions thereof, are to be redeemed prior to the maturity thereof,
notice of such redemption shall have been given as herein provided,
or provision satisfactory to the Trustee shall have been made for
giving such notice; and
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(c) Securities in
substitution for which other Securities shall have been
authenticated and delivered, or which shall have been paid,
pursuant to the terms of Section 2.10 (except with respect to
any such Security as to which proof satisfactory to the Trustee is
presented that such Security is held by a Person in whose hands
such Security is a legal, valid and binding obligation of the
Company), Securities converted into Common Stock pursuant hereto
and Securities not deemed outstanding pursuant to
Section 12.02.
In determining
whether the Holders of the requisite principal amount of
Outstanding Securities of any or all series have given any request,
demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver
hereunder, the principal amount of an Original Issue Discount
Security that shall be deemed to be Outstanding for such purposes
shall be the amount of the principal thereof that would be due and
payable as of the date of such determination upon a declaration of
acceleration of the maturity thereof pursuant to
Section 5.01.
“
Person ” means any individual, corporation,
partnership, limited partnership, limited liability company, joint
venture, association, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated
organization or government or any agency or political subdivision
thereof.
“
principal ” whenever used with reference to the
Securities or any Security or any portion thereof, shall be deemed
to include “and premium, if any”.
“
Responsible Officer ”, when used with respect to the
Trustee, means the chairman of the board of directors, any vice
chairman of the board of directors, the chairman of the trust
committee, the chairman of the executive committee, any vice
chairman of the executive committee, the president, any vice
president, the cashier, the secretary, the treasurer, any trust
officer, any assistant trust officer, any assistant vice president,
any assistant cashier, any assistant secretary, any assistant
treasurer, 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 or her
knowledge of and familiarity with the particular
subject.
“
Security ” or “ Securities ” has
the meaning stated in the first recital of this Indenture, or, as
the case may be, Securities that have been authenticated and
delivered under this Indenture.
“
Security Registrar ” shall have the meaning set forth
in Section 4.01(b).
“ Sole
Member ” means Discovery Communications Holding, LLC, the
sole member of the Company, or any successor thereto.
“
Subsidiary ” means a corporation or other business
entity of which equity interests having a majority of the voting
power under ordinary circumstances is owned, directly or
indirectly, by the Company or by one or more subsidiaries of the
Company, or by the Company and one or more subsidiaries of the
Company.
“ Trust
Indenture Act of 1939 ” (except as otherwise provided in
Sections 8.01 and 8.02) means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939
as in force at the date as of which this Indenture was originally
executed.
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“
Trustee ” means the Person identified as “
Trustee ” in the first paragraph hereof and, subject
to the provisions of Article 6, shall also include any
successor trustee. “ Trustee ” shall also 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 the Securities of such
series.
“ 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 of “vice president”.
“ Yield
to Maturity ” means the yield to maturity on a series of
securities, calculated at the time of issuance of such series, or,
if applicable, at the most recent redetermination of interest on
such series, and calculated in accordance with accepted financial
practice.
Section 2.01
Forms Generally. The Securities of each series shall be
substantially in such form (not inconsistent with this Indenture)
as shall be established by or pursuant to one or more Consents of
the Sole Member (as set forth in a Consent of the Sole Member or,
to the extent established pursuant to (rather than set forth in) a
Consent of the Sole Member, an Officer’s Certificate
detailing such establishment) or in one or more indentures
supplemental hereto, in each case with such appropriate insertions,
omissions, substitutions and other variations as are required or
permitted by this Indenture and may have imprinted or otherwise
reproduced thereon such legend or legends or endorsements, not
inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture, as may be
required to comply with any law or with any rules or regulations
pursuant thereto, or with any rules of any securities exchange or
to conform to general usage, all as may be determined by the
officers executing such Securities as evidenced by their execution
of such Securities.
Each
Security shall bear a notation of Guarantee in substantially the
form set forth in Section 2.03. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
the notation of Guarantee to be endorsed on the Securities of any
series may have such appropriate insertions, omissions,
substitutions and other corrections from the form thereof referred
to above as are required or permitted by this Indenture and may
have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification and
such legends or endorsements placed thereon as may be required to
comply with the rules of any securities exchange or as may,
consistently herewith, be determined by the officers delivering the
same, in each case as evidenced by such delivery.
The definitive
Securities shall be printed, lithographed or engraved on steel
engraved borders or may be produced in any other manner, all as
determined by the officers executing such Securities as evidenced
by their execution of such Securities.
Section 2.02
Form of Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication. The
Trustee’s certificate of authentication on all Securities
shall be in substantially the following form:
This is one of the
Securities of the series designated herein and referred to in the
within-mentioned Indenture.
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U.S. BANK
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
as Trustee
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Authorized
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Section 2.03
Form of Notation of Guarantee. The form of notation of
Guarantee to be endorsed on any Security issued pursuant to this
Indenture shall be substantially as follows:
Discovery
Communications, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the
“Guarantor”, which term includes any successor thereto
under the Indenture (the “Indenture”) referred to in
the Security on which this notation is endorsed) has
unconditionally guaranteed, pursuant to the terms of the Guarantee
contained in Article 13 of the Indenture, the due and punctual
payment of the principal of and any premium and interest on this
Security, when and as the same shall become due and payable in
accordance with the terms of this Security and the
Indenture.
The obligations of
the Guarantor to the Holders of the Securities and to the Trustee
pursuant to the Guarantee and the Indenture are expressly set forth
in Article 13 of the Indenture, and reference is hereby made
to such Article and Indenture for the precise terms of the
Guarantee.
The Guarantee
shall not be valid or obligatory for any purpose until the
certificate of authentication on the Security upon which this
notation of the Guarantee is endorsed shall have been executed by
the Trustee under the Indenture by the manual signature of one of
its authorized signatories.
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DISCOVERY
COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
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Section 2.04
Amount Unlimited ; Issuable in Series. The aggregate
principal amount of Securities which may be authenticated and
delivered under this Indenture is unlimited.
The Securities may
be issued in one or more series. The terms of a series of
Securities shall be established prior to the initial issuance
thereof in or pursuant to one or more Consents of the Sole Member
and set forth in a Consent of the Sole Member, or, to the extent
established pursuant to (rather than set forth in) a Consent of the
Sole Member, in an Officer’s Certificate detailing such
establishment and/or established in one or more indentures
supplemental hereto. The terms of such series reflected in such
Consent of the Sole Member, Officer’s Certificate, or
supplemental indenture may include the following or any additional
or different terms:
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(a) the
designation of the Securities of the series (which may be part of a
series of Securities previously issued);
(b) the terms and
conditions, if applicable, upon which conversion or exchange of the
Securities into Common Stock will be effected, including the
initial conversion or exchange price or rate and any adjustments
thereto, the conversion or exchange period and other provisions in
addition to or in lieu of those described herein;
(c) any limit upon
the aggregate principal amount of the Securities of the series that
may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture (except for
Securities authenticated and delivered upon registration of
transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Securities of
the series pursuant to Section 2.09, 2.10, 2.12, 8.05 or
12.03);
(d) if other than
Dollars, the Foreign Currency in which the Securities of that
series are denominated;
(e) any date on
which the principal of the Securities of the series is
payable;
(f) the rate or
rates at which the Securities of the series shall bear interest, if
any, the record date or dates for the determination of holders to
whom interest is payable, the date or dates from which such
interest shall accrue and on which such interest shall be payable
and/or the method by which such rate or rates or date or dates
shall be determined;
(g) the place or
places where the principal of and any interest on Securities of the
series shall be payable (if other than as provided in
Section 3.02);
(h) the price or
prices at which, the period or periods within which and the terms
and conditions upon which Securities of the series may be redeemed,
in whole or in part, at the option of the Company, pursuant to any
sinking fund or otherwise;
(i) the
obligation, if any, of the Company to redeem, purchase or repay
Securities of the series pursuant to any mandatory redemption,
sinking fund or analogous provisions or at the option of a Holder
thereof and the price or prices at which and the period or periods
within which and any terms and conditions upon which Securities of
the series shall be redeemed, purchased or repaid, in whole or in
part, pursuant to such obligation;
(j) if other than
denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof, the
denominations in which Securities of the series shall be
issuable;
(k) if other than
the principal amount thereof, the portion of the principal amount
of Securities of the series which shall be payable upon declaration
of acceleration of the maturity thereof;
(l) if other than
the currency in which the Securities of that series are
denominated, the currency in which payment of the principal of or
interest on the Securities of such series shall be
payable;
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(m) if the
principal of or interest on the Securities of the series is to be
payable, at the election of the Company, the Guarantor or a Holder
thereof, in a currency other than that in which the Securities are
denominated, the period or periods within which, and the terms and
conditions upon which, such election may be made;
(n) if the amount
of payments of principal of and interest on the Securities of the
series may be determined with reference to an index based on a
currency other than that in which the Securities of the series are
denominated, the manner in which such amounts shall be
determined;
(o) whether and
upon what terms the Securities may be defeased;
(p) whether and
under what circumstances the Company or the Guarantor will pay
additional amounts on the Securities of any series in respect of
any tax, assessment or governmental charge withheld or deducted
and, if so, whether the Company or the Guarantor will have the
option to redeem such Securities rather than pay such additional
amounts;
(q) if the
Securities of such series are to be issuable in definitive form
(whether upon original issue or upon exchange of a temporary
Security of such series) only upon receipt of certain certificates
or other documents or satisfaction of other conditions, then the
form and terms of such certificates, documents or
conditions;
(r) any trustees,
authenticating or paying agents, transfer agents or registrars or
any other agents with respect to the Securities of such
series;
(s) any other
events of default or covenants with respect to the Securities of
such series in addition to or in lieu of those contained in this
Indenture;
(t) if the
Securities of the series may be issued in exchange for surrendered
Securities of another series, or for other securities of the
Company or the Guarantor, pursuant to the terms of such Securities
or securities or of any agreement entered into by the Company or
the Guarantor, the ratio of the principal amount of the Securities
of the series to be issued to the principal amount of the
Securities or securities to be surrendered in exchange, and any
other material terms of the exchange;
(u) whether the
Securities of the series will be guaranteed as to payment or
performance; and
(v) any other
terms of the series.
The Company may
from time to time, without notice to or the consent of the holders
of any series of Securities, create and issue further Securities of
any such series ranking equally with the Securities of such series
in all respects (or in all respects other than the payment of
interest accruing prior to the issue date of such further
Securities or except for the first payment of interest following
the issue date of such further Securities). Such further Securities
may be consolidated and form a single series with the Securities of
such series and have the same terms as to status, redemption or
otherwise as the Securities of such series.
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Section 2.05
Authentication and Delivery of Securities. The Company may
deliver Securities of any series executed by the Company to the
Trustee for authentication together with the applicable documents
referred to below in this Section, and the Trustee shall thereupon
authenticate and deliver such Securities to or upon the order of
the Company (contained in the Company Order referred to below in
this Section) or pursuant to such procedures acceptable to the
Trustee and to such recipients as may be specified from time to
time by a Company Order. The maturity date, original issue date,
interest rate and any other terms of the Securities of such series
shall be determined by or pursuant to such Company Order and
procedures. If provided for in such procedures, such Company Order
may authorize authentication and delivery pursuant to oral
instructions from the Company or its duly authorized agent, which
instructions shall be promptly confirmed in writing. In
authenticating such Securities and accepting the additional
responsibilities under this Indenture in relation to such
Securities, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and (subject
to Section 6.01) shall be fully protected in relying
upon:
(a) a Company
Order requesting such authentication and setting forth delivery
instructions if the Securities are not to be delivered to the
Company;
(b) any Consent of
the Sole Member, Officer’s Certificate and/or executed
supplemental indenture referred to in Sections 2.01 and 2.04
by or pursuant to which the forms and terms of the Securities were
established;
(c) an
Officer’s Certificate setting forth the form or forms and
terms of the Securities stating that the form or forms and terms of
the Securities have been established pursuant to Sections 2.01
and 2.04 and comply with this Indenture, and covering such other
matters as the Trustee may reasonably request; and
(d) an Opinion of
Counsel to the effect that:
(i) the form or
forms and terms of such Securities have been established pursuant
to Sections 2.01 and 2.04 and comply with this
Indenture,
(ii) the
authentication and delivery of such Securities by the Trustee are
authorized under the provisions of this Indenture,
(iii) such
Securities when authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and
issued by the Company in the manner and subject to any conditions
specified in such Opinion of Counsel, will constitute valid and
binding obligations of the Company, and
(iv) all laws and
requirements in respect of the execution and delivery by the
Company of the Securities have been complied with,
and covering
such other matters as the Trustee may reasonably
request.
The Trustee shall
have the right to decline to authenticate and deliver any
Securities under this Section if the Trustee, being advised by
counsel, determines that such action may not lawfully be taken by
the Company or if the Trustee in good faith by its board of
directors or board of trustees, executive committee, or a trust
committee of directors or trustees or
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Responsible
Officers shall determine that such action would expose the Trustee
to personal liability to existing Holders or would affect the
Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under the
Securities, this Indenture or otherwise.
The Company shall
execute and the Trustee shall, in accordance with this Section with
respect to the Securities of a series, authenticate and deliver one
or more Global Securities that (i) shall represent and shall be
denominated in an amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of
all of the Securities of such series issued and not yet cancelled,
(ii) shall be registered in the name of the Depositary for
such Global Security or Securities or the nominee of such
Depositary, (iii) shall be delivered by the Trustee to such
Depositary or pursuant to such Depositary’s instructions and
(iv) shall bear a legend substantially to the following
effect: “Unless and until it is exchanged in whole or in part
for Securities in definitive registered form, this Security may not
be transferred except as a whole by the Depositary to the nominee
of the Depositary or by a nominee of the Depositary to the
Depositary or another nominee of the Depositary or by the
Depositary or any such nominee to a successor Depositary or a
nominee of such successor Depositary.”
Each Depositary
designated pursuant to this Section must, at the time of its
designation and at all times while it serves as Depositary, be a
clearing agency registered under the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 and any other applicable statute or regulation.
Section 2.06
Execution of Securities . The Securities shall be signed on
behalf of the Company by the Sole Member, its chief executive
officer, its principal financial officer, its president, any vice
president or its treasurer. Such signatures may be the manual or
facsimile signatures of the present or any future such officers.
Typographical and other minor errors or defects in any such
reproduction of any such signature shall not affect the validity or
enforceability of any Security that has been duly authenticated and
delivered by the Trustee.
In case any
officer of the Company who shall have signed any of the Securities
shall cease to be such officer before the Security so signed shall
be authenticated and delivered by the Trustee or disposed of by the
Company, such Security nevertheless may be authenticated and
delivered or disposed of as though the person who signed such
Security had not ceased to be such officer of the Company; and any
Security may be signed on behalf of the Company by such persons as,
at the actual date of the execution of such Security, shall be the
proper officers of the Company, although at the date of the
execution and delivery of this Indenture any such person was not
such an officer.
Section 2.07
Certificate of Authentication . Only such Securities as
shall bear thereon a certificate of authentication substantially in
the form hereinbefore recited, executed by the Trustee by the
manual signature of one of its authorized officers, shall be
entitled to the benefits of this Indenture or be valid or
obligatory for any purpose. The execution of such certificate by
the Trustee upon any Security executed by the Company shall be
conclusive evidence that the Security so authenticated has been
duly authenticated and delivered hereunder and that the Holder is
entitled to the benefits of this Indenture.
Section 2.08
Denomination and Date of Securities; Payments of Interest .
The Securities of each series shall be issuable in denominations
established as contemplated by
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Section 2.04 or, if not so established, in
denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof. The
Securities of each series shall be numbered, lettered or otherwise
distinguished in such manner or in accordance with such plan as the
officers of the Company executing the same may determine with the
approval of the Trustee, as evidenced by the execution and
authentication thereof. Unless otherwise indicated in a Consent of
the Sole Member, Officer’s Certificate or supplemental
indenture for a particular series, interest will be calculated on
the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.
Each Security
shall be dated the date of its authentication. The Securities of
each series shall bear interest, if any, from the date, and such
interest shall be payable on the dates, established as contemplated
by Section 2.04.
The Person in
whose name any Security of any series is registered at the close of
business on any record date applicable to a particular series with
respect to any interest payment date for such series shall be
entitled to receive the interest, if any, payable on such interest
payment date notwithstanding any transfer, exchange or conversion
of such Security subsequent to the record date and prior to such
interest payment date, except if and to the extent the Company
shall default in the payment of the interest due on such interest
payment date for such series, in which case such defaulted interest
shall be paid to the Persons in whose names Outstanding Securities
for such series are registered at the close of business on a
subsequent record date (which shall be not less than five Business
Days prior to the date of payment of such defaulted interest)
established by notice given by mail by or on behalf of the Company
to the Holders of Securities not less than 15 days preceding such
subsequent record date. The term “record date” as used
with respect to any interest payment date (except a date for
payment of defaulted interest) for the Securities of any series
shall mean the date specified as such in the terms of the
Securities of such series established as contemplated by
Section 2.04, or, if no such date is so established, if such
interest payment date is the first day of a calendar month, the
15th day of the next preceding calendar month or, if such interest
payment date is the 15th day of a calendar month, the first day of
such calendar month, whether or not such record date is a Business
Day.
Section 2.09
Registration, Transfer and Exchange . The Company will keep
at each office or agency to be maintained for the purpose as
provided in Section 3.02 for each series of Securities a
register or registers in which, subject to such reasonable
regulations as it may prescribe, it will provide for the
registration of Securities of such series and the registration of
transfer of Securities of such series. Such register shall be in
written form in the English language or in any other form capable
of being converted into such form within a reasonable time. At all
reasonable times such register or registers shall be open for
inspection by the Trustee.
Upon due
presentation for registration of transfer of any Security of any
series at any such office or agency to be maintained for the
purpose as provided in Section 3.02, the Company shall execute
and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in the name of the
transferee or transferees a new Security or Securities of the same
series, maturity date, interest rate and original issue date in
authorized denominations for a like aggregate principal
amount.
At the option of
the Holder thereof, Securities of any series (except a Global
Security) may be exchanged for a Security or Securities of such
series having authorized denominations
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and an equal
aggregate principal amount, upon surrender of such Securities to be
exchanged at the agency of the Company that shall be maintained for
such purpose in accordance with Section 3.02 and upon payment,
if the Company shall so require, of the charges hereinafter
provided. Whenever any Securities are so surrendered for exchange,
the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and
deliver, the Securities which the Holder making the exchange is
entitled to receive. All Securities surrendered upon any exchange
or transfer provided for in this Indenture shall be promptly
cancelled and disposed of by the Trustee and the Trustee will
deliver a certificate of disposition thereof to the
Company.
All Securities
presented for registration of transfer, exchange, redemption or
payment shall (if so required by the Company or the Trustee) be
duly endorsed by, or be accompanied by a written instrument or
instruments of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the
Trustee duly executed by, the Holder or his or her attorney duly
authorized in writing.
The Company may
require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any stamp or other tax
or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with
any exchange or registration of transfer of Securities. No service
charge shall be made for any such transaction.
The Company shall
not be required to exchange or register a transfer of (a) any
Securities of any series for a period of 15 days next
preceding the first mailing of notice of redemption of Securities
of such series to be redeemed or (b) any Securities selected,
called or being called for redemption, in whole or in part, except,
in the case of any Security to be redeemed in part, the portion
thereof not so to be redeemed.
Notwithstanding
any other provision of this Section 2.09, unless and until it
is exchanged in whole or in part for Securities in definitive
registered form, a Global Security representing all or a portion of
the Securities of a series may not be transferred except as a whole
by the Depositary for such series to a nominee of such Depositary
or by a nominee of such Depositary to such Depositary or another
nominee of such Depositary or by such Depositary or any such
nominee to a successor Depositary for such series or a nominee of
such successor Depositary.
If at any time the
Depositary for the Securities of a series notifies the Company that
it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for the
Securities of such series or if at any time the Depositary for the
Securities of a series shall no longer be eligible under
Section 2.05, the Company shall appoint a successor Depositary
with respect to the Securities of such series. If a successor
Depositary for the Securities of such series is not appointed by
the Company within 90 days after the Company receives such notice
or becomes aware of such ineligibility, the Company’s
election pursuant to Section 2.04 that the Securities of such
series be represented by a Global Security shall no longer be
effective and the Company will execute, and the Trustee, upon
receipt of an Officer’s Certificate for the authentication
and delivery of definitive Securities of such series, will
authenticate and deliver, Securities of such series in definitive
registered form, in any authorized denominations, in an aggregate
principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Global
Security or Securities representing the Securities of such series,
in exchange for such Global Security or Securities.
The Company may at
any time and in its sole discretion determine that the Securities
of any series issued in the form of one or more Global Securities
shall no longer be represented by a
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Global Security
or Securities. In such event the Company will execute, and the
Trustee, upon receipt of an Officer’s Certificate for the
authentication and delivery of definitive Securities of such
series, will authenticate and deliver, Securities of such series in
definitive registered form, in any authorized denominations, in an
aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the
Global Security or Securities representing such series, in exchange
for such Global Security or Securities.
The Depositary for
such Global Security may surrender such Global Security in exchange
in whole or in part for Securities of the same series in definitive
registered form on such terms as are acceptable to the Company and
such Depositary. Thereupon, the Company shall execute, and the
Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, without service
charge,
(i) to the Person
specified by such Depositary a new Security or Securities of the
same series, of any authorized denominations as requested by such
Person, in an aggregate principal amount equal to and in exchange
for such Person’s beneficial interest in the Global Security;
and
(ii) to such
Depositary a new Global Security in a denomination equal to the
difference, if any, between the principal amount of the surrendered
Global Security and the aggregate principal amount of Securities
authenticated and delivered pursuant to clause
(i) above.
Upon the exchange
of a Global Security for Securities in definitive registered form,
in authorized denominations, such Global Security shall be
cancelled by the Trustee. Securities in definitive registered form
issued in exchange for a Global Security pursuant to this
Section 2.09 shall be registered in such names and in such
authorized denominations as the Depositary for such Global
Security, pursuant to instructions from its direct or indirect
participants or otherwise, shall instruct the Trustee. The Trustee
shall deliver such Securities to or as directed by the Persons in
whose names such Securities are so registered.
All Securities
issued upon any transfer or exchange of Securities shall be valid
obligations of the Company and the Guarantor, evidencing the same
debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as
the Securities surrendered upon such transfer or
exchange.
Section 2.10
Mutilated, Defaced, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities.
In case any temporary or definitive Security shall become
mutilated, defaced or be destroyed, lost or stolen, the Company in
its discretion may execute, and upon the written request of any
officer of the Company, the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver
a new Security of the same series, maturity date, interest rate and
original issue date, bearing a number or other distinguishing
symbol not contemporaneously outstanding, in exchange and
substitution for the mutilated or defaced Security, or in lieu of
and substitution for the Security so destroyed, lost or stolen. In
every case the applicant for a substitute Security shall furnish to
the Company and to the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the
Trustee such security or indemnity as may be required by them to
indemnify and defend and to save each of them harmless and, in
every case of destruction, loss or theft, evidence to their
satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of such Security and
of the ownership thereof and in the case of mutilation or
defacement shall surrender the Security to the Trustee.
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Upon the issuance
of any substitute Security, 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. In case any Security which has matured or is about to
mature or has been called for redemption in full, or is being
surrendered for conversion in full, shall become mutilated or
defaced or be destroyed, lost or stolen, the Company may, instead
of issuing a substitute Security (with the Holder’s consent,
in the case of convertible Securities), pay or authorize the
payment of the same or convert, or authorize conversion of the same
(without surrender thereof except in the case of a mutilated or
defaced Security), if the applicant for such payment shall furnish
to the Company and to the Trustee and any agent of the Company or
the Trustee such security or indemnity as any of them may require
to save each of them harmless, and, in every case of destruction,
loss or theft, the applicant shall also furnish to the Company and
the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee evidence to
their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of such
Security and of the ownership thereof.
Every substitute
Security of any series issued pursuant to the provisions of this
Section by virtue of the fact that any such Security is destroyed,
lost or stolen shall constitute an additional contractual
obligation of the Company and 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 (but shall
be subject to all the limitations of rights set forth in) this
Indenture equally and proportionately with any and all other
Securities of such series duly authenticated and delivered
hereunder. All Securities shall be held and owned upon the express
condition that, to the extent permitted by law, the foregoing
provisions are exclusive with respect to the replacement or payment
or conversion of mutilated, defaced or destroyed, lost or stolen
Securities and shall preclude any and all other rights or remedies
notwithstanding any law or statute existing or hereafter enacted to
the contrary with respect to the replacement or payment of
negotiable instruments or other securities without their
surrender.
Section 2.11
Cancellation of Securities; Destruction Thereof. All
Securities surrendered for exchange for Securities of the same
series or for payment, redemption, registration of transfer,
conversion or for credit against any payment in respect of a
sinking or analogous fund, if surrendered to the Company or the
Guarantor or any agent of the Company, the Guarantor or the
Trustee, shall be delivered to the Trustee for cancellation or, if
surrendered to the Trustee, shall be cancelled by it; and no
Securities shall be issued in lieu thereof except as expressly
permitted by any of the provisions of this Indenture. The Trustee
shall dispose of cancelled Securities held by it and deliver a
certificate of disposition to the Company. If the Company or the
Guarantor shall acquire any of the Securities, such acquisition
shall not operate as a redemption or satisfaction of the Debt
represented by such Securities unless and until the same are
delivered to the Trustee for cancellation.
Section 2.12
Temporary Securities. Pending the preparation of definitive
Securities for any series, the Company may execute and the Trustee
shall authenticate and deliver temporary Securities for such series
(printed, lithographed, typewritten or otherwise reproduced, in
each case in form satisfactory to the Trustee). Temporary
Securities of any series shall be issuable in any authorized
denomination, and substantially in the form of the definitive
Securities of such series but with such omissions, insertions and
variations as may be appropriate for temporary Securities, all as
may be determined by the Company with the concurrence of the
Trustee as
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evidenced by
the execution and authentication thereof. Temporary Securities may
contain such reference to any provisions of this Indenture as may
be appropriate. Every temporary Security shall be executed by the
Company and be authenticated by the Trustee upon the same
conditions and in substantially the same manner, and with like
effect, as the definitive Securities. Without unreasonable delay
the Company shall execute and shall furnish definitive Securities
of such series and thereupon temporary Securities of such series
may be surrendered in exchange therefor without charge at each
office or agency to be maintained by the Company for that purpose
pursuant to Section 3.02 and the Trustee shall authenticate
and deliver in exchange for such temporary Securities of such
series an equal aggregate principal amount of definitive Securities
of the same series having authorized denominations. Until so
exchanged, the temporary Securities of any series shall be entitled
to the same benefits under this Indenture as definitive Securities
of such series, unless the benefits of the temporary Securities are
limited pursuant to Section 2.04.
ARTICLE 3
COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY
Section 3.01
Payment of Principal and Interest. The Company covenants and
agrees for the benefit of each series of Securities that it will
duly and punctually pay or cause to be paid the principal of, and
interest on, each of the Securities of such series (together with
any additional amounts payable pursuant to the terms of such
Securities) at the place or places, at the respective times and in
the manner provided in such Securities and in this Indenture. The
interest on Securities (together with any additional amounts
payable pursuant to the terms of such Securities) shall be payable
only to or upon the written order of the Holders thereof and at the
option of the Company may be paid by mailing checks for such
interest payable to or upon the written order of such Holders at
their last addresses as they appear on the Security register of the
Company.
Section 3.02
Offices for Payments, Etc . The Company will maintain
(i) in the Borough of Manhattan, the City of New York, an
agency where the Securities of each series may be presented for
payment, an agency where the Securities of each series may be
presented for exchange and conversion, if applicable, as provided
in this Indenture and an agency where the Securities of each series
may be presented for registration of transfer as in this Indenture
provided and (ii) such further agencies in such places as may
be determined for the Securities of such series pursuant to
Section 2.04.
The Company will
maintain in the Borough of Manhattan, the City of New York, an
agency where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect
of the Securities of any series or this Indenture may be
served.
The Company will
give to the Trustee written notice of the location of each such
agency and of any change of location thereof. In case the Company
shall fail to maintain any agency required by this Section to be
located in the Borough of Manhattan, the City of New York, or shall
fail to give such notice of the location or of any change in the
location of any of the above agencies, presentations and demands
may be made and notices may be served at the Corporate Trust Office
of the Trustee.
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The Company may
from time to time designate one or more additional agencies where
the Securities of a series may be presented for payment, where the
Securities of that series may be presented for exchange or
conversion, if applicable, as provided in this Indenture and
pursuant to Section 2.04 and where the Securities of that
series may be presented for registration of transfer as in this
Indenture provided, and the Company may from time to time rescind
any such designation, as the Company may deem desirable or
expedient; provided , however , that no such
designation or rescission shall in any manner relieve the Company
of its obligation to maintain the agencies provided for in this
Section. The Company will give to the Trustee prompt written notice
of any such designation or rescission thereof.
The Guarantor will
maintain (i) in the Borough of Manhattan, the City of New
York, an agency where the Securities of each series may be
presented for payment, an agency where the Securities of each
series may be presented for exchange and conversion, if applicable,
as provided in this Indenture and an agency where the Securities of
each series may be presented for registration of transfer as in
this Indenture provided and (ii) such further agencies in such
places as may be determined for the Securities of such series
pursuant to Section 2.04.
The Guarantor will
maintain in the Borough of Manhattan, the City of New York, an
agency where notices and demands to or upon the Guarantor in
respect of the Securities of any series or this Indenture may be
served.
The Guarantor will
give to the Trustee written notice of the location of each such
agency and of any change of location thereof. In case the Guarantor
shall fail to maintain any agency required by this Section to be
located in the Borough of Manhattan, the City of New York, or shall
fail to give such notice of the location or of any change in the
location of any of the above agencies, presentations and demands
may be made and notices may be served at the Corporate Trust Office
of the Trustee.
The Guarantor may
from time to time designate one or more additional agencies where
the Securities of a series may be presented for payment, where the
Securities of that series may be presented for exchange or
conversion, if applicable, as provided in this Indenture and
pursuant to Section 2.04 and where the Securities of that
series may be presented for registration of transfer as in this
Indenture provided, and the Guarantor may from time to time rescind
any such designation, as the Guarantor may deem desirable or
expedient; provided , however , that no such
designation or rescission shall in any manner relieve the Guarantor
of its obligation to maintain the agencies provided for in this
Section. The Guarantor will give to the Trustee prompt written
notice of any such designation or rescission thereof.
Section 3.03
Appointment to Fill a Vacancy in Office of Trustee. The
Company or the Guarantor, whenever necessary to avoid or fill a
vacancy in the office of Trustee, will appoint, in the manner
provided in Section 6.10, a Trustee, so that there shall at
all times be a Trustee with respect to each series of Securities
hereunder.
Section 3.04
Paying Agents. Whenever the Company shall appoint a paying
agent other than the Trustee with respect to the Securities of any
series, it will cause such paying agent to execute and deliver to
the Trustee an instrument in which such agent shall agree with the
Trustee, subject to the provisions of this Section,
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(a) that it will
hold all sums received by it as such agent for the payment of the
principal of or interest on the Securities of such series (whether
such sums have been paid to it by the Company or by any other
obligor on the Securities of such series) in trust for the benefit
of the Holders of the Securities of such series or of the
Trustee,
(b) that it will
give the Trustee notice of any failure by the Company (or by any
other obligor on the Securities of such series) to make any payment
of the principal of or interest on the Securities of such series
when the same shall be due and payable, and
(c) that at any
time during the continuance of any such failure, upon the written
request of the Trustee, it will forthwith pay to the Trustee all
sums so held in trust by such paying agent.
The Company will,
on or prior to each due date of the principal of or interest on the
Securities of such series, deposit with the paying agent a sum
sufficient to pay such principal or interest so becoming due, and
(unless such paying agent is the Trustee) the Company will promptly
notify the Trustee of any failure to take such action.
If the Company
shall act as its own paying agent with respect to the Securities of
any series, it will, on or before each due date of the principal of
or interest on the Securities of such series, set aside, segregate
and hold in trust for the benefit of the Holders of the Securities
of such series a sum sufficient to pay such principal or interest
so becoming due. The Company will promptly notify the Trustee of
any failure to take such action.
Anything in this
Section to the contrary notwithstanding, but subject to
Section 10.01, the Company or the Guarantor may at any time,
for the purpose of obtaining a satisfaction and discharge with
respect to one or more or all series of Securities hereunder, or
for any other reason, pay or cause to be paid to the Trustee all
sums held in trust for any such series by the Company, the
Guarantor or any paying agent hereunder, as required by this
Section, such sums to be held by the Trustee upon the trusts herein
contained.
Anything in this
Section to the contrary notwithstanding, the agreement to hold sums
in trust as provided in this Section is subject to the provisions
of Sections 10.03 and 10.04.
Section 3.05
Written Statement to Trustee. So long as any Securities are
Outstanding hereunder, each of the Company and the Guarantor will
deliver to the Trustee, within 120 days after the end of each
fiscal year of the Company ending after the date hereof, a written
statement covering the previous fiscal year, signed by two of its
officers (which need not comply with Section 11.05), stating
that in the course of the performance of their duties as officers
of the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, they would
normally have knowledge of any default by the Company or the
Guarantor, as the case may be, in the performance or fulfillment of
any covenant, agreement or condition contained in this Indenture,
stating whether or not they have knowledge of any such default and,
if so, specifying each such default of which the signers have
knowledge and the nature thereof.
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ARTICLE 4
SECURITYHOLDERS LISTS AND REPORTS BY THE COMPANY, GUARANTOR AND THE
TRUSTEE
Section 4.01
Company to Furnish Trustee Information as to Names and Addresses
of Securityholders. The Company covenants and agrees that it
will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee a list in such
form as the Trustee may reasonably require of the names and
addresses of the Holders of the Securities of each series pursuant
to Section 312 of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939:
(a) semiannually
and not more than 15 days after each record date for the
payment of interest on such Securities, as hereinabove specified,
as of such record date and on dates to be determined pursuant to
Section 2.04 for non-interest bearing Securities in each year,
and
(b) at such other
times as the Trustee may request in writing, within 30 days
after receipt by the Company of any such request as of a date not
more than 15 days prior to the time such information is
furnished, provided , that, if and so long as the Trustee
shall be the Security registrar (the “ Security
Registrar ”) for such series, such list shall not be
required to be furnished.
Section 4.02
Reports by the Company and Guarantor. Each of the Company
and the Guarantor covenants to comply with Section 314(a) of the
Trust Indenture Act insofar as it relates to information,
documentations, and other reports which the Company or the
Guarantor may be required to file with the Commission pursuant to
Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934.
Section 4.03
Reports by the Trustee. Any Trustee’s report required
under Section 313(a) of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 shall be
transmitted on or before July 15 th in
each year following the date hereof, so long as any Securities are
Outstanding hereunder, and shall be dated as of a date convenient
to the Trustee but no more than 60 nor less than 45 days prior
thereto. The Trustee shall comply with Sections 313(b), 313(c)
and 313(d) of the Trust Indenture Act.
Section 4.04
Preservation of Information; Communication with
Securityholders. (a) The Trustee shall preserve, in as
current a form as is reasonably practicable, all information as to
the names and addresses of the holders of Securities contained in
the most recent list furnished to it as provided in
Section 4.01 and as to the names and addresses of holders of
Securities received by the Trustee in its capacity as Security
Registrar (if acting in such capacity).
(b) The
Trustee may destroy any list furnished to it as provided in
Section 4.01 upon receipt of a new list so
furnished.
(c) Securityholders
may communicate as provided in Section 312(b) of the Trust
Indenture Act with other Securityholders with respect to their
rights under this Indenture or under the Securities. The Company,
the Guarantor, the Trustee, the Security Registrar and any other
Person shall have the protection of Section 312(c) of the Trust
Indenture Act.
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ARTICLE 5
REMEDIES OF THE TRUSTEE AND SECURITYHOLDERS ON EVENT OF
DEFAULT
Section 5.01
Event of Default Defined; Acceleration of Maturity; Waiver of
Default. “ Event of Default ”, with respect
to Securities of any series wherever used herein, means each one of
the following events which shall have occurred and be continuing
(whatever the reason for such Event of Default and whether it shall
be voluntary or involuntary or be effected by operation of law or
pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any
order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental
body):
(a) default in the
payment of any installment of interest upon any of the Securities
of such series as and when the same shall become due and payable,
and continuance of such default for a period of 60 days (or
such other period as may be established for the Securities of such
series as contemplated by Section 2.04); or
(b) default in the
payment of all or any part of the principal on any of the
Securities of such series as and when the same shall become due and
payable either at maturity, upon redemption, by declaration or
otherwise, and the continuance of such default for five days (or
such other period as may be established for the Securities of such
series as contemplated by Section 2.04); or
(c) default in the
performance, or breach, of any covenant or warranty of the Company
or the Guarantor in respect of the Securities of such series (other
than a covenant or warranty in respect of the Securities of such
series a default in the performance or breach of which is elsewhere
in this Section specifically dealt with), and continuance of such
default or breach for a period of 90 days after there has been
given, by registered or certified mail, to the Company and the
Guarantor by the Trustee or to the Company, the Guarantor and the
Trustee by the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of all series affected thereby, a written
notice specifying such default or breach and requiring it to be
remedied and stating that such notice is a “ Notice of
Default ” hereunder; or
(d) a court having
jurisdiction in the premises shall enter a decree or order for
relief in respect of the Company or the Guarantor in an involuntary
case under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar
law now or hereafter in effect, or appointing a receiver,
liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee or sequestrator (or
similar official) of the Company, the Guarantor or for all or
substantially all of its property and assets or ordering the
winding up or liquidation of its affairs, and such decree or order
shall remain unstayed and in effect for a period of 60 consecutive
days; or
(e) the Company or
the Guarantor shall commence a voluntary case under any applicable
bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in
effect, or consent to the entry of an order for relief in an
involuntary case under any such law, or consent to the appointment
of or taking possession by a receiver, liquidator, assignee,
custodian, trustee or sequestrator (or similar official) of the
Company or the Guarantor or for any substantial part of its
property and assets, or make any general assignment for the benefit
of creditors; or
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(f) any other
Event of Default provided for in such series of
Securities.
If an Event of
Default described in clauses (a), (b), (c) or (f) occurs
and is continuing, then, and in each and every such case, unless
the principal of all of the Securities of such series shall have
already become due and payable, either the Trustee or the Holders
of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the
Securities of such series then Outstanding hereunder (each such
series voting as a separate class) by notice in writing to the
Company and the Guarantor (and to the Trustee if given by
Securityholders), may declare the entire principal (or, if the
Securities of such series are Original Issue Discount Securities,
such portion of the principal amount as may be specified in the
terms of such series) of all Securities of such series and the
interest accrued thereon, if any, to be due and payable
immediately, and upon any such declaration the same shall become
immediately due and payable. If an Event of Default described in
clauses (d) or (e) occurs and is continuing, then and in each
and every such case, the entire principal (or, if any Securities
are Original Issue Discount Securities, such portion of the
principal as may be specified in the terms thereof) of all the
Securities then Outstanding and interest accrued thereon, if any,
shall become immediately due and payable.
The foregoing
provisions, however, are subject to the condition that if, at any
time after the principal (or, if the Securities are Original Issue
Discount Securities, such portion of the principal as may be
specified in the terms thereof) of the Securities of any series (or
of all the Securities, as the case may be) shall have been so
declared due and payable, and before any judgment or decree for the
payment of the moneys due shall have been obtained or entered as
hereinafter provided, the Company and the Guarantor shall pay or
shall deposit with the Trustee a sum sufficient to pay all matured
installments of interest upon all the Securities of such series (or
of all the Securities, as the case may be) and the principal of any
and all Securities of such series (or of all the Securities, as the
case may be) which shall have become due otherwise than by
acceleration (with interest upon such principal and, to the extent
that payment of such interest is enforceable under applicable law,
on overdue installments of interest, at the same rate as the rate
of interest or Yield to Maturity (in the case of Original Issue
Discount Securities) specified in the Securities of such series,
(or at the respective rates of interest or Yields to Maturity of
all the Securities, as the case may be) to the date of such payment
or deposit) and such amount as shall be sufficient to cover
reasonable compensation to the Trustee, its agents, attorneys and
counsel, and all other expenses and liabilities incurred, and all
advances made, by the Trustee except as a result of negligence or
bad faith, and if any and all Events of Default under the
Indenture, other than the non-payment of the principal of
Securities which shall have become due by acceleration, shall have
been cured, waived or otherwise remedied as provided
herein—then and in every such case the Holders of a majority
in aggregate principal amount of all the Securities of such series,
each series voting as a separate class, (or of all the Securities,
as the case may be, voting as a single class) then Outstanding, by
written notice to the Company, the Guarantor and to the Trustee,
may waive all defaults with respect to such series (or with respect
to all the Securities, as the case may be) and rescind and annul
such declaration and its consequences, but no such waiver or
rescission and annulment shall extend to or shall affect any
subsequent default or shall impair any right consequent
thereon.
For all purposes
under this Indenture, if a portion of the principal of any Original
Issue Discount Securities shall have been accelerated and declared
due and payable pursuant to the provisions hereof, then, from and
after such declaration, unless such declaration has been
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rescinded and
annulled, the principal amount of such Original Issue Discount
Securities shall be deemed, for all purposes hereunder, to be such
portion of the principal thereof as shall be due and payable as a
result of such acceleration, and payment of such portion of the
principal thereof as shall be due and payable as a result of such
acceleration, together with interest, if any, thereon and all other
amounts owing thereunder, shall constitute payment in full of such
Original Issue Discount Securities.
Section 5.02
Collection of Debt by Trustee; Trustee May Prove Debt. The
Company and the Guarantor covenants that (a) in case default
shall be made in the payment of any installment of interest on any
of the Securities of any series when such interest shall have
become due and payable, and such default shall have continued for a
period of 60 days or (b) in case default shall be made in
the payment of all or any part of the principal of any of the
Securities of any series when the same shall have become due and
payable, and such default shall have continued for a period of five
days, whether upon maturity of the Securities of such series or
upon any redemption or by declaration or otherwise—then, upon
demand of the Trustee, the Company or the Guarantor, as the case
may be, will pay to the Trustee for the benefit of the Holders of
the Securities of such series the whole amount that then shall have
become due and payable on all Securities of such series for
principal or interest, as the case may be (with interest to the
date of such payment upon the overdue principal and, to the extent
that payment of such interest is enforceable under applicable law,
on overdue installments of interest at the same rate as the rate of
interest or Yield to Maturity (in the case of Original Issue
Discount Securities) specified in the Securities of such series);
and, in addition thereto, such further amount as shall be
sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including
reasonable compensation to the Trustee and each predecessor
trustee, their respective agents, attorneys and counsel, and any
expenses and liabilities incurred, and all advances made, by the
Trustee and each predecessor trustee except as a result of its
negligence or bad faith.
In case the
Company or the Guarantor shall fail forthwith to pay such amounts
upon such demand, the Trustee, in its own name and as trustee of an
express trust, shall be entitled and empowered to institute any
action or proceedings at law or in equity for the collection of the
sums so due and unpaid, and may prosecute any such action or
proceedings to judgment or final decree, and may enforce any such
judgment or final decree against the Company, the Guarantor or
other obligor upon such Securities and collect in the manner
provided by law out of the property of the Company, the Guarantor
or other obligor upon such Securities, wherever situated, the
moneys adjudged or decreed to be payable.
In case there
shall be pending proceedings relative to the Company or the
Guarantor or any other obligor upon the Securities under Title 11
of the United States Code or any other applicable Federal or state
bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law, or in case a receiver,
assignee or trustee in bankruptcy or reorganization, liquidator,
sequestrator or similar official shall have been appointed for or
taken possession of the Company or its property, the Guarantor or
its property or such other obligor or its property, or in case of
any other comparable judicial proceedings relative to the Company,
the Guarantor or other obligor upon the Securities of any series,
or to the creditors or property of the Company, the Guarantor or
such other obligor, the Trustee, irrespective of whether the
principal of any Securities shall then be due and payable as
therein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective
of whether the Trustee shall
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have made any
demand pursuant to the provisions of this Section, shall be
entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceedings or
otherwise:
(i) to file and
prove a claim or claims for the whole amount of principal and
interest (or, if the Securities of any series are Original Issue
Discount Securities, such portion of the principal amount as may be
specified in the terms of such series) owing and unpaid in respect
of the Securities of any series, and to file such other papers or
documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the
claims of the Trustee (including any claim for reasonable
compensation to the Trustee and each predecessor trustee, and their
respective agents, attorneys and counsel, and for reimbursement of
all expenses and liabilities incurred, and all advances made, by
the Trustee and each predecessor trustee, except as a result of
negligence or bad faith) and of the Securityholders allowed in any
judicial proceedings relative to the Company, the Guarantor or
other obligor upon the Securities of any series, or to the
creditors or property of the Company, the Guarantor or such other
obligor,
(ii) unless
prohibited by applicable law and regulations, to vote on behalf of
the Holders of the Securities of any series in any election of a
trustee or a standby trustee in arrangement, reorganization,
liquidation or other bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings or person
performing similar functions in comparable proceedings,
and
(iii) to collect
and receive any moneys or other property payable or deliverable on
any such claims, and to distribute all amounts received with
respect to the claims of the Securityholders and of the Trustee on
their behalf; and any trustee, receiver or liquidator, custodian or
other similar official is hereby authorized by each of the
Securityholders to make payments to the Trustee, and, in the event
that the Trustee shall consent to the making of payments directly
to the Securityholders, to pay to the Trustee such amounts as shall
be sufficient to cover reasonable compensation to the Trustee, each
predecessor trustee and their respective agents, attorneys and
counsel, and all other expenses and liabilities incurred, and all
advances made, by the Trustee and each predecessor trustee except
as a result of negligence or bad faith and all other amounts due to
the Trustee or any predecessor trustee pursuant to
Section 6.06.
Nothing herein
contained shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or
consent to or vote for or accep
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