PART II
Section 1.Definitions.
For all purposes of this Officer’s Certificate, the terms listed below shall have the meanings indicated, unless otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires:
“Certificated Bond” means a certificated Bond registered in the name of the registered holder thereof, substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto except that such Bond shall not bear the Global Bond Legend.
“Custodian” means the Trustee, in its capacity as custodian for the Depositary with respect to the Bonds in global form, or any successor entity thereto.
“Depositary” means the person designated or acting as a securities depositary for the Bonds.
“DTC” means The Depository Trust Company.
“Global Bond” means a Bond substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto and bearing the Global Bond Legend.
“Global Bond Legend” means the legend as to the global nature of a Bond as set forth in Exhibit B hereto, which is required to be placed on all Global Bonds.
Section 2.Global Bonds.
(a)General. The Bonds are initially to be issued and delivered in global, fully registered form, registered in the name of Cede & Co., as nominee for DTC, which is hereby designated as the Depositary. Such Global Bonds shall not be transferable, nor shall any purported transfer be registered, except as follows:
(i) Global Bonds may be transferred in whole, and appropriate registration of transfer effected, by the Depositary to a nominee thereof, or by any nominee of the Depositary to any other nominee thereof, or by the Depositary or any nominee thereof to any Depositary or any nominee thereof; and
(ii) Global Bonds may be transferred in whole, with appropriate registration of transfer effected and Certificated Bonds issued and delivered, to the beneficial holders of the Global Bonds if:
(A) The Depositary shall have notified the Company and the Trustee that (A) it is unwilling or unable to continue to act as securities depositary with respect to such bonds or (B) it is no longer a clearing agency registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and, in either case, the Trustee shall not have been notified by the Company within one hundred twenty (120) days of the receipt of such notice from the Depositary of the identity of a successor Depositary; or
(B) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee a written order to the effect that, on and after a date specified therein, the Bonds are no longer to be held in global form by a Depositary (subject to the procedures of the Depositary).
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