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Molson Coors Capital Finance ULC,
as Issuer;
The Guarantors Named Herein,
as Guarantors;
TD Banknorth, National Association,
as U.S. Trustee;
and
The Canada Trust Company,
as Canadian Trustee
INDENTURE
Dated as of September 22, 2005
CROSS-REFERENCE TABLE
| TIA Section | Indenture Section | ||
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310 | (a)(1) | 7.11 | ||
(a)(2) | 7.11 | |||
(a)(3) | N.A. | |||
(a)(4) | N.A. | |||
(b) | 7.08; 7.11 | |||
(c) | N.A | |||
311 | (a) | 7.12 | ||
(b) | 7.12 | |||
(c) | N.A. | |||
312 | (a) | 2.05 | ||
(b) | 10.03 | |||
(c) | 10.03 | |||
313 | (a) | 7.06 | ||
(b)(1) | N.A. | |||
(b)(2) | 7.06 | |||
(c) | 11.02 | |||
(d) | 7.06 | |||
314 | (a) | 4.02; | ||
(b) | N.A. | |||
(c)(1) | 10.04 | |||
(c)(2) | 10.04 | |||
(c)(3) | N.A. | |||
(d) | N.A. | |||
(e) | 10.05 | |||
315 | (a) | 7.01 | ||
(b) | 7.05; 10.02 | |||
(c) | 7.01 | |||
(d) | 7.01 | |||
(e) | 6.11 | |||
316 | (a)(last sentence) | 10.06 | ||
(a)(1)(A) | 6.05 | |||
(a)(1)(B) | 6.04 | |||
(a)(2) | N.A. | |||
(b) | 6.07 | |||
317 | (a)(1) | 6.08 | ||
(a)(2) | 6.09 | |||
(b) | 2.04 | |||
318 | (a) | 10.01 | ||
N.A. means Not Applicable. |
Note: This Cross-Reference Table shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be part of the Indenture.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
ARTICLE I Definitions and Incorporation by Reference | ||||
Section 1.01 | Definitions | 1 | ||
Section 1.02 | Other Definitions | 6 | ||
Section 1.03 | Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act | 6 | ||
Section 1.04 | Rules of Construction | 7 | ||
ARTICLE II The Securities | ||||
Section 2.01 | Issuable in Series | 7 | ||
Section 2.02 | Establishment of Terms of Series and Tranches of Securities | 7 | ||
Section 2.03 | Execution and Authentication | 10 | ||
Section 2.04 | Paying Agent, Registrar and Service Agent | 11 | ||
Section 2.05 | Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust | 12 | ||
Section 2.06 | Securityholder Lists | 12 | ||
Section 2.07 | Transfer and Exchange | 12 | ||
Section 2.08 | Replacement Securities | 12 | ||
Section 2.09 | Outstanding Securities | 13 | ||
Section 2.10 | Temporary Securities | 14 | ||
Section 2.11 | Cancellation | 14 | ||
Section 2.12 | Defaulted Interest | 14 | ||
Section 2.13 | Global Securities | 14 | ||
Section 2.14 | CUSIP Numbers | 17 | ||
ARTICLE III Redemption | ||||
Section 3.01 | Notices to Trustees | 17 | ||
Section 3.02 | Selection by Agent Trustee of Securities To Be Redeemed | 17 | ||
Section 3.03 | Notice of Redemption | 18 | ||
Section 3.04 | Effect of Notice of Redemption | 18 | ||
Section 3.05 | Deposit of Redemption Price | 18 | ||
Section 3.06 | Securities Redeemed in Part | 19 | ||
ARTICLE IV Covenants | ||||
Section 4.01 | Payment of Securities | 19 | ||
Section 4.02 | Compliance Certificate | 19 | ||
Section 4.03 | Further Instruments and Acts | 19 | ||
Section 4.04 | Limitations on Secured Debt | 19 | ||
Section 4.05 | Limitation on Sales and Leasebacks | 20 | ||
Section 4.06 | Future Guarantors | 21 | ||
ARTICLE V Merger and Consolidation | ||||
Section 5.01 | When Parent, Company or Subsidiary Guarantors May Merge or Transfer Assets | 21 | ||
ARTICLE VI Defaults and Remedies | ||||
Section 6.01 | Events of Default | 22 | ||
Section 6.02 | Acceleration | 23 | ||
Section 6.03 | Other Remedies | 24 | ||
Section 6.04 | Waiver of Past Defaults | 24 | ||
Section 6.05 | Control by Majority | 24 | ||
Section 6.06 | Limitation on Suits | 25 | ||
Section 6.07 | Rights of Holders to Receive Payment | 25 | ||
Section 6.08 | Collection Suit by Trustees | 25 | ||
Section 6.09 | Trustees May File Proofs of Claim | 25 | ||
Section 6.10 | Priorities | 26 | ||
Section 6.11 | Undertaking for Costs | 26 | ||
Section 6.12 | Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws | 26 | ||
ARTICLE VII Trustees | ||||
Section 7.01 | Duties of Trustees | 26 | ||
Section 7.02 | Rights of Trustees | 27 | ||
Section 7.03 | Individual Rights of Trustees | 28 | ||
Section 7.04 | Trustees' Disclaimer | 28 | ||
Section 7.05 | Notice of Defaults | 28 | ||
Section 7.06 | Reports by Trustees to Holders | 28 | ||
Section 7.07 | Compensation and Indemnity | 28 | ||
Section 7.08 | Experts | 29 | ||
Section 7.09 | Replacement of a Trustee | 29 | ||
Section 7.10 | Successor Trustee by Merger | 30 | ||
Section 7.11 | Eligibility; Disqualification | 30 | ||
Section 7.12 | Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company | 31 | ||
Section 7.13 | Securityholder List | 31 | ||
Section 7.14 | Initial Appointment of Trustees | 31 | ||
ARTICLE VIII Discharge of Indenture; Defeasance | ||||
Section 8.01 | Discharge of Liability on Securities; Defeasance | 31 | ||
Section 8.02 | Conditions to Defeasance | 32 | ||
Section 8.03 | Application of Trust Money | 34 | ||
Section 8.04 | Repayment to Company | 34 | ||
Section 8.05 | Indemnity for Government Obligations | 34 | ||
Section 8.06 | Reinstatement | 34 | ||
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ARTICLE IX Amendments | ||||
Section 9.01 | Without Consent of Holders | 34 | ||
Section 9.02 | With Consent of Holders | 35 | ||
Section 9.03 | Compliance with Trust Indenture Act | 36 | ||
Section 9.04 | Revocation and Effect of Consents and Waivers | 36 | ||
Section 9.05 | Notation on or Exchange of Securities | 37 | ||
Section 9.06 | Trustees To Sign Amendments | 37 | ||
Section 9.07 | Payment for Consent | 37 | ||
ARTICLE X Guaranties | ||||
Section 10.01 | Guaranties | 37 | ||
Section 10.02 | Limitation on Liability | 39 | ||
Section 10.03 | Successors and Assigns | 39 | ||
Section 10.04 | No Waiver | 39 | ||
Section 10.05 | Modification | 39 | ||
Section 10.06 | Release of Subsidiary Guarantor | 39 | ||
Section 10.07 | Contribution | 39 | ||
ARTICLE XI Miscellaneous | ||||
Section 11.01 | Trust Indenture Act Controls | 40 | ||
Section 11.02 | Notices | 40 | ||
Section 11.03 | Communication by Holders with Other Holders | 40 | ||
Section 11.04 | Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent | 41 | ||
Section 11.05 | Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion | 41 | ||
Section 11.06 | When Securities Disregarded | 41 | ||
Section 11.07 | Rules by Trustees, Paying Agent and Registrar | 41 | ||
Section 11.08 | Legal Holidays | 41 | ||
Section 11.09 | Governing Law | 41 | ||
Section 11.10 | No Recourse Against Others | 42 | ||
Section 11.11 | Successors | 42 | ||
Section 11.12 | Appointment of Authorized Agent | 42 | ||
Section 11.13 | Multiple Originals | 42 | ||
Section 11.14 | Table of Contents; Headings | 42 | ||
Section 11.15 | Language of Notices, Etc. | 42 |
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INDENTURE dated as of September 22, 2005, among Molson Coors Capital Finance ULC, a Nova Scotia unlimited liability company (the "Company"), Molson Coors Brewing Company, a Delaware corporation (the "Parent"), Coors Brewing Company, a Colorado corporation, Coors Distributing Company, a Colorado corporation, Coors Worldwide, Inc., a Colorado corporation, Coors International Market Development, L.L.L.P., a Colorado limited liability limited partnership, Coors Global Properties, Inc., a Colorado corporation, Coors Intercontinental, Inc., a Colorado corporation, and Coors Brewing Company International, Inc., a Colorado corporation, and TD Banknorth, National Association, a national banking association organized and existing under the laws of the United States, as U.S. Trustee (the "U.S. Trustee"), and The Canada Trust Company, a trust company duly existing under the laws of Canada, as Canadian Trustee (the "Canadian Trustee" and, together with the U.S. Trustee, the "Trustees").
Each party agrees as follows for the benefit of the other parties and for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the securities issued under this Indenture (the "Securities"):
ARTICLE I
Definitions and Incorporation by Reference
Section 1.01 Definitions. "Additional Amounts" means any additional amounts which are required to be paid by the Company, the Parent and/or any Guarantor with respect to any Security as set forth in a supplemental indenture hereto including, without limitation, interest to be paid with respect to any Security.
"Affiliate" of any specified Person means any other Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such specified Person. For the purposes of this definition, "control" when used with respect to any 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.
"Agent Trustee" means the Trustee appointed by the Company to fulfill the duties of the Agent Trustee set forth herein, or any successor entity thereto.
"Attributable Debt" means, as to any particular lease under which any Person is at the time liable and at any date as of which the amount thereof is to be determined, the total net amount of rent required to be paid by such Person under such lease during the remaining primary term thereof, discounted from the respective due dates thereof to such date at the actual percentage rate inherent in such arrangements as determined in good faith by the Parent. The net amount of rent required to be paid under any such lease for any such period shall be the aggregate amount of the amount payable by the lessee with respect to such period after excluding amounts required to be paid on account of maintenance and repairs, insurance, taxes, assessments and similar charges. In the case of any lease which is terminable by the lessee upon the payment of a penalty, such net amount shall also include the amount of such penalty, but no rent shall be considered as required to be paid under such lease subsequent to the first date upon which it may be terminated.
"Board Resolution" means a copy of a resolution certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company to have been adopted by the board of directors of the Company or pursuant to authorization by the board of directors of the Company and to be in full force and effect on the date of the certificate and delivered to the Agent Trustee.
"Board of Directors" means the Board of Directors of the Parent or any committee thereof duly authorized to act on behalf of such Board.
"Business Day" means each day which is not a Legal Holiday.
"Canadian Dollar" and "Cdn.$" means a dollar or other equivalent unit in such coin or currency of Canada as at the time shall be legal tender for the payment of public and private debt.
"Canadian Government Obligations" means direct obligations (or certificates representing an ownership interest in such obligations) of Canada (including any agency or instrumentality thereof) for the payment of which the full faith and credit of Canada is pledged and which are not callable at the issuer's option.
"Canadian Trustee" means The Canada Trust Company and its successors hereunder.
"Capital Stock" of any Person means any and all shares, interests, rights to purchase, warrants, options, participations or other equivalents of or interests in (however designated) equity of such Person, including any Preferred Stock, but excluding any debt securities convertible into such equity.
"Clearstream" means Clearstream Banking, societe anonyme.
"Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
"Company" means the party named as such in this Indenture until a successor replaces it and, thereafter, means the successor and, for purposes of any provision contained herein and required by the TIA, each other obligor on the indenture securities.
"Company Order" means a written order signed in the name of the Company by an Officer who must be the Company's principal executive officer, principal financial officer or principal accounting officer.
"Consolidated Net Tangible Assets" means the consolidated total assets of the Parent, including its consolidated Subsidiaries, after deducting current liabilities (except for those which are Funded Debt or the current maturities of Funded Debt) and goodwill, trade names, trademarks, patents, unamortized debt discount and expense, organization and developmental expenses and other like segregated intangibles. Deferred income taxes, deferred investment tax credit or other similar items will not be considered as a liability or as a deduction from or adjustment to total assets.
"Corporate Trust Office" means (1) with respect to the U.S. Trustee or the Agent Trustee: (i) for the purpose of transfers, presentation or surrender of Securities, or other matters in New York: TD BANKNORTH, N.A., c/o The Bank of New York, ATTN: FISCAL AGENCY DEPT, P.O. Box 11265, Church Street Station, New York, NY 10286; or by hand or by overnight delivery: TD BANKNORTH, N.A., c/o The Bank of New York, 101 Barclay Street, Debt Processing Window, New York, NY 10286; and (ii) for all other purposes: TD Banknorth Wealth Management Group, Corporate Trust Department, 2300 St. George Road / P.O. Box 1350, Williston, VT 05495; and (2) with respect to the Canadian Trustee: The Canada Trust Company, TD Waterhouse Tower, 79 Wellington Street West, 8th Floor, Toronto, Ontario M5K1A2.
"Custodian" means the Agent Trustee, as custodian with respect to some or all of the Securities in global form, or any successor entity thereto.
"Debt" means, with respect to any Person:
(1) indebtedness for money borrowed of such Person, whether outstanding on the date of this Indenture or thereafter incurred; and
(2) indebtedness evidenced by notes, debentures, bonds or other similar instruments for the payment of which such Person is responsible or liable.
The amount of indebtedness of any Person at any date shall be the outstanding balance at such date of all unconditional obligations as described above and the amount of any contingent obligation at such date that would be classified as indebtedness in accordance with GAAP;provided,however, that in the case of indebtedness sold at a discount, the amount of such indebtedness at any time will be the accreted value thereof at such time.
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"Default" means any event which is, or after notice or passage of time or otherwise would be, an Event of Default.
"Definitive Security" means a certificated Security registered in the name of the holder thereof and issued in accordance with Section 2.03 hereof.
"Depositary" means, with respect to the Securities issuable or issued in whole or in part in global form, the Person specified in accordance with Section 2.13 hereof as the Depositary with respect to the Securities, and any and all successors thereto appointed as depositary hereunder and having become such pursuant to the applicable provision of this Indenture.
"Euroclear" means Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V., as operator of the Euroclear System.
"Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
"Funded Debt" of any Person means (a) all Debt of such Person having a maturity of more than 12 months from the date as of which the determination is made or having a maturity of 12 months or less but by its terms being renewable or extendable beyond 12 months from such date at the option of the borrower, and (b) rental obligations of such Person payable more than 12 months from such date under leases which are capitalized in accordance with GAAP (such rental obligations to be included in Funded Debt at the amount so capitalized).
"GAAP" means, with respect to any Series of Securities, generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America as in effect as of the Issue Date for such Series, including those set forth in:
(1) the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants;
(2) statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board;
(3) such other statements by such other entity as approved by a significant segment of the accounting profession; and
(4) the rules and regulations of the SEC governing the inclusion of financial statements (including pro forma financial statements) in periodic reports required to be filed pursuant to Section 13 of the Exchange Act, including opinions and pronouncements in staff accounting bulletins and similar written statements from the accounting staff of the SEC. All computations based on GAAP contained in this Indenture shall be computed in conformity with GAAP.
"Global Security" when used with respect to any Series of Securities issued hereunder or any Tranche of any Series of Securities issued hereunder, means a Security (1) which is executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered by the Agent Trustee to the Depositary or pursuant to the Depositary's instruction, all in accordance with this Indenture and an indenture supplemental hereto, if any, or with a Board Resolution and pursuant to a Company Order, (2) which shall be registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee and (3) which shall represent, and shall be denominated in an amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of, all the outstanding Securities of such Series or, if such Series contains more than one Tranche, of such Tranche or any portion thereof, in either case having the same terms, including, without limitation, the same original issue date, date or dates on which principal is due, and interest rate or method of determining interest and which shall bear the Global Security Legend.
"Global Security Legend" means the legend set forth in Section 2.13(c), which is required to be placed on all Global Securities issued under this Indenture.
"Guarantors" means the Parent and the Subsidiary Guarantors.
"Guaranty" means a Parent Guaranty or a Subsidiary Guaranty.
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"Guaranty Agreement" means a supplemental indenture, in a form satisfactory to the Trustees, pursuant to which a Subsidiary Guarantor guarantees the Company's obligations with respect to the Securities on the terms provided for in this Indenture.
"Holder" or "Securityholder" means the Person in whose name a Security is registered on the Registrar's books.
"Indenture" means this Indenture dated as of September 22, 2005 among the Company, the Parent, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Trustees, as amended or supplemented from time to time.
"Interest Payment Date" when used with respect to any Series of Securities or, if such Series contains more than one Tranche, any Tranche, means the dates specified in such Securities for the payment of any installment of interest on those Series or Tranche, as the case may be, of Securities.
"Issue Date" means, with respect to any Series of Securities or, if such Series contains more than one Tranche, any Tranche, the date on which the initial Securities of such Series or Tranche, as the case may be, are first issued.
"Maturity," when used with respect to any Security or installment of principal thereof, means the date on which the principal of such Security or such installment of principal becomes due and payable as therein or herein provided, whether at the Stated Maturity or by declaration of acceleration, call for redemption, notice of option to elect repayment or otherwise.
"Mortgage" means any mortgage, pledge, security interest, encumbrance, lien or similar charge.
"Officer" means, with respect to any Person (other than a Trustee), the Chairman of the Board, the President, any Vice President, the Treasurer or the Secretary of such Person.
"Officers' Certificate" means a certificate signed by one Officer of the Parent and one Officer of the Company.
"Opinion of Counsel" means a written opinion from legal counsel who is acceptable to the Trustee receiving such opinion. The counsel may be an employee of or counsel to the Company or any Trustee.
"Original Issue Discount Security" means any Security that provides for an amount less than the stated principal amount thereof to be due and payable upon declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof pursuant to Section 6.02.
"Participant" means, with respect to the Depositary, Euroclear or Clearstream, a Person who has an account with the Depositary, Euroclear or Clearstream, respectively (and, with respect to the Depository Trust Company, shall include Euroclear and Clearstream).
"Parent" means Molson Coors Brewing Company and its successors.
"Parent Guaranty" means any guarantee by the Parent of the Company's obligations with respect to any Series of Securities issued under this Indenture.
"Person" means any individual, company, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization, government or any agency or political subdivision thereof or any other entity.
"principal" of a Security means the principal of the Security plus the premium, if any, payable on the Security which is due or overdue or is to become due at the relevant time.
"Principal Property" means any brewery, manufacturing, processing or packaging plant or warehouse owned at the date of this Indenture or thereafter acquired by the Parent, the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary that is located within the United States of America or Canada, other than any property which in the opinion of the Board of Directors is not of material importance to the total business conducted by the Parent, the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries as an entirety.
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"Restricted Subsidiary" means a Subsidiary of the Parent or the Company (a) substantially all the property of which is located, or substantially all the business of which is carried on, within the United States of America or Canada, and (b) which owns a Principal Property.
"SEC" means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
"Security" or "Securities" means each security issued formally by the Company under this Indenture.
"Senior Debt" means, with respect to any Person, Debt of such Person, whether outstanding on the date of this Indenture or thereafter incurred unless, in the instrument creating or evidencing the same or pursuant to which the same is outstanding, it is provided that such obligations are subordinate in right of payment to the Securities or the Parent Guaranty, as the case may be;provided,however, that Senior Debt shall not include:
(1) any Debt of such Person owing to the Parent or any affiliate of the Parent; or
(2) any Debt of such Person (and any accrued and unpaid interest in respect thereof) which is subordinate or junior in any respect to any other Debt of such Person.
"Series" or "Series of Securities" means each series of debentures, notes or other debt instruments of the Company created pursuant to Sections 2.01 and 2.02 hereof.
"Significant Subsidiary" means any Subsidiary of the Parent that would be a "Significant Subsidiary" within the meaning of Rule 1-02 under Regulation S-X promulgated by the SEC.
"Stated Maturity," when used with respect to any Security, means the date specified in such Security as the fixed date on which an amount equal to the principal amount of such Security is due and payable.
"Subsidiary" means, with respect to any Person, any corporation more than 50% of the outstanding Voting Stock of which at the time of determination is owned, directly or indirectly, by such Person and/or one or more other Subsidiaries of such Person.
"Subsidiary Guarantors" means Coors Brewing Company, Coors Distributing Company, Coors Worldwide, Inc., Coors International Market Development L.L.L.P., Coors Global Properties, Inc., Coors Intercontinental, Inc., Coors Brewing Company International, Inc., and any of the Parent's future Subsidiaries or any one or combination of such Subsidiaries to the extent designated in accordance with Section 2.02 as a "Subsidiary Guarantor" for a particular Series of Securities.
"Subsidiary Guaranty" means any guarantee by a Subsidiary Guarantor of the Company's obligations with respect to any Series of Securities under this Indenture.
"TIA" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S.C. sections 77aaa-77bbbb) as in effect on the date of this Indenture.
"Tranche" means each tranche of debentures, notes or other debt instruments of the Company created pursuant to Sections 2.01 and 2.02 hereof.
"Trustee" or "Trustees" means the party or parties named as the U.S. Trustee and the Canadian Trustee in this Indenture until a successor to either or both of such Trustees shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and, thereafter, means each party who is then a Trustee hereunder.
"Trust Officer" means when used with respect to any Trustee, any managing director, director, vice president, assistant vice president, assistant treasurer, assistant secretary, associate or any other officer within the corporate trust department of such Trustee customarily performing functions similar to those performed by any of the above designated officers and also shall mean, with respect to a particular
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corporate trust matter, any other officer to whom such matter is referred because of his knowledge and familiarity with the particular subject.
"Uniform Commercial Code" means the New York Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time.
"U.S. Dollar" and "U.S.$" means a dollar or other equivalent unit in such coin or currency of the United States as at the time shall be legal tender for the payment of public and private debt.
"U.S. Government Obligations" means direct obligations (or certificates representing an ownership interest in such obligations) of the United States of America (including any agency or instrumentality thereof) for the payment of which the full faith and credit of the United States of America is pledged and which are not callable at the issuer's option.
"U.S. Trustee" means TD Banknorth, National Association and its successors hereunder.
"Voting Stock" of a Person means all classes of Capital Stock or other interests (including partnership interests) of such Person then outstanding and normally entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees thereof.
Section 1.02 Other Definitions .
TERM | Defined in Section | ||
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"Agent" | 2.04 | ||
"Bankruptcy Law" | 6.01 | ||
"covenant defeasance option" | 8.01 | (b) | |
"CUSIP" | 2.12 | ||
"Event of Default" | 6.01 | ||
"Guaranteed Obligation" | 10.01 | ||
"Initial Lien | 4.04 | (a) | |
"ISIN" | 2.12 | ||
"legal defeasance option" | 8.01 | (b) | |
"Legal Holiday" | 11.08 | ||
"Paying Agent" | 2.04 | ||
"Registrar" | 2.04 | ||
"Retiring Trustee" | 7.09 | ||
"Service Agent" | 2.04 | ||
"Successor Company" | 5.01 | ||
"Successor Parent" | 5.01 |
Section 1.03 Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act. This Indenture is subject to the mandatory provisions of the TIA which are incorporated by reference in and made a part of this Indenture. The following TIA terms have the following meanings:
"Commission" means the SEC;
"indenture securities" means the Securities, the Parent Guaranty and the Subsidiary Guaranties;
"indenture security holder" means a Securityholder;
"indenture to be qualified" means this Indenture;
"indenture trustee" or "institutional trustee" means the Trustees; and
"obligor" on the indenture securities means the Company, the Guarantors and any other obligor on the indenture securities.
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All other TIA terms used in this Indenture that are defined by the TIA, defined by TIA reference to another statute or defined by SEC rule have the meanings assigned to them by such definitions.
Section 1.04 Rules of Construction. Unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) a term has the meaning assigned to it;
(2) an accounting term not otherwise defined has the meaning assigned to it in accordance with GAAP;
(3) "or" is not exclusive;
(4) "including" means including without limitation;
(5) words in the singular include the plural and words in the plural include the singular;
(6) interest payable on Securities of any Series shall include any additional interest required to be paid on such Securities under any registration rights or similar agreement entered into by the Company with respect to such Series of Securities;
(7) references to an "applicable Trustee" means a Trustee party to an indenture supplemental hereto pursuant to which any Securities of a particular Series are issued.
(8) provisions apply to successive events and transactions; and
(9) references to sections of or rules under the Securities Act shall be deemed to include substitute, replacement or successor sections or rules adopted by the SEC from time to time.
ARTICLE II
The Securities
Section 2.01 Issuable in Series. The aggregate principal amount of Securities that may be executed, authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is unlimited. The Securities may be issued in one or more Series. Each Series may contain one or more Tranches. In the case of Securities of a Series to be issued from time to time, one or more supplemental indentures may provide for the method by which specified terms (such as interest rate, maturity date, record date or date from which interest shall accrue) are to be determined. All Securities of any one Series shall be substantially identical except that they may vary as to denomination and the rate or rates of interest, if any, the date or dates from which interest shall accrue, maturity, the denominations in which such Securities are issued, the currency in which such Securities are payable and except as may otherwise be provided in any indenture supplemental hereto. All Securities of any one Tranche shall be substantially identical except that they may vary as to issue price. Securities may differ between Series in respect of any matters.
Section 2.02 Establishment of Terms of Series and Tranches of Securities. At or prior to the issuance of any Securities within a Series, the following shall be established in one or more supplemental indentures as to the Series generally if the Series will contain only one Tranche or as to each Tranche if the Series will contain more than one Tranche as reflecting terms set forth in a Board Resolution or an Officers' Certificate pursuant to authority granted under a Board Resolution:
(a) the title of the Securities of the Series or Tranche (which shall distinguish the Securities of that particular Series or Tranche from the Securities of any other Series or Tranche);
(b) any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the Securities of the Series or Tranche which may be executed, authenticated and delivered under this Indenture (except for Securities executed, authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Securities of the Series or Tranche under the provisions of this Indenture);
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(c) the date or dates on which the principal and premium, if any, of the Securities of the Series or Tranche are payable;
(d) the rate or rates (which may be fixed or variable) at which the Securities of the Series or Tranche shall bear interest, if any, or the method of determining such rate or rates, the date or dates from which such interest, if any, shall accrue, the Interest Payment Dates on which such interest, if any, shall be payable or the method by which such dates will be determined, the record dates, for the determination of Holders thereof to whom such interest is payable (in the case of Securities in registered form), and the basis upon which such interest will be calculated if other than that of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months;
(e) the currency or currencies, including composite currencies, in which Securities of the Series or Tranche shall be denominated and in which payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the Securities shall be payable, if other than U.S. Dollars;
(f) the place or places, if any, in addition to or instead of the Corporate Trust Office of the Agent Trustee (in the case of Securities in registered form) or the principal New York office of the Agent Trustee (in the case of Securities in bearer form), where the principal, premium and interest with respect to Securities of such Series or Tranche shall be payable or the method of such payment, if by wire transfer, mail or other means;
(g) the price or prices at which, the period or periods within which, and the terms and conditions upon which, Securities of the Series or Tranche may be redeemed, in whole or in part at the option of the Company or otherwise;
(h) whether Securities of the Series or Tranche are to be issued in registered form or bearer form or both and, if Securities are to be issued in bearer form, whether coupons will be attached to them, whether Securities of the Series or Tranche in bearer form may be exchanged for Securities of the Series or Tranche issued in registered form, and the circumstances under which and the places at which any such exchanges, if permitted, may be made;
(i) the date as to which any Security of the Series or Tranche represented in registered form or bearer form shall be dated if other than the Issue Date;
(j) if any Securities of the Series or Tranche are to be issued in bearer form or as one or more Global Securities representing individual Securities of the Series or Tranche in bearer form, whether certain provisions for the payment of additional interest or tax redemptions shall apply; whether interest with respect to any portion of a temporary Security of the Series or Tranche in bearer form payable with respect to any Interest Payment Date prior to the exchange of such temporary Security in bearer form for definitive Securities of the Series or Tranche in bearer form shall be paid to any clearing organization with respect to the portion of such temporary Security in bearer form held for its account and, in such event, the terms and conditions (including any certification requirements) upon which any such interest payment received by a clearing organization will be credited to the Persons entitled to interest payable on such Interest Payment Date; and the terms upon which a temporary Security in bearer form may be exchanged for one or more definitive Securities of the Series or Tranche in bearer form;
(k) the obligation, if any, of the Company to redeem, purchase or repay the Securities of the Series or Tranche pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous provisions or at the option of a Holder thereof and the price or prices at which, the period or periods within which, and the terms and conditions upon which, Securities of the Series or Tranche shall be redeemed, purchased or repaid, in whole or in part, pursuant to such obligations;
(l) the terms, if any, upon which the Securities of the Series or Tranche may be convertible into or exchanged for any of the Company's common stock, preferred stock, other debt securities
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or warrants for common stock, preferred stock or other securities of any kind and the terms and conditions upon which such conversion or exchange shall be effected, including the initial conversion or exchange price or rate, the conversion or exchange period and any other additional provisions;
(m) if other than denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof, the denominations in which the Securities of the Series or Tranche shall be issuable;
(n) with respect to any Securities of the Series or Tranche that have been issued in multiple currencies, the manner in which the relative voting rights of the Securities of the Series or Tranche will be determined;
(o) if the amount of principal, premium (if any) or interest with respect to the Securities of the Series or Tranche may be determined with reference to an index or pursuant to a formula or other method, the manner in which such amounts will be determined and the calculation agent, if any, with respect thereto;
(p) if the principal amount payable at the Stated Maturity of Securities of the Series or Tranche will not be determinable as of any one or more dates prior to such Stated Maturity, the amount that will be deemed to be such principal amount as of any such date for any purpose, including the principal amount thereof which will be due and payable upon any Maturity other than the Stated Maturity and which will be deemed to be outstanding as of any such date (or, in any such case, the manner in which such deemed principal amount is to be determined), and if necessary, the manner of determining the equivalent thereof in U.S. Dollars or any other applicable currency;
(q) any changes or additions to Article 8;
(r) if other than the principal amount thereof, the portion of the principal amount of the Securities of the Series or Tranche that shall be payable upon declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof pursuant to Section 6.02;
(s) the terms, if any, of the transfer, mortgage, pledge or assignment or grant of a security interest as security for the Securities of the Series or Tranche of or on any properties, assets, moneys, proceeds, securities or other collateral, including whether certain provisions of the TIA are applicable and any corresponding changes to provisions of this Indenture as then in effect;
(t) any addition to or change in the Events of Default which applies to any Securities of the Series or Tranche and any change in the right of the Trustees or the requisite Holders of such Securities of the Series or Tranche to declare the principal amount of, premium, if any, and interest on such Securities of the Series or Tranche due and payable pursuant to Section 6.02;
(u) if the Securities of the Series or Tranche shall be issued in whole or in part in the form of a Global Security, the terms and conditions, if any, upon which such Global Security may be exchanged in whole or in part for individual Definitive Securities of such Series or Tranche, the Depositary for such Global Security and the form of any legend or legends to be borne by any such Global Security in addition to or in lieu of the Global Securities Legend;
(v) any Trustees, authenticating agent, Paying Agent, transfer agent, Service Agent or Registrar;
(w) the applicability of the covenants (and the related definitions) set forth in Article 4 or 5 and any additions or changes thereto;
(x) the names, if any, of the Subsidiary Guarantors and any addition to or change in the terms of the Subsidiary Guaranties relating to the Series or Tranche, including any provisions related to their subordination;
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(y) any addition to or change in the terms of the Parent Guaranty, if any, applicable to the Securities of the Series or Tranche, including any provisions related to its subordination;
(z) the subordination, if any, of the Securities of the Series or Tranche pursuant to this Indenture;
(aa) with regard to Securities of the Series or Tranche that do not bear interest, the dates for certain required reports to the Trustees;
(bb) the terms applicable to Original Issue Discount Securities, including the rate or rates at which original issue discount will accrue; and
(cc) any other terms of Securities of the Series or Tranche (which terms shall not be prohibited by, or inconsistent with, the provisions of this Indenture).
All Securities of any one Series or Tranche need not be issued at the same time and may be issued from time to time, consistent with the terms of this Indenture, if so provided by or pursuant to the supplemental indenture referred to above, and the authorized principal amount of any Series or Tranche may not be increased to provide for issuances of additional Securities of such Series or Tranche, unless otherwise provided in such supplemental indenture.
Whenever in this Indenture there is mentioned, in any context, the payment of principal, premium, if any, interest, or any other amount payable under or with respect to a note or a guaranty, such mention shall be deemed to include mention of the payment of Additional Amounts to the extent that, in such context, Additional Amounts are, were or would be payable in respect thereof.
Except as otherwise contemplated by this Section 2.02, interest on the Securities of any Series or Tranche shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months. For the purposes of disclosure under theInterest Act (Canada), the yearly rate of interest to which any rate of interest payable under a Security, which is to be calculated on any basis other than a full calendar year, its equivalent may be determined by multiplying the rate by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days in the calendar year in which the period for which interest at such rate is payable and the denominator of which is the number of days comprising such other basis.
The first payment of interest on any Security of any Series or Tranche originally issued between a specified record date and an Interest Payment Date shall be made on the Interest Payment Date immediately following the next succeeding record date to the Holders on such next succeeding record date.
Section 2.03 Execution and Authentication. One Officer of the Company shall sign the Securities for the Company by manual or facsimile signature.
If an Officer whose signature is on a Security no longer holds that office at the time the Security is authenticated, the Security shall nevertheless be valid. A Security shall not be valid until authenticated by the manual signature of the Agent Trustee or an authenticating agent. The signature shall be conclusive evidence that the Security has been authenticated under this Indenture.
The Agent Trustee shall at any time, and from time to time, authenticate Securities for original issue in the principal amount provided in the supplemental indenture hereto upon receipt by such Agent Trustee of a Company Order. Such Company Order may authorize authentication and delivery pursuant to oral or electronic instructions from the Company or its duly authorized agent or agents, which oral instructions shall be promptly confirmed in writing. Each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication unless otherwise provided by a supplemental indenture hereto.
The aggregate principal amount of Securities of any Series or Tranche outstanding at any time may not exceed any limit upon the maximum principal amount for such Series or Tranche set forth in the supplemental indenture hereto delivered pursuant to Section 2.02, except as provided in Section 2.08.
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Prior to the issuance of Securities of any Series or Tranche, the Agent Trustee and each other applicable Trustee shall have received and (subject to Section 7.02) shall be fully protected in relying on: (a) one or more supplemental indentures hereto establishing the form of the Securities of that Series or Tranche and the terms of the Securities of that Series or Tranche, (b) an Officers' Certificate complying with Section 11.04, and (c) an Opinion of Counsel complying with Section 11.04.
The Agent Trustee may decline to authenticate and deliver any Securities of such Series or Tranche: (a) if such Agent Trustee, being advised by counsel, determines that such action may not lawfully be taken; or (b) if such Agent Trustee in good faith by its board of directors or trustees, executive committee or a trust committee of directors and/or vice-presidents shall determine that such action would expose such Agent Trustee to personal liability to Holders of any then-outstanding Series of Securities.
The Agent Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent reasonably acceptable to the Company to authenticate the Securities. Unless limited by the terms of such appointment, an authenticating agent may authenticate Securities whenever the Agent Trustee may do so. Each reference in this Indenture to authentication by the Agent Trustee includes authentication by such agent. An authenticating agent has the same rights as any Registrar, Paying Agent or Service Agent.
Section 2.04 Paying Agent, Registrar and Service Agent. The Company shall maintain, with respect to each Series and Tranche of Securities, an office or agency in the Borough of Manhattan, the City and State of New York (or any other place or places specified with respect to such Series or Tranche pursuant to Section 2.02) where Securities of such Series or Tranche may be presented or surrendered for payment ("Paying Agent"), where Securities of such Series or Tranche may be presented for registration of transfer or exchange ("Registrar") and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities of such Series or Tranche and this Indenture (not including, however, service of process) may be served ("Service Agent" and collectively with the Paying Agent and the Registrar, the "Agents" and each, an "Agent"). The Agent Trustee, as Registrar, shall keep a register with respect to each Series and Tranche of Securities and to their transfer and exchange and shall promptly advise any other Trustee in writing of any transfers registered in this register, and such other Trustee shall register such transfers in the register maintained by it. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustees of the name and address, and any change in the name or address, of each Registrar, Paying Agent or Service Agent. If at any time the Company shall fail to maintain any such required Registrar, Paying Agent or Service Agent or shall fail to furnish the Trustees with the name and address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands (other than service of process) may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office of the Agent Trustee, and the Company hereby appoints the Agent Trustee as its agent to receive all such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands.
The Company may also from time to time designate one or more co-registrars, additional paying agents or additional service agents and may from time to time rescind such designations;provided,however, that no such designation or rescission shall in any manner relieve the Company of its obligations to maintain a Registrar, Paying Agent and Service Agent in each place so specified pursuant to Section 2.02 for Securities of any Series or Tranche for such purposes. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustees of any such designation or rescission and of any change in the name or address of any such co-registrar, additional paying agent or additional service agent. The term "Registrar" includes any co-registrar; the term "Paying Agent" includes any additional paying agent; and the term "Service Agent" includes any additional service agent.
The Company hereby appoints the Agent Trustee as the initial Registrar, Paying Agent and Service Agent for each Series and Tranche unless another Registrar, Paying Agent or Service Agent, as the case may be, is appointed prior to the time Securities of that Series or Tranche are first issued; provided
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that each other Trustee shall maintain a duplicate register with respect to each Series and Tranche of Securities and to their transfer and exchange.
Section 2.05 Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust. The Company shall require each Paying Agent, other than a Trustee, to agree in writing that the Paying Agent will hold in trust, for the benefit of Holders of any Series of Securities, or the Trustees, all money held by the Paying Agent for the payment of principal of or interest on the Series of Securities, and will notify the Trustees of any default by the Company in making any such payment. While any such default continues, the Agent Trustee may require a Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the Agent Trustee. The Company at any time may require a Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the Agent Trustee. Upon payment over to the Agent Trustee, the Paying Agent (if other than the Company or a Subsidiary) shall have no further liability for the money. If the Company, the Parent or a Subsidiary of the Parent acts as Paying Agent, it shall segregate and hold in a separate trust fund for the benefit of Holders of any Series of Securities all money held by it as Paying Agent.
Section 2.06 Securityholder Lists. The Agent Trustee, as Registrar, shall preserve in as current a form as is reasonably practicable the most recent list available to it of the names and addresses of Holders of each Series and Tranche of Securities and shall otherwise comply with TIA section 312(a) and each other Trustee shall preserve a duplicate list. If the Agent Trustee is not the Registrar, the Company shall furnish to the Trustees, in writing, at least five Business Days before each Interest Payment Date and at such other times as the Trustees may request in writing a list, in such form and as of such date as the Trustees may reasonably require, of the names and addresses of Holders of each Series or Tranche of Securities.
Section 2.07 Transfer and Exchange. When Securities are presented to the Registrar or a co-registrar with a request to register a transfer or to exchange them for an equal principal amount of Securities of the same Series (and, in the case of a Series with more than one Tranche, the same Tranche) containing identical terms and provisions, the Registrar shall register the transfer or make the exchange if its requirements for such transactions are met. To permit registrations of transfers and exchanges, the Company shall issue and execute and the Agent Trustee shall authenticate and deliver Securities at the Registrar's request. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange (except as otherwise expressly permitted herein), but the Company or Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any transfer tax or similar governmental charge payable in connection therewith (other than any such transfer tax or similar governmental charge payable upon exchanges pursuant to Section 3.06 or 9.05).
Neither the Company nor the Registrar shall be required (a) to issue, register the transfer of, or exchange Securities of any Series (or, in the case of a Series with more than one Tranche, any Tranche)for the period beginning at the opening of business fifteen days immediately preceding the mailing of a notice of redemption of Securities of that Series or Tranche, as the case may be, selected for redemption and ending at the close of business on the day of such mailing, or (b) to register the transfer or exchange of Securities of any Series (or, in the case of a Series with more than one Tranche, any Tranche) selected, called or being called for redemption as a whole or the portion being redeemed of any such Securities selected, called or being called for redemption in part, except, in the case of a Security to be redeemed in part, the portion thereof not to be redeemed.
Section 2.08 Replacement Securities. If any mutilated Security is surrendered to the Agent Trustee, the Company shall issue and execute and, if the requirements of Section 8-405 of the Uniform Commercial Code are met and the Holder satisfies any other reasonable requirements of the Company or the Agent Trustee, the Agent Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a new Security of the same Series (and, in the case of a Series with more than one Tranche, the same Tranche) containing identical terms and provisions and of like tenor and principal amount and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding.
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If there shall be delivered to the Company and the Agent Trustee (i) evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Security and (ii) such security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them, any other applicable Trustee and any agent of either of them harmless, then, in the absence of written notice to the Company or a Trust Officer of the Agent Trustee that such Security has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the Company shall execute and upon its request the Agent Trustee shall authenticate and make available for delivery, in lieu of any such destroyed, lost or stolen Security, a new Security of the same Series (and, in the case of a Series with more than one Tranche, the same Tranche) containing identical terms and provisions and of like tenor and principal amount and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding.
In case any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security has become or is about to become due and payable, the Company in its discretion may, instead of issuing a new Security, pay such Security.
Upon the issuance of any new Security under this Section, the Company may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Trustees) connected therewith.
Every new Security of any Series (or, in the case of a Series with more than one Tranche, any Tranche) issued pursuant to this Section in lieu of any destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall constitute an original additional obligation of the Company, whether or not the destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be at any time enforceable by anyone, and shall be entitled to all the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with any and all other Securities of that Series (or, in the case of a Series with more than one Tranche, any Tranche) duly issued hereunder.
The provisions of this Section are exclusive and shall preclude (to the extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities.
Section 2.09 Outstanding Securities. The Securities outstanding at any time are all the Securities authenticated by the Agent Trustee except for those canceled by it, those delivered to it for cancellation, those reductions in the interest on a Global Security effected by the Agent Trustee in accordance with the provisions hereof and those described in this Section as not outstanding. A Security does not cease to be outstanding because the Company or an Affiliate of the Company holds the Security.
If a Security is replaced pursuant to Section 2.08, it ceases to be outstanding unless the Agent Trustee and the Company receive proof satisfactory to them that the replaced Security is held by a bona fide purchaser.
If the Paying Agent (other than the Company, the Parent, a Subsidiary of the Parent or an Affiliate of any thereof) has received on time from the Company and holds on the Maturity of Securities of a Series or, in the case of a Series with more than one Tranche, on the Maturity of Securities of a Tranche, money sufficient to pay such Securities payable on that date, then on and after that date such Securities of the Series or Tranche, as the case may be, cease to be outstanding and interest on them ceases to accrue.
In determining whether the Holders of the requisite principal amount of outstanding Securities have given any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder, the principal amount of an Original Issue Discount Security that shall be deemed to be outstanding for such purposes shall be the amount of the principal thereof that would be due and payable as of the date of such determination upon a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 6.02.
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Section 2.10 Temporary Securities. Until Definitive Securities are ready for delivery, if required pursuant to Section 2.02, the Company may prepare and the Agent Trustee shall authenticate temporary Securities upon a Company Order. Temporary Securities shall be substantially in the form of Definitive Securities but may have variations that the Company considers appropriate for temporary Securities. Without unreasonable delay, the Company shall prepare and the Agent Trustee upon request shall authenticate Definitive Securities of the same Series (and, in the case of a Series with more than one Tranche, the same Tranche) and date of maturity in exchange for temporary Securities. Until so exchanged, temporary Securities shall have the same rights under this Indenture as the Definitive Securities.
Section 2.11 Cancellation. The Company at any time may deliver Securities to the Agent Trustee for cancellation. The Registrar and the Paying Agent shall forward to the Agent Trustee any Securities surrendered to them for registration of transfer, exchange or payment. The Agent Trustee shall cancel all Securities surrendered for transfer, exchange, payment, replacement or cancellation and shall dispose of such canceled Securities according to its normal operating procedures (subject to the record retention requirements of the Exchange Act) and deliver a certificate of such destruction to the Company, unless the Company otherwise directs the Agent Trustee to deliver canceled Securities to the Company. The Company may not issue new Securities to replace Securities that it has redeemed, paid or delivered to the Agent Trustee for cancellation.
Section 2.12 Defaulted Interest. If the Company defaults in a payment of interest on a Series of Securities or, in the case of a Series with more than one Tranche, on a Tranche of Securities, it shall pay the defaulted interest, plus, to the extent permitted by law, any interest payable on the defaulted interest, to the persons who are Holders of the Series or Tranche, as the case may be, on a subsequent special record date. The Company shall fix such record date and payment date. At least 30 days before the record date, the Company shall mail, first class, to the Trustees and to each Holder of the Series or Tranche, as the case may be, a notice that states the record date, the payment date and the amount of interest to be paid. The Company may pay defaulted interest in any other lawful manner.
Section 2.13 Global Securities.
(a) Terms of Securities. One or more supplemental indentures entered into pursuant to a Board Resolution or an Officers' Certificate shall establish whether the Securities of a Series or Tranche shall be issued in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Securities and the Depositary for such Global Security or Securities.
(b) Transfer and Exchange. Unless otherwise provided for any particular Series or Tranche of Securities pursuant to Section 2.02, notwithstanding any provisions to the contrary contained in Section 2.07 of the Indenture and in addition thereto, any Global Security shall be exchangeable pursuant to Section 2.07 of the Indenture for Securities registered in the names of Holders other than the Depositary for such Security or its nominee only if (i) such Depositary notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for such Global Security or if at any time such Depositary ceases to be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act or other applicable law, and, in either case, the Company fails to appoint a successor Depositary within 90 days of such event, (ii) the Company executes and delivers to the Agent Trustee and any applicable Trustee an Officers' Certificate to the effect that such Global Security shall be so exchangeable or (iii)��an Event of Default with respect to the Securities represented by such Global Security shall have happened and be continuing. Any Global Security that is exchangeable pursuant to the preceding sentence shall be exchangeable for Securities registered in such names as the Depositary shall direct in writing in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Global Security with like tenor and terms.
Except as provided in this Section 2.13(b), a Global Security may not be transferred except as a whole by the Depositary with respect to such Global Security to a nominee of such Depositary, by a
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nominee of such Depositary to such Depositary or another nominee of such Depositary or by the Depositary or any such nominee to a successor Depositary or a nominee of such a successor Depositary with the prior written consent of the Company.
All Securities of any Series or Tranche issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities shall be the valid obligations of the Company, evidencing the same continuing indebtedness, and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Securities surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.
(c) Legend. Unless otherwise provided for any particular Series or Tranche of Securities pursuant to Section 2.02, any Global Security issued hereunder shall bear a legend in substantially the following form:
"THIS GLOBAL SECURITY IS HELD BY THE DEPOSITARY (AS DEFINED IN THE INDENTURE GOVERNING THIS SECURITY) OR ITS NOMINEE IN CUSTODY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE BENEFICIAL OWNERS HEREOF, AND IS NOT TRANSFERABLE TO ANY PERSON UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES EXCEPT THAT (I) THE AGENT TRUSTEE MAY MAKE SUCH NOTATIONS HEREON AS MAY BE REQUIRED PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.07 OF THE INDENTURE, (II) THIS GLOBAL SECURITY MAY BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE BUT NOT IN PART PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.07 OF THE INDENTURE, (III) THIS GLOBAL SECURITY MAY BE DELIVERED TO THE AGENT TRUSTEE FOR CANCELLATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.11 OF THE INDENTURE AND (IV) THIS GLOBAL SECURITY MAY BE TRANSFERRED TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY WITH THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE ISSUER HEREOF"
(d) Acts of Holders. (i) 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 Agent Trustee or any other Trustee, as the case may be, 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 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 conclusive in favor of the Trustees and the Company, if made in the manner provided in this Section.
- (ii)
- The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such instrument or writing may be proved by the affidavit of a witness of such execution or by a certificate of a notary public or other officer authorized by law to take acknowledgments of deeds, certifying that the individual signing such instrument or writing acknowledged to such officer the execution thereof. Where such execution is by a signer acting in a capacity other than such signer's individual capacity, such certificate or affidavit shall also constitute sufficient proof of such signer's authority. The fact and date of the execution of any such instrument or writing, or the authority of the Person executing the same, may also be proved in any other manner which a Trustee deems sufficient.
- (iii)
- The ownership of bearer securities may be proved by the production of such bearer securities or by a certificate executed by any trust company, bank, banker or other depositary, wherever situated, if such certificate shall be deemed by a Trustee to be satisfactory, showing that at the date therein mentioned such Person had on deposit with such depositary, or exhibited to it, the bearer securities therein described; or such facts may be proved by the certificate or affidavit of the Person holding such bearer securities, if such certificate or affidavit is deemed by a Trustee to be satisfactory. Each Trustee and the Company may assume that such
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- (iv)
- The ownership of registered securities shall be proved by the register maintained by the Registrar.
- (v)
- Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act of the Holder of any Security shall bind every future Holder of the same Security and the holder of every Security issued upon the registration of transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof in respect of anything done, omitted or suffered to be done by any Trustee or the Company in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made upon such Security.
- (vi)
- 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 or pursuant to a 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, but the Company shall have no obligation to do so. 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 of record 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 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 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.
ownership of any bearer security continues until (i) another such certificate or affidavit bearing a later date issued in respect of the same bearer security is produced, (ii) such bearer security is produced to a Trustee by some other Person, (iii) such bearer security is surrendered in exchange for a registered security or (iv) such bearer security is no longer outstanding. The ownership of bearer securities may also be proved in any other manner which a Trustee deems sufficient.
The Depositary, as a Holder, may appoint agents and otherwise authorize Participants to give or take any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action which a Holder is entitled to give or take under the Indenture.
(e) Payments. Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Indenture, (i) unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 2.02, payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on any Global Security shall be made by the Company or a Paying Agent to the Depositary or its nominee, as the case may be, as registered holder of the Global Security, and (ii) if an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(1) or (2) shall have occurred and is continuing on a day on which payment with respect to the Securities of a Series affected by such Event of Default is made, the Company or the Paying Agent, as the case may be, shall pay any such amounts to be paid to the Holders of such Securities (other than amounts received pursuant to Article VIII) ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, among all of the Securities of any Series affected by such Event of Default according to the amounts due and payable on such Securities as of such date for principal (or, in the case of Original Issue Discount Securities, the portion thereby specified in the terms of such Security), premium, if any, and interest, respectively. A record date will be established at least 15 days (and not more than 30 days) prior to the payment date. Interest payments on such Global Security shall be made by the Company or a Paying Agent either by check dated the applicable Interest Payment Date and delivered to the Depositary or its nominee, as the case may be, two Business Days before the Interest Payment Date or by wire transfer of immediately available funds by 12:00 p.m. on the Interest Payment Date. As long as the Depositary or its nominee is the registered owner of a
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Global Security, the Depositary or its nominee, as the case may be, shall be considered the sole owner of the Global Security for the purposes of receiving payment on such Global Security.
(f) Consents, Declaration and Directions. Except as provided in Section 2.13(e), the Company, each Trustee and each Paying Agent shall treat a person as the Holder of such principal amount of outstanding Securities of such Series or Tranche represented by a Global Security as shall be specified in a written statement of the Depositary with respect to such Global Security, for purposes of obtaining any consents, declarations, waivers or directions required to be given by the Holders pursuant to this Indenture.
Section 2.14 CUSIP Numbers. The Company in issuing the Securities may use numbers assigned by the Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures ("CUSIP") and corresponding International Securities Identification Numbers ("ISIN") (if then generally in use) and, if so, the Trustees shall use CUSIP numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders;provided,however, that any such notice may state that no representation is made as to the correctness of such numbers either as printed on the Securities or as contained in such notice and that reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed on the Securities, and any such notice shall not be affected by any defect in or omission of such numbers. The Company shall promptly notify the Trustees of any change in the CUSIP or ISIN numbers.
ARTICLE III
Redemption
Section 3.01 Notices to Trustees. The Company may, with respect to any Series or Tranche of Securities, reserve the right to redeem and pay the Series or Tranche of Securities or may covenant to redeem and pay the Series or Tranche of Securities or any part thereof prior to the Stated Maturity thereof at such time and on such terms as provided for in such Series or Tranche of Securities or in the applicable Board Resolution or this Indenture. If a Series or Tranche of Securities is redeemable and the Company elects or is obligated to redeem prior to the Stated Maturity thereof all or part of the Series or Tranche of Securities pursuant to the terms of such Securities, it shall notify the Trustees in writing of the redemption date, the principal amount of Securities of the Series or Tranche to be redeemed and the redemption price.
The Company shall give each notice to each Trustee provided for in this Section at least 60 days before the redemption date unless such Trustee consents to a shorter period. Such notice shall be accompanied by an Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel from the Company to the effect that such redemption will comply with the conditions herein and the terms provided for such Series or Tranche of Securities.
Section 3.02 Selection by Agent Trustee of Securities To Be Redeemed. Unless otherwise provided for a particular Series or Tranche of Securities pursuant to Section 2.02, if fewer than all the Securities of a Series or Tranche are to be redeemed or purchased in an offer to purchase at any time, the Agent Trustee shall select the Securities to be redeemed or purchasedpro rata or by lot or by a method that complies with applicable legal and securities exchange requirements, if any, or, in the case of Global Securities, the procedures of the related Depositary, and that the Agent Trustee in its sole discretion shall deem to be fair and appropriate and in accordance with methods generally used at the time of selection by fiduciaries in similar circumstances. The Agent Trustee shall make the selection from outstanding Securities of such Series or Tranche, as the case may be, not previously called for redemption. Securities and portions of them the Agent Trustee selects for redemption shall be in principal amounts of $1,000 and integral multiples of $1,000, in each case, of the currency in which the Securities are denominated unless otherwise provided for in a supplemental indenture with respect to such Securities. Provisions of this Indenture that apply to Securities called for redemption or purchase
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also apply to portions of Securities called for redemption or purchase. The Agent Trustee shall notify the Company promptly of the Securities or portions of Securities to be redeemed or purchased.
Section 3.03 Notice of Redemption. Unless otherwise provided for a particular Series or Tranche of Securities pursuant to Section 2.02, at least 30 days but not more than 60 days before a date for redemption of Securities, the Company shall mail a notice of redemption by first-class mail to each Holder of Securities to be redeemed at such Holder's registered address.
The notice shall identify the Securities to be redeemed and shall state:
(1) the redemption date;
(2) the redemption price;
(3) the name and address of the Paying Agent;
(4) that Securities called for redemption must be surrendered to the Paying Agent to collect the redemption price;
(5) if fewer than all the outstanding Securities of the applicable Series or Tranche are to be redeemed, the identification and principal amounts of the particular Securities to be redeemed after determination by the Agent Trustee pursuant to Section 3.02;
(6) in case any Security is to be redeemed in part only, on and after the redemption date, upon surrender of such Security, the Holder of such Security shall receive, without charge, a new Security or Securities of authorized denominations for the principal amount thereof remaining unredeemed;
(7) that, unless the Company defaults in making such redemption payment, interest on Securities (or portion thereof) called for redemption ceases to accrue on and after the redemption date;
(8) the paragraph of the Securities and/or provision of this Indenture or any supplemental indenture pursuant to which the Securities called for redemption are being redeemed; and
(9) the CUSIP or ISIN number, if any, printed on the Securities being redeemed; and
(10) that no representation is made as to the correctness or accuracy of the CUSIP or ISIN number, if any, listed in such notice or printed on the Securities.
At the Company's request, the Agent Trustee shall give the notice of redemption in the Company's name and at the Company's expense. In such event, the Company shall provide the Agent Trustee with the information required by this Section.
Section 3.04 Effect of Notice of Redemption. Once notice of redemption is given as provided in Section 3.03, Securities called for redemption become due and payable on the redemption date and at the redemption price stated in the notice. Upon surrender to the Paying Agent, such Securities shall be paid at the redemption price stated in the notice, plus accrued interest to the redemption date (subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the related Interest Payment Date). Failure to give notice or any defect in the notice to any Holder shall not affect the validity of the notice to any other Holder.
Section 3.05 Deposit of Redemption Price. Prior to the redemption date, the Company shall deposit with the Paying Agent (or, if the Company, the Parent or a Subsidiary of the Parent is the Paying Agent, shall segregate and hold in trust) an amount of money sufficient to pay the redemption price of and accrued interest and other amounts payable, if any, on all Securities to be redeemed on that date other than Securities or portions of Securities or portions thereof called for redemption which have been delivered by the Company to the Agent Trustee for cancellation.
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Section 3.06 Securities Redeemed in Part. Upon surrender of a Security that is redeemed in part, the Company shall execute and the Agent Trustee shall authenticate for the Holder (at the Company's expense) a new Security equal in principal amount to the unredeemed portion of the Security surrendered but otherwise containing identical terms and provisions.
Section 4.01 Payment of Securities. The Company covenants and agrees for the benefit of the Holders of each Series and Tranche of Securities that it shall promptly pay the principal of, interest on, and other amounts payable (if any) on the Securities of such Series and such Tranche on the dates and in the manner provided in the Securities of such Series and such Tranche and in this Indenture. Principal, premium (if any) and interest shall be considered paid on the date due if on such date the Agent Trustee or the Paying Agent has received on time from the Company and holds in accordance with this Indenture money sufficient to pay all principal, premium (if any) and interest then due.
The Company shall pay interest on overdue principal at the rate specified therefor in the Securities, and it shall pay interest on overdue installments of interest at the same rate to the extent lawful.
Section 4.02 Compliance Certificate. Each of the Parent and the Company shall deliver to the Trustees within 120 days after the end of its respective fiscal year (and at least once in each 12 month period) and at any other reasonable time upon the demand of any Trustee an Officers' Certificate stating that in the course of the performance by the signers of their duties as Officers of Parent or the Company, respectively, they would normally have knowledge of any Default and that the Parent or the Company, as applicable, has complied with all requirements contained in this Indenture that, if not complied with, would constitute a Default and whether or not the signers know of any Default that occurred during such period. If they do know of any Default, the certificate shall describe the Default, its status and what action the Parent or the Company, as applicable, is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto. Each of the Parent and Company also shall comply with section 314(a)(4) of the TIA.
Section 4.03 Further Instruments and Acts. Upon request of any Trustee, the Parent and the Company will execute and deliver such further instruments and do such further acts as may be reasonably necessary or proper to carry out more effectively the purpose of this Indenture.
Section 4.04 Limitations on Secured Debt. (a) None of the Company, the Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary shall incur or guarantee any Debt secured by a Mortgage (the "Initial Lien") on any Principal Property of the Parent, the Company or any Subsidiary of the Parent, or on any Capital Stock of any Restricted Subsidiary that owns, directly or indirectly, a Principal Property, whether owned at the Issue Date or thereafter acquired, without the Parent or the Company effectively providing, or causing such Restricted Subsidiary to provide, that the Securities shall be secured equally and ratably with (or prior to) the obligations so secured for so long as such obligations are so secured; provided, however, that the Company, the Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary shall be entitled to incur or guarantee Debt secured by Mortgages on any Principal Property of the Company, the Parent or any Subsidiary of the Parent, or on any Capital Stock of any Restricted Subsidiary that owns, directly or indirectly, a Principal Property, whether owned at the Issue Date or thereafter acquired, as long as the aggregate amount of outstanding Debt secured by Mortgages incurred pursuant to this proviso, when taken together with all Attributable Debt with respect to sale and leaseback transactions involving Principal Properties of the Company, the Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary (with the exception of such transactions which are excluded pursuant to Section 4.05(b)) does not exceed 15% of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets, as determined based on the most recent available consolidated balance sheet of the Parent. Any Mortgage created for the benefit of the Holders of Securities
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pursuant to the preceding sentence shall provide by its terms that such Mortgage shall be automatically and unconditionally released and discharged upon the release and discharge of the Initial Lien.
(b) The above restriction will not apply to Debt secured by:
(1) purchase money Mortgages;
(2) Mortgages existing on any property prior to the acquisition thereof by the Parent, the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary or existing on any property of any corporation that becomes a Subsidiary after the date of this Indenture prior to the time such corporation becomes a Subsidiary or securing indebtedness that is used to pay the cost of acquisition of such property or to reimburse the Parent, the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary for that cost;provided,however, that such Mortgage shall not apply to any other property of the Parent, the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary other than improvements and accessions to the property to which it originally applies;
(3) Mortgages to secure the cost of development or construction of such property, or improvements of such property;provided,however, that (i) such Mortgages are released or satisfied in due course within a reasonable period after the completion of such development, construction or improvement and (ii) such Mortgages shall not apply to any other property of the Parent, the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary;
(4) Mortgages in favor of a governmental entity or in favor of the holders of securities issued by any such entity, pursuant to any contract or statute (including Mortgages to secure Debt of the pollution control or industrial revenue bond type) or to secure any indebtedness for the purpose of financing all or any part of the purchase price or the cost of construction of the property subject to such Mortgages;
(5) Mortgages securing indebtedness owing to the Parent, the Company or a Subsidiary Guarantor;
(6) Mortgages existing on the Issue Date;
(7) Mortgages required in connection with governmental programs which provide financial or tax benefits, as long as substantially all of the obligations secured are in lieu of or reduce an obligation that would have been secured by a lien permitted under this Indenture;
(8) Extensions, renewals or replacements of the Mortgages referred to in this Section 4.04(b) (other than Mortgages described in clauses (3) and (5) above) so long as the principal amount of the secured Debt is not increased and the extension, renewal or replacement is limited to all or part of the same property secured by the Mortgage so extended, renewed or replaced; or
(9) Mortgages in connection with sale and leaseback transactions permitted by Section 4.05(b).
Section 4.05 Limitation on Sales and Leasebacks. (a) None of the Parent, the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary shall enter into any sale and leaseback transaction involving any Principal Property, unless the aggregate amount of all Attributable Debt with respect to such transactions, when taken together with all secured Debt permitted under the proviso in Section 4.04(a) (and not excluded in Section 4.04(b)) would not exceed 15% of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets, as determined based on the most recent available consolidated balance sheet of the Company.
(b) The restriction in Section 4.05(a) shall not apply to, and there shall be excluded from Attributable Debt in any computation under Section 4.05(a), any sale and leaseback transaction if:
(1) the transaction is between or among two or more of the Parent, the Company and any of the Subsidiary Guarantors;
(2) the lease is for a period, including renewal rights, of not in excess of three years;
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(3) the transaction is with a governmental authority that provides financial or tax benefits;
(4) the net proceeds of the sale are at least equal to the fair market value of the property and, within 180 days of the transfer, the Parent, the Company or a Subsidiary Guarantor repays Funded Debt owed by them or make expenditures for the expansion, construction or acquisition of a Principal Property at least equal to the net proceeds of the sale; or
(5) such sale and leaseback transaction is entered into within 180 days after the acquisition or construction, in whole but not in part, of such Principal Property.
Section 4.06 Future Guarantors. Each of the Parent and the Company shall cause each of its Subsidiaries that guarantees any Senior Debt of the Company or the Parent after the Issue Date to, at the same time, execute and deliver to the Agent Trustee and each other applicable Trustee a Guaranty Agreement pursuant to which such Subsidiary will guarantee payment of the Securities on the same terms and conditions as those set forth in Article 10.
ARTICLE V
Merger and Consolidation
Section 5.01 When Parent, Company or Subsidiary Guarantors May Merge or Transfer Assets. (a) Unless otherwise provided for in a particular Series or Tranche of Securities pursuant to Section 2.02, neither the Parent nor the Company shall consolidate or amalgamate with or merge with or into, or sell, convey, transfer or lease, in one transaction or a series of transactions, directly or indirectly, all or substantially all its assets to, any Person, unless:
(1) (A) the resulting, surviving or transferee Person (the "Successor Company", in the case of the Company, or the "Successor Parent", in the case of the Parent) shall be a Person organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America or Canada, any state, province or division thereof or the District of Columbia and the Successor Company (if not the Company) or the Successor Parent (if not the Parent) shall expressly assume, by an indenture supplemental hereto, executed and delivered to the Agent Trustee and each other applicable Trustee, in form satisfactory to such Trustees, all the obligations of the Parent or the Company, as applicable, under the Securities and this Indenture and immediately after giving pro forma effect to such transaction (and treating any indebtedness or sale and leaseback transaction which becomes an obligation of the Successor Company, the Successor Parent or any Subsidiary as a result of such transaction as having been incurred at the time of such transaction), no Default shall have occurred and be continuing or (B) the Company consolidates, amalgamates, merges, sells, conveys, transfers or leases, in one transaction or a series of transactions, directly or indirectly, all or substantially all its assets to another Subsidiary of the Parent as a result of which the Company receives an amount of consideration equal to no less than the fair market value of such assets as determined by the Board of Directors;
(2) the Parent or the Company, as applicable, shall have delivered to the Agent Trustee and each other applicable Trustee an Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, amalgamation, merger, sale or transfer and such supplemental indenture (if any) comply with this Indenture; and
(3) the Company, the Successor Company or the Successor Parent, as applicable, shall have delivered to the Agent Trustee and each other applicable Trustee an Opinion of Counsel that such transaction will not result in, or be deemed to result in, a taxable event or any withholding tax with respect to any Securityholders.
For purposes of this Section 5.01, the sale, lease, conveyance, assignment, transfer or other disposition of all or substantially all of the properties and assets of one or more Subsidiaries of the Parent or the Company, which properties and assets, if held by the Parent or the Company, as the case
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may be, instead of such Subsidiaries would constitute all or substantially all of the properties and assets of the Parent or the Company, as the case may be, on a consolidated basis, shall be deemed to be the transfer of all or substantially all of the properties and assets of Parent or the Company, as applicable.
In the case of a transaction subject to Section 5.01(a)(1)(A), the Successor Parent and the Successor Company shall be the successor to the Parent or the Company, as applicable, and shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Parent or the Company, as applicable, under this Indenture, and the predecessor Parent or the Company, as applicable, except in the case of a lease, shall be released from the obligation to pay the principal of and interest on the Securities.
(b) Unless otherwise provided for a particular Series or Tranche of Securities pursuant to Section 2.02, neither Parent nor the Company shall permit any Subsidiary Guarantor to consolidate or amalgamate with or merge with or into, or sell, convey, transfer or lease, in one transaction or series of transactions, all or substantially all of its assets to any Person unless: (1) except upon the occurrence of one of the events referred to clause (i), (ii) or (iii) of Section 10.06, the resulting, surviving or transferee Person (if not such Subsidiary) shall be a Person organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America or Canada, any state or province thereof or the District of Columbia and such Person shall expressly assume all the obligations of such Subsidiary, if any, under its Subsidiary Guaranty; (2) immediately after giving effect to such transaction or transactions on a pro forma basis (and treating any indebtedness which becomes an obligation of the resulting, surviving or transferee Person as a result of such transaction as having been issued by such Person at the time of such transaction), no Default shall have occurred and be continuing; (3) the Company delivers to the Agent Trustee and each other applicable Trustee an Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, amalgamation, merger or transfer and such Guaranty Agreement, if any, complies with this Indenture and all provisions applicable to such particular Series or Tranche of Securities; and (4) the Company delivers to the Agent Trustee and each other applicable Trustee an Opinion of Counsel that such transaction will not result in, or be deemed to result in, a taxable event or any withholding tax with respect to any Securityholders.
ARTICLE VI
Defaults and Remedies
Section 6.01 Events of Default. Unless otherwise provided for a particular Series of Securities pursuant to Section 2.02, each of the following constitutes an "Event of Default" with respect to each Series of Securities:
(1) the Company defaults in any payment of any installment of interest on any Security when the same becomes due and payable, and such default continues for a period of 30 days;
(2) the Company defaults in the payment of any installment of principal of or premium, if any, on any Security when the same becomes due and payable at its stated maturity, upon optional redemption, upon declaration of acceleration or otherwise;
(3) the Company or any Guarantor fails to comply with any of its covenants in the Securities or this Indenture (other than those referred to in clause (1) or (2) above) and such failure continues for 90 days after the notice specified below;
(4) the payment of any Debt of the Parent, the Company, any Subsidiary Guarantor or any Significant Subsidiary in a principal amount exceeding $50,000,000 is accelerated as a result of the failure of the Parent, the Company, such Subsidiary Guarantor or such Significant Subsidiary to perform any covenant or agreement applicable to such Debt, which acceleration is not rescinded or annulled within 60 days after written notice thereof;
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(5) the Parent (if a Guarantor) or the Company pursuant to or within the meaning of any Bankruptcy Law applicable to it:
(A) commences a voluntary case;
(B) consents to the entry of an order for relief against it in an involuntary case;
(C) consents to the appointment of a Custodian of it or for any substantial part of its property; or
(D) makes a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors;
or takes any comparable action under any foreign laws relating to insolvency and applicable to it; or
(6) a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order or decree under any Bankruptcy Law applicable to the Parent (if a Guarantor) or the Company that:
(A) is for relief against the Parent (if a Guarantor) or the Company in an involuntary case;
(B) appoints a Custodian of the Parent (if a Guarantor) or the Company or for any substantial part of its property; or
(C) orders the winding up or liquidation of the Parent (if a Guarantor) or the Company;
or any similar relief is granted under any foreign laws applicable to the Parent (if a Guarantor) or the Company and the order or decree remains unstayed and in effect for 60 days.
The term "Bankruptcy Law" means Title 11,United States Code, the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act (Canada), the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act (Canada), or any similar United States or Canadian federal, state, or provincial law for the relief of debtors. The term "Custodian" means any receiver, interim receiver, receiver and manager, trustee, assignee, liquidator, custodian or similar official under any Bankruptcy Law.
Unless otherwise provided for a particular Series of Securities pursuant to Section 2.02, a Default under clause (3) is not an Event of Default with respect to a Series of Securities until any Trustee notifies, or the holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of such Series notify, the Company of the Default and the Company does not cure such Default within the time specified after receipt of such notice. Such notice must specify the Default, demand that it be remedied and state that such notice is a "Notice of Default".
The Company shall deliver to the Trustees, within 30 days after the occurrence thereof, written notice in the form of an Officers' Certificate of any event which with the giving of notice or the lapse of time would become an Event of Default under clause (3), its status and what action the Company is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto.
Section 6.02 Acceleration. If an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(1) or (2) occurs and is continuing with respect to any Series of Securities, the Agent Trustee or any other applicable Trustee, in its discretion, by notice to the Company, or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of such Series by notice to the Company, the Agent Trustee and each other applicable Trustee, may declare the principal amount of (or, in the case of Original Issue Discount Securities of that Series, the portion thereof specified in terms of such Security), premium, if any, and accrued and unpaid interest on all the Securities of such Series to be due and payable. If an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(3) or (4) occurs and is continuing, the Agent Trustee or any other applicable Trustee, in its discretion, by notice to the Company, or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of all affected Series (all such affected Series voting
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together as a single class) by notice to the Company, the Agent Trustee and each other applicable Trustee, may declare the principal amount of (or, in the case of Original Issue Discount Securities of that Series, the portion thereof specified in terms of such Security), premium, if any, and accrued and unpaid interest on the Securities of such affected Series to be due and payable. Upon any declaration of the type described in the previous two sentences of this Section 6.02, such principal amount, premium, if any, and interest shall be due and payable immediately. If an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(5) or (6) occurs and is continuing, the principal amount of (or, in the case of Original Issue Discount Securities of that Series, the portion thereof specified in the terms of such Security), premium, if any, and interest on all the outstanding Securities issued pursuant to this Indenture shallipso facto become and be immediately due and payable without any declaration or other act on the part of any Trustee or any Securityholders. The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities of any Series by written notice to the Agent Trustee, each other applicable Trustee and the Company may rescind an acceleration of the Securities of such Series and its consequences if the rescission would not conflict with any judgment or decree and if all existing Events of Default have been cured or waived except nonpayment of the principal amount of (or, in the case of Original Issue Discount Securities of that Series, the portion thereof specified in the terms of such Security), premium, if any, or interest on the Securities of such Series that has become due solely because of acceleration. No such rescission shall affect any subsequent Default or impair any right consequent thereto.
Section 6.03 Other Remedies. If an Event of Default with respect to any Series of Securities occurs and is continuing, the Agent Trustee and each other applicable Trustee may in its discretion pursue any available remedy to collect the payment of the principal amount of (or, in the case of Original Issue Discount Securities of that Series, the portion thereby specified in the terms of such Security), premium, if any, or interest on the Securities of that Series or to enforce the performance of any provision of the Securities of that Series or this Indenture.
The Agent Trustee and each other applicable Trustee may in its discretion maintain a proceeding even if it does not possess any of the Securities of a Series or does not produce any of them in the proceeding. A delay or omission by the Agent Trustee or any other applicable Trustee or any Securityholder in exercising any right or remedy accruing upon an Event of Default with respect to any Series of Securities shall not impair the right or remedy or constitute a waiver of or acquiescence in the Event of Default. No remedy is exclusive of any other remedy. All available remedies are cumulative.
Section 6.04 Waiver of Past Defaults. The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of all Series affected thereby (all such Series or voting together as a single class) by notice to the Agent Trustee and each other applicable Trustee may waive an existing Default and its consequences except (i) a Default in the payment of the principal amount of (or, in the case of Original Issue Discount Securities of that Series, the portion thereby specified in the terms of such Security), premium, if any, or interest on a Security of that Series or, (ii) a Default arising from the failure to redeem or purchase any Security of that Series when required pursuant to the terms of this Indenture, or (iii) a Default in respect of a provision that under Section 9.02 cannot be amended without the consent of each Holder of Securities of that Series affected. When a Default is waived, it is deemed cured, but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or impair any consequent right.
Section 6.05 Control by Majority. The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of all affected Series (all such Series voting together as a single class) may direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Agent Trustee or any other applicable Trustees or of exercising any trust or power conferred on the Agent Trustee or any other applicable Trustees with respect to that Series. However, each Trustee may refuse to follow any direction that conflicts with law or this Indenture or, subject to Section 7.01, that such Trustee determines is unduly prejudicial to the rights of any other Holder of Securities of that Series or that would expose such Trustee to personal liability;provided,however, that each Trustee may take any
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other action deemed proper by such Trustee that is not inconsistent with such direction. Prior to taking any action hereunder, each Trustee shall be entitled to indemnification satisfactory to it in its sole discretion against all losses and expenses caused by taking or not taking such action.
Section 6.06 Limitation on Suits. Except to enforce the right to receive payment of the principal amount of (or, in the case of Original Issue Discount Securities, the portion thereby specified in the terms of such Security), premium, if any, or interest on a Security of any Series when due, no Holder of a Security of such Series may pursue any remedy with respect to this Indenture or the Securities of that Series unless:
(1) the Holder gives to the Agent Trustee and each other applicable Trustee written notice stating that an Event of Default with respect to that Series is continuing;
(2) the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of all affected Series make a written request to the Agent Trustee and each other applicable Trustee to pursue the remedy;
(3) such Holder or Holders offer to the Agent Trustee and each other applicable Trustee security or indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it against any loss, liability or expense;
(4) neither the Agent Trustee nor any of the other applicable Trustees complies with the request within 60 days after receipt of the request and the offer of security or indemnity; and
(5) the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of that Series or of all affected Series do not give the Agent Trustee or any other applicable Trustee a direction inconsistent with the request during such 60-day period.
A Securityholder of any Series may not use this Indenture to prejudice the rights of another Securityholder of that Series or to obtain a preference or priority over another Securityholder of that Series.
Section 6.07 Rights of Holders to Receive Payment. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, the right of any Holder to receive payment of the principal amount of (or, in the case of Original Issue Discount Securities, the portion thereby specified in the terms of such Security), premium, if any, and interest on the Securities held by such Holder, on or after the respective due dates expressed in the Securities, or to bring suit for the enforcement of any payment with respect to the Securities, shall not be impaired or affected without the consent of such Holder.
Section 6.08 Collection Suit by Trustees. If an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(1) or (2) occurs and is continuing, the Agent Trustee and each other applicable Trustee may recover judgment in its own name and as trustee of an express trust against the Company for the whole amount then due and owing (together with interest on any unpaid interest to the extent lawful) and the amounts provided for in Section 7.07.
Section 6.09 Trustees May File Proofs of Claim. The Agent Trustee and each other applicable Trustee may file such proofs of claim and other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of such Trustee and the Securityholders allowed in any judicial proceedings relative to the Company, its creditors or its property and, unless prohibited by law or applicable regulations, may vote on behalf of and as directed by the Holders in any election of a trustee in bankruptcy or other Person performing similar functions, and any Custodian in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder to make payments to the Trustees and, in the event that the Trustees shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Holders, to pay to the Trustees any amount due it for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustees, their agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustees under Section 7.07.
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Section 6.10 Priorities. If any Trustee collects any money or property pursuant to this Article 6 (including Section 6.08) with respect to any Series of Securities, it shall pay out the money or property in the following order:
FIRST: to the Trustees for amounts due under Section 7.07, and if the amounts available are insufficient, then pro rata to such Trustees, in amounts proportionate to such amounts due;
SECOND: to Securityholders for amounts due and unpaid on the Securities of that Series for principal (or, in the case of Original Issue Discount Securities, the portion thereby specified in the terms of such Security), premium, if any, and interest, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and payable on the Securities for principal (or, in the case of Original Issue Discount Securities, the portion thereby specified in the terms of such Security), premium, if any, and interest, respectively; and
THIRD: to the Company.
The Agent Trustee may fix a record date and payment date for any payment to Securityholders pursuant to this Section. At least 15 days before such record date, the Company shall mail to each Securityholder and the Trustees a notice that states the record date, the payment date and amount to be paid.
Section 6.11 Undertaking for Costs. In any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture or in any suit against any Trustee for any action taken or omitted by it as Trustee, a court in its discretion may require the filing by any party litigant in the suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of the suit, and the court in its discretion may assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys' fees, against any party litigant in the suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by the party litigant. This Section does not apply to a suit by any Trustee, a suit by a Holder pursuant to Section 6.07 or a suit by Holders of more than 10% in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of any Series.
Section 6.12 Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws. The Company (to the extent it may lawfully do so) shall 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, now 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 shall not hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Trustees or any Holder, but shall suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law had been enacted.
Section 7.01 Duties of Trustees. (a) If an Event of Default with respect to any Series of Securities has occurred and is continuing, each Trustee shall exercise the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture and use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise as a prudent Person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of such Person's own affairs.
(b) With respect to any Series of Securities:
(1) each Trustee undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Indenture and no other duties, covenants or obligations shall be implied or read into this Indenture otherwise or inferred against such Trustee; and
(2) in the absence of bad faith on its part, each 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 such Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Indenture.
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However, such Trustee shall examine the certificates and opinions to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of this Indenture.
(c) Each Trustee may not be relieved from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act or its own willful misconduct, except that:
(1) this paragraph does not limit the effect of paragraph (b) of this Section;
(2) such Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by a Trust Officer unless it is proved that such Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts; and
(3) such Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in accordance with a direction received by it pursuant to Section 6.05.
(d) Every provision of this Indenture that in any way relates to the Trustees is subject to paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of this Section.
(e) No Trustee shall be liable for interest on any money received by it except as such Trustee may agree in writing with the Company.
(f) Money held in trust by any Trustee need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.
(g) No provision of this Indenture shall require any Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers.
(h) Every provision of this Indenture relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of or affording protection to the Trustees shall be subject to the provisions of this Section and, where applicable by law to such Trustee, to the provisions of the TIA and other applicable law.
(i) In the exercise of the rights, powers and duties prescribed or conferred by the terms of this Indenture, each Trustee shall act honestly, in good faith and in a commercially reasonable manner and exercise that degree of care, diligence and skill that a reasonably prudent Person would exercise in comparable circumstances and shall duly observe and comply with the provisions of any legislation and regulations which relate to the functions or role of the Canadian Trustee as a fiduciary hereunder.
Section 7.02 Rights of Trustees. (a) Each Trustee may rely on any document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper person. Such Trustee need not investigate any fact or matter stated in the document.
(b) Before any Trustee acts or refrains from acting, it may require an Officers' Certificate or an Opinion of Counsel or both. No Trustee shall be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in reliance on the Officers' Certificate or Opinion of Counsel.
(c) Each Trustee may act through agents and shall not be responsible for the misconduct or negligence of any agent appointed with due care.
(d) No Trustee shall be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith which it believes to be authorized or within its rights or powers;provided,however, that such Trustee's conduct does not constitute willful misconduct or negligence.
(e) At the Company's expense, each Trustee may consult with counsel, and the advice or opinion of counsel with respect to legal matters relating to this Indenture and the Securities shall be full and complete authorization and protection from liability in respect to any action taken, omitted or suffered by it hereunder in good faith and in accordance with the advice or opinion of such counsel.
(f) Each Trustee shall have the right to disclose any information disclosed or released to it if in the opinion of such Trustee, or its legal counsel, it is required to disclose under any applicable laws,
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court order or administrative directions. No Trustee shall be responsible or liable to any party for any loss or damage arising out of or in any way sustained or incurred or in any way relating to such disclosure.
(g) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary which may be contained herein, no Trustee shall have any obligation to exercise any discretion in the performance of its obligations hereunder and shall only be required to act upon the express written instructions of the Company or Securityholders as the case may be. If any provision of this Indenture imposes any obligation or determination to be taken or made by any Trustee and such provision does not expressly state who shall instruct or advise such Trustee, then such instruction or advice shall be required to be provided to such Trustee by Board Resolution.
(h) Each Trustee and its Affiliates may buy, sell lend upon and deal in the Securities and generally contract and enter into financial transactions with the Company or otherwise, without being liable to account for any profits made thereby.
Section 7.03 Individual Rights of Trustees. Each Trustee, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Securities and may otherwise deal with the Company or its Affiliates with the same rights it would have if it were not a Trustee. Any Service Agent, Paying Agent, Registrar, co-registrar or co-paying agent may do the same with like rights. However, each Trustee must comply with Sections 7.10 and 7.11.
Section 7.04 Trustees' Disclaimer. No Trustee shall be responsible for, nor does it make any representation as to, the validity or adequacy of this Indenture, the Securities or any offering materials, it shall not be accountable for the Company's use of the proceeds from the Securities, and it shall not be responsible for any statement of the Company in the Indenture or in any document issued in connection with the sale of the Securities or in the Securities other than such Trustee's certificate of authentication.
Section 7.05 Notice of Defaults. If a Default with respect to Securities of any Series occurs and is continuing and if it is known to any Trustee, such Trustee (or the Agent Trustee on behalf of all Trustees) shall mail to each Securityholder of that Series notice of the Default within 90 days after it occurs. Except in the case of a Default in payment of principal of or interest on any Security (including payments pursuant to the redemption provisions of such Security, if any), each Trustee may withhold the notice if and so long as such Trustee in good faith determines that withholding the notice is in the best interests of Securityholders of the affected Series and so advises the Company or the Parent in writing. Where notice of the occurrence of a Default is given by a Trustee and the Default is thereafter cured, notice that the Default is no longer continuing shall be given by such Trustee to the Securityholders within a reasonable time, but not exceeding 90 days, after the Default has been cured.
Section 7.06 Reports by Trustees to Holders. Unless otherwise provided for a particular Series or Tranche of Securities pursuant to Section 2.02, if required by section 313(a) of the TIA, as promptly as practicable after each May 15, beginning with May 15, 2006, and in any event prior to July 15 in each year, the U.S. Trustee shall mail to each Securityholder a brief report dated as of May 15 that complies with TIA section 313(a). Each Trustee also shall comply with TIA section 313(b).
A copy of each report at the time of its mailing to Securityholders shall be filed with the SEC and each stock exchange (if any) on which the Securities are listed. The Company agrees to notify the Trustees promptly whenever the Securities become listed on any stock exchange and of any delisting thereof.
Section 7.07 Compensation and Indemnity. The Company shall pay to each Trustee from time to time reasonable compensation for its services or such compensation which they shall otherwise agree to in writing. No Trustee's compensation shall be limited by any law on compensation of a trustee of an express trust. The Company shall reimburse each Trustee upon request for all reasonable out-of-pocket
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expenses incurred or made by it in connection with this Indenture or any matter relating to it, including costs of collection, in addition to the compensation for its services. Such expenses shall include the reasonable compensation and expenses, disbursements and advances of such Trustee's agents, counsel, accountants and experts. The Company shall indemnify each Trustee against any and all loss, liability or expense (including attorneys' fees) it may incur in connection with the administration of this trust and the performance of its duties hereunder. Each Trustee shall notify the Company promptly of any matter for which it may seek indemnity. Failure by any Trustee to so notify the Company shall not relieve the Company of its obligations hereunder. If a claim is brought against any Trustee, the Company shall defend the claim and such Trustee may have separate counsel and the Company shall pay the fees and expenses of such counsel. The Company need not reimburse any expense or indemnify against any loss, liability or expense incurred by any Trustee directly as a result of such Trustee's own willful misconduct, negligence or bad faith.
In addition to and without limiting any other protection of each Trustee hereunder or otherwise by law, the Company shall indemnify and hold each Trustee, its officers, directors, employees, representatives and agents harmless from and against any and all liabilities, losses, claims, damages, penalties, actions, suits, demands, levies, costs, expenses and disbursements, including any and all reasonable legal and adviser fees and disbursements of whatever kind or nature which may at any time be suffered by, imposed on, incurred by or asserted against such Trustee, whether groundless or otherwise, howsoever arising from or out of any act, omission or error of such Trustee in connection with its acting as Trustee hereunder unless arising from the negligence, willful misconduct or breach of its duties as set forth in Section 7.01(i) on the part of such Trustee. Notwithstanding any other provision hereof, this indemnity shall survive the removal, or resignation of such Trustee, discharge of this Indenture and termination of any trust created hereby.
To secure the Company's payment obligations in this Section, each Trustee shall have a lien prior to the Securities on all money or property held or collected by such Trustee other than money or property received from the Company and held in trust to pay principal of and interest on particular Securities.
The Company's payment obligations pursuant to this Section shall survive the discharge of this Indenture. When any Trustee incurs expenses after the occurrence of a Default specified in Section 6.01(5) or (6), the expenses are intended to constitute expenses of administration under the Bankruptcy Law.
Section 7.08 Experts. Each Trustee may appoint such agents and employ or retain such counsel, accountants, engineers, appraisers or other experts or advisers as it may reasonably require for the purpose of discharging its duties hereunder and shall not be responsible for any misconduct on the part of any of them. Each Trustee may pay remuneration for all services performed for it in the discharge of the trusts hereof without taxation for costs or fees of any counsel, solicitor or attorney. Each Trustee may act and rely and shall be protected in acting and relying on in good faith on the opinion or advice of or information obtained from any agent, counsel, accountant, engineer, appraiser or other expert or adviser, whether retained or employed by the Company, Securityholders or any Trustee, in relation to any matter arising in the performance of its duties under this Indenture.
Section 7.09 Replacement of a Trustee. Any Trustee may resign at any time with respect to any Series or Tranche of Securities by so notifying the Company not less than 60 days prior to the effective date of such resignation. The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of any Series or Tranche may remove any Trustee with respect to that Series or Tranche by so notifying such Trustee. The Company shall remove a Trustee if:
(1) such Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.11;
(2) such Trustee is adjudged bankrupt or insolvent;
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(3) a receiver or other public officer takes charge of such Trustee or its property; or
(4) such Trustee otherwise becomes incapable of acting.
If any Trustee resigns, is removed by the Company or by the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of any Series or Tranche or if a vacancy exists in the office of a Trustee for any reason (the Trustee in each such event being referred to herein as the "Retiring Trustee"), the Company shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee.
A successor Trustee shall deliver a written acceptance of its appointment to the Retiring Trustee and to the Company. Thereupon the resignation or removal of the Retiring Trustee shall become effective, and the successor Trustee shall have all the rights, powers and duties of a Trustee under this Indenture. A successor Trustee with respect to any Series or Tranche of Securities shall mail a notice of its succession to the outstanding Securityholders of that Series or Tranche. The Retiring Trustee shall promptly transfer all property held by it as Trustee to the successor Trustee, subject to the lien provided for in Section 7.07.
If a successor Trustee with respect to any Series or Tranche of Securities does not take office within 60 days after the Retiring Trustee resigns or is removed, the Retiring Trustee or the Holders of 10% in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of that Series or Tranche may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee.
If any Trustee with respect to any Series or Tranche of Securities fails to comply with Section 7.11, any outstanding Securityholder of that Series or Tranche may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of such Trustee and the appointment of a successor Trustee.
Notwithstanding the replacement of any Trustee pursuant to this Section, the Company's obligations under Section 7.07 shall continue for the benefit of the Retiring Trustee.
Section 7.10 Successor Trustee by Merger. If any Trustee consolidates or amalgamates with, merges or converts into, or transfers all or substantially all its corporate trust business or assets to, another corporation or banking association, the resulting, surviving or transferee corporation without any further act shall be the successor Trustee with respect to such Trustee.
In case at the time such successor or successors by merger, conversion, amalgamation or consolidation to the Agent Trustee shall succeed to the trusts created by this Indenture any of the Securities shall have been authenticated but not delivered, any such successor to the Agent Trustee may adopt the certificate of authentication of any predecessor trustee, and deliver such Securities so authenticated; and in case at that time any of the Securities shall not have been authenticated, any successor to the Agent Trustee may authenticate such Securities either in the name of any predecessor hereunder or in the name of the successor to the Agent Trustee; and in all such cases such certificates shall have the full force which it is anywhere in the Securities or in this Indenture provided that the certificate of the Agent Trustee shall have.
Section 7.11 Eligibility; Disqualification. (a) Each Trustee shall at all times satisfy the requirements of TIA section 310(a). Each Trustee shall have a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000 as set forth in its most recent published annual report of condition. Each Trustee shall comply with TIA section 310(b);provided,however, that there shall be excluded from the operation of TIA section 310(b)(1) any indenture or indentures under which other securities or certificates of interest or participation in other securities of the Company are outstanding if the requirements for such exclusion set forth in TIA section 310(b)(1) are met.
(b) The Canadian Trustee represents and warrants to the Company and the Parent that it is a trust company organized under the laws of Canada or a province thereof and is authorized under such laws and the laws of each province of Canada to carry on trust business therein. If at any time the Canadian Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with this Section 7.11, it shall resign
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immediately in the manner and with the effect hereinafter specified in Section 7.09. Any Trustee which is a successor to or is appointed as a replacement of the Canadian Trustee shall meet the qualifications set out in this Section 7.11. Notwithstanding any other provision hereof, requirements of the TIA specified herein shall be applicable to the Canadian Trustee only to the extent applicable by law.
(c) Each Trustee (including the Agent Trustee in its capacity as such) represents and warrants to the Company and the Parent that at the date of the execution and delivery of this Indenture there exists no material conflict of interest in such Trustee's role as a fiduciary hereunder. If at any time a material conflict of interest (including a conflicting interest as defined in Section 310(b) of the TIA) exists in respect of any such Trustee's role as a fiduciary under this Indenture that is not eliminated within 90 days after such Trustee becomes aware that such a material conflict of interest exists, such Trustee shall resign from the trusts under this Indenture by giving notice in writing of such resignation and the nature of such conflict to the Company at least 21 days prior to the date upon which such resignation is to take effect, and shall on such date be discharged from all further duties and liabilities hereunder. The validity and enforceability of this Indenture and any Securities shall not be affected in any manner whatsoever by reason only of the existence of a material conflict of interest of a Trustee (including the Agent Trustee, in its capacity as such).
Section 7.12 Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company. Each Trustee shall comply with TIA section 311(a), excluding any creditor relationship listed in TIA section 311(b). A Trustee who has resigned or been removed shall be subject to TIA section 311(a) to the extent indicated.
Section 7.13 Securityholder List. A Securityholder may, upon payment to a Trustee of a reasonable fee and subject to compliance with any applicable requirement of the TIA, require such Trustee to furnish within 10 days after delivering the affidavit or statutory declaration referred to below, a list setting out (i) the name and address of every registered Securityholder, (ii) the aggregate principal amount of Securities owned by each registered Securityholder and (iii) the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Securities, each as shown on the records of such Trustee on the day that the affidavit or statutory declaration is delivered to such Trustee. The affidavit or statutory declaration, as the case may be, shall contain (1) the name, address and occupation of the requesting Securityholder, (2) where the requesting Securityholder is a corporation, its name and address for service and (3) a statement that the list will not be used except in connection with an effort to influence the voting of the Securityholders, an offer to acquire Securities or any other matter relating to the Securities or the affairs of the Company. Where the requesting Securityholder is a corporation, the affidavit or statutory declaration shall be made by a director or officer of the Securityholder.
Section 7.14 Initial Appointment of Trustees. The Company hereby appoints (i) TD Banknorth, National Association as the initial U.S. Trustee and the initial Agent Trustee and (ii) The Canada Trust Company as the initial Canadian Trustee, and TD Banknorth, National Association and The Canada Trust Company hereby accept such respective appointments. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, if any duty or obligation of a Trustee (including the Agent Trustee) relates to Securities denominated in Canadian Dollars and Holders thereof, the Canadian Trustee shall have such duty or obligation, and such other provision, including any reference to the Agent Trustee or the U.S. Trustee therein, shall be interpreted to give effect to this paramount provision.
ARTICLE VIII
Discharge of Indenture; Defeasance
Section 8.01 Discharge of Liability on Securities; Defeasance. (a) When (1) the Company delivers to the Agent Trustee all outstanding Securities of a Series or Tranche (other than Securities replaced pursuant to Section 2.08) for cancellation or (2) all outstanding Securities of a Series or Tranche have become due and payable, whether at maturity or on a redemption date as a result of the mailing of a notice of redemption pursuant to Article 3 hereof and the Company irrevocably deposits with the
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Agent Trustee funds sufficient to pay at maturity or upon redemption all outstanding principal and other amounts, if any, payable on the Securities of that Series or Tranche, including interest thereon to maturity or such redemption date (other than Securities replaced pursuant to Section 2.08), and if in either case the Company pays all other sums payable hereunder by the Company, then this Indenture shall, as it relates to that Series or Tranche, as the case may be, subject to Section 8.01(c), cease to be of further effect. The Agent Trustee shall acknowledge satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture on demand of the Company accompanied by an Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel and at the cost and expense of the Company.
(b) Subject to Sections 8.01(c) and 8.02, the Company at any time may terminate (1) all its obligations under the Securities of any Series or Tranche and this Indenture with respect to such Series or Tranche ("legal defeasance option") or (2) its obligations with respect to any Series or Tranche of Securities under the covenants contained in one or more supplemental indentures establishing the terms of such Series or Tranche and the operation of Section 6.01(4) and the limitations contained in Section 5.01(b) with respect to such Series or Tranche ("covenant defeasance option"). The Company may exercise its legal defeasance option with respect to any Series or Tranche of Securities notwithstanding its prior exercise of its covenant defeasance option with respect to that Series or Tranche. The Company may exercise its legal defeasance option or covenant defeasance option with respect to a Tranche or Series without exercising such option with respect to any other Tranche or Series.
If the Company exercises its legal defeasance option with respect to any Series or Tranche of Securities, payment of the Securities of such Series or Tranche, as the case may be, may not be accelerated because of an Event of Default with respect thereto. If the Company exercises its covenant defeasance option with respect to any Series or Tranche of Securities, payment of the Securities of such Series or Tranche, as the case may be, may not be accelerated because of an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(4) or because of the failure of the Company to comply with Section 5.01(b). If the Company exercises its legal defeasance option or its covenant defeasance option with respect to any Series or Tranche of Securities, each Subsidiary Guarantor, if any, shall be released from all its obligations with respect to its Subsidiary Guaranty with respect to that Series or Tranche, as the case may be.
Upon satisfaction of the conditions set forth herein and upon request of the Company, the Agent Trustee shall acknowledge in writing the discharge of those obligations that the Company terminates, subject to Section 8.06.
(c) Notwithstanding clauses (a) and (b) above, the Company's obligations in Sections 2.04, 2.05, 2.06, 2.07, 2.08, 2.09, 7.07 and 7.08 and in this Article 8, with respect to each Series or Tranche of Securities shall survive until all the Securities of that Series or Tranche, as the case may be, have been paid in full. Thereafter, the Company's obligations in Sections 7.07, 8.04 and 8.05 shall survive.
Section 8.02 Conditions to Defeasance. The Company may exercise its legal defeasance option or its covenant defeasance option (provided that with respect to covenant defeasance such defeasance is provided for in the applicable supplemental indenture hereto) with respect to any Series or Tranche of Securities only if:
(1) the Company irrevocably deposits in trust with the Agent Trustee money or U.S. Government Obligations, or with respect to Securities denominated in Canadian Dollars, Canadian Government Obligations, for the payment of principal of, and premium, interest and any mandatory sinking fund payments on, all the Securities of that Series or Tranche, as the case may be, to maturity or redemption or due date of such payments in accordance with this Indenture and the Securities, as the case may be;
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(2) the Company delivers to the Agent Trustee a certificate from a nationally recognized firm of independent accountants expressing their opinion that the payments of principal and interest when due and without reinvestment on the deposited U.S. Government Obligations or Canadian Government Obligations, as the case may be, plus any deposited money without investment will provide cash at such times and in such amounts as will be sufficient to pay principal, premium, interest, and any mandatory sinking fund payments when due on all the Securities of that Series or Tranche, as the case may be, to maturity or redemption or due date of such payments in accordance with this Indenture and the Securities, as the case may be;
(3) 123 days pass after the deposit is made and during the 123-day period no Default specified in Sections 6.01(5) or 6.01(6) occurs which is continuing at the end of the 123-day period;
(4) the deposit does not constitute a default under any other agreement binding on the Company;
(5) the Company delivers to the Agent Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the trust resulting from the deposit does not constitute, or if it does so constitute, is qualified as, a regulated investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940;
(6) in the case of the legal defeasance option, the Company shall have delivered to the Agent Trustee (i) an Opinion of Counsel stating that since the date of this Indenture there has been a change in the applicable United States federal income tax law, or a ruling published by the United States Internal Revenue Service, and under such change in the applicable United States federal income tax law or ruling, defeasance and discharge will not result in, or be deemed to result in, a taxable event or any withholding tax with respect to the Securityholder of that Series or Tranche, as the case may be, and (ii) an Opinion of Counsel stating that, based on applicable Canadian federal income tax law or a ruling granted by the Canadian Revenue Agency, such defeasance and discharge will not result in, or be deemed to result in, a taxable event or any withholding tax with respect to the Securityholders of that Series or Tranche, as the case may be;
(7) in the case of the covenant defeasance option, the Company shall have delivered to the Agent Trustee (i) an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that, based upon applicable United States Federal income tax law, or a ruling published by the United States Internal Revenue Service, such defeasance and discharge will not result in, or be deemed to result in, a taxable event or any withholding tax with respect to the Securityholder of that Series or Tranche, as the case may be, and (ii) an Opinion of Counsel stating that, based on applicable Canadian federal income tax law or a ruling granted by the Canadian Revenue Agency, such defeasance and discharge will not result in, or be deemed to result in, a taxable event or any withholding tax with respect to the Securityholders of that Series or Tranche, as the case may be;
(8) the Company delivers to the Agent Trustee an Opinion of Counsel in the jurisdiction of organization of the Company (if other than the United States) to the effect that (A) Holders of that Series or Tranche, as the case may be, will not recognize income, gain or loss for income tax purposes of such jurisdiction as a result of such deposit or defeasance or both, and (B) will be subject to income tax of such jurisdiction on the same amounts, and in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such deposit or defeasance or both had not occurred; and
(9) the Company delivers to the Agent Trustee an Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent to the defeasance and discharge of the Securities as contemplated by this Article 8 have been complied with.
Before or after a deposit, the Company may make arrangements satisfactory to the Agent Trustee for the redemption of Securities at a future date in accordance with Article 3.
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Section 8.03 Application of Trust Money. (a) Each Trustee shall hold in trust any money or U.S. Government Obligations, or with respect to Securities denominated in Canadian Dollars, Canadian Government Obligations, deposited with it pursuant to this Article 8. It shall apply the deposited money and the money from U.S. Government Obligations and Canadian Government Obligations through the Paying Agent and in accordance with this Indenture to the payment of principal of and interest on the Securities of the particular Series or Tranche for which such moneys have been deposited.
(b) During the term of this Indenture, no Trustee shall have an obligation to invest or reinvest any money, U.S. Government Obligations, Canadian Government Obligations or other securities deposited or received hereunder, except as specifically directed by the Company in writing. Any interest or other income received on such U.S. Government Obligations, Canadian Government Obligations or other securities deposited or received hereunder, or from investment and reinvestment of the money, U.S. Government Obligations, Canadian Government Obligations or other securities deposited or received hereunder shall become part of the property held hereunder and any losses incurred on such investment and reinvestment of such property shall be debited against the property held hereunder.
Section 8.04 Repayment to Company. Each Trustee and the Paying Agent shall promptly turn over to the Company upon request any excess money or securities held by them at any time.
Subject to any applicable abandoned property law, each Trustee and the Paying Agent shall pay to the Company upon request any money held by them for the payment of principal or interest that remains unclaimed for two years, and, thereafter, Securityholders entitled to the money must look to the Company for payment as general creditors.
Section 8.05 Indemnity for Government Obligations. The Company shall pay and shall indemnify each Trustee against any tax, fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against deposited money, U.S. Government Obligations, Canadian Government Obligations or the principal and interest received on such money, U.S. Government Obligations or Canadian Government Obligations.
Section 8.06 Reinstatement. If any Trustee or Paying Agent is unable to apply any money, U.S. Government Obligations or Canadian Government Obligations in accordance with this Article 8 by reason of any legal proceeding or by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, the Company's obligations under this Indenture and the applicable Series or Tranche of Securities and the Subsidiary Guarantors' obligations under their respective Subsidiary Guaranties shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to this Article 8 until such time as the Trustees or Paying Agent are permitted to apply all such money, U.S. Government Obligations or Canadian Government Obligations in accordance with this Article 8;provided,however, that, if the Company has made any payment of interest on or principal of any Securities of that Series or Tranche because of the reinstatement of its obligations, the Company shall be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such Securities to receive such payment from the money, U.S. Government Obligations or Canadian Government Obligations deposited with and held by the Trustees or Paying Agent.
ARTICLE IX
Amendments
Section 9.01 Without Consent of Holders. The Company, the Guarantors and the Agent Trustee and other applicable Trustees may amend or supplement this Indenture or the Securities without notice to or consent of any Securityholder:
(1) to cure any ambiguity, omission, defect or inconsistency in this Indenture;
(2) to comply with Article 5;
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(3) to provide for uncertificated Securities in addition to or in place of certificated Securities;provided,however, that the uncertificated Securities are issued in registered form for purposes of Section 163(f) of the Code or in a manner such that the uncertificated Securities are described in Section 163(f)(2)(B) of the Code;
(4) in the case of subordinated Securities, to make any change in the provisions of this Indenture or any supplemental indenture relating to subordination that would limit or terminate the benefits available to any holder of Senior Debt (as defined in the applicable Board Resolution, supplemental indenture hereto or Officers' Certificate related to such Series of subordinated Securities) under such provisions (but only if each such holder of Senior Debt under such provisions consents to such change);
(5) to add guarantees with respect to the Securities, including any Subsidiary Guaranties, or to secure the Securities;
(6) to add to the covenants of the Company or any Guarantor for the benefit of the Holders of all or any Series of Securities, to add Events of Default or to surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the Company or any Guarantor;
(7) to comply with any requirement of the SEC in connection with qualifying, or maintaining the qualification of, this Indenture under the TIA;
�� (8) to make any change that does not adversely affect the rights of any Securityholder;
(9) to evidence the acceptance of appointment of a successor or separate Trustee;
(10) to add to, change, or eliminate any of the provisions of this Indenture with respect to one or more Series of Securities, so long as any such addition, change or elimination not otherwise permitted under this Indenture shall (A) neither apply to any Security of any Series created prior to the execution of such supplemental indenture and entitled to the benefit of such provision nor modify the rights of the Holders of any such Security with respect to the benefit of such provision or (B) become effective only when there is no such prior Security outstanding;
(11) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment by a successor or separate Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more Series and to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary or desirable to provide for or facilitate the administration of this Indenture by additional Trustees; or
(12) to establish the form or terms of Securities and coupons of any Series pursuant to Article 2 and to change the procedures for transferring and exchanging Securities of any Series so long as such change does not adversely affect the holders of any outstanding Securities (except as required by applicable securities laws); or
(13) to secure any Series of the Securities.
After an amendment under this Section becomes effective, the Company shall mail to Securityholders a notice briefly describing such amendment. The failure to give such notice to all Securityholders, or any defect therein, shall not impair or affect the validity of an amendment under this Section.
Section 9.02 With Consent of Holders. The Company, the Guarantors, the Agent Trustee and any other applicable Trustees may amend this Indenture or the Securities of any Series with the written consent of the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the Securities of each Series then outstanding (including consents obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange for the
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Securities) affected by such amendment (all such affected Series voting together as a single class). However, without the consent of each Securityholder affected thereby, an amendment may not:
(1) reduce the amount of Securities whose Holders must consent to an amendment;
(2) reduce the rate of or extend the time for payment of interest on any Security;
(3) reduce the principal amount (or premium, if any) of or extend the final maturity of any Security;
(4) reduce the amount payable upon the redemption of any Security or change the time at which any Security may be redeemed in accordance with Article 3;
(5) make any Security payable in money other than that stated in the Security;
(6) make any changes in the ranking or priority of any Security that would adversely affect the Securityholders;
(7) make any change in Section 6.04 or 6.05 or the second sentence of this Section;
(8) make any change in the Parent Guaranty or any Subsidiary Guaranty that would adversely affect the Securityholders; or
(9) subject to Section 6.06, impair the right of any Holder of a Security of any Series to institute suit for the payment of principal amount of (or in the case of Original Issue Discount Securities, the portion thereby specified in the terms of such Security), premium, if any, or interest on a Security of such Series when due.
It shall not be necessary for the consent of the Holders under this Section to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment, but it shall be sufficient if such consent approves the substance thereof.
After an amendment under this Section becomes effective, the Company shall mail to all affected Securityholders a notice briefly describing such amendment. The failure to give such notice to all such Securityholders, or any defect therein, shall not impair or affect the validity of an amendment under this Section.
Every amendment to this Indenture or the Securities shall be set forth in a supplemental indenture. 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 Holders of a particular Series of Securities, or which modifies the rights of the Holders of Securities of such Series with respect to such covenant or other provision, shall be deemed not to affect the rights under this Indenture of the Holders of any other Series of Securities.
Section 9.03 Compliance with Trust Indenture Act. Every amendment to this Indenture or the Securities shall comply with the TIA as then in effect and otherwise with applicable law.
Section 9.04 Revocation and Effect of Consents and Waivers. A consent to an amendment or a waiver by a Holder of a Security shall bind the Holder and every subsequent Holder of that Security or portion of the Security that evidences the same debt as the consenting Holder's Security, even if notation of the consent or waiver is not made on the Security. However, any such Holder or subsequent Holder may revoke the consent or waiver as to such Holder's Security or portion of the Security if the Agent Trustee or any other applicable Trustee receives the notice of revocation before the date the amendment or waiver becomes effective. After an amendment or waiver becomes effective, it shall bind every Securityholder of that particular Series. An amendment or waiver becomes effective upon the execution of such amendment or waiver by the Agent Trustee and each other applicable Trustee.
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The Company may, but shall not be obligated to, fix a record date for the purpose of determining the Securityholders of a particular Series entitled to give their consent or take any other action described above or required or permitted to be taken pursuant to this Indenture or any applicable supplemental indenture. If a record date is fixed, then notwithstanding the immediately preceding paragraph, those Persons who were Securityholders at such record date (or their duly designated proxies), and only those Persons, shall be entitled to give such consent, to revoke any consent previously given or to take any such action, whether or not such Persons continue to be Holders after such record date. No such consent shall be valid or effective for more than 120 days after such record date.
Section 9.05 Notation on or Exchange of Securities. If an amendment changes the terms of a Security, the Agent Trustee may require the Holder of the Security to deliver it to the Agent Trustee. The Agent Trustee may place an appropriate notation on the Security regarding the changed terms and return it to the Holder. Alternatively, if the Company or the Agent Trustee so determines, the Company in exchange for the Security shall issue and execute and the Agent Trustee shall authenticate and deliver a new Security that reflects the changed terms. Failure to make the appropriate notation or to issue, execute, authenticate or deliver a new Security shall not affect the validity of such amendment.
Section 9.06 Trustees To Sign Amendments. Each Trustee shall sign any amendment, consent or waiver authorized pursuant to this Article 9 if the amendment consent or waiver does not adversely affect the rights, duties, liabilities or immunities of such Trustee. If it does, such Trustee may but need not sign it. In signing such amendment, consent or waiver, such Trustee shall be entitled to receive indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it and to receive, and (subject to Section 7.01) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel stating that such amendment consent or waiver is authorized or permitted by this Indenture or the applicable supplemental indenture.
Section 9.07 Payment for Consent. Neither the Company nor any Affiliate of the Company shall, directly or indirectly, pay or cause to be paid any consideration, whether by way of interest, fee or otherwise, to any Holder for or as an inducement to any consent, waiver or amendment of any of the terms or provisions of this Indenture or any Subsidiary Guaranty or the Securities unless such consideration is offered to be paid to all Holders that so consent, waive or agree to amend in the time frame set forth in solicitation documents relating to such consent, waiver or agreement.
ARTICLE X
Guaranties
Section 10.01 Guaranties. If Guaranties have been provided for any particular Series of Securities pursuant to Section 2.02, each applicable Guarantor hereby unconditionally and irrevocably guarantees, jointly and severally, to each Holder of Securities of such Series, to the Agent Trustee and to each other applicable Trustee and its successors and assigns (a) the full and punctual payment of all of the principal of, and any premium and interest on, the Securities of such Series when due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, by redemption or otherwise, and all other monetary obligations of the Company under this Indenture and the Securities of such Series and (b) the full and punctual performance within applicable grace periods of all other obligations of the Company under this Indenture with respect to the Securities of such Series and under the Securities of such Series (all the foregoing being hereinafter collectively called the "Guaranteed Obligations"). Each Guarantor further agrees that the Guaranteed Obligations may be extended or renewed, in whole or in part, without notice or further assent from such Guarantor and that such Guarantor will remain bound under this Article 10 notwithstanding any extension or renewal of any Guaranteed Obligation.
In addition, if Guaranties have been provided pursuant to Section 2.02 for a particular Series of Securities, each applicable Guarantor waives (1) presentation to, demand of, payment from and protest
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to the Company of any of the Guaranteed Obligations and also waives notice of protest for nonpayment and (2) notice of any default under the Securities of such Series or the Guaranteed Obligations, and agrees that the Holders of such Securities may exercise their rights of enforcement under its Guaranty without first exercising their rights of enforcement directly against the Company. The obligations of each Guarantor hereunder shall not be affected by (a) the failure of any Holder or any Trustee to assert any claim or demand or to enforce any right or remedy against the Company or any other Person under this Indenture, the Securities or any other agreement or otherwise; (b) any extension or renewal of any thereof; (c) any rescission, waiver, amendment or modification of any of the terms or provisions of this Indenture, the Securities or any other agreement; (d) the release of any security held by any Holder or any Trustee for the Guaranteed Obligations or any of them; (e) the failure of any Holder or any Trustee to exercise any right or remedy against any other guarantor of the Guaranteed Obligations; or (f) any change in the ownership of such Guarantor.
If Guaranties have been provided for a particular Series of Securities pursuant to Section 2.02, each applicable Guarantor further agrees that its Guaranty constitutes a guarantee of payment, performance and compliance when due (and not a guarantee of collection) and waives any right to require that any resort be had by any Holder or any Trustee to any security held for payment of the Guaranteed Obligations.
If Guaranties have been provided for a particular Series of Securities pursuant to Section 2.02, and except as expressly set forth in Sections 8.01(b), 10.02 and 10.06, the obligations of each applicable Guarantor hereunder shall not be subject to any reduction, limitation, impairment or termination for any reason, including any claim of waiver, release, surrender, alteration or compromise, and shall not be subject to any defense of setoff, counterclaim, recoupment or termination whatsoever or by reason of the invalidity, illegality or unenforceability of the Guaranteed Obligations or otherwise. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the obligations of each Guarantor herein shall not be discharged or impaired or otherwise affected by the failure of any Holder or any Trustee to assert any claim or demand or to enforce any remedy under this Indenture, the Securities or any other agreement, by any waiver or modification of any thereof, by any default, failure or delay, willful or otherwise, in the performance of the obligations, or by any other act or thing or omission or delay to do any other act or thing which may or might in any manner or to any extent vary the risk of such Guarantor or would otherwise operate as a discharge of such Guarantor as a matter of law or equity.
If Guaranties have been provided for a particular Series of Securities pursuant to Section 2.02, each applicable Guarantor further agrees that its Guaranteed Obligations herein shall continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time payment, or any part thereof, of principal of, or premium or interest on, any Guaranteed Obligation is rescinded or must otherwise be restored by any Holder or any Trustee upon the bankruptcy or reorganization of the Company or otherwise.
In furtherance of the foregoing and not in limitation of any other right which any Holder or any Trustee has at law or in equity against any Guarantor by virtue hereof, upon the failure of the Company to pay the principal of, or premium or interest on, any Guaranteed Obligation when and as the same shall become due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, by redemption or otherwise, or to perform or comply with any other Guaranteed Obligation, each Guarantor hereby promises to and shall, upon receipt of written demand by any Trustee, forthwith pay, or cause to be paid, in cash, to the Holders or the Agent Trustee an amount equal to the sum of (1) the unpaid amount of such Guaranteed Obligations, (2) accrued and unpaid interest on such Guaranteed Obligations (but only to the extent not prohibited by law) and (3) all other monetary Guaranteed Obligations of the Company to the Holders and the Trustees.
Each Guarantor agrees that, as between it, on the one hand, and the Holders and the Trustees, on the other hand, (x) the maturity of the Guaranteed Obligations may be accelerated as provided in Article 6 for the purposes of such Guarantor's Guaranty herein, notwithstanding any stay, injunction or
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other prohibition preventing such acceleration in respect of the Guaranteed Obligations, and (y) in the event of any declaration of acceleration of such Obligations as provided in Article 6, such Guaranteed Obligations (whether or not due and payable) shall forthwith become due and payable by such Guarantor for the purposes of this Section.
If Guaranties have been provided for a particular Series of Securities pursuant to Section 2.02, each applicable Guarantor also agrees to pay any and all costs and expenses (including reasonable fees and expenses of attorneys and other agents) incurred by any Trustee or any Holder in enforcing any rights under this Section.
Section 10.02 Limitation on Liability. Any term or provision of this Indenture to the contrary notwithstanding, the maximum aggregate amount of the Guaranteed Obligations by any Subsidiary Guarantor shall not exceed the maximum amount that can be hereby guaranteed without rendering this Indenture, as it relates to such Guarantor, or the applicable supplemental indenture voidable under applicable law relating to fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer or similar laws affecting the rights of creditors generally.
Section 10.03 Successors and Assigns. If Guaranties have been provided for a particular Series of Securities pursuant to Section 2.02, this Article 10 shall be binding upon each Guarantor so providing a Guaranty with respect to such Series and its successors and assigns and shall inure to the benefit of the successors and assigns of the Trustees and the Holders and, in the event of any transfer or assignment of rights by any Holder or any Trustee, the rights and privileges conferred upon that party in this Indenture and in such Series of Securities shall automatically extend to and be vested in such transferee or assignee, all subject to the terms and conditions of this Indenture.
Section 10.04 No Waiver. Neither a failure nor a delay on the part of any Trustee or the Holders in exercising any right, power or privilege under this Article 10 shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall a single or partial exercise thereof preclude any other or further exercise of any right, power or privilege. The rights, remedies and benefits of each Trustee and the Holders herein expressly specified are cumulative and not exclusive of any other rights, remedies or benefits which they may have under this Article 10 or this Indenture at law, in equity, by statute or otherwise.
Section 10.05 Modification. No modification, amendment or waiver of any provision of this Article 10, nor the consent to any departure by any Guarantor therefrom, shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the Agent Trustee and each other applicable Trustee, and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the purpose for which given. No notice to or demand on any Guarantor in any case shall entitle such Guarantor to any other or further notice or demand in the same, similar or other circumstances.
Section 10.06 Release of Subsidiary Guarantor. Upon (i) the sale or other disposition (including by way of consolidation, amalgamation or merger), in one transaction or a series of related transactions, of a majority of the total voting power of the capital stock or other interests of a Subsidiary Guarantor or (ii) the sale or other disposition of all or substantially all the assets of such Subsidiary Guarantor or if (iii) at any time when no Default has occurred and is continuing, such Subsidiary Guarantor no longer guarantees any other debt of the Parent, the Company or any other Subsidiary Guarantor, such Subsidiary Guarantor shall be deemed released from all obligations under this Article 10 without any further action required on the part of any Trustee or any Holder;provided,however, that, in each of cases (i) and (ii) above, such sale or disposition is to a Person other than the Parent, the Company or any of their respective Affiliates. At the request of the Company, each Trustee shall execute and deliver an appropriate instrument evidencing such release.
Section 10.07 Contribution. If Guaranties have been provided for a particular Series of Securities pursuant to Section 2.02, each Subsidiary Guarantor that makes a payment under its Subsidiary Guaranty shall be entitled upon payment in full of all Guaranteed Obligations with respect
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to such Series to a contribution from each other Subsidiary Guarantor so providing a Subsidiary Guaranty with respect to such Series of Securities in an amount equal to such other Subsidiary Guarantor's pro rata portion of such payment based on the respective net assets of all the Subsidiary Guarantors so providing a Subsidiary Guaranty with respect to such Series of Securities at the time of such payment determined in accordance with GAAP.
ARTICLE XI
Miscellaneous
Section 11.01 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 or otherwise by applicable law, the required provision shall control.
Section 11.02 Notices. Any notice or communication shall be in writing and delivered in person or mailed by first-class mail addressed as follows:
if to the Company or any Guarantor:
Molson Coors Capital Finance ULC
311 10th Street
Golden, Colorado 80401-0030
Attention: Chief Legal Officer
if to the U.S. Trustee or Agent Trustee:
TD Banknorth Wealth Management Group
Corporate Trust Department
2300 St. George Road / P.O. Box 1350
Williston, Vermont 05495
Attention: Brent Raymond
Facsimile: (802) 879-2216
if to the Canadian Trustee:
The Canada Trust Company
TD Waterhouse Tower
79 Wellington Street West, 8th Floor
Toronto, Ontario
M5K1A2
Attention: Assistant Vice President
Corporate Trust
Facsimile: (416) 983-2044
The Company, any Guarantor or any Trustee by notice to the other may designate additional or different addresses for subsequent notices or communications.
Any notice or communication mailed to a Securityholder shall be mailed to the Securityholder at the Securityholder's address as it appears on the registration books of the Registrar and shall be sufficiently given if so mailed within the time prescribed.
Failure to mail a notice or communication to a Securityholder or any defect in it shall not affect its sufficiency with respect to other Securityholders. If a notice or communication is mailed in the manner provided above, it is duly given, whether or not the addressee receives it.
Section 11.03 Communication by Holders with Other Holders. Securityholders may communicate pursuant to TIA section 312(b) with other Securityholders with respect to their rights under this
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Indenture or the Securities. The Company, any Guarantor, any Trustee, the Registrar and anyone else shall have the protection of TIA section 312(c).
Section 11.04 Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent. Upon any request or application by the Company or the Parent to the Trustees to take or refrain from taking any action under this Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the Trustees:
(1) an Officers' Certificate in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the applicable Trustees stating that, in the opinion of the signers, all conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been complied with; and
(2) an Opinion of Counsel in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the applicable Trustees stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, all such conditions precedent have been complied with.
Section 11.05 Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion. Each certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a covenant or condition provided for in this Indenture shall include:
(1) a statement that the individual making such certificate or opinion has read and understands such covenant or condition;
(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 such individual, he has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with; and
(4) a statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of such individual, such covenant or condition has been complied with.
Section 11.06 When Securities Disregarded. In determining whether the Holders of the required principal amount of Securities have concurred in any direction, waiver or consent, Securities owned by the Company or by any Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with the Company shall be disregarded and deemed not to be outstanding, except that, for the purpose of determining whether any Trustee shall be protected in relying on any such direction, waiver or consent, only Securities which such Trustee knows are so owned shall be so disregarded. Also, subject to the foregoing, only Securities outstanding at the time shall be considered in any such determination.
Section 11.07 Rules by Trustees, Paying Agent and Registrar. The Trustees may make reasonable rules for action by or a meeting of Securityholders; provided that Securityholders representing a majority of the outstanding principal amount of the Securities of any Series shall be entitled to direct the applicable Trustee(s) to call such a meeting. The Registrar and the Paying Agent may make reasonable rules for their functions.
Section 11.08 Legal Holidays. A "Legal Holiday" is a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banking institutions are authorized or required by law or executive order to close in the City of New York, New York or Toronto, Ontario, Canada. If a payment date is a Legal Holiday, payment shall be made on the next succeeding day that is not a Legal Holiday, and no interest shall accrue for the intervening period. If a regular record date is a Legal Holiday, the record date shall not be affected.
Section 11.09 Governing Law. This Indenture and the Securities shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York but without giving effect to applicable principles of conflicts of law to the extent that the application of the laws of another jurisdiction would be required thereby.
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Section 11.10 No Recourse Against Others. A director, officer, employee or stockholder, as such, of the Company or any Guarantor shall not have any liability for any obligations of the Company under the Securities or this Indenture or of such Guarantor under its Guaranty or this Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of or by reason of such obligations or their creation. By accepting a Security, each Securityholder waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release shall be part of the consideration for the issue of the Securities.
Section 11.11 Successors. All agreements of the Company and the Guarantors in this Indenture and the Securities shall bind their respective successors. All agreements of each Trustee in this Indenture shall bind its successors.
Section 11.12 Appointment of Authorized Agent. By execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Company acknowledges that it has, by separate written instrument, appointed and designated, without power of revocation, Molson Coors Brewing Company, with offices on the date hereof located at 1225 17th Street, Suite 1875, Denver, Colorado 80202, as its authorized agent (the "Authorized Agent") to accept and acknowledge on its behalf service of any and all process which may be served in any claim, counterclaim or dispute of any kind or nature whatsoever arising out of or in any way relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby brought in any New York State or United States federal court located in the Borough of Manhattan, the city of New York, New York. Such service may be made by delivering a copy of such process to the Company in care of the Authorized Agent at the address specified above for the Authorized Agent and obtaining a receipt therefor, and the Company hereby irrevocably authorizes and directs the Authorized Agent to accept such service on its behalf.
If the Authorized Agent is amalgamated or consolidated with or merged into another entity incorporated in the United States (a "U.S. Entity"), then the surviving entity shall succeed as, and shall be substituted for, the Authorized Agent. If the Authorized Agent is amalgamated or consolidated with or merged into a subsidiary of Parent that is not a U.S. Entity, is sold or transferred to another Person or is liquidated, then the Company shall appoint another United States subsidiary of Parent or CT Corporation System as the authorized agent for service of process.
Section 11.13 Multiple Originals. The parties may sign any number of copies of this Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement. One signed copy is enough to prove this Indenture.
Section 11.14 Table of Contents; Headings. The table of contents, cross-reference sheet and headings of the Articles and Sections of this Indenture have been inserted for convenience of reference only, are not intended to be considered a part hereof and shall not modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof.
Section 11.15 Language of Notices, Etc. Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver required or permitted under this Indenture shall be in the English language, except that any published notice may be in an official language of the company of publication, or unless otherwise required by applicable law.
Section 11.16 Submission to Jurisdiction. Each of the Issuer and the Guarantors (i) submits for itself and its property in any legal action or proceeding relating to this Indenture, or for recognition and enforcement of any judgment in respect thereof, to the non-exclusive general jurisdiction of the courts of the State of New York, the courts of the United States for the Southern District of New York, and appellate courts from any thereof; (ii) consents that any such action or proceeding may be brought in such courts, waives any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the venue of any such action or proceeding in any such court or that such action or proceeding was brought in an inconvenient court and agrees not to plead or claim the same; (iii) agrees that service of process in any such action or proceeding may be effected by mailing a copy thereof by registered or certified mail (or any
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substantially similar form of mail), postage prepaid, to the address of the Authorized Agent it at its address set forth above at such other address of which the Trustees shall have been notified pursuant thereto; and (iv) agrees that nothing herein shall affect the right to effect service of process in any other manner permitted by law or shall limit the right to sue in any other jurisdiction.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Indenture to be duly executed as of the date first written above.
MOLSON COORS CAPITAL FINANCE ULC | ||||
By: | /s/ ANNITA M. MENOGAN | |||
Name: | Annita M. Menogan | |||
Title: | Secretary | |||
GUARANTORS | ||||
MOLSON COORS BREWING COMPANY COORS BREWING COMPANY COORS DISTRIBUTING COMPANY COORS WORLDWIDE, INC. COORS INTERCONTINENTAL, INC. COORS BREWING COMPANY INTERNATIONAL, INC. | ||||
By: | /s/ ANNITA M. MENOGAN | |||
Name: | Annita M. Menogan | |||
Title: | Authorized Officer | |||
COORS INTERNATIONAL MARKET DEVELOPMENT, L.L.L.P. | ||||
By: Coors Global Properties, Inc. Title: General Partner | ||||
By: | /s/ SAMUEL D. WALKER | |||
Name: | Samuel D. Walker | |||
Title: | Chairman and Director | |||
COORS GLOBAL PROPERTIES, INC. | ||||
By: | /s/ SAMUEL D. WALKER | |||
Name: | Samuel D. Walker | |||
Title: | Chairman and Director | |||
U.S. TRUSTEE AND AGENT TRUSTEE | ||||
TD BANKNORTH, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION | ||||
By: | /s/ BRENT J. RAYMOND | |||
Name: | Brent J. Raymond, C.C.T.S. | |||
Title: | Corporate Trust Advisor Assistant Vice President | |||
CANADIAN TRUSTEE | ||||
THE CANADA TRUST COMPANY | ||||
By: | /s/ KATHRYN T. THORPE | |||
Name: | Kathryn T. Thorpe | |||
Title: | Authorized Signatory | |||
By: | /s/ SUSAN KHOKHER | |||
Name: | Susan Khokher | |||
Title: | Authorized Signatory |
ARTICLE IV Covenants
ARTICLE V Merger and Consolidation
ARTICLE VI Defaults and Remedies
ARTICLE VII Trustees