Exhibit
4.1
CLARUS
CORPORATION
AND
_______________________,
TRUSTEE
____________________
INDENTURE
DATED AS
OF
_______,
2010
DEBT
SECURITIES
CLARUS
CORPORATION
RECONCILIATION
AND TIE BETWEEN TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939
AND
INDENTURE, DATED AS OF _______ ___, 2010
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Section
of Trust Indenture Act of 1939
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Section(s)
of Indenture
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§
310(a)(1)
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609
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(a)(2)
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609
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(a)(3)
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Not
Applicable
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(a)(4)
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Not
Applicable
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(a)(5)
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609
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(b)
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608,
610
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§
311(a)
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613
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(b)
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613
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(c)
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Not
Applicable
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§
312(a)
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701,
702 (a)
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(b)
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702
(b)
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(c)
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702
(b)
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§
313(a)
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703
(a)
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(b)
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703
(a)
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(c)
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703
(a)
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(d)
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703
(b)
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§
314(a)
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704,
1005
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(b)
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Not
Applicable
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(c)(1)
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103
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(c)(2)
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103
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(c)(3)
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Not
Applicable
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(d)
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Not
Applicable
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(e)
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103
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§
315(a)
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601
(a)
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(b)
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602
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(c)
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601
(b)
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(d)
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601
(c)
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(d)(1)
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601
(c) (1)
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(d)(2)
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601
(c) (2)
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(d)(3)
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601
(c) (3)
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(e)
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511
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§
316(a)(1)(A)
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505
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(a)(1)(B)
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504
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(a)(2)
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Not
Applicable
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(a)(last sentence)
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101
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(b)
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507
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§
317(a)(1)
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503
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(a)(2)
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509
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(b)
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1003
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§ 318(a)
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108
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(b)
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Not
Applicable
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(c)
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108
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Note: This reconciliation and tie
shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be a part of the Indenture.
TABLE
OF CONTENTS
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Page
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ARTICLE
I DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION
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1
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SECTION
101.
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DEFINITIONS
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1
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SECTION
102.
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INCORPORATION
BY REFERENCE OF TRUST INDENTURE ACT
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8
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SECTION
103.
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COMPLIANCE
CERTIFICATES AND OPINIONS
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9
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SECTION
104.
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FORM
OF DOCUMENTS DELIVERED TO TRUSTEE
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9
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SECTION
105.
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ACTS
OF HOLDERS; RECORD DATES
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10
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SECTION
106.
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NOTICES,
ETC., TO TRUSTEE AND COMPANY
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11
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SECTION
107.
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NOTICE
TO HOLDERS; WAIVER
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12
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SECTION
108.
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CONFLICT
WITH TRUST INDENTURE ACT
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12
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SECTION
109.
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EFFECT
OF HEADINGS AND TABLE OF CONTENTS
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12
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SECTION
110.
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SUCCESSORS
AND ASSIGNS
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12
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SECTION
111.
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SEPARABILITY
CLAUSE
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12
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SECTION
112.
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BENEFITS
OF INDENTURE
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12
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SECTION
113.
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GOVERNING
LAW
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13
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SECTION
114.
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LEGAL
HOLIDAYS
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13
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SECTION
115.
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CORPORATE
OBLIGATION
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13
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SECTION
116.
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WAIVER
OF TRIAL JURY
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13
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SECTION
117.
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FORCE
MAJEURE
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13
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ARTICLE
II SECURITY FORMS
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14
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SECTION
201.
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FORMS
GENERALLY
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14
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SECTION
202.
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FORM
OF TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
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14
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SECTION
203.
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SECURITIES
IN GLOBAL FORM
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14
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SECTION
204.
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BOOK-ENTRY
SECURITIES
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15
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ARTICLE
III THE SECURITIES
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17
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SECTION
301.
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AMOUNT
UNLIMITED; ISSUABLE IN SERIES
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17
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SECTION
302.
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DENOMINATIONS
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19
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SECTION
303.
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EXECUTION,
AUTHENTICATION, DELIVERY AND DATING
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19
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SECTION
304.
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TEMPORARY
SECURITIES
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20
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SECTION
305.
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REGISTRATION,
REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER AND EXCHANGE
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21
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SECTION
306.
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MUTILATED,
DESTROYED, LOST AND STOLEN SECURITIES
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22
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SECTION
307.
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PAYMENT
OF INTEREST; INTEREST RIGHTS PRESERVED
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23
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SECTION
308.
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PERSONS
DEEMED OWNERS
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24
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SECTION
309.
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CANCELLATION
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24
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SECTION
310.
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COMPUTATION
OF INTEREST
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24
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SECTION
311.
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CUSIP
NUMBERS
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25
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ARTICLE
IV SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE; LEGAL DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT
DEFEASANCE
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25
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SECTION
401.
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SATISFACTION
AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE
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25
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SECTION
402.
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OPTION
TO EFFECT LEGAL DEFEASANCE OR COVENANT DEFEASANCE
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26
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SECTION
403.
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LEGAL
DEFEASANCE AND DISCHARGE
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26
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SECTION
404.
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COVENANT
DEFEASANCE
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27
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SECTION
405.
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CONDITIONS
TO LEGAL OR COVENANT DEFEASANCE
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27
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SECTION
406.
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DEPOSITED
MONEY AND U.S. GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS TO BE HELD IN TRUST; OTHER
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
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28
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SECTION
407.
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REPAYMENT
TO COMPANY
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29
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SECTION
408.
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REINSTATEMENT
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29
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ARTICLE
V REMEDIES
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29
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SECTION
501.
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EVENTS
OF DEFAULT
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29
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SECTION
502.
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ACCELERATION
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31
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SECTION
503.
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OTHER
REMEDIES
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31
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SECTION
504.
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WAIVER
OF PAST DEFAULTS
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31
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SECTION
505.
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CONTROL
BY MAJORITY
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32
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SECTION
506.
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LIMITATION
ON SUITS
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32
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SECTION
507.
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RIGHTS
OF HOLDERS OF SECURITIES TO RECEIVE PAYMENT
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32
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SECTION
508.
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COLLECTION
SUIT BY TRUSTEE
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32
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SECTION
509.
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TRUSTEE
MAY FILE PROOFS OF CLAIM
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33
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SECTION
510.
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PRIORITIES
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33
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SECTION
511.
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UNDERTAKING
FOR COSTS
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33
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ARTICLE
VI THE TRUSTEE
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34
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SECTION
601.
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CERTAIN
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
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SECTION
602.
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NOTICE
OF DEFAULTS
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35
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SECTION
603.
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CERTAIN
RIGHTS OF TRUSTEE
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35
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SECTION
604.
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NOT
RESPONSIBLE FOR RECITALS OR ISSUANCE OF SECURITIES
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36
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SECTION
605.
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MAY
HOLD SECURITIES
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37
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SECTION
606.
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MONEY
HELD IN TRUST
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37
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SECTION
607.
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COMPENSATION
AND REIMBURSEMENT
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37
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SECTION
608.
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DISQUALIFICATION;
CONFLICTING INTERESTS
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38
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SECTION
609.
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CORPORATE
TRUSTEE REQUIRED; ELIGIBILITY
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38
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SECTION
610.
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RESIGNATION
AND REMOVAL; APPOINTMENT OF SUCCESSOR
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38
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SECTION
611.
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ACCEPTANCE
OF APPOINTMENT BY SUCCESSOR
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40
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SECTION
612.
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MERGER,
CONVERSION, CONSOLIDATION OR SUCCESSION TO BUSINESS
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41
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SECTION
613.
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PREFERENTIAL
COLLECTION OF CLAIMS AGAINST COMPANY
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41
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SECTION
614.
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APPOINTMENT
OF AUTHENTICATING AGENT
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41
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ARTICLE
VII HOLDER’S LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY
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42
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SECTION
701.
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COMPANY
TO FURNISH TRUSTEE NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF HOLDERS
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42
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SECTION
702.
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PRESERVATION
OF INFORMATION; COMMUNICATIONS TO HOLDERS
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43
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SECTION
703.
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REPORTS
BY TRUSTEE
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43
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SECTION
704.
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REPORTS
BY COMPANY
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43
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ARTICLE
VIII CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR
LEASE
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44
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SECTION
801.
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COMPANY
MAY CONSOLIDATE, ETC., ONLY ON CERTAIN TERMS
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44
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SECTION
802.
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SUCCESSOR
PERSON SUBSTITUTED
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44
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ARTICLE
IX SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
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45
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SECTION
901.
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WITHOUT
CONSENT OF HOLDERS
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45
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SECTION
902.
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WITH
CONSENT OF HOLDERS
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46
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SECTION
903.
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COMPLIANCE
WITH TRUST INDENTURE ACT
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47
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SECTION
904.
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REVOCATION
AND EFFECT OF CONSENTS
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47
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SECTION
905.
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NOTATION
ON OR EXCHANGE OF SECURITIES
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47
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SECTION
906.
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TRUSTEE
TO SIGN AMENDMENTS, ETC.
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47
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ARTICLE
X COVENANTS
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48
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SECTION
1001.
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PAYMENT
OF PRINCIPAL, PREMIUM AND INTEREST
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48
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SECTION
1002.
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MAINTENANCE
OF OFFICE OR AGENCY
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48
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SECTION
1003.
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MONEY
FOR SECURITIES PAYMENTS TO BE HELD IN TRUST
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48
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SECTION
1004.
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EXISTENCE
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49
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SECTION
1005.
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STATEMENT
BY OFFICERS AS TO DEFAULT
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49
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SECTION
1006.
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WAIVER
OF CERTAIN COVENANTS
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50
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SECTION
1007.
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ADDITIONAL
AMOUNTS
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50
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ARTICLE
XI REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES
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51
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SECTION
1101.
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APPLICABILITY
OF ARTICLE
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51
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SECTION
1102.
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ELECTION
TO REDEEM; NOTICE TO TRUSTEE
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51
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SECTION
1103.
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SELECTION
BY TRUSTEE OF SECURITIES TO BE REDEEMED
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51
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SECTION
1104.
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NOTICE
OF REDEMPTION
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52
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SECTION
1105.
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DEPOSIT
OF REDEMPTION PRICE
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52
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SECTION
1106.
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SECURITIES
PAYABLE ON REDEMPTION DATE
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52
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SECTION
1107.
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SECURITIES
REDEEMED IN PART
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53
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SECTION
1108.
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PURCHASE
OF SECURITIES
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53
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ARTICLE
XII SINKING FUNDS
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53
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SECTION
1201.
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APPLICABILITY
OF ARTICLE
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53
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SECTION
1202.
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SATISFACTION
OF SINKING FUND PAYMENTS WITH SECURITIES
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54
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SECTION
1203.
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REDEMPTION
OF SECURITIES FOR SINKING FUND
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54
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ARTICLE
XIII MEETINGS OF HOLDERS OF SECURITIES
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54
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SECTION
1301.
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PURPOSES
FOR WHICH MEETINGS MAY BE CALLED
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54
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SECTION
1302.
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CALL,
NOTICE AND PLACE OF MEETINGS
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54
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SECTION
1303.
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PERSONS
ENTITLED TO VOTE AT MEETINGS
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55
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SECTION
1304.
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QUORUM;
ACTION
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55
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SECTION
1305.
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DETERMINATION
OF VOTING RIGHTS; CONDUCT AND ADJOURNMENT OF MEETINGS
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55
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SECTION
1306.
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COUNTING
VOTES AND RECORDING ACTION OF MEETINGS
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56
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INDENTURE
THIS
Indenture, dated as of ________ ___, 2010, between Clarus Corporation, a
corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware
(herein called the “Company”), having its principal office at 2084 East 3900
South, Salt Lake City, UT 84124, and _________________, a ________ banking
corporation, as Trustee (herein called the “Trustee”) the office of the Trustee
at which at the date hereof its corporate trust business is principally
administered being ______________________.
RECITALS
OF THE COMPANY
The
Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture to
provide for the issuance from time to time of its unsecured debentures, notes or
other evidences of indebtedness (herein called the “Securities”), to be issued
in one or more series as in this Indenture provided.
The
Securities of each series will be in such form as may be established by or
pursuant to a Board Resolution or in one or more indentures supplemental hereto,
in each case with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions, and
other variations as are required or permitted by this Indenture, and may have
such letters, numbers, or other marks of identification and such legends or
endorsements placed thereon as may be required to comply with the rules of any
securities exchange or as may, consistently herewith, be determined by the
officers executing such Securities, as evidenced by their execution of the
Securities.
This
Indenture is subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act and the rules
and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder that are required to be part
of this Indenture and, to the extent applicable, shall be governed by such
provisions.
All
things necessary to make this Indenture a valid agreement of the Company, in
accordance with its terms, have been done.
NOW,
THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH:
For and
in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the Securities by the
Holders thereof, it is mutually covenanted and agreed, for the equal and
proportionate benefit of all Holders of the Securities or of series thereof, as
follows:
ARTICLE
I
DEFINITIONS
AND OTHER PROVISIONS
OF
GENERAL APPLICATION
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SECTION
101.
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DEFINITIONS.
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For all
purposes of this Indenture, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the
context otherwise requires:
(1) the
terms defined in this Article have the meanings assigned to them in this Article
and include the plural as well as the singular;
(2) all
accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to them
in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United
States, and, except as otherwise herein expressly provided, the term “generally
accepted accounting principles” with respect to any computation required or
permitted hereunder shall mean such accounting principles as are generally
accepted in the United States at the date of such computation; and
(3) the
words “herein,” “hereof” and “hereunder” and other words of similar
import refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Article,
Section or other subdivision.
Certain
terms, used principally in Article V, are defined in Section 102.
“Act”
when used with respect to any Holder, has the meaning specified in Section
105.
“Additional
Amounts” means any additional amounts that are required by the express terms of
a Security or by or pursuant to a Board Resolution, under circumstances
specified therein or pursuant thereto, to be paid by the Company with respect to
certain taxes, assessments or other governmental charges imposed on certain
Holders and that 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” when used
with respect to any specified Person means the power to direct the management
and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the
ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms
“controlling” and “controlled” have meanings correlative to the
foregoing.
“Authenticating
Agent” means any Person authorized by the Trustee to act on behalf of the
Trustee pursuant to Section 614 to authenticate Securities of one or more
series.
“Authorized
Newspaper” means a newspaper, in the English language or in an official language
of the country of publication, customarily published on each Business Day,
whether or not published on Saturdays, Sundays or holidays, and of general
circulation in the place in connection with which the term is used or in the
financial community of such place. Where successive publications are required to
be made in Authorized Newspapers, the successive publications may be made in the
same or in different newspapers in the same city meeting the foregoing
requirements and in each case on any Business Day.
“Board of
Directors” means
(1) with
respect to a corporation, the board of directors of the
corporation;
(2) with
respect to a partnership, the board of directors of the general partner of the
partnership; and
(3) with
respect to any other Person, the board or committee of such Person serving a
similar function.
“Board
Resolution” means, with respect to any Person, a resolution of such Person duly
adopted by the Board of Directors of such Person and in full force and
effect.
“Book-Entry
Security” has the meaning specified in Section 204.
“Business
Day,” when used with respect to any Place of Payment, means each Monday,
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday that is not a day on which banking
institutions in that Place of Payment or the city in which the Corporate Trust
Office is located are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to
close.
“Capital
Lease Obligation” means, at the time any determination thereof is to be made,
the amount of the liability in respect of a capital lease that would at that
time be required to be capitalized on a balance sheet in accordance with
GAAP.
“Capital
Stock” means:
(i)
in the case of a corporation, corporate stock;
(ii) in
the case of an association or business entity, any and all shares, interests,
participations, rights or other equivalents (however designated) of corporate
stock;
(iii) in
the case of a partnership or limited liability company, partnership or
membership interests (whether general or limited); and
(iv) 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.
“Company”
means the Person named as the “Company” in the first paragraph of this
instrument until a successor Person shall have become such pursuant to the
applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter “Company” shall mean
such successor Person.
“Company
Request” and “Company Order” mean, respectively, a written request or order
signed in the name of the Company by its Chairman of the Board, its President or
a Vice President, and by its Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, its Controller,
an Assistant Controller, 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, which office at
the date hereof is that indicated in the introductory paragraph of this
Indenture or such other address as the Trustee may designate from time to time
by notice to the Holders and the Company.
“Currency
Agreement” means, with respect to any specified Person, any foreign exchange
contract, currency swap agreement or other similar agreement or arrangement
designed to protect such specified Person against fluctuations in currency
values.
“Default”
means an event or condition the occurrence of which is, or with the lapse of
time or the giving of notice or both would be, an Event of Default.
“Defaulted
Interest” has the meaning specified in Section 307.
“Depositary”
means, with respect to the Securities of any series issuable or issued in the
form of a global Security, the Person designated as Depositary by the Company
pursuant to Section 301 until a successor Depositary shall have become such
pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter
“Depositary” shall mean or include each Person who is then a Depositary
hereunder, and if at any time there is more than one such person, “Depositary”
as used with respect to the Securities of any series shall mean the Depositary
with respect to the Securities of that series.
“Dollar”
or “$” means a dollar or other equivalent unit in such coin or currency of the
United States as at the time shall be legal tender for the payment of public and
private debts.
“Event of
Default” has the meaning specified in Section 501.
“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
may be approved by a significant segment of the accounting profession of the
United States of America, as in effect as of the date of issuance of
Securities.
“Guarantee”
means a guarantee (other than by endorsement of negotiable instruments for
collection in the ordinary course of business), direct or indirect, in any
manner (including, without limitation, by way of a pledge of assets or through
letters of credit or reimbursement agreements), of all or any part of
Indebtedness.
“Guarantor”
means any Subsidiary that incurs a Guarantee.
“Hedging
Agreement” means, with respect to any Person, any agreement with respect to the
hedging of price risk associated with the purchase of commodities used in the
business of such Person, so long as any such agreement has been entered into in
the ordinary course of business and not for purposes of
speculation.
“Holder”
when used with respect to any Security, means the Person in whose name the
Security is registered in the Security Register.
“Indebtedness”
means, with respect to any specified Person, any indebtedness of such Person,
whether or not contingent, in respect of:
(1) borrowed
money;
(2) evidenced
by bonds, notes, debentures or similar instruments or letters of credit (or
reimbursement agreements in respect thereof) (other than obligations with
respect to letters of credit securing obligations (other than obligations
described in clause (1), (2) and (4) of this definition) entered into in the
ordinary course of business of such Person to the extent that such letters of
credit are not drawn upon);
(3) banker’s
acceptances;
(4) any
Capital Lease Obligations;
(5) the
balance deferred and unpaid of the purchase price of any property, except any
such balance that constitutes an accrued expense or trade payable incurred in
the ordinary course of business; or
(6) any
Hedging Agreements,
if and to
the extent any of the preceding items (other than letters of credit and Hedging
Agreements) would appear as a liability upon a balance sheet of the specified
Person prepared in accordance with GAAP. In addition, the term “Indebtedness”
includes all Indebtedness of others secured by a Lien on any asset of the
specified Person (whether or not such Indebtedness is assumed by the specified
Person) and, to the extent not otherwise included, the guarantee by the
specified Person of any indebtedness of any other Person.
The
amount of any Indebtedness outstanding as of any date shall be:
(1) the
accreted value thereof, in the case of any Indebtedness issued with original
issue discount; and
(2) the
principal amount thereof, together with any interest thereon that is more than
30 days past due, in the case of any other Indebtedness.
“Indenture”
means this instrument as originally executed or as it may from time to time be
supplemented or amended by one or more indentures supplemental hereto entered
into pursuant to the applicable provisions hereof and shall include the terms of
particular series of Securities established as contemplated by Section 301 and
the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act that are deemed to be a part of and
govern this instrument.
“Interest
Payment Date,” means the Stated Maturity of an installment of interest on such
Security.
“Interest
Swap Obligations,” means the obligations of any Person pursuant to any
arrangement with any other Person, whereby directly or indirectly, such Person
is entitled to receive from time to time periodic payments calculated by
applying either a floating or a fixed rate of interest on a stated notional
amount in exchange for periodic payments made by such other Person calculated by
applying a fixed or a floating rate of interest on the same notional amount and
shall include, without limitation, interest rate swaps, options, caps, floors,
collars and similar agreements.
“Lien”
means any lien, mortgage, deed of trust, pledge, security interest, charge or
encumbrance of any kind (including any conditional sale or other title retention
agreement, any lease in the nature thereof and any agreement to give any
security interest).
“Maturity,”
when used with respect to any Security, means the date on which the principal of
such Security or an 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 or otherwise.
“Officers’
Certificate” means a certificate signed by the Chairman of the Board, the
President or a Vice President, and by the Treasurer, the Controller, the
Secretary or an Assistant Treasurer, Assistant Controller or Assistant
Secretary, of the Company, and delivered to the Trustee, which certificate shall
be in compliance with Section 103 hereof.
“Opinion
of Counsel” means a written opinion of counsel, who may be counsel for or an
employee of the Company, rendered, if applicable, in accordance with Section
314(c) of the Trust Indenture Act, which opinion shall be in compliance with
Section 103 hereof.
“Original
Issue Discount Security” means any Security that provides for an amount less
than the principal amount thereof to be due and payable upon a declaration of
acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 502.
“Outstanding”
when used with respect to Securities, means, as of the date of determination,
all Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered under this Indenture,
except:
(i)
Securities theretofore cancelled by the Trustee or
delivered to the Trustee for cancellation;
(ii) Securities
for whose payment or redemption money in the necessary amount has been
theretofore irrevocably deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent (other
than the Company) in trust or set aside and segregated in trust by the Company
(if the Company shall act as its own Paying Agent) for the Holders of such
Securities; provided
that, if such Securities are to be redeemed, notice of such redemption has been
duly given pursuant to this Indenture or provision therefor satisfactory to the
Trustee has been made; and
(iii) Securities
that have been paid pursuant to Section 306 or in exchange for or in lieu of
which other Securities have been authenticated and delivered pursuant to this
Indenture, other than any such Securities in respect of which there shall have
been presented to the Trustee proof satisfactory to it that such Securities are
held by a bona fide purchaser in whose hands such Securities are valid
obligations of the Company;
provided, however, that in
determining whether the Holders of the requisite principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities have given any request, demand, authorization, direction,
notice, consent or waiver hereunder, or whether a quorum is present at a meeting
of Holders of Securities, (a) the principal amount of an Original Issue Discount
Security that shall be deemed to be Outstanding for such purposes shall be the
principal amount thereof that would be due and payable as of the date of such
determination upon acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 502,
(b) the principal amount of a Security denominated in a foreign currency shall
be the U.S. Dollar equivalent, determined by the Company on the date of original
issuance of such Security, of the principal amount (or, in the case of an
Original Issue Discount Security, the U.S. Dollar equivalent, determined on the
date of original issuance of such Security, of the amount determined as provided
in (a) above), of such Security and (c) Securities owned by the Company or any
other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or of such
other obligor shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding, except
that, in determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying upon any
such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver or
upon any such determination as to the presence of a quorum, only Securities
which the Trustee knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded. Securities so
owned which have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as Outstanding if
the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgee’s right
so to act with respect to such Securities and that the pledgee is not the
Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the Company
or of such other obligor.
“Paying
Agent” means any Person, which may include the Company, authorized by the
Company to pay the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on any one or
more series of Securities on behalf of the Company.
“Person”
means an individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company,
unincorporated organization, trust or joint venture, or a governmental agency or
political subdivision thereof.
“Place of
Payment” when used with respect to the Securities of any series, means the place
or places where the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the
Securities of that series are payable as specified in accordance with Section
301 subject to the provisions of Section 1002.
“Post-Petition
Interest” means any interest that accrues after the commencement of any case,
proceeding or other action relating to the bankruptcy, insolvency or
reorganization of the Company (or would accrue but for the operation of
applicable bankruptcy or insolvency laws), whether or not such interest is
allowed or allowable as a claim in any such proceeding.
“Predecessor
Security” of any particular Security means every previous Security evidencing
all or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced by such particular Security;
and, for the purposes of this definition, any Security authenticated and
delivered under Section 306 in exchange for or in lieu of a mutilated,
destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be deemed to evidence the same debt as
the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security.
“Redemption
Date” when used with respect to any Security to be redeemed, means the date
fixed for such redemption by or pursuant to this Indenture.
“Redemption
Price” when used with respect to any Security to be redeemed, means the price at
which it is to be redeemed pursuant to this Indenture.
“Registered
Security” means any Security in the form established pursuant to Section 201
which is registered in the Security Register.
“Regular
Record Date” for the interest payable on any Interest Payment Date on the
Registered Securities of any series means the date specified for that purpose as
contemplated by Section 301, or, if not so specified, the last day of the
calendar month preceding such Interest Payment Date if such Interest Payment
Date is the fifteenth day of the calendar month or the fifteenth day of the
calendar month preceding such Interest Payment Date if such Interest Payment
Date is the first day of a calendar month, whether or not such day shall be a
Business Day.
“Responsible
Officer” when used with respect to the Trustee, means any officer within the
corporate trust department of the Trustee including any vice-president,
assistant vice-president, assistant treasurer, trust officer or any other
officer who customarily performs functions similar to those performed by the
Persons who at the time shall be such officers who have direct responsibility
for the administration of the Indenture and also means, with respect to a
particular corporate trust matter, any other officer to whom such matter is
referred because of his knowledge of and familiarity with the particular
subject.
“Securities”
has the meaning stated in the first recital of this Indenture and more
particularly means any Securities authenticated and delivered under this
Indenture.
“Security
Register” and “Security Registrar” have the respective meanings specified in
Section 305.
“Special
Record Date” for the payment of any Defaulted Interest on the Registered
Securities of any series means a date fixed by the Trustee pursuant to Section
307.
“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.
“Subsidiary”
means, with respect to any specified Person:
(i)
any corporation of which the outstanding Capital
Stock having at least a majority of the votes entitled to be cast in the
election of directors under ordinary circumstances shall at the time be owned,
directly or indirectly by such Person; or
(ii) any
other Person of which at least a majority of the voting interest under ordinary
circumstances is at the time, directly or indirectly, owned by such
Person.
“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 or
include each Person who is then a Trustee hereunder, and if at any time there is
more than one such Person, “Trustee” as used with respect to the Securities of
any series shall mean the Trustee with respect to Securities of that
series.
“Trust
Indenture Act” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as in force at the date as
of which this instrument was executed, except as provided in Section
903.
“United
States” means the United States of America (including the States and the
District of Columbia) and its “possessions,” which include Puerto Rico, the U.S.
Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, Wake Island and the Northern Mariana
Islands.
“United
States Alien” means any Person who, for United States federal income tax
purposes, is a foreign corporation, a nonresident alien individual, a
nonresident alien or foreign fiduciary of an estate or trust, or a foreign
partnership.
“U.S.
Government Obligations” means direct noncallable obligations of, or noncallable
obligations the payment of principal of and interest on which is guaranteed by,
the United States of America, or to the payment of which obligations or
guarantees the full faith and credit of the United States of America is pledged,
or beneficial interests in a trust the corpus of which consists exclusively of
money or such obligations or a combination thereof.
“Vice
President” when used with respect to the Company or the Trustee, means any vice
president, whether or not designated by a number or a word or words added before
or after the title “vice president”.
“Wholly
Owned Subsidiary” of any Person means any Subsidiary of such Person of which all
the outstanding voting securities (other than in the case of a Restricted
Subsidiary that is incorporated in a jurisdiction other than a State in the
United States of America or the District of Columbia, directors’ qualifying
shares or an immaterial amount of shares required to be owned by other Persons
pursuant to applicable law) are owned by such Person or any Wholly Owned
Subsidiary of such Person.
“Yield to
Maturity” when used with respect to any Original Issue Discount Security, means
the yield to maturity, if any, set forth on the face thereof.
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SECTION
102.
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INCORPORATION
BY REFERENCE OF TRUST INDENTURE
ACT.
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Whenever
this Indenture refers to a provision of the Trust Indenture Act, the provision
is incorporated by reference in and made a part of this Indenture. The following
Trust Indenture Act terms used in this Indenture have the following
meanings:
“Bankruptcy
Act” means the Bankruptcy Act or Title 11 of the United States Code, as
amended.
“indenture
securities” means the Securities.
“indenture
securityholder” means a Holder.
“indenture
to be qualified” means this Indenture.
“indenture
trustee” or “institutional trustee” means the Trustee.
“obligor”
on the indenture securities means the Company or any other obligor on the
Securities.
All terms
used in this Indenture that are defined by the Trust Indenture Act, defined by
Trust Indenture Act reference to another statute or defined by SEC rule under
the Trust Indenture Act and not otherwise defined herein have the meanings
assigned to them therein.
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SECTION
103.
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COMPLIANCE
CERTIFICATES AND OPINIONS.
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Except as
otherwise expressly provided by this Indenture, upon any application or request
by the Company to the Trustee to take any action under any provision of this
Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate
stating that all conditions precedent, if any (including any covenants the
compliance with which constitutes a condition precedent), provided for in this
Indenture relating to the proposed action have been complied with and an Opinion
of Counsel stating that in the opinion of such counsel all such conditions
precedent, if any (including any covenants the compliance with which constitutes
a condition precedent), have been complied with, except that in the case of any
such application or request as to which the furnishing of such documents is
specifically required by any provision of this Indenture relating to such
particular application or request, no additional certificate or opinion need be
furnished.
Every
certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant
provided for in this Indenture shall include
(1) a
statement that each Person signing such certificate or opinion has read such
covenant or condition and the definitions herein relating thereto;
(2) 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;
(3) a
statement that, in the opinion of each such Person, such Person has made such
examination or investigation as is necessary to enable such Person to express an
informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been
complied with; and
(4) a
statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of each such Person, such
condition or covenant has been complied with.
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SECTION
104.
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FORM
OF DOCUMENTS DELIVERED TO TRUSTEE.
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In any
case where several matters are required to be certified by, or covered by an
opinion of, any specified Person, it is not necessary that all such matters be
certified by, or covered by the opinion of, only one such Person, or that they
be so certified or covered by only one document, but one such Person may certify
or give an opinion with respect to some matters and one or more other such
Persons as to other matters, and any such Person may certify or give an opinion
as to such matters in one or several documents.
Any
certificate or opinion of an officer of the Company may be based, insofar as it
relates to legal matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations
by, counsel, unless such officer knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care
should know, that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to
the matters upon which his certificate or opinion is based are erroneous. Any
such certificate or Opinion of Counsel may be based, insofar as it relates to
factual matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations by, an
officer or officers of the Company stating that the information with respect to
such factual matters is in the possession of the Company, unless such counsel
knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the certificate
or opinion or representations with respect to such matters are
erroneous.
Where any
Person is required to make, give or execute two or more applications, requests,
consents, certificates, statements, opinions or other instruments under this
Indenture, they may, but need not, be consolidated and form one
instrument.
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SECTION
105.
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ACTS
OF HOLDERS; RECORD DATES.
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(1) Any
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other
action provided by this Indenture to be given or taken by Holders may be
embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially similar
tenor signed by such Holders in person or by an agent duly appointed in writing.
Except as herein otherwise expressly provided, such action shall become
effective when such instrument or instruments or record or both are delivered to
the Trustee and, where it is hereby expressly required, to the Company. Such
instrument or instruments and any such record (and the action embodied therein
and evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the “Act” of the
Holders signing such instrument or instruments and so voting at any such
meeting. Proof of execution of any such instrument or of a writing appointing
any such agent, or the holding of any Person of a Security, shall be sufficient
for any purpose of this Indenture and (subject to Section 601) conclusive in
favor of the Trustee and the Company, if made in the manner provided in this
Section. The record of any meeting of Holders of Securities shall be proved in
the manner provided in Section 1306.
The
Company may set in advance a record date for purposes of determining the
identity of Holders of Registered Securities entitled to vote or consent to any
action by vote or consent authorized or permitted under this Indenture. If not
set by the Company prior to the first solicitation of a Holder of Registered
Securities of such series made by any Person in respect of any such action, or
in the case of any such vote, prior to such vote, the record date for any such
action or vote shall be the later of 30 days prior to such first solicitation of
such consent or the date of the most recent list of Holders furnished to the
Trustee prior to such solicitation. If a record date is fixed, those Persons who
were Holders of Outstanding Registered Securities at such record date (or their
duly designated proxies), and only those Persons, shall be entitled with respect
to such Securities to take such action by vote or consent or to revoke any vote
or consent previously given, whether or not such Persons continue to be Holders
after such record date. Promptly after any record date is set pursuant to this
paragraph, the Company, at its own expense, shall cause notice thereof to be
given to the Trustee in writing in the manner provided in Section 106 and to the
relevant Holders as set forth in Section 107.
(2) The
fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such instrument or writing
may be proved by the affidavit of a witness of such execution or by a
certificate of a notary public or other officer authorized by law to take
acknowledgments of deeds, certifying that the individual signing such instrument
or writing acknowledged to him the execution thereof. Where such execution is by
a signer acting in a capacity other than his individual capacity, such
certificate or affidavit shall also constitute sufficient proof of his
authority. The fact and date of the execution of any such instrument or writing,
or the authority of the Person executing the same, may also be proved in any
other manner which the Trustee deems sufficient.
(3) The
principal amount and serial numbers of Registered Securities held by any Person,
and the date of holding the same, shall be proved by the Security
Register.
(4) Any
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act
of the Holder of any Security shall bind every future Holder of the same
Security and the Holder of every Security issued upon the registration of
transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof in respect of
anything done, omitted or suffered to be done by the Trustee or the Company in
reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made upon such
Security. Any Holder or subsequent Holder may revoke the request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent or other Act as to his Security or
portion of his Security; provided, however, that such revocation
shall be effective only if the Trustee receives the notice of revocation before
the date the Act becomes effective.
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SECTION
106.
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NOTICES,
ETC., TO TRUSTEE AND COMPANY.
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Any
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or Act of
Holders or other document provided or permitted by this Indenture to be made
upon, given or furnished to, or filed with,
(1) the
Trustee by any Holder or by the Company shall be sufficient for every purpose
hereunder if made, given, furnished or filed in writing to or with the Trustee
at its Corporate Trust Office, Attention: Corporate Trust Administration,
or
(2) the
Company by the Trustee or by any Holder shall be sufficient for every purpose
hereunder (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing and mailed,
first-class postage prepaid, to the Company addressed to it at the address of
its principal office specified in the first paragraph of this Indenture or at
any other address previously furnished in writing to the Trustee by the Company,
Attention: Corporate Secretary.
The
Company or the Trustee, by notice to the other, may designate additional or
different addresses for subsequent notices or communications.
All
notices and communications (other than those sent to the Trustee) shall be
deemed to have been duly given: at the time delivered by hand, if personally
delivered; five Business Days after being deposited in the mail, postage
prepaid, if mailed; when receipt acknowledged, if telecopied; and the next
Business Day after timely delivery to the courier, if sent by overnight air
courier guaranteeing next-day delivery. All notices and communications to the
Trustee shall be deemed duly given and effective only upon receipt.
Any
notice or communication to a Holder shall be mailed by first class mail,
certified or registered, return receipt requested, or by overnight air courier
guaranteeing next-day delivery to its address shown on the Security Register.
Any notice or communication shall also be so mailed to any Person described in
TIA Section 313(c), to the extent required by the TIA. Failure to mail a notice
or communication to a Holder or any defect in it shall not affect its
sufficiency with respect to other Holders.
If a
notice or communication is mailed in the manner provided above within the time
prescribed, it is duly given, whether or not the addressee receives
it.
If the
Company mails a notice or communication to Holders, it shall mail a copy to the
Trustee and each Agent at the same time.
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SECTION
107.
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NOTICE
TO HOLDERS; WAIVER.
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Where
this Indenture provides for notice to Holders of Securities of any event, such
notice shall be sufficiently given (unless otherwise herein expressly provided)
if in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to each Holder affected
by such event, at the address of such Holder as it appears in the Security
Register, not later than the latest date, and not earlier than the earliest
date, prescribed for the giving of such notice.
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 to Holders of Registered
Securities by mail, then such notification as shall be made with the approval of
the Trustee shall constitute a sufficient notification for every purpose
hereunder. In any case in which notice to Holders of Registered Securities is
given by mail, neither the failure to mail such notice, nor any defect in any
notice so mailed, to any particular Holder of a Registered Security, shall
affect the sufficiency of such notice with respect to other Holders of
Registered Securities.
Where
this Indenture provides for notice in any manner, such notice may be waived in
writing by the Person entitled to receive such notice, either before or after
the event, and such waiver shall be the equivalent of such notice. Waivers of
notice by Holders shall be filed with the Trustee, but such filing shall not be
a condition precedent to the validity of any action taken in reliance upon such
waiver.
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SECTION
108.
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CONFLICT
WITH TRUST INDENTURE ACT.
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If any
provision hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with any provision of the Trust
Indenture Act or another provision hereof required to be included in this
Indenture by any of the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act, such provision of
the Trust Indenture Act shall control. If any provision of this Indenture
modifies or excludes any provision of the Trust Indenture Act that may be so
modified or excluded, the former provision shall be deemed to apply to this
Indenture as so modified or to be excluded.
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SECTION
109.
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EFFECT
OF HEADINGS AND TABLE OF CONTENTS.
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The
Article and Section headings herein and the Table of Contents are for
convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.
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SECTION
110.
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SUCCESSORS
AND ASSIGNS.
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All
covenants and agreements in this Indenture by the Company shall bind its
successors and assigns, whether or not so expressed.
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SECTION
111.
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SEPARABILITY
CLAUSE.
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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.
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SECTION
112.
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BENEFITS
OF INDENTURE.
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Nothing
in this Indenture or in the Securities, express or implied, shall give to any
Person, other than the parties hereto and their successors hereunder, any
Authenticating Agent, Paying Agent and Security Registrar, and the Holders, any
benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this
Indenture.
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SECTION
113.
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GOVERNING
LAW.
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This
Indenture and the Securities shall be governed by and construed in accordance
with the laws of the State of New York, but without giving effect to applicable
principles of conflicts of law to the extent the application of the laws of
another jurisdiction would be required thereby.
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SECTION
114.
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LEGAL
HOLIDAYS.
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In any
case where any Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date or Stated Maturity of any
Security shall not be a Business Day at any Place of Payment, then
(notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture or of the Securities)
payment of principal and interest (and premium and Additional Amounts, if any)
need not be made at such Place of Payment on such date, but may be made on the
next succeeding Business Day at such Place of Payment with the same force and
effect as if made on the Interest Payment Date or Redemption Date, or at the
Stated Maturity, provided that no interest
shall accrue for the period from and after such Interest Payment Date,
Redemption Date or Stated Maturity, as the case may be.
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SECTION
115.
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CORPORATE
OBLIGATION.
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No
recourse may be taken, directly or indirectly, against any incorporator,
subscriber to the capital stock, stockholder, officer, director or employee of
the Company or the Trustee or of any predecessor or successor of the Company or
the Trustee with respect to the Company’s obligations on the Securities or the
obligations of the Company or the Trustee under this Indenture or any
certificate or other writing delivered in connection herewith.
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SECTION
116.
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WAIVER
OF TRIAL JURY.
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EACH OF
THE COMPANY AND THE TRUSTEE HEREBY 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, THE NOTES OR THE
TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.
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SECTION
117.
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FORCE
MAJEURE.
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In no
event shall the Trustee be responsible or liable for any failure or delay in the
performance of its obligations hereunder arising out of or caused by, directly
or indirectly, forces beyond its 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 and
hardware) services; it being understood that the Trustee shall use reasonable
efforts which are consistent with accepted practices in the banking industry to
resume performance as soon as practicable under the circumstances.
ARTICLE
II
SECURITY
FORMS
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SECTION
201.
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FORMS
GENERALLY.
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The
Securities of each series shall be Registered Securities and shall be in
substantially such form or forms (including temporary or permanent global form)
as shall be established by or pursuant to a Board Resolution or in one or more
indentures supplemental hereto, in each case with such appropriate insertions,
omissions, substitutions and other variations as are required or permitted by
this Indenture and may have such letters, numbers or other marks of
identification and such legends or endorsements placed thereon as may be
required to comply with the rules of any securities exchange or as may,
consistently herewith, be determined by the officers executing such Securities,
as evidenced by their execution of the Securities. If temporary Securities of
any series are issued in global form as permitted by Section 304, the form
thereof shall be established as provided in the preceding sentence. A copy of
the Board Resolution establishing the form or forms of Securities of any series
(or any such temporary global Security) shall be delivered to the Trustee at or
prior to the delivery of the Company Order contemplated by Section 303 for the
authentication and delivery of such Securities (or any such temporary global
Security).
The
definitive Securities shall be printed, lithographed or engraved on steel
engraved borders or may be produced in any other manner, all as determined by
the officers executing such Securities, as evidenced by their execution
thereof.
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SECTION
202.
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FORM
OF TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF
AUTHENTICATION.
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The
Trustee’s certificate of authentication shall be in substantially the following
form:
“This is
one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the
within-mentioned Indenture.
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SECTION
203.
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SECURITIES
IN GLOBAL FORM.
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If
Securities of a series are issuable in global form, as contemplated by Section
301, then, notwithstanding clause (10) of Section 301 and the provisions of
Section 302, any such Security shall represent such of the Outstanding
Securities of such series as shall be specified therein and may provide that it
shall represent the aggregate amount of Outstanding Securities from time to time
endorsed thereon and that the aggregate amount of Outstanding Securities
represented thereby may from time to time be reduced to reflect exchanges. Any
endorsement of a Security in global form to reflect the amount, or any increase
or decrease in the amount, of Outstanding Securities represented thereby shall
be made by the Trustee in such manner and upon instructions given by such Person
or Persons as shall be specified in such Security or in a Company Order to be
delivered to the Trustee pursuant to Section 303 or Section 304. Subject to the
provisions of Section 303 and, if applicable, Section 304, the Trustee shall
deliver and redeliver any Security in permanent global form in the manner and
upon instructions given by the Person or Persons specified in such Security or
in the applicable Company Order. If a Company Order pursuant to Section 303 or
304 has been, or simultaneously is, delivered, any instructions by the Company
with respect to endorsement or delivery or redelivery of a Security in global
form shall be in writing but need not comply with Section 103 and need not be
accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel.
The
provisions of the last sentence of Section 303 shall apply to any Security in
global form if such Security was never issued and sold by the Company and the
Company delivers to the Trustee the Security in global form together with
written instructions (which need not comply with Section 103 and need not be
accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel) with regard to the reduction in the
principal amount of Securities represented thereby, together with the written
statement contemplated by the last sentence of Section 303.
Notwithstanding
the provisions of Sections 201 and 307, unless otherwise specified as
contemplated by Section 301, payment of principal of (and premium, if any) and
interest on any Security in permanent global form shall be made to the Person or
Persons specified therein.
Notwithstanding
the provisions of Section 308 and except as provided in the preceding paragraph,
the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or of the Trustee shall
treat a Person as the Holder of such principal amount of Outstanding Securities
represented by a global Security as shall be specified in a written statement,
if any, of the Holder of such global Security, which is produced to the Security
Registrar by such Holder.
Global
Securities may be issued in either temporary or permanent form. Permanent global
Securities will be issued in definitive form.
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SECTION
204.
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BOOK-ENTRY
SECURITIES.
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Notwithstanding
any provision of this Indenture to the contrary:
(a) At
the discretion of the Company, any Registered Security may be issued from time
to time, in whole or in part, in permanent global form registered in the name of
a Depositary, or its nominee. Each such Registered Security in permanent global
form is hereafter referred to as a “Book-Entry Security.” Subject to Section
303, upon such election, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee or an
Authenticating Agent shall authenticate and deliver, one or more Book-Entry
Securities that (i) are denominated in an amount equal to the aggregate
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series if elected in
whole or such lesser amount if elected in part, (ii) are registered in the name
of the Depositary or its nominee, (iii) are delivered by the Trustee or an
Authenticating Agent to the Depositary or pursuant to the Depositary’s
instructions and (iv) bear a legend in substantially the following form (or such
other form as the Depositary and the Company may agree upon):
UNLESS
THIS SECURITY IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF [THE DEPOSITARY],
TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT,
AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF [NOMINEE OF THE
DEPOSITARY] OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF [THE DEPOSITARY] (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO [NOMINEE OF THE
DEPOSITARY] OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF [THE DEPOSITARY]), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF
FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE
REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, [NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY], HAS AN INTEREST
HEREIN.
(b) Any
Book-Entry Security shall be initially executed and delivered as provided in
Section 303. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, unless and
until it is exchanged in whole or in part for Registered Securities not issued
in global form, a Book-Entry Security may not be transferred except as a whole
by the Depositary to a nominee of such Depositary, by a nominee of such
Depositary to such Depositary or another nominee of such Depositary, or by such
Depositary or any such nominee to a successor Depositary or a nominee of such
successor Depositary.
(c) If
at any time the Depositary notifies the Company or the Trustee that it is
unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for any Book-Entry Securities, the
Company shall appoint a successor Depositary, whereupon the retiring Depositary
shall surrender or cause the surrender of its Book-Entry Security or Securities
to the Trustee. The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company upon receipt of
such notice. If a successor Depositary has not been so appointed by the
effective date of the resignation of the Depositary, the Book-Entry Securities
will be issued as Registered Securities not issued in global form, in an
aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Book-Entry
Security or Securities theretofore held by the Depositary.
The
Company may at any time and in its sole discretion determine that the Securities
shall no longer be Book-Entry Securities represented by a global certificate or
certificates, and will so notify the Depositary. Upon receipt of such notice,
the Depositary shall promptly surrender or cause the surrender of its Book-Entry
Security or Securities to the Trustee. Concurrently therewith, Registered
Securities not issued in global form will be issued in an aggregate principal
amount equal to the principal amount of the Book-Entry Security or Securities
theretofore held by the Depositary.
Upon any
exchange of Book-Entry Securities for Registered Securities not issued in global
form as set forth in this Section 204(c), such Book-Entry Securities shall be
cancelled by the Trustee, and Securities issued in exchange for such Book-Entry
Securities pursuant to this Section shall be registered in such names and in
such authorized denominations as the Depositary for such Book-Entry Securities,
pursuant to instructions from its direct or indirect participants or otherwise,
shall instruct the Trustee. The Trustee or any Authenticating Agent shall
deliver such Securities to the Persons in whose names such Securities are so
registered.
(d) The
Company and the Trustee shall be entitled to treat the Person in whose name any
Book-Entry Security is registered as the Holder thereof for all purposes of the
Indenture and any applicable laws, notwithstanding any notice to the contrary
received by the Trustee or the Company; and the Trustee and the Company shall
have no responsibility for transmitting payments to, communication with,
notifying, or otherwise dealing with any beneficial owners of any Book-Entry
Security. Neither the Company nor the Trustee shall have any responsibility or
obligations, legal or otherwise, to the beneficial owners or to any other party
including the Depositary, except for the Holder of any Book-Entry Security;
provided however, notwithstanding
anything herein to the contrary, (i) for the purposes of determining whether the
requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities have given, made or taken
any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver,
instruction or other action hereunder as of any date, the Trustee shall treat
any Person specified in a written statement of the Depositary with respect to
any Book-Entry Securities as the Holder of the principal amount of such
Securities set forth therein and (ii) nothing herein shall prevent the Company,
the Trustee, or any agent of the Company or Trustee, from giving effect to any
written certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by a Depositary
with respect to any Book-Entry Securities, or impair, as between a Depositary
and holders of beneficial interests in such Securities, the operation of
customary practices governing the exercise of the rights of the Depositary as
Holder of such Securities.
(e) So
long as any Book-Entry Security is registered in the name of a Depositary or its
nominee, all payments of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on
such Book-Entry Security and redemption thereof and all notices with respect to
such Book-Entry Security shall be made and given, respectively, in the manner
provided in the arrangements of the Company with such Depositary.
ARTICLE
III
THE
SECURITIES
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SECTION
301.
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AMOUNT
UNLIMITED; ISSUABLE IN SERIES.
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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. There shall be established in or
pursuant to a Board Resolution, and set forth in an Officers’ Certificate, or
established in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, prior to the issuance
of Securities of any series:
(1) the
title of the Securities of the series (which shall distinguish the Securities of
the series from all other Securities);
(2) any
limit, if any, upon the aggregate principal amount of the Securities of the
series that may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture (except for
Securities authenticated and delivered upon registration or transfer of, or in
exchange for, or in lieu of, other Securities of the series pursuant to Section
304, 305, 306, 905 or 1107);
(3) whether
Securities of the series are to be issuable as Registered Securities, whether
any Securities of the series are to be issuable initially in temporary global
form and whether any Securities of the series are to be issuable in permanent
global form, as Book-Entry Securities or otherwise, and, if so, whether
beneficial owners of interests in any such permanent global Security may
exchange such interests for Securities of such series and of like tenor of any
authorized form and denomination and the circumstances under which any such
exchanges may occur, if other than in the manner provided in Section
305, and the Depositary for any global Security or Securities;
(4) the
manner in which any interest payable on a temporary global Security on any
Interest Payment Date will be paid if other than in the manner provided in
Section 304;
(5) the
date or dates on which the principal of (and premium, if any, on) the Securities
of the series is payable or the method of determination thereof;
(6) the
rate or rates, or the method of determination thereof, at which the Securities
of the series shall bear interest, if any, whether and under what circumstances
Additional Amounts with respect to such Securities shall be payable, the date or
dates from which such interest shall accrue, the Interest Payment Dates on which
such interest shall be payable and, if other than as set forth in Section 101,
the Regular Record Date for the interest payable on any Registered Securities on
any Interest Payment Date;
(7) if
other than the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, the place or places where,
subject to the provisions of Section 1002, the principal of (and premium, if
any), any interest on and any Additional Amounts with respect to the Securities
of the series shall be payable;
(8) the
period or periods within which, the price or prices (whether denominated in
cash, securities or otherwise) at which and the terms and conditions upon which
Securities of the series may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option of
the Company, if the Company is to have that option, and the manner in which the
Company must exercise any such option;
(9) the
obligation, if any, of the Company to redeem or purchase 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
(whether denominated in cash, securities or otherwise) 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;
(10) the
denomination in which any Registered Securities of that series shall be
issuable, if other than denominations of $2,000 and any integral multiple of
$1,000 in excess thereof;
(11) the
currency or currencies (including composite currencies) in which payment of the
principal of (and premium, if any), any interest on and any Additional Amounts
with respect to the Securities of the series shall be payable if other than the
currency of the United States of America;
(12) if
the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on the Securities of the
series are to be payable, at the election of the Company or a Holder thereof, in
a currency or currencies (including composite currencies) other than that in
which the Securities are stated to be payable, the currency or currencies
(including composite currencies) in which payment of the principal of (and
premium, if any) and interest on and any Additional Amounts with respect to
Securities of such series as to which such election is made shall be payable,
and the periods within which and the terms and conditions upon which such
election is to be made;
(13) if
the amount of payments of principal of (and premium, if any), any interest on
and any Additional Amounts with respect to the Securities of the series may be
determined with reference to any commodities, currencies or indices, or values,
rates or prices, the manner in which such amounts shall be
determined;
(14) if
other than the entire principal amount thereof, the portion of the principal
amount of Securities of the series that shall be payable upon declaration of
acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 502;
(15) any
additional means of satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture with respect to
Securities of the series pursuant to Section 401, any additional conditions to
discharge pursuant to Section 401, 402, 403, 404, or 405, and the application,
if any, of Section 403 and 404;
(16) any
deletions or modifications of or additions to the Events of Default set forth in
Section 501, the right of the Trustee or the requisite Holders of such
Securities to declare the principal amount thereof due and payable pursuant to
Section 502, or the covenants of the Company set forth in Article X pertaining
to the Securities of the series;
(17) the
terms, if any, on which the Securities of any series may be converted into or
exchanged for stock or other securities of the Company or other entities, any
specific terms relating to the adjustment thereof and the period during which
such Securities may be so converted or exchanged;
(18) whether
the Securities of a series will be issued as part of units consisting of
Securities and other securities of the Company or another issuer;
and
(19) any
other terms of the series permitted under the provisions of the Trust Indenture
Act.
All
Securities of any one series shall be substantially identical except, in the
case of Registered Securities, as to denomination and except as may otherwise be
provided in or pursuant to the Board Resolution referred to above and (subject
to Section 303) set forth, or determined in the manner provided, in the
Officers’ Certificate referred to above or in any such indenture supplemental
hereto.
All
Securities of any one series need not be issued at the same time and, unless
otherwise provided in such Board Resolution or supplemental indenture, a series
may be reopened for issuances of additional Securities of such series pursuant
to a Board Resolution or in any indenture supplemental hereto.
At the
option of the Company, interest on the Registered Securities of any series that
bears interest may be paid by mailing a check or otherwise transmitting payment
to the address of any Holder as such address shall appear in the Security
Register.
If any of
the terms of the series are established by action taken pursuant to a Board
Resolution, a copy of an appropriate record of such action together with such
Board Resolution shall be certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary
of the Company and delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the
Officers’ Certificate setting forth the terms of the series.
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SECTION
302.
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DENOMINATIONS.
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The
Securities of each series shall be issuable in such denominations as shall be
specified as contemplated by Section 301. In the absence of any such provisions
with respect to the Securities of any series, the Registered Securities of such
series denominated in Dollars shall be issuable in denominations of $2,000 and
any integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof. Unless otherwise provided as
contemplated by Section 301 with respect to any series of Securities, any
Securities of a series denominated in a currency other than Dollars shall be
issuable in denominations that are the equivalent, as determined by the Company
by reference to the noon buying rate in the City of New York for cable transfers
for such currency, as such rate is reported or otherwise made available by the
Federal Reserve Bank of New York, on the applicable issue date for such
Securities, of $2,000 and any integral multiple of $1,000 in excess
thereof.
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SECTION
303.
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EXECUTION,
AUTHENTICATION, DELIVERY AND
DATING.
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The
Securities shall be executed on behalf of the Company by its Chairman of the
Board, its Chief Executive Officer, its President, its Chief Financial Officer,
its Treasurer or one of its Vice Presidents, under its corporate seal reproduced
thereon or affixed thereto attested by its Secretary or one of its Assistant
Secretaries. The signature of any of these officers on the Securities may be
manual or facsimile. Coupons shall bear the facsimile signature of the Chairman
of the Board, President, Treasurer or any Vice President of the
Company.
Securities
bearing the manual or facsimile signatures of individuals who were at any time
the proper officers of the Company shall bind the Company, notwithstanding that
such individuals or any of them have ceased to hold such offices prior to the
authentication and delivery of such Securities or did not hold such offices at
the date of such Securities.
At any
time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of this Indenture,
the Company may deliver Securities of any series executed by the Company to the
Trustee for authentication, together with a Company Order for the authentication
and delivery of such Securities, and the Trustee in accordance with the Company
Order shall authenticate and deliver such Securities as in this Indenture
provided and not otherwise.
If the
form or terms of the Securities of the series have been established in or
pursuant to one or more Board Resolutions or Officer’s Certificate as permitted
by Sections 201 and 301, in authenticating such Securities, and accepting the
additional responsibilities under this Indenture in relation to such Securities,
the Trustee shall be given (in addition to the other documents required by
Section 103 hereof), and (subject to Section 601) shall be fully protected in
relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating,
(a) if
the form of such Securities has been established by or pursuant to Board
Resolution as permitted by Section 201, that such form has been established in
conformity with the provisions of this Indenture;
(b) if
the terms of such Securities have been established by or pursuant to Board
Resolution as permitted by Section 301, that such terms have been established in
conformity with the provisions of this Indenture; and
(c) that
such Securities, when authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and issued by
the Company in the manner and subject to any conditions specified in such
Opinion of Counsel, will constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of the
Company, enforceable in accordance with their terms, except as such enforcement
is subject to the effect of bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance,
reorganization or other laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights, and
general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforcement is
considered in a proceeding in equity or at law); provided that such Opinion of
Counsel need express no opinion as to whether a court in the United States would
render a money judgment in currency other than that of the United
States.
If such
form or terms have been so established, the Trustee shall not be required to
authenticate such Securities if the issue of such Securities pursuant to this
Indenture will affect the Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under the
Securities and this Indenture or otherwise in a manner not reasonably acceptable
to the Trustee.
Each
Security shall be dated the date of its authentication.
No
Security shall be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture or be valid or
obligatory for any purpose unless there appears on such Security a certificate
of authentication substantially in the form provided for herein executed by the
Trustee by manual signature, and such certificate upon any Security shall be
conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such Security has been duly
authenticated and delivered hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any
Security shall have been authenticated and delivered hereunder but never issued
and sold by the Company, and the Company shall deliver such Security to the
Trustee for cancellation as provided in Section 309 together with a written
statement (which need not comply with Section 103 and need not be accompanied by
an Opinion of Counsel) stating that such Security has never been issued and sold
by the Company, for all purposes of this Indenture such Security shall be deemed
never to have been authenticated and delivered hereunder and shall never be
entitled to the benefits of this Indenture.
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SECTION
304.
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TEMPORARY
SECURITIES.
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Pending
the preparation of definitive Securities of any series, the Company may execute,
and upon Company Order the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, temporary
Securities that are printed, lithographed, typewritten, mimeographed or
otherwise produced, in any authorized denomination, substantially of the tenor
of the definitive Securities in lieu of which they are issued, in registered
form and with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other
variations as the officers of the Company executing such Securities may
determine, as evidenced by their execution of such Securities.
Except in
the case of temporary Securities in global form (which shall be exchanged in
accordance with the provisions of the following paragraphs), if temporary
Securities of any series are issued, the Company will cause definitive
Securities of that series to be prepared without unreasonable delay. After the
preparation of definitive Securities of such series, the temporary Securities of
such series shall be exchangeable for definitive Securities of such series upon
surrender of the temporary Securities of such series at the office or agency of
the Company in a Place of Payment for that series, without charge to the Holder.
Upon surrender for cancellation of any one or more temporary Securities of any
series, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver
in exchange therefor a like principal amount of definitive Securities of the
same series of authorized denominations. Until so exchanged, the temporary
Securities of any series shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits
under this Indenture as definitive Securities of such series.
All
Outstanding temporary Securities of any series shall in all respects be entitled
to the same benefits under this Indenture as definitive Securities of the same
series and of like tenor authenticated and delivered hereunder.
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SECTION
305.
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REGISTRATION,
REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER AND
EXCHANGE.
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The
Company shall cause to be kept for each series of Securities at one of the
offices or agencies maintained pursuant to Section 1002 a register (the register
maintained in such office and in any other office or agency of the Company in a
Place of Payment being herein sometimes collectively referred to as the
“Security Register”) in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may
prescribe, the Company shall provide for the registration of Registered
Securities and of transfers of Registered Securities of such series. The Trustee
is hereby initially appointed “Security Registrar” for the purpose of
registering Securities and transfers of Securities as herein
provided.
Upon
surrender for registration of transfer of any Registered Security of any series
at the office or agency in a Place of Payment for that series, the Company shall
execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in the name of the
designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Registered Securities of
the same series and of like tenor, of any authorized denominations and of a like
aggregate principal amount.
At the
option of the Holder, Registered Securities of any series may be exchanged for
other Registered Securities of the same series and of like tenor, of any
authorized denominations and of a like aggregate principal amount, upon
surrender of the Securities to be exchanged at such office or agency. Whenever
any Securities are so surrendered for exchange, the Company shall execute, and
the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the Securities that the Holder
making the exchange is entitled to receive.
Notwithstanding
the foregoing, except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301, any
permanent global Security shall be exchangeable only as provided in this
paragraph. If the beneficial owners of interests in a permanent global Security
are entitled to exchange such interest for Securities of such series and of like
tenor and principal amount of another authorized form and denomination, as
specified as contemplated by Section 301, then without unnecessary delay but in
any event not later than the earliest date on which such interests may be so
exchanged, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee definitive Securities of
that series in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of
such permanent global Security, executed by the Company. On or after the
earliest date on which such interests may be so exchanged, such permanent global
Security shall be surrendered from time to time in accordance with instructions
given to the Trustee and the Depositary (which instructions shall be in writing
but need not comply with Section 103 or be accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel)
or such other depositary as shall be specified in the Company Order with respect
thereto to the Trustee, as the Company’s agent for such purpose, to be
exchanged, in whole or in part, for definitive Securities of the same series
without charge and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in exchange for
each portion of such permanent global Security, a like aggregate principal
amount of other definitive Securities of the same series of authorized
denominations and of like tenor as the portion of such permanent global Security
to be exchanged; provided, however, that no such
exchanges may occur during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days
before any selection of Securities of that series is to be redeemed and ending
on the relevant Redemption Date. Promptly following any such exchange in part,
such permanent global Security marked to evidence the partial exchange shall be
returned by the Trustee to the Depositary or such other depositary referred to
above in accordance with the instructions of the Company referred to above. If a
Registered Security is issued in exchange for any portion of a permanent global
Security after the close of business at the office or agency where such exchange
occurs on (i) any Regular Record Date and before the opening of business at such
office or agency on the relevant Interest Payment Date, or (ii) any Special
Record Date and before the opening of business at such office or agency on the
related proposed date for payment of Defaulted Interest, interest or Defaulted
Interest, as the case may be, will not be payable on such Interest Payment Date
or proposed date for payment, as the case may be, in respect of such Registered
Security, but will be payable on such Interest Payment Date or proposed date for
payment, as the case may be, only to the Person to whom interest in respect of
such portion of such permanent global Security is payable in accordance with the
provisions of this Indenture.
All
Securities issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities
shall be the valid obligations of the Company, evidencing the same debt, and
entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Securities
surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.
Every
Registered Security presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or for
exchange shall (if so required by the Company or the Trustee) be duly endorsed,
or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to
the Company and the Security Registrar duly executed, by the Holder thereof or
his attorney duly authorized in writing.
No
service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of
Securities, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any
tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any
registration of transfer or exchange of Securities, other than exchange pursuant
to Section 304, 905 or 1107 not involving any transfer.
The
Company shall not be required (i) to issue, register the transfer of or exchange
Securities of any series during a period beginning at the opening of business 15
days before the day of the mailing of a notice of redemption of Securities of
such series selected for redemption and ending at the close of business on the
day of the mailing of the relevant notice of redemption or (ii) to register the
transfer of or exchange any Registered Security so selected for redemption in
whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Security being redeemed
in part.
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SECTION
306.
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MUTILATED,
DESTROYED, LOST AND STOLEN
SECURITIES.
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If any
mutilated Security is surrendered to the Trustee, the Company shall execute and
the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver 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 deliver, 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.
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 fee 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.
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SECTION
307.
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PAYMENT
OF INTEREST; INTEREST RIGHTS
PRESERVED.
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Interest
on any Registered Security which is payable, and is punctually paid or duly
provided for, on any Interest Payment Date shall be paid to the Person in whose
name that Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the
close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest. Unless otherwise
provided with respect to the Securities of any series, payment of interest may
be made at the option of the Company by check mailed or delivered to the address
of any Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security
Register.
Any
interest on any Registered Security of any series which is payable, but is not
punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date (herein
called “Defaulted Interest”) shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder
on the relevant Regular Record Date by virtue of having been such Holder, and
such Defaulted Interest may be paid by the Company, at its election in each
case, as provided in clause (1) or (2) below:
(1) The
Company may elect to make payment of any Defaulted Interest to the Persons in
whose names the Registered Securities of such series (or their respective
Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of business on a Special
Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest, which shall be fixed in
the following manner. The Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of the
amount of Defaulted Interest proposed to be paid on each Registered Security of
such series and the date of the proposed payment, and at the same time the
Company shall deposit with the Trustee an amount of money equal to the aggregate
amount proposed to be paid in respect of such Defaulted Interest or shall make
arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for such deposit prior to the date of
the proposed payment, such money when deposited to be held in trust for the
benefit of the Persons entitled to such Defaulted Interest as in this Clause
provided. Thereupon the Trustee shall fix a Special Record Date for the payment
of such Defaulted Interest which shall be not more than 15 days and not less
than 10 days prior to the date of the proposed payment and not less than 10 days
after the receipt by the Trustee of the notice of the proposed payment. The
Trustee shall promptly notify the Company of such Special Record Date and, in
the name and at the expense of the Company, shall cause notice of the proposed
payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor to be
mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to each Holder of Registered Securities of
such series at his address as it appears in the Security Register, not less than
10 days prior to such Special Record Date. The Trustee may, in its discretion,
in the name and at the expense of the Company, cause a similar notice to be
published at least once in an Authorized Newspaper, but such publication shall
not be a condition precedent to the establishment of such Special Record
Date. Notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the
Special Record Date therefor having been so mailed, such Defaulted Interest
shall be paid to the Persons in whose names the Registered Securities of such
series (or their respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close
of business on such Special Record Date and shall no longer be payable pursuant
to the following clause (2).
(2) The
Company may make payment of any Defaulted Interest on the Registered Securities
of any series in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements
of any securities exchange on which such Securities may be listed, and upon such
notice as may be required by such exchange, if, after notice given by the
Company to the Trustee of the proposed payment pursuant to this Clause, such
manner of payment shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee.
Subject
to the foregoing provisions of this Section, each Security delivered under this
Indenture, upon registration of transfer of, in exchange for or in lieu of, any
other Security, shall carry the rights to interest accrued and unpaid, and to
accrue, which were carried by such other Security.
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SECTION
308.
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PERSONS
DEEMED OWNERS.
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Prior to
due presentment of a Registered Security 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 Registered Security is registered as the owner of such
Registered Security for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of (and
premium, if any) and (subject to Sections 305 and 307) interest on such
Registered Security and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such
Security be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any agent of the
Company or the Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
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SECTION
309.
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CANCELLATION.
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All
Securities surrendered for payment, redemption, registration of transfer or
exchange or for credit against any sinking fund payment shall, if surrendered to
any Person other than the Trustee, be delivered to the Trustee. All Registered
Securities so delivered shall be promptly cancelled by the Trustee. The Company
may at any time deliver to the Trustee for cancellation any Securities
previously authenticated and delivered hereunder which the Company may have
acquired in any manner whatsoever, and all Securities so delivered shall be
promptly cancelled by the Trustee. No Securities shall be authenticated in lieu
of or in exchange for any Securities cancelled as provided in this Section,
except as expressly permitted by this Indenture. All cancelled Securities held
by the Trustee shall be disposed of in its customary manner.
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SECTION
310.
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COMPUTATION
OF INTEREST.
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Except as
otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for Securities of any series,
interest on the Securities of each series shall be computed on the basis of a
year comprising twelve 30-day months.
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SECTION
311.
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CUSIP
NUMBERS.
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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 identification
numbers printed on the Securities, and any such redemption shall not be affected
by any defect in or omission of such numbers.
ARTICLE
IV
SATISFACTION
AND DISCHARGE; LEGAL DEFEASANCE AND
COVENANT
DEFEASANCE
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SECTION
401.
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SATISFACTION
AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE.
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This
Indenture shall upon Company Request cease to be of further effect with respect
to Securities of any series (except as to any surviving rights of registration
of transfer, exchange or replacement of such series of Securities herein
expressly provided for), and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall
execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this
Indenture with respect to such Securities, when
(1)
either
(A) all
such Securities of such series theretofore authenticated and delivered (other
than (i) such Securities which have been destroyed, lost or stolen and which
have been replaced or paid as provided in Section 306 and (ii) such Securities
of such series for whose payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust
or segregated and held in trust by the Company and thereafter repaid to the
Company or discharged from such trust, as provided in Section 1003) have been
delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or
(B) all
such Securities of such series not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation
(i) have
become due and payable, or
(ii) will
become due and payable at their Stated Maturity within one year, or
(iii) 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, in the case of (B)(i), (ii) or (iii) above, has deposited or caused to
be deposited with the Trustee, as funds in trust for such purpose, an amount in
the currency or currencies or currency unit or units in which such Securities of
such series are payable or U.S. Government Obligations maturing as to principal
and interest in such amounts and at such times as will, together with any
interest thereon, be sufficient to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness on
such Securities of such series not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation, for principal and any premium and interest to the date of such
deposit (in the case of Securities which have become due and payable) or to the
Stated Maturity or Redemption Date, as the case may be;
(2) the
Company has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable hereunder by the
Company; and
(3) the
Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of
Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating
to the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture with respect to such series
of Securities have been complied with.
Notwithstanding
the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture with respect to the Outstanding
Securities of such series pursuant to this Section 401, the obligations of the
Company to the Trustee under Section 607 and to any Authenticating Agent under
Section 614 and, if money or U.S. Government Obligations shall have been
deposited with the Trustee pursuant to subclause (B) of Clause (1) of this
Section, the obligations of the Trustee under Section 406, Article VI and the
last paragraph of Section 1003 shall survive such satisfaction and
discharge.
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SECTION
402.
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OPTION
TO EFFECT LEGAL DEFEASANCE OR COVENANT
DEFEASANCE.
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In
addition to the Company’s rights under Section 401 (which shall not be affected
by this Section 402), the Company may, at the option of its Board of Directors
evidenced by a resolution set forth in an Officers’ Certificate, at any time,
elect to have either Section 403 or 404 hereof applied to all Outstanding
Securities of any series upon compliance with the conditions set forth in
Sections 403 through 406 hereof.
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SECTION
403.
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LEGAL
DEFEASANCE AND DISCHARGE.
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Upon the
Company’s exercise under Section 402 hereof of the option applicable to this
Section 403, the Company and the Guarantors shall, subject to the satisfaction
of the conditions set forth in Section 405 hereof, be deemed to have been
discharged from their obligations with respect to all Outstanding Securities of
a series on the date the conditions set forth below are satisfied (hereinafter,
“Legal Defeasance”). For this purpose, Legal Defeasance means that
the Company shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire Indebtedness
represented by the Outstanding Securities of a series, which shall thereafter be
deemed to be “outstanding” only for the purposes of Section 406 hereof and the
other Sections of this Indenture referred to in (a) and (b) below, and to have
satisfied all its other obligations under such Securities and this Indenture
(and the Trustee, on demand of and at the expense of the Company, shall execute
proper instruments acknowledging the same), except for the following provisions
which shall survive until otherwise terminated or discharged
hereunder: (a) the rights of Holders of Outstanding Securities of any
series to receive payments in respect of the principal of, premium, if any, and
interest, if any, on such Securities when such payments are due from the trust
referred to in Section 405, (b) the Company’s obligations with respect to such
Securities under Sections 304, 305, 306 and 1002 of this Indenture, (c) the
rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee hereunder and the
Company’s obligations in connection therewith and (d) this Article
IV. Subject to compliance with Sections 402 through 406 hereof, the
Company may exercise its option under this Section 403 notwithstanding the prior
exercise of its option under Section 404 hereof.
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SECTION
404.
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COVENANT
DEFEASANCE.
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Upon the
Company’s exercise under Section 402 hereof of the option applicable to this
Section 404, the Company shall, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions
set forth in Section 405 hereof, be released from the operation of Section 801
hereof with respect to the Outstanding Securities of a series and any other
covenant contained in the Board Resolution or supplemental indenture relating to
such series on and after the date the conditions set forth in Section 405 are
satisfied (hereinafter, “Covenant Defeasance”), and the Securities of such
series shall thereafter be deemed not “outstanding” for the purposes of any
direction, waiver, consent or declaration or act of Holders (and the
consequences of any thereof) in connection with such covenants, but shall
continue to be deemed “outstanding” for all other purposes hereunder (it being
understood that such Securities shall 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 shall 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 shall not constitute a Default or an Event
of Default under Section 501 hereof, but, except as specified above, the
remainder of this Indenture and such series of Securities shall be unaffected
thereby. In addition, upon the Company’s exercise under Section 402
hereof of the option applicable to this Section 404 hereof, subject to the
satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 405 hereof, Sections 501(3)
through 501(6) and Section 501(9) hereof shall not constitute Events of
Default.
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SECTION
405.
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CONDITIONS
TO LEGAL OR COVENANT DEFEASANCE.
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The
following shall be the conditions to the application of either Section 403 or
404 hereof to the Outstanding Securities of any series:
In order
to exercise either Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance:
(a) the
Company must irrevocably deposit with the Trustee, in trust, for the benefit of
the Holders of the Securities, cash in United States dollars, U.S. Government
Obligations, or a combination thereof, in such amounts as will be sufficient, to
pay the principal of, or interest and premium, if any, on the Outstanding
Securities of such series on the Stated Maturity or on the applicable redemption
date, as the case may be, and the Company must specify whether the Securities
are being defeased to maturity or to a particular redemption date;
(b) in
the case of Legal Defeasance, the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an
Opinion of Counsel reasonably acceptable to the Trustee confirming that (i) the
Company has received from, or there has been published by, the Internal Revenue
Service a ruling or (ii) 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;
(c) in
the case of Covenant Defeasance, the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee
an Opinion of Counsel reasonably acceptable to the Trustee confirming 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 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;
(d) no
Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing either: (i) 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 (ii) insofar as
Events of Default from bankruptcy or insolvency events are concerned, at any
time in the period ending on the 91st day after the date of
deposit;
(e) 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 is a party or by which the Company is
bound;
(f) the
Company must have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect
that, assuming no intervening bankruptcy of the Company or any Guarantor between
the date of deposit and the 91st day following the deposit and assuming that no
Holder is an “insider” of the Company under applicable bankruptcy law, after the
91st day following the deposit, the trust funds will not be subject to the
effect of any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or similar laws
affecting creditors’ rights generally;
(g) the
Company must deliver to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate stating that the
deposit was not made by the Company with the intent of preferring the Holders of
Securities over the other creditors of the Company with the intent of defeating,
hindering, delaying or defrauding creditors of the Company or others;
and
(h) the
Company must deliver to the Trustee 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.
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SECTION
406.
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DEPOSITED
MONEY AND U.S. GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS TO BE HELD IN TRUST; OTHER
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS.
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Subject
to Section 407 hereof, all money and non callable U.S. Government Obligations
(including the proceeds thereof) deposited with the Trustee (or other qualifying
trustee, collectively for purposes of this Section 406, the “Trustee”) pursuant
to Section 401 or 404 hereof in respect of the Outstanding Securities of any
series shall 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, premium on , if any,
and interest, but such money need not be segregated from other funds except to
the extent required by law.
The
Company shall pay and indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or other charge
imposed on or assessed against the cash or non-callable U.S. Government
Obligations deposited pursuant to Section 401 or 404 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.
Anything
in this Article IV to the contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee shall deliver or
pay to the Company from time to time upon the written request of the Company any
money or non-callable U.S. Government Obligations held by it as provided in
Section 401 or 404 hereof which, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm
of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof
delivered to the Trustee, are in excess of the amount thereof that would then be
required to be deposited to effect an equivalent Legal Defeasance or Covenant
Defeasance or satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture.
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SECTION
407.
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REPAYMENT
TO COMPANY.
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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, premium on, if any, or interest on
any Securities and remaining unclaimed for two years after such principal, and
premium, if any, or interest has become due and payable shall be paid to the
Company on its written request or (if then held by the Company) shall be
discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such Securities shall thereafter,
as an unsecured creditor, 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, shall 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 the New York Times and The
Wall Street Journal (national edition), notice that such money remains unclaimed
and that, after a date specified therein, which shall 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.
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SECTION
408.
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REINSTATEMENT.
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If the
Trustee or Paying Agent is unable to apply any money or U.S. Government
Obligations deposited with respect to Securities of any series in accordance
with Section 401, 403 or 404 hereof, as the case may be, by reason of any order
or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or
otherwise prohibiting such application, then the Company’s obligations under
this Indenture with respect to the Securities of such series and the Securities
of such series shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred
pursuant to Section 401, 403 or 404 hereof until such time as the Trustee or
Paying Agent is permitted to apply all such money or U.S. Government Obligations
in accordance with Section 401, 403 or 404 hereof, as the case may be; provided, however, that, if the Company
makes any payment of principal of, premium on, if any, or interest on any
Securities following 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 U.S. Government Obligations held by the Trustee or
Paying Agent.
ARTICLE
V
REMEDIES
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SECTION
501.
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EVENTS
OF DEFAULT.
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An “Event
of Default” on a series occurs if:
(1) the
Company defaults in the payment of interest on any Security of such series when
the same becomes due and payable and the Default continues for a period of 30
days;
(2) the
Company defaults in the payment of the principal of any Security of such series
when the same becomes due and payable at maturity, upon redemption or
otherwise;
(3) the
Company fails to comply with any of its other agreements in the Securities of
such series or this Indenture (as they relate thereto) and the Default continues
for the period and after the notice specified below (except in the case of a
default with respect to any Change of Control Provisions or Article VIII (or any
replacement provisions contemplated by Article VIII), which will constitute
Events of Default with notice but without passage of time);
(4) the
acceleration of any Indebtedness of the Company in an amount of $50.0 million or
more, individually or in the aggregate, and such acceleration does not cease to
exist, or such Indebtedness is not satisfied, in either case within five days
after such acceleration;
(5) the
failure by the Company to make any principal or interest payment in an amount of
$50.0 million or more, individually or in the aggregate, in respect of
Indebtedness of the Company within five days of such principal or interest
becoming due and payable (after giving effect to any applicable grace period set
forth in the documents governing such Indebtedness);
(6) a
final judgment or judgments in an amount of $50.0 million or more, individually
or in the aggregate, for the payment of money having been entered by a court or
courts of competent jurisdiction against the Company and such judgment or
judgments is not satisfied, stayed, annulled or rescinded within 90 days after
being entered;
(7) the
Company pursuant to or within the meaning of any Bankruptcy Law:
(a) commences
a voluntary case,
(b) consents
to the entry of an order for relief against it in an involuntary
case,
(c) consents
to the appointment of a Custodian of it or for all or substantially all of its
property, or
(d) makes
a general assignment for the benefit of creditors;
(8) a
court of competent jurisdiction enters into an order or decree under any
Bankruptcy Law that:
(a) is
for relief against the Company in an involuntary case,
(b) appoints
a Custodian of the Company or for all or substantially all of its
property,
or
(c) orders
the liquidation of the Company,
and the
order or decree remains unstayed and in effect for 60 days; or
(9) any
other Event of Default occurs with respect to Securities of that series as
provided in the supplemental indenture or Board Resolutions establishing such
series of Securities.
The term
“Bankruptcy Law” means the Bankruptcy Act 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 (3) above is not an Event of Default until the Trustee notifies the
Company, or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the Securities of
the applicable series notify the Company and the Trustee of the Default and
(except in the case of a default with respect to any provisions of any
supplemental indenture or Board Resolution establishing such series of
Securities giving the Holders of Securities of such series the right to require
the Company to repurchase or redeem such Securities of such series upon the
occurrence of a change of control prior to the final maturity date of such
Securities of such series (“Change of Control Provisions”) or Article VIII (or
any replacement provisions contemplated by Article VIII)) the Company does not
cure the Default within 90 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.”
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SECTION
502.
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ACCELERATION.
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If any
Event of Default (other than an Event of Default specified in clause (7) or (8)
of Section 501 hereof) with respect to Securities of any series occurs and is
continuing, either the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in principal
amount of the then Outstanding Securities of that series may declare all the
Securities of that series to be due and payable immediately. Upon any
such declaration, the Securities of that series shall become due and payable
immediately, by a notice in writing to the Company (and to the Trustee if given
by Holders). Notwithstanding the foregoing, if an Event of Default
specified in clause (7) or (8) of Section 501 hereof occurs with respect to any
series of Securities, all outstanding Securities of that series shall become due
and payable without further action or notice. The Holders of a
majority in aggregate principal amount of Securities of any series then
Outstanding by notice to the Trustee may on behalf of the Holders of all of the
Securities of that series waive any existing Default or Event of Default and its
consequences under this Indenture except a continuing Default or Event of
Default in the payment of interest or premium, if any, on, or the principal of,
the Securities of that series.
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SECTION
503.
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OTHER
REMEDIES.
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If an
Event of Default with respect to Securities of any series occurs and is
continuing, the Trustee may pursue any available remedy to collect the payment
of principal, premium, if any, and interest on the Securities of that series or
to enforce the performance of any provision of the Securities of that series or
this Indenture.
The
Trustee may maintain a proceeding even if it does not possess any of the
Securities in a series or does not produce any of them in the
proceeding. A delay or omission by the Trustee or any Holder of a
Security 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.
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SECTION
504.
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WAIVER
OF PAST DEFAULTS.
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Holders
of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then
outstanding Securities in any series by notice to the Trustee may on behalf of
the Holders of all of the Securities of that series waive any existing Default
or Event of Default and its consequences hereunder, except a continuing Default
or Event of Default in the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or
interest on, the Securities of that series (including in connection with an
offer to purchase) (provided, however, that the Holders of
a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Securities of
any series may rescind an acceleration and its consequences, including any
related payment default that resulted from such acceleration, with respect to
that series). 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 every purpose of this Indenture; but no such waiver shall extend to
any subsequent or other Default or impair any right consequent
thereon.
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SECTION
505.
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CONTROL
BY MAJORITY.
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With
respect to any series of Securities, Holders of a majority in principal amount
of the then outstanding Securities of that series may direct the time, method
and place of conducting any proceeding for exercising any remedy available to
the Trustee or exercising any trust or power conferred on
it. However, the Trustee may refuse to follow any direction that
conflicts with law or this Indenture that the Trustee determines may be unduly
prejudicial to the rights of other Holders of Securities of any series or that
may involve the Trustee in personal liability.
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SECTION
506.
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LIMITATION
ON SUITS.
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A Holder
of a Security of any series may pursue a remedy with respect to this Indenture
or the Securities of that series only if:
(a) the
Holder of a Security of that series gives to the Trustee written notice of a
continuing Event of Default;
(b) the
Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the then outstanding Securities
of that series make a written request to the Trustee to pursue the
remedy;
(c) such
Holder of a Security or Holders of Securities offer and, if requested, provide
to the Trustee indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee against any loss, liability
or expense;
(d) the
Trustee does not comply with the request within 60 days after receipt of the
request and the offer and, if requested, the provision of indemnity;
and
(e) during
such 60-day period the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then
outstanding Securities of that series do not give the Trustee a direction
inconsistent with the request.
A Holder
of a Security may not use this Indenture to prejudice the rights of another
Holder of a Security or to obtain a preference or priority over another Holder
of a Security.
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SECTION
507.
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RIGHTS
OF HOLDERS OF SECURITIES TO RECEIVE
PAYMENT.
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Notwithstanding
any other provision of this Indenture, the right of any Holder of a Security of
any series to receive payment of principal, premium, if any, and interest on the
Security, on or after the respective due dates expressed in the Security
(including 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
508.
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COLLECTION
SUIT BY TRUSTEE.
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With
respect to the Securities of any series, if an Event of Default specified in
clause (1) or (2) of Section 501 hereof occurs and is continuing, the Trustee 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 of, premium on, if
any, and interest remaining unpaid on the Securities of that series 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 the
Trustee, its agents and counsel.
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SECTION
509.
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TRUSTEE MAY
FILE PROOFS OF CLAIM.
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The
Trustee 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 the Trustee
(including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements
and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel) and the Holders of the
Securities of any series allowed in any judicial proceedings relative to the
Company (or any other obligor upon the 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
that series to make such payments to the Trustee, and in the event that the
Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Holders, to
pay to the Trustee any amount due to it for the reasonable compensation,
expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and
any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 607 of this
Indenture. To the extent that the payment of any such compensation,
expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and
any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 607 of this Indenture 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 the
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 the Trustee to authorize or
consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder of any series of
Securities any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition
affecting the Securities of that series or the rights of any Holder, or to
authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such
proceeding.
If the
Trustee collects any money pursuant to this Article, it shall pay out the money
in the following order:
(a) First: to
the Trustee, its agents and attorneys for amounts due under Section 607 of this
Indenture, including payment of all compensation, expense and liabilities
incurred, and all advances made, by the Trustee and the costs and expenses of
collection;
(b) Second: to
Holders of Securities for amounts due and unpaid on the Securities for
principal, premium, if any, and interest, ratably, without preference or
priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and payable on the Securities
for principal, premium, if any, and interest, respectively; and
(c) Third: to
the Company or to such party as a court of competent jurisdiction shall
direct.
The
Trustee may fix a record date and payment date for any payment to Holders of
Securities pursuant to this Section 510.
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SECTION
511.
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UNDERTAKING
FOR COSTS.
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In any
suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture or in any
suit against the 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 and expenses,
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 does not apply to a suit by the Trustee, a suit by a Holder of a
Security pursuant to Section 507 hereof, or a suit by Holders of more than 10%
in principal amount of the then outstanding Securities of any
series.
ARTICLE
VI
THE
TRUSTEE
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SECTION
601.
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CERTAIN
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES.
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(a) Except
during the continuance of an Event of Default with respect to the Securities of
any series:
(1) the
Trustee undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties as are
specifically set forth in this Indenture, and no implied covenants or
obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee;
and
(2) 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 certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming
to the requirements of this Indenture; but in the case of any such certificates
or opinions that by any provision hereof are specifically required to be
furnished to the Trustee, the Trustee shall be under a duty to examine the same
to determine whether they conform to the requirements of this Indenture (but
need not confirm or investigate the accuracy of mathematical calculation or
other facts stated therein).
(b) In
case an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing with respect to the
Securities of any series, the Trustee shall exercise such of 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 person would exercise or use under the
circumstances in the conduct of his or her own affairs.
(c) No
provision of this Indenture shall be construed to relieve the Trustee from
liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act or its
own willful misconduct, except that:
(1) this
Subsection shall not be construed to limit the effect of Subsection (a) of this
Section;
(2) the
Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by a
Responsible Officer, unless it shall be proved that the Trustee was negligent in
ascertaining the pertinent facts;
(3) the
Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action it takes or omits to take
in good faith in accordance with the direction of the Holders of a majority in
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series or of all series,
determined as provided in Section 505, 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; and
(4) no
provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or risk its own
funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of
its duties hereunder, 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
indemnity satisfactory to it against such risk or liability is not assured to
it.
(d) Whether
or not therein expressly so provided, every provision of this Indenture relating
to the conduct or affecting the liability of or affording protection to the
Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of this Section.
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SECTION
602.
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NOTICE
OF DEFAULTS.
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Within 90
days after the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default with respect to the
Securities of any series, the Trustee shall give notice of such Default or Event
of Default known to the Trustee to all Holders of Securities of such series in
the manner provided in Section 107 and in compliance with the Trust Indenture
Act, unless such Default or Event of Default shall have been cured or waived;
provided, however, that, except in the
case of a Default or Event of Default in the payment of the principal of (or
premium, if any) or interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to any
Security of such series or in the payment of any sinking fund installment with
respect to Securities of such series, the Trustee shall be protected in
withholding such notice if and so long as the board of directors, the executive
committee or a trust committee of directors and/or Responsible Officers of the
Trustee in good faith determines that the withholding of such notice is in the
interest of the Holders of Securities of such series; and provided, further, that in the case of
any Default or Event of Default of the character specified in Section 501(3)
with respect to Securities of such series, no such notice to Holders shall be
given until at least 30 days after the occurrence thereof.
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SECTION
603.
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CERTAIN
RIGHTS OF TRUSTEE.
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Subject
to the provisions of Section 601:
(a) the
Trustee may conclusively rely and shall be protected in acting or refraining
from acting upon any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion,
report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note,
coupon, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document believed by it
to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or
parties;
(b) any
request or direction of the Company mentioned herein shall be sufficiently
evidenced by a Company Request or Company Order and any resolution of the Board
of Directors may be sufficiently evidenced by a Board Resolution;
(c) whenever
in the administration of this Indenture the Trustee shall deem it desirable that
a matter be proved or established prior to taking, suffering or omitting any
action hereunder, the Trustee (unless other evidence be herein specifically
prescribed) may, in the absence of bad faith on its part, rely upon an Officers’
Certificate;
(d) 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
in good faith and in reliance thereon;
(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
pursuant to this Indenture, unless such Holders shall have offered to the
Trustee security or indemnity satisfactory to it against the costs, expenses and
liabilities that might be incurred by it in compliance with such request or
direction;
(f) 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, coupon, 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, and, if the Trustee shall determine to make such
further inquiry or investigation, it shall be entitled to examine the books,
records and premises of the Company, personally or by agent or attorney at the
sole cost of the Company and shall incur no liability or additional liability of
any kind by reason of such inquiry or investigation;
(g) the
Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or perform any duties
hereunder either directly or by or through agents or attorneys and, except for
any Affiliates of the Trustee, the Trustee shall not be responsible for any
misconduct or negligence on the part of any agent or attorney appointed with due
care by it hereunder;
(h) the
Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of any Default or Event of Default
with respect to the Securities of any series for which it is acting as Trustee
unless either (1) a Responsible Officer shall have actual knowledge of such
Default or Event of Default or (2) written notice of such Default or Event of
Default which is in fact such a default shall have been received by the Trustee
at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee and such notice references the
Securities and this Indenture by the Company or any other obligor on such
Securities or by any Holder of such Securities;
(i) the
Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it in
good faith and believed by it to be authorized or within the discretion or
rights or powers conferred upon it by this Indenture.
(j)
in no event shall the Trustee be responsible or liable for special, indirect, or
consequential loss or damage of any kind whatsoever (including, but not limited
to, loss of profit) irrespective of whether the Trustee has been advised of the
likelihood of such loss or damage and regardless of the form of
action;
(k) the
rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits given to the Trustee,
including, without limitation, its right 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;
and
(l) the
Trustee may request that the Company deliver a certificate setting forth the
names of individuals and/or titles of officers authorized at such time to take
specified actions pursuant to this Indenture.
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SECTION
604.
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NOT
RESPONSIBLE FOR RECITALS OR ISSUANCE OF
SECURITIES.
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The
recitals contained herein and in the Securities, except the Trustee’s
certificates of authentication, shall be taken as the statements of the Company,
and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for their correctness. The Trustee
makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Indenture or
of the Securities. The Trustee shall not be accountable for the use or
application by the Company of Securities or the proceeds thereof.
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SECTION
605.
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MAY
HOLD SECURITIES.
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The
Trustee, any Authenticating Agent, any Paying Agent, any Security Registrar or
any other agent of the Company, in its individual or any other capacity, may
become the owner or pledgee of Securities and, subject to Sections 608 and 613,
may otherwise deal with the Company with the same rights it would have if it
were not the Trustee, Authenticating Agent, Paying Agent, Security Registrar or
such other agent.
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SECTION
606.
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MONEY
HELD IN TRUST.
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Money
held by the Trustee in trust hereunder need not be segregated from other funds
except to the extent required by law. The Trustee shall be under no liability
for interest on any money received by it hereunder except as otherwise agreed
with the Company.
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SECTION
607.
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COMPENSATION
AND REIMBURSEMENT.
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The
Company agrees:
(1) to
pay to the Trustee from time to time compensation for all services rendered by
it hereunder (which compensation shall not be limited by any provision of law in
regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express trust);
(2) except
as otherwise expressly provided herein, to reimburse the Trustee upon its
request for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made
by the Trustee in accordance with any provision of this Indenture (including the
compensation and the reasonable expenses and disbursements of its agents and
counsel), except any such expense, disbursement or advance as shall be
determined to have been caused by its own negligence or willful misconduct;
and
(3) to
indemnify the Trustee and each of its directors, officers, employees, agents
and/or representatives for, and to hold each of them harmless against, any loss,
liability or expense incurred without negligence or willful misconduct on each
of their part, arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or
administration of the trust or trusts hereunder, including the costs and
expenses of defending themselves against any claim or liability in connection
with the exercise or performance of any of the Trustee’s powers or duties
hereunder.
As
security for the performance of the obligations of the Company under this
Section 607, the Trustee shall have a lien prior to the Securities on all
property and funds held or collected by the Trustee as such, except funds held
in trust for the payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest, if any,
on or any Additional Amounts with respect to particular Securities.
Any
expenses and compensation for any services rendered by the Trustee after the
occurrence of an Event of Default (including the reasonable charges and expenses
of its counsel) specified in clause (7) or (8) of Section 501 shall constitute
expenses and compensation for services of administration under all applicable
federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar
laws.
The
provisions of this Section 607 and any lien arising hereunder shall survive the
resignation or removal of the Trustee or the discharge of the Company’s
obligations under this Indenture and the termination of this
Indenture.
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SECTION
608.
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DISQUALIFICATION;
CONFLICTING INTERESTS.
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(a) If
the Trustee has or shall acquire any conflicting interest, as defined in this
Section 608, with respect to the Securities of any series, it shall, within 90
days after ascertaining that it has such conflicting interest, either eliminate
such conflicting interest or resign with respect to the Securities of that
series in the manner and with the effect hereinafter specified in this
Article.
(b) In
the event that the Trustee shall fail to comply with the provisions of
Subsection (a) of this Section 608 with respect to the Securities of any series,
the Trustee shall, within 10 days after the expiration of such 90-day period,
transmit by mail to all Holders of Securities of that series, as their names and
addresses appear in the Security Register, notice of such failure in compliance
with the Trust Indenture Act.
(c) For
the purposes of this Section, the term “conflicting interest” shall have the
meaning specified in Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act and the Trustee
shall comply with Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act; provided, that there shall be
excluded from the operation of Section 310(b)(1) of the Trust Indenture Act with
respect to the Securities of any series any indenture or indentures under which
other securities, or certificates of interest or participation in other
securities, of the Company are outstanding, if the requirements for such
exclusion set forth in Section 310(b)(1) of the Trust Indenture Act are met. For
purposes of the preceding sentence, the optional provision permitted by the
second sentence of Section 310(b)(1) of the Trust Indenture Act shall be
applicable.
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SECTION
609.
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CORPORATE
TRUSTEE REQUIRED; ELIGIBILITY.
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There
shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder which shall be a corporation organized
and doing business under the laws of the United States of America, any State
thereof or the District of Columbia, authorized under such laws to exercise
corporate trust powers, having a combined capital and surplus of at least $50
million and subject to supervision or examination by Federal or State (or the
District of Columbia) authority. If such corporation publishes reports of
condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of said
supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section 609,
the combined capital and surplus of such corporation shall be deemed to be its
combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition
so published. If at any time the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in
accordance with the provisions of this Section, it shall resign immediately in
the manner and with the effect hereinafter specified in this
Article.
The
Indenture shall always have a Trustee who satisfies the requirements of Sections
310(a)(1), 310(a)(2) and 310(a)(5) of the Trust Indenture Act.
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SECTION
610.
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RESIGNATION
AND REMOVAL; APPOINTMENT OF
SUCCESSOR.
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(a) No
resignation or removal of the Trustee and no appointment of a successor Trustee
pursuant to this Article shall become effective until the acceptance of
appointment by the successor Trustee in accordance with the applicable
requirements of Section 611.
(b) The
Trustee may resign at any time with respect to the Securities of one or more
series by giving written notice thereof to the Company. If the instrument of
acceptance by a successor Trustee required by Section 611 shall not have been
delivered to the resigning Trustee within 30 days after the giving of such
notice of resignation, the resigning Trustee may petition at the expense of the
Company any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor
Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series.
(c) The
Trustee may be removed at any time with respect to the Securities of any series
by Act of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities of such series, delivered to the Trustee and to the Company. If the
instrument of acceptance by a successor Trustee required by Section 611 shall
not have been delivered to the resigning Trustee within 30 days after the giving
of such notice of resignation, the resigning Trustee may petition at the expense
of the Company any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a
successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series.
(d) If
at any time:
(1) the
Trustee shall fail to comply with Section 608(a) after written request therefor
by the Company or by any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security
for at least six months, or
(2) the
Trustee shall cease to be eligible under Section 609 and shall fail to resign
after written request therefor by the Company or by any such Holder of
Securities, or
(3) the
Trustee shall become incapable of acting or shall be adjudged a bankrupt or
insolvent or a receiver of the Trustee or of its property shall be appointed or
any public officer shall take charge or control of the Trustee or of its
property or affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or
liquidation,
then, in
any such case, (i) the Company by a Board Resolution may remove the Trustee with
respect to all Securities, or (ii) subject to Section 505, any Holder who has
been a bona fide Holder of a Security for at least six months may, on behalf of
himself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent
jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee with respect to all Securities and
the appointment of a successor Trustee or Trustees.
(e) If
the Trustee shall resign, be removed or become incapable of acting, or if a
vacancy shall occur in the office of Trustee for any cause, with respect to the
Securities of one or more series, the Company, by a Board Resolution, shall
promptly appoint a successor Trustee or Trustees with respect to the Securities
of that or those series (it being understood that any such successor Trustee may
be appointed with respect to the Securities of one or more or all of such series
and that at any time there shall be only one Trustee with respect to the
Securities of any particular series) and such successor Trustee or Trustees
shall comply with the applicable requirements of Section 611. If no successor
Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series shall have been so
appointed by the Company and accepted appointment in the manner required by
Section 611, any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security of such
series for at least six months may, on behalf of himself and all others
similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the
appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such
series.
(f) The
Company shall give notice of each resignation and each removal of the Trustee
with respect to the Securities of any series and each appointment of a successor
Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series by mailing written notice
of such event by first-class mail, postage prepaid, to all Holders of Securities
of such series as their names and addresses appear in the Security Register.
Each notice shall include the name of the successor Trustee with respect to the
Securities of such series and the address of its Corporate Trust
Office.
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SECTION
611.
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ACCEPTANCE
OF APPOINTMENT BY SUCCESSOR.
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(a) In
case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with respect to all
Securities, every such successor Trustee so appointed shall execute, acknowledge
and deliver to the Company and to the retiring Trustee an instrument accepting
such appointment, and thereupon the resignation or removal of the retiring
Trustee shall become effective and such successor Trustee, without any further
act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts
and duties of the retiring Trustee; but, on the request of the Company or the
successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall, upon payment of its charges,
execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such successor Trustee all the
rights, powers and trusts of the retiring Trustee and shall duly assign,
transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all property and money held by
such retiring Trustee hereunder.
(b) In
case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with respect to the
Securities of one or more (but not all) series, the Company, the retiring
Trustee and each successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more
series shall execute and deliver an indenture supplemental hereto wherein each
successor Trustee shall accept such appointment and which (1) shall contain such
provisions as shall be necessary or desirable to transfer and confirm to, and to
vest in, each successor Trustee all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the
retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which
the appointment of such successor Trustee relates, (2) if the retiring Trustee
is not retiring with respect to all Securities, shall contain such provisions as
shall be deemed necessary or desirable to confirm that all the rights, powers,
trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that
or those series as to which the retiring Trustee is not retiring shall continue
to be vested in the retiring Trustee and (3) shall 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, it being
understood that nothing herein or in such supplemental indenture shall
constitute such Trustees co-trustees of the same trust and that each such
Trustee shall be trustee of a trust or trusts hereunder separate and apart from
any trust or trusts hereunder administered by any other such Trustee; and upon
the execution and delivery of such supplemental indenture, the resignation or
removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective to the extent provided
therein and each such successor Trustee, without any further act, deed or
conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties
of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series
to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates; but, on request of
the Company or any successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall duly assign,
transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all property and money held by
such retiring Trustee hereunder with respect to the Securities of that or those
series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates.
(c) Upon
request of any such successor Trustee, the Company shall execute any and all
instruments for more fully and certainly vesting in and confirming to such
successor Trustee all such rights, powers and trusts referred to in paragraph
(a) or (b) of this Section, as the case may be.
(d) No
successor Trustee shall accept its appointment unless at the time of such
acceptance such successor Trustee shall be qualified and eligible under this
Article.
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SECTION
612.
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MERGER,
CONVERSION, CONSOLIDATION OR SUCCESSION TO
BUSINESS.
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Any
corporation into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or with which it
may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or
consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a party, or any corporation
succeeding to all or substantially all the corporate trust business of the
Trustee, shall be the successor of the Trustee hereunder, provided such
corporation shall be otherwise qualified and eligible under this Article,
without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of
any of the parties hereto; provided, however, that in the case of
a corporation succeeding to all or substantially all the corporate trust
business of the Trustee, such successor corporation shall expressly assume all
of the Trustee’s liabilities hereunder. In case any Securities shall have been
authenticated, but not delivered, by the Trustee then in office, any successor
by merger, conversion or consolidation to such authenticating Trustee may adopt
such authentication and deliver the Securities so authenticated with the same
effect as if such successor Trustee had itself authenticated such
Securities.
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SECTION
613.
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PREFERENTIAL
COLLECTION OF CLAIMS AGAINST
COMPANY.
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The
Trustee shall comply with Section 311(a) of the Trust Indenture Act, excluding
any creditor relationship described in Section 311(b) of the Trust Indenture
Act. A Trustee who has resigned or been removed shall be subject to Section
311(a) of the Trust Indenture Act to the extent indicated therein.
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SECTION
614.
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APPOINTMENT
OF AUTHENTICATING AGENT.
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The
Trustee may appoint an Authenticating Agent or Agents that shall be authorized
to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate Securities issued upon original
issue and upon exchange, registration of transfer or partial redemption or
pursuant to Section 306, and Securities so authenticated shall be entitled to
the benefits of this Indenture and shall be valid and obligatory for all
purposes as if authenticated by the Trustee hereunder. Wherever reference is
made in this Indenture to the authentication and delivery of Securities by the
Trustee or the Trustee’s certificate of authentication, such reference shall be
deemed to include authentication and delivery on behalf of the Trustee by an
Authenticating Agent and a certificate of authentication executed on behalf of
the Trustee by an Authenticating Agent. Each Authenticating Agent shall be
acceptable to the Company and shall at all times be a corporation organized and
doing business under the laws of the United States of America, any State thereof
or the District of Columbia having a combined capital and surplus of not less
than $50 million or equivalent amount expressed in a foreign currency and
subject to supervision or examination by Federal or State (or the District of
Columbia) authority or authority of such country. If such Authenticating Agent
publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the
requirements of said supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes
of this Section 614, the combined capital and surplus of such Authenticating
Agent shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its
most recent report of condition so published. If at any time an Authenticating
Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this
Section 614, such Authenticating Agent shall resign immediately in the manner
and with the effect specified in this Section 614.
Any
corporation into which an Authenticating Agent may be merged or converted or
with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger,
conversion or consolidation to which such Authenticating Agent shall be a party,
or any corporation succeeding to the corporate agency or corporate trust
business of an Authenticating Agent, shall continue to be an Authenticating
Agent, provided such
corporation shall be otherwise eligible under this Section 614, without the
execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of the Trustee
or the Authenticating Agent.
An
Authenticating Agent may resign at any time by giving written notice thereof to
the Trustee and to the Company. The Trustee may at any time terminate the agency
of an Authenticating Agent by giving written notice thereof to such
Authenticating Agent and to the Company. Upon receiving such a notice of
resignation or upon such a termination, or in case at any time such
Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the
provisions of this Section 614, the Trustee may appoint a successor
Authenticating Agent which shall be acceptable to the Company and shall mail
written notice of such appointment by first-class mail, postage prepaid, to all
Holders as their names and addresses appear in the Security Register. Any
successor Authenticating Agent upon acceptance of its appointment hereunder
shall become vested with all the rights, powers and duties of its predecessor
hereunder, with like effect as if originally named as an Authenticating Agent.
No successor Authenticating Agent shall be appointed unless eligible under the
provisions of this Section 614.
The
Trustee agrees to pay to each Authenticating Agent from time to time reasonable
compensation for its services under this Section 614, and the Trustee shall be
entitled to be reimbursed for such payments, subject to the provisions of
Section 607.
If an
appointment is made pursuant to this Section 614, the Securities may have
endorsed thereon, in addition to the Trustee’s certificate of authentication, an
alternate certificate of authentication in the following form:
“This is
one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the
within-mentioned Indenture.
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AUTHENTICATING AGENT
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AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY”
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Notwithstanding
any provision of this Section 614 to the contrary, if at any time any
Authenticating Agent appointed hereunder with respect to any series of
Securities shall not also be acting as the Security Registrar hereunder with
respect to any series of Securities, then, in addition to all other duties of an
Authenticating Agent hereunder, such Authenticating Agent shall also be
obligated (i) to furnish to the Security Registrar promptly all information
necessary to enable the Security Registrar to maintain at all times an accurate
and current Security Register and (ii) prior to authenticating any Security
denominated in a foreign currency, to ascertain from the Company the units of
such foreign currency that are required to be determined by the Company pursuant
to Section 302.
ARTICLE
VII
HOLDER’S
LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY
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SECTION
701.
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COMPANY
TO FURNISH TRUSTEE NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF
HOLDERS.
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With
respect to each series of Securities, the Company will furnish or cause to be
furnished to the Trustee:
(a) semi-annually,
not more than 15 days after each Regular Record Date relating to that series
(or, if there is no Regular Record Date relating to that series, on January 1
and July 1), a list, in such form as the Trustee may reasonably require, of the
names and addresses of the Holders of that series as of such dates,
and
(b) at
such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, within 30 days after the
receipt by the Company of any such request, a list of similar form and content,
such list to be dated as of a date not more than 15 days prior to the time such
list is furnished;
provided, that so long as the
Trustee is the Security Registrar, the Company shall not be required to furnish
or cause to be furnished such a list to the Trustee. The Company shall otherwise
comply with Section 312(a) of the Trust Indenture Act.
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SECTION
702.
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PRESERVATION
OF INFORMATION; COMMUNICATIONS TO
HOLDERS.
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(a) The
Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably practicable, the
names and addresses of Holders of each series contained in the most recent list
furnished to the Trustee as provided in Section 701 and the names and addresses
of Holders of each series received by the Trustee in its capacity as Security
Registrar. The Trustee may destroy any list furnished to it as
provided in Section 701 upon receipt of a new list so furnished. The
Trustee shall otherwise comply with Section 312(a) of the Trust Indenture
Act.
(b) Holders
of Securities may communicate pursuant to Section 312(b) of the Trust Indenture
Act with other Holders with respect to their rights under this Indenture or
under the Securities. The Company, the Trustee, the Security
Registrar and any other Person shall have the protection of Section 312(c) of
the Trust Indenture Act.
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SECTION
703.
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REPORTS
BY TRUSTEE.
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(a) Within
60 days after May 15 of each year commencing with the year 2009, the Trustee
shall transmit by mail to Holders a brief report dated as of such May 15 that
complies with Section 313(a) of the Trust Indenture Act. The Trustee shall
comply with Section 313(b) of the Trust Indenture Act. The Trustee
shall transmit by mail all reports as required by Sections 313(c) and 313(d) of
the Trust Indenture Act.
(b) A
copy of each report pursuant to Subsection (a) of this Section 703 shall, at the
time of its transmission to Holders, be filed by the Trustee with each stock
exchange upon which any Securities are listed, with the SEC and with the
Company. The Company will notify the Trustee when any Securities are
listed or delisted on any stock exchange.
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SECTION
704.
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REPORTS
BY COMPANY.
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The
Company shall 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 Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,
and shall otherwise comply with Section 314(a) of the Trust Indenture
Act.
Delivery
of such reports, information and documents to the Trustee is for informational
purposes only and the Trustee's receipt of such shall not constitute
constructive notice of any information contained therein or determinable from
information contained therein, including the Company's compliance with any of
its covenants hereunder (as to which the Trustee is entitled to rely exclusively
on Officers' Certificates).
ARTICLE
VIII
CONSOLIDATION,
MERGER, CONVEYANCE,
TRANSFER
OR LEASE
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SECTION
801.
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COMPANY
MAY CONSOLIDATE, ETC., ONLY ON CERTAIN
TERMS.
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(a) The
Company shall not, directly or indirectly, in any transaction or series of
related transactions: (1) consolidate or merge with or into another Person
(whether or not the Company is the surviving corporation); (2) sell, assign,
transfer, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of the
properties or assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, or
(3) assign any of its obligations under the Securities and this Indenture, in
one or more related transactions, to another Person; unless:
(i) either:
(A) the Company is the surviving corporation; or (B) the Person formed by or
surviving any such consolidation or merger (if other than the Company) or to
which such sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition shall
have been made is a corporation organized or existing under the laws of the
United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia;
(ii) the
Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger (if other than
the Company) or the Person to which such sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance
or other disposition shall have been made assumes all the obligations of the
Company under the Securities and this Indenture pursuant to agreements
reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee;
(iii) immediately
after such transaction no Default or Event of Default exists;
(iv)
the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers’
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such merger,
consolidation or sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition of
such properties or assets or assignment of its obligations under the Securities
and this Indenture and such supplemental indenture, if any, comply with this
Indenture.
(b) The
Company shall not, directly or indirectly, lease all or substantially all of its
properties or assets, in one or more related transactions, to any other
Person.
(c) Notwithstanding
the foregoing, this Section 801 shall not apply to a sale, assignment, transfer,
conveyance or other disposition of assets between or among the Company and any
of its Wholly Owned Subsidiaries.
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SECTION
802.
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SUCCESSOR
PERSON SUBSTITUTED.
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Upon any
consolidation or merger, any sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or
other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company, or
any assignment of the obligations under the Securities and this Indenture in
accordance with Section 801 hereof, the successor corporation 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, lease, conveyance or other disposition, the
provisions of this Indenture referring to the “Company” shall refer instead to
the successor corporation 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 the Securities except in the case of a sale of all of the Company’s
assets that meets the requirements of Section 801 hereof.
ARTICLE
IX
SUPPLEMENTAL
INDENTURES
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SECTION
901.
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WITHOUT
CONSENT OF HOLDERS.
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Notwithstanding
Section 902 of this Indenture, the Company and the Trustee may amend or
supplement this Indenture or the Securities of any series without the consent of
any Holder of a Security of any series:
(a) to
cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency;
(b) to
provide for uncertificated Securities in addition to or in place of certificated
Securities or to alter the provisions of Article II of this Indenture (including
the related definitions) in a manner that does not materially adversely affect
any Holder;
(c) to
establish the form or terms of Securities of any series as permitted by Sections
201 and 301 of this Indenture;
(d) to
provide for the assumption of the Company’s or any Guarantor’s obligations to
the Holders of the Securities by a successor to the Company pursuant to Article
VIII of this Indenture;
(e) to
make any change that would provide any additional rights or benefits to the
Holders of the Securities or that does not adversely affect the legal rights
hereunder of any such Holder;
(f)
to comply with requirements of the SEC in order to effect or
maintain the qualification of this Indenture under the Trust Indenture
Act;
(g) to
evidence and provide the acceptance of the appointment of a successor Trustee
pursuant to Sections 610 and 611 of this Indenture; and
(h) to
add a Guarantor of the Securities.
Upon the
request of the Company accompanied by a resolution of its Board of Directors
authorizing the execution of any such amended or supplemental indenture, and
upon receipt by the Trustee of the documents described in Section 603 of this
Indenture, the Trustee shall join with the Company in the execution of any
amended or supplemental indenture authorized or permitted by the terms of this
Indenture and to make any further appropriate agreements and stipulations that
may be therein contained, but the Trustee shall not be obligated to enter into
such amended or supplemental indenture that affects its own rights, duties or
immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.
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SECTION
902.
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WITH
CONSENT OF HOLDERS.
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Except as
provided below in this Section 902, the Company and the Trustee may amend or
supplement this Indenture and the Securities of any series may be amended or
supplemented with the consent of the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate
principal amount at maturity of Securities of that series then Outstanding
voting as a single class (including, without limitation, consents obtained in
connection with a purchase of, or tender offer or exchange offer for, that
series of Securities), and, subject to Sections 504 and 507 hereof, any existing
Default or Event of Default (other than a Default or Event of Default in the
payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest, if any, on such
Securities, except a payment default resulting from an acceleration that has
been rescinded) or compliance with any provision of this Indenture or such
Securities may be waived with the consent of the Holders of a majority in
aggregate principal amount at maturity of the then Outstanding Securities of
that series voting as a single class (including without limitation, consents
obtained in connection with a purchase of, or tender offer or exchange offer
for, that series of Securities).
Upon the
request of the Company accompanied by a Board Resolution authorizing the
execution of any such amended or supplemental indenture, and upon the filing
with the Trustee of evidence satisfactory to the Trustee of the consent of the
Holders of that series of Securities as aforesaid, and upon receipt by the
Trustee of the documents described in Section 603 of this Indenture, the Trustee
shall join with the Company in the execution of such amended or supplemental
indenture unless such amended or supplemental indenture directly affects the
Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise, in
which case the Trustee may in its discretion, but shall not be obligated to,
enter into such amended or supplemental indenture.
It shall
not be necessary for the consent of the Holders of Securities under this Section
902 to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment or waiver, but it
shall be sufficient if such consent approves the substance thereof.
After an
amendment, supplement or waiver under this Section becomes effective, the
Company shall mail to the Holders of Securities of any series affected thereby a
notice briefly describing the amendment, supplement or waiver. Any
failure of the Company to mail such notice, or any defect therein, shall not,
however, in any way impair or affect the validity of any such amended or
supplemental indenture or waiver.
Subject
to Sections 504 and 507 hereof, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal
amount at maturity of a series of Securities then Outstanding voting as a single
class may waive compliance in a particular instance by the Company with any
provision of this Indenture or the Securities. However, without the
consent of each Holder of a series of Securities affected, an amendment or
waiver under this Section 902 may not (with respect to the series of Securities
held by a non-consenting Holder):
(a) reduce
the principal amount of the then Outstanding Securities whose Holders must
consent to an amendment, supplement or waiver;
(b) reduce
the principal of or change the fixed maturity of any Security or alter any of
the provisions with respect to the redemption of the Securities unless otherwise
specifically provided for in the supplemental indenture;
(c) reduce
the rate of or change the time for payment of interest on any
Security;
(d) waive
a Default or Event of Default in the payment of principal of, or interest or
premium, if any, on the Securities (except a rescission of acceleration of the
Securities by the Holders of any series of Securities of at least a majority in
aggregate principal amount of the then Outstanding Securities of that series and
a waiver of the payment default that resulted from such
acceleration);
(e) make
any Security payable in money other than that stated in the
Security;
(f)
make any change in the provisions of this Indenture relating
to waivers of past Defaults or the rights of Holders of Securities to receive
payments of principal of, or interest or premium, if any, on the
Securities;
(g) waive
a redemption payment with respect to any Security (other than as may be
specifically permitted by the supplemental indenture);
(h) cause
the Securities to become subordinated in right of payment to any other
Indebtedness;
(i)
release any Guarantor from any of its
obligations under its Guarantee or this Indenture, except in accordance with the
terms thereof; or
(j)
make any change in Sections 504 or 507 or the foregoing
amendment and waiver provisions.
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SECTION
903.
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COMPLIANCE
WITH TRUST INDENTURE ACT.
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Every
amendment or supplement to this Indenture or the Securities shall be set forth
in a amended or supplemental indenture that complies with the Trust Indenture
Act as then in effect.
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SECTION
904.
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REVOCATION
AND EFFECT OF CONSENTS.
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Until an
amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective, a consent to it by a Holder
of a Security is a continuing consent by the Holder of a Security and every
subsequent Holder of a Security or portion of a Security that evidences the same
debt as the consenting Holder’s Security, even if notation of the consent is not
made on any Security. However, any such Holder of a Security or
subsequent Holder of a Security may revoke the consent as to its Security if the
Trustee receives written notice of revocation before the date the waiver,
supplement or amendment becomes effective. An amendment, supplement
or waiver becomes effective in accordance with its terms and thereafter binds
every Holder.
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SECTION
905.
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NOTATION
ON OR EXCHANGE OF SECURITIES.
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The
Trustee may place an appropriate notation about an amendment, supplement or
waiver on any Security thereafter authenticated. The Company in
exchange for all Securities of a series may issue and the Trustee shall, upon
receipt of a written order from the Company to authenticate such Securities,
authenticate new Securities that reflect the amendment, supplement or
waiver.
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SECTION
906.
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TRUSTEE TO SIGN
AMENDMENTS, ETC.
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The
Trustee shall sign any amended or supplemental indenture authorized pursuant to
this Article IX if the amendment or supplement does not adversely affect the
rights, duties, liabilities or immunities of the Trustee. The Company
may not sign an amendment or supplemental indenture until the Board of Directors
approves it. In executing any amended or supplemental indenture, the
Trustee shall be given and (subject to Section 601 of this Indenture) shall be
fully protected in relying upon, in addition to the documents required by
Section 603 this Indenture, an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel
stating that the execution of such amended or supplemental indenture is
authorized or permitted by this Indenture.
ARTICLE
X
COVENANTS
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SECTION
1001.
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PAYMENT
OF PRINCIPAL, PREMIUM AND INTEREST.
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The
Company covenants and agrees for the benefit of each series of Securities that
it will duly and punctually pay the principal of (and premium, if any), interest
on and any Additional Amounts with respect to the Securities of that series in
accordance with the terms of the Securities and this Indenture.
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SECTION
1002.
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MAINTENANCE
OF OFFICE OR AGENCY.
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If
Securities of a series are issuable only as Registered Securities, the Company
will maintain in each Place of Payment for any series of Securities an office or
agency where Securities of that series may be presented or surrendered for
payment, where Securities of that 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 that series and this Indenture may be served. The
Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location, and any
change in the location, of such office or agency. If at any time the Company
shall fail to maintain any such required office or agency or shall fail to
furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders,
notices and demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office of the
Trustee.
The
Company may also from time to time designate one or more other offices or
agencies where the Securities of one or more series may be presented or
surrendered for any or all such purposes 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
obligation to maintain an office or agency in each Place of Payment 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 location of any such other office or agency.
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SECTION
1003.
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MONEY
FOR SECURITIES PAYMENTS TO BE HELD IN
TRUST.
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If the
Company shall at any time act as its own Paying Agent with respect to any series
of Securities, it will, on or before each due date of the principal of (and
premium, if any) or interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to any of
the Securities of that series, segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of
the Persons entitled thereto a sum sufficient to pay the principal (and premium,
if any) or interest so becoming due until such sums shall be paid to such
Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided and will promptly notify the
Trustee of its action or failure so to act.
Whenever
the Company shall have one or more Paying Agents for any series of Securities,
the Company will, on or before each due date of the principal of (and premium,
if any) or interest on any Securities of that series, deposit with a Paying
Agent a sum sufficient to pay the principal (and premium, if any) or interest so
becoming due, such sum to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons
entitled to such principal, premium or interest, and (unless such Paying Agent
is the Trustee) the Company will promptly notify the Trustee of its action or
failure so to act.
The
Company will cause each Paying Agent for any series of Securities other than the
Trustee to execute and deliver to the Trustee an instrument in which such Paying
Agent shall agree with the Trustee, subject to the provisions of this Section,
that such Paying Agent will:
(1) hold
all sums held by it for the payment of the principal of (and premium, if any),
interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to Securities of that series
in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto until such sums shall
be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein
provided;
(2) give
the Trustee notice of any default by the Company (or any other obligor upon the
Securities of that series) in the making of any payment of principal (and
premium, if any), interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to the
Securities of that series; and
(3) at
any time during the continuance of any such default, upon the written request of
the Trustee, forthwith pay to the Trustee all sums so held in trust by such
Paying Agent.
The
Company may at any time, for the purpose of obtaining the satisfaction and
discharge of this Indenture or for any other purpose, pay, or by Company Order
direct any Paying Agent to pay, to the Trustee all sums held in trust by the
Company or such Paying Agent, such sums to be held by the Trustee upon the same
trusts as those upon which sums were held by the Company or such Paying Agent;
and, upon such payment by any Paying Agent to the Trustee, such Paying Agent
shall be released from all further liability with respect to such
money.
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 (and premium, if any) or interest on
any Security of any series and remaining unclaimed for three years after such
principal (and premium, if any) or interest has become due and payable shall,
unless otherwise required by mandatory provisions of applicable escheat, or
abandoned or unclaimed property law, be paid to the Company on Company Request,
or (if then held by the Company) shall be discharged from such trust; and the
Holder of such Security shall thereafter, as an unsecured general creditor, 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, shall 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
the Borough of Manhattan, the City of New York and in such other Authorized
Newspapers as the Trustee shall deem appropriate, notice that such money remains
unclaimed and that, after a date specified herein, which shall not be less than
30 days from the date of such publication, any unclaimed balance of such money
then remaining will, unless otherwise required by mandatory provisions of
applicable escheat, or abandoned or unclaimed property law, be repaid to the
Company.
Subject
to Article VIII, the Company will do or cause to be done all things necessary to
preserve and keep in full force and effect its corporate existence.
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SECTION
1005.
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STATEMENT
BY OFFICERS AS TO DEFAULT.
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The
Company shall deliver to the Trustee, 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 shall have 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 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.
The
Company shall, so long as any of the Securities are outstanding, deliver to the
Trustee, forthwith and in any event within five days upon any officer becoming
aware of any Default or Event of Default or an event which, with notice or the
lapse of time or both, would constitute an 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.
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SECTION
1006.
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WAIVER
OF CERTAIN COVENANTS.
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The
Company may omit in any particular instance to comply with any covenant or
condition set forth in Section 1005, or any covenant added for the benefit of
any series of Securities as contemplated by Section 301 (unless otherwise
specified pursuant to Section 301) if before or after the time for such
compliance the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities of all series affected by such omission (acting as one class) shall,
by Act of such Holders, either waive such compliance in such instance or
generally waive compliance with such covenant or condition, but no such waiver
shall extend to or affect such covenant or condition except to the extent so
expressly waived, and, until such waiver shall become effective, the obligations
of the Company and the duties of the Trustee in respect of any such covenant or
condition shall remain in full force and effect.
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SECTION
1007.
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ADDITIONAL
AMOUNTS.
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If the
Securities of a series expressly provide for the payment of Additional Amounts,
the Company will pay to the Holder of any Security of such series Additional
Amounts as expressly provided therein. Whenever in this Indenture there is
mentioned, in any context, the payment of the principal of or any premium or
interest on, or in respect of, any Security of any series or the net proceeds
received from the sale or exchange of any Security of any series, such mention
shall be deemed to include mention of the payment of Additional Amounts provided
for in this Section 1007 to the extent that, in such context, Additional Amounts
are, were or would be payable in respect thereof pursuant to the provisions of
this Section 1007 and express mention of the payment of Additional Amounts (if
applicable) in any provisions hereof shall not be construed as excluding
Additional Amounts in those provisions hereof where such express mention is not
made.
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 that series of
Securities (or if the Securities of that series will not bear interest prior to
Maturity, the first day on which a payment of principal and any premium is
made), and at least 10 days prior to each date of payment of principal and any
premium 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
the Trustee and the Company’s principal Paying Agent or Paying Agents, if other
than the Trustee, with an Officers’ Certificate instructing the Trustee and such
Paying Agent or Paying Agents whether such payment of principal of and any
premium or interest on the Securities of that series shall be made to Holders of
Securities of that series who are United States Aliens without withholding for
or on account of any tax, assessment or other governmental charge described in
the Securities of that 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
will pay to such Paying Agent the Additional Amounts required by this Section.
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 willful misconduct 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 1007.
ARTICLE
XI
REDEMPTION
OF SECURITIES
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SECTION
1101.
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APPLICABILITY
OF ARTICLE.
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Securities
of any series which are redeemable before their Stated Maturity shall be
redeemable in accordance with their terms and (except as otherwise specified as
contemplated by Section 301 for Securities of any series) in accordance with
this Article.
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SECTION
1102.
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ELECTION
TO REDEEM; NOTICE TO TRUSTEE.
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The
election of the Company to redeem any Securities shall be evidenced by a Board
Resolution. In case of any redemption at the election of the Company of less
than all the Securities of any series, the Company shall, a reasonable period
prior to the Redemption Date fixed by the Company (unless a shorter notice shall
be satisfactory to the Trustee), notify the Trustee of such Redemption Date and
of the principal amount of Securities of such series to be redeemed. In the case
of any redemption of Securities prior to the expiration of any restriction on
such redemption provided 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.
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SECTION
1103.
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SELECTION
BY TRUSTEE OF SECURITIES TO BE
REDEEMED.
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If less
than all the Securities of any series are to be redeemed, the particular
Securities to be redeemed shall be selected not more than 60 days prior to the
Redemption Date by the Trustee, from the Outstanding Securities of such series
not previously called for redemption, by such method as the Trustee shall deem
fair and appropriate and that may provide for the selection for redemption of
portions (equal to the minimum authorized denomination for Securities of that
series or any integral multiple thereof) of the principal amount of Securities
of such series of a denomination larger than the minimum authorized denomination
for Securities of that series or of the principal amount of global Securities of
such series.
The
Trustee shall promptly notify the Company and the Security Registrar in writing
of the Securities selected for redemption and, in the case of any Securities
selected for partial redemption, the principal amount thereof to be
redeemed.
For all
purposes of this Indenture, unless the context otherwise requires, all
provisions relating to the redemption of Securities shall relate, in the case of
any Securities redeemed or to be redeemed only in part, to the portion of the
principal amount of such Securities which has been or is to be
redeemed.
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SECTION
1104.
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NOTICE
OF REDEMPTION.
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Notice of
redemption shall be given in the manner provided in Section 107 to each Holder
of Securities to be redeemed not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the
Redemption Date.
All
notices of redemption shall state:
(1) the
Redemption Date,
(2) the
Redemption Price,
(3) if
less than all the Outstanding Securities of any series are to be redeemed, the
identification (and, in the case of partial redemption, the principal amounts)
of the particular Securities to be redeemed,
(4) that
on the Redemption Date the Redemption Price will become due and payable upon
each such Security to be redeemed and, if applicable, that interest thereon will
cease to accrue on and after said date,
(5) the
place or places where such Securities are to be surrendered for payment of the
Redemption Price,
(6) that
the redemption is for a sinking fund, if such is the case, and
(7) the
“CUSIP” number, if applicable.
A notice
of redemption as contemplated by Section 107 need not identify particular
Registered Securities to be redeemed. Notice of redemption of Securities to be
redeemed at the election of the Company shall be given by the Company or, at the
Company’s request and provision to the Trustee of the notice information 10 days
prior to delivery of the notice, by the Trustee in the name and at the expense
of the Company.
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SECTION
1105.
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DEPOSIT
OF REDEMPTION PRICE.
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On or
before 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on any Redemption Date, the Company shall
deposit with the Trustee or with a Paying Agent (or, if the Company is acting as
its own Paying Agent, segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section 1003)
an amount of money sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of, and (except if the
Redemption Date shall be an Interest Payment Date) accrued interest on and any
Additional Amounts with respect to all the Securities to be redeemed on that
date.
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SECTION
1106.
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SECURITIES
PAYABLE ON REDEMPTION DATE.
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Notice of
redemption having been given as aforesaid, the Securities so to be redeemed
shall, on the Redemption Date, become due and payable at the Redemption Price
therein specified, and from and after such date (unless the Company shall
default in the payment of the Redemption Price and accrued interest) such
Securities shall cease to bear interest. Upon surrender of any such Security for
redemption in accordance with said notice, such Security shall be paid by the
Company at the Redemption Price, together with accrued interest (and any
Additional Amounts) to the Redemption Date; provided, however, that 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 as such at the close of business on the relevant Record
Dates according to their terms and the provisions of Section
307.
If any
Security called for redemption shall not be so paid upon surrender thereof for
redemption, the principal (and premium, if any) shall, until paid, bear interest
from the Redemption Date at the rate prescribed therefor in the Security or, in
the case of Original Issue Discount Securities, the Securities’ Yield to
Maturity.
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SECTION
1107.
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SECURITIES
REDEEMED IN PART.
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Any
Registered Security which is to be redeemed only in part shall be surrendered at
a Place of Payment therefor (with, if the Company or the Trustee so requires,
due endorsement by, or a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to
the Company and the Trustee duly executed by, the Holder thereof or his attorney
duly authorized in writing), and the Company shall execute, and the Trustee
shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder of such Security without service
charge, a new Registered Security or Securities of the same series and Stated
Maturity, of any authorized denomination as requested by such Holder, in
aggregate principal amount equal to and in exchange for the unredeemed portion
of the principal of the Security so surrendered.
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SECTION
1108.
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PURCHASE
OF SECURITIES.
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Unless
otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301, the Company and any
Affiliate of the Company may at any time purchase or otherwise acquire
Securities in the open market or by private agreement. Such acquisition shall
not operate as or be deemed for any purpose to be a redemption of the
indebtedness represented by such Securities. Any Securities purchased or
acquired by the Company may be delivered to the Trustee and, upon such delivery,
the indebtedness represented thereby shall be deemed to be satisfied. Section
309 shall apply to all Securities so delivered.
ARTICLE
XII
SINKING
FUNDS
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SECTION
1201.
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APPLICABILITY
OF ARTICLE.
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The
provisions of this Article shall be applicable to any sinking fund for the
retirement of Securities of a series except as otherwise specified as
contemplated by Section 301 for Securities of such series.
The
minimum amount of any sinking fund payment provided for by the terms of
Securities of any series is herein referred to as a “mandatory sinking fund
payment,” and any payment in excess of such minimum amount provided for by the
terms of Securities of any series is herein referred to as an “optional sinking
fund payment.” Unless otherwise provided 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 1202. Each sinking fund payment shall be applied to the
redemption of Securities of any series as provided for by the terms of
Securities of such series.
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SECTION
1202.
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SATISFACTION
OF SINKING FUND PAYMENTS WITH
SECURITIES.
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The
Company (1) may deliver Outstanding Securities of a series (other than any
previously called for redemption), and (2) may apply as a credit Securities of a
series which have been redeemed either at the election of the Company pursuant
to the terms of such Securities or through the application of permitted optional
sinking fund payments pursuant to the terms of such Securities, in each case in
satisfaction of all or any part of any sinking fund payment with respect to the
Securities of such series required to be made pursuant to the terms of such
Securities as provided for by the terms of such series; provided that such Securities
have not been previously so credited. Such Securities shall be received and
credited for such purpose by the Trustee at the Redemption Price specified in
such Securities for redemption through operation of the sinking fund and the
amount of such sinking payment shall be reduced accordingly.
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SECTION
1203.
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REDEMPTION
OF SECURITIES FOR SINKING FUND.
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Not less
than 45 days prior (unless a shorter period shall be satisfactory to the
Trustee) 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 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
delivery of or by crediting Securities of that series pursuant to Section 1202
and will also deliver to the Trustee any Securities to be so delivered. Not less
than 30 days 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 1103 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 1104. Such notice having been duly given, the redemption of such
Securities shall be made upon the terms and in the manner stated in Sections
1106 and 1107.
ARTICLE
XIII
MEETINGS
OF HOLDERS OF SECURITIES
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SECTION
1301.
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PURPOSES
FOR WHICH MEETINGS MAY BE CALLED.
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A meeting
of Holders of Securities of any or all series may be called at any time and from
time to time pursuant to this Article to make, give or take any request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided by
this Indenture to be made, given or taken by Holders of Securities of such
series.
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SECTION
1302.
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CALL,
NOTICE AND PLACE OF MEETINGS.
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(a) The
Trustee may at any time call a meeting of Holders of Securities of any series
for any purpose specified in Section 1301, to be held at such time and at such
place in the Borough of Manhattan, the City of New York, or in any other
location, as the Trustee shall determine. Notice of every meeting of Holders of
Securities of any series, setting forth the time and the place of such meeting
and in general terms the action proposed to be taken at such meeting, shall be
given, in the manner provided in Section 107, not less than 20 nor more than 180
days prior to the date fixed for the meeting.
(b) In
case at any time the Company, pursuant to a Board Resolution, or the Holders of
at least 10% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any
series, shall have requested the Trustee for any such series to call a meeting
of the Holders of Securities of such series for any purpose specified in Section
1301, by written request setting forth in reasonable detail the action proposed
to be taken at the meeting, and the Trustee shall not have made the first
publication of the notice of such meeting within 30 days after receipt of such
request or shall not thereafter proceed to cause the meeting to be held as
provided herein, then the Company or the Holders of Securities of such series in
the amount above specified, as the case may be, may determine the time and the
place in the Borough of Manhattan, the City of New York for such meeting and may
call such meeting for such purposes by giving notice thereof as provided in
Subsection (a) of this Section.
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SECTION
1303.
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PERSONS
ENTITLED TO VOTE AT MEETINGS.
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To be
entitled to vote at any meeting of Holders of Securities of any series, a Person
shall be (1) a Holder of one or more Outstanding Securities of such series, or
(2) a Person appointed by an instrument in writing as proxy for a Holder or
Holders of one or more Outstanding Securities of such series by such Holder or
Holders. The only Persons who shall be entitled to be present or to speak at any
meeting of Holders of Securities of any series shall be the Persons entitled to
vote at such meeting and their counsel, any representatives of the Trustee and
its counsel and any representatives of the Company and its counsel.
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SECTION
1304.
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QUORUM;
ACTION.
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The
Persons entitled to vote a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of a series shall constitute a quorum for a meeting of
Holders of Securities of such series. In the absence of a quorum within 30
minutes of the time appointed for any such meeting, the meeting shall, if
convened at the request of Holders of Securities of such series, be dissolved.
In any other case, the meeting may be adjourned for a period of not less than 10
days as determined by the chairman of the meeting prior to the adjournment of
such meeting. In the absence of a quorum at any such adjourned meeting, such
adjourned meeting may be further adjourned for a period of not less than 10 days
as determined by the chairman of the meeting prior to the adjournment of such
adjourned meeting. Subject to Section 1305(d), notice of the reconvening of any
adjourned meeting shall be given as provided in Section 1302(a), except that
such notice need be given only once not less than five days prior to the date on
which the meeting is scheduled to be reconvened. Notice of the reconvening of an
adjourned meeting shall state expressly that Persons entitled to vote a majority
in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series shall
constitute a quorum.
Except as
limited by the proviso to Section 902, any resolution presented to a meeting or
adjourned meeting duly reconvened at which a quorum is present as aforesaid may
be adopted by the affirmative vote of the Holders of a majority in aggregate
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series; provided, however, that, except as
limited by the proviso to Section 902, any resolution with respect to any
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver which this
Indenture expressly provides may be made, given or taken by the Holders of a
specified percentage that is less than a majority in aggregate principal amount
of the Outstanding Securities of a series may be adopted at a meeting or an
adjourned meeting duly reconvened and at which a quorum is present as aforesaid
by the affirmative vote of the Holders of such specified percentage in aggregate
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series.
Except as
limited by the fourth paragraph of Section 902, any resolution passed or
decision taken at any meeting of Holders of Securities of any series duly held
in accordance with this Section shall be binding on all the Holders of
Securities of such series, whether or not present or represented at the
meeting.
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SECTION
1305.
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DETERMINATION
OF VOTING RIGHTS; CONDUCT AND ADJOURNMENT OF
MEETINGS.
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(a) The
holding of Securities shall be proved in the manner specified in Section 105 and
the appointment of any proxy shall be proved in the manner specified in Section
105. Such regulations may provide that written instruments appointing proxies,
regular on their face, may be presumed valid and genuine without the proof
specified in Section 105 or other proof.
(b) The
Trustee shall, by an instrument in writing, appoint a temporary chairman of the
meeting, unless the meeting shall have been called by the Company or by Holders
of Securities as provided in Section 1302(b), in which case the Company or the
Holders of Securities of the series calling the meeting, as the case may be,
shall appoint a temporary chairman. A permanent chairman and a permanent
secretary of the meeting shall be elected by vote of the Persons entitled to
vote a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of
such series represented at the meeting.
(c) At
any meeting each Holder of a Security of such series and each proxy shall be
entitled to one vote for each $1,000 principal amount (or such other amount of
the minimum denomination of any series of Securities as may be provided in the
establishment of such series as contemplated by Section 301 hereof) of the
Outstanding Securities of such series held or represented by him; provided, however, that no vote shall
be cast or counted at any meeting in respect of any Security challenged as not
Outstanding and ruled by the chairman of the meeting to be not Outstanding. The
chairman of the meeting shall have no right to vote, except as a Holder of a
Security of such series or as a proxy.
(d) Any
meeting of Holders of Securities of any series duly called pursuant to Section
1302 at which a quorum is present may be adjourned from time to time by Persons
entitled to vote a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities of such series represented at the meeting; and the meeting may be
held as so adjourned without further notice.
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SECTION
1306.
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COUNTING
VOTES AND RECORDING ACTION OF
MEETINGS.
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The vote
upon any resolution submitted to any meeting of Holders of Securities of any
series shall be by written ballots on which shall be subscribed the signatures
of the Holders of Securities of such series or of their representatives by proxy
and the principal amounts and serial numbers of the Outstanding Securities of
such series held or represented by them. The permanent chairman of
the meeting shall appoint two inspectors of votes who shall count all votes cast
at the meeting for or against any resolution and who shall make and file with
the secretary of the meeting their verified written reports in duplicate of all
votes cast at the meeting. A record, at least in duplicate, of the
proceedings of each meeting of Holders of Securities of any series shall be
prepared by the secretary of the meeting and there shall be attached to such
record the original reports of the inspectors of votes on any vote by ballot
taken thereat and affidavits by one or more Persons having knowledge of the
facts setting forth a copy of the notice of the meeting and showing that such
notice was given as provided in Section 1302 and, if applicable, Section 1304.
Each copy shall be signed and verified by the affidavits of the permanent
chairman and secretary of the meeting and one such copy shall be delivered to
the Company, and another to the Trustee to be preserved by the Trustee, the
latter to have attached thereto the ballots voted at the meeting. Any record so
signed and verified shall be conclusive evidence of the matters therein
stated.
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This
instrument may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which so
executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall
together constitute but one and the same instrument.
[Signatures
on following page]
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to be duly
executed as of the day and year first above written.
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CLARUS
CORPORATION
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By:
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Name:
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Title:
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___________________,
as Trustee
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By:
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Name:
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Title:
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