EXHIBIT 4.3
FEDEX CORPORATION, as Issuer,
THE GUARANTORS NAMED HEREIN,
THE ADDITIONAL GUARANTORS NAMED HEREIN
AND
THE BANK OF NEW YORK,
as Trustee
Supplemental Indenture
No. 1
6 5/8% Notes due February 12, 2004
6 7/8% Notes due February 15, 2006
7 1/4% Notes due February 15, 2011
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE NO. 1, dated as of February 20, 2001 between FedEx
Corporation, a Delaware Corporation (the "Company"), the Guarantors referred to
in the Indenture defined below, Federal Express Canada Ltd. and Federal Express
Japan K.K. (the "Additional Guarantors"), and The Bank of New York, a New York
banking corporation, as Trustee (the "Trustee").
RECITALS
The Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee have executed and delivered an
Indenture dated as of February 12, 2001 (the "Indenture") to provide for the
issuance of the 6 5/8% Notes due 2004, the 6 7/8% Notes due 2006 and the 7 1/4%
Notes due 2011;
Section 12.03 of the Indenture provides that each Person who becomes a
Guarantor shall execute a supplemental indenture evidencing the same;
The Additional Guarantors each desire to become a Guarantor under the
Indenture; and
All acts and proceedings required by law, the Indenture and the
organizational documents of the Company, the Guarantors and the Additional
Guarantors necessary to constitute this Supplemental Indenture No. 1 a valid and
binding agreement for the uses and purposes set forth herein have been done and
performed, and the execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture No. 1
have in all respects been duly authorized.
NOW, THEREFORE, this Indenture witnesseth:
For and in consideration of the premises and good and valuable
consideration the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, it is mutually
covenanted and agreed, for the equal and proportionate benefit of the holders of
the Notes of each series, as follows:
ARTICLE 1
RELATION TO THE INDENTURE; DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL
APPLICATION
SECTION 1.01. Relation to the Indenture. This Supplemental Indenture No. 1
constitutes an integral part of the Indenture.
SECTION 1.02. Definitions and Other Provisions of General Application. For
all purposes of this Supplemental Indenture No. 1 unless otherwise specified
herein:
(a) all terms defined in this Indenture which are used and not otherwise
defined herein shall have the meanings they are given in the Indenture; and
(b) the provisions of general application stated in Section 1.01 of the
Indenture shall apply to this Supplemental Indenture No. 1, except that the
words "herein," "hereof," "hereto" and "hereunder" and other words of similar
import refer to this Supplemental Indenture as a whole and not to the Indenture
or any particular Article, Section or other subdivision of the Indenture or this
Supplemental Indenture No. 1.
ARTICLE 2
SECTION 2.01. Addition of Guarantors. The Additional Guarantors are each
hereby made a party to the Indenture as a Guarantor thereunder.
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ARTICLE 3
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
SECTION 3.01. Supplemental Indenture. The Indenture, as supplemented and
amended by this Supplemental Indenture No. 1, is in all respects hereby adopted,
ratified and confirmed.
SECTION 3.02. Effectiveness. This Supplemental Indenture No. 1 shall take
effect as of the date hereof.
SECTION 3.03. Execution by the Trustee. The Trustee has executed this
Supplemental Indenture No. 1 only upon the terms and conditions set forth in the
Indenture. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Trustee shall
not be responsible for the correctness of the recitals herein contained, which
shall be taken as the statements of the Company, the Guarantors and the
Additional Guarantors, and the Trustee makes no representation and shall have no
responsibility for, or in respect of, the validity or sufficiency of this
Supplemental Indenture No. 1 or the execution hereof by any Person (other than
the Trustee).
SECTION 3.04. Governing Law. This Supplemental Indenture No. 1 shall be
deemed to be a contract made under the laws of the State of New York, and for
all purposes shall be construed in accordance with the laws of said State.
SECTION 3.05. Counterparts. This Supplemental Indenture No. 1 may be
executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original; but
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 No. 1 to be duly executed, as of the day and year first written above.
FEDEX CORPORATION
Attest:
By: /s/ Andrew M. Paalborg By: /s/ Burnetta B. Williams
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Name: Andrew M. Paalborg Name: Burnetta B. Williams
Title: Assistant Secretary Title: Staff Vice President and
and Assistant Treasurer
FEDERAL EXPRESS CORPORATION
Attest:
By: /s/ Andrew M. Paalborg By: /s/ Tracy G. Schmidt
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Name: Andrew M. Paalborg Name: Tracy G. Schmidt
Title: Assistant Secretary Title: Senior Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
FEDEX GROUND PACKAGE SYSTEM,
INC.
Attest:
By: /s/ Steven H. Taylor By: /s/ Ronald R. Trombetta
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Name: Steven H. Taylor Name: Ronald R. Trombetta
Title: Senior Vice President Title: Senior Vice President and
and General Counsel Chief Financial Officer
FEDEX CUSTOM CRITICAL, INC.
Attest:
By: /s/ Kimble H. Scott By: /s/ R. Bruce Simpson
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Name: Kimble H. Scott Name: R. Bruce Simpson
Title: Vice President and Title: President and CEO
General Counsel
VIKING FREIGHT, INC.
Attest:
By: /s/ Richard S. Goldaber By: /s/ Tilton G. Gore
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Name: Richard S. Goldaber Name: Tilton G. Gore
Title: VP and General Counsel Title: President and CEO
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FEDERAL EXPRESS CANADA LTD.
Attest:
By: /s/ Lisa Goldschleger By: /s/ Karl O. Stingily
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Name: Lisa Goldschleger Name: Karl O. Stingily
Title: Secretary Title: VP - Finance/P&A
FEDERAL EXPRESS JAPAN K.K.
Attest:
By: /s/ Harold W. West By: /s/ David J. Ross
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Name: Harold W. West Name: David J. Ross
Title: Representative Director Title: Representative Director
THE BANK OF NEW YORK, as Trustee
By: /s/ Stefan Victory
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Name: Stefan Victory
Title: Agent
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