Providing for Issuance of
Debt Securities
in Series
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ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION
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Definitions
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Compliance
Certificates and Opinions
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Form of
Documents Delivered to Trustee
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Acts of
Holders; Record Dates
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Notices, Etc.,
to Trustee, Company
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Notice to
Holders; Waiver
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Conflict with
Trust Indenture Act
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Effect of
Headings and Table of Contents
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12
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Successors and
Assigns
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12
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Separability
Clause
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12
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Benefits of
Indenture
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12
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Governing
Law
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12
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Legal
Holidays
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ARTICLE II
SECURITY FORM
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Forms
Generally
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Form of Face of
Security
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Form of Reverse
of Security
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Form of Legend
for Global Securities
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Form of
Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication
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ARTICLE III THE
SECURITIES
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Amount
Unlimited; Issuable in Series
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Denominations
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Execution,
Authentication, Delivery and Dating
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Temporary
Securities
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Registration;
Registration of Transfer and Exchange
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Mutilated,
Destroyed Lost and Stolen Securities
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Payment of
Interest; Interest Rights Preserved
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Persons Deemed
Owners
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Cancellation
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Computation of
Interest
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CUSIP
Numbers
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ARTICLE IV
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
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Satisfaction
and Discharge of Indenture
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Application of
Trust Money
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ARTICLE V
REMEDIES
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Events of
Default
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Acceleration of
Maturity; Rescission and Annulment
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Collection of
Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee
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Trustee May
File Proofs of Claim
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Trustee May
Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities
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Application of
Money Collected
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Limitation on
Suits
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Unconditional
Right of Holders to Receive Principal Premium and
Interest
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Restoration of
Rights and Remedies
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Rights and
Remedies Cumulative
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Delay or
Omission Not Waiver
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Control by
Holders
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Waiver of Past
Defaults
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Undertaking for
Costs
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Waiver of
Usury, Stay or Extension Laws
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ARTICLE VI THE
TRUSTEE
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Certain Duties
and Responsibilities
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Notice of
Defaults
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Certain Rights
of Trustee
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Not Responsible
for Recitals or Issuance of Securities
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May Hold
Securities
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Money Held in
Trust
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Compensation
and Reimbursement
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Conflicting
Interests
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Corporate
Trustee Required, Eligibility
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Resignation and
Removal, Appointment of Successor
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Acceptance of
Appointment by Successor
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Merger,
Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business
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Preferential
Collection of Claims Against Company
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Appointment of
Authenticating Agent
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ARTICLE VII
HOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY
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Company to
Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders
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Preservation of
Information; Communications to Holders
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Reports by
Trustee
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Reports by
Company
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ARTICLE VIII
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE
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Company May
Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms
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Successor
Substituted
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ARTICLE IX
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
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Supplemental
Indentures Without Consent of Holders
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Supplemental
Indentures with Consent of Holders
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Execution of
Supplemental Indentures
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Effect of
Supplemental Indentures
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Conformity with
Trust Indenture Act
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Reference in
Securities to Supplemental Indentures
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ARTICLE X
COVENANTS
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Payment of
Principal, Premium and Interest
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Maintenance of
Office or Agency
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Money for
Securities Payments to Be Held in Trust
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Statement by
Officers as to Default
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Existence
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Waiver of
Certain Covenants
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ARTICLE XI
REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES
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Applicability
of Article
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Election to
Redeem; Notice to Trustee
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Selection by
Trustee of Securities to Be Redeemed
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Notice of
Redemption
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Deposit of
Redemption Price
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Securities
Payable on Redemption Date
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Securities
Redeemed in Part
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ARTICLE XII
SINKING FUNDS
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Applicability
of Article
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Satisfaction of
Sinking Fund Payments with Securities
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Redemption of
Securities for Sinking Fund
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ARTICLE XIII
DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE
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Company’s
Option to Effect Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance
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Defeasance and
Discharge
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Covenant
Defeasance
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Conditions to
Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance
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Deposited Money
and U.S. Government obligations to Be Held in Trust; Miscellaneous
Provisions
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Reinstatement
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ARTICLE XIV
SUBORDINATION
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Applicability
of Article; Agreement to Subordinate
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Liquidation,
Dissolution, Bankruptcy
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Default on
Senior Indebtedness
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Acceleration of
Payment of Debt Securities
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When
Distribution Must Be Paid Over
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Subrogation
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Relative
Rights
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Subordination
May Not Be Impaired by Company
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Rights of
Trustee and Paying Agent
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Distribution or
Notice to Representative
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Article XIV Not
to Prevent Defaults or Limit Right to Accelerate
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Trust Moneys
Not Subordinated
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Trustee
Entitled to Rely
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Trustee to
Effectuate Subordination
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Trustee Not
Fiduciary for Holders of Senior Indebtedness
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Reliance by
Holders of Senior Indebtedness on Subordination
Provisions
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Note: This table
of contents shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be a part of
the Indenture.
iv
Certain Sections of the this
Subordinated Indenture relating to Sections 310 — 318,
inclusive,
of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended
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Trust
Indenture Act
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Indenture
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Section
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Section
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6.09
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6.09
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N.A.
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N.A.
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6.09
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6.08, 6.10
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N.A.
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6.13
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6.13
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N.A.
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7.01, 7.02
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7.02
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7.02
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7.03
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N.A.
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7.03
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7.03
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7.03
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7.04
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1.04, 10.04
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N.A.
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1.02
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1.02
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N.A.
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N.A.
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1.02
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N.A.
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6.01
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6.02
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6.01
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6.01
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5.14
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1.01
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5.02, 5.12
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5.13
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N.A.
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5.08
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1.04
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5.03
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5.04
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10.03
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1.07
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N.A.
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1.07
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N.A. means
inapplicable.
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NOTE :
This reconciliation and tie shall not, for any purpose, be deemed
to be part of the Indenture.
v
THIS
SUBORDINATED INDENTURE, dated as of ______, 20___(the
“Indenture”) between GreenHunter Energy, Inc., a
corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State
of Delaware (herein called the “Company”), having its
principal office at 1048 Texan Trail, Grapevine, Texas 76051), and
[TRUSTEE], as trustee (herein called the
“Trustee”).
The
Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this
Indenture to provide for the issuance from time to time of the
Company’s subordinated debentures, notes or other evidences
of indebtedness (herein called the “Securities”), to be
issued in one or more series as provided in this
Indenture.
All
things necessary to make this Indenture a valid agreement of the
Company in accordance with its terms, have been done.
NOW,
THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH:
For
and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the
Securities by the Holders thereof it is mutually agreed, for the
equal and proportionate benefit of all Holders of the Securities or
of any series thereof, as follows:
ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS AND OTHER
PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION
Section 1.01.
Definitions .
For
all purposes of this Indenture, except as otherwise expressly
provided or unless the context otherwise requires:
(a) the
terms defined in this Article have the meanings assigned to them in
this Article and include the plural as well as the
singular;
(b) all
other terms used herein which are defined in the Trust Indenture
Act, either directly or by reference therein, have the meanings
assigned to them therein;
(c) all
accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings
assigned to them in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles, and, except as otherwise herein expressly provided, the
term “generally accepted accounting principles” with
respect to any computation required or permitted hereunder shall
mean such accounting principles as are generally accepted at the
date of such computation;
(d) unless
the context otherwise requires, any reference to an
“Article” or a
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“Section” refers to an Article or a
Section, as the case may be, of this Indenture;
(e) 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;
(f)
“or” is not exclusive; and
(g) if
the applicable series of Securities are subordinated pursuant to
Article XIV, unsecured Debt shall not be deemed to be
subordinate or junior to secured Debt merely by virtue of its
nature as unsecured Debt.
“Act”,
when used with respect to any Holder, has the meaning specified in
Section 1.04.
“Affiliate”
of any specified Person means any other Person directly or
indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect
common control with such specified Person. For the purposes of this
definition, “control” when used with respect to any
specified Person means the power to direct the management and
policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through
the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and
the terms “controlling” and “controlled”
have meanings correlative to the foregoing.
“Authenticating
Agent” means any Person authorized by the Trustee pursuant to
Section 6.14 to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate
Securities of one or more series.
“Board
of Directors” means either the board of directors of the
Company or any duly authorized committee of that board.
“Board
Resolution” means a copy of a resolution certified by the
Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company, as the case may
be, to have been duly adopted by the Board of Directors and to be
in full force and effect on the date of such certification, and
delivered to the Trustee.
“Business
Day”, when used with respect to any Place of Payment or other
location, means, except as otherwise provided or contemplated by
Section 3.01 with respect to any series of Securities, each
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday which is not a day
on which banking institutions in either (a) that Place of
Payment or (b) other location are authorized or obligated by
law or executive order or regulation to close.
“Commission”
means the Securities and Exchange Commission, from time to time
constituted, created under the Exchange Act, or, if at any time
after the execution of this instrument 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 instrument until a successor Person shall have
become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this
Indenture, and thereafter “Company” shall mean such
successor Person.
“Company
Request” or “Company Order” means a written
request or order signed in the name of the Company by its Chairman
of the Board, its Vice Chairman of the Board, its
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President or a
Vice President, and by its Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, its
Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, and delivered to the
Trustee.
“Corporate
Trust Office” means the principal office of the Trustee in
__________ (currently at _________________) at which at any
particular time its corporate trust business shall be
administered.
“corporation”
means a corporation, association, partnership (general or limited),
limited liability company, company, joint-stock company or business
trust.
“Covenant
Defeasance” has the meaning specified in
Section 13.03.
“Debt”
of any Person at any date means any obligation created or assumed
by such Person for the repayment of borrowed money and any
guarantee therefor.
“Defaulted
Interest” has the meaning specified in
Section 3.07.
“Defeasance”
has the meaning specified in Section 13.02.
“Depositary”
means, with respect to Securities of any series issuable in whole
or in part in the form of one or more Global Securities, a clearing
agency registered under the Exchange Act that is designated to act
as Depositary for such Securities as contemplated by
Section 3.01.
“Designated
Senior Indebtedness” means any Senior Indebtedness so
designated, as provided in Section 3.01, in respect of any
series of Securities.
“Event
of Default” has the meaning specified in
Section 5.01.
“Exchange
Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and any
statute successor thereto, in each case as amended from time to
time.
“Expiration
Date” has the meaning specified in
Section 1.04.
“Foreign
Subsidiary” means a Subsidiary of the Company not organized
or existing under the laws of the United States of America, any
state thereof, the District of Columbia or any territory
thereof.
“GAAP”
means generally accepted accounting principles in effect in the
United States of America which are applicable as of the date hereof
and which are consistently applied for all applicable
periods.
“Global
Security” means a Security that evidences all or part of the
Securities of any series and bears the legend set forth in
Section 2.04 (or such legend as may be specified as
contemplated by Section 3.01 for such Securities).
“Holder”
means a Person in whose name a Security is registered in the
Security Register.
“Indenture”
means this instrument as originally executed and as it may from
time to time be supplemented or amended by one or more indentures
supplemental hereto entered into
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pursuant to the
applicable provisions hereof, including, for all purposes of this
instrument and any such supplemental indenture, the provisions of
the Trust Indenture Act that are deemed to be a part of and govern
this instrument and any such supplemental indenture, respectively.
The term “Indenture” shall also include the terms of
particular series of Securities established as contemplated by
Section 3.01.
“interest”,
when used with respect to an Original Issue Discount Security which
by its terms bears interest only after Maturity, means interest
payable after Maturity.
“Interest
Payment Date”, when used with respect to any Security, means
the Stated Maturity of an installment of interest on such
Security.
“Investment
Company Act” means the Investment Company Act of 1940 and any
statute successor thereto, in each case as amended from time to
time.
“Lien”
means any mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, charge or security
interest of any kind, but excluding agreements to refrain from
granting Liens.
“mandatory
sinking fund payment” has the meaning specified in
Section 12.01.
“Maturity”,
when used with respect to any Security, means the date on which the
principal of such Security or an installment of principal becomes
due and payable as therein or herein provided, whether at the
Stated Maturity or by declaration of acceleration, call for
redemption or otherwise.
“Notice
of Default” means a written notice of the kind specified in
Section 5.01(d) or 5.01(e).
“Officers’
Certificate” means a certificate signed by the Chairman of
the Board, a Vice Chairman of the Board, the President or a Vice
President, and by the Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, the
Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, of the Company and delivered
to the Trustee. One of the officers signing an Officers’
Certificate given pursuant to Section 10.04 shall be the
principal executive, financial or accounting officer of the
Company.
“Opinion
of Counsel” means a written opinion of counsel, who may be an
employee of, or outside counsel to, but does not have to be counsel
for, the Company, and who shall be acceptable to the Trustee, which
acceptance shall not be unreasonably withheld.
“optional
sinking fund payment” has the meaning specified in
Section 12.01.
“Original
Issue Discount Security” means any Security which provides
for an amount less than the principal amount thereof to be due and
payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof
pursuant to Section 5.02.
“Outstanding”,
when used with respect to Securities, means, as of the date of
determination, all Securities theretofore authenticated and
delivered under this Indenture, except:
(1) Securities
theretofore canceled and delivered to the Trustee or delivered to
the Trustee
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(2) Securities
for whose payment or redemption money in the necessary amount has
been theretofore deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent
(other than the Company) in trust or set aside and segregated in
trust by the Company (if the Company shall act as its own Paying
Agent) for the Holders of such Securities; provided that, if such
Securities are to be redeemed, notice of such redemption has been
duly given pursuant to this Indenture or provision therefor has
been made;
(3) Securities,
except to the extent provided in Sections 13.02 and 13.03
respectively, as to which the Company has effected Defeasance
pursuant to Section 13.02 or Covenant Defeasance pursuant to
Section 13.03; and
(4) Securities
which have been paid pursuant to Section 3.06 or in exchange
for or in lieu of which other Securities have been authenticated
and delivered pursuant to this Indenture, other than any such
Securities in respect of which there shall have been presented to
the Trustee proof satisfactory to it that such Securities are held
by a bona fide purchaser in whose hands such Securities are valid
obligations of the Company;
provided,
however, that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities have given, made or
taken any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice,
consent, waiver or other action hereunder as of any date,
(A) the principal amount of an Original Issue Discount
Security which shall be deemed to be Outstanding shall be the
amount of the principal thereof which would be due and payable as
of such date upon acceleration of the Maturity thereof to such date
pursuant to Section 5.02, (B) if, as of such date, the
principal amount payable at the Stated Maturity of a Security is
not determinable, the principal amount of such Security which shall
be deemed to be Outstanding shall be the amount as specified or
determined as contemplated by Section 3.01, (C) the
principal amount of a Security denominated in one or more foreign
currencies or currency units which shall be deemed to be
Outstanding shall be the U.S. dollar equivalent, determined as of
such date in the manner provided as contemplated by Section 3.01,
of the principal amount of such Security (or, in the case of a
Security described in Clause (A) or (B) above, of the
amount determined as provided in such Clause), and
(D) Securities owned by the Company or any other obligor upon
the Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or of such other
obligor shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding,
except that, in determining whether the Trustee shall be protected
in relying upon any such request, demand, authorization, direction,
notice, consent, waiver or other action, only Securities which the
Trustee knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded. The Trustee
shall be protected in relying on an Officer’s Certificate or
other evidence satisfactory to it in determining ownership.
Securities so owned which have been pledged in good faith may be
regarded as Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the
satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgee’s right so to act
with respect to such Securities and that the pledgee is not the
Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate
of the Company or of such other obligor.
“Paying
Agent” means any Person authorized by the Company to pay the
principal of or any premium or interest on any Securities on behalf
of the Company.
“Person”
means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture,
trust,
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unincorporated
organization or government or any agency or political subdivision
thereof.
“Place
of Payment”, when used with respect to the Securities of any
series, means the place or places where the principal of and any
premium and interest on the Securities that series are payable as
specified or contemplated by Section 3.01.
“Predecessor
Security” of any particular Security means every previous
Security evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that
evidenced by such particular Security; and, for the purposes of
this definition, any Security authenticated and delivered under
Section 3.06 in exchange for or in lieu of a mutilated,
destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be deemed to evidence the
same debt as the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen
Security.
“Redemption
Date”, when used with respect to any Security to be redeemed,
means the date fixed for such redemption by or pursuant to this
Indenture.
“Redemption
Price”, when used with respect to any Security to be
redeemed, means the price at which it is to be redeemed pursuant to
this Indenture.
“Regular
Record Date” for the interest payable on any Interest Payment
Date on the Securities of any series means the date specified for
that purpose as contemplated by Section 3.01.
“Representative”
means the trustee, agent or representative (if any) for an issue of
Senior Indebtedness, and, in the absence of any trustee, agent or
representative, it means the holder or holders of such
issue.
“Responsible
Officer”, when used with respect to the Trustee, means the
chairman or any vice-chairman of the board of directors, the
chairman or any vice-chairman of the executive committee of the
board of directors, the chairman of the trust committee, the
president, any Vice President, the secretary, any assistant
secretary, the treasurer, any assistant treasurer, the cashier, any
assistant cashier, any trust officer or assistant trust officer,
the controller or any assistant controller or any other officer of
the Trustee customarily performing functions similar to those
performed by any of the above designated officers and also means,
with respect to a particular corporate trust matter, any other
officer to whom such matter is referred because of his knowledge of
and familiarity with the particular subject.
“Securities”
has the meaning stated in the first recital of this Indenture and
more particularly means any Securities authenticated and delivered
under this Indenture.
“Securities
Act” means the Securities Act of 1933 and any statute
successor thereto, in each case as amended from time to
time.
“Security
Register” and “Security Registrar” have the
respective meanings specified in Section 3.05.
“Senior
Indebtedness,” unless otherwise provided with respect to the
Securities of a series as contemplated by Section 3.01, means
(1) all Debt of the Company, whether currently outstanding or
hereafter issued, unless, by the terms of the instrument creating
or evidencing
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such Debt, it
is provided that such Debt is not superior in right of payment to
the Securities, or to other Debt that is pari passu with or
subordinated to the Securities, and (2) any modifications,
refunding, deferrals, renewals, or extensions of any such Debt or
securities, notes or other evidence of Debt issued in exchange for
such Debt; provided that in no event shall “Senior
Indebtedness” include (a) Debt of the Company owed or
owing to any Subsidiary of the Company, (b) Debt to trade
creditors, or (c) any liability for taxes owed or owing by the
Company.
“Special
Record Date” for the payment of any Defaulted Interest means
a date fixed by the Trustee pursuant to
Section 3.07.
“Stated
Maturity”, when used with respect to any Security or any
installment of principal thereof or interest thereon, means the
date specified in such Security as the fixed date on which the
principal of such Security or such installment of principal or
interest is due and payable.
“Subsidiary”
means a corporation more than 50% of the outstanding voting stock
of which is owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company or by one
or more other Subsidiaries, or by the Company and one or more other
Subsidiaries. For the purposes of this definition, “voting
stock” means stock which ordinarily has voting power for the
election of directors, whether at all times or only so long as no
senior class of stock has such voting power by reason of any
contingency; provided that, unless otherwise expressly stated,
Subsidiary shall not include any Foreign Subsidiary.
“Trust
Indenture Act” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as in
force at the date as of which this instrument was executed, except
as otherwise provided in Section 9.05; provided, however, that
in the event the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 is amended after such
date, “Trust Indenture Act” means, to the extent
required by any such amendment, the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as
so amended.
“Trustee”
means the Person named as the “Trustee” in the first
paragraph of this instrument until a successor Trustee shall have
become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this
Indenture, and thereafter “Trustee” shall mean or
include each Person who is then a Trustee hereunder, and if at any
time there is more than one such Person, “Trustee” as
used with respect to the Securities of any series shall mean the
Trustee with respect to Securities of that series.
“U.S.
Government Obligation” has the meaning specified in
Section 13.04.
“Vice
President”, when used with respect to the Company or the
Trustee, means any vice president, whether or not designated by a
number or a word or words added before or after the title
“vice president”.
Section 1.02.
Compliance Certificates and Opinions .
Upon
any application or request by the Company to the Trustee to take or
refrain from taking any action under any provision of this
Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee such
certificates and opinions as may be required under the Trust
Indenture Act, and as are necessary to demonstrate that all
conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this
Indenture
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relating to
such action have been satisfied. Each such certificate and opinion
shall be given in the form of an Officers’ Certificate, if to
be given by an officer of the Company and an Opinion of Counsel, if
to be given by counsel, and shall comply with the requirements of
the Trust Indenture Act and any other requirements set forth in
this Indenture.
Every
certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition
or covenant provided for in this Indenture (except for certificates
provided in Section 10.04) shall include,
(a) a
statement that each individual signing such certificate or opinion
has read such covenant or condition and the definitions herein
relating thereto;
(b) a
brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or
investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in
such certificate or opinion are based;
(c) a
statement that, in the opinion of each such individual, he has made
such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him to
express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or
condition has been complied with; and
(d) a
statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such individual,
such condition or covenant has been complied with.
Section 1.03.
Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee .
In
any case where several matters are required to be certified by, or
covered by an opinion of, any specified Person, it is not necessary
that all such matters be certified by, or covered by the opinion
of, only one such Person, or that they be so certified or covered
by only one document, but one such Person may certify or give an
opinion with respect to some matters and one or more other such
Persons as to other matters, and any such Person may certify or
give an opinion as to such matters in one or several
documents.
Any
certificate or opinion of an officer of the Company may be based,
insofar as it relates to legal matters, upon a certificate or
opinion of, or representations by, counsel, unless such officer
knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the
certificate or opinion or representations with respect to the
matters upon which his certificate or opinion is based are
erroneous. Any such certificate or opinion of counsel may be based,
insofar as it relates to factual matters, upon a certificate or
opinion of, or representations by, an officer or officers of the
Company stating that the information with respect to such factual
matters is in the possession of the Company, unless such counsel
knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the
certificate or opinion or representations with respect to such
matters are erroneous.
Where
any Person is required to make, give or execute two or more
applications, requests, consents, certificates, statements,
opinions or other instruments under this Indenture, they may, but
need not, be consolidated and form one instrument.
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Section 1.04.
Acts of Holders; Record Dates .
Any
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver
or other action provided or permitted by this Indenture to be
given, made or taken by Holders may be embodied in and evidenced by
one or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by
such Holders in person or by agent duly appointed in writing; and,
except as herein otherwise expressly provided, such action shall
become effective when such instrument or instruments are delivered
to the Trustee and, where it is hereby expressly required, to the
Company. Such instrument or instruments (and the action embodied
therein and evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as
the “Act” of the Holders signing such instrument or
instruments. Proof of execution of any such instrument or of a
writing appointing any such agent shall be sufficient for any
purpose of this Indenture and (subject to Section 6.01)
conclusive in favor of the Trustee and the Company, if made in the
manner provided in this Section.
Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, a Holder, including a
Depositary that is a Holder of a Global Security, may make, give or
take, by a proxy or proxies, duly appointed in writing, any
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver
or other action provided in this Indenture to be made, given or
taken by Holders, and a Depositary that is a Holder of a Global
Security may provide its proxy or proxies to the beneficial owners
of interests in any such Global Security.
The
fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such instrument
or writing may be proved by the affidavit of a witness of such
execution or by a certificate of a notary public or other officer
authorized by law to take acknowledgments of deeds, certifying that
the individual signing such instrument or writing acknowledged to
him the execution thereof. Where such execution is by a signer
acting in a capacity other than his individual capacity, such
certificate or affidavit shall also constitute sufficient proof of
his authority. The fact and date of the execution of any such
instrument or writing, or the authority of the Person executing the
same, may also be proved in any other manner which the Trustee
deems sufficient.
The
ownership, principal amount and serial numbers of Securities held
by any Person, and the date of commencement of such Person’s
holding the same, shall be proved by the Security
Register.
Any
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver
or other Act of the Holder of any Security shall bind every future
Holder of the same Security and the Holder of every Security issued
upon the registration of transfer thereof or in exchange therefor
or in lieu thereof in respect of anything done, omitted or suffered
to be done by the Trustee or the Company in reliance thereon,
whether or not notation of such action is made upon such
Security.
The
Company may set any day as a record date for the purpose of
determining the Holders of Outstanding Securities of any series
entitled to give, make or take any request, demand, authorization,
direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided or
permitted by this Indenture to be given, made or taken by Holders
of Securities of such series, but the Company shall have no
obligation to do so; provided that the Company may not set a record
date for, and the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply with
respect to, the giving or making of any notice, declaration,
request or direction referred to in the next paragraph. If any
record date
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is set pursuant
to this paragraph, the Holders of Outstanding Securities of the
relevant series on such record date, and no other Holders, shall be
entitled to take the relevant action, whether or not such Holders
remain Holders after such record date; provided that no such action
shall be effective hereunder unless taken on or prior to the
applicable Expiration Date by Holders of the requisite principal
amount of Outstanding Securities of such series on such record
date. Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to prevent the
Company from setting a new record date for any action for which a
record date has previously been set pursuant to this paragraph
(whereupon the record date previously set shall automatically and
with no action by any Person be cancelled and of no effect), and
nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to render ineffective
any action taken by Holders of the requisite principal amount of
Outstanding Securities of the relevant series on the date such
action is taken. Promptly after any record date is set pursuant to
this paragraph, the Company, at its own expense, shall cause notice
of such record date, the proposed action by Holders and the
applicable Expiration Date to be given to the Trustee in writing
and to each Holder of Securities of the relevant series in the
manner set forth in Section 1.06.
The
Trustee may set any day as a record date for the purpose of
determining the Holders of Outstanding Securities of any series
entitled to join in the giving or making of (i) any Notice of
Default, (ii) any declaration of acceleration referred to in
Section 5.02, (iii) any request to institute proceedings
referred to in Section 5.07(b) or (iv) any direction
referred to in Section 5.12, in each case with respect to
Securities of such series. If any record date is set pursuant to
this paragraph, the Holders of Outstanding Securities of such
series on such record date, and no other Holders, shall be entitled
to join in such notice, declaration, request or direction, whether
or not such Holders remain Holders after such record date; provided
that no such action shall be effective hereunder unless taken on or
prior to the applicable Expiration Date by Holders of the requisite
principal amount of Outstanding Securities of such series on such
record date. Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to
prevent the Trustee from setting a new record date for any action
for which a record date has previously been set pursuant to this
paragraph (whereupon the record date previously set shall
automatically and with no action by any Person be cancelled and of
no effect), and nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to
render ineffective any action taken by Holders of the requisite
principal amount of Outstanding Securities of the relevant series
on the date such action is taken. Promptly after any record date is
set pursuant to this paragraph, the Trustee, at the Company’s
expense, shall cause notice of such record date, the proposed
action by Holders and the applicable Expiration Date to be given to
the Company in writing and to each Holder of Securities of the
relevant series in the manner set forth in
Section 1.06.
With
respect to any record date set pursuant to this Section, the party
hereto which sets such record date may designate any day as the
“Expiration Date” and from time to time may change the
Expiration Date to any earlier or later day; provided that no such
change shall be effective unless notice of the proposed new
Expiration Date is given to the other party hereto in writing, and
to each Holder of Securities of the relevant series in the manner
set forth in Section 1.06, on or prior to the then existing
Expiration Date. If an Expiration Date is not designated with
respect to any record date set pursuant to this Section, the party
hereto which set such record date shall be deemed to have initially
designated the 180th day following such record date as the
Expiration Date with respect thereto, subject to its right to
change the Expiration Date as provided in this paragraph.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Expiration Date shall be later
than
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the 180th day
following the applicable record date.
Without
limiting the foregoing, a Holder entitled hereunder to take any
action hereunder with regard to any particular Security may do so
with regard to all or any part of the principal amount of such
Security or by one or more duly appointed agents each of which may
do so pursuant to such appointment with regard to all or any part
of such principal amount.
Section 1.05.
Notices, Etc., to Trustee and Company .
Any
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver
or Act of Holders or other document provided or permitted by this
Indenture to be made upon, given or furnished to, or filed
with,
(1) the
Trustee by any Holder, the Company shall be sufficient for every
purpose hereunder if made, given, furnished or filed in writing to
or with the Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office, Attention:
_______________, or
(2) the
Company by the Trustee or any Holder shall be sufficient for every
purpose hereunder (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if
in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to the Company
addressed to it at the address of the Company’s principal
office specified in the first paragraph of this instrument or at
any other address previously furnished in writing to the Trustee by
the Company.
Section 1.06.
Notice to Holders; Waiver .
Where
this Indenture provides for notice to Holders of any event, such
notice shall be sufficiently given (unless otherwise herein
expressly provided) if in writing and mailed, first-class postage
prepaid, to each Holder affected by such event, at its address as
it appears in the Security Register, not later than the latest date
(if any), and not earlier than the earliest date (if any),
prescribed for the giving of such notice. In any case where notice
to Holders is given by mail, neither the failure to mail such
notice, nor any defect in any notice so mailed, to any particular
Holder shall affect the sufficiency of such notice with respect to
other Holders. Where this Indenture provides for notice in any
manner, such notice may be waived in writing by the Person entitled
to receive such notice, either before or after the event, and such
waiver shall be the equivalent of such notice. Waivers of notice by
Holders shall be filed with the Trustee, but such filing shall not
be a condition precedent to the validity of any action taken in
reliance upon such waiver.
In
case by reason of the suspension of regular mail service or by
reason of any other cause it shall be impracticable to give such
notice by mail, then such notification as shall be made with the
approval of the Trustee shall constitute a sufficient notification
for every purpose hereunder.
Section 1.07.
Conflict with Trust Indenture Act .
This
Indenture is subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act
that are required to be a part of this Indenture and, to the extent
applicable, shall be governed by such provisions. If
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any provision
hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with a provision of the Trust
Indenture Act or with another provision hereof which is required
under the Trust Indenture Act to be a part of and govern this
Indenture, the latter provision shall control. If any provision of
this Indenture modifies or excludes any provision of the Trust
Indenture Act which may be so modified or excluded, the latter
provision shall be deemed to apply to this Indenture as so modified
or excluded, as the case may be.
Section 1.08.
Effect of Headings and Table of Contents .
The
Article and Section headings herein and the Table of Contents are
for convenience only and shall not affect the construction
hereof.
Section 1.09.
Successors and Assigns .
All
covenants and agreements in this Indenture by the Company shall
bind its successors and assigns, whether so expressed or
not.
Section 1.10.
Separability Clause .
In
case any provision in this Indenture or in the Securities shall be
invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and
enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be
affected or impaired thereby.
Section 1.11.
Benefits of Indenture .
Nothing
in this Indenture or in the Securities, express or implied, shall
give to any Person, other than the parties hereto and their
successors hereunder, the holders of Senior Indebtedness and the
Holders, any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or
claim under this Indenture.
Section 1.12.
Governing Law .
This
Indenture and the Securities shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of the State of New York.
Section 1.13.
Legal Holidays .
In
any case where any Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date or Stated
Maturity of any Security shall not be a Business Day at any Place
of Payment or other location, then (notwithstanding any other
provision of this Indenture or of the Securities (other than a
provision of any Security which specifically states that such
provision shall apply in lieu of this Section)) payment of interest
or principal (and premium, if any) need not be made at such Place
of Payment or other location on such date, but may be made on the
next succeeding Business Day at such Place of Payment or other
location with the same force and effect as if made on the Interest
Payment Date or Redemption Date, or at the Stated
Maturity.
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Section 1.14.
Incorporators, Shareholders, Directors, Officers and Employees
of the Company Exempt from Individual Liability .
No
recourse under or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement
contained in this Indenture, or in any Security, or because of any
indebtedness evidenced thereby, shall be had against any
incorporator, as such, or against any past, present or future
shareholder, director, officer or employee, as such, of the Company
or of any successor, either directly or through the Company or any
successor, under any rule of law, statute or constitutional
provision or by the enforcement of any assessment or by any legal
or equitable proceeding or otherwise, all such liability being
expressly waived and released by the acceptance of the Securities
by the Holders thereof and as part of the consideration for the
issue of the Securities.
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Section 2.01.
Forms Generally.
The
Securities of each series and the Trustee’s certificate of
authentication shall be in substantially the forms set forth in
this Article, or in such other form as shall be established by or
pursuant to a Board Resolution and, subject to Section 3.03,
to the extent established pursuant to rather than set forth in a
Board Resolution, in an Officers’ Certificate or Company
Order setting forth, or determining the manner of, such
establishment, or in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, in
each case with such appropriate insertions, omissions,
substitutions and other variations as are required or permitted by
this Indenture, and may have such letters, numbers or other marks
of identification and such legends or endorsements placed thereon
as may be required to comply with applicable laws or the rules of
any securities exchange or automated quotation system on which the
Securities of such series may be listed or traded or of any
Depositary therefor or as may, consistently herewith, be determined
by the officers executing such Securities, as evidenced by their
execution thereof. If the form of Securities of any series is
established by action taken pursuant to a Board Resolution, a copy
of an appropriate record of such action shall be certified by the
Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company and delivered to
the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Company Order
contemplated by Section 3.03 for the authentication and
delivery of such Securities.
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 Face of Security .
[Insert
any legend required by the United States Internal Revenue Code and
the regulations thereunder.]
[If
a Global Security, — insert legend required by
Section 2.04 of the Indenture] [If applicable, insert —
UNLESS THIS SECURITY IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE
OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION, TO THE
COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR
PAYMENT, AND ANY SECURITY ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE
& CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (AND ANY PAYMENT IS
MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY
AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY), ANY
TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR
TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL IN AS MUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER
HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.]
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GreenHunter
Energy, Inc., a corporation duly organized and to existing under
the laws of the State of Delaware (herein called the Company which
term includes any successor Person under the Indenture hereinafter
referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to
, or registered assigns, the principal sum of United States Dollars
[state other currency] on
[if the Security is to bear interest prior to Maturity, insert
—, and to pay interest thereon from
or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has
been paid or duly provided for, semiannually on
and
in each year, commencing
at the rate of
% per annum, until the principal hereof is paid or made available
for payment [if applicable insert —, provided that any
principal and premium, and any such installment of interest, which
is overdue shall bear interest at the rate of
% per annum (to the extent that the payment of such interest shall
be legally enforceable), from the dates such amounts are due until
they are paid or made available for payment.] [If applicable,
insert — In the event that any date on which interest is
payable on this Security is not a Business Day, then a payment of
the interest payable on such date will be made on the next
succeeding day which is a Business Day (and without any interest or
other payment in respect of any such delay) with the same force and
effect as if made on the date the payment was originally payable.
The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for,
on any Interest Payment Date will as provided in such Indenture, be
paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more
Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on
the Regular Record Date for such interest, which shall be the
or
(whether or not a Business Day), as the case may be, next preceding
such Interest Payment Date. Any such interest not so punctually
paid or duly provided for will forthwith cease to be payable to the
Holder on such Regular Record Date and may either be paid to the
Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor
Securities) is registered at the close of business on a Special
Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed
by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of
Securities of this series not less than 10 days prior to such
Special Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful
manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities
exchange or automated quotation system on which the Securities of
this series may be listed or traded, and upon such notice as may be
required by such exchange or automated quotation system, all as
more fully provided in such Indenture].
[If
the Security is not to bear interest prior to Maturity, insert
— The principal of this Security shall not bear interest
except in the case of a default in payment of principal upon
acceleration, upon redemption or at Stated Maturity and in such
case the overdue principal and any overdue premium shall bear
interest at the rate of
% per annum (to the extent that the payment of such interest shall
be legally enforceable), from the dates such amounts are due until
they are paid or made available for payment. Interest on any
overdue principal or premium shall be payable on demand. Any such
interest on overdue principal or premium which is not paid on
demand shall bear interest at the rate of
% per annum (to the extent that the payment of such interest on
interest shall be legally enforceable), from the date of such
demand until the amount so demanded is paid or made available for
payment. Interest on any overdue
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interest shall
be payable on demand.]
[If
a Global Security, insert — Payment of the principal of [(and
premium, if any)] and [if applicable, insert — any such]
interest on this Security will be made by transfer of immediately
available funds to a bank account in designated by the Holder in
such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the
time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private
debts [state other currency].]
[If
a definitive Security, insert —] Payment of the principal of
(and premium, if any) and [if applicable, insert — any such]
interest on this Security will be made at the office or agency of
the Company maintained for that purpose in
[in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the
time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private
debts ] [state other currency] [or subject to any laws or
regulations applicable thereto and to the right of the Company (as
provided in the Indenture) to rescind the designation of any such
Paying Agent, at the [main] offices of
in
and
in
, or at such other offices or agencies as the Company may
designate, by [United States Dollar] [state other currency] check
drawn on, or transfer to a [United States Dollar] account
maintained by the payee with, a bank in The City of New York [
] (so long as the applicable Paying Agent has received proper
transfer instructions in writing at least [
] days prior to the payment date)] [if applicable, insert —;
provided, however, that at the option of the Company payment of
interest may be made by check mailed to the address of the Person
entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security
Register] [or by transfer to a [United States Dollar] [state other
currency] account maintained by the payee with a bank in The City
of New York [state other Place of Payment] (so long as the
applicable Paying Agent has received proper transfer instructions
in writing by the Record Date prior to the applicable Interest
Payment Date)].]
Reference is
hereby made to the further provisions of this Security set forth on
the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes
have the same effect as if set forth at this place.
Unless
the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the
Trustee referred to on the reverse hereof by manual signature, this
Security shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture
or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.
IN WITNESS
WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly
executed.
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GreenHunter
Energy, Inc.
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Section 2.03.
Form of Reverse of Security .
This
Security is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the
Company (herein called the “Securities”), issued and to
be issued in one or more series under an Indenture, dated as of
(herein called the “Indenture”, which term shall have
the meaning assigned to it in such instrument), between the Company
and
, as Trustee (herein called the “Trustee”, which term
includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), and reference
is hereby made to the Indenture for a statement of the respective
rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of
the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities and of
the terms upon which the Securities are, and are to be,
authenticated and delivered. This Security is one of the series
designated on the face hereof [if applicable, insert —,
limited in aggregate principal amount to $
].
[If
applicable, insert — The Securities of this series are
subject to redemption upon not less than 30 nor more than
60 days’ notice by mail, [if applicable, insert
(1) on
in any year commencing with the year and ending with the year
through operation of the sinking fund for this series at a
Redemption Price equal to 100% of the principal amount, and (2)] at
any time [if applicable, insert — on or after
, 2 ], as a
whole or in part, at the election of the Company, at the following
Redemption Prices (expressed as percentages of the principal
amount): If redeemed [if applicable, insert — on or before
,
%, and if redeemed] during the 12-month period beginning
of the years indicated,
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and thereafter
at a Redemption Price equal to
% of the principal amount, together in the case of any such
redemption [if applicable, insert—(whether through operation
of the sinking fund or otherwise)] with accrued interest to the
Redemption Date, but interest installments whose Stated Maturity is
on or prior to such Redemption Date will be payable to the Holders
of such Securities, or one or more Predecessor Securities, of
record at the close of business on the relevant Record Dates
referred to on the face hereof, all as provided in the
Indenture.]
[If applicable,
insert—The Securities of this series are subject to
redemption upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’
notice by mail, (1) on
in any year commencing with the year
and ending with the year through operation of the sinking fund for
this series at the Redemption Prices for redemption through
operation of the sinking fund (expressed as percentages of the
principal amount) set forth in the table below, and (2) at any
time [if applicable, insert — on or after
], as a whole or in part, at the election of the Company, at the
Redemption Prices for redemption otherwise than through operation
of the sinking fund (expressed as percentages of the principal
amount) set forth in the table below: If redeemed during the
12 month period beginning
of the years indicated,
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and thereafter
at a Redemption Price equal to
% of the principal amount, together in the case of any such
redemption (whether through operation of the sinking fund or
otherwise) with accrued interest to the Redemption Date, but
interest installments whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to such
Redemption Date will be payable to the Holders of such Securities,
or one or more Predecessor Securities, of record at the close of
business on the relevant Record Dates referred to on the face
hereof, all as provided in the Indenture.]
[If
applicable, insert — Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
Company may not, prior to
, redeem any Securities of this series as contemplated by [if
applicable, insert — Clause (2) of] the preceding
paragraph as a part of or in anticipation of, any refunding
operation by the application, directly or indirectly, of moneys
borrowed having an interest cost to the Company (calculated in
accordance with generally accepted financial practice) of less than
% per annum.]
[If
applicable, insert — The sinking fund for this series
provides for the redemption on
in each year beginning with the year
and ending with the year
of [if applicable, insert — not less than $
(“mandatory sinking fund”) and not more than] $
aggregate principal amount of Securities of this series. Securities
of this series acquired or redeemed by the Company otherwise than
through [if applicable, insert mandatory] sinking fund payments may
be credited against subsequent [if applicable, insert mandatory]
sinking fund payments otherwise required to be made [if applicable,
insert—, in the inverse order in which they become
due].]
[If
the Security is subject to redemption of any kind, insert—In
the event of redemption of this Security in part only, a new
Security or Securities of this series and of like tenor for the
unredeemed portion hereof will be issued in the name of the Holder
hereof upon the cancellation hereof.]
[If
applicable, insert — The Indenture contains provisions for
defeasance at any time of [the entire indebtedness of this
Security] [or] [certain restrictive covenants and Events of Default
with respect to this Security] [, in each case] upon compliance
with certain conditions set forth in the Indenture.]
[If
applicable, insert — the Securities of this series are not
redeemable prior to Stated Maturity.]
[If
the Security is not an Original Issue Discount Security, insert
— If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of this
series shall occur and be continuing, the principal of the
Securities of this series may be declared due and payable in the
manner and with the effect
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provided in the
Indenture.]
[If
the Security is an Original Issue Discount Security, insert —
If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of this series
shall occur and be continuing, an amount of principal of the
Securities of this series may be declared due and payable in the
manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture. Such amount
shall be equal to insert formula for determining the amount. Upon
payment (i) of the amount of principal so declared due and
payable and (ii) of interest on any overdue principal, premium
and interest (in each case to the extent that the payment of such
interest shall be legally enforceable), all of the Company’s
obligations in respect of the payment of the principal of and
premium and interest, if any, on the Securities of this series
shall terminate.]
The
Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the
amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and
obligations of the Company and the rights of the Holders of the
Securities of each series to be affected under the Indenture at any
time by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders
of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Securities
at the time Outstanding of each series to be affected. The
Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of a
majority in principal amount of the Securities of each series at
the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Securities of
such series, to waive compliance by the Company with certain
provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the
Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the
Holder of this Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such
Holder and upon all future Holders of this Security and of any
Security issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in
exchange herefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such
consent or waiver is made upon this Security.
As
provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the
Holder of this Security shall not have the right to institute any
proceeding with respect to the Indenture or for the appointment of
a receiver or trustee or for any other remedy thereunder, unless
such Holder shall have previously given the Trustee written notice
of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Securities of
this series, the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount
of the Securities of this series at the time Outstanding shall have
made written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in
respect of such Event of Default as Trustee and offered the Trustee
reasonable indemnity, and the Trustee shall not have received from
the Holders of a majority in principal amount of Securities of this
series at the time Outstanding a direction inconsistent with such
request, and shall have failed to institute any such proceeding,
for 90 days after receipt of such notice, request and offer of
indemnity. The foregoing shall not apply to any suit instituted by
the Holder of this Security for the enforcement of any payment of
principal hereof or any premium or interest hereon on or after the
respective due dates expressed herein.
No
reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Security
or of the Indenture shall, without the consent of the Holder, alter
or impair the obligation of the Company which is absolute and
unconditional, to pay the principal of and any premium and interest
on this Security at the times, place and rate, and in the coin or
currency, herein prescribed.
[If
a Global Security, insert — This Global Security or portion
hereof may not be exchanged for definitive Securities of this
series except in the limited circumstances provided in
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The
holders of beneficial interests in this Global Security will not be
entitled to receive physical delivery of definitive Securities
except as described in the Indenture and will not be considered the
Holders thereof for any purpose under the Indenture.]
[If
a definitive Security, insert — As provided in the Indenture
and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer
of this Security is registrable in the Security Register, upon
surrender of this Security for registration of transfer at the
office or agency of the Company in any place where the principal of
and any premium and interest on this Security are payable, duly
endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in
form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly
executed, by the Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in
writing, and thereupon one or more new Securities of this series
and of like tenor, of authorized denominations and for the same
aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated
transferee or transferees.]
The
Securities of this series are issuable only in registered form
without coupons in denominations of [U.S.] $ [state other currency]
and any integral multiple thereof. As provided in the Indenture and
subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Securities of
this series are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount
of Securities of this series and of like tenor of a different
authorized denomination, as requested in writing by the Holder
surrendering the same.
No
service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer
or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum
sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in
connection therewith.
Prior
to due presentment of this Security for registration of transfer
and notice to the Trustee thereof the Company, the Trustee and any
agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose
name this Security is registered as the owner hereof for all
purposes, whether or not this Security be overdue, and neither the
Company, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice
to the contrary.
This
Security is subordinated in right of payment to the Senior
Indebtedness as more fully provided in Article XIV.
All
terms used in this Security which are defined in the Indenture
shall have the meanings assigned to them in the
Indenture.
THE
INDENTURE AND THIS SECURITY SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT GIVING
EFFECT TO PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW.
[If
a Definitive Security, insert as a separate page -
FOR
VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s) and
transfer(s) unto
(Please Print or Typewrite Name and Address of Assignee) the within
instrument of GREENHUNTER ENERGY, INC. and does hereby irrevocably
constitute and
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appoint
Attorney to transfer said instrument on the books of the
within-named Company, with full power of substitution in the
premises.
Please Insert
Social Security or
Other Identifying Number of Assignee:
(Participant in a Recognized Signature Guaranty Medallion
Program)
NOTICE:
The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as
written upon the face of the within instrument in every particular,
without alteration or enlargement or any change
whatever.]
Section 2.04.
Form of Legend for Global Securities .
Unless
otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.01 for the
Securities evidenced thereby, every Global Security authenticated
and delivered hereunder shall bear a legend in substantially the
following form:
THIS SECURITY
IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE
HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A
DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF. THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE EXCHANGED
IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR A SECURITY REGISTERED, AND NO TRANSFER OF
THIS SECURITY IN WHOLE OR IN PART MAY BE REGISTERED, IN THE NAME OF
ANY PERSON OTHER THAN SUCH DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF, EXCEPT
IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE. EVERY
SECURITY AUTHENTICATED AND DELIVERED UPON REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER
OF, OR IN EXCHANGE FOR OR IN LIEU OF, THIS SECURITY SHALL BE A
GLOBAL SECURITY SUBJECT TO THE FOREGOING, EXCEPT IN SUCH LIMITED
CIRCUMSTANCES.
If
Securities of a series are issuable in whole or in part in the form
of one or more Global Securities, as contemplated by
Section 3.01, then, notwithstanding Clause (i) of
Section 3.01 and the provisions of Section 3.02, any
Global Security shall represent such of the Outstanding Securities
of such series as shall be specified therein and may provide that
it shall represent the aggregate amount of Outstanding Securities
from time to time endorsed thereon and that the aggregate amount of
Outstanding Securities represented thereby may from time to time be
reduced or increased, as the case may be, to reflect exchanges. Any
endorsement of a Global Security to reflect the amount, or any
reduction or increase in the amount, of Outstanding Securities
represented thereby shall be made in such manner and upon
instructions given by such
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Person or
Persons as shall be specified therein or in a Company Order.
Subject to the provisions of Sections 3.03, 3.04 and 3.05, the
Trustee shall deliver and redeliver any Global Security in the
manner and upon instructions given by the Person or Persons
specified therein or in the applicable Company Order. Any
instructions by the Company with respect endorsement or delivery or
redelivery of a Global Security shall be in a Company Order (which
need not comply with Section 1.02 and need not be accompanied
by an Opinion of Counsel).
The
provisions of the last sentence of Section 3.03 shall apply to
any Security represented by a Global Security if such Security was
never issued and sold by the Company and the Company delivers to
the Trustee the Global Security together with a Company Order
(which need not comply with Section 1.02 and need not be
accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel) with regard to the reduction
or increase, as the case may be, in the principal amount of
Securities represented thereby, together with the written statement
contemplated by the last sentence of Section 3.03.
Section 2.05.
Form of Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication
.
The
Trustee’s certificates of authentication shall be in
substantially the following form:
TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF
AUTHENTICATION
This
is one of the Debt Securities of the series designated therein
referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
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[TRUSTEE],
As Trustee
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Authorized
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ARTICLE III THE
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 in one or more series. There shall be
established in or pursuant to a Board Resolution and, subject to
Section 3.03, to the extent established pursuant to rather
than set forth in a Board Resolution, in an Officers’
Certificate or Company Order setting forth, or determining the
manner of, such establishment, or established in one or more
indentures supplemental hereto, prior to the issuance of Securities
of any series,
(a) the
form and title of the Securities of the series (which shall
distinguish the Securities of the series from Securities of any
other series);
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(b) any
limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the Securities of the
series which may be authenticated and delivered under this
Indenture (except for Securities authenticated and delivered upon
registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of,
other Securities of the series pursuant to Section 3.04, 3.05,
3.06, 9.06 or 11.07 and except for any Securities which, pursuant
to Section 3.03, are deemed never to have been authenticated
and delivered hereunder);
(c) the
Person to whom any interest on a Security of the series shall be
payable, if other than the Person in whose name that Security (or
one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of
business on the Regular Record Date for such interest;
(d) the
date or dates on which the Securities will be issued and on which
principal of, and premium, if any, on, any Securities of the series
is payable or the method of determination thereof;
(e) the
rate or rates (which may be fixed or variable, or combination
thereof) at which any Securities of the series shall bear interest,
if any, or the method of determination thereof, the date or dates
from which any such interest shall accrue, or the method of
determination thereof, the Interest Payment Dates on which any such
interest shall be payable and the Regular Record Date for any such
interest payable on any Interest Payment Date;
(f) the
place or places where, subject to the provisions of
Section 10.02, the principal of and any premium and interest
on any Securities of the series shall be payable, Securities of the
series may be surrendered for registration or transfer, Securities
of the series may be surrendered for exchange, and notices and
demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities of the
series and this Indenture may be served;
(g) the
period or periods, if any, within which, the price or prices at
which and the terms and conditions upon which any Securities of the
series may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option of the
Company and, if other than by a Board Resolution, the manner in
which any election by the Company to redeem the Securities shall be
evidenced;
(h) the
obligation, if any, and the option, if any, of the Company to
redeem, purchase or repay any Securities of the series pursuant to
any sinking fund or analogous provisions or upon the happening of a
specified event or at the option of the Holder thereof and the
period or periods within which, the price or prices at which and
the terms and conditions upon which any Securities of the series
shall be redeemed, purchased or repaid, in whole or in part,
pursuant to such obligation or option;
(i) if
other than denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple
thereof the denominations in which any Securities of the series
shall be issuable;
(j) if
the amount of principal of or any premium or interest on any
Securities of the series may be determined with reference to an
index including an index based on a currency or currencies other
than in which the Securities of that series are payable or pursuant
to a formula, the manner in which such amounts shall be
determined;
(k) if
other than the currency of the United States of America, the
currency,
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currencies or
currency units in which the principal of or any premium or interest
on any Securities of the series shall be denominated, payable,
redeemable or purchasable and the manner of determining the
equivalent thereof in the currency of the United States of America
for any purpose, including for purposes of the definition of
“Outstanding” in Section 1.01;
(l) if
the principal of or any premium or interest on any Securities of
the series is to be payable, redeemable or purchasable, at the
election of the Company or the Holder thereof, in one or more
currencies or currency units other than that or those in which such
Securities are stated to be payable, redeemable, or purchasable,
the currency, currencies or currency units in which the principal
of or any premium or interest on such Securities as to which such
election is made shall be payable, redeemable or purchasable, the
periods within which and the terms and conditions upon which such
election is to be made and the amount so payable, redeemable or
purchasable (or the manner in which such amount shall be
determined);
(m) if
other than the entire principal amount thereof, the portion of the
principal amount of any Securities of the series which shall be
payable upon declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof
pursuant to Section 5.02 or provable in bankruptcy pursuant to
Section 5.04 or the method of determination
thereof;
(n) if
the principal amount payable at the Stated Maturity of any
Securities of the series will not be determinable as of any one or
more dates prior to the Stated Maturity, the amount which shall be
deemed to be the principal amount of such Securities as of any such
date for any purpose thereunder or hereunder, including the
principal amount thereof which shall be due and payable upon any
Maturity other than the Stated Maturity or which shall be deemed to
be Outstanding as of any date prior to the Stated Maturity (or, in
any such case, the manner in which such amount deemed to be the
principal amount shall be determined);
(o) if
applicable, that the Securities of the series, in whole or any
specified part, shall be defeasible pursuant to Section 13.02
or Section 13.03 or both such Sections or if other than as
provided in Sections 13.02 or 13.03, the terms and conditions
upon which and the manner in which such series of Securities may be
defeased or discharged, and, if other than by a Board Resolution,
the manner in which any election by the Company to defease or
discharge such Securities shall be evidenced;
(p) if
applicable, that any Securities of the series shall be issuable in
whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Securities and,
in such case, the respective Depositaries for such Global
Securities, the form of any legend or legends which shall be borne
by any such Global Security in addition to or in lieu of that set
forth in Section 2.04 and any circumstances in addition to or
in lieu of those set forth in Section 3.05 in which any such
Global Security may be exchanged in whole or in part for Securities
registered, and any transfer of such Global Security in whole or in
part may be registered, in the name or names of Persons other than
the Depositary for such Global Security or a nominee
thereof;
(q) any
deletion from, addition to or change in the Events of Default which
applies to any Securities of the series and any change in the right
of the Trustee or the requisite Holders of such Securities to
declare the principal amount thereof due and payable pursuant to
Section 5.02;
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(r) any
addition to or change in the covenants set forth in Article X
or XIV which applies to Securities of the series or in any defined
term used in either Article X or XIV;
(s) the
right, if any, of the Company to defer payments of interest by
extending the interest payment periods and specify the duration of
such extension, the Interest Payment Dates on which such interest
shall be payable and whether and under what circumstances
additional interest on amounts deferred shall be
payable;
(t) if
and the terms and conditions upon which any Securities of the
series may be converted into or exchanged for securities, which may
include, without limitation, capital stock, of any class or series
of the Company or any other issuer;
(u) if
other than the Trustee, the identity of any other trustee, the
Security Registrar and any Paying Agent; and
(v) any
other terms of the Securities of the series (which terms shall not
be inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture, except as
permitted by Section 9.01(e)).
All
Securities of any one series shall be substantially identical
except as to denomination and except as may otherwise be provided
in or pursuant to the Board Resolution referred to above and
(subject to Section 3.03) set forth, or determined in the
manner provided, in the Officers’ Certificate referred to
above or in any such indenture supplemental hereto.
Any
such Board Resolution or Officers’ Certificate referred to
above with respect to Securities of any series filed with the
Trustee on or before the initial issuance of the Securities of such
series shall be incorporated herein by reference with respect to
Securities of such series and shall thereafter be deemed to be a
part of the Indenture for all purposes relating to Securities of
such series as fully as if such Board Resolution or Officers’
Certificate were set forth herein in full.
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 increases in the aggregate
principal amount of such series of Securities and issuances of
additional Securities of such series or for the establishment of
additional terms with respect to the Securities of such
series.
If
any of the terms of the series are established by action taken
pursuant to a Board Resolution, a copy of an appropriate record of
such action shall be certified by the Secretary or an Assistant
Secretary of the Company and delivered to the Trustee at or prior
to the delivery of the Officers’ Certificate setting forth
the terms of the series.
Section 3.02.
Denominations .
The
Securities of each series shall be issuable only in registered form
without coupons and only in such denominations as shall be
specified as contemplated by Section 3.01. In the absence of
any such specified denomination with respect to the Securities of
any series, the Securities of such series shall be issuable in
denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple
thereof.
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Section 3.03.
Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating .
The
Securities shall be executed on behalf of the Company by its
Chairman of the Board, its Vice Chairman of the Board, its
President or one of its Vice Presidents. The signature of any of
these officers on the Securities may be manual or
facsimile.
The
Securities bearing the manual or facsimile signatures of
individuals who were at any time the proper officers of the Company
shall bind the Company notwithstanding that such individuals or any
of them have ceased to hold such offices prior to the
authentication and delivery of such Securities did not hold such
offices at the date of such Securities.
At
any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of
this Indenture, the Company may deliver Securities of any series
executed by the Company to the Trustee for authentication, together
with a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of such
Securities, and the Trustee in accordance with the Company Order
shall authenticate and deliver such Securities as in this Indenture
provided and not otherwise. If the form or terms of the Securities
of the series have been established by or pursuant to one or more
Board Resolutions as permitted by Sections 2.01 and 3.01, in
authenticating such Securities, and accepting the additional
responsibilities under this Indenture in relation to such
Securities, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and (subject
to, Section 6.01) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an
Opinion of Counsel stating,
(a) if
the form of such Securities has been established by or pursuant to
Board Resolution as permitted by Section 2.01, that such form
has been established in conformity with the provisions of this
Indenture;
(b) if
the terms of such Securities have been established by or pursuant
to Board Resolution as permitted by Section 3.01, that such
terms have been established in conformity with the provisions of
this Indenture; and
(c) that
such Securities, when authenticated and delivered by the Trustee
and issued by the Company in the manner and subject to any
conditions specified in such Opinion of Counsel will constitute
valid and legally binding obligations of the Company enforceable in
accordance with their terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency,
fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws of
general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’
rights and to general equity principles or other customary
exceptions.
If
such form or terms have been so established, the Trustee shall not
be required to authenticate such Securities if the issue of such
Securities pursuant to this Indenture in accordance with the Board
Resolutions will affect the Trustee’s own rights, duties,
obligations, responsibilities or immunities under the Securities
and this Indenture or otherwise in a manner which is not reasonably
acceptable to the Trustee.
Notwithstanding
the provisions of Section 3.01 and of the preceding paragraph,
if all Securities of a series are not to be originally issued at
one time, it shall not be necessary, unless the Trustee reasonably
determines otherwise, for the Company to deliver the
Officers’ Certificate otherwise required pursuant to
Section 3.01 or the Company Order and Opinion of Counsel
otherwise required pursuant to such preceding paragraph at or prior
to the authentication of each
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Security of
such series if such documents are delivered at or prior to the
authentication upon original issuance of the first Security of such
series to be issued.
Each
Security shall be dated the date of its authentication.
No
Security shall be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture or
be valid or obligatory for any purpose unless there appears on such
Security a certificate of authentication substantially in the form
provided for herein executed by the Trustee by manual signature,
and such certificate upon any Security shall be conclusive
evidence, and the only evidence, that such Security has been duly
authenticated and delivered hereunder and is entitled to the
benefits of this Indenture. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any
Security shall have been authenticated and delivered hereunder but
never issued and sold by the Company, and the Company shall deliver
such Security to the Trustee for cancellation as provided in
Section 3.09, for all purposes of this Indenture such Security
shall be deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered
hereunder and shall never be entitled to the benefits of this
Indenture.
Section 3.04.
Temporary Securities .
Pending
the preparation of definitive Securities of any series, the Company
may execute, and upon Company Order the Trustee shall authenticate
and deliver, temporary Securities which are printed, lithographed,
typewritten, mimeographed or otherwise produced, in any authorized
denomination, substantially of the tenor of the definitive
Securities in lieu of which they are issued and with such
appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other
variations as the officers executing such Securities may determine,
as evidenced by their execution of such Securities.
If
temporary Securities of any series are issued, the Company will
cause definitive Securities of that series to be prepared without
unreasonable delay. After the preparation of definitive Securities
of such series, the temporary Securities of such series shall be
exchangeable for definitive Securities of such series upon
surrender of the temporary Securities of such series at the office
or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment for that series,
without charge to the Holder. Upon surrender for cancellation of
any one or more temporary Securities of any series, the Company
shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in
exchange therefor one or more def
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