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Title: Indenture
Governing Law: New York     Date: 6/24/2008
Industry: Retail (Technology)     Sector: Services

Indenture, Parties: best buy co inc , wells fargo bank  na
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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

 

 

 

PAGE

 

 

 

ARTICLE 1

 

DEFINITIONS

 

 

 

 

Section 1.01.

Certain Terms Defined

1

Section 1.02.

Other Definitions.

9

 

 

 

ARTICLE 2

 

SECURITY FORMS

 

 

 

 

Section 2.01.

Forms Generally

9

Section 2.02.

Form of Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication

9

 

 

 

ARTICLE 3

 

ISSUE, EXECUTION, FORM AND REGISTRATION OF SECURITIES

 

 

 

 

Section 3.01.

Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series

10

Section 3.02.

Authentication and Delivery of Securities

13

Section 3.03.

Execution of Securities

13

Section 3.04.

Certificate of Authentication

13

Section 3.05.

Denomination and Date of Securities; Payments of Interest

13

Section 3.06.

Global Security Legend

15

Section 3.07.

Registration, Transfer and Exchange

16

Section 3.08.

Book-Entry Provisions for Global Securities

17

Section 3.09.

Mutilated, Defaced, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities

19

Section 3.10.

Cancellation of Securities

20

Section 3.11.

Temporary Securities

20

Section 3.12.

CUSIP and ISIN Numbers

20

 

 

 

ARTICLE 4

 

CERTAIN COVENANTS

 

 

 

 

Section 4.01.

Payments in Respect of Securities

21

Section 4.02.

Limitation on Liens

21

Section 4.03.

Limitation on Sale and Leaseback Transactions

22

Section 4.04.

Limitation on Incurrence of Indebtedness by North American Subsidiaries

23

Section 4.05.

Maintenance of Office or Agency

24

Section 4.06.

Money for Securities Payments to Be Held in Trust

25

Section 4.07.

Existence

26

Section 4.08.

Compliance Certificate

26

Section 4.09.

Waiver of Certain Covenants

27

 

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ARTICLE 5

 

REMEDIES OF THE TRUSTEE AND HOLDERS ON EVENT OF DEFAULT

 

 

 

 

Section 5.01.

Events of Default

27

Section 5.02.

Acceleration

28

Section 5.03.

Other Remedies

29

Section 5.04.

Waiver of Past Defaults

29

Section 5.05.

Control by Majority

30

Section 5.06.

Limitation on Suits

30

Section 5.07.

Rights of Holders to Receive Payment

31

Section 5.08.

Collection Suit by Trustee

31

Section 5.09.

Trustee May File Proofs of Claim

31

Section 5.10.

Priorities

32

Section 5.11.

Undertaking for Costs

32

Section 5.12.

Restoration of Rights and Remedies

33

Section 5.13.

Rights and Remedies Cumulative

33

Section 5.14.

Delay or Omission Not Waiver

33

 

 

 

ARTICLE 6

 

CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE

 

 

 

 

Section 6.01.

Duties and Responsibilities of the Trustee; During Default: Prior to Default

33

Section 6.02.

Certain Rights of the Trustee

34

Section 6.03.

Trustee Not Responsible for Recitals, Disposition of Securities or Application of Proceeds Thereof

36

Section 6.04.

Trustee and Agents May Hold Securities; Collections, Etc

37

Section 6.05.

Moneys Held by Trustee

37

Section 6.06.

Notice of Default

37

Section 6.07.

Compensation and Indemnification of Trustee and Its Prior Claim

37

Section 6.08.

Right of Trustee to Rely on Officer’s Certificate, Etc

38

Section 6.09.

Persons Eligible for Appointment as Trustee

38

Section 6.10.

Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor Trustee

39

Section 6.11.

Acceptance of Appointment by Successor

40

Section 6.12.

Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business of Trustee

41

Section 6.13.

Preferential Collection of Claims

42

Section 6.14.

Communications with the Trustee

42

 

 

 

ARTICLE 7

 

CONCERNING THE HOLDERS

 

 

 

 

Section 7.01.

Evidence of Action Taken by Holders

43

Section 7.02.

Proof of Execution of Instruments and of Holding of Securities; Record Date

43

Section 7.03.

Who May Be Deemed Owners of Securities

43

 

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Section 7.04.

Securities Owned by Company Deemed Not Outstanding

44

Section 7.05.

Record Date for Action by Securityholders

44

Section 7.06.

Right of Revocation of Action Taken

45

 

 

 

ARTICLE 8

 

AMENDMENTS, SUPPLEMENTS AND WAIVERS

 

 

 

 

Section 8.01.

Modifications and Amendments With Consent of Holders

45

Section 8.02.

Amendments to or Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders

47

Section 8.03.

Effect of Supplemental Indenture

48

Section 8.04.

Documents to Be Given to Trustee; Compliance with the Trust Indenture Act

48

Section 8.05.

Notation on Securities in Respect of Supplemental Indentures

48

 

 

 

ARTICLE 9

 

MERGER, CONSOLIDATION OR SALE OR CONVEYANCE OF ASSETS

 

 

 

 

Section 9.01.

When the Company May Merge, Etc

48

Section 9.02.

Successor Person Substituted

49

Section 9.03.

Opinion of Counsel to Trustee

49

 

 

 

ARTICLE 10

 

REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES

 

 

 

 

Section 10.01.

Applicability of Article

50

Section 10.02.

Notice of Redemption; Partial Redemptions

50

Section 10.03.

Payment of Securities Called for Redemption

51

 

 

 

ARTICLE 11

 

DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE

 

 

 

 

Section 11.01.

Applicability of the Article; Company’s Option to Effect Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance

52

Section 11.02.

Full Defeasance and Discharge

52

Section 11.03.

Covenant Defeasance

53

Section 11.04.

Conditions to Legal or Covenant Defeasance

53

Section 11.05.

Deposited Money and Government Securities to Be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions

55

Section 11.06.

Repayment to the Company

55

Section 11.07.

Reinstatement

56

 

 

 

ARTICLE 12

 

SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE

 

 

 

 

Section 12.01.

Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture

56

Section 12.02.

Application of Trust Money

57

 

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ARTICLE 13

 

HOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY

 

 

 

 

Section 13.01.

Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders

57

Section 13.02.

Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders

58

Section 13.03.

Reports by the Trustee

59

Section 13.04.

Reports by the Company

59

 

 

 

ARTICLE 14

 

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

 

 

 

 

Section 14.01.

Incorporators, Stockholders, Officers and Directors of Company Exempt from Individual Liability

60

Section 14.02.

Provisions of Indenture for the Sole Benefit of Parties and Holders

60

Section 14.03.

Successors and Assigns of Company Bound by Indenture

61

Section 14.04.

Notices to Holders

61

Section 14.05.

Officers, Certificates and Opinions of Counsel; Statements to Be Contained Therein

61

Section 14.06.

Payments Due on Saturdays, Sundays and Holidays

62

Section 14.07.

Conflict of Any Provision of Indenture with Trust Indenture Act

62

Section 14.08.

Governing Law

62

Section 14.09.

Third Party Beneficiaries

62

Section 14.10.

Counterparts

63

Section 14.11.

Effect of Headings

63

Section 14.12.

Severability

63

Section 14.13.

Patriot Act Compliance

63

 

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BEST BUY CO., INC.

Reconciliation and tie between Trust Indenture Act of 1939
and this Indenture

 

Trust Indenture Act
Section

 

Indenture
Section

§310

(a)(l)

 

6.09

 

(a)(2)

 

6.09

 

(a)(3)

 

Not Applicable

 

(a)(4)

 

Not Applicable

 

(a)(5)

 

6.09

 

(b)

 

6.10

§311

(a)

 

6.13

 

(b)

 

6.13

 

(b)(2)

 

13.03(a), 13.03(b)

§312

(a)

 

13.01, 13.02(a)

 

(b)

 

13.02(b)

 

(c)

 

13.02(c)

§313

(a)

 

13.03(a)

 

(b)

 

13.03(a)

 

(c)

 

13.03(a),13.03(b)

 

(d)

 

13.03(b)

§314

(a)

 

13.04

 

(b)

 

Not Applicable

 

(c)(l)

 

14.05

 

(c)(2)

 

14.05

 

(c)(3)

 

Not Applicable

 

(d)

 

Not Applicable

 

(e)

 

14.05

§315

(a)

 

6.01

 

(b)

 

6.06, 13.03(a)

 

(c)

 

6.01

 

(d)

 

6.01

 

(d)(1)

 

6.01

 

(d)(2)

 

6.01

 

(d)(3)

 

6.01

 

(e)

 

5.11

§316

(a)(1)(A)

 

5.05

 

(a)(1)(B)

 

5.02, 5.04

 

(a)(2)

 

Not Applicable

 

(b)

 

5.07

 

(c)

 

7.02

§317

(a)(l)

 

5.08

 

(a)(2)

 

5.09

 

(b)

 

4.06

§318

(a)

 

14.07

 

* This cross-reference table shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be part of this Indenture.

 

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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.

 

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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,

 

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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.

 

 

 

Defined in Section

“Agent Members”

 

3.08

(a)

“Covenant Defeasance”

 

11.03

 

“Full Defeasance”

 

11.02

 

“Global Security”

 

3.05

(b)

“Notice of Default”

 

6.06

 

“Registrar”

 

3.07

 

“Security Register”

 

3.07

 

 

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.

 

 

Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as Trustee

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Authorized Signatory

 

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 in

 

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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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