Exhibit 4.1
EXECUTION COPY
BEST BUY CO., INC.,
and
WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.,
as
Trustee
Indenture
Dated as of
June 24, 2008
TABLE
OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE 1
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DEFINITIONS
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Section
1.01.
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Certain Terms
Defined
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1
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Section
1.02.
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Other
Definitions.
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ARTICLE 2
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SECURITY
FORMS
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Section
2.01.
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Forms
Generally
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Section
2.02.
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Form of Trustee’s
Certificate of Authentication
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ARTICLE 3
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ISSUE, EXECUTION, FORM
AND REGISTRATION OF SECURITIES
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Section
3.01.
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Amount Unlimited;
Issuable in Series
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10
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Section
3.02.
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Authentication and
Delivery of Securities
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13
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Section
3.03.
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Execution of
Securities
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13
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Section
3.04.
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Certificate of
Authentication
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Section
3.05.
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Denomination and Date
of Securities; Payments of Interest
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Section
3.06.
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Global Security
Legend
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Section
3.07.
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Registration, Transfer
and Exchange
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Section
3.08.
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Book-Entry Provisions
for Global Securities
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Section
3.09.
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Mutilated, Defaced,
Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities
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Section
3.10.
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Cancellation of
Securities
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Section
3.11.
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Temporary
Securities
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20
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Section
3.12.
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CUSIP and ISIN
Numbers
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20
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ARTICLE 4
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CERTAIN
COVENANTS
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Section
4.01.
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Payments in Respect of
Securities
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Section
4.02.
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Limitation on
Liens
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Section
4.03.
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Limitation on Sale and
Leaseback Transactions
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Section
4.04.
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Limitation on
Incurrence of Indebtedness by North American
Subsidiaries
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Section
4.05.
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Maintenance of Office
or Agency
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Section
4.06.
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Money for Securities
Payments to Be Held in Trust
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Section
4.07.
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Existence
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Section
4.08.
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Compliance
Certificate
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Section
4.09.
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Waiver of Certain
Covenants
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ARTICLE 5
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REMEDIES OF THE TRUSTEE
AND HOLDERS ON EVENT OF DEFAULT
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Section
5.01.
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Events of
Default
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Section
5.02.
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Acceleration
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Section
5.03.
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Other
Remedies
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Section
5.04.
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Waiver of Past
Defaults
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Section
5.05.
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Control by
Majority
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Section
5.06.
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Limitation on
Suits
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Section
5.07.
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Rights of Holders to
Receive Payment
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Section
5.08.
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Collection Suit by
Trustee
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Section
5.09.
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Trustee May File Proofs
of Claim
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Section
5.10.
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Priorities
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Section
5.11.
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Undertaking for
Costs
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Section
5.12.
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Restoration of Rights
and Remedies
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Section
5.13.
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Rights and Remedies
Cumulative
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Section
5.14.
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Delay or Omission Not
Waiver
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ARTICLE 6
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CONCERNING THE
TRUSTEE
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Section
6.01.
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Duties and
Responsibilities of the Trustee; During Default: Prior to
Default
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Section
6.02.
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Certain Rights of the
Trustee
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Section
6.03.
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Trustee Not Responsible
for Recitals, Disposition of Securities or Application of Proceeds
Thereof
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Section
6.04.
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Trustee and Agents May
Hold Securities; Collections, Etc
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Section
6.05.
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Moneys Held by
Trustee
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Section
6.06.
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Notice of
Default
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Section
6.07.
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Compensation and
Indemnification of Trustee and Its Prior Claim
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Section
6.08.
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Right of Trustee to
Rely on Officer’s Certificate, Etc
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Section
6.09.
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Persons Eligible for
Appointment as Trustee
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Section
6.10.
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Resignation and
Removal; Appointment of Successor Trustee
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Section
6.11.
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Acceptance of
Appointment by Successor
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Section
6.12.
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Merger, Conversion,
Consolidation or Succession to Business of Trustee
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Section
6.13.
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Preferential Collection
of Claims
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Section
6.14.
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Communications with the
Trustee
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ARTICLE 7
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CONCERNING THE
HOLDERS
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Section
7.01.
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Evidence of Action
Taken by Holders
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Section
7.02.
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Proof of Execution of
Instruments and of Holding of Securities; Record Date
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Section
7.03.
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Who May Be Deemed
Owners of Securities
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Section
7.04.
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Securities Owned by
Company Deemed Not Outstanding
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Section
7.05.
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Record Date for Action
by Securityholders
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Section
7.06.
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Right of Revocation of
Action Taken
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ARTICLE 8
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AMENDMENTS, SUPPLEMENTS
AND WAIVERS
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Section
8.01.
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Modifications and
Amendments With Consent of Holders
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Section
8.02.
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Amendments to or
Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders
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Section
8.03.
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Effect of Supplemental
Indenture
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Section
8.04.
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Documents to Be Given
to Trustee; Compliance with the Trust Indenture Act
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48
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Section
8.05.
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Notation on Securities
in Respect of Supplemental Indentures
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ARTICLE 9
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MERGER, CONSOLIDATION
OR SALE OR CONVEYANCE OF ASSETS
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Section
9.01.
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When the Company May
Merge, Etc
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Section
9.02.
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Successor Person
Substituted
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Section
9.03.
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Opinion of Counsel to
Trustee
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ARTICLE 10
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REDEMPTION OF
SECURITIES
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Section
10.01.
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Applicability of
Article
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Section
10.02.
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Notice of Redemption;
Partial Redemptions
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Section
10.03.
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Payment of Securities
Called for Redemption
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ARTICLE 11
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DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT
DEFEASANCE
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Section
11.01.
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Applicability of the
Article; Company’s Option to Effect Defeasance or Covenant
Defeasance
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Section
11.02.
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Full Defeasance and
Discharge
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Section
11.03.
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Covenant
Defeasance
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Section
11.04.
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Conditions to Legal or
Covenant Defeasance
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Section
11.05.
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Deposited Money and
Government Securities to Be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous
Provisions
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Section
11.06.
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Repayment to the
Company
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Section
11.07.
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Reinstatement
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ARTICLE 12
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SATISFACTION AND
DISCHARGE
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Section
12.01.
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Satisfaction and
Discharge of Indenture
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Section
12.02.
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Application of Trust
Money
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ARTICLE 13
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HOLDERS’ LISTS
AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY
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Section
13.01.
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Company to Furnish
Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders
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Section
13.02.
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Preservation of
Information; Communications to Holders
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Section
13.03.
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Reports by the
Trustee
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Section
13.04.
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Reports by the
Company
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ARTICLE 14
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MISCELLANEOUS
PROVISIONS
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Section
14.01.
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Incorporators,
Stockholders, Officers and Directors of Company Exempt from
Individual Liability
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Section
14.02.
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Provisions of Indenture
for the Sole Benefit of Parties and Holders
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60
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Section
14.03.
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Successors and Assigns
of Company Bound by Indenture
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Section
14.04.
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Notices to
Holders
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Section
14.05.
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Officers, Certificates
and Opinions of Counsel; Statements to Be Contained
Therein
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Section
14.06.
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Payments Due on
Saturdays, Sundays and Holidays
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Section
14.07.
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Conflict of Any
Provision of Indenture with Trust Indenture Act
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Section
14.08.
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Governing
Law
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Section
14.09.
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Third Party
Beneficiaries
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Section
14.10.
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Counterparts
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Section
14.11.
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Effect of
Headings
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Section
14.12.
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Severability
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Section
14.13.
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Patriot Act
Compliance
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iv
BEST BUY CO., INC.
Reconciliation and tie between Trust Indenture Act of 1939
and this Indenture
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Trust Indenture Act
Section
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Indenture
Section
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§310
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(a)(l)
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6.09
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(a)(2)
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6.09
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(a)(3)
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Not
Applicable
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(a)(4)
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Not
Applicable
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(a)(5)
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6.09
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(b)
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6.10
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§311
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(a)
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6.13
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(b)
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6.13
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(b)(2)
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13.03(a),
13.03(b)
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§312
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(a)
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13.01,
13.02(a)
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(b)
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13.02(b)
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(c)
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13.02(c)
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§313
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(a)
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13.03(a)
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(b)
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13.03(a)
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(c)
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13.03(a),13.03(b)
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(d)
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13.03(b)
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§314
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(a)
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13.04
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(b)
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Not
Applicable
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(c)(l)
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14.05
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(c)(2)
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14.05
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(c)(3)
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Not
Applicable
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(d)
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Not
Applicable
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(e)
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14.05
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§315
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(a)
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6.01
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(b)
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6.06,
13.03(a)
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(c)
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6.01
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(d)
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6.01
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(d)(1)
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6.01
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(d)(2)
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6.01
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(d)(3)
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6.01
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(e)
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5.11
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§316
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(a)(1)(A)
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5.05
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(a)(1)(B)
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5.02, 5.04
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(a)(2)
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Not
Applicable
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(b)
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5.07
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(c)
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7.02
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§317
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(a)(l)
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5.08
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(a)(2)
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5.09
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(b)
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4.06
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§318
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(a)
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14.07
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* This cross-reference
table shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be part of this
Indenture.
v
INDENTURE, dated
as of June 24, 2008, between Best Buy Co., Inc., a
Minnesota corporation (the “ Company ”), and
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as Trustee (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 senior unsecured debentures,
notes or other evidences of indebtedness (herein called the “
Securities ”), to be issued in one or more series as
in this Indenture provided; and
WHEREAS , all things necessary to make the
Indenture a valid and legally binding indenture and agreement
according to its terms, have been done.
NOW, THEREFORE
:
In consideration
of the premises stated herein and the purchase of the Securities by
the Holders thereof, the Company 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:
ARTICLE 1
DEFINITIONS
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 1.01. All other terms
used in this Indenture which are defined in the Trust Indenture Act
or the definitions of which in the Securities Act are referred to
in the Trust Indenture Act (except as herein otherwise expressly
provided or unless the context otherwise clearly requires), shall
have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Trust Indenture Act
and in the Securities Act as in force at the date of this
Indenture. All accounting terms used herein and not expressly
defined shall have the meanings given to them in accordance with
GAAP (whether or not such is indicated herein). 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 1 include the plural as well as the
singular.
“
Additional Interest ” means additional interest, if
any, payable by the Company pursuant to an indenture supplemental
hereto.
1
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Attributable Value ” means, as to any lease under
which any Person is at the time liable, other than a Capital Lease
Obligation, and at any date as of which the amount thereof is to be
determined, the total net amount of rent required to be paid by
such Person under such lease during the remaining term thereof as
determined in accordance with GAAP, discounted from the last date
of such term to the date of determination at a rate per annum equal
to the discount rate that would be applicable to a Capital Lease
Obligation with like term in accordance with GAAP. The net
amount of rent required to be paid under any such lease for any
such period will be the aggregate amount of rent payable by the
lessee with respect to such period after excluding amounts required
to be paid on account of insurance, taxes, assessments, utility,
operating and labor costs and similar charges. In the case of
any lease that is terminable by the lessee upon the payment of a
penalty, such net amount will also include the amount of such
penalty, but no rent will be considered as required to be paid
under such lease subsequent to the first date upon which it may be
so terminated.
“
Attributable Value ” means, as to a Capital Lease
Obligation under which any Person is at the time liable and at any
date as of which the amount thereof is to be determined, the
capitalized amount thereof that would appear on the face of a
balance sheet of such Person in accordance with GAAP.
“
Authorized Officer ” means any of the Chairman of the
Board, any Vice Chairman of the Board, the President, the Chief
Executive Officer, any Vice President, the Chief Financial Officer,
the Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer, the Controller, any
Assistant Controller, the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary, in
each case, of the Company.
“ Board
of Directors ” means, with respect to any Person, the
Board of Directors of such Person, or any authorized committee of
the Board of Directors of such Person or any officer of such Person
duly authorized by the Board of Directors of such Person to take a
specific action.
“ Board
Resolution ” means a copy of a resolution certified by
the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company to have been
duly adopted by the Board of Directors and to be in full force and
effect on the date of such certification, and delivered to the
Trustee.
“
Business Day ” means any day other than a Saturday or
a Sunday, that is neither a legal holiday nor a day on which
banking institutions are authorized or required by law or
regulation to close in New York City.
“ Capital
Lease Obligations ” means, with respect to any Person,
the obligations of such Person to pay rent or other amounts under
any lease of (or other arrangement conveying the right to use) real
or personal property, or a combination thereof, which obligations
are required to be classified and accounted for as capital leases
on a balance sheet of such Person under GAAP,
2
and the amount of
such obligations shall be the capitalized amount thereof determined
in accordance with GAAP.
“
Certificated Securities ” means Securities issued
pursuant to Section 3.01 in exchange for an interest in the
Global Security or pursuant to Section 3.08(b) in
registered form substantially in the form recited in
Section 3.01.
“
Commission ” means the Securities and Exchange
Commission, or its successor agency or body.
“
Company ” means the Person named as the
“Company” in the first paragraph of this Indenture
until a successor entity shall have become such pursuant to the
applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter
“Company” shall mean such successor entity.
“ Company
Request ” or “ Company Order ” means a
written request or order signed in the name of the Company by any
Authorized Officer and delivered to the Trustee.
“
Consolidated Capitalization ” means the total of all
assets appearing on the consolidated balance sheet of the Company
and its Subsidiaries, less: (A) current liabilities and
(B) deferred income tax liabilities.
“
Consolidated Net Tangible Assets ” means the total of
all assets appearing on the consolidated balance sheet of the
Company and its Subsidiaries, less: (A) current liabilities;
(B) intangible assets, including without limitation, such
items as goodwill, trademarks, trade names, patents and unamortized
debt discount and expense carried as an asset on such balance
sheet; and (C) appropriate adjustments on account of minority
interests of other Persons holding capital stock in any of the
Company’s Subsidiaries.
“
Corporate Trust Office ” means the corporate trust
office of the Trustee at which the corporate trust business of the
Trustee shall, at any particular time, be principally administered,
which office is, at the date as of which this Indenture is dated,
located at 625 Marquette Avenue, 11th Floor, Minneapolis,
Minnesota, 55402, or such address as the Trustee may designate from
time to time by notice to the Holders (with a copy to the
Company).
“
Default ” means any event that is or with the passage
of time or the giving of notice or both would, unless cured or
waived, be an Event of Default.
“
Depositary ” means The Depository Trust Company, its
nominees, and their respective successors.
“ Event
of Default ” means any event or condition specified as
such in Section 5.01 which shall have continued for the period
of time, if any, therein designated.
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“
Exchange Act ” means the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended.
“
GAAP ” means accounting principles generally accepted
in the United States.
“
Government Securities ” means direct obligations of,
or obligations guaranteed by, the United States of America, and the
payment for which the United States pledges its full faith and
credit.
“
Guarantee ” means, with respect to any Person, any
obligation, contingent or otherwise, of such Person guaranteeing
any Indebtedness of any other Person (the “primary
obligor”) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, and
includes any obligation of such Person (a) to purchase or pay
(or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such
Indebtedness or to purchase (or advance or supply funds for the
purchase of) any security for the payment of such Indebtedness,
(b) to purchase property, securities or services for the
purpose of assuring the holder of such Indebtedness of the payment
of such Indebtedness, or (c) to maintain working capital,
equity capital or other financial statement condition or liquidity
of the primary obligor so as to enable the primary obligor to pay
such Indebtedness; provided, however, that a Guarantee by any
Person will not include endorsements by such Person for collection
or deposit, in either case in the ordinary course of
business.
“
Holder ,” “ Holder of Securities ,”
“ Securityholder ” or other similar terms mean
the registered holder of any Security.
“
Indebtedness ” means, with respect to any Person at
any time of determination, without duplication, the amount which in
conformity with GAAP should then be shown on the balance sheet of
such Person as a liability in respect of (a) all obligations
of such Person for borrowed money, (b) all obligations of such
Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or other similar
instruments, (c) all obligations of such Person upon which
interest charges are customarily paid or accrued by such Person,
(d) all obligations of such Person for the deferred purchase
price of property not constituting a current liability,
(e) all Capital Lease Obligations of such Person, (f) net
obligations of such Person in respect of interest rate protection
agreements, (g) all obligations of such Person, actual or
contingent, as an account party in respect of letters of credit or
bankers’ acceptances, (h) all guarantees by such Person
of Indebtedness of others and (i) all Indebtedness of others
secured by any Lien on property owned by such Person, whether or
not the Indebtedness secured thereby has been assumed.
“
Indenture ” means this instrument as originally
executed or as it may from time to time be supplemented or amended
by one or more indentures supplemental hereto entered into pursuant
to the applicable provisions hereof and, for any series of
Securities established as contemplated hereunder, shall include the
terms of such series of Securities set forth in any such
supplemental indenture.
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“ Initial
Purchasers ” means the initial purchasers of any series
of Securities.
“
Interest Payment Date ” means, with respect to any
Security, the Stated Maturity of an installment of interest on such
Security.
“
Lien ” means any mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance,
charge or security interest of any kind, but excluding pledges or
deposits under worker’s compensation, unemployment insurance
or similar statutes, mechanics’, workmen’s or other
similar liens arising in the ordinary course of business or
deposits or pledges to obtain the release of any such liens,
certain liens for taxes, assessments or governmental charges or
levies, landlord’s liens on property held under lease,
easements and other liens or encumbrances similar to the
foregoing.
“
Maturity ” means, with respect to any Security, 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.
“
Moody’s ” means Moody’s Investors
Service, Inc., or any successor thereto.
“ Net
Available Proceeds ” means, with respect to any Sale
Transaction by any Person, cash or readily marketable cash
equivalents received (including by way of sale or discounting of a
note, installment receivable or other receivable, but excluding any
consideration received in the form of assumption of Indebtedness or
other obligations by others or received in any other non-cash form)
therefrom by such Person, net of (i) all legal, title and
recording tax expenses, commissions and other fees and expenses
incurred and all federal, state, provincial, foreign and local
taxes required to be accrued as a liability as a consequence of
such Sale Transaction, (ii) all payments made by such Person
or its Subsidiaries on any Indebtedness that is secured by a Lien
on the property or assets so disposed of in accordance with the
terms of such Lien or that must, by the terms of such Lien, or in
order to obtain a necessary consent to such Sale Transaction, or by
applicable law, be repaid out of the proceeds from such Sale
Transaction, and (iii) all distributions and other payments
made to third parties (other than Subsidiaries of the Person making
the distribution or other payment) in respect of minority or joint
venture interests as a result of such Sale Transaction.
“ North
American Subsidiary ” means a Subsidiary formed under the
laws of, or conducting its principal operations within (1) the
United States, any State thereof or the District of Columbia or
(2) Canada or any Province or territory thereof.
“
Officer’s Certificate ” means a certificate
signed by the Chairman of the Board, the President, a Vice
President, the Chief Financial Officer, the Controller,
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the Treasurer, an
Assistant Treasurer or the Secretary of the Corporation, and
delivered to the Trustee.
“ Opinion
of Counsel ” means an opinion in writing signed by legal
counsel who may be an employee of or counsel to the Company which
opinion shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee.
“
outstanding ” means, when used with reference to
Securities, subject to the provisions of Article 7, as of any
particular time, all Securities authenticated and delivered by the
Trustee under this Indenture, except:
(a)
Securities theretofore
canceled 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 by the Company with the
Trustee and held in a non-interest bearing trust account for the
Holders, or if a party other than the Trustee or the Company is
acting as Paying Agent, deposited with such other party, and held
in trust for Holders; 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 a Responsible Officer of the Trustee
shall have been made for giving such notice;
(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 3.09 (unless proof satisfactory to the Trustee and the
Company is presented that any of such Securities is held by a
Person in whose hands such Security is a legal, valid and binding
obligation of the Company); and
(d)
Securities that have been
defeased pursuant to Section 11.01.
“ Paying
Agent ” means any Person authorized by the Company to pay
the principal of and premium, if any, and interest, if any, on any
Securities on behalf of the Company. The Trustee will act as
initial Paying Agent. The Company may appoint itself to act
as Paying Agent with respect to any Securities issued
hereunder.
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“ Payment
Office ” means, with respect to the Securities of any
series, the place or places where the principal of (and premium, if
any) and interest on such Securities are payable as specified as
contemplated by Sections 3.01 and 4.01.
“
Person ” means any individual, corporation,
partnership, joint venture, limited liability company, association,
joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization or
government or any agency or political subdivision
thereof.
“
Principal Amount ” means, with respect to any
Security, the amount of principal of such Security that could then
be declared due and payable pursuant to
Section 5.02.
“
Principal Property ” means any real property or any
permanent improvement thereon owned by the Company or any North
American Subsidiary, including, without limitation, any store,
warehouse or distribution center, that has a net book value (after
deduction of accumulated depreciation) in excess of 0.50% of
Consolidated Net Tangible Assets.
“ Regular
Record Date ” means, with respect to the interest payable
on any Interest Payment Date on the Securities of any series, the
date specified for that purpose as contemplated by
Section 3.01.
“
Responsible Officer ” means, with respect to the
Trustee, any officer within the Corporate Trust Office of the
Trustee including any vice president, any trust officer, any
assistant vice president, any assistant secretary, any assistant
treasurer, or any other 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 and who shall have
direct responsibility for the administration of this
Indenture.
“ Sale
and Leaseback Transaction ” means any arrangement with
any Person providing for the leasing to the Company or any
Subsidiary of any Principal Property (except for temporary leases
for a term, including any renewal thereof, of not more than three
years and except for leases between the Company and a Subsidiary or
between Subsidiaries), which Principal Property has been or is to
be sold or transferred by the Company or such Subsidiary to such
Person.
“ Sale
Transaction ” means any sale, conveyance, transfer or
other disposition of the kind referred to in the first sentence of
the definition of “Sale and Leaseback
Transaction”.
“
Securities Act ” means the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended.
“
Security ” or “ Securities ” means
any Security or Securities, as the case may be, authenticated and
delivered under this Indenture.
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“ Stated
Maturity ” means, with respect to any Security or any
installment of principal thereof or interest thereon, the date
specified in such Security or a coupon representing such
installment of interest as the fixed date on which the principal of
such Security or such installment of principal or interest is due
and payable.
“
Subsidiary ” means, with respect to any Person, any
corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company,
association or other business entity of which more than 50% of the
outstanding Voting Stock (or equivalent equity interest) is owned,
directly or indirectly, by such Person or one or more Subsidiaries
of such Person (or a combination thereof). Unless otherwise
specified, the term “Subsidiary” means a direct or
indirect Subsidiary of the Company.
“
S&P ” means Standard & Poor’s
Rating Services, a division of The McGraw-Hill
Companies, Inc., or any successor thereto.
“ Trust
Indenture Act ” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as
amended, as in force at the date as of which this Indenture was
executed and delivered; provided, however , that in the
event the Trust Indenture Act is amended after such date,
“Trust Indenture Act” shall mean, to the extent
required by any such amendment, the Trust Indenture Act as so
amended.
“
Trustee ” means the Person named as the
“Trustee” in the first paragraph of this instrument
until a successor Trustee shall have become such pursuant to the
applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter
“Trustee” shall mean or include each Person who is then
a Trustee hereunder; provided , however , that if at
any time there is more than one such Person, “Trustee”
means, with respect to the Securities of any series, only the
Trustee with respect to Securities of that series.
“
Value ” means, with respect to a Sale and Leaseback
Transaction, as of any particular time, the amount equal to the
greater of (1) the net proceeds from the sale or transfer of
the property leased pursuant to such Sale and Leaseback Transaction
and (2) the sum of all costs of the Company or any Subsidiary
incurred in connection with the acquisition of such property and
the construction of any improvements thereon, as determined in good
faith by the Company or such Subsidiary at the time of entering
into such Sale and Leaseback Transaction, in either case multiplied
by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be equal to the number
of full years of the term of the lease that is part of such Sale
and Leaseback Transaction remaining at the time of determination
and the denominator of which shall be equal to the number of full
years of such term, without regard to any renewal or extension
options contained in the lease.
“ Voting
Stock ” means, with respect to any specified
“person” (as that term is used in
Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act) as of any date, the
capital stock of such person that is at the time entitled to vote
generally in the election of the board of directors of such
person.
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“ Wholly
Owned Subsidiary ” means, with respect to any Person, any
corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture,
trust or other entity as to which 100% of the voting power of its
outstanding capital stock or other ownership interests is owned,
directly or indirectly, by such Person, by one or more other Wholly
Owned Subsidiaries of such Person or by such Person and one or more
other Wholly Owned Subsidiaries of such Person. Unless
otherwise indicated, any reference to a Wholly Owned Subsidiary
means a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Company.
Section 1.02
. Other Definitions.
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11.03
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ARTICLE 2
SECURITY FORMS
Section 2.01
. Forms Generally. The Securities shall be in
substantially the forms as shall be established by or pursuant to a
Board Resolution 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 such letters, numbers or other marks
of identification and such legends or endorsements placed thereon
as may be required to comply with the rules of any securities
exchange or as may, consistently herewith, be determined by the
officers executing such Securities, as evidenced by their execution
of the Securities. If the form of Securities of any series is
established by action taken pursuant to a Board Resolution, a copy
of an appropriate record of such action shall be certified by the
Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company and delivered to
the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Company Order
contemplated by Section 3.02 for the authentication and
delivery of such Securities.
The
Trustee’s certificate of authentication on all Securities
shall be in substantially the form set forth in this
Article 2.
T
he definitive Securities
shall be printed or 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 shall be substantially in the following
form:
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This is one of the
Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the
within-mentioned Indenture.
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Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.,
as Trustee
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ARTICLE 3
ISSUE, EXECUTION, FORM AND REGISTRATION OF
SECURITIES
Section 3.01
. 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 from time to time in one or more series. Prior to the
issuance of Securities of any series, there shall be established in
or pursuant to (i) one or more Board Resolutions,
(ii) action taken pursuant to a Board Resolution and (subject
to Sections 3.03 and 3.04) set forth, or determined in the manner
provided, in an Officer’s Certificate or (iii) one or
more indentures supplemental hereto:
(a)
the title of the
Securities of the series (which shall distinguish the Securities of
the series from Securities of all other series);
(b)
the purchase price,
denomination and 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 Sections
3.07, 3.09, 8.05 or 10.02);
(c)
the date or dates on which
the principal of and premium, if any, on the Securities of the
series is payable or the method of determination thereof, any
rights the Company might have to extend the Maturity of the
Securities of the series and any rights of the holders of the
Securities to require payment of the Securities at any
time;
(d)
the rate or rates at which
the Securities of the series shall bear interest, if any, or the
method of calculating such rate or rates of interest, the date or
dates from which such interest shall accrue, if any, or the method
by which such date or dates shall be determined, if any, the
Interest Payment Dates on which any such interest shall be payable,
if any, and the Regular Record Dates, if any, for the interest
payable on any Interest Payment Date;
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(e)
the place or places where
the principal of and premium, if any, and interest, if any, on
Securities of the series shall be payable;
(f)
the place or places where
the Securities may be exchanged or transferred;
(g)
the period or periods
within which, the price or prices at which, the currency or
currencies (including currency unit or units) in which, and the
other terms and conditions upon which Securities of the series may
be redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option of the Company, if
the Company is to have that option, and, if other than as provided
in Section 10.02, the manner in which the particular
Securities of such series (if less than all Securities of such
series are to be redeemed) are to be selected for
redemption;
(h)
the obligation, if any, of
the Company to redeem or purchase Securities of the series in whole
or in part pursuant to any sinking fund or similar provisions or
upon the happening of a specified event or at the option of a
Holder thereof and the period or periods within which, the price or
prices at which, and the other terms and conditions upon which
Securities of the series shall be redeemed or purchased, in whole
or in part, pursuant to such obligation;
(i)
if other than
denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof, the
denominations in which Securities of the series shall be
issuable;
(j)
if other than U.S.
dollars, the currency or currencies (including currency unit or
units) in which payments of principal of and premium, if any, and
interest, if any, on the Securities of the series shall or may by
payable, or in which the Securities of the series shall be
denominated, and the particular provisions applicable
thereto;
(k)
if the payments of
principal of and premium, if any, and interest, if any, on the
Securities of the series are to be made, at the election of the
Company or a Securityholder, in a currency or currencies (including
currency unit or units) other than that in which such Securities
are denominated or designated to be payable, the currency or
currencies (including currency unit or units) in which such
payments are to be made, the terms and conditions of such payments
and the manner in which the exchange rate with respect to such
payments shall be determined, and the particular provisions
applicable thereto;
(l)
if the amount of payments
of principal of and premium, if any, and interest, if any, on the
Securities of the series shall be determined with reference to an
index, formula or other method (which index, formula or method may
be based, without limitation, on a currency or
currencies
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(including currency
unit or units) other than that in which the Securities of the
series are denominated or designated to be payable), the index,
formula or other method by which such amounts shall be
determined;
(m)
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 pursuant to Section 5.02
or the method by which such portion shall be determined;
(n)
any modifications of or
additions to the Events of Default or the covenants of the Company
set forth herein with respect to Securities of the
series;
(o)
if either or both of
Section 11.02 and Section 11.03 shall be inapplicable to
the Securities of the series (provided that if no such
inapplicability shall be specified, then both Section 11.02
and Section 11.03 shall be applicable to the Securities of the
series);
(p)
if other than the Trustee,
the identity of the Registrar and any Paying Agent;
(q)
if the Securities of the
series shall be issued in whole or in part in global form,
(i) the Depositary for such global Securities, (ii) the
form of any legend in addition to or in lieu of that in
Section 3.06 which shall be borne by such global Security,
(iii) whether beneficial owners of interests in any Securities
of the series in global form may exchange such interests for
Certificated Securities of such series and of like tenor of any
authorized form and denomination and (iv) if other than as
provided in Section 3.07, the circumstances under which any
such exchange may occur; and
(r)
any other terms of the
series (which terms shall not be inconsistent with the provisions
of this Indenture, except as permitted by Section 8.02, but
which may modify or delete any provision of this Indenture insofar
as it applies to such series), including any terms which may be
required by or advisable under the laws of the United States of
America or regulations thereunder or advisable (as determined by
the Company) in connection with the marketing of Securities of the
series.
All Securities of
any one series shall be substantially identical except as to
denomination and except as may otherwise be provided (i) by
one or more Board Resolutions, (ii) by action taken pursuant
to a Board Resolution and (subject to Sections 3.02 through 3.05)
set forth, or determined in the manner provided, in an
Officer’s Certificate or (iii) in any indenture
supplemental hereto. All Securities of any series need not be
issued at the same time and, unless otherwise provided, a series
may be reopened, without the consent of the Holders, for issuances
of additional Securities of such series.
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If any of the
terms of the Securities of any series are established by action
taken pursuant to a Board Resolution, a copy of an appropriate
record of such action shall be certified by the Secretary or an
Assistant Secretary of the Company and delivered to the Trustee at
or prior to the delivery of the Officer’s Certificate setting
forth, or providing the manner for determining, the terms of the
Securities of such series, and an appropriate record of any action
taken pursuant thereto in connection with the issuance of any
Securities of such series shall be delivered to the Trustee prior
to the authentication and delivery thereof.
Section 3.02
. Authentication and Delivery of Securities.
Upon the execution and delivery of this Indenture, or from time to
time thereafter, Securities may be executed on behalf of the
Company by any Authorized Officer and delivered to the Trustee for
authentication, and upon delivery to the Trustee of all documents
and certificates as required by this Indenture, the Trustee shall
thereupon authenticate and make available for delivery such
Securities to or upon a Company Order without any further action by
the Company.
Section 3.03
. Execution of Securities. The Securities shall
be signed on behalf of the Company by its Chairman of the Board of
Directors or any Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors or its
President or any Vice President (whether or not designated by a
number or numbers or a word or words added before or after the
title “Vice President”) or its Treasurer.
Signatures may be the manual or facsimile signatures of the present
or any future such officers. In case any officer of the
Company who shall have signed any Security 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, as the case may be; 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, as the case may be, although at
the date of the execution and delivery of this Indenture any such
person was not such officer.
Section 3.04
. Certificate of Authentication. Only such
Securities as shall bear thereon a certificate of authentication
substantially in the form hereinabove recited, executed by the
Trustee by manual signature of one of its authorized signatories,
shall be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture or be valid or
obligatory for any purpose. 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 3.05
. Denomination and Date of Securities; Payments of
Interest. (a) The Securities shall be issuable in
such denominations as shall be specified as contemplated by
Section 3.01. In the absence of any such provisions with
respect to the Securities, the Securities shall be issuable in
denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiples thereof,
The Securities shall be numbered, lettered, or
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otherwise distinguished
in such manner or in accordance with such plans as the officers of
the Company executing the same may determine with the approval of
the Trustee.
Any of the
Securities may be issued with appropriate insertions, omissions,
substitutions and variations, and may have imprinted or otherwise
reproduced thereon such legend or legends, 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,
including those required by Section 3.06, or with the
rules of any securities market in which the Securities are
admitted to trading, or to conform to general usage.
Each Security
shall be dated the date of its authentication, shall bear interest
from the applicable date and shall be payable on the dates
specified on the face of the Security. Except as otherwise
specified pursuant to 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.
(b)
If Securities of any
series are issuable in whole or in part in global form (“
Global Securities ”), then the Global Securities of
such series shall be deposited with the Trustee as custodian for
the Depositary and registered in the name of Cede & Co.,
as nominee for the Depositary. Global Securities shall be
deposited on behalf of the purchasers of the Securities represented
thereby with the Trustee, as custodian for the Depositary (or with
such other custodian as the Depositary may direct), and registered
in the name of the Depositary or a nominee of the Depositary, duly
executed by the Company and authenticated by the Trustee as
previously provided. The aggregate Principal Amount of the
Global Securities may from time to time be increased or decreased
by adjustments made on the records of the Trustee and the
Depositary or its nominee as hereinafter provided. Each such
Global Security shall constitute a single security for all purposes
under this Indenture.
(c)
The person in whose name
any Security is registered at the close of business on any Regular
Record Date with respect to any Interest Payment Date, with respect
to such Security, shall be entitled to receive the interest, if
any, payable on such Interest Payment Date notwithstanding any
transfer or exchange of such Security subsequent to the Regular
Record Date and prior to such Interest Payment Date, except that,
if and to the extent the Company defaults in the payment of any
interest due on such Interest Payment Date and the applicable grace
period shall have expired with respect to such Security, in which
case such defaulted interest may, at the option of the Company, be
paid to the Persons in whose names outstanding Securities are
registered at the close of business on a subsequent record date
(which shall be not less than 10 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.
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(d)
Whenever the Company shall
act as sole Paying Agent for any series of Securities, it shall
(i) make all payments in respect of any Global Security
(including principal and interest, if any) by wire transfer of
immediately available funds to the account or accounts specified by
the Holder of the Global Security and (ii) make all payments
of principal and interest, if any, with respect to any Certificated
Securities by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the
account or accounts specified by the Holders of the Certificated
Securities or, if no such account is specified, or if the Company
so elects, by mailing a check to each such Holder’s
registered address.
Whenever the
Company shall act as one of more than one Paying Agents for any
series of Securities, the provisions of
Section 4.06(b) shall apply.
Section 3.06
. Global Security Legend. Any Global Security
authenticated and delivered hereunder shall bear a legend in
substantially the following form, or in such other form as may be
necessary or appropriate to reflect the arrangements with or to
comply with the requirements of any Depositary:
THIS SECURITY IS A
GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER
REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF THE DEPOSITARY OR A
NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY, WHICH MAY BE TREATED BY THE
COMPANY, THE TRUSTEE AND ANY AGENT THEREOF AS OWNER AND HOLDER OF
THIS SECURITY FOR ALL PURPOSES.
UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE
IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY
TRUST COMPANY TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF
TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY SECURITY ISSUED IS
REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME
AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY
TRUST COMPANY (AND ANY PAYMENT HEREON IS MADE TO CEDE &
CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY), ANY TRANSFER,
PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY
PERSON IS WRONGFUL SINCE THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF,
CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
TRANSFERS OF THIS
GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN
PART, TO THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY OR TO NOMINEES OF THE
DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY OR TO A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH
SUCCESSOR’S NOMINEE.
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Section 3.07
. Registration, Transfer and Exchange. The
Securities are issuable only in registered form without
coupons. The Company will keep at each office or agency (the
“ Registrar ”) for each series of Securities a
register or registers (one or more such registers being referred to
as the “ Security Register ”) in which, subject
to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, it will
register, and will register the transfer of, Securities as in this
Article 3 provided. The Security 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 the Security Register shall be open for
inspection by the Trustee. The initial Registrar shall be the
Trustee.
Upon due
presentation for registration of transfer of any Security of any
series at each such office or agency, the Company shall execute and
the Trustee shall authenticate and make available for delivery in
the name of the designated transferee or transferees a new Security
or Securities of the same series, in each case, of any authorized
denominations and of a like aggregate Principal Amount.
At the option of
the Holder, Securities of any series (except a Global Security) may
be exchanged for other Securities of the same series, of any
authorized denominations and of a like aggregate Principal Amount
and Stated Maturity, upon surrender of the Securities to be
exchanged at such office or agency. Whenever any Securities
are so surrendered for exchange, the Company shall execute, and the
Trustee shall authenticate and make available for delivery, the
Securities which the Holder making the exchange is entitled to
receive.
A Holder may
transfer a Security only by written application to the Registrar
stating the name of the proposed transferee and otherwise complying
with the terms of this Indenture. No such transfer shall be
effected until, and such transferee shall succeed to the rights of
a Holder only upon, final acceptance and registration of the
transfer by the Registrar in the Security Register. Prior to
the registration of any transfer by a Holder as provided herein,
the Company, the Trustee, and any agent of the Company shall treat
the Person in whose name the Security is registered as the owner
thereof for all purposes whether or not the Security shall be
overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee, nor any such agent
shall be affected by notice to the contrary. Furthermore, any
Holder of a Global Security shall, by acceptance of such Global
Security, agree that transfers of beneficial interests in such
Global Security may be effected only through a book entry system
maintained by the Holder of such Global Security (or its agent) and
that ownership of a beneficial interest in the Security shall be
required to be reflected in a book entry. When Securities are
presented to the Registrar or a co-Registrar with a request to
register the transfer or to exchange them for an equal Principal
Amount of Securities of other authorized denominations, the
Registrar shall register the transfer or make the exchange as
requested if the requirements for such transactions set forth
herein are met. To permit registrations of transfers and
exchanges, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall
authenticate Securities at the Registrar’s
request.
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The Company may
require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other
governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any
exchange or registration of transfer of Securities (other than any
such transfer taxes or other similar governmental charge payable
upon exchanges pursuant to Section 3.11, 8.05 or 10.03).
No service charge to any Holder 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 a notice of redemption of Securities of that
series to be redeemed or (b) any Securities of any series
selected, called or being called for redemption except, in the case
of any Security of any series where public notice has been given
that such Security is to be redeemed in part, the portion thereof
not so to be redeemed.
All Securities
issued upon any transfer or exchange of Securities shall be valid
obligations of the Company, evidencing the same debt, and entitled
to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Securities
surrendered upon such transfer or exchange.
Section 3.08
. Book-Entry Provisions for Global Securities.
(a) Each Global Security initially shall (i) be
registered in the name of the Depositary for such Global Securities
or the nominee of such Depositary, (ii) be delivered to the
Trustee as custodian for such Depositary or such nominee and
(iii) bear legends as set forth in
Section 3.06.
Members of, or
participants in, the Depositary (“ Agent Members
”) shall have no rights under this Indenture with respect to
any Global Security held on their behalf by the Depositary, or the
Trustee as its custodian, or under the Global Security, and the
Depositary may be treated by the Company, the Trustee and any agent
of the Company or the Trustee as the absolute owner of such Global
Security for all purposes whatsoever. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, nothing herein shall prevent the Company, the Trustee or
any agent of the Company or the Trustee, from giving effect to any
written certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by
the Depositary or impair, as between the Depositary and its Agent
Members, the operation of customary practices governing the
exercise of the rights of a holder of any Security.
(b)
Transfers of a Global
Security shall be limited to transfers of such Global Security in
whole, but not in part, to the Depositary for such series, its
successors or their respective nominees. If at any time the
Depositary for the Securities of such series notifies the Company
that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary or if at
any time the Depositary shall no longer be qualified to serve as
the Depositary, 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 Trustee, upon receipt
of a Company Order for the authentication and delivery
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of definitive
Securities of such series of like tenor, will authenticate and
deliver Certificated Securities of such series of like tenor and
terms in an aggregate Principal Amount equal to the Principal
Amount of the Global Security or 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 a series issued in the form of one or more Global Securities
shall no longer be represented by such Global Securities. In
such event, the Company will execute, and the Trustee, upon receipt
of a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of
Certificated Securities of such series of like tenor and terms,
will authenticate and deliver Securities of such series of like
tenor and terms in definitive form in an aggregate Principal Amount
equal to the Principal Amount of the Global Security or Securities
of such series in exchange for such Global Security or
Securities. Interests of beneficial owners in a Global
Security may be transferred in accordance with the rules and
procedures of the Depositary. In addition, Certificated
Securities shall be transferred to all beneficial owners in
exchange for their beneficial interests in a Global Security, if
(i) the Depositary (A) notifies the Company that it is
unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for such Global
Security, and a successor depositary is not appointed by the
Company within 90 days of such notice, or (B) ceases to be
qualified to serve as Depositary and a successor depositary is not
appointed by the Company within 90 days of such notice,
(ii) the Company executes and delivers to the Trustee a
Company Order that such Global Security shall be so transferable,
registrable and exchangeable, and such transfers shall be
registrable, or (iii) an Event of Default of which the Trustee
has actual notice has occurred and is continuing and the Registrar
has received a request from the Depositary to issue such
Certificated Securities.
(c)
Any beneficial interest in
one of the Global Securities that is transferred to a person who
takes delivery in the form of an interest in the another Global
Security will, upon such transfer, cease to be an interest in such
Global Security and become an interest in the other Global Security
and, accordingly, will thereafter be subject to all transfer
restrictions, if any, and other procedures applicable to beneficial
interests in such other Global Security for as long as it remains
such an interest.
(d)
In connection with any
transfer of a portion of the beneficial interests in a Global
Security to beneficial owners pursuant to Section 3.08(b), the
Registrar shall reflect on its books and records the date and a
decrease in the Principal Amount of such Global Security in an
amount equal to the Principal Amount of the beneficial interest in
such Global Security to be transferred, and the Company shall
execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and make available for
delivery, one or more Certificated Securities of like tenor and
amount.
(e)
In connection with the
transfer of an entire Global Security to beneficial owners pursuant
to Section 3.08(b), such Global Security shall be deemed to be
surrendered to the Trustee for cancellation, and the Company
shall
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execute, and the
Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, to each beneficial owner
identified by the Depositary in exchange for its beneficial
interest in such Global Security, an equal Principal Amount of
Certificated Securities of authorized denominations.
(f)
The registered holder of a
Global Security may grant proxies and otherwise authorize any
Person, including Agent Members and Persons that may hold interests
through Agent Members, to take any action which a Holder is
entitled to take under this Indenture or the Securities of such
series.
Section 3.09
. Mutilated, Defaced, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen
Securities. In case any temporary or definitive Security
shall become mutilated, defaced or be apparently destroyed, lost or
stolen, the Company in its discretion may execute, and upon the
delivery to the Trustee of a Company Order and of all documents and
certificates as required by this Indenture, the Trustee shall
authenticate and make available for delivery, a new Security of the
same series bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding, in
exchange and substitution for the mutilated or defaced Security, or
in lieu of and substitution for the Security so apparently
destroyed, lost or stolen. In every case the applicant for a
substitute Security shall furnish to the Company and the Trustee
and any agent of the Company or the Trustee such security or
indemnity as may be required by each of 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
apparent destruction, loss or theft of such Security and of the
ownership thereof.
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, shall become
mutilated or defaced or be apparently destroyed, lost or stolen,
the Company may, instead of issuing a substitute Security of the
same series, pay or authorize the payment 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 from all risks, however remote, and, in
every case of apparent 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
apparent destruction, loss or theft of such Security and of the
ownership thereof.
Every substitute
Security issued pursuant to the provisions of this
Section 3.09 by virtue of the fact that any Security is
apparently destroyed, lost or stolen shall constitute an additional
contractual obligation of the Company whether or not the apparently
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
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subject to all the
limitations of rights set forth in) this Indenture equally and
proportionately with any and all other Securities duly
authenticated and delivered hereunder. All Securities shall
be held and owned upon the express condition that, to the extent
permitted by law, with respect to the holder of a substitute
Security, the foregoing provisions are exclusive with respect to
the replacement or payment of mutilated, defaced, or apparently
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 3.10
. Cancellation of Securities. All Securities
surrendered for payment, redemption, registration of transfer or
exchange, if surrendered to the Company or any agent of the Company
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 in accordance with
its customary procedures. If the Company shall acquire any of
the Securities, such acquisition shall not operate as a redemption
or satisfaction of the indebtedness represented by such Securities
unless and until the same are delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation.
Section 3.11
. Temporary Securities. Pending the preparation
of definitive Securities of any series, the Company may execute and
the Trustee shall authenticate and make available for delivery
temporary Securities of such series (printed, typewritten or
otherwise reproduced, in each case in form satisfactory to the
Trustee). Temporary Securities shall be issuable as
registered Securities of such series without coupons, of 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. 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 of such series. 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 the purpose pursuant to Section 4.05, and upon
delivery to the Trustee of all documents and certificates as
required by this Indenture, the Trustee shall authenticate and make
available for delivery in exchange for such temporary Securities a
like aggregate Principal Amount of definitive Securities of such
series of authorized denominations. Until so exchanged the
temporary Securities of such series shall be entitled to the same
benefits under this Indenture as definitive Securities of such
series.
Section 3.12
. CUSIP and ISIN Numbers. The Company in issuing
the Securities of any series may use a “CUSIP” or
“ISIN” number (if then generally
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in use), and, if so,
the Trustee shall use the CUSIP numbers or ISIN numbers, as the
case may be, in notices of redemption or exchange as a convenience
to Holders of such series; provided that any such notice
shall state that no representation is made as to the correctness of
such numbers either as printed on the Securities or as contained in
any notice of redemption or exchange and that reliance may be
placed only on the other identification numbers printed on the
Securities and any such redemption shall not be affected by any
defect in or omission of such numbers. The Company shall
promptly notify the Trustee of any change in the CUSIP numbers or
ISIN numbers.
ARTICLE 4
CERTAIN COVENANTS
Section 4.01
. Payments in Respect of Securities. The
Company, for the benefit of each series of the Securities, will
duly and punctually pay or cause to be paid the principal of and
premium, if any, and interest, if any (including Additional
Interest, if any), on the Securities of that series in accordance
with the terms of such Securities and this Indenture.
Section 4.02
. Limitation on Liens. (a) The Company
shall not, and shall not permit any of its North American
Subsidiaries, directly or indirectly, to issue, assume or guarantee
any Indebtedness if that Indebtedness is secured by any Lien upon
any Principal Property of the Company or of a North American
Subsidiary, without effectively securing each series of Securities
equally and ratably with that Indebtedness for so long as such
Indebtedness is so secured. The foregoing restriction does not
apply to:
(i)
Liens on any property
acquired, constructed or improved by the Company or any North
American Subsidiary after the date of this Indenture which are
created or assumed contemporaneously with or within one year after
its acquisition, or completion of construction or improvement, or
within one year thereafter pursuant to a firm commitment for
financing arrangements entered into within that one-year period to
secure or provide for the payment of the purchase price or cost
thereof; provided that the aggregate principal amount of
Indebtedness secured by such Liens will not exceed the cost of the
property or assets so acquired, constructed or improved; or in
addition to Liens contemplated by Section 4.02(a)(ii) and
4.02(a)(iii) below, Liens existing on any property at the time
of acquisition thereof;
(ii)
Liens existing on any
property at the time of acquisition thereof from a Person merged or
consolidated with or into the Company or a North American
Subsidiary; provided that the Lien is not created in
contemplation of or in connection with such acquisition, merger or
consolidation;
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(iii)
Liens on property of any
Person existing at the time it becomes a North American
Subsidiary;
(iv)
Liens to secure
Indebtedness of a North American Subsidiary owed to the Company or
Indebtedness of the Company or a North American Subsidiary owed to
another North American Subsidiary;
(v)
Liens consisting solely of
encumbrances, rights-of-way, restrictions (including zoning
restrictions), minor defects or irregularities in title and other
similar charges or encumbrances not, in any material respect,
impairing the use of the encumbered property for its intended
purpose;
(vi)
any Lien existing on the
date of this Indenture; or
(vii) Liens for the sole purpose of extending,
renewing, replacing or refinancing Indebtedness secured by any Lien
referred to in Section 4.02(a)(i) through 4.02(a)(vi),
inclusive; provided , however , that the principal
amount of Indebtedness secured by that Lien shall not exceed the
principal amount of Indebtedness so secured at the time of such
extension, renewal, replacement or refinancing, and that such
extension, renewal, replacement or refinancing shall be limited to
the property that secured the Lien so extended, renewed, replaced
or refinanced (plus improvements on such property).
(b)
The foregoing limitation
on Liens shall not apply to the issuance, assumption or guarantee
by the Company or any North American Subsidiary of Indebtedness
secured by a Lien which would otherwise be subject to the foregoing
restrictions up to an aggregate amount which, together with all
other Indebtedness of the Company and its North American
Subsidiaries secured by Liens (not including Liens permitted under
the foregoing exceptions) that would otherwise be subject to the
foregoing restrictions and the Value of Sale and Leaseback
Transactions existing at that time (other than Sale and Leaseback
Transactions that, if such Sale and Leaseback Transaction had been
a Lien, would have been permitted under clause (a)(i) above
and other than Sale and Leaseback Transactions as to which
application of amounts have been made in accordance with
Section 4.03(c)), does not at the time exceed the greater of
15% of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets and 10% of Consolidated
Capitalization.
Section 4.03. Limitation on Sale
and Leaseback Transactions . The Company shall not, and
shall not permit any of its North American Subsidiaries to, enter
into any Sale and Leaseback Transaction unless the net proceeds of
the Sale and Leaseback Transaction are at least equal to the sum of
all costs incurred by the Company or any North American Subsidiary
in connection with the acquisition of, and construction of any
improvements on, the Principal Property to be leased
and:
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(a)
the Company or the North
American Subsidiary would be entitled to incur Indebtedness secured
by a Lien on the Principal Property to be leased without equally
and ratably securing the Securities, pursuant to
Section 4.02(a)(i);
(b)
the Company or the North
American Subsidiary would be entitled to incur Indebtedness secured
by a Lien on the Principal Property to be leased without equally
and ratably securing the Securities, pursuant to
Section 4.02(b); or
(c)
the Company or the North
American Subsidiary shall, within 180 days of the effective date of
any such arrangement (or, in the case of clause (ii) below,
within six months thereafter pursuant to a firm purchase commitment
entered into within such 180-day period) apply an amount equal to
the proceeds from such Sale and Leaseback Transaction relating to
such Principal Property to:
(i)
the payment or other
retirement of Indebtedness incurred or assumed by the Company or
any North American Subsidiary that ranks senior to or equal with
the Securities (other than Indebtedness owned or held by the
Company or any North American Subsidiary); or
(ii)
the purchase of other
Principal Property.
Section 4.04. Limitation on
Incurrence of Indebtedness by North American Subsidiaries
. The Company shall not permit any North American Subsidiary
to incur, create or assume any Indebtedness, except:
(a)
obligations under the
Credit Agreement dated as of September 19, 2007, as amended as
of June 17, 2008, as further amended, supplemented or
otherwise modified from time to time, among the Company, the
subsidiary guarantors party thereto, the lenders party thereto,
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent, J.P. Morgan
Securities Inc., as sole lead arranger and sole bookrunner, and
Bank of America, N.A., HSBC Bank USA, N.A. and U.S. Bank National
Association, as syndication agents, and any extensions, renewals,
replacements or refinancings thereof;
(b)
Indebtedness existing on
the date of this Indenture;
(c)
any other Indebtedness
incurred to refund, refinance, replace, exchange, renew, repay or
extend Indebtedness existing on the date of this Indenture or
incurred in compliance with this Indenture (and any Indebtedness
that may be incurred after the date of this Indenture under
commitments available on the date of this Indenture), and
Indebtedness the proceeds of which are used solely to refinance
such Indebtedness;
(d)
Indebtedness of any Person
merged or consolidated into the Company or into a North American
Subsidiary existing prior to the time of such
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merger or
consolidation; provided that the Indebtedness is not created
in contemplation of or in connection with such merger or
consolidation;
(e)
Indebtedness of North
American Subsidiary outstanding on the date on which such North
American Subsidiary was acquired by the Company and any extensions,
renewals, replacements or refinancings thereof (other than
Indebtedness incurred (i) to provide all or any portion of the
funds utilized to consummate the transaction or series of related
transactions pursuant to which such North American Subsidiary
became a North American Subsidiary or was otherwise acquired by the
Company or (ii) otherwise in connection with, or in
contemplation of, such acquisition);
(f)
Indebtedness of a North
American Subsidiary owed to the Company or to another
Subsidiary;
(g)
Indebtedness secured by
Liens permitted by Section 4.02(a)(i), (ii), (iii),
(vi) and (vii);
(h)
Indebtedness permitted by
Section 4.03;
(i)
Indebtedness in respect of
documentary letters of credit incurred in the ordinary course of
business;
(j)
current liabilities, other
than for borrowed money, incurred in the ordinary course of
business; and
(k)
in addition to the items
referred to in Section 4.04(a) through 4.04(j),
Indebtedness at any time outstanding in an aggregate principal
amount which will not exceed 15% of Consolidated Net Tangible
Assets.
Section 4.05
. Maintenance of Office or Agency. The Company
shall maintain a Payment Office where Securities may be presented
or surrendered for payment, where Securities may be surrendered for
registration of transfer or exchange, and where notices and demands
to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities and this
Indenture may be served. The Company shall give prompt
written notice to the Trustee of the location, and any change in
the location, of such office or agency. If at any time the
Company shall fail to maintain any such required office or agency
or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such
presentations, surrenders, notices, and demands may be made or
served at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and the
Company hereby initially appoints the Trustee at its office or
agency as its agent to receive all such presentations, surrenders,
notices and demands.
The Company may
also from time to time designate one or more other offices or
agencies where the Securities of one or more series may be
presented or surrendered for any or all such purposes and may from
time to time rescind such designations; provided ,
however , that no such designation or rescission shall
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any manner relieve
the Company of its obligation to maintain an office or agency in
accordance with the requirements set forth above for Securities of
any series for such purposes. The Company shall give prompt
written notice to the Trustee of any such designation or rescission
and of any change in the location of any such other office or
agency.
Section 4.06
. Money for Securities Payments to Be Held in
Trust. (a) If the Company shall at any time act as
Paying Agent with respect to any series of Securities, it shall, on
or before each due date of the principal of or any premium or
interest on any of the Securities of that series, segregate and
hold in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto a sum
sufficient to pay the principal and any premium and interest so
becoming due until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or
otherwise disposed of as herein provided and will promptly notify
the Trustee of its action or failure so to act.
(b)
Subject to the provisions
of Section 3.05(d), whenever the Company shall have one or
more Paying Agents for any series of Securities, it shall, prior to
each due date of the principal of or any premium or interest on any
Securities of that series, deposit with a Paying Agent a sum
sufficient to pay such amount, such sum to be held as provided by
the Trust Indenture Act, and (unless such Paying Agent is the
Trustee) the Company will promptly notify the Trustee of its action
or failure so to act.
(c)
The Company shall cause
each Paying Agent for any series of Securities (other than the
Trustee) to execute and deliver to the Trustee an instrument in
which such Paying Agent will agree with the Trustee, subject to the
provisions of this Section 4.06, that such Paying Agent will
(i) comply with the provisions of the Trust Indentu
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