EXHIBIT 4.4
NEXTEL COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
and
THE BANK OF NEW YORK,
as Trustee
FIFTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
Dated as of June 13, 1997
To
The Indenture Dated as of December 22, 1993
Between Dial Call Communications, Inc. and
The Bank of New York, as Trustee, Relating to
$115,165,000 Aggregate Principal Amount at Maturity
of Senior Redeemable Discount Notes due 2005
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FIFTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
THIS FIFTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE (the "Supplemental Indenture") is
made as of the 13th day of June, 1997, between Nextel Communications, Inc., a
corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware
(the "Company"), and The Bank of New York, a New York banking corporation, as
Trustee (the "Trustee").
RECITALS OF THE COMPANY
WHEREAS, the Company and the Trustee heretofore executed and
delivered an Indenture, dated as of December 22, 1993, as heretofore amended
(the "Indenture"); and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Indenture, the Company issued and the
Trustee authenticated and delivered $115,165,000 aggregate principal amount at
maturity of the Company's Senior Redeemable Discount Notes due 2005 (the
"Securities"); and
WHEREAS, the Company has assumed all obligations of Dial Call
Communications, Inc. under the Indenture pursuant to the Fourth Supplemental
Indenture, dated as of January 30, 1996, between the Company and the Trustee;
and
WHEREAS, the Company desires to make certain modifications to the
provisions of the Indenture and to transfer to an Unrestricted Subsidiary all
of the equity interest of Clearnet Communications, Inc. ("Clearnet") that is
held directly by the Company on the date hereof (the "Clearnet Transfer"); and
WHEREAS, Section 902 of the Indenture provides that with the consent
of the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount at Stated
Maturity of the Securities at the time Outstanding (the "Requisite Amendment
Consents"), the Company, when authorized by a resolution of its Board of
Directors, and the Trustee may enter into an indenture or indentures
supplemental to the Indenture for the purpose of adding provisions to,
changing or eliminating certain provisions of the Indenture, subject to
certain exceptions specified in Section 902 of the Indenture; and
WHEREAS, the Company has obtained the Requisite Amendment Consents to
amend the Indenture in certain respects (the "Proposed Amendments"); and
WHEREAS, Section 1021 of the Indenture provides that with the consent
of Holders of at least a majority in principal amount at Stated Maturity of the
Securities at the time Outstanding (the "Requisite Waiver Consents"), the
Company may omit to comply with certain provisions of the Indenture; and
WHEREAS, the Company has obtained the Requisite Waiver Consents
to waive compliance with certain provisions of the
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Indenture in connection with the Clearnet Transfer (the "Proposed Waivers");
and
WHEREAS, this Supplemental Indenture has been duly authorized by all
necessary corporate action on the part of the Company; and
WHEREAS, the Company has delivered, or caused to be delivered, to the
Trustee, an Opinion of Counsel stating that this Supplemental Indenture
complies with the requirements of the Indenture;
NOW, THEREFORE, the Company hereby covenants and agrees with the
Trustee for the equal and proportionate benefit of all Holders of the
Securities, as follows:
ARTICLE 1
WAIVERS OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF INDENTURE
Section 1.01. Waiver of Compliance with Certain Provisions of the
Indenture in Connection With the Clearnet Transfer. Subject to Section 3.01
hereof, compliance by the Company with Section 1010 of the Indenture
(including clause (iv) of the first paragraph thereof), to the extent that such
Section would apply to limit the ability of the Company to transfer all of the
capital stock of Clearnet that is held directly by the Company on the date
hereof to McCaw International, Ltd. ("MIL"), a wholly owned Unrestricted
Subsidiary of the Company, or to any direct or indirect wholly owned subsidiary
of MIL that is designated by MIL as the intended recipient of such equity
interest in Clearnet, is hereby waived. As a result of such waiver, any such
transfer shall not be deemed a Restricted Payment under Section 1010 of the
Indenture.
ARTICLE 2
AMENDMENTS TO CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF INDENTURE
Section 2.01. Amendment of Certain Sections of the Indenture. Subject
to Section 3.01 hereof, the Indenture is hereby amended in the following
respects:
(a) The definition of "Consolidated Interest Expense" contained in
Section 101 of the Indenture is hereby amended to read in its entirety as
follows:
"'Consolidated Interest Expense' of any Person means, for any
period, the aggregate interest expense and fees and other financing
costs in respect of Debt(including amortization of original issue
discount and non-cash interest payments and accruals), the interest
component in respect of Capital Lease Obligations and any deferred
payment obligations of such Person and its Subsidiaries, determined
on a consolidated basis in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles and all commissions, discounts, other fees and
charges owed with respect to letters of credit and bankers'
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acceptance financing and net costs associated with interest rate
swap and similar agreements and with foreign currency hedge, exchange
and similar agreements and the amount of dividends paid in respect of
Disqualified Stock."
(b) The definition of "Credit Facility" contained in Section 101 of
the Indenture is hereby amended to read in its entirety as follows:
"'Credit Facility' means any credit facility (whether a term
or revolving type) of the type customarily entered into with banks,
between the Company and/or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, on the
one hand, and any banks or other lenders, on the other hand (and any
renewals, refundings, extensions or replacements of any such credit
facility), which credit facility is designated by the Company as a
"Credit Facility" for purposes of this Indenture, to the extent that
the aggregate principal balance of Debt that is Incurred and
outstanding under all Credit Facilities at any time does not exceed
$1,905,000,000."
(c) The definition of "Directed Investment" contained in Section 101
of the Indenture is hereby amended to read in its entirety as follows:
"'Directed Investment' by the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries means any Investment for which the cash or property
used for such Investment is received by the Company from the issuance
and sale (other than to a Restricted Subsidiary) on or after June 1,
1997 of shares of its Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock),
or any options, warrants or other rights to purchase such Capital
Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) designated by the Board of
Directors as a "Directed Investment" to be used for one or more
specified investments in the telecommunications business (including
related activities and services) and is so designated and used at any
time within 365 days after the receipt thereof; provided that the
aggregate amount of Directed Investments may not at any time exceed
fifty percent (50%) of the aggregate amount of such cash or property
received by the Company on or after June 1, 1997 from any such
issuance and sale or capital contribution; and provided, further,
that any proceeds from any such issuance or sale may not be used for
such an investment if such proceeds were, prior to being designated
for use as a Directed Investment, (x) used to make a Restricted
Payment or (y) used as the basis for the Incurrence of Debt under
clause (i) of Section 1008 unless and until the amount of any such
Debt (I) is treated as newly issued Debt and could be Incurred in
accordance with clause (ii) of Section 1008 or (II) has been repaid
or refinanced with the proceeds of Debt Incurred in
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accordance with clause (ii) of Section 1008 or with the proceeds
of Permitted Debt or (III) has otherwise been repaid and, in the
circumstances described in clauses (I) and (II), the Company
delivers to the Trustee a certificate confirming that the
requirements of such clauses have been met."
(d) The definition of "Incur" contained in Section 101 of the
Indenture is hereby amended to read in its entirety as follows:
"'Incur' means, with respect to any Debt or other obligation
of any Person, to create, issue, incur (by conversion, exchange or
otherwise), assume (pursuant to a merger, consolidation, acquisition
or other transaction), Guarantee or otherwise become liable in
respect of such Debt or other obligation or the recording, as
required pursuant to generally accepted accounting principles or
otherwise, of any such Debt or other obligation on the balance sheet
of such Person (and "Incurrence", "Incurred", "Incurrable" and
"Incurring" shall have meanings correlative to the foregoing);
provided, however, that a change in generally accepted accounting
principles that results in an obligation of such Person that exists
at such time becoming Debt shall not be deemed an Incurrence of such
Debt; provided further, however, that the accretion of original issue
discount on Debt shall not be deemed to be an Incurrence of Debt.
Debt otherwise Incurred by a Person before it becomes a Subsidiary
of the Company shall be deemed to have been Incurred at the time it
becomes such a Subsidiary."
(e) The definition of "Investment" contained in Section 101 of the
Indenture is hereby amended to read in its entirety as follows:
"'Investment' by any Person means any direct or indirect loan,
advance or other extension of credit or capital contribution to (by
means of transfers of cash or other property to others or payments
for property or services for the account or use of others, or
otherwise), or purchase or acquisition of Capital Stock, bonds,
notes, debentures or other securities or evidence of Debt issued by,
any other Person; provided that a transaction will not be an
Investment to the extent it involves (i) an Asset Disposition,
(ii) the issuance or sale by the Company of its Capital Stock (other
than Disqualified Stock), including options, warrants or other rights
to acquire such Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) or
(iii) a transfer, assignment or contribution by the Company of
shares of Capital Stock (or any options, warrants or rights to
acquire Capital Stock), or all or substantially all of the assets
of, any Unrestricted
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Subsidiary of the Company to another Unrestricted Subsidiary of the
Company."
(f) The definitions of "Motorola Agreements" and "Northern Telecom
Agreements" contained in Section 101 of the Indenture are hereby deleted,
and the phrase "a Motorola Agreement or a Northern Telecom Agreement"
contained in clause (iii) of the definition of "Permitted Lien" is hereby
deleted and replaced with the phrase "a Vendor Financing Agreement."
(g) The definition of "Nextel 2004 Indenture" contained in Section
101 of the Indenture is hereby amended to read in its entirety as follows:
"'Nextel 2004 Indenture' means the indenture, dated as of
February 15, 1994, as amended by the First, Second and Third
Supplemental Indentures, between the Company and The Bank of New
York, as trustee, relating to the Senior Redeemable Discount Notes
due 2004 issued by NEXTEL Communications, Inc."
(h) The definition of "Permitted Debt" contained in Section 101 of
the Indenture is hereby amended to read in its entirety as follows:
"'Permitted Debt' means (i) any Debt Incurred under a Vendor
Financing Agreement; (ii) (A) any other Debt (including Guarantees
thereof) outstanding on February 15, 1994 (including Debt represented
by the Nextel Notes, (B) any Debt (including Guarantees thereof) of
OneComm Corporation and its Subsidiaries outstanding on July 28, 1995
(including the OneComm Notes), and (C) any Debt (including Guarantees
thereof) of Dial Page, Inc. and its Subsidiaries outstanding on
January 30, 1996 (including the Securities and the Dial Call 2004
Notes), and any accretions of original issue discount and
accruals of interest with respect to any Debt described in this
clause (ii) and with respect to any refinancings of such Debt; (iii)
any Debt (other than Debt described in clause (i) or (ii) above) that
does not, at any time outstanding, exceed $5.00 per POP, if the net
proceeds of such Debt are invested exclusively in the
telecommunications business (including related activities and
services) conducted by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries,
including related capital expenditure and working capital
requirements; (iv) any Debt outstanding under a Credit Facility; and
(v) renewals, refundings or extensions of any Debt referred to in
clause (ii) above or Incurred pursuant to the provisions of Section
1008, plus (A) the amount of any premium reasonably determined by
the Company as necessary to accomplish such renewal, refunding or
extension and (B) such other fees and expenses of the Company
reasonably incurred in connection with the renewal, refunding or
extension, provided that such renewal, refunding or extension shall
constitute
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Permitted Debt only (a) to the extent that it does not result in an
increase in the aggregate principal amount (or, if such Debt provides
for an amount less than the principal amount thereof to be due and
payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof,
in an amount not greater than such lesser amount) of such Debt
(except as permitted by clause (A) or (B) above), (b) to the extent
such renewed, refunded or extended Debt does not require the payment
of all or a portion of the principal thereof (whether pursuant to
repurchase, redemption, repayment, defeasance, retirement, sinking
fund payment, payment at stated maturity or otherwise) prior to the
final stated maturity of the Debt being renewed, refunded or extended
and (c) if the Debt to be so renewed, refunded or extended is Debt of
the Company that is subordinate in right of payment to the
Securities, then the new Debt is subordinated in right of payment to
the Securities on subordination terms no less favorable to the
Holders of the Securities in their capacities as such than the
subordination terms (or other arrangement) applicable to the Debt
to be renewed, refunded or extended; provided, however, that in no
event shall the aggregate amount of Debt that is Incurred and
outstanding under clauses (i), (iii) and (iv) at any time exceed
$1,910,000,000; provided further, however, that no Debt that is
represented by unsecured notes originally issued by the Company on or
after June 1, 1997 and ranking pari passu with the Securities ("New
Notes") shall be Incurred under clause (iii) above, unless the
amount of Debt represented by the issue of New Notes could have
been Incurred, on or after June 1, 1997, pursuant to the provisions
of Section 1008."
(i) Section 101 of the Indenture is hereby amended to add the
following definitions at the appropriate places in such section:
"'First Tranche Option' means the option, exercisable on or
before 6:00 p.m. local time in New York, New York on July 28, 1997
by Digital Radio, L.L.C., for the purchase of an aggregate of up to
15,000,000 shares of common stock of the Company (as such number may
be adjusted pursuant to the terms of the option) at an exercise
price of $15.50 per share (as such price may be adjusted pursuant
to the terms of the option), granted by the Company under the
Option Agreement (First Tranche) by and between Digital Radio, L.L.C.
and the Company, dated as of July 28, 1995."
"'Operating Cash Flow to Consolidated Interest Expense Ratio'
means, as at any date of determination, the ratio of (i) the
Operating Cash Flow of the Company for the most recently completed
fiscal quarter of the Company to (ii) the Consolidated Interest
Expense of the
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Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries for the most recently
completed fiscal quarter of the Company."
"'Replacement Option' means the option to purchase 25,000,000
shares of common stock of the Company, originally issued to an
affiliate of Craig O. McCaw, exercisable at any time through July
28, 1998, as described in the Company's Consent Solicitation
Statement dated April 14, 1997, as amended or supplemented through
the date of the Fifth Supplemental Indenture hereto."
"'Vendor Financing Agreement' means any agreement pursuant to
which the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries incurs, or
may incur, Vendor Financing Debt (including any renewals,
refinancings, extensions or replacements of such Vendor Financing
Debt), to the extent that the aggregate principal balance of Vendor
Financing Debt that is Incurred and outstanding under all Vendor
Financing Agreements at any time does not exceed $850,000,000."
"'Vendor Financing Debt' means any Debt owed to (i) a vendor
or supplier of any property or materials used by the Company or its
Restricted Subsidiaries in their telecommunications business, (ii)
any Affiliate of such a vendor or supplier, (iii) any assignee of
such a vendor, supplier or Affiliate of such a vendor or supplier, or
(iv) a bank or other financial institution that has financed or
refinanced the purchase of such property or materials from such a
vendor, supplier, Affiliate of such a vendor or supplier or assignee
of such a vendor or supplier; provided that the aggregate amount of
such Debt does not exceed the sum of (w) the purchase price of such
property or materials (including transportation, installation,
warranty and testing charges, as well as applicable taxes paid,
in respect of such property or materials), (x) the cost of design,
development, site acquisition and construction, (y) any interest or
other financing costs accruing or otherwise payable in respect of the
foregoing, and (z) the cost of any services provided by such vendor,
supplier or Affiliate of such vendor or supplier."
(j) All references to "Consolidated Debt to Annualized Operating Cash
Flow Ratio" contained in the definition of "Operating Cash Flow" in Section
101 of the Indenture are hereby deleted and replaced with the term
"Operating Cash Flow to Consolidated Interest Expense Ratio."
(k) The first paragraph of Section 801 of the Indenture is hereby
amended by adding the following proviso at the end of such paragraph:
"provided, however, that the foregoing requirements shall not
apply to any transaction or series of transactions
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involving the sale, assignment, conveyance, transfer, lease or
other disposition of the properties and assets substantially as an
entirety by any Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary to any other
Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary, or the merger or consolidation
of any Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary with or into any other
Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary."
(l) The text of Section 1008 of the Indenture is hereby deleted and
amended to read in its entirety as follows:
"The Company shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted
Subsidiary to, Incur any Debt (including Acquired Debt), other than
Permitted Debt, unless, (i) with respect to Debt Incurred on or
prior to December 31, 1999, the Debt so Incurred is in an aggregate
amount that does not exceed the multiples specified below of the
aggregate amount of net cash proceeds received by the Company during
the applicable time periods specified below from the issuance
and sale (other than to a Subsidiary) of shares of its Capital Stock
(other than Disqualified Stock), or any options, warrants or other
rights to purchase such Capital Stock (other than Disqualified
Stock), other than (x) proceeds received by the Company pursuant
to (I) the exercise of the First Tranche Option, (II) the sale (but
not the exercise) of the Replacement Option, or (III) the purchase of
shares of Capital Stock by holders of the Securities and the
holders of each other Issue of Notes (as defined in the
Company's Consent Solicitation Statement, dated April 14, 1997 and
as amended or supplemented through the date of the Fifth
Supplemental Indenture hereto) in exchange for the consent payment
made to such holders as consideration for such holders providing
their consent to the Proposed Amendments and the Proposed Waivers
contained in the Third Supplemental Indenture, (y) proceeds applied
for use as a Directed Investment (unless such designation has been
revoked by the Board of Directors and the Company either abandons
its plans to make such Investment or is able to make such
Investment pursuant to Section 1010 (other than as a Directed
Investment)) and (z) proceeds which have been included in the
computation of the amounts available for Restricted Payments
pursuant to Section 1009(c)(ii) of the Nextel 2004 Indenture, to
the extent the inclusion thereof was necessary to allow a
subsequent Restricted Payment to be made; and (ii) with respect
to Debt Incurred on or after January 1, 2000, on the date of such
Incurrence, after giving effect to the Incurrence of such Debt (or
Acquired Debt) and the receipt and application of the net proceeds
thereof (and, if the net proceeds of such new Debt are used to
acquire a Person that becomes a Restricted Subsidiary or an
operating business of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary, to
all terms of such acquisition) on a pro forma basis, the Operating
Cash
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Flow to Consolidated Interest Expense Ratio would equal or exceed
(x) 1.75 to 1 for the period from January 1, 2000 through June 30,
2000, (y) 2.0 to 1 for the period from July 1, 2000 through December
31, 2000, and (z) 2.25 to 1 for the period on and after January 1,
2001; provided, however, that for purposes of calculating the Debt
that may be Incurred under either of the foregoing clauses (i) or
(ii), the amount of any accretions of original issue discount and
accruals of interest (to the extent not overdue for payment) with
respect to any Debt so Incurred shall be excluded from the
determination of the amount of Debt that may be Incurred pursuant to
such calculations. The multiples of net cash proceeds applicable for
purposes of clause (i) shall be as follows for the following
specified time periods:
Multiple of
Period during which net cash net cash
proceeds are received proceeds
June 1, 1997 through March 31, 1998 2.25
April 1, 1998 through December 31, 1998 2.00
January 1, 1999 through December 31, 1999 1.75
(m)The first paragraph of Section 1010 of the Indenture is hereby
amended by deleting clause (b) in its entirety and replacing it with the
following:
"(b) after giving effect, on a pro forma basis, to such
Restricted Payment and the Incurrence of any Debt the net proceeds
of which are used to finance such Restricted Payment, then, in
the case of any Restricted Payment described in clause (i), (ii) or
(iii) above, the Consolidated Debt to Annualized Operating Cash
Flow Ratio would not have exceeded 5.0 to 1 and, in the case of
any Restricted Payment described in clause (iv) above, the Company
would be permitted under this Indenture to Incur at least $1 of
additional Debt, other than Permitted Debt; and"
(n) The sixth paragraph of Section 1011 of the Indenture is hereby
amended to read in its entirety as follows:
"The Board of Directors, from time to time, may designate any
Person that is about to become a Subsidiary of the Company as an
Unrestricted Subsidiary, and may
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designate any newly-created Subsidiary as an Unrestricted
Subsidiary, if at the time such Subsidiary is created
it contains no assets (other than such de minimis amount
of assets then required by law for the formation of
corporations) and no Debt. Subsidiaries of the Company that are not
designated by the Board of Directors as Restricted or Unrestricted
Subsidiaries shall be deemed to be Restricted Subsidiaries.
Notwithstanding any provisions of this Section 1011, all
Subsidiaries of a Restricted Subsidiary shall be Restricted
Subsidiaries and all Subsidiaries of an Unrestricted Subsidiary shall
be Unrestricted Subsidiaries. The Board of Directors shall
not change the designation of a Subsidiary of the Company more than
twice in any period of five years."
ARTICLE 3
SUNDRY PROVISIONS
Section 3.01. Effect of Supplemental Indenture. Upon the execution
and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture by the Company and the Trustee,
the Indenture shall be supplemented in accordance herewith, and this
Supplemental Indenture shall form a part of the Indenture for all purposes,
and every Holder of Securities heretofore or hereafter authenticated and
delivered under the Indenture shall be bound thereby; provided, however,
that Sections 1.01 and 2.01 hereof shall become operative upon the
satisfaction (or waiver by the Company) of all of the conditions (including,
without limitation, the General Conditions) described and defined in the
Consent Solicitation Statement, dated April 14, 1997 and as amended or
supplemented through the date hereof, that was provided to Holders of
Securities in connection with the Company's solicitation of consents by
such Holders to the Proposed Waivers and the Proposed Amendments.
Section 3.02. Indenture Remains in Full Force and Effect.
Except as supplemented hereby, all provisions in the Indenture shall remain in
full force and effect.
Section 3.03. Indenture and Supplemental Indenture Construed
Together. This Supplemental Indenture is an indenture supplemental to and
in implementation of the Indenture, and the Indenture and this Supplemental
Indenture shall henceforth be read and construed together.
Section 3.04. Confirmation and Preservation of Indenture. The
Indenture as supplemented by this Supplemental Indenture is in all respects
confirmed and preserved.
Section 3.05. Conflict with Trust Indenture Act. If any
provision of this Supplemental Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts
with any provision of the Trust Indenture Act that is required under such Act
to be part of and govern any provision of this Supplemental Indenture, the
provision of such Act shall control. If any provision of this Supplemental
Indenture modifies
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or excludes any provision of the Trust Indenture Act that may be so modified
or excluded, the provision of such Act shall be deemed to apply to the
Indenture as so modified or to be excluded by this Supplemental Indenture,
as the case may be.
Section 3.06. Separability Clause. In case any provision in this
Supplemental Indenture shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the
validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall
not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
Section 3.07. Terms Defined in the Indenture. All capitalized terms
not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the
Indenture.
Section 3.08. Effect of Headings. The Article and Section headings
herein are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.
Section 3.09. Benefits of Supplemental Indenture, etc. Nothing in
this Supplemental Indenture, the Indenture or the Securities, express or
implied, shall give to any Person, other than the parties hereto and
thereto and their successors hereunder and thereunder and the Holders of
Securities, any benefit of any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under
the Indenture, this Supplemental Indenture or the Securities.
Section 3.10. Successors and Assigns. All covenants and agreements
in this Supplemental Indenture by the Company shall bind its successors and
assigns, whether so expressed or not.
Section 3.11. Trustee Not Responsible for Recitals. The recitals
contained herein shall be taken as the statements of the Company, and the
Trustee assumes no responsibility for their correctness.
Section 3.12. Certain Duties and Responsibilities of the Trustee.
In entering into this Supplemental Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled
to the benefit of every provision of the Indenture relating to the
conduct or affecting the liability of or affording protection to the Trustee,
whether or not elsewhere herein so provided.
Section 3.13. Governing Law. This Supplemental Indenture shall be
governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New
York, without regard to the conflicts of law principles thereof.
Section 3.14. Counterparts. This Supplemental Indenture may be
executed in counterparts, each of which, when so executed, shall be deemed
to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute but
one and the same instrument.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Supplemental
Indenture to be duly executed and attested, all as of the date and year first
above written.
NEXTEL COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
By: /s/Thomas J. Sidman
Title: Vice President
Attest: /s/ Thomas D. Hickey
Title: Assistant Secretary
THE BANK OF NEW YORK,
as Trustee
By: /s/ Marie E. Trimboli
Title: Assistant Treasurer
Attest: /s/ Paul Schmazel
Title: Assistant Vice President
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