EXHIBIT
4.6(a)
MEDIS TECHNOLOGIES
LTD.
TO
[Bank]
Indenture
Dated as of ________,
200[_]
Senior Debt
Securities
Certain Sections of this
Indenture relating to Sections 310 through 318,
inclusive, of the Trust Indenture
Act of 1939:
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Trust Indenture
Act Section
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Indenture Section
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§ 310(a)(1)
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609
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(a)(2)
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609
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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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(b)
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608, 610
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§ 311(a)
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613
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(b)
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613
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§ 312(a)
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701
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702
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(b)
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702
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(c)
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702
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§ 313(a)
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703
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(b)
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703
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(c)
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703
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(d)
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703
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§ 314(a)
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704
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(a)(4)
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101
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1004
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(b)
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Not Applicable
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(c)(1)
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102
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(c)(2)
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102
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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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102
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§ 315(a)
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601
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(b)
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602
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(c)
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601
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(d)
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601
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(e)
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514
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§ 316(a)
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101
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(a)(1)(A)
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502, 512
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(a)(1)(B)
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513
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(a)(2)
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Not Applicable
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(b)
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508
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(c)
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104
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§ 317(a)(l)
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503
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(a)(2)
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504
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(b)
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1003
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§ 318(a)
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107
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NOTE: This
reconciliation and tie shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be
a part of the Indenture.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Page
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ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
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1
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SECTION
101.
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Definitions.
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1
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SECTION
102.
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Compliance
Certificates and Opinions.
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7
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SECTION
103.
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Form of
Documents Delivered to Trustee.
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7
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SECTION
104.
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Acts of
Holders; Record Dates.
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8
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SECTION
105.
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Notices, Etc.,
to Trustee and Company.
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10
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SECTION
106.
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Notice to
Holders; Waiver.
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10
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SECTION
107.
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Conflict with
Trust Indenture Act
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11
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SECTION
108.
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Effect of
Headings and Table of Contents.
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11
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SECTION
109.
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Successors and
Assigns.
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11
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SECTION
110.
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Separability
Clause.
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11
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SECTION
111.
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Benefits of
Indenture.
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11
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SECTION
112.
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Governing
Law.
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11
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SECTION
113.
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Legal
Holidays.
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11
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SECTION
114.
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Language of
Notices, Etc.
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12
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SECTION
115.
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Submission to
Jurisdiction
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12
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ARTICLE II
SECURITY FORMS
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12
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SECTION
201.
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Forms
Generally.
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12
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SECTION
202.
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Form of Legend
for Global Securities.
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13
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SECTION
203.
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Form of
Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication.
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13
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SECTION
204.
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Securities in
Global Form.
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13
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ARTICLE III THE
SECURITIES
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14
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SECTION
301.
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Amount
Unlimited; Issuable In Series.
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14
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SECTION
302.
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Denominations.
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18
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SECTION
303.
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Execution,
Authentication, Delivery and Dating.
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18
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SECTION
304.
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Temporary
Securities.
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19
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SECTION
305.
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Registration,
Registration of Transfer and Exchange.
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19
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SECTION
306.
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Mutilated,
Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities.
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20
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SECTION
307.
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Payment of
Interest; Interest Rights Preserved.
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21
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SECTION
308.
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Persons Deemed
Owners.
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22
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SECTION
309.
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Cancellation.
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22
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SECTION
310.
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Computation of
Interest.
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23
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SECTION
311.
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CUSIP
Numbers
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23
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ARTICLE IV
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
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23
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SECTION
401.
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Satisfaction
and Discharge of Indenture.
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23
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SECTION
402.
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Application of
Trust Money.
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24
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ARTICLE V
REMEDIES
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24
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SECTION
501.
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Events of
Default.
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24
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SECTION
502.
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Acceleration of
Maturity; Rescission and Annulment.
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26
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SECTION
503.
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Collection of
Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee.
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27
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SECTION
504.
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Trustee May
File Proofs of Claim.
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27
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SECTION
505.
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Trustee May
Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities.
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28
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SECTION
506.
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Application of
Money Collected.
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28
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SECTION
507.
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Limitation on
Suits.
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28
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SECTION
508.
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Unconditional
Right of Holders to Receive Principal, Premium and
Interest.
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29
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SECTION
509.
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Restoration of
Rights and Remedies.
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29
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SECTION
510.
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Rights and
Remedies Cumulative.
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29
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SECTION
511.
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Delay or
Omission Not Waiver.
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30
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SECTION
512.
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Control by
Holders.
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30
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SECTION
513.
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Waiver of Past
Defaults.
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30
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SECTION
514.
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Undertaking for
Costs.
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30
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SECTION
515.
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Waiver of
Usury, Stay or Extension Laws.
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31
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ARTICLE VI THE
TRUSTEE
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31
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SECTION
601.
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Certain Duties
and Responsibilities.
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31
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SECTION
602.
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Notice of
Defaults.
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31
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SECTION
603.
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Certain Rights
of Trustee.
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31
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SECTION
604.
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Not Responsible
for Recitals or Issuance of Securities.
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33
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SECTION
605.
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May Hold
Securities.
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SECTION
606.
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Money Held In
Trust.
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33
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SECTION
607.
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Compensation
and Reimbursement.
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SECTION
608.
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Conflicting
Interests.
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33
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SECTION
609.
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Corporate
Trustee Required; Eligibility.
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34
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SECTION
610.
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Resignation and
Removal; Appointment of Successor.
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34
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SECTION
611.
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Acceptance of
Appointment by Successor.
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35
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SECTION
612.
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Merger,
Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business.
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SECTION
613.
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Preferential
Collection of Claims Against Company.
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37
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SECTION
614.
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Appointment of
Authenticating Agent.
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ARTICLE VII
HOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY
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39
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SECTION
701.
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Company to
Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders.
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39
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SECTION
702.
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Preservation of
Information; Communications to Holders.
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39
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SECTION
703.
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Reports by
Trustee.
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40
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SECTION
704.
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Reports by
Company.
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40
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ARTICLE VIII
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE
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40
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SECTION
801.
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Company May
Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms.
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40
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SECTION
802.
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Successor
Substituted.
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41
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ARTICLE IX
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
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41
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SECTION
901.
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Supplemental
Indentures Without Consent of Holders.
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41
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SECTION
902.
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Supplemental
Indentures With Consent of Holders.
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42
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SECTION
903.
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Execution of
Supplemental Indentures.
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43
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SECTION
904.
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Effect of
Supplemental Indentures.
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43
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SECTION
905.
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Conformity with
Trust Indenture Act.
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44
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SECTION
906.
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Reference in
Securities to Supplemental Indentures.
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44
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ARTICLE X
COVENANTS
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44
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SECTION
1001.
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Payment of
Principal, Premium and Interest.
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SECTION
1002.
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Maintenance of
Office or Agency.
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44
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SECTION
1003.
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Money for
Securities Payments to Be Held in Trust.
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45
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SECTION
1004.
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Statement by
Officers as to Default.
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46
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SECTION
1005.
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Existence.
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46
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SECTION
1006.
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Maintenance of
Properties.
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46
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SECTION
1007.
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Payment of
Taxes and Other Claims.
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46
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SECTION
1008.
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Waiver of
Certain Covenants.
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47
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SECTION
1009.
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Additional
Amounts
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47
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ARTICLE XI
REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES
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48
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SECTION
1101.
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Applicability
of Article.
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48
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SECTION
1102.
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Election to
Redeem; Notice to Trustee.
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48
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SECTION
1103.
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Selection by
Trustee of Securities to Be Redeemed.
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48
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SECTION
1104.
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Notice of
Redemption.
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49
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SECTION
1105.
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Deposit of
Redemption Price.
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50
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SECTION
1106.
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Securities
Payable on Redemption Date.
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50
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SECTION
1107.
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Securities
Redeemed in Part.
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50
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ARTICLE XII
SINKING FUNDS
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50
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SECTION
1201.
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Applicability
of Article.
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50
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SECTION
1202.
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Satisfaction of
Sinking Fund Payments with Securities.
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51
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SECTION
1203.
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Redemption of
Securities for Sinking Fund.
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51
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ARTICLE XIII
DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE
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51
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SECTION
1301.
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Company’s
Option to Effect Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.
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51
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SECTION
1302.
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Defeasance and
Discharge.
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51
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SECTION
1303.
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Covenant
Defeasance.
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52
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SECTION
1304.
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Conditions to
Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.
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52
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SECTION
1305.
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Deposited Money
and Government Obligations to be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous
Provisions.
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54
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SECTION
1306.
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Reinstatement.
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55
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ARTICLE XIV
MEETING OF HOLDERS OF SECURITIES
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55
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SECTION
1401.
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Purposes for
which Meetings may be Called
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55
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SECTION
1402.
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Call, Notice
and Place of Meetings
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55
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SECTION
1403.
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Persons
entitled to Vote at Meetings
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56
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SECTION
1404.
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Quorum;
Action
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56
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SECTION
1405.
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Determination
of Voting Rights; Conduct and Adjournment of Meetings
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57
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SECTION
1406.
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Counting Votes
and Recording Action of Meetings
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INDENTURE, dated as of _________, 200[_] between
Medis Technologies Ltd., a corporation duly organized and existing
under the laws of the State of Delaware (herein called the
“Company”), having its principal office at 805 Third
Avenue, New York, NY 10022 and [Bank] a New York banking
corporation, as Trustee (herein called the
“Trustee”).
Recitals of The Company
The Company has duly authorized the execution
and delivery of this Indenture to provide for the issuance from
time to time of its unsecured debentures, notes or other evidences
of indebtedness (herein called the “Securities”), which
may be convertible into or exchangeable for any securities of any
persons (including the Company), to be issued in one or more series
as provided in this Indenture.
All things necessary to make this Indenture a
valid and legally binding agreement of the Company, in accordance
with its terms, have been done.
Now, therefore, this indenture
witnesseth:
For and in consideration of the premises and the
purchase of the Securities by the Holders thereof, it is mutually
agreed, for the equal and proportionate benefit of all Holders of
the Securities or of series thereof, as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
SECTION
101.
Definitions.
For all purposes of this Indenture, except as
otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise
requires:
(1) the terms defined in this Article have the
meanings assigned to them in this Article and include the plural as
well as the singular;
(2) all other terms used herein which are defined in
the Trust Indenture Act, either directly or by reference therein,
have the meanings assigned to them therein;
(3) all accounting terms not otherwise defined
herein have the meanings assigned to them in accordance with United
States generally accepted accounting principles, the term
“generally accepted accounting principles” with respect
to any computation required or permitted hereunder shall mean such
accounting principles as are generally accepted as consistently
applied by the Company at the date of such computation;
(4) unless the context otherwise requires, any
reference to an “Article”, a “Section” or
an “Exhibit” refers to an Article, a Section or an
Exhibit, as the case may be, of or to this Indenture;
and
(5) the words “herein”,
“hereof” and “hereunder” and other words of
similar import refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to any
particular Article, Section or other subdivision.
Certain terms, used principally in Article Six
and Article Thirteen, are defined in those Articles.
“Act”, when used with respect to any
Holder, has the meaning specified in Section 104.
“Affiliate” of any specified Person
means any other Person directly or indirectly controlling or
controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such
specified Person. For the purposes of this definition,
“control” when used with respect to any specified
Person means the power to direct the management and policies of
such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership
of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms
“controlling” and “controlled” have
meanings correlative to the foregoing.
“Authenticating Agent” means any
Person authorized by the Trustee pursuant to Section 614 to act on
behalf of the Trustee to authenticate Securities of one or more
series.
“Authorized Newspaper” means a
newspaper, in the English language or in an official language of
the country of publication, customarily published on each Business
Day, whether or not published on Saturdays, Sundays or holidays,
and of general circulation in each place in connection with which
the term is used or in the financial community of each such place.
Where successive publications are required to be made in Authorized
Newspapers, the successive publications may be made in the same or
in different newspapers in the same city meeting the foregoing
requirements and in each case on any Business Day.
“Board of Directors” means either
the board of directors of the Company or any duly authorized
committee of that board.
“Board Resolution” means a copy of a
resolution certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of
the Company to have been duly adopted by the Board of Directors and
to be in full force and effect on the date of such certification,
and delivered to the Trustee.
“Business Day”, when used with
respect to any Place of Payment, means each Monday, Tuesday,
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday that is not a day on which banking
institutions in that Place of Payment are authorized or obligated
by law or executive order to close.
“Commission” means the United States
Securities and Exchange Commission, from time to time constituted,
created under the Exchange Act, or, if at any time after the
execution of this instrument the United States Securities and
Exchange Commission is not existing and performing the duties now
assigned to it under the Trust Indenture Act, then the body
performing such duties at such time.
“Company” means the Person named as
the “Company” in the first paragraph of this instrument
until a successor Person shall have become such pursuant to the
applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter
“Company” shall mean such successor Person.
“Company Request” or “Company
Order” means a written request or order signed in the name of
the Company by its Chairman of the Board, its Deputy Chairman of
the Board, its President or a Vice President, and by its Treasurer,
an Assistant Treasurer, its Secretary or an Assistant Secretary,
and delivered to the Trustee.
“Corporate Trust Office” means the
principal office of the Trustee at which at any particular time its
corporate trust business shall be administered, which as of the
date hereof is located at [].
“Corporation” means a corporation,
association, company, joint-stock company or business
trust.
“Covenant Defeasance” has the
meaning specified in Section 1303.
“Defaulted Interest” has the meaning
specified in Section 307.
“Defeasance” has the meaning
specified in Section 1302.
“Depositary” means, with respect to
Securities of any series issuable in whole or in part in the form
of one or more Global Securities, a clearing agency registered
under the Exchange Act that is designated to act as Depositary for
such Securities as contemplated by Section 301.
“Event of Default” has the meaning
specified in Section 501.
“Exchange Act” means the United
States Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and any statute successor
thereto, in each case as amended from time to time.
“Expiration Date” has the meaning
specified in Section 104.
“Global Security” means a Security
that evidences all or part of the Securities of any series and
bears the legend set forth in Section 202 (or such legend as may be
specified as contemplated by Section 301 for such
Securities).
“Government Obligation” has the
meaning specified in Section 1304.
“Holder” means the Person in whose
name the Security is registered in the Security
Register.
“Indenture” means this instrument as
originally executed and as it may from time to time be supplemented
or amended by one or more indentures supplemental hereto entered
into pursuant to the applicable provisions hereof, including, for
all purposes of this instrument and any such supplemental
indenture, the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act that are
deemed to be a part of and govern this instrument and any such
supplemental indenture, respectively. The term
“Indenture” shall also include the terms of particular
series of Securities established as contemplated by Section
301.
“Interest”, when used with respect
to an Original Issue Discount Security which by its terms bears
interest only after Maturity, means interest payable after
Maturity.
“Interest Payment Date”, when used
with respect to any Security, means the Stated Maturity of an
installment of interest on such Security.
“Investment Company Act” means the
United States Investment Company Act of 1940 and any statute
successor thereto, in each case as amended from time to
time.
“Maturity”, when used with respect
to any Security, means the date on which the principal of such
Security or an installment of principal becomes due and payable as
therein or herein provided, whether at the Stated Maturity or by
declaration of acceleration, call for redemption or
otherwise.
“Notice of Default” means a written
notice of the kind specified in Section 501(4).
“Officers’ Certificate” means
a certificate signed by the Chairman of the Board, a Deputy
Chairman of the Board, the President or a Vice President, or by the
Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, the Secretary or an Assistant
Secretary, of the Company, and delivered to the Trustee. One of the
officers signing an Officers’ Certificate given pursuant to
Section 1004 shall be the principal executive, financial or
accounting officer of the Company.
“Opinion of Counsel” means a written
opinion of counsel.
“Original Issue Discount Security”
means any Security which provides for an amount less than the
principal amount thereof to be due and payable upon a declaration
of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section
502.
“Outstanding”, when used with
respect to Securities, means, as of the date of determination, all
Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered under this
Indenture, except:
(1) Securities theretofore cancelled by the Trustee
or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation;
(2) Securities for whose payment or redemption money
in the necessary amount has been theretofore deposited with the
Trustee or any Paying Agent (other than the Company) in trust or
set aside and segregated in trust by the Company (if the Company
shall act as its own Paying Agent) for the Holders of such
Securities; provided that, if such Securities are to be
redeemed, notice of such redemption has been duly given pursuant to
this Indenture or provision therefor satisfactory to the Trustee
has been made;
(3) Securities as to which Defeasance has been
effected pursuant to Section 1302; and
(4) Securities that have been paid pursuant to
Section 305 or in exchange for or in lieu of which other Securities
have been authenticated and delivered pursuant to this Indenture,
other than any such Securities in respect of which there shall have
been presented to the Trustee proof satisfactory to it that such
Securities are held by a bona fide purchaser in whose hands such
Securities are valid obligations of the Company;
provided , however , that in determining whether
the Holders of the requisite principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities have given, made or taken any request,
demand,
authorization,
direction, notice, consent, waiver, or other action hereunder as of
any date or whether a quorum is present at a meeting of Holders of
Securities, (A) the principal amount of an Original Issue Discount
Security which shall be deemed to be Outstanding shall be the
amount of the principal thereof that would be due and payable as of
such date upon acceleration of the Maturity thereof to such date
pursuant to Section 502, (B) if, as of such date, the principal
amount payable at the Stated Maturity of a Security is not
determinable, the principal amount of such Security that shall be
deemed to be Outstanding shall be the amount as specified or
determined as contemplated by Section 301, (C) the principal amount
of a Security denominated in one or more foreign currencies or
currency units which shall be deemed to be Outstanding shall be the
U.S. dollar equivalent, determined as of such date in the manner
provided as contemplated by Section 301, of the principal amount of
such Security (or, in the case of a Security described in Clause
(A) or (B) above, of the amount determined as provided in such
Clause), and (D) Securities owned by the Company or any other
obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or of
such other obligor shall be disregarded and deemed not to be
Outstanding, except that, in determining whether the Trustee shall
be protected in relying upon any such request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver, or other action,
or upon any such determination as to the presence of a quorum, only
Securities that a Responsible Officer of the Trustee actually knows
to be so owned shall be so disregarded. Securities so owned that
have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as Outstanding if
the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the Trustee the
pledgee’s right so to act with respect to such Securities and
that the pledgee is not the Company or any other obligor upon the
Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or of such other
obligor.
“Paying Agent” means any Person
authorized by the Company to pay the principal of or any premium or
interest on any Securities on behalf of the Company.
“Person” means any individual,
corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture,
trust, unincorporated organization or government or any agency or
political subdivision thereof.
“Place of Payment”, when used with
respect to the Securities of any series, means the place or places
specified in accordance with Section 301 where the principal of and
any premium and interest on the Securities of that series are
payable.
“Predecessor Security” of any
particular Security means every previous Security evidencing all or
a portion of the same debt as that evidenced by such particular
Security; and, for the purposes of this definition, any Security
authenticated and delivered under Section 306 in exchange for or in
lieu of a mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be
deemed to evidence the same debt as the mutilated, destroyed, lost
or stolen Security.
“Redemption Date”, when used with
respect to any Security to be redeemed, means the date fixed for
such redemption by or pursuant to this Indenture.
“Redemption Price”, when used with
respect to any Security to be redeemed, means the price at which it
is to be redeemed pursuant to this Indenture.
“Regular Record Date” for the
interest payable on any Interest Payment Date on the Securities of
any series means the date specified for that purpose as
contemplated by Section 301.
“Responsible Officer”, when used
with respect to the Trustee, means any vice president, the
treasurer, any assistant treasurer, any trust officer or assistant
trust officer, the controller or any assistant controller or any
other officer of the Trustee customarily performing functions
similar to those performed by any of the above designated officers
and also means, with respect to a particular corporate trust
matter, any other officer to whom such matter is referred because
of his knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject and
who shall have responsibility for the administration of this
Indenture.
“Securities” has the meaning stated
in the first recital of this Indenture and more particularly means
any Securities authenticated and delivered under this Indenture
provided , however , that if at any time there is
more than one Person acting as Trustee under this Indenture,
“Securities” with respect to the Indenture as to which
such Person is Trustee shall have the meaning stated in the first
recital of this Indenture and shall more particularly mean
Securities authenticated and delivered under this Indenture,
exclusive, however, of Securities of any series as to which such
Person is not Trustee.
“Securities Act” means the United
States Securities Act of 1933 and any statute successor thereto, in
each case as amended from time to time.
“Security Register” and
“Security Registrar” have the respective meanings
specified in Section 305.
“Special Record Date” for the
payment of any Defaulted Interest means a date fixed by the Trustee
pursuant to Section 307.
“Stated Maturity”, when used with
respect to any Security or any installment of principal thereof or
interest thereon, means the date specified in such Security as the
fixed date on which the principal of such Security or such
installment of principal or interest is due and payable.
“Subsidiary” means a corporation or
limited liability company more than 50% of the outstanding voting
stock of which is owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company or
by one or more other Subsidiaries, or by the Company and one or
more other Subsidiaries. For the purposes of this definition,
“voting-stock” means the equity interest that
ordinarily has voting power for the election of directors, managers
or trustees of an entity, or persons performing similar functions,
whether at all times or only so long as no senior class of equity
interest has such voting power by reason of any
contingency.
“Trust Indenture Act” means the
United States Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as in force at the date
as of which this instrument was executed; provided ,
however , that in the event the Trust Indenture Act of 1939
is amended after such date, “Trust Indenture Act”
means, to the extent required by any such amendment, the Trust
Indenture Act of 1939 as so amended.
“Trustee” means the Person named as
the “Trustee” in the first paragraph of this instrument
until a successor Trustee shall have become such pursuant to the
applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter
“Trustee” shall mean or include each Person who
is
then a Trustee
hereunder, and if at any time there is more than one such Person,
“Trustee” as used with respect to the Securities of any
series shall mean the Trustee with respect to Securities of that
series.
“United States Alien” means any
Person who, for United States federal income tax purposes, is a
foreign corporation, a non-resident alien individual, a
non-resident alien fiduciary of a foreign estate or trust, or a
foreign partnership one or more of the members of which is, for
United States federal income tax purposes, a foreign corporation, a
non-resident alien individual or a non-resident alien fiduciary of
a foreign estate or trust.
“Vice President”, when used with
respect to the Company or the Trustee, means any vice president,
whether or not designated by a number or a word or words added
before or after the title “vice president”.
SECTION
102.
Compliance Certificates and
Opinions.
Upon any application or request by the Company
to the Trustee to take any action under any provision of this
Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee such
certificates and opinions as may be required under the Trust
Indenture Act. Each such certificate or opinion shall be given in
the form of an Officers’ Certificate, if to be given by an
officer of the Company, or an Opinion of Counsel, if to be given by
counsel, and shall comply with the requirements of the Trust
Indenture Act and any other requirements set forth in this
Indenture.
Every certificate or opinion with respect to
compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this
Indenture (except for certificates provided for in Section 1004)
shall include,
(1) a statement that each individual signing such
certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition and the
definitions herein relating thereto;
(2) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of
the examination or investigation upon which the statements or
opinions contained in such certificate or opinion are
based;
(3) a statement that, in the opinion of each such
individual, he has made such examination or investigation as is
necessary to enable him to express an informed opinion as to
whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with;
and
(4) a statement as to whether, in the opinion of
each such individual, such condition or covenant has been complied
with.
SECTION
103.
Form of Documents Delivered to
Trustee.
In any case where several matters are required
to be certified by, or covered by an opinion of, any specified
Person, it is not necessary that all such matters be certified by,
or covered by the opinion of, only one such Person, or that they be
so certified or covered by only one document, but one such Person
may certify or give an opinion with respect to some matters and one
or more other such Persons as to other matters, and any such Person
may certify or give an opinion as to such matters in one or several
documents.
Any certificate or opinion of an officer of the
Company may be based, insofar as it relates to legal matters, upon
a certificate or opinion of, or representations by, counsel, unless
such officer knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should
know, that the certificate or opinion or representations with
respect to the matters upon which his certificate or opinion is
based are erroneous. Any such certificate or opinion of counsel may
be based, insofar as it relates to factual matters, upon a
certificate or opinion of, or representations by, an officer or
officers of the Company stating that the information with respect
to such factual matters is in the possession of the Company, unless
such counsel knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should
know, that the certificate or opinion or representations with
respect to such matters are erroneous.
Where any Person is required to make, give or
execute two or more applications, requests, consents, certificates,
statements, opinions or other instruments under this Indenture,
they may, but need not, be consolidated and form one
instrument.
SECTION
104.
Acts of Holders; Record
Dates.
Any request, demand, authorization, direction,
notice, consent, waiver or other action provided or permitted by
this Indenture to be given, made or taken by Holders may be
embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of
substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders in person or by
agent duly appointed in writing. Except as herein otherwise
expressly provided, such action shall become effective when such
instrument or instruments are delivered to the Trustee and, where
it is hereby expressly required, to the Company. Such instrument or
instruments (and the action embodied therein and evidenced thereby)
are herein sometimes referred to as the “Act” of the
Holders signing such instrument or instruments shall be sufficient
for any purpose of this Indenture and (subject to Section 601)
conclusive in favor of the Trustee and the Company, if made in the
manner provided in this Section.
The fact and date of the execution by any Person
of any such instrument or writing may be proved by the affidavit of
a witness of such execution or by a certificate of a notary public
or other officer authorized by law to take acknowledgments of
deeds, certifying that the individual signing such instrument or
writing acknowledged to him the execution thereof. Where such
execution is by a signer acting in a capacity other than his
individual capacity, such certificate or affidavit shall also
constitute sufficient proof of his authority. The fact and date of
the execution of any such instrument or writing, or the authority
of the Person executing the same, may also be proved in any other
manner which the Trustee deems sufficient.
The principal amount and serial numbers of
Securities held by any Person, and the date of holding the same,
shall be proved by the Security Register.
Any request, demand, authorization, direction,
notice, consent, waiver or other Act of the Holder of any Security
shall bind every future Holder of the same Security and the Holder
of every Security issued upon the registration of transfer thereof
or in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof in respect of anything
done, omitted or suffered to be done by the Trustee or the Company
in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made
upon such Security.
The Company may set any day as a record date for
the purpose of determining the Holders of Outstanding Securities of
any series entitled to give, make or take any request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action
provided or permitted
by this
Indenture to be given, made or taken by Holders of Securities of
such series, provided , that the Company may not set a
record date for, and the provisions of this paragraph shall not
apply with respect to, the giving or making of any notice,
declaration, request or direction referred to in the next
paragraph. If any record date is set pursuant to this paragraph,
the Holders of Outstanding Securities of the relevant series on
such record date, and no other Holders, shall be entitled to take
the relevant action, whether or not such Holders remain Holders
after such record date; provided , that no such action shall
be effective hereunder unless taken on or prior to the applicable
Expiration Date by Holders of the requisite principal amount of
Outstanding Securities of such series on such record date. Nothing
in this paragraph shall be construed to prevent the Company from
setting a new record date for any action for which a record date
has previously been set pursuant to this paragraph (whereupon the
record date previously set shall automatically and with no action
by any Person be cancelled and of no effect), and nothing in this
paragraph shall be construed to render ineffective any action taken
by Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding
Securities of the relevant series on the date such action is taken.
Promptly after any record date is set pursuant to this paragraph,
the Company, at its own expense, shall cause notice of such record
date, the proposed action by Holders and the applicable Expiration
Date to be given to the Trustee in writing and to each Holder of
Securities of the relevant series in the manner set forth in
Section 106.
The Trustee may set any day as a record date for
the purpose of determining the Holders of Outstanding Securities of
any series entitled to join in the giving or making of (i) any
Notice of Default, (ii) any declaration of acceleration referred to
in Section 502, (iii) any request to institute proceedings referred
to in Section 507(2) or (iv) any direction referred to in Section
512, in each case with respect to Securities of such series. If any
record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the Holders of
Outstanding Securities of such series on such record date, and no
other Holders, shall be entitled to join in such notice,
declaration, request or direction, whether or not such Holders
remain Holders after such record date; provided, that no such
action shall be effective hereunder unless taken on or prior to the
applicable Expiration Date by Holders of the requisite principal
amount of Outstanding Securities of such series on such record
date. Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to prevent the
Trustee from setting a new record date for any action for which a
record date has previously been set pursuant to this paragraph
(whereupon the record date previously set shall automatically and
with no action by any Person be cancelled and of no effect), and
nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to render ineffective
any action taken by Holders of the requisite principal amount of
Outstanding Securities of the relevant series on the date such
action is taken. Promptly after any record date is set pursuant to
this paragraph, the Trustee, at the Company’s expense, shall
cause notice of such record date, the proposed action by Holders
and the applicable Expiration Date to be given to the Company in
writing and to each Holder of Securities of the relevant series in
the manner set forth in Section 106.
With respect to any record date set pursuant to
this Section, the party hereto that sets such record date may
designate any day as the “Expiration Date” and from
time to time may change the Expiration Date to any earlier or later
day; provided that no such change shall be effective unless
notice of the proposed new Expiration Date is given to the other
party hereto in writing, and to each Holder of Securities of the
relevant series in the manner set forth in Section 106, on or prior
to the existing Expiration Date. If an Expiration Date is not
designated with respect to any record date set pursuant to this
Section, the party hereto that set such record date shall be deemed
to have initially designated the 180th day after such record date
as the Expiration Date
with respect
thereto, subject to its right to change the Expiration Date as
provided in this paragraph.
Without limiting the foregoing, a Holder
entitled hereunder to take any action hereunder with regard to any
particular Security may do so with regard to all or any part of the
principal amount of such Security or by one or more duly appointed
agents each of which may do so pursuant to such appointment with
regard to all or any part of such principal amount.
SECTION
105.
Notices, Etc., to Trustee and
Company.
Any request, demand, authorization, direction,
notice, consent, waiver or Act of Holders or other document
provided or permitted by this Indenture to be made upon, given or
furnished to, or filed with,
(1) the Trustee by any Holder or by the Company
shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder if made, given,
furnished or filed in writing (which may be via facsimile) to or
with the Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office, Attention:
Corporate Trust Administration, or
(2) the Company by the Trustee or by any Holder
shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder (unless otherwise
herein expressly provided) if in writing and mailed, first-class
postage prepaid, to the Company addressed to it at the address of
its principal office specified in the first paragraph of this
instrument, Attention: General Counsel, or at any other address
previously furnished in writing to the Trustee by the
Company.
SECTION
106.
Notice to Holders;
Waiver.
Except as otherwise expressly provided herein,
where this Indenture provides for notice of any event to Holders of
Securities, such notice shall be sufficiently given to Holders of
Securities if in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid,
to each Holder of a Security affected by such event, at the address
of such Holder as it appears in the Security Register, not later
than the latest date (if any), and not earlier than the earliest
date (if any), prescribed for the giving of such notice.
In case by reason of the suspension of regular
mail service or by reason of any other cause it shall be
impracticable to give such notice to Holders of Securities by mail,
then such notification as shall be made with the approval of the
Trustee shall constitute a sufficient notification for every
purpose hereunder. In any case where notice to Holders of
Securities is given by mail, neither the failure to mail such
notice, nor any defect in any notice so mailed, to any particular
Holder of a Security shall affect the sufficiency of such notice
with respect to other Holders.
Where this Indenture provides for notice in any
manner, such notice may be waived in writing by the Person entitled
to receive such notice either before or after the event, and such
waiver shall be the equivalent of such notice. Waivers of notice by
Holders of Securities shall be filed with the Trustee, but such
filing shall not be a condition precedent to the validity of any
action taken in reliance upon such waiver.
SECTION
107.
Conflict with Trust Indenture
Act
This Indenture shall incorporate and be governed
by the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act that are required to
be part of and to govern indentures qualified under the Trust
Indenture Act. If any provision hereof limits, qualifies or
conflicts with a provision of the Trust Indenture Act that is
required under such Act to be a part of and govern this Indenture,
the latter provision shall control. If any provision of this
Indenture modifies or excludes any provision of the Trust Indenture
Act that may be so modified or excluded, the latter provision shall
be deemed to apply to this Indenture as so modified or to be
excluded, as the case may be.
SECTION
108.
Effect of Headings and Table of
Contents.
The Article and Section headings herein and the
Table of Contents are for convenience only and shall not affect the
construction hereof.
SECTION
109.
Successors and
Assigns.
All covenants and agreements in this Indenture
by the Company shall bind its successors and assigns, whether so
expressed or not.
SECTION
110.
Separability
Clause.
In case any provision in this Indenture or in
the Securities shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the
validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions
shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
SECTION
111.
Benefits of
Indenture.
Nothing in this Indenture or in the Securities,
express or implied, shall give to any Person, other than the
parties hereto and their successors hereunder, and the Holders of
Securities, any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or
claim under this Indenture.
SECTION
112.
Governing Law.
This Indenture and the Securities shall be
governed by and construed in accordance with the law of the State
of New York.
SECTION
113.
Legal Holidays.
In any case where any Interest Payment Date,
Redemption Date or Stated Maturity of any Security shall not be a
Business Day at any Place of Payment, then (notwithstanding any
other provision of this Indenture or of the Securities (other than
a provision of any Security which specifically states that such
provision shall apply in lieu of this Section)) payment of interest
or principal (and premium, if any) need not be made at such Place
of Payment on such date, but may be made on the next succeeding
Business Day at such Place of Payment with the same force and
effect as if made on the Interest Payment Date or Redemption Date,
or at the Stated Maturity.
SECTION
114.
Language of Notices,
Etc.
Any request, demand, authorization, direction,
notice, consent or waiver required or permitted under this
Indenture shall be in the English language, except that any
published notice may be in an official language of the country of
publication.
SECTION
115.
Submission to
Jurisdiction
The Company irrevocably submits to the
non-exclusive jurisdiction of any federal or state court in the
City, County and State of New York, United States, and any
appellate court from any thereof, in any legal suit, action or
proceeding based on or arising under the Securities or this
Indenture and agrees that all claims in respect of such suit or
proceeding may be determined in any such court. The Company
irrevocably waives to the fullest extent permitted by law, any
objection to any such suit, including actions, suits or proceedings
relating to the securities laws of the United States of America or
any state thereof, in such courts whether on the grounds of venue,
residence or domicile or the defense of an inconvenient forum or
objections to personal jurisdiction with respect to the maintenance
of such legal suit, action or proceeding. The Company agrees that
the final judgment in any such suit, action or proceeding brought
in such court shall be conclusive and binding upon the Company and
may be enforced in any court to the jurisdiction of which the
Company is subject by a suit upon such judgment.
ARTICLE II
SECURITY FORMS
SECTION
201.
Forms Generally.
The Securities of each series shall be in
substantially the forms set forth in Exhibits A and A1 or in such
other form (including temporary or permanent global form) 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 Depositary
therefor or as may, consistently herewith, be determined by the
officers executing such Securities as evidenced by their execution
thereof. 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 303 for the authentication and delivery of
such Securities (or any such temporary global Security).
The definitive Securities shall be printed,
lithographed or engraved on steel engraved borders or may be
produced in any other manner, all as determined by the officers
executing such Securities, as evidenced by their execution of such
Securities.
SECTION
202.
Form of Legend for Global
Securities.
Unless otherwise specified as contemplated by
Section 301 for the Securities evidenced thereby, every Global
Security authenticated and delivered hereunder shall bear a legend
in substantially the following form:
THIS SECURITY
IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE
HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A
DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF. THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE EXCHANGED
IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR A SECURITY REGISTERED, AND NO TRANSFER OF
THIS SECURITY IN WHOLE OR IN PART MAY BE REGISTERED, IN THE NAME OF
ANY PERSON OTHER THAN SUCH DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF, EXCEPT
IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE.
SECTION
203.
Form of Trustee’s
Certificate of Authentication.
The Trustee’s certificates of
authentication shall be in substantially the following
form:
This is one of the Securities of the series
designated therein referred to in the within-mentioned
Indenture.
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SECTION
204.
Securities in Global
Form.
If Securities of or within a series are issuable
in global form, as specified as contemplated by Section 301, then,
notwithstanding clause (10) of Section 301 and the provisions of
Section 302, any such Security shall represent such of the
Outstanding Securities of such series as shall be specified therein
and may provide that it shall represent the aggregate amount of
Outstanding Securities from time to time endorsed thereon and that
the aggregate amount of Outstanding Securities represented thereby
may from time to time be reduced to reflect exchanges. Any
endorsement of a Security in global form to reflect the amount, or
any increase or decrease in the amount, of Outstanding Securities
represented thereby shall be made by the Trustee in such manner and
upon instructions given by such Person or Persons as shall be
specified therein or in the Company Order to be delivered to the
Trustee pursuant to Section 303 or Section 304. Subject to the
provisions of Section 303 and, if applicable, Section 304, the
Trustee shall deliver and redeliver any Security in permanent
global form in the manner and upon instructions given
by the Person
or Persons specified therein or in the applicable Company Order. If
a Company Order pursuant to Section 303 or Section 304 has been, or
simultaneously is, delivered, any instructions by the Company with
respect to endorsement or delivery or redelivery of a Security in
global form shall be in writing but need not comply with Section
102 and need not be accompanied by an Opinion of
Counsel.
The provisions of the last sentence of Section
303 shall apply to any Security represented by a Security in global
form if such Security was never issued and sold by the Company and
the Company delivers to the Trustee the Security in global from
together with written instructions (which need not comply with
Section 102 and need not be accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel)
with regard to the reduction in the principal amount of Securities
represented thereby, together with the written statement
contemplated by the last sentence of Section 303.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 201
and 307, unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301,
payment of principal of and any premium and interest on any
Security in permanent global form shall be made to the Person or
Persons specified therein.
ARTICLE III
THE SECURITIES
SECTION
301.
Amount Unlimited; Issuable In
Series.
The aggregate principal amount of Securities
which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is
unlimited.
The Securities may be issued in one or more
series. There shall be established in or pursuant to a Board
Resolution and, subject to Section 303, set forth, or determined in
the manner provided, in an Officers’ Certificate, or
established in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, prior to
the issuance of Securities of any series,
(1) the title of the Securities of the series,
including cusip numbers, if applicable (which shall distinguish the
Securities of the series from Securities of any other
series);
(2) any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of
the Securities of the series which may be authenticated and
delivered under this Indenture (except for Securities authenticated
and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for,
or in lieu of, other Securities of the series pursuant to Section
304, 305, 306, 906 or 1107 and except for any Securities which,
pursuant to Section 303, are deemed never to have been
authenticated and delivered hereunder);
(3) whether any Securities of the series are to be
issuable initially in temporary global form and whether any
Securities of the series are to be issuable in permanent global
form and, if so, whether beneficial owners of interests in any such
permanent global Security may exchange such interests for
Securities of such series and of like tenor of any authorized form
and denomination and the circumstances under which any such
exchanges may occur, if other than in the manner provided in
Section 305;
(4) the Person to whom any interest on any Security
of the series shall be payable, if other than the Person in whose
name that Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is
registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for
such interest, the extent to which, or the manner in which, any
interest payable on a temporary global Security on an Interest
Payment Date will be paid if other than in the manner provided in
Section 304;
(5) the date or dates on which the principal of the
Securities of the series is payable;
(6) the ability to issue additional Securities in
the same series;
(7) the price or prices at which we will sell the
Securities;
(8) the right, if any, to extend the interest
payment periods and the duration of any such deferral period,
including the maximum consecutive period during which interest
payment periods may be extended;
(9) provisions, if any, granting special rights to
holders of the Securities upon the occurrence of specified
events;
(10) the terms, if any, upon which Holders may
convert or exchange the Securities into or for the Company’s
common stock, preferred stock or other securities or
property;
(11) the rate or rates at which the Securities of the
series shall bear interest, if any, or the method by which such
rate shall be determined, the date or dates from which any such
interest shall accrue, the Interest Payment Dates on which any such
interest shall be payable, the Regular Record Date for the interest
payable on any Securities on any Interest Payment Date;
(12) the place or places where, subject to the
provisions of Section 1002, the principal of and any premium, if
any, and interest, if any, on Securities of the series shall be
payable, where any Securities of the series may be surrendered for
registration of transfer, where Securities of the series may be
surrendered for exchange, where Securities of the series that are
convertible or exchangeable may be surrendered for conversion or
exchange, as applicable, and notices and demands to or upon the
Company in respect of the Securities of the series and this
Indenture may be served;
(13) the period or periods within which, the price or
prices at which and the terms and conditions upon which any
Securities of the series may be redeemed, in whole or in part at
the option of the Company and, if other than by a Board Resolution,
the manner in which any election by the Company to redeem the
Securities shall be evidenced;
(14) the obligation, if any, of the Company to redeem
or purchase any Securities of the series pursuant to any sinking
fund or analogous provisions or at the option of the Holder thereof
and the period or periods within which, the price or prices
at
which and the
terms and conditions upon which any Securities of the series shall
be redeemed or purchased, in whole or in part, pursuant to such
obligation;
(15) if other than denominations of $1,000 and any
integral multiple thereof, the denominations in which any
Securities of the series shall be issuable;
(16) whether the amount of payments of principal (or
premium, if any) or interest, if any, on the Securities of the
series may be determined with reference to an index, formula or
other method (which index, formula or method may be based, without
limitation, on one or more currencies, commodities, equity indices
or other indices), and the manner in which such amounts shall be
determined;
(17) the currency or currencies, including composite
currencies, in which payment of the principal of and any premium
and interest on any Securities of the series shall be payable if
other than the currency of the United States of America and the
manner of determining the equivalent thereof in the currency of the
United States of America for purposes of the definition of
“Outstanding” in Section 101;
(18) if the principal of or any premium or interest
on any Securities of the series is to be payable, at the election
of the Company or the Holder thereof, in one or more currencies or
currency units other than that or those in which such Securities
are stated to be payable, the currency, currencies or currency
units in which the principal of or any premium or interest on such
Securities as to which such election is made shall be payable, the
periods within which and the terms and conditions upon which such
election is to be made and the amount so payable (or the manner in
which such amount shall be determined);
(19) if other than the entire principal amount
thereof, the portion of the principal amount of any Securities of
the series which shall be payable upon declaration of acceleration
of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 502;
(20) if the principal of and any premium or interest
on the Securities of the series are to be payable, at the election
of the Company or a Holder thereof, in a currency or currencies,
including composite currencies, other than that or those in which
the Securities are stated to be payable, the currency or currencies
in which payment of the principal of and any premium and interest
on Securities of such series as to which such election is made
shall be payable, and the periods within which and the terms and
conditions upon which such election is to be made;
(21) if either or both of the provisions of Section
1302 or 1303 are applicable to the Securities of such
series;
(22) if the amount of principal and interest on the
Securities of the series may be determined by reference to an
index, the manner in which such amounts shall be
determined;
(23) if the principal amount payable at the Stated
Maturity of any Securities of the series will not be determinable
as of any one or more dates prior to the Stated Maturity, the
amount which shall be deemed to be the principal amount of such
Securities
as of any such
date for any purpose thereunder or hereunder, including the
principal amount thereof which shall be due and payable upon any
Maturity other than the Stated Maturity or which shall be deemed to
be Outstanding as of any date prior to the Stated Maturity (or, in
any such case, the manner in which such amount deemed, to be the
principal amount shall be determined);
(24) if applicable, that the Securities of the
series, in whole or any specified part, shall be defeasible
pursuant to Section 1302 or Section 1303 or both such Sections and,
if other than by a Board Resolution, the manner in which any
election by the Company to defease such Securities shall be
evidenced;
(25) if applicable, that any Securities of the series
shall be issuable in whole or in part in the form of one or more
Global Securities and, in such case, the respective Depositaries
for such Global Securities, the form of any legend or legends which
shall be borne by any such Global Security in addition to or in
lieu of that set forth in Section 202 and any circumstances in
addition to or in lieu of those set forth, in the seventh paragraph
of Section 305 in which any such Global Security may be exchanged
in whole or in part for Securities registered, and any transfer of
such Global Security in whole or in part may be registered in the
name or name of Persons other than the Depositary for such Global
Security or a nominee thereof;
(26) any addition to or change in the Events of
Default which applies to any Securities of the series and any
change in the right of the Trustee or the requisite Holders of such
Securities to declare the principal amount thereof due and payable
pursuant to Section 502;
(27) any addition to or change in the covenants set
forth in Article Ten which applies to Securities of the
series;
(28) any other terms of the series (which terms shall
not be inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture, except
as permitted by Section 901(5); and
(29) whether, under what circumstances and the
Currency in which the Company will pay Additional Amounts as
contemplated by Section 1009 on the Securities of the series to any
Holder who is not a United States Person(s) (including any
modification to the definition of such term) in respect of any tax,
assessment or governmental charge and, if so, whether the Company
will have the option to redeem such Securities rather than pay such
Additional Amounts (and the terms of any such option).
All Securities of such series shall be
substantially identical except as to denomination and except as may
otherwise be provided in or pursuant to the Board Resolution
referred to above and (subject to Section 303) set forth, or
determined in the manner provided, in the Officers’
Certificate referred to above or in any such indenture supplemental
hereto.
If any of the terms of the 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 Officers’
Certificate setting forth the terms of the series.
SECTION
302.
Denominations.
Unless otherwise provided as contemplated by
Section 301 with respect to the Securities of any series, any
Securities of such series, other than Securities issued in global
form (which may be of any denomination), shall be issuable in
denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple
thereof.
SECTION
303.
Execution, Authentication,
Delivery and Dating.
The Securities shall be executed on behalf of
the Company by its Chairman of the Board, its Deputy Chairman of
the Board, its President or one of its Vice Presidents, under its
corporate seal reproduced thereon attested by its Secretary or one
of its Assistant Secretaries. The signature of any of these
officers on the Securities may be manual or facsimile.
Securities bearing the manual or facsimile
signatures of individuals who were at any time the proper officers
of the Company shall bind the Company, notwithstanding that such
individuals or any of them have ceased to hold such offices prior
to the authentication and delivery of such Securities or did not
hold such offices at the date of such Securities.
At any time and from time to, time after the
execution and delivery of this Indenture, the Company may deliver
Securities of any series executed by the Company to the Trustee for
authentication, together with a Company Order for the
authentication and delivery of such Securities, and the Trustee in
accordance with the Company Order shall authenticate and deliver
such Securities. If the forms or terms of the Securities of the
series have been established by or pursuant to one or more Board
Resolutions as permitted by Sections 201 and 301, in authenticating
such Securities, and accepting the additional responsibilities
under this Indenture in relation to such Securities, the Trustee
shall be entitled to receive, and (subject to Section 601) shall be
fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel
stating,
(1) if the forms of such Securities have been
established by or pursuant to Board Resolution as permitted by
Section 201, that such form have been established in conformity
with the provisions of this Indenture;
(2) if the terms of such Securities have been
established by or pursuant to Board Resolution as permitted by
Section 301, that such terms have been established in conformity
with the provisions of this Indenture; and
(3) that such Securities when authenticated and
delivered by the Trustee and issued by the Company in the manner
and subject to any conditions specified in such Opinion of Counsel,
will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the
Company enforceable in accordance with their terms, subject to
bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization,
moratorium and similar laws of general applicability relating to or
affecting creditors’ rights and to general equity
principles.
If such form or terms have been so established,
the Trustee shall not be required to authenticate such Securities
if the issue of such Securities pursuant to this Indenture will
affect the Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under
the Securities and this Indenture or otherwise in a manner that is
not reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 301
and of the two preceding paragraphs, if all Securities of a series
are not to be originally issued at one time, it shall not be
necessary to deliver the Officer’s Certificate otherwise
required pursuant to Section 301 or the Company Order and Opinion
of Counsel otherwise required pursuant to such preceding paragraphs
at or prior to the authentication of each Security of such series
if such documents are delivered at or prior to the authentication
upon original issuance of the first Security of such series to be
issued.
Each Security shall be dated the date of its
authentication.
No Security shall be entitled to any benefit
under this Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose
unless there appears on such Security a certificate of
authentication substantially in the form provided for herein
executed by the Trustee by manual signature, and such certificate
upon any Security shall be conclusive evidence, and the only
evidence, that such Security has been duly authenticated and
delivered hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any Security
shall have been authenticated and delivered hereunder but never
issued and sold by the Company, and the Company shall deliver such
Security to the Trustee for cancellation as provided in Section
309, for all purposes of this Indenture such Security shall be
deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered hereunder and
shall never be entitled to the benefits of this
Indenture.
SECTION
304.
Temporary
Securities.
Pending the preparation of definitive Securities
of any series, the Company may execute, and upon Company Order the
Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, temporary Securities which
are printed, lithographed, typewritten, mimeographed or otherwise
produced, in any authorized denomination, substantially of the
tenor of the definitive Securities in lieu of which they are issued
and with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and
other variations as the officers executing such Securities may
determine, as evidenced by their execution of such
Securities.
If temporary Securities of any series are
issued, the Company will cause definitive Securities of that series
to be prepared without unreasonable delay. After the preparation of
definitive Securities of that series, the temporary Securities of
such series shall be exchangeable for definitive Securities of such
series upon surrender of the temporary Securities of such series at
the office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment for that
series, without charge to the Holder. Upon surrender for
cancellation of any one or more temporary Securities of any series
the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and
deliver in exchange therefor one or more definitive Securities of
the same series, of any authorized denominations and like aggregate
principal amount and tenor.
Until exchanged in full as hereinafter provided,
the temporary Securities of any series shall in all respects be
entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as definitive
Securities of the same series and of like tenor authenticated and
delivered hereunder.
SECTION
305.
Registration, Registration of
Transfer and Exchange.
The Company shall cause to be kept at an office
or agency to be maintained by the Company in accordance with
Section 1002 a register (being the combined register of the
Security Registrar and all transfer agents designated pursuant to
Section 1002 for the purpose of
registration of
transfer of Securities and sometimes collectively referred to as
the “Security Register”) in which, subject to such
reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Company shall
provide for the registration of Securities and the registration of
transfers of Securities. The Trustee is hereby appointed
“Security Registrar” for the purpose of registering
Securities and transfers of Securities as herein
provided.
Upon surrender for registration of transfer of
any Security of a series at the office or agency of the Company
maintained pursuant to Section 1002 for such purpose in a Place of
Payment for that series, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee
shall authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated
transferee or transferees, one or more new Securities of the same
series, of any authorized denominations and of like tenor and
aggregate principal amount.
At the option of the Holder, Securities of any
series may be exchanged for other Securities of the same series, of
any authorized denominations and of like tenor and aggregate
principal amount, upon surrender of the Securities to be exchanged
at such office or agency. Whenever any Securities are so
surrendered for exchange, the Company shall execute, and the
Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the Securities that the
Holder making the exchange is entitled to receive.
All Securities issued upon any registration of
transfer or exchange of Securities shall be the valid obligations
of the Company, evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same
benefits under this Indenture, as the Securities surrendered upon
such registration of transfer or exchange.
Every Security presented or surrendered for
registration of transfer or for exchange shall (if so required by
the Company or the Trustee or any transfer agent) be duly endorsed,
or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form
satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar or any
transfer agent duly executed, by the Holder thereof or his attorney
duly authorized in writing.
No service charge shall be made for any
registration of transfer or exchange of Securities, but the Company
may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other
governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any
registration of transfer or exchange of Securities, other than
exchanges pursuant to Section 304, 906 or 1107 not involving any
transfer.
If the Securities of any series (or of any
series and specified tenor) are to be redeemed in part, the Company
shall not be required (A) to issue, register the transfer of or
exchange any Securities of that series (or of that series and
specified tenor, as the case may be) during a period beginning at
the opening of business 15 days before any selection of Securities
of that series to be redeemed and ending at the close of business
on the day of the mailing of the relevant notice of
redemption.
SECTION
306.
Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and
Stolen Securities.
If any mutilated Security is surrendered to the
Trustee, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a new Security of the
same series and of like tenor and principal amount and bearing a
number not contemporaneously outstanding.
If there shall be delivered to the Company and
the Trustee (i) evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction,
loss or theft of any Security and (ii) such security or indemnity
as may be required by them to save each of them and any agent of
either of them harmless, then, in the absence of notice to the
Company or the Trustee that such Security has been acquired by a
bona fide purchaser, the Company shall execute and the Trustee
shall authenticate and deliver, in lieu of any such destroyed, lost
or stolen Security, a new Security of the same series and of like
tenor and principal amount and bearing a number not
contemporaneously outstanding.
Notwithstanding the provisions of the previous
two paragraphs, in case any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or
stolen Security has become or is about to become due and payable,
the Company in its discretion may, instead of issuing a new
Security, pay such Security.
Upon the issuance of any new Security under this
Section, the Company may require the payment of a sum sufficient to
cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in
relation thereto and any other expenses (including the fees and
expenses of the Trustee) connected therewith.
Every new Security of any series issued pursuant
to this Section in lieu of any destroyed, lost or stolen Security
shall constitute an original additional contractual obligation of
the Company, whether or not the destroyed, lost or stolen Security
shall be at any time enforceable by anyone, and shall be entitled
to all the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately
with any and all other Securities of that series duly issued
hereunder.
The provisions of this Section are exclusive and
shall preclude (to the extent lawful) all other rights and remedies
with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed,
lost or stolen Securities.
SECTION
307.
Payment of Interest; Interest
Rights Preserved.
Except as otherwise provided as contemplated by
Section 301 with respect to any series of Securities, interest on
any Security which is payable, and is punctually paid or duly
provided for, on any Interest Payment Date shall be paid to the
Person in whose name that Security (or one or more Predecessor
Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular
Record Date for such interest.
Any interest on any Security of any series which
is payable, but is not punctually paid or duly provided for, on any
Interest Payment Date (herein called “Defaulted
Interest”) shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder
on the relevant Regular Record Date by virtue of having been such
Holder, and such Defaulted Interest may be paid by the Company, at
its election in each case, as provided in Clause (1) or (2)
below:
(1) The Company may elect to make payment of any
Defaulted Interest to the Persons in whose names the Securities of
such series (or their respective Predecessor Securities) are
registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for
the payment of such Defaulted Interest, which shall be fixed in the
following manner. The Company shall notify the Trustee in writing
of the amount of Defaulted Interest proposed to be paid on each
Security of such series and the date of the proposed payment, and
at the same time the Company shall deposit with the Trustee an
amount of money equal to the aggregate amount proposed to be paid
in respect of such Defaulted Interest or shall
make
arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for such deposit prior to
the date of the proposed payment, such money when deposited to be
held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such
Defaulted Interest as in this Clause provided. Thereupon the
Trustee shall fix a Special Record Date for the payment of such
Defaulted Interest which shall be not more than 15 days and not
less than 10 days prior to the date of the proposed payment and not
less than 10 days after the receipt by the Trustee of the notice of
the proposed payment. The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company
of such Special Record Date and, in the name and at the expense of
the Company, shall cause notice of the proposed payment of such
Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor to be given
to each Holder of Securities of such series in the manner set forth
in Section 106, not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record
Date. Notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and
the Special Record Date therefor having been so mailed, such
Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the Persons in whose names the
Securities of such series (or their respective Predecessor
Securities) are registered at the close of business on such Special
Record Date and shall no longer be payable pursuant to the
following Clause (2).
(2) The Company may make payment of any Defaulted
Interest on the Securities of any series in any other lawful manner
not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange
on which such Securities may be listed, and upon such notice as may
be required by such exchange, if, after notice given by the Company
to the Trustee of the proposed payment pursuant to this Clause,
such manner of payment shall be deemed practicable by the
Trustee.
Subject to the foregoing provisions of this
Section and Section 305, each Security delivered under this
Indenture upon registration of transfer of or in exchange for or in
lieu of any other Security shall carry the rights to interest
accrued and unpaid, and to accrue, which were carried by such other
Security.
SECTION
308.
Persons Deemed
Owners.
Prior to due presentment of a Security for
registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of
the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name such
Security is registered as the owner of such Security for the
purpose of receiving payment of principal of and any premium and
(subject to Section 305 and Section 307) any interest on such
Security and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such
Security be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any
agent of the Company or the Trustee shall be affected by notice to
the contrary.
SECTION
309.
Cancellation.
All Securities surrendered for payment,
redemption, registration of transfer or exchange or for credit
against any sinking fund payment shall, if surrendered to any
Person other than the Trustee, be delivered to the Trustee and
shall be promptly cancelled by it. The Company may at any time
deliver to the Trustee for cancellation any Securities previously
authenticated and delivered hereunder which the Company may have
acquired in any manner whatsoever, and may deliver to the Trustee
(or to any other Person for delivery to the Trustee) for
cancellation any Securities previously authenticated hereunder
which the Company has not issued and sold, and
all Securities
so delivered shall be promptly cancelled by the Trustee. No
Securities shall be authenticated in lieu of or in exchange for any
Securities cancelled as provided in this Section, except as
expressly permitted by this Indenture. All cancelled Securities
held by the Trustee shall be disposed of as directed by a Company
Order or in the Trustee’s customary manner, which manner
shall be communicated in writing to the Company.
SECTION
310.
Computation of
Interest.
Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by
Section 301 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.
SECTION
311.
CUSIP Numbers
The Company in issuing the Securities may use
“CUSIP” numbers (if then generally in use), and, if so,
the Trustee shall use such “CUSIP” numbers in notices
of redemption as a convenience to Holders; provided that any such
notice may 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 a redemption 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 will notify the
Trustee of any change “CUSIP” numbers.
ARTICLE IV
SATISFACTION AND
DISCHARGE
SECTION
401.
Satisfaction and Discharge of
Indenture.
This Indenture shall upon Company Request cease
to be of further effect (except as to any surviving rights of
registration of transfer or exchange of Securities herein expressly
provided for, and any right to receive additional amounts, as
provided in Section 1009), and the Trustee, at the expense of the
Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging
satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, when
(A) all Securities theretofore authenticated and
delivered (other than Securities which have been destroyed, lost or
stolen and which have been replaced or paid as provided in Section
306 and Securities for whose payment money has theretofore been
deposited in trust or segregated and held in trust by the Company
and thereafter repaid to the Company or discharged from such trust,
as provided in Section 1003) have been delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation; or
(B) all such Securities not theretofore delivered to
the Trustee for cancellation:
(i) have become due and payable, or
(ii) will become due and payable at their Stated
Maturity within one year, or
(iii) are to be called for redemption within one year
under arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of
notice of redemption by the Trustee in the name, and at the
expense, of the Company,
and the
Company, in the case of (i), (ii) or (iii) above, has deposited or
caused to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in trust for
the purpose money in an amount sufficient to pay and discharge the
entire indebtedness on such Securities not theretofore delivered to
the Trustee for cancellation, for principal and any premium and
interest to the date of such deposit (in the case of Securities
which have become due and payable) or to the Stated Maturity or
Redemption Date, as the case may be;
(2) the Company has paid or caused to be paid all
other sums payable hereunder by the Company; and
(3) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an
Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating
that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to the
satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture have been complied
with.
Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge
of this Indenture, the obligations of the Company to the Trustee
under Section 607, the obligations of the Trustee to any
Authenticating Agent under Section 614 and, if money shall have
been deposited with the Trustee pursuant to subclause (B) of Clause
(1) of this Section, the obligations of the Trustee under Section
402 and the last paragraph of Section 1003 shall survive such
satisfaction and discharge.
SECTION
402.
Application of Trust
Money.
Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph
of Section 1003, all money deposited with the Trustee pursuant to
Section 401 shall be held in trust and applied by it, in accordance
with the provisions of the Securities and this Indenture, to the
payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the
Company acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may
determine, to the Persons entitled thereto, of the principal and
any premium and interest for whose payment such money has been
deposited with the Trustee.
ARTICLE V
REMEDIES
SECTION
501.
Events of Default.
“Event of Default”, wherever used
herein with respect to Securities of any series, means any one of
the following events (whatever the reason for such Event of Default
and whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be effected by
operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of
any court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or
governmental body):
(1) default in the payment of any interest upon any
Security of that series when it becomes due and payable, and
continuance of such default for a period of 30 days; or,
(2) default in the payment of the principal of or
any premium on any Security of that series at its Maturity and (if
so established as contemplated by Section 301 in respect of that
series), in the case of technical or administrative difficulties
only if such default persists for a period of five days;
or
(3) default in the deposit of any sinking fund
payment, when and as due by the terms of a Security of that series;
or
(4) default in the performance, or breach, of any
covenant or warranty of the Company in this Indenture (other than a
covenant or warranty a default in whose performance or whose breach
is elsewhere in this Section specifically dealt with or which has
expressly been included in this Indenture solely for the benefit of
series of Securities other than that series), and continuance of
such default or breach for a period of 90 days after there has been
given, by registered or certified mail, to the Company by the
Trustee or to the Company and the Trustee by the Holders of at
least 10% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that
series a written notice specifying such default or breach and
requiring it to be remedied and stating that such notice is a
“Notice of Default” hereunder or
(5) the entry by a court having jurisdiction in the
premises of (A) a decree or order for relief in respect of the
Company in an involuntary case or proceeding under any applicable
Federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other
similar law or (B) a decree or order adjudging the Company a
bankrupt or insolvent, or approving as properly filed a petition
seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition of
or in respect of the Company under any applicable Federal or State
law, or appointing a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee,
trustee, sequestrator or other similar official of the Company or
of any substantial part of its property, or ordering the winding up
or liquidation of its affairs, and the continuance of any such
decree or order for relief or any such other decree or order
unstayed and in effect for a period of 90 consecutive days;
or
(6) the commencement by the Company of a voluntary
case or proceeding under any applicable Federal or State
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or of
any other case or proceeding to be adjudicated a bankrupt or
insolvent, of the consent by it to the entry of a decree or order
for relief in respect of the Company i