Exhibit
4.2
EXECUTION COPY
ALPHA
NATURAL RESOURCES, INC.
SUBORDINATED INDENTURE
Dated
as of April 7, 2008
Union
Bank of California, N. A.
Trustee
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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| ARTICLE 1 DEFINITIONS |
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SECTION 1.01
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Certain Terms Defined |
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SECTION 1.02
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Other Definitions |
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| ARTICLE 2 SECURITY FORMS |
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SECTION 2.01
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Forms Generally |
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SECTION 2.02
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Form of Trustee's Certificate of
Authentication |
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| ARTICLE 3 ISSUE, EXECUTION, FORM AND
REGISTRATION OF SECURITIES |
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SECTION 3.01
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Amount Unlimited; Issuable in
Series |
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SECTION 3.02
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Authentication and Delivery of
Securities |
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SECTION 3.03
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Execution of Securities |
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SECTION 3.04
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Certificate of Authentication |
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SECTION 3.05
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Denomination and Date of Securities;
Payments of Interest |
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SECTION 3.06
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Global Security Legend |
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SECTION 3.07
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Registration, Transfer and
Exchange |
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SECTION 3.08
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Book-Entry Provisions for Global
Securities |
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SECTION 3.09
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Mutilated, Defaced, Destroyed, Lost
and Stolen Securities |
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SECTION 3.10
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Cancellation of Securities |
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SECTION 3.11
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Temporary Securities |
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SECTION 3.12
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CUSIP and ISIN Numbers |
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| ARTICLE 4 CERTAIN COVENANTS |
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SECTION 4.01
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Payment of Principal, Premium and
Interest on Securities |
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SECTION 4.02
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Maintenance of Office or Agency |
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SECTION 4.03
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Money for Securities Payments to be
Held in Trust |
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SECTION 4.04
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Existence |
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SECTION 4.05
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Statement by Officers as to
Default |
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SECTION 4.06
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Waiver of Certain Covenants |
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| ARTICLE 5 REMEDIES OF THE TRUSTEE AND
HOLDERS ON EVENT OF DEFAULT |
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SECTION 5.01
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Events of Default |
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SECTION 5.02
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Acceleration |
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SECTION 5.03
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Other Remedies |
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SECTION 5.04
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Waiver of Past Defaults |
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SECTION 5.05
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Control by Majority |
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SECTION 5.06
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Limitation on Suits |
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SECTION 5.07
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Rights of Holders to Receive
Payment |
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SECTION 5.08
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Collection Suit by Trustee |
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SECTION 5.09
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Trustee May File Proofs of Claim |
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SECTION 5.10
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Priorities |
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SECTION 5.11
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Undertaking for Costs |
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SECTION 5.12
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Restoration of Rights and
Remedies |
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SECTION 5.13
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Rights and Remedies Cumulative |
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SECTION 5.14
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Delay or Omission Not Waiver |
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| ARTICLE 6 THE TRUSTEE |
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SECTION 6.01
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Duties and Responsibilities of the
Trustee; During Default; Prior to Default |
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SECTION 6.02
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Certain Rights of the Trustee |
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SECTION 6.03
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Trustee Not Responsible for Recitals,
Disposition of Securities or Application of Proceeds Thereof |
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SECTION 6.04
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Trustee and Agents May Hold
Securities; Collections, etc |
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SECTION 6.05
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Moneys Held by Trustee |
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SECTION 6.06
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Notice of Default |
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SECTION 6.07
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Compensation and Indemnification of
Trustee and Its Prior Claim |
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SECTION 6.08
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Right of Trustee to Rely on Officers'
Certificate, etc |
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SECTION 6.09
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Persons Eligible for Appointment as
Trustee |
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SECTION 6.10
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Resignation and Removal; Appointment
of Successor Trustee |
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SECTION 6.11
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Acceptance of Appointment by
Successor |
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SECTION 6.12
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Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or
Succession to Business of Trustee |
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SECTION 6.13
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Preferential Collection of
Claims |
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SECTION 6.14
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Communications with the Trustee |
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SECTION 6.15
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Conflict of Interest |
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SECTION 6.16
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Paying Agent/Registrar |
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| ARTICLE 7 CONCERNING THE HOLDERS |
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SECTION 7.01
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Evidence of Action Taken by
Holders |
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SECTION 7.02
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Proof of Execution of Instruments and
of Holding of Securities; Record Date |
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SECTION 7.03
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Who May Be Deemed Owners of
Securities |
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SECTION 7.04
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Securities Owned by Company Deemed
Not Outstanding |
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SECTION 7.05
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Record Date for Action by
Securityholders |
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SECTION 7.06
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Right of Revocation of Action
Taken |
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| ARTICLE 8 SECURITYHOLDERS’
MEETINGS |
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SECTION 8.01
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Purposes for Which Meeting May Be
Called |
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SECTION 8.02
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Manner of Calling Meetings; Record
Date |
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SECTION 8.03
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Call of Meeting by Company or
Securityholders |
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SECTION 8.04
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Who May Attend and Vote at
Meeting |
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SECTION 8.05
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Regulations |
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SECTION 8.06
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Manner of Voting at Meetings and
Record to be Kept |
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SECTION 8.07
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Exercise of Rights of Trustee and
Securityholders Not to be Hindered or Delayed |
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| ARTICLE 9 SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES |
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SECTION 9.01
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Supplemental Indentures Without
Consent of Holders |
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SECTION 9.02
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With Consent of Holders |
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SECTION 9.03
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Effect of Supplemental Indenture |
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SECTION 9.04
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Documents to Be Given to Trustee;
Compliance with TIA |
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SECTION 9.05
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Notation on Securities in Respect of
Supplemental Indentures |
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| ARTICLE 10 CONSOLIDATION, MERGER OR
SALE OF ASSETS |
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SECTION
10.01
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When the Company May Merge, Etc |
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SECTION
10.02
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Successor Person Substituted |
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SECTION
10.03
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Opinion of Counsel to Trustee |
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| ARTICLE 11 REDEMPTION OF
SECURITIES |
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SECTION
11.01
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Applicability of Article |
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SECTION
11.02
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Notice of Redemption; Partial
Redemptions |
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SECTION
11.03
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Payment of Securities Called for
Redemption |
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| ARTICLE 12 SUBORDINATION |
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SECTION
12.01
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Agreement to Subordinate |
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SECTION
12.02
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Liquidation; Dissolution;
Bankruptcy |
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SECTION
12.03
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Default on Designated Senior
Debt |
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SECTION
12.04
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Acceleration of Securities |
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SECTION
12.05
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When Distribution Must Be Paid
Over |
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SECTION
12.06
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Subrogation |
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SECTION
12.07
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Relative Rights |
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SECTION
12.08
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Subordination May Not Be Impaired by
the Company |
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SECTION
12.09
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Distribution or Notice to
Representative |
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SECTION
12.10
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Rights of Trustee and Paying
Agent |
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SECTION
12.11
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Trustee Entitled To Rely |
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SECTION
12.12
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Authorization to Effect
Subordination |
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SECTION
12.13
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Trust Moneys Not Subordinated |
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SECTION
12.14
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Trustee Not Fiduciary for Holders of
Senior Debt |
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SECTION
12.15
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Reliance by Holders of Senior Debt on
Subordination Provisions |
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| ARTICLE 13 DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT
DEFEASANCE |
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SECTION
13.01
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Applicability of the Article;
Company's Option to Effect Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance |
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SECTION
13.02
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Legal Defeasance and Discharge |
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SECTION
13.03
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Covenant Defeasance |
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SECTION
13.04
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Conditions to Legal or Covenant
Defeasance |
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SECTION
13.05
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Deposited Money and Government
Securities to be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions |
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SECTION
13.06
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Repayment to the Company |
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SECTION
13.07
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Reinstatement |
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| ARTICLE 14 SATISFACTION AND
DISCHARGE |
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SECTION
14.01
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Satisfaction and Discharge of
Indenture |
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SECTION
14.02
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Application of Trust Money |
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| ARTICLE 15 HOLDERS’ LISTS AND
REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY |
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SECTION
15.01
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Company to Furnish Trustee Names and
Addresses of Holders |
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SECTION
15.02
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Preservation of Information;
Communications to Holders |
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SECTION
15.03
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Reports by the Trustee |
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SECTION
15.04
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Reports by the Company |
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| ARTICLE 16 MISCELLANEOUS
PROVISIONS |
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SECTION
16.01
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Incorporators, Stockholders, Officers
and Directors of Company Exempt from Individual Liability |
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SECTION
16.02
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Provisions of Indenture for the Sole
Benefit of Parties and Holders |
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SECTION
16.03
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Successors and Assigns of Company
Bound by Indenture |
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SECTION
16.04
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Notices to Holders |
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SECTION
16.05
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Officers' Certificates and Opinions
of Counsel; Statements to Be Contained Therein |
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SECTION
16.06
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Payments Due on Saturdays, Sundays
and Holidays |
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SECTION
16.07
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Conflict of Any Provision of
Indenture with Trust Indenture Act |
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SECTION
16.08
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New York Law to Govern |
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SECTION
16.09
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Third Party Beneficiaries |
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SECTION
16.10
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Counterparts |
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SECTION
16.11
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Effect of Headings |
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SECTION
16.12
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Severability |
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SECTION
16.13
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Patriot Act Compliance |
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ALPHA
NATURAL RESOURCES, INC.
Reconciliation and tie between Trust Indenture Act of 1939
and this Indenture
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| Trust Indenture Act |
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Indenture |
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§310 |
(a)(1) |
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6.09 |
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(a)(2) |
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6.09 |
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(a)(3) |
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Not Applicable |
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(a)(4) |
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Not Applicable |
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6.09 |
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(b) |
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6.10 |
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§311 |
(a) |
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6.13 |
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(b) |
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6.13 |
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15.03(a), 15.03(b) |
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§312 |
(a) |
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15.01, 15.02(a) |
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15.02(b) |
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15.02(c) |
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§313 |
(a) |
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15.03(a) |
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15.03(a) |
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15.03(b) |
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§314 |
(a) |
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15.04 |
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Not Applicable |
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16.05 |
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(c)(2) |
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16.05 |
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Not Applicable |
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Not Applicable |
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16.05 |
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§315 |
(a) |
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6.01 |
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6.06, 15.03(a) |
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(c) |
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6.01 |
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(d) |
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6.01 |
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6.01 |
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(d)(2) |
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6.01 |
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6.01 |
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(e) |
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5.11 |
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§316 |
(a)(1)(A) |
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5.05 |
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(a)(1)(B) |
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5.02, 5.04 |
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Not Applicable |
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(b) |
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5.07 |
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(c) |
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7.02 |
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§317 |
(a)(1) |
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5.08 |
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(a)(2) |
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5.09 |
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(b) |
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4.03 |
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(a) |
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16.07 |
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This cross-reference table shall not, for any purpose, be
deemed to be part of this Indenture. |
iv
SUBORDINATED INDENTURE dated as of
April 7, 2008 between Alpha Natural Resources, Inc., a
Delaware company (the “Company”) and Union Bank of
California, N.A., as trustee (the “Trustee”).
W I T
N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, the Company has duly
authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture to provide
for the issuance from time to time of its unsecured debentures,
notes or other evidences of indebtedness (herein called the
“Securities”), to be issued in one or more series as in
this Indenture provided; and
WHEREAS, all things necessary to make
the Indenture a valid indenture and agreement according to its
terms, have been done.
NOW, THEREFORE:
In consideration of the premises and
the purchases of the Securities by the Holders thereof, the Company
and the Trustee mutually covenant and agree for the equal and
proportionate benefit of the respective Holders from time to time
of the Securities as follows:
ARTICLE 1
DEFINITIONS
SECTION 1.01 Certain Terms
Defined . The following terms (except as otherwise expressly
provided or unless the context otherwise clearly requires) for all
purposes of this Indenture and of any indenture supplemental hereto
shall have the respective meanings specified in this Section. All
other terms used in this Indenture which are defined in the Trust
Indenture Act or the definitions of which in the Securities Act are
referred to in the Trust Indenture Act (except as herein otherwise
expressly provided or unless the context otherwise clearly
requires), shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the
Trust Indenture Act and in the Securities Act as in force at the
date of this Indenture. All accounting terms used herein and not
expressly defined shall have the meanings given to them in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the
United States (whether or not such is indicated herein). The words
“herein,” “hereof” and
“hereunder” and other words of similar import refer to
this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Article,
Section or other subdivision. The terms defined in this Article
include the plural as well as the singular.
“Affiliate” means, with
respect to any specified Person, any other Person who directly or
indirectly through one or more intermediaries controls, or is
controlled by, or is under common control with, such specified
Person. The term “control” means the possession,
directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the
direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether
through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or
otherwise; and the terms “controlling” and
“controlled” have meanings correlative of the
foregoing.
“Agent Members” has the
meaning provided in Section 3.08(a).
“Board of Directors”
means, with respect to any Person, the Board of Directors of such
Person, or any authorized committee of the Board of Directors of
such Person or any officer of such Person duly authorized by the
Board of Directors of such Person to take a specific action.
“Board Resolution” means
a copy of a resolution certified by the Secretary or an Assistant
Secretary of the Company to have been duly adopted by the Board of
Directors and to be in full force and effect on the date of such
certification, and delivered to the Trustee.
“Business Day” means any
day except a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial
banks in the City of New York are authorized or obligated by law or
executive order to close.
“Commission” means the
Securities and Exchange Commission, as from time to time
constituted, created under the Exchange Act, or, if at any time
after the execution of this instrument such Commission is not
existing and performing the duties now assigned to it under the
Trust Indenture Act, then the body performing such duties at such
time.
“Company” means the
Person named as the “Company” in the first paragraph of
this Indenture until a successor corporation shall have become such
pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and
thereafter “Company” shall mean such successor
corporation.
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“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
President, its Chief Executive Officer, its Chief Operating Officer
or a Vice President, and by its Chief Financial Officer, its
Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, its Controller, an Assistant
Controller, its Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, and delivered
to the Trustee.
“Corporate Trust Office”
means the corporate trust office of the Trustee at which the
corporate trust business of the Trustee shall, at any particular
time, be principally administered, which office is, at the date as
of which this Indenture is dated, located at 350 California Street,
Corporate Trust -11th Floor, San Francisco, California 94104,
Attention: Corporate Trust Administration.
“Default” means any event
that is or with the passage of time or the giving of notice or both
would be an Event of Default.
“Depositary” means The
Depository Trust Company, its nominees, and their respective
successors.
“Designated Senior Debt”
shall have, with respect to any series of Securities, the meaning
set forth in the supplemental indenture establishing the terms of
such Securities.
“Event of Default” means
any event or condition specified as such in Section 5.01 which
shall have continued for the period of time, if any, therein
designated.
“Exchange Act” means the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
“Government Securities”
means direct obligations of, or obligations guaranteed by, the
United States of America, and the payment for which the United
States pledges its full faith and credit.
“Global Security” means a
Security evidencing all or part of a series of Securities, issued
to the Depositary for that series in accordance with
Section 3.05 and bearing the appropriate legend prescribed in
Section 3.06.
“Holder,” “Holder
of Securities,” “Securityholder” or other similar
terms mean the registered holder of any Security.
“Indenture” means this
indenture as originally executed or as it may from time to time be
supplemented or amended by one or more indentures supplemental
hereto entered into pursuant to the applicable provisions hereof
and shall include the terms of particular series of Securities
established as contemplated hereunder.
“Interest Payment Date,”
when used with respect to any Security, means the Stated Maturity
of an installment of interest on such Security.
“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” has
the meaning provided in Section 6.06.
“Officer’s
Certificate” means a certificate signed on behalf of the
Company by two officers of the Company, one of whom must be the
principal executive officer, the principal financial officer, the
treasurer or the principal accounting officer of the Company, that
meets the requirements of Section 16.05 hereof.
“Opinion of Counsel”
means an opinion in writing signed by legal counsel who may be an
employee of or counsel to the Company or who may be other counsel
satisfactory to the Trustee.
“outstanding”, when used
with reference to Securities, subject to the provisions of
Article 7 means, as of any particular time, all Securities
authenticated and delivered by the Trustee under this Indenture,
except
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Securities, or portions thereof, for the payment or redemption
of which moneys in the necessary amount shall have been deposited
in trust with the Trustee or with any Paying Agent (other than the
Company) or shall have been set aside, segregated and held in trust
by the Company (if the Company shall act as its own Paying Agent),
provided that if such Securities are to be redeemed prior to
the maturity thereof, notice of such redemption shall have been
given as herein provided, or provision satisfactory to a
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Securities in substitution for which other Securities shall
have been authenticated and delivered, or which shall have been
paid, pursuant to the terms of Section 3.09 (unless proof
satisfactory to the Trustee and the Company is presented that any
of such Securities is held by a person in whose hands such Security
is a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company); and |
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Section 12.01. |
“Permitted Junior
Securities” means, with respect to the Securities of any
series, capital stock of the Company or securities of the Company
that are subordinated to all Senior Debt of the Company and any
debt securities issued in exchange for Senior Debt of the Company
to substantially the same extent as, or to a greater extent than,
the Securities of such series are subordinated to Senior Debt
pursuant to this Indenture.
“Paying Agent” means any
Person authorized by the Company to pay the principal of (and
premium, if any) and interest, if any, on any Securities on behalf
of the Company. The Company may act as Paying Agent with respect to
any Securities issued hereunder.
“Payment Blockage Notice”
has the meaning assigned to it in Section 12.03.
“Payment Office,” when
used with respect to the Securities of or within any series, means
the place or places where the principal of (and premium, if any)
and interest on such Securities are payable as specified as
contemplated by Sections 3.01 and 4.01.
“Person” means any
individual, corporation, partnership, joint stock company, business
trust, trust, unincorporated association, joint venture or other
entity or organization, including a government or political
subdivision or an agency or instrumentality thereof.
“Physical Securities”
means Securities issued pursuant to Section 3.02 in exchange
for interest in the Global Security or pursuant to
Section 3.08(b) in registered form substantially in the form
hereinabove recited.
“Principal Amount” means,
when used with respect to any Security, the amount of principal of
such Security that could then be declared due and payable pursuant
to Section 5.02.
“Registrar” has the
meaning provided in Section 3.07.
“Regular Record Date” for
the interest payable on any Interest Payment Date on the Securities
of any series means the date specified for that purpose as
contemplated by Section 3.01.
“Representative” means
the indenture trustee or other trustee, agent or representative for
any Senior Debt.
“Responsible Officer”
when used with respect to the Trustee means any officer within the
Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee including any vice president,
any trust officer, any assistant vice president, any assistant
secretary, any assistant treasurer, or any other officer of the
Trustee customarily performing functions similar to those performed
by the persons who at the time shall be such officers,
respectively, or to whom any corporate trust matter is referred
because of his or her knowledge of and familiarity with the
particular subject and who shall have direct responsibility for the
administration of this Indenture.
“Securities Act” means
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
“Security” or
“Securities” means any Security or Securities, as the
case may be, authenticated and delivered under this
Indenture.
“Security Register” has
the meaning provided in Section 3.07.
“Senior Debt” means, with
respect to any Person, the principal of (and premium, if any) and
interest in respect of:
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securities, notes, debentures, bonds or other similar
instruments issued by such Person; |
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purchase price of property by such Person or a Subsidiary of such
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conditional sale or title retention agreement (but excluding trade
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all obligations, contingent or otherwise, of such Person in
respect of any letters of credit, banker’s acceptances,
security purchase facilities or similar credit transactions; |
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agreements, interest rate future or option contracts, currency swap
agreements, currency future or option contracts and other similar
agreements; |
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sale of receivables or similar transaction; |
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(i) through (vi) of other Persons for the payment of
which such Person is responsible or liable as obligor, guarantor or
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support agreements and other agreements in the nature thereof; |
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all renewals, extensions, refundings, amendments and
modifications of indebtedness or obligations referred to in clauses
(i) through (viii) (unless the instrument creating or
evidencing any such indebtedness or obligation or its renewal,
extension, refund, amendment or modification specifically provides
that such indebtedness or obligation is not senior in right of
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all obligations of the type referred to in clauses
(i) through (ix) of other Persons secured by any lien on
any property or asset of such Person (whether or not such
obligation is assumed by such obligor). Notwithstanding the
foregoing, Senior Debt does not include (1) any such
indebtedness or obligation that is by its terms subordinated to or
pari passu with the Securities of the relevant series, and
(2) any indebtedness or obligation between or among such
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“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 or a coupon representing such installment of interest as
the fixed date on which the principal of such Security or such
installment of principal or interest is due and payable.
“Subsidiary” means, as
applied, with respect to any Person, any corporation, partnership
or other legal entity of which, in the case of a corporation, more
than 50% of the issued and outstanding capital stock having
ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the board of directors
of such corporation (irrespective of whether at the time capital
stock of any other class or classes of such corporation has or
might have voting power upon the occurrence of any contingency),
or, in the case of any partnership or other legal entity, more than
50% of the ordinary equity capital interests, is at the time
directly or indirectly owned or controlled by such Person, by such
Person and one or more of its other Subsidiaries or by one or more
of such Person’s other Subsidiaries.
“Trust Indenture Act”
means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, as in force at
the date as of which this Indenture was originally executed, and
“TIA”, when used in respect of an indenture
supplemental hereto, means such Act as in force at the time such
indenture supplemental hereto becomes effective.
“Trustee” means the
Person named as the “Trustee” in the first paragraph of
this Indenture until a successor Trustee shall have become such
pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and
thereafter “Trustee” shall mean or include each Person
who is then a Trustee hereunder; provided , however ,
that if at any time there is more than one such Person,
“Trustee” as used with respect to the Securities of any
series shall mean only the Trustee with respect to Securities of
that series.
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ARTICLE 2
SECURITY FORMS
SECTION 2.01 Forms Generally .
The Securities of each series shall be in substantially the forms
as shall be established by or pursuant to a Board Resolution or in
one or more indentures supplemental hereto, in each case with such
appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other
variations as are required or permitted by this Indenture, and may
have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification and
such legends or endorsements placed thereon as may be required to
comply with the rules of any securities exchange or as may,
consistently herewith, be determined by the officers executing such
Securities, as evidenced by their execution of the Securities. If
the form of Securities of any series is established by action taken
pursuant to a Board Resolution, a copy of an appropriate record of
such action shall be certified by the Secretary or an Assistant
Secretary of the Company and delivered to the Trustee at or prior
to the delivery of the Company Order contemplated by
Section 3.02 for the authentication and delivery of such
Securities.
The Trustee’s certificate of
authentication on all Securities shall be in substantially the form
set forth in this Article.
The definitive Securities shall be
printed, lithographed or engraved on steel-engraved borders or may
be produced in any other manner, all as determined by the officers
executing such Securities, as evidenced by their execution of such
Securities.
SECTION 2.02 Form of
Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication . The
Trustee’s certificate of authentication shall be
substantially in 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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ARTICLE 3
ISSUE, EXECUTION, FORM AND REGISTRATION OF SECURITIES
SECTION 3.01 Amount Unlimited;
Issuable in Series . The aggregate principal amount of
Securities which may be authenticated and delivered under this
Indenture is unlimited.
The Securities may be issued from
time to time in one or more series. Prior to the issuance of
Securities of any series, there shall be established in or pursuant
to (i) a Board Resolution, (ii) action taken pursuant to a
Board Resolution and (subject to Sections 3.03 and 3.04) set
forth, or determined in the manner provided, in an Officers’
Certificate, or (iii) one or more indentures supplemental
hereto:
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(1) the title of the Securities of
the series (which shall distinguish the Securities of the series
from all other Securities);
(2) the purchase price, denomination
and any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the Securities
of the series which may be authenticated and delivered under this
Indenture (except for Securities authenticated and delivered upon
registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of,
other Securities of the series pursuant to Sections 3.03, 3.08,
3.10, 9.05 or 11.02);
(3) the date or dates on which the
principal of and premium, if any, on the Securities of the series
is payable or the method of determination thereof;
(4) the rate or rates at which the
Securities of the series shall bear interest, if any, or the method
of calculating such rate or rates of interest, the date or dates
from which such interest shall accrue or the method by which such
date or dates shall be determined, the Interest Payment Dates on
which any such interest shall be payable and the Regular Record
Date, if any, for the interest payable on any Interest Payment
Date;
(5) the place or places where the
principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, on
Securities of the series shall be payable;
(6) the place or places where the
Securities may be exchanged or transferred;
(7) the period or periods within
which, the price or prices at which, the currency or currencies
(including currency unit or units) in which, and the other terms
and conditions upon which Securities of the series may be redeemed,
in whole or in part, at the option of the Company, if the Company
is to have that option, and, if other than as provided in
Section 11.02, the manner in which the particular Securities
of such series (if less than all Securities of such series are to
be redeemed) are to be selected for redemption;
(8) the obligation, if any, of the
Company to redeem or purchase Securities of the series in whole or
in part pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous provisions or
upon the happening of a specified event or at the option of a
Holder thereof and the period or periods within which, the price or
prices at which, and the other terms and conditions upon which
Securities of the series shall be redeemed or purchased, in whole
or in part, pursuant to such obligation;
(9) if other than denominations of
$1,000 and any integral multiple thereof, the denominations in
which Securities of the series shall be issuable;
(10) if other than U.S. dollars, the
currency or currencies (including currency unit or units) in which
payments of principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if
any, on the Securities of the series shall or may by payable, or in
which the Securities of the series shall be denominated, and the
particular provisions applicable thereto;
(11) if the payments of principal of
(and premium, if any) and interest, if any, on the Securities of
the series are to be made, at the election of the Company or a
Securityholder, in a currency or currencies (including currency
unit or units) other than that in which such Securities are
denominated or designated to be payable, the currency or currencies
(including currency unit or units) in which such payments are to be
made, the terms and conditions of such payments and the manner in
which the exchange rate with respect to such payments shall be
determined, and the particular provisions applicable thereto;
(12) if the amount of payments of
principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, on the
Securities of the series shall be determined with reference to an
index, formula or other method (which index, formula or method may
be based, without limitation, on a currency or currencies
(including currency unit or units) other than that in which the
Securities of the series are denominated or designated to be
payable), the index, formula or other method by which such amounts
shall be determined;
(13) if other than the principal
amount thereof, the portion of the principal amount of Securities
of the series which shall be payable upon declaration of
acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 5.02
or the method by which such portion shall be determined;
(14) any modifications of or
additions to the subordination provisions, the Events of Default or
the covenants of the Company set forth herein with respect to
Securities of the series;
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(15) if either or both of
Section 13.02 and Section 13.03 shall be inapplicable to
the Securities of the series ( provided that if no such
inapplicability shall be specified, then both Section 13.02
and Section 13.03 shall be applicable to the Securities of the
series) and any other terms upon which the Securities of such
series will be defeasible;
(16) if other than the Trustee, the
identity of the Registrar and any Paying Agent;
(17) if the Securities of the series
shall be issued in whole or in part in global form, (i) the
Depositary for such global Securities, (ii) the form of any
legend in addition to or in lieu of that in Section 3.07 which
shall be borne by such global Security, (iii) whether beneficial
owners of interests in any Securities of the series in global form
may exchange such interests for certificated Securities of such
series and of like tenor of any authorized form and denomination,
and (iv) if other than as provided in Section 3.08, the
circumstances under which any such exchange may occur;
(18) if, and the terms and conditions
upon which, the Securities of such series may or must be converted
into securities of the Company or exchanged for securities of the
Company or another enterprise; and
(19) any other terms of the series
(which terms shall not be inconsistent with the provisions of this
Indenture, except as permitted by Section 9.01, but which may
modify or delete any provision of this Indenture insofar as it
applies to such series), including any terms which may be required
by or advisable under the laws of the United States of America or
regulations thereunder or advisable (as determined by the Company)
in connection with the marketing of Securities of the series.
All Securities of any one series
shall be substantially identical except as to denomination and
except as may otherwise be provided (i) by a Board Resolution,
(ii) by action taken pursuant to a Board Resolution and
(subject to Sections 3.02-3.05) set forth, or determined in
the manner provided, in an Officers’ Certificate or
(iii) in any such indenture supplemental hereto. All
Securities of any one series need not be issued at the same time
and, unless otherwise provided, a series may be reopened, without
the consent of the Holders, for issuances of additional Securities
of such series.
If any of the terms of the Securities
of any series are established by action taken pursuant to a Board
Resolution, a copy of an appropriate record of such action shall be
certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company
and delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the
Officers’ Certificate setting forth, or providing the manner
for determining, the terms of the Securities of such series, and an
appropriate record of any action taken pursuant thereto in
connection with the issuance of any Securities of such series shall
be delivered to the Trustee prior to the authentication and
delivery thereof.
SECTION 3.02 Authentication and
Delivery of Securities . Upon the execution and delivery of
this Indenture, or from time to time thereafter, Securities may be
executed by the Company and delivered to the Trustee for
authentication, and upon delivery to the Trustee of all documents
and certificates as required by this Indenture, the Trustee shall
thereupon authenticate and make available for delivery said
Securities to the Company or as may otherwise be set forth in a
Company Order without any further action by the Company.
SECTION 3.03 Execution of
Securities . The Securities shall be signed on behalf of the
Company by its Chairman of the Board of Directors, its Chief
Executive Officer, its Chief Operating Officer, its Chief Financial
Officer, its Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, its Controller, its
Secretary or any Vice President (whether or not designated by a
number or numbers or a word or words added before or after the
title “Vice President”). Such signatures may be the
manual or facsimile signatures of the present or any future such
officers. In case any officer of the Company who shall have signed
any of the Securities shall cease to be such officer before the
Security so signed shall be authenticated and delivered by the
Trustee or disposed of by the Company, such Security nevertheless
may be authenticated and delivered or disposed of as though the
person who signed such Security had not ceased to be such officer
of the Company, as the case may be; and any Security may be signed
on behalf of the Company by such persons as, at the actual date of
the execution of such Security shall be the proper officers of the
Company, as the case may be, although at the date of the execution
and delivery of this Indenture any such person was not such
officer.
SECTION 3.04 Certificate of
Authentication . Only such Securities as shall bear thereon a
certificate of authentication substantially in the form hereinabove
recited, executed by the Trustee by manual signature of one of its
authorized signatories, shall be entitled to the benefits of this
Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.
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Such
certificate by the Trustee upon any Security executed by the
Company shall be conclusive evidence that the Security so
authenticated has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder
and that the Holder is entitled to the benefits of this
Indenture.
SECTION 3.05 Denomination and Date
of Securities; Payments of Interest . (a) The Securities
shall be issuable in such denominations as shall be specified as
contemplated by Section 3.01 but in any event not less than $1,000
and any integral multiple thereof. In the absence of any such
provisions with respect to the Securities, the Securities shall be
issuable in denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple
thereof. The Securities shall be numbered, lettered, or otherwise
distinguished in such manner or in accordance with such plans as
the officers of the Company executing the same may determine with
the approval of the Trustee.
Any of the Securities may be issued
with appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and
variations, and may have imprinted or otherwise reproduced thereon
such legend or legends, not inconsistent with the provisions of
this Indenture, as may be required to comply with any law or with
any rules or regulations pursuant thereto, including those required
by Section 3.06, or with the rules of any securities market in
which the Securities are admitted to trading, or to conform to
general usage.
Each Security shall be dated the date
of its authentication, shall bear interest from the applicable date
and shall be payable on the dates specified on the face of the form
of Security above. Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by
Section 3.01 for Securities of any series, interest on the
Securities of each series shall be computed on the basis of a
360-day year of twelve 30-day months.
(a) Global Securities. If
Securities of or within a series are issuable in whole or in part
in global form, then any such Security of such series shall be
deposited with the Trustee as custodian for the Depositary and
registered in the name of Cede & Co., as nominee for the
Depositary. The Global Security shall be deposited on behalf of the
purchasers of the Securities represented thereby with the Trustee,
as custodian for the Depositary (or with such other custodian as
the Depositary may direct), and registered in the name of the
Depositary or a nominee of the Depositary, duly executed by the
Company and authenticated by the Trustee as hereinafter provided.
The aggregate principal amount of the Global Securities may from
time to time be increased or decreased by adjustments made on the
records of the Trustee and the Depositary or its nominee as
hereinafter provided.
(b) The person in whose name any
Security is registered at the close of business on any Regular
Record Date with respect to any Interest Payment Date shall be
entitled to receive the interest, if any, payable on such Interest
Payment Date notwithstanding any transfer or exchange of such
Security subsequent to the Regular Record Date and prior to such
Interest Payment Date, except if and to the extent the Company
shall default in the payment of the interest due on such Interest
Payment Date, in which case such defaulted interest, plus (to the
extent lawful) any interest payable on the defaulted interest,
shall be paid to the persons in whose names outstanding Securities
are registered at the close of business on a subsequent record date
(which shall be not less than five Business Days prior to the date
of such payment) established by notice given by mail by or on
behalf of the Company to the Holders of Securities not less than
15 days preceding such subsequent record date.
SECTION 3.06 Global Security
Legend . Any Security in global form authenticated and
delivered hereunder shall bear a legend in substantially the
following form, or in such other form as may be necessary or
appropriate to reflect the arrangements with or to comply with the
requirements of any Depositary:
THIS SECURITY
IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE
HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF THE
DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY, WHICH MAY BE TREATED BY
THE COMPANY, THE TRUSTEE AND ANY AGENT THEREOF AS OWNER AND HOLDER
OF THIS SECURITY FOR ALL PURPOSES.
UNLESS THIS
CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE
DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR
REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE
ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER
NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE
DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (AND ANY PAYMENT HEREON IS MADE TO CEDE
& CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY), ANY TRANSFER,
PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO
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WRONGFUL SINCE THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN
INTEREST HEREIN.
TRANSFERS OF
THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT
NOT IN PART, TO NOMINEES OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY OR TO A
SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSOR’S NOMINEE.
SECTION 3.07 Registration,
Transfer and Exchange . The Securities are issuable only in
registered form. The Company will keep at each office or agency
(the “Registrar”) for each series of Securities a
register or registers (the “Security Register(s)”) in
which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe,
it will register, and will register the transfer of Securities as
provided in this Article. Such Security Register or Security
Registers shall be in written form in the English language or in
any other form capable of being converted into such form within a
reasonable time. At all reasonable times such Security Register or
Security Registers shall be open for inspection by the Trustee. The
initial Registrar shall be the Trustee.
Upon due presentation for
registration of transfer of any Security of any series at each such
office or agency, the Company shall execute and, upon receipt of a
Company Order, the Trustee shall authenticate and make available
for delivery in the name of the designated transferee or
transferees a new Security or Securities of the same series, in
each case, of any authorized denominations and of a like aggregate
Principal Amount.
At the option of the Holder,
Securities of any series (except a Security in global form) may be
exchanged for other Securities of the same series, of any
authorized denominations and of a like aggregate Principal Amount
and Stated Maturity, upon surrender of the Securities to be
exchanged at such office or agency. Whenever any Securities are so
surrendered for exchange, the Company shall execute, and, upon
receipt of a Company Order, the Trustee shall authenticate and make
available for delivery, the Securities which the Holder making the
exchange is entitled to receive.
A Holder may transfer a Security only
by written application to the Registrar stating the name of the
proposed transferee and otherwise complying with the terms of this
Indenture. No such transfer shall be effected until, and such
transferee shall succeed to the rights of a Holder only upon, final
acceptance and registration of the transfer by the Registrar in the
Security Register. Prior to the registration of any transfer by a
Holder as provided herein, the Company, the Trustee, and any agent
of the Company shall treat the person in whose name the Security is
registered as the owner thereof for all purposes whether or not the
Security shall be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee,
nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
Furthermore, any Holder of a Global Security shall, by acceptance
of such Global Security, agree that transfers of beneficial
interests in such Global Security may be effected only through a
book entry system maintained by the Depository (or its nominee) and
that ownership of a beneficial interest in the Security shall be
required to be reflected in a book entry. When Securities are
presented to the Registrar or a co-Registrar with a request to
register the transfer or to exchange them for an equal Principal
Amount of Securities of other authorized denominations, the
Registrar shall register the transfer or make the exchange as
requested if the requirements for such transactions set forth
herein are met. To permit registrations of transfers and exchanges,
the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate
Securities at the Registrar’s request.
The Company may require payment of a
sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that
may be imposed in connection with any exchange or registration of
transfer of Securities (other than any such transfer taxes or other
similar governmental charge payable upon exchanges pursuant to
Section 3.11, 9.05 or 11.03). No service charge to any Holder
shall be made for any such transaction.
The Company shall not be required to
exchange or register a transfer of (a) any Securities of any
series for a period of 15 days next preceding the first
mailing of notice of redemption of Securities of that series to be
redeemed, or (b) any Securities of any series selected, called
or being called for redemption except, in the case of any Security
of any series where public notice has been given that such Security
is to be redeemed in part, the portion thereof not so to be
redeemed.
All Securities issued upon any
transfer or exchange of Securities shall be valid obligations of
the Company, evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same
benefits under this Indenture, as the Securities surrendered upon
such transfer or exchange.
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SECTION 3.08 Book-Entry Provisions
for Global Securities . (a) Each Global Security initially
shall (i) be registered in the name of the Depositary for such
Global Securities or the nominee of such Depositary, (ii) be
delivered to the Trustee as custodian for such Depositary and
(iii) bear legends as set forth in Section 3.06.
Members of, or participants in, the
Depositary (“Agent Members”) shall have no rights under
this Indenture with respect to any Global Security held on their
behalf by the Depositary, or the Trustee as its custodian, or under
the Global Security, and the Depositary may be treated by the
Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee as
the absolute owner of such Global Security for all purposes
whatsoever. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall
prevent the Company, the Trustee or any agent of the Company or the
Trustee, from giving effect to any written certification, proxy or
other authorization furnished by the Depositary or impair, as
between the Depositary and its Agent Members, the operation of
customary practices governing the exercise of the rights of a
holder of any Security.
(b) Transfers of a Global
Security shall be limited to transfers of such Global Security in
whole, but not in part, to the Depositary for such series, its
successors or their respective nominees. The Company may at any
time and in its sole discretion determine that the Securities of a
series issued in the form of one or more Global Securities shall no
longer be represented by such Global Securities. In such event, the
Company will execute, and the Trustee, upon receipt of a Company
Order for the authentication and delivery of definitive Securities
of such series of like tenor, will authenticate and deliver
Securities of such series of like tenor and terms in definitive
form in an aggregate Principal Amount equal to the Principal Amount
of the Global Security or Securities of such series in exchange for
such Global Security or Securities. Interests of beneficial owners
in a Global Security may be transferred in accordance with the
rules and procedures of the Depositary.
In addition, Physical Securities
shall be transferred to all beneficial owners in exchange for their
beneficial interests in a Global Security, if (i) the
Depositary (A) notifies the Company that it is unwilling or
unable to continue as Depositary for such Global Security, and a
successor depositary is not appointed by the Company within
90 days of such notice, or (B) ceases to be qualified to
serve as Depositary and a successor depositary is not appointed by
the Company within 90 days of such notice, (ii) the
Company executes and delivers to the Trustee a Company Order that
such Global Security shall be so transferable, registrable and
exchangeable, and such transfers shall be registrable, or
(iii) an Event of Default of which the Trustee has actual
notice has occurred and is continuing and the Registrar has
received a request from a beneficial owner to issue such Physical
Securities.
(c) Any beneficial interest in
one of the Global Securities that is transferred to a person who
takes delivery in the form of an interest in the other Global
Security will, upon transfer, cease to be an interest in such
Global Security and become an interest in the other Global Security
and, accordingly, will thereafter be subject to all transfer
restrictions, if any, and other procedures applicable to beneficial
interests in such other Global Security for as long as it remains
such an interest.
(d) In connection with any
transfer of a portion of the beneficial interests in a Global
Security to beneficial owners pursuant to paragraph (b) of
this Section 3.08, the Registrar shall reflect on its books
and records the date and a decrease in the Principal Amount of such
Global Security in an amount equal to the Principal Amount of the
beneficial interest in such Global Security to be transferred, and
the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and
make available for delivery, one or more Physical Securities of
like tenor and amount.
(e) In connection with the
transfer of an entire Global Security to beneficial owners pursuant
to paragraph (b) of this Section, such Global Security shall
be deemed to be surrendered to the Trustee for cancellation, and
the Company shall execute, and upon receipt of a Company Order the
Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, to each beneficial owner
identified by the Depositary in exchange for its beneficial
interest in such Global Security, an equal Principal Amount of
Physical Securities of authorized denominations.
(f) The registered holder of a
Global Security may grant proxies and otherwise authorize any
person, including Agent Members and persons that may hold interests
through Agent Members, to take any action which a Holder is
entitled to take under this Indenture or the Securities of such
series.
SECTION 3.09 Mutilated, Defaced,
Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities . In case any temporary
or definitive Security shall become mutilated, defaced or be
apparently destroyed, lost or stolen, the Company in its discretion
may execute, and upon the written request of any officer of the
Company and delivery to the Trustee of all documents and
certificates as required by this Indenture, the Trustee shall
authenticate and make available for delivery, a new Security of the
same series bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding, in
exchange and substitution for the mutilated or defaced Security, or
in lieu of and substitution for the Security so apparently
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destroyed, lost or stolen. In every case the applicant for a
substitute Security shall furnish to the Company and the Trustee
and any agent of the Company or the Trustee such security or
indemnity as may be required by each of them to indemnify and
defend and to save each of them harmless and, in every case of
destruction, loss or theft evidence to their satisfaction of the
apparent destruction, loss or theft of such Security and of the
ownership thereof.
Upon the issuance of any substitute
Security, the Company may require the payment of a sum sufficient
to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed
in relation thereto and any other expenses (including the fees and
expenses of the Trustee) connected therewith. In case any Security
which has matured or is about to mature, or has been called for
redemption in full, shall become mutilated or defaced or be
apparently destroyed, lost or stolen, the Company may, instead of
issuing a substitute Security of the same series, pay or authorize
the payment of the same (without surrender thereof except in the
case of a mutilated or defaced Security), if the applicant for such
payment shall furnish to the Company and to the Trustee and any
agent of the Company or the Trustee such Security or indemnity as
any of them may require to save each of them harmless from all
risks, however remote, and, in every case of apparent destruction,
loss or theft, the applicant shall also furnish to the Company and
the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee evidence to
their satisfaction of the apparent destruction, loss or theft of
such Security and of the ownership thereof.
Every substitute Security issued
pursuant to the provisions of this Section by virtue of the fact
that any Security is apparently destroyed, lost or stolen shall
constitute an additional contractual obligation of the Company
whether or not the apparently destroyed, lost or stolen Security
shall be at any time enforceable by anyone and shall be entitled to
all the benefits of (but shall be subject to all the limitations of
rights set forth in) this Indenture equally and proportionately
with any and all other Securities duly authenticated and delivered
hereunder. All Securities shall be held and owned upon the express
condition that, to the extent permitted by law, with respect to the
holder of a substitute Security, the foregoing provisions are
exclusive with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated,
defaced, or apparently destroyed, lost or stolen Securities and
shall preclude any and all other rights or remedies notwithstanding
any law or statute existing or hereafter enacted to the contrary
with respect to the replacement or payment of negotiable
instruments or other securities without their surrender.
SECTION 3.10 Cancellation of
Securities . All Securities surrendered for payment,
redemption, registration of transfer or exchange, if surrendered to
the Company or any agent of the Company or the Trustee, shall be
delivered to the Trustee for cancellation or, if surrendered to the
Trustee, shall be cancelled by it; and no Securities shall be
issued in lieu thereof except as expressly permitted by any of the
provisions of this Indenture. The Trustee shall dispose of
cancelled Securities in accordance with its customary procedures.
If the Company shall acquire any of the Securities, such
acquisition shall not operate as a redemption or satisfaction of
the indebtedness represented by such Securities unless and until
the same are delivered to the Trustee for cancellation.
SECTION 3.11 Temporary
Securities . Pending the preparation of definitive Securities
of any series, the Company may execute and the Trustee shall
authenticate and make available for delivery temporary Securities
of such series (printed, lithographed, typewritten or otherwise
reproduced, in each case in form satisfactory to the Trustee).
Temporary Securities shall be issuable as registered Securities of
such series without coupons, of any authorized denomination, and
substantially in the form of the definitive Securities of such
series but with such omissions, insertions and variations as may be
appropriate for temporary Securities, all as may be determined by
the Company with the concurrence of the Trustee. Temporary
Securities may contain such reference to any provisions of this
Indenture as may be appropriate. Every temporary Security shall be
executed by the Company and be authenticated by the Trustee upon
the same conditions and in substantially the same manner, and with
like effect, as the definitive Securities of such series. Without
unreasonable delay the Company shall execute and shall furnish
definitive Securities of such series and thereupon temporary
Securities of such series may be surrendered in exchange therefor
without charge at each office or agency to be maintained by the
Company for the purpose pursuant to Section 4.02, and upon
delivery to the Trustee of all documents and certificates as
required by this Indenture, the Trustee shall authenticate and make
available for delivery in exchange for such temporary Securities a
like aggregate principal amount of definitive Securities of such
series of authorized denominations. Until so exchanged the
temporary Securities of such series shall be entitled to the same
benefits under this Indenture as definitive Securities of such
series.
SECTION 3.12 CUSIP and ISIN
Numbers . The Company in issuing the Securities of any series
may use a “CUSIP” and “ISIN” number (if
then generally in use), and, if so, the Trustee shall use the CUSIP
numbers or ISIN numbers, as the case may be, in notices of
redemption or exchange as a convenience to Holders of such series;
provided that any such notice shall state that no
representation is made as to the correctness of such numbers
either
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as
printed on the Securities or as contained in any notice of
redemption or exchange and that reliance may be placed only on the
other identification numbers printed on the Securities and any such
redemption shall not be affected by any defect in or omission of
such numbers. The Company shall promptly notify the Trustee of any
change in the CUSIP numbers or ISIN numbers.
ARTICLE 4
CERTAIN COVENANTS
SECTION 4.01 Payment of Principal,
Premium and Interest on Securities . The Company, for the
benefit of each series of the Securities, will duly and punctually
pay or cause to be paid the principal of and any premium and
interest on the Securities of that series in accordance with the
terms of such Securities and this Indenture.
SECTION 4.02 Maintenance of Office
or Agency . The Company will maintain a Payment Office where
Securities may be presented or surrendered for payment, where
Securities may be surrendered for registration of transfer or
exchange, and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in
respect of the Securities and this Indenture may be served. The
Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the
location, and any change in the location, of such office or agency.
If at any time the Company shall fail to maintain any such required
office or agency or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the
address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices, and
demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office of the
Trustee, and the Company hereby initially appoints the Trustee at
its office or agency as its agent to receive all such
presentations, surrenders, notices and demands.
The Company may also from time to
time designate one or more other offices or agencies where the
Securities of one or more series may be presented or surrendered
for any or all such purposes and may from time to time rescind such
designations; provided , however , that no such
designation or rescission shall in any manner relieve the Company
of its obligation to maintain an office or agency in accordance
with the requirements set forth above for Securities of any series
for such purposes. The Company will give prompt written notice to
the Trustee of any such designation or rescission and of any change
in the location of any such other office or agency.
SECTION 4.03 Money for Securities
Payments to be Held in Trust . (a) If the Company shall at
any time act as its own Paying Agent with respect to any series of
Securities, it will, on or before each due date of the principal of
or any premium or interest on any of the Securities of that series,
segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled
thereto a sum sufficient to pay the principal and any premium and
interest so becoming due until such sums shall be paid to such
Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided and will
promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure so to
act.
(b) Whenever the Company shall
have one or more Paying Agents for any series of Securities, it
will, prior to each due date of the principal of or any premium or
interest on any Securities of that series, deposit with a Paying
Agent a sum sufficient to pay such amount, such sum to be held as
provided by the Trust Indenture Act, and (unless such Paying Agent
is the Trustee) the Company will promptly notify the Trustee of its
action or failure so to act.
(c) The Company will cause each
Paying Agent for any series of Securities (other than the Trustee)
to execute and deliver to the Trustee an instrument in which such
Paying Agent will agree with the Trustee, subject to the provisions
of this Section 4.03, that such Paying Agent will (i) comply
with the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act applicable to it as
a Paying Agent; (ii) hold all sums held by it for the payment
of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest, if any, on
the Securities of that series in trust for the benefit of the
Holders until such sums shall be paid to such Holders or otherwise
disposed of as herein provided; (iii) give the Trustee notice
of any Default by the Company (or any other obligor upon the
Securities) in the making of any payment of principal (and premium,
if any) or interest, if any, on the Securities of that series; and
(iv) during the continuance of any Default by the Company (or any
other obligor upon the Securities of that series) in the making of
any payment in respect of the Securities of that series, and upon
the written request of that Trustee, forthwith pay to the Trustee
all sums held in trust by such Paying Agent for payment in respect
of the Securities of that series.
(d) The Company may at any time,
for the purpose of obtaining the satisfaction and discharge of this
Indenture or for any other purpose, pay, or by Company Order direct
any Paying Agent to pay, to the Trustee all sums held in trust by
the Company or such Paying Agent, such sums to be held by the
Trustee upon the same trusts as those upon which such sums were
held by the Company or such Paying Agent; and, upon such payment by
any Paying Agent to the Trustee, such Paying Agent will be released
from all further liability with respect to such money.
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(e) Any money deposited with the
Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held by the Company, in trust
for the payment of the principal of or any premium or interest on
any Security of any series and remaining unclaimed for two years
after such principal, premium, or interest has become due and
payable will be paid to the Company upon a Company Request (or, if
then held by the Company, will be discharged from such trust); and
the Holder of such Security will thereafter, as an unsecured
general creditor, look only to the Company for payment thereof, and
all liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to
such trust money will thereupon cease; provided ,
however , that the Trustee or such Paying Agent, before
being required to make any such repayment, may at the expense of
the Company cause to be published once, in a newspaper published in
the English language, customarily published on each Business Day
and of general circulation in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of
New York, notice that such money remains unclaimed and that, after
a date specified therein, which will not be less than 30 calendar
days from the date of such publication, any unclaimed balance of
such money then remaining will be repaid to the Company.
SECTION 4.04 Existence .
Subject to Article 10, the Company will do or cause to be done
all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect
its existence and rights (charter and statutory); provided ,
however , that the Company will not be required to preserve
any such right or franchise if the Board of Directors determines
that the preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct
of the business of the Company and that the loss thereof will not
be disadvantageous in any material respect to the Holders.
SECTION 4.05 Statement by Officers
as to Default . The Company will deliver to the Trustee, within
120 calendar days after the end of each fiscal year of the Company
ending after the first date any series of Securities issued under
this Indenture is outstanding, a certificate signed by the
principal executive officer, principal financial officer, principal
accounting officer or treasurer of the Company stating whether or
not to the knowledge of such person after due inquiry the Company
is in default in the performance and observance of any of the
terms, provisions, and conditions of this Indenture (without regard
to any period of grace or requirement of notice provided hereunder)
and, if the Company is in default, specifying all such defaults and
the nature and status thereof of which such person may have such
knowledge. The Company shall deliver to the Trustee, as soon as
possible and in any event within five days after the Company
becomes aware of the occurrence of any Event of Default or an event
which, with notice or the lapse of time or both, would constitute
an Event of Default, an Officers’ Certificate setting forth
the details of such Event of Default or default and the action
which the Company proposes to take with respect thereto.
SECTION 4.06 Waiver of Certain
Covenants . The Company may omit in any particular instance to
comply with any term, provision, or condition set forth in this
Indenture or any applicable supplemental indenture, with respect to
the Securities of any series, if the Holders of a majority in
Principal Amount of all outstanding Securities of such series
shall, by act of such Holders in accordance with Section 7.01,
either waive such compliance in such instance or generally waive
compliance with such term, provision, or condition in accordance
with Article 9 and Section 5.07, but no such waiver will
extend to or affect such term, provision or condition except to the
extent so expressly waived, and, until such waiver shall become
effective, the obligations of the Company and the duties of the
Trustee in respect of any such term, provision, or condition will
remain in full force and effect.
ARTICLE 5
REMEDIES OF THE TRUSTEE AND HOLDERS ON EVENT OF DEFAULT
SECTION 5.01 Events of Default
. Each of the following events constitutes an “Event of
Default” wherever used herein with respect to Securities of
any series:
(a) default for 30 days in
the payment when due of interest on the Securities of that
series;
(b) default in payment when due
of the principal (whether at Stated Maturity, upon redemption (if
applicable), upon any required repurchase by the Company (if
applicable) or otherwise) of or premium, if any, on the Securities
of that series;
(c) default in the observance or
performance of any other covenant or agreement contained in this
Indenture which default continues for a period of 60 days
after the Company receives written notice specifying the default
(and demanding that such default be remedied) from the Trustee or
the Holders of at least 25% of the Principal Amount of Securities
of that series then outstanding (with a copy to the Trustee if
given by Holders) (except in the
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case of
a default with respect to Section 10.01 of this Indenture,
which will constitute an Event of Default with such notice
requirement but without such passage of time requirement).
(d) the entry by a court having
jurisdiction in the premises of (i) 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 (ii) a
decree or order adjudging the Company 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 60 consecutive calendar days;
(e) 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
bankrupt or insolvent, or the consent by it to the entry of 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 to the commencement of any bankruptcy or insolvency case or
proceeding against it, or the filing by it of a petition or answer
or consent seeking reorganization or relief with respect to the
Company under any applicable federal or state bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, or other similar law, or the consent by
it to the filing of such petition or to the appointment of or
taking possession by a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee,
trustee, sequestrator, or other similar official of the Company or
of any substantial part of its property pursuant to any such law,
or the making by it of an assignment for the benefit of creditors,
or the admission by it in writing of its inability to pay its debts
generally as they become due, or the taking of corporate action by
the Company in furtherance of any such action; or
(f) any other Event of Default
with respect to Securities of that series as provided in the
applicable supplemental indenture.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, for
the first 150 days immediately following the occurrence of an
Event of Default resulting from the Company’s failure to
comply with any obligations the Company may be deemed to have
pursuant to section 314(a)(1) of the Trust Indenture Act (which
relates to the requirement that the Company furnish to the Trustee
its annual reports and other information presently filed by the
Company under the Exchange Act) or as set forth Section 15.04,
the sole remedy for any such Event of Default shall be the accrual
of additional interest on the Securities then outstanding at a rate
per year equal to 0.50% of the outstanding Principal Amount of the
Securities, payable semi-annually at the same time and in the same
manner as regular interest on the Securities. In no event shall
additional interest accrue at a rate per year in excess of 0.50%
pursuant to the Indenture, regardless of the number of events or
circumstances giving rise to the requirement to pay such additional
interest. In addition to the accrual of such additional interest,
on and after the 150th day immediately following the occurrence of
an Event of Default resulting from the Company’s failure to
comply with any obligations the Company may be deemed to have
pursuant to section 314(a)(1) of the Trust Indenture Act or as set
forth in Section 15.04, the Securities will be subject to
acceleration as provided in Section 5.02.
Upon receipt by the Trustee of any
Notice of Default pursuant to this Section 5.01, a record date
shall automatically and without any other action by any Person be
set for the purpose of determining the Holders of outstanding
Securities of the applicable series entitled to join in such Notice
of Default, which record date shall be the close of business on the
day the Trustee receives such Notice of Default. The Holders of
outstanding Securities of the applicable series on such record date
(or their duly appointed agents), and only such Persons, shall be
entitled to join in such Notice of Default, whether or not such
Holders remain Holders after such record date.
SECTION 5.02 Acceleration .
(a) If any Event of Default (other than an Event of Default
specified in clause (d) or (e) of Section 5.01
hereof) occurs and is continuing with respect to Securities of any
series, the Trustee by written notice to the Company or the Holders
of at least 25% in aggregate Principal Amount of the then
outstanding Securities of that series by written notice to the
Company and the Trustee, may declare the unpaid principal of,
premium, if any, and any accrued and unpaid interest on all the
Securities of the affected series to be due and payable
immediately. Except as set forth above, upon such declaration the
principal of, premium, if any, and interest shall be due and
payable immediately. If an Event of Default specified in clause (d)
or (e) of Section 5.01 hereof occurs with respect to the
Company the unpaid principal of, premium, if any, and any accrued
and unpaid interest on all the Securities shall ipso facto become
and be immediately due and payable without further action or notice
on the part of the Trustee or any Holder.
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(b) At any time after such a
declaration of acceleration with respect to the Securities of any
series has been made and before a judgment or decree for payment of
the money due has been obtained by the Trustee as hereinafter in
this Article 5 provided, the Holders of a majority in
Principal Amount of the outstanding Securities of such series, by
written notice to the Company and the Trustee, may rescind and
annul such declaration and its consequences if (i) the Company
has paid or deposited with the Trustee a sum sufficient to pay
(A) all overdue interest on all of the Securities of that
series, (B) the principal of (and premium, if any, on)
Securities of that series which has become due otherwise than by
such declaration of acceleration and any interest thereon at the
rate or rates prescribed therefor in the Securities of that series,
(C) to the extent that payment of such interest is lawful,
interest upon overdue interest at the rate or rates prescribed
therefor in the Securities of that series, and (D) all sums
paid or advanced by the Trustee hereunder and the reasonable
compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee
and its agents and counsel and (ii) all Events of Default with
respect to the Securities of that series, other than the
non-payment of the principal of the Securities of that series which
have become due solely by such declaration of acceleration, have
been cured or waived as provided in Section 5.04. No such
rescission will affect any subsequent default or impair any right
consequent thereon.
SECTION 5.03 Other Remedies .
If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of any series
occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may pursue any available
remedy to collect the payment of principal or interest on the
Securities of such series or to enforce the performance of any
provision of the Securities of such series or this Indenture.
The Trustee may maintain a proceeding
even if it does not possess any of the Securities of such series or
does not produce any of them in the proceeding and any such
proceeding instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in its own
name as trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment
shall, after provision for the payment of the reasonable
compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee,
its agents and counsel, be for the ratable benefit of the Holders
of the Securities in respect of which such judgment has been
recovered. A delay or omission by the Trustee or any Holder in
exercising any right or remedy accruing upon an Event of Default
shall not impair the right or remedy or constitute a waiver of or
acquiescence in the Event of Default. All remedies are cumulative
to the extent permitted by law.
SECTION 5.04 Waiver of Past
Defaults . The Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate
Principal Amount of the Securities of any series then outstanding
by written notice to the Trustee may on behalf of the Holders of
all of the Securities of such series waive any existing Default or
Event of Default and its consequences under this Indenture except a
continuing Default or Event of Default in the payment of the
principal (whether at Stated Maturity, upon redemption (if
applicable), upon any required repurchase by the Company (if
applicable or otherwise) of (and premium, if any) or interest, if
any, on any Security of such series or, in the case of the
Securities of any series that are convertible or exchangeable, in
the payment or delivery of any consideration due upon conversion or
exchange of the Securities of that series (if applicable). The
Company may, but shall not be obligated to, fix a record date for
the purpose of determining the Persons entitled to waive any past
Default hereunder. If a record date is fixed, the Holders on such
record date, or their duly designated proxies, and only such
Persons, shall be entitled to waive any default hereunder, whether
or not such Holders remain Holders after such record date. Upon any
such waiver, such Default shall cease to exist, and any Event of
Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured for
every purpose of this Indenture; but no such waiver shall extend to
any subsequent or other Default or impair any right consequent
thereon.
SECTION 5.05 Control by
Majority . With respect to the Securities of any series, the
Holders of a majority in aggregate Principal Amount of the then
outstanding Securities of that series may direct the time, method
and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to
the Trustee or exercising any trust or power conferred on it.
However, the Trustee may refuse to follow any direction that
conflicts with law or this Indenture, that the Trustee in good
faith determines may be unduly prejudicial to the rights of other
Holders of that series or that may involve or cause the Trustee any
potential liability. The Trustee may take any other action which it
deems proper which is not inconsistent with any such
direction.
Upon receipt by the Trustee of any
such direction with respect to the Securities of such series, a
record date shall automatically and without any other action by any
Person be set for determining the Holders of outstanding Securities
of such series entitled to join in such direction, which record
date shall be the close of business on the day the Trustee receives
such direction. The Holders of outstanding Securities of such
series on such record date (or their duly appointed agents), and
only such Persons, shall be entitled to join in such direction,
whether or not such Holders remain Holders after such record
date.
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SECTION 5.06 Limitation on
Suits . A Holder of any Security of any series may pursue a
remedy with respect to this Indenture or the Securities of the
applicable series only if:
(a) the Holder gives to the
Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default;
(b) the Holders of at least 25%
in aggregate Principal Amount of the then outstanding Securities of
that series make a written request to the Trustee to pursue the
remedy;
(c) such Holder or Holders
provide to the Trustee indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee
against any loss, liability or expense in connection with the
pursuance of such remedy;
(d) during the 60-day period
specified in (e) below, the Holders of a majority in aggregate
Principal Amount of the then outstanding Securities of such series
do not give the Trustee a direction inconsistent with the request;
and
(e) the Trustee does not comply
with the request within 60 days after receipt of the notice,
request and the offer of indemnity.
Holders shall not have any right in
any manner whatever by virtue of, or by availing of, any provision
of this Indenture or any Security to affect, disturb or prejudice
the rights of any other such Holders or Holders of Securities of
any other series, or to obtain or to seek to obtain priority or
preference over any other Holders or to enforce any right under
this Indenture, except in the manner herein provided and for the
equal and ratable benefit of all such Holders.
SECTION 5.07 Rights of Holders to
Receive Payment . Notwithstanding any other provision of this
Indenture, the right of any Holder to receive payment of principal
(whether at Stated Maturity, upon redemption (if applicable), upon
any required repurchase by the Company (if applicable) or
otherwise) of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, on any
Security or, if applicable, payment or delivery of any
consideration due upon conversion or exchange of any Security, in
each case, on or after the respective due dates expressed in such
Security, or to bring suit for the enforcement of any such payment
or delivery on or after such respective dates, shall not be
impaired or affected without the consent of the Holder.
SECTION 5.08 Collection Suit by
Trustee . If an Event of Default specified in Section 5.01
hereof occurs and is continuing, the Trustee is authorized to
recover judgment in its own name and as trustee of an express trust
against the Company or any other obligor for the whole amount of
principal (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, remaining
unpaid on any Securities of such series and interest on overdue
principal and, to the extent lawful, interest and such further
amount as shall be sufficient to cover amounts due the Trustee
under Section 6.07 hereof, including the costs and expenses of
collection, including the reasonable compensation, expenses,
disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and
counsel.
SECTION 5.09 Trustee May File
Proofs of Claim . The Trustee is authorized to file such proofs
of claim and other papers or documents as may be necessary or
advisable in o
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