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EXHIBIT (4)(d)
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BANPONCE CORPORATION
TO
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF CHICAGO
TRUSTEE
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INDENTURE
DATED AS OF FEBRUARY 15, 1995
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BANPONCE CORPORATION
CERTAIN SECTIONS OF THIS INDENTURE RELATING TO
SECTIONS 310 THROUGH 318, INCLUSIVE, OF THE
TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939;
Trust Indenture
Act Section Indenture Section
ss. 310 (a)(1) ............................................ 609
(a)(2) ............................................ 609
(a)(3) ............................................ Not Applicable
(a)(4) ............................................ Not Applicable
(b) ............................................ 608
610
ss. 311 (a) ............................................ 613
(b) ............................................ 613
ss. 312 (a) ............................................ 701
702(a)
(b) ............................................ 702(b)
(c) ............................................ 702(c)
ss. 313 (a) ............................................ 703(a)
(b) ............................................ 703(a)
(c) ............................................ 703(a)
(d) ............................................ 703(b)
ss. 314 (a) ............................................ 704
(a)(4) ............................................ 101
1004
(b) ............................................ Not Applicable
(c)(1) ............................................ 102
(c)(2) ............................................ 102
(c)(3) ............................................ Not Applicable
(d) ............................................ Not Applicable
(e) ............................................ 102
ss. 315 (a) ............................................ 601
(b) ............................................ 602
(c) ............................................ 601
(d) ............................................ 601
(e) ............................................ 514
ss. 316 (a) ............................................ 101
(a)(1)(A) ............................................ 502
512
(a)(1)(B) ............................................ 513
(a)(2) ............................................ Not Applicable
(b) ............................................ 508
(c) ............................................ 104(c)
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ss. 317 (a)(1) ............................................ 503
(a)(2) ............................................ 504
(b) ............................................ 1003
ss. 318 (a) ............................................ 107
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NOTE: This reconciliation and tie shall not, for any purpose, be
deemed to be a part of the Indenture.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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PARTIES ......................................................................................... 1
RECITALS OF THE COMPANY.......................................................................... 1
ARTICLE ONE
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION
Section 101. Definitions........................................................... 1
Act................................................................... 2
Additional Amounts.................................................... 2
Affiliate; control.................................................... 2
Authenticating Agent.................................................. 2
Banco Popular......................................................... 2
Board of Directors.................................................... 2
Board Resolution...................................................... 2
Business Day.......................................................... 2
Commission............................................................ 3
Company............................................................... 3
Company Request; Company Order........................................ 3
Controlled Subsidiary................................................. 3
Corporate Trust Office................................................ 3
corporation........................................................... 3
Defaulted Interest.................................................... 3
Depositary............................................................ 3
Event of Default...................................................... 3
Global Security....................................................... 4
Holder................................................................ 4
Indenture............................................................. 4
interest.............................................................. 4
Interest Payment Date................................................. 4
Material Banking Subsidiary........................................... 4
Maturity.............................................................. 4
Officers' Certificate................................................. 5
Opinion of Counsel.................................................... 5
Original Issue Discount Security...................................... 5
Outstanding........................................................... 5
Paying Agent.......................................................... 6
Person................................................................ 6
Place of Payment...................................................... 6
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NOTE: This table of contents shall not, for any purpose, be deemed
to be a part of the Indenture.
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Predecessor Security.................................................. 6
Redemption Date....................................................... 6
Redemption Price...................................................... 6
Regular Record Date................................................... 7
Securities............................................................ 7
Security Register and Security
Registrar.......................................................... 7
Special Record Date................................................... 7
Stated Maturity....................................................... 7
Subsidiary............................................................ 7
Taxes................................................................. 7
Trustee............................................................... 7
Trust Indenture Act................................................... 7
Vice President........................................................ 8
Voting Stock.......................................................... 8
Section 102. Compliance Certificates and Opinions.................................. 8
Section 103. Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee................................ 9
Section 104. Acts of Holders; Record Dates......................................... 9
Section 105. Notices, Etc., to Trustee and Company................................. 12
Section 106. Notice to Holders; Waiver............................................. 12
Section 107. Conflict with Trust Indenture Act..................................... 13
Section 108. Effect of Headings and
Table of Contents.................................................. 13
Section 109. Successors and Assigns................................................ 13
Section 110. Separability Clause................................................... 13
Section 111. Benefits of Indenture................................................. 13
Section 112. Governing Law......................................................... 14
Section 113. Legal Holidays........................................................ 14
Section 114. Appointment of Agent for Service...................................... 14
ARTICLE TWO
SECURITY FORMS
Section 201. Forms Generally....................................................... 15
Section 202. Form of Face of Security.............................................. 15
Section 203. Form of Reverse of Security........................................... 17
Section 204. Form of Trustee's Certificate of
Authentication..................................................... 22
Section 205. Additional Provisions Required
in Global Security................................................. 22
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ARTICLE THREE
THE SECURITIES
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Section 301. Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series.................................. 22
Section 302. Denominations......................................................... 26
Section 303. Execution, Authentication, Delivery
and Dating......................................................... 26
Section 304. Temporary Securities.................................................. 28
Section 305. Registration, Registration of Transfer
and Exchange....................................................... 29
Section 306. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen
Securities......................................................... 31
Section 307. Payment of Interest; Interest Rights
Preserved.......................................................... 32
Section 308. Persons Deemed Owners................................................. 33
Section 309. Cancellation.......................................................... 34
Section 310. Computation of Interest............................................... 34
ARTICLE FOUR
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
Section 401. Satisfaction and Discharge of
Indenture.......................................................... 34
Section 402. Application of Trust Money............................................ 36
ARTICLE FIVE
REMEDIES
Section 501. Events of Default..................................................... 36
Section 502. Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission
and Annulment...................................................... 39
Section 503. Collection of Indebtedness and Suits
for Enforcement by Trustee......................................... 40
Section 504. Trustee May File Proofs of Claims..................................... 41
Section 505. Trustee May Enforce Claims Without
Possession of Securities........................................... 42
Section 506. Application of Money Collected........................................ 42
Section 507. Limitation on Suits................................................... 42
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Section 508. Unconditional Right of Holders to
Receive Principal, Premium and
Interest........................................................... 43
Section 509. Restoration of Rights and Remedies.................................... 43
Section 510. Rights and Remedies Cumulative........................................ 44
Section 511. Delay or Omission Not Waiver.......................................... 44
Section 512. Control by Holders.................................................... 44
Section 513. Waiver of Past Defaults............................................... 45
Section 514. Undertaking for Costs................................................. 45
Section 515. Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws...................................... 45
ARTICLE SIX
THE TRUSTEE
Section 601. Certain Duties and Responsibilities................................... 46
Section 602. Notice of Defaults.................................................... 46
Section 603. Certain Rights of Trustee............................................. 46
Section 604. Not Responsible for Recitals or
Issuance of Securities............................................. 48
Section 605. May Hold Securities................................................... 48
Section 606. Money Held in Trust................................................... 48
Section 607. Compensation and Reimbursement........................................ 48
Section 608. Disqualification; Conflicting
Interest........................................................... 49
Section 609. Corporate Trustee Required;
Eligibility........................................................ 49
Section 610. Resignation and Removal; Appointment of
Successor.......................................................... 50
Section 611. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor................................ 51
Section 612. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or
Succession to Business............................................. 53
Section 613. Preferential Collection of Claims
Against the Company................................................ 53
Section 614. Appointment of Authenticating Agent................................... 53
ARTICLE SEVEN
HOLDERS' LIST AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY
Section 701. Company to Furnish Trustee Names and
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Addresses of Holders............................................... 56
Section 702. Preservation of Information;
Communications to Holders.......................................... 56
Section 703. Reports by Trustee.................................................... 57
Section 704. Reports by Company.................................................... 57
ARTICLE EIGHT
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE
Section 801. Company May Consolidate, Etc., Only
Certain Terms...................................................... 57
Section 802. Successor Substituted................................................. 58
ARTICLE NINE
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
Section 901. Supplemental Indentures Without Consent
of Holders......................................................... 59
Section 902. Supplemental Indentures with Consent of
Holders............................................................ 60
Section 903. Execution of Supplemental Indentures.................................. 61
Section 904. Effect of Supplemental Indentures .................................... 62
Section 905. Conformity with Trust Indenture Act................................... 62
Section 906. Reference in Securities to Supplemental
Indentures......................................................... 62
ARTICLE TEN
COVENANTS
Section 1001. Payment of Principal, Premium and
Interest........................................................... 62
Section 1002. Maintenance of Office or Agency....................................... 62
Section 1003. Money for Securities Payments to Be
Held in Trust...................................................... 63
Section 1004. Statement by Offices as to Default.................................... 64
Section 1005. Existence............................................................. 65
Section 1006. Maintenance of Properties............................................. 65
Section 1007. Payment of Taxes and Other Claims..................................... 65
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Section 1008. Limitation upon Disposition of Voting
Stock of, and Merger and Sale of
Assets of Banco Popular............................................ 66
Section 1009. Limitation upon Creation of Liens
on Voting Stock of Material
Banking Subsidiaries............................................... 66
Section 1010. Payment of Additional Amounts......................................... 67
Section 1011. Waiver of Certain Covenants........................................... 68
ARTICLE ELEVEN
REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES
Section 1101. Applicability of Article.............................................. 68
Section 1102. Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee................................. 69
Section 1103. Selection by Trustee of Securities to
Be Redeemed........................................................ 69
Section 1104. Notice of Redemption.................................................. 70
Section 1105. Deposit of Redemption Price........................................... 70
Section 1106. Securities Payable on Redemption Date................................. 71
Section 1107. Securities Redeemed in Part........................................... 71
ARTICLE TWELVE
SINKING FUNDS
Section 1201. Applicability of Article.............................................. 72
Section 1202. Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments
with Securities.................................................... 72
Section 1203. Redemption of Securities for Sinking
Fund............................................................... 72
TESTIMONIUM .................................................................................... 73
SIGNATURES AND SEALS............................................................................. 73
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.................................................................................. 74
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INDENTURE, dated as of February 15, 1995, between BANPONCE
CORPORATION, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (herein called the "Company"), having its principal
office at 209 Munoz Rivera Avenue, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico 00918, and THE FIRST
NATIONAL BANK OF CHICAGO, a national banking association, as Trustee (herein
called 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 unsecured
debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness (herein called the
"Securities"), to be issued in one or more series as in this Indenture provided.
All things necessary to make this Indenture a valid agreement
of the Company, in accordance with its terms, have been done.
NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH:
For and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of
the Securities by the Holders thereof, it is mutually agreed, for the equal and
proportionate benefit of all Holders of the Securities or of series thereof, as
follows:
ARTICLE ONE
Definitions and Other Provisions
of General Application
Section 101. Definitions.
For all purposes of this Indenture, except as otherwise
expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires:
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(1) the terms defined in this Article have the meanings
assigned to them in this Article and include the plural as well as the
singular;
(2) all other terms used herein which are defined in the Trust
Indenture Act, either directly or by reference therein, have the
meanings assigned to them therein;
(3) all accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the
meanings assigned to them in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles; and
(4) the words "herein", "hereof" and "here under" and other
words of similar import refer to this indenture as a whole and not to
any particular Article, Section or other subdivision.
"Act" when used with respect to any Holder, has the meaning
specified in Section 104.
"Additional Amounts" has the meaning assigned thereto in
Section 1010.
"Affiliate" of any specified Persons means any other Person
directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect
common control with such specified Person. For the purposes of this definition,
"control" when used with respect to any specified Person means the power to
direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly,
whether through the ownership of voting Securi ties, by contract or otherwise;
and the terms "controlling" and "controlled" have meanings correlative to the
foregoing.
"Authenticating Agent" means any Person authorized by the
Trustee pursuant to Section 614 to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate
Securities of one or more series.
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"Banco Popular" means Banco Popular de Puerto Rico
and its successors and assigns.
"Board of Directors" means either the board of directors of
the Company or any duly authorized committee of that board.
"Board Resolution" means a copy of a resolution certified by
the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company to have been duly adopted
by the Board of Directors and to be in full force and effect on the date of such
certification, and delivered to the Trustee.
"Business Day", except as may otherwise be provided herein or
in any Security, when used with respect to any Place of Payment or other
location, means each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday which is
not a day on which banking institutions in that Place of Payment are authorized
or obligated by law or executive order to close.
"Commission" means the Securities and Exchange Commission, as
from time to time constituted, created under the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, or, if at any time after the execution of this instrument such Commission
is not existing and performing the duties now assigned to it under the Trust
Indenture Act, then the body performing such duties at such time.
"Company" means the Person named as the "Company" in the first
paragraph of this instrument until a successor Person shall have become such
pursuant to the applicable pro visions of this Indenture, and thereafter
"Company" shall mean such successor Person.
"Company Request or "Company Order" means a written request or
order signed in the name of the Company by its Chairman of the Board, its Vice
Chairman of the Board, its President or a Vice President, and by its Treasurer,
an Assistant Treasurer, its Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, and delivered
to the Trustee.
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"Controlled Subsidiary" means any corporation more than 80
percent of the outstanding Voting Stock of which, except for directors'
qualifying shares, shall at the time be owned directly or indirectly by the
Company.
"Corporate Trust Office" means the principal corporate trust
office of the Trustee at which, at any particular time, its corporate trust
business shall be administered, which office at the date hereof is located at
One First National Plaza, Suite 0126, Chicago, Illinois 60670-0126, Attention:
Corporate Trust Services Division, except that for purposes of Section 1002,
such term shall mean the office or agency of the Trustee in the Borough of
Manhattan, the City of New York, which office at the date hereof is located at
14 Wall Street, Eighth Floor, New York, New York 10005.
"corporation" means a corporation, association, company,
joint-stock company or business trust.
"Defaulted Interest" has the meaning specified in Section 307.
"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 by the Company pursuant to
Section 301.
"Event of Default" has the meaning specified in Section 501.
"Global Security" means a Security bearing the legend
prescribed in Section 205 evidencing all or part of a series of Securities,
issued to the Depositary for such series or its nominee, and registered in the
name of such Depositary or nominee.
"Holder" means a Person in whose name a Security is registered
in the Security Register.
"Indenture" means this instrument as originally executed or as
it may from time to time be supplemented or
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amended by one or more indentures supplemental hereto entered into pursuant to
the applicable provisions hereof, including, for all purposes of this
instrument, and any such supplemental indenture, the provisions of the Trust
Indenture Act that are deemed to be a part of and govern this instrument and any
such supplemental indenture, respectively. The term "Indenture" shall also
include the terms of particular series of Securities established as contemplated
by Section 301.
"interest", when used with respect to an Original Issue
Discount Security which by its terms bears interest only after Maturity, means
interest payable after Maturity.
"Interest Payment Date", when used with respect to any
Security, means the Stated Maturity of an instalment of interest on such
Security.
"Material Banking Subsidiary" means any Controlled Subsidiary
of the Company chartered as a banking corporation under United States Federal,
State, or Puerto Rico law which is a significant subsidiary of the Company as
defined in 1-02 of Regulation S-X of the rules and regulations of the Securities
and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
"Maturity", when used with respect to any Security, means the
date on which the principal of such Security or an instalment of principal
becomes due and payable as therein or herein provided, whether at the Stated
Maturity or by declaration of acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise.
"Officers' Certificate" means a certificate signed by the
Chairman of the Board, a Vice Chairman of the Board, the President or a Vice
President, and by the Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, the Secretary or an
Assistant Secretary, of the Company, and delivered to the Trustee. One of the
officers signing an Officers' Certificate given pursuant to Section 1004 shall
be the principal executive, financial or accounting officer of the Company.
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"Opinion of Counsel" means a written opinion of counsel, who
may be an employee of or counsel for the Company, or other counsel who shall be
acceptable to the Trustee.
"Original Issue Discount Security" means any Security which
provides for an amount less than the principal amount thereof to be due and
payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to
Section 502.
"Outstanding", when used with respect to Securities, means, as
of the date of determination, all Securities theretofore authenticated and
delivered under this Indenture, except:
(i) Securities theretofore canceled by the Trustee or
delivered to the Trustee for cancella tion;
(ii) Securities for whose payment or redemp tion money in the
necessary amount has been there tofore deposited with the Trustee or
any Paying Agent (other than the Company) in trust or set aside and
segregated in trust by the Company (if the Company shall act as its own
Paying Agent) for the Holders of such Securities; provided that, if
such Securities are to be redeemed, notice of such redemption has been
duly given pursuant to this Indenture or provision therefor
satisfactory to the Trustee has been made; and
(iii) Securities which have been paid pursu ant to Section 306
or in exchange for or in lieu of which other Securities have been
authenticated and delivered pursuant to this Indenture, other than any
such Securities in respect of which there shall have been presented to
the Trustee proof satisfactory to it that such Securities are held by a
bona fide purchaser in whose hands such Securities are valid
obligations of the Company;
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provided, however, that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities have given any request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder, (i) the principal
amount of an Original Issue Discount Security that shall be deemed to be
Outstanding shall be the amount of the principal thereof that would be due and
payable as of the date of such determination upon acceleration of the Maturity
thereof pursuant to Section 502, (ii) the principal amount of a Security
denominated in one or more foreign currencies or currency units shall be the
U.S. dollar equivalent, determined in the manner provided as contemplated by
Section 301 on the date of original issuance of such Security, of the principal
amount (or, in the case of an Original Issue Discount Security, the U.S. dollar
equivalent on the date of original issuance of such Security of the amount
determined as provided in (i) above) of such Security, and (iii) Securities
owned by the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate
of the Company or of such other obligor shall be disregarded and deemed not to
be Outstanding, except that, in determining whether the Trustee shall be
protected in relying upon any such request, demand, authorization, direction,
notice, consent or waiver, only Securities which the Trustee knows to be so
owned shall be so disregarded. Securities so owned which have been pledged in
good faith may be regarded as Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the
satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgee's right so to act with respect to such
Securities and that the pledgee is not the Company or any other obligor upon the
Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or of such other obligor.
"Paying Agent" means any Person authorized by the Company to
pay the principal of or any premium or interest on any Securities on behalf of
the Company.
"Person" means any individual, corporation, part nership,
joint venture, trust, unincorporated organization or government or any agency or
political subdivision thereof.
"Place of Payment", when used with respect to the Securities
of any series, means the place or places where the principal of and any premium
and interest on the Securities of
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that series are payable as specified as contemplated by Section 301.
"Predecessor Security" of any particular Security means every
previous Security evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced
by such particular Security; and, for the purposes of this definition, any
Security authenticated and delivered under Section 306 in exchange for or in
lieu of a mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be deemed to
evidence the same debt as the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security.
"Redemption Date", when used with respect to any Security to
be redeemed, means the date fixed for such redemption by or pursuant to this
Indenture.
"Redemption Price", when used with respect to any Security to
be redeemed, means the price at which it is to be redeemed pursuant to this
Indenture.
"Regular Record Date" for the interest payable on any Interest
Payment Date on the Securities of any series means the date specified for that
purpose as contemplated by Section 301.
"Securities" has the meaning stated in the first recital of
this Indenture and more particularly means any Securities authenticated and
delivered under this Indenture.
"Security Register" and "Security Registrar" have the
respective meanings specified in Section 305.
"Special Record Date" for the payment of any Defaulted
Interest means a date fixed by the Trustee pursuant to Section 307.
"Stated Maturity", when used with respect to any Security or
any instalment 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 instalment of principal or interest is due and payable.
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"Subsidiary" means a corporation more than 50% of the
outstanding voting stock of which is owned, directly or indirectly, by the
Company or by one or more other Subsidi aries, or by the Company and one or more
other Subsidiaries. For the purposes of this definition, "voting stock" means
stock which ordinarily has voting power for the election of directors, whether
at all times or only so long as no senior class of stock has such voting power
by reason of any contingency.
"Taxes has the meaning specified in Section 1010.
"Trustee" means the Person named as the "Trustee" in the first
paragraph of this instrument until a successor Trustee shall have become such
pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter
"Trustee" shall mean or include each Person who is then a Trustee hereunder, and
if at any time there is more than one such Person, "Trustee" as used with
respect to the Securities of any series shall mean the Trustee with respect to
Securities of that series.
"Trust Indenture Act" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as
in force at the date as of which this instrument was executed; provided,
however, that in the event the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 is amended after such
date, "Trust Indenture Act" means, to the extent required by any such amendment,
the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as so amended.
"Vice President", when used with respect to the Company or the
Trustee, means any vice president, whether or not designated by a number or a
word or words added before or after the title "vice president".
"Voting Stock" means, with respect to any Person, Capital
Stock (however designated) having general voting power for the election of a
majority of the members of the board of directors, managers or trustees of such
Person (irrespective of whether or not at the time Capital Stock of any other
class or classes shall have or might have voting power by reason of the
happening of any contingency).
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Section 102. Compliance Certificates and Opinions.
Upon any application or request by the Company to the Trustee
to take any action under any provision of this Indenture, the Company shall
furnish to the Trustee such certificates and opinions as may be required under
the Trust Indenture Act. Each such certificate or opinion shall be given in the
form of an Officers' Certificate, if to be given by an officer of the Company,
or an opinion of Counsel, if to be given by counsel, and shall comply with the
requirements of the Trust Indenture Act and any other requirements set forth in
this Indenture.
Every certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a
condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture shall include
(1) a statement that each individual signing such certificate
or opinion has read such covenant or condition and the definitions
herein relating thereto;
(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 each such individual,
he has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable
him to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant
or condition has been complied with; and
(4) a statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such
individual, such condition or covenant has been complied with.
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Section 103. Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee.
In any case where several matters are required to be certified
by, or covered by an opinion of, any specified Person, it is not necessary that
all such matters be certified by, or covered by the opinion of, only one such
Person, or that they be so certified or covered by only one document, but one
such Person may certify or give an opinion with respect to some matters and one
or more other such Persons as to other matters, and any such Person may certify
or give an opinion as to such matters in one or several documents.
Any certificate or opinion of an officer of the Company may be
based, insofar as it relates to legal matters, upon a certificate or opinion of,
or representations by, counsel, unless such officer knows, or in the exercise of
reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or representations
with respect to the matters upon which his certificate or opinion is based are
erroneous. Any such certificate or opinion of counsel may be based, insofar as
it relates to factual matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or
representations by, an officer or officers of the Company stating that the
information with respect to such factual matters is in the possession of the
Company, unless such counsel knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should
know, that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to such
matters are erroneous.
Where any Person is required to make, give or execute two or
more applications, requests, consents, cer tificates, statements, opinions or
other instruments under this Indenture, they may, but need not, be consolidated
and form one instrument.
Section 104. Acts of Holders; Record Dates.
(a) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice,
consent, waiver or other action provided by this Indenture to be given or taken
by Holders may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of
substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders in person or by agent duly
appointed in writing; and, except as herein otherwise
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expressly provided, such action shall become effective when such instrument or
instruments are delivered to the Trustee and, where it is hereby expressly
required, to the Company. Such instrument or instruments (and the action
embodied therein and evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the
"Act" of the Holders signing such instrument or instruments. Proof of execution
of any such instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent shall be
sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture and subject to Section 601)
conclusive in favor of the Trustee and the Company, if made in the manner
provided in this Section.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, a Holder,
including a Depositary that is a Holder of a Global Security, may make, give or
take, by a proxy, or proxies, duly appointed in writing, any request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided or
permitted in this Indenture to be made, given or taken by Holders, and a
Depositary that is a Holder of a Global Security may provide its proxy or
proxies to the beneficial owners of interest in any such Global Security.
(b) The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any
such instrument or writing may be proved by the affidavit of a witness of such
execution or by a certificate of a notary public or other officer authorized by
law to take acknowledgments of deeds, certifying that the individual signing
such instrument or writing acknowledged to him the execution thereof. Where such
execution is by a signer acting in a capacity other than his individual
capacity, such certificate or affidavit shall also constitute sufficient proof
of his authority. The fact and date of the execution of any such instrument or
writing, or the authority of the Person executing the same, may also be proved
in any other manner which the Trustee deems sufficient.
(c) Except as provided in the next paragraph, the Company may,
in the circumstances permitted by the Trust Indenture Act, set any day as the
record date for the purpose of determining the Holders of Securities of any
series entitled to give or take any request, demand, authorization, direction,
notice, consent, waiver or other action, or to vote
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on any action, authorized or permitted to be given or taken by Holders of
Securities of such series. With regard to any record date set pursuant to this
paragraph, the Holders of Outstanding Securities of the relevant series on such
record date (or their duly appointed agents), and only such Persons, shall be
entitled to give or take the relevant action, whether or not such Holders remain
Holders after such record date. With regard to any action that may be given or
taken hereunder only by Holders of a requisite principal amount of Outstanding
Securities of any series (or their duly appointed agents) and for which a record
date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the Company may, at its option, set an
expiration date after which no such action purported to be given or taken by any
Holder shall be effective hereunder unless given or taken on or prior to such
expiration date by Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding
Securities of such series on such record date (or their duly appointed agents).
On or prior to any expiration date set pursuant to this paragraph, the Company
may, on one or more occasions at its option, extend such date to any later date.
Nothing in this paragraph shall prevent any Holder (or any duly appointed agent
thereof) from giving or taking, after any expiration date, any action identical
to, or, at any time, contrary to or different from any action given or taken, or
purported to have been given or taken, hereunder by a Holder on or prior to such
date, in which event the Company may set a record date in respect hereof
pursuant to this paragraph.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, upon receipt by the Trustee,
with respect to Securities of any Series, of (i) any Notice of Default pursuant
to Section 501 (ii) any declaration of acceleration, or any rescission and
annulment of any such declaration pursuant to Section 502 or (iii) any direction
given pursuant to Section 512 (any such notice, declaration, rescission and
annulment, or direction being referred to herein as a "Direction"), a record
date shall automatically and without any other action by any Person be set for
the purpose of determining the Holders of Outstanding Securities of such series
entitled to join in such Direction, which record date shall be the close of
business on the day the Trustee receives such Direction. The Holders of
Outstanding Securities of such series on such record date (or their duly
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appointed agents), and only such Persons, shall be entitled to join in such
Direction whether or not such Holders remain Holders after such record date;
provided that, unless such Direction shall have become effective by virtue of
Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities of such
series on such record date (or their duly appointed agents) having joined
therein on or prior to the 90th day after such record date, such Direction shall
automatically and without any action by any Person be canceled and of no further
effect. Nothing in this paragraph shall prevent a Holder (or a duly appointed
agent thereof) from giving, before or after the expiration of such 90-day
period, a Direction contrary to or different from, or, after the expiration or
such period, identical to, a Direction that has been canceled pursuant to the
proviso to the preceding sentence, in which event a new record date in respect
thereof shall be set pursuant to this paragraph.
Without limiting the foregoing, a Holder entitled hereunder to
give or take any action hereunder with regard to any particular Security may do
so with regard to all or any part of the principal amount of such Security or by
one or more duly appointed agents each of which may do so pursuant to such
appointment with regard to all or any different part of such principal amount.
(d) The ownership of Securities shall be proved by the
Security Register.
(e) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice,
consent, waiver or other Act of the Holder of any Security shall bind every
future Holder of the same Security and the Holder of every Security issued upon
the registration of transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof
in respect of anything done, omitted or suffered to be done by the Trustee or
the Company in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made
upon such Security.
Section 105. Notices, Etc., to Trustee and Company.
Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice,
consent, waiver or other Act of Holders or other
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document provided or permitted by this Indenture to be made upon, given or
furnished to, or filed with,
(1) the Trustee by any Holder or by the Company shall be
sufficient for every purpose hereunder if made, given, furnished or
filed in writing to or with the Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office,
or
(2) the Company by the Trustee or by any Holder shall be
sufficient for every purpose hereunder (unless otherwise herein
expressly provided) if in writing and mailed, first-class postage
prepaid, to the Company addressed to it at the address of its principal
office specified in the first paragraph of this instrument or at any
other address previously furnished in writing to the Trustee by the
Company.
Section 106. Notice to Holders; Waiver.
Where this Indenture provides for notice to Holders of any
event, such notice shall be sufficiently given (unless otherwise herein
expressly provided) if in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to
each Holder affected by such event, at his address as it appears in the Security
Register, not later than the latest date (if any), and not earlier than the
earliest date (if any), prescribed for the giving of such notice. In any case
where notice to Holders is given by mail, neither the failure to mail such
notice, nor any defect in any notice so sailed, to any particular Holder shall
affect the sufficiency of such notice with respect to other Holders. Where this
Indenture provides for notice in any manner, such notice may be waived in
writing by the Person entitled to receive such notice, either before or after
the event, and such waiver shall be the equivalent of such notice. Waivers of
notice by Holders shall be filed with the Trustee, but such filing shall not be
a condition precedent to the validity of any action taken in reliance upon such
waiver.
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In case by reason of the suspension of regular mail service or
by reason of any other cause it shall be impracticable to give such notice by
mail, then such notifi cation as shall be made with the approval of the Trustee
shall constitute a sufficient notification for every purpose hereunder.
Section 107. Conflict with Trust Indenture Act.
If any provision hereof limits, qualifies or con flicts with a
provision of the Trust Indenture Act that is required under such Act to be a
part of and govern this Indenture, the latter provision shall control. If any
pro vision of this Indenture modifies or excludes any provision of the Trust
Indenture Act that 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.
Section 108. Effect of Headings and Table of Contents.
The Article and Section headings herein and the Table of
Contents are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.
Section 109. Successors and Assigns.
All covenants and agreements in this Indenture by the Company
shall bind its successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not.
Section 110. Separability Clause.
In case any provision in this Indenture or in 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.
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Section 111. Benefits of Indenture.
Nothing in this Indenture or in the Securities, express or
implied, shall give to any Person, other than the parties hereto and their
successors hereunder and the Holders, any benefit or any legal or equitable
right, remedy or claim under this Indenture.
Section 112. Governing Law.
This Indenture and the Securities shall be governed by and
construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.
Section 113. Legal Holidays.
In any case where any Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date
or Stated Maturity of any Security shall not be a Business Day at any Place of
Payment, then (notwith standing any other provision of this Indenture or of the
Securities (other than a Provision of the Securities of any series which
specifically states that such provision shall apply in lieu of this Section))
payment of interest or principal (and premium, if any) need not be made at such
Place of Payment on such date, but may be made on the next succeeding Business
Day at such Place of Payment with the same force and effect as if made on the
Interest Payment Date or Redemption Date or at the Stated Maturity, provided
that no interest shall accrue on the amount so payable for the period from and
after such Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date or Stated Maturity, as the
case may be.
Section 114. Appointment of Agent for Service.
The Company hereby appoints Orlando Berges of Banco Popular de
Puerto Rico at the office of Banco Popular de Puerto Rico located in The City of
New York as the Company's authorized agent (the "Authorized Agent") upon whom
service of process may be served in any action arising out of or based on the
Securities, or this Indenture (including any action based on or arising out of
the United States federal securities laws) that may be instituted in
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New York State or United States Federal Courts sitting in The City of New York,
by the Trustee or the Holder of any Security, and the Company hereby expressly
accepts the jurisdiction of any such court in respect of any such action. Such
appointment shall be irrevocable unless and until the appointment of a successor
authorized agent for service of process, and such successor's acceptance of such
appointment, shall have occurred, and the Company and Authorized Agent will take
any and all actions, including the filing of any and all documents and
instruments, that may be necessary to continue such appointment or appointments
in full force and effect as aforesaid. Service of process upon an Authorized
Agent will be deemed, in every respect effective service of process upon the
Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any action against the Company arising
out of or based on any Security, or this Indenture may also be instituted by the
Holder of such Security in any court in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the
Company hereby expressly accepts the jurisdiction of any such court in respect
of any such action.
ARTICLE TWO
Security Forms
Section 201. Forms Generally.
The Securities of each series shall be in substan tially the
form set forth in this Article, or in such other form as shall be established by
or pursuant to a Board Resolution or in one or more indentures supplemental
hereto, in each case with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions
and other variations as are required or permitted by this Indenture, and may
have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification and such legends or
endorsements placed thereon as may be required to comply with the rules of any
securities exchange or as may, con sistently herewith, be determined by the
officers executing such Securities, as evidenced by their execution of the
Securities. If the form of Securities of any series is established by action
taken pursuant to a Board Resolution,
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a copy of an appropriate record of such action shall be cer tified by the
Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company and delivered to the Trustee
at or prior to the delivery of the Company Order contemplated by Section 303
for the authentication and delivery of such Securities.
The definitive Securities shall be printed, litho graphed or
engraved on steel engraved borders or may be produced in any other manner, all
as determined by the officers executing such Securities, as evidenced by their
execution of such Securities.
Section 202. Form of Face of Security.
[Insert any legend required by the Internal
Revenue Code and the regulations thereunder.]
BANPONCE CORPORATION
............................................
No. ............ $ ............
BANPONCE CORPORATION, a corporation duly organized and
existing under the laws of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (herein called the
"Company", which term includes any successor Person under the Indenture
hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to
..............................................., or registered assigns, the
principal sum of .................. ................... Dollars on
............................ ........................... [if the Security is to
bear interest prior to Maturity, insert -- , and to pay interest thereon from
............. or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest
has been paid or duly pro vided for, semi-annually on ............ and
.............. in each year, commencing ......., at the rate of ....% per annum,
until the principal hereof is paid or made available for payment. The interest
so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment
Date will, as provided in such Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name
this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities)
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is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such
interest, which shall be the ........ or ....... (whether or not a Business
Day), as the case may be, next preceding such Interest Payment Date. Any such
interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for will forthwith cease to be
payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date and may either be paid to the
Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is
registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of
such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be
given to Holders of Securities of this series not less than 10 days prior to
such Special Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not
inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the
Securities of this series may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required
by such exchange, all as more fully provided in said indenture].
[If the Security is not to bear interest prior to Maturity,
insert -- The principal of this Security shall not bear interest except in the
case of a default in payment of principal upon acceleration, upon redemption or
at Stated Maturity and in such case the overdue principal of this Security shall
bear interest at the rate of ....% per annum (to the extent that the payment of
such interest shall be legally enforceable), which shall accrue from the date of
such default in payment to the date payment of such princi pal has been made or
duly provided for. Interest on any overdue principal shall be payable on demand.
Any such interest on any overdue principal that is not so paid on demand shall
bear interest at the rate of ......% per annum (to the extent that the payment
of such interest shall be legally enforceable), which shall accrue from the date
of such demand for payment to the date payment of such interest has been made or
duly provided for, and such interest shall also be payable on demand.]
Payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and [if
applicable, insert -- any such] interest on this Security will be made at the
office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose in the Borough of
Manhattan, The
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City of New York, in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at
the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts [if
applicable, insert -- ; provided, however, that at the option of the Company
payment of interest may be made by check mailed to the address of the Person
entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register].
Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this
Security set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all
purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been
executed by the Trustee referred to on the reverse hereof by manual signature,
this Security shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be
valid or obligatory for any purpose.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to
be duly executed under its corporate seal.
Dated:
BANPONCE CORPORATION
By
----------------------------
Attest:
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Section 203. Form of Reverse of Security.
This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of securities
of the Company (herein called the "Securities"), issued and to be issued in one
or more series under an Indenture, dated as of October 1, 1991 (herein called
the "Indenture"), between the Company and The First National Bank of Chicago, as
Trustee (herein called the "Trustee", which term includes any successor trustee
under the Indenture), to which Indenture and all indentures
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supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective
rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company,
the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities and of the terms upon which the
Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. This Security is one
of the series designated on the face hereof[, limited in aggregate principal
amount to $................].
[If applicable, insert -- The Securities of this series are
subject to redemption upon not less than 30 days' notice by mail, [if
applicable, insert -- (1) on ........... in any year commencing with the year
...... and ending with the year ...... through operation of the sinking fund for
this series at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of the prin cipal amount, and
(2)] at any time [on or after .........., 19..], as a whole or in part, at the
election of the Company, at the following Redemption Prices (expressed as
percentages of the principal amount): If redeemed [on or before
...................., ___%, and if redeemed] during the 12-month period
beginning ............... of the years indicated,
Redemption Redemption
Year Price Year Price
---- ----- ---- -----
and thereafter at a Redemption Price equal to .....% of the principal amount,
together in the case of any such redemp tion [if applicable, insert -- (whether
through operation of the sinking fund or otherwise)] with accrued interest to
the Redemption Date, but interest installments whose Stated
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Maturity is on or prior to such Redemption Date will be payable to the Holders
of such Securities, or one or more Predecessor Securities, of record at the
close of business on the relevant Record Dates referred to on the face hereof,
all as provided in the Indenture.]
[If applicable, insert -- The Securities of this series are
subject to redemption upon not less than 30 days' notice by mail, (1) on
............. in any year commencing with the year .... and ending with the year
.... through operation of the sinking fund for this series at the Redemp tion
Prices for redemption through operation of the sinking fund (expressed as
percentages of the principal amount) set forth in the table below, and (2) at
any time [on or after ............], as a whole or in part, at the election of
the Company, at the Redemption Prices for redemption otherwise than through
operation of the sinking fund (expressed as percentages of the principal amount)
set forth in the table below: If redeemed during the 12-month period beginning
............. of the years indicated,
Redemption Price
For Redemption Redemption Price For
Through Operation Redemption Otherwise
of the Than Through Operation
Year Sinking Fund of the Sinking Fund
- ---- ------------------ -----------------------
and thereafter at a Redemption Price equal to .....% of the principal amount,
together in the case of any such redemp tion (whether through operation of the
sinking fund or otherwise) with accrued interest to the Redemption Date, but
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interest installments whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to such Redemption
Date will be payable to the Holders of such Securities, or one or more
Predecessor Securities, of record at the close of business on the relevant
Record Dates referred to on the face hereof, all as provided in the Indenture.]
[Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may not, prior to
............., redeem any Securities of this series as contemplated by [Clause
(2) of] the preceding paragraph as a part of, or in anticipation of, any
refunding operation by the application, directly or indirectly, of moneys
borrowed having an interest cost to the Company (calculated in accordance with
generally accepted financial practice) of less than .....% per annum.]
[The sinking fund for this series provides for the redemption
on ............. in each year beginning with the year ....... and ending with
the year ....... of [not less than $.......... ("mandatory sinking fund") and
not more than] $.......... aggregate principal amount of Securities of this
series. Securities of this series acquired or redeemed by the Company otherwise
than through [mandatory] sinking fund payments may be credited against
subsequent [mandatory] sinking fund payments otherwise required to be made [in
the inverse order in which they become due].]
[If the Security is subject to redemption, insert -- In the
event of redemption of this Security in part only, a new Security or Securities
of this series and of like tenor for the unredeemed portion hereof will be
issued in the name of the Holder hereof upon the cancella tion hereof.]
[If the Security is not an Original Issue Discount Security,
insert -- If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of this series shall
occur and be continuing, the principal of the Securities of this series may be
declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the
Indenture.]
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[If the Security is an Original Issue Discount Security,
insert -- If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of this series shall
occur and be continuing, an amount of principal of the Securities of this series
may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in
the Indenture. Such amount shall be equal to --insert formula for determining
the amount. Upon payment (i) of the amount of principal so declared due and
payable and (ii) of interest on any overdue principal and overdue interest (in
each case to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally
enforceable), all of the Company's obligations in respect of the payment of the
prin cipal of and interest, if any, on the Securities of this series shall
terminate.]
The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein
provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and
obligations of the Company and the rights of the Holders of the Securities of
each series to be affected under the Indenture at any time by the Company and
the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in
principal amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding of each series to be
affected. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of
specified percentages in principal amount of the Securities of each series at
the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Securities of such series,
to waive compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture and
certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such
consent or waiver by the Holder of this Security shall be conclusive and binding
upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Security and of any
Security issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in
exchange herefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or
waiver is made upon this Security.
No reference herein to the Indenture and no provi sion of this
Security or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the
Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and any
premium and interest on this Security at the times, place and rate, and in the
coin or currency, herein prescribed.
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As provided in the Indenture and subject to cer tain
limitations therein sat forth, the transfer of this Security is registrable in
the Security Register, upon surrender of this Security for registration of
transfer at the office or agency of the Company in any place where the principal
of and any premium and interest on this Security are payable, duly endorsed by,
or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the
Company and the Security Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or his
attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Securities of
this series and of like tenor, of authorized denominations and for the same
aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or
transferees.
The Securities of this series are issuable only in registered
form without coupons in denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple
thereof. As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein
set forth, Securities of this series are exchangeable for a like aggregate
principal amount of Securities of this series and of like tenor of a different
authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.
No service charge shall be made for any such registration of
transfer or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to
cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.
Prior to due presentment of this Security for registration of
transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee
may treat the Person in whose name this Security is registered as the owner
hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Security be overdue, and neither
the Company, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the
contrary.
All terms used in this Security which are defined in the
Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.
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Section 204. Form of Trustee's Certificate of
Authentication.
The Trustee's certificate of authentication shall be in
substantially the following form:
This is one of the Securities of the series desig nated
therein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF CHICAGO
As Trustee
By ................................
Authorized Signatory
SECTION 205. Additional Provisions Required in Global
Security.
Any Global Security authenticated and delivered 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 a
Depositary or a nominee thereof. This Security may not be transferred
to, or registered or exchanged for Securities registered in the name
of, any Person other than the Depositary or a nominee thereof and no
such transfer may be registered, except in the limited circumstances
described in the Indenture. Every Security authenticated and delivered
upon registration or transfer of, or in exchange for or in lieu of,
this Security shall be a Global Security subject to the foregoing,
except in such limited circumstances."
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ARTICLE THREE
The Securities
Section 301. Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series.
The aggregate principal amount of Securities which may be
authenticated and delivered under this Inden ture is unlimited.
The Securities may be issued in one or more series. There
shall be established, with respect to the Securities of any series, in or
pursuant to a Board Resolu tion and, subject to Section 303, set forth, or
determined in the manner provided, in an Officers' Certificate, or established
in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, prior to the issuance of
Securities of such series,
(1) the title of the Securities of the series (which
shall distinguish the Securi ties of the series from
Securities of any other series);
(2) any limit upon the aggregate prin cipal 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 pur suant to Section 304, 305, 306, 906 or 1107 and
except for any Securities which, pursuant to Section 303, are
deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered
hereunder);
(3) the Person to whom any interest on a Security of
the series shall be payable, if other than the Person in whose
name that Security (or one or more Predecessor Securi ties) is
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registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date
for such interest;
(4) the date or dates in which the principal of the
Securities of the series is payable;
(5) the rate or rates at which the Securities of the
series shall bear interest, if any, the date or dates from
which such interest shall accrue, the Interest Payment Dates
on which any such interest shall be payable and the Regular
Record Date for any interest payable on any Interest Payment
Date and the basis upon which interest shall be calculated, if
other than in 360-day year of twelve 30-day months;
(6) the place or places where the prin cipal of and
any premium and interest on Securities of the series shall be
payable;
(7) the period or periods within which, the price or
prices at which and the terms and conditions upon which
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 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
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purchased, in whole or in part, pursuant to such obligation;
(9) if other than denominations of $1,000 and any
integral multiple thereof, the denominations in which
Securities of the series shall be issuable;
(10) the currency, currencies or cur rency units in
which payment of the principal of and any premium and interest
on any Securities of the series shall be payable if other than
the currency of the United States of America and the manner of
determining the equivalent thereof in the currency of the
United States of America for purposes of the definition of
"Outstanding" in Section 101;
(11) if the amount of payments of prin cipal of or
any premium or interest on any Securities of the series may be
determined with reference to an index, the manner in which
such amounts shall be determined;
(12) if the principal of or any premium or interest
on any Securities of the series is to be payable, at the
election of the Company or a Holder thereof, in one or more
currencies or currency units other than that or those in which
the Securities are stated to be payable, the currency,
currencies or currency units in which payment of the prin
cipal of and any premium and interest on Securities of such
series as to which such election is made shall be payable, and
the periods within which
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and the terms and conditions upon which such election is to
be made;
(13) if other than the principal amount thereof, the
portion of the principal amount of Securities of the series
which shall be payable upon declaration of acceleration of the
Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 502;
(14) if and as applicable, that the Securities of the
series shall be issuable in whole or in part in the form of
one or more Global Securities and, in such case, the
Depositary or Depositaries for such Global Security or Global
Securities and any circum stances other than those set forth
in Sec tion 305 in which any such Global Security may be
transferred to, and registered and exchanged for Securities
registered in the name of, a Person other than the Depositary
for such Global Security or nominee thereof, and in which any
such transfer may be registered; and
(15) any other terms of the series (which terms shall
not be inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture,
except as permitted by Section 901(5)).
All Securities of any one series shall be substan tially
identical except as to denomination and except as may otherwise be provided in
or pursuant to the Board Resolution referred to above and (subject to Section
303) set forth, or determined in the manner provided, in the Officers' Certifi
cate referred to above or in any such indenture supplemental hereto.
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If any of the terms of the series are established by action
taken pursuant to a Board Resolution, a copy of an appropriate record of such
action shall be certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the
Company and delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the
Officers' Certificate setting forth the terms of the series.
The following indebtedness of the Company shall be issued
under, and entitled to the benefits of, this Indenture upon the authentication
and delivery by the Trustee of Securities evidencing such indebtedness in
accordance with the terms and provisions of this Indenture:
$50,000,000 aggregate principal amount floating rate notes issued
February 15, 1995 and due February 16, 1996;
$40,000,000 aggregate principal amount floating rate notes issued
February 16, 1995 and due February 3, 1997; and
$25,000,000 aggregate principal amount floating rate notes issued
February 28, 1995 and due February 28, 1996.
Section 302. Denominations.
The Securities of each series shall be issuable in registered
form without coupons in such denominations as shall be specified as contemplated
by Section 301. In the absence of any such provisions with respect to the Securi
ties of any series, the Securities of such series shall be issuable in
denominations of $1,000 and any integral mul tiple thereof.
Section 303. Execution, Authentication, Delivery and
Dating.
The Securities shall be executed on behalf of the Company by
its Chairman of the Board, its Vice Chairman of the Board, its President or one
of its Vice Presidents, under its corporate seal reproduced thereon attested by
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Secretary or one of its Assistant Secretaries. The signa ture of any of these
officers on the Securities may be manual or facsimile.
Securities bearing the manual or facsimile signa tures of
individuals who were at any time the proper offi cers of the Company shall bind
the Company, notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them have ceased to
hold such offices prior to the authentication and delivery of such Securities or
did not hold such offices at the date of such Securities.
At any time and from time to time after the exe cution and
delivery of this Indenture, the Company may deliver Securities of any series
executed by the Company to the Trustee for authentication, together with a
Company order for the authentication and delivery of such Securi ties, and the
Trustee in accordance with the Company Order shall authenticate and deliver such
Securities. If the form or terms of the Securities of the series have been estab
lished in or pursuant to one or more Board Resolutions as permitted by Sections
201 and 301, in authenticating such Securities, and accepting the additional
responsibilities under this Indenture in relation to such Securities, the
Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and (subject to Sec tion 601) shall be
fully protected in relying upon, an opinion of Counsel stating,
(a) if the form of such Securities has been
established by or pursuant to Board Resolution as permitted by
Section 201, that such form has been established in conformity
with the provisions of this Indenture;
(b) if the terms of such Securities have been
established by or pursuant to Board Resolution as permitted by
Section 301, that such terms have been established in conform
ity with the provisions of this Indenture; and
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(c) that such Securities, when authen ticated and
delivered by the Trustee and issued by the Company in the
manner and sub ject to any conditions specified in such
Opinion of Counsel, will constitute valid and legally binding
obligations of the Company enforceable in accordance with
their terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent
transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws of
general applicability relat ing to or affecting creditors'
rights and to general equity principles and, if applicable, to
provisions of law which may require that a judgment for money
damages rendered by a court in the United States be expressed
in United States dollars.
If such form or terms have been so established, the Trustee shall not be
required to authenticate such Securities if the issue of such Securities
pursuant to this Indenture will affect the Trustee's own rights, duties or
immunities under the Securities and this Indenture or otherwise in a manner
which is not reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 301 and of the
preceding paragraph, if all Securities of a series are not to be originally
issued at one time, it shall not be necessary to deliver the Officers'
Certificate otherwise required pursuant to Section 301 or the Company Order and
Opinion of Counsel otherwise required pursuant to such pre ceding paragraph at
or prior to the time of authentication of each Security of such series if such
documents are delivered at or prior to the authentication upon original issuance
of the first Security of such series to be issued.
Each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication.
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No Security shall be entitled to any benefit under this
Indenture or be valid or obligatory nor any purpose unless there appears on such
Security a certificate of authentication substantially in the form provided for
herein executed by the Trustee by manual signature, and such cer tificate upon
any Security shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such
Security has been duly authen ticated and delivered hereunder. Notwithstanding
the fore going, if any Security shall have been authenticated and delivered
hereunder but never issued and sold by the Company, and the Company shall
deliver such Security to the Trustee for cancellation as provided in Section
309, for all purposes of this Indenture such Security shall be deemed never to
have been authenticated and delivered hereunder and shall never be entitled to
the benefits of this Indenture.
Section 304. Temporary Securities.
Pending the preparation of definitive Securities of any
series, the Company may execute, and upon Company Order the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver, temporary Securities which are printed, lithographed,
typewritten, mimeographed or otherwise produced, in any authorized denom
ination, substantially of the tenor of the definitive Securities in lieu of
which they are issued and with such appropriate insertions, omissions,
substitutions and other variations as the officers executing such Securities say
determine, as evidenced by their execution of such Securities.
If temporary Securities of any series are issued, the Company
will cause definitive Securities of that series to be prepared without
unreasonable delay. After the prep aration of definitive Securities of such
series, the tem porary Securities of such series of like tenor shall be
exchangeable for definitive Securities of such series upon surrender of the
temporary Securities of such series at the office or agency of the Company in a
Place of Payment for that series, without charge to the Holder. Upon surrender
for cancellation of any one or more temporary Securities of any series the
Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange
therefor one or more
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definitive Securities of the same series, of any authorized denominations and of
a like aggregate principal amount and tenor. Until so exchanged the temporary
Securities of any series shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits
under this Indenture as definitive Securities of such series and tenor.
Section 305. Registration, Registration of
Transfer and Exchange.
The Company shall cause to be kept at the Corpo rate Trust
Office of the Trustee a register (the register maintained in such office and in
any other office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment being herein
sometimes collectively referred to as the "Security Register") in which, subject
to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Company shall provide
for the registration of Securities and of transfers of Securities. The Trustee
is hereby appointed "Security Registrar" for the purpose of registering
Securities and transfers of Securities as herein provided.
Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Security of
any series at the office or agency in a Place of Payment for that series, the
Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in the
name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Secur ities of
the same series, of any authorized denominations and of a like aggregate
principal amount and tenor and bearing a number not contemporaneously
outstanding.
At the option of the Holder, Securities of any series may be
exchanged for other Securities of the same series, of any authorized
denominations and of a like aggre gate principal amount and tenor, upon
surrender of the Securities to be exchanged at such office or agency. When ever
any Securities are so surrendered for exchange, the Company shall execute, and
the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the Securities which the Holder
making the exchange is entitled to receive.
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All Securities issued upon any registration of transfer or
exchange of Securities shall be the valid obli gations of the Company,
evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this
Indenture, as the Securities surrendered upon such registration of transfer or
exchange.
Every Security presented or surrendered for regis tration of
transfer or for exchange shall (if so required by the Company or the Trustee) be
duly endorsed, or be accom panied by a written instrument of transfer in form
satis factory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly executed, by the
Holder thereof or his attorney duly autho rized in writing.
No service charge shall be made for any registra tion of
transfer or exchange of Securities, but the Company may require payment of a sum
sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in
connection with any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities, other
than exchanges pursuant to Section 304, 906 or 1107 not involving any transfer.
The Company shall not be required (i) to issue, register the
transfer of or exchange Securities of any series during a period beginning at
the opening of business 15 days before the day of the mailing of a notice of
redemp tion of Securities of that series selected for redemption under Section
1103 and ending at the close of business on the date of such mailing, or (ii) to
register the transfer of or exchange any Security so selected for redemption in
whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Security being redeemed
in part.
Notwithstanding the foregoing and except as other wise
specified or contemplated by Section 301, no Global Security shall be
exchangeable pursuant to this Section 305 or Sections 304, 906 and 1107 for
Securities registered in the name of, and no transfer of a Global Security of
any series may be registered to, any Person other than the Depositary for such
Security or its nominee unless (1) such Depositary (A) notifies the Company that
it is unwilling or
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unable to continue as Depositary for such Global Security or (B) ceases to be a
clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act, (2) the Company executes and
delivers to the Trustee a Company Order that such Global Security shall be so
exchangeable and the transfer thereof so registrable, or (3) there shall have
occurred and be continuing an Event of Default, or an event which with notice or
lapse of time or both would become an Event of Default, with respect to the
Securities evidenced by such Global Security. Upon the occurrence in respect of
any Global Security of any series of any one or more of the conditions specified
in clauses (1), (2) or (3) of the preceding sentence or such other conditions as
may be specified as contemplated by Section 302 for such series, such Global
Security may be exchanged for Securities registered in the names of, and the
transfer of such Global Security may be registered to, such Persons (including
Persons other than the Depositary with respect to such series and its nominees),
as such Depositary shall direct. Notwithstanding any other provision of this
Indenture, any Security authenticated and delivered upon registration of
transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, any Global Security shall also
be a Global Security and shall bear the legend specified in Section 205 except
for any Security authenticated and delivered in exchange for, or upon
registration of transfer of, a Global Security pursuant to the preceding
sentence.
Section 306. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen
Securities.
If any mutilated Security is surrendered to the Trustee, the
Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange
therefor a new Security of the same series and of like tenor and principal
amount and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding.
If there shall be delivered to the Company and the Trustee (i)
evidence to their satisfaction of the destruc tion, loss or theft of any
Security and (ii) such Security or indemnity as may be required by them to save
each of them and any agent of either of them harmless, then, in the absence of
notice to the Company or the Trustee that such
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Security has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the Company shall execute
and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in lieu of any such destroyed,
lost or stolen Security, a new Security of the same series and of like tenor and
principal amount and bearing a number not contem poraneously outstanding.
In case any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security
has become or is about to become due and payable, the Company in its discretion
may, instead of issuing a new Security, pay such Security.
Upon the issuance of any new Security under this Section, the
Company may require the payment of a sum suffi cient to cover any tax or other
governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other
expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Trustee) connected therewith.
Every new Security of any series issued pursuant to this
Section in lieu of any destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall constitute an
original additional contractual obligation of the Company, whether or not the
destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be at any time enforceable by anyone,
and shall be entitled to all the benefits of this Indenture equally and
proportionately with any and all other Securities of that series duly issued
hereunder.
The provisions of this Section are exclusive and shall
preclude (to the extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to
the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities.
Section 307. Payment of Interest; Interest Rights
Preserved.
Except as otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 301
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 (or one or more
Predecessor Securities) is registered at the
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close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest.
Any interest on any Security of any series which is payable,
but is not punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date
(herein called "Defaulted Interest") shall forthwith cease to be payable to the
Holder on the relevant Regular Record Date by virtue of having been such Holder,
and such Defaulted Interest may be paid by the Company, at its election in each
case, as provided in Clause (1) or (2) below:
(1) The Company may elect to make pay ment of any
Defaulted Interest to the Persons in whose names the
Securities of such series (or their respective Predecessor
Securities) are registered at the close of business on a
Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted
Interest, which shall be fixed in the following manner. The
Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of
Defaulted Interest proposed to be paid on each Security of
such series and the date of the proposed payment, and at the
same time the Company shall deposit with the Trustee an amount
of money equal to the aggregate amount proposed to be paid in
respect of such Defaulted Interest or shall make arrangements
satisfactory to the Trustee for such deposit prior to the date
of the proposed payment, such money when deposited to be held
in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such
Defaulted Interest as in this Clause
provided. Thereupon the Trustee shall fix a Special Record
Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest which shall be
not more than 15 days and not less than 10 days prior to the
date of the proposed payment and not less than
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10 days after the receipt by the Trustee of the notice of the
proposed pay ment. The Trustee shall promptly notify the
Company of such Special Record Date and, in the name and at
the expense of the Company, shall cause notice of the proposed
payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date
therefor to be mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to each
Holder of Securities of such series at his or her address as
it appears in the Security Regis ter, not less than 10 days
prior to such Special Record Date. Notice of the proposed
payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date
therefor having been so mailed, such Defaulted Interest shall
be paid to the Persons in whose names the Securities of such
series (or their respective Predeces sor Securities) are
registered at the close of business on such Special Record
Date and shall no longer be payable pursuant to the following
Clause (2).
(2) The Company may make payment of any Defaulted
Interest on the Securities of any series in any other lawful
manner not incon sistent with the requirements of any securi
ties exchange on which such Securities may be listed, and upon
such notice as may be required by such exchange, if, after
notice given by the Company to the Trustee of the proposed
payment pursuant to this Clause, such manner of payment shall
be deemed prac ticable by the Trustee.
Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section, each
Security delivered under this Indenture upon registration of transfer of or in
exchange for or in lieu of
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any other Security shall carry the rights to interest accrued and unpaid, and to
accrue, which were carried by such other Security.
Section 308. Persons Deemed Owners.
Prior to due presentment of a Security for regis tration of
transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee
may treat the Person in whose name such Security is registered as the owner of
such Secu rity for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of and any
premium and (subject to Section 307) any interest on such Security and for all
other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Security be overdue, and neither
the Company, the Trustee nor any agent of the Company or the Trustee shall be
affected by notice to the contrary.
Section 309. Cancellation.
All Securities surrendered for payment, redemp tion,
registration of transfer or exchange or for credit against any sinking fund
payment shall, if surrendered to any Person other than the Trustee, be delivered
to the Trustee and shall be promptly canceled by it. The Company may at any time
deliver to the Trustee for cancellation any Securities previously authenticated
and delivered hereunder which the Company may have acquired in any manner whatso
ever, and may deliver to the Trustee (or to any other Person for delivery to the
Trustee) for cancellation any Securities previously authenticated hereunder
which the Company has not issued and sold, and all Securities so delivered shall
be promptly canceled by the Trustee. No Securities shall be authenticated in
lieu of or in exchange for any Securities canceled as provided in this Section,
except as expressly permitted by this Indenture. All canceled Securities held by
the Trustee shall be destroyed and the Trustee, upon request by the Company,
shall deliver a certificate of destruction to the Company.
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Section 310. Computation of Interest.
Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301
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.
ARTICLE FOUR
Satisfaction and Discharge
Section 401. Satisfaction and Discharge of
Indenture.
This Indenture shall upon Company Request cease to be of
further effect (except as to any surviving rights of registration of transfer or
exchange of Securities herein expressly provided for), and the Trustee, at the
expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging
satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, when
(1) either
(A) all Securities theretofore authenticated and
delivered (other than (i) Securities which have been
destroyed, lost or stolen and which have been replaced or paid
as provided in Section 306 and (ii) Securities for whose
payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust or segre
gated and held in trust by the Company and thereafter repaid
to the Company or dis charged from such trust, as provided in
Section 1003) have been delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation; or
(B) all such Securities not theretofore
delivered to the Trustee for cancellation
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(i) have become due and payable, or
(ii) will become due and payable at their
Stated Maturity within one year, or
(iii) are to be called for redemption within
one year under arrangements satis factory to the
Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption by the
Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of the
Company,
and the Company, in the case of (i), (ii) or (iii) above, has
deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee as trust
funds in trust for the purpose an amount sufficient to
pay and discharge the entire indebtedness on such Securities
not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, for
principal and any premium and interest to the date of such
deposit (in the case of Securities which have become due and
payable) or to the Stated Maturity or Redemption Date, as the
case may be;
(2) the Company has paid or caused to be paid all
other sums payable hereunder by the Company; and
(3) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an
Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating
that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to
the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture have been
complied with.
Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this
Indenture, the obligations of the Company to the Trustee under Section 607, the
obligations of the Trustee to any Authenticating Agent under Section 614 and, if
money
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shall have been deposited with the Trustee pursuant to subclause (B) of Clause
(1) of this Section, the obligations of the Trustee under Section 402 and the
last paragraph of Section 1003 shall survive.
Section 402. Application of Trust Money.
Subject to provisions of the last paragraph of Section 1003,
all money deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 401 shall be held in
trust and applied by it, in accordance with the provisions of the Securities and
this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent
(including the Company acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may
determine, to the Persons entitled thereto, of the principal and any premium and
interest for whose payment such money has been deposited with the Trustee.
ARTICLE FIVE
Remedies
Section 501. Events of Default.
"Event of Default", wherever used herein with respect to
Securities of any series, means any one of the following events (whatever the
reason for such Event of Default and whether it shall be voluntary or
involuntary or be effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment,
decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regula tion of any
administrative or governmental body):
(1) default in the payment of any inter est upon any
Security of that series when it becomes due and payable, and
continuance of such default for a period of 30 days; or
(2) default in the payment of the prin cipal of (or
premium, if any, on)
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any Security of that series at its Maturity; or
(3) default in the deposit of any sink ing fund
payment, when and as due by the terms of a Security of that
series; or
(4) default in the performance, or breach, of any
covenant or warranty of the Company in this Indenture or the
Securities of such series (other than a covenant or warranty a
default in whose performance or whose breach is elsewhere in
this Section specifically dealt with or which has expressly
been included in this Indenture solely for the benefit of
series of Securi ties other than that series), and continuance
of such default or breach for a period of 60 days after there
has been given, by regis tered or certified mail, to the
Company by the Trustee or to the Company and the Trustee by
the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of that series a written notice
specifying such default or breach and requiring it to be
remedied and stating that such notice is a "Notice of Default"
hereunder; or
(5) a default under any bond, deben ture, note or
other evidence of indebtedness for money borrowed (including a
default with respect to Securities of any series other than
that series) or under any mortgage, indenture or instrument
under which there may be issued or by which there may be
secured or evidenced any indebtedness for money borrowed by
the Company or any Material Banking Sub sidiary in excess of
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$10,000,000, whether such indebtedness now exists or shall
here after be created, which default shall have resulted in
such indebtedness becoming or being declared due and payable
prior to the date on which it would otherwise have become due
and payable, without such acceleration having been rescinded
or annulled within a period of 30 days after there shall have
been given, by registered or certified mail, to the Company by
the Trustee or to the Company and the Trustee by the Holders
of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Outstand ing
Securities of that series a written notice specifying such
default and requiring the Company or the Material Banking
Subsidi ary, as the case may be, to cause such acceleration to
be rescinded or annulled and stating that such notice is a
"Notice of Default" hereunder; provided, however, that if such
default shall be remedied or cured by the Company or the
Material Banking Subsidi ary or waived by the holders of such
indeb tedness, then the Event of Default hereunder by reason
thereof shall be deemed likewise to have been thereupon
remedied, cured or waived without any action on the part of
the Trustee or any of the Holders; or
(6) the entry by a court or, in the case of a
Material Banking Subsidiary, a govern mental authority having
jurisdiction in the premises of (A) a decree or order for
relief in respect of the Company or any Material Banking
Subsidiary in an involuntary case or proceeding under any
applicable Federal, state or Commonwealth of Puerto Rico bank
ruptcy, insolvency, reorganization
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or other similar law or (B) a decree or order adjudg ing the
Company or any Material Banking Subsidiary a bankrupt or
insolvent, or approving as properly filed a petition seek ing
reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition of or
in respect of the Company or any Material Banking Subsidiary
under any applicable Federal, state or Commonwealth of Puerto
Rico law, or appoint ing a custodian, receiver, liquidator,
assignee, trustee, sequestrator or other similar official of
the Company or any Material Banking Subsidiary or of any sub
stantial part of its property, or ordering the winding up or
liquidation of its affairs, and the continuance of any such
decree or order for relief or any such other decree or order
unstayed and in effect for a period of 60 consecutive days; or
(7) the commencement by the Company or any Material
Banking Subsidiary of a volun tary case or proceeding under
any applicable Federal, state or Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or
of any other case or proceeding to be adjudicated a bankrupt
or insolvent, or the consent by it to the entry of a decree or
order for relief in respect of the Company or any Material
Banking Subsidi ary in an involuntary case or proceeding under
any applicable Federal, state or Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or
to the commencement of any bankruptcy or insolvency case or
proceeding against it, or the filing by it of a petition or
answer or consent seeking reorganization
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or relief under any applicable Federal, state or Commonwealth
of Puerto Rico law, or the consent by it to the filing of such
petition or to the appointment of or taking possession by a
custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee,
sequestrator or other similar official of the Company or of
any substantial part of its property, or the making by it of
an assignment for the benefit of creditors, or the admission
by it in writing, of its inability to pay its debts generally
as they become due, or the taking of corporate action by the
Company or any Material Banking Subsidiary in furtherance of
any such action; or
(8) any other Event of Default provided with respect
to Securities of that series.
Section 502. Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission
and Annulment.
If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of any
series at the time outstanding occurs and is continu ing, then in every such
case the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of that series may declare the principal amount (or, if
any of the Securities of that series are original Issue Discount Securities,
such portion of the principal amount of such Securities as may be specified in
the terms thereof) of all of the Securities of that series to be due and payable
immediately, by a notice in writing to the Company (and to the Trustee if given
by Holders), and upon any such declaration such principal amount (or specified
amount) shall become immediately due and payable.
At any time after such a declaration of accelera tion with
respect to Securities of any series has been made and before a judgement or
decree for payment of the money
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due has been obtained by the Trustee as hereinafter in this Article provided,
the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of
that series, by written notice to the Company and the Trustee, may rescind and
annul such declaration and its consequences if
(1) the Company has paid or deposited
with the Trustee a sum sufficient to pay
(A) all overdue interest on all Securities
of that series,
(B) the principal of (and premium, if any,
on) any Securities of that series which have become
due otherwise than by such declaration of
acceleration and any interest thereon at the rate or
rates prescribed therefor in such Securities,
(C) to the extent that payment of such
interest is lawful, interest upon overdue interest at
the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such
Securities, and
(D) all sums paid or advanced by the Trustee
hereunder and the reasonable compensation, expenses,
disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents
and counsel;
and
(2) all Events of Default with respect to Securities
of that series, other than the non-payment of the principal of
Securities of that series which have become due solely by such
declaration of acceleration, have been
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cured or waived as provided in Section 513.
No such rescission shall affect any subsequent default or impair any right
consequent thereon.
Section 503. Collection of Indebtedness and Suits
for Enforcement by Trustee.
The Company covenants that if
(1) default is made in the payment of any interest on
any Security when such inter est becomes due and payable and
such default continues for a period of 30 days, or
(2) default is made in the payment of
the principal of (or premium, if any, on) any
Security at the Maturity thereof,
the Company will, upon demand of the Trustee, pay to it, for the benefit of the
Holders of such Securities, the whole amount then due and payable on such
Securities for principal and any premium and interest and, to the extent that
payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable, interest on any overdue
principal and premium and on any overdue inter est, at the rate or rates
prescribed therefor in such Securities, and, in addition thereto, such further
amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of col lection,
including the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of
the Trustee, its agents and counsel.
If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of any
series occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may in its discretion proceed to
protect and enforce its rights and the rights of the Holders of Securities of
such series by such appropriate judicial proceedings as the Trustee shall deem
most effectual to protect and enforce any such rights, whether for the specific
enforcement of any covenant or
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agreement in this Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any power granted
herein, or to enforce any other proper remedy.
Section 504. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.
In case of any judicial proceeding relative to the Company (or
any other obligor upon the Securities), its property or its creditors, the
Trustee shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or
otherwise, to take any and all actions authorized under the Trust Indenture Act
in order to have claims of the Holders and the Trustee allowed in any such
proceeding. In particular, the Trustee shall be authorized to collect and
receive any moneys or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims
and to distribute the same; and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee,
liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official in any such judicial
proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder 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 Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due 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 607.
No provision of this Indenture shall be deemed to authorize
the Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any
Holder any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition
affecting the Securi ties or the rights of any Holder thereof or to authorize
the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such
proceeding.
Section 505. Trustee May Enforce Claims Without
Possession of Securities.
All rights of action and claims under this Inden ture or the
Securities may be prosecuted and enforced by the Trustee without the possession
of any of the Securities or the production thereof in any proceeding relating
thereto, and any such proceeding instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in
its own name as trustee of an express trust, and
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any recovery of judgment shall, after provision for the payment of the
reasonable compensation, expenses, disburse ments and advances of the Trustee,
its agents and counsel, be for the ratable benefit of the Holders of the
Securities in respect of which such judgment has been recovered.
Section 506. Application of Money Collected.
Any money collected by the Trustee pursuant to this Article
shall be applied in the following order, at the date or dates fixed by the
Trustee and, in case of the distribution of such money on account of principal
or any premium or interest, upon presentation of the Securities and the notation
thereon of the payment if only partially paid and upon surrender thereof if
fully paid:
FIRST: To the payment of all amounts due
the Trustee under Section 607; and
SECOND: To the payment of the amounts then due and
unpaid for principal of and any premium and interest on the
Securities in respect of which or for the benefit of which
such money has been collected, ratably, with out preference or
priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and payable
on such Securities for principal and any premium and interest,
respectively.
Section 507. Limitation on Suits.
No Holder of any Security of any series shall have any right
to institute any proceeding, judicial or other wise, with respect to this
Indenture, or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other
remedy hereunder, unless
(1) such Holder has previously given written notice
to the Trustee of a
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continuing Event of Default with respect to the Securi ties of
that series;
(2) the Holders of not less than 25% in principal
amount of the outstanding Securi ties of that series shall
have made written request to the Trustee to institute proceed
ings in respect of such Event of Default in its own name as
Trustee hereunder;
(3) such Holder or Holders have offered to the
Trustee reasonable indemnity against the costs, expenses and
liabilities to be incurred in compliance with such request;
(4) the Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such
notice, request and offer of indemnity has failed to institute
any such proceeding; 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 principal amount of the
outstand ing Securities of that series;
it being understood and intended that no one or more of such Holders shall have
any right in any manner whatever by vir tue of, or by availing of, any provision
of this Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any other of
such Holders, or to obtain or to seek to obtain priority or preference over any
other of such Holders or to enforce any right under this Indenture, except in
the manner herein provided and for the equal and ratable benefit of all of such
Holders.
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Section 508. Unconditional Right of Holders to
Receive Principal, Premium and Interest.
Notwithstanding any other provision in this Inden ture, the
Holder of any Security shall have the right, which is absolute and
unconditional, to receive payment of the principal of and any premium and
(subject to Section 307) any interest on such Security on the Stated Maturity or
Maturities expressed in such Security (or, in the case of redemption, on the
Redemption Date) and to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment,
and such rights shall not be impaired without the consent of such Holder.
Section 509. Restoration of Rights and Remedies.
If the Trustee or any Holder has instituted any proceeding to
enforce any right or remedy under this Inden ture and such proceeding has been
discontinued or abandoned for any reason, or has been determined adversely to
the Trustee or to such Holder, then and in every such case, subject to any
determination in such proceeding, the Company, the Trustee and the Holders shall
be restored severally and respectively to their former positions hereunder and
thereafter all rights and remedies of the Trustee and the Holders shall continue
as though no such proceeding had been instituted.
Section 510. Rights and Remedies Cumulative.
Except as otherwise provided with respect to the replacement
or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities in the last
paragraph of Section 306, no right or remedy herein conferred upon or reserved
to the Trustee or to the Holders is intended to be exclusive of any other right
or remedy, and every right and remedy shall, to the extent permitted by law, be
cumulative and in addition to every other right and remedy given hereunder or
now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or
employment of any right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the
concurrent assertion or employment of any other appropriate right or remedy.
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Section 511. Delay or Omission Not Waiver.
No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any Holder of any
Securities to exercise any right or remedy accruing upon any Event of Default
shall impair any such right or remedy or constitute a waiver of any such Event
of Default or an acquiescence therein. Every right and remedy given by this
Article or by law to the Trustee or to the Holders may be exercised from time to
time, and as often as may be deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by the Holders,
as the case may be.
Section 512. Control by Holders.
The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of any series shall have the right to direct the time,
method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the
Trustee, or exer cising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee, with
respect to the Securities of such series, provided that
(1) such direction shall not be in con
flict with any rule of law or with this
Indenture, and
(2) the Trustee may take any other action deemed
proper by the Trustee which is not inconsistent with such
direction.
Section 513. Waiver of Past Defaults.
The Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of
the Outstanding Securities of any series may on behalf of the Holders of all the
Securities of such series waive any past default hereunder with respect to such
series and its consequences, except a default
(1) in the payment of the principal of or any
premium or interest on any Security of such series, or
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(2) in respect of a covenant or provision hereof
which under Article Nine cannot be modified or amended without
the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security of such
series affected.
Upon any such waiver, such default shall cease to exist, and
any Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured, for
every purpose of this Inden ture; but no such waiver shall extend to any
subsequent or other default or impair any right consequent thereon.
Section 514. 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,
suffered or omitted by it as Trustee, a court may require any party litigant in
such suit to file an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and may assess
costs against any such party litigant, in the manner and to the extent provided
in the Trust Indenture Act; provided that neither this Section nor the Trust
Indenture Act shall be deemed to authorize any court to require such an
undertaking or to make such an assessment in any suit instituted by the Company.
Section 515. Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws.
The Company covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do
so) that it will not at any time insist upon, or plead, or in any manner
whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay or extension law
wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, which may affect the
covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and the Company (to the extent
that it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of
any such law and 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.
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ARTICLE SIX
The Trustee
Section 601. Certain Duties and Responsibilities.
The duties and responsibilities of the Trustee shall be as
provided by the Trust Indenture Act. Notwith standing the foregoing, 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 duties hereunder, or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if it
shall have reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or
adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to
it. Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every provision of this
Indenture relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of or affording
protection to the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of this Section.
Section 602. Notice of Defaults.
If a default occurs hereunder with respect to Securities of
any series, the Trustee shall give the Holders of Securities of such series
notice of such default as and to the extent provided in the Trust Indenture Act;
provided, however, that in the case of any default of the character specified in
Section 501(4) with respect to Securities of such series, no such notice to
Holders shall be given until at least 30 days after the occurrence thereof. For
the purpose of this Section, the term "default" means any event which is, or
after notice or lapse of time or both would become, an Event of Default with
respect to Securities of such series.
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Section 603. Certain Rights of Trustee.
Subject to the provisions of Section 601:
(a) the Trustee may rely and shall be protected in acting or
refraining from acting upon any resolu tion, certificate, statement,
instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent,
order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other
paper or document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed
or presented by the proper party or parties;
(b) any request or direction of the Company mentioned herein
shall be sufficiently evidenced by a Company Request or Company Order
and any resolution of the Board of Directors may be sufficiently
evidenced by a Board Resolution;
(c) whenever in the administration of this Inden ture the
Trustee shall deem it desirable that a matter be proved or established
prior to taking, suffering or omitting any action hereunder, the
Trustee (unless other evidence be herein specifically prescribed) may,
in the absence of bad faith on its part, rely upon an Officers'
Certificate;
(d) the Trustee may consult with counsel and the written
advice of such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and
complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken,
suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in reliance
thereon;
(e) the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any
of the rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request
or direction of any of the Holders pursuant to this Indenture, unless
such Holders shall have offered to the Trustee reasonable security or
indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities which might be
incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction;
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(f) the Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation
into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate,
statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction,
consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness
or other paper or document, but the Trustee, in its discretion, may
make such further inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters
as it may see fit, and, if the Trustee shall determine to make such
further inquiry or investigation, it shall be entitled to examine the
books, records and premises of the Company, personally or by agent or
attorney; and
(g) the Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers
hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or
through agents or attorneys and the Trustee shall not be responsible
for any misconduct or negligence an the part of any agent or attorney
appointed with due care by it hereunder.
Section 604. Not Responsible for Recitals or
Issuance of Securities.
The recitals contained herein and in the Securi ties, except
the Trustee's certificates of authentication, shall be taken as the statements
of the Company, and the Trustee or any Authenticating Agent assumes no responsi
bility for their correctness. The Trustee makes no representations as to the
validity or sufficiency of this Indenture or of the Securities. The Trustee or
any Authen ticating Agent shall not be accountable for the use or application by
the Company of Securities or the proceeds thereof.
Section 605. May Hold Securities.
The Trustee, any Authenticating Agent, any Paying Agent, any
Security Registrar or any other agent of the Company, in its individual or any
other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Securities and, subject to
Sections 608 and 613, may otherwise deal with the Company with the same rights
it would have if it were not Trustee,
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Authenticating Agent, Paying Agent, Security Registrar or such other agent.
Section 606. Money Held in Trust.
Money held by the Trustee in trust hereunder need not be
segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law. The Trustee
shall be under no liability for interest on any money received by it hereunder
except as otherwise agreed with the Company.
Section 607. Compensation and Reimbursement.
The Company agrees
(1) to pay to the Trustee from time to time reasonable
compensation for all services rendered by it hereunder (which
compensation shall not be limited by any provision of law in regard to
the compensation of a trustee of an express trust);
(2) except as otherwise expressly provided herein, to
reimburse the Trustee upon its request for all reasonable expenses,
disbursements and advances incurred or made by the Trustee in
accordance with any provision of this Indenture (including the
reasonable compensation and the expenses and disbursements of its
agents and counsel), except any such expense, disbursement or advance
as may be attributable to its negligence or bad faith; and
(3) to indemnify the Trustee for, and to hold it harmless
against, any loss, liability or expense incurred without negligence or
bad faith on its part, arising out of or in connection with the
acceptance or administration of the trust or trusts hereunder,
including the 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.
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As security for the performance of the obligations of the
Company under this Section the Trustee shall have a lien prior to the Securities
upon all property or funds collected by the Trustee as such, except funds held
in trust for the benefit of the Holders of particular Securities.
Section 608. Disqualification; Conflicting
Interests.
If the Trustee has or shall acquire a conflicting interest
within the meaning of the Trust Indenture Act, the Trustee shall either
eliminate such interest or resign, to the extent and in the manner provided by,
and subject to the provisions of, the Trust Indenture Act and this Indenture.
Section 609. Corporate Trustee Required;
Eligibility.
There shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder which shall be
a Person that is eligible pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act to act as such and
has a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000 and a Corporate Trust
Office in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York. If such Person
publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the
requirements of said supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes
of this Section, the combined capital and surplus of such Person shall be deemed
to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of
condition so published. If at any time the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in
accordance with the provisions of this Section, it shall resign immediately in
the manner and with the effect hereinafter specified in this Article.
Section 610. Resignation and Removal;
Appointment of Successor.
(a) No resignation or removal of the Trustee and no
appointment of a successor Trustee pursuant to this Article shall become
effective until the acceptance of appointment by the successor Trustee in
accordance with the applicable requirements of Section 611.
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(b) The Trustee may resign at any time with respect to the
Securities of one or more series by giving written notice thereof to the
Company. If the instrument of acceptance by a successor Trustee required by
Section 611 shall not have been delivered to the Trustee within 30 days after
the giving of such notice of resignation, the resign ing Trustee may petition
any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee
with respect to the Securities of such series.
(c) The Trustee may be removed at any time with respect to the
Securities of any series by Act of the Hold ers of a majority in principal
amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series, delivered to the Trustee
and to the Company.
(d) If at any time:
(1) the Trustee shall fail to comply with Section 609
after written request therefor by the Company or by any Holder who has
been a bona fide Holder of a Security for at least six months, or
(2) the Trustee shall cease to be eligible under
Section 609 and shall fail to resign after written request therefor by
the Company or by any such Holder, or
(3) the Trustee shall become incapable of acting or
shall be adjudged a bankrupt or insolvent or a receiver of the Trustee
or of its property shall be appointed or any public officer shall take
charge or control of the Trustee or of its property or affairs for the
purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation,
then, in any such case, (i) the Company by a Board Resolu tion may remove the
Trustee with respect to all securities, or (ii) subject to Section 514, any
Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security for at least six months
may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any court
of competent jurisdiction for the removal
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of the Trustee with respect to all Securities and the appointment of a successor
Trustee or Trustees.
(e) If the Trustee shall resign, be removed or become
incapable of acting, or if a vacancy shall occur in the office of Trustee for
any cause, with respect to the Securities of one or more series, the Company, by
a Board Resolution, shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee or Trustees with
respect to the Securities of that or those series (it being understood that any
such successor Trustee may be appointed with respect to the Securities of one or
more or all of such series and that at any time there shall be only one Trustee
with respect to the Securities of any particular series) and shall comply with
the applicable requirements of Section 611. If, within one year after such
resignation, removal or incapability, or the occurrence of such vacancy, a
successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series shall be
appointed by Act of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of such series delivered to the Company and the retiring
Trustee, the successor Trustee so appointed shall, forthwith upon its acceptance
of such appointment in accord ance with the applicable requirements of Section
611, become the successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series
and to that extent supersede the successor Trustee appointed by the Company. If
no successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series shall have
been so appointed by the Company or the Holders and accepted appointment in the
manner required by Section 611, any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a
Security of such series for at least six months may, on behalf of himself and
all others similarly situated, petition any court of compe tent jurisdiction for
the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such
series.
(f) The Company shall give notice of each resig nation and
each removal of the Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series and
each appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any
series to all Holders of Securities of such series in the manner provided in
Section 106. Each notice shall include the name of the
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successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series and the address
of its Corporate Trust Office.
Section 611. Acceptance of Appointment by
Successor.
(a) In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor
Trustee with respect to all Securities, every such successor Trustee so
appointed shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Company and to the
retiring Trustee an instrument accepting such appointment, and thereupon the
resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective and such
successor Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become
vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee;
but, on the request of the Company or the successor Trustee, such retiring
Trustee shall, upon payment of its charges, execute and deliver an instrument
transferring to such successor Trustee all the rights, powers and trusts of the
retiring Trustee and shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor
Trustee all property and money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder.
(b) In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor
Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more (but not all) series, the
Company, the retiring Trustee and each successor Trustee with respect to the
Securities of one or more series shall execute and deliver an indenture
supplemental hereto wherein each successor Trustee shall accept such appointment
and which (1) shall contain such provisions as shall be necessary or desirable
to transfer and confirm to, and to vest in, each successor Trustee all the
rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the
Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor
Trustee relates, (2) if the retiring Trustee is not retiring with respect to all
Securities, shall contain such provisions as shall be deemed necessary or
desirable to confirm that all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the
retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series as to
which the retiring Trustee is not retiring shall continue to be vested in the
retiring Trustee, and (3)
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shall 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, it being understood that nothing herein or
in such supplemental indenture shall constitute such Trustees co trustees of the
same trust and that each such Trustee shall be trustee of a trust or trusts
hereunder separate and apart from any trust or trusts hereunder administered by
any other such Trustee; and upon the execution and delivery of such supplemental
indenture the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become
effective to the extent pro vided therein and each such successor Trustee,
without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the
rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the
Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor
Trustee relates; but, on request of the Company or any successor Trustee, such
retiring Trustee shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor
Trustee all property and money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder with
respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of
such successor Trustee relates.
(c) Upon request of any such successor Trustee, the Company
shall execute any and all instruments for more fully and certainly vesting in
and confirming to such suc cessor Trustee all such rights, powers and trusts
referred to in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section, as the case may be.
(d) No successor Trustee shall accept its appointment unless
at the time of such acceptance such suc cessor Trustee shall be qualified and
eligible under this Article.
Section 612. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation
or Succession to Business.
Any corporation into which the Trustee may be merged or
converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting
from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a
party, or any
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corporation succeeding to all or substantially all the cor porate trust business
of the Trustee, shall be the successor of the Trustee hereunder, provided such
corporation shall be otherwise qualified and eligible under this Article,
without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of
any of the parties hereto. In case any Securi ties shall have been
authenticated, but not delivered, by the Trustee then in office, any successor
by merger, conver sion or consolidation to such authenticating Trustee may adopt
such authentication and deliver the Securities so authenticated with the same
effect as if such successor Trustee had itself authenticated such Securities.
Section 613. Preferential Collection of Claims
Against the Company.
If and when the Trustee shall be or become a creditor of the
Company (or any other obligor upon the Securities), the Trustee shall be subject
to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act regarding the collection of claims
against the Company (or any such other obligor).
Section 614. Appointment of Authenticating Agent.
The Trustee may appoint an Authenticating Agent or Agents with
respect to one or more series of Securities which shall be authorized to act on
behalf of the Trustee to authenticate Securities of such series issued upon
original issue and upon exchange, registration of transfer or partial redemption
thereof or pursuant to Section 306, and Securities so authenticated shall be
entitled to the benefits of this Indenture and shall be valid and obligatory for
all purposes as if authenticated by the Trustee hereunder. Wherever reference is
made in this Indenture to the authentication and delivery of Securities by the
Trustee or the Trustee's certificate of authentication, such reference shall be
deemed to include authentication and delivery on behalf of the Trustee by an
Authenticating Agent and a certificate of authentication executed on behalf of
the Trustee by an Authenticating Agent. Each Authenticating Agent shall be
acceptable to the Company and shall at all times be a corporation organized and
doing business under
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the laws of the United States of America, any State thereof or the District of
Columbia, authorized under such laws to act as Authenticating Agent, having a
combined capital and surplus of not less than $50,000,000 and subject to super
vision or examination by Federal or State authority. If such Authenticating
Agent publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to
the requirements of said supervising or examining authority, then for the pur
pose of this Section, the combined capital and surplus of such Authenticating
Agent shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its
most recent report of condition so published. If at any time an Authenticating
Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this
Section, such Authenticating Agent shall resign immediately in the manner and
with the effect speci fied in this Section.
Any corporation into which an Authenticating Agent may be
merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation
resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which such
Authenticating Agent shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to the
corporate agency or corporate trust business of an Authenticating Agent, shall
continue to be an Authenticating Agent, provided such corporation shall be
otherwise eligible under this Section, without the execution or filing of any
paper or any further act on the part of the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent.
An Authenticating Agent may resign at any time by giving
written notice thereof to the Trustee and to the Company. The Trustee may at any
time terminate the agency of an Authenticating Agent by giving written notice
thereof to such Authenticating Agent and to the Company. Upon receiving such a
notice of resignation or upon such a termination, or in case at any time such
Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the
provisions of this Section, the Trustee may appoint a successor Authenticating
Agent which shall be acceptable to the Company and shall mail written notice of
such appointment by first-class mail, postage prepaid, to all Holders of
Securities of the series with respect to which
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such Authenticating Agent will serve, as their names and addresses appear in
the Security Register. Any successor Authenticating Agent upon acceptance of
its appointment hereunder shall become vested with all the rights, powers and
duties of its predecessor hereunder, with like effect as if originally named as
an Authenticating Agent. No successor Authenticating Agent shall be appointed
unless eligible under the provisions of this Section.
The Trustee agrees to pay to each Authenticating Agent from
time to time reasonable compensation for its services under this Section, and
the Trustee shall be entitled to be reimbursed for such payments, subject to the
provisions of Section 607.
If an appointment with respect to one or more series is made
pursuant to this Section, the Securities of such series may have endorsed
thereon, in addition to the Trustee's certificate of authentication, an
alternative certificate of authentication in the following form:
This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein
referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK
OF CHICAGO
As Trustee
By____________________________,
As Authenticating Agent
By____________________________,
Authorized Officer
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ARTICLE SEVEN
Holders' Lists and Reports by Trustee and Company
Section 701. Company to Furnish Trustee
Names and Addresses of Holders.
The Company will furnish or cause to be furnished
to the Trustee
(a) semi-annually, not later than June 30 and December 30 in
each year, a list, in such form as the Trustee may reasonably require,
of the names and addresses of the Holders as of the preceding June 15
or December 15, as the case may be, and
(b) at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing,
within 30 days after the receipt by the Company of any such request, a
list of similar form and content as of a date not more than 15 days
prior to the time such is furnished.
excluding from any such list names and addresses received by the Trustee in its
capacity as Security Registrar.
Section 702. Preservation of Information;
Communications to Holders.
(a) The Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as is
reasonably practicable, the names and addresses of Holders contained in the most
recent list furnished to the Trustee as provided in Section 701 and the names
and addresses of Holders received by the Trustee in its capacity as Security
Registrar. The Trustee may destroy any list furnished to it as provided in
Section 701 upon receipt of a new list so furnished.
(b) The rights of the Holders to communicate with other
Holders with respect to their rights under this Indenture or under the
Securities, and the corresponding rights and privileges of the Trustee, shall be
as provided by the Trust Indenture Act.
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(c) Every Holder of Securities, by receiving and holding the
same, agrees with the Company and the Trustee that neither the Company nor the
Trustee nor any agent of either of them shall be held accountable by reason of
any disclosure of information as to names and addresses of Holders made pursuant
to the Trust Indenture Act.
Section 703. Reports by Trustee.
(a) The Trustee shall transmit to Holders such reports
concerning the Trustee and its actions under this Indenture as may be required
pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act at the times and in the manner provided
pursuant there to.
(b) A copy of each such report shall, at the time of such
transmission to Holders, be filed by the Trustee with each stock exchange upon
which any Securities are listed, with the Commission and with the Company. The
Company will notify the Trustee when any Securities are listed on any stock
exchange.
Section 704. Reports by Company.
The Company shall file with the Trustee and the Commission,
and transmit to Holders, such information, documents and other reports, and such
summaries thereof, as may be required pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act at the
times and in the manner provided pursuant to such Act; provided that any such
information, documents or reports required to be filed with the Commission
pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 shall be
filed with the Trustee within 15 days after the same is so required to be filed
with the Commission.
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ARTICLE EIGHT
Consolidation, Merger, Conveyance, Transfer or Lease
Section 801. Company May Consolidate, Etc.,
Only on Certain Terms.
The Company shall not consolidate with or merge into any other
Person or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets substantially as
an entirety to any Person, and the Company shall not permit any Person to
consolidate with or merge into the Company or convey, transfer or lease its
properties and assets substantially as an entirety to the Company, unless:
(1) in case the Company shall consolidate with or merge into
another Person or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets
substantially as an entirety to any Person, the Person formed by such
consolidation or into which the Company is merged or the Person which
acquires by conveyance or transfer, or which leases, the properties and
assets of the Company substantially as an entirety shall, by an
indenture supplemental hereto, executed and delivered to the Trustee,
in form satisfactory to the Trustee, expressly assume the due and
punctual payment of the principal and any premium and interest on all
the Securities and the performance or observance of every covenant of
this Indenture on the part of the Company to be performed or observed;
(2) immediately after giving effect to such transaction and
treating any indebtedness which becomes an obligation of the Company or
a Subsidiary as a result of such transaction as having been incurred by
the Company or such Subsidiary at the time of transaction, no Event of
Default shall have happened and be continuing;
(3) if, as a result of any such consolidation or merger or
such conveyance, transfer or lease, proper ties or assets of the
Company would become subject to a mortgage, pledge, lien, security
interest or other
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encumbrance which would not be permitted by this Indenture, the Company
or such successor Person, as the case may be, shall take such steps as
shall be necessary effectively to secure the Securities equally and
ratably with (or prior to) all indebtedness secured thereby; and
(4) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers'
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such
consolidation, merger, conveyance or transfer or lease and, if a
supplemental indenture is required in connection with such transaction,
such supplemental indenture comply with this Article and that all
conditions precedent herein provided for relating to such transaction
have been complied with.
Section 802. Successor Substituted.
Upon any consolidation of the Company with, or merger of the
Company into, any other Person or any conveyance, transfer or lease of the
properties and assets of the Company substantially as an entirety in accordance
with Section 801, the successor Person formed by such consolidation or into
which the Company is merged or to which such conveyance, transfer or lease 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 Person had been named as the Company herein, and thereafter, except in
the case of a lease, the predecessor Person shall be relieved of all obligations
and covenants under this Indenture and the Securities.
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ARTICLE NINE
Supplemental Indentures
Section 901. Supplemental Indentures Without
Consent of Holders.
Without the consent of any Holders, the Company, when
authorized by a Board Resolution, and the Trustee, at any time and from time to
time, may enter into one or more indentures supplemental hereto, in form
satisfactory to the Trustee, for any of the following purposes:
(1) to evidence the succession of another Person to the
Company and the assumption by any such successor of the covenants of
the Company herein and in the Securities; or
(2) to add to the covenants of the Company for the benefit of
the Holders of all or any series of Securities (and if such covenants
are to be for the benefit of less than all series of Securities,
stating that such covenants are expressly being included solely for the
benefit of such series) or to surrender any right or power herein
conferred upon the Company; or
(3) to add any additional Events of Default; or
(4) to add to or change any of the provisions of this
Indenture to such extent as shall be necessary to permit or facilitate
the issuance of Securities in bearer form, registrable or not
registrable as to principal, and with or without interest coupons, or
to permit or facilitate the issuance of Securities in uncertificated
form; or
(5) to add or change any of the provisions of this Indenture
in respect of one or more series of Securities, provided that any such
addition, change or elimination (i) shall neither (A) apply to any
Security of any series created prior to the execution of such
supplemental indenture and entitled to the benefit of
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such provision nor (B) modify the rights of the Holder of any such
Security with respect to such provision or (ii) shall become effective
only when there is no such Security Outstanding; or
(6) to secure the Securities; or
(7) to establish the form or terms of Securities of any series
as permitted by Sections 201 and 301; or
(8) 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
Inden ture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the
administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee,
pursuant to the requirements of Section 611(b); or
(9) to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any
provision herein which may be inconsistent with any other provision
herein, or to make any other provisions with respect to matters or
questions arising under this Indenture, provided that such action
pursuant to this clause (9) shall not adversely affect the interests of
the Holders of Securities of any series in any material respect.
Section 902. Supplemental Indentures with Consent
of Holders.
With the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of each series affected by such
supplemental indenture, by Act of said Holders delivered to the Company and the
Trustee, the Company, when authorized by a Board Resolution, and the Trustee may
enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto for the purpose of
adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the
provisions of this Indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights of the
Holders of Securities of such series under this Indenture; provided, however,
that no such supplemental
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indenture shall, without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security
affected thereby,
(1) change the Stated Maturity of the principal of, or any
installment of principal of or interest on, any Security, or reduce the
principal amount thereof or the rate of interest thereon or any premium
payable upon the redemption thereof, or reduce the amount of the
principal of an Original Issue Discount Security that would be due and
payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof
pursuant to Section 502, or change any Place of Payment where, or the
coin or currency in which, any Security or any premium or interest
thereon is payable, or impair the right to institute suit for the
enforcement of any such payment on or after the Stated Maturity thereof
(or, in the case of redemption, on or after the Redemption Date), or
(2) reduce the percentage in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of any series, the consent of whose Holders is
required for any such supplemental indenture, or the consent of whose
Holders is required for any waiver of compliance with certain
provisions of this Indenture or certain defaults hereunder and their
consequences provided for in this Indenture, or
(3) modify any of the provisions of this Section, Section 513
or Section 1011, except to increase any such percentage or to provide
that certain other provisions of this Indenture cannot be modified or
waived without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security
affected thereby, provided, however, that this clause shall not be
deemed to require the consent of any Holder with respect to changes in
the references to the Trustee" and concomitant changes in this Section
and Section 1011, or the deletion of this proviso, in accordance with
the requirements of Sections 611(b) and 901(8).
A supplemental indenture which changes or eliminates any covenant or other
provision of this Indenture which has
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expressly been included solely for the benefit of one or more particular series
of Securities, or which modifies the rights of the Holders of Securities of such
series with respect to such covenant or other provision, shall be deemed not to
affect the rights under this Indenture of the Holders of Securities of any other
series.
It shall not be necessary for any Act of Holders under this
Section to approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture,
but it shall be sufficient if such Act shall approve the substance thereof.
Section 903. Execution of Supplemental Indentures.
In executing, or accepting the additional trusts created by,
any supplemental indenture permitted by this Article or the modifications
thereby of the trusts created by this Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled
to receive, and (subject to Section 601) shall be fully protected in relying
upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execu tion of such supplemental
indenture is authorized or permit ted by this Indenture. The Trustee may, but
shall not be obligated to, enter into any such supplemental indenture which
affects the Trustee's own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or
otherwise.
Section 904. Effect of Supplemental Indentures.
Upon the execution of any supplemental indenture under this
Article, this Indenture shall be modified in accordance therewith, and such
supplemental indenture shall form a part of this indenture for all purposes; and
every Holder of Securities theretofore or thereafter authenticated and delivered
hereunder shall be bound thereby.
Section 905. Conformity with Trust Indenture Act.
Every supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this Article
shall conform to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act.
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Section 906. Reference in Securities to
Supplemental Indentures.
Securities of any series authenticated and delivered after the
execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to this Article may, and shall
if required by the Trustee, bear a notation in form approved by the Trustee as
to any matter provided for in such supplemental indenture. If the Company shall
so determine, new Securities of any series so modified as to conform, in the
opinion of the Trustee and the Company, to any such supplemental indenture may
be prepared and executed by the Company and authen ticated and delivered by the
Trustee in exchange for Outstanding Securities of such series.
ARTICLE TEN
Covenants
Section 1001. Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest.
The Company covenants and agrees for the benefit of each
series of Securities that it will duly and punctually pay the principal of and
any premium and interest on the Securities of that series in accordance with the
terms of the Securities and this Indenture.
Section 1002. Maintenance of Office or Agency.
The Company will maintain in each Place of Payment for any
series of Securities an office or agency where Securities of that series may be
presented or surrendered for payment, where Securities of that series may be
surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange and where notices and
demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities of that series and
this Indenture may be served. The Company will 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 agency or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof,
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presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the
Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and the Company hereby appoints the
Trustee as its agent to receive all such presentations, surrenders, notices and
demands.
The Company may also from time to time designate one or more
other offices or agencies where the Securities of one or more series may be
presented or surrendered for any or all such purposes and may from time to time
rescind such designations; that no such designation or rescission shall in any
manner relieve the Company of its obligation to maintain an office or agency in
each Place of Payment for Securities of any series for such purposes. The
Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such designation
or rescission and of any change in the location of any such other office or
agency.
Section 1003. Money for Securities Payments to
Be Held in Trust.
If the Company shall at any time act as its own Paying Agent
with respect to any series of Securities, it will, on or before each due date of
the principal of or any premium or interest on any of the Securities of that
series, segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled
thereto a sum sufficient to pay the principal and interest so becoming due until
such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein
provided and will promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure so to
act.
Whenever the Company shall have one or more Paying Agents for
any series of Securities, it will, prior to each due date of the principal of or
interest on any Securities of that series, deposit with a Paying Agent a sum
sufficient to pay such amount, such sum to be held as provided by the Trust
Indenture Act, and (unless such Paying Agent is the Trustee) the Company will
promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure so to act.
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The Company may at any time, for the purpose of obtaining the
satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture or for any other purpose, pay, or
by Company Order direct any Paying Agent to pay, to the Trustee all sums held in
trust by the Company or such Paying Agent, such sums to be held by the Trustee
upon the same trusts as those upon which such sums were held by the Company or
such Paying Agent; and, upon such payment by any Paying Agent to the Trustee,
such Paying Agent shall be released from all further liability with respect to
such money.
Any money deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or
then held by the Company, in trust for the payment of the principal of and any
premiums or interest on any Security of any series and remaining unclaimed for
two years after such principal and any premium or interest has become due and
payable shall be paid to the Company on Company Request, or (if then held by the
Company) shall be discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such Security or
any coupon appertaining thereto shall thereafter, as an unsecured general
creditor, look only to the Company for payment thereof, and all liability of the
Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such trust money, and all liability
of the Company as trustee thereof, shall thereupon cease; provided, however,
that the Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being required to make any such
repayment, may at the expense of the Company cause to be published once, in a
newspaper published in the English language, customarily published on each
Business day and of general circulation in The City of New York, 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 publication, any unclaimed
balance of such money then remaining will be repaid to the Company.
Section 1004. Statement by Officers as to Default.
The Company will deliver to the Trustee, within 120 days after
the end of each fiscal year of the Company ending after the date hereof, an
Officers' Certificate, stating whether or not to the best knowledge of the
signers thereof the Company is in default in the performance and
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observance of any of the terms, provisions and conditions of this Indenture
(without regard to any period of grace or requirement of notice provided
hereunder) and, if the Company shall be in default, specifying all such defaults
and the nature and status thereof of which they may have knowledge.
Section 1005. Existence.
Subject to Article Eight, the Company will do or cause to be
done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its
existence, rights (charter statutory) and franchises; provided, however, that
the Company shall not be required to preserve any such right or franchise 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 that the loss
thereof is not disadvantageous in any material respect to the Holders.
Section 1006. Maintenance of Properties.
The Company will cause all properties used or use ful 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 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.
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Section 1007. Payment of Taxes and Other Claims.
The Company will pay or discharge or cause to be paid or
discharged, before the same shall become delinquent, (1) all taxes, assessments
and governmental charges levied or imposed upon the Company or any Subsidiary or
upon the income, profits or property of the Company or any Subsidiary, and (2)
all lawful claims for labor, materials and supplies which, if unpaid, might by
law become a lien upon the property of the Company or any Subsidiary; 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 whose amount,
applicability or validity is being contested in good faith by appropriate
proceedings.
Section 1008. Limitation upon Disposition of Voting Stock
of, and Merger and Sale of Assets of,
Banco Popular.
Subject to the provisions of Article Eight, the
Company will not
(1) sell, assign, transfer or otherwise dispose of any shares
of Voting Stock of Banco Popular or permit Banco Popular to issue,
sell, assign, transfer or otherwise dispose of any shares of, or
securities convertible into or options, warrants or rights to subscribe
for, its Voting Stock, unless, after giving effect to any such
transaction, Banco Popular remains a Controlled Subsidiary; or
(2) permit Banco Popular to
(a) merge or consolidate, unless the surviving
corporation is a Controlled Subsidiary; or
(b) convey, transfer, lease or sell its properties
and assets substantially as an entirety to any Person, except
to a Controlled Subsidiary.
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Section 1009. Limitation Upon Creation of Liens on Voting
Stock of Material Banking Subsidiaries.
The Company will not, and it will not permit any Material
Banking Subsidiary at any time directly or indirectly to, create, assume, incur
or permit to exist any indebtedness for borrowed money secured by a pledge, lien
or other encumbrance (any pledge, lien or other encumbrance being hereinafter in
this Section referred to as a "lien") on the Voting Stock of any Material
Banking Subsidiary without making effective provision whereby the Outstanding
Securities (and, if the Company so elects, any other indebtedness ranking on a
parity with the Securities) shall be secured equally and ratably with such
secured indebtedness so long as such other indebtedness shall be so secured;
provided, however, that the foregoing covenant shall not be applicable to liens
for taxes or assessments or governmental charges or levies not then due and
delinquent or the validity of which is being contested in good faith or which
are less than $10,000,000 in amount, liens created by or resulting from any
litigation or legal proceeding which is currently being contested in good faith
by appropriate proceedings or which involve claims of less than $10,000,000, or
deposits to secure (or in lieu of) surety, stay, appeal or customs bands.
If the company shall hereafter be required to secure the
Securities equally and ratably with any other indebtedness pursuant to this
Section, (i) the Company will promptly deliver to the Trustee an Officers'
Certificate stating that the foregoing covenant has been complied with, and an
Opinion of Counsel stating that in the opinion of such counsel the foregoing
covenant has been complied with and that any instruments executed by the Company
or any Subsidiary in the performance of the foregoing covenant comply with the
requirements of the foregoing covenant and (ii) the Trustee is hereby authorized
to enter into an indenture or agreement supplemental hereto and to take such
action, if any, as it may deem advisable to enable it to enforce the rights of
the holders of the Securities so secured.
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Section 1010. Payment of Additional Amounts.
All payments of principal, premium, if any, and interest on
Securities of any series shall be made without set-off, counterclaim, fees,
liabilities or similar deductions, and free and clear of, and without deduction
or withholding for, taxes, levies, imposts, duties, charges or fees of
whatsoever nature now or hereafter imposed, levied, collected, deducted,
withheld or assessed by or on behalf of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico or any
political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein ("Taxes"). If the
Company or any agent thereof is required by law or regulation to make any
deduction or withholding for or on account of Taxes, the Company shall pay such
additional amounts ("Additional Amounts") as shall be necessary in order that
the net amounts received by the Holders of the Securities of any series or the
holders or beneficial owners of any interest therein or rights in respect
thereof after such deduction or withholding shall equal the amount that would
have been receivable thereunder in the absence of such deduction or withholding,
except that no such Additional Amounts shall be payable:
(a) to any Holder of a Security or any interest therein or
rights in respect thereof where such deduction or withholding is
required by reason of such Holder having some connection with the
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico or any political subdivision or taxing
authority thereof or thereon other than the mere holding of a payment
in respect of such security;
(b) in respect of any deduction or withholding that would not
have been required but for the presentation by the Holder of a Security
for payment on a date more than 30 days after the Date of Maturity or
the date on which payment thereof is duly provided for, whichever
occurs later; or
(c) in respect of any deduction or withholding that would not
have been required but for the failure to comply with any
certification, identification or other reporting requirements
concerning the
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nationality, residence, identity or connection with the Commonwealth of
Puerto Rico, or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof
or therein, of the Holder of a Security or any interest therein or
rights in respect thereof, if compliance is required by the
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or any political subdivision or taxing
authority thereof or therein, as a precondition to exemption from such
deduction or withholding.
Any reference in the Indenture to principal or interest shall
be deemed also to refer to any Additional Amounts that may be payable under this
Section 1010.
Section 1011. Waiver of Certain Covenants.
The Company may omit in any particular instance to comply with
any term, provision or condition set forth in Sections 1006 to 1009, inclusive,
with respect to the Securities of any series if before the time for such compli
ance the Holders of at least 66-2/3% in principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities of such series shall, by Act of such Holders, either waive such
compliance in such instance or generally waive compliance with such term,
provision or condition, but no such waiver shall extend to or affect such term,
provision or condition except to the extent so expressly waived, and, until such
waiver shall become effec tive, the obligations of the Company and the duties of
the Trustee in respect of any such term, provision or condition shall remain in
full force and effect.
ARTICLE ELEVEN
Redemption of Securities
Section 1101. Applicability of Article.
Securities of any series which are redeemable before their
Stated Maturity shall be redeemable in accor dance with their terms and (except
as otherwise specified as
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contemplated by Section 301 for Securities of any series) in accordance with
this Article.
Section 1102. Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee.
The election of the Company to redeem any Securi ties shall be
evidenced by or pursuant to a Board Resolution. In case of any redemption at the
election of the Company of less than all the Securities of any series, the
Company shall, at least 60 days prior to the Redemption Date fixed by the
Company (unless a shorter notice shall be satisfactory to the Trustee), notify
the Trustee of such Redemption Date, of the principal amount of Securities of
such series to be redeemed and, if applicable, of the tenor of the Securities to
be redeemed. In the case of any redemption of Securities prior to the expiration
of any restriction on such redemption provided in the terms of such Securities
or elsewhere in this Indenture, the Company shall furnish the Trustee with an
Officers' Certificate evidencing compliance with such restriction.
Section 1103. Selection by Trustee of Securities
to Be Redeemed.
If less than all the Securities of any series are to be
redeemed (unless all of the Securities of such series and of a specified tenor
are to be redeemed), the particular Securities to be redeemed shall be selected
not more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date by the Trustee, from the
outstanding Securities of such series not previously called for redemption, by
such method as the Trustee shall deem fair and appropriate and which may provide
for the selection for redemption of portions (equal to the minimum authorized
denomination for Securities of that series or any integral multiple thereof) of
the principal amount of Securities of such series of a denomination larger than
the minimum authorized denomination for Securities of that series. If less than
all of the Securities of such series and of a specified tenor are to be
redeemed, the particular Securities to be redeemed shall be selected not more
than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date by the Trustee, from the Outstanding
Securities of such series and specified tenor
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not previously called for redemption in accordance with the preceding sentence.
The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company in writing of
the Securities selected for redemption and, in the case of any Securities
selected for partial redemption, the principal amount thereof to be redeemed.
For all purposes of this Indenture, unless the context
otherwise requires, all provisions relating to the redemption of Securities
shall relate, in the case of any Securities redeemed or to be redeemed only in
part, to the portion of the principal amount of such Securities which has been
or is to be redeemed.
Section 1104. Notice of Redemption.
Notice of redemption shall be given by first-class mail,
postage prepaid, mailed not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the
Redemption Date, unless a shorter period is specified in the Securities to be
redeemed, to each Holder of Securities to be redeemed, at his address appearing
in the Security Register.
All notices of redemption shall state:
(1) the Redemption Date,
(2) the Redemption Price,
(3) if less than all the Outstanding Securities of any series
are to be redeemed, the identification (and, in the case of partial
redemption of any Securities, the principal amounts) of the particular
Securities to be redeemed,
(4) that on the Redemption Date the Redemption Price will
become due and payable upon each such Security to be redeemed and, if
applicable, that interest thereon will cease to accrue on and after
said date,
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(5) the place or places where such Securities are to
be surrendered for payment of the Redemption Price, and
(6) that the redemption is for a sinking fund, if
such is the case.
Notice of Redemption of Securities to be redeemed at the
election of the Company shall be given by the Company or, at the Company's
request, by the Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Company.
Section 1105. Deposit of Redemption Price.
Prior to any Redemption Date, the Company shall deposit with
the Trustee or with a Paying Agent (or, if the Company is acting as its own
Paying Agent, segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section 1003) an amount
of money sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of, and (except if the
Redemption Date shall be an Interest Payment Date) accrued interest on, all the
Securities which are to be redeemed on that date.
Section 1106. Securities Payable on Redemption Date.
Notice of redemption having been given as afore said,
Securities so to be redeemed shall, on the Redemption Date, become due and
payable at the Redemption Price therein specified, and from and after such date
(unless the Company shall default in the payment of the Redemption Price and
accrued interest) such Securities shall cease to bear interest. Upon surrender
of any such Security for redemption in accordance with said notice, such
Security shall be paid by the Company at the Redemption Price, together with
accrued interest to the Redemption Date; provided, however, that, unless
otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301, installments of interest
whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to the Redemption Date shall be payable to
the Holders of such Securities, or one or more Predecessor Securities,
registered as such at the close of business on the relevant Record Dates
according to their terms and the provisions of Section 307.
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If any Security called for redemption shall not be so paid
upon surrender thereof for redemption, the principal and any premium shall,
until paid, bear interest from the Redemption Date at the rate prescribed
therefor in the Security.
Section 1107. Securities Redeemed in Part.
Any Security which is to be redeemed only in part shall be
surrendered at a Place of Payment therefor (with, if the Company or the Trustee
so requires, due endorsement by, or a written instrument of transfer in form
satisfactory to the Company and the Trustee duly executed by, the Holder thereof
or his attorney duly authorized in writing), and the Company shall execute, and
the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder of such Security
without service charge, a new Security or Securities of the same series and of
like tenor, of any authorized denomination as requested by such Holder, in
aggregate principal amount equal to and in exchange for the unredeemed portion
of the principal of the Security so surrendered.
ARTICLE TWELVE
Sinking Funds
Section 1201. Applicability of Article.
The provisions of this Article shall be applicable to any
sinking fund for the retirement of Securities of a series except as otherwise
specified as contemplated by Section 301 for Securities of such series.
The minimum amount of any sinking fund payment provided for by
the terms of Securities of any series is herein referred to as a "mandatory
sinking fund payment", and any payment in excess of such minimum amount provided
for by the terms of Securities of any series is herein referred to as an
"optional sinking fund payment". If provided for by the terms of Securities of
any series, the cash amount of any sinking fund payment may be subject to
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reduction as provided in Section 1202. Each sinking fund payment shall be
applied to the redemption of Securities of any series as provided for by the
terms of Securities of such series.
Section 1202. Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments
with Securities.
The Company (1) may deliver Outstanding Securities of a series
(other than any previously called for redemp tion) and (2) may apply as a credit
Securities of a series which have been redeemed and so delivered either at the
election of the Company pursuant to the terms of such Securities or through the
application of permitted optional sinking fund payments pursuant to the terms of
such Securities, in each case in satisfaction of all or any part of any sinking
fund payment with respect to the Securities of such series required to be made
pursuant to the terms of such securities as provided for by the terms of such
series; provided that such Securities have not been previously so credited. Such
Securities shall be received and credited for such purpose by the Trustee at the
Redemption Price specified in such Securities for redemption through operation
of the sinking fund and the amount of such sinking fund payment shall be reduced
accordingly.
Section 1203. Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund.
Not less than 45 days prior to each sinking fund payment date
for any series of Securities, the Company will deliver to the Trustee an
Officers' Certificate specifying the amount of the next ensuing sinking fund
payment for that series pursuant to the terms of that series, the portion
thereof, if any, which is to be satisfied by payment of cash and the portion
thereof, if any, which is to be satisfied by delivering and crediting Securities
of that series pursuant to Section 1202 and will also deliver to the Trustee any
Securities to be so delivered. Not less than 30 days before each such sinking
fund payment date the Trustee shall select the Securities to be redeemed upon
such sinking fund payment date in the manner specified in Section 1103 and cause
notice of the redemption thereof to be given in the name of
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and at the expense of the Company in the manner provided in Section 1104. Such
notice having been duly given, the redemption of such Securities shall be made
upon the terms and in the manner stated in Sections 1106 and 1107.
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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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this
Indenture to be duly executed, and their respective corporate seals to be
hereunto affixed and attested, all as of the day and year first above written.
BANPONCE CORPORATION
By/s/ David H. Chafey, Jr.
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David H. Chafey, Jr.
Executive Vice President
By /s/ Roberto R. Herencia
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Roberto R. Herencia
Senior Vice President
Attest:
/s/ Brunilda Santos de Alvarez
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THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK
OF CHICAGO
By /s/ Melissa Weisman
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Melissa Weisman
Assistant Vice President
Affidavit No. 2654
Sworn and subscribed to before me by David H. Chafey, Jr., of legal
age, married and resident of San Juan, Puerto
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Rico as Executive Vice President of BanPonce Corporation and by Roberto R.
Herencia, of legal age, married and resident of the city of Glenview, Illinois,
as Senior Vice President of BanPonce Corporation, both of whom are personally
known to me. In San Juan, Puerto Rico this 12th day of April, 1995.
/s/ Brunilda Santos de Alvarez
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STATE OF NEW YORK )
) ss.:
COUNTY OF NEW YORK )
On the 13th day of April, 1995, before me personally came
Melissa G. Weisman, to me known, who, being by me duly sworn, did depose and say
that she is an Assistant Vice President of The First National Bank of Chicago,
one of the corporations described in and which executed the foregoing
instrument; that she knows the seal of said corporation; that the seal affixed
to said instrument is such corporate seal; that it was so affixed by authority
of the Board of Directors of said corporation, and that she signed her name
thereto by like authority.
/s/ Edith M. Marino
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Edith M. Marino
Notary Public, State of New York
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POPULAR, INC.
Issuer
TO
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF CHICAGO,
Trustee
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FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
Dated as of May 8, 1997
To Indenture dated as of February 15, 1995
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FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated as of May 8, 1997 between
Popular, Inc. (formerly BanPonce Corporation), a Puerto Rico corporation (the
"Company"), and THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF CHICAGO, a national banking
association, as Trustee (the "Trustee").
RECITALS
The Company and the Trustee, as Trustee, are parties to an
Indenture, dated as of February 15 1995 (the "Original Indenture"), which
provides for the issuance from time to time of unsecured debt securities of the
Company.
Section 901(9) of the Original Indenture provides that without
the consent of any Holders, the Company, when authorized by a Board Resolution,
and the Trustee, at any time and from time to time, may enter into one or more
indentures supplemental to the Original Indenture, in form satisfactory to the
Trustee, to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provision in the
Original Indenture which may be inconsistent with any other provision in the
Original Indenture, or to make any other provisions with respect to matters or
questions arising under the Original Indenture, provided that such action shall
not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of Securities of any series in
any material respect.
The Company believes that the definition of "Banco Popular" in
Section 101 of the Original Indenture should be amended.
The Board of Directors of the Company have duly authorized the
execution and delivery by the Company of this First Supplemental Indenture.
NOW, THEREFORE, THIS
FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
WITNESSETH:
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For and in consideration of the premises and the other good
and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby
acknowledged, the Company and the Trustee mutually agree as follows:
ARTICLE ONE
Definitions and Other Provisions
of General Application
Section 101. Definitions.
Except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the context
otherwise requires, all terms used in this First Supplemental Indenture which
are defined in the Original Indenture shall have the meanings ascribed to them
by the Original Indenture.
Section 102. Effect of Headings.
The Article and Section headings herein are for convenience
only and shall not affect the construction hereof.
Section 103. Successors and Assigns.
All covenants and agreements in this First Supplemental
Indenture by the parties hereto shall bind their respective successors and
assigns, whether so expressed or not.
Section 104. Separability Clause.
In case any provision in this First Supplemental Indenture
shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and
enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or
impaired thereby.
Section 105. Benefits of Instrument.
Nothing in this First Supplemental Indenture, express or
implied, shall give to any Person, other than the
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parties hereto and their successors hereunder and the Holders, any benefit or
any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this First Supplemental
Indenture or the Original Indenture.
Section 106. Governing Law.
This First Supplemental Indenture shall be governed by and
construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.
ARTICLE TWO
Amendment of the Original Indenture
Section 201. Amendment of the definition of "Banco Popular in
Section 101 of the Original Indenture.
The definition of "Banco Popular" in Section 101 of the
Original Indenture is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:
"Banco Popular means Banco Popular de Puerto Rico or any
successor and assign having its principal business operations
in Puerto Rico."
Section 202. Reaffirmation of Original Indenture.
Each of the Company and the Trustee hereby confirms, reaffirms
and agrees to the Original Indenture in every particular, as amended by this
First Supplemental Indenture.
Section 203. Trust Indenture Act.
If any provision of this First Supplemental Indenture limits,
qualifies or conflicts with a provision of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as
it may be amended from time to time, that is required under such Act to be a
part of and govern this First Supplemental Indenture, the latter provision shall
control. If any provision hereof modifies or excludes any provision of such Act
that may be so modified or excluded, the latter provision shall be deemed
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to apply to this First Supplemental Indenture as so modified or excluded, as the
case may be.
* * *
This First Supplemental Indenture 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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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this First
Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed, and their respective corporate seals
to be hereunto affixed and attested, all as of the day and year first above
written.
POPULAR, INC.
By: /s/ Jorge A. Junquera
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Jorge A. Junquera
Senior Executive Vice President
By: /s/ Amilcar Jordan
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Amilcar Jordan
Senior Vice President
Attest:
/s/ Brunilda Santos de Alvarez
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Brunilda Santos de Alvarez
Assistant Secretary
Affidavit No. 1,674
Subscribed to before me by Jorge A. Junquera of legal age,
married and resident of San Juan, Puerto Rico, as Senior Executive Vice
President of Popular, Inc. and Amilcar Jordan, of legal age, married and
resident of San Juan, Puerto Rico as Senior Vice President of Popular, Inc. and
who are personally known to me, in San Juan, Puerto Rico, this 8th day of May,
1997.
[SEAL] /s/ Paulette Lavergne Cuyar
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Notary Public
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THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF CHICAGO
By: /s/ Melissa Weisman
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Name: Melissa Weisman
Title: Vice President
Attest:
/s/ Steve M. Husbands
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STATE OF NEW YORK )
) ss.:
COUNTY OF NEW YORK )
On the 8th day of May, 1997, before me personally came Melissa
Weisman, to me known, who, being by me duly sworn, did depose and say that she
is a Vice President of The First National Bank of Chicago, one of the
corporations described in and which executed the foregoing instrument; that she
knows the seal of said national banking association; that the seal affixed to
said instrument is such corporate seal; that it was so affixed by authority of
the Board of Directors of said corporation, and that she signed her name thereto
by like authority.
/s/ Lisa A. Brack
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Notary Public, State of New York
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