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Exhibit 4.1
7.400% NOTES DUE
2014
7.950% NOTES DUE
2018
8.700% NOTES DUE
2038
SUPPLEMENTAL
INDENTURE
between
INTERNATIONAL PAPER
COMPANY
and
THE BANK OF NEW
YORK
Dated as of June 4,
2008
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE 1
DEFINITIONS
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Section 1.01.
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Definition of Terms |
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ARTICLE 2 |
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TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE NOTES |
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Section 2.01.
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Designation and Principal Amount |
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Section 2.02.
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Maturity |
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Section 2.03.
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Depositary |
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Section 2.04.
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Form;
Denomination |
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Section 2.05.
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Legend |
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Section 2.06.
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Special Transfer Provisions |
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Section 2.07.
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Interest |
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Section 2.08.
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Merger |
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Section 2.09.
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Place
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Section 2.10.
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Defeasance; Discharge |
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ARTICLE 3 |
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REDEMPTION OF THE NOTES |
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Section 3.01.
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Optional Redemption by Company |
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Section 3.02.
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Special Mandatory Redemption |
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Section 3.03.
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Change
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Section 3.04.
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No
Sinking Fund |
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ARTICLE 4 |
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MODIFICATION |
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Section 4.01.
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Modification of Indenture and Supplemental
Indenture |
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FORMS OF NOTES |
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Section 5.01.
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Forms
of Notes |
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ARTICLE 6 |
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ORIGINAL ISSUE OF NOTES |
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Section 6.01.
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Original Issue of Notes; Further Issuances |
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ARTICLE 7 |
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MISCELLANEOUS |
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Section 7.01.
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Ratification of Indenture |
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Section 7.02.
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Trustee Not Responsible for Recitals |
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Section 7.03.
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Governing Law |
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Section 7.04.
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Separability |
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Section 7.05.
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Counterparts |
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SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated
as of June 4, 2008 (the “ Supplemental Indenture
”), between International Paper Company, a New York
corporation (the “ Company ”), and The Bank of
New York, as trustee (the “ Trustee ”) under the
Indenture, dated as of April 12, 1999, between the Company and
the Trustee (the “ Indenture ”).
WHEREAS, the Company executed
and delivered the Indenture to the Trustee to provide, among other
things, for the future issuance of the Company’s unsecured
Securities to be issued from time to time in one or more series as
might be determined by the Company under the Indenture, in an
unlimited aggregate principal amount which may be authenticated and
delivered as provided in the Indenture;
WHEREAS, Section 9.1 of
the Indenture provides for various matters with respect to any
series of Securities issued under the Indenture to be established
in an indenture supplemental to the Indenture;
WHEREAS, Section 9.1(7)
of the Indenture provides for the Company and the Trustee to enter
into an indenture supplemental to the Indenture to establish the
form or terms of Securities of any series as provided by Sections
2.1 and 3.1 of the Indenture;
WHEREAS, the Board of
Directors of the Company has duly adopted resolutions authorizing
the Company to execute and deliver this Supplemental
Indenture;
WHEREAS, pursuant to the
terms of the Indenture, the Company desires to provide for the
establishment of three new series of its Securities to be known as
its 7.400% Notes due 2014 (the “ 2014 Notes ”),
its 7.950% Notes due 2018 (the “ 2018 Notes ”)
and its 8.700% Notes due 2038 (the “ 2038 Notes
”; and together with the 2014 Notes and the 2018 Notes, the
“ Notes ”), the form and substance of such Notes
and the terms, provisions and conditions thereof to be set forth as
provided in the Indenture and this Supplemental
Indenture;
WHEREAS, the Company has
requested that the Trustee execute and deliver this Supplemental
Indenture and all requirements necessary to make (i) this
Supplemental Indenture a valid instrument in accordance with its
terms, and (ii) the Notes, when executed by the Company and
authenticated and delivered by the Trustee, the valid obligations
of the Company, have been performed, and the execution and delivery
of this Supplemental Indenture has been duly authorized in all
respects;
NOW THEREFORE, in
consideration of the purchase and acceptance of the Notes by the
Holders thereof, and for the purpose of setting forth, as provided
in the Indenture, the form and substance of the Notes and the
terms, provisions and conditions thereof, the Company covenants and
agrees with the Trustee as follows:
ARTICLE 1
DEFINITIONS
Section 1.01.
Definition of Terms . Unless the context otherwise
requires:
(a) a term defined in the
Indenture has the same meaning when used in this Supplemental
Indenture unless the definition of such term is amended and
supplemented pursuant to this Supplemental Indenture;
(b) a term defined anywhere
in this Supplemental Indenture has the same meaning
throughout;
(c) the singular includes the
plural and vice versa;
(d) a reference to a Section
or Article is to a Section or Article in this Supplemental
Indenture;
(e) headings are for
convenience of reference only and do not affect
interpretation;
(f) the following terms have
the meanings given to them in this Section 1.01(f):
“ 2014 Notes
” shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals
above.
“ 2018 Notes
” shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals
above.
“ 2038 Notes
” shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals
above.
“ Business Day
” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 3.01(c).
“ Change of
Control ” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 3.03(e).
“ Change of Control
Offer ” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 3.03(a).
“ Change of Control
Payment ” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 3.03(a).
“ Change of Control
Payment Date ” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 3.03(b).
“ Change of Control
Triggering Event ” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 3.03(e).
“ Comparable
Treasury Issue ” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 3.01(c).
“ Comparable
Treasury Price ” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 3.01(c).
“ Exchange Act
” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.
“ Global Note
” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 2.04(a).
“ Independent
Investment Banker ” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 3.01(c).
“ Interest Payment
Date ” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 2.07(a).
“ Investment
Grade ” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 3.03(e).
“ Issue Date
” means June 4, 2008, the date of initial issuance of
the Notes.
“ Moody’s
” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., a subsidiary
of Moody’s Corporation, and its successors.
“ Notes ”
shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals above.
“ Optional
Redemption Price ” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 3.01(a).
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“ Person ”
means any individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability
company, business trust, association, joint-stock company, joint
venture, trust, incorporated or unincorporated organization or
government or any agency or political subdivision
thereof.
“ Purchase
Agreement ” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 3.02(b).
“ Rating Agency
” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 3.03(e).
“ Reference Treasury
Dealer ” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 3.01(c).
“ Reference Treasury
Dealer Quotations ” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 3.01(c).
“ Remaining Life
” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 3.01(c).
“ S&P
” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a
division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., and its
successors.
“ Special Mandatory
Redemption Date ” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 3.02(b).
“ Special Mandatory
Redemption Price ” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 3.02(b).
“ Substitute Rating
Agency ” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 2.07(c)(ix).
“ Supplemental
Indenture ” shall have the meaning set forth in the
recitals above.
“ Treasury Rate
” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 3.01(c).
“ Voting Stock
” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 3.03(e).
ARTICLE 2
TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE
NOTES
Section 2.01.
Designation and Principal Amount .
(a) 7.400% Notes due
2014
There is hereby authorized a
series of Securities designated the “ 7.400% Notes due
2014 ” initially offered in the aggregate principal
amount of $1,000,000,000, which amount shall be as set forth in a
Company Order for the authentication and delivery of such Notes
pursuant to Section 3.3 of the Indenture.
(b) 7.950% Notes due
2018
There is hereby authorized a
series of Securities designated the “ 7.950% Notes due
2018 ” initially offered in the aggregate principal
amount of $1,700,000,000, which amount shall be as set forth in a
Company Order for the authentication and delivery of such Notes
pursuant to Section 3.3 of the Indenture.
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(c) 8.700% Notes due
2038
There is hereby authorized a
series of Securities designated the “ 8.700% Notes due
2038 ” initially offered in the aggregate principal
amount of $300,000,000, which amount shall be as set forth in a
Company Order for the authentication and delivery of such Notes
pursuant to Section 3.3 of the Indenture.
Section 2.02.
Maturity . The 2014 Notes will mature on June 15, 2014,
the 2018 Notes will mature on June 15, 2018, and the 2038
Notes will mature on June 15, 2038.
Section 2.03.
Depositary . The Depository Trust Company shall be the
initial Depositary, until a successor shall have been appointed and
become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this
Indenture, and thereafter, “Depositary” shall mean or
include such successor.
Section 2.04. Form;
Denomination .
(a) The 2014 Notes, the 2018
Notes and the 2038 Notes shall each be issued initially in the form
of one or more permanent Global Notes in registered form, without
coupons, substantially in the form herein below recited (each, a
“ Global Note ” and collectively, the “
Global Notes ”), deposited with the Trustee, as
custodian for the Depositary, duly executed by the Company and
authenticated by the Trustee as herein provided.
The aggregate principal
amount of each Global Note may from time to time be increased or
decreased by adjustments made on the records of the Trustee, as
custodian for the Depositary or its nominee, as provided in
Section 2.3 of the Indenture.
(b) The Notes shall be
issuable only in registered form, without coupons, in denominations
of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. The
Notes shall be numbered, lettered, or otherwise distinguished in
such manner or in accordance with such plans as the officers of the
Company executing the same may determine with the approval of the
Trustee.
Section 2.05.
Legend . Each Global Note shall bear the following legend on
the face thereof:
UNLESS THIS GLOBAL NOTE IS
PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST
COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), NEW YORK, NEW
YORK, TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER,
EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY GLOBAL NOTE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN
THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED
BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO
CEDE & CO., OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN
AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER
USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL
INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS
AN INTEREST HEREIN.
TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL NOTE
SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO DTC, TO
NOMINEES OF DTC OR TO A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSOR’S
NOMINEE AND TRANSFERS OF PORTIONS OF THIS GLOBAL NOTE SHALL BE
LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE
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WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN THE
INDENTURE REFERRED TO ON THE REVERSE HEREOF.
Section 2.06. Special
Transfer Provisions .
(a) A Global Note may be
transferred, in whole but not in part, only to the Depositary, to a
nominee of the Depositary, or to a successor Depositary selected or
approved by the Company or to a nominee of such successor
Depositary.
(b) If at any time the
Depositary for a series of Notes notifies the Company that it is
unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary or if at any time the
Depositary for such series shall no longer be registered or in good
standing under the Exchange Act or other applicable statute or
regulation, and a successor Depositary for such series is not
appointed by the Company within 90 days after the Company receives
such notice or becomes aware of such condition, as the case may be,
the Company will execute, and, subject to Article 3 of the
Indenture, the Trustee, upon written notice from the Company, will
authenticate and make available for delivery the Notes of such
series in definitive registered form without coupons, in authorized
denominations, and in an aggregate principal amount equal to the
principal amount of the Global Note for such series in exchange for
the Global Note for such series. In addition, the Company may
(subject to the procedures of the Depositary) at any time determine
that the Notes of such series shall no longer be represented by a
Global Note. In such event the Company will execute, and subject to
Section 3.5 of the Indenture, the Trustee, upon receipt of an
Officer’s Certificate evidencing such determination by the
Company, will authenticate and deliver the Notes of such series in
definitive registered form without coupons, in authorized
denominations, and in an aggregate principal amount equal to the
principal amount of the Global Note for such series in exchange for
the Global Note for such series. Upon the exchange of the Global
Note for the Notes of such series in definitive registered form
without coupons, in authorized denominations, the Global Note for
such series shall be cancelled by the Trustee. Such Notes in
definitive registered form issued in exchange for the Global Note
for such series shall be registered in such names and in such
authorized denominations as the Depositary, pursuant to
instructions from its direct or indirect participants or otherwise,
shall instruct the Trustee. The Trustee shall deliver such Notes to
the Depositary for delivery to the Persons in whose names such
Notes are so registered. Notes of either series represented by
Global Notes will be exchangeable for Notes in definitive
registered form if an Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing.
Section 2.07.
Interest .
(a) The 2014 Notes will bear
interest at the rate of 7.400% per annum, the 2018 Notes will
bear interest at the rate of 7.950% per annum, and the 2038
Notes will bear interest at the rate of 8.700% per annum, each
subject to adjustment as set forth in Section
2.07(c), from the most recent Interest
Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for
or, if no interest has been paid, from the Issue Date until the
principal thereof becomes due and payable, payable semi-annually in
arrears on June 15 and December 15 of each year (each, an
“ Interest Payment Date ”), commencing on
December 15, 2008, to the Person in whose name such Note or
any Predecessor Security is registered, at the close of business on
the Regular Record Date for such interest installment, which shall
be the close of business on June 1 or December 1 (whether
or not a Business Day), as the case may be, immediately preceding
such Interest Payment Date, and at the foregoing respective rates
on overdue principal.
(b) The amount of interest
payable for any period less than a full interest period will be
computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months and
the actual days elapsed in a partial month in such period. In the
event that any date on which interest is payable on the Notes is
not a
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Business Day, then 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 such payment was originally
payable.
(c) The interest rate payable
on the Notes of a series shall be subject to adjustment from time
to time if either Moody’s or S&P (or, in either case, any
Substitute Rating Agency thereof) downgrades (or subsequently
upgrades) the debt rating assigned to the Notes of that series in
the manner described below:
(i) If the rating from
Moody’s (or any Substitute Rating Agency thereof) of the
Notes of a series is decreased to a rating set forth in the
immediately following table, the interest rate payable on the Notes
of that series will increase from the interest rate payable on the
Notes of such series on the Issue Date by the percentage points set
forth opposite that rating:
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Moody’s Ratings
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Ba1
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Ba2
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Ba3
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(ii) If the rating from
S&P (or any Substitute Rating Agency thereof) of the Notes of a
series is decreased to a rating set forth in the immediately
following table, the interest rate payable on the Notes of that
series will increase from the interest rate payable on the Notes of
that series on the Issue Date by the percentage points set forth
opposite that rating:
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S&P Ratings
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BB
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(iii) If at any time the
interest rate on the Notes of a series has been adjusted upward and
either Moody’s or S&P (or, in either case, a Substitute
Rating Agency thereof), as the case may be, subsequently increases
its rating of the Notes of that series to any of the threshold
ratings set forth above, the interest rate on the Notes of that
series will be decreased such that the interest rate for the Notes
of that series equals the interest rate payable on the Notes of
that series on the Issue Date plus the percentage points set forth
opposite the ratings from the tables above in effect immediately
following the rating increase. If Moody’s (or any Substitute
Rating Agency thereof) subsequently increases its rating of the
Notes of a series to Baa3 (or its equivalent, in the case of a
Substitute Rating Agency) or higher and S&P (or any Substitute
Rating Agency thereof)
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Including the equivalent
ratings of any Substitute Rating Agency.
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Including the equivalent
ratings of any Substitute Rating Agency.
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increases its rating to BBB-
(or its equivalent, in the case of a Substitute Rating Agency) or
higher, the interest rate on the Notes of that series will be
decreased to the interest rate payable on the Notes of that series
on the Issue Date. In addition, the interest rates on the Notes of
each series will permanently cease to be subject to any adjustment
pursuant to this Section 2.07(c) (notwithstanding any
subsequent decrease in the ratings by either or both such rating
agencies) if the Notes of that series become rated A3 (stable or
better) and A- (stable or better) (or the equivalent of either such
rating, in the case of a Substitute Rating Agency) or higher by
Moody’s and S&P (or, in either case, any Substitute
Rating Agency thereof), respectively (or one of these ratings if
the Notes of such series are only rated by one such rating
agency).
(iv) Each adjustment required
by any decrease or increase in a rating set forth above, whether
occasioned by the action of Moody’s or S&P (or, in either
case, any Substitute Rating Agency thereof), shall be made
independent of any and all other adjustments. In no event shall
(1) the interest rate on the Notes of a series be reduced to
below the interest rate payable on the Notes of such series on the
Issue Date or (2) the total increase in the interest rate on
the Notes of a series exceed 2.00 percentage points above the
interest rate payable on the Notes of such series on the Issue
Date.
(v) No adjustments in the
interest rate of the Notes of a series shall be made solely as a
result of a rating agency ceasing to provide a rating of such
series of Notes. If at any time less than two rating agencies
provide a rating of the Notes of a series for a reason beyond the
Company’s control, the Company will use its commercially
reasonable efforts to obtain a rating of such series of Notes from
a Substitute Rating Agency, to the extent one exists, and if a
Substitute Rating Agency exists, for purposes of determining any
increase or decrease in the interest rate on the Notes of a series
pursuant to the tables above, (a) such Substitute Rating
Agency will be substituted for the last rating agency to provide a
rating of such series of Notes but which has since ceased to
provide such rating, (b) the relative ratings scale used by
such Substitute Rating Agency to assign ratings to senior unsecured
debt will be determined in good faith by an independent investment
banking institution of national standing appointed by the Company
and, for purposes of determining the applicable ratings included in
the applicable table above with respect to such Substitute Rating
Agency, such ratings will be deemed to be the equivalent ratings
used by Moody’s or S&P, as applicable, in such table and
(c) the interest rate on the Notes of such series will
increase or decrease, as the case may be, such that the interest
rate equals the interest rate payable on the Notes of such series
on the Issue Date plus the appropriate percentage points, if any,
set forth opposite the rating from such Substitute Rating Agency in
the applicable table above (taking into account the provisions of
clause (b) above) (plus any applicable percentage points
resulting from a decreased rating by the other rating agency). For
so long as only one rating agency provides a rating of the Notes of
a series, any subsequent increase or decrease in the interest rate
of such series of Notes necessitated by a reduction or increase in
the rating by the agency providing the rating shall be twice the
percentage points set forth in the applicable table above. For so
long as none of Moody’s, S&P or a Substitute Rating
Agency provides a rating of the Notes of a series, the interest
rate on the Notes of such series will increase to, or remain at, as
the case may be, 2.00 percentage points above the interest rate
payable on the Notes of such series on the Issue Date.
(vi) Any interest rate
increase or decrease described above will take effect from the
Interest Payment Date immediately preceding a rating change which
requires an adjustment in the interest rate.
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(vii) Promptly after any
change in the interest rate borne by any series of Notes as
provided above, the Company shall give the Trustee an
Officers’ Certificate to the effect that the interest rate
borne by such series of Notes has changed in accordance with this
Section 2.07(c) and setting forth the amount of the related
increase or decrease and the new interest rate borne by such series
of Notes.
(viii) If the interest rate
payable on the Notes is increased pursuant to this
Section 2.07(c), the term “interest,” as used in
the Indenture, as supplemented by this Supplemental Indenture, will
be deemed to include any such additional interest unless the
context otherwise requires. If the Company defeases or discharges
the Indenture in accordance with Section 4.1 of the Indenture,
or any series of Notes or certain obligations related thereto in
accordance with Sections 4.3 and 10.11 of the Indenture and
Section 2.10 hereof, there will be no further adjustment in
the interest rate on such series of Notes after such defeasance or
discharge.
(ix) The following term has
the meaning given to it in this
Section 2.07(c)(ix):
“ Substitute Rating
Agency ” means a “nationally recognized statistical
rating organization” within the meaning of Rule
15c3-1(c)(2)(vi)(F) under the Exchange
Act, selected by the Company (as certified by a resolution of the
board of directors of the Company and delivered to the Trustee) as
a replacement agency for Moody’s, S&P or another
Substitute Rating Agency, or all of them, as the case may
be.
Section 2.08.
Consolidation, Merger and Sale of Assets . For purposes of
the Notes of each series, Section 8.1 of the Indenture is
amended to add “limited liability company,” immediately
after “corporation,” and immediately before
“partnership or trust” in clause
(1) thereof.
Section 2.09. Place
of Payment . The Place of Payment where Notes may be presented
or surrendered for payment, where Notes may be surrendered for
registration of transfer or exchange and where notices and demands
to or upon the Company in respect of the Notes and the Indenture
may be served initially is the Corporate Trust Office of the
Trustee.
Section 2.10.
Defeasance; Discharge . The provisions of Section 4.3
and Section 10.11 of the Indenture will apply to the Notes of
each series.
ARTICLE 3
REDEMPTION OF THE
NOTES
Section 3.01.
Optional Redemption by Company .
(a) Subject to Article XI of
the Indenture, the Company shall have the right to redeem the 2014
Notes, the 2018 Notes or the 2038 Notes, in whole or in part, at
any time or from time to time, at a redemption price (the “
Optional Redemption Price ”) equal to the greater
of:
(i) 100% of the principal
amount of the Notes being redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid
interest to the Redemption Date; or
(ii) the sum of the present
values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and
interest in respect of the Notes being redeemed (exclusive of
interest accrued to the Redemption Date of the series to be
redeemed) discounted to the Redemption Date of the series
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be redeemed on a semi-annual
basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months)
at the Treasury Rate plus 50 basis points, plus accrued interest on
the principal amount being redeemed to the Redemption Date of the
series to be redeemed.
Any redemption pursuant to
the preceding paragraph will be made upon not less than 30 nor more
than 60 days’ prior notice before the Redemption Date of the
series to be redeemed to each Holder of the Notes of the series to
be redeemed, at the Optional Redemption Price. If Notes are only
partially redeemed pursuant to this Section 3.01(a), the Notes
of the series to be redeemed will be redeemed by the Trustee in
accordance with Section 11.3 of the Indenture; provided
that if at the time of redemption the Notes of the series to be
redeemed are registered as a Global Note, the Depositary shall
determine, in accordance with its procedures, the principal amount
of the Notes of the series to be redeemed held by each Holder of
such Notes to be redeemed. The Optional Redemption Price shall be
paid prior to 12:00 noon, New York time, on the date of such
redemption or at such earlier time as the Company determines,
provided that the Company shall deposit with the Trustee an
amount sufficient to pay the Optional Redemption Price by 10:00
a.m., New York time, on the date such Optional Redemption Price is
to be paid.
(b) Notice of any redemption
pursuant to this Section 3.01 shall be given as provided in
Section 11.4 of the Indenture except that any notice of such
redemption shall not specify the related Optional Redemption Price
but only the manner of calculation thereof. The Trustee shall not
be responsible for the calculation of such Optional Redemption
Price. The Company shall calculate such Optional Redemption Price
and promptly notify the Trustee thereof.
(c) The following terms have
the meanings given to them in this Section 3.01(c):
“ Business Day
” means any calendar day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or
legal holiday in New York, New York and on which commercial banks
are open for business in New York, New York.
“ Comparable
Treasury Issue ” means the United States Treasury
security selected by an Independent Investment Banker as having a
maturity comparable to the remaining term (“ Remaining
Life ”) of the applicable series of Notes to be redeemed
that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance
with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of
corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to the remaining
term of the Notes of such series.
“ Comparable
Treasury Price ” means, with respect to any Redemption
Date, (i) the average of the Reference Treasury Dealer
Quotations for such Redemption Date, after excluding the highest
and lowest such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, or
(ii) if the Independent Investment Banker obtains fewer than
four such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all
such Quotations.
“ Independent
Investment Banker ” means an independent investment
banking institution of national standing appointed by the
Company.
“ Reference Treasury
Dealer ” means (i) each of Banc of America
Securities LLC, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Greenwich Capital
Markets, Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., UBS Securities LLC and
their respective successors, provided, however , that if any
of the foregoing shall cease to be a primary U.S. Government
securities dealer in the United States (a
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“ Primary Treasury
Dealer ”), the Company will substitute therefor another
Primary Treasury Dealer and (ii) any other Primary Treasury
Dealer selected by the Company.
“ Reference Treasury
Dealer Quotations ” means, with respect to each Reference
Treasury Dealer and any Redemption Date, the average, as determined
by the Independent Investment Banker, of the bid and asked prices
for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a
percentage of its principal amount) quoted in writing to the
Independent Investment Banker by such Reference Treasury Dealer at
5:00 p.m. on the third Business Day preceding such Redemption
Date.
“ Treasury Rate
” means, with respect to any Redemption Date, (i) the
yield, under the heading which represents the average for the
immediately preceding week, appearing in the most recently
published statistical release designated “H.15(519)” or
any successor publication which is published weekly by the Board of
Governors of the Federal Reserve System and which establishes
yields on actively traded United States Treasury securities
adjusted to constant maturity under the caption “Treasury
Constant Maturities,” for the maturity corresponding to the
Comparable Treasury Issue (if no maturity is within three months
before or after the Remaining Life, yields for the two published
maturities most closely corresponding to the Comparable Treasury
Issue shall be determined and the Treasury Rate shall be
interpolated or extrapolated from such yields on a straight line
basis, rounding to the nearest month) or (ii) if such release
(or any successor release) is not published during the week
preceding the calculation date or does not contain such yields, the
rate per annum equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to
maturity of the Comparable Treasury Issue, calculated using a price
for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its
principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for such
Redemption Date. The Treasury Rate shall be calculated on the third
Business Day preceding such Redemption Date.
Section 3.02. Special
Mandatory Redemption .
(a) If, for any reason,
(i) the Company’s proposed acquisition of the
containerboard, packaging and recycling business of Weyerhaeuser
Company is not completed on or prior to September 30, 2008 or
(ii) the Purchase Agreement is terminated on or prior to
September 30, 2008, the Company shall redeem all of the Notes
on the Special Mandatory Redemption Date at the Special Mandatory
Redemption Price. Notice of such redemption shall be mailed, with a
copy to the Trustee, promptly after the occurrence of the event
triggering redemption to each Holder of Notes in accordance with
Section 11.4 of the Indenture. If funds sufficient to pay the
Special Mandatory Redemption Price (including any accrued and
unpaid interest) of all of the Notes to be redeemed on the Special
Mandatory Redemption Date are deposited with the Paying Agent on or
before the Special Mandatory Redemption Date, on and after the
Special Mandatory Redemption Date the Notes shall cease to bear
interest and, other than the right to receive the Special Mandatory
Redemption Price, all rights under the Notes of each series shall
terminate.
(b) The following terms have
the meanings given to them in this Section 3.02(b):
“ Purchase
Agreement ” means the purchase agreement dated as of
March 15, 2008, between Weyerhaeuser Company, as the seller,
and the Company, as the purchaser.
“ Special Mandatory
Redemption Date ” means the earlier to occur of
(1) October 30, 2008 if the proposed acquisition has not
been consummated on or prior to September 30, 2008
or
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(2) the 30th day (or if
such day is not a Business Day, the first Business Day thereafter)
following the termination of the Purchase Agreement.
“ Special Mandatory
Redemption Price ” means 101% of the aggregate principal
amount of the Notes together with accrued and unpaid interest from
the Issue Date to but excluding the Special Mandatory Redemption
Date.
Section 3.03. Change
of Control Triggering Event .
(a) Upon the occurrence of a
Change of Control Triggering Event with respect to the Notes of a
series, unless (i) the Company has exercised the right to
redeem the Notes of such series pursuant to Section 3.01 by
giving irrevocable notice to the Trustee in accordance with the
Indenture or (ii) the Company has mailed notice of a special
mandatory redemption pursuant to Section 3.02, each Holder of
Notes of such series will have the right to require the Company to
purchase all or a portion of such Holder’s Notes of such
series pursuant to the offer described below (the “ Change
of Control Offer ”), at a purchase price equal to 101% of
the principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest, if
any, to the date of purchase (the “ Change of Control
Payment ”), subject to the rights of Holders of Notes of
such series on the relevant record date to receive interest due on
the relevant Interest Payment Date.
(b) Within 30 days following
the date upon which the Change of Control Triggering Event occurred
with respect to the Notes of a series, or at the Company’s
option, prior to any Change of Control but after the public
announcement of the pending Change of Control, the Company shall
send, by first class mail, a notice to each Holder of Notes of such
series, with a copy to the Trustee, which notice will govern the
terms of the Change of Control Offer. Such notice shall state,
among other things, the purchase date, which must be no earlier
than 30 days nor later than 60 days from the date such notice is
mailed, other than as may be required by law (the “ Change
of Control Payment Date ”). The notice, if mailed prior
to the date of consummation of the Change of Control, shall state
that the Change of Control Offer is conditioned on the Change of
Control being consummated on or prior to the Change of Control
Payment Date.
(c) On the Change of Control
Payment Date, the Company shall, to the extent lawful:
(i) accept or cause a third
party to accept for payment all Notes or portions of Notes properly
tendered pursuant to the Change of Control Offer;
(ii) deposit or cause a third
party to deposit with the Paying Agent an amount equal to the
Change of Control Payment in respect of all Notes or portions of
Notes properly tendered; and
(iii) deliver or cause to be
delivered to the Trustee the Notes properly accepted together with
an Officers’ Certificate stating the aggregate principal
amount of Notes or portions of Notes being repurchased and that all
conditions precedent in this Section 3.03 to the Change of
Control Offer and to the repurchase by the Company of Notes
pursuant to the Change of Control Offer have been complied
with.
The Company will not be
required to make a Change of Control Offer with respect to the
Notes of a series if a third party makes such an offer in the
manner, at the times and otherwise in compliance with the
requirements for such an offer made by the Company and such third
party purchases all Notes of such series properly tendered and not
withdrawn under its offer.
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(d) The Company shall comply
in all material respects with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under
the Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations
thereunder to the extent those laws and regulations are applicable
in connection with the repurchase of the Notes of such series as a
result of a Change of Control Triggering Event. To the extent that
the provisions of any such securities laws or regulations conflict
with this Section 3.03, the Company shall comply with those
securities laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to have
breached its obligations under this Section 3.03 by virtue of
any such conflict.
(e) The following terms have
the meanings given to them in this Section 3.03(e):
“ Change of
Control ” means the occurrence of any of the following
after the Issue Date: (1) the direct or indirect sale, lease,
transfer, conveyance or other disposition (other than by way of
merger or consolidation), in one or a series of related
transactions, of all or substantially all of the assets of the
Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole to any
“person” or “group” (as those terms are
used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act) other than to
the Company or one of its Subsidiaries; (2) the consummation
of any transaction (including, without limitation, any merger or
consolidation) the result of which is that any “person”
or “group” (as those terms are used in Section13(d)(3)
of the Exchange Act, it being a
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