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Definitions and
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Section 1.01 .
Definitions
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Section 1.02 . Other
Definitions
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Section 1.03 . Incorporation by
Reference of Trust Indenture Act
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Section 1.04 . Rules of
Construction
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Section 2.01 . Form and
Dating
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Section 2.02 . Execution And
Authentication
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Section 2.03 . Amount Unlimited;
Issuable in Series
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Section 2.04 . Denomination and Date of
Securities; Payments of Interest
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Section 2.05 . Registrar and Paying
Agent; Agents Generally
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Section 2.06 . Paying Agent to Hold
Money in Trust
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Section 2.07 . Transfer and
Exchange
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Section 2.08 . Replacement
Securities
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Section 2.09 . Outstanding
Securities
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Section 2.10 . Temporary
Securities
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Section 2.11 .
Cancellation
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Section 2.12 . CUSIP
Numbers
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Section 2.13 . Defaulted
Interest
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Section 2.14 . Series May Include
Tranches
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Section 3.01 . Applicability of
Article
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Section 3.02 . Notice of Redemption;
Partial Redemptions
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Section 3.03 . Payment Of Securities
Called For Redemption
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Section 3.04 . Exclusion of Certain
Securities from Eligibility for Selection for
Redemption
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Section 3.05 . Mandatory and Optional
Sinking Funds
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Section 4.01 . Payment of
Securities
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Section 4.02 . Maintenance of Office or
Agency
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Section 4.03 . Securityholders’
Lists
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Section 4.04 . Certificate to
Trustee
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Section 4.05 . Reports by the
Company
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Section 4.06. Additional
Amounts
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Section 5.01 . When Company May Merge,
Etc
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Section 5.02 . Successor
Substituted
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Section 6.01 . Events of
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Section 6.02 .
Acceleration
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Section 6.03 . Other
Remedies
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Section 6.04 . Waiver of Past
Defaults
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Section 6.05 . Control by
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Section 6.06 . Limitation on
Suits
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Section 6.07 . Rights of Holders to
Receive Payment
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Section 6.08 . Collection Suit by
Trustee
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Section 6.09 . Trustee May File Proofs
of Claim
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Section 6.10 . Application of
Proceeds
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Section 6.11 . Restoration of Rights and
Remedies
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Section 6.12. Undertaking for
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Section 6.13 . Rights and Remedies
Cumulative
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Section 6.14 . Delay or Omission not
Waiver
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Section 7.02 . Certain Rights of
Trustee
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Section 7.03 . Individual Rights of
Trustee
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Section 7.04 . Trustee’s
Disclaimer
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Section 7.05 . Notice of
Default
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Section 7.06 . Reports by Trustee to
Holders
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Section 7.07 . Compensation and
Indemnity
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Section 7.08 . Replacement of
Trustee
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Section 7.09. Acceptance of Appointment
by Successor
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Section 7.10 . Successor Trustee By
Merger, Etc
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Section 7.11 .
Eligibility
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Section 7.12 . Money Held in
Trust
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Satisfaction and
Discharge of Indenture; Unclaimed Moneys
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Section 8.01 . Satisfaction and
Discharge of Indenture
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Section 8.02 . Application by Trustee of
Funds Deposited for Payment of Securities
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Section 8.03 . Repayment of Moneys Held
by Paying Agent
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Section 8.04 . Return of Moneys Held by
Trustee and Paying Agent Unclaimed for Two Years
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Section 8.05 . Defeasance and Discharge
of Indenture
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Section 8.06 . Defeasance of Certain
Obligations
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Section 8.07 .
Reinstatement
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Section 8.09. Excess
Funds
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Section 8.10. Qualifying
Trustee
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Amendments, Supplements
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Section 9.01 . Without Consent of
Holders
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Section 9.02 . With Consent of
Holders
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Section 9.03 . Revocation and Effect of
Consent
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Section 9.04 . Notation on or Exchange
of Securities
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Section 9.05 . Trustee to Sign
Amendments, Etc
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Section 9.06 . Conformity with Trust
Indenture Act
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Section 10.01 . Trust Indenture Act of
1939
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Section 10.03 . Certificate and Opinion
as to Conditions Precedent
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Section 10.04 . Statements Required in
Certificate or Opinion
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Section 10.05 . Evidence of
Ownership
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Section 10.06 . Rules by Trustee, Paying
Agent or Registrar
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Section 10.07 . Payment Date Other Than
a Business Day
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Section 10.08 . Governing
Law
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Section 10.09 . No Adverse
Interpretation of Other Agreements
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Section 10.10 .
Successors
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Section 10.11 . Duplicate
Originals
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Section 10.12 .
Separability
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Section 10.13 . Table of Contents,
Headings, Etc
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Section 10.14 . Incorporators,
Stockholders, Officers and Directors of Company Exempt from
Individual Liability
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Section 10.15 . Judgment
Currency
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Subordination of
Securities
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Section 11.01 . Agreement to
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Section 11.02 . Payments to
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Section 11.03 . Subrogation of
Securities
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Section 11.04 . Authorization by
Securityholders
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Section 11.05 . Notice to
Trustee
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Section 11.06 . Trustee’s Relation
to Senior Indebtedness
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Section 11.07 . No Impairment of
Subordination
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iv
SUBORDINATED
INDENTURE, dated as of _________ ___, 200___, between Orbitz
Worldwide, Inc., a Delaware corporation, as the Company,
and , as Trustee.
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.
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“
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
$[ ]
3
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
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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,
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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
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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
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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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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.
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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.
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
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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.
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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,
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(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;
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(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;
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(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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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 appur
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