GHL ACQUISITION CORP.
as the Company
and
as
Trustee
Subordinated
Indenture
Dated as
of
, 20
TABLE OF
CONTENTS
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PAGE
ARTICLE 1
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY
REFERENCE
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Section 1.01
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Definitions.
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1
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Section 1.02
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Other
Definitions
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8
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Section 1.03
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Incorporation by
Reference of Trust Indenture Act
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8
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Section 1.04
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Rules of
Construction
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9
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ARTICLE 2
THE SECURITIES
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Section 2.01
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Form and
Dating
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10
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Section 2.02
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Execution And
Authentication
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10
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Section 2.03
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Amount Unlimited;
Issuable in Series
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12
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Section 2.04
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Denomination and Date
of Securities; Payments of Interest
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17
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Section 2.05
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Registrar and Paying
Agent; Agents Generally
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18
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Section 2.06
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Paying Agent to Hold
Money in Trust
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19
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Section 2.07
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Transfer and
Exchange
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20
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Section 2.08
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Replacement
Securities
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23
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Section 2.09
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Outstanding
Securities
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25
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Section 2.10
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Temporary
Securities
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25
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Section 2.11
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Cancellation
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26
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Section 2.12
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CUSIP
Numbers
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27
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Section 2.13
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Defaulted
Interest
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27
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Section 2.14
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Series May Include
Tranches
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27
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ARTICLE 3
REDEMPTION
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Section 3.01
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Applicability of
Article
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28
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Section 3.02
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Notice of Redemption;
Partial Redemptions
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29
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Section 3.03
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Payment Of Securities
Called For Redemption
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31
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Section 3.04
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Exclusion of Certain
Securities from Eligibility for Selection for
Redemption
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33
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Section 3.05
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Mandatory and
Optional Sinking Funds
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33
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ARTICLE 4
COVENANTS
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Section 4.01
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Payment of
Securities
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36
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Section 4.02
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Maintenance of Office
or Agency
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37
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Section 4.03
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Securityholders’
Lists
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38
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Section 4.04
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Certificate to
Trustee
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39
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Section 4.05
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Reports by the
Company
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39
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Section 4.06.
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Additional
Amounts
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39
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ARTICLE 5
SUCCESSOR CORPORATION
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Section 5.01
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When Company May
Merge, Etc.
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41
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Section 5.02
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Successor
Substituted
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42
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ARTICLE 6
DEFAULT AND REMEDIES
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Section 6.01
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Events of
Default
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42
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Section 6.02
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Acceleration
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44
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Section 6.03
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Other
Remedies
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46
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Section 6.04
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Waiver of Past
Defaults
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46
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Section 6.05
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Control by
Majority
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47
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Section 6.06
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Limitation on
Suits
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47
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Section 6.07
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Rights of Holders to
Receive Payment
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48
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Section 6.08
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Collection Suit by
Trustee
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48
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Section 6.09
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Trustee May File
Proofs of Claim
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49
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Section 6.10
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Application of
Proceeds
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50
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Section 6.11
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Restoration of Rights
and Remedies
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51
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Section 6.12.
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Undertaking for
Costs
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51
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Section 6.13
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Rights and Remedies
Cumulative
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52
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Section 6.14
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Delay or Omission not
Waiver
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52
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ARTICLE 7
TRUSTEE
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Section 7.01
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General
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52
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Section 7.02
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Certain Rights of
Trustee
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53
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Section 7.03
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Individual Rights of
Trustee
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55
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Section 7.04
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Trustee's
Disclaimer
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56
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Section 7.05
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Notice of
Default
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56
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Section 7.06
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Reports by Trustee to
Holders
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57
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Section 7.07
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Compensation and
Indemnity
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57
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Section 7.08
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Replacement of
Trustee
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58
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Section 7.09.
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Acceptance of
Appointment by Successor
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59
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Section 7.10
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Successor Trustee By
Merger, Etc.
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61
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Section 7.11
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Eligibility
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61
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Section 7.12
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Money Held in
Trust
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61
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ARTICLE 8
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF
INDENTURE; UNCLAIMED MONEYS
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Section 8.01
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Satisfaction and
Discharge of Indenture
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61
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Section 8.02
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Application by
Trustee of Funds Deposited for Payment
of Securities
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64
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Section 8.03
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Repayment of Moneys
Held by Paying Agent
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64
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Section 8.04
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Return of Moneys Held
by Trustee and Paying Agent Unclaimed for Two
Years
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64
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Section 8.05
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Defeasance and
Discharge of Indenture
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65
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Section 8.06
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Defeasance of Certain
Obligations
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69
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Section 8.07
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Reinstatement
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71
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Section 8.08.
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Indemnity
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72
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Section 8.09.
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Excess
Funds.
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72
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Section 8.10.
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Qualifying
Trustee
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72
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ARTICLE 9
AMENDMENTS, SUPPLEMENTS AND
WAIVERS
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Section 9.01
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Without Consent of
Holders
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73
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Section 9.02
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With Consent of
Holders
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74
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Section 9.03
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Revocation and Effect
of Consent
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75
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Section 9.04
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Notation on or
Exchange of Securities
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76
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Section 9.05
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Trustee to Sign
Amendments, Etc.
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76
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Section 9.06
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Conformity with Trust
Indenture Act
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77
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ARTICLE 10
MISCELLANEOUS
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Section 10.01
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Trust Indenture Act
of 1939
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77
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Section 10.02
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Notices
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77
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Section 10.03
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Certificate and
Opinion as to Conditions Precedent
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79
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Section 10.04
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Statements Required
in Certificate or Opinion
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79
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Section 10.05
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Evidence of
Ownership
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80
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Section 10.06
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Rules by Trustee,
Paying Agent or Registrar
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81
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Section 10.07
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Payment Date Other
Than a Business Day
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81
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Section 10.08
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Governing
Law
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82
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Section 10.09
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No Adverse
Interpretation of Other Agreements
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82
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Section 10.10
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Successors
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82
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Section 10.11
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Duplicate
Originals
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82
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Section 10.12
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Separability
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82
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Section 10.13
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Table of Contents,
Headings, Etc.
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82
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Section 10.14
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Incorporators,
Stockholders, Officers and Directors of Company Exempt from
Individual Liability
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83
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Section 10.15
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Judgment
Currency
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83
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ARTICLE 11
SUBORDINATION OF
SECURITIES
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Section 11.01
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Agreement to
Subordinate
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84
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Section 11.02
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Payments to
Securityholders
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85
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Section 11.03
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Subrogation of
Securities
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87
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Section 11.04
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Authorization by
Securityholders
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89
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Section 11.05
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Notice to
Trustee
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89
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Section 11.06
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Trustee’s
Relation to Senior Indebtedness
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91
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Section 11.07
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No Impairment of
Subordination
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91
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iv
SUBORDINATED INDENTURE, dated as
of
, 20 ,
between GHL Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation, as the
Company,
and
, as Trustee.
RECITALS OF THE
COMPANY
WHEREAS, the Company has duly
authorized the issue from time to time of its subordinated
debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness to be issued
in one or more series (the “ Securities ”) up to
such principal amount or amounts as may from time to time be
authorized in accordance with the terms of this Indenture and to
provide, among other things, for the authentication, delivery and
administration thereof, the Company has duly authorized the
execution and delivery of this Indenture; and
WHEREAS, all things necessary to
make this Indenture a valid indenture and agreement according to
its terms have been done;
In consideration of the premises and
the purchases of the Securities by the holders thereof, the Company
and the Trustee mutually covenant and agree for the equal and
proportionate benefit of the respective holders from time to time
of the Securities or of any and all series thereof and of the
coupons, if any, appertaining thereto as follows:
ARTICLE
1
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY
REFERENCE
Section 1.01
. Definitions.
“ Affiliate ” of
any Person means any other Person directly or indirectly
controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common
control with such Person. For the purposes of this definition,
“control” (including, with correlative meanings, the
terms “controlling”, “controlled by” and
“under common control with”) when used with respect to
any Person means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the
power to direct or cause the direction of the management and
policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting
securities, by contract or otherwise.
“ Agent ” means
any Registrar, Paying Agent, transfer agent or Authenticating
Agent.
“ Authorized Newspaper
” means a newspaper (which, in the case of The City of New
York, will, if practicable, be The Wall Street Journal
(Eastern
Edition) and in the case
of London, will, if practicable, be the Financial Times (London
Edition) and published in an official language of the country of
publication customarily published at least once a day for at least
five days in each calendar week and of general circulation in The
City of New York or London, as applicable. If it shall be
impractical in the opinion of the Trustee to make any publication
of any notice required hereby in an Authorized Newspaper, any
publication or other notice in lieu thereof which is made or given
with the approval of the Trustee shall constitute a sufficient
publication of such notice.
“ Bank Credit Agreement
” means each of (i) the Term Loan Credit Agreement, as such
Agreement has been and may be amended, restated, supplemented or
otherwise modified from time to time, and (ii) the Revolving Credit
Agreement, as such Agreement has been and may be amended, restated,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, and includes
any agreement extending the maturity of, or restructuring
(including, but not limited to, the inclusion of additional
borrowers thereunder that are Subsidiaries of the Company and whose
obligations are guaranteed by the Company thereunder) all or any
portion of, the Debt under such Agreements or any successor
agreements and includes any agreement with one or more banks or
other lending institutions refinancing all or any portion of the
Debt under such Agreement or any successor agreements.
“ Board Resolution
” means one or more resolutions of the board of directors of
the Company or any authorized committee thereof, certified by the
secretary or an assistant secretary to have been duly adopted and
to be in full force and effect on the date of certification, and
delivered to the Trustee.
“ Business Day ”
means any day, other than a Saturday or Sunday, that is neither a
legal holiday nor a day on which banking institutions are
authorized or required by law or regulation to close in The City of
New York, with respect to any Security the interest on which is
based on the offered quotations in the interbank Eurodollar market
for dollar deposits in London, or with respect to Securities
denominated in a specified currency other than United States
dollars, in the principal financial center of the country of the
specified currency.
“ Capital Lease ”
means, with respect to any Person, any lease of any property which,
in conformity with GAAP, is required to be capitalized on the
balance sheet of such Person.
“ Commission ”
means the Securities and Exchange Commission, as from time to time
constituted, created under the Exchange Act or, if at any time
after the execution of this instrument such Commission is not
existing and performing the duties now assigned to it under the
Trust Indenture Act, then the body performing such duties at such
time.
“ Company ” means
the party named as such in the first paragraph of this Indenture
until a successor replaces it pursuant to Article 5 of this
Indenture and thereafter means the successor.
“ Corporate Trust
Office ” means the office of the Trustee at which the
corporate trust business of the Trustee shall, at any particular
time, be administered, which office is, at the date of this
Indenture, located at Attention: .
“ Currency Agreement
” means, with respect to any Person, any foreign exchange
contract, currency swap agreement or other similar agreement or
arrangement designed to protect such Person or any of its
Subsidiaries against fluctuations in currency values to or under
which such Person or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or a
beneficiary on the date hereof or becomes a party or a beneficiary
thereafter.
“ Debt ” means,
with respect to any Person at any date of determination (without
duplication), (i) all indebtedness of such Person for borrowed
money, (ii) all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds,
debentures, notes or other similar instruments, (iii) all
obligations of such Person in respect of letters of credit or
bankers’ acceptance or other similar instruments (or
reimbursement obligations with respect thereto), (iv) all
obligations of such Person to pay the deferred purchase price of
property or services, except Trade Payables, (v) all obligations of
such Person as lessee under Capital Leases, (vi) all Debt of others
secured by a Lien on any asset of such Person, whether or not such
Debt is assumed by such Person; provided that, for purposes of
determining the amount of any Debt of the type described in this
clause, if recourse with respect to such Debt is limited to such
asset, the amount of such Debt shall be limited to the lesser of
the fair market value of such asset or the amount of such Debt,
(vii) all Debt of others Guaranteed by such Person to the extent
such Debt is Guaranteed by such Person, (viii) all redeemable stock
valued at the greater of its voluntary or involuntary liquidation
preference plus accrued and unpaid dividends and (ix) to the extent
not otherwise included in this definition, all obligations of such
Person under Currency Agreements and Interest Rate
Agreements.
“ Default ” means
any event that is, or after notice or passage of time or both would
be, an Event of Default.
“ Depositary ”
means, with respect to the Securities of any series issuable or
issued in the form of one or more Registered Global Securities, the
Person designated as Depositary by the Company pursuant to Section
2.03 until a successor Depositary shall have become such pursuant
to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter
“ Depositary ” shall mean or include each Person
who is then a Depositary hereunder, and if at any time there is
more than one such Person, “ Depositary ” as
used with respect to the Securities of any
such series shall mean
the Depositary with respect to the Registered Global Securities of
that series.
“ Designated Senior
Indebtedness ” means (i) Debt under the Bank Credit
Agreements and (ii) Debt constituting Senior Indebtedness which, at
the time of its determination, (A) has an aggregate principal
amount of at least
$
million and (B) is specifically designated in the instrument
evidencing such Senior Indebtedness as “Designated Senior
Indebtedness” by the Company.
“ Exchange
Act ” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.
“ GAAP ” means
generally accepted accounting principles in the U.S. as in effect
as of the date hereof applied on a basis consistent with the
principles, methods, procedures and practices employed in the
preparation of the Company’s audited financial statements,
including, without limitation, those set forth in the opinions
and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board of the
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements
and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board or
in such other statements by such other entity as is approved by a
significant segment of the accounting profession.
“ Guarantee ”
means any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of any Person
directly or indirectly guaranteeing any Debt or other obligation of
any other Person and, without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, any obligation, direct or indirect, contingent or
otherwise, of such Person (i) to purchase or pay (or advance or
supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Debt or other
obligation of such other Person (whether arising by virtue of
partnership arrangements, or by agreement to keepwell, to purchase
assets, goods, securities or services, to take-or-pay, or to
maintain financial statement conditions or otherwise) or (ii)
entered into for purposes of assuring in any other manner the
obligee of such Debt or other obligation of the payment thereof or
to protect such obligee against loss in respect thereof (in whole
or in part); provided that the term “ Guarantee
” shall not include endorsements for collection or deposit in
the ordinary course of business. The term “ Guarantee
” used as a verb has a corresponding meaning.
“ Holder ” or
“ Securityholder ” means the registered holder
of any Security with respect to Registered Securities and the
bearer of any Unregistered Security or any coupon appertaining
thereto, as the case may be.
“ Indenture ”
means this Indenture as originally executed and delivered or as it
may be amended or supplemented from time to time by one or more
indentures supplemental to this Indenture entered into pursuant to
the applicable provisions of this Indenture and shall include the
forms and terms of the
Securities of each
series established as contemplated pursuant to Sections 2.01 and
2.03.
“ Interest Rate
Agreement ” means, with respect to any Person, any
interest rate protection agreement, interest rate future agreement,
interest rate option agreement, interest rate swap agreement,
interest rate cap agreement, interest rate collar agreement,
interest rate hedge agreement or other similar agreement or
arrangement designed to protect such Person or any of its
Subsidiaries against fluctuations in interest rates to or under
which such Person or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or a
beneficiary on the date hereof or becomes a party or a beneficiary
thereafter.
“ Lien ” means,
with respect to any property, any mortgage, lien, pledge, charge,
security interest or encumbrance of any kind in respect of such
property. For purposes of this Indenture, the Company shall be
deemed to own subject to a Lien any property which it has acquired
or holds subject to the interest of a vendor or lessor under any
conditional sale agreement, capital lease or other title retention
agreement relating to such property.
“ Officer ”
means, with respect to the Company, the chairman of the board of
directors, the president or chief executive officer, any executive
vice president, any senior vice president, any vice president, the
chief financial officer, the treasurer or any assistant treasurer,
or the secretary or any assistant secretary.
“ Officers’
Certificate ” means a certificate signed in the name of
the Company (i) by the chairman of the board of directors, the
president or chief executive officer, an executive vice president,
a senior vice president or a vice president and (ii) by the chief
financial officer, the treasurer or any assistant treasurer, or the
secretary or any assistant secretary, and delivered to the Trustee.
Each such certificate shall comply with Section 314 of
the Trust Indenture Act, if applicable, and include (except as
otherwise expressly provided in this Indenture) the statements
provided in Section 10.04, if applicable.
“ Opinion of Counsel
” means a written opinion signed by legal counsel, who may be
an employee of or counsel to the Company, satisfactory to the
Trustee. Each such opinion shall comply with Section 314 of the
Trust Indenture Act, if applicable, and include the statements
provided in Section 10.04, if and to the extent required
thereby.
“ original issue date
” of any Security (or portion thereof) means the earlier of
(a) the date of authentication of such Security or (b) the date of
any Security (or portion thereof) for which such Security was
issued (directly or indirectly) on registration of transfer,
exchange or substitution.
“ Original Issue Discount
Security ” means any Security that 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 6.02.
“ Periodic Offering
” means an offering of Securities of a series from time to
time, the specific terms of which Securities, including, without
limitation, the rate or rates of interest, if any, thereon, the
stated maturity or maturities thereof and the redemption
provisions, if any, with respect thereto, are to be determined by
the Company or its agents upon the issuance of such
Securities.
“ Person ” means
an individual, a corporation, a partnership, a limited liability
company, an association, a trust or any other entity or
organization, including a government or political subdivision or an
agency or instrumentality thereof.
“ Principal ” of
a Security means the principal amount of, and, unless the context
indicates otherwise, includes any premium payable on, the
Security.
“ Registered Global
Security ” means a Security evidencing all or a part of a
series of Registered Securities, issued to the Depositary for such
series in accordance with Section 2.02, and bearing the legend
prescribed in Section 2.02.
“ Registered Security
” means any Security registered on the Security Register (as
defined in Section 2.05).
“ Responsible Officer
” when used with respect to the Trustee, shall mean an
officer of the Trustee in the Corporate Trust Office, having direct
responsibility for the administration of this Indenture, and also,
with respect to a particular matter, any other officer to whom such
matter is referred because of such officer’s knowledge
of and familiarity with the particular subject.
“ Revolving Credit
Agreement ” means the Revolving Credit Agreement, dated
May 31, 2007, among the Company, Bank of America, N.A., as
administrative agent, swing line lender and L/C issuer, and the
lenders party thereto.
“ Securities ”
means any of the securities, as defined in the first paragraph of
the recitals hereof, that are authenticated and delivered under
this Indenture and, unless the context indicates otherwise, shall
include any coupon appertaining thereto.
“ Securities
Act ” means the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended.
“ Senior Indebtedness
” means the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest
on all Debt of the Company whether created, incurred or assumed
before, on or after the date of this Indenture; provided that such
Senior Indebtedness shall
not include (i) Debt of
the Company that, when incurred and without respect to any election
under Section 1111(b) of Title 11, U.S. Code, was without recourse,
(ii) any other Debt of the Company which by the terms of the
instrument creating or evidencing the same are specifically
designated as not being senior in right of payment to the
Securities, and in particular the Securities shall rank pari passu
with all other debt securities and guarantees issued to any trust,
partnership or other entity affiliated with the Company which is a
financing vehicle of the Company in connection with an issuance of
preferred securities by such financing entity and (iii) redeemable
stock of the Company.
“ Subsidiary ”
means, with respect to any Person, any corporation, association or
other business entity of which a majority of the capital stock or
other ownership interests having ordinary voting power to elect a
majority of the board of directors or other persons performing
similar functions are at the time directly or indirectly owned by
such Person.
“ Term Loan Agreement
” means the Term Loan Credit Agreement, dated May 31, 2007,
among the Company, Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent,
and the lenders party thereto.
“ Trade Payables
” means, with respect to any Person, any accounts payable or
any other indebtedness or monetary obligation to trade creditors
created, assumed or Guaranteed by such Person or any of its
Subsidiaries arising in the ordinary course of business in
connection with the acquisition of goods or services.
“ Trustee ” means
the party named as such in the first paragraph of this Indenture
until a successor replaces it in accordance with the provisions of
Article 7 and thereafter 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.
“ Trust Indenture Act
” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (15 U.S.
Code §§ 77aaa-77bbbb), as it may be amended from time to
time.
“ Unregistered Security
” means any Security other than a Registered
Security.
“ U.S. Government
Obligations ” means securities that are (i) direct
obligations of the United States of America for the payment of
which its full faith and credit is pledged or (ii) obligations of
an agency or instrumentality of the United States of America the
payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and
credit obligation by the United States of America, and shall
also
include a depository
receipt issued by a bank or trust company as custodian with respect
to any such U.S. Government Obligation or a specific payment of
interest on or principal of any such U.S. Government Obligation
held by such custodian for the account of the holder of a
depository receipt; provided that (except as required by law) such
custodian is not authorized to make any deduction from the amount
payable to the holder of such depository receipt from any amount
received by the custodian in respect of the U.S. Government
Obligation or the specific payment of interest on or principal of
the U.S. Government Obligation evidenced by such depository
receipt.
“ Yield to Maturity
” means, as the context may require, the yield to maturity
(i) on a series of Securities or (ii) if the Securities of a series
are issuable from time to time, on a Security of such series,
calculated at the time of issuance of such series in the case of
clause (i) or at the time of issuance of such Security of such
series in the case of clause (ii), or, if applicable, at the most
recent redetermination of interest on such series or on such
Security, and calculated in accordance with the constant interest
method or such other accepted financial practice as is specified in
the terms of such Security.
Section 1.02
.
Other
Definitions. Each of the following terms is defined in the
section set forth opposite such term:
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Term
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Section
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Authenticating
Agent
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2.02
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Cash
Transaction
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7.03
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Dollars
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4.02
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Event of
Default
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6.01
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Judgment
Currency
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10.15(a)
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mandatory sinking fund
payment
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3.05
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optional sinking fund
payment
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3.05
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Paying Agent
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2.05
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Payment Blockage
Period
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11.02
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record date
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2.04
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Registrar
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2.05
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Required
Currency
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10.15(a)
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Security
Register
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2.05
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self-liquidating
paper
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7.03
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sinking fund payment
date
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3.05
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tranche
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2.14
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Section 1.03
.
Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture
Act. Whenever this Indenture refers to a
provision of the Trust
Indenture Act, the provision is incorporated by reference in and
made a part of this Indenture. The following terms used in this
Indenture that are defined by the Trust Indenture Act have the
following meanings:
“ indenture
securities ” means the Securities;
“ indenture
security holder ” means a Holder or a
Securityholder;
“ indenture to
be qualified ” means this Indenture;
“ indenture
trustee ” or “ institutional trustee ”
means the Trustee; and
“ obligor ” on
the indenture securities means the Company or any other obligor on
the Securities.
All other terms used in this
Indenture that are defined by the Trust Indenture Act, defined by
reference in the Trust Indenture Act to another statute or defined
by a rule of the Commission and not otherwise defined herein have
the meanings assigned to them therein.
Section 1.04
. Rules of
Construction. Unless the context otherwise
requires:
(a) an accounting
term not otherwise defined has the meaning assigned to it in
accordance with GAAP;
(b) words in the
singular include the plural, and words in the plural include
the singular;
(c) “herein,” “hereof” and
other words of similar import refer to this Indenture as a
whole and not to any particular Article, Section or other
subdivision;
(d) all references
to Sections or Articles refer to Sections or Articles of this
Indenture unless otherwise indicated; and
(e) use of
masculine, feminine or neuter pronouns should not be deemed a
limitation, and the use of any such pronouns should be construed to
include, where appropriate, the other pronouns.
ARTICLE
2
THE SECURITIES
Section 2.01
. Form and
Dating. The Securities of each series shall
be substantially in such form or forms (not inconsistent with this
Indenture) as shall be established by or pursuant to one or more
Board Resolutions 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 imprinted or otherwise reproduced
thereon such legend or legends or endorsements, not inconsistent
with the provisions of this Indenture, as may be required to comply
with any law, or with any rules of any securities exchange or
usage, all as may be determined by the officers executing such
Securities as evidenced by their execution of the Securities.
Unless otherwise so established, Unregistered Securities shall have
coupons attached.
Section 2.02
. Execution
And Authentication. Two Officers shall execute the
Securities and one Officer shall execute the coupons appertaining
thereto for the Company by facsimile or manual signature in the
name and on behalf of the Company. The seal of the Company, if any,
shall be reproduced on the Securities. If an Officer whose
signature is on a Security or coupon appertaining thereto no longer
holds that office at the time the Security is authenticated, the
Security and such coupon shall nevertheless be
valid.
The Trustee, at the expense of the
Company, may appoint an authenticating agent (the “
Authenticating Agent ”) to authenticate Securities.
The Authenticating Agent may authenticate Securities whenever the
Trustee may do so. Each reference in this Indenture to
authentication by the Trustee includes authentication by such
Authenticating Agent.
A Security and the coupons
appertaining thereto shall not be valid until the Trustee or
Authenticating Agent manually signs the certificate of
authentication on the Security or on the Security to which such
coupon appertains by an authorized officer. The signature shall be
conclusive evidence that the Security or the Security to which the
coupon appertains has been authenticated under this
Indenture.
At any time and from time to time
after the execution and delivery of this Indenture, the Company may
deliver Securities of any series having attached thereto
appropriate coupons, if any, executed by the Company to the Trustee
for authentication together with the applicable documents referred
to below in this Section, and the Trustee shall thereupon
authenticate and deliver such Securities to or upon the written
order of the Company. In authenticating any Securities of a series,
the Trustee shall be entitled to receive prior to the
authentication of any Securities of such series, and (subject to
Article 7) shall be fully protected in relying upon, unless and
until such documents have been superseded or revoked:
(a) any Board Resolution
and/or executed supplemental indenture referred to in
Sections 2.01 and 2.03 by or pursuant to which the forms and terms
of the Securities of that series were
established;
(b) an Officers’
Certificate setting forth the form or forms and terms of the
Securities, stating that the form or forms and terms of the
Securities of such series have been, or, in the case of a Periodic
Offering, will be when established in accordance with such
procedures as shall be referred to therein, established in
compliance with this Indenture; and
(c) an
Opinion of Counsel substantially to the effect that the form or
forms and terms of the Securities of such series have been, or, in
the case of a Periodic Offering, will be when established in
accordance with such procedures as shall be referred to therein,
established in compliance with this Indenture and that the
supplemental indenture, to the extent applicable, and Securities
have been duly authorized and, if executed and authenticated in
accordance with the provisions of the Indenture and delivered to
and duly paid for by the purchasers thereof on the date of such
opinion, would be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture and
would be valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable
against the Company in accordance with their respective terms,
subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, receivership,
moratorium and other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights
generally, general principles of equity, and covering such other
matters as shall be specified therein and as shall be reasonably
requested by the Trustee.
The Trustee shall not be required to
authenticate such Securities if the issue of such Securities
pursuant to this Indenture will affect the Trustee’s own
rights, duties or immunities under the Securities and this
Indenture or otherwise in a manner which is not reasonably
acceptable to the Trustee.
Notwithstanding the provisions of
Sections 2.01 and 2.02, if, in connection with a Periodic Offering,
all Securities of a series are not to be originally issued at one
time, it shall not be necessary to deliver the Board Resolution
otherwise required pursuant to Section 2.01 or the written order,
Officers’ Certificate and Opinion of Counsel otherwise
required pursuant to Section 2.02 at or prior to the authentication
of each Security of such series if such documents are delivered at
or prior to the authentication upon original issuance of the first
Security of such series to be issued.
With respect to Securities of a
series offered in a Periodic Offering, the Trustee may rely, as to
the authorization by the Company of any of such Securities, the
forms and terms thereof and the legality, validity, binding effect
and enforceability thereof, upon the Opinion of Counsel and the
other documents delivered pursuant to Sections 2.01 and 2.02, as
applicable, in connection with the first authentication of
Securities of such series.
If the Company shall establish
pursuant to Section 2.03 that the Securities of a series or a
portion thereof are to be issued in the form of one or more
Registered Global Securities, then the Company shall execute and
the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver one or more Registered
Global Securities that (i) shall represent and shall be denominated
in an amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of all of the
Securities of such series issued in such form and not yet
cancelled, (ii) shall be registered in the name of the Depositary
for such Registered Global Security or Securities or the nominee of
such Depositary, (iii) shall be delivered by the Trustee to such
Depositary or its custodian or pursuant to such Depositary’s
instructions and (iv) shall bear a legend substantially to the
following effect: “Unless and until it is exchanged in whole
or in part for Securities in definitive registered form, this
Security may not be transferred except as a whole by the Depositary
to the nominee of the Depositary or by a nominee of the Depositary
to the Depositary or another nominee of the Depositary or by the
Depositary or any such nominee to a successor Depositary or a
nominee of such successor Depositary.”
Section 2.03
. 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 and shall be subordinated to the Senior Indebtedness
pursuant to the provisions of Article 11 hereof. There shall be
established in or pursuant to Board Resolution or one or more
indentures supplemental hereto, prior to the initial issuance of
Securities of any series, subject to the last sentence of this
Section 2.03,
(a) the
designation of the Securities of the series, which shall
distinguish the Securities of the series from the Securities of all
other series;
(b) any limit upon the
aggregate principal amount of the Securities of the series that
may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture and any
limitation on the ability of the Company to increase such aggregate
principal amount after the initial issuance of the Securities of
that series (except for Securities authenticated and delivered upon
registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, or
upon redemption of, other Securities of the series pursuant
hereto);
(c) the date or dates on which
the principal of the Securities of the series is payable
(which date or dates may be fixed or extendible);
(d) the rate or rates (which
may be fixed or variable) per annum at which the
Securities of the series shall bear interest, if any, the date or
dates from which such interest shall accrue, on which such interest
shall be payable and (in the case of Registered Securities) on
which a record shall be taken for the determination of Holders to
whom interest is payable and/or the method by which such rate or
rates or date or dates shall be determined;
(e) if other than as provided
in Section 4.02, the place or places where the principal
of and any interest on Securities
of the series shall be
payable, any Registered Securities of the series may be surrendered
for exchange, notices, demands to or upon the Company in respect of
the Securities of the series and this Indenture may be served and
notice to Holders may be published;
(f) the right, if any, of the
Company to redeem Securities of the series, in whole or in part, at
its option and the period or periods within which, the price or
prices at which and any terms and conditions upon which Securities
of the series may be so redeemed, pursuant to any sinking fund or
otherwise;
(g) the obligation, if any, of the
Company to redeem, purchase or repay Securities of the series
pursuant to any mandatory redemption, sinking fund or analogous
provisions or at the option of a Holder thereof and the price or
prices at which and the period or periods within which and any of
the terms and conditions upon which Securities of the series shall
be redeemed, purchased or repaid, in whole or in part, pursuant to
such obligation;
(h) if other than
denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof, the
denominations in which Securities of the series shall be
issuable;
(i) if other than the principal
amount thereof, the portion of the principal amount of Securities
of the series which shall be payable upon declaration of
acceleration of the maturity thereof;
(j) if other than the coin or
currency in which the Securities of the series are denominated, the
coin or currency in which payment of the principal of or interest
on the Securities of the series
shall be payable or if
the amount of payments of principal of and/or interest on the
Securities of the series may be determined with reference to an
index based on a coin or currency other than that in which the
Securities of the series are denominated, the manner in which such
amounts shall be determined;
(k) if other than the currency of
the United States of America, the currency or currencies, including
composite currencies, in which payment of the Principal of and
interest on the Securities of the series shall be payable, and the
manner in which any such currencies shall be valued against other
currencies in which any other Securities shall be
payable;
(l) whether the Securities of the
series or any portion thereof will be issuable as Registered
Securities (and if so, whether such Securities will be issuable as
Registered Global Securities) or Unregistered Securities (with or
without coupons) (and if so, whether such Securities will be issued
in temporary or permanent global form), or any combination of the
foregoing, any restrictions applicable to the offer, sale or
delivery of Unregistered Securities or the payment of interest
thereon and, if other than as provided herein, the terms upon which
Unregistered Securities of any series may be exchanged for
Registered Securities of such series and vice versa;
(m) whether the Securities of the
series may be exchangeable for and/or convertible into the common
stock of the Company or any other security;
(n) whether and under what
circumstances the Company will pay additional amounts on the
Securities of the
series held by a person
who is not a U.S. person in respect of any tax, assessment or
governmental charge withheld or deducted and, if so, whether the
Company will have the option to redeem such Securities rather than
pay such additional amounts;
(o) if the Securities of the
series are to be issuable in definitive form (whether upon original
issue or upon exchange of a temporary Security of such series) only
upon receipt of certain certificates or other documents or
satisfaction of other conditions, the form and terms of such
certificates, documents or conditions;
(p) any trustees, depositaries,
authenticating or paying agents, transfer agents or the registrar
or any other agents with respect to the Securities of the
series;
(q) provisions, if any, for the
defeasance of the Securities of the series (including provisions
permitting defeasance of less than all Securities of the series),
which provisions may be in addition to, in substitution for, or in
modification of (or any combination of the foregoing) the
provisions of Article 8;
(r) if the Securities of the
series are issuable in whole or in part as one or more Registered
Global Securities or Unregistered Securities in global form, the
identity of the Depositary or common Depositary for such Registered
Global Security or Securities or Unregistered Securities in
global form;
(s) any other Events of Default or
covenants with respect to the Securities of the series;
and
(t) any other terms of
the Securities of the series (which terms shall not be
inconsistent with the provisions of this
Indenture).
All Securities of any one series and
coupons, if any, appertaining thereto shall be substantially
identical, except in the case of Registered Securities as to date
and denomination, except in the case of any Periodic Offering and
except as may otherwise be provided by or pursuant to the Board
Resolution referred to above or as set forth in any such indenture
supplemental hereto. All Securities of any one series need not be
issued at the same time and may be issued from time to time,
consistent with the terms of this Indenture, if so provided by or
pursuant to such Board Resolution or in any such indenture
supplemental hereto and any forms and terms of Securities to be
issued from time to time may be completed and established from time
to time prior to the issuance thereof by procedures described in
such Board Resolution or supplemental indenture.
Unless otherwise expressly provided
with respect to a series of Securities, the aggregate principal
amount of a series of Securities may be increased and additional
Securities of such series may be issued up to the maximum aggregate
principal amount authorized with respect to such series as
increased.
Section 2.04
. Denomination
and Date of Securities; Payments of Interest.
The Securities of each
series shall be issuable as Registered Securities or Unregistered
Securities in denominations established as contemplated by Section
2.03 or, if not so established with respect to Securities of any
series, in denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple
thereof. The Securities of each series shall be numbered, lettered
or otherwise distinguished in such manner or in accordance with
such plan as the Officers of the Company executing the same may
determine, as evidenced by their execution
thereof.
Unless otherwise specified with
respect to a series of Securities, each Security shall be dated the
date of its authentication. The Securities of each series shall
bear interest, if any, from the date, and such interest and shall
be payable on the dates, established as contemplated by Section
2.03.
The person in whose name any
Registered Security of any series is registered at the close of
business on any record date applicable to a particular series with
respect to any interest payment date for such series shall be
entitled to receive the interest, if any, payable on such interest
payment date notwithstanding any transfer or exchange of such
Registered Security subsequent to the record date and prior to such
interest payment date, except if and to the extent the Company
shall default in the payment of the interest due on such interest
payment date for such series, in which case the provisions of
Section 2.13 shall apply. The term “ record date
” as used with respect to any interest payment date (except a
date for payment of defaulted interest) for the Securities of any
series shall mean the date specified as such in the terms of the
Registered Securities of such series established as contemplated by
Section 2.03, or, if no such date is so established, the fifteenth
day next preceding such interest payment date, whether or not such
record date is a Business Day.
Section 2.05
. Registrar and
Paying Agent; Agents Generally. The Company shall
maintain an office or agency where Securities may be presented for
registration, registration of transfer or for exchange (the “
Registrar ”) and an office or agency where Securities
may be presented for payment (the “ Paying Agent
”), which shall be in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of
New York. The Company shall cause the Registrar to keep a register
of the Registered Securities and of their registration, transfer
and exchange (the “ Security Register ”). The
Company may have one or more additional Paying Agents or transfer
agents with respect to any series.
The Company shall enter into an
appropriate agency agreement with any Agent not a party to this
Indenture. The agreement shall implement the provisions of this
Indenture and the Trust Indenture Act that relate to such Agent.
The Company shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the
name and address of any Agent and any change in the name or address
of an Agent. If the Company fails to maintain a Registrar or Paying
Agent, the Trustee shall act as such. The Company may remove any
Agent upon written notice to such Agent and the Trustee;
provided that no such removal shall become effective until
(i) the acceptance of an appointment by a successor Agent to such
Agent as evidenced by an appropriate agency agreement entered into
by the Company and such successor Agent and delivered to the
Trustee or (ii) notification to the Trustee that the Trustee shall
serve as such Agent until the appointment of a successor Agent in
accordance with clause (i) of this proviso. The Company or any
affiliate of the
Company may act as
Paying Agent or Registrar; provided that neither the Company
nor an affiliate of the Company shall act as Paying Agent in
connection with the defeasance of the Securities or the discharge
of this Indenture under Article 8.
The Company initially appoints the
Trustee as Registrar, Paying Agent and Authenticating Agent. If, at
any time, the Trustee is not the Registrar, the Registrar shall
make available to the Trustee ten days prior to each interest
payment date and at such other times as the Trustee may reasonably
request the names and addresses of the Holders as they appear in
the Security Register.
Section 2.06
. Paying Agent
to Hold Money in Trust. Not later than 10:00 a.m.
New York City time on each due date or, in the case
of Unregistered Securities, 10:00 a.m. New York City time on the
Business Day prior to the due date, of any Principal or interest on
any Securities, the Company shall deposit with the Paying Agent
money in immediately available funds sufficient to pay such
Principal or interest. The Company shall require each Paying Agent
other than the Trustee to agree in writing that such Paying Agent
shall hold in trust for the benefit of the Holders of such
Securities or the Trustee all money held by the Paying Agent for
the payment of Principal of and interest on such Securities and
shall promptly notify the Trustee of any default by the Company in
making any such payment. The Company at any time may require a
Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee and account
for any funds disbursed, and the Trustee may at any time during the
continuance of any payment default, upon written request to a
Paying Agent, require such Paying Agent to pay all money held by it
to the Trustee and to account for any funds disbursed. Upon doing
so, the Paying Agent shall have no further liability for the money
so paid over to the Trustee. If the Company or any affiliate of the
Company acts as Paying Agent, it will, on or before each due date
of any Principal of
or interest on any
Securities, segregate and hold in a separate trust fund for the
benefit of the Holders thereof a sum of money sufficient to pay
such Principal or interest so becoming due until such sum of money
shall be paid to such Holders or otherwise disposed of as provided
in this Indenture, and will promptly notify the Trustee in writing
of its action or failure to act as required by this
Section.
Section 2.07
. Transfer
and Exchange. Unregistered Securities (except for any
temporary global Unregistered Securities) and coupons (except for
coupons attached to any temporary global Unregistered Securities)
shall be transferable by delivery.
At the option of the Holder thereof,
Registered Securities of any series (other than a Registered Global
Security, except as set forth below) may be exchanged for a
Registered Security or Registered Securities of such series and
tenor having authorized denominations and an equal aggregate
principal amount, upon surrender of such Registered Securities to
be exchanged at the agency of the Company that shall be maintained
for such purpose in accordance with Section 2.05 and upon payment,
if the Company shall so require, of the charges hereinafter
provided. If the Securities of any series are issued in both
registered and unregistered form, except as otherwise established
pursuant to Section 2.03, at the option of the Holder thereof,
Unregistered Securities of any series may be exchanged for
Registered Securities of such series and tenor having authorized
denominations and an equal aggregate principal amount, upon
surrender of such Unregistered Securities to be exchanged at the
agency of the Company that shall be maintained for such purpose in
accordance with Section 4.02, with, in the case of Unregistered
Securities that have coupons attached, all unmatured coupons and
all matured coupons in default thereto appertaining, and upon
payment, if the Company shall so require, of the charges
hereinafter provided. At the option of the Holder thereof, if
Unregistered Securities of any series, maturity date, interest rate
and original issue date are issued in more than one authorized
denomination, except as otherwise established pursuant to Section
2.03, such Unregistered Securities may be exchanged for
Unregistered Securities of such series and tenor having authorized
denominations and an equal aggregate principal amount, upon
surrender of such Unregistered Securities to be exchanged at the
agency of the Company that shall be maintained for such purpose in
accordance with Section 4.02, with, in the case of Unregistered
Securities that have coupons attached, all unmatured coupons and
all matured coupons in default thereto appertaining, and
upon payment, if the
Company shall so require, of the charges hereinafter provided.
Registered Securities of any series may not be exchanged for
Unregistered Securities of such series. Whenever any Securities are
so surrendered for exchange, the Company shall execute, and the
Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the Securities which the
Holder making the exchange is entitled to receive.
Upon surrender for registration of
transfer of any Registered Security of a series at the agency of
the Company that shall be maintained for that purpose in accordance
with Section 2.05 and upon payment, if the Company shall so
require, of the charges hereinafter provided, the Company shall
execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in the
name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new
Registered Securities of the same series, of any authorized
denominations and of like tenor and aggregate principal
amount.
All Registered Securities presented
for registration of transfer, exchange, redemption or payment shall
be duly endorsed by, or be accompanied by a written instrument or
instruments of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the
Trustee duly executed by, the holder or his attorney duly
authorized in writing.
The Company may require payment of a
sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that
may be imposed in connection with any exchange or registration of
transfer of Securities. No service charge shall be made for any
such transaction.
Notwithstanding any other provision
of this Section 2.07, unless and until it is exchanged in whole or
in part for Securities in definitive registered form, a Registered
Global Security representing all or a portion of the Securities of
a series may not be transferred except as a whole by the Depositary
for such series to a nominee of such Depositary or by a nominee of
such Depositary to such Depositary or another nominee of such
Depositary or by such Depositary or any such nominee to a successor
Depositary for such series or a nominee of such successor
Depositary.
If at any time the Depositary for
any Registered Global Securities of any series notifies the Company
that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for such
Registered Global Securities or if at any time the Depositary for
such Registered Global Securities shall no longer be eligible under
applicable law, the Company shall appoint a successor Depositary
eligible under applicable law with respect to such Registered
Global Securities. If a successor Depositary eligible under
applicable law for such Registered Global Securities is not
appointed by the Company within 90 days after the Company
receives such notice or becomes aware of such ineligibility, the
Company will execute, and the Trustee, upon receipt of the
Company’s order for the authentication and delivery of
definitive Registered Securities of such series and tenor,
will authenticate and
deliver Registered
Securities of such series and tenor, in any authorized
denominations, in an aggregate principal amount equal to the
principal amount of such Registered Global Securities, in exchange
for such Registered Global Securities.
The Company may at any time and in
its sole discretion and subject to the procedures of the Depositary
determine that any Registered Global Securities of any series shall
no longer be maintained in global form. In such event the Company
will execute, and the Trustee, upon receipt of the Company’s
order for the authentication and delivery of definitive Registered
Securities of such series and tenor, will authenticate and deliver,
Registered Securities of such series and tenor in any authorized
denominations, in an aggregate principal amount equal to the
principal amount of such Registered Global Securities, in exchange
for such Registered Global Securities.
Any time the Registered Securities
of any series are not in the form of Registered Global Securities
pursuant to the preceding two paragraphs, the Company agrees to
supply the Trustee with a reasonable supply of certificated
Registered Securities without the legend required by Section 2.02
and the Trustee agrees to hold such Registered Securities in
safekeeping until authenticated and delivered pursuant to the terms
of this Indenture.
If established by the Company
pursuant to Section 2.03 with respect to any Registered Global
Security, the Depositary for such Registered Global Security may
surrender such Registered Global Security in exchange in whole or
in part for Registered Securities of the same series and tenor in
definitive registered form on such terms as are acceptable to the
Company and such Depositary. Thereupon, the Company shall execute,
and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, without service
charge,
(a) to the Person specified
by such Depositary new Registered Securities of the same
series and tenor, of any authorized denominations as requested by
such Person, in an aggregate principal amount equal to and in
exchange for such Person’s beneficial interest in the
Registered Global Security; and
(b) to such Depositary a
new Registered Global Security in a denomination equal to
the difference, if any, between the principal amount of the
surrendered Registered Global Security and the aggregate principal
amount of Registered Securities authenticated and delivered
pursuant to clause (a) above.
Registered Securities issued in
exchange for a Registered Global Security pursuant to this Section
2.07 shall be registered in such names and in such authorized
denominations as the Depositary for such Registered Global
Security,
pursuant to instructions
from its direct or indirect participants or otherwise, shall
instruct the Trustee or an agent of the Company or the Trustee. The
Trustee or such agent shall deliver such Securities to or as
directed by the Persons in whose names such Securities are so
registered.
All Securities issued upon any
transfer or exchange of Securities shall be valid obligations of
the Company, evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same
benefits under this Indenture, as the Securities surrendered upon
such transfer or exchange.
Notwithstanding anything herein or
in the forms or terms of any Securities to the contrary, none of
the Company, the Trustee or any agent of the Company or the Trustee
shall be required to exchange any Unregistered Security for a
Registered Security if such exchange would result in adverse
Federal income tax consequences to the Company (such as, for
example, the inability of the Company to deduct from its income, as
computed for Federal income tax purposes, the interest payable on
the Unregistered Securities) under then applicable United States
Federal income tax laws. The Trustee and any such agent shall be
entitled to rely on an Officers’ Certificate or an Opinion of
Counsel in determining such result.
The Registrar shall not be required
(i) to issue, authenticate, register the transfer of or exchange
Securities of any series for a period of 15 days before a selection
of such Securities to be redeemed or (ii) to register the transfer
of or exchange any Security selected for redemption in whole or in
part.
Section 2.08
.
Replacement Securities. If any mutilated Security or a Security
with a mutilated coupon appertaining to it is surrendered to the
Trustee, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver, in exchange for such mutilated Security
or in exchange for the Security to which a mutilated coupon
appertains, a new Security of the same series and of like tenor and
principal amount and bearing a number not contemporaneously
outstanding, with coupons corresponding to the coupons, if any,
appertaining to such mutilated Security or to the Security to which
such mutilated coupon appertains.
If there shall be delivered to the
Company and the Trustee (i) evidence to their satisfaction of the
destruction, loss or theft of any Security or coupon and
(ii)
such security or
indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them and any
agent of any of them harmless, then, in the absence of notice to
the Company or the Trustee that such Security or coupon has been
acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the Company shall execute and
the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in lieu of any such
destroyed, lost or stolen Security or in exchange for the Security
to which a destroyed, lost or stolen coupon appertains (with all
appurtenant coupons not destroyed, lost or stolen), a new Security
of the same series and of like tenor and principal amount and
bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding, with coupons
corresponding to the coupons, if any, appertaining to such
destroyed, lost or stolen Security or to the Security to which such
destroyed, lost or stolen coupon appertains.
In case any such mutilated,
destroyed, lost or stolen Security or coupon has become or is about
to become due and payable, the Company in its discretion may,
instead of issuing a new Security, pay such Security or coupon
(without surrender thereof except in the case of a mutilated
Security or coupon) if the applicant for such payment shall furnish
to the Company and the Trustee such security or indemnity as may be
required by them to save each of them and any agent of any of them
harmless, and in the case of destruction, loss or theft,
evidence satisfactory to the Company and the Trustee and any agent
of them of the destruction, loss or theft of such Security and the
ownership thereof; provided, however, that the
Principal of and any interest on Unregistered Securities shall,
except as otherwise provided in Section 4.02, be
payable only at an office or agency located outside the United
States of America.
Upon the issuance of any new
Security under this Section, the Company may require payment of a
sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that
may be imposed in relation thereto and any other expenses
(including the fees and expenses of the Trustee) connected
therewith.
Every new Security of any series,
with its coupons, if any, issued pursuant to this Section in lieu
of any destroyed, lost or stolen Security or in exchange for any
mutilated Security, or in exchange for a Security to which a
mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen coupon appertains, shall
constitute an original additional contractual obligation of the
Company, whether or not the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen
Security and its coupons, if any, or the mutilated, destroyed, lost
or stolen coupon shall be at any time enforceable by anyone, and
any such new Security and coupons, if any, shall be entitled to all
the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with any
and all other Securities of that series and their coupons, if any,
duly issued hereunder.
The provisions of this Section are
exclusive and shall preclude (to the extent lawful) any other
rights and remedies with respect to the replacement or payment of
mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities or
coupons.
Section 2.09
.
Outstanding Securities. Securities outstanding at any time are
all Securities that have been authenticated by the Trustee except
for those cancelled by it, those delivered to it for cancellation,
those described in this Section as not outstanding and those that
have been defeased pursuant to Section 8.05.
If a Security is replaced pursuant
to Section 2.08, it ceases to be outstanding unless and until the
Trustee and the Company receive proof satisfactory to them that the
replaced Security is held by a holder in due course.
If the Paying Agent (other than the
Company or an affiliate of the Company) holds on the maturity date
or any redemption date or date for repurchase of the Securities
money sufficient to pay Securities payable or to be redeemed or
repurchased on that date, then on and after that date such
Securities cease to be outstanding and interest on them shall cease
to accrue.
A Security does not cease to be
outstanding because the Company or one of its affiliates holds such
Security, provided, however , that, in determining whether
the Holders of the requisite principal amount of the outstanding
Securities have given any request, demand, authorization,
direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder, Securities owned by
the Company or any affiliate of the Company 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
or waiver, only Securities as to which a Responsible Officer of the
Trustee has received written notice to be so owned shall be so
disregarded. Any Securities so owned which are pledged by the
Company, or by any affiliate of the Company, as security for loans
or other obligations, otherwise than to another such affiliate of
the Company, shall be deemed to be outstanding, if the pledgee is
entitled pursuant to the terms of its pledge agreement and is free
to exercise in its or his discretion the right to vote such
securities, uncontrolled by the Company or by any such
affiliate.
Section 2.10
. Temporary Securities.
Until
definitive Securities of any series are ready for delivery, the
Company may prepare and the Trustee shall authenticate temporary
Securities of such series. Temporary Securities of any series shall
be substantially in the form of definitive Securities of such
series but may have insertions, substitutions, omissions
and
other variations
determined to be appropriate by the Officers executing the
temporary Securities, as evidenced by their execution of such
temporary Securities. If temporary Securities of any series are
issued, the Company will cause definitive Securities of such series
to be prepared without unreasonable delay. After the preparation of
definitive Securities of any series, the temporary Securities of
such series shall be exchangeable for definitive Securities of such
series and tenor upon surrender of such temporary Securities at the
office or agency of the Company designated for such purpose
pursuant to Section 4.02, 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 a like principal
amount of definitive Securities of such series and tenor and
authorized denominations. Until so exchanged, the temporary
Securities of any series shall be entitled to the same benefits
under this Indenture as definitive Securities of such
series.
Section 2.11
.
Cancellation. The Company at any time may deliver
to the Trustee for cancellation any Securities previously
authenticated and delivered hereunder which the Company may have
acquired in any manner whatsoever, and may deliver to the Trustee
for cancellation any Securities previously authenticated hereunder
which the Company has not issued and sold. The Registrar, any
transfer agent and the Paying Agent shall forward to the Trustee
any Securities surrendered to them for transfer, exchange or
payment. The Trustee shall cancel and dispose of in accordance with
its customary procedures all Securities surrendered for
transfer, exchange,
payment or cancellation and shall deliver a certificate of
disposition to the Company. The Company may not issue new
Securities to replace Securities it has paid in full or delivered
to the Trustee for cancellation.
Section 2.12
. CUSIP
Numbers. The Company in issuing the
Securities may use “CUSIP” and “CINS”
numbers (if then generally in use), and the Trustee shall use CUSIP
numbers or CINS numbers, as the case may be, in notices of
redemption or exchange as a convenience to Holders and no
representation shall be made as to the correctness of such numbers
either as printed on the Securities or as contained in any notice
of redemption or exchange.
Section 2.13
. Defaulted
Interest. If the Company defaults in a payment
of interest on the Registered Securities, it shall pay, or shall
deposit with the Paying Agent money in immediately available funds
sufficient to pay, the defaulted interest plus (to the extent
lawful) any interest payable on the defaulted interest (as may be
specified in the terms thereof, established pursuant to Section
2.03) to the Persons who are Holders on a subsequent special record
date, which shall mean the 15th day next preceding the date fixed
by the Company for the payment of defaulted interest, whether or
not such day is a Business Day. At least 15 days before such
special record date, the Company shall mail to each Holder of such
Registered Securities and to the Trustee a notice that states the
special record date, the payment date and the amount of defaulted
interest to be paid.
Section 2.14
. Series May
Include Tranches. A series of Securities may
include one or more tranches (each a
“ tranche
”) of Securities, including Securities issued in a Periodic
Offering. The Securities of different tranches may have one or more
different terms, including authentication dates and public offering
prices, but all the Securities within each such tranche shall have
identical terms, including authentication date and public offering
price. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture,
with respect to Sections 2.02 (other than the fourth, sixth and
seventh paragraphs thereof) through 2.04, 2.07, 2.08, 2.10, 3.01
through 3.05, 4.02, 6.01 through 6.14, 8.01 through 8.07, 9.02 and
Section 10.07, if any series of Securities includes more than one
tranche, all provisions of such sections applicable to any series
of Securities shall be deemed equally applicable to each tranche of
any series of Securities in the same manner as though originally
designated a series unless otherwise provided with respect to such
series or tranche pursuant to Section 2.03. In particular, and
without limiting the scope of the next preceding sentence, any of
the provisions of such sections which provide for or permit action
to be taken with respect to a series of Securities shall also
be deemed to provide for and permit such action to be taken instead
only with respect to Securities of one or more tranches within that
series (and such provisions shall be deemed satisfied thereby),
even if no comparable action is taken with respect to
Securities in the remaining tranches of that series.
ARTICLE
3
REDEMPTION
Section 3.01
. Applicability
of Article. The provisions of this Article shall be
applicable to the Securities of any series
which are redeemable
before their maturity or to any sinking fund for the retirement of
Securities of a series except as otherwise specified as
contemplated by Section 2.03 for Securities of such
series.
Section 3.02
. Notice of
Redemption; Partial Redemptions. Notice of redemption
to the Holders of Registered Securities of any series to be
redeemed as a whole or in part at the option of the Company shall
be given by mailing notice of such redemption by first class mail,
postage prepaid, at least 30 days and not more than 60 days prior
to the date fixed for redemption to such Holders of Registered
Securities of such series at their last addresses as they shall
appear upon the registry books. Notice of redemption to the
Holders of Unregistered Securities of any series to be redeemed as
a whole or in part who have filed their names and addresses with
the Trustee pursuant to Section 313(c)(2) of the Trust Indenture
Act, shall be given by mailing notice of such redemption, by first
class mail, postage prepaid, at least 30 days and not more than 60
days prior to the date fixed for redemption, to such Holders at
such addresses as were so furnished to the Trustee (and, in the
case of any such notice given by the Company, the Trustee
shall make such information available to the Company for such
purpose). Notice of redemption to all other Holders of Unregistered
Securities of any series to be redeemed as a whole or in part shall
be published in an Authorized Newspaper in The City of New York, or
with respect to any Security the interest on which is based on the
offered quotations in the interbank Eurodollar market for dollar
deposits in an Authorized Newspaper in London, in each case, once
in each of three successive
calendar weeks, the
first publication to be not less than 30 days nor more than 60 days
prior to the date fixed for redemption. Any notice which is mailed
or published in the manner herein provided shall be conclusively
presumed to have been duly given, whether or not the Holder
receives the notice. Failure to give notice by mail, or any defect
in the notice to the Holder of any Security of a series designated
for redemption as a whole or in part shall not affect the validity
of the proceedings for the redemption of any other Security of such
series.
The notice of redemption to each
such Holder shall specify the principal amount of each Security of
such series held by such Holder to be redeemed, the CUSIP numbers
of the Securities to be redeemed, the date fixed for redemption,
the redemption price, or if not then ascertainable, the manner of
calculation thereof, the place or places of payment, that payment
will be made upon presentation and surrender of such Securities
and, in the case of Securities with coupons attached thereto, of
all coupons appertaining thereto maturing after the date fixed for
redemption, that such redemption is pursuant to the mandatory or
optional sinking fund, or both, if such be the case, that interest
accrued to the date fixed for redemption will be paid as specified
in such notice and that on and after said date interest thereon or
on the portions thereof to be redeemed will cease to accrue. In
case any Security of a series is to be redeemed in part only, the
notice of redemption shall state the portion of the principal
amount thereof to be redeemed and shall state that on and after the
date fixed for redemption, upon surrender of such Security, a new
Security or Securities of such series and tenor in principal amount
equal to the unredeemed portion thereof will be issued.
The notice of redemption of
Securities of any series to be redeemed at the option of the
Company shall be given by the Company or, at the Company’s
request, by the Trustee in the name and at the expense of the
Company.
On or before 10:00 a.m. New York
City time on the redemption date or, in the case of Unregistered
Securities, on or before 10:00 a.m. New York City time on the
Business Day prior to the redemption date specified in the notice
of redemption given as provided in this Section, the Company will
deposit with the Trustee or with one or more Paying Agents (or, if
the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent, set aside, segregate
and hold in trust as provided in Section 2.06) an amount of money
sufficient to redeem on the redemption date all the Securities of
such series so called for redemption at the appropriate redemption
price, together with accrued interest to the date fixed for
redemption. If all of the
outstanding Securities
of a series are to be redeemed, the Company will deliver to the
Trustee at least 10 days prior to the last date on which notice of
redemption may be given to Holders pursuant to the first paragraph
of this Section 3.02 (or such shorter period as shall be acceptable
to the Trustee) an Officers’ Certificate stating that all
such Securities are to be redeemed. If less than all the
outstanding Securities of a series are to be redeemed, the Company
will deliver to the Trustee at least 15 days prior to the last date
on which notice of redemption may be given to Holders pursuant to
the first paragraph of this Section 3.02 (or such shorter period as
shall be acceptable to the Trustee) an Officers’ Certificate
stating the aggregate principal amount of such Securities to be
redeemed. In the case of any redemption of Securities (a) prior to
the expiration of any restriction on such redemption provided in
the terms of such Securities or elsewhere in this Indenture,
or (b) pursuant to an election of the Company which is subject to a
condition specified in the terms of such Securities or elsewhere in
this Indenture, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee, prior to
the giving of any notice of redemption to Holders pursuant to this
Section, an Officers’ Certificate evidencing compliance with
such restriction or condition.
If less than all the Securities of a
series are to be redeemed, the Trustee shall select, pro rata, by
lot or in such manner as it shall deem appropriate and fair,
Securities of such series to be redeemed in whole or in part.
Securities may be redeemed in part in principal amounts equal to
authorized denominations for Securities of such series. The Trustee
shall promptly notify the Company in writing of the Securities of
such series selected for redemption and, in the case of any
Securities of such series selected for partial redemption, the
principal amount thereof to be redeemed. For all purposes of this
Indenture, unless the context otherwise requires, all provisions
relating to the redemption of Securities shall relate, in the case
of any Security redeemed or to be redeemed only in part, to the
portion of the principal amount of such Security which
has been or is to be redeemed.
Section 3.03
. Payment
Of Securities Called For Redemption.
If notice of redemption has
been given as above provided, the Securities or portions of
Securities specified in such notice shall become due and payable on
the date and at the place stated in such notice at the applicable
redemption price, together with interest accrued to the date fixed
for redemption, and on and after such date (unless the Company
shall default in the payment of such Securities at the redemption
price, together with interest accrued to such date) interest
on the
Securities or portions
of Securities so called for redemption shall cease to accrue, and
the unmatured coupons, if any, appertaining thereto shall be void
and, except as provided in Sections 7.12 and 8.02, such Securities
shall cease from and after the date fixed for redemption to be
entitled to any benefit under this Indenture, and the Holders
thereof shall have no right in respect of such Securities except
the right to receive the redemption price thereof and unpaid
interest to the date fixed for redemption. On presentation and
surrender of such Securities at a place of payment specified in
said notice, together with all coupons, if any, appertaining
thereto maturing after the date fixed for redemption, said
Securities or the specified portions thereof shall be paid and
redeemed by the Company at the applicable redemption price,
together with interest accrued thereon to the date fixed for
redemption; provided that payment of interest becoming due on or
prior to the date fixed for redemption shall be payable in the case
of Securities with coupons attached thereto, to the Holders of the
coupons for such interest upon surrender thereof, and in the case
of Registered Securities, to the Holders of such Registered
Securities registered as such on the relevant record date subject
to the terms and provisions of Sections 2.04 and 2.13
hereof.
If any Security called for
redemption shall not be so paid upon surrender thereof for
redemption, the principal shall, until paid or duly provided for,
bear interest from the date fixed for redemption at the rate of
interest or Yield to Maturity (in the case of an Original Issue
Discount Security) borne by such Security.
If any Security with coupons
attached thereto is surrendered for redemption and is not
accompanied by all appurtenant coupons maturing after the date
fixed for redemption, the surrender of such missing coupon or
coupons may
be waived by the Company
and the Trust