Exhibit 4.4
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LAMAR ADVERTISING COMPANY
AND
WACHOVIA BANK OF DELAWARE, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE
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INDENTURE
DATED AS OF JUNE 16, 2003
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ARTICLE 1 DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE.................................................... 1
1.1 Definitions................................................................................... 1
1.2 Other Definitions............................................................................. 5
1.3 Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act............................................. 5
1.4 Rules of Construction......................................................................... 6
ARTICLE 2 THE SECURITIES................................................................................ 6
2.1 Issuable in Series............................................................................ 6
2.2 Establishment of Terms of Series of Securities................................................ 7
2.3 Execution and Authentication.................................................................. 9
2.4 Registrar and Paying Agent.................................................................... 10
2.5 Paying Agent To Hold Assets in Trust.......................................................... 11
2.6 Securityholder Lists.......................................................................... 11
2.7 Transfer and Exchange......................................................................... 11
2.8 Replacement Securities........................................................................ 13
2.9 Outstanding Securities........................................................................ 13
2.10 Treasury Securities........................................................................... 13
2.11 Temporary Securities.......................................................................... 14
2.12 Cancellation.................................................................................. 14
2.13 Payment of Interest; Defaulted Interest; Computation of Interest.............................. 14
2.14 CUSIP Number.................................................................................. 15
2.15 Provisions for Global Securities.............................................................. 15
2.16 Persons Deemed Owners......................................................................... 16
ARTICLE 3 REDEMPTION.................................................................................... 16
3.1 Notices of Trustee............................................................................ 16
3.2 Selection by Trustee of Securities to Be Redeemed............................................. 17
3.3 Notice of Redemption.......................................................................... 17
3.4 Effect of Notice of Redemption................................................................ 18
3.5 Deposit of Redemption Price................................................................... 18
3.6 Securities Redeemed in Part................................................................... 19
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ARTICLE 4 COVENANTS..................................................................................... 19
4.1 Payment of Securities......................................................................... 19
4.2 SEC Reports................................................................................... 19
4.3 Waiver of Stay, Extension or Usury Laws....................................................... 19
4.4 Compliance Certificate........................................................................ 20
4.5 Payment of Taxes and Other Claims............................................................. 20
4.6 Corporate Existence........................................................................... 20
4.7 Maintenance of Properties..................................................................... 21
ARTICLE 5 SUCCESSOR CORPORATION......................................................................... 21
5.1 Limitation on Consolidation, Merger and Sale of Assets........................................ 21
5.2 Successor Person Substituted.................................................................. 22
ARTICLE 6 DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES......................................................................... 22
6.1 Events of Default............................................................................. 22
6.2 Acceleration.................................................................................. 24
6.3 Other Remedies................................................................................ 24
6.4 Waiver of Past Defaults and Events of Default................................................. 24
6.5 Control by Majority........................................................................... 25
6.6 Limitation on Suits........................................................................... 25
6.7 Rights of Holders To Receive Payment.......................................................... 25
6.8 Collection Suit by Trustee.................................................................... 26
6.9 Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.............................................................. 26
6.10 Priorities.................................................................................... 26
6.11 Undertaking for Costs......................................................................... 27
ARTICLE 7 TRUSTEE....................................................................................... 27
7.1 Duties of Trustee............................................................................. 27
7.2 Rights of Trustee............................................................................. 28
7.3 Individual Rights of Trustee.................................................................. 29
7.4 Trustee's Disclaimer.......................................................................... 29
7.5 Notice of Default............................................................................. 29
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7.6 Reports by Trustee to Holders................................................................. 30
7.7 Compensation and Indemnity.................................................................... 30
7.8 Replacement of Trustee........................................................................ 30
7.9 Successor Trustee by Consolidation, Merger or Conversion...................................... 31
7.10 Eligibility; Disqualification................................................................. 32
7.11 Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company............................................. 32
7.12 Paying Agents................................................................................. 32
ARTICLE 8 AMENDMENTS, SUPPLEMENTS AND WAIVERS........................................................... 32
8.1 Without Consent of Holders.................................................................... 32
8.2 With Consent of Holders....................................................................... 33
8.3 Compliance with Trust Indenture Act........................................................... 34
8.4 Revocation and Effect of Consents............................................................. 34
8.5 Notation on or Exchange of Securities......................................................... 35
8.6 Trustee to Sign Amendments, Etc............................................................... 35
ARTICLE 9 DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE; DEFEASANCE............................................................ 35
9.1 Discharge of Indenture........................................................................ 35
9.2 Legal Defeasance.............................................................................. 36
9.3 Covenant Defeasance........................................................................... 36
9.4 Conditions to Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance......................................... 37
9.5 Deposited Money and U.S. and Foreign Government Obligations to be
Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions................................................. 38
9.6 Reinstatement................................................................................. 39
9.7 Moneys Held by Paying Agent................................................................... 39
9.8 Moneys Held by Trustee........................................................................ 39
ARTICLE 10 MISCELLANEOUS................................................................................. 40
10.1 Trust Indenture Act Controls.................................................................. 40
10.2 Notices....................................................................................... 40
10.3 Communications by Holders with Other Holders.................................................. 41
10.4 Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent............................................ 41
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10.5 Statement Required in Certificate and Opinion................................................. 42
10.6 Rules by Trustee and Agents................................................................... 42
10.7 Business Days; Legal Holidays................................................................. 42
10.8 Governing Law................................................................................. 42
10.9 No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements................................................. 43
10.10 No Recourse Against Others.................................................................... 43
10.11 Successors and Assigns........................................................................ 43
10.12 Multiple Counterparts......................................................................... 43
10.13 Table of Contents, Headings, Etc.............................................................. 43
10.14 Separabilty................................................................................... 43
10.15 Securities in a Foreign Currency or in ECU.................................................... 43
10.16 Judgment Currency............................................................................. 44
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CROSS-REFERENCE TABLE
TIA SECTION INDENTURE SECTION
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310(a)(1) 7.10
(a)(2) 7.10
(a)(3) N/A
(a)(4) N/A
(a)(5) 7.10
(b) 7.8; 7.10; 10.2
(b)(1) 7.10
(b)(9) 7.10
(c) N/A
311(a) 7.11
(b) 7.11
(c) N/A
312(a) 2.6
(b) 10.3
(c) 10.3
313(a) 7.6
(b)(1) 7.6
(b)(2) 7.6
(c) 7.6; 10.2
(d) 7.6
314(a) 4.2; 4.4; 10.2
(b) N/A
(c)(1) 10.4; 10.5
(c)(2) 10.4; 10.5
(c)(3) N/A
(d) N/A
(e) 10.5
(f) N/A
315(a) 7.1, 7.2
(b) 7.5; 10.2
(c) 7.1
(d) 6.5; 7.1; 7.2
(e) 6.11
316(a)(last sentence) 2.10
(a)(1)(A) 6.5
(a)(1)(B) 6.4
(a)(2) 8.2
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(b) 6.7
(c) 8.4
317(a)(1) 6.8
(a)(2) 6.9
(b) 2.5; 7.12
318(a) 10.1
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N/A means not applicable
Note: This Cross-Reference Table shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be
a part of the Indenture.
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INDENTURE, dated as of June 16, 2003, by and between LAMAR ADVERTISING
COMPANY, a Delaware corporation, as Issuer (the "Company"), and WACHOVIA BANK OF
DELAWARE, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national association organized under the laws
of the United States of America, as Trustee (the "Trustee").
RECITALS OF THE COMPANY
The Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this
Indenture to provide for the issuance from time to time of its debentures, notes
or other evidences of indebtedness to be issued in one or more series (the
"Securities"), as herein provided, up to such principal amount as may from time
to time be authorized in or pursuant to one or more resolutions of the Board of
Directors or by supplemental indenture.
All things necessary to make this Indenture a valid agreement of the
Company in accordance with its terms have been done, and the execution and
delivery thereof have been in all respects duly authorized by the parties
hereto.
NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH:
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:
ARTICLE 1
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
1.1 DEFINITIONS.
"Affiliate" of any specified Person means any other Person which
directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries controls, or is
controlled by, or is under common control with, such specified Person. For the
purposes of this definition, "control" (including, with correlative meanings,
the terms "controlling," "controlled by," and "under common control with"), as
used with respect to any Person, means the possession, directly or indirectly,
of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of
such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by agreement or
otherwise.
"Agent" means any Registrar, Paying Agent, co-registrar or agent for
service of notices and demands.
"Board of Directors" means the Board of Directors of the Company or any
committee authorized to act therefor.
"Board Resolution" means a copy of a resolution certified pursuant to
an Officers' Certificate to have been duly adopted by the Board of Directors of
the Company and to be in full force and effect on the date of such
certification, and delivered to the Trustee.
"Capital Stock" means, with respect to any Person, any and all shares
or other equivalents (however designated) of capital stock, partnership
interests or any other participation, right or
other interest in the nature of an equity interest in such Person or any option,
warrant or other security convertible into any of the foregoing.
"Company" means the party named as such in the first paragraph of this
Indenture until a successor replaces such party pursuant to Article 5 of this
Indenture, and thereafter means the successor and any other primary obligor on
the Securities.
"Company Order" means a written order signed in the name of the Company
by two Officers, one of whom must be its Chief Executive Officer or its Chief
Financial Officer.
"Company Request" means any written request signed in the name of the
Company by its Chief Executive Officer, its President, any Vice President, its
Chief Financial Officer or its Treasurer and attested to by the Secretary or any
Assistant Secretary of the Company.
"Corporate Trust Office" means the office of the Trustee at which at
any particular time its corporate trust business shall be principally
administered.
"Default" means any event that is, or with the passing of time or
giving of notice or both would be, an Event of Default.
"Depositary" means, with respect to the Securities of any Series
issuable or issued in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global
Securities, the Person designated as Depositary for such Series by the Company,
which Depositary shall be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act,
until a successor Depositary shall have become such pursuant to the applicable
provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter "Depositary" shall mean each Person
who is then a Depositary hereunder, and if at any time there is more than one
such Person, such Persons.
"Dollars" means the currency of the United States of America.
"ECU" means the European Currency Unit as determined by the Commission
of the European Union.
"Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
"Foreign Currency" means any currency or currency unit issued by a
government other than the government of the United States of America.
"Foreign Government Obligations" means with respect to Securities of
any Series that are denominated in a Foreign Currency, (i) direct obligations of
the government that issued or caused to be issued such currency for the payment
of which obligations its full faith and credit is pledged or (ii) obligations of
a person controlled or supervised by or acting as an agency or instrumentality
of such government the timely payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed as
a full faith and credit obligation by such government, which, in either case
under clauses (i) or (ii), are not callable or redeemable at the option of the
issuer thereof.
"GAAP" means generally accepted accounting principles consistently
applied as in effect in the United States from time to time.
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"Global Security" or "Global Securities" means a Security or
Securities, as the case may be, in the form established pursuant to Section 2.2,
evidencing all or part of a Series of Securities issued to the Depositary for
such Series or its nominee, registered in the name of such Depositary or
nominee, and bearing the legend set forth in Section 2.15(c) (or such legend as
may be specified as contemplated by Section 2.2 for such Securities).
"Holder" or "Securityholder" means the Person in whose name a Security
is registered on the Registrar's books.
"Indebtedness" means (without duplication), with respect to any Person,
any indebtedness at any time outstanding, secured or unsecured, contingent or
otherwise, which is for borrowed money (whether or not the recourse of the
lender is to the whole of the assets of such Person or only to a portion
thereof), or evidenced by bonds, notes, debentures or similar instruments or
representing the balance deferred and unpaid of the purchase price of any
property (excluding any balances that constitute accounts payable or trade
payables, and other accrued liabilities arising in the ordinary course of
business) if and to the extent any of the foregoing indebtedness would appear as
a liability upon a balance sheet of such Person prepared in accordance with
GAAP.
"Indenture" means this Indenture as amended, restated or supplemented
from time to time.
"Interest Payment Date" means the Stated Maturity of an installment of
interest on Securities of any Series.
"Lien" means, with respect to any property or assets of any Person, any
mortgage or deed of trust, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, deposit
arrangement, security interest, lien, charge, easement, encumbrance, preference,
priority, or other security agreement or preferential arrangement of any kind or
nature whatsoever on or with respect to such property or assets (including,
without limitation, any capitalized lease obligation, conditional sales, or
other title retention agreement having substantially the same economic effect as
any of the foregoing).
"Maturity Date" 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 payment or otherwise.
"Officer" means the Chief Executive Officer, the President, any Vice
President, the Chief Financial Officer, the Treasurer or the Secretary of the
Company or any other officer designated by the Board of Directors, as the case
may be.
"Officers' Certificate" means, with respect to any Person, a
certificate signed by the Chief Executive Officer, the President or any Vice
President, and the Chief Financial Officer or any Treasurer of such Person that
shall comply with applicable provisions of this Indenture.
"Opinion of Counsel" means a written opinion from legal counsel which
counsel is reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.
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"Person" means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture,
association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization or
government (including any agency or political subdivision thereof).
"Redemption Date" when used with respect to any Security of a Series to
be redeemed, means the date fixed for such redemption pursuant to this
Indenture.
"Responsible Officer" when used with respect to the Trustee, means any
officer or officers within the corporate trust department of the Trustee (or any
successor group of the Trustee) or any other officer of the Trustee customarily
performing functions similar to those performed by any of the above designated
officers and who are responsible for compliance with the obligations of the
Trustee as set forth in this Indenture and also means, with respect to a
particular corporate trust matter or obligation required of the Trustee as set
forth in this Indenture, any other officer to whom such matter is referred
because of his knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject.
"SEC" means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission as
constituted from time to time or any successor performing substantially the same
functions.
"Securities" means the securities that are issued under this Indenture,
as amended or supplemented from time to time pursuant to this Indenture.
"Securities Act" means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
"Series" or "Series of Securities" means each series of debentures,
notes or other debt instruments of the Company created pursuant to Sections 2.1
or 2.2 hereof.
"Significant Subsidiary" means (i) any direct or indirect Subsidiary of
the Company that would be a "significant subsidiary" as defined in Article 1,
Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X, promulgated pursuant to the Securities Act, as such
regulation is in effect on the date hereof, or (ii) any group of direct or
indirect Subsidiaries of the Company that, taken together as a group, would be a
"significant subsidiary" as defined in Article 1, Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X,
promulgated pursuant to the Securities Act, as such regulation is in effect on
the date hereof.
"Stated Maturity" means, when used with respect to any Security of any
Series or any installment of principal thereof or interest thereon, means the
date specified in such Security as the fixed date on which the principal of such
Security or such installment of principal or interest is due and payable and,
when used with respect to any other Indebtedness, means the date specified in
the instrument governing such Indebtedness as the fixed date on which the
principal of such Indebtedness, or any installment of interest thereon, is due
and payable.
"Subsidiary" of any specified Person means any corporation,
partnership, joint venture, association or other business entity, whether now
existing or hereafter organized or acquired, (i) in the case of a corporation,
of which more than 50% of the total voting power of the Capital Stock entitled
(without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of
directors thereof is held, directly or indirectly by such Person or any of its
Subsidiaries; or (ii) in the case of a partnership, joint venture, association
or other business entity, with respect to which such Person or any of its
Subsidiaries has the power to direct or cause the direction of the
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management and policies of such entity by contract or otherwise or if in
accordance with GAAP such entity is consolidated with such Person for financial
statement purposes.
"TIA" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S. Code Section
77aaa-77bbbb) as in effect on the date of this Indenture (except as provided in
Section 8.3 hereof).
"Trustee" means the party named as such in this Indenture until a
successor replaces it pursuant to this Indenture and thereafter means the
successor.
"U.S. Government Obligations" means direct non-callable obligations of,
or non-callable obligations guaranteed by, the United States of America for the
payment of which obligation or guarantee the full faith and credit of the United
States of America is pledged.
1.2 OTHER DEFINITIONS.
The definitions of the following terms may be found in the sections
indicated as follows:
Defined
Term in Section
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"Bankruptcy Law" 6.1
"Business Day" 10.8
"Covenant Defeasance" 9.3
"Custodian" 6.1
"Event of Default" 6.1
"Journal" 10.16
"Judgment Currency" 10.17
"Legal Defeasance" 9.2
"Legal Holiday" 10.8
"Market Exchange Rate" 10.16
"New York Banking Day" 10.17
"Paying Agent" 2.4
"Registrar" 2.4
"Required Currency" 10.17
"Service Agent" 2.4
1.3 INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE OF TRUST INDENTURE ACT.
Whenever this Indenture refers to a provision of the TIA, the portion
of such provision required to be incorporated herein in order for this Indenture
to be qualified under the TIA is incorporated by reference in and made a part of
this Indenture. The following TIA terms used in this Indenture have the
following meanings:
"Commission" means the SEC.
"indenture securities" means the Securities.
"indenture securityholder" means a Securityholder.
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"indenture to be qualified" means this Indenture.
"indenture trustee" or "institutional trustee" means the Trustee.
"obligor on the indenture securities" means the Company or any other
obligor on the Securities.
All other terms used in this Indenture that are defined by the TIA,
defined in the TIA by reference to another statute or defined by SEC rule have
the meanings therein assigned to them.
1.4 RULES OF CONSTRUCTION.
Unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) a term has the meaning assigned to it herein, whether
defined expressly or by reference;
(2) an accounting term not otherwise defined has the
meaning assigned to it in accordance with GAAP;
(3) "or" is not exclusive;
(4) words in the singular include the plural, and in the
plural include the singular;
(5) words used herein implying any gender shall apply to
each gender; and
(6) the words "herein", "hereof" and "hereunder" and
other words of similar import refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to any
particular Article, Section or other sub-division.
ARTICLE 2
THE SECURITIES
2.1 ISSUABLE IN SERIES.
The aggregate principal amount of Securities that may be authenticated
and delivered under this Indenture is unlimited. The Securities may be issued in
one or more Series. All Securities of a Series shall be identical except as may
be set forth in a Board Resolution, a supplemental indenture or an Officers'
Certificate detailing the adoption of the terms thereof pursuant to the
authority granted under a Board Resolution. In the case of Securities of a
Series to be issued from time to time, the Board Resolution, Officers'
Certificate or supplemental indenture may provide for the method by which
specified terms (such as interest rate, Stated Maturity, record date or date
from which interest shall accrue) are to be determined. Securities may differ
between Series in respect of any matters, provided that all Series of Securities
shall be equally and ratably entitled to the benefits of the Indenture.
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2.2 ESTABLISHMENT OF TERMS OF SERIES OF SECURITIES.
At or prior to the issuance of any Securities within a Series, the
following shall be established (as to the Series generally, in the case of
Subsection 2.2(1) and either as to such Securities within the Series or as to
the Series generally in the case of Subsections 2.2(2) through 2.2(25) by a
Board Resolution, a supplemental indenture or an Officers' Certificate, in each
case, pursuant to authority granted under a Board Resolution:
(1) the title of the Series (which shall distinguish the
Securities of that particular Series from the Securities of any other Series);
(2) the price or prices (expressed as a percentage of the
principal amount thereof) at which the Securities of the Series will be issued;
(3) any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the
Securities of the Series which may be authenticated and delivered under this
Indenture (except for Securities authenticated and delivered upon registration
of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Securities of the
Series pursuant to Section 2.7, 2.8, 2.11, 3.6 or 8.5);
(4) the date or dates on which the principal of the
Securities of the Series is payable;
(5) the rate or rates (which may be fixed or variable)
per annum or, if applicable, the method used to determine such rate or rates
(including, but not limited to, any commodity, commodity index, stock exchange
index or financial index) at which the Securities of the Series shall bear
interest, if any, the date or dates from which such interest, if any, shall
accrue, the date or dates on which such interest, if any, shall commence and be
payable and any regular record date for the interest payable on any Interest
Payment Date;
(6) the place or places where the principal of and
interest and premium, if any, on the Securities of the Series shall be payable,
or the method of such payment, if by wire transfer, mail or other means;
(7) if applicable, the period or periods within which,
the price or prices at which and the terms and conditions upon which the
Securities of the Series may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option of
the Company;
(8) the obligation, if any, of the Company to redeem or
purchase the Securities of the Series pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous
provisions or at the option of a Holder thereof and the period or periods within
which, the price or prices at which and the terms and conditions upon which
Securities of the Series shall be redeemed or purchased, in whole or in part,
pursuant to such obligation;
(9) the dates, if any, on which and the price or prices
at which the Securities of the Series will be repurchased by the Company at the
option of the Holders thereof and other detailed terms and provisions of such
repurchase obligations;
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(10) if other than denominations of $1,000 and any
integral multiple thereof, the denominations in which the Securities of the
Series shall be issuable;
(11) the forms of the Securities of the Series in bearer
or fully registered form (and, if in fully registered form, whether the
Securities will be issuable as Global Securities);
(12) if other than the principal amount thereof, the
portion of the principal amount of the Securities of the Series that shall be
payable upon declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof pursuant to
Section 6.2;
(13) the currency of denomination of the Securities of the
Series, which may be Dollars or any Foreign Currency, including, but not limited
to, the ECU, and if such currency of denomination is a composite currency other
than the ECU, the agency or organization, if any, responsible for overseeing
such composite currency;
(14) the designation of the currency, currencies or
currency units in which payment of the principal of and interest and premium, if
any, on the Securities of the Series will be made;
(15) if payments of principal of, interest or premium, if
any, on the Securities of the Series are to be made in one or more currencies or
currency units other than that or those in which such Securities are
denominated, the manner in which the exchange rate with respect to such payments
will be determined;
(16) the manner in which the amounts of payment of
principal of and interest and premium, if any, on the Securities of the Series
will be determined, if such amounts may be determined by reference to an index
based on a currency or currencies or by reference to a commodity, commodity
index, stock exchange index or financial index;
(17) the provisions, if any, relating to any security
provided for the Securities of the Series;
(18) any addition to or change in the Events of Default
which applies to any Securities of the Series and any change in the right of the
Trustee or the requisite Holders of such Securities to declare the principal
amount thereof due and payable pursuant to Section 6.2;
(19) any addition to or change in the covenants set forth
in Articles 4 or 5 which applies to Securities of the Series;
(20) any other terms of the Securities of the Series
(which terms shall not be inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture,
except as permitted by Section 8.1, but which may modify or delete any provision
of this Indenture insofar as it applies to such Series).
(21) any depositories, interest rate calculation agents,
exchange rate calculation agents or other agents with respect to Securities of
such Series if other than those appointed herein;
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(22) the terms and conditions, if any, upon which the
Securities and any guarantees thereof shall be subordinated in right of payment
to other indebtedness of the Company or any guarantor;
(23) the form and terms of any guarantee of the
Securities;
(24) if applicable, that the Securities of the Series, in
whole or any specified part, shall be defeasible pursuant to Article 9; and
(25) if applicable, that the Securities of the Series, in
whole or any specified part, shall be convertible into equity securities of the
Company
All Securities of any one Series 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 Board Resolution, supplemental
indenture or Officers' Certificate referred to above, and the authorized
principal amount of any Series may not be increased to provide for issuances of
additional Securities of such Series, unless otherwise provided in such Board
Resolution, supplemental indenture or Officers' Certificate.
2.3 EXECUTION AND AUTHENTICATION.
The Securities shall be executed on behalf of the Company by two
Officers of the Company or an Officer and an Assistant Secretary of the Company.
Each such signature may be either manual or facsimile. The Company's seal may be
impressed, affixed, imprinted or reproduced on the Securities and may be in
facsimile form.
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 Trustee or an authenticating agent. The signature shall
be conclusive evidence that the Security has been authenticated under this
Indenture.
The Trustee shall at any time, and from time to time, authenticate
Securities for original issue in the principal amount provided in the Board
Resolution, supplemental indenture hereto or Officers' Certificate, upon receipt
by the 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 Board Resolution, a supplemental
indenture hereto or an Officers' Certificate.
The aggregate principal amount of Securities of any Series outstanding
at any time may not exceed any limit upon the maximum principal amount for such
Series set forth in the Board Resolution, supplemental indenture hereto or
Officers' Certificate delivered pursuant to Section 2.2, except as provided in
Section 2.8.
Prior to the issuance of Securities of any Series, the Trustee shall
have received and (subject to Section 7.2) shall be fully protected in relying
on: (a) the Board Resolution, supplemental indenture hereto or Officers'
Certificate establishing the form of the Securities of that Series or of
Securities within that Series and the terms of the Securities of
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that Series or of Securities within that Series, (b) an Officers' Certificate
complying with Section 10.4, and (c) an Opinion of Counsel complying with
Section 10.4.
The Trustee shall have the right to decline to authenticate and deliver
any Securities of such Series: (a) if the Trustee, being advised in writing by
outside counsel, determines that such action may not lawfully be taken; or (b)
if the Trustee in good faith by its board of directors or trustees, executive
committee or a trust committee of directors and/or vice-presidents shall
reasonably determine that such action would expose the Trustee to personal
liability, or cause it to have a conflict of interest with respect to Holders of
any then outstanding Series of Securities.
The Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent reasonably acceptable
to the Company to authenticate Securities. An authenticating agent may
authenticate Securities whenever the Trustee may do so. Any appointment shall be
evidenced by instrument signed by an authorized officer of the Trustee, a copy
of which shall be furnished to the Company. Each reference in this Indenture to
authentication by the Trustee includes authentication by such agent. An
authenticating agent has the same rights as an Agent to deal with the Company or
an Affiliate of the Company.
2.4 REGISTRAR AND PAYING AGENT.
The Company shall maintain an office or agency where Securities of any
Series may be presented for registration of transfer or for exchange
("Registrar"), an office or agency located in the Borough of Manhattan, City of
New York, State of New York where Securities may be presented for payment
("Paying Agent"), and an office or agency where notices and demands to or upon
the Company in respect of the Securities and this Indenture may be served
("Service Agent"). The Registrar shall keep a register of the Securities and of
their transfer and exchange. The Company may have one or more co-registrars and
one or more additional paying agents. The Company shall give prompt written
notice to the Trustee of the location, and any change in the location, of such
office or agency. If at any time the Company shall fail to maintain any such
required office or to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such
presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the
address of the Trustee as set forth in Section 10.2. Neither the Company nor any
Affiliate of the Company may act as Paying Agent. The Company may change any
Paying Agent, Registrar or co-registrar without notice to any Securityholder.
The Company may also from time to time designate one or more other
offices or agencies where the Securities may be presented or surrendered for any
or all such purposes and may from time to time rescind such designations. The
Company shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee of such designation or
rescission and of any change in the location of any such other office or agency.
The Company shall enter into an appropriate agency agreement with any Registrar
or Paying Agent not a party to this Indenture. The agreement shall implement the
provisions of this Indenture that relate to such Agent. The Company shall notify
the Trustee of the name and address of any such Agent. If the Company fails to
maintain a Registrar or Paying Agent, or agent for service of notices and
demands, or fails to give the foregoing notice, the Trustee shall
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act as such. The Company hereby appoints the Trustee as the initial Registrar,
Paying Agent and Service Agent for each Series unless another Registrar, Paying
Agent or Service Agent, as the case may be, is appointed prior to the time
Securities of that Series are first issued. The Company hereby initially
designates the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee as such office of the
Company. The Company further designates Wachovia Bank of Delaware, National
Association, as the Paying Agent, with offices at 9300 Shelbyville Road, Suite
507, Louisville, KY 40222.
2.5 PAYING AGENT TO HOLD ASSETS IN TRUST.
The Trustee as Paying Agent shall, and the Company shall require each
Paying Agent other than the Trustee to agree in writing that each Paying Agent
shall hold in trust for the benefit of the Holders of any Series of Securities
or the Trustee all assets held by the Paying Agent for the payment of principal
of, or interest or premium (if any) on, such Series of Securities (whether such
assets have been distributed to it by the Company or any other obligor on such
Series of Securities), and the Company and the Paying Agent shall notify the
Trustee in writing of any Default by the Company (or any other obligor on such
Series of Securities) in making any such payment. The Company at any time may
require a Paying Agent to distribute all assets held by it to the Trustee and
account for any assets disbursed and the Trustee may at any time during the
continuance of any payment default with respect to any Series of Securities,
upon written request to a Paying Agent, require such Paying Agent to distribute
all assets held by it to the Trustee and to account for any assets distributed.
Upon distribution to the Trustee of all assets that shall have been delivered by
the Company to the Paying Agent, the Paying Agent shall have no further
liability for such assets.
2.6 SECURITYHOLDER LISTS.
The Trustee shall preserve in as current a form as is reasonably
practicable the most recent list available to it of the names and addresses of
Securityholders of each Series of Securities. If the Trustee is not the
Registrar, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee as of each regular record
date for the payment of interest on the Securities of a Series and before each
related Interest Payment Date, and at such other times as the Trustee may
request in writing, a list in such form and as of such date as the Trustee may
reasonably require of the names and addresses of Securityholders of each Series
of Securities.
2.7 TRANSFER AND EXCHANGE.
When Securities of a Series are presented to the Registrar with a
request to register the transfer thereof, the Registrar shall register the
transfer as requested, and when such Securities of a Series are presented to the
Registrar with a request to exchange them for an equal principal amount of other
authorized denominations of Securities of the same Series, the Registrar shall
make the exchange as requested. To permit transfers and exchanges, upon
surrender of any Security for registration of transfer at the office or agency
maintained pursuant to Section 2.4 hereof, the Company shall execute and the
Trustee shall authenticate Securities at the Registrar's request.
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Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 2.7, unless and
until it is exchanged in whole or in part for definitive Securities, a Global
Security may not be transferred except as a whole by the Depositary to a nominee
of such Depositary or by a nominee of such Depositary to such Depositary or
another nominee of such Depositary or by such Depositary or any such nominee to
a successor Depositary or a nominee of such successor Depositary.
If (i) the Depositary is at any time unwilling, unable or ineligible to
continue as Depositary and a successor Depositary is not appointed by the
Company within 90 days after the date the Company is so informed in writing or
becomes aware of the same, or (ii) a Default or an Event of Default has occurred
and is continuing, the Company promptly will execute and deliver to the Trustee
definitive Securities, and the Trustee, upon receipt of a Company Request for
the authentication and delivery of such definitive Securities (which the Company
will promptly execute and deliver to the Trustee), will authenticate and deliver
definitive Securities, without charge, in an aggregate principal amount equal to
the principal amount of the outstanding Global Securities, in exchange for and
upon surrender of all such Global Securities.
In any exchange provided for in the preceding paragraph, the Company
will execute and the Trustee will authenticate and deliver definitive Securities
in the authorized denominations provided by Section 2.3.
Upon the exchange of a Global Security for definitive Securities, such
Global Security shall be canceled by the Trustee. Definitive Securities issued
in exchange for Global Securities pursuant to this Section 2.7 shall be
registered in such names and in such authorized denominations as the Depositary,
pursuant to instructions from its direct or indirect participants or otherwise,
shall instruct the Trustee.
All Securities issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of
Securities shall be the valid obligations of the Company, evidencing the same
debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Securities
surrendered upon such registration or transfer or exchange.
Every Security presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or
for exchange shall (if so required by the Company or the Registrar or a
co-Registrar) be duly endorsed, or be accompanied by a written instrument of
transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Registrar or a
co-Registrar, duly executed by the Holder thereof or his attorney duly
authorized in writing.
Any exchange or transfer shall be without charge, except that the
Company may require payment by the Holder of a sum sufficient to cover any tax
or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation to a transfer or
exchange, but this provision shall not apply to any exchange pursuant to Section
2.11, 3.6 or 8.5 hereof. The Trustee shall not be required to register transfers
of Securities of any Series or to exchange Securities of any Series for a period
of 15 days before selection for redemption of such Securities. The Trustee shall
not be required to exchange or register transfers of Securities of any Series
called or being called for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed
portion of such Security being redeemed in part.
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2.8 REPLACEMENT SECURITIES.
If a mutilated Security is surrendered to the Trustee or if the Holder
of a Security presents evidence to the satisfaction of the Company and the
Trustee that the Security has been lost, destroyed or wrongfully taken, the
Company shall issue and the Trustee shall authenticate a replacement Security of
the same Series and of like tenor and principal amount and bearing a number not
contemporaneously outstanding. An indemnity bond may be required by the Company
or the Trustee that is sufficient in the reasonable judgment of the Company or
the Trustee, as the case may be, to protect the Company, the Trustee or any
Agent from any loss which any of them may suffer if a Security is replaced. The
Company may charge such Holder for its reasonable, out-of-pocket expenses in
replacing a Security, including the fees and expenses of counsel. Every
replacement Security shall constitute an 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 proportionally with any and all other Securities of that
Series duly issued hereunder.
2.9 OUTSTANDING SECURITIES.
Securities outstanding at any time are all Securities authenticated by
the Trustee except for those canceled by it, those delivered to it for
cancellation, and those described in this Section 2.9 as not outstanding.
If a Security is replaced pursuant to Section 2.8 (other than a
mutilated Security surrendered for replacement), it ceases to be outstanding
until the Company and the Trustee receive proof satisfactory to each of them
that the replaced Security is held by a bona fide purchaser. A mutilated
Security ceases to be outstanding upon surrender of such Security and
replacement thereof pursuant to Section 2.8.
If a Paying Agent holds on a Redemption Date or Maturity Date of a
Series of Securities money sufficient to pay the principal of, premium, if any,
and accrued interest on Securities payable on that date and is not prohibited
from paying such money to the Holders thereof pursuant to the terms of this
Indenture, then on and after that date such Securities cease to be outstanding
and interest on them ceases to accrue.
Subject to Section 2.10, a Security does not cease to be outstanding
solely because the Company or an Affiliate holds the Security.
2.10 TREASURY SECURITIES.
In determining whether the Holders of the required principal amount of
Securities of a Series have concurred in any request, demand, authorization,
direction, notice, consent or waiver, Securities of a Series owned by the
Company or an Affiliate shall be disregarded, except that for the purposes of
determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying on any such
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver only
Securities of a Series that the Trustee knows are so owned shall be so
disregarded.
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2.11 TEMPORARY SECURITIES.
Until definitive Securities are ready for delivery, the Company may
prepare and the Trustee shall authenticate temporary Securities. Temporary
Securities shall be substantially in the form, and shall carry all rights, of
definitive Securities but may have variations that the Company considers
appropriate for temporary Securities. Without unreasonable delay, the Company
shall prepare and the Trustee shall authenticate definitive Securities in
exchange for temporary Securities presented to it.
2.12 CANCELLATION.
The Company at any time may deliver Securities to the Trustee for
cancellation. The Registrar and the Paying Agent shall forward to the Trustee
any Securities surrendered to them for transfer, exchange or payment. At the
direction of the Trustee, the Registrar or the Paying Agent, and no one else,
shall cancel and at the written request of the Company, shall dispose of all
Securities surrendered for transfer, exchange, payment or cancellation. If the
Company shall acquire any of the Securities, such acquisition shall not operate
as a redemption or satisfaction of the Indebtedness represented by such
Securities unless and until the same are surrendered to the Trustee for
cancellation pursuant to this Section 2.12.
2.13 PAYMENT OF INTEREST; DEFAULTED INTEREST; COMPUTATION OF
INTEREST.
Except as otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 2.2 with
respect to any Series of Securities, interest on any Security which is payable,
and is punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date shall
be paid to the Person in whose name that Security is registered at the close of
business on the regular record date for such interest, as provided in the Board
Resolution, supplemental indenture hereto or Officers' Certificate establishing
the terms of such Series.
With respect to any Holder with an aggregate principal amount of
Securities of any Series in an amount in excess of $2,000,000, upon receipt by
the Trustee of a written request from such Holder, payments of interest with
respect to such Securities shall be made to such Holder by wire transfer of
immediately available funds. Each other Holder shall receive payments of
interest by check or by transfer to an account maintained by such Holder in the
United States.
If the Company defaults in a payment of interest on the Securities, it
shall pay the defaulted amounts, plus any interest payable on defaulted amounts
pursuant to Section 4.1 hereof, to the persons who are Securityholders on a
subsequent special record date, which date shall be the fifteenth day next
preceding the date fixed by the Company for the payment of defaulted interest or
the next succeeding Business Day if such date is not a Business Day. At least 15
days before the special record date, the Company shall mail or cause to be
mailed to each Securityholder, with a copy to the Trustee, a notice that states
the special record date, the payment date, and the amount of defaulted interest,
and interest payable on such defaulted interest, if any, to be paid.
Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 2.2 for
Securities of any Series, interest on the Securities of each Series shall be
computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.
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2.14 CUSIP NUMBER.
The Company in issuing the Securities may use one or more "CUSIP"
numbers, and if so, the Trustee shall use the CUSIP number(s) in notices of
redemption or exchange as a convenience to Holders, provided that any such
notice may state that no representation is made as to the correctness or
accuracy of the CUSIP number(s) printed in the notice or on the Securities, and
that reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed on
the Securities.
2.15 PROVISIONS FOR GLOBAL SECURITIES.
(a) A Board Resolution, a supplemental
indenture hereto or an Officers' Certificate shall establish whether the
Securities of a Series shall be issued in whole or in part in the form of one or
more Global Securities and the Depositary for such Global Securities or
Securities.
(b) Notwithstanding any provisions to
the contrary contained in Section 2.7 of the Indenture and in addition thereto,
any Global Security shall be exchangeable pursuant to Section 2.7 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, and, in either case, the Company fails to
appoint a successor Depositary within 90 days after such event, (ii) the Company
executes and delivers to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate to the effect that
such Global Security shall be so exchangeable or (iii) a Default or an Event of
Default with respect to the Securities represented by such Global Security shall
have occurred 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 2.15(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 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.
(c) Any Global Security issued
hereunder shall bear a legend in substantially the following form:
"This Security is a Global Security within the
meaning of the Indenture hereinafter referred to and is registered in the name
of the Depositary or a nominee of the Depositary. This Security is exchangeable
for Securities registered in the name of a person other than the Depositary or
its nominee only in the limited circumstances described in the Indenture, and
may not be transferred except as a whole by the Depositary to a nominee of the
Depositary, by a nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary or another nominee
of the Depositary or by the Depositary or any such nominee to a successor
Depositary or a nominee of such a successor Depositary."
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(d) 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) Notwithstanding the other
provisions of this Indenture, unless otherwise specified as contemplated by
Section 2.2, payment of the principal of and interest and premium, if any, on
any Global Security shall be made to the Depositary or its nominee in its
capacity as the Holder thereof.
(f) Except as provided in Section
2.15(e), the Company, the Trustee and any Agent shall treat a person as the
Holder of such principal amount of outstanding Securities of any Series
represented by a Global Security as shall be specified in a written statement of
the Depositary (which may be in the form of a participants' list for such
Series) 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.
2.16 PERSONS DEEMED OWNERS.
Prior to due presentment of a Security for registration of transfer,
the Company, the Trustee, the Registrar and any agent of the Company, the
Registrar or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name such Security is
registered as the owner of such Security for the purpose of receiving payment of
principal of and any premium and (subject to Section 2.13) any interest on such
Security and for all other purposes whatsoever, and neither the Company, the
Trustee, the Registrar nor any agent of the Company, the Registrar or the
Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
ARTICLE 3
REDEMPTION
3.1 NOTICES OF TRUSTEE.
The Company may, with respect to any Series of Securities, reserve the
right to redeem and pay the Series of Securities or may covenant to redeem and
pay the Series of Securities or any part thereof prior to the Stated Maturity
thereof at such time and on such terms as provided for in such Securities or the
related Board Resolution, supplemental indenture or Officers' Certificate. If a
Series of Securities is redeemable and the Company elects to redeem such
Securities of a Series, it shall notify the Trustee of the Redemption Date and
the principal amount of Securities to be redeemed at least 35 days (unless a
shorter notice shall be satisfactory to the Trustee) but not more than 60 days
before the Redemption Date. Any such notice may be canceled at any time prior to
notice of such redemption being mailed to any Holder and shall thereby be void
and of no effect.
3.2 SELECTION BY TRUSTEE OF SECURITIES TO BE REDEEMED.
Unless otherwise indicated for a particular Series of Securities by a
Board Resolution, a supplemental indenture or an Officers' Certificate, if fewer
than all of the Securities of a Series are to be redeemed, the Trustee shall
select the Securities of a Series to be redeemed pro rata, by
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lot or by any other method that the Trustee considers fair and appropriate and,
if such Securities are listed on any securities exchange, by a method that
complies with the requirements of such exchange.
The Trustee shall make the selection from Securities of a Series
outstanding and not previously called for redemption and shall promptly notify
the Company in writing of the Securities selected for redemption and, in the
case of any Security selected for partial redemption, the principal amount
thereof to be redeemed. Securities of a Series in denominations of $1,000 may be
redeemed only in whole. The Trustee may select for redemption portions of the
principal of Securities of a Series that have denominations larger than $1,000.
Securities of a Series and portions of them it selects shall be in amounts of
$1,000 or, with respect to Securities of any Series issuable in other
denominations pursuant to Section 2.2(10), the minimum principal denomination
for each Series and integral multiples thereof. Provisions of this Indenture
that apply to Securities called for redemption also apply to portions of
Securities called for redemption.
3.3 NOTICE OF REDEMPTION.
Unless otherwise indicated for a particular Series by Board Resolution,
a supplemental indenture hereto or an Officers' Certificate, at least 30 days,
and no more than 60 days, before a Redemption Date, the Company shall mail, or
cause to be mailed, a notice of redemption by first-class mail to each Holder of
Securities to be redeemed at his or her last address as the same appears on the
registry books maintained by the Registrar.
The notice shall identify the Securities to be redeemed (including the
CUSIP number(s) thereof, if any) and shall state:
(1) the Redemption Date;
(2) the redemption price;
(3) if any Security of a Series is being redeemed in
part, the portion of the principal amount of such Security of a Series to be
redeemed and that, after the Redemption Date and upon surrender of such Security
of a Series, a new Security or Securities in principal amount equal to the
unredeemed portion will be issued;
(4) the name and address of the Paying Agent;
(5) that Securities of a Series called for redemption
must be surrendered to the Paying Agent to collect the redemption price, and the
place or places where each such Security is to be surrendered for such payment;
(6) that, unless the Company defaults in making the
redemption payment, interest on the Securities of a Series called for redemption
ceases to accrue on or after the Redemption Date, and the only remaining right
of the Holders of such Securities is to receive payment of the redemption price
upon surrender to the Paying Agent of the Securities redeemed; and
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(7) if fewer than all the Securities of a Series are to
be redeemed, the identification of the particular Securities of a Series (or
portion thereof) to be redeemed, as well as the aggregate principal amount of
Securities of a Series to be redeemed and the aggregate principal amount of
Securities of a Series to be outstanding after such partial redemption.
At the Company's request, the Trustee shall give the notice of
redemption in the Company's name and at the Company's sole expense.
3.4 EFFECT OF NOTICE OF REDEMPTION.
Once the notice of redemption described in Section 3.3 is mailed,
Securities of a Series called for redemption become due and payable on the
Redemption Date and at the redemption price, plus interest, if any, accrued to
(but not including) the Redemption Date. Upon surrender to the Trustee or Paying
Agent, such Securities of a Series shall be paid at the redemption price, plus
accrued interest, if any, to (but not including) the Redemption Date, provided
that if the Redemption Date is after a regular interest payment record date and
on or prior to the next Interest Payment Date, the accrued interest shall be
payable to the Holder of the redeemed Securities registered on the relevant
record date, as specified by the Company in the notice to the Trustee pursuant
to Section 3.1 hereof.
3.5 DEPOSIT OF REDEMPTION PRICE.
On or prior to the Redemption Date, the Company shall deposit with the
Paying Agent money sufficient to pay the redemption price of and accrued
interest, if any, on all Securities to be redeemed on that date other than
Securities or portions thereof called for redemption on that date which have
been delivered by the Company to the Trustee for cancellation.
On and after any Redemption Date, if money sufficient to pay the
redemption price of and accrued interest on Securities called for redemption
shall have been made available in accordance with the preceding paragraph and
the Company and the Paying Agent are not prohibited from paying such moneys to
Holders, the Securities called for redemption will cease to accrue interest and
the only right of the Holders of such Securities will be to receive payment of
the redemption price of and, subject to the proviso in Section 3.4, accrued and
unpaid interest on such Securities to the Redemption Date. If any Security
called for redemption shall not be so paid, interest will be paid, from the
Redemption Date until such redemption payment is made, on the unpaid principal
of the Security and any interest or premium (if any) not paid on such unpaid
principal, in each case, at the rate and in the manner provided in the
Securities.
3.6 SECURITIES REDEEMED IN PART.
Upon surrender of a Security of a Series that is redeemed in part, the
Trustee shall authenticate for a Holder a new Security of the same Series equal
in principal amount to the unredeemed portion of the Security surrendered.
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ARTICLE 4
COVENANTS
4.1 PAYMENT OF SECURITIES.
The Company shall pay the principal of and interest and premium, if
any, on each Series of Securities on the dates and in the manner provided in
such Securities and this Indenture.
An installment of principal or interest shall be considered paid on the
date it is due if the Trustee or Paying Agent holds on that date money
designated for and sufficient to pay such installment and is not prohibited from
paying such money to the Holders pursuant to the terms of this Indenture or
otherwise.
The Company shall pay interest on overdue principal, and overdue
interest, to the extent lawful, at the rate specified in the Series of
Securities.
4.2 SEC REPORTS.
The Company will deliver to the Trustee and the Holders of Securities
within 15 days after the filing of the same with the SEC, copies of the
quarterly and annual report and of the information documents and other reports,
if any, which the Company is required to file with the SEC pursuant to Section
13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act. Notwithstanding that the Company may not be
subject to the reporting requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange
Act, the Company will file with the SEC, to the extent permitted, and provide
the Trustee, Holders of each Series of Securities and prospective holders of
each Series of Securities with such quarterly and annual reports and such
information, documents and other reports specified in Section 13 and 15(d) of
the Exchange Act. The Company will also comply with the other provisions of TIA
Section 314(a).
4.3 WAIVER OF STAY, EXTENSION OR USURY LAWS.
The Company covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that
they will not at any time insist upon, or plead (as a defense or otherwise) or
in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay,
extension law, usury law or other law which would prohibit or forgive the
Company from paying all or any portion of the principal of, premium, if any,
and/or interest on the Securities as contemplated herein, wherever enacted, now
or at any time hereafter in force, or which may affect the covenants or the
performance of this Indenture; and (to the extent that they may lawfully do so)
the Company hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law,
and covenants that it will not hinder, delay or impede the execution of any
power herein granted to the Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of
every such power as though no such law had been enacted.
4.4 COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE.
(a) The Company shall deliver to the
Trustee, within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Company, an
Officers' Certificate which complies with TIA Section 314(a)(4) stating that a
review of the activities of the Company and its Subsidiaries during such fiscal
year has been made under the supervision of the signing Officers with a view
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to determining whether each has kept, observed, performed and fulfilled its
obligations under this Indenture, and further stating, as to each such Officer
signing such certificate, that to the best of his or her knowledge each has
kept, observed, performed and fulfilled each and every covenant contained in
this Indenture and is not in default in the performance or observance of any of
the terms, provisions and conditions hereof (or, if a Default or Event of
Default shall have occurred, describing all such Defaults or Events of Default
of which he or she may have knowledge and what action each is taking or proposes
to take with respect thereto) and that to the best of his or her knowledge no
event has occurred and remains in existence by reason of which payments on
account of the principal of or interest or premium, if any, on the Securities is
prohibited or if such event has occurred, a description of the event and what
action each is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto.
(b) (i) If any Default or Event of
Default has occurred and is continuing or (ii) if any Holder seeks to exercise
any remedy hereunder with respect to a claimed Default under this Indenture or
the Securities, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee an Officers'
Certificate specifying such event, notice or other action within five Business
Days of its becoming aware of such occurrence and what action the Company is
taking or proposes to take with respect thereto.
4.5 PAYMENT OF TAXES AND OTHER CLAIMS.
The Company shall pay or discharge or cause to be paid or discharged,
before the same shall become delinquent, (i) all taxes, assessments and
governmental charges (including withholding taxes and any penalties, interest
and additions to taxes) levied or imposed upon it or any of its Significant
Subsidiaries or properties of it or any of its Significant Subsidiaries and (ii)
all lawful claims for labor, materials and supplies that, if unpaid, might by
law become a Lien upon the property of it or any of its Significant
Subsidiaries; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to pay
or discharge or cause to be paid or discharged any such tax, assessment, charge
or claim if the amount, applicability or validity thereof is being contested in
good faith by appropriate proceedings and an adequate reserve has been
established therefor to the extent required by GAAP.
4.6 CORPORATE EXISTENCE.
Subject to Article 5 hereof, the Company shall do or cause to be done
all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its corporate
existence, and the corporate, partnership or other existence of each Significant
Subsidiary, in accordance with the respective organizational documents (as the
same may be amended from time to time) of the Company and of each Significant
Subsidiary, and the rights (charter and statutory), licenses and franchises of
the Company and its Significant Subsidiaries; provided, however, that the
Company shall not be required to preserve any such right, license or franchise,
or the corporate, partnership or other existence of any of its Significant
Subsidiaries, if the Board of Directors shall determine that the preservation
thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of the business of the Company and
its Significant Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and that the loss thereof is not
adverse in any material respect to the Holders.
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4.7 MAINTENANCE OF PROPERTIES.
The Company will cause all properties used or useful in the conduct of
its business or the business of any Subsidiary to be maintained and kept in good
condition, repair and working order and supplied with all necessary equipment
and will cause to be made all necessary repairs, renewals, replacements,
betterments and improvements thereof, all as in the judgment of the Company may
be necessary so that the business carried on in connection therewith may be
properly and advantageously conducted at all times; provided, however, that
nothing in this Section 4.7 shall prevent the Company from discontinuing the
operation or maintenance of any of such properties if such discontinuance is, in
the judgment of the Company, desirable in the conduct of its business or the
business of any Subsidiary and not disadvantageous in any material respect to
the Holders.
ARTICLE 5
SUCCESSOR CORPORATION
5.1 LIMITATION ON CONSOLIDATION, MERGER AND SALE OF ASSETS.
(a) The Company will not, in any
transaction or series of transactions, merge or consolidate with or into, or
sell, assign, convey, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of all or
substantially all of its properties and assets (as an entirety or substantially
as an entirety in one transaction or a series of related transactions), to any
Person or Persons, and the Company will not permit any of its Significant
Subsidiaries to enter into any such transaction or series of transactions if
such transaction or series of transactions, in the aggregate, would result in a
sale, assignment, conveyance, transfer, lease or other disposition of all or
substantially all of the properties and assets of the Company or the Company and
its Significant Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to any other Person or Persons,
unless at the time of and after giving effect thereto (i) either (A) if the
transaction or series of transactions is a merger or consolidation, the Company
shall be the surviving Person of such merger or consolidation, or (B) the Person
formed by such consolidation or into which the Company or such Significant
Subsidiary is merged or to which the properties and assets of the Company or
such Significant Subsidiary, as the case may be, are transferred (any such
surviving person or transferee Person being the "Surviving Entity") shall be a
corporation organized and existing under the laws of the United States of
America, any state thereof or the District of Columbia and shall expressly
assume by a supplemental indenture executed and delivered to the Trustee, in
form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, all the obligations of the Company
(including, without limitation, the obligation to pay the principal of, and
premium and interest, if any, on the Securities and the performance of the other
covenants) under the Securities of each Series and this Indenture, and in each
case, this Indenture shall remain in full force and effect; and (ii) immediately
before and immediately after giving effect to such transaction or series of
transactions on a pro forma basis (including, without limitation, any
Indebtedness incurred or anticipated to be incurred in connection with or in
respect of such transaction or series of transactions), no Default or Event of
Default shall have occurred and be continuing.
(b) In connection with any
consolidation, merger or transfer of assets contemplated by this Section 5.1,
the Company shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the Trustee, in form and
substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, an Officers' Certificate
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and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, merger or
transfer and the supplemental indenture in respect thereto comply with this
Section 5.1 and that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to
such transaction or transactions have been complied with.
5.2 SUCCESSOR PERSON SUBSTITUTED.
Upon any consolidation or merger, or any transfer of all or
substantially all of the assets of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary in
accordance with Section 5.1 above, the successor corporation formed by such
consolidation or into which the Company is merged or to which such transfer is
made shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and
power of, the Company under this Indenture with the same effect as if such
successor corporation had been named as the Company herein, and thereafter
(except with respect to any such transfer which is a lease) the predecessor
corporation shall be relieved of all obligations and covenants under this
Indenture and the Securities.
ARTICLE 6
DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES
6.1 EVENTS OF DEFAULT.
"Events of Default," wherever used herein with respect to Securities of
any Series, means any one of the following events, unless in the establishing
Board Resolution, supplemental indenture or Officers' Certificate, it is
provided that such Series shall not have the benefit of said Event of Default:
(1) there is a default in the payment of any principal
of, or premium, if any, on the Securities when the same becomes due and payable
at maturity, upon acceleration, redemption or otherwise;
(2) there is a default in the payment of any interest on
any Security of a Series when the same becomes due and payable and the Default
continues for a period of 30 days;
(3) the Company defaults in the observance or performance
of any other covenant in the Securities of a Series or this Indenture for 45
days after written notice from the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25%
in the aggregate principal amount of the Securities of such Series then
outstanding;
(4) there is a default or are defaults under one or more
agreements, instruments, mortgages, bonds, debentures or other evidences of
Indebtedness under which the Company or any Significant Subsidiary of the
Company then has outstanding Indebtedness in excess of $25 million, individually
or in the aggregate, and either (a) such Indebtedness is already due and payable
in full or (b) such default or defaults have resulted in the acceleration of the
maturity of such Indebtedness;
(5) a court of competent jurisdiction enters a final
judgment or judgments which can no longer be appealed for the payment of money
in excess of $25 million (not covered by insurance) against the Company or any
Significant Subsidiary and such judgment remains
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undischarged for a period of 60 consecutive days during which a stay of
enforcement of such judgment shall not be in effect;
(6) the Company or any Significant Subsidiary pursuant to
or within the meaning of any Bankruptcy Law:
(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 all or substantially all of its property,
(D) makes a general assignment for the benefit
of its creditors, or
(E) generally is not paying its debts as they
become due;
(7) a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order or
decree under any Bankruptcy Law that:
(A) is for relief against the Company or any
Significant Subsidiary in an involuntary case;
(B) appoints a Custodian of the Company or any
Significant Subsidiary or for all or substantially all of the property of the
Company or any Significant Subsidiary; or
(C) orders the liquidation of the Company or any
Significant Subsidiary, and the order or decree remains unstayed and in effect
for 60 days; or
(8) any other Event of Default provided with respect to
Securities of that Series, which is specified in a Board Resolution, a
supplemental indenture hereto or an Officers' Certificate, in accordance with
Section 2.2(18).
The term "Bankruptcy Law" means Title 11, U.S. Code or any similar
Federal or state law for the relief of debtors. The term "Custodian" means any
receiver, trustee, assignee, liquidator or similar official under any Bankruptcy
Law.
The Trustee may withhold notice of any Default (except in payment of
principal or premium, if any, or interest on the Securities) to the Holders of
the Securities of any Series in accordance with Section 7.5.
6.2 ACCELERATION.
If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of any Series at the
time outstanding (other than an Event of Default arising under Section 6.1(6) or
(7)) occurs and is continuing, the Trustee by written notice to the Company, or
the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate
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principal amount of the Securities of that Series then outstanding may by
written notice to the Company and the Trustee declare that the entire principal
amount of all the Securities of that Series then outstanding plus accrued and
unpaid interest to the date of acceleration are immediately due and payable, in
which case such amounts shall become immediately due and payable; provided,
however, that after such acceleration but before a judgment or decree based on
such acceleration is obtained by the Trustee, the Holders of a majority in
aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Securities of that Series may
rescind and annul such acceleration and its consequences if (i) all existing
Events of Default, other than the nonpayment of accelerated principal, premium,
if any, or interest that has become due solely because of the acceleration, have
been cured or waived, (ii) to the extent the payment of such interest is lawful,
interest on overdue installments of interest and overdue principal, which has
become due otherwise than by such declaration of acceleration, has been paid and
(iii) if the rescission would not conflict with any judgment or decree. No such
rescission shall affect any subsequent Default or impair any right consequent
thereto. In case an Event of Default specified in Section 6.1(6) or (7) with
respect to the Company occurs, such principal, premium, if any, and interest
amount with respect to all of the Securities of that Series shall be due and
payable immediately without any declaration or other act on the part of the
Trustee or the Holders of the Securities of that Series.
6.3 OTHER REMEDIES.
If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of any Series at the
time outstanding occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may pursue any available
remedy by proceeding at law or in equity to collect the payment of principal of,
or premium, if any, and 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 Trustee may maintain a proceeding even if it does not possess any
of the Securities of that Series or does not produce any of them in the
proceeding. A delay or omission by the Trustee or any Securityholder in
exercising any right or remedy accruing upon an Event of Default 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 to the extent permitted by law.
6.4 WAIVER OF PAST DEFAULTS AND EVENTS OF DEFAULT.
Subject to Sections 6.2, 6.7 and 8.2 hereof, the Holders of a majority
in principal amount of the Securities of any Series then outstanding have the
right to waive any existing Default or Event of Default with respect to such
Series or compliance with any provision of this Indenture (with respect to such
Series) or the Securities of such Series. Upon any such waiver, such Default
with respect to such Series shall cease to exist, and any Event of Default with
respect to such Series arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured for
every purpose of this Indenture; but no such waiver shall extend to any
subsequent or other Default or Event of Default or impair any right consequent
thereto.
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6.5 CONTROL BY MAJORITY.
The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities of any
Series then outstanding may direct the time, method and place of conducting any
proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or exercising any trust or
power conferred on the Trustee by this Indenture with respect to such Series.
The Trustee, however, may refuse to follow any direction that conflicts with law
or this Indenture or that the Trustee determines may be unduly prejudicial to
the rights of another Securityholder or that may involve the Trustee in personal
liability; provided that the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by
the Trustee which is not inconsistent with such direction.
6.6 LIMITATION ON SUITS.
Subject to Section 6.7 below, a Securityholder may not institute any
proceeding or pursue any remedy with respect to this Indenture or the Securities
of a Series unless:
(1) the Holder gives to the Trustee written notice of a
continuing Event of Default with respect to the Securities of that Series;
(2) the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal
amount of the Securities of such Series then outstanding make a written request
to the Trustee to pursue the remedy;
(3) such Holder or Holders offer to the Trustee indemnity
reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee against any loss, liability or expense to
be incurred in compliance with such request;
(4) the Trustee does not comply with the request within
60 days after receipt of the request and the offer of indemnity; and
(5) no direction inconsistent with such written request
has been given to the Trustee during such 60-day period by the Holders of a
majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of such Series then
outstanding.
A Securityholder may not use this Indenture to prejudice the rights of
another Securityholder or to obtain a preference or priority over another
Securityholder.
6.7 RIGHTS OF HOLDERS TO RECEIVE PAYMENT.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, the right of any
Holder of a Security of a Series to receive payment of principal of, or premium,
if any, and interest of the Security of such Series on or after the respective
due dates expressed in the Security of such Series, or to bring suit for the
enforcement of any such payment on or after such respective dates, is absolute
and unconditional and shall not be impaired or affected without the consent of
the Holder.
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6.8 COLLECTION SUIT BY TRUSTEE.
If an Event of Default in payment of principal, premium or interest
specified in Section 6.1(1) or (2) hereof with respect to Securities of any
Series at the time outstanding occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may recover
judgment in its own name and as trustee of an express trust against the Company
(or any other obligor on the Securities of that Series) for the whole amount of
unpaid principal and accrued interest remaining unpaid, together with interest
on overdue principal and, to the extent that payment of such interest is lawful,
interest on overdue installments of interest, in each case at the rate then
borne by the Securities of that Series, and such further amounts as shall be
sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including the
reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee,
its agents and counsel.
6.9 TRUSTEE MAY FILE PROOFS OF CLAIM.
The 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 the Trustee
(including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements
and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel) and the Securityholders
allowed in any judicial proceedings relative to the Company (or any other
obligor upon the Securities), any of their respective creditors or any of their
respective property and shall be entitled and empowered to collect and receive
any monies or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to
distribute the same after deduction of its charges and expenses to the extent
that any such charges and expenses are not paid out of the estate in any such
proceedings and any custodian in any such judicial proceeding is hereby
authorized by each Securityholder to make such payments to the Trustee, and in
the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly
to the Securityholders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due to it for the
reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee,
its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.7
hereof.
Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to
authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Securityholder any
plan or reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the
Securities of a Series or the rights of any Holder thereof, or to authorize the
Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Securityholder in any such
proceedings.
6.10 PRIORITIES.
If the Trustee collects any money pursuant to this Article 6, it shall
pay out the money in the following order:
FIRST: to the Trustee for amounts due under Section 7.7 hereof;
SECOND: to Securityholders for amounts then due and unpaid for
principal, premium, if any, and interest on the Securities in respect of which
or for the benefit of which such money has been collected, ratably, without
preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and payable on
such Securities for principal and any premium and interest, respectively; and
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THIRD: to the Company.
The Trustee may fix a record date and payment date for any payment to
Securityholders pursuant to this Section 6.10.
6.11 UNDERTAKING FOR COSTS.
In any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this
Indenture or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken 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 6.11 does not apply to a suit by the Trustee, a suit by a Holder
pursuant to Section 6.7 hereof or a suit by Holders of more than 10% in
principal amount of the Securities of a Series then outstanding.
ARTICLE 7
TRUSTEE
7.1 DUTIES OF TRUSTEE.
(a) If an Event of Default has occurred
and is continuing, the Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and powers
vested in it by this Indenture and use the same degree of care and skill in its
exercise as a prudent person would exercise or use under the same circumstances
in the conduct of his own affairs.
(b) Except during the continuance of an
Event of Default:
(1) The Trustee need perform
only those duties that are specifically set forth in this Indenture and no
covenants or obligations shall be implied in this Indenture against the Trustee.
(2) In the absence of bad
faith on its part, the Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the
statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon
certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the
requirements of this Indenture but, in the case of any such certificates or
opinions which by any provision hereof are specifically required to be furnished
to the Trustee, the Trustee shall be under a duty to examine the same to
determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of this Indenture.
(c) The 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 7.1.
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(2) The Trustee shall not be
liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer,
unless it is proved that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent
facts.
(3) The 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 Sections 6.2 and 6.5
hereof.
(d) No provision of this Indenture
shall require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any
financial liability in the performance of any of its rights or powers if it
shall have reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or
adequate indemnity satisfactory to it against such risk or liability is not
reasonably assured to it.
(e) Whether or not therein expressly so
provided, paragraphs (a), (b), (c) and (d) of this Section 7.1 shall govern
every provision of this Indenture that in any way relates to the Trustee.
(f) The Trustee shall not be liable for
interest on any money received by it except as the Trustee may agree in writing
with the Company. Money held in trust by the Trustee need not be segregated from
other funds except to the extent required by the law.
(g) The Paying Agent, the Registrar and
any authenticating agent shall be entitled to the protections, immunities and
standard of care set forth in paragraphs (a), (b), (c), and (d) of this Section
7.1 and in Section 7.2 with respect to the Trustee.
7.2 RIGHTS OF TRUSTEE.
(a) Subject to Section 7.1 hereof:
(1) The Trustee may rely on
and shall be protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any document
reasonably believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by
the proper person. The Trustee need not investigate any fact or matter stated in
the document.
(2) Before the Trustee acts or
refrains from acting, it may require an Officers' Certificate or an Opinion of
Counsel, or both, which shall conform to the provisions of Section 10.5 hereof.
The Trustee shall be protected and shall not be liable for any action it takes
or omits to take in good faith in reliance on such certificate or opinion.
(3) The Trustee may act
through agents and shall not be responsible for the misconduct or negligence of
any agent appointed by it with due care.
(4) The Trustee shall not be
liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith which it
reasonably believes to be authorized or within its rights or powers.
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(5) The Trustee may consult
with counsel of its selection, and the advice or opinion of such counsel as to
matters of law shall be full and complete authorization and protection from
liability in respect of any action taken, omitted or suffered by it hereunder in
good faith and in accordance with the advice or opinion of such counsel.
(6) The Trustee shall be under
no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this
Indenture at the request, order or direction of any of the Holders pursuant to
the provisions of this Indenture, unless such Holders shall have offered to the
Trustee reasonable security or indemnity against the costs, expenses and
liabilities which may be incurred therein or thereby.
(7) The Trustee shall not be
deemed to have knowledge of any fact or matter unless such fact or matter is
known to a Responsible Officer of the Trustee.
7.3 INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS OF TRUSTEE.
The Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become the
owner or pledgee of Securities and may make loans to, accept deposits from,
perform services for or otherwise deal with the Company, or any Affiliate
thereof, with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee. Any Agent
may do the same with like rights. The Trustee, however, shall be subject to
Sections 7.10 and 7.11 hereof.
7.4 TRUSTEE'S DISCLAIMER.
The Trustee makes no representation as to the validity or adequacy of
this Indenture or the Securities (except that the Trustee represents that it is
duly authorized to execute and deliver this Indenture and authenticate the
Securities and perform its obligations hereunder), it shall not be accountable
for the Company's use of the proceeds from the sale of Securities or any money
paid to the Company pursuant to the terms of this Indenture and it shall not be
responsible for any statement in the Securities other than its certificates of
authentication.
7.5 NOTICE OF DEFAULT.
If a Default or an Event of Default occurs and is continuing with
respect to the Securities of any Series and if it is known to the Trustee, the
Trustee shall mail to each Securityholder of the Securities of that Series
notice of the Default or the Event of Default, as the case may be, within 30
days after it occurs. Except in the case of a Default or an Event of Default in
payment of the principal of, or premium, if any, or interest on any Security of
any Series, the Trustee may withhold the notice if and so long as the Board of
Directors of the Trustee, the executive committee or any trust committee of such
board and/or its Responsible Officers in good faith determine(s) that
withholding the notice is in the interests of the Securityholders of that
Series.
7.6 REPORTS BY TRUSTEE TO HOLDERS.
If and to the extent required by the TIA, within 60 days after May 15
of each year, commencing the May 15 following the date of this Indenture, the
Trustee shall mail to each
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Securityholder a brief report dated as of such May 15 that complies with TIA
Section 313(a). The Trustee also shall comply with TIA Sections 313(b) and
313(c).
A copy of each report at the time of its mailing to Securityholders
shall be filed with the SEC and any stock exchange on which the Securities of
that Series are listed. The Company shall promptly notify the Trustee when the
Securities of any Series are listed on any stock exchange, and the Trustee shall
comply with TIA Section 313(d).
7.7 COMPENSATION AND INDEMNITY.
The Company shall pay to the Trustee from time to time reasonable
compensation for its services. The Trustee's compensation shall not be limited
by any provision of law on compensation of a trustee of an express trust. The
Company shall reimburse the Trustee upon request for all reasonable
disbursements, expenses and advances incurred or made by it in connection with
its duties under this Indenture, including the reasonable compensation,
disbursements and expenses of the Trustee's agents and counsel.
The Company shall indemnify the Trustee for, and hold it harmless
against, any and all loss or liability incurred by it in connection with the
acceptance or performance of its duties under this Indenture including the
reasonable costs and expenses of defending itself against any claim or liability
in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties
hereunder. The Trustee shall notify the Company promptly of any claim asserted
against the Trustee for which it may seek indemnity. However, the failure by the
Trustee to so notify the Company shall not relieve the Company of its
obligations. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company need not reimburse the
Trustee for any expense or indemnify it against any loss or liability incurred
by the Trustee through its negligence or bad faith.
To secure the payment obligations of the Company in this Section 7.7,
the Trustee shall have a Lien prior to the Securities of any Series on all money
or property held or collected by the Trustee, except such money or property held
in trust to pay principal of and interest and premium (if any) on particular
Securities of that Series.
When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services after an Event of
Default specified in Section 6.1(6) or (7) hereof occurs, the expenses and the
compensation for the services are intended to constitute expenses of
administration under any Bankruptcy Law.
For purposes of this Section 7.7, the term "Trustee" shall include any
trustee appointed pursuant to Article 9.
7.8 REPLACEMENT OF TRUSTEE.
The Trustee may resign with respect to the Securities of one or more
Series by so notifying the Company in writing at least 90 days in advance of
such resignation.
The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding
Securities of any Series may remove the Trustee with respect to that Series by
notifying the removed Trustee in writing and may appoint a successor Trustee
with respect to that Series with the written consent of the
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Company, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. The Company may
remove the Trustee with respect to that Series at its election if:
(1) the Trustee fails to comply with, or ceases to be
eligible under, Section 7.10 hereof;
(2) the Trustee is adjudged a bankrupt or an insolvent or
an order for relief is entered with respect to the Trustee under any Bankruptcy
Law;
(3) a Custodian or other public officer takes charge of
the Trustee or its property; or
(4) the Trustee otherwise becomes incapable of acting.
If the Trustee resigns or is removed or if a vacancy exists in the
office of Trustee with respect to any Series of Securities for any reason, the
Company shall promptly notify each Holder of such event and shall promptly
appoint a successor Trustee.
If a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more
Series does not take office within 60 days after the retiring Trustee resigns or
is removed, the retiring Trustee, the Company or the Holders of at least 10% in
principal amount of the outstanding Securities of the applicable Series may
petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor
Trustee.
If the Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more Series
fails to comply with Section 7.10 hereof, any Securityholder of the applicable
Series may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the
Trustee and the appointment of a successor Trustee.
A successor Trustee shall deliver a written acceptance of its
appointment to the retiring Trustee and to the Company. Immediately following
such delivery (i) the retiring Trustee with respect to one or more Series shall,
subject to its rights under Section 7.7 hereof, transfer all property held by it
as Trustee with respect to such Series to the successor Trustee, (ii) the
resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective, and (iii)
the successor Trustee with respect to such Series shall have all the rights,
powers and duties of the Trustee under this Indenture. A successor Trustee with
respect to the Securities of one or more Series shall mail notice of its
succession to each Securityholder of such Series.
7.9 SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE BY CONSOLIDATION, MERGER OR CONVERSION.
If the Trustee consolidates with, merges or converts into, or transfers
all or substantially all of its corporate trust assets to, another corporation,
subject to Section 7.10 hereof, the successor corporation without any further
act shall be the successor Trustee.
7.10 ELIGIBILITY; DISQUALIFICATION.
This Indenture shall always have a Trustee who satisfies the
requirements of TIA Sections 310(a)(1), (2) and (5) in every respect. The
Trustee shall have a combined capital and surplus of at least $100,000,000 as
set forth in its most recent published annual report of
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condition. The Trustee shall comply with TIA Section 310(b), including the
provision in Section 310(b)(1). If at any time the Trustee shall cease to be
eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section 7.10, it shall resign
immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in this Article 7.
7.11 PREFERENTIAL COLLECTION OF CLAIMS AGAINST COMPANY.
The 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
therein.
7.12 PAYING AGENTS.
The Company shall cause each Paying Agent other than the Trustee to
execute and deliver to it and the Trustee an instrument in which such agent
shall agree with the Trustee, subject to the provisions of this Section 7.12:
(1) that it will hold all sums held by it as agent for
the payment of principal of, or premium, if any, or interest on, the Securities
(whether such sums have been paid to it by the Company or by any obligor on the
Securities) in trust for the benefit of Holders of the Securities or the
Trustee;
(2) that it will at any time during the continuance of
any Event of Default, upon written request from the Trustee, deliver to the
Trustee all sums so held in trust by it together with a full accounting thereof;
and
(3) that it will give the Trustee written notice within
three (3) Business Days of any failure of the Company (or by any obligor on the
Securities) in the payment of any installment of the principal of, premium, if
any, or interest on, the Securities when the same shall be due and payable.
ARTICLE 8
AMENDMENTS, SUPPLEMENTS AND WAIVERS
8.1 WITHOUT CONSENT OF HOLDERS.
The Company, when authorized by a Board Resolution, and the Trustee may
amend or supplement this Indenture or the Securities of one or more Series
without notice to or consent of any Securityholder:
(1) to comply with Section 5.1 hereof;
(2) to provide for uncertificated Securities in addition
to certificated Securities;
(3) to comply with any requirements of the SEC under the
TIA;
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(4) to cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency, or to
make any other change that does not adversely affect the rights of any
Securityholder;
(5) to provide for the issuance of and establish the form
and terms and conditions of Securities of any Series as permitted by this
Indenture; or
(6) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of
appointment hereunder by a successor 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 to provide for or facilitate the administration
of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee.
The Trustee is hereby authorized to join with the Company in
the execution of any supplemental indenture authorized or permitted by the terms
of this Indenture and to make any further appropriate agreements and
stipulations which may be therein contained, but the Trustee shall not be
obligated to enter into any such supplemental indenture which adversely affects
its own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture.
8.2 WITH CONSENT OF HOLDERS.
(a) The Company, when authorized by a
Board Resolution, and the Trustee may amend or supplement this Indenture or the
Securities of one or more Series with the written consent of the Holders of not
less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Securities
of such Series affected by such amendment or supplement without notice to any
Securityholder. The Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal
amount of the outstanding Securities of each such Series affected by such
amendment or supplement may waive compliance in a particular instance by the
Company with any provision of this Indenture or the Securities of such Series
without notice to any Securityholder. Subject to Section 8.4, without the
consent of each Securityholder affected, however, an amendment, supplement or
waiver, including a waiver pursuant to Section 6.4, may not:
(1) reduce the amount of
Securities whose Holders must consent to an amendment, supplement or waiver to
this Indenture or the Securities;
(2) reduce the rate of or
change the time for payment of interest on any Security;
(3) reduce the principal or
change the Stated Maturity of any Security or reduce the amount of, or postpone
the date fixed for, the payment of any sinking fund or analogous obligation;
(4) make any Security payable
in money other than that stated in the Security;
(5) change the amount or time
of any payment required by the Securities or reduce the premium payable upon any
redemption of the Securities, or change the time before which no such redemption
may be made;
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(6) waive a Default or Event
of Default in the payment of the principal of or interest or premium, if any, on
any Security (except a rescission of acceleration of the Securities of any
Series by the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the
outstanding Securities of such Series and a waiver of the payment default that
resulted from such acceleration);
(7) waive a redemption payment
with respect to any Security or change any of the provisions with respect to the
redemption of any Securities;
(8) make any changes in
Sections 6.4 or 6.7 hereof or this Section 8.2, except to increase any
percentage of Securities the Holders of which must consent to any matter; or; or
(9) take any other action
otherwise prohibited by this Indenture to be taken without the consent of each
holder affected thereby.
(b) Upon the request of the Company,
accompanied by a Board Resolution authorizing the execution of any such
supplemental indenture, and upon the receipt by the Trustee of evidence
reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee of the consent of the Securityholders as
aforesaid and upon receipt by the Trustee of the documents described in Section
8.6 hereof, the Trustee shall join with the Company in the execution of such
supplemental indenture unless such supplemental indenture affects the Trustee's
own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture, in which case the Trustee
may in its discretion, but shall not be obligated to, enter into such
supplemental indenture.
(c) It shall not be necessary for the
consent of the Holders under this section to approve the particular form of any
proposed amendment, supplement or waiver, but it shall be sufficient if such
consent approves the substance thereof.
8.3 COMPLIANCE WITH TRUST INDENTURE ACT.
Every amendment to or supplement of this Indenture or the Securities
shall comply with the TIA as then in effect.
8.4 REVOCATION AND EFFECT OF CONSENTS.
Until an amendment, supplement, waiver or other action becomes
effective, a consent to it by a Holder of a Security is a continuing consent
conclusive and binding upon such Holder and every subsequent Holder of the same
Security or portion thereof, and of any Security issued upon the transfer
thereof or in exchange therefor or in place thereof, even if notation of the
consent is not made on any such Security. Any such Holder or subsequent Holder,
however, may revoke the consent as to his Security or portion of a Security, if
the Trustee receives the notice of revocation before the date the amendment,
supplement, waiver or other action becomes effective.
The Company may, but shall not be obligated to, fix a record date for
the purpose of determining the Holders entitled to consent to any amendment,
supplement, or waiver which record date shall be at least 30 days prior to the
first solicitation of such consent. If a record date is fixed, then,
notwithstanding the preceding paragraph, those Persons who were Holders at such
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record date (or their duly designated proxies), and only such Persons, shall be
entitled to consent to such amendment, supplement, or waiver or to revoke any
consent previously given, whether or not such Persons continue to be Holders
after such record date. No such consent shall be valid or effective for more
than 90 days after such record date without the applicable amendment, supplement
or waiver becoming effective.
After an amendment, supplement, waiver or other action becomes
effective, it shall bind every Securityholder, unless it makes a change
described in any of clauses (1) through (9) of Section 8.2 hereof. In that case
the amendment, supplement, waiver or other action shall bind each Holder of a
Security who has consented to it and every subsequent Holder of a Security or
portion of a Security that evidences the same debt as the consenting Holder's
Security; provided that any such waiver shall not impair or affect the right of
any Holder to receive payment of principal of and interest and premium (if any)
on a Security, on or after the respective due dates expressed in such Security,
or to bring suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after such
respective dates without the consent of such Holder.
8.5 NOTATION ON OR EXCHANGE OF SECURITIES.
If an amendment, supplement, or waiver changes the terms of a Security
of any Series, the Trustee may request the Holder of such Security to deliver it
to the Trustee. In such case, the Trustee shall place an appropriate notation on
such Security about the changed terms and return it to the Holder.
Alternatively, if the Company or the Trustee so determines, the Company in
exchange for such Security shall issue and the Trustee shall authenticate a new
security that reflects the changed terms. Failure to make the appropriate
notation or issue a new Security shall not affect the validity and effect of
such amendment, supplement or waiver.
8.6 TRUSTEE TO SIGN AMENDMENTS, ETC.
The Trustee shall sign any amendment, supplement or waiver authorized
pursuant to this Article 8 if the amendment, supplement or waiver does not
adversely affect the rights, duties, liabilities or immunities of the Trustee.
If it does, the Trustee may, but need not, sign it. In signing or refusing to
sign such amendment, supplement or waiver the Trustee shall be entitled to
receive and, subject to Section 7.1 hereof, shall be fully protected in relying
upon an Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel stating that such
amendment, supplement or waiver is authorized or permitted by this Indenture.
The Company may not sign an amendment or supplement until the Board of Directors
of the Company approves it.
ARTICLE 9
DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE; DEFEASANCE
9.1 DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE.
The Company may terminate its obligations under the Securities of any
Series and this Indenture with respect to such Series, except the obligations
referred to in the last paragraph of this Section 9.1, if there shall have been
canceled by the Trustee or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation all
Securities of such Series theretofore authenticated and delivered (other than
any Securities of such Series that are asserted to have been destroyed, lost or
stolen and that shall
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have been replaced as provided in Section 2.8 hereof) and the Company has paid
all sums payable by it hereunder or deposited all required sums with the
Trustee.
After such delivery the Trustee upon request shall acknowledge in
writing the discharge of the Company's obligations under the Securities of such
Series and this Indenture except for those surviving obligations specified
below.
Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, the
obligations of the Company in Sections 7.7, 9.5 and 9.6 hereof shall survive.
9.2 LEGAL DEFEASANCE.
The Company may at its option, by Board Resolution, be discharged from
its obligations with respect to the Securities of any Series on the date the
conditions set forth in Section 9.4 below are satisfied (hereinafter, "Legal
Defeasance"). For this purpose, such Legal Defeasance means that the Company
shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire indebtedness represented
by the Securities of such Series and to have satisfied all its other obligations
under such Securities and this Indenture insofar as such Securities are
concerned (and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall, subject to
Section 9.6 hereof, execute proper instruments acknowledging the same), except
for the following which shall survive until otherwise terminated or discharged
hereunder: (A) the rights of Holders of outstanding Securities of such Series to
receive solely from the trust funds described in Section 9.4 hereof and as more
fully set forth in such section, payments in respect of the principal of,
premium, if any, and interest on the Securities of such Series when such
payments are due, (B) the Company's obligations with respect to the Securities
of such Series under Sections 2.4, 2.5, 2.6, 2.7, 2.8 and 2.9 hereof, (C) the
rights, powers, trusts, duties, and immunities of the Trustee hereunder
(including claims of, or payments to, the Trustee under or pursuant to Section
7.7 hereof) and (D) this Article 9. Subject to compliance with this Article 9,
the Company may exercise its option under this Section 9.2 with respect to the
Securities of any Series notwithstanding the prior exercise of its option under
Section 9.3 below with respect to the Securities of such Series.
9.3 COVENANT DEFEASANCE.
At the option of the Company, pursuant to a Board Resolution, the
Company shall be released from its obligations under Sections 4.2 through 4.7
hereof, inclusive, and Section 5.1 hereof, with respect to the outstanding
Securities of any Series, on and after the date the conditions set forth in
Section 9.4 hereof are satisfied (hereinafter, "Covenant Defeasance"). For this
purpose, such Covenant Defeasance means that the Company may omit to comply with
and shall have no liability in respect of any term, condition or limitation set
forth in any such specified section or portion thereof, whether directly or
indirectly by reason of any reference elsewhere herein to any such specified
Section or portion thereof or by reason of any reference in any such specified
section or portion thereof to any other provision herein or in any other
document, but the remainder of this Indenture and the Securities of any Series
shall be unaffected thereby.
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9.4 CONDITIONS TO LEGAL DEFEASANCE OR COVENANT DEFEASANCE.
The following shall be the conditions to application of Section 9.2 or
Section 9.3 hereof to the outstanding Securities of a Series:
(1) the Company shall irrevocably have deposited or
caused to be deposited with the Trustee (or another trustee satisfying the
requirements of Section 7.10 hereof who shall agree to comply with the
provisions of this Article 9 applicable to it) as funds in trust for the purpose
of making the following payments, specifically pledged as security for, and
dedicated solely to, the benefit of the Holders of the Securities, (A) money in
an amount, or (B) U.S. Government Obligations or Foreign Government Obligations
which through the scheduled payment of principal and interest in respect thereof
in accordance with their terms will provide, not later than the due date of any
payment, money in an amount, or (C) a combination thereof, sufficient, in the
opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants
expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, to pay
and discharge, and which shall be applied by the Trustee (or other qualifying
trustee) to pay and discharge, the principal of, premium, if any, and accrued
interest on the outstanding Securities of such Series at the Stated Maturity of
such principal, premium, if any, or interest, or on dates for payment and
redemption of such principal, premium, if any, and interest selected in
accordance with the terms of this Indenture and of the Securities of such
Series;
(2) no Event of Default or Default with respect to the
Securities of such Series shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of
such deposit, or shall have occurred and be continuing at any time during the
period ending on the 91st day after the date of such deposit or, if longer,
ending on the day following the expiration of the longest preference period
under any Bankruptcy Law applicable to the Company in respect of such deposit
(it being understood that this condition shall not be deemed satisfied until the
expiration of such period);
(3) such Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall
not cause the Trustee to have a conflicting interest for purposes of the TIA
with respect to any securities of the Company;
(4) such Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall
not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute default under any other
agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party or by which it is bound;
(5) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an
Opinion of Counsel stating that, as a result of such Legal Defeasance or
Covenant Defeasance, neither the trust nor the Trustee will be required to
register as an investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended;
(6) in the case of an election under Section 9.2 above,
the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel stating
that (i) the Company has received from, or there has been published by, the
Internal Revenue Service a ruling to the effect that or (ii) there has been a
change in any applicable Federal income tax law with the effect that, and such
opinion shall confirm that, the Holders of the outstanding Securities of such
Series or persons in their positions will not recognize income, gain or loss for
Federal income tax purposes
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solely as a result of such Legal Defeasance and will be subject to Federal
income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner, including as a result of
prepayment, and at the same times as would have been the case if such Legal
Defeasance had not occurred;
(7) in the case of an election under Section 9.3 hereof,
the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the
effect that the Holders of the outstanding Securities of such Series will not
recognize income, gain or loss for Federal income tax purposes as a result of
such Covenant Defeasance and will be subject to Federal income tax on the same
amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if
such Covenant Defeasance had not occurred;
(8) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an
Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all
conditions precedent provided for in this Article 9 relating to either the Legal
Defeasance under Section 9.2 above or the Covenant Defeasance under Section 9.3
hereof (as the case may be) have been complied with;
(9) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an
Officers' Certificate stating that the deposit under clause (1) was not made by
the Company with the intent of defeating, hindering, delaying or defrauding any
creditors of the Company or others; and
(10) the Company shall have paid or duly provided for
payment under terms mutually satisfactory to the Company and the Trustee all
amounts then due to the Trustee pursuant to Section 7.7 hereof.
9.5 DEPOSITED MONEY AND U.S. AND FOREIGN GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS TO
BE HELD IN TRUST; OTHER MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS.
All money, U.S. Government Obligations and Foreign Government
Obligations (including the proceeds thereof) deposited with the Trustee pursuant
to Section 9.4 hereof in respect of the outstanding Securities shall be held in
trust and applied by the Trustee, in accordance with the provisions of such
Securities and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any
Paying Agent as the Trustee may determine, to the Holders of such Securities, of
all sums due and to become due thereon in respect of principal, premium, if any,
and accrued interest, but such money need not be segregated from other funds
except to the extent required by law.
The Company shall pay and indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or
other charge imposed on or assessed against the U.S. Government Obligations and
Foreign Government Obligations deposited pursuant to Section 9.4 hereof or the
principal, premium, if any, and interest received in respect thereof other than
any such tax, fee or other charge which by law is for the account of the Holders
of the outstanding Securities.
Anything in this Article 9 to the contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee
shall deliver or pay to the Company from time to time upon Company Request any
money, U.S. Government Obligations or Foreign Government Obligations held by it
as provided in Section 9.4 hereof which, in the opinion of a nationally
recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written
certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, are in excess of the amount
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thereof which would then be required to be deposited to effect an equivalent
Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.
9.6 REINSTATEMENT.
If the Trustee or Paying Agent is unable to apply any money, U.S.
Government Obligations or Foreign Government Obligations in accordance with
Section 9.1, 9.2, 9.3 or 9.4 hereof 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 Securities shall be revived and
reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to this Article 9 until
such time as the Trustee or Paying Agent is permitted to apply all such money,
U.S. Government Obligations or Foreign Government Obligations, as the case may
be, in accordance with Section 9.1, 9.2, 9.3 or 9.4 hereof; provided, however,
that if the Company has made any payment of principal of, premium, if any, or
accrued interest on any Securities because of the reinstatement of their
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 Foreign Government Obligations held by the Trustee or Paying
Agent.
9.7 MONEYS HELD BY PAYING AGENT.
In connection with the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture,
all moneys then held by any Paying Agent under the provisions of this Indenture
shall, upon demand of the Company, be paid to the Trustee, or if sufficient
moneys have been deposited pursuant to Section 9.1 hereof, to the Company, and
thereupon such Paying Agent shall be released from all further liability with
respect to such moneys.
9.8 MONEYS HELD BY TRUSTEE.
Any moneys deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent or then held
by the Company in trust for the payment of the principal of, or premium, if any,
or interest on any Security that are not applied but remain unclaimed by the
Holder of such Security for two years after the date upon which the principal
of, or premium, if any, or interest on such Security shall have respectively
become due and payable shall be repaid to the Company upon Company Request, or
if such moneys are then held by the Company in trust, such moneys shall be
released from such trust; and the Holder of such Security entitled to receive
such payment shall thereafter, as an unsecured general creditor, look only to
the Company for the payment thereof, and all liability of the Trustee or such
Paying Agent with respect to such trust money shall thereupon cease; provided,
however, that the Trustee or any such Paying Agent, before being required to
make any such repayment, may, at the expense of the Company, either mail to each
Securityholder affected, at the address shown in the register of the Securities
maintained by the Registrar or cause to be published once a week for two
successive weeks, in a newspaper published in the English language, customarily
published each Business Day and of general circulation in the City of New York,
New York, a notice that such money remains unclaimed and that, after a date
specified therein, which shall not be less than 30 days from the date of such
mailing or publication, any unclaimed balance of such moneys then remaining will
be repaid to the Company. After payment to the Company or the release of any
money held in trust by the
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Company, Securityholders entitled to the money must look only to the Company for
payment as general creditors unless applicable abandoned property law designates
another person.
ARTICLE 10
MISCELLANEOUS
10.1 TRUST INDENTURE ACT CONTROLS.
If any provision of this Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with
another provision which is required to be included in this Indenture by the TIA,
the required provision shall control. If any provision of this Indenture
modifies or excludes any provision of the TIA which may be so modified or
excluded, the latter provision shall be deemed to apply to this Indenture as so
modified or to be excluded, as the case may be.
10.2 NOTICES.
Any notice or communication shall be given in writing and delivered in
person, sent by facsimile, delivered by commercial courier service or mailed by
first-class mail, postage prepaid, addressed as follows:
If to the Company:
Lamar Advertising Company
5551 Corporate Boulevard
Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70808
Attention: Chief Financial Officer
Copy to:
Palmer & Dodge LLP
111 Huntington Avenue
Boston, Massachusetts 02199
Attention: George Ticknor, Esq.
If to the Trustee:
Wachovia Bank of Delaware, National Association
Corporate Trust Administration
9300 Shelbyville Road, Suite 507
Louisville, Kentucky 40222
Attention: Mr. Brian K. Justice
The Company or the Trustee by written notice to the other may designate
additional or different addresses for subsequent notices or communications. Any
notice or communication to the Company or the Trustee shall be deemed to have
been given or made as of the date so delivered if personally delivered; when
answered back, if telexed; when receipt is acknowledged, if telecopied; and five
(5) calendar days after mailing if sent by registered or certified mail,
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postage prepaid (except that a notice of change of address shall not be deemed
to have been given until actually received by the addressee).
Any notice or communication mailed to a Securityholder shall be mailed
to him by first-class mail, postage prepaid, at his address shown on the
register kept by the Registrar. In addition, notices or communications to
Securityholders shall be given by release made to Reuters Economic Services and
Bloomberg Business News.
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 to a Securityholder is mailed in
the manner provided above, it shall be deemed duly given five (5) calendar days
after mailing, whether or not the addressee receives it.
In case by reason of the suspension of regular mail service, or by
reason of any other cause, it shall be impossible to mail any notice as required
by this Indenture, then such method of notification as shall be made with the
approval of the Trustee shall constitute a sufficient mailing of such notice.
In the case of Global Securities, notices or communications to be given
to Securityholders shall be given to the Depositary, in accordance with its
applicable policies as in effect from time to time.
10.3 COMMUNICATIONS BY HOLDERS WITH OTHER HOLDERS.
Securityholders of any Series may communicate pursuant to TIA Section
312(b) with other Securityholders of that Series or any other Series with
respect to their rights under this Indenture or the Securities of that Series or
any other Series. The Company, the Trustee, the Registrar and anyone else shall
have the protection of TIA Section 312(c).
10.4 CERTIFICATE AND OPINION AS TO CONDITIONS PRECEDENT.
Upon any request or application by the Company to the Trustee to take
any action under this Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee:
(1) an Officers' Certificate (which shall include the
statements set forth in Section 10.5 below) 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 (which shall include the
statements set forth in Section 10.5 below) stating that, in the opinion of such
counsel, all such conditions precedent have been complied with.
10.5 STATEMENT REQUIRED IN CERTIFICATE AND OPINION.
Each certificate and opinion with respect to compliance with a
condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture shall include:
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(1) a statement that the Person making such certificate
or opinion has read 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 Person, it
or he has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable it or
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 Person, such covenant or condition has been complied with.
10.6 RULES BY TRUSTEE AND AGENTS.
The Trustee may make reasonable rules for action by or at meetings of
Securityholders. The Registrar and Paying Agent may make reasonable rules for
their functions.
10.7 BUSINESS DAYS; LEGAL HOLIDAYS.
A "Business Day" is a day that is not a Legal Holiday. A "Legal
Holiday" is a Saturday, a Sunday, a federally recognized holiday or a day on
which banking institutions are not required to be open in the State of New York
or the Commonwealth of Kentucky.
If a payment date is a Legal Holiday at a place of payment, payment may
be made at that place on the next succeeding day that is not a Legal Holiday,
and no interest shall accrue for the intervening period.
10.8 GOVERNING LAW.
THIS INDENTURE AND THE SECURITIES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, AS APPLIED TO CONTRACTS MADE
AND PERFORMED WITHIN THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO PRINCIPLES OF
CONFLICTS OF LAW. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO AGREES TO SUBMIT TO THE
JURISDICTION OF THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING
ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS INDENTURE OR THE SECURITIES.
10.9 NO ADVERSE INTERPRETATION OF OTHER AGREEMENTS.
This Indenture may not be used to interpret another indenture, loan,
security or debt agreement of the Company or any Subsidiary thereof. No such
indenture, loan, security or debt agreement may be used to interpret this
Indenture.
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10.10 NO RECOURSE AGAINST OTHERS.
A director, officer, employee, stockholder or incorporator, as such, of
the Company shall not have any liability for any obligations of the Company
under the Securities or the Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of
or by reason of such obligations or their creations. Each Securityholder by
accepting a Security waives and releases all such liability. Such waiver and
release are part of the consideration for the issuance of the Securities.
10.11 SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS.
All agreements of the Company in this Indenture and the Securities
shall bind its successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not. All
agreements of the Trustee, any additional trustee and any Paying Agents in this
Indenture shall bind their respective successors and assigns.
10.12 MULTIPLE COUNTERPARTS.
The parties may sign multiple counterparts of this Indenture. Each
signed counterpart shall be deemed an original, but all of them together
represent one and the same agreement.
10.13 TABLE OF CONTENTS, HEADINGS, ETC.
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 to be considered a part hereof, and shall in no way
modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof.
10.14 SEPARABILTY.
Each provision of this Indenture shall be considered separable and if
for any reason any provision which is not essential to the effectuation of the
basic purpose of this Indenture or the Securities shall be invalid, illegal or
unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining
provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
10.15 SECURITIES IN A FOREIGN CURRENCY OR IN ECU.
Unless otherwise specified in a Board Resolution, a supplemental
indenture hereto or an Officers' Certificate delivered pursuant to Section 2.2
of this Indenture with respect to a particular Series of Securities, whenever
for purposes of this Indenture any action may be taken by the Holders of a
specified percentage in aggregate principal amount of Securities of all Series
or all Series affected by a particular action at the time outstanding and, at
such time, there are outstanding Securities of any Series which are denominated
in a coin or currency other than Dollars (including ECU), then the principal
amount of Securities of such Series which shall be deemed to be outstanding for
the purpose of taking such action shall be that amount of Dollars that could be
obtained for such amount at the Market Exchange Rate at such time. For purposes
of this Section 10.16, "Market Exchange Rate" shall mean the noon Dollar buying
rate in New York City for cable transfers of that currency as published by the
Federal Reserve Bank of New York; provided, however, in the case of ECUs, Market
Exchange Rate shall mean the rate of exchange determined by the Commission of
the European Union (or any successor thereto) as
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published in the Official Journal of the European Union (such publication or any
successor publication, the "Journal"). If such Market Exchange Rate is not
available for any reason with respect to such currency, the Trustee shall use,
in its sole discretion and without liability on its part, such quotation of the
Federal Reserve Bank of New York or, in the case of ECUs, the rate of exchange
as published in the Journal, as of the most recent available date, or quotations
or, in the case of ECUs, rates of exchange from one or more major banks in The
City of New York or in the country of issue of the currency in question or, in
the case of ECUs, in Luxembourg or such other quotations or, in the case of
ECUs, rates of exchange as the Trustee, upon consultation with the Company,
shall deem appropriate. The provisions of this paragraph shall apply in
determining the equivalent principal amount in respect of Securities of a Series
denominated in currency other than Dollars in connection with any action taken
by Holders of Securities pursuant to the terms of this Indenture.
All decisions and determinations of the Trustee regarding the Market
Exchange Rate or any alternative determination provided for in the preceding
paragraph shall be in its sole discretion and shall, in the absence of manifest
error, be conclusive to the extent permitted by law for all purposes and
irrevocably binding upon the Company and all Holders.
10.16 JUDGMENT CURRENCY.
The Company agrees, to the fullest extent that it may effectively do so
under applicable law, that (a) if for the purpose of obtaining judgment in any
court it is necessary to convert the sum due in respect of the principal of or
interest or premium (if any) or other amount on the Securities of any Series
(the "Required Currency") into a currency in which a judgment will be rendered
(the "Judgment Currency"), the rate of exchange used shall be the rate at which
in accordance with normal banking procedures the Trustee could purchase in The
City of New York the Required Currency with the Judgment Currency on the day on
which final unappealable judgment is entered, unless such day is not a New York
Banking Day, then, the rate of exchange used shall be the rate at which in
accordance with normal banking procedures the Trustee could purchase in The City
of New York the Required Currency with the Judgment Currency on the New York
Banking Day preceding the day on which final unappealable judgment is entered
and (b) its obligations under this Indenture to make payments in the Required
Currency (i) shall not be discharged or satisfied by any tender, any recovery
pursuant to any judgment (whether or not entered in accordance with subsection
(a)), in any currency other than the Required Currency, except to the extent
that such tender or recovery shall result in the actual receipt, by the payee,
of the full amount of the Required Currency expressed to be payable in respect
of such payments, (ii) shall be enforceable as an alternative or additional
cause of action for the purpose of recovering in the Required Currency the
amount, if any, by which such actual receipt shall fall short of the full amount
of the Required Currency so expressed to be payable, and (iii) shall not be
affected by judgment being obtained for any other sum due under this Indenture.
For purposes of the foregoing, "New York Banking Day" means any day except a
Saturday, Sunday or a legal holiday in The City of New York on which banking
institutions are authorized or required by law, regulation or executive order to
close.
This instrument may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of
which so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts
shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.
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I IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to
be duly executed as of the day and year first above written.
LAMAR ADVERTISING COMPANY
By: /s/ Keith A. Istre
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Name: Keith A. Istre
Title: Chief Financial Officer
WACHOVIA BANK OF DELAWARE,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
By: /s/ Brian K. Justice
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Name: Brian K. Justice
Title: Vice President
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