PRODUITS FORESTIERS CANADIEN
PACIFIQUE LIMITEE -
CANADIAN PACIFIC FOREST PRODUCTS LIMITED
COMPAGNIE MONTREAL TRUST -
MONTREAL TRUST COMPANY
In respect of
10.85% Debentures Due 2014
Bearing formal date of
December 12, 1989
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Definitions and Other Provisions of General
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Consolidation, Merger, Conveyance or
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Meetings of Holders of Securities
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Redemption and Purchase of Securities
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THIS INDENTURE
dated as of December 12, 1989 between PRODUITS FORESTIERS
CANADIEN PACIFIQUE LIMITEE — CANADIAN PACIFIC FOREST PRODUCTS
LIMITED, a corporation amalgamated under the Canada Business
Corporations Act (herein called the “Corporation”)
having its principal executive office at 1155 Metcalfe Street,
Montreal, Quebec, H3B 2X1 and MONTREAL TRUST COMPANY —
COMPAGNIE MONTREAL TRUST, a Quebec corporation duly authorized to
carry on the business of a trust company (herein called the
“Trustee”).
Recitals of the
Corporation
The Corporation
has duly authorized the creation of an issue of its 10.85%
Debentures Due 2014 of substantially the tenor and amount herein
set forth, and to provide therefor the Corporation has duly
authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture.
All things
necessary to make the Securities, when executed by the Corporation
and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee hereunder and duly
issued by the Corporation, the valid obligations of the
Corporation, and to make this Indenture a valid agreement of the
Corporation, in accordance with their and its terms, have been
done.
NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE
WITNESSETH:
For and in
consideration of the premises and the acquisition of the Securities
by the Holders thereof, it is mutually covenanted and agreed, for
the benefit of all Holders of the Securities, as
follows:
Definitions and Other Provisions
of
General Application
Section 101.
Definitions.
(a) For all
purposes of this Indenture, except as otherwise expressly provided
or unless the context otherwise requires:
“This
Indenture” means this instrument as originally executed or as
it may from time to time be supplemented or amended by one or more
indentures supplemental hereto entered into pursuant to the
applicable provisions hereof.
All references in
this instrument to designated “Articles”,
“Sections” and other subdivisions are to the designated
Articles, Sections and other subdivisions of this instrument as
originally executed. The words “herein”,
“hereof”, “hereunder” and
“herewith” and other words of similar import refer to
this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Article,
Section or other subdivision.
(b) All
accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings
assigned to them in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles in Canada and, except as otherwise herein expressly
provided, the term “generally accepted accounting
principles” with respect to any computation required or
permitted hereunder shall mean such accounting principles as are
generally accepted in Canada at the date or time of such
computation;
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(c) The terms
defined in this Article have the meanings assigned to them in this
Article, and include the plural as well as the singular.
“Act”
when used with respect to any Securityholder has the meaning
specified in Section 103.
“Acting
jointly or in concert”, when used in relation to a Person,
has the meaning assigned to such term in the Ontario
Act.
“Affiliate”
of any Person has the meaning assigned to such term in the Ontario
Act.
“Associate”
of any Person has the meaning assigned to such term in the Ontario
Act.
“Beneficial
Owner” or “Beneficial Ownership”, when used in
relation to shares, includes the meaning assigned to such terms in
the Ontario Act.
“Board
of Directors” means the board of directors of the Corporation
or, when the context otherwise permits, any duly authorized
committee or member of the board.
“Board
Resolution” means a copy of a resolution certified by the
Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Corporation or by
another officer of the Corporation acceptable to the Trustee as
having been duly adopted by the Board of Directors and to be in
full force and effect on the date of such certification, and
delivered to the Trustee.
“Branch
Security Register” and “Branch Security
Registrar” have the respective meanings specified in
Section 305.
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“Business
Day”, when used with respect to any Place of Payment, means
each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday which is not a
day on which banking institutions in that Place of Payment are
authorized or obligated by law to close for the entire
day.
“CBRS”
means Canadian Bond Rating Service Limited.
“Canada
Yield Price” shall mean, in effect, a price equal to the
price of the Securities calculated to provide a yield to maturity
equal to the Government of Canada Yield plus 0.50% on the business
day preceding the date of the resolution authorizing the redemption
or if such price is being calculated for the purpose of
Section 1109, on the business day preceding the date of
purchase.
“Central
Security Register” has the meaning specified in
Section 305.
“Continuing
Director” at any date means an individual who is a member of
the Board of Directors on such date and who either was a member of
the Board of Directors on the date of this Indenture or shall have
become a member thereof subsequent to such date (i) with the
approval of at least a majority of the Continuing Directors then
members of the Board of Directors or (ii) following the
election of such member at an annual general meeting of
shareholders to replace a director who has died or who has resigned
or otherwise retired in the ordinary course, provided that the
number of directors that may be so elected to replace a director
who has resigned or otherwise retired, shall not exceed 20% of the
number of directors in office immediately prior to the previous
annual general meeting of shareholders.
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“Corporation”
means the Person named as the “Corporation” in the
first paragraph of this instrument until a successor corporation
shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of
this Indenture, and thereafter “Corporation” shall mean
such successor corporation.
“Corporation
Request”, “Corporation Order” and
“Corporation Consent” mean, respectively, a written
request, order or consent delivered to the Trustee after having
been signed in the name of the Corporation by its Chairman of the
Board, President or a Vice-President, and by its Secretary, an
Assistant Secretary, its Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, its
Controller or an Assistant Controller or by any two officers of the
Corporation duly authorized for the purpose by a Board Resolution
and acceptable to the Trustee.
“DBRS”
means Dominion Bond Rating Service Limited.
“Debt”
means any undischarged indebtedness for money borrowed, whether or
not evidenced by any note, bond, debenture or other instrument;
provided, however, that Debt shall not include any Debt for the
payment or redemption of which money in the necessary amount shall
have been deposited in trust either at or before the maturity or
redemption date thereof.
“Designated
Event” shall be deemed to have occurred each time:
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(i)
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a
Person, alone or with its Affiliates, Associates or Persons with
whom such Person is acting jointly or in concert, becomes the
Beneficial Owner of more than 30% of the total voting rights
attaching to all outstanding Voting Shares of the Corporation or
subsequently increases
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such Beneficial Ownership from 50%
or less to a majority of the total voting rights attaching to all
Voting Shares of the Corporation; provided that this clause
(i) shall not apply to the acquisition of shares of the Parent
Company; or
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(ii)
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the
individuals who are Continuing Directors shall cease for any reason
to constitute at least two-thirds of the Board of Directors;
or
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(iii)
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the
Corporation consolidates or amalgamates with or merges into another
corporation or conveys, transfers or leases all or substantially
all of its assets to any Person, or any corporation consolidates or
amalgamates with or merges into the Corporation, in any such event
pursuant to a transaction in which outstanding Voting Shares of the
Corporation are changed into or exchanged for cash, securities or
other property, provided that there shall be excluded from the
application of this clause (iii) such transactions
(a) between the Corporation and its Subsidiaries or between
Subsidiaries, (b) involving solely the establishment of a
public holding company for the Corporation, or (c) involving
the exchange of the Corporation’s Voting Shares as
consideration in the acquisition of another business or businesses
(without change or exchange of the Corporation’s outstanding
Voting Shares into or for cash, securities or other property);
or
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(iv)
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the
Corporation or any Subsidiary of the Corporation purchases or
otherwise
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acquires, directly or indirectly,
Beneficial Ownership of Voting Shares of the Corporation if, after
giving effect to such purchase or acquisition, the Corporation
(together with its Subsidiaries) shall have acquired 30% or more of
the Corporation’s Voting shares within any 12-month period
calculated by reference to the Voting Shares outstanding at the
beginning of such period; or
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(v)
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on
any date (a “Calculation Date”) the Corporation makes
any distribution or distributions of cash, property or securities
(excluding regular dividends and distributions of shares of the
Corporation that are not Redeemable Shares) to holders of Voting
Shares of the Corporation or purchases or otherwise acquires
Beneficial Ownership of Voting Shares of the Corporation and the
sum of the fair market value of such distribution or purchase, plus
the fair market value of all other such distributions and purchases
which have occurred during the preceding 12-month period, is at
least 30% of the fair market value of the outstanding Voting Shares
of the Corporation; this last percentage is calculated on each
Calculation Date by dividing (x) the fair market value of the
distributions and purchases which have occurred on such Calculation
Date by (y) the fair market value of the Corporation’s
outstanding Voting Shares immediately prior to such distributions
or purchases, and adding to that percentage all of the percentages
which have been similarly calculated on the dates of all such
distributions and purchases during the preceding 12-month
period.
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“Event
of Default” has the meaning specified in
Section 501.
“Extraordinary
Resolution” means any Act by the Holders of Securities which
has been (a) signed by or for the Holders of not less than
two-thirds in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities; or
(b) adopted by the Holders of two-thirds in principal amount
of the Outstanding Securities voting thereon at a meeting of the
Holders of Securities duly held pursuant to the provisions of
Article Nine.
“Full
Rating Category” means (i) with respect to CBRS, any of
the following categories: B+, B, C++, C+ and C, (ii) with
respect to DBRS, any of the following categories: BB, B, CCC, CC
and C and (iii) with respect to any other Rating Agency, the
equivalent of any such category of CBRS or DBRS used by such other
Rating Agency. In determining whether the rating of the Securities
has decreased by the equivalent of one Full Rating Category,
gradation within Full Rating Categories (high and low for CBRS and
for DBRS or the equivalent gradation for another Rating Agency)
shall constitute one-third of a Full Rating Category. Thus, with
respect to DBRS, a decline in a rating from BB (high) to B
(high) will constitute a decline of one Full Rating Category,
and a decline in a rating from BB (high) to BB or BB
(low) will constitute a decline of less than one Full Rating
Category.
“Government
of Canada Yield” on any date shall mean, in effect, the yield
to maturity on such date compounded semi-annually which a
non-callable Government of Canada Bond would carry if issued, in
Canadian dollars in Canada, at 100% of its principal amount on such
date with a term to maturity equal to the remaining term to
maturity of the Securities; the Government of Canada Yield
will
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be provided by
two Canadian investment dealers, RBC Dominion Securities Inc. and
Wood Gundy Inc. or such other Canadian investment dealer or dealers
as the Corporation may determine from time to time and as may be
acceptable to the Trustee.
“Holder”
when used with respect to any Security means a
Securityholder.
“Interest
Payment Date” means the Stated Maturity of an instalment of
interest on the Securities.
“Investment
Grade” means B++ (low) or higher by CBRS or BBB
(low) or higher by DBRS or the equivalent of such ratings by
CBRS or DBRS or by any other Rating Agency.
“Maturity”
when used in respect to any Security means the date on which the
principal of such Security becomes due and payable as therein or
herein provided, whether at the Stated Maturity or by declaration
of acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise.
“Mortgage”
means any mortgage, hypothec, privilege, pledge, security interest,
floating charge, conditional sale or other title retention
agreement or other similar lien or encumbrance.
“Officers’
Certificate” means a certificate signed by the Chairman of
the Board, the President or a Vice-President, and by the Secretary,
an Assistant Secretary, the Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, the
Controller or an Assistant Controller of the Corporation (or by any
two officers of the Corporation duly authorized for the purpose by
a Board Resolution and acceptable to the Trustee), and delivered to
the Trustee.
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“Ontario
Act” means the Securities Act (Ontario), R.S.O. 1980, c. 466,
as amended to the date of this Indenture.
“Opinion
of Counsel” means a written opinion of counsel, who may
(except as otherwise expressly provided in this Indenture) be
counsel for the Corporation (whether or not in the employ of the
Corporation), and shall be appointed by Corporation Order and
acceptable to the Trustee.
“Outstanding”,
when used with respect to Securities, means, as of the date of
determination, all Securities theretofore authenticated and
delivered under this Indenture, except:
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(i)
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Securities theretofore cancelled by
the Trustee or delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation;
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(ii)
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Securities for whose payment or
redemption money in the necessary amount has been theretofore
deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent (other than the
Corporation) in trust or set aside and segregated in trust by the
Corporation (if the Corporation shall act as a Paying Agent) for
the Holders of such Securities; provided that, if such Securities
are to be redeemed, notice of such redemption has been duly given
pursuant to this Indenture or provision therefor satisfactory to
the Trustee has been made; and
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(iii)
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Securities which have been paid
pursuant to Section 306 or in exchange for or in lieu of which
other Securities have been authenticated and delivered pursuant to
this Indenture, other than any such Securities in respect of which
there
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shall have been presented to the
Trustee proof satisfactory to it that such Securities are held by a
bona fide purchaser in whose hands such Securities are valid
obligations of the Corporation;
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provided,
however, that in determining which Persons are entitled to vote at
a meeting of Holders of Securities or whether the Holders of the
requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities are present at
a meeting of Holders of Securities for quorum purposes or have
given any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice,
consent or waiver hereunder, Securities owned by the Corporation,
or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the
Corporation, or such other obligor shall be disregarded and deemed
not to be Outstanding, except that, in determining whether the
Trustee shall be protected in relying upon any such determination
as to the entitlement to vote, the presence of a quorum or upon any
such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or
waiver, only Securities which the Trustee knows to be so owned
shall be so disregarded. Securities so owned which have been
pledged in good faith may be regarded as Outstanding if the pledgee
establishes to the satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgee’s
right so to act with respect to such Securities and that the
pledgee is not the Corporation or any other obligor upon the
Securities or any Affiliate of the Corporation or such other
obligor.
“Parent
Company” means the company which, on the date of this
Indenture, owns all of the outstanding shares of the
Corporation’s current majority shareholder.
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“Paying
Agent” means any Person, which may be the Corporation,
authorized by the Corporation to pay the principal of and interest
on any Securities on behalf of the Corporation.
“Person”
means an individual, body corporate, partnership, unincorporated
association, unincorporated syndicate, unincorporated organization,
trust, trustee, executor, administrator, or other legal
representative.
“Place
of Payment” means any municipality referred to in
Section 301.
“Place
of Registration” means and includes the principal office of
the Trustee in each of the Cities of Halifax, Montreal, Toronto,
Winnipeg, Calgary or Vancouver or any other office or agency
appointed by the Corporation pursuant to
Section 1002.
“Predecessor
Securities” of any particular Security means every previous
Security evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that
evidenced by such particular Security; and, for the purposes of
this definition, any Security authenticated and delivered under
Section 306 in lieu of a lost, destroyed or stolen Security
shall be deemed to evidence the same debt as the lost, destroyed or
stolen Security.
“Principal
Subsidiary” at any time means a Subsidiary:
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whose total assets or gross revenues
(both calculated on a proportionate consolidation basis) represent
not less than 15% of the consolidated total assets or, as the case
may be, consolidated gross revenues of the Corporation and
its
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Subsidiaries taken as a whole, all
as calculated by reference to the then latest financial statements
(consolidated or, as the case may be, unconsolidated, in accordance
with generally accepted accounting principles) of such Subsidiary
and the then latest consolidated audited financial statements of
the Corporation and its Subsidiaries, after deducting from either
of such amounts, as the case may be, the proportion thereof related
to minority interests, if any, in the Subsidiary under
consideration; or
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(b)
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to
which is transferred the whole or substantially the whole of the
assets and undertaking of a Subsidiary which immediately prior to
such transfer is a Principal Subsidiary;
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provided,
however, that no Subsidiary shall be a Principal Subsidiary unless
it shall have been a Subsidiary for a period of at least
90 days, unless it has no voting shares traded on a stock
exchange and unless its assets and liabilities are, on the basis of
the accounting practice and principles applied by the
Corporation’s auditors, consolidated with those of the
Corporation for the purpose of the preparation from time to time of
the Corporation’s balance sheet.
“Purchase
Money Obligation” means any indebtedness of the Corporation,
of a Subsidiary or of or related to any joint venture, partnership
or similar arrangement in which the Corporation or a Subsidiary has
an interest, incurred in respect of the cost of acquisition of any
property (including shares of capital stock or Debt) or of the cost
of construction or improvement of any property acquired,
constructed or improved after the date of this Indenture, which
indebtedness existed at the time of acquisition or was created,
issued,
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incurred,
assumed or guaranteed contemporaneously with the acquisition,
construction or improvement or within 120 days after the
completion thereof and includes any extension, renewal or refunding
of any such indebtedness if the principal amount thereof
outstanding on the date of such extension, renewal or refunding is
not increased.
“Put
Price” on any date means a price equal to the price of the
Securities calculated to provide a yield to maturity equal to the
Government of Canada Yield plus 0.75% on the business day preceding
such date.
“Rating
Agency” means CBRS and its successors or DBRS and its
successors or, if CBRS or DBRS or both shall not make a rating on
the Securities publicly available, a recognized securities rating
agency or agencies, as the case may be, selected by the Corporation
which shall be substituted for CBRS or DBRS or both, as the case
may be.
“Rating
Date” means the date which is 120 days prior to public
disclosure of the occurrence of a Designated Event.
“Rating
Decline” shall be deemed to have occurred if on any date
within the 90-day period following public disclosure of the
occurrence of a Designated Event (which period shall be extended so
long as the rating of the Securities is under publicly announced
consideration for possible downgrade by a Rating
Agency):
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(a)
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where the Securities were rated by a
Rating Agency on the Rating Date as Investment Grade, the rating of
the Securities by such Rating Agency is below Investment Grade;
or
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(b)
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where the Securities were rated by a
Rating Agency on the Rating Date below Investment Grade, the rating
of the Securities by such Rating Agency is at least one Full Rating
Category below the rating of the Securities by such Rating Agency
on the Rating Date.
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“Rating
Decline Date” shall be the date on which a Rating Decline is
deemed to have occurred after a Designated Event.
“Rating
Recovery” shall be deemed to have occurred if the rating of
the Securities by each Rating Agency which has effected a Rating
Decline is re-established to at least the rating existing at the
Rating Date.
“Record
Date” for the interest payable on any Interest Payment Date
means the date specified in Section 301.
“Redeemable
Share” means a share issued by the Corporation that the
Corporation (a) may purchase or redeem on the demand of the
Corporation or (b) is required by its articles to purchase or
redeem at a specified time or on the demand of a
shareholder.
“Redemption
Date” when used with respect to any Security to be redeemed
means the date fixed for such redemption by or pursuant to this
Indenture.
“Redemption
Price” when used with respect to any Security to be redeemed
means the higher of (a) the Canada Yield Price and (b) 100% of
the principal amount thereof, together in each case with accrued
and unpaid interest to the Redemption Date.
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“Registered
Holder” when used with respect to any Registered Security
means the Person in whose name such Security is registered in the
Central Security Register.
“Registered
Security” means any Security registered in the Central
Security Register.
“Repayment
Date” shall be a date which is 120 days following a
Rating Decline Date or, if the Corporation has given to the
Securityholders a notice of increased interest rate on the
Securities pursuant to paragraph (c) of Section 1007, the
30th day following the giving of such notice (or if either such
date is not a Business Day at any Place of Payment, then the
Business Day next succeeding such date).
“Responsible
Officer” when used with respect to the Trustee means the
chairman or vice-chairman of the board of directors, the chairman
or vice-chairman of the executive committee of the board of
directors, the president, any vice-president, the secretary, any
assistant secretary, the treasurer, any assistant treasurer, the
cashier, any assistant cashier, any trust officer or assistant
trust officer, the controller and any assistant controller or any
other officer of the Trustee customarily performing functions
similar to those performed by any of the above designated officers
and also means, with respect to a particular corporate trust
matter, any other officer to whom such matter is referred because
of his knowledge of and familiarity with the particular
subject.
“Security”
or “Securities” means any or all of the 10.85%
Debentures Due 2014 authenticated and delivered pursuant to this
Indenture.
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“Securityholder”
means a Registered Holder of a Registered Security.
“Security
Registers” has the meaning specified in
Section 305.
“Stated
Maturity” when used with respect to any Security or any
instalment of interest thereon means the date specified in such
Security as the fixed date on which the principal of such Security
or such instalment of interest is due and payable and includes the
Redemption Date and the Repayment Date.
“Subsidiary”
means any corporation of which more than 50% of the Voting Shares
is owned, directly or indirectly, by or for the Corporation or by
or for any corporation in like relation to the Corporation and
includes any corporation in like relation to a
Subsidiary.
“Trustee”
means the Person named as the “Trustee” in the first
paragraph of this instrument until a successor Trustee shall have
become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this
Indenture, and thereafter “Trustee” shall mean such
successor Trustee.
“Voting
Shares” means shares of capital stock of any class or classes
of a corporation having under all circumstances or under some
circumstances that have occurred and are continuing the right to
elect members of the board of directors of such corporation, and
includes securities currently convertible into such shares and
currently exercisable rights to acquire such shares or convertible
securities, provided that, for the purposes hereof, shares which
only carry the right to vote conditionally on the happening of an
event which has not yet occurred shall not be considered Voting
Shares nor shall any shares be deemed to cease to be Voting Shares
solely by
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reason of a
right to vote accruing to shares of another class or classes by
reason of the happening of such event.
Section 102.
Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee.
In any case where
several matters are required to be certified by, or covered by an
opinion of, any specified Person, it is not necessary that all such
matters be certified by, or covered by the opinion of, only one
such Person, or that they be so certified or covered by only one
document, but one such Person may certify or give an opinion with
respect to some matters and one or more other such Persons as to
other matters, and any such Person may certify or give an opinion
as to such matters in one or several documents.
Any certificate or
opinion of an officer of the Corporation may be based, insofar as
it relates to legal matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or
representations by, counsel, unless such officer knows, or in the
exercise of reasonable care should know, that the certificate or
opinion or representations with respect to the matters upon which
his certificate or opinion is based are erroneous. Any such
certificate or opinion of counsel may be based, insofar as it
relates to factual matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or
representations by, an officer or officers of the Corporation
stating that the information with respect to such factual matters
is in the possession of the Corporation, unless such counsel knows,
or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the
certificate or opinion or representations with respect to such
matters are erroneous.
Where any Person
is required to make, give or execute two or more applications,
requests, con-
sents,
certificates, statements, opinions or other instruments under this
Indenture, they may, but need not, be consolidated and form one
instrument.
Section 103.
Acts of Holders of Securities.
(a) Any
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver
or other action provided by this Indenture to be given or taken by
Holders of Securities may be embodied in and evidenced by
(1) one or more instruments of sub- stantially similar tenor
signed by such Holders in person or by agent or proxy duly
appointed in writing, (2) a resolution duly adopted by the
Holders of Securities at a meeting of Holders of Securities duly
called and held in accordance with the provisions of
Article Nine. Except as herein otherwise expressly provided,
such action shall become effective when such instrument or
instruments or resolution are delivered to the Trustee and, where
it is hereby expressly required, to the Corporation. Such
instrument or instruments and resolution (and the action embodied
therein and evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as
the “Act” of the Holders of Securities signing such
instrument or instruments or so voting on such resolution. Proof of
execution of any such instrument or of a writing appointing any
such agent shall be sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture
and (subject to Section 601) conclusive in favor of the
Trustee and the Corporation if made in the manner provided in this
Section. Proof of the due adoption of any such resolution by the
appropriate percentage of Holders of Securities at a meeting
thereof shall be sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture if
such resolution forms part of and its due adoption by such
appropriate percentage is evident from the record of such meeting
prepared, signed and verified in the manner provided in
Section 906.
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(b) The fact
and date of the execution by any Person of any such instrument or
writing may be proved by the affidavit of a witness of such
execution or by the certificate of any notary or other officer
authorized by law to take acknowledgments of deeds, certifying that
the individual signing such instrument or writing acknowledged to
him the execution thereof. Where such execution is by an officer of
a corporation or a member of a partnership, on behalf of such
corporation or partnership, such certificate or affidavit shall
also constitute sufficient proof of his authority.
(c) The fact
and date of execution of any such instrument or writing may also be
proved in any other manner which the Trustee deems sufficient; and
the Trustee may in any instance require further proof with respect
to any of the matters referred to in this Section.
(d) The
holding of Registered Securities shall be proved by the Central
Security Register.
(e) Any
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver
or other action by the Holder of any Security shall bind every
future Holder of the same Security and the Holder of every Security
issued upon the transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu
thereof, in respect of anything done or suffered to be done by the
Trustee or the Corporation in reliance thereon, whether or not
notation of such action is made upon such Security.
Section 104.
Notices, Etc., to Trustee and Corporation.
Any request,
demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or Act of
Securityholders or other document provided or permitted by
this
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Indenture to be
made upon, given or furnished to, or filed with,
(1) the Trustee by
any Securityholder or by the Corporation shall be sufficient for
every purpose hereunder if made, given, furnished or filed in
writing to or with the Trustee at its principal office in the City
of Montreal or at any other address previously furnished by notice
in writing to the Corporation by the Trustee and notified to the
Securityholders in accordance with Section 105, or
(2) the
Corporation by the Trustee or by any Securityholder shall be
sufficient for every purpose hereunder if in writing and either
mailed, first-class postage prepaid, or telexed or telecopied and
confirmed by first-class mail postage prepaid, to the Corporation
addressed to it at the address of its principal office specified in
the first paragraph of this instrument , to the attention of
its Secretary, or at any other address or to the attention of any
other Person previously furnished in writing to the Trustee by the
Corporation and notified to the Securityholders in accordance with
Section 105.
Section 105.
Notices to Securityholders; Waiver.
Except as
otherwise expressly provided herein, where this Indenture provides
for notice to Securityholders of any event, such notice shall be
sufficiently given to any Holder of Securities if in writing and
mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to such Holder of such
Security, at his address as it appears on the Central Security
Register, not later than the latest date, and not earlier
than
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the earliest
date, prescribed for the giving of such notice.
In any case where
notice to Holders of Securities is given by mail, neither the
failure to mail such notice, nor any defect in any notice so
mailed, to any particular Holder of a Security shall affect the
sufficiency of such notice with respect to other Holders of
Securities given as provided above.
In case by reason
of the suspension of regular mail service or by reason of any other
cause it shall be impracticable to give such notice by first-class
postage prepaid mail, then such notification to Holders of
Securities as shall be made with the approval of the Trustee shall
constitute sufficient notice to such Holders for every purpose
hereunder.
Where this
Indenture provides for notice to any Person in any manner, such
notice may be waived in writing by the Person entitled to receive
such notice, either before or after the event, and such waiver
shall be the equivalent of such notice. Waivers of notice by
Securityholders shall be filed with the Trustee, but such filing
shall not be a condition precedent to the validity of any action
taken in reliance upon such waiver.
Section 106.
Effect of Headings and Table of Contents.
The Article and
Section headings herein and the Table of Contents are for
convenience only and shall not affect the construction
hereof.
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Section 107.
Successors and Assigns.
All covenants and
agreements in this Indenture by the Corporation shall bind its
successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not.
Section 108.
Separability Clause.
In case any
provision in this Indenture or in the Securities shall be invalid,
illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability
of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or
impaired thereby.
Section 109.
Benefits of Indenture.
Nothing in this
Indenture or in the Securities, express or implied, shall, except
as may be required by any applicable law, give to any Person, other
than the parties hereto and their successors hereunder and the
Holders of Securities, any benefit or any legal or equitable right,
remedy or claim under this Indenture.
Section 110.
Governing Law.
This Indenture and
each of the Securities shall be construed in accordance with and
governed by the laws of the Province of Quebec and the laws of
Canada applicable therein. Any reference herein to a
“trust”, an “express trust” or the
“holding in trust” is to a trust validly created in
accordance with the laws of any jurisdiction that recognizes that
ownership of the property of the trust belongs irrevocably to the
beneficiary of the trust.
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Section 111.
Legal Holidays.
In any case where
any Interest Payment Date or date of Maturity of any Security shall
not be a Business Day at any Place of Payment, then
(notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture or of the
Securities) payment of interest or principal need not be made at
such Place of Payment on such day, but may be made on the next
succeeding Business Day at such Place of Payment with the same
force and effect as if made on such Interest Payment Date or such
date of Maturity, provided that if such payment is duly made on
such next succeeding Business Day, no interest shall accrue on the
amount so payable for the period from and after such Interest
Payment Date or such date of Maturity, as the case may be, to and
including such next succeeding Business Day.
Section 112.
Language of Notices, Etc.
Any request,
demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, election or
waiver required or permitted under this Indenture shall be in the
English or French language.
The Securities and
the Trustee’s certificate of authentication shall be in
substantially the forms set forth in this Article, with such
appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other
variations as are required or permitted by this Indenture and may
have such letters, numbers
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or other marks
of identification and such legends or endorsements placed thereon
as may, consistently herewith, be determined by the officers
executing such Securities, as evidenced by their signing of the
Securities. Any portion of the text of any Security may be set
forth on the reverse thereof.
Section 202.
Form of Security
CANADIAN PACIFIC FOREST PRODUCTS
LIMITED
10.85% Debenture Due 2014
CANADIAN PACIFIC
FOREST PRODUCTS LIMITED, a corporation incorporated under the
Canada Business Corporations Act (hereinafter called the
“Corporation”, which term includes any successor
corporation under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value
received, hereby promises to pay to
, or registered assigns, on November 30, 2014 the principal
sum of
DOLLARS and to pay interest thereon from and including the
later of December 12, 1989 and the most recent Interest
Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for,
calculated and payable semiannually in arrears on May 31 and
November 30 in each year commencing on May 31, 1990 (each
such date being an “Interest Payment Date”), at the
rate of 10.85% per annum. The interest so payable and punctually
paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as
provided in the Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this
Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities, as defined in the
Indenture) is registered at the close of business on the Record
Date for such interest, which shall be the 15th day (whether
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not a business
day) of the same calendar month as such Interest Payment Date.
Payment of the principal of and interest on this Security will be
made in lawful money of Canada at any branch in Canada of The Royal
Bank of Canada, at the option of the Holder, or at such other place
as may be designated by the Corporation for such purpose and
approved by the Trustee. Payment of interest on this Security may
be made at the option of the Corporation by warrant or cheque
mailed to the address of the Person or Persons entitled thereto as
such address shall appear on the Central Security Register. In the
event that the Corporation is in default of its obligation to pay
any amount of principal or interest, the Corporation shall pay
interest on the amounts in default at the same rate, at the same
places and on the same dates, to the extent such is permitted by
law.
This Security is
one of a duly authorized issue of Securities of the Corporation
designated as its 10.85% Debentures Due 2014 (herein called the
“Securities”), limited in aggregate principal amount to
$125,000,000, issued and to be issued under an indenture bearing
formal date of December 12, 1989 (herein called the
“Indenture”), between the Corporation and Compagnie
Montréal Trust - Montreal Trust Company, Trustee (herein
called the “Trustee”, which term includes any successor
trustee under the Indenture), to which Indenture and all indentures
supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of
the respective rights thereunder of the Corporation, the Trustee
and the Holders of the Securities, and the terms upon which the
Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. The
Securities will be direct unsecured obligations of the Corporation
and will rank pari passu with all other unsecured indebtedness of
the Corporation.
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All terms used in
this Security which are defined in the Indenture shall have the
respective meanings assigned to them in the Indenture except as
otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise
requires.
The Securities
will be redeemable, at the Corporation’s option, in whole at
any time or in part from time to time, on not more than 60 and not
less than 30 days’ prior notice, at the higher of the
Canada Yield Price (as defined in the Indenture) and the principal
amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest to the date fixed
for redemption. Where less than all of the outstanding Securities
are to be redeemed, the Securities so to be redeemed will be
selected by the Trustee in such a manner as it shall deem
equitable.
The Corporation,
commencing January 1, 1997, will make all reasonable efforts
to purchase for cancellation in the open market during each
calendar quarter, 1% of the aggregate principal amount of the
Securities at prices below 100% of the principal amount thereof
plus accrued and unpaid interest and costs of purchase. If in any
of the first three calendar quarters of a calendar year, the
Corporation is unable to purchase such principal amount of
Securities for any reason, including the fact that the Securities
did not trade below their principal amount, such purchase fund
obligation for such quarter, to the extent unfulfilled, will be
carried forward for the succeeding quarter or quarters of the said
calendar year. All purchase fund obligations which the Corporation
has been unable to fulfill during any calendar year shall become
extinguished as at the end of such year. The Securities which the
Corporation is obligated to purchase during any calendar quarter
pursuant to this provision will be reduced by the aggregate
principal amount of the Securities redeemed or purchased by the
Corporation
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in the same
quarter otherwise than pursuant to this provision.
When not in
default under the Indenture, the Corporation shall also have the
right to purchase for cancellation the Securities in the market, by
tender or private contract, at any price. The Securities purchased
or redeemed by the Corporation shall be cancelled and shall not be
reissued.
Upon the
occurrence of both a Designated Event and a Rating Decline (as such
terms are defined in the Indenture), each Holder of Securities may
require the Corporation to purchase, on the Repayment Date (as
defined in the Indenture), all or any portion of its Securities at
a price equal to the Put Price (as defined in the Indenture) in
effect on the 30th day preceding the Repayment Date, together with
accrued interest to the Repayment Date. If, prior to the 30th day
preceding a Repayment Date, a Rating Recovery (as defined in the
Indenture) shall occur, the Holders of the Securities shall no
longer have the right to require the Corporation to purchase their
Securities on such Repayment Date. At any time prior to the 90th
day following a Rating Decline Date (as defined in the Indenture),
the Corporation shall have the right to increase the interest rate
borne by the Securities and shall notify the Securityholders of
such increased rate. Following the giving of such notice, each
Securityholder shall have the right to require the Corporation to
purchase, on the Repayment Date, all or any portion of its
Securities at a price equal to the Put Price in effect on the date
of such notice (which Put Price shall be set forth in the notice),
together with accrued interest to such Repayment Date. If any
Holder of Securities does not exercise its right to require the
Corporation to so purchase its Securities, then its Securities
shall bear interest at the increased rate set forth in such notice
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the
Corporation, as and from the Rating Decline Date. If 90% or more in
aggregate principal of the Securities outstanding on the 30th day
preceding a Repayment Date have been tendered for purchase on such
Repayment Date, the Corporation shall have the right to purchase
all of the remaining Securities on such date at the Put Price,
together with accrued interest to such date. The Indenture contains
various notification provisions concerning the foregoing
rights.
If an Event of
Default, as defined in the Indenture, shall occur, the principal of
all the Securities may be declared due and payable prior to the
Stated Maturity thereof in the manner and with the effect provided
in the Indenture.
The Indenture
permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment
thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the
Corporation and the rights of the Holders of the Securities under
the Indenture at any time by the Corporation with the consent of
the Holders expressed by Extraordinary Resolution, as defined in
the Indenture. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting
the Holders of specified percentages in aggregate principal amount
of the Securities at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders
of all the Securities, to waive compliance by the Corporation with
certain provisions of the Indenture and of this Security and
certain past defaults under the Indenture and under this Security
and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of
this Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and
upon all future Holders of this Security and of any Security issued
upon the transfer hereof or in exchange hereof or in lieu hereof
whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this
Security.
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As provided in the
Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth,
this Security is transferable by the registered Holder hereof on
the Security Registers of the Corporation, upon surrender of this
Security for transfer at the principal office of the Trustee in the
Cities of Halifax, Montreal, Toronto, Winnipeg, Calgary and
Vancouver, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument
of transfer in form satisfactory to the Corporation and the Trustee
or other Branch Security Registrar, if any, duly executed by the
Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and
thereupon one or more new Securities, of authorized denominations
and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the
designated transferee or transferees.
The Corporation,
the Trustee and any agent of the Corporation or of the Trustee may
treat the Person in whose name this Security is registered as the
owner hereof for all purposes whether or not this Security be
overdue.
The Securities are
issuable as fully registered Securities in denominations of $1,000
and any integral multiple thereof. As provided in the Indenture and
subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Securities are
exchangeable at the principal office of the Trustee in the Cities
above mentioned for a like aggregate principal amount of Securities
of a different authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder
surrendering the same.
Unless the
certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the
Trustee by the manual signature of one of its authorized officers,
this Security shall not be entitled to any benefit under the
Indenture, or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.
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IN WITNESS
WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused this Security to be executed by
its duly authorized officers.
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December 12,
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CANADIAN
PACIFIC FOREST
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PRODUCTS
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Authentication
This is one of the
Debentures referred to in the within-mentioned
Indenture.
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MONTREAL TRUST
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Notice of Exercise
of Put Right by Holder
Pursuant to the
within-mentioned Indenture, upon the occurrence of a Designated
Event and a Rating Decline (as defined in the Indenture), the
Holder of this Security hereby exercises the right to require the
Corporation to purchase, on the applicable Repayment Date (as
defined in the Indenture), the total principal amount hereof or the
portion thereof indicated below (being a
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multiple of
$1,000), at the applicable Put Price (as defined in the Indenture),
together with accrued interest to the said Repayment Date and
hereby delivers this Security to the Trustee for such purpose, the
whole subject to the Indenture.
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Paragraphe 202.
Formule des titres
PRODUITS FORESTIERS CANADIEN
PACIFIQUE LIMITEE
Débenture 10,85 %
échéant en 2014
PRODUITS
FORESTIERS CANADIEN PACIFIQUE LIMITEE, société
constituée en vertu de la Loi sur les sociétés
par actions (appelée dans les pré-sentes
“Société”, terme qui comprend toute
société remplasante aux termes de 1’acte de
fiducie mentionné ci-aprés), contre valeur resue,
promet par les présentes de payer à
, ou à
ses ayants droit inscrits, le 30 novembre 2014 la somme en capital
de
DOLLARS et de payer les intérêts s’y rapportant
a compter du 12 décembre 1989 ou à compter de la
dernière date de paiement des intérêts à
l’égard de laquelle des intérêts ont
été versés ou dûment mis de
côté, selon celle de ces dates qui tombera la
dernière, et ce, calculés et payables
semestriellement terme
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échu le
31 mai et le 30 novembre de chaque année à compter du
31 mai 1990 (chacune de ces dates étant une “date de
paiement des intérêts”), au taux annuel de
10,85%. Les intérêts ainsi payables, qui sont
payés ponctuellement ou dûment mis de
côté, à toute date de paiement des
intérêts seront, tel qu’il est prévu dans
l’acte de fiducie, versés à la personne au nom
de laquelle le présent titre (ou un ou plusieurs titres
remplacés, selon la définition de “Predecessor
Securities” qui est donnée dans la version anglaise
dudit acte de fiducie) est immatriculé à la fermeture
des bureaux à la date de clôture des registres se
rapportant à ces intérêts, laguelle est le 15e
jour (qu’il s’agisse ou non d’un jour ouvrable)
du même mois civil que celui de cette date de paiement des
intérêts. Le paiement du capital et des
intérêts sur le présent titre sera
effectué en monnaie légale du Canada à toute
succursale au Canada de La Banque Royale du Canada, au gré
du porteur, ou à tout autre endroit que la
Société peut désigner à cette fin et
qui est approuvé par le fiduciaire. Le paiement des
intérêts sur le présent titre peut être
effectué, au gré de la Société, par
mandat ou par chéque posté à l’adresse
de la personne ou des personnes y ayant droit, telle que cette
adresse apparait dans le registre central des porteurs de titres.
Si la Société est en défaut aux termes de son
obligation de payer une somme à l’égard du
capital ou des intérêts, la Société
paiera des intérêts sur les sommes en défaut,
et ce, au même taux, aux mêmes endroits et aux
mêmes dates, dans la mesure autorisée par la
loi.
Le présent
titre est l’un des titres d’une émission
dûment autorisée de titres de la Société
désignés comme étant ses débentures
10,85 % échéant en 2014 (appelées dans les
présentes “titres”), dont la somme en capital
globale est limitée à 125 000 000 $, lesquelles sont
ou doivent être émises en vertu d’un acte de
fiducie portant la
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date officielle
du 12 décembre 1989 (appelé dans les présentes
“acte de fiducie”) et passé entre la
Société et Compagnie Montréal Trust —
Montreal Trust Company, à titre de fiduciaire
(appelée dans les présentes “fiduciaire”,
terme qui comprend tout fiduciaire remplaçant aux termes de
l’acte de fiducie); il y a lieu de se reporter à cet
acte de fiducie et à tout acte de fiducie
supplémentaire pour obtenir l’énoncé des
droits respectifs que possèdent en vertu de ceux-ci la
Société, le fiduciaire et les porteurs de titres, de
même que l’énoncé des conditions selon
lesquelles les titres sont et doivent être
authentifiés et livrés. Les titres constitueront des
obligations non garanties directes de la Société et
seront d’un rang égal à celui de toutes les
dettes non garanties de la Société.
Tous les termes
utilisés dans le présent titre qui sont la version
française de termes anglais définis dans la version
anglaise de l’acte de fiducie ont le sens qui est
attribué à ces termes anglais dans ladite version
anglaise de l’acte de fiducie, sauf si une disposition dans
les présentes prévoit expressément le
contraire ou si le contexte l’exige autrement.
Les titres seront
remboursables par anticipation, au gré de la
Société, en totalité en tout temps ou en
partie de temps à autre, sur préavis d’au plus
60 jours et d’au moins 30 jours, à un prix égal
au plus éleve des montants suivants, à savoir le prix
de rendement Canada (selon la définition de “Canada
Yield Price” donnée dans la version anglaise de
l’acte de fiducie) ou la somme en capital de ceux-ci plus les
intérêts courus et impayés jusqu’à
la date fixée pour le remboursement par anticipation. Si
moins que la totalité des titres en circulation doivent
être remboursés par anticipation, les titres devant
etre ainsi
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remboursés seront choisis par le
fiduciaire d’une manière qu’il jugera
équitable.
La
Société, à compter du l
er Janvier 1997, fera tous les efforts raisonnables
pour acheter à des fins d’annulation sur le
marché libre, au cours de chaque trimestre civil, des titres
représentant 1% de la somme en capital globale des titres,
et ce, à des prix inférieurs à leur valeur
nominale plus les intérêts courus et impayés et
les frais d’achat. Si, au cours de l’un des trois
premiers trimestres civils d’une année civile
quelconque, la Société est dans
l’impossibilité d’acheter des titres
représentant cette somme en capital pour quelque raison que
ce soit, y compris le fait que les titres ne se sont pas
négociés à des prix inférieurs à
leur valeur nominale, cette obligation à
l’égard du fonds d’achat quant à ce
trimestre, dans la mesure où elle n’aura pas
été exécutée, sera reportée sur
le ou les trimestres subséquents de l’année
civile en question. Toutes les obligations à
l’égard du fonds d’achat que la
Société n’aura pu exécuter au cours de
toute année civile s’éteindront à la fin
d’une telle année. La somme en capital globale des
titres que la Société remboursera par anticipation ou
achètera autrement que conformément à cet
engagement pendant un trimestre civil quelconque réduira
d’autant l’obligation d’achat de la
Société conformément à cet engagement
à l’égard du trimestre civil en
question.
Si elle
n’est pas en défaut aux termes de l’acte de
fiducie, la Société a également le droit
d’acheter à des fins d’annulation les titres sur
le marché, par voie d’appel d’offres ou de
gré à gré, et ce, à n’importe
quel prix. Les titres achetés ou remboursés par
anticipation par la Société seront annulés
sans possibilité de réémission.
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Advenant la
survenance d’un événement désigné
et d’une baisse de la cote (selon la définition de
“Designated Event” et de “Rating Decline”
qui est donnée dans la version anglaise de l’acte de
fiducie), chaque porteur de titres peut exiger que la
Société lui rembourse, à la date de
remboursement (selon la définition de “Repayment
Date” qui est donnée dans la version anglaise de
l’acte de fiducie), la totalité ou une partie de ses
titres à un prix égal au prix de remboursement (selon
la définition de “Put Price” qui est
donnée dans la version anglaise de l’acte de fiducie)
en vigueur le 30 e jour précédant la date de
remboursement, majoré des intérêts courus
jusqu’à la date de remboursement. Si, avant le
30 e
jour précédant une
date de remboursement, il se produit un rétablissement de la
cote (selon la définition de “Rating Recovery”
qui est donnée dans la version anglaise de l’acte de
fiducie), les porteurs de titres n’auront plus le droit
d’exiger que la Société leur rembourse leurs
titres à cette date de remboursement . En tout temps avant
le 90 e
jour suivant une date de baisse de
la cote (selon la définition de “Rating Decline
Date” qui est donnée dans la version anglaise de
l’acte de fiducie), la Société aura le droit
d’augmenter le taux d’intérêt des titres
et elle avisera les porteurs de titres d’une telle
augmentation du taux. Lorsqu’un tel avis aura
été donné, chaque porteur de titres aura le
droit d’exiger que la Société lui rembourse,
à la date de remboursement, la totalité ou une partie
de ses titres à un prix égal au prix de remboursement
en vigueur à la date de l’avis en question (ledit prix
de remboursement devant être indiqué dans
l’avis), majoré des intérêts courus
jusqu’à cette date de remboursement. Si le porteur de
titres n’exerce pas le droit qu’il a d’exiger que
la Société lui rembourse ainsi ses titres, alors ses
titres porteront intérêt au taux augmenté
indiqué dans l’avis donné par la
Société, et ce, à compter de la date de baisse
de la cote. Si des titres
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représentant au moins 90% de la somme en
capital globale des titres en circulation le 30
e jour précédant une date de
remboursement ont été déposés à
des fins de remboursement à cette date de remboursement, la
Société aura le droit d’acheter la
totalité des autres titres à cette date, et ce, au
prix de remboursement, moajoré des intêréts
courus jusqu’à cette date. L’acte de fiducie
contient des dispositions relativement aux avis à être
donnés concernant les droits
précités.
S’il
survient un cas de défaut, selon la définition de
“Event of Default” qui est donnée dans la
version anglaise de l’acte de fiducie, le capital de tous les
titres peut être déclaré dû et payable
avant l’échéance prévue de la
maniére et avec l’effet prévus dans
l’acte de fiducie.
L’acte de
fiducie permet, à quelques exceptions prés qui y sont
prévues, la modification en tout temps par la
Société dudit acte de fiducie, de même que des
droits et des obligations de la Société et des droits
des porteurs des titres, en vertu de l’acte de fiducie, avec
le consentement des porteurs exprimê par voie de
Résolution Extraordinaire, selon la définition de
“Extraordinary Resolution qui est donnée dans la
version anglaise de l’acte de fiducie. L’acte de
fiducie comporte également des dispositions permettant aux
porteurs de pourcentages spécifiés de la somme en
capital globale des titres alors en circulation, au nom des
porteurs de tous les titres, de renoncer à exiger que la
Société se conforme à certaines dispositions
de l’acte de fiducie et du présent titre, de renoncer
à leurs recours à l’égard de certains
cas de défaut antérieurs en vertu de l’acte de
fiducie et du présent titre. Un tel consentement ou une
telle renonciation de la part du porteur du présent titre
sera concluant et liera ce porteur et tous les porteurs futurs du
présent titre et de tout titre émis au moment du
transfert du présent titre
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ou en
échange ou en remplacement de celui-ci, qu’un tel
consentement ou qu’une telle renonciation soit ou non
indiqué sur le présent titre.
Comme il est
prévu dans l’acte de fiducie et sous réserve de
certaines restrictions qui y sont énoncées, le
présent titre est transférable par le porteur inscrit
dudit titre; l’inscription du transfert se fait dans les
registres des porteurs de titres de la Société, sur
remise du présent titre a des fins de transfert à
l’un des bureaux principaux du fiduciaire dans les villes de
Halifax, Montréal, Toronto, Winnipeg, Calgary et Vancouver;
à cette fin, ledit titre doit étre dûment
endossé par le porteur dudit titre ou par son fondé
de pouvoir dûment autorisé par écrit, ou il
doit étre accompagné d’un instrument de
trans-fert écrit dont le libellé est acceptable par
la Société et par le fiduciaire ou tout agent
chargé de la tenue d’un registre local des porteurs de
titres, dûment signé par le porteur du titre ou par
son fondé de pouvoir dûment autorisé par
écrit. Sur ce, un ou plusieurs nouveaux titres, en coupures
autorisées et d’une somme en capital globale
équivalente, seront émis au ou aux cession-naires
désignés.
La
Société, le fiduciaire et tout autre mandataire de la
Société ou du fiduciaire peuvent traiter la personne
au nom de laquelle le présent titre est immatriculé
comme le propriétaire dudit titre, et ce, à toutes
fins, que le présent titre soit ou non
échu.
Les titres sont
émissibles sous forme de titres immatriculés, capital
et intérêts, en coupures de 1 000 $ et de multiples de
cette somme. Comme il est prévu dans l’acte de fiducie
et sous réserve de certaines restrictions qui y sont
énoncées, les titres sont échangeables aux
bureaux principaux du fiduciaire dans les villes
mentionnées ci-dessus contre des titres
de coupures différentes autorisées d’une somme
en capital globale équivalente, selon les instructions du
porteur remettant un tel titre.
A moins que
l’attestation d’authenticité apparaissant sur
les présentes n’ait été signée
par le fiduciaire au moyen de la signature manuscrite de l’un
de ses représentants autorisés, le présent
titre ne donne droit a aucun avantage en vertu de l’acte de
fiducie et il n’est ni valide ni obligatoire à quelque
fin que ce soit.
EN FOI DE QUOI, la
Société a fait signer le present titre par ses
dirigeants dûment autorisés.
Daté du
12 décembre 1989 PRODUITS FORESTIERS
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CANADIEN
PACIFIQUE LIMITEE
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Par
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Le
Président du conseil,
président et chef de la direction
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Le
Secrétaire
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Attestation d’authenticité par le
fiduciaire
Le présent
titre est l’une des débentures visées par
l’acte de fiducie mentionné dans les
présentes.
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COMPAGNIE
MONTREAL TRUST
fiduciaire
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Par
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dirigeant
autorisé
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Avis
d’exercice du droit au remboursement par anticipation du
porteur
Aux termes de
l’acte de fiducie mentionné dans les présentes,
advenant la survenance d’un événement
désigné et d’une baisse de la cote (selon la
définition de “Designated Event” et de
“Rating Decline” qui est donnée dans la version
anglaise de l’acte de fiducie), le porteur du présent
titre exerce par les présentes le droit qu’il a
d’exiger que la Société lui rembourse, à
la date de remboursement pertinente (selon la définition de
“Repayment Date” qui est donnée dans la version
anglaise de l’acte de fiducie), la somme en capital globale
des présentes ou la partie de celle-ci indiquée
ci-dessous (soit un multiple de 1 000 $), et ce, au prix de
remboursement pertinent (selon la définition de “Put
Price” qui est donnée dans la version anglaise de
l’acte de fiducie), majoré des intérêts
courus jusqu’à la date de remboursement et à
cette fin le porteur soussigné livre le présent titre
au fiduciaire, le tout sous réserve des dispositions de
l’acte de fiducie.
Remboursement
partiel: Somme en capital de
$.
(multiple de 1 000 $ seulement)
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Section 301.
Title and Terms.
The aggregate
principal amount of Securities which may be authenticated and
delivered under this Indenture is limited to $125,000,000, except
for Securities authenticated and delivered upon transfer of, or in
exchange for, or in lieu of other Securities pursuant to
Sections 304, 305, 306, 805 or 1108.
The Securities
shall be known and designated as the “10.85% DEBENTURES DUE
2014” of the Corporation. Their Stated Maturity shall be
November 30, 2014 and they shall bear interest from and
including the later of December 12, 1989 and the most recent
Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly
provided for, but excluding the date of their Stated Maturity,
payable semi-annually in arrears on May 31 and
November 30 in each year commencing on May 31, 1990, at
the rate of 10.85% per annum until the principal thereof is paid or
made available for payment, as more fully described in the form of
Securities set forth in Section 202 of this
Indenture.
The principal of
and interest on the Securities shall be payable at any branch in
Canada of The Royal Bank of Canada, at the option of the Holder, or
at such other place as may be designated by the Corporation for
such purpose and approved by the Trustee (any municipality in which
any such branch or place is located being herein called a
“Place of Payment”).
The Record Date
referred to in Section 307 for the payment of the interest
payable and punctually
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paid or duly
provided for on any Interest Payment Date in respect of the
Securities shall be the 15th day (whether or not a business day) of
the same calendar month as said Interest Payment Date.
The Securities
shall be redeemable as provided in Article Eleven.
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Section 302.
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Denominations.
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The Securities may
be issued in denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples
thereof.
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Section 303.
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Execution, Authentication Delivery
and Dating.
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The Securities
shall be executed on behalf of the Corporation by its Chairman of
the Board, its President or one of its Vice-Presidents and by its
Secretary or one of its Assistant Secretaries. Any such signature
may be manual or printed or otherwise mechanically reproduced and
may, but need not be, under or accompanied by the corporate seal of
the Corporation or a reproduction thereof.
Securities bearing
the printed or otherwise mechanically reproduced signatures of any
Person who was at any time the proper officer of the Corporation
shall bind the Corporation, notwithstanding that such Person has
ceased to hold such office prior to the authentication and delivery
of such Securities.
At any time and
from time to time after the execution and delivery of this
Indenture, the Corporation may deliver Securities executed by the
Corporation to the Trustee, together with a Corporation Order for
the authentication and delivery of such Securities; and the Trustee
in accordance with
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substitutions
and other variations as the officers executing such Securities may
determine, as evidenced by their signing of such
Securities.
If temporary
Securities are issued, the Corporation will cause definitive
Securities to be prepared without unreasonable delay. After the
preparation of definitive Securities, the temporary Securities
shall be exchangeable for definitive Securities upon surrender of
the temporary Securities at any Place of Registration, without
charge to the Holder. Upon surrender for cancellation of any one or
more temporary Securities (accompanied by any unmatured coupons
appertaining thereto) the Corporation shall execute and the Trustee
shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a like
principal amount of definitive Securities of authorized
denominations. Until so exchanged the temporary Securities shall in
all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture
as definitive Securities, and interest thereon, when and as
payable, shall be paid to the registered Holders of temporary
Securities upon presentation thereof for notation of such payment
thereon, unless such temporary Securities shall be Fully Registered
Securities or shall bear coupons for such interest.
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Section 305.
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Registration, Registration of
Transfer and Exchange.
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The Corporation
shall cause to be kept by the Trustee at its principal office in
the City of Montreal (or at such other Place of Registration in
Canada maintained by the Trustee as may be requested by the
Corporation with the approval of the Trustee) a central Security
register (herein referred to as the “Central Security
Register”) and at each other Place of Registration, a branch
Security register (herein collectively referred to
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as the
“Branch Security Registers” and the Branch Security
Registers together with the Central Security Register are herein
sometimes collectively referred to as the “Security
Registers”) in which, subject to such reasonable regulations
as it may prescribe, the Corporation shall provide for the
registration of Securities and the registration of transfers of
Securities. A Branch Security Register shall at least contain
particulars of the registration of Securities and the registration
of transfers of Securities made at the Place of Registration where
such Branch Security Register is being maintained and the Central
Security Register shall contain particulars of registrations of
Securities and registrations of transfers of Securities made at all
Places of Registration. The Trustee is hereby appointed registrar
for the purpose of registering Securities and transfers of
Securities as herein provided on the Central Security Register and
a “Branch Security Registrar” for the purpose of
registring Securities and transfers of Securities as herein
provided on the Branch Security Registers expressly provided for on
the date hereof. Each Branch Security Registrar (if other than the
Trustee) shall provide the Trustee with the particulars of each
registration of Securities and of transfers of Securities made on
the Branch Security Register for which it has been appointed Branch
Security Registrar immediately following any such
registration.
Any office or
agency appointed pursuant to Section 1002 after the date
hereof shall, by its appointment as such, also be deemed to have
been appointed a “Branch Security Registrar” for the
purpose of registering Securities and transfers of Securities as
herein provided on the Branch Security Register for which it has
been appointed Branch Security Registrar.
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Upon surrender for
transfer of any Security at any Place of Registration, the
Corporation shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and
deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees,
one or more new Securities of a like aggregate principal amount,
all as requested by the transferor.
At the option of
the Holder, Securities may be exchanged for Securities in any other
authorized denominations of a like aggregate principal amount, upon
surrender of the Securities to be exchanged at any Place of
Registration, and upon payment, if the Corporation shall so
require, of the charges hereinafter provided. Whenever any
Securities are so surrendered for exchange, the Corporation shall
execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the
Securities which the Securityholder making the exchange is entitled
to receive.
Every Security
presented or surrendered for registration of transfer, shall (if so
required by the Corporation or the Trustee) be duly endorsed, or be
accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form
satisfactory to the Corporation and the Trustee or other Branch
Security Registrar, if any, duly executed, by the Holder thereof or
his attorney duly authorized in writing.
All Securities
issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities
shall be the valid obligations of the Corporation, evidencing the
same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture,
as the Securities surrendered upon such registration of transfer or
exchange.
The Corporation
may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other
governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any
transfer or exchange of Securities.
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All Securities
surrendered upon any exchange or transfer provided for in this
Indenture shall be promptly cancelled by the Trustee and thereafter
disposed of as directed by a Corporation Order.
The Corporation
shall not be required (i) to issue, register the transfer of
or exchange any Security during a period beginning at the opening
of business 15 days before the date of any selection of
Securities to be redeemed and ending at the close of business on
the day of the mailing of the relevant notice of redemption, or
(ii) to register the transfer of or exchange any Security so
selected for redemption in whole or in part.
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Section 306.
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Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and
Stolen Securities.
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If any mutilated
Security is surrendered to the Trustee, the Corporation shall
execute and the Trustee shall thereupon authenticate and deliver in
exchange therefor a new Security of like principal amount, bearing
a number not contemporaneously outstanding.
If there be
delivered to the Corporation and to the Trustee
(i) evidence
to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any
Security, and
(ii) such
security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of
them and any agent of each of them harmless,
then, in the
absence of notice to the Corporation or the Trustee that such
Security has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the
Corporation shall execute and upon its request (in the form of
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Corporation
Request) the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in lieu of any
such destroyed, lost or stolen Security, a new Security of like
principal amount, bearing a number not contemporaneously
outstanding.
In case any such
mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security has become or is
about to become due and payable, the Corporation in its discretion
may, instead of issuing a new Security, pay such Security with
accrued and unpaid interest thereon.
Upon the issuance
of any new Security under this Section, the Corporation may require
the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other
governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any
other expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Trustee)
connected therewith.
Every new Security
issued pursuant to this Section in lieu of any destroyed, lost or
stolen Security shall constitute an original additional contractual
obligation of the Corporation, whether or not the destroyed, lost
or stolen Security shall be at any time enforceable by anyone, and
shall be entitled to all the benefits of this Indenture equally and
proportionately with any and all other Securities duly issued
hereunder.
The provisions of
this Section are exclusive and shall preclude (to the extent
lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the
replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen
Securities.
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Section 307.
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Payment of Interest; Interest Rights
Preserved.
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Subject to
Section 1007 and to Article Eleven, interest on any
Security which is payable, and is punctually paid or duly provided
for, on any Interest Payment Date shall be paid to the Person in
whose name that Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is
registered at the close of business on the Record Date for such
interest.
Each Security
delivered under this Indenture upon registration of transfer of or
in exchange for or in lieu of any other Security shall carry the
rights to interest accrued and unpaid, and to accrue, which were
carried by such other Security.
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Section 308.
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Persons Deemed Owners.
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Prior to due
presentment of a Security for registration of transfer, the
Corporation, the Trustee and any agent of the Corporation or the
Trustee may treat the Person in whose name such Security is
registered as the owner of such Security for the purpose of
receiving payment of principal of, and interest on, such Security
and for all other purposes whatsoever (except the payment of
interest payable on presentation of any temporary Security) whether
or not such Security be overdue.
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Section 309.
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Cancellation and Disposal of
Securities.
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All Securities
surrendered for payment, exchange or redemption shall, if
surrendered to the Corporation or any agent of the Corporation, be
delivered to the Trustee and, if not already cancelled, shall be
promptly cancelled by it. The
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Corporation may
at any time deliver to the Trustee for cancellation any Securities
previously authenticated and delivered hereunder, which the
Corporation may have acquired in any manner whatsoever, and all
Securities so delivered shall be promptly cancelled by the Trustee.
No Securities shall be authenticated in lieu of or in exchange for
any Securities cancelled as provided in this Section, except as
expressly permitted by this Indenture. All cancelled Securities
held by the Trustee shall be disposed of as directed by a
Corporation Order.
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Section 310.
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Authentication and Delivery of
Original Issue.
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Forthwith upon the
execution and delivery of this Indenture, or from time to time
thereafter, Securities up to the aggregate principal amount
provided for in Section 301 may be executed by the Corporation
and delivered to the Trustee for authentication, and shall
thereupon be authenticated and delivered by the Trustee upon
Corporation Order, without any further action by the
Corporation.
Satisfaction and
Discharge
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Section 401.
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Satisfaction and Discharge of
Indenture.
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Subject as
hereinafter in this Section provided, this Indenture shall cease to
be of further effect and the Trustee, on demand of and at the
expense of the Corporation, shall execute
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proper
instruments acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this
Indenture, when
(A) all
Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered (other than (i)
Securities which have been destroyed, lost or stolen and which have
been replaced or paid as provided in Section 306 and
(ii) Securities money for whose payment has theretofore been
deposited in trust or segregated and held in trust by the
Corporation and thereafter repaid to the Corporation or discharged
from such trust, as provided in
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