10-Q: Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)
Published on April 22, 1997
EXHIBIT 4.2
OMEGA HEALTHCARE INVESTORS, INC.
AND
NBD BANK
Trustee
INDENTURE
Dated as of August 27, 1997
Debt Securities
CROSS REFERENCE TABLE
Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc.
Trust Indenture Indenture
Act Section Section
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310 (a)(1) 608
(a)(2) 608
(a)(3) Not applicable
(a)(4) Not applicable
(b) 608, 610
(c) Not applicable
311 (a) 613
(b) 613
(c) Not applicable
312 (a) 701
(b) 107
(c) 107
313 (a) 614
(b)(1) Not applicable
(b)(2) 614
(c) 614
(d) 614
314 (a) 1006
(b) Not applicable
(c)(1) 102
(c)(2) 102
(c)(3) Not applicable
(d) Not applicable
(e) 102
315 (a) 601
(b) 602
(c) 601(c)
(d) 601(c)
(e) 514
316 (a) (last sentence) 101 (Outstanding)
(a)(1)(A) 502, 512
(a)(1)(B) 513
(a)(2) Not applicable
(b) 508
317 (a)(1) 503
(a)(2) 504(1)
(b) 1003
318 (a) 114
Note: This Cross Reference table shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be a
part of the Indenture.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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INDENTURE, dated as of August 27, 1997 between OMEGA HEALTHCARE
INVESTORS, INC., a Maryland corporation (hereinafter called the "Company"), and
NBD BANK, a Michigan banking corporation, as Trustee hereunder (hereinafter
called the "Trustee").
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 and
unsubordinated or subordinated debt securities, unlimited as to principal
amount, to bear such rates of interest, if any, to mature at such time or
times, to be issued in one or more series and to have such other provisions as
shall be fixed as hereinafter provided.
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 Debt
Securities by the Holders thereof, it is mutually covenanted and agreed, for
the equal and proportionate benefit of all Holders of the Debt Securities or of
any series thereof, as follows:
ARTICLE ONE
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS
OF GENERAL APPLICATION
SECTION 101. DEFINITIONS.
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 other terms used herein which are defined in the TIA, either
directly or by reference therein have the meaning assigned to them therein;
(3) all accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the
meanings assigned to them in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles, and the term "generally accepted accounting principles" with
respect to any computation required or permitted hereunder shall mean such
accounting principles which are generally accepted at the date or time of such
computation;
(4) 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;
(5) the word "or" is always used inclusively (for example, the phrase
"A or B" means "A or B or both," not "either A or B but not both"); and
(6) nouns and pronouns of the masculine gender include the feminine
gender.
"Act" when used with respect to any Holder has the meaning specified
in Section 104.
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"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 purpose 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 which shall at the time be
appointed and acting, pursuant to Section 612, as an agent of the Trustee to
authenticate Debt Securities.
"Beneficial Owner" means any Person who owns outstanding Debt
Securities directly or beneficially or who is deemed to be an actual or
constructive owner of such Debt Securities through the application of section
544, as modified by section 856(h)(1)(B), of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986,
as amended. The terms "Beneficial Ownership" and "Beneficially Own" shall have
correlative meanings.
"Board of Directors" means either the Board of Directors of the
Company or any committee of the Board duly authorized to act in any matter
relating hereto.
"Board Resolution" means a copy of a resolution certified by the
Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company to have been duly adopted by
the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee thereof and to be in full
force and effect on the date of such certification, and delivered to the
Trustee.
"Business Day" with respect to any Place of Payment means each Monday,
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday which is not a day on which banking
institutions are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close in
that Place of Payment, or such other day as provided in or pursuant to an
Officers Certificate or Supplemental Indenture referred to in Section 301.
"Common Stock" means the shares of common stock, $.10 par value per
share, of the Company.
"Company" means Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc. until a successor
corporation shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of
this Indenture, and thereafter "Company" shall mean such successor corporation.
"Company Request" and "Company Order" mean, respectively, a written
request or order signed in the name of the Company by the Chairman of the
Board, a Vice Chairman, the President, or a Vice President (whether or not
designated by a number or a word or words added before or after any such
title), and by the Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, the Controller, an
Assistant Controller, the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company,
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 conducted, which
office, at the date of execution of this Indenture, is located at 611 Woodward
Avenue, Detroit, Michigan 48226, Attention: Corporate Trust Services.
"Corporation" whether or not such term is capitalized, includes
corporations, associations, companies and business trusts.
"Debt Security" or Debt Securities means any Debt Security or Debt
Securities, as the case may be, authenticated and delivered under this
Indenture.
"Debt Securities Register" and "Debt Securities Registrar" have the
respective meanings specified in Section 305.
"Defaulted Interest" has the meaning specified in Section 307.
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"Depositary" means, with respect to the Debt Securities of any series
issuable or issued in whole or in part in the form of a Global Debt 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
procedures 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 Person, "Depositary," as used with respect to the Debt Securities
of any such series, shall mean the Depositary with respect to the Debt
Securities of that series.
"Event of Default" has the meaning specified in Section 501.
"Global Debt Security" means a Debt Security in the form prescribed in
Section 204 evidencing all, or part of a series of Debt Securities, issued to
the Depositary for such series or its nominee, and registered in the name of
such Depositary or nominee.
"Government Obligations" means securities which are (i) direct
obligations of the United States of America, for payment of which its full
faith and credit is pledged or (ii) obligations of a Person controlled or
supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of the United States
of America, the payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith
and credit obligation by the United States of America, which are not callable
or redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof.
"Holder," when used with respect to a Registered Debt Security, means
the person in whose name such Debt Security is registered in the Debt
Securities Register.
"Indenture" means this instrument as originally executed or as it may
from 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 form and terms of particular Debt Securities established as
contemplated by Section 201 or 301.
"Interest Payment Date" with respect to any Debt Security means the
Stated Maturity of an installment of interest on such Debt Security.
"Maturity" when used with respect to any Debt Security means the date
on which the principal of such Debt Security becomes due and payable as therein
or herein provided, whether at the Stated Maturity or by declaration of
acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise.
"Officers' Certificate" means a certificate signed by the Chairman of
the Board, a Vice Chairman, the President or a Vice President (whether or not
designated by a number or a word or words added before or after any such title)
and by the Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, the Controller, an Assistant
Controller, the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company, and
delivered to the Trustee.
"Opinion of Counsel" means a written opinion of counsel, who may be an
employee of or counsel for the Company or other counsel designated by the
Company, acceptable to the Trustee.
"Original Issue Discount Debt Security" means a Debt Security which
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 Debt Securities means, as of
the date of determination, all Debt Securities theretofore authenticated and
delivered under this Indenture, except:
(i) Debt Securities theretofore canceled by the Trustee
or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation;
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(ii) Debt Securities for whose payment or redemption money
in the necessary amount has been theretofore deposited with the
Trustee or any Paying Agent (other than the 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 Debt Securities
provided that, if such Debt 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) Debt Securities which have been paid pursuant to
Section 306 or in exchange for or in lieu of which other Debt
Securities have been authenticated and delivered pursuant to this
Indenture other than any such Debt Securities in respect of which
there shall have been presented to the Trustee proof satisfactory to
it that such Debt Securities are held by a bona fide purchaser in
whose hands such Debt Securities are valid obligations of the Company;
provided, however, that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite
principal amount of outstanding Debt Securities have given any request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder, the principal
amount of an Original Issue Discount Debt Security that may be counted in
making such determination and that shall be deemed to be Outstanding for such
purposes shall be equal to the amount of the principal thereof that could be
declared to be due and payable pursuant to the terms of such Original Issue
Discount Debt Security at the time the taking of such action by the Holders of
such requisite principal amount is evidenced to the Trustee as provided in
Section 104(a), and, provided further, that Debt Securities owned by the
Company or any Affiliate of the Company shall be disregarded and deemed not to
be outstanding, except that, in determining whether the Trustee shall be
protected in relying upon any such request, demand, authorization, direction,
notice, consent or waiver, only Debt Securities which the Trustee knows to be
so owned shall be so disregarded. Debt 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 Debt Securities and that the pledgee is not the Company or any
Affiliate of the Company.
"Paying Agent" means any Person authorized by the Company to pay the
principal of (and premium, if any) or interest, if any, on any Debt Securities
on behalf of the Company, and, subject to the provisions of Section 1003, may
include the Company.
"Person" means any individual, corporation, partnership, limited
liability company, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust,
unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political
subdivision thereof.
"Place of Payment" when used with respect to the Debt Securities of
any series means the place or places where the principal of (and premium, if
any) and interest, if any, on the Debt Securities of that series are payable as
provided pursuant to Section 301.
"Predecessor Debt Security" of any particular Debt Security means
every previous Debt Security evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as
that evidenced by such particular Debt Security and, for the purposes of this
definition, any Debt Security authenticated and delivered under Section 306 in
exchange for or in lieu of a mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Debt Security
shall be deemed to evidence the same debt as the mutilated, destroyed, lost or
stolen Debt Security.
"Redemption Date" when used with respect to any Debt 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 Debt Security to be
redeemed means the price at which it is to be redeemed pursuant to this
Indenture.
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"Registered Debt Security" means any Debt Security registered in the
Debt Securities Register, and may include a Global Debt Security registered in
the name of a Depositary or its nominee.
"Regular Record Date" for the interest payable on any Interest Payment
Date (other than at Maturity) on the Registered Debt Securities of any series
means the date specified for that purpose as contemplated by Section 301.
"REIT" means a real estate investment trust qualified under Sections
856-860 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
"Responsible Officer" when used with respect to the Trustee means any
officer of the Trustee assigned by the Trustee to administer its corporate
trust matters. In the absence of bad faith on the part of the Company or a
Holder, the Company or the Holder, as the case may be, may conclusively rely
upon the statement of an officer of the Trustee as to whether an officer
(including the officer making the statement,) is assigned by the Trustee to
administer the Trustee's corporate trust matters.
"SEC" means the Securities and Exchange Commission.
"Special Record Date" for the payment of any Defaulted Interest means
a date fixed by the Trustee pursuant to Section 307.
"Stated Maturity" when used with respect to any Debt Security or any
installment of interest thereon means the date specified in such Debt Security
as the fixed date on which the principal of such Debt Security or such
installment of interest is due and payable.
"Subsidiary" means, with respect to any Person, any corporation or
other entity of which a majority of (i) the voting power of the voting equity
securities, or (ii) the outstanding equity interests of which are owned,
directly or indirectly, by such Person. For the purposes of this definition,
"voting equity securities" means equity securities having voting power for the
election of directors, whether at all times or only so long as no senior class
of security has such voting power by reason of contingency.
"Supplemental Indenture" means any Supplemental Indenture to this
Indenture entered into pursuant to the provisions of Section 901 and 902 of
this Indenture.
"TIA" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended from time to
time.
"Trustee" means the Person named as the Trustee in the first paragraph
of this Indenture until a successor Trustee shall have become such with respect
to one or more series of Debt Securities 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 Debt Securities of any series
shall mean exclusively the Trustee with respect to the Debt Securities of that
series.
SECTION 102. COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATES AND OPINIONS.
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, 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, 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.
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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 individual 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 individual, such
individual has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable
such individual 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, in the opinion of each such individual,
such condition or covenant has been complied with.
SECTION 103. FORM OF DOCUMENTS DELIVERED TO TRUSTEE.
In any case where several matters are required to be certified by, or
covered by an opinion of, any specified Person, it is not necessary that all
such matters be certified by, or covered by the opinion of, only one such
Person, or that they be so certified or covered by only one document, but one
such Person may certify or give an opinion with respect to some matters and one
or more other such Persons as to other matters, and any such Person may certify
or give an opinion as to such matters in one or several documents.
Any certificate or opinion of an officer of the Company may be based,
insofar as it relates to legal matters, upon a certificate or Opinion of
Counsel, 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 or her certificate
or opinion is based are erroneous. Any such certificate or Opinion of Counsel
or representations 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.
SECTION 104. ACTS OF HOLDERS.
(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; and, except as herein otherwise expressly provided,
such action shall become effective when such instrument or instruments are
delivered to the Trustee and, where it is hereby expressly required, to the
Company. Such instrument or instruments (and the action embodied therein and
evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the "Act" of the Holders
signing such instrument or instruments. Proof of execution of any such
instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent shall be sufficient for
any purpose of this Indenture and (subject to Section 601) conclusive in favor
of the Trustee and the Company and any agent of the Trustee or the Company, if
made in the manner provided in this Section.
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(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 the certificate of any 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 Person acting in other than his
individual capacity, such certificate or affidavit shall also constitute
sufficient proof of his authority.
(3) The fact and date of the execution by any Person 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, and the Trustee may in any instance require further proof with
respect to any of the matters referred to in this Section.
The principal amount and serial numbers of Registered Debt
Securities held by any Person, and the date of his holding the same, shall be
proved by the Debt Securities Register.
(4) If the Company shall solicit from the Holders any
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act
the Company may, at its option, by Board Resolution, fix in advance a record
date for the determination of Holders entitled to give such request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act. If such a
record date is fixed, such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice,
consent, waiver or other Act may be given before or after such record date, but
only the Holders at the close of business on such record date shall be deemed
to be Holders for the purposes of determining whether Holders of the requisite
proportion of Outstanding Debt Securities have authorized or agreed or
consented to such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent,
waiver or other Act, and for that purpose the outstanding Debt Securities shall
be computed as of such record date; provided that no such authorization,
agreement or consent by the Holders on such record date shall be deemed
effective unless it shall become effective pursuant to the provisions of this
Indenture not later than six months after the record date.
(5) Any request, demand, authorization, direction,
notice, consent, waiver or other action by the Holder of any Debt Security
shall bind every future Holder of the same Debt Security and the Holder of
every Debt Security issued upon the registration of transfer thereof or in
exchange therefor or in lieu thereof in respect of anything done or suffered to
be done by the Trustee, any Debt Securities Registrar, any Paying Agent or the
Company in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made
upon such Debt Security.
SECTION 105. NOTICES, ETC., TO TRUSTEE AND COMPANY.
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, or
(2) the Company by the Trustee or by any Holder shall be
sufficient for every purpose hereunder (except as otherwise provided in Section
501 hereof) if in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to the
Company addressed to the attention of its Secretary at 905 West Eisenhower
Circle, Suite 110, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48103 or at any other address previously
furnished in writing to the Trustee by the Company.
SECTION 106. NOTICES TO HOLDERS; WAIVER.
Where this Indenture provides for notice to Holders of any event,
unless, otherwise expressly provided herein or in the Officers' Certificate or
Supplemental Indenture referred to in Section 301 with respect to Debt
Securities of any series, such notice shall be sufficiently given if in writing
and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to each Holder affected by such event,
at his address as it appears in the Debt Securities Register, not later than
the latest date, and not earlier than the earliest date, prescribed for the
giving of such notice. In any case where
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notice to Holders is given by mail, neither the failure to mail such notice,
nor any defect in any notice so mailed, to any particular Holder shall affect
the sufficiency of such notice with respect to other Holders. 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.
In case by reason of any cause it shall be impracticable to give such
notice, then such notification as shall be made with the approval of the
Trustee shall constitute a sufficient notification for every purpose hereunder.
SECTION 107. COMMUNICATION BY HOLDERS WITH OTHER HOLDERS.
Communication among Holders with respect to their rights under
this Indenture or the Debt Securities shall be made in accordance with the
provisions of TIA 312(b). The Company, the Trustee, the Debt Securities
Registrar or any agent thereof shall be afforded the protection provided under
TIA Section 312(c).
SECTION 108. EFFECT OF HEADINGS AND TABLE OF CONTENTS.
The Article and Section headings herein and the Table of Contents are
for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.
SECTION 109. SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS.
All covenants and agreements in this Indenture by the Company shall
bind its successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not.
SECTION 110. SEPARABILITY CLAUSE.
In case any provision in this Indenture or in the Debt Securities
shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and
enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or
impaired thereby.
SECTION 111. BENEFITS OF INDENTURE.
Nothing in this Indenture or in the Debt Securities express or
implied, shall give to any Person, other than the parties hereto, any Debt
Securities Registrar, any Paying Agent, any Authenticating Agent and their
successors hereunder, and the Holders of Debt Securities, any benefit or any
legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Indenture.
SECTION 112. GOVERNING LAW.
This Indenture and the Debt Securities shall be deemed to be a
contract made under the laws of the State of New York and for all purposes
shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the
State of New York, except to the extent certain matters may be governed as a
matter of law by federal law.
SECTION 113. LEGAL HOLIDAYS.
In any case where any Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date or Stated
Maturity of any Debt Security shall not be a Business Day at a Place of
Payment, then (notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture or such
Debt Security) payment of interest or principal (and premium, if any) need not
be made on such date at such Place of Payment, but may be made on the nest
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, and no
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interest shall accrue for the period from and after such Interest Payment Date,
Redemption Date or Stated Maturity, as the case may be.
SECTION 114. TRUST INDENTURE ACT CONTROLS.
If any provision of this Indenture limits, qualifies, or conflicts
with another provision which is required to be included in this Indenture by
the TIA, the required provision shall control.
SECTION 115. IMMUNITY OF STOCKHOLDERS, DIRECTORS, OFFICERS AND AGENTS
OF THE COMPANY.
No recourse under or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement
contained in this Indenture, or in any Debt Security, or because of any
indebtedness evidenced thereby, shall be had against any past, present or
future stockholder, employee, officer or director, as such, of the Company or
any successor, either directly or through the Company or any successor, under
any rule of law, statute or constitutional provision or by the enforcement of
any assessment or by any legal or equitable proceeding or otherwise, all such
liability being expressly waived and released by the acceptance of the Debt
Securities by the Holders and as part of the consideration for the issue of the
Debt Securities.
ARTICLE TWO
DEBT SECURITY FORMS
SECTION 201. FORM OF DEBT SECURITIES.
The Debt Securities of each series shall be in substantially the form
(including any global form) as shall be established by or pursuant to a Board
Resolution or in one or more Supplemental Indentures, in each case with such
appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as are
required or permitted by this Indenture (including such other provisions as are
necessary to reflect the global form of any Debt Security, and the designation
of a Depositary for such Global Debt Security), 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 other laws, rules or regulations or as may, consistently herewith,
be determined by the officers executing such Debt Securities, as evidenced by
their execution of the Debt Securities.
The definitive Debt Securities shall be printed, lithographed or
engraved or produced by any combination of these methods or may be produced in
any other manner, all as determined by the officers executing such Debt
Securities, as evidenced by their execution of such Debt Securities.
SECTION 202. FORM OF TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION.
The Trustee's Certificate of Authentication on all Debt Securities
shall be in substantially the following form:
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This is one of the Debt Securities of the series designated herein
referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
Date: [Name of Trustee],
as Trustee
By
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Authorized Signatory
SECTION 203. FORM OF TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION BY AN
AUTHENTICATING AGENT.
If at any time there shall be appointed an Authenticating Agent
pursuant to Section 612, the Trustee's Certificate of Authentication by such
Authenticating Agent on all Debt Securities shall be in substantially the
following form:
This is one of the Debt Securities of the series designated herein
referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
Date: [Name of Trustee],
as Trustee
By [Name of Authenticating Agent]
Authenticating Agent
By
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Authorized Signatory
SECTION 204. PROVISIONS IN GLOBAL DEBT SECURITY.
If Debt Securities of a series are issuable in whole or in part as
Global Debt Securities, as specified as contemplated by Section 301, then,
notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 301 and 302, any such Global Debt
security shall represent such of the Outstanding Debt Securities of such series
as shall be specified therein and may provide that it shall represent the
aggregate principal amount of Outstanding Debt Securities from time to time
endorsed thereon and that the aggregate principal amount of Outstanding Debt
Securities represented thereby may from time to time be reduced to reflect
exchanges and payments of principal. The Global Debt Securities may be
permanent or temporary. Any endorsement of a Global Debt Security to reflect
the amount, or any increase or decrease in the principal amount, of outstanding
Debt 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
therein or in the 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 permanent
Global Debt Security in the manner and upon instructions given by the Person or
Persons specified therein 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 Global Debt Security shall be in writing but need not comply
with Section 102 and need not be accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel.
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Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Indenture, unless
otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301, payment of principal of
(and premium, if any) and interest, if any, on any permanent Global Debt
Securities 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 and the Trustee shall treat a Person as the Holder of such principal
amount of Outstanding Debt Securities represented by a permanent Global Debt
Security as shall be specified in a written statement of the Depositary with
respect to such permanent Global Debt Security, only for purposes of obtaining
any consents or directions required to be given by the Holders pursuant to this
Indenture.
Unless otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 301 with respect
to any series of Debt Securities, any Global Debt Security shall provide, in
addition to the provisions established pursuant to Sections 201 and 301 and set
forth in the preceding paragraphs, that the Depositary will not sell, assign,
transfer or otherwise convey any beneficial interest in such Global Debt
Security unless such beneficial interest is in an amount equal to an authorized
denomination for Debt Securities of such series, and that the Depositary, by
accepting such Global Debt Security, agrees to be bound by such provision. Any
Global Debt Security shall also contain such other provisions as are necessary
to reflect the global form of such Debt Security and the designation of a
Depositary for such Global Debt Security.
ARTICLE THREE
THE DEBT SECURITIES
SECTION 301. AMOUNT UNLIMITED: ISSUABLE IN SERIES.
The aggregate principal amount of Debt Securities which may be
authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is unlimited.
The Debt Securities may be issued in one or more series. There shall
be established in or pursuant to a Board Resolution, and set forth in or
determined in the manner described in an Officers' Certificate, or established
in one or more Supplemental Indentures:
(1) the title of the Debt Securities and the series in which such Debt
Securities shall be included;
(2) any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the Debt
Securities of that series which may be authenticated and delivered under this
Indenture (except for Debt Securities authenticated and delivered upon
registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Debt
Securities of that series pursuant to Section 304, 305, 306, 905 or 1107) and
the percentage of their principal amount at which the Debt Securities will be
issued;
(3) the date or dates on which the principal of the Debt Securities of
that series is payable or the manner of determining the same;
(4) the rate or rates at which the Debt Securities of that series
shall bear interest, or the manner of determining the same, the date or dates
from which such interest shall accrue, or the manner of determining the same,
the Interest Payment Dates on which such interest shall be payable and the
Regular Record Date for the determination of Holders to whom interest shall be
payable on any Interest Payment Date, and the basis upon which interest shall
be calculated if other than that of a year of twelve 30-day months;
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(5) the place or places where the principal of (and premium, if any)
and interest, on the Debt Securities of that series shall be payable and the
method of such payment;
(6) the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which
and the terms and conditions upon which the Debt Securities of that series may
be redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option of the Company;
(7) the obligation, if any, of the Company to redeem or purchase Debt
Securities of that series pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous provisions
or at the option of a Holder thereof and the period or periods within which,
the price or prices at which and the terms and conditions upon which Debt
Securities of that series shall be redeemed or purchased, in whole or in part,
pursuant to such obligation;
(8) if other than denominations of U.S. $100,000 and any integral
multiple of U.S. $1,000 above U.S. $100,000, the denominations in which the
Debt Securities of that series shall be issuable;
(9) if other than the principal amount thereof, the portion of the
principal amount of the Debt Securities of that series which shall be payable
upon declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section
502;
(10) the currency or currencies, including composite currencies or
units of two or more currencies, in which the payment of the principal of (and
premium, if any) and interest on the Debt Securities of that series shall be
payable (if other than currency of the United States of America);
(11) the provisions, if any, relating to the conversion or exchange of
the Debt Securities of any series into Debt Securities of another series or
into Common Stock;
(12) any additional covenants and events of default and the remedies
with respect thereto concerning the Debt Securities of that series if not set
forth herein;
(13) whether any Debt Securities of the series are to be issued in
whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Debt Securities and, if so,
the Depositary for such Global Debt Security or Debt Securities (which
Depositary shall be, if then required by applicable law or regulation, a
clearing agency registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, and any other applicable statute or regulation) and whether beneficial
owners of interests in such Global Debt Security or Debt Securities may
exchange such interests for Debt Securities of such series and of like tenor
and 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);
(14) the identity of the Trustee for the Debt Securities of the series
and if not the Trustee, the identity of each Paying Agent and Debt Securities
Registrar for the Debt Securities of the series; and
(15) any other terms of the Debt Securities of that series.
All Debt Securities of any one series shall be substantially identical
except as to denomination, currency, the rate or rates of interest, and the
Maturity and except as may otherwise be provided in or pursuant to such Board
Resolution and set forth, or determined in the manner described in such
Officers' Certificate, or in any such Supplemental Indenture hereto. All Debt
Securities of any one series need not be issued at the same time, and, unless
otherwise provided, a series may be reopened for issuances of additional Debt
Securities of that series.
Unless otherwise established in or pursuant to an Officers'
Certificate, or in one or more Supplemental Indenture hereto, at the option of
the Company, interest on the Debt Securities of any series that bears interest
may be paid by mailing a check to the address of the person entitled thereto as
such address shall appear in the Debt Securities Register.
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If the form of Debt Securities of any series is established by action
taken, pursuant to a Board Resolution, an appropriate Officers' Certificate
setting forth such form together with a copy of the Board Resolution shall be
delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the order contemplated
by Section 303 for the authentication and delivery of such Debt Securities.
SECTION 302. DENOMINATIONS.
The Debt Securities of each series may be issued as Registered Debt
Securities, Global Securities, or in any combination thereof, and in such
denominations and amounts, all as from time to time set forth in an Officers'
Certificate or Supplemental Indenture referred to in Section 301.
SECTION 303. EXECUTION, AUTHENTICATION, DELIVERY AND DATING.
The Debt Securities shall be executed on behalf of the Company by its
Chairman of the Board, one of its Vice Chairmen, its President or one of its
Vice Presidents (whether or not designated by a number or a word or words added
before or after any such title) under its corporate seal reproduced thereon and
attested by its Secretary or one of its Assistant Secretaries. The signature of
any or all of these officers on the Debt Securities may be manual or facsimile.
Debt 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 shall have
ceased to hold such offices prior to the authentication and delivery of such
Debt Securities or did not hold such offices at the dates of such Debt
Securities.
At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of
this Indenture, the Company may deliver Debt Securities of any series executed
by the Company, to the Trustee for authentication, together with the Officers'
Certificate or Supplemental Indenture with respect to such Debt Securities
referred to in Section 301 and a Company Order for the authentication and
delivery of such Debt Securities, and the Trustee, in accordance with the
Company Order, but subject to the provisions hereof, shall authenticate and
deliver such Debt Securities. Such Company Order may provide that Debt
Securities which are the subject thereof will be authenticated and delivered by
the Trustee upon the order of Persons designated in said Company Order
communicated to the Trustee in writing and that such Persons are authorized to
determine such terms and conditions of said Debt Securities as are specified in
the Company Order. In authenticating such Debt Securities, and accepting the
additional responsibilities under this Indenture in relation to such Debt
Securities, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and (subject to Section
601) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating:
(a) that the form and terms of such Debt Securities have been
established in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture; and
(b) that all conditions precedent to the authentication and delivery
of such Debt Securities have been complied with and that such Debt Securities,
when completed by appropriate insertions, authenticated and delivered by the
Trustee, issued by the Company and sold in the manner and subject to any
conditions specified in such Opinion of Counsel, will constitute valid and
binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in
accordance with their terms, except as may be limited by bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, conservatorship, receivership and other
laws or, equitable principles relating to or affecting creditors rights
generally and by general principles of equity, including, without limitation,
concepts of materiality, reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing and the
possible unavailability of specific performance or injunctive relief,
regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.
The Opinion of Counsel may also advise that the enforceability of the
Debt Securities and the Indenture is subject to the effect of general
principles of equity including, without limitation, concepts of materiality,
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reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing and the possible unavailability of
specific performance or injunctive relief, regardless of whether considered in
a proceeding in equity or at law.
If all the Debt Securities of any series are not to be issued at one
time, it shall not be necessary to deliver an Opinion of Counsel at the time of
issuance of each Debt Security of that series, but such opinion, with
appropriate modifications, shall be delivered at or before the time of issuance
of the first Debt Security of such series.
The Trustee shall not be required to authenticate such Debt Securities
if the issue of such Debt Security, pursuant to this Indenture will affect the
Trustee's own rights, duties or immunities under the Debt Securities and this
Indenture or otherwise in a manner which is not reasonably acceptable to the
Trustee or if the Trustee being advised by counsel determines that such action
may not lawfully be taken.
Each Debt Security shall be dated the date of its authentication.
No Debt Security shall be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture
or be valid or obligatory for any purpose, unless there appears on such Debt
Security a certificate of authentication substantially in the form provided for
herein executed by the Trustee by the manual signature of one of its authorized
signatories or authorized Authenticating Agents, and such certificate upon any
Debt Security shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such
Debt Security has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder.
SECTION 304. TEMPORARY DEBT SECURITIES.
Pending the preparation or distribution of definitive Debt Securities
of any series, the Company may execute and deliver to the Trustee, and upon
Company Order the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in the manner provided
in Section 303, a temporary Debt Security or temporary Debt Securities of that
series which are printed, lithographed, typewritten, reproduced or otherwise
produced, in any authorized denomination, substantially of the tenor of the
definitive Debt Securities in lieu of which they are issued or in such form as
may be prescribed in the Officers' Certificate or Supplemental Indenture
referred to in Section 301 with respect to such Debt Securities, and with such
appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as the
officers executing such Debt Securities may determine, as evidenced by the
their execution of such Debt Securities.
Except in the case of temporary Global Debt Securities, which shall be
exchanged in accordance with the provisions thereof, if temporary Debt
Securities are issued, the Company shall cause definitive Debt Securities to be
prepared without unreasonable delay. After the preparation of definitive Debt
Securities, the temporary Debt Security or temporary Debt Securities of that
series shall be exchanged for definitive Debt Securities of that series
containing identical terms and provisions upon surrender of the temporary Debt
Securities of that series, at an office or agency of the Company maintained for
such purpose pursuant to Section 1002, without charge to the Holder, or in such
other manner as set forth in the Officers' Certificate or Supplemental
Indenture referred to in Section 301 with respect to such Debt Securities. Upon
surrender for cancellation of any one or more temporary Debt Securities of any
series, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and
deliver in exchange therefor a like principal amount of definitive Debt
Securities of authorized denominations of the same series containing identical
terms and provisions. Except as set forth in the Officers' Certificate or
Supplemental Indenture referred to in Section 301 with respect to such Debt
Securities, until so exchanged, the temporary Debt Securities of any series
shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as
definitive Debt Securities of that series authorized and delivered hereunder.
SECTION 305. REGISTRATION, REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER AND EXCHANGE.
The Company shall cause to be kept at the office of the Debt
Securities Registrar designated pursuant to this Section 305 or Section 1002 a
register (herein sometimes referred to as the "Debt Securities Register") in
which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Company
shall provide for the registration
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of each series of Debt Securities and of transfers of each series of Debt
Securities. The Trustee is hereby initially appointed "Debt Securities
Registrar" for the purpose of registering Debt Securities and transfers of Debt
Securities as herein provided.
Except as set forth in the Officers' Certificate or Supplemental
Indenture referred to in Section 301 with respect to any Debt Securities of a
series, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Debt Security of any
series at any office or agency of the Company maintained for such purpose
pursuant to Section 1002, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver in the name of the designated transferee or
transferees, one or more new Debt Securities of authorized denominations of the
same series containing identical terms and provisions, of a like aggregate
principal amount.
Except as set forth in the Officers' Certificate or Supplemental
Indenture referred to in Section 301 with respect to any Debt Securities of a
series, at the option of the Holder, Debt Securities of any series may be
exchanged for other Debt Securities of authorized denominations of the same
series containing identical terms and provisions, of like aggregate principal
amount, upon surrender of the Debt Securities to be exchanged at such office or
agency. Whenever any Debt Securities are so surrendered for exchange, the
Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the Debt
Securities which the Holder making the exchange is entitled to receive.
All Debt Securities issued upon any registration of transfer or
exchange of Debt Securities shall be the valid obligations of the Company,
evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this
Indenture, as the Debt Securities surrendered upon such registration of
transfer or exchange.
Every Debt Security presented or surrendered for registration of
transfer or for exchange shall (if so required by the Company or the Debt
Securities Registrar for that series of Debt Security presented) be duly
endorsed, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form
satisfactory to the Company and the Debt Securities 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 Debt 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 Debt Securities,
other than exchanges pursuant to Section 304, 905 or 1107 not involving any
transfer.
In the event of redemption in part, the Company shall not be required,
(i) to register the transfer of or exchange Registered Debt Securities for a
period of 15 days immediately preceding the date notice is given identifying
the serial numbers of the Debt Securities called for such redemption or (ii) to
register the transfer of or exchange any Registered Debt Securities, or portion
thereof, called for redemption except, in the case of any Registered Debt
Securities to be redeemed in part, the unredeemed portion of such Registered
Debt Securities being redeemed in part.
If at any time the Depositary for the Debt Securities of a series
issued in the form of one or more Global Debt Securities notifies the Company
that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for the Debt
Securities of such series or if at any time the Depositary for the Debt
Securities of such series shall no longer be eligible under Section 301, the
Company shall appoint a successor Depositary with respect to the Debt
Securities of such series. If a successor Depositary for the Debt Securities of
such series is not appointed by the Company within ninety (90) days after the
Company receives such notice or becomes aware of such ineligibility, the
Company's election to issue Global Debt Securities pursuant to Section 301
shall no longer be effective with respect to the Debt Securities of such series
and the Company will execute. and the Trustee, upon receipt of a Company Order
for the authentication and delivery of definitive Debt Securities of such
series, will authenticate and deliver, Debt Securities of such series in
definitive form in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount
of the Global Debt Security or Debt Securities representing such series in
exchange for such Global Debt Security or Debt Securities.
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The Company may at any time and in its sole discretion determine that
the Debt Securities of any series issued in the form of one or more Global Debt
Securities shall no longer be represented by such Global Debt Security or Debt
Securities. In such event the Company will execute, and the Trustee, upon
receipt of a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of definitive
Debt Securities of such series, will authenticate and deliver Debt Securities
of such series in definitive form, in authorized denominations, and in an
aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Global Debt
Security or Debt Securities representing such series in exchange for such
Global Debt Security or Debt Securities.
Unless and until a Global Debt Security is exchanged in whole or in
part for Debt Securities in definitive form in accordance with the provisions
of this Indenture, a Global Debt Security may not be transferred except as a
whole by the Depositary with respect to such Global Debt Security to a nominee
of such Depositary or by a nominee of such Depositary to such Depositary or
another nominee of such Depositary or by such Depositary or any such nominee to
a successor of such Depositary or a nominee of such successor. Unless
otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 301 with respect to any series of
Debt Securities evidenced in whole or in part by a Global Debt Security, the
Depositary may not sell, assign, transfer or otherwise convey any beneficial
interest in a Global Debt Security evidencing all or part of the Debt
Securities of such series unless such beneficial interest is in an amount equal
to an authorized denomination for Debt Securities of such series.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, except as otherwise specified as
contemplated by Section 301, any Global Debt Security shall be exchangeable
only as provided in this paragraph. If the beneficial owners of interests in a
Global Debt Security are entitled to exchange such interests for Debt
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 one Business Day
prior to the earliest date on which such interests may be so exchanged, the
Company shall deliver to the Trustee definitive Debt Securities of such series
in aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of such Global Debt
Securities, executed by the Company. On or after the earliest date on which
such interests may be so exchanged, such Global Debt Securities shall be
surrendered by the 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 from time to time in part, for definitive Debt
Securities of such series without charge and the Trustee shall authenticate and
deliver, in exchange for each portion of such Global Debt Securities, a like
aggregate principal amount of definitive Debt Securities of the same series of
authorized denominations and of like tenor as the portion of such Global Debt
Securities to be exchanged as shall be specified by the beneficial owner
thereof provided, however, that no such exchanges may occur for a period of 15
days immediately preceding the date notice is given identifying the serial
numbers of the Debt Securities called for redemption; if a Registered Debt
Security of any series is issued in exchange for any portion of a Global Debt
Security after the close of business at the office or agency where such
exchange occurs on (1) any Regular Record Date and before the opening of
business at such office or agency on the relevant Interest Payment Date, or (2)
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 to
such Registered Debt Securities, 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 Global Debt Securities is
payable in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture.
SECTION 306. MUTILATED, DESTROYED, LOST AND STOLEN DEBT
SECURITIES.
If there is delivered to the Trustee any mutilated Debt Security and
such security or indemnity as may be required by the Trustee to save the
Trustee and the Company harmless, then the Company shall execute and the
Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a new Debt Security
of the same series of like tenor and principal amount and bearing a number not
contemporaneously outstanding.
If there is delivered to the Company and to the Trustee (i) evidence
to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Debt Security,
and (ii) such security or indemnity as may be required by them to
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save each of them harmless, then, in the absence of notice to the Company or
the Trustee that such Debt 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 Debt Security, a new
Debt Security of the same series of like tenor and principal amount and bearing
a number not contemporaneously outstanding.
In case any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Debt Security
has become or is about to become due and payable, the Company in its discretion
may, instead of issuing a new Debt Security, pay such Debt Security.
Upon the issuance of any new Debt Security under this Section, the
Company may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other
governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other
expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Trustee) connected therewith.
Every new Debt Security of any series issued pursuant to this Section
in lieu of any destroyed, lost or stolen Debt Security shall constitute an
original additional contractual obligation of the Company, whether or not the
destroyed, lost or stolen Debt 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 Debt 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 Debt Securities.
SECTION 307. PAYMENT OF INTEREST: INTEREST RIGHTS PRESERVED.
Interest on any Registered Debt Security which is payable, and is
punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date shall, if so
provided in such Registered Debt Security, be paid to the person in whose name
such Registered Debt security (or one or more Predecessor Debt Securities) is
registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such
interest, unless interest is payable at Maturity, in which case interest shall
be paid to the person entitled to receive payment of the principal of such
Registered Debt Security at Maturity.
Any interest on any Registered Debt Security of any series which is
payable, but is not punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest
Payment Date for such Registered Debt Security (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 Debt Securities affected
(or their respective predecessor Debt 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 such Registered Debt Security 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 (1) 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 such Registered Debt Securities at his address as it appears
in the Debt Securities Register not less than 10 days prior to such Special
Record Date. Notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the
special
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Record Date therefor having been mailed as aforesaid, such Defaulted Interest
shall be paid to the persons in whose names such Registered Debt Securities (or
their respective predecessor Debt 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 in any
other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities
exchange on which the Registered Debt Securities affected 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 (2),
such manner of payment shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee.
Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section, each Debt
Security delivered under this Indenture upon registration of transfer of or in
exchange for or in lieu of any other Debt Security shall carry the rights to
interest accrued and unpaid, (ii) to interest which may accrue, and (iii) to
premium, if any which were carried by such other Debt Security.
SECTION 308. PERSONS DEEMED OWNERS.
Prior to due presentment of a Debt 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 Debt Security is registered as the
owner of such Debt Security for the purpose of receiving payment of principal
of (and premium, if any) and (subject to Section 307) interest, if any, on such
Debt Security and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Debt
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.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to any Global Debt
Security, nothing herein shall prevent the Company, the Trustee, or any agent
of the Company or the Trustee. from giving effect to any written certification,
proxy or other authorization furnished by a Depositary or impair, as between a
Depositary and holders of beneficial interests in any Global Debt Security.
SECTION 309. CANCELLATION.
All Debt Securities surrendered for payment, redemption, registration
of transfer or exchange shall, if surrendered to any Person other than the
Trustee, be delivered to the Trustee, and any such Debt Securities and Debt
Securities surrendered directly to the Trustee for any such purpose shall be
retained in the possession of the Trustee for cancellation in the case of
redemption or reissuance upon subsequent exchanges. The Company may at any
time deliver to the Trustee for cancellation any Debt Securities previously
authenticated and delivered hereunder which the Company may have acquired in
any manner whatsoever, and all Debt Securities so delivered shall be promptly
canceled by the Trustee unless otherwise instructed by the Company. No Debt
Securities shall be authenticated in lieu of or in exchange for any Debt
Securities canceled as provided in this Section, except as expressly permitted
by this Indenture. Upon written instructions of the Company, all canceled Debt
Securities shall be destroyed by the Trustee and the Trustee shall deliver a
certificate of such destruction to the Company.
SECTION 310. COMPUTATION OF INTEREST.
Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for Debt
Securities of any series, interest on the Debt Securities of each series shall
be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.
ARTICLE FOUR
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
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SECTION 401. SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE.
This Indenture shall cease to be of further effect (except as to any
surviving rights of registration of transfer, conversion or exchange of Debt
Securities herein expressly provided for), and the Trustee, on demand of and at
the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging
satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, when
(1) either
(A) all Debt Securities theretofore authenticated and
delivered (other than (i) Debt Securities which have been
destroyed, lost or stolen and which have been replaced or paid
as provided in Section 306, and (ii) Debt Securities 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 Debt Securities 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) if redeemable at the option of the
Company, 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 (i), (ii) or (iii) above, has deposited or
caused to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in trust for the purpose
an amount sufficient to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness on such Debt
Securities not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, for
principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, to the date of such
deposit (in the case of Debt 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 have been complied with.
Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, the
obligations of the Company to the Trustee under Article Six, (ii) the
obligations of the Trustee to any Authenticating Agent under Section 612, (iii)
if money shall have been deposited with the Trustee pursuant to paragraph (B)
of this Section, the rights, powers, protections, trusts, duties and
indemnities of the Trustee hereunder, and (iv) the Company's obligations with
respect to such Debt Securities under Sections 304, 305, 306, 1002, 1003, and
1006, the obligations of the Trustee under Section 402 and the last paragraph
of Section 1003, shall in each case survive.
SECTION 402. APPLICATION OF TRUST MONEY.
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Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 1003, all
money deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 401 shall be held in trust
and applied by it, in accordance with the provisions of the Debt Securities and
this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through the Paying Agent
(including the Company acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may
determine, to the Persons entitled thereto, of the principal (and premium, it
any) and interest, if any, for whose payment such money has been deposited with
the Trustee.
ARTICLE FIVE
REMEDIES
SECTION 501. EVENTS OF DEFAULT.
"Event of Default" wherever used herein with respect to Debt
Securities of any series, means any one of the following events (whatever the
reason for such Event of Default and whether it shall be voluntary or
involuntary or be effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment,
decree or order of any court or any order, rule, or regulation of any
administrative or governmental body:
(1) default in the payment of any interest upon any Debt Security of
that series when it becomes due and payable, and continuance of such default
for a period of 30 days; or
(2) default in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) on
any Debt Security of that series when it becomes due and payable; or
(3) default in the deposit of any sinking fund payment when the same
shall become due and payable by the terms of any Debt Security of that series;
or
(4) default in the performance, or breach, of any covenant or warranty
of the Company in this Indenture (other than a covenant or warranty a default
in whose performance or whose breach is elsewhere in this Section specifically
dealt with or which has been expressly included in this Indenture solely for
the benefit of a series of Debt Securities other than that series), and
continuance of such default or breach for a period of 60 days after there has
been given, by registered or certified mail, to the Company by the Trustee or
to the Company and the Trustee by the Holders of at least 10% in principal
amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of that series a written notice
specifying such default or breach and requiring it to be remedied and stating
that such notice is a "Notice of Default" hereunder; or
(5) a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, conservator,
sequestrator or other similar official shall take possession of the Company or
any substantial part of its property without its consent, or the entry of a
decree or order for relief by a court having jurisdiction in the premises in
respect of the Company in an involuntary case under the Federal Bankruptcy Code
or any other applicable Federal or State law, or appointing a receiver,
liquidator, custodian, assignee, trustee, sequestrator, conservator, or other
similar official of the Company or of any substantial part of its property, or
ordering the winding up or liquidation of its affairs, and the continuance of
any such possession, decree or order unstayed and in effect for a period of 60
consecutive days; or
(6) the commencement by the Company of a voluntary case under the
Federal Bankruptcy Code or any other applicable Federal or State law, or the
consent by either of the foregoing to the entry of an order for relief in an
involuntary case under any such law, or the consent by the Company to the
appointment of or taking possession by a receiver, liquidator, assignee,
custodian, trustee, conservator, sequestrator or other similar official of the
Company or of any substantial part of its property, or the making by the
Company of an assignment for the benefit of creditors; or
(7) any other Event of Default provided with respect to Debt
Securities of that series.
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SECTION 502. ACCELERATION OF MATURITY: RECISION AND ANNULMENT.
If an Event of Default occurs with respect to Debt Securities of any
series and is continuing, then and in every such case the Trustee (upon
obtaining knowledge of such Event of Default) or the Holders of not less than
25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of that series may
declare the principal (or, if any Debt Securities are Original Issue Discount
Securities such portion of the principal as may be specified in the terms
hereof), of all the Debt Securities of that series, and the premium, if any, to
be due and payable, immediately, by a notice in writing to the Company (and to
the Trustee if given by Holders), and upon any such declaration such principal
or specified portion thereof shall become immediately due and payable. If an
Event of Default with respect to Debt Securities of any series set forth in
Section 501 (6) of the Indenture occurs and is continuing, then in every such
case all Outstanding Debt Securities of that series shall become immediately
due and payable, without notice to the Company, at the principal amount thereof
(or, if any of the Debt Securities of that series are Original Issue Discount
Debt Securities, such portion of the principal as may be specified in the terms
thereof) plus accrued interest to the date the Debt Securities of that series
are paid, plus the premium, if any, on the Debt Securities of that series.
At any time after such a declaration of acceleration with respect to
Debt Securities of any series has been made and before a judgment or decree for
payment of the money due has been obtained by the Trustee as hereinafter in
this Article provided, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Debt Securities of that series, by written notice to the Company
and the Trustee, may rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences if
(1) the Company has paid or deposited with the Trustee a sum
sufficient to pay
(A) all overdue installments of interest, if any, on
all Debt Securities of that series,
(B) the principal of (and premium, if any, on) any
Debt Securities of that series which have become due otherwise
than by such declaration of acceleration and interest thereon
at the rate or rates borne by or provided for in such Debt
Securities,
(C) to the extent that payment of such interest is
lawful, interest upon overdue installments of interest at the
rate or rates borne by or provided for in such Debt
Securities, and
(D) all sums paid or advanced by the Trustee
hereunder and the reasonable compensation, expenses,
disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and
counsel; and
(2) all Events of Default with respect to Debt Securities of
that series, other than the non-payment of the principal of Debt
Securities of that series which has become due solely by such
acceleration, have been cured or waived as provided in Section 513.
No such rescission shall affect any subsequent default or impair any right
consequent thereon.
Upon receipt by the Trustee of any declaration of acceleration, or
rescission and annulment thereof, with respect to Debt Securities of a series
all or part of which is represented by a Global Debt Security, the Trustee
shall establish a record date for determining Holders of outstanding Debt
Securities of such series entitled to join in such declaration of acceleration,
or rescission and annulment, as the case may be, which record date shall be at
the close of business on the day the Trustee receives such declaration of
acceleration, or rescission and annulment, as the case may be. The Holders on
such record date, or their duly designated proxies, and only such persons,
shall be entitled to join in such declaration of acceleration, or rescission
and annulment, as the case may be, whether or not such Holders remain Holders
after such record date; provided, that unless such declaration of acceleration,
or rescission and annulment, as the case may be, shall have become effective by
virtue of the requisite percentage having been obtained prior to the day which
is ninety (90) days after such record date, such
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declaration of acceleration, or rescission and annulment, as the case may be,
shall automatically without further action by any Holder be canceled and of no
further effect. Nothing in this paragraph shall prevent a Holder, or a proxy of
a Holder, from giving, after expiration of such ninety (90) day period, a new
declaration of acceleration, or rescission or annulment thereof, as the case
may be, that is identical to a declaration of acceleration, or rescission or
annulment thereof, which has been canceled pursuant to the proviso to the
preceding sentence, in which event a new record date shall be established
pursuant to the provisions of this Section 502.
SECTION 503. COLLECTION OF INDEBTEDNESS AND SUITS FOR ENFORCEMENT
BY TRUSTEE.
The Company covenants that if
(1) default is made in the payment of any installment of
interest on any Debt Security when such interest becomes due and
payable and such default continues for a period of 30 days, or
(2) default is made in the payment of the principal of (or
premium, if any, on) any Debt Security at the Maturity thereof or in
the deposit of any sinking fund payment, if any, when the same shall
have become payable,
the Company will, upon demand of the Trustee, pay to it, for the benefit of the
Holders of such Debt Securities, the whole amount then due and payable on such
Debt Securities for principal (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, with
interest upon the overdue principal (and premium, if any) and, to the extent
that payment of such interest is lawful, upon overdue installments of interest,
at the rate or rates borne by or provided for in such Debt Securities, and, in
addition thereto, 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.
If the Company fails to pay such amounts forthwith upon such demand,
the Trustee, in its own name and as trustee of an express trust, may institute
a judicial proceeding for the collection of the sums so due and unpaid, and may
prosecute such proceeding to judgment or final decree, and may enforce the same
against the Company upon the Debt Securities and collect the moneys adjudged or
decreed to be payable in the manner provided by law out of the property of the
Company wherever situated.
If an Event of Default with respect to the Debt Securities of any
series occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may in its discretion proceed to
protect and enforce its rights and the rights of the Holders of Debt Securities
of that series by such appropriate judicial proceedings as the Trustee shall
deem most effectual to protect and enforce any such rights, whether for the
specific enforcement of any covenant or agreement in this Indenture or in aid
of the exercise of any power granted herein, or to enforce any other proper
remedy.
SECTION 504. TRUSTEE MAY FILE PROOFS OF CLAIM.
In case of the pendency of any receivership, conservatorship,
insolvency, liquidation, bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment,
composition or other judicial or other proceeding relative to the Company upon
the Debt Securities or the property of the Company or its creditors, the
Trustee (irrespective of whether the principal of the Debt Securities shall
then be due and payable as therein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and
irrespective of whether the Trustee shall have made any demand on the Company
for the payment of overdue principal, premium or interest) shall be entitled
and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise,
(1) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of
principal (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, owing and unpaid
in respect of the Debt Securities and to file such other papers or
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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 of the Holders allowed in such judicial proceeding, and
(2) to collect and receive any moneys or other property
payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same;
and any receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, conservator,
sequestrator or other similar official in any such judicial or other proceeding
is hereby authorized by each Holder 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.
Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to
authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder any plan of
reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Debt
Securities or the rights of any Holder thereof, or to authorize the Trustee to
vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding.
SECTION 505. TRUSTEE MAY ENFORCE CLAIMS WITHOUT POSSESSION OF DEBT
SECURITIES.
All rights of action and claims under this Indenture or any of the
Debt Securities may be prosecuted and enforced by the Trustee without the
possession of any of the Debt Securities or the production thereof in any
proceeding relating thereto, and any such proceeding instituted by the Trustee
shall be brought in its own name as trustee of an express trust, and any
recovery of judgment shall, after provision for the payment of the reasonable
compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents
and counsel, be for the ratable benefit of the Holders of the Debt Securities
in respect of which such judgment has been recovered.
SECTION 506. APPLICATION OF MONEY COLLECTED.
Any money collected by the Trustee pursuant to this Article shall be
applied in the following order, at the date or dates fixed by the Trustee and,
in case of the distribution of such money on account of principal (or premium,
if any) or interest, if any, upon presentation of the Debt Securities and the
notation thereon of the payment if only partially paid and upon surrender
thereof if fully paid:
FIRST: To the payment of all amounts due the Trustee under Section
607;
SECOND: To the payment of the amounts then due and unpaid upon the
Debt Securities for principal (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, in
respect of which or for the benefit of which such money has been collected,
ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts
due and payable on such Debt Securities for principal (and premium, if any) and
interest, if any, respectively; and
THIRD: The balance, if any, to the Company or any other person or
persons entitled thereto.
SECTION 507. LIMITATION ON SUITS.
No Holder of any Debt Security of any series shall have any right to
institute any proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to this
Indenture, or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other
remedy hereunder, unless
(1) such Holder has previously given written notice to the Trustee of
a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Debt Securities of that
series;
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(2) the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the
Outstanding Debt Securities of that series have made written request to the
Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default in its own
name as Trustee hereunder;
(3) such Holder or Holders have offered to the Trustee reasonable
indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred in
compliance with such request;
(4) the Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice, request
and offer of indemnity has failed to institute any such proceeding; and
(5) no direction inconsistent with such written request has been given
to the Trustee during such 60 day period by the Holders of a majority in
principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of that series;
it being understood and intended that no one or more holders of Debt Securities
of any series shall have any right in any manner whatever by virtue of, or by
availing of, any provision of this Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the
rights of any other Holders of Debt Securities of that series or of any other
series, or to obtain or to seek to obtain priority or preference over any other
Holders or to enforce any right under this indenture, except in the manner
herein provided and for the equal and ratable benefit of all the Holders of Debt
Securities of that series.
SECTION 508. UNCONDITIONAL RIGHT OF HOLDERS TO RECEIVE PRINCIPAL,
PREMIUM AND INTEREST.
Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, the Holder of
any Debt Security shall have the right, which is absolute and unconditional, to
receive payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and (subject to
Section 307) interest (including any additional interest provided for in an
Officers Certificate or Supplemental Indenture referred to in Section 301 with
respect to any Debt Securities of a series), if any, on such Debt Security on
the respective Stated Maturities expressed in such Debt Security (or, in the
case of redemption, on the Redemption Date) and to institute suit for the
enforcement of any such payment, and such right shall not be impaired without
the consent of such Holder.
SECTION 509. RESTORATION OF RIGHTS AND REMEDIES.
If the Trustee or any Holder has instituted any proceeding to enforce
any right or remedy under this Indenture and such proceeding has been
discontinued or abandoned for any reason, or has been determined adversely to
the Trustee or to such Holder, then, subject to any determination in such
proceeding, and in every such case the Company, the Trustee and the Holders
shall be restored severally and respectively to their former positions
hereunder, and thereafter all rights and remedies of the Trustee and the
Holders shall continue as though no such proceeding had been instituted.
SECTION 510. RIGHTS AND REMEDIES CUMULATIVE.
No right or remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee or
to the Holders is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and
every right and remedy shall, to the extent permitted by law, be cumulative and
in addition to every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter
existing at law or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or employment of any
right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent
assertion or employment of any other appropriate right or remedy.
SECTION 511. DELAY OR OMISSION NOT WAIVER.
To the extent permitted by law, no delay or omission of the Trustee or
of any Holder of any Debt Security to exercise any right or remedy accruing
upon any Event of Default shall impair any such right or
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remedy or constitute a waiver of any such Event of Default or an acquiescence
therein. Every right and remedy given by this Article or by law to the Trustee
or to the Holders may be exercised from time to time, and as often as may be
deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by the Holders, as the case may be.
SECTION 512. CONTROL BY HOLDERS.
The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Debt
Securities of any series shall have the right to direct the time, method and
place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or
exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee with respect to Debt
Securities of that series, provided that
(1) such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or
with this Indenture,
(2) the Trustee shall not determine that the action so directed would
be unjustly prejudicial to Holders of Debt Securities of that series, or any
other series not taking part in such direction, and
(3) the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee
which is not inconsistent with such direction; and
(4) such holder or Holders shall have provided to the Trustee
reasonable indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred
in compliance with such request or direction.
Upon receipt by the Trustee of any purported direction with respect to
Debt Securities of a series all or part of which is represented by a Global
Debt Security, the Trustee shall establish a record date for determining
Holders of Outstanding Debt Securities of such series entitled to join in such
direction, which record date shall be at the close of business on the day the
Trustee receives such direction. The Holders on such record date, or their duly
designated proxies, and only such persons, shall be entitled to join in such
direction, whether or not such holders remain Holders after such record date;
provided, that unless such majority in principal amount shall have been
obtained prior to the day which is ninety (90) days after such record date,
such direction shall automatically and without further action by any Holder be
canceled and of no further effect. Nothing in this paragraph shall prevent a
Holder, or a proxy of a Holder, from giving, after expiration of such ninety
(90) day period, a new direction identical to a direction which has been
canceled pursuant to the proviso to the preceding sentence, in which event a
new record date shall be established pursuant to the provisions of this Section
512.
SECTION 513. WAIVER OF PAST DEFAULTS.
The Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Debt Securities of any series may on behalf of the Holders of all
the Debt Securities of that series waive any past default hereunder with
respect to that series and its consequences, except a default
(1) in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or
interest, if any, on any Debt Security of that series, or
(2) in respect of a covenant or provision hereof which under Article
Nine cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of each
Outstanding Debt Security of that series affected.
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 514. UNDERTAKING FOR COSTS.
All parties to this Indenture agree, and each Holder of any Debt
Security by his acceptance thereof shall be deemed to have agreed, that any
court may in its discretion require, 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, suffered or omitted by it as Trustee, the filing by any party
litigant in such suit, other than the Trustee, of an undertaking to pay the
costs of such suit, and that such court may in its discretion, assess
reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys' fees, against any party
litigant in such suit, including the Trustee, having due regard to the merits
and good faith of the claims or defenses made by such party litigant; but the
provisions of this Section shall not apply to any suit instituted by the
Trustee, or any suit instituted by any Holder, or group of Holders, holding in
the aggregate more than 10% in principal amount of the Outstanding Debt
Securities of any series, or to any suit instituted by any Holder for .the
enforcement of the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or
interest, if any, on any Debt Security on or after the Stated Maturity
expressed in such Debt Security (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the
Redemption Date).
SECTION 515. WAIVER OF STAY OR EXTENSION LAWS.
The Company covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that
it will not at any time insist upon, or plead, or in any manner whatsoever
claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay or extension law wherever
enacted, nor or at any time hereafter in force, which may affect the covenants
or the performance of this Indenture; and the Company (to the extent that it
may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any
such law and covenants that it will not hinder, delay or impede the exercise of
any power herein granted to the Trustee, but will suffer and permit the
exercise of every such power as though no such law had been enacted.
ARTICLE SIX
THE TRUSTEE
SECTION 601. CERTAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES.
(1) Except during the continuance of an Event of Default,
(a) the Trustee undertakes to perform such duties and only
such duties as are specifically set forth in this Indenture, and, to
the extent lawful, no implied covenants or obligations shall be read
into this Indenture against the Trustee; and
(b) 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 which 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 or not they conform to the requirements
of this Indenture.
(2) In case an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing,
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 man would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of his
or her own affairs.
(3) 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
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(a) 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;
(b) the Trustee shall not he liable with respect to any action
taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance with
the direction of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Debt Securities of any series relating to the time, method
and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the
Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Trustee,
under this Indenture with respect to the Debt Securities of that
series; and
(c) 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 adequate
indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to
it.
(4) 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.
SECTION 602. NOTICE OF DEFAULTS.
Within 90 days after the occurrence of any Event of Default hereunder
with respect to the Debt Securities of any series, the Trustee shall transmit
in the manner specified under Section 106 to all Holders of Debt Securities of
that series (including Holders identified in TIA Section 315(b)), notice of
such Event of Default hereunder known to the Trustee, unless such Event of
Default shall have been cured or waived; provided, however, that, except in the
case of a default in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or
interest, if any, on any Debt Security of that series, or in the payment of any
sinking fund payment with respect to Debt Securities of that series, the
Trustee shall be protected in withholding such notice if the Trustee in good
faith determines that the withholding of such notice is in the interests of the
Holders of Debt Securities of that series; and provided further, that in the
case of any Event of Default of the character specified in Section 501(4) with
respect to Debt Securities of that series, no such notice to Holders shall be
given until at least 60 days after the occurrence thereof.
SECTION 603. CERTAIN RIGHTS OF TRUSTEE.
Subject to the provisions of Section 601,
(1) the Trustee may 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,
Debt Security or other paper or document reasonably believed by it to be
genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties;
(2) 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
of Resolution;
(3) 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 and an Opinion of Counsel;
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(4) the Trustee may consult with counsel and the written
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;
(5) 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 reasonable security or indemnity against the
costs, expenses and liabilities which might be incurred by it in compliance
with such request or direction;
(6) 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,
Debt Security 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;
(7) 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 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; and
(8) the Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken 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.
SECTION 604. NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR RECITALS OR ISSUANCE OF DEBT
SECURITIES.
The recitals contained herein and in the Debt 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 Debt Securities. The Trustee shall not be accountable for
the use or application by the Company of the Debt Securities or the proceeds
thereof.
SECTION 605. MAY HOLD DEBT SECURITIES.
The Trustee, any Paying Agent, the Debt Securities Registrar or any
other agent of the Company or the Trustee, in its individual or any other
capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Debt Securities and may otherwise
deal with the Company with the same rights it would have if it were not
Trustee, Paying Agent, Debt Securities Registrar or such other agent.
SECTION 606. MONEY HELD IN TRUST.
Money held by the Trustee in trust hereunder need not be segregated
from other funds of the Trustee except to the extent required by law. Such
amounts shall be invested by the Trustee solely at the written direction of the
Company. The Trustee shall be under no liability for interest on any money
received by it hereunder except as otherwise agreed with the Company.
SECTION 607. COMPENSATION, REIMBURSEMENT AND INDEMNITY.
The Company agrees:
(1) to pay to the Trustee from time to time reasonable
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);
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(2) 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 reasonable compensation and the expenses and
disbursements of its agents and counsel), except to the extent such
expense, disbursement or advance may be attributable to its negligence
or bad faith; and
(3) to indemnify the Trustee, its officers, directors, agents
and employees for, and to hold them harmless against, any loss,
liability or expense arising out of or in connection with the
acceptance or administration of this trust, including liability which
the Trustee, its officers, directors, agents and employees may incur
as a result of failure to withhold, pay or report taxes and including
the costs and expenses of defending themselves against any claim or
liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of
their powers or duties hereunder, except in each case to the extent
such loss, liability or expense may be attributable to their
negligence or bad faith. The Trustee's rights under this Section 607
shall survive the resignation or removal of the Trustee, the
redemption of the Debt Securities and the termination of this
Indenture.
As security for the performance of the obligations of the Company
under this Section, the Trustee shall have a lien prior to the Debt Securities
upon all property and funds held or collected by the Trustee as such, except
funds held in trust for the payment of principal of (and premium, if any) and
interest, if any, on particular Debt Securities.
"Trustee," for purposes of this Section 607, includes any predecessor
Trustee, provided that the negligence or bad faith of any Trustee shall not
affect the rights under this Section 607 of any other Trustee.
SECTION 608. CORPORATE TRUSTEE REQUIRED: ELIGIBILITY.
There shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder which shall be a
corporation or bank organized and doing business under the laws of the United
States of America or of any State or the District of Columbia, authorized under
such laws to exercise corporate trust powers, having a combined capital and
surplus of at least $50,000,000, subject to supervision or examination by
Federal or State authority. If such corporation or bank publishes reports of
condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of the
aforesaid supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this
Section, the combined capital and surplus of such corporation or bank 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 Trustee shall at all times be subject to the conflict of interest
provisions of TIA Section 310(b), including the optional provision of TIA
Section 310(b)(9), permitted by the second sentence thereof. Furthermore, the
conflict of interest provisions of TIA Section 310(b)(1) regarding conflicts
arising between different indentures shall also apply to any conflicts arising
between series of Debt Securities issued under this Indenture.
SECTION 609. RESIGNATION AND REMOVAL: APPOINTMENT OF SUCCESSOR.
(1) 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 under Section 610.
(2) The Trustee may resign at any time with respect to the Debt
Securities of one more series by giving written notice thereof to the Company.
If an instrument of acceptance by a successor Trustee shall not have been
delivered to the Trustee within 30 days after the giving of such notice of
resignation, the resigning Trustee may petition any court of competent
jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to that
series.
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(3) The Trustee may be removed at any time with respect to the
Debt Securities of any series by Act of the Holders of a majority in principal
amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of that series, delivered to the
Trustee and to the Company.
(4) If at any time:
(a) the Trustee shall cease to be eligible under Section 608
and shall fail to resign after written request therefor by the Company
or by any such Holder, or
(b) the Trustee shall become incapable of acting or shall be
adjudged as 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 Debt Securities, or (ii) subject to Section 514,
any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Debt Security of any series 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 the Debt Securities of that series and the appointment
of a successor Trustee.
(5) 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 Debt Securities of one or more series, the Company, by a
Board Resolution, shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee with respect to
the Debt Securities of that or those series (it being understood that any such
successor Trustee may be appointed with respect to the Debt Securities of one
or more or all of that or those series and that at any time there shall be only
one Trustee with respect to the Debt Securities of any series). If, within one
year after such resignation, removal or incapability, or the occurrence of such
vacancy, a successor Trustee with respect to the Debt Securities of any series
shall be appointed by Act of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of
the Outstanding Debt Securities of that series delivered to the Company and the
retiring Trustee, the successor Trustee so appointed shall, forthwith upon its
acceptance of such appointment, become the successor Trustee with respect to
the Debt Securities of that series and supersede the successor Trustee
appointed by the Company. If no successor Trustee with respect to the Debt
Securities of any series shall have been so appointed by the Company or the
Holders and accepted appointment in the manner hereinafter provided, any Holder
who has been a bona fide Holder of a Debt Security of that 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 Debt Securities of that series.
(6) The Company shall give notice of each resignation and each
removal of the Trustee with respect to the Debt Securities of any series and
each appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Debt Securities of
any series in the manner provided by Section 106. Each notice shall include
the name of the Successor Trustee with respect to the Debt Securities of that
series and the address of its Corporate Trust Office.
SECTION 610. ACCEPTANCE OF APPOINTMENT BY SUCCESSOR.
(1) In case of appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with
respect to all Debt 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 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
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shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all property
and money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder, subject nevertheless to its
lien, if any, provided for in Section 607.
(2) In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee
with respect to the Debt Securities of one or more (but not all) series, the
Company, the retiring Trustee and each successor Trustee with respect to the
Debt Securities of one or more series shall execute and deliver a Supplemental
Indenture hereto wherein each successor Trustee shall accept such appointment
and which (a) 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 of the
Debt Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such
successor Trustee relates, (b) if the retiring Trustee is not retiring with
respect to all Debt 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 Debt 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 (c) 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 as co-trustees of the same trust, 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 that
no Trustee shall be responsible for any notice given to, or received by, or any
act or failure to act on the part of any other Trustee hereunder, 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, such retiring Trustee shall with respect to the Debt Securities of
that or those series as to which the appointment of such successor Trustee
relates have no further responsibility for the exercise of rights and powers or
for the performance of the duties and obligations vested in the Trustee under
this Indenture other than as hereinafter expressly set forth, 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 Debt Securities of that or those series as 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, to the extent contemplated by such
Supplemental Indenture, the property and money held by such retiring Trustee
hereunder with respect to the Debt Securities of that or those series as to
which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates.
(3) 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 (1) or (2) of this Section, as the case may be.
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.
SECTION 611. MERGER, CONVERSION, CONSOLIDATION OR SUCCESSION TO
BUSINESS.
Any corporation or bank into which the Trustee may be merged or
converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation or bank
resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Trustee
shall be a party, or any corporation or bank succeeding to all or substantially
all of the corporate trust business of the Trustee, shall be the successor of
the Trustee hereunder, provided such corporation or bank 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 other
than Notice to the Company. In the event that the Company determines in good
faith that the proposed successor Trustee is not acceptable to the Company, the
Company shall give Notice of its determination to the proposed successor
Trustee within fifteen (15) Business Days following receipt of Notice from the
proposed successor Trustee, and such proposed successor Trustee shall be deemed
to have resigned pursuant to Section 609 effective upon appointment and
qualification of a successor Trustee acceptable to the Company. In case any
Debt Securities shall have been authenticated, but not delivered, by the
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Trustee then in office, any successor by merger, conversion or consolidation to
such authenticating Trustee may adopt such authentication and deliver the Debt
Securities so authenticated with the same effect as if such successor Trustee
had itself authenticated such Debt Securities.
SECTION 612. APPOINTMENT OF AUTHENTICATING AGENT.
So long as any of the Debt Securities remain outstanding, there may be
one or more Authenticating Agents appointed by the Trustee which shall be
authorized to act on behalf and subject to the direction of the Trustee with
respect to one or more series of Debt Securities to authenticate Debt
Securities issued upon exchange, registration of transfer or partial redemption
thereof or pursuant to Section 306 and Debt 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 of Debt Securities by
the Trustee or the Trustee s certificate of authentication, such reference
shall be deemed to include authentication 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 or bank
organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of America or
of any State thereof or the District of Columbia, authorized under such laws to
act as Authenticating Agent, having a combined capital and surplus of at least
$50,000,000 and subject to supervision or examination by Federal or State
authorities. If such corporation or bank publishes reports of condition at
least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of the aforesaid
supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section, the
combined capital and surplus of such corporation or bank 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, such
Authenticating Agent shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect
hereinafter specified in this Section.
Any corporation or bank into which an Authenticating Agent may be
merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation or
bank resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which an
Authenticating Agent shall be a party, or any corporation or bank succeeding to
the corporate agency or corporate trust business of an Authenticating Agent,
shall continue to be an Authenticating Agent, provided such corporation or bank
shall be otherwise qualified and eligible under this Section, without the
execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of the Trustee
or such Authenticating Agent, but such Authenticating Agent shall give the
Trustee written notice of any such merger, conversion, consolidation or
succession.
Any Authenticating Agent may at any time resign by giving written
notice of resignation to the Trustee and to the Company. The Trustee may at any
time terminate the agency of any Authenticating Agent by giving written notice
of termination 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
any Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the
provisions of this Section, the Trustee may appoint a successor Authenticating
Agent acceptable to the Company, in which case it shall give notice of such
appointment to Holders as provided in Section 106. Any successor Authenticating
Agent upon acceptance of its appointment hereunder shall become vested with all
the right, powers and duties of its predecessor hereunder, with like effect as
if originally named as an Authenticating Agent herein. No successor
Authenticating Agent shall be appointed unless qualified and eligible under the
provisions of this Section.
The Trustee agrees to pay to each Authenticating Agent from time to
time reasonable compensation for its services, and the Trustee shall be
entitled to be reimbursed for such payments.
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SECTION 613. PREFERENTIAL COLLECTION OF CLAIMS AGAINST COMPANY.
The Trustee shall at all times be subject to the provisions of TIA
Section 311(a), excluding any creditor relationship listed in TIA Section
311(b). Any Trustee who has resigned or been removed is subject to TIA Section
311(a) to the extent indicated.
SECTION 614. REPORTS BY TRUSTEE TO HOLDERS.
Within 60 days after May 15 of each year, commencing May 15, 1998, the
Trustee shall transmit to Holders (including Holders identified in TIA Section
313(c)) in the manner provided by Section 106 a brief report that complies with
the provisions of TIA Section 313(a) and dated as of such reporting date. The
Trustee shall also comply with TIA Section 313 (b)(2).
A copy of each report at the time of its transmission to Holders shall
be filed with the SEC and each stock exchange on which the Debt Securities are
listed. The Company shall notify the Trustee when the Debt Securities are
listed on any stock exchange.
SECTION 615. OTHER CAPACITIES.
Except as otherwise provided herein, (i) all references in this
Indenture to the Trustee shall be deemed to refer to the Trustee in its
capacity as Trustee and in its capacities as Debt Securities Registrar and
Paying Agent and (ii) every provision of this Indenture relating to the conduct
or affecting the liability or offering protection, immunity or indemnity to the
Trustee shall be deemed to apply with the same force to the Trustee in its
capacities as Paying Agent and Debt Securities Registrar.
SECTION 616. NOTICE OF DEFAULT.
The Trustee shall not be deemed to have or be charged with knowledge
of any Event of Default with respect to the Debt Securities or any series for
which it is action as trustee unless (a) a responsible Officer of the Trustee
shall have actual knowledge of Event of Default or (b) written notice of such
Event of Default shall have been given to the Trustee by the Company or by any
Holder of such Debt Securities.
ARTICLE SEVEN
HOLDERS' LISTS
SECTION 701. COMPANY TO FURNISH TRUSTEE NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF
HOLDERS.
The Company will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee
(a) not more than 15 days after each Regular Record Date, if any, for
each series of Debt Securities (or if no Regular Record Date exists or the
interval between Regular Record Dates is greater than six months then at least
every six months), a list in such form as the Trustee may reasonably require,
containing all information in the possession or control of the Company, or of
any of its Paying Agents, as to the names and addresses of the Holders of
Registered Debt Securities of that series as of such Regular Record Date, 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 as of a date not more than 15 days prior to the
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time such list is furnished provided, however, that so long as the Trustee is
the Debt Securities Registrar, no such list shall be required to be furnished.
The Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably
practicable, all such information furnished to it or received by it in its
capacity as Paying Agent.
ARTICLE EIGHT
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE;
CREATION OF LIENS
SECTION 801. COMPANY MAY CONSOLIDATE, ETC. ONLY ON CERTAIN TERMS.
The Company shall not consolidate with or merge into any other
Corporation, or convey, lease or transfer all or substantially all of its
properties and assets to any Person, unless:
(1) the Person formed by such consolidation or into which the Company
is merged or the Person which acquires by conveyance, lease or transfer all or
substantially all of the properties and assets of the Company shall be a Person
organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America or any
State or the District of Columbia, and shall expressly assume, by a
Supplemental Indenture hereto, executed and delivered to the Trustee, in form
satisfactory to the Trustee, the due and punctual payment of the principal of
(and premium, if any) and interest, if any, on all the Debt Securities and the
performance of every covenant of this Indenture on the part of the Company to
be performed or observed;
(2) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Event of
Default, and no event which, after notice or lapse of time, or both, would
become an Event of Default, shall have happened and be continuing and
(3) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate
and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, merger,
conveyance, lease or transfer and such Supplemental Indenture comply with this
Article and that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to such
transaction have been complied with.
SECTION 802. SUCCESSOR PERSON SUBSTITUTED.
Upon any consolidation or merger, or any conveyance, lease or transfer
all or substantially all of the properties and assets of the Company, of the
type described in and in accordance with Section 801, the successor Person
formed by such consolidation or into which the Company is merged or to which
such conveyance, lease or transfer is made shall succeed to, and be substituted
for, 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, and thereafter the predecessor corporation, except in the
event of a conveyance by way of lease, shall be relieved of all obligations and
covenants under this Indenture and the Debt Securities. Such successor Person
thereupon may cause to be signed, and may issue either in its own name or in
the name of the Company, any or all of the Debt Securities issuable hereunder
which theretofore shall not have been signed by the Company and delivered to
the Trustee; and, upon the order of such successor Person, instead of the
Company, and subject to all the terms, conditions and limitations in this
Indenture prescribed, the Trustee shall authenticate and shall deliver any Debt
Security which previously shall have been signed and delivered by the officers
of the Company to the Trustee for authentication, and any Debt Securities which
such successor Person thereafter shall cause to be signed and delivered to the
Trustee for that purpose. All the Debt Securities so issued shall in all
respects have the same legal rank and benefit under this Indenture as the Debt
Securities theretofore issued in accordance with the terms of this Indenture.
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In case of any such consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance such
changes in phraseology and form (but not in substance) may be made in the Debt
Securities thereafter to be issued as may be appropriate.
ARTICLE NINE
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
SECTION 901. SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES WITHOUT CONSENT OF HOLDERS
Without the consent of any Holders, the Company, when authorized by a
Board Resolution, and the Trustee, at any time and from time to time, may enter
into one or more Supplemental Indenture in form satisfactory to the Trustee,
for any of the following purposes:
(1) to evidence the succession of another corporation to the Company,
and the assumption by any such successor of the covenants of the Company herein
and in the Debt Securities contained; or
(2) to add to the covenants of the Company, for the benefit of the
Holders of all or any series of Debt Securities (and if such covenants are to
be for the benefit of less than all series of Debt Securities, stating that
such covenants are expressly being included solely for the benefit of that
series) or to surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the Company;
or
(3) to establish the form or terms of Debt Securities of any series as
permitted by Sections 201 or 301, including any subordination provisions; or
(4) to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provision
herein or in any Supplemental Indenture which may be defective or inconsistent
with any other provision herein, or to make any other provisions with respect
to matters or questions arising under this Indenture, provided such action
pursuant to this clause (4) shall not adversely affect the interests of the
Holders of Debt Securities of any series in any material respect; or
(5) to add to, delete from or revise the conditions, limitations and
restrictions on the authorized amount, terms or purposes of issue,
authentication and delivery of Debt Securities of one or more series, as herein
set forth; or
(6) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment
hereunder by a successor Trustee with respect to the Debt Securities of one or
more series and to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as
shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the
trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee, pursuant to the requirement of
Section 610(1).
SECTION 902. SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES WITH CONSENT OF HOLDERS.
With the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in
principal amount of the outstanding Debt Securities of each series affected by
such Supplemental Indenture, by Act of said Holders delivered to the Company
and the Trustee, the Company, when authorized by a Board Resolution, and the
Trustee may enter into a Supplemental Indenture hereto for the purpose of
adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the
provisions of this Indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights of the
Holders of Debt Securities of that series under this Indenture; provided,
however, that no such Supplemental Indenture shall, without the consent of the
Holder of each Outstanding Debt Security affected thereby,
(1) change the Stated Maturity of the principal of, or any
installment of interest on, any Debt Security, or reduce the principal
amount thereof or the rate of interest thereon or any premium payable
upon the redemption thereof, or reduce the amount of the principal of
an Original Issue Discount Debt
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Security that would be due and payable upon a declaration of
acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 502, or
change the coin or currency in which, the principal of (or premium, if
any, on) any Debt Security or the interest, if any, thereon is
payable, or impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of
any such payment on or after the Stated Maturity thereof (or, in the
case of redemption, on or after the Redemption Date), or modify the
provisions of this Indenture with respect to the conversion or
exchange of the Debt Securities into Common Stock or into Debt
Securities of another series in a manner adverse to the Holders,
(2) reduce the percentage in principal amount of the
Outstanding Debt Securities of any series, the consent of whose
Holders is required for any such Supplemental Indenture, or the
consent of whose Holders is required for any waiver (of compliance
with certain provisions of this Indenture or certain defaults
hereunder and their consequences) provided for in this Indenture, or
(3) modify any of the provisions of this Section or Section
513 or Section 1005, except to increase any such percentage or to
provide that certain other provisions of this Indenture cannot be
modified or waived without the consent of the Holder of each
Outstanding Debt Security affected thereby.
A Supplemental Indenture which changes or eliminates any covenant or
other provision of this Indenture which has expressly been included solely for
the benefit of one or more particular series of Debt Securities, or which
modifies the rights of the Holders of Debt Securities of that series with
respect to such covenant or other provision, shall be deemed not to affect the
rights under this Indenture of the Holders of Debt Securities of any other
series.
It shall not be necessary for any Act of Holders under this Section to
approve the particular form of any proposed Supplemental Indenture, but it
shall be sufficient if such Act shall approve the substance thereof.
SECTION 903. EXECUTION OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES.
In executing, or accepting the additional trusts created by, any
Supplemental Indenture permitted by this Article or the modifications thereby
of the trusts created by this Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to
receive, and (subject to Section 601) shall be fully protected in relying upon,
an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such Supplemental Indenture
is authorized or permitted by this Indenture. The Trustee may, but shall not be
obligated to, enter into any such Supplemental Indenture which affects the
Trustee's own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.
SECTION 904. EFFECT OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES.
Upon the execution of any Supplemental Indenture under this Article,
this Indenture shall be modified in accordance therewith, and such Supplemental
Indenture shall form a part of this Indenture for all purposes; and every
Holder of Debt Securities theretofore or thereafter authenticated and delivered
hereunder shall be bound thereby. Any Supplemental Indenture executed under
this Article shall comply in all respects with the requirements of the TIA.
SECTION 905. REFERENCE IN DEBT SECURITIES TO SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES.
Debt Securities of any series authenticated and delivered after the
execution of any Supplemental Indenture pursuant to this Article may, and shall
if required by the Trustee, bear a notation in form approved by the Trustee as
to any matter provided for in such Supplemental Indenture. If the Company shall
so determine, new Debt Securities of any series so modified as to conform, in
the opinion of the Trustee and the Board of Directors, to any such Supplemental
Indenture may be prepared and executed by the Company and authenticated and
delivered by the Trustee in exchange for Outstanding Debt Securities of that
series.
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ARTICLE TEN
COVENANTS
SECTION 1001. PAYMENT OF PRINCIPAL, PREMIUM AND INTEREST.
The Company will duly and punctually pay the principal of (and
premium, if any) and interest (including any additional interest provided for
in an Officers' Certificate or Supplemental Indenture referred to in Section
301 with respect to any Debt Securities of a series), if any, or the Debt
Securities in accordance with the terms of the Debt Securities and this
Indenture.
SECTION 1002. MAINTENANCE OF OFFICE OR AGENCY.
The Company will maintain in the City of New York, an office or agency
or offices or agencies where, unless otherwise set forth in the Officers'
Certificate or Supplemental Indenture referred to in Section 301 with respect
to any Debt Securities of a series, Debt Securities may be presented or
surrendered for payment, Debt Securities may be surrendered for registration of
transfer or exchange, and notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect
of the Debt Securities and this Indenture may be served. The Company initially
appoints First Chicago Trust Company of New York, as its agent for purposes of
presentation or surrender of Debt Securities for payment, registration of
transfer, exchange or conversion and for service of notices or demands to or
upon it in respect of the Debt Securities and this Indenture. The Company will
give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any change in the location of any
such office or agency. If at any time the Company shall fail to maintain such
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, and the Company hereby appoints the
Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee its agent to receive all such
presentations, surrenders, notices and demands.
In addition to such office or agency, the Company may from time to
time designate one or more other offices or agencies where the Debt Securities
of one or more series may be presented or surrendered for any or all of the
purposes specified above in this Section and may constitute and appoint one or
more Paying Agents for the payment of the Debt Securities of that or those
series in one or more other cities, and may from time to time rescind such
designations and appointments, as the Company may deem desirable or expedient,
provided, however, that no such designation, appointment or rescission shall in
any manner relieve the Company of its obligation to maintain such office and
agency in the City of New York for the purposes above mentioned.
SECTION 1003. MONEY FOR DEBT SECURITY PAYMENTS TO BE HELD IN TRUST.
If the Company shall at any time act as its own Paying Agent with
respect to any series of Debt Securities, it will, on or before each due date
of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest, if any, on any of the
Debt 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, if any, 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 Debt Securities, it will, prior to each due date of the principal of
(and premium, if any) or interest, if any, on any Debt Securities of that
series, deposit with a Paying Agent a sum sufficient to pay the principal (and
premium, if any) or interest, if any, 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.
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The Company will cause each Paying Agent for any series of Debt
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) or interest, if any, on Debt 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 Event of Default by the
Company in the making of any payment of principal (and premium, if
any) or interest, if any, on the Debt Securities of that series; and
(3) at any time during the continuance of any such Event of
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 such 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.
Subject to applicable escheat laws, 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, if any, on any
Debt Security of any series and remaining unclaimed for three years after such
principal (and premium, if any) or interest, if any, has become due and payable
shall 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 Debt
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 a newspaper published in
the English language, customarily published on each Business Day and of general
circulation in the City of New York, 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 publication, any unclaimed balance of such money then
remaining will be repaid to the Company.
SECTION 1004. STATEMENT AS TO COMPLIANCE.
The Company will deliver to the Trustee, within 120 days after the end
of each fiscal year, a written statement, which need not comply with Section
102, signed by the Chairman of the Board, a Vice Chairman, the President or a
Vice President and by the Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, the Controller or
an Assistant Controller of the Company, stating, as to each signer thereof,
that
(1) a review of the activities of the Company during such year
and of performance under this Indenture has been made under his
supervision, and
(2) to the best of his knowledge, based on such review, (a)
the Company has fulfilled all its obligations under this Indenture
throughout such year, or, if there has been a default in the
fulfillment of any such obligation, specifying each such default known
to him and the nature and status thereof, and (b) no event has
occurred and is continuing which is, or after notice or lapse of time
or both would become, an Event of Default, or, if such an event has
occurred and is continuing, specifying each such event known to him
and the nature and status thereof.
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SECTION 1005. WAIVER OF CERTAIN COVENANTS.
The Company may omit in any particular instance to comply with any
covenant or condition set forth in Section 1004 with respect to the Debt
Securities of any series, if before or after the time for such compliance the
Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the Debt Securities of
that series at the time Outstanding 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.
SECTION 1006. SEC REPORTS.
The Company shall file with the Trustee within 15 days after it files
them 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 by rules and regulations prescribe) which the Company
is required to file with the SEC pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The Company shall also comply with the other
provisions of TIA Section 314(a) concerning the filing and transmission of
reports to the SEC, the Trustee and Holders.
SECTION 1007. LIMITATIONS ON DIVIDENDS, DISTRIBUTIONS AND
ACQUISITIONS OF CAPITAL STOCK.
The Company will not declare or pay any dividends or make any
distribution to holders of its capital stock (other than dividends or
distributions payable in capital stock of the Company or other than as the
Company determines is necessary to maintain its status as a REIT), or purchase,
redeem or otherwise acquire or retire for value any of its capital stock or any
warrants, rights or options (including any securities convertible into or
exercisable for such capital stock but not including the Debt Securities) to
purchase or acquire any shares of its capital stock or permit any Subsidiary to
purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire or retire for value any of the Company s
capital stock or any warrants, rights or options (including any securities
convertible into or exercisable for such capital stock but not including the
Debt Securities) to purchase or acquire any shares of the Company's capital
stock if at the time of such action an Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing or would exist immediately after giving effect to such action.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions of this Section 1007
will not prevent (i) the payment of any dividend within 60 days after the date
of declaration when the payment would have complied with the foregoing
provisions on the date of declaration; (ii) the retirement of any share of the
Company's capital stock by exchange for, or out of the proceeds of the
substantially concurrent sale (other than to a Subsidiary) of, other shares of
its capital stock.
ARTICLE ELEVEN
REDEMPTION OF DEBT SECURITIES
SECTION 1101. RIGHT OF REDEMPTION.
Redemption of Debt Securities of any series at the option of the
Company as permitted or required by the terms of such Debt Securities shall be
made in accordance with the terms of such Debt Securities and this Article. The
Debt Securities also shall be subject to redemption, in whole or from time to,
time in part, at any time in order to protect the Company's status as a REIT,
at the option of the Company at a redemption price equal to 100% of the
principal amount, premium if any, plus accrued interest to the date of
redemption.
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SECTION 1102. ELECTION TO REDEEM: NOTICE TO TRUSTEE.
The election of the Company to redeem any Debt Securities pursuant to
Section 1101 shall be evidenced by a Board Resolution. The Company shall, at
least 60 days 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, in the case of any redemption at the election of the
Company of less than all the Debt Securities of any series, of the principal
amount of Debt Securities of that series to be redeemed.
SECTION 1103. SELECTION BY DEBT SECURITIES REGISTRAR OF DEBT
SECURITIES TO BE REDEEMED.
If less than all the Debt Securities of any series with the same issue
date and Stated Maturity are to be redeemed, the particular Debt Securities to
be redeemed shall be selected not more than 60 days prior to the Redemption
Date by the Debt Securities Registrar, from the Outstanding Debt Securities of
that series not previously called for redemption, by such method as specified
in the Officers' Certificate or Supplemental Indenture referred to in Section
301 or, if not so specified, by such method as the Debt Securities Registrar
shall deem fair and appropriate and which may provide for the selection for
redemption of portions (equal to $100,000 or a multiple of $1,000 above
$100,000) of the principal of Debt Securities of that series of a denomination
larger than $100,000. The portions of the principal of Debt Securities of that
series so selected for partial redemption shall be equal to the smallest
authorized denomination of the Debt Securities of that series or a multiple of
$1,000 above $100,000. The portion of the principal of any Debt Security not
redeemed shall not be less than the smallest authorized denomination of the
Debt Securities of that series.
For all purposes of this Indenture, unless the context otherwise
requires, all provisions relating to the redemption of Debt Securities shall
relate, in the case of any Debt Security redeemed or to be redeemed only in
part, to the portion of the principal of such Debt Security which has been or
is to be redeemed.
SECTION 1104. NOTICE OF REDEMPTION.
Notice of redemption shall be given in the manner provided in Section
106 not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date unless
a shorter period is specified in the Debt Security of the series to be
redeemed, to each Holder of Debt Securities to be redeemed, but failure to give
such notice in the manner herein provided to the Holder of any Debt Securities
designated for redemption as a whole or in part, or any defect in the notice to
any such Holder, shall not affect the validity of the proceedings for the
redemption of any other such Debt Securities or portion thereof.
Any notice that is mailed in the manner herein provided shall be
conclusively presumed to have been given, whether or not the Holder receives
the notice.
All notices of redemption shall state:
(1) the Redemption Date;
(2) the Redemption Price, premium, if any, and the amount of
accrued interest, if any, to be paid;
(3) if less than all the Outstanding Debt Securities of any
series are to be redeemed, the identification (and, in the case of
partial redemption, the principal amounts) of the particular Debt
Securities to be redeemed;
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(4) in case any Debt Security is to be redeemed in part only,
the notice which relates to such Debt Security shall state that on and
after the Redemption Date, upon surrender of such Debt Security, the
Holder will receive, without charge, a new Debt Security or Debt
Securities of authorized denominations for the principal amount
thereof remaining unredeemed;
(5) that on the Redemption Date the Redemption price and
accrued interest, if any, will become due and payable upon each such
Debt Security to be redeemed and, if applicable, that the interest
thereon will cease to accrue on and after said date;
(6) the place or places where such Debt Securities are to be
surrendered for payment of the Redemption Price and accrued interest,
if any; and
(7) the conversion rights, if any, pertaining to such Debt
Securities.
Notice of redemption of Debt Securities to be redeemed at the election
of the Company shall be given by the Company or, at the Company's request, by
the Trustee in the name of and at the expense of the Company.
SECTION 1105. DEPOSIT OF REDEMPTION PRICE.
On or prior to each 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 (unless the
Redemption Date shall be an Interest Payment Date) accrued interest on, and
premium, if any, all the Debt Securities or portions thereof which are to be
redeemed on that date.
SECTION 1106. DEBT SECURITIES PAYABLE ON REDEMPTION DATE.
Notice of redemption having been given as aforesaid, the Debt
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 Debt Securities shall cease to bear interest. Upon
surrender of any such Debt Security for redemption in accordance with said
notice, such Debt Security shall be paid by the Company at the Redemption
Price, together with accrued interest to the Redemption Date; provided,
however, that notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture and unless
otherwise specified in the Officers' Certificate or Supplemental Indenture
referred to in Section 301 with respect to such Debt Security, installments of
interest whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to the Redemption Date shall be
payable (but without interest thereon, unless the Company shall default in the
payment thereof in which case the provisions of Section 307 shall apply) to the
Holders of such Debt Securities or one or more Predecessor Debt 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 Debt 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, to the extent lawful, from the Redemption Date at
the rate borne by the Debt Security.
SECTION 1107. DEBT SECURITIES REDEEMED IN PART.
Any Debt Security which is to be redeemed only in part shall be
surrendered at the office or agency of the Company designated for that purpose
pursuant to Section 1002 (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 Debt Security without service
charge a
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new Debt Security or Debt Securities of any authorized denomination of the same
series as requested by such Holder, in aggregate principal amount equal to and
in exchange for the unredeemed portion of the principal of the Debt Security so
surrendered. If a Global Debt Security is so surrendered, such new Debt
Security so issued shall be a new Global Debt Security.
ARTICLE TWELVE
SINKING FUND
SECTION 1201. MANDATORY AND OPTIONAL SINKING FUND PAYMENTS.
The provisions of this Article shall be applicable to any sinking fund
for the retirement of Debt Securities of any series, except as otherwise
permitted or required by any form of Debt Security of that series issued
pursuant to this Indenture. The minimum amount of any sinking fund payment
provided for by the terms of Debt Securities of any series is herein referred
to as a "mandatory sinking fund payment", and any payment in excess of that
minimum amount provided for by the terms of Debt Securities of that series is
herein referred to as an "optional sinking fund payment". If provided for by
the terms of Debt 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 Debt Securities of any
series as provided for by the terms of Debt Securities of that series.
SECTION 1202. SATISFACTION OF SINKING FUND PAYMENTS WITH DEBT
SECURITIES.
The Company may, in satisfaction of all or any part of any sinking
fund payment with respect to the Debt Securities of any series to be made
pursuant to the terms of such Debt Securities as provided for by the terms of
that series (1) deliver Outstanding Debt Securities of that series (other than
any of such Debt Securities previously called for redemption or any of such
Debt Securities in respect of which cash shall have been released to the
Company), (2) apply as a credit Debt Securities of that series which have been
redeemed either at the election of the Company pursuant to the terms of that
series of Debt Securities or through the application of permitted optional
sinking fund payments pursuant to the terms of such Debt Securities, provided
that such series of Debt Securities have not been previously so credited and
(3) apply as a credit Debt Securities of that series which have been converted
or exchanged into Common Stock or Debt Securities of another series pursuant to
the terms of that series of Debt Securities, provided that such series of Debt
Securities have not been previously so credited. Such Debt Securities shall be
received and credited for such purpose by the Trustee at the Redemption Price
specified in such Debt Securities for redemption through operation of the
sinking fund and the amount of such sinking fund payment shall be reduced
accordingly. If as a result of the delivery or credit of Debt Securities of any
series in lieu of cash payments pursuant to this Section, the principal amount
of Debt Securities of that series to be redeemed in order to exhaust the
aforesaid cash payment shall be less than $100,000, the Trustee need not call
Debt Securities of that series for redemption, except upon Company Request, and
such cash payment shall be held by the Trustee or a Paying Agent and applied to
the nest succeeding sinking fund payment, provided, however, that the Trustee
or such Paying Agent shall at the request of the Company from time to time pay
over and deliver to the Company any cash payment so being held by the Trustee
or such Paying Agent upon delivery by the Company to the Trustee of Debt
Securities of that series purchased by the Company having an unpaid principal
amount equal to the cash payment requested to be released to the Company.
SECTION 1203. REDEMPTION OF DEBT SECURITIES FOR SINKING FUNDS.
Not less than 60 days prior to each sinking fund payment date for any
series of Debt Securities, the Company will deliver to the Trustee an Officers'
Certificate specifying the amount of the next ensuing mandatory sinking fund
payment for that series pursuant to the terms of that series, the portion
thereof, if any, which is to be satisfied by payment of cash and the portion
thereof, if any, which is to be satisfied by delivering and crediting of
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Debt Securities of that series pursuant to Section 1202, and the optional
amount, if any, to be added in cash to the next ensuing mandatory sinking fund
payment, and will also deliver to the Trustee any Debt Securities to be so
credited and not theretofore delivered. If such Officers' Certificate shall
specify an optional amount to be added in cash to the next ensuing mandatory
sinking fund payment, the Company shall thereupon be obligated to pay the
amount therein specified. Not less than 30 days before each such sinking fund
payment date the Trustee shall select the Debt 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 Debt Securities shall be made
upon the terms and in the manner stated in Section 1106 and 1107.
ARTICLE THIRTEEN
CONVERSION OF DEBT SECURITIES
SECTION 1301. CONVERSION PRIVILEGE.
Conversion of Debt Securities of any series into Common Stock of the
Company as permitted by the terms of such Debt Securities shall be made in
accordance with the terms of such Debt Securities and this Article. "Common
Stock" used herein in Article Thirteen means the Common Stock of the Company on
the date the Debt Securities of such series are issued. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, and in order to protect the Company's status as a REIT, a Holder may
not convert any Debt Security; and any such Debt Security shall not be
convertible by any Holder, if as a result of such conversion any person would
then be deemed to beneficially own directly or indirectly, 9.9% or more of
Common Stock. Except as otherwise set forth herein, the Trustee shall have no
duties or responsibilities in respect of the conversion privilege or of any
matter relating thereto, including without limitation and determination of the
conversion price of any adjustment thereto. The Trustee shall have no duty,
responsibility or liability in connection with the observation or enforcement
of the aforementioned restriction on transfer or the consequences of such
restriction or the correction of any such breach or violation.
SECTION 1302. EXERCISE OF CONVERSION PRIVILEGE.
In order to exercise the conversion privilege, the Holder of any Debt
Security of any series to be converted shall surrender such Debt Security, duly
endorsed or assigned to the Company or in blank, at any office or agency of the
Company maintained for that purpose, accompanied by written notice to the
Company at such office or agency that the Holder elects to convert such Debt
Security or, if less than the entire principal amount thereof is to be
converted, the portion thereof to be converted Debt Securities surrendered for
conversion during the period from the close of business on any Regular Record
Date for the payment of interest on the Debt Securities of that series to the
opening of business on the Interest Payment Date for such interest shall
(except in the case of Debt Securities of that series or portions thereof which
have been called for redemption on a Redemption Date within such period) be
accompanied by payment of an amount equal to the interest payable on such
Interest Payment Date on the principal amount of Debt Securities being
surrendered for conversion. Except as provided in the preceding sentence, no
payment or adjustment shall be made upon any conversion on account of any
interest accrued on the Debt Securities of that series surrendered for
conversion or on account of any dividends on the Common Stock issued upon
conversion.
Debt Securities of any series shall be deemed to have been converted
immediately prior to the close of business on the day of surrender of such Debt
Security for conversion in accordance with the foregoing provisions, and at
such time the rights of the Holder of such Debt Security as Holder shall cease,
and the Person or Persons entitled to receive the Common Stock issuable upon
conversion shall be treated for all purposes as the record holder or holders of
such Common Stock at such time. As promptly as practicable on or after the
conversion date, the Company shall issue and shall deliver at said office or
agency a certificate or certificates for
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the number of full shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion, together
with payment in lieu of any fraction of a share, as provided in Section 1303.
In the case of any Debt Security which is converted in part only, upon
such conversion the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate
and deliver to the Holder thereof, at the expense of the Company, a new Debt
Security or Debt Securities of authorized denominations in aggregate principal
amount equal to the unconverted portion of the principal amount of such Debt
Security.
SECTION 1303. FRACTIONS OF SHARES.
No fractional shares of Common Stock shall be issued upon conversion
of Debt Securities. If more than one Debt Security shall be surrendered for
conversion at one time by the same Holder, the number of full shares which
shall be issuable upon conversion thereof shall be computed on the basis of the
aggregate principal amount of the Debt Securities (or specified portions
thereof) so surrendered. Instead of any fractional share of Common Stock which
would otherwise be issuable upon conversion of any Debt Security or Debt
Securities (or specified portions thereof), the Company shall pay a cash
adjustment in respect of such fraction in an amount equal to the same fraction
of the closing price per share of Common Stock on the day of conversion. The
closing price shall be the reported last sale price of the Common Stock on the
New York Stock Exchange -Composite Transactions or, in case no such reported
sale takes place on such day, the average of the reported closing bid and asked
prices regular way on the New York Stock Exchange, or if the common stock is
not listed or admitted to trading on such Exchange, on the principal national
exchange on which the Common Stock is listed or admitted to trading or, if not
listed or admitted to trading on any national securities exchange, the average
of the closing bid and asked prices as furnished by any New York Stock Exchange
member firm selected from time to time by the Company for that purpose.
SECTION 1304. ADJUSTMENTS OF CONVERSION PRICE.
(1) In the case the Company shall pay or make a dividend
or other distribution on any class of capital stock of the Company in Common
Stock after the issuance of a Debt Security entitled to exercise the conversion
privilege, the conversion price of such Debt Security in effect at the opening
of business on the day following the date fixed for the determination of
stockholders entitled to receive such dividend or other distribution shall be
reduced by multiplying such conversion price by a fraction of which the
numerator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding at the
close of business on the date fixed for such determination and the denominator
shall be the sum of such number of shares and the total number of shares
constituting such dividend or other distribution, such reduction to become
effective immediately after the opening of business on the day following the
date fixed for such determination. For the purposes of this paragraph (1), the
number of shares of common Stock at any time outstanding shall include shares
issuable in respect of scrip certificates issued in lieu of fractions of shares
of Common Stock.
(2) In case the Company shall issue, after the issuance
of a Debt Security entitled to the conversion privilege, rights or warrants to
all holders of its Common Stock entitling them to subscribe for or purchase
shares of Common Stock at a price per share less than the current market price
per share (determined as provided in paragraph (6) of this Section) of the
Common Stock on the date fixed for the determination of stockholders entitled
to receive such rights or warrants, the conversion price for such Debt Security
in effect at the opening of business on the day following the date fixed for
such determination shall be reduced by multiplying such conversion price by a
fraction of which the numerator shall be the number of shares of common Stock
outstanding at the close of business on the date fixed for such determination
plus the number of shares of Common Stock which the aggregate of the offering
price of the total number of shares of Common Stock so offered for subscription
or purchase would purchase at such current market price and the denominator
shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding at the close of
business on the date fixed for such determination plus the number of shares of
Common Stock so offered for subscription or purchase, such reduction to become
effective immediately after the opening of business on the day following the
date fixed for such determination; provided,
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however, that if all the shares of Common Stock offered for subscription or
purchase are not subscribed for or purchased, upon the expiration of such
rights or warrants the conversion price shall be immediately readjusted to what
would have been the conversion price had the above-referenced fraction been
calculated with reference to the actual number of shares of Common Stock
subscribed for or purchased rather than the number of shares of Common Stock
offered for subscription or purchase. For the purposes of this paragraph (2),
the number of shares of Common Stock at any time outstanding shall include
shares issuable in respect of scrip certificates issued in lieu of fractions of
shares of Common Stock. For purposes of this paragraph (2), the granting of the
right to purchase shares of Common stock pursuant to any shareholder rights
plan, any dividend or interest reinvestment plan and/or any Common Stock
purchase plan providing for the reinvestment of dividends or interest payable
on securities of the Company and/or the investment of periodic optional
payments at a price per share of not less than 95 percent of the current market
price per share (determined as provided in such plans) of the Common Stock (so
long as such right to purchase is in no case evidenced by the delivery of
rights or warrants) shall be deemed not to constitute an issue of rights or
warrants by the Company within the meaning of this paragraph (2).
(3) In case outstanding shares of Common Stock shall be
subdivided into a greater number of shares of Common Stock after the issuance
of a Debt Security entitled to the conversion privilege, the conversion price
for such Debt Security in effect at the opening of business on the day
following the day upon which such subdivision becomes effective shall be
proportionately reduced, and, conversely, in case outstanding shares of Common
Stock shall each be combined into a smaller number of shares of Common Stock,
the conversion price of such Debt Security in effect at the opening of business
on the day following the day upon which such combination becomes effective
shall be proportionately increased, such reduction or increase, as the case may
be, to become effective immediately after the opening of business on the day
following the day upon which such subdivision or combination becomes effective.
(4) In case the Company shall, after the issuance of a
Debt Security entitled to the conversion privilege, by dividend or otherwise,
distribute to all holders of its Common Stock evidences of its indebtedness or
assets (including securities, but excluding any dividend or distribution
referred to in paragraph (1) of this Section, any rights or warrants referred
to in paragraph (2) of this section and any dividend or distribution paid in
cash out of the consolidated earnings or retained earnings of the Company), the
conversion price of such Debt Security shall be adjusted so that the same shall
equal the price determined by multiplying the conversion price in effect
immediately prior to the close of business on the date fixed for the
determination of stockholders entitled to receive such distribution by a
fraction of which the numerator shall be the current market price per share
(determined as provided in paragraph (6) of this Section) of the Common Stock
on the date fixed for such determination less the then fair market value (as
determined by the Board of Directors, whose determination shall be conclusive
and described in a Board Resolution filed with the Trustee) of the portion of
the assets or evidences of indebtedness so distributed applicable to one share
of Common Stock and the denominator shall be such current market price per
share of the Common Stock, such adjustment to become effective immediately
prior to the opening of business on the day following the date fixed for the
determination of stockholders entitled to receive such distribution.
(5) The reclassification (including any reclassification
upon a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing
corporation) of Common Stock into securities including other than Common Stock
shall be deemed to involve (a) a distribution of such securities other than
Common Stock to all holders of Common Stock (and the effective date of such
reclassification shall be deemed to be "the date fixed for the determination of
stockholders entitled to receive such distribution" and "the date fixed for
such determination" within the meaning of paragraph (4) of this section), and
(b) a subdivision or combination, as the case may be, of the number of shares
of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to such reclassification into the
number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately thereafter (and the
effective date of such reclassification shall be deemed to be "the day upon
which such subdivision becomes effective" or "the day upon which such
combination becomes effective", as the case may be, and "the day upon which
such subdivision or combination becomes effective" within the meaning of
paragraph (3) of this Section).
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(6) For the purpose of any computation under paragraphs
(2) and (4) of this Section, the current market price per share of Common Stock
on any date shall be deemed to be the average of the daily closing prices for
the 15 consecutive Business Days selected by the Company commencing not less
than 20 nor more than 30 Business Days before the day in question. The closing
price for each day shall be determined in the manner set forth in Section 1303.
(7) The Company may from time to time reduce, in addition
to those required by paragraphs (1), (2), (3) and (4) of this Section, the
conversion price of Debt Securities of any series by any amount for any period
if the period is at least 20 days and if the reduction is irrevocable during
the period.
(8) Notwithstanding the provisions of this Article, the
conversion price per share shall not be reduced to less than the par value
thereof as a result of any adjustment made hereunder.
(9) No adjustment in the conversion price shall be
required unless such adjustment would require an increase or decrease of at
least 1% in such price; provided, however, that any adjustment which by reason
of this paragraph (9) is not required to be made shall be carried forward and
taken into account in any subsequent adjustment. All calculations under this
Article Thirteen shall be made to the nearest cent or the nearest one-hundredth
of a share, as the case may be.
SECTION 1305. NOTICE OF ADJUSTMENTS OF CONVERSION PRICE.
Whenever the conversion price of any Debt Security is adjusted as
herein provided:
(1) the Company shall compute the adjusted conversion price in
accordance with Section 1304 and shall prepare an Officers'
Certificate setting forth the adjusted conversion price and showing in
reasonable detail the facts upon which such adjustment is based, and
such certificate shall forthwith be filed at each office or agency
maintained for the purpose of conversion of Debt Securities.
(2) a notice stating that the conversion price has been
adjusted and setting forth the adjusted conversion price shall be
mailed by the Company to the Holders of Debt Securities for which the
conversion price has been adjusted as herein provided.
SECTION 1306. NOTICE OF CERTAIN CORPORATE ACTION.
In case:
(1) the Company shall declare a dividend (or any other
distribution) on its Common Stock payable otherwise than in cash out
of its consolidated earnings or retained earnings; or
(2) the Company shall authorize the granting to all the
holders of its Common Stock of rights or warrants to subscribe for or
purchase any shares of capital stock of any class or of any other
rights (other than a dividend or distribution payable in cash out of
the consolidated earnings or retained earnings of the Company); or
(3) of any reclassification of the Common Stock of the Company
(other than a subdivision or combination of its outstanding shares of
Common Stock); or
(4) of the voluntary or involuntary dissolution liquidation or
winding up of the Company;
then the Company shall cause to be filed at each office or agency maintained
for the purpose of conversion of Debt Securities, and shall cause to be mailed
to the Holders of Debt Securities entitled to the conversion privilege as
herein provided, at least 20 days (or 10 days in any case specified in clause
(a) or (b) above) prior to the
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applicable record date hereinafter specified, a notice stating (a) the date on
which a record is to be taken for the purpose of such dividend, distribution,
rights or warrants, or, if a record is not to be taken, the date as of which
the holders of Common Stock of record to be entitled to such dividend,
distribution, rights or warrants are to be determined, or (y) the date on which
such reclassification, dissolution, liquidation or winding up is expected to
become effective, and the date as of which it is expected that holders of
Common Stock of record shall be entitled to exchange their shares of Common
Stock for securities, cash or other property deliverable upon such
reclassification, dissolution, liquidation or winding up.
SECTION 1307. TAXES ON CONVERSION.
The Company will pay any and all taxes that may be payable in respect
of the issue or delivery of shares of Common Stock on conversion of Debt
Securities pursuant hereto. The Company shall not, however, be required to pay
any tax which may be payable in respect of any transfer involved in the issue
and delivery of shares of Common Stock in a name other than that of the Holder
of the Debt Security or Debt Securities to be converted, and no such issue or
delivery shall be made unless and until the person requesting such issue has
paid to the Company the amount of any such tax, or has established to the
satisfaction of the Company that such tax has been paid.
ARTICLE FOURTEEN
RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER
SECTION 1401. RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER.
Any transfer of Debt Securities that, if effective, would result in
any Person becoming the Beneficial Owner of more than 9.9% of the outstanding
stock of the Company shall be deemed void ab initio, and the intended
transferee shall be deemed never to have had an interest therein. The Trustee
shall have no duty, responsibility or liability in connection with the
observation or enforcement of the aforementioned restriction on transfer or the
consequences of such restriction or the correction of any such breach or
violation.
ARTICLE FIFTEEN
DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE
SECTION 1501. APPLICABILITY OF ARTICLE: COMPANY'S OPTION TO EFFECT
DEFEASANCE OR COVENANT DEFEASANCE.
If, pursuant to Section 301, provision is made for either or both of
(a) defeasance of the Debt Securities of or within a series under 1502 or (b)
covenant defeasance of the Debt Securities of or within a series under Section
1503, then the provisions of such Section or Sections, as the case may be,
together with the other provisions of this Article (with such modifications
thereto as may be specified pursuant to Section 301 with respect to any Debt
Securities), shall be applicable to such Debt Securities, and the Company may
at its option by Board Resolution, at any time, with respect to such Debt
Securities, elect to have Section 1502 (if applicable) or Section 1503 (if
applicable) be applied to such Outstanding Debt Securities upon compliance with
the conditions set forth below in this Article.
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SECTION 1502. DEFEASANCE AND DISCHARGE.
Upon the Company's exercise of the above option applicable to this
Section with respect to any Debt Securities of or within a series, the Company
shall be deemed to have been discharged from its obligations with respect to
such Outstanding Debt Securities on the date the conditions set forth in
Section 1504 are satisfied (hereinafter, "defeasance"). For this purpose, such
defeasance means that the Company shall be deemed to have paid and discharged
the entire indebtedness represented by such Outstanding Debt Securities, which
shall thereafter be deemed to be "Outstanding" only for the purposes of Section
1505 and the other Sections of this Indenture referred to in clauses (A) and
(B) below, and to have satisfied all of its other obligations under such Debt
Securities and this Indenture insofar as such Debt Securities are concerned
(and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall execute such
appropriate instrument(s) acknowledging the same as the Company shall
reasonably request), except for the following which shall survive until
otherwise terminated or discharged hereunder: (A) the rights of Holders of
such outstanding Debt Securities to receive, solely from the trust fund
described in Section 1504 and as more fully set forth in such Section, payments
in respect of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, on
such Debt Securities when such payments are due, (B) the Company's obligations
with respect to such Debt Securities under Sections 305, 306, 1002 and 1003,
and Article Thirteen (C) the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of
the Trustee hereunder and (D) this Article. Subject to compliance with this
Article Fifteen, the Company may exercise its option under this Section
notwithstanding the prior exercise of its option under Section 1503 with
respect to such Debt Securities.
SECTION 1503. COVENANT DEFEASANCE.
Upon the Company's exercise of the above option applicable to this
Section with respect to any Debt Securities of or within a series, the Company
shall be released from its obligations under Sections 1004, 1006 and 1007, and,
if specified pursuant to Section 301, its obligations under any other covenant
contained herein or in any indenture supplemental hereto, with respect to such
Outstanding Debt Securities thereto on and after the date the conditions set
forth in Section 1504 are satisfied (hereinafter, "covenant defeasance"), and
such Debt Securities shall thereafter be deemed to be 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 Sections 1004, 1006
and 1007, inclusive, or such other covenant contained herein or in any
indenture supplemental hereto, but shall continue to be deemed "Outstanding"
for all other purposes hereunder. For this purpose, such covenant defeasance
means that, with respect to such Outstanding Debt Securities, 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 Section or such other covenant,
whether directly or indirectly, by reason of any reference elsewhere herein to
any such Section or other covenant or by reason of reference in any such
Section or such other covenant to any other provision herein and such omission
to comply shall not constitute a default or an Event of Default under Section
501(4) or 501(7) or otherwise, as the case may be, but except as specified
above, the remainder of this Indenture and such Debt Securities shall be
unaffected thereby.
SECTION 1504. CONDITIONS TO DEFEASANCE OR COVENANT DEFEASANCE.
The following shall be the conditions to application of Section 1502
or Section 1503 to any Outstanding Debt Securities of or within a series:
(a) The Company shall irrevocably have deposited or caused to be
deposited with the Trustee (or another trustee satisfying the requirements of
Section 608 who shall agree to comply with the provisions of this Article
Fifteen applicable to it) as trust funds in trust for the purpose of making the
following payments, specifically pledged as security for, and dedicated solely
to, the benefit of the Holders of such Debt Securities, (1) an amount in such
currency, currencies or currency unit in which such Debt Securities are then
specified as payable at Stated Maturity, or (2) Government Obligations
applicable to such Debt Securities (determined on the basis of the currency,
currencies or currency unit in which such Debt Securities are then specified as
payable at Stated Maturity) which through the scheduled payment of principal
and interest in respect thereof in accordance
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with their terms will provide, not later than the due date of any payment of
principal of (and premium if any) and interest, if any, on such Debt
Securities, money in an amount, or (3) a combination thereof, in any case, in
an amount, sufficient, without consideration of any reinvestment of such
principal and interest, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of
independent public accountants expressed in written certification thereof
delivered to the Trustee, to pay and discharge, and which shall be applied by
the Trustee (or other qualifying trustee) to pay and discharge, (i) the
principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, on such Outstanding
Debt Securities on the Stated Maturity of such principal or installment of
principal or interest and (ii) any mandatory sinking fund payments or analogous
payments applicable to such Outstanding Debt Securities on the day on which
such payments are due and payable in accordance with the terms of this
Indenture and of such Debt Securities.
(b) Such defeasance or covenant defeasance shall not result in a
breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, this Indenture or any
other material agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party or by
which it is bound.
(c) No Event of Default or event which with notice or lapse of
time or both would become an Event of Default with respect to such Debt
Securities shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such deposit
or, insofar as Sections 501(5) and 501(6) are concerned, at any time during the
period ending on the 91st day after the date of such deposit (it being
understood that this condition shall not be deemed satisfied until the
expiration of such period).
(d) In the case of an election under Section 1502, the Company
shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel stating 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 execution 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 shall confirm that, the Holders
of such Outstanding Debt Securities will not recognize income, gain or loss for
Federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same
times as would have been the case if such defeasance had not occurred.
(e) In the case of an election under Section 1503, the Company
shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that
the Holders of such Outstanding Debt Securities will not recognize income, gain
or loss for Federal income tax purposes as a result of such covenant defeasance
and will be subject to Federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same
manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such covenant
defeasance had not occurred.
(f) The Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers'
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions
precedent to the defeasance under Section 1502 or the covenant defeasance under
Section 1503 (as the case may be) have been complied with and an Opinion of
Counsel to the effect that either (i) as a result of a deposit pursuant to
subsection (a) above and the related exercise of the Company's option under
Section 1502 or Section 1503 (as the case may be), registration is not required
under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, by the Company, with
respect to the trust funds representing such deposit or by the Trustee for such
trust funds or (ii) all necessary registrations under said Act have been
effected.
(g) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Section, such
defeasance or covenant defeasance shall be effected in compliance with any
additional or substitute terms, conditions or limitations which may be imposed
on the Company in connection therewith pursuant to Section 301.
SECTION 1505. DEPOSITED MONEY AND GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS TO BE HELD
IN TRUST; OTHER MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS.
Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 1003, all
money and Government Obligations (or other property as may be provided pursuant
to Section 301) (including the proceeds thereof) deposited with the Trustee (or
other qualifying trustee, collectively for purposes of this Section 1505, the
"Trustee") pursuant to
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Section 1504 in respect of any Outstanding Debt Securities of any series shall
be held in trust and applied by the Trustee, in accordance with the provisions
of such Debt Securities and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or
through any Paying Agent (including the Company acting as its own Paying Agent)
as the Trustee may determine, to the Holders of such Debt Securities of all
sums due and to become due thereon in respect of principal (and premium, if
any) and interest, but such money need not be segregated from other funds
except to the extent required by law.
Unless otherwise specified with respect to any Debt Security pursuant
to Section 301, if, after a deposit referred to in Section 1504(A) has been
made, (a) the Holder of a Debt Security in respect of which such deposit was
made is entitled to, and does, elect pursuant to Section 301 or the terms of
such Debt Security to receive payment in a currency or currency unit other than
that in which the deposit pursuant to Section 1504(A) has been made in respect
of such Debt Security, or (b) a Conversion Event occurs in respect of the
currency or currency unit in which the deposit pursuant to Section 1504(A) has
been made, the indebtedness represented by such Debt Security shall be deemed
to have been, and will be, fully discharged and satisfied through the payment
of the principal of (and premium if any), interest, if any, on such Security as
the same becomes due out of the proceeds yielded by converting (from time to
time as specified below in the case of any such election) the amount of other
property deposited in respect of such Security into the currency or currency
unit in which such Debt Security becomes payable as a result of such election
or Conversion Event based on the applicable market exchange rate for such
currency or currency unit in effect on the second Business Day prior to each
payment date, except, with respect to a Conversion Event, for such currency or
currency unit in effect (as nearly as feasible) at the time of the Conversion
Event.
The Company shall pay and indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee
or other charge imposed on or assessed against the Government Obligations
deposited pursuant to Section 1504 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 such Outstanding Debt Securities.
Anything in this Article to the contrary notwithstanding, subject to
Section 607, the Trustee shall deliver or pay to the Company from time to time
upon Company Request any money or Government Obligations (or other property and
any proceeds therefrom) held by it as provided in Section 1504 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 which would then be required to be deposited to
effect a defeasance or covenant defeasance, as applicable, in accordance with
this Article.
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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.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to
be duly executed and attested, all as of the day and year first above written.
OMEGA HEALTHCARE INVESTORS, INC.,
a Maryland corporation
By /s/ David A. Stover
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David A. Stover
Vice President and Chief Financial
Officer
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Attest:
/s/ Carol Albaugh
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NBD BANK, a Michigan banking corporation
as Trustee
By /s/ J. Michael Banas
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J. Michael Banas
Vice President
Attest:
/s/ Richard J. McCullen
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