Exhibit 4.1
Bowne & Co., Inc.
INDENTURE
Dated as of , 2009
The Bank of New York Mellon
Trustee
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ARTICLE I. DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE |
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Section 1.1 Definitions |
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Section 1.2 Other Definitions |
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Section 1.3 Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act |
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Section 1.4 Rules of Construction |
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ARTICLE II. THE SECURITIES |
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Section 2.1 Issuable in Series |
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Section 2.2 Establishment of Terms of Series of Securities |
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Section 2.3 Execution and Authentication |
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Section 2.4 Registrar and Paying Agent |
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Section 2.5 Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust |
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Section 2.6 Securityholder Lists |
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Section 2.7 Transfer and Exchange |
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Section 2.8 Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities |
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Section 2.9 Outstanding Securities |
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Section 2.10 Treasury Securities |
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Section 2.11 Temporary Securities |
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Section 2.12 Cancellation |
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Section 2.13 Defaulted Interest |
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Section 2.14 Record Dates for Consents |
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Section 2.15 Global Securities |
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Section 2.16 CUSIP Numbers |
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Section 2.17 Persons Deemed Owners |
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ARTICLE III. REDEMPTION |
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Section 3.1 Notice to Trustee |
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Section 3.2 Selection of Securities to be Redeemed or Repurchased |
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Section 3.3 Notice of Redemption |
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Section 3.4 Effect of Notice of Redemption |
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Section 3.5 Deposit of Redemption Price |
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Section 3.6 Securities Redeemed in Part |
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ARTICLE IV. COVENANTS |
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Section 4.1 Payment of Principal and Interest |
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Section 4.2 Additional Amounts |
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Section 4.3 SEC Reports |
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Section 4.4 Compliance Certificate |
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Section 4.5 Taxes |
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Section 4.6 Stay, Extension and Usury Laws |
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Section 4.7 Corporate Existence |
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ARTICLE V. SUCCESSORS |
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Section 5.1 Merger, Consolidation, or Sale of Assets |
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Section 5.2 Successor Corporation Substituted |
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ARTICLE VI. DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES |
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Section 6.1 Events of Default |
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Section 6.2 Acceleration |
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Section 6.3 Other Remedies |
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Section 6.4 Waiver of Past Defaults |
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Section 6.5 Control by Majority |
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Section 6.6 Limitation on Suits |
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Section 6.7 Rights of Holders of Securities to Receive Payment |
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Section 6.8 Collection Suit by Trustee |
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Section 6.9 Trustee May File Proofs of Claim |
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Section 6.10 Priorities |
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Section 6.11 Undertaking for Costs |
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ARTICLE VII. TRUSTEE |
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Section 7.1 Duties of Trustee |
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Section 7.2 Rights of Trustee |
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Section 7.3 Individual Rights of Trustee |
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Section 7.4 Trustees Disclaimer |
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Section 7.5 Notice of Defaults |
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Section 7.6 Reports by Trustee to Holders |
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Section 7.7 Compensation and Indemnity |
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Section 7.8 Replacement of Trustee |
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Section 7.9 Successor Trustee by Merger, etc. |
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Section 7.10 Eligibility; Disqualification |
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Section 7.11 Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company |
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ARTICLE VIII. LEGAL DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE |
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Section 8.1 Option to Effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance |
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Section 8.2 Legal Defeasance and Discharge |
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Section 8.3 Covenant Defeasance |
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Section 8.4 Conditions to Legal or Covenant Defeasance |
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Section 8.5 Deposited Money and Government Securities to be Held in
Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions |
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Section 8.6 Repayment to Company |
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Section 8.7 Reinstatement |
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Section 8.8 Qualifying Trustee |
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ARTICLE IX. AMENDMENTS AND WAIVERS |
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Section 9.1 Without Consent of Holders |
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Section 9.2 With Consent of Holders |
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Section 9.3 Limitations |
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Section 9.4 Compliance with Trust Indenture Act |
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Section 9.5 Revocation and Effect of Consents |
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Section 9.6 Notation on or Exchange of Securities |
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Section 9.7 Trustee Protected |
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ARTICLE X. GUARANTEES |
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Section 10.1 Guarantees |
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ARTICLE XI. SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE |
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Section 11.1 Satisfaction and Discharge |
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Section 11.2 Application of Trust Money |
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ARTICLE XII. MISCELLANEOUS |
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Section 12.1 Trust Indenture Act Controls |
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Section 12.2 Notices |
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Section 12.3 Communication by Holders with Other Holders |
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Section 12.4 Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent |
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Section 12.5 Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion |
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Section 12.6 Rules by Trustee and Agents |
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Section 12.7 Legal Holidays |
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Section 12.8 No Recourse Against Others |
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Section 12.9 Counterparts |
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Section 12.10 Governing Laws, Waiver of Trial by Jury |
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Section 12.11 Successors |
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Section 12.12 Severability |
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Section 12.13 Table of Contents, Headings, Etc. |
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Section 12.14 Securities in a Foreign Currency |
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Section 12.15 Judgment Currency |
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ARTICLE XIII. SINKING FUNDS |
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Section 13.1 Applicability of Article |
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Section 13.2 Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities |
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Section 13.3 Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund |
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BOWNE & CO., INC.
Reconciliation and tie between Trust Indenture Act of 1939 and
Indenture,
dated as of , 2009
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§ 310(a)(1) |
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(a)(2) |
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Not Applicable |
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Not Applicable |
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(b) |
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§ 311(a) |
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(b) |
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§ 312(a) |
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§ 313(a) |
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(b)(1) |
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(c)(1) |
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(d) |
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§ 314(a) |
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(c)(1) |
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Not Applicable |
(d) |
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§ 315(a) |
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§ 316(a) |
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§ 317(a)(1) |
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§ 318(a) |
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This reconciliation and tie shall not, for any
purpose, be deemed to be part of the Indenture. |
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Indenture dated as of , 2009 between Bowne & Co., Inc., a Delaware corporation
(Company), and The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee (Trustee).
Each party agrees as follows for the benefit of the other party and for the equal and ratable
benefit of the Holders of the Securities or of a Series thereof issued under this Indenture.
ARTICLE I.
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
Section 1.1 Definitions.
Additional Amounts means any additional amounts which are required hereby or by any
Security, under circumstances specified herein or therein, to be paid by the Company in respect of
certain taxes imposed on Holders specified herein or therein and which are owing to such Holders.
Affiliate of any specified person means any other person directly or indirectly controlling
or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such specified person. For the
purposes of this definition, control (including, with correlative meanings, the terms controlled
by and under common control with), as used with respect to any person, shall mean the
possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management
or policies of such person, whether through the ownership of voting securities or by agreement or
otherwise.
Agent means any Registrar, Paying Agent or Service Agent.
Authorized Newspaper means a newspaper 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 place in connection with which the term is used. 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 that is made or given by
the Trustee shall constitute a sufficient publication of such notice.
Bearer means anyone in possession from time to time of a Bearer Security.
Bearer Security means any Security, including any interest coupon appertaining thereto, that
does not provide for the identification of the Holder thereof.
Board of Directors means the Board of Directors of the Company or any duly authorized
committee thereof.
Board Resolution means a copy of a resolution certified by the Secretary or an Assistant
Secretary of the Company to have been adopted by the Board of Directors or pursuant to
authorization by the Board of Directors and to be in full force and effect on the date of the
certificate and delivered to the Trustee.
Business Day means, unless otherwise provided by Board Resolution, Officers Certificate or
supplemental indenture hereto for a particular Series, any day except a Saturday, Sunday or a legal
holiday in The City of New York on which banking institutions are authorized or required by law,
regulation or executive order to close.
Capital Stock means:
(1) in the case of a corporation, corporate stock;
(2) in the case of an association or business entity, any and all shares, interests,
participations, rights or other equivalents (however designated) of corporate stock;
(3) in the case of a partnership or limited liability company, partnership interests (whether
general or limited) or membership interests; and
(4) any other interest or participation that confers on a person the right to receive a share
of the profits and losses of, or distributions of assets of, the issuing person, but excluding from
all of the foregoing any debt securities convertible into Capital Stock, whether or not such debt
securities include any right of participation with Capital Stock.
Company means the party named as such above until a successor replaces it pursuant to
Article V and thereafter means the successor.
Company Request means a written order or request signed in the name of the Company by the
Companys President or a Vice President, and by its Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, its
Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, and delivered to the Trustee.
Corporate Trust Office means the office of the Trustee at which at any particular time its
corporate trust business shall be principally administered.
Default means any event which is, or after notice or passage of time or both would be, an
Event of Default.
Depository means, with respect to the Securities of any Series issuable or issued in whole
or in part in the form of one or more Global Securities, the person designated as Depository for
such Series by the Company, which Depository shall be a clearing agency registered under the
Exchange Act; and if at any time there is more than one such person, Depository as used with
respect to the Securities of any Series shall mean the Depository with respect to the Securities of
such Series.
Discount Security means any Security that provides for an amount less than the stated
principal amount thereof to be due and payable upon declaration of acceleration of the maturity
thereof pursuant to Section 6.2.
Dollars and $ means the currency of The United States of America.
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Equity Interests means Capital Stock and all warrants, options or other rights to acquire
Capital Stock (but excluding any debt security that is convertible into, or exchangeable for,
Capital Stock).
Exchange Act means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
Foreign Currency means any currency or currency unit issued by a government other than the
government of The United States of America.
GAAP means generally accepted accounting principles 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 have been approved by a significant segment of the
accounting profession, which are in effect from time to time.
Global Security or Global Securities means a Security or Securities, as the case may be,
in the form established pursuant to Section 2.2 evidencing all or part of a Series of Securities,
issued to the Depository for such Series or its nominee, and registered in the name of such
Depository or nominee.
Government Securities means direct obligations of, or obligations guaranteed by, the United
States of America, and the payment for which the United States pledges its full faith and credit.
Guarantor means any person that issues a guarantee of the Securities, either on the Issue
Date or after the Issue Date in accordance with the terms of this Indenture; provided, that upon
the release and discharge of such person from its guarantee in accordance with this Indenture, such
person shall cease to be a Guarantor.
Holder or Securityholder means a person in whose name a Security is registered or the
holder of a Bearer Security.
Indenture means this Indenture as amended or supplemented from time to time and shall
include the form and terms of particular Series of Securities established as contemplated
hereunder.
interest with respect to any Discount Security which by its terms bears interest only after
Maturity, means interest payable after Maturity.
Issue Date means with respect to any Series of Securities the first date such Securities are
issued under this Indenture.
Lien means, with respect to any asset:
(1) any mortgage, deed of trust, deed to secure debt, lien (statutory or otherwise), pledge,
hypothecation, encumbrance, restriction, collateral assignment, charge or security interest in, on
or of such asset;
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(2) the interest of a vendor or a lessor under any conditional sale agreement, capital lease
or title retention agreement (or any financing lease having substantially the same economic effect
as any of the foregoing) relating to such asset; and
(3) in the case of Equity Interests or debt securities, any purchase option, call or similar
right of a third party with respect to such Equity Interests or debt securities.
Maturity, when used with respect to any Security or installment of principal thereof, means
the date on which the principal of such Security or such installment of principal becomes due and
payable as therein or herein provided, whether at the Stated Maturity or by declaration of
acceleration, call for redemption, notice of option to elect repayment or otherwise.
Officer means the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Financial Officer, the President, any
Vice-President, the Treasurer, the Secretary, any Assistant Treasurer or any Assistant Secretary of
the Company.
Officers Certificate means a certificate signed by two Officers, one of whom (in the case
of an Officers Certificate delivered under Section 4.4) must be the Companys principal executive
officer, principal financial officer or principal accounting officer.
Opinion of Counsel means a written opinion of legal counsel who is acceptable to the
Trustee. The counsel may be an employee of or counsel to the Company.
person means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, association, limited
liability company, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization or government or any
agency or political subdivision thereof.
principal of a Security means the principal of the Security plus, when appropriate, the
premium, if any, on, and any Additional Amounts in respect of, the Security.
Responsible Officer means any officer of the Trustee in its Corporate Trust Office and also
means, with respect to a particular corporate trust matter, any other officer to whom any corporate
trust matter is referred because of his or her knowledge of and familiarity with a particular
subject.
SEC means the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Securities means the debentures, notes or other debt instruments of the Company of any
Series authenticated and delivered under this Indenture.
Series or Series of Securities means each series of debentures, notes or other debt
instruments of the Company created pursuant to Sections 2.1 and 2.2 hereof.
Stated Maturity when used with respect to any Security or any installment of principal
thereof or interest thereon, means the date specified in such Security as the fixed date on which
the principal of such Security or such installment of principal or interest is due and payable.
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Subsidiary of any specified person means any corporation, association or other business
entity of which more than 50% of the total voting power of shares of Capital Stock entitled
(without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors,
managers or trustees thereof is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such
person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that person or a combination thereof.
TIA means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S. Code §§ 77aaa-77bbbb) as in effect on the
date of this Indenture; provided, however, that in the event the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 is
amended after such date, TIA means, to the extent required by any such amendment, the Trust
Indenture Act as so amended.
Trustee means the person named as the Trustee in the first paragraph of this instrument
until a successor Trustee shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this
Indenture, and thereafter Trustee shall mean 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.
Section 1.2 Other Definitions.
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Bankruptcy Law |
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Custodian |
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Event of Default |
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Judgment Currency |
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mandatory sinking fund payment |
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optional sinking fund payment |
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Paying Agent |
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Registrar |
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Section 1.3 Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act.
Whenever this Indenture refers to a provision of the TIA, the provision is incorporated by
reference in and made a part of this Indenture. The following TIA terms used in this Indenture have
the following meanings:
Commission means the SEC.
indenture securities means the Securities.
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indenture security holder means a Securityholder.
indenture to be qualified means this Indenture.
indenture trustee or institutional trustee means the Trustee.
obligor on the indenture securities means the Company, any successor obligor upon the
Securities or a Guarantor.
All other terms used in this Indenture that are defined by the TIA, defined by TIA reference
to another statute or defined by SEC rule under the TIA and not otherwise defined herein are used
herein as so defined.
Section 1.4 Rules of Construction.
Unless the context otherwise requires:
(a) a term has the meaning assigned to it;
(b) an accounting term not otherwise defined has the meaning assigned to it in accordance with
generally accepted accounting principles;
(c) references to generally accepted accounting principles and GAAP shall mean generally
accepted accounting principles in effect as of the time when and for the period as to which such
accounting principles are to be applied;
(d) or is not exclusive;
(e) words in the singular include the plural, and in the plural include the singular; and
(f) provisions apply to successive events and transactions.
ARTICLE II.
THE SECURITIES
Section 2.1 Issuable in Series.
The aggregate principal amount of Securities that may be authenticated and delivered under
this Indenture is unlimited. The Securities may be issued in one or more Series. All Securities of
a Series shall be identical except as may be set forth in a Board Resolution, a supplemental
indenture or an Officers Certificate detailing the adoption of the terms thereof pursuant to the
authority granted under a Board Resolution. In the case of Securities of a Series to be issued from
time to time, the Board Resolution, Officers Certificate or supplemental indenture detailing the
adoption of the terms thereof pursuant to authority granted under a Board Resolution may provide
for the method by which specified terms (such as interest rate, maturity date, record date or date
from which interest shall accrue) are to be determined. Securities may
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differ between Series in respect of any matters, provided that all Series of Securities shall
be equally and ratably entitled to the benefits of the Indenture.
Section 2.2 Establishment of Terms of Series of Securities.
At or prior to the issuance of any Securities within a Series, the following shall be
established by or pursuant to a Board Resolution, and set forth or determined in the manner
provided in a Board Resolution or in a supplemental indenture or an Officers Certificate pursuant
to authority granted under a Board Resolution:
(a) the title of the Series (which shall distinguish the Securities of that particular
Series from the Securities of any other Series);
(b) the price or prices (expressed as a percentage of the principal amount thereof) at
which the Securities of the Series will be issued;
(c) any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the Securities of the Series which
may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture (except for Securities authenticated
and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other
Securities of the Series pursuant to Section 2.7, 2.8, 2.11, 3.6 or 9.6);
(d) whether the Securities rank as senior Securities, senior subordinated Securities or
subordinated Securities or any combination thereof and the terms of any such subordination;
(e) the form and terms of any guarantee of any Securities of the series;
(f) the terms and conditions, if any, upon which the Securities of the series shall be
exchanged for or converted into other securities of the Company or securities of another
person;
(g) the provisions, if any, relating to any security provided for the Securities of the
Series;
(h) the date or dates on which the principal of the Securities of the Series is
payable;
(i) the rate or rates (which may be fixed or variable) per annum or, if applicable, the
method used to determine such rate or rates (including, but not limited to, any currency
exchange rate, commodity, commodity index, stock exchange index or financial index) at which
the Securities of the Series shall bear interest, if any, the date or dates from which such
interest, if any, shall accrue, or the method for determining the date or dates from which
interest will accrue, the date or dates on which such interest, if any, shall commence and
be payable and any regular record date for the interest payable on any interest payment
date;
(j) the manner in which the amounts of payment of principal of or interest, if any, on
the Securities of the Series will be determined, if such amounts may be
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determined by reference to an index based on a currency or currencies or by reference
to a currency exchange rate, commodity, commodity index, stock exchange index or financial
index;
(k) if other than the Corporate Trust Office, the place or places where the principal
of and interest, if any, on the Securities of the Series shall be payable, where the
Securities of such Series may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange and
where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities of such Series
and this Indenture may be served, and the method of such payment, if by wire transfer, mail
or other means;
(l) if applicable, the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which and
the terms and conditions upon which the Securities of the Series may be redeemed, in whole
or in part, at the option of the Company;
(m) the obligation, if any, of the Company to redeem or purchase the Securities of the
Series pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous provisions or at the option of a Holder
thereof and the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which and the terms
and conditions upon which Securities of the Series shall be redeemed or purchased, in whole
or in part, pursuant to such obligation;
(n) if other than denominations of $2,000 and any integral multiple of $1,000 in excess
thereof, the denominations in which the Securities of the Series shall be issuable;
(o) the forms of the Securities of the Series in bearer or fully registered form (and,
if in fully registered form, whether the Securities of the Series shall be issued in whole
or in part in the form of a Global Security or Securities, and the terms and conditions, if
any, upon which such Global Security or Securities may be exchanged in whole or in part for
other individual Securities) and the form of the Trustees Certificate of Authentication
thereon, which form shall be acceptable to the Trustee;
(p) any depositories, interest rate calculation agents, exchange rate calculation
agents or other agents with respect to Securities of such Series if other than those
appointed herein;
(q) the Trustee for the series of Securities, if other than the Trustee named on the
first page hereof or its Successors;
(r) if other than the principal amount thereof, the portion of the principal amount of
the Securities of the Series that shall be payable upon declaration of acceleration of the
maturity thereof pursuant to Section 6.2;
(s) any addition to or change in the covenants set forth in Articles IV or V which
applies to Securities of the Series;
(t) any addition to or change in the Events of Default which applies to any Securities
of the Series and any change in the right of the Trustee or the requisite Holders
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of such Securities to declare the principal amount thereof due and payable pursuant to
Section 6.2;
(u) if other than Dollars, the currency of denomination of the Securities of the
Series, which may be any Foreign Currency, and if such currency of denomination is a
composite currency, the agency or organization, if any, responsible for overseeing such
composite currency;
(v) if other than Dollars, the designation of the currency, currencies or currency
units in which payment of the principal of and interest, if any, on the Securities of the
Series will be made;
(w) if payments of principal of or interest, if any, on the Securities of the Series
are to be made in one or more currencies or currency units other than that or those in which
such Securities are denominated, the manner in which the exchange rate with respect to such
payments will be determined;
(x) whether Section 8.2 or 8.3 shall be inapplicable to the Securities of the Series;
and
(y) any other terms of the Securities of the Series (which terms may modify, supplement
or delete any provision of this Indenture with respect to such Series; provided, however,
that no such term may modify or delete any provision hereof if imposed by the TIA; and
provided, further, that any modification or deletion of the rights, duties or immunities of
the Trustee hereunder shall have been consented to in writing by the Trustee).
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 the
Board Resolution, supplemental indenture hereto or Officers Certificate referred to above, and the
authorized principal amount of any Series may be increased to provide for issuances of additional
Securities of such Series, unless otherwise provided in such Board Resolution, supplemental
indenture or Officers Certificate.
Section 2.3 Execution and Authentication.
Two Officers shall sign the Securities for the Company by manual or facsimile signature.
If an Officer whose signature is on a Security no longer holds that office at the time the
Security is authenticated, the Security shall nevertheless be valid.
A Security shall not be valid until authenticated by the manual signature of the Trustee or an
authenticating agent. The signature shall be conclusive evidence that the Security has been
authenticated under this Indenture.
The Trustee shall at any time, and from time to time, authenticate Securities for original
issue in the principal amount provided in the Board Resolution, supplemental indenture
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hereto or Officers Certificate, upon receipt by the Trustee of a Company Request. Such
Company Request may authorize authentication and delivery pursuant to oral or electronic
instructions from the Company or its duly authorized agent or agents, which oral instructions shall
be promptly confirmed in writing. Any such electronic instructions shall be in a form acceptable to
the Trustee. Each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication unless otherwise provided
by a Board Resolution, a supplemental indenture hereto or an Officers Certificate.
The aggregate principal amount of Securities of any Series outstanding at any time may not
exceed any limit upon the maximum principal amount for such Series set forth in the Board
Resolution, supplemental indenture hereto or Officers Certificate delivered pursuant to Section
2.2, except as provided in Section 2.8.
Prior to the issuance of Securities of any Series, the Trustee shall have received and
(subject to Section 7.2) shall be fully protected in relying on: (a) the Board Resolution,
supplemental indenture hereto or Officers Certificate establishing the form of the Securities of
that Series or of Securities within that Series and the terms of the Securities of that Series or
of Securities within that Series, (b) an Officers Certificate complying with Section 11.4, and (c)
an Opinion of Counsel complying with Section 12.4 and covering such other matters as the Trustee
shall reasonably request.
The Trustee shall have the right to decline to authenticate and deliver any Securities of such
Series: (a) if the Trustee, being advised by counsel, determines that such action may not be taken
lawfully; (b) if the Trustee in good faith by its board of directors or trustees, executive
committee or a trust committee of directors and/or vice-presidents shall determine that such action
would expose the Trustee to personal liability to Holders of any then outstanding Series of
Securities or (c) if the issue of such Securities pursuant to this Indenture will affect the
Trustees own rights, duties or immunities under the Securities and this Indenture or otherwise in
a manner which is not reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.
The Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent acceptable to the Company to authenticate
Securities. An authenticating agent may authenticate Securities whenever the Trustee may do so.
Each reference in this Indenture to authentication by the Trustee includes authentication by such
agent. An authenticating agent has the same rights as an Agent to deal with the Company or an
Affiliate of the Company.
Section 2.4 Registrar and Paying Agent.
The Company shall maintain, with respect to each Series of Securities, at the place or places
specified with respect to such Series pursuant to Section 2.2, an office or agency where Securities
of such Series may be presented or surrendered for payment (Paying Agent), where Securities of
such Series may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange (Registrar) and where
notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities of such Series and this
Indenture may be served (Service Agent). The Registrar shall keep a register with respect to each
Series of Securities issued in registered form and to their transfer and exchange. The Company will
give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the name and address, and any change in the name or
address, of each Registrar, Paying Agent or Service
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Agent. If at any time the Company shall fail to maintain any such required Registrar, Paying
Agent or Service Agent or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the name and address thereof, such
presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office
of the Trustee, and the Company hereby appoints the Trustee as its agent to receive all such
presentations, surrenders, notices and demands.
The Company may also from time to time designate one or more co-registrars, additional paying
agents or additional service agents and may from time to time rescind such designations; provided,
however, that no such designation or rescission shall in any manner relieve the Company of its
obligations to maintain a Registrar, Paying Agent and Service Agent in each place so specified
pursuant to Section 2.2 for Securities of any Series for such purposes. The Company will give
prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such designation or rescission and of any change in the
name or address of any such co-registrar, additional paying agent or additional service agent. The
term Registrar includes any co-registrar; the term Paying Agent includes any additional paying
agent; and the term Service Agent includes any additional service agent.
The Company hereby appoints the Trustee the initial Registrar, Paying Agent and Service Agent
for each Series unless another Registrar, Paying Agent or Service Agent, as the case may be, is
appointed prior to the time Securities of that Series are first issued.
Section 2.5 Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust.
The Company shall require each Paying Agent other than the Trustee to agree in writing that
the Paying Agent will hold in trust, for the benefit of Securityholders of any Series of
Securities, or the Trustee, all money held by the Paying Agent for the payment of principal of or
interest on the Series of Securities, and will notify the Trustee of any default by the Company in
making any such payment. While any such default continues, the Trustee may require a Paying Agent
to pay all money held by it to the Trustee. The Company at any time may require a Paying Agent to
pay all money held by it to the Trustee. Upon payment over to the Trustee, the Paying Agent (if
other than the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company) shall have no further liability for the
money. If the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company acts as Paying Agent, it shall segregate and
hold in a separate trust fund for the benefit of Securityholders of any Series of Securities all
money held by it as Paying Agent.
Section 2.6 Securityholder Lists.
The Trustee shall preserve in as current a form as is reasonably practicable the most recent
list available to it of the names and addresses of Securityholders of each Series of Securities and
shall otherwise comply with TIA § 312(a). If the Trustee is not the Registrar, the Company shall
furnish to the Trustee at least ten days before each interest payment date and at such other times
as the Trustee may request in writing a list, in such form and as of such date as the Trustee may
reasonably require, of the names and addresses of Securityholders of each Series of Securities.
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Section 2.7 Transfer and Exchange.
Where Securities of a Series in registered form are presented to the Registrar or a
co-registrar with a request to register a transfer or to exchange them for an equal principal
amount of Securities of the same Series, the Registrar shall register the transfer or make the
exchange if its requirements for such transactions are met. To permit registrations of transfers
and exchanges, the Trustee shall authenticate Securities at the Registrars request. No service
charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange (except as otherwise expressly
permitted herein), but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any transfer
tax or similar governmental charge payable in connection therewith (other than any such transfer
tax or similar governmental charge payable upon exchanges pursuant to Sections 2.11, 3.6 or 9.6).
Every Security presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or for exchange shall (if
so required by the Company or the Registrar) be duly endorsed, or be accompanied by a written
instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Registrar duly executed, by the
Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing.
Bearer Securities shall be transferable by delivery.
Neither the Company nor the Registrar shall be required (a) to issue, register the transfer
of, or exchange Securities of any Series for the period beginning at the opening of business
fifteen days immediately preceding the mailing of a notice of redemption of Securities of that
Series selected for redemption and ending at the close of business on the day of such mailing, or
(b) to register the transfer of or exchange Securities of any Series selected, called or being
called for redemption as a whole or the portion being redeemed of any such Securities selected,
called or being called for redemption in part.
Section 2.8 Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities.
If any mutilated Security is surrendered to the Trustee, the Company shall execute and the
Trustee shall authenticate and make available for delivery in exchange therefor a new Security of
the same Series and of like tenor and principal amount and bearing a number not contemporaneously
outstanding.
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 and (ii) such security or indemnity as may be
required by them to save each of them and any agent of either of them harmless, then, in the
absence of notice to the Company or the Trustee that such Security has been acquired by a bona fide
purchaser, the Company shall execute and upon its request the Trustee shall authenticate and make
available for delivery, in lieu of any such destroyed, lost or stolen Security, a new Security of
the same Series and of like tenor and principal amount and 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 Company in its discretion may, instead of issuing a new Security, pay
such Security.
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Upon the issuance of any new Security under this Section, the Company 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 of any Series issued pursuant to this Section in lieu of any destroyed,
lost or stolen Security shall constitute an original additional contractual obligation of the
Company, 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 of that Series 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.
Section 2.9 Outstanding Securities.
Subject to Section 2.10, the Securities outstanding at any time are all the Securities
authenticated by the Trustee except for those canceled by it, those delivered to it for
cancellation, those reductions in the interest on a Global Security effected by the Trustee in
accordance with the provisions hereof and those described in this Section as not outstanding.
If a Security is replaced pursuant to Section 2.8, it ceases to be outstanding until the
Trustee receives proof satisfactory to it that the replaced Security is held by a bona fide
purchaser.
If the Paying Agent (other than the Company, a Subsidiary of the Company or an Affiliate of
the Company) holds as of 12:00 p.m. Eastern Time on the date of Maturity of Securities of a Series
money sufficient to pay such Securities payable on that date, then on and after that date such
Securities of the Series cease to be outstanding and interest on them ceases to accrue.
A Security does not cease to be outstanding because the Company or an Affiliate of the Company
holds the Security.
In determining whether the Holders of the requisite principal amount of outstanding Securities
have given any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder, the
principal amount of a Discount Security that shall be deemed to be outstanding for such purposes
shall be the amount of the principal thereof that would be due and payable as of the date of such
determination upon a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 6.2.
Section 2.10 Treasury Securities.
In determining whether the Holders of the required principal amount of Securities of a Series
have concurred in any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver,
Securities of a Series owned by the Company or an Affiliate of the Company shall be disregarded,
except that for the purposes of determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in
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relying on any such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver only
Securities of a Series that a Responsible Officer of the Trustee knows are so owned shall be so
disregarded.
Section 2.11 Temporary Securities.
Until definitive Securities are ready for delivery, the Company may prepare and the Trustee
shall authenticate temporary Securities upon a Company Request. Temporary Securities shall be
substantially in the form of definitive Securities but may have variations that the Company
considers appropriate for temporary Securities. Without unreasonable delay, the Company shall
prepare and the Trustee upon request shall authenticate definitive Securities of the same Series
and date of maturity in exchange for temporary Securities. Until so exchanged, temporary securities
shall have the same rights under this Indenture as the definitive Securities.
Section 2.12 Cancellation.
The Company at any time may deliver Securities to the Trustee for cancellation. The Registrar
and the Paying Agent shall forward to the Trustee any Securities surrendered to them for
registration of transfer, exchange, replacement or payment. The Trustee shall cancel all Securities
surrendered for transfer, exchange, payment, replacement or cancellation and deliver such canceled
Securities to the Company, unless the Company otherwise directs by Company Request; provided that
the Trustee shall not be required to destroy Securities. The Company may not issue new Securities
to replace Securities that it has paid or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation.
Section 2.13 Defaulted Interest.
If the Company defaults in a payment of interest on a Series of Securities, it shall pay the
defaulted interest, plus, to the extent permitted by law, any interest payable on the defaulted
interest, to the persons who are Securityholders of the Series on a subsequent special record date.
The Company shall fix the special record date and payment date. At least 10 days before the special
record date, the Company shall mail to the Trustee and to each Securityholder of the Series a
notice that states the special record date, the payment date and the amount of interest to be paid.
The Company may pay defaulted interest in any other lawful manner.
Section 2.14 Record Dates for Consents.
(a) The Company may, but shall not be obligated to, set a record date for the purpose of
determining the identity of Holders entitled to consent to any supplement, amendment or waiver
permitted by this Indenture. If a record date is fixed, the Holders of such Series and Securities
outstanding on such record date, and no other Holders, shall be entitled to consent to such
supplement, amendment or waiver or revoke any consent previously given, whether or not such Holders
remain Holders after such record date. No consent shall be valid or effective for more than 90 days
after such record date unless consents from Holders of the principal amount of such Series and
Securities required hereunder for such amendment or waiver to be effective shall have also been
given and not revoked within such 90-day period.
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(b) The Company may, but shall not be obligated to, fix any day as a record date for the
purpose of determining the Holders of any Series of Securities entitled to join in the giving or
making of any notice of Default, any declaration of acceleration, any request to institute
proceedings or any other similar direction. If a record date is fixed, the Holders of such Series
and Securities outstanding on such record date, and no other Holders, shall be entitled to join in
such notice, declaration, request or direction, whether or not such Holders remain Holders after
such record date; provided, however, that no such action shall be effective hereunder unless taken
on or prior to the date 90 days after such record date.
Section 2.15 Global Securities.
2.15.1 Terms of Securities. A Board Resolution, a supplemental indenture hereto or an
Officers Certificate shall establish whether the Securities of a Series shall be issued in whole
or in part in the form of one or more Global Securities and the Depository for such Global Security
or Securities.
2.15.2 Transfer and Exchange. Notwithstanding any provisions to the contrary contained
in Section 2.7 of the Indenture and in addition thereto, any Global Security shall be exchangeable
pursuant to Section 2.7 of the Indenture for Securities registered in the names of Holders other
than the Depository for such Security or its nominee only if (i) such Depository notifies the
Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depository for such Global Security or if at
any time such Depository ceases to be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act, and, in
either case, the Company fails to appoint a successor Depository registered as a clearing agency
under the Exchange Act within 90 days of such event, (ii) the Company executes and delivers to the
Trustee an Officers Certificate to the effect that such Global Security shall be so exchangeable
(subject, however, to the procedures of the Depository) or (iii) an Event of Default with respect
to the Securities represented by such Global Security shall have happened and be continuing. Any
Global Security that is exchangeable pursuant to the preceding sentence shall be exchangeable for
Securities registered in such names as the Depository shall direct in writing in an aggregate
principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Global Security with like tenor and terms.
Except as provided in this Section 2.15.2, a Global Security may not be transferred except as
a whole by the Depository with respect to such Global Security to a nominee of such Depository, by
a nominee of such Depository to such Depository or another nominee of such Depository or by the
Depository or any such nominee to a successor Depository or a nominee of such a successor
Depository.
2.15.3 Legend. Any Global Security issued hereunder shall bear a legend in
substantially the following form:
Unless this certificate is presented by an authorized representative of The Depository Trust
Company, a New York corporation (DTC), New York, New York, to the issuer or its agent for
registration of transfer, exchange or payment, and any certificate issued is registered in the name
of Cede & Co. or such other name as may be requested by an authorized representative of DTC (and
any payment is made to Cede & Co. or such other entity as may be requested by an authorized
representative of DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER
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USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL inasmuch as the registered
owner hereof, Cede & Co. has an interest herein.
Transfer of this Global Security shall be limited to transfers in whole, but not in part, to
DTC, to nominees of DTC or to a successor thereof or such successors nominee and limited to
transfers made in accordance with the restrictions set forth in the Indenture referred to herein.
2.15.4 Acts of Holders. The Depository, as a Holder, may appoint agents and otherwise
authorize participants to give or take any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice,
consent, waiver or other action which a Holder is entitled to give or take under the Indenture.
2.15.5 Payments. Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Indenture, unless
otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 2.2, payment of the principal of and interest, if
any, on any Global Security shall be made to the Holder thereof.
2.15.6 Consents, Declaration and Directions. Except as provided in Section 2.15.5, the
Company, the Trustee and any Agent shall treat a person as the Holder of such principal amount of
outstanding Securities of such Series represented by a Global Security as shall be specified in a
written statement of the Depository with respect to such Global Security, for purposes of obtaining
any consents, declarations, waivers or directions required to be given by the Holders pursuant to
this Indenture.
Section 2.16 CUSIP Numbers.
The Company in issuing the Securities may use CUSIP numbers (if then generally in use), and,
if so, the Trustee shall use CUSIP numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders;
provided that any such notice may state that no representation is made as to the correctness of
such numbers either as printed on the Securities or as contained in any notice of a redemption and
that reliance may be placed only on the other elements of identification printed on the Securities,
and any such redemption shall not be affected by any defect in or omission of such numbers.
Section 2.17 Persons Deemed Owners.
Prior to due presentment of a Security in registered form for registration of transfer, the
Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the person in whose name
such Security is registered in the Register as the owner of such Security for the purpose of
receiving payment of principal of and (subject to the record date provisions thereof) interest on
and any Additional Amounts with respect to, such Security and for all other purposes whatsoever,
whether or not any payment with respect to such Security shall be overdue, and none of the Company,
the Trustee or any agent of the Company or the Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
The Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the bearer of a
Bearer Security as the absolute owner thereof for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of
and interest on and any Additional Amounts with respect to, such Security and for all other
purposes whatsoever, whether or not any payment with
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respect to such Security shall be overdue, and none of the Company, the Trustee or any agent
of the Company or the Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
No holder of any beneficial interest in any Global Security held on its behalf by a Depository
shall have any rights under this Indenture with respect to such Global Security, and such
Depository may be treated by the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee
as the owner of such Global Security for all purposes whatsoever. None of the Company, the
Trustee, any Paying Agent or the Registrar will have any responsibility or liability for any aspect
of the records relating to or payments made on account of beneficial ownership interests of a
Global Security or for maintaining, supervising or reviewing any records relating to such
beneficial ownership interests.
ARTICLE III.
REDEMPTION
Section 3.1 Notice to Trustee.
The Company may, with respect to any Series of Securities, reserve the right to redeem and pay
the Series of Securities or may covenant to redeem and pay the Series of Securities or any part
thereof prior to the Stated Maturity thereof at such time and on such terms as provided for in such
Securities. If a Series of Securities is redeemable and the Company wants or is obligated to redeem
prior to the Stated Maturity thereof all or part of the Series of Securities pursuant to the terms
of such Securities, it shall notify the Trustee of the redemption date and the principal amount of
Series of Securities to be redeemed. The Company shall give the notice at least 45 days before the
redemption date (or such shorter notice as may be acceptable to the Trustee). 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 furnish the Trustee with an Officers Certificate evidencing
compliance with such restriction or condition.
Section 3.2 Selection of Securities to be Redeemed or Repurchased.
Unless otherwise indicated for a particular Series by a Board Resolution, a supplemental
indenture or an Officers Certificate, if less than all the Securities of a Series are to be
redeemed, the Trustee shall select the Securities of the Series to be redeemed by such method as
the Trustee shall deem fair and appropriate.
In the event of partial redemption, the Trustee shall make the selection from Securities of
the Series outstanding not previously called for redemption. The Trustee may select for redemption
a portion of the principal amount of any Security of such Series; provided that the unredeemed
portion of the principal amount of any Security shall be in an authorized denomination (which shall
not be less than the minimum authorized denomination) for such Security. Provisions of this
Indenture that apply to Securities of a Series called for redemption or repurchase also apply to
portions of Securities of that Series called for redemption or repurchase.
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Section 3.3 Notice of Redemption.
Unless otherwise indicated for a particular Series by Board Resolution, a supplemental
indenture hereto or an Officers Certificate, at least 30 days but not more than 60 days before a
redemption date, the Company shall mail a notice of redemption by first-class mail to each Holder
whose Securities are to be redeemed and if any Bearer Securities are outstanding, publish on one
occasion a notice in an Authorized Newspaper in New York, New York, except that redemption notices
may be mailed more than 60 days prior to a redemption date if the notice is issued in connection
with a defeasance of the Series of Securities or a satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture
pursuant to Articles VIII or XI hereof.
The notice shall identify the Securities of the Series to be redeemed and shall state:
(a) the redemption date;
(b) the redemption price (or if not then ascertainable, the manner of calculation
thereof);
(c) the name and address of the Paying Agent;
(d) that Securities of the Series called for redemption must be surrendered to the
Paying Agent to collect the redemption price;
(e) that interest on Securities of the Series called for redemption ceases to accrue on
and after the redemption date;
(f) the CUSIP number, if any; and
(g) any other information as may be required by the terms of the particular Series or
the Securities of a Series being redeemed.
At the Companys request, the Trustee shall give the notice of redemption in the Companys
name and at its expense.
Section 3.4 Effect of Notice of Redemption.
Once notice of redemption is mailed or published as provided in Section 3.3, Securities of a
Series called for redemption become due and payable on the redemption date and at the redemption
price. A notice of redemption may not be conditional. Upon surrender to the Paying Agent, such
Securities shall be paid at the redemption price plus accrued interest to the redemption date;
provided that (unless otherwise specified with respect to such Securities pursuant to Section 2.2)
installments of interest whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to the redemption date shall be
payable to the Holders of such Securities (or one or more predecessor Securities) registered at the
close of business on the relevant record date therefor according to their terms and the terms of
this Indenture.
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Section 3.5 Deposit of Redemption Price.
On or before the redemption date, the Company shall deposit with the Paying Agent money
sufficient to pay the redemption price of and accrued interest, if any, on all Securities to be
redeemed on that date.
Section 3.6 Securities Redeemed in Part.
Upon surrender of a Security that is redeemed in part, the Trustee shall authenticate for the
Holder a new Security of the same Series and the same maturity equal in principal amount to the
unredeemed portion of the Security surrendered.
ARTICLE IV.
COVENANTS
Section 4.1 Payment of Principal and Interest.
The Company covenants and agrees for the benefit of the Holders of each Series of Securities
that it will pay or cause to be paid the principal of and interest on the Securities of that Series
on the dates and in the manner provided in such Securities. Principal of and interest on any Series
of Securities will be considered paid on the date due if the Paying Agent, if other than the
Company or a Subsidiary thereof, holds as of 12:00 p.m. Eastern Time on the due date money
deposited by the Company in immediately available funds and designated for and sufficient to pay
all principal and interest then due.
The Company covenants and agrees for the benefit of the Holders of each Series of Securities
that it will pay interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding under any Bankruptcy
Law) on overdue principal with respect to such Securities at the rate specified therefor in the
Securities; it will pay interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding under any
Bankruptcy Law) on overdue installments of interest (without regard to any applicable grace period)
at the same rate to the extent lawful.
Section 4.2 Additional Amounts.
If any Securities of a Series provide for the payment of Additional Amounts, the Company
agrees to pay to the Holder of any such Security Additional Amounts as provided in or pursuant to
this Indenture or such Securities. Whenever in this Indenture there is mentioned, in any context,
the payment of the principal of or interest on, or in respect of, any Security of any Series, such
mention shall be deemed to include mention of the payment of Additional Amounts provided by the
terms of such Series established hereby or pursuant hereto to the extent that, in such context,
Additional Amounts are, were or would be payable in respect thereof pursuant to such terms, and
express mention of the payment of Additional Amounts (if applicable) in any provision hereof shall
not be construed as excluding Additional Amounts in those provisions hereof where such express
mention is not made.
Except as otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture or the Securities of the
applicable Series, if the Securities of a Series provide for the payment of Additional Amounts, at
least 10 days prior to the first interest payment date with respect to such Series of
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Securities (or if the Securities of such Series shall not bear interest prior to Maturity, the
first day on which a payment of principal is made), and at least 10 days prior to each date of
payment of principal or interest if there has been any change with respect to the matters set forth
in the below-mentioned Officers Certificate, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee and the
principal Paying Agent or Paying Agents, if other than the Trustee, an Officers Certificate
instructing the Trustee and such Paying Agent or Paying Agents whether such payment of principal of
or interest on the Securities of such Series shall be made to Holders of Securities of such Series
without withholding for or on account of any tax, assessment or other governmental charge described
in the Securities of such Series. If any such withholding shall be required, then such Officers
Certificate shall specify by country the amount, if any, required to be withheld on such payments
to such Holders of Securities, and the Company agrees to pay to the Trustee or such Paying Agent
the Additional Amounts required by the terms of such Securities. The Company covenants to
indemnify the Trustee and any Paying Agent for, and to hold them harmless against, any loss,
liability or expense reasonably incurred without negligence or bad faith on their part arising out
of or in connection with actions taken or omitted by any of them in reliance on any Officers
Certificate furnished pursuant to this Section 4.2.
Section 4.3 SEC Reports.
Unless otherwise specified with respect to Securities of a particular Series pursuant to
Section 2.2, the Company will, if and to the extent required under the TIA:
(a) file with the Trustee, within 15 days after the Company is required to file the
same with the SEC, copies of the annual reports and of the information, documents and other
reports (or copies of such portions of any of the foregoing as the SEC may from time to time
by rules and regulations prescribe) which the Company may be required to file with the SEC
pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act; or, if the Company is not
required to file information, documents or reports pursuant to either of such sections, then
to file with the Trustee and the SEC, in accordance with rules and regulations prescribed
from time to time by the SEC, such of the supplementary and periodic information, documents
and reports which may be required pursuant to Section 13 of the Exchange Act in respect of a
security listed and registered on a national securities exchange as may be prescribed from
time to time in such rules and regulations;
(b) file with the Trustee and the SEC, in accordance with rules and regulations
prescribed from time to time by the SEC, such additional information, documents and reports
with respect to compliance by the Company with the conditions and covenants provided for in
this Indenture as may be required from time to time by such rules and regulations; and
(c) transmit by mail to the Holders of Securities in the manner and to the extent
provided in Section 7.6 within 30 days after the filing thereof with the Trustee, such
summaries of any information, documents and reports required to be filed by the SEC pursuant
to subsections (a) and (b) of this Section as may be required to be transmitted to such
Holders by rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by the SEC.
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The delivery of such reports, information and documents to the Trustee pursuant to this
Section 4.3 is for informational purposes only and the Trustees receipt of such shall not
constitute constructive notice of any information contained therein or determinable from
information contained therein, including the Companys compliance with any of its covenants
hereunder (as to which the Trustee is entitled to rely exclusively on Officers Certificates).
Section 4.4 Compliance Certificate.
(a) The Company and each guarantor of any Series of Securities (to the extent that such
guarantor is so required under the TIA) shall deliver to the Trustee with respect to such Series,
within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year, an Officers Certificate stating that a review
of the activities of the Company and its Subsidiaries during the preceding fiscal year has been
made under the supervision of the signing Officers with a view to determining whether the Company
has kept, observed, performed and fulfilled its obligations under this Indenture, and further
stating, as to each such Officer signing such certificate, that to the best of his or her knowledge
the Company has kept, observed, performed and fulfilled each and every covenant contained in this
Indenture and is not in default in the performance or observance of any of the terms, provisions
and conditions of this Indenture (or, if a Default or Event of Default has occurred, describing all
such Defaults or Events of Default of which he or she may have knowledge and what action the
Company is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto) and that to the best of his or her
knowledge no event has occurred and remains in existence by reason of which payments on account of
the principal of or interest, if any, on the Series of Securities is prohibited or if such event
has occurred, a description of the event and what action the Company is taking or proposes to take
with respect thereto.
(b) So long as any Series of Securities is outstanding, the Company will deliver to the
Trustee with respect to such Series, forthwith upon any Officer becoming aware of any Default or
Event of Default, an Officers Certificate specifying such Default or Event of Default and what
action the Company is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto.
Section 4.5 Taxes.
The Company covenants and agrees for the benefit of the Holders of each Series of Securities
that it will pay, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to pay, prior to delinquency, all
material taxes, assessments, and governmental levies except such as are contested in good faith and
by appropriate proceedings or where the failure to effect such payment is not adverse in any
material respect to the Holders of such Securities.
Section 4.6 Stay, Extension and Usury Laws.
The Company covenants and agrees for the benefit of the Holders of each Series of Securities
(to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it will not, and each guarantor of such Securities
will not, at any time insist upon, plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or
advantage of, any stay, extension or usury law wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in
force, that may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and the Company and each
such guarantor (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly
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waives all benefit or advantage of any such law, and covenants that it will not, by resort to
any such law, hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee for
such Securities, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law
has been enacted.
Section 4.7 Corporate Existence.
Subject to Article V hereof, the Company covenants and agrees for the benefit of the Holders
of each Series of Securities that it shall do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve
and keep in full force and effect its legal existence and rights and franchises; provided, however,
that the foregoing shall not obligate the Company to preserve any such right or franchise if the
Company shall determine that the preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of its
business and that the loss thereof is not disadvantageous in any material respect to any Holder.
ARTICLE V.
SUCCESSORS
Section 5.1 Merger, Consolidation, or Sale of Assets.
The Company covenants and agrees for the benefit of the Holders of each Series of Securities
that it shall not, directly or indirectly: (i) consolidate or merge with or into another person
(whether or not the Company is the surviving corporation); or (2) sell, assign, transfer, lease,
convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of the properties or assets of the Company
and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, in one or more related transactions, to another person,
unless:
(1) the Company shall be the continuing entity, or the resulting, surviving or
transferee person shall be a corporation, partnership, trust or other entity organized and
validly existing under the laws of any domestic or foreign jurisdiction, and such successor
person (if not the Company) shall expressly assume, by an indenture supplemental hereto,
executed and delivered to the Trustee, in form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, all
the obligations of the Company under the Securities and this Indenture and, for each
Security that by its terms provides for conversion, shall have provided for the right to
convert such Security in accordance with its terms;
(2) immediately after such transaction, no Default or Event of Default exists; and
(3) the Company shall deliver to the Trustee an Officers Certificate and an Opinion of
Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, merger, sale, assignment, transfer, lease,
conveyance or other disposition and, if a supplemental indenture is required in connection
with such transaction, such supplemental indenture comply with this Article V and that all
conditions precedent herein provided for relating to such transaction have been complied
with.
This Section 5.1 will not apply to:
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(1) a merger of the Company with an Affiliate solely for the purpose of reincorporating
the Company in another jurisdiction; or
(2) any consolidation or merger, or any sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance, lease
or other disposition of assets between or among the Company and its Subsidiaries.
Section 5.2 Successor Corporation Substituted.
Upon any consolidation or merger, or any sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or
other disposition of all or substantially all of the properties or assets of the Company in a
transaction that is subject to, and that complies with the provisions of, Section 5.1 hereof, the
successor person formed by such consolidation or into or with which the Company is merged or to
which such sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition is made shall succeed
to, and be substituted for (so that from and after the date of such consolidation, merger, sale,
assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition, the provisions of this Indenture
referring to the Company shall refer instead to the successor person and not to the Company), and
may exercise every right and power of the Company under this Indenture with the same effect as if
such successor person had been named as the Company herein; provided, however, that the predecessor
Company shall not be relieved from the obligation to pay the principal of and interest on any
Series of Securities except in the case of a sale of all of the Companys assets in a transaction
that is subject to, and that complies with the provisions of, Section 5.1 hereof.
ARTICLE VI.
DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES
Section 6.1 Events of Default.
Event of Default, wherever used herein with respect to Securities of any Series, means any
one of the following events, unless in the establishing Board Resolution, supplemental indenture or
Officers Certificate, it is provided that such Series shall not have the benefit of said Event of
Default:
(a) default in the payment of any interest on any Security of that Series when it becomes due
and payable, and continuance of such default for a period of 30 days; or
(b) default in payment when due of the principal of any Security of that Series; or
(c) default in the deposit of any sinking fund payment, when and as due in respect of any
Security of that Series; or
(d) default in the performance or breach of any covenant or warranty of the Company in this
Indenture (other than a covenant or warranty that has been included in this Indenture solely for
the benefit of Series of Securities other than that Series), which default continues uncured for
the period and after the notice specified below;
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(e) the Company pursuant to or within the meaning of any Bankruptcy Law:
(i) commences a voluntary case,
(ii) consents to the entry of an order for relief against it in an involuntary case,
(iii) consents to the appointment of a Custodian of it or for all or substantially all
of its property,
(iv) makes a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors, or
(v) generally is unable to pay its debts as the same become due; or
(f) a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order or decree under any Bankruptcy Law that:
(i) is for relief against the Company in an involuntary case,
(ii) appoints a Custodian of the Company or for all or substantially all of its
property, or
(iii) orders the liquidation of the Company, and the order or decree remains unstayed
and in effect for 60 days; or
(g) any other Event of Default provided with respect to Securities of that Series, which is
specified in a Board Resolution, a supplemental indenture hereto or an Officers Certificate, in
accordance with Section 2.2.
The term Bankruptcy Law means title 11, U.S. Code or any similar Federal or State law for
the relief of debtors. The term Custodian means any receiver, trustee, assignee, liquidator or
similar official under any Bankruptcy Law.
A Default under clause (d) above is not an Event of Default with respect to a particular
series of Securities until the Trustee notifies the Company, or the Holders of more than 50% in
principal amount of the then outstanding Securities of that series notify the Company and the
Trustee, of the Default and the Company does not cure the Default within 60 days after receipt of
the notice. The notice must specify the Default, demand that it be remedied and state that the
notice is a Notice of Default. Such notice shall be given by the Trustee if so requested in
writing by the Holders of more than 50% of the principal amount of the then outstanding Securities
of that series.
Section 6.2 Acceleration.
If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of any Series at the time outstanding occurs
and is continuing (other than an Event of Default referred to in Section 6.1(e) or (f)) then in
every such case the Trustee or the Holders of more than 50% in principal amount of the outstanding
Securities of that Series may declare the principal amount (or, if any Securities
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of that Series are Discount Securities, such portion of the principal amount as may be
specified in the terms of such Securities) of and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on all of
the Securities of that Series to be due and payable immediately, by a notice in writing to the
Company (and to the Trustee if given by Holders), and upon any such declaration such principal
amount (or specified amount) and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, shall become immediately due
and payable. If an Event of Default specified in Section 6.1(e) or (f) shall occur, the principal
amount (or specified amount) of and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on all outstanding
Securities shall ipso facto become and be immediately due and payable without any declaration or
other act on the part of the Trustee or any Holder.
At any time after such a declaration of acceleration with respect to any Series has been made,
the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of that Series, by
written notice to the Company and the Trustee, may rescind and annul such declaration and its
consequences if the rescission would not conflict with any judgment or decree and if all existing
Events of Default (except nonpayment of principal or interest that has become due solely because of
the acceleration) have been cured or waived.
No such rescission shall affect any subsequent Default or impair any right consequent thereon.
Section 6.3 Other Remedies.
If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of any Series at the time outstanding occurs
and is continuing, the Trustee may pursue any available remedy to collect the payment of principal
of and interest on such Securities or to enforce the performance of any provision of such
Securities or this Indenture.
The Trustee for such Securities may maintain a proceeding even if it does not possess any of
such Securities or does not produce any of them in the proceeding. A delay or omission by the
Trustee or any Holder of Securities in exercising any right or remedy accruing upon an Event of
Default shall not impair the right or remedy or constitute a waiver of or acquiescence in the Event
of Default. All remedies are cumulative to the extent permitted by law.
Section 6.4 Waiver of Past Defaults.
Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding
Securities of any Series by notice to the Trustee for such Securities may on behalf of the Holders
of all of such Securities waive an existing Default or Event of Default with respect to such
Securities and its consequences hereunder, except a continuing Default or Event of Default in the
payment of the principal of or interest on such Securities or in respect of a covenant or provision
hereof which under Article IX cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of
each outstanding Security of the Series affected; provided, however, that the Holders of a majority
in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Securities of any Series may rescind an
acceleration of such Securities and its consequences, including any related payment default that
resulted from such acceleration. Upon any such waiver, such Default shall cease to exist, and any
Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured for
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every purpose of this Indenture; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other
Default or impair any right consequent thereon.
Section 6.5 Control by Majority.
Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Securities of any
Series may direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for exercising any remedy
available to the Trustee for such Securities or exercising any trust or power conferred on it.
However, the Trustee for any Series of Securities may refuse to follow any direction that conflicts
with law or this Indenture, that such Trustee determines may be unduly prejudicial to the rights of
other Holders of such Securities or that may involve the Trustee in personal liability.
Section 6.6 Limitation on Suits.
A Holder of any Series of Securities may pursue a remedy with respect to this Indenture or
such Securities only if:
(1) such Holder gives to the Trustee for such Securities written notice that an Event
of Default with respect to such Series is continuing;
(2) Holders of more than 50% in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding
Securities of such Series make a written request to the Trustee for such Securities to
pursue the remedy;
(3) such Holder or Holders offer and, if requested, provide to the Trustee for such
Securities security or indemnity reasonably satisfactory to such Trustee against any loss,
liability or expense;
(4) such Trustee does not comply with the request within 60 days after receipt of the
request and the offer of security or indemnity; and
(5) during such 60-day period, Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of
the then outstanding Securities of such Series do not give such Trustee a direction
inconsistent with such request.
A Holder of any Series of Securities may not use this Indenture to prejudice the rights of
another Holder of such Series of Securities or to obtain a preference or priority over another
Holder of Securities of such Series.
Section 6.7 Rights of Holders of Securities to Receive Payment.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, the right of any Holder of a Security
of any Series to receive payment of principal of and interest on such Securities, on or after the
respective due dates expressed or provided for in such Securities (including, if applicable, in
connection with an offer to purchase), or to bring suit for the enforcement of any such payment on
or after such respective dates, shall not be impaired or affected without the consent of such
Holder.
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Section 6.8 Collection Suit by Trustee.
If an Event of Default specified in Section 6.1(a), (b) or (c) hereof with respect to
Securities of any Series occurs and is continuing, the Trustee for such Securities is authorized to
recover judgment in its own name and as trustee of an express trust against the Company for the
whole amount of principal and interest remaining unpaid on, such Securities and interest on overdue
principal and, to the extent lawful, interest and such further amount as shall be sufficient to
cover the costs and expenses of collection, including the reasonable compensation, expenses,
disbursements and advances of such Trustee, its agents and counsel.
Section 6.9 Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.
The Trustee for each Series of Securities is authorized to file such proofs of claim and other
papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of such Trustee
(including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of such
Trustee, its agents and counsel) and the Holders of the Securities for which it acts as trustee
allowed in any judicial proceedings relative to the Company (or any other obligor upon such
Securities), its creditors or its property and shall be entitled and empowered to collect, receive
and distribute any money or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and any
custodian in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder of such Securities to
make such payments to such Trustee, and in the event that such Trustee shall consent to the making
of such payments directly to such Holders, to pay to such Trustee any amount due to it for the
reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of such Trustee, its agents and
counsel, and any other amounts due such Trustee under the Indenture. To the extent that the payment
of any such compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of such Trustee, its agents and
counsel, and any other amounts due such Trustee out of the estate in any such proceeding, shall be
denied for any reason, payment of the same shall be secured by a Lien on, and shall be paid out of,
any and all distributions, dividends, money, securities and other properties that such Holders may
be entitled to receive in such proceeding whether in liquidation or under any plan of
reorganization or arrangement or otherwise. Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize
such Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder for which it
acts as trustee any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the
Securities or the rights of such Holder, or to authorize such Trustee to vote in respect of the
claim of any such Holder in any such proceeding.
Section 6.10 Priorities.
If the Trustee of any Series of Securities collects any money pursuant to this Article VI, it
shall pay out the money in the following order:
First: to the Trustee, its agents and attorneys for amounts due under the Indenture,
including payment of all compensation, expenses and liabilities incurred, and all advances made, by
the Trustee and the costs and expenses of collection;
Second: to Holders of such Securities for amounts due and unpaid on such Securities
for principal and interest, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the
amounts due and payable on such Securities for principal and interest, respectively; and
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Third: to the Company or to such party as a court of competent jurisdiction shall
direct.
Subject to Section 2.13, the Trustee may fix a record date and payment date for any payment to
Holders of Securities pursuant to this Section 6.10.
Section 6.11 Undertaking for Costs.
In any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture or in any suit
against any Trustee for any action taken or omitted by it as a trustee, a court in its discretion
may require the filing by any party litigant in the suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of the
suit, and the court in its discretion may assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys
fees, against any party litigant in the suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the
claims or defenses made by the party litigant. This Section 6.11 does not apply to a suit by the
Trustee, a suit by a Holder of a Security pursuant to Section 6.7 hereof, or a suit by Holders of
more than 10% in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Securities of any Series.
ARTICLE VII.
TRUSTEE
Section 7.1 Duties of Trustee.
(a) Subject to Section 7.2(i), if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the
Trustee shall exercise the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture and use the same degree
of care and skill in their exercise as a prudent man would exercise or use under the circumstances
in the conduct of his own affairs.
(b) Except during the continuance of an Event of Default:
(i) The Trustee need perform only those duties that are specifically set forth in this
Indenture and no others and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this
Indenture against the Trustee.
(ii) In the absence of bad faith on its part, the Trustee may conclusively rely, as to
the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon
Officers Certificates or Opinions of Counsel furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the
requirements of this Indenture; however, in the case of any such Officers Certificates or
Opinions of Counsel which by any provisions hereof are specifically required to be furnished
to the Trustee, the Trustee shall examine such Officers Certificates and Opinions of
Counsel to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of this Indenture.
(c) The Trustee may not be relieved from liability for its own negligent action, its own
negligent failure to act or its own willful misconduct, except that:
(i) This paragraph does not limit the effect of paragraph (b) of this Section.
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(ii) The Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by a
Responsible Officer, unless it is proved that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the
pertinent facts.
(iii) The Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action taken, suffered or
omitted to be taken by it with respect to Securities of any Series in good faith in
accordance with the direction of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the
outstanding Securities of such Series relating to the time, method and place of conducting
any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power
conferred upon the Trustee, under this Indenture with respect to the Securities of such
Series.
(iv) No provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to risk its own funds or
otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties, or in the
exercise of any of its rights or powers, if it shall have reasonable grounds for believing
that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk is not reasonably
assured to it.
(d) Every provision of this Indenture that in any way relates to the Trustee is subject to
paragraph (a), (b) and (c) of this Section.
(e) The Trustee may refuse to perform any duty or exercise any right or power at the request
or direction of any Holder unless it receives indemnity satisfactory to it against any loss,
liability or expense.
(f) The Trustee shall not be liable for interest on any money received by it except as the
Trustee may agree in writing with the Company. Money held in trust by the Trustee need not be
segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.
(g) The Paying Agent, the Registrar and any authenticating agent shall be entitled to the
protections, immunities and standard of care as are set forth in paragraphs (b) and (c) of this
Section with respect to the Trustee.
Section 7.2 Rights of Trustee.
(a) The Trustee may rely on and shall be protected in acting or refraining from acting upon
any document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper
person. The Trustee need not investigate any fact or matter stated in the document.
(b) Before the Trustee acts or refrains from acting, it may require an Officers Certificate
and/or an Opinion of Counsel covering such matters as the Trustee shall reasonably request. The
Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in reliance on
such Officers Certificate and/or Opinion of Counsel.
(c) The Trustee may act through agents and shall not be responsible for the misconduct or
negligence of any agent appointed with due care. No Depository shall be deemed
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an agent of the Trustee and the Trustee shall not be responsible for any act or omission by
any Depository.
(d) The Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith
which it believes to be authorized or within its rights or powers, provided that the Trustees
conduct does not constitute negligence or bad faith.
(e) The Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in
it by this Indenture at the request or direction of any of the Holders of Securities unless such
Holders shall have offered to the Trustee reasonable security or indemnity against the costs,
expenses and liabilities which might be incurred by it in compliance with such request or
direction.
(f) The Trustee may consult with counsel of its selection and the advice of such counsel or
any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any
action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder without negligence and in good faith and in
reliance thereon.
(g) The Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated
in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction,
consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document,
but the Trustee, in its discretion, may make such further inquiry or investigation into such facts
or matters as it may see fit.
(h) The Trustee shall not be deemed to have notice of any Default or Event of Default unless a
Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge thereof or unless written notice of any
event which is in fact such a default is received by the Trustee at the Corporate Trust Office of
the Trustee, and such notice references the Securities generally or the Securities of a particular
Series and this Indenture.
(i) The Trustee shall not be required to provide any bond or surety with respect to the
execution of its trusts and powers hereunder.
(j) In no event shall the Trustee be liable for special, indirect or consequential loss or
damage of any kind whatsoever (including but not limited to lost profits), even if the Trustee has
been advised of the likelihood of such loss or damage and regardless of the form of action.
(k) In no event shall the Trustee be responsible or liable for any failure or delay in the
performance of its obligations under this Indenture arising out of or caused by, directly or
indirectly, forces beyond its reasonable control, including without limitation strikes, work
stoppages, accidents, acts of war or terrorism, civil or military disturbances, nuclear or natural
catastrophes or acts of God, and interruptions, loss or malfunctions of utilities, communications
or computer (software or hardware) services.
(l) Any request, demand or direction of the Company mentioned herein shall be sufficiently
evidenced by a Company Request, and any resolution of the Board of Directors may be sufficiently
evidenced by a Board Resolution.
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(m) The rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits given to the Trustee,
including, without limitation, its rights to be indemnified, are extended to, and shall be
enforceable by, the Trustee in each of its capacities hereunder, and each agent, custodian and
other person employed to act hereunder by the Trustee and appointed with due care by it.
(n) The Trustee may request that the Company deliver an Officers Certificate setting forth
the names of individuals and/or titles of officers authorized at such time to take specified
actions pursuant to this Indenture, which Officers Certificate may be signed by any person
authorized to sign an Officers Certificate, including any person specified as so authorized in any
such certificate previously delivered and not superseded.
Section 7.3 Individual Rights of Trustee.
The Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become the owner or pledgee of
Securities and may otherwise deal with the Company or an Affiliate of the Company with the same
rights it would have if it were not Trustee. Any Agent may do the same with like rights. The
Trustee is also subject to Sections 7.10 and 7.11.
Section 7.4 Trustees Disclaimer.
The Trustee makes no representation as to the validity or adequacy of this Indenture or the
Securities, it shall not be accountable for the Companys use of the proceeds from the Securities,
and it shall not be responsible for any statement herein or in the Securities other than its
authentication.
Section 7.5 Notice of Defaults.
If a Default or Event of Default occurs and is continuing with respect to the Securities of
any Series and if it is known to a Responsible Officer of the Trustee, the Trustee shall mail to
each Securityholder of the Securities of that Series and, if any Bearer Securities are outstanding,
mail in the manner provided by in TIA § 313(c), notice of a Default or Event of Default within 90
days after it occurs or, if later, after a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has knowledge of such
Default or Event of Default. Except in the case of a Default or Event of Default in payment of
principal of or interest on any Security of any Series, the Trustee may withhold the notice if and
so long as its corporate trust committee or a committee of its Responsible Officers in good faith
determines that withholding the notice is in the interests of Securityholders of that Series.
Section 7.6 Reports by Trustee to Holders.
Within 60 days after May 15 in the first year following the issuance of a Series of Securities
under this Indenture, the Trustee shall transmit by mail to all Securityholders, as their names and
addresses appear on the register kept by the Registrar and, if any Bearer Securities are
outstanding, transmit by mail in accordance with TIA § 313(c), a brief report dated as of such May
15, in accordance with, and to the extent required under, TIA § 313(a).
A copy of each report at the time of its mailing to Securityholders of any Series shall be
filed by the Trustee with the SEC and each stock exchange on which the Securities of
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that Series are listed. The Company shall promptly notify the Trustee when Securities of any
Series are listed on any stock exchange.
Section 7.7 Compensation and Indemnity.
The Company shall pay to the Trustee from time to time such compensation for its services as
the Company and the Trustee shall from time to time agree upon in writing. The Trustees
compensation shall not be limited by any law on compensation of a trustee of an express trust. The
Company shall reimburse the Trustee upon request for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred
by it. Such expenses shall include the reasonable compensation and expenses of the Trustees agents
and counsel.
The Company shall indemnify each of the Trustee and any predecessor Trustee (including the
cost of defending itself) against any loss, liability or expense, including taxes (other than taxes
based upon, measured by or determined by the income of the Trustee) incurred by it except as set
forth in the next paragraph in the performance of its duties under this Indenture as Trustee or
Agent. The Trustee shall notify the Company promptly of any claim for which it may seek indemnity.
The Company shall defend the claim and the Trustee shall cooperate in the defense. The Trustee may
have one separate counsel and the Company shall pay the reasonable fees and expenses of such
counsel. The Company need not pay for any settlement made without its consent, which consent shall
not be unreasonably withheld. This indemnification shall apply to officers, directors, employees,
shareholders and agents of the Trustee.
The Company need not reimburse any expense or indemnify against any loss or liability incurred
by the Trustee or by any officer, director, employee, shareholder or agent of the Trustee through
negligence or bad faith.
To secure the Companys payment obligations in this Section, the Trustee shall have a lien
prior to the Securities of any Series on all money or property held or collected by the Trustee,
except that held in trust to pay principal of and interest on particular Securities of that Series.
Without prejudice to any other rights available to the Trustee under applicable law, when the
Trustee incurs expenses or renders services after an Event of Default specified in Section 6.1(e)
or (f) occurs, the expenses and the compensation for the services are intended to constitute
expenses of administration under any Bankruptcy Law.
The provisions of this Section shall survive the termination of this Indenture.
Section 7.8 Replacement of Trustee.
A resignation or removal of the Trustee and appointment of a successor Trustee shall become
effective only upon the successor Trustees acceptance of appointment as provided in this Section.
The Trustee may resign with respect to the Securities of one or more Series by so notifying
the Company at least 30 days prior to the date of the proposed resignation. The Holders
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of a majority in principal amount of the Securities of any Series may remove the Trustee with
respect to that Series by so notifying the Trustee and the Company. The Company may remove the
Trustee with respect to Securities of one or more Series if:
(a) the Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.10;
(b) the Trustee is adjudged a bankrupt or an insolvent or an order for relief is entered with
respect to the Trustee under any Bankruptcy Law;
(c) a Custodian or public officer takes charge of the Trustee or its property; or
(d) the Trustee becomes incapable of acting.
If the Trustee resigns or is removed with respect to the Securities of a Series or if a
vacancy exists in the office of Trustee for any reason, the Company shall promptly appoint a
successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such Series. Within one year after the
successor Trustee takes office, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then
outstanding Securities of such Series may appoint a successor Trustee with respect to the
Securities of such Series to replace the successor Trustee appointed by the Company.
If a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any one or more Series does not take
office within 60 days after the retiring Trustee resigns or is removed, the retiring Trustee, the
Company or the Holders of at least 10% in principal amount of the Securities of the applicable
Series may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee.
A successor Trustee shall deliver a written acceptance of its appointment to the retiring
Trustee and to the Company. Immediately after that, the retiring Trustee shall transfer all
property held by it as Trustee to the successor Trustee subject to the lien provided for in Section
7.7, the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective, and the successor
Trustee shall have all the rights, powers and duties of the Trustee with respect to each Series of
Securities for which it is acting as Trustee under this Indenture. A successor Trustee shall mail a
notice of its succession to each Securityholder of each such Series and, if any Bearer Securities
are outstanding, publish such notice on one occasion in an Authorized Newspaper in New York, New
York. Notwithstanding replacement of the Trustee pursuant to this Section 7.8, the Companys
obligations under Section 7.7 hereof shall continue for the benefit of the retiring Trustee with
respect to fees accrued and expenses and liabilities incurred by it prior to such replacement.
Section 7.9 Successor Trustee by Merger, etc.
If the Trustee consolidates with, merges or converts into, or transfers all or substantially
all of its corporate trust business to, another corporation or entity, the successor corporation or
entity without any further act shall be the successor Trustee.
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Section 7.10 Eligibility; Disqualification.
This Indenture shall always have a Trustee who satisfies the requirements of TIA § 310(a)(1),
(2) and (5). The Trustee shall always have a combined capital and surplus of at least $25,000,000
as set forth in its most recent published annual report of condition. The Trustee shall comply with
TIA § 310(b).
Section 7.11 Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company.
The Trustee is subject to TIA § 311(a), excluding any creditor relationship listed in TIA §
311(b). A Trustee who has resigned or been removed shall be subject to TIA § 311(a) to the extent
indicated.
ARTICLE VIII.
LEGAL DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE
Section 8.1 Option to Effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.
The Company may at any time elect to have either Section 8.2 or 8.3 hereof be applied to all
outstanding Securities of any Series upon compliance with the conditions set forth below in this
Article VIII.
Section 8.2 Legal Defeasance and Discharge.
Upon the Companys exercise under Section 8.1 hereof of the option applicable to this Section
8.2, the Company and each guarantor, if any, of such Securities will, subject to the satisfaction
of the conditions set forth in Section 8.4 hereof, be deemed to have been discharged from its or
their obligations with respect to all outstanding Securities of such Series (including the related
guarantees, if any) on the date the conditions set forth below are satisfied (hereinafter, Legal
Defeasance). For this purpose, Legal Defeasance means that the Company and such guarantors will be
deemed to have paid and discharged the entire indebtedness represented by the outstanding
Securities of such Series (including the related guarantees, if any), which will thereafter be
deemed to be outstanding only for the purposes of Section 8.5 hereof and the other Sections of
this Indenture referred to in clauses (1) and (2) below, and to have satisfied all its or their
other obligations under such Securities, such guarantees, if any, and this Indenture (and the
Trustee for such Securities, on demand of and at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper
instruments acknowledging the same), except for the following provisions which will survive until
otherwise terminated or discharged hereunder:
(1) the rights of Holders of outstanding Securities of such Series to receive payments
in respect of the principal of or interest on such Securities when such payments are due
from the trust referred to in Section 8.4 hereof;
(2) the Companys obligations with respect to such Securities under Article II hereof;
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(3) the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee for such
Securities hereunder and the Companys and the guarantors, if any, obligations in
connection therewith; and
(4) this Article VIII.
Subject to compliance with this Article VIII, the Company may exercise its option under this
Section 8.2 notwithstanding the prior exercise of its option under Section 8.3 hereof.
Section 8.3 Covenant Defeasance.
Upon the Companys exercise under Section 8.1 hereof of the option applicable to this Section
8.3, the Company and each of the guarantors, if any, will, subject to the satisfaction of the
conditions set forth in Section 8.4 hereof, be released from each of their or its obligations under
the covenants contained in Sections 4.3, 4.4 (to the extent that the duties required by Sections
4.3 and 4.4 are not imposed by the TIA), 4.5, 4.6 and 4.7, Section 5.1, and covenants specified
in a Board Resolution, a supplemental indenture hereto or an Officers Certificate as being subject
to Covenant Defeasance, in accordance with Section 2.2, with respect to the outstanding Securities
of the applicable Series on and after the date the conditions set forth in Section 8.4 hereof are
satisfied (hereinafter, Covenant Defeasance), and such Securities will thereafter be deemed not
outstanding for the purposes of any direction, waiver, consent or declaration or act of Holders
of such Securities (and the consequences of any thereof) in connection with such covenants, but
will continue to be deemed outstanding for all other purposes hereunder (it being understood that
such Securities will not be deemed outstanding for accounting purposes). For this purpose, Covenant
Defeasance means that, with respect to the outstanding Securities of such Series, the Company may
omit to comply with and will have no liability in respect of any term, condition or limitation set
forth in any such covenant, whether directly or indirectly, by reason of any reference elsewhere
herein to any such covenant or by reason of any reference in any such covenant to any other
provision herein or in any other document and such omission to comply will not constitute a Default
or an Event of Default under Section 6.1 hereof, but, except as specified above, the remainder of
this Indenture and such Securities will be unaffected thereby. In addition, upon the Companys
exercise under Section 8.1 hereof of the option applicable to this Section 8.3, subject to the
satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 8.4 hereof, Sections 6.1(d) (to the extent
relating to any covenant subject to Covenant Defeasance) and 6.1(g) hereof will not constitute
Events of Default; provided, further, that notwithstanding a Covenant Defeasance with respect to
Section 5.1, any person to whom a sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition is
made pursuant to Section 5.1, shall as a condition to such sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance
or other disposition, assume by an indenture supplemental hereto in form reasonably satisfactory to
the Trustee, executed by such successor person and delivered to the Trustee, the obligations of the
Company to the Trustee under Section 7.7 and the second paragraph of Section 8.5.
Section 8.4 Conditions to Legal or Covenant Defeasance.
In order to exercise either Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance under either Section 8.2
or 8.3 hereof with respect to Securities of any Series:
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(1) the Company must irrevocably deposit with the Trustee for such Securities, in
trust, for the benefit of the Holders of such Securities, cash in Dollars sufficient,
non-callable Government Securities, the scheduled payments of principal of and interest on
which shall be sufficient, or a combination thereof, without consideration of any
reinvestment of interest, in the opinion of a nationally recognized investment bank,
appraisal firm, or firm of independent public accountants, to pay the principal of and
interest on the outstanding Securities of such Series on the stated date for payment thereof
or on the applicable redemption date, as the case may be, and the Company must specify
whether such Securities are being defeased to such stated date for payment or to a
particular redemption date, and if defeased to a particular redemption date, either a notice
of redemption shall have been given under Section 3.3 or the Company shall have given the
Trustee irrevocable instructions to give such notice at the expense of the Company and under
arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee;
(2) in the case of an election under Section 8.2 hereof, the Company must deliver to
the Trustee for such Securities an Opinion of Counsel confirming that:
(A) the Company has received from, or there has been published by, the Internal
Revenue Service a ruling; or
(B) since the date of this Indenture, there has been a change in the applicable
federal income tax law,
in either case to the effect that, and based thereon such Opinion of Counsel shall confirm
that, the Holders of the outstanding Securities of such Series will not recognize income,
gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of such Legal Defeasance and will
be subject to federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same
times as would have been the case if such Legal Defeasance had not occurred;
(3) in the case of an election under Section 8.3 hereof, the Company must deliver to
the Trustee for such Securities an Opinion of Counsel confirming that the Holders of such
Securities will not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a
result of such Covenant Defeasance and will be subject to federal income tax on the same
amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such
Covenant Defeasance had not occurred;
(4) no Default or Event of Default with respect to such Securities shall have occurred
and be continuing on the date of such deposit (other than a Default or Event of Default
resulting from the borrowing of funds to be applied to such deposit) or, insofar as Sections
6.1(e) or 6.1(f) are concerned, at any time on or prior to the 90th day after the date of
such deposit (it being understood that this condition shall not be deemed satisfied until
after such 90th day) and the deposit will not result in a breach or violation of, or
constitute a default under, any other instrument to which the Company or any guarantor of
such Securities is a party or by which the Company or any such guarantor is bound;
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(5) such Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance will not result in a breach or
violation of, or constitute a default under, any material agreement or instrument (other
than this Indenture) to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is bound;
(6) the Company must deliver to the Trustee for such Securities an Officers
Certificate stating that the deposit was not made by the Company with the intent of
preferring the Holders of such Securities over the other creditors of the Company with the
intent of defeating, hindering, delaying or defrauding any creditors of the Company or
others; and
(7) the Company must deliver to the Trustee for such Securities an Officers
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent relating
to the Legal Defeasance or the Covenant Defeasance have been complied with.
Section 8.5 Deposited Money and Government Securities to be Held in Trust; Other
Miscellaneous Provisions.
Subject to Section 8.6 hereof, all money and non-callable Government Securities (including the
proceeds thereof) deposited with a Trustee (or other qualifying trustee, collectively for purposes
of this Section 8.5, the Trustee) pursuant to Section 8.4 hereof in respect of the outstanding
Securities of any Series will be held in trust and applied by the Trustee, in accordance with the
provisions of such Securities and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any
Paying Agent (including the Company acting as Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the
Holders of such Securities of all sums due and to become due thereon in respect of principal and
interest, but such money need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by
law.
The Company will pay and indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or other charge imposed on
or assessed against the cash or non-callable Government Securities deposited pursuant to Section
8.4 hereof or the principal and interest received in respect thereof other than any such tax, fee
or other charge which by law is for the account of the Holders of the outstanding Securities of the
applicable Series.
Notwithstanding anything in this Article VIII to the contrary, the Trustee will deliver or pay
to the Company from time to time upon the request of the Company any money or non-callable
Government Securities held by it as provided in Section 8.4 hereof which, in the opinion of a
nationally recognized investment bank, appraisal firm, or firm of independent public accountants
expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee (which may be the opinion
delivered under Section 8.4(1) hereof), are in excess of the amount thereof that would then be
required to be deposited to effect an equivalent Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.
Section 8.6 Repayment to Company.
Any money deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held by the Company, in
trust for the payment of the principal of or interest on any Series of Securities and remaining
unclaimed for two years after such principal or interest has become due and payable
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shall be paid to the Company on its request or (if then held by the Company) will be
discharged from such trust; and the Holders of such Securities will thereafter be permitted to look
only to the Company for payment thereof, and all liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with
respect to such trust money, and all liability of the Company as trustee thereof, will thereupon
cease; provided, however, that the Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being required to make any
such repayment, may at the expense of the Company cause to be published once, in an Authorized
Newspaper in New York, New York, notice that such money remains unclaimed and that, after a date
specified therein, which will not be less than 30 days from the date of such notification or
publication, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining will be repaid to the Company.
Section 8.7 Reinstatement.
If, in connection with a Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance, the Trustee or Paying Agent
is unable to apply any U.S. dollars or non-callable Government Securities in accordance with
Section 8.5, by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining,
restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, then the Companys and any applicable
guarantors obligations under this Indenture and the applicable Securities and the guarantees will
be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to Section 8.2 or 8.3 hereof
until such time as the Trustee or Paying Agent is permitted to apply all such money in accordance
with Section 8.5; provided, however, that, if the Company makes any payment of principal of or
interest on any such Securities following the reinstatement of its obligations, the Company will be
subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such Securities to receive such payment from the money
held by the Trustee or Paying Agent.
Section 8.8 Qualifying Trustee.
Any trustee appointed pursuant to Section 8.4 for the purpose of holding trust funds deposited
pursuant to that Section shall be appointed under an agreement in form acceptable to the Trustee
and shall provide to the Trustee a certificate of such trustee, upon which certificate the Trustee
shall be entitled to conclusively rely, that all conditions precedent provided for herein to the
related Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance have been complied with. In no event shall the
Trustee be liable for any acts or omissions of said trustee.
ARTICLE IX.
AMENDMENTS AND WAIVERS
Section 9.1 Without Consent of Holders.
Notwithstanding Section 9.2 of this Indenture, the Company and the Trustee may amend or
supplement this Indenture or the Securities of one or more Series without the consent of any
Securityholder:
(a) to cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency;
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(b) to provide for uncertificated Securities in addition to or in place of certificated
Securities;
(c) to provide for the assumption of the Companys obligations to the Holders of the
Securities by a successor to the Company pursuant to Article V hereof;
(d) to add any additional Events of Default with respect to all or any series of
Securities Outstanding hereunder;
(e) to secure the Securities pursuant to the requirements of any covenant on liens in
respect of such series of Securities or otherwise;
(f) to change or eliminate any of the provisions of this Indenture, or to add any new
provision to this Indenture, in respect of one or more series of Securities; provided,
however, that any such change, elimination or addition (A) shall neither (i) apply to any
Security outstanding on the date of such indenture supplemental hereto nor (ii) modify the
rights of the Holder of any such Security with respect to such provision in effect prior to
the date of such indenture supplemental hereto or (B) shall become effective only when no
Security of such series remains outstanding;
(g) to make any change that would provide any additional rights or benefits to the
Holders of Securities or that does not adversely affect the interests hereunder of any
Securityholder in any material respect;
(h) to comply with requirements of the SEC in order to effect or maintain the
qualification of this Indenture under the TIA;
(i) to provide for the issuance of and establish the form and terms and conditions of
Securities of any Series as permitted by this Indenture;
(j) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment hereunder by a successor
Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more Series and to add to or change any of
the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the
administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee; or
(k) to conform any provision of this Indenture, the Securities of any Series or any
related guarantees or security documents to the description of such Securities contained in
the Companys prospectus, prospectus supplement, offering memorandum or similar document
with respect to the offering of the Securities of such Series to the extent that such
description was intended to be a verbatim recitation of a provision in the Indenture, such
Securities or any related guarantees or security documents.
Upon the request of the Company and upon receipt by the Trustee of the documents described in
Sections 7.2, 9.7 and 12.4 hereof, the Trustee will join with the Company in the execution of any
amended or supplemental indenture authorized or permitted by the terms of this Indenture and make
any further appropriate agreements and stipulations that may be therein contained, but the Trustee
will not be obligated to enter into such amended or
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supplemental indenture that affects its own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture
or otherwise.
Section 9.2 With Consent of Holders.
The Company and the Trustee may enter into a supplemental indenture with the written consent
of the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of each
Series affected by such supplemental indenture (including consents obtained in connection with a
tender offer or exchange offer for the Securities of such Series), for the purpose of adding any
provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Indenture or
of any supplemental indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Securityholders of
each such Series. Except as provided in Section 6.4, the Holders of at least a majority in
principal amount of the outstanding Securities of each Series by notice to the Trustee (including
consents obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange offer for the Securities of such
Series) may waive compliance by the Company with any provision of this Indenture or the Securities
with respect to such Series.
It shall not be necessary for the consent of the Holders of Securities under this Section 9.2
to approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture or waiver, but it shall be
sufficient if such consent approves the substance thereof. Upon the request of the Company and upon
the filing with the Trustee of evidence satisfactory to the Trustee of the consent of the Holders
of Securities as aforesaid, and upon receipt by the Trustee of the documents described in Section
7.2, 9.7 and 12.4 hereof, the Trustee will join with the Company in the execution of such amended
or supplemental indenture and make any further appropriate agreements and stipulations that may be
therein contained, unless such amended or supplemental indenture directly affects the Trustees own
rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise, in which case the Trustee may in
its discretion, but will not be obligated to, enter into such amended or supplemental Indenture.
After a supplemental indenture or waiver under this section becomes effective, the Company
shall mail to the Holders of Securities affected thereby and, if any Bearer Securities affected
thereby are outstanding, publish on one occasion in an Authorized Newspaper in New York, New York,
a notice briefly describing the supplemental indenture or waiver. Any failure by the Company to
mail or publish such notice, or any defect therein, shall not, however, in any way impair or affect
the validity of any such supplemental indenture or waiver.
Section 9.3 Limitations.
Without the consent of each Securityholder affected, an amendment or waiver may not:
(a) change the amount of Securities whose Holders must consent to an amendment,
supplement or waiver;
(b) reduce the rate of or extend the time for payment of interest (including default
interest) on any Security;
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(c) reduce the principal or change the Stated Maturity of any Security or reduce the
amount of, or postpone the date fixed for, the payment of any sinking fund or analogous
obligation;
(d) reduce the principal amount of Discount Securities payable upon acceleration of the
maturity thereof;
(e) waive a Default or Event of Default in the payment of the principal of or interest,
if any, on any Security (except a rescission of acceleration of the Securities of any Series
by the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of
such Series and a waiver of the payment default that resulted from such acceleration);
(f) make the principal of or interest, if any, on any Security payable in any currency
other than that stated in the Security;
(g) make any change in Sections 6.4, 6.7 or this Section 9.3; or
(h) waive a redemption payment with respect to any Security or change any of the
provisions with respect to the redemption of any Securities.
Section 9.4 Compliance with Trust Indenture Act.
Every amendment to this Indenture or the Securities of one or more Series shall be set forth
in a supplemental indenture hereto that complies with the TIA as then in effect.
Section 9.5 Revocation and Effect of Consents.
(a) Until an amendment or waiver becomes effective, a consent to it by a Holder of a Security
is a continuing consent by the Holder and every subsequent Holder of a Security or portion of a
Security that evidences the same debt as the consenting Holders Security, even if notation of the
consent is not made on any Security. However, any such Holder or subsequent Holder subject to
Section 9.5(b) may revoke the consent as to his Security or portion of a Security if the Trustee
receives the notice of revocation before the date the amendment or waiver becomes effective.
(b) The Company may, but shall not be obligated to, fix a record date for the purpose of
determining the Holders entitled to consent to any amendment, supplement or waiver which record
date shall be at least 30 days prior to the first solicitation of such consent. If a record date is
fixed, then notwithstanding the last sentence of the immediately preceding paragraph, those persons
who were Holders at such record date (or their duly designated proxies), and only those persons,
shall be entitled to revoke any consent previously given, whether or not such persons continue to
be Holders after such record date. No such consent shall be valid or effective for more than 90
days after such record date. The Company shall inform the Trustee in writing of the fixed record
date if applicable.
(c) Any amendment or waiver once effective shall bind every Securityholder of each Series
affected by such amendment or waiver unless it is of the type described in any of
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clauses (a) through (h) of Section 9.3. In that case, the amendment or waiver shall bind each
Holder of a Security who has consented to it and every subsequent Holder of a Security or portion
of a Security that evidences the same debt as the consenting Holders Security.
Section 9.6 Notation on or Exchange of Securities.
The Trustee may place an appropriate notation about an amendment or waiver on any Security of
any Series thereafter authenticated. The Company in exchange for Securities of that Series may
issue and the Trustee shall authenticate upon request new Securities of that Series that reflect
the amendment or waiver.
Section 9.7 Trustee Protected.
In executing, or accepting the additional trusts created by, any supplemental indenture
permitted by this Article IX or the modifications thereby of the trusts created by this Indenture,
the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and (subject to Section 7.1) shall be fully protected in
relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such supplemental indenture is
authorized or permitted by this Indenture.
ARTICLE X.
GUARANTEES
Section 10.1 Guarantees.
Any Series of Securities may be guaranteed by one or more of the Guarantors. The terms and the
form of any such Guarantee will be established in the manner contemplated by Section 2.2 for that
particular Series of Securities.
ARTICLE XI.
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
Section 11.1 Satisfaction and Discharge.
This Indenture will be discharged and will cease to be of further effect as to a Series of
Securities issued hereunder, when:
(a) either:
(i) all such Securities that have been authenticated, except lost, stolen or destroyed
Securities that have been replaced or paid and Securities for whose payment money has
theretofore been deposited in trust and thereafter repaid to the Company, have been
delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or
(ii) all such Securities that have not been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation
have become due and payable, will become due and payable at their Stated Maturity within one
year or are to be called for redemption within one year under arrangements satisfactory to
the Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption by the Trustee in the name, and at the
expense, of the Company, and the Company has
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irrevocably deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in
trust solely for the benefit of the Holders of such Securities, Dollars sufficient,
non-callable Government Securities, the scheduled payments of principal of and interest on
which, shall be sufficient, or a combination thereof, without consideration of any
reinvestment of interest, in the opinion of a nationally recognized investment bank,
appraisal firm, or firm of independent public accountants (which need not be received if
only Dollars have been deposited) to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness on such
Securities not delivered to the Trustee for cancellation for principal and accrued interest
to the date of maturity or redemption;
(b) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing on the date of such deposit
(other than a Default or Event of Default resulting from the borrowing of funds to be applied to
such deposit) and the deposit will not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default
under, any other instrument to which the Company or any guarantor of such Securities is a party or
by which the Company or any such guarantor is bound;
(c) the Company or any guarantor of such Securities has paid or caused to be paid all sums
payable by it under this Indenture; and
(d) the Company has delivered irrevocable instructions to the Trustee for such Securities
under this Indenture to apply the deposited money toward the payment of such Securities at maturity
or on the redemption date, as the case may be.
In addition, the Company must deliver an Officers Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel to the
Trustee for such Securities stating that all conditions precedent to satisfaction and discharge
have been satisfied, and all fees and expenses of the Trustee shall have been paid.
Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, if money has been deposited
with the Trustee pursuant to subclause (iv) of clause (a) of this Section 11.1, the provisions of
Sections 11.2 and 8.6 hereof will survive. In addition, Section 7.7 hereof and the second paragraph
of Section 11.2 hereof shall survive the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture.
Section 11.2 Application of Trust Money.
Subject to the provisions of Section 8.6 hereof, all money and non-callable Government
Securities (including the proceeds thereof) deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 11.1
hereof shall be held in trust and applied by it, in accordance with the provisions of the
Securities with respect to with such deposit was made and this Indenture, to the payment, either
directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Company acting as its own Paying Agent) as such
Trustee may determine, to the persons entitled thereto, of the principal and interest for whose
payment such money has been deposited with the Trustee; but such money need not be segregated from
other funds except to the extent required by law.
The Company will pay and indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or other charge imposed on
or assessed against the cash or non-callable Government Securities deposited pursuant to Section
11.1 hereof or the principal and interest received in respect thereof other than
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any such tax, fee or other charge which by law is for the account of the Holders of the
outstanding Securities of the applicable Series.
If the Trustee or Paying Agent is unable to apply any money or Government Securities in
accordance with Section 11.1 hereof by reason of any legal proceeding or by reason of any order or
judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting
such application, the Companys and any applicable guarantors obligations under this Indenture and
the applicable Securities shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred
pursuant to Section 11.1 hereof; provided that if the Company has made any payment of principal of
or interest on any Securities because of the reinstatement of its obligations, the Company shall be
subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such Securities to receive such payment from the money
or Government Securities held by the Trustee or Paying Agent.
ARTICLE XII.
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 12.1 Trust Indenture Act Controls.
If any provision of this Indenture limits, qualifies, or conflicts with another provision
which is required or deemed to be included in this Indenture by the TIA, such required or deemed
provision shall control.
Section 12.2 Notices.
Any notice or communication by the Company or the Trustee to the other, or by a Holder to the
Company or the Trustee, is duly given if in writing and delivered in person or mailed by
first-class mail:
if to the Company:
Bowne & Co., Inc.
55 Water Street
New York, New York 10041
Attention: General Counsel
Telephone: (212) 658-5805
Facsimile: (212) 658-5898
With a copy to:
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
425 Lexington Avenue
New York, New York 10017
Facsimile No.: (212) 455-2502
Attention: Vincent Pagano, Jr.
if to the Trustee:
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The Bank of New York Mellon
101 Barclay Street, 8W
New York, New York 10286
Facsimile No.: (212) 815-5704
Attention: Corporate Trust Division Corporate Finance Unit
The Company or the Trustee by notice to the other may designate additional or different
addresses for subsequent notices or communications.
Any notice or communication to a Securityholder shall be mailed by first-class mail to his
address shown on the register kept by the Registrar and, if any Bearer Securities are outstanding,
published in an Authorized Newspaper in New York, New York, unless otherwise provided in this
Indenture. Failure to mail a notice or communication to a Securityholder of any Series or any
defect in it shall not affect its sufficiency with respect to other Securityholders of that or any
other Series.
In case by reason of the suspension of regular mail service or by reason of any other cause it
shall be impracticable to give such notice by mail, then such notification as shall be made with
the approval of the Trustee shall constitute a sufficient notification for every purpose hereunder.
If a notice or communication is mailed or published in the manner provided above, within the
time prescribed, it is duly given, whether or not the Securityholder receives it.
If the Company mails a notice or communication to Securityholders, it shall mail a copy to the
Trustee and each Agent at the same time.
Section 12.3 Communication by Holders with Other Holders.
Securityholders of any Series may communicate pursuant to TIA § 312(b) with other
Securityholders of that Series or any other Series with respect to their rights under this
Indenture or the Securities of that Series or all Series. The Company, the Trustee, the Registrar
and anyone else shall have the protection of TIA § 312(c).
Section 12.4 Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent.
Upon any request or application by the Company to the Trustee to take any action under this
Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee:
(a) an Officers Certificate stating that, in the opinion of the signers, all
conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action
have been complied with; and
(b) an Opinion of Counsel stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, all such
conditions precedent have been complied with.
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Section 12.5 Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion.
Each certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided
for in this Indenture (other than a certificate provided pursuant to Section 4.4 hereof and TIA §
314(a)(4)) shall comply with the provisions of TIA § 314(e) and shall include:
(a) a statement that the person making such certificate or opinion has read such
covenant or condition;
(b) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation
upon which the statements or opinions contained in such certificate or opinion are based;
(c) a statement that, in the opinion of such person, he has made such examination or
investigation as is necessary to enable him to express an informed opinion as to whether or
not such covenant or condition has been complied with; and
(d) a statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of such person, such condition or
covenant has been complied with.
Section 12.6 Rules by Trustee and Agents.
The Trustee may make reasonable rules for action by or a meeting of Securityholders of one or
more Series. Any Agent may make reasonable rules and set reasonable requirements for its functions.
Section 12.7 Legal Holidays.
Unless otherwise provided by Board Resolution, Officers Certificate or supplemental indenture
hereto for a particular Series, if a payment date is a Legal Holiday at a place of payment, payment
may be made at that place on the next succeeding day that is not a Legal Holiday, and no interest
shall accrue for the intervening period. A Legal Holiday is any day that is not a Business Day.
Section 12.8 No Recourse Against Others.
A director, officer, employee or stockholder, as such, of the Company shall not have any
liability for any obligations of the Company under the Securities or the Indenture or for any claim
based on, in respect of or by reason of such obligations or their creation. Each Securityholder by
accepting a Security waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the
consideration for the issue of the Securities.
Section 12.9 Counterparts.
This Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts and by the parties hereto in
separate counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of
which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement.
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Section 12.10 Governing Laws, Waiver of Trial by Jury.
THE INTERNAL LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WILL GOVERN AND BE USED TO CONSTRUE THIS INDENTURE,
THE SECURITIES AND ANY GUARANTEES OF THE SECURITIES WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO APPLICABLE PRINCIPLES
OF CONFLICTS OF LAW TO THE EXTENT THAT THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION WOULD BE
REQUIRED THEREBY. EACH OF THE COMPANY AND THE TRUSTEE IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT
PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT
OF OR RELATING TO THIS INDENTURE OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED THEREBY.
Section 12.11 Successors.
All agreements of the Company in this Indenture and the Securities shall bind its successor.
All agreements of the Trustee in this Indenture shall bind its successor.
Section 12.12 Severability.
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 12.13 Table of Contents, Headings, Etc.
The Table of Contents, Cross-Reference Table, and headings of the Articles and Sections of
this Indenture have been inserted for convenience of reference only, are not to be considered a
part hereof, and shall in no way modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof.
Section 12.14 Securities in a Foreign Currency.
Unless otherwise specified in a Board Resolution, a supplemental indenture hereto or an
Officers Certificate delivered pursuant to Section 2.2 of this Indenture with respect to a
particular Series of Securities, whenever for purposes of this Indenture any action may be taken by
the Holders of a specified percentage in aggregate principal amount of Securities of all Series or
all Series affected by a particular action at the time outstanding and, at such time, there are
outstanding Securities of any Series which are denominated in a coin or currency other than
Dollars, then the principal amount of Securities of such Series which shall be deemed to be
outstanding for the purpose of taking such action shall be that amount of Dollars that could be
obtained for such amount at the Market Exchange Rate at such time. For purposes of this Section
11.15, Market Exchange Rate shall mean the noon Dollar buying rate in New York City for cable
transfers of that currency as published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. If such Market
Exchange Rate is not available for any reason with respect to such currency, the Trustee shall use,
in its sole discretion and without liability on its part, such quotation of the Federal Reserve
Bank of New York as of the most recent available date, or quotations from one or more major banks
in The City of New York or in the country of issue of the currency in question or
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such other quotations as the Trustee, upon consultation with the Company, shall deem
appropriate. The provisions of this paragraph shall apply in determining the equivalent principal
amount in respect of Securities of a Series denominated in currency other than Dollars in
connection with any action taken by Holders of Securities pursuant to the terms of this Indenture.
All decisions and determinations of the Trustee regarding the Market Exchange Rate or any
alternative determination provided for in the preceding paragraph shall be in its sole discretion
and shall, in the absence of manifest error, to the extent permitted by law, be conclusive for all
purposes and irrevocably binding upon the Company and all Holders.
Section 12.15 Judgment Currency.
The Company agrees, to the fullest extent that it may effectively do so under applicable law,
that (a) if for the purpose of obtaining judgment in any court it is necessary to convert the sum
due in respect of the principal of or interest or other amount on the Securities of any Series (the
Required Currency) into a currency in which a judgment will be rendered (the Judgment
Currency), the rate of exchange used shall be the rate at which in accordance with normal banking
procedures the Trustee could purchase in The City of New York the Required Currency with the
Judgment Currency on the day on which final unappealable judgment is entered, unless such day is
not a New York Banking Day, then, the rate of exchange used shall be the rate at which in
accordance with normal banking procedures the Trustee could purchase in The City of New York the
Required Currency with the Judgment Currency on the New York Banking Day preceding the day on which
final unappealable judgment is entered and (b) its obligations under this Indenture to make
payments in the Required Currency (i) shall not be discharged or satisfied by any tender or any
recovery pursuant to any judgment (whether or not entered in accordance with subsection (a)), in
any currency other than the Required Currency, except to the extent that such tender or recovery
shall result in the actual receipt, by the payee, of the full amount of the Required Currency
expressed to be payable in respect of such payments, (ii) shall be enforceable as an alternative or
additional cause of action for the purpose of recovering in the Required Currency the amount, if
any, by which such actual receipt shall fall short of the full amount of the Required Currency so
expressed to be payable, and (iii) shall not be affected by judgment being obtained for any other
sum due under this Indenture. For purposes of the foregoing, New York Banking Day means any day
except a Saturday, Sunday or a legal holiday in The City of New York on which banking institutions
are authorized or required by law, regulation or executive order to close.
ARTICLE XIII.
SINKING FUNDS
Section 13.1 Applicability of Article.
The provisions of this Article XIII shall be applicable to any sinking fund for the retirement
of the Securities of a Series, except as otherwise permitted or required by any form of Security of
such Series issued pursuant to this Indenture.
The minimum amount of any sinking fund payment provided for by the terms of the Securities of
any Series is herein referred to as a mandatory sinking fund payment and any
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other amount provided for by the terms of Securities of such Series is herein referred to as
an optional sinking fund payment. If provided for by the terms of Securities of any Series, the
cash amount of any sinking fund payment may be subject to reduction as provided in Section 13.2.
Each sinking fund payment shall be applied to the redemption of Securities of any Series as
provided for by the terms of the Securities of such Series.
Section 13.2 Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities.
The Company may, in satisfaction of all or any part of any sinking fund payment with respect
to the Securities of any Series to be made pursuant to the terms of such Securities (1) deliver
outstanding Securities of such Series to which such sinking fund payment is applicable (other than
any of such Securities previously called for mandatory sinking fund redemption) and (2) apply as a
credit Securities of such Series to which such sinking fund payment is applicable and which have
been repurchased by the Company or redeemed either at the election of the Company pursuant to the
terms of such Series of Securities (except pursuant to any mandatory sinking fund) or through the
application of permitted optional sinking fund payments or other optional redemptions pursuant to
the terms of such Securities, provided that such Securities have not been previously so credited.
Such Securities shall be received by the Trustee, together with an Officers Certificate with
respect thereto provided for in Section 13.3, not later than 15 days prior to the date on which the
Trustee begins the process of selecting Securities for redemption, and shall be credited for such
purpose by the Trustee at the price specified in such Securities for redemption through operation
of the sinking fund and the amount of such sinking fund payment shall be reduced accordingly. If as
a result of the delivery or credit of Securities in lieu of cash payments pursuant to this Section
13.2, the principal amount of Securities of such Series to be redeemed in order to exhaust the
aforesaid cash payment shall be less than $100,000, the Trustee need not call Securities of such
Series for redemption, except upon receipt of a Company Request that such action be taken, and such
cash payment shall be held by the Trustee or a Paying Agent and applied to the next succeeding
sinking fund payment, provided, however, that the Trustee or such Paying Agent shall from time to
time upon receipt of a Company Request pay over and deliver to the Company any cash payment so
being held by the Trustee or such Paying Agent upon delivery by the Company to the Trustee of
Securities of that Series purchased by the Company having an unpaid principal amount equal to the
cash payment required to be released to the Company.
Section 13.3 Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund.
Not less than 45 days (unless otherwise indicated in the Board Resolution, supplemental
indenture or Officers Certificate in respect of a particular Series of Securities) prior to each
sinking fund payment date for any Series of Securities, the Company will deliver to the Trustee an
Officers Certificate specifying the amount of the next ensuing mandatory sinking fund payment for
that Series pursuant to the terms of that Series, the portion thereof, if any, which is to be
satisfied by payment of cash and the portion thereof, if any, which is to be satisfied by
delivering and crediting of Securities of that Series, and the basis for such credit, pursuant to
Section 13.2, and the optional amount, if any, to be added in cash to the next ensuing mandatory
sinking fund payment, and the Company shall thereupon be obligated to pay the amount therein
specified. Not less than 30 days (unless otherwise indicated in the Board Resolution, Officers
Certificate or supplemental indenture in respect of a particular Series of
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Securities) before each such sinking fund payment date the Trustee shall select the Securities
to be redeemed upon such sinking fund payment date in the manner specified in Section 3.2 and cause
notice of the redemption thereof to be given in the name of and at the expense of the Company in
the manner provided in Section 3.3. Such notice having been duly given, the redemption of such
Securities shall be made upon the terms and in the manner stated in Sections 3.4, 3.5 and 3.6.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to be duly executed, all as
of the day and year first above written.
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