Exhibit 4(a)
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[FORM OF INDENTURE]
PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF NORTH CAROLINA, INCORPORATED
and
FIRST UNION NATIONAL BANK OF NORTH CAROLINA, as Trustee
INDENTURE
Dated as of [ ], [ ]
Providing for Issuance of
Debt Securities in Series
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE 1
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS
OF GENERAL APPLICATION
1.1. Definitions........................................................ 1
1.2. Compliance Certificates and Opinions............................... 9
1.3. Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee............................. 9
1.4. Acts of Holders................................................... 10
1.5. Notices, etc., to Trustee and Company............................. 11
1.6. Notice to Holders; Waiver......................................... 11
1.7. Headings and Table of Contents.................................... 12
1.8. Successors and Assigns............................................ 12
1.9. Separability...................................................... 12
1.10. Benefits of Indenture............................................ 12
1.11. Governing Law.................................................... 13
1.12. Legal Holidays................................................... 13
ARTICLE 2
SECURITY FORMS
2.1. Forms Generally................................................... 13
2.2. Form of Trustee's Certificate of Authentication................... 14
2.3. Securities in Global Form......................................... 14
2.4. Form of Legend for Securities in Global Form...................... 15
ARTICLE 3
THE SECURITIES
3.1. Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series.............................. 15
3.2. Denominations..................................................... 18
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3.3. Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating.................... 18
3.4. Temporary Securities.............................................. 21
3.5. Registration, Transfer and Exchange............................... 21
3.6. Replacement Securities............................................ 24
3.7. Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved.................... 25
3.8. Persons Deemed Owners............................................. 27
3.9. Cancellation...................................................... 28
3.10. Computation of Interest.......................................... 28
3.11. CUSIP Numbers.................................................... 28
3.12. Currency of Payment in Respect of Securities..................... 28
ARTICLE 4
SATISFACTION, DISCHARGE AND DEFEASANCE
4.1. Termination of Company's Obligations Under the Indenture.......... 28
4.2. Application of Trust Funds........................................ 30
4.3. Applicability of Defeasance Provisions; Company's Option to Effect
Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.............................. 30
4.4. Defeasance and Discharge.......................................... 30
4.5. Covenant Defeasance............................................... 31
4.6. Conditions to Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance................... 31
4.7. Deposited Money and Government Obligations to Be Held in Trust.... 33
4.8. Repayment to Company.............................................. 33
4.9. Indemnity for Government Obligations.............................. 33
ARTICLE 5
DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES
5.1. Events of Default................................................. 33
5.2. Acceleration; Rescission and Annulment............................ 35
5.3. Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee... 35
5.4. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.................................. 36
5.5. Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities....... 36
5.6. Delay or Omission Not Waiver...................................... 36
5.7. Waiver of Past Defaults........................................... 36
5.8. Control by Majority............................................... 36
5.9. Limitation on Suits by Holders.................................... 37
5.10. Rights of Holders to Receive Payment............................. 37
5.11. Application of Money Collected................................... 38
5.12. Restoration of Rights and Remedies............................... 38
5.13. Rights and Remedies Cumulative................................... 38
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ARTICLE 6
THE TRUSTEE
6.1. Certain Duties and Responsibilities of the Trustee................ 38
6.2. Rights of Trustee................................................. 39
6.3. Trustee May Hold Securities....................................... 39
6.4. Money Held in Trust............................................... 39
6.5. Trustee's Disclaimer.............................................. 40
6.6. Notice of Defaults................................................ 40
6.7. Reports by Trustee to Holders..................................... 40
6.8. Securityholder Lists.............................................. 40
6.9. Compensation and Indemnity........................................ 40
6.10. Replacement of Trustee........................................... 41
6.11. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor........................... 42
6.12. Eligibility Disqualification..................................... 43
6.13. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business...... 44
6.14. Appointment of Authenticating Agent.............................. 44
ARTICLE 7
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER OR SALE BY THE COMPANY
7.1. Consolidation, Merger or Sale of Assets Permitted................. 46
ARTICLE 8
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
8.1. Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders................ 46
8.2. Supplemental Indentures With Consent of Holders................... 47
8.3. Compliance with Trust Indenture Act............................... 48
8.4. Execution of Supplemental Indentures.............................. 48
8.5. Effect of Supplemental Indentures................................. 48
8.6. Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures................ 49
ARTICLE 9
COVENANTS
9.1. Payment of Principal, Premium, if any, and Interest............... 49
9.2. Maintenance of Office or Agency................................... 49
9.3. Money for Securities Payments to Be Held in Trust; Unclaimed Money 50
9.4. Corporate Existence............................................... 51
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9.5. Insurance......................................................... 51
9.6. Reports by the Company............................................ 52
9.7. Annual Review Certificate; Notice of Defaults or Events of Default 52
9.8. Limitation on Liens............................................... 52
9.9. Limitation on Sale and Leaseback Transactions..................... 54
9.10. Books of Record and Account; Compliance with Law................. 54
9.11. Taxes............................................................ 55
ARTICLE 10
REDEMPTION
10.1. Applicability of Article......................................... 55
10.2. Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee............................ 55
10.3. Selection of Securities to Be Redeemed........................... 55
10.4. Notice of Redemption............................................. 56
10.5. Deposit of Redemption Price...................................... 57
10.6. Securities Payable on Redemption Date............................ 57
10.7. Securities Redeemed in Part...................................... 58
ARTICLE 11
SINKING FUNDS
11.1. Applicability of Article......................................... 58
11.2. Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities............ 58
11.3. Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund........................ 59
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INDENTURE, dated as of [ ], [ ], between PUBLIC SERVICE
COMPANY OF NORTH CAROLINA, INCORPORATED, a North Carolina corporation (the
"Company"), and FIRST UNION NATIONAL BANK OF NORTH CAROLINA, as trustee (the
"Trustee").
RECITALS
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 ("Securities"), to be
issued in one or more series as herein provided and to rank as to priority of
payment equally with all other outstanding unsubordinated and unsecured
indebtedness of the Company.
All things necessary to make this Indenture a valid agreement
of the Company, in accordance with its terms, have been done.
For and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of
the Securities by the Holders (as defined below) thereof, it is mutually
covenanted and agreed as follows for the equal and ratable benefit of the
Holders of the Securities:
ARTICLE 1
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS
OF GENERAL APPLICATION
Section 1.1. Definitions. For all purposes of this Indenture,
except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires:
(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 GAAP;
(4) the words "herein," "hereof" and "hereunder" and other
words of similar import refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to
any particular Article, Section or other subdivision; and
(5) all references to any law shall include such law or any
successor law as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified and in
effect from time to time, and any other law in substance substitute
therefor.
"Act" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 1.4(a).
"Affiliate" of any specified Person means any Person directly
or indirectly controlling or controlled by, or under direct or indirect common
control with, such specified Person. For 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 securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms
"controlling" and "controlled" have meanings correlative to the foregoing.
"Agent" means any Paying Agent or Registrar.
"Attributable Debt" means, as to a lease under which any
Person is at the time liable that is required to be classified and accounted for
as a Capitalized Lease Obligation on a Person's balance sheet under GAAP, at any
date as of which the amount thereof is to be determined, the total net amount of
rent required to be paid by such Person under such lease during the remaining
primary term thereof, discounted from the respective due dates thereof to such
date at the rate per annum equal to the interest rate implicit in such lease.
The net amount of rent required to be paid under any such lease for such period
shall be the aggregate amount of rent payable by lessee with respect to such
period after excluding amounts required to be paid on account of maintenance and
repairs, insurance, taxes, assessments, water rates and similar expenses or any
amount required to be paid by such lessee thereunder contingent upon the amount
of revenues (or other similar contingent amounts). In the case of any lease
which is terminable by the lessee upon the payment of a penalty, such net amount
shall also include the amount of such penalty, but no rent shall be considered
as required to be paid under such lease subsequent to the first date upon which
it may be so terminated. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the term Attributable
Debt excludes any amounts in respect of any Sale and Leaseback Transaction which
the Company or a Subsidiary is permitted to enter into in accordance with the
last sentence of Section 9.9 of this Indenture.
"Authenticating Agent" means any authenticating agent
appointed by the Trustee pursuant to Section 6.14.
"Authorized Newspaper" means a newspaper of general
circulation, in the official language of the country of publication or in the
English language, customarily published on each Business Day whether or not
published on Saturdays, Sundays or holidays. Whenever successive publications in
an Authorized Newspaper are required hereunder they may be made (unless
otherwise expressly provided herein) on the same or different days of the week
and in the same or different Authorized Newspapers.
"Bankruptcy Law" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
5.1.
"Bearer Security" means any Security issued hereunder which is
payable to bearer.
"Board" or "Board of Directors" means the Board of Directors
of the Company, or any other duly authorized committee thereof.
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"Board Resolution" means a copy of a resolution of the Board
of Directors, 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 the certificate, and delivered to the Trustee.
"Business Day" when used with respect to any Place of Payment
or any other particular location referred to in this Indenture or in the
Securities, means, unless otherwise specified with respect to any Securities
pursuant to Section 3.1, each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
which is not a day on which banking institutions in that Place of Payment or
particular location are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to
close.
"Capitalized Lease Obligation" means, as applied to any
Person, the rental obligation under any lease of any Property (whether real,
personal or mixed) the discounted present value of the rental obligations of
such Person as lessee under which, in conformity with GAAP, is required to be
capitalized on the balance sheet of that Person.
"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 Indenture 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 party named as the Company in the first
paragraph of this Indenture until a successor corporation shall have become such
pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter means
such successor.
"Company Order" and "Company Request" mean, respectively, a
written order or request signed in the name of the Company by two Officers, one
of whom must be the Chairman of the Board, the President, the Chief Financial
Officer, the Treasurer, the Assistant Treasurer, the Controller or a
Vice-President of the Company.
"Consolidated Net Tangible Assets" means, with respect to the
Company as of any date, the total assets of the Company as they appear on the
most recently prepared consolidated balance sheet of the Company as of the end
of a fiscal quarter, less (i) all liabilities shown on such consolidated balance
sheet that are classified and accounted for as current liabilities or that
otherwise would be considered current liabilities under GAAP; and (ii) all
assets shown on such consolidated balance sheet that are classified and
accounted for as intangible assets of the Company or that otherwise would be
considered intangible assets under GAAP, including, without limitation,
franchises, licenses, patents and patent applications, trademarks, brand names
and goodwill.
"Corporate Trust Office" means the office of the Trustee at
which at any particular time its corporate trust business shall be principally
administered, which office at the date hereof is located at [ ], Attention:
[Corporate Trust Administration].
"Custodian" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.1.
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"Default" means any event which is, or after notice or passage
of time, or both, would be, an Event of Default.
"Defaulted Interest" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 3.7(b).
"Depository" when used with respect to the Securities of or
within any series issuable or issued in whole or in part in global form, means
the Person designated as Depository by the Company pursuant to Section 3.1 until
a successor Depository shall have become such pursuant to the applicable
provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter shall mean or include each Person
which is then a Depository hereunder, and if at any time there is more than one
such Person, shall be a collective reference to such Persons.
"Dollar" means the currency of the United States as at the
time of payment is legal tender for the payment of public and private debts.
"Event of Default" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
5.1.
"Funded Debt" means all indebtedness for borrowed money owed
or guaranteed by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and any other
indebtedness which, under GAAP, would appear as indebtedness on the most recent
consolidated balance sheet of the Company, which matures by its terms more than
12 months from the date of such consolidated balance sheet or which matures by
its terms in less than 12 months but by its terms is renewable or extendible
beyond 12 months from the date of such consolidated balance sheet at the option
of the borrower.
"GAAP" means generally accepted accounting principles in the
United States as in effect on the date of application thereof.
"Government Obligations" means securities which are (i) direct
obligations of the United States for the payment of which its full faith and
credit is pledged or (ii) obligations of a Person controlled or supervised by
and acting as an agency or instrumentality of the United States the payment of
which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation by the
United States, which, in either case, are not callable or redeemable at the
option of the issuer thereof, and shall also include a depository receipt issued
by a bank or trust company subject to federal or state supervision or
examination with a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000, as
custodian with respect to any such Government Obligation or a specific payment
of interest on or principal of any such Government Obligation held by such
custodian for the account of the holder of a depository receipt, provided that
(except as required by law) such custodian is not authorized to make any
deduction from the amount payable to the holder of such depository receipt from
any amount received by the custodian in respect of the Government Obligation or
the specific payment of interest on or principal of the Government Obligation
evidenced by such depository receipt.
"Holder" means, with respect to a Bearer Security, a bearer
thereof or of a coupon appertaining thereto and, with respect to a Registered
Security, a person in whose name a Security is registered on the Register.
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"Indenture" means this Indenture as originally executed or as
amended or supplemented from time to time and shall include the forms and terms
of particular series of Securities established as contemplated hereunder.
"Indexed Security" means a Security the terms of which provide
that the principal amount thereof payable at Stated Maturity may be more or less
than the principal face amount thereof at original issuance.
"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 installment of interest on such
Security.
"Lien" means any mortgage, pledge, lien, charge, security
interest, trust arrangement, conditional sale or other title retention agreement
or other encumbrance of any nature whatsoever.
"Maturity" when used with respect to any Security, means the
date on which the principal of such Security or an installment of principal
becomes due and payable as therein or herein provided, whether at the Stated
Maturity or by declaration of acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise.
"Officer" means the Chairman of the Board, the President, any
Vice-President, the Chief Financial Officer, the Treasurer, the Assistant
Treasurer, the Controller, the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary of the
Company.
"Officer's Certificate," when used with respect to the
Company, means a certificate signed by an Officer who must be the Chairman of
the Board, the President, the Chief Financial Officer, the Treasurer, the
Assistant Treasurer, the Controller or a Vice-President of the Company.
"Opinion of Counsel" means a written opinion from the general
counsel of the Company or other legal counsel who is reasonably acceptable to
the Trustee. Such counsel may be an employee of or counsel to the Company.
"Original Issue Discount Security" means any Security which
provides for an amount less than the stated principal amount thereof to be due
and payable upon declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to
Section 5.2.
"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 cancelled by the Trustee or
delivered to the Trustee for cancellation;
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(ii) Securities, or portions thereof, for whose payment or
redemption money in the necessary amount has been theretofore 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
and any coupons appertaining thereto, provided that, if such Securities
are to be redeemed, notice of such redemption has been duly given
pursuant to this Indenture or provisions therefor satisfactory to the
Trustee have been made;
(iii) Securities, except to the extent provided in Sections 4.4
and 4.5, with respect to which the Company has effected defeasance
and/or covenant defeasance as provided in Article 4; and
(iv) Securities which have been paid pursuant to Section 3.6 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;
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, or whether
sufficient funds are available for redemption or for any other purpose, and for
the purpose of making the calculations required by Section 313 of the Trust
Indenture Act, (a) the principal amount of any Original Issue Discount
Securities that may be counted in making such determination or calculation and
that shall be deemed to be Outstanding for such purpose shall be equal to the
amount of principal thereof that would be (or shall have been declared to be)
due and payable, at the time of such determination, upon a declaration of
acceleration of the maturity thereof pursuant to Section 5.2, and (b) 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 making such calculation or 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, premium, if any, or interest on any Securities on behalf
of the Company.
"Periodic Offering" means an offering of Securities of a
series from time to time the specific terms of which Securities, including,
without limitation, the rate or rates of interest or formula for determining the
rate or rates of interest thereon, if any, the Maturity thereof and the
redemption provisions, if any, with respect thereto, are to be determined by the
Company upon the issuance of such Securities.
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"Person" means any individual, corporation, limited liability
company, partnership, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust,
unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political subdivision
thereof.
"Place of Payment," when used with respect to the Securities
of or within any series, means the place or places where the principal of,
premium, if any, and interest on such Securities are payable as specified or
contemplated by Sections 3.1 and 9.2.
"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 3.6 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.
"principal amount," when used with respect to any Security,
means the amount of principal, if any, payable in respect thereof at Maturity;
provided, however, that when used with respect to an Indexed Security in any
context other than the making of payments at Maturity, "principal amount" means
the principal face amount of such Indexed Security at original issuance.
"Property" means any interest in any kind of property or
asset, whether real, personal or mixed, or tangible or intangible.
"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, in whole or in part, means the price at which it is to be redeemed
pursuant to this Indenture.
"Register" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.5.
"Registered Security" means any Security issued hereunder and
registered as to principal and interest in the Register.
"Registrar" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.5.
"Regular Record Date" for the interest payable on any Interest
Payment Date on the Securities of or within any series means the date specified
for that purpose as contemplated by Section 3.1.
"Responsible Officer," when used with respect to the Trustee,
shall mean the chairman or any vice-chairman of the board of directors, the
chairman or any vice-chairman of the executive committee of the board of
directors, the chairman of the trust committee, the president, any senior vice
president, any vice president, any assistant vice president, the secretary, the
treasurer, any assistant treasurer, the cashier, any assistant cashier, any
senior trust officer, any trust officer, the controller, any assistant
controller, or any officer of the Trustee customarily performing functions
similar to those performed by the persons who at the
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time shall be such officers, respectively, or to whom any corporate trust matter
is referred because of his knowledge of and familiarity with a particular
subject.
"Sale and Leaseback Transaction" means any direct or indirect
arrangement with any Person or to which any such Person is a party, providing
for the leasing to the Company or a Subsidiary of any Property, whether owned at
the date of this Indenture or thereafter acquired, which has been or is to be
sold or transferred by the Company or such Subsidiary to such Person or to any
other Person to whom funds have been or are to be advanced by such Person on the
security of such Property.
"Secured Debt" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
9.8(a).
"Security" or "Securities" has the meaning stated in the first
recital of this Indenture and more particularly means a Security or Securities
of the Company issued, authenticated and delivered under this Indenture.
"Special Record Date" for the payment of any Defaulted
Interest means a date fixed by the Trustee pursuant to Section 3.7.
"Stated Maturity," when used with respect to any Security or
any installment of principal thereof or interest thereon, means the date
specified in such Security or in a coupon representing such installment of
interest as the fixed date on which the principal of such Security or such
installment of principal or interest is due and payable.
"Subsidiary" of any Person means any Person of which at least
a majority of capital stock having ordinary voting power for the election of
directors or other governing body of such Person is owned by such Person
directly or through one or more Subsidiaries of such Person.
"Trust Indenture Act" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as
in effect on the date of this Indenture, except as provided in Section 8.3.
"Trustee" means the party named as such in the first paragraph
of this Indenture until a successor Trustee replaces it pursuant to the
applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter means such successor
Trustee and if, at any time, there is more than one Trustee, "Trustee" as used
with respect to the Securities of any series shall mean the Trustee with respect
to the Securities of that series.
"United States" means, unless otherwise specified with respect
to the Securities of any series as contemplated by Section 3.1, the United
States of America (including the States and the District of Columbia), its
territories, its possessions and other areas subject to its jurisdiction.
"U.S. Person" means, unless otherwise specified with respect
to the Securities of any series as contemplated by Section 3.1, a citizen,
national or resident of the United States, a corporation, partnership or other
entity created or organized in or under the laws of the United
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States or any political subdivision thereof, or an estate or trust, the income
of which is subject to United States federal income taxation regardless of its
source.
"Yield to Maturity" means the yield to maturity, calculated by
the Company at the time of issuance of a series of Securities or, if applicable,
at the most recent determination of interest on such series, in accordance with
accepted financial practice.
Section 1.2. 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 an
Officer's Certificate stating that all conditions precedent, if any, provided
for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been complied with
and an Opinion of Counsel stating that in the opinion of such counsel all such
conditions precedent, if any, have been complied with, except that in the case
of any such application or request as to which the furnishing of such documents
is specifically required by any provision of this Indenture relating to such
particular application or request, no additional certificate or opinion need be
furnished.
Every certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a
condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture (other than pursuant to
Sections 2.3 and 9.7) shall include:
(1) a statement that each individual signing such certificate
or opinion has read such condition or covenant 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 condition
or covenant 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.
Section 1.3. 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 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
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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 as to such matters are
erroneous.
Where any Person is required to make, give or execute two or
more applications, requests, consents, certificates, statements, opinions or
other instruments under this Indenture, they may, but need not, be consolidated
and form one instrument.
Section 1.4. Acts of Holders. (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 an agent duly appointed in writing; and, except as herein
otherwise 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 conclusive in favor of the
Trustee and the Company, if made in the manner provided in this Section.
(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) The ownership of Bearer Securities may be proved by the
production of such Bearer Securities or by a certificate executed by any trust
company, bank, banker or other depository, wherever situated, if such
certificate shall be deemed by the Trustee to be satisfactory, showing that at
the date therein mentioned such Person had on deposit with such depository, or
exhibited to it, the Bearer Securities therein described; or such facts may be
proved by the certificate or affidavit of the Person holding such Bearer
Securities, if such certificate or affidavit is deemed by the Trustee to be
satisfactory. The Trustee and the Company may assume that such ownership of any
Bearer Security continues until (i) another such certificate or affidavit
bearing a later date issued in respect of the same Bearer Security is produced,
(ii) such Bearer Security is produced to the Trustee by some other Person, (iii)
such Bearer Security is surrendered in exchange for a Registered Security or
(iv) such Bearer Security is no longer Outstanding. The ownership of Bearer
Securities may also be proved in any other manner which the Trustee deems
sufficient.
(d) The ownership of Registered Securities shall be proved by
the Register.
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(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.
(f) Until such time as written instruments shall have been
delivered with respect to the requisite percentage of principal amount of
Securities for the action contemplated by such instruments, any such instrument
executed and delivered by or on behalf of a Holder may be revoked with respect
to any or all of such Holder's Securities by written notice by such Holder or
any subsequent Holder, delivered in the manner in which such instrument was
delivered.
(g) If the Company shall solicit from the Holders any request,
demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act, the
Company may, at its option, by or pursuant to a Board Resolution, fix in advance
a record date for the determination of Holders entitled to give such request,
demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act, but the
Company shall have no obligation to do so. If such a record date is fixed, such
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act
may be given before or after such record date, but only the Holders of record at
the close of business on such record date shall be deemed to be Holders for the
purpose of determining whether Holders of the requisite proportion of
Outstanding Securities have authorized or agreed or consented to such request,
demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act, and for
that purpose the Outstanding Securities shall be computed as of such record
date; provided that no such authorization, agreement or consent by the Holders
on such record date shall be deemed effective unless it shall become effective
pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture not later than six months after the
record date.
Section 1.5. Notices, etc., to Trustee and Company. Any
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or Act of
Holders or other 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 (unless otherwise herein
expressly provided) if in writing and mailed, first-class postage
prepaid, to the Trustee at its [Corporate Trust Office, Attention:
Corporate Trust Administration], 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 Public Service Company of
North Carolina, Incorporated, 400 Cox Road, P.O. Box 1398, Gastonia,
North Carolina 28053-1398, Attention: Chief Financial Officer, or at
any other address previously furnished in writing to the Trustee by the
Company.
Section 1.6. Notice to Holders; Waiver. Where this Indenture
provides for notice to Holders of any event, (i) if any of the Securities
affected by such event are Registered Securities, such notice to the Holders
thereof shall be sufficiently given (unless otherwise herein
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expressly provided) if in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to
each such Holder affected by such event, at his address as it appears in the
Register, within the time prescribed for the giving of such notice, and (ii) if
any of the Securities affected by such event are Bearer Securities, notice to
the Holders thereof shall be sufficiently given (unless otherwise herein or in
the terms of such Bearer Securities expressly provided) if published once in an
Authorized Newspaper in New York, New York, and in such other city or cities, if
any, as may be specified as contemplated by Section 3.1.
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 mailed, to any
particular Holder shall affect the sufficiency of such notice with respect to
other Holders of Registered Securities or the sufficiency of any notice to
Holders of Bearer Securities given as provided herein. In any case where notice
is given to Holders by publication, neither the failure to publish such notice,
nor any defect in any notice so published, shall affect the sufficiency of such
notice with respect to other Holders of Bearer Securities or the sufficiency of
any notice to Holders of Registered Securities given as provided herein.
If by reason of the suspension of regular mail service or by
reason of any other cause it shall be impracticable to give such notice as
provided above, then such notification as shall be made with the approval of the
Trustee shall constitute a sufficient notification for every purpose hereunder.
If it is impossible or, in the opinion of the Trustee, impracticable to give any
notice by publication in the manner herein required, then such publication in
lieu thereof as shall be made with the approval of the Trustee shall constitute
a sufficient publication of such notice.
Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent
or waiver required or permitted under this Indenture shall be in the English
language, except that any published notice may be in an official language of the
country of publication.
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.
Section 1.7. 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 1.8. 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 1.9. Separability. In case any provision of this
Indenture or the Securities shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the
validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in
any way be affected or impaired thereby.
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Section 1.10. Benefits of Indenture. Nothing in this Indenture
or in the Securities, expressed 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 1.11. Governing Law. THIS INDENTURE, THE SECURITIES
AND ANY COUPONS APPERTAINING THERETO SHALL, PURSUANT TO SECTION 5-1401 OF THE
NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW, BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE
WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REFERENCE TO THE CHOICE OF LAW
PROVISIONS THEREOF (OTHER THAN SUCH SECTION 5-1401). This Indenture is subject
to the Trust Indenture Act and if any provision hereof limits, qualifies or
conflicts with the Trust Indenture Act, the Trust Indenture Act shall control.
Section 1.12. Legal Holidays. In any case where any Interest
Payment Date, Redemption Date, sinking fund payment date, Stated Maturity or
Maturity of any Security shall not be a Business Day at any Place of Payment,
then (notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture or of any Security
or coupon other than a provision in the Securities of any series which
specifically states that such provision shall apply in lieu of this Section),
payment of principal, premium, if any, or interest 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 such
date; provided that if such payment is timely made, no interest shall accrue on
the amount so payable for the period from and after such Interest Payment Date,
Redemption Date, sinking fund payment date, Stated Maturity or Maturity, as the
case may be, until such next succeeding Business Day.
ARTICLE 2
SECURITY FORMS
Section 2.1. Forms Generally. The Securities of each series
and the coupons, if any, to be attached thereto shall be in substantially such
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,
consistently herewith, be determined by the officers executing such Securities
and coupons, if any, as evidenced by their execution of the Securities and
coupons, if any. Unless otherwise provided as contemplated in Section 3.1,
Securities will be issued only in registered, certificated form without coupons
or in the form of one or more global securities. If temporary Securities of any
series are issued as permitted by Section 3.4, the form thereof also shall be
established as provided in the preceding sentence. If the forms of Securities
and coupons, if any, of any series are established by, or by action taken
pursuant to, a Board Resolution, a copy of the Board Resolution together with an
appropriate record of any such action taken pursuant thereto, including a copy
of the approved form of Securities or coupons, if any, shall be certified by the
Corporate Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the
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Company and delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Company
Order contemplated by Section 3.3 for the authentication and delivery of such
Securities.
Unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.1,
Bearer Securities shall have interest coupons attached.
The definitive Securities and coupons, if any, shall be
printed, lithographed or engraved on steel engraved borders or may be produced
in any other manner, all as determined by the officers executing such Securities
and coupons, if any, as evidenced by their execution of such Securities and
coupons, if any.
Section 2.2. 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 described in the
within-mentioned Indenture.
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as Trustee
By___________________________
Authorized Signatory
Section 2.3. Securities in Global Form. If Securities of or
within a series are issuable in whole or in part in global form, any such
Security may provide that it shall represent the aggregate or specified amount
of Outstanding Securities from time to time endorsed thereon and may also
provide that the aggregate amount of Outstanding Securities represented thereby
may from time to time be reduced to reflect exchanges. Any endorsement of a
Security in global form to reflect the amount, or any increase or decrease in
the amount, or changes in the rights of Holders, of Outstanding Securities
represented thereby, shall be made in such manner and by such Person or Persons
as shall be specified therein or in the Company Order to be delivered to the
Trustee pursuant to Section 3.3 or 3.4. Subject to the provisions of Section 3.3
and, if applicable, Section 3.4, the Trustee shall deliver and redeliver any
Security in permanent global form in the manner and upon instructions given by
the Person or Persons specified therein or in the applicable Company Order. Any
instructions by the Company with respect to endorsement or delivery or
redelivery of a Security in global form shall be in writing but need not comply
with Section 1.2 hereof and need not be accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel.
The provisions of the last paragraph of Section 3.3 shall
apply to any Security in global form if such Security was never issued and sold
by the Company and the Company delivers to the Trustee the Security in global
form together with written instructions (which need not comply with Section 1.2
and need not be accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel) with regard to the
reduction in the principal amount of Securities represented thereby, together
with the written statement contemplated by the last paragraph of Section 3.3.
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Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 2.1 and 3.7, unless
otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.1, payment of principal of,
premium, if any, and interest on any Security in permanent global form shall be
made to the Person or Persons specified therein.
Section 2.4. Form of Legend for Securities in Global Form. Any
Security in global form authenticated and delivered hereunder shall bear a
legend in substantially the following form:
This Security is in global form within the meaning of the
Indenture hereinafter referred to and is registered in the name of a Depository
or a nominee of a Depository. Unless and until it is exchanged in whole or in
part for Securities in certificated form, this Security may not be transferred
except as a whole by the Depository to a nominee of the Depository or by a
nominee of the Depository to the Depository or another nominee of the Depository
or by the Depository or any such nominee to a successor Depository or a nominee
of such successor Depository.
ARTICLE 3
THE SECURITIES
Section 3.1. Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series. (a) The
aggregate principal amount of Securities which may be authenticated and
delivered under this Indenture is unlimited. The Securities may be issued from
time to time in one or more series.
(b) The following matters shall be established with respect to
each series of Securities issued hereunder (i) by a Board Resolution, (ii) by
action taken pursuant to a Board Resolution and (subject to Section 3.3) set
forth, or determined in the manner provided, in an Officer's Certificate or
(iii) in one or more indentures supplemental hereto:
(1) the title of the Securities of the series (which title
shall distinguish the Securities of the series from all other series of
Securities);
(2) any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the
Securities of the series which may be authenticated and delivered under
this Indenture (which limit shall not pertain to Securities
authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in
exchange for, or in lieu of, other Securities of the series pursuant to
Section 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 8.6, or 10.7);
(3) the date or dates on which the principal of and premium,
if any, on the Securities of the series is payable or the method of
determination thereof;
(4) the rate or rates (which may be fixed, variable or zero)
at which the Securities of the series shall bear interest, if any, or
the method of calculating such rate or rates of interest;
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(5) the date or dates from which interest, if any, shall
accrue or the method by which such date or dates shall be determined;
(6) the Interest Payment Dates on which any such interest
shall be payable and, with respect to Registered Securities, the
Regular Record Date, if any, for the interest payable on any Registered
Security on any Interest Payment Date;
(7) the place or places where the principal of, premium, if
any, and interest, if any, on Securities of the series shall be
payable;
(8) the period or periods within which, the price or prices at
which, the currency in which, and the other terms and conditions upon
which, Securities of the series may be redeemed, in whole or in part,
at the option of the Company and, if other than as provided in Section
10.3, the manner in which the particular Securities of such series (if
less than all Securities of such series are to be redeemed) are to be
selected for redemption;
(9) the obligation, if any, of the Company to redeem or
purchase Securities of the series pursuant to any sinking fund or
analogous provisions or upon the happening of a specified event or at
the option of a Holder thereof and the period or periods within which,
the price or prices at which, and the other terms and conditions upon
which, Securities of the series shall be redeemed or purchased, in
whole or in part, pursuant to such obligation;
(10) if other than denominations of $1,000 and any integral
multiple thereof, if Registered Securities, and if other than the
denomination of $5,000, if Bearer Securities, the denominations in
which Securities of the series shall be issuable;
(11) if other than Dollars, the currency for which the
Securities of the series may be purchased or in which the Securities of
the series shall be denominated and/or the currency in which the
principal of, premium, if any, and interest, if any, on the Securities
of the series shall be payable and the particular provisions applicable
thereto in accordance with, in addition to, or in lieu of the
provisions of this Indenture;
(12) if the amount of payments of principal of, premium, if
any, and interest, if any, on the Securities of the series shall be
determined with reference to an index, formula or other method (which
index, formula or method may be based, without limitation, on a
currency or currencies (including currency unit or units) other than
that in which the Securities of the series are denominated or
designated to be payable), the index, formula or other method by which
such amounts shall be determined;
(13) if the amount of payments of principal, premium, if any,
and interest, if any, on the Securities of the series shall be
determined with reference to an index, formula or other method based on
the prices of securities or commodities, with reference to changes in
the prices of securities or commodities or otherwise by application of
a formula, the index, formula or other method by which such amounts
shall be determined;
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(14) if other than the entire principal amount thereof, the
portion of the principal amount of such Securities of the series which
shall be payable upon declaration of acceleration thereof pursuant to
Section 5.2 or the method by which such portion shall be determined;
(15) if other than as provided in Section 3.7, the Person to
whom any interest on any Registered Security of the series shall be
payable and the manner in which, or the Person to whom, any interest on
any Bearer Securities of the series shall be payable;
(16) provisions, if any, granting special rights to the
Holders of Securities of the series upon the occurrence of such events
as may be specified;
(17) any addition to or modification or deletion of any Events
of Default set forth in Section 5.1 or covenant of the Company set
forth in Article 9 pertaining to the Securities of the series;
(18) under what circumstances, if any, the Company will pay
additional amounts on the Securities of that series held by a Person
who is not a U.S. Person in respect of taxes or similar charges
withheld or deducted and, if so, whether the Company will have the
option to redeem such Securities rather than pay such additional
amounts (and the terms of any such option);
(19) whether Securities of the series shall be issuable as
Registered Securities or Bearer Securities (with or without interest
coupons), or both, and any restrictions applicable to the offering,
sale or delivery of Bearer Securities and, if other than as provided in
Section 3.5, the terms upon which Bearer Securities of a series may be
exchanged for Registered Securities of the same series and vice versa;
(20) the date as of which any Bearer Securities of the series
and any temporary global Security representing Outstanding Securities
of the series shall be dated if other than the date of original
issuance of the first Security of the series to be issued;
(21) the forms of the Securities and coupons, if any, of the
series;
(22) the applicability, if any, to the Securities of or within
the series of Sections 4.4 and 4.5, or such other means of defeasance
or covenant defeasance as may be specified for the Securities and
coupons, if any, of such series;
(23) if other than the Trustee, the identity of the Registrar
and any Paying Agent;
(24) if the Securities of the series shall be issued in whole
or in part in global form, (i) the Depository for such global
Securities, (ii) whether beneficial owners of interests in any
Securities of the series in global form may exchange such interests for
certificated Securities of such series and of like tenor of any
authorized form and denomination and (iii) if other than as provided in
Section 3.5, the circumstances under which any such exchange may occur;
and
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(25) any other terms of the series (which terms shall not be
inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture) including any terms
which may be required by or advisable under United States laws or
regulations or advisable in connection with the marketing of Securities
of the series.
(c) All Securities of any one series and coupons, if any,
appertaining to any Bearer Securities of such series shall be substantially
identical except, in the case of Registered Securities, as to denomination and
except as may otherwise be provided (i) by a Board Resolution, (ii) by action
taken pursuant to a Board Resolution and (subject to Section 3.3) set forth, or
determined in the manner provided, in the related Officer's Certificate or (iii)
in an indenture supplemental hereto. All Securities of any one series need not
be issued at the same time and, if permitted by the terms of a series as
established pursuant to Section 3.1(b), such series may be reopened, without the
consent of the Holders, for issuances of additional Securities of such series.
(d) If any of the terms of the Securities of any series are
established by action taken pursuant to a Board Resolution, a copy of such Board
Resolution shall be certified by the Corporate Secretary or an Assistant
Secretary of the Company and delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the
delivery of the Officer's Certificate setting forth, or providing the manner for
determining, the terms of the Securities of such series, and an appropriate
record of any action taken pursuant thereto in connection with the issuance of
any Securities of such series shall be delivered to the Trustee prior to the
authentication and delivery thereof.
Section 3.2. Denominations. Unless otherwise provided as
contemplated by Section 3.1, any Registered Securities of a series shall be
issuable in denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof.
Section 3.3. Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating.
Securities shall be executed on behalf of the Company by an Officer (other than
the Corporate Secretary or the Assistant Secretary) under the Company's seal
affixed thereto or reproduced thereon attested by the Corporate Secretary or the
Assistant Secretary. The signatures of any of these Officers on the Securities
may be manual or facsimile. The coupons, if any, of Bearer Securities shall bear
the facsimile signature of two Officers.
Securities and coupons bearing the manual or facsimile
signatures of individuals who were at any time the proper Officers 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, the Company may deliver
Securities, together with any coupons appertaining thereto, of any series
executed by the Company to the Trustee for authentication, together with a
Company Order for the authentication and delivery of such Securities, and the
Trustee in accordance with the Company Order shall authenticate and deliver such
Securities; provided, however, that in the case of Securities offered in a
Periodic Offering, the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver such Securities
from time to time in accordance with such other procedures (including, without
limitation, the receipt by the Trustee of oral or
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electronic instructions from the Company or its duly authorized agents, promptly
confirmed in writing) acceptable to the Trustee as may be specified by or
pursuant to a Company Order delivered to the Trustee prior to the time of the
first authentication of Securities of such series.
If the form or terms of the Securities of a series have been
established by or pursuant to one or more Board Resolutions as permitted by
Sections 2.1 and 3.1, 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 section 315(a) through
(d) of the Trust Indenture Act) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an
Opinion of Counsel stating,
(1) if the forms of such Securities and any coupons have been
established by or pursuant to a Board Resolution as permitted by
Section 2.1, that such forms have been established in conformity with
the provisions of this Indenture;
(2) if the terms of such Securities and any coupons have been
established by or pursuant to a Board Resolution as permitted by
Section 3.1, that such terms have been, or in the case of Securities of
a series offered in a Periodic Offering, will be, established in
conformity with the provisions of this Indenture, subject, in the case
of Securities offered in a Periodic Offering, to any conditions
specified in such Opinion of Counsel;
(3) that such Securities together with any coupons
appertaining thereto, when authenticated and delivered by the Trustee
and issued by the Company in the manner and subject 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 other similar laws of general
applicability relating to or affecting the enforcement of creditors'
rights and to general equity principles; and
(4) that all laws and requirements in respect of the execution
and delivery by the Company of such Securities have been complied with.
Notwithstanding that such form or terms have been so
established, the Trustee shall have the right to decline to authenticate such
Securities if, in the written opinion of counsel to the Trustee (which counsel
may be an employee of the Trustee) reasonably acceptable to the Company, the
issue of such Securities pursuant to this Indenture will adversely affect the
Trustee's own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise, in
a manner which is not reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 3.1 and of the two
preceding paragraphs, if all of the Securities of any series are not to be
issued at one time, it shall not be necessary to deliver the Officer's
Certificate otherwise required pursuant to Section 3.1 or the Company Order and
Opinion of Counsel otherwise required pursuant to the two preceding paragraphs
in connection with the authentication of each Security of such series if such
documents, with appropriate modifications to cover such future issuances, are
delivered at or prior to the authentication upon original issuance of the first
Security of such series to be issued.
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With respect to Securities of a series offered in a Periodic
Offering, the Trustee may rely, as to the authorization by the Company of any of
such Securities, the form and terms thereof and the legality, validity, binding
effect and enforceability thereof, upon the Opinion of Counsel and the other
documents delivered pursuant to Sections 2.1 and 3.1 and this Section, as
applicable, in connection with the first authentication of Securities of such
series, unless and until such Opinion of Counsel or other documents have been
suspended or revoked.
If the Company shall establish pursuant to Section 3.1 that
the Securities of a series are to be issued in whole or in part in global form,
then the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall, in accordance with this
Section and the Company Order with respect to such series, authenticate and
deliver one or more Securities in global form that (i) shall represent and shall
be denominated in an amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of such series to be represented by such Security or
Securities in global form, (ii) shall be registered, if a Registered Security,
in the name of the Depository for such Security or Securities in global form or
the nominee of such Depository, (iii) shall be delivered by the Trustee to such
Depository or pursuant to such Depository's instruction and (iv) shall bear the
legend set forth in Section 2.4.
Each Depository designated pursuant to Section 3.1 for a
Registered Security in global form must, at the time of its designation and at
all times while it serves as Depository, be a clearing agency registered under
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and any other applicable statute or
regulation. The Trustee shall have no responsibility to determine if the
Depository is so registered. Each Depository shall enter into an agreement with
the Trustee governing the respective duties and rights of such Depository and
the Trustee with regard to Securities issued in global form.
Each Registered Security shall be dated the date of its
authentication and each Bearer Security shall be dated as of the date specified
as contemplated by Section 3.1.
No Security or coupon appertaining thereto shall be entitled
to any benefits under this Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose
until authenticated by the manual signature of one of the authorized signatories
of the Trustee or an Authenticating Agent and no coupon shall be valid until the
Security to which it appertains has been so authenticated. Such signature upon
any Security shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such
Security has been duly authenticated and delivered under this Indenture and is
entitled to the benefits of this Indenture. Except as permitted by Section 3.6
or 3.7, the Trustee shall not authenticate and deliver any Bearer Security
unless all appurtenant coupons for interest then matured have been detached and
cancelled.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, 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 3.9 together with a written statement (which need not comply
with Section 1.2 and need not be accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel) stating
that such Security has never been issued and sold by the Company, for all
purposes of this Indenture such Security shall be deemed never to have been
authenticated and delivered hereunder and shall not be entitled to the benefits
of this Indenture.
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Section 3.4. 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 of such
series which are printed, lithographed, typewritten, mimeographed or otherwise
produced, in any authorized denomination, substantially of the tenor and form,
with or without coupons, 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 may determine, as
conclusively evidenced by their execution of such Securities and coupons, if
any. In the case of Securities of any series, such temporary Securities may be
in global form, representing all or a portion of the Outstanding Securities of
such series.
Except in the case of temporary Securities in global form,
each of which shall be exchanged in accordance with the provisions thereof, if
temporary Securities of any series are issued, the Company will cause definitive
Securities of such series to be prepared without unreasonable delay. After
preparation of definitive Securities of such series, the temporary Securities of
such series 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 pursuant to Section 9.2 in a Place of Payment for such series,
without charge to the Holder. Upon surrender for cancellation of any one or more
temporary Securities of any series (accompanied by any unmatured coupons
appertaining thereto), the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a like principal amount of
definitive Securities of the same series of authorized denominations and of like
tenor; provided, however, that no definitive Bearer Security shall be delivered
in exchange for a temporary Registered Security; and provided further that no
definitive Bearer Security shall be delivered in exchange for a temporary Bearer
Security unless the Trustee shall have received from the person entitled to
receive the definitive Bearer Security a certificate substantially in the form
approved in the Board Resolutions relating thereto and such delivery shall occur
only outside the United States. 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 except as otherwise specified
as contemplated by Section 3.1.
Section 3.5. Registration, Transfer and Exchange. The Company
shall cause to be kept at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee or in any
office or agency to be maintained by the Company in accordance with Section 9.2
in a Place of Payment a register (the "Register") in which, subject to such
reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Company shall provide for the
registration of Registered Securities and the registration of transfers of
Registered Securities. The Register shall be in written form or any other form
capable of being converted into written form within a reasonable time. The
Trustee is hereby appointed "Registrar" for the purpose of registering
Registered Securities and transfers of Registered Securities as herein provided.
Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Registered
Security of any series at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section
9.2 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 Registered Securities of the same series, of any
authorized denominations and of a like aggregate principal amount containing
identical terms and provisions.
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Bearer Securities or any coupons appertaining thereto shall be
transferable by delivery.
At the option of the Holder, Registered Securities of any
series (except a Registered Security in global form) may be exchanged for other
Registered Securities of the same series, of any authorized denominations and of
a like aggregate principal amount containing identical terms and provisions,
upon surrender of the Registered Securities to be exchanged at such office or
agency. Whenever any Registered Securities are so surrendered for exchange, the
Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the
Registered Securities which the Holder making the exchange is entitled to
receive. Unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.1, Bearer
Securities may not be issued in exchange for Registered Securities.
Unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.1, at
the option of the Holder, Bearer Securities of such series may be exchanged for
Registered Securities (if the Securities of such series are issuable in
registered form) or Bearer Securities (if Bearer Securities of such series are
issuable in more than one denomination and such exchanges are permitted by such
series) of the same series, of any authorized denominations and of like tenor
and aggregate principal amount, upon surrender of the Bearer Securities to be
exchanged at any such office or agency, with all unmatured coupons and all
matured coupons in default thereto appertaining. If the Holder of a Bearer
Security is unable to produce any such unmatured coupon or coupons or matured
coupon or coupons in default, such exchange may be effected if the Bearer
Securities are accompanied by payment in funds acceptable to the Company and the
Trustee in an amount equal to the face amount of such missing coupon or coupons,
or the surrender of such missing coupon or coupons may be waived by the Company
and the Trustee if there be furnished to them such security or indemnity as they
may require to save each of them and any Paying Agent harmless. If thereafter
the Holder of such Security shall surrender to any Paying Agent any such missing
coupon in respect of which such a payment shall have been made, such Holder
shall be entitled to receive the amount of such payment; provided, however,
that, except as otherwise provided in Section 9.2, interest represented by
coupons shall be payable only upon presentation and surrender of those coupons
at an office or agency located outside the United States. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, in case any Bearer Security of any series is surrendered at any such
office or agency in exchange for a Registered Security of the same series after
the close of business at such office or agency on (i) any Regular Record Date
and before the opening of business at such office or agency on the relevant
Interest Payment Date, or (ii) any Special Record Date and before the opening of
business at such office or agency on the related date for payment of Defaulted
Interest, such Bearer Security shall be surrendered without the coupon relating
to such Interest Payment Date or proposed date of payment, as the case may be
(or, if such coupon is so surrendered with such Bearer Security, such coupon
shall be returned to the person so surrendering the Bearer Security), and
interest or Defaulted Interest, as the case may be, will not be payable on such
Interest Payment Date or proposed date for payment, as the case may be, in
respect of the Registered Security issued in exchange for such Bearer Security,
but will be payable only to the Holder of such coupon, when due in accordance
with the provisions of this Indenture.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section, unless
and until it is exchanged in whole or in part for Securities in definitive
certificated form, a Security in global
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form representing all or a portion of the Securities of a series may not be
transferred except as a whole by the Depository for such series to a nominee of
such Depository or by a nominee of such Depository to such Depository or another
nominee of such Depository or by such Depository or any such nominee to a
successor Depository for such series or a nominee of such successor Depository.
If at any time the Depository for the Securities of a series
notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depository
for the Securities of such series or if at any time the Depository for the
Securities of such series shall no longer be eligible under Section 3.3, the
Company shall appoint a successor Depository with respect to the Securities of
such series. If a successor Depository for the Securities of such series is not
appointed by the Company within 90 days after the Company receives such notice
or becomes aware of such ineligibility, the Company's election pursuant to
Section 3.1(b)(24) shall no longer be effective with respect to the Securities
of such series and the Company shall execute, and the Trustee, upon receipt of a
Company Order for the authentication and delivery of certificated Securities of
such series of like tenor, shall authenticate and deliver, Securities of such
series of like tenor in certificated form, in authorized denominations and in an
aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Security or
Securities of such series of like tenor in global form in exchange for such
Security or Securities in global form.
The Company may at any time in its sole discretion determine
that Securities issued in global form shall no longer be represented by such a
Security or Securities in global form. In such event the Company shall execute,
and the Trustee, upon receipt of a Company Order for the authentication and
delivery of certificated Securities of such series of like tenor, shall
authenticate and deliver, Securities of such series of like tenor in
certificated form, in authorized denominations and in an aggregate principal
amount equal to the principal amount of the Security or Securities of such
series of like tenor in global form in exchange for such Security or Securities
in global form.
If specified by the Company pursuant to Section 3.1 with
respect to a series of Securities, the Depository for such series may surrender
a Security in global form of such series in exchange in whole or in part for
Securities of such series in certificated form on such terms as are acceptable
to the Company and such Depository. Thereupon, the Company shall execute, and
the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, without service charge,
(i) to each Person specified by such Depository a new certificated
Security or Securities of the same series of like tenor, of any
authorized denomination as requested by such Person in aggregate
principal amount equal to and in exchange for such Person's beneficial
interest in the Security in global form; and
(ii) to such Depository a new Security in global form of like tenor
in a denomination equal to the difference, if any, between the
principal amount of the surrendered Security in global form and the
aggregate principal amount of certificated Securities delivered to
Holders thereof.
Upon the exchange of a Security in global form for Securities
in certificated form, such Security in global form shall be cancelled by the
Trustee. Unless expressly provided with
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respect to the Securities of any series that such Security may be exchanged for
Bearer Securities, Securities in certificated form issued in exchange for a
Security in global form pursuant to this Section shall be registered in such
names and in such authorized denominations as the Depository for such Security
in global form, pursuant to instructions from its direct or indirect
participants or otherwise, shall instruct the Trustee. The Trustee shall deliver
such Securities to the Persons in whose names such Securities are so registered.
Whenever any Securities are 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.
All Securities issued upon any registration of transfer or
upon any exchange of Securities shall be the valid obligations of the Company,
evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this
Indenture, as the Securities surrendered upon such registration of transfer or
exchange.
Every Registered Security presented or surrendered for
registration of transfer or for exchange shall (if so required by the Company,
the Registrar or the Trustee) be duly endorsed, or be accompanied by a written
instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company, the Registrar and
the Trustee duly executed by the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized
in writing.
No service charge shall be made for any registration of
transfer or for any 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 or transfer or exchange of
Securities, other than exchanges pursuant to Section 3.4 or 10.7 not involving
any transfer.
The Company shall not be required (i) to issue, register the
transfer of, or exchange any Securities for a period beginning at the opening of
business 15 days before any selection for redemption of Securities of like tenor
and of the series of which such Security is a part and ending at the close of
business on the earliest date on which the relevant notice of redemption is
deemed to have been given to all Holders of Securities of like tenor and of such
series to be redeemed; (ii) to register the transfer of or exchange any
Registered Security so selected for redemption, in whole or in part, except the
unredeemed portion of any Security being redeemed in part; or (iii) to exchange
any Bearer Security so selected for redemption, except that such a Bearer
Security may be exchanged for a Registered Security of that series and like
tenor; provided that such Registered Security shall be simultaneously
surrendered for redemption.
Section 3.6. Replacement Securities. If a mutilated Security
or a Security with a mutilated coupon appertaining to it is surrendered to the
Trustee, together with, in proper cases, such security or indemnity as may be
required by the Company or the Trustee to save each of them harmless, the
Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver a
replacement Registered Security, if such surrendered Security was a Registered
Security, or a replacement Bearer Security with coupons corresponding to the
coupons appertaining to the
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surrendered Security, if such surrendered Security was a Bearer Security, of the
same series and date of maturity, if the Trustee's requirements are met.
If there shall be delivered to the Company and the Trustee (i)
evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Security
or Security with a destroyed, lost or stolen coupon 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 Security or coupon 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 or in exchange for the Security
to which a destroyed, lost or stolen coupon appertains (with all appurtenant
coupons not destroyed, lost or stolen), a replacement Registered Security, if
such Holder's claim appertains to a Registered Security, or a replacement Bearer
Security with coupons corresponding to the coupons appertaining to the
destroyed, lost or stolen Bearer Security or the Bearer Security to which such
lost, destroyed or stolen coupon appertains, if such Holder's claim appertains
to a Bearer Security, of the same series and principal amount, containing
identical terms and provisions and bearing a number not contemporaneously
outstanding with coupons corresponding to the coupons, if any, appertaining to
the destroyed, lost or stolen Security.
In case any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security
or coupon has become or is about to become due and payable, the Company in its
discretion may, instead of issuing a new security or coupon, pay such Security
or coupon; provided, however, that payment of principal of and any premium or
interest on Bearer Securities shall, except as otherwise provided in Section
9.2, be payable only at an office or agency located outside the United States
and, unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.1, any interest on
Bearer Securities shall be payable only upon presentation and surrender of the
coupons appertaining thereto.
Upon the issuance of any new Security under this Section, the
Company may require the payment of a sum sufficient 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 with its coupons, if any,
issued pursuant to this Section in lieu of any destroyed, lost or stolen
Security, or in exchange for a Security to which a destroyed, lost or stolen
coupon appertains, shall constitute an original additional contractual
obligation of the Company, whether or not the destroyed, lost or stolen Security
and its coupon, if any, or the destroyed, lost or stolen coupon, 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 and their coupons, if any, 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 or
coupons.
Section 3.7. Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved.
(a) Unless otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 3.1, interest, if any,
on any Registered Security which is payable, and is punctually paid or duly
provided for, on any Interest Payment Date
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shall be paid to the Person in whose name that Security (or one or more
Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular
Record Date for such interest at the office or agency maintained for such
purpose pursuant to 9.2; provided, however, that at the option of the Company,
interest on any series of Registered Securities that bear interest may be paid
(i) by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as it shall
appear on the Register of Holders of Securities of such series or (ii) by wire
transfer to an account maintained by the Person entitled thereto as specified in
the Register of Holders of Securities of such series.
Unless otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 3.1, (i)
interest, if any, on Bearer securities shall be paid only against presentation
and surrender of the coupons for such interest installments as are evidenced
thereby as they mature and (ii) original issue discount, if any, on Bearer
Securities shall be paid only against presentation and surrender of such
Securities; in either case at the office of a Paying Agent located outside the
United States, unless the Company shall have otherwise instructed the Trustee in
writing, provided that any such instruction for payment in the United States
does not cause any Bearer Security to be treated as a "registration-required
obligation" under United States laws and regulations. The interest, if any, on
any temporary Bearer Security shall be paid, as to any installment of interest
evidenced by a coupon attached thereto only upon presentation and surrender of
such coupon and, as to other installments of interest, only upon presentation of
such Security for notation thereon of the payment of such interest. If at the
time a payment of principal of or interest, if any, on a Bearer Security or
coupon shall become due, the payment of the full amount so payable at the office
or offices of all the Paying Agents outside the United States is illegal or
effectively precluded because of the imposition of exchange controls or other
similar restrictions on the payment of such amount in Dollars, then the Company
may instruct the Trustee in writing to make such payments at a Paying Agent
located in the United States, provided that provision for such payment in the
United States would not cause such Bearer Security to be treated as a
"registration-required obligation" under United States laws and regulations.
(b) Unless otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 3.1,
any interest on Registered Securities 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 Holders
on the relevant Regular Record Date by virtue of their having been such Holders,
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 payment of such Defaulted
Interest to the Persons in whose names such Registered Securities (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 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 (1) 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 10 days after the receipt by the Trustee of the notice of the
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proposed payment. 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 such Registered Securities at his address as
it appears in the Register, 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 such
Registered Securities (or their respective Predecessor 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 such Defaulted Interest to
the Persons in whose names such Registered Securities (or their
respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of
business on a specified date in any other lawful manner not
inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which
such Registered 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 (2), such
manner of payment shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee.
(c) Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section and
Section 3.5, each Security delivered under this Indenture upon registration of
transfer of or in exchange for or in lieu of any other Security shall carry the
rights to interest accrued and unpaid, and to accrue, which were carried by such
other Security.
Section 3.8. Persons Deemed Owners. Prior to due presentment
of any Registered 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 such Registered Security is registered as the owner of such
Registered Security for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of,
premium, if any, and (subject to Section 3.7) interest on such Registered
Security and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Registered
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.
The Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the
Trustee may treat the bearer of any Bearer Security and the bearer of any coupon
as the absolute owner of such Bearer Security or coupon for the purpose of
receiving payment thereof or on account thereof and for all other purposes
whatsoever, whether or not such Bearer Security or coupon 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.
None of the Company, the Trustee or any agent of the Company
or the Trustee shall have any responsibility or liability for any aspect of the
records relating to or payments made on account of beneficial ownership
interests of a Security in global form, or for maintaining, supervising or
reviewing any records relating to such beneficial ownership interests.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to any Security in global form,
nothing herein shall prevent the Company or the Trustee, or any agent of the
Company or the Trustee, from giving effect to any written certification, proxy
or other authorization furnished by any Depository (or
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its nominee), as a Holder, with respect to such Security in global form or
impair, as between such Depository and owners of beneficial interests in such
Security in global form, the operation of customary practices governing the
exercise of the rights of such Depository (or its nominee) as Holder of such
Security in global form.
Section 3.9. Cancellation. The Company at any time may deliver
Securities and coupons to the Trustee for cancellation. The Registrar and any
Paying Agent shall forward to the Trustee any Securities and coupons surrendered
to them for replacement, for registration of transfer, or for exchange or
payment. The Trustee shall cancel all Securities and coupons surrendered for
replacement, for registration of transfer, or for exchange, payment, redemption
or cancellation and may, but shall not be required to, dispose of cancelled
Securities and coupons and issue a certificate of destruction to the Company.
The Company may not issue new Securities to replace Securities that it has paid
or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation.
Section 3.10. Computation of Interest. Except as otherwise
specified as contemplated by Section 3.1, interest on the Securities of each
series shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.
Section 3.11. CUSIP Numbers. The Company in issuing the
Securities may use "CUSIP" numbers (if then generally in use), and, in such
case, the Trustee shall use "CUSIP" numbers in notices of redemption as a
convenience to Holders; provided that any such notice may state that no
representation is made as to the correctness of such numbers either as printed
on the Securities or as contained in any notice of a redemption and that
reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed on the
Securities, and any such redemption shall not be affected by any defect in or
omission of such numbers.
Section 3.12. Currency of Payment in Respect of Securities.
Unless otherwise specified with respect to any Securities pursuant to Section
3.1, payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest, if any, on any
Registered or Bearer Security of such series will be made in Dollars.
ARTICLE 4
SATISFACTION, DISCHARGE AND DEFEASANCE
Section 4.1. Termination of Company's Obligations Under the
Indenture. (a) This Indenture shall upon a Company Request cease to be of
further effect with respect to Securities of or within any series and any
coupons appertaining thereto (except as to any surviving rights of registration
of transfer or exchange of such Securities and replacement of such Securities
which may have been lost, stolen or mutilated as herein expressly provided for)
and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments
acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture with respect to such
Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto when
(1) either
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(A) all such Securities previously authenticated and
delivered and all coupons appertaining thereto (other than (i)
such coupons appertaining to Bearer Securities surrendered in
exchange for Registered Securities and maturing after such
exchange, surrender of which is not required or has been
waived as provided in Section 3.5, (ii) such Securities and
coupons which have been destroyed, lost or stolen and which
have been replaced or paid as provided in Section 3.6, (iii)
such coupons appertaining to Bearer Securities called for
redemption and maturing after the relevant Redemption Date,
surrender of which has been waived as provided in Section 10.6
and (iv) such Securities and coupons for whose payment money
has theretofore been deposited in trust or segregated and held
in trust by the Company and thereafter repaid to the Company
or discharged from such trust, as provided in Section 9.3)
have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or
(B) all Securities of such series and, in the case of
(i) or (ii) below, any coupons appertaining thereto not
theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation
(i) have become due and payable, or
(ii) will become due and payable at their Stated
Maturity within one year, or
(iii) if redeemable at the option of the Company, are
to be called for redemption within one year under arrangements
satisfactory 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
irrevocably deposited or caused to be deposited with the
Trustee as trust funds in trust for the purpose an amount in
the currency in which the Securities of such series are
payable, sufficient to pay and discharge the entire
indebtedness on such Securities and such coupons not
theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, for
principal, premium, if any, and interest, with respect
thereto, 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 Officer's
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions
precedent herein provided for relating to the satisfaction and
discharge of this Indenture as to such series have been complied with.
Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this
Indenture, the obligation of the Company to the Trustee and any predecessor
Trustee under Section 6.9, the obligations of
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the Company to any Authenticating Agent under Section 6.14 and, if money shall
have been deposited with the Trustee pursuant to subclause (B) of clause (1) of
this Section, the obligations of the Trustee under Section 4.2 and the last
paragraph of Section 9.3 shall survive.
Section 4.2. Application of Trust Funds. Subject to the
provisions of the last paragraph of Section 9.3, all money deposited with the
Trustee pursuant to Section 4.1 shall be held in trust and applied by it, in
accordance with the provisions of the Securities, the coupons 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, premium, if any
and any interest for whose payment such money has been deposited with or
received by the Trustee, but such money need not be segregated from other funds
except to the extent required by law.
Section 4.3. Applicability of Defeasance Provisions; Company's
Option to Effect Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance. If pursuant to Section 3.1
provision is made for either or both of (i) defeasance of the Securities of or
within a series under Section 4.4 or (ii) covenant defeasance of the Securities
of or within a series under Section 4.5, then the provisions of such Section or
Sections, as the case may be, together with the provisions of Sections 4.6
through 4.9 inclusive, with such modifications thereto as may be specified
pursuant to Section 3.1 with respect to any Securities, shall be applicable to
such Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto, and the Company may at its
option by Board Resolution, at any time, with respect to such Securities and any
coupons appertaining thereto, elect to have Section 4.4 (if applicable) or
Section 4.5 (if applicable) be applied to such Outstanding Securities and any
coupons appertaining thereto upon compliance with the conditions set forth below
in this Article.
Section 4.4. Defeasance and Discharge. Upon the Company's
exercise of the option specified in Section 4.3 applicable to this Section with
respect to the Securities of or within a series, the Company shall be deemed to
have been discharged from its obligations with respect to such Securities and
any coupons appertaining thereto on the date the conditions set forth in Section
4.6 are satisfied (hereinafter "defeasance"). For this purpose, such defeasance
means that the Company shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire
indebtedness represented by such Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto
which shall thereafter be deemed to be "Outstanding" only for the purposes of
Section 4.7 and the other Sections of this Indenture referred to in clause (ii)
of this Section, and to have satisfied all its other obligations under such
Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto and this Indenture insofar as
such Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto are concerned (and the
Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall on Company Order execute proper
instruments acknowledging the same), except the following which shall survive
until otherwise terminated or discharged hereunder: (i) the rights of Holders of
such Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto to receive, solely from the
trust funds described in Section 4.6(a) and as more fully set forth in such
Section, payments in respect of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest,
if any, on such Securities or any coupons appertaining thereto when such
payments are due; (ii) the Company's obligations with respect to such Securities
under Sections 3.5, 3.6, 9.2 and 9.3 and with respect to the payment of
additional amounts, if any, payable with respect to such Securities as specified
pursuant to Section 3.1(b)(18); (iii) the rights, powers, trusts, duties and
immunities of the Trustee hereunder and (iv) this Article 4. Subject to
compliance with this Article 4, the Company may exercise its option under this
Section notwithstanding the prior exercise of its
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option under Section 4.5 with respect to such Securities and any coupons
appertaining thereto. Following a defeasance, payment of such Securities may not
be accelerated because of an Event of Default.
Section 4.5. Covenant Defeasance. Upon the Company's exercise
of the option specified in Section 4.3 applicable to this Section with respect
to any Securities of or within a series, the Company shall be released from its
obligations under Sections 7.1, 9.4, 9.5, 9.8 and 9.9 and, if specified pursuant
to Section 3.1, its obligations under any other covenant, with respect to such
Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto on and after the date the
conditions set forth in Section 4.6 are satisfied (hereinafter, "covenant
defeasance"), and such Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto shall
thereafter be deemed to be not "Outstanding" for the purposes of any direction,
waiver, consent or declaration or Act of Holders (and the consequences of any
thereof) in connection with Sections 7.1, 9.4, 9.5, 9.8 and 9.9 or such other
covenant, but shall continue to be deemed "Outstanding" for all other purposes
hereunder. For this purpose, such covenant defeasance means that, with respect
to such Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto, the Company may omit to
comply with and shall have no liability in respect of any term, condition or
limitation set forth in any such Section or such other covenant, whether
directly or indirectly, by reason of any reference elsewhere herein to any such
Section or such other covenant or by reason of reference in any such Section or
such other covenant to any other provision herein or in any other document and
such omission to comply shall not constitute a Default or an Event of Default
under Section 5.1(3) or 5.1(7) or otherwise, as the case may be, but, except as
specified above, the remainder of this Indenture and such Securities and any
coupons appertaining thereto shall be unaffected thereby.
Section 4.6. Conditions to Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.
The following shall be the conditions to application of Section 4.4 or Section
4.5 to any Securities of or within a series and any coupons appertaining
thereto:
(a) (i) The Company shall have deposited or caused to be
deposited irrevocably with the Trustee (or another trustee satisfying
the requirements of Section 6.12 who shall agree to comply with, and
shall be entitled to the benefits of, the provisions of Sections 4.3
through 4.9 inclusive and the last paragraph of Section 9.3 applicable
to the Trustee, for purposes of such Sections also a "Trustee") as
trust funds in trust for the purpose of making the payments referred to
in clauses (x) and (y) of this Section 4.6(a), specifically pledged as
security for, and dedicated solely to, the benefit of the Holders of
such Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto, with instructions
to the Trustee as to the application thereof, (A) money in an amount
(in such currency in which such Securities and any coupons appertaining
thereto are then specified as payable at Maturity), or (B) if
Securities of such series are not subject to repayment at the option of
Holders, Government Obligations which through the payment of interest
and principal in respect thereof in accordance with their terms (and
without any regard to reinvestment thereof) will provide, not later
than one day before the due date of any payment referred to in clause
(x) or (y) of this Section 4.6(a), money in an amount or (C) a
combination thereof in an amount, sufficient, in the opinion of a
nationally recognized firm of independent certified public accountants
expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee,
to pay and discharge, and which shall be applied by the Trustee to pay
and discharge, (x) the principal of, premium, if any, and interest, if
any, on such Securities
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and any coupons appertaining thereto on the Stated Maturity of such
principal or installment of principal or interest and (y) any mandatory
sinking fund payments applicable to such Securities on the day on which
such payments are due and payable in accordance with the terms of this
Indenture and such Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto.
Before such a deposit the Company may make arrangements satisfactory to
the Trustee for the redemption of Securities at a future date or dates
in accordance with Article 10 which shall be given effect in applying
the foregoing, in which case, notwithstanding anything in Section 4.4
or Section 4.5 to the contrary, the provisions of such Article 10 shall
survive to the extent they apply to the redemption to be made on such
Redemption Date; and (ii) ninety-one or more days shall have elapsed
from the date of the deposit referred to in clause (i).
(b) Such defeasance or covenant defeasance shall not result in
a breach or violation of, or constitute a Default or Event of Default
under, this Indenture or result in a breach or violation of, or
constitute a default under, any other material agreement or instrument
to which the Company is a party or by which it is bound.
(c) In the case of an election under Section 4.4, the Company
shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officer's Certificate and an
Opinion of Counsel to the effect that (i) the Company has received
from, or there has been published by, the Internal Revenue Service a
ruling, or [(ii) since the date of execution of this Indenture, there
has been a change in the applicable federal income tax law], in either
case to the effect that, and based thereon such opinion shall confirm
that, the Holders of such Securities and any coupons appertaining
thereto will not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax
purposes as a result of such deposit, defeasance and discharge and will
be subject to federal income tax on the same amount, in the same manner
and at the same times as would have been the case if such deposit,
defeasance and discharge had not occurred.
(d) In the case of an election under Section 4.5, the Company
shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect
that the Holders of such Securities and any coupons appertaining
thereto will not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax
purposes as a result of such covenant defeasance and will be subject to
federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the
same times as would have been the case if such covenant defeasance had
not occurred.
(e) The Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion
of Counsel to the effect that the trust resulting from the deposit
referred to in subparagraph (a) does not constitute an investment
company under the Investment Company Act of 1940.
(f) The Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an
Officer's Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all
conditions precedent to the defeasance under Section 4.4 or the
covenant defeasance under Section 4.5 (as the case may be) have been
complied with.
(g) Such defeasance or covenant defeasance shall be effected
in compliance with any additional or substitute terms, conditions or
limitations which may be imposed on the Company in connection therewith
as contemplated by Section 3.1.
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If each of the conditions set forth above shall have been satisfied with respect
to any Securities of or within a series, but the ninety-one day period
referenced in subparagraph (a)(ii) shall not have elapsed, such condition shall
be deemed to be satisfied if the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an
opinion of qualified nationally recognized bankruptcy counsel acceptable to the
Trustee to the effect that the use by the Trustee of such monies in accordance
with this Indenture would not constitute an avoidable preference or be subject
to the provisions of Section 544 and 547, would not be recoverable under Section
550 and would not be subject to the provisions of Section 362(a), in each case
of Title 11, U.S. Code or similar federal or state laws for the relief of
debtors, if a Default relating to Section 5.1(5) or (6) were to occur.
Section 4.7. Deposited Money and Government Obligations to Be
Held in Trust. Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 9.3,
all money and Government Obligations (or other property as may be provided
pursuant to Section 3.1) (including the proceeds thereof) deposited with the
Trustee pursuant to Section 4.6 in respect of any Securities of any series and
any coupons appertaining thereto shall be held in trust and applied by the
Trustee, in accordance with the provisions of such Securities and any coupons
appertaining thereto 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 Holders of such Securities and any coupons
appertaining thereto of all sums due and to become due thereon in respect of
principal, premium, if any, and interest, if any, but such money need not be
segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.
Section 4.8. Repayment to Company. The Trustee (and any Paying
Agent) shall promptly pay to the Company upon Company Request any excess money
or securities held by them at any time.
Section 4.9. Indemnity for Government Obligations. The Company
shall pay, and shall indemnify the Trustee against, any tax, fee or other charge
imposed on or assessed against Government Obligations deposited pursuant to this
Article or the principal and interest received on such Government Obligations.
ARTICLE 5
DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES
Section 5.1. Events of Default. An "Event of Default" occurs
with respect to the Securities of any series if:
(1) the Company defaults in the payment of interest on any
Security of that series or any coupon appertaining thereto or any
additional amount payable with respect to any Security of that series
as specified pursuant to Section 3.1(b)(18) when the same becomes due
and payable and such default continues for a period of 30 days;
(2) the Company defaults in the payment of the principal of or
any premium on any Security of that series when the same becomes due
and payable at its Maturity, or
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in the making of a mandatory sinking fund payment when and as due by
the terms of the Securities of that series;
(3) the Company fails to comply in any material respect with
any of its agreements or covenants in, or any of the provisions of,
this Indenture or in any supplemental indenture or board resolution
referred to therein with respect to any Security of that series (other
than an agreement, covenant or provision for which non-compliance is
elsewhere in this Section specifically dealt with), and such
non-compliance continues for a period of 90 days after there has been
given, by registered or certified mail, to the Company by the Trustee
or to the Company and the Trustee by the Holders of at least 33 1/3% in
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of the 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;
(4) an event of default as defined in any mortgage, indenture
or instrument under which there may be issued, or by which there may be
secured or evidenced, any indebtedness for borrowed money of the
Company (including this Indenture), whether such indebtedness now
exists or shall hereafter be created, in a principal amount then
outstanding of $20,000,000 or more, shall happen, which default shall
constitute a failure to pay any portion of the principal of, premium,
if any, or interest on such indebtedness when due and payable after the
expiration of any applicable grace period or shall result in such
indebtedness becoming or being declared due and payable prior to the
date on which it would otherwise become due and payable, and such
acceleration shall not be rescinded or annulled and such indebtedness
shall not be paid in full within a period of 30 days; provided,
however, that 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 at least 33 1/3% in aggregate principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of that series a written notice specifying such
event of default and requiring the Company to cause such acceleration
to be rescinded or annulled or to pay in full such indebtedness and
stating that such notice is a "Notice of Default" hereunder (it being
understood, however, that the Trustee shall not be deemed to have
knowledge of such default under such agreement or instrument unless
either (A) a Responsible Officer of the Trustee shall have actual
knowledge of such default or (B) a Responsible Officer of the Trustee
shall have received written notice thereof from the Company, from any
Holder, from the holder of any such indebtedness or from the trustee
under any such agreement or other instrument); provided, further, that
if, prior to any declaration of acceleration by the Holders of
Securities or the Trustee under Section 5.2 hereof, such default under
such agreement or instrument is remedied or cured by the Company or
waived by the holders of such indebtedness and any acceleration is
rescinded or annulled, then the Event of Default hereunder by reason
thereof shall be deemed likewise to have been thereupon remedied, cured
or waived without further action upon the part of either the Trustee or
any of such Holders;
(5) the Company pursuant to or within the meaning of any
Bankruptcy Law (A) commences a voluntary case, (B) accepts in writing
any petition filed against it, or otherwise consents to the entry of an
order for relief against it, in an involuntary case, (C) consents to
the appointment of a Custodian of, or the taking of possession by, it
or
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for all or a substantial part of its property; (D) makes a general
assignment for the benefit of its creditors; or (E) admits in writing
of its inability to pay its debts generally as they become due.
(6) an involuntary case within the meaning of any Bankruptcy
Law is commenced against the Company in a court of competent
jurisdiction and continues undismissed for 60 days, or such court
enters an order or decree under any Bankruptcy Law that (A) adjudges
the Company a bankrupt or insolvent, or approves a petition filed by
one or more Persons other than the Company seeking reorganization,
arrangement, adjustment or composition of the Company, (B) is for
relief against the Company in an involuntary case, (C) appoints a
Custodian of the Company or for a substantial part of its property, or
(D) orders the liquidation of the Company, and the order or decree
remains unstayed and in effect for 60 days; or
(7) any other Event of Default provided as contemplated by
Section 3.1 with respect to Securities of that series.
The term "Bankruptcy Law" means Title 11, U.S. Code, or any
similar federal or state law for the relief of debtors, including any other law
relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, dissolution, arrangement,
winding-up or readjustment of debts. The term "Custodian" means any receiver,
trustee, assignee, liquidator or similar official under any Bankruptcy Law.
Section 5.2. Acceleration; Rescission and Annulment. If an
Event of Default with respect to the Securities of any series at the time
Outstanding occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of at least
33 1/3% in aggregate principal amount of all of the Outstanding Securities of
that series, by written notice to the Company (and, if given by the Holders, to
the Trustee), may declare the principal (or, if the Securities of that series
are Original Issue Discount Securities or Indexed Securities, such portion of
the principal amount as may be specified in the terms of that series) of and
accrued interest, if any, on all the Securities of that series to be due and
payable and upon any such declaration such principal (or, in the case of
Original Issue Discount Securities or Indexed Securities, such specified
amount) and interest, if any, shall be immediately due and payable.
At any time after such a declaration of acceleration with
respect to Securities of any series has been made and before a judgment or
decree for payment of the money due has been obtained by the Trustee as
hereinafter in this Article provided, the Holders of a majority in aggregate
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series, by written notice
to the Trustee, may rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences if
all existing Defaults and 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
cured or waived as provided in Section 5.7. No such rescission shall affect any
subsequent default or impair any right consequent thereon.
Section 5.3. Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by
Trustee. The Company covenants that if:
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(1) default is made in the payment of any interest on any
Security or coupon, if any, when such interest 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 or coupons, if any, the whole amount then due and
payable on such Securities for principal, premium, if any, and interest and, to
the extent that payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable, interest
on any overdue principal, premium, if any, and on any overdue interest, at the
rate or rates prescribed therefor in such Securities or coupons, if any, and, in
addition thereto, such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs
and expenses of collection, including the reasonable compensation, expenses,
disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel.
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 agreement in this Indenture or in aid of the
exercise of any power granted herein, or to secure any other proper remedy.
Section 5.4. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim. The Trustee may
file such proofs of claim and other papers or documents as may be necessary or
advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee and the Holders of
Securities allowed in any judicial proceedings relating to the Company, its
creditors or its property.
Section 5.5. Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of
Securities. All rights of action and claims under this Indenture 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.
Section 5.6. Delay or Omission Not Waiver. No delay or
omission by the Trustee or any Holder of any Securities to exercise any right or
remedy accruing upon an Event of Default shall impair any such right or remedy
or constitute a waiver of or acquiescence in any such Event of Default.
Section 5.7. Waiver of Past Defaults. The Holders of a
majority in aggregate principal amount of outstanding Securities of any series
by written notice to the Trustee may waive on behalf of the Holders of all
Securities of such series a past Default or Event of Default with respect to
that series and its consequences except (i) a Default or Event of Default in the
payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any Security of
such series or any coupon appertaining thereto or (ii) in respect of a covenant
or provision hereof which pursuant to Section 8.2 cannot be amended or modified
without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security of such series
adversely affected. Upon any such waiver, such Default
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shall cease to exist, and any Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed
to have been cured, for every purpose of this Indenture.
Section 5.8. Control by Majority. The Holders of a majority in
aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of each series affected
(with each such series voting as a class) shall have the right to direct the
time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to
the Trustee or exercising any trust or power conferred on it with respect to
Securities of that series; provided, however, that (i) the Trustee may refuse to
follow any direction that conflicts with law or this Indenture, (ii) the Trustee
may refuse to follow any direction that is unduly prejudicial to the rights of
the Holders of Securities of such series not consenting, or that would in the
good faith judgment of the Trustee have a substantial likelihood of involving
the Trustee in personal liability and (iii) the Trustee may take any other
action deemed proper by the Trustee which is not inconsistent with such
direction.
Section 5.9. Limitation on Suits by Holders. No Holder of any
Security of any series or any coupons appertaining thereto shall have any right
to institute any proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to this
Indenture, or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other
remedy hereunder, unless:
(1) the Holder has previously given written notice to the
Trustee of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Securities
of that series;
(2) the Holders of at least 33-1/3% in aggregate principal
amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series have made a written
request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such
Event of Default in its own name as Trustee hereunder;
(3) such Holder or Holders have offered to the Trustee
indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee against any loss, liability or
expense to be, or which may be, incurred by the Trustee in pursuing the
remedy;
(4) the Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice,
request and the offer of indemnity has failed to institute any such
proceedings; and
(5) during such 60 day period, the Holders of a majority in
aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series
have not given to the Trustee a direction inconsistent with such
written request.
No one or more Holders shall have any right in any manner
whatever by virtue 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.
Section 5.10. Rights of Holders to Receive Payment.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, but subject to Section
9.2, the right of any Holder of a Security or coupon to receive payment of
principal of, premium, if any, and, subject to Sections 3.5 and 3.7, interest on
the Security, on or after the respective due dates expressed in the Security
(or,
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in case of redemption, on the Redemption Dates), and the right of any Holder of
a coupon to receive payment of interest due as provided in such coupon, or to
bring suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after such respective
dates, shall not be impaired or affected without the consent of such Holder.
Section 5.11. Application of Money Collected. If the Trustee
collects any money pursuant to this Article, it shall pay out the money 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, premium, if any, 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 Trustee for amounts due under Section 6.9;
Second: to Holders of Securities and coupons in respect of
which or for the benefit of which such money has been collected for
amounts due and unpaid on such Securities for principal of, premium, if
any, and interest, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind,
according to the amounts due and payable on such Securities for
principal, premium, if any, and interest, respectively; and
Third: to the Company.
The Trustee may fix a record date and payment date for any
payment to Holders pursuant to this Section 5.11. At least 15 days before such
record date, the Trustee shall mail to each holder and the Company a notice that
states the record date, the payment date and the amount to be paid.
Section 5.12. Restoration of Rights and Remedies. If the
Trustee or any Holder has instituted any proceeding to enforce any right or
remedy under this Indenture 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 5.13. 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 3.6, no
right or remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee or 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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ARTICLE 6
THE TRUSTEE
Section 6.1. Certain Duties and Responsibilities of the
Trustee. (a) Except during the continuance of an Event of Default, the Trustee's
duties and responsibilities under this Indenture shall be governed by Section
315(a) of the Trust Indenture Act.
(b) In case an Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing, the Trustee shall exercise the rights and powers vested in it by
this Indenture, and shall use the same degree of care and skill in their
exercise, as a prudent man would exercise or use under the circumstances in the
conduct of his own affairs.
Section 6.2. Rights of Trustee. Subject to the provisions of
the Trust Indenture Act:
(a) The Trustee may rely and shall be protected in acting or
refraining from acting upon any document believed by it to be genuine
and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties.
The Trustee need not investigate any fact or matter stated in the
document.
(b) Any request or direction of the Company mentioned herein
shall be sufficiently evidenced by a Company Request or Company Order
(other than delivery of any Security, together with any coupons
appertaining thereto, to the Trustee for authentication and delivery
pursuant to Section 3.3, which shall be sufficiently evidenced as
provided therein) and any resolution of the Board of Directors may be
sufficiently evidenced by a Board Resolution.
(c) Before the Trustee acts or refrains from acting, it may
consult with counsel or require an Officer's Certificate. The Trustee
shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good
faith in reliance on a Board Resolution, the written advice of counsel
acceptable to the Company and the Trustee, a certificate of an Officer
delivered pursuant to Section 1.2, an Officer's Certificate or an
Opinion of Counsel.
(d) The Trustee may act through agents or attorneys and shall
not be responsible for the misconduct or negligence of any agent or
attorney appointed with due care.
(e) The Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or
omits to take in good faith which it believes to be authorized or
within its rights or powers.
(f) The Trustee shall not be required 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 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.
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Section 6.3. Trustee May Hold Securities. The Trustee, any
Paying Agent, any Registrar or any other agent of the Company, in its individual
or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Securities and coupons
and, subject to Sections 310(b) and 311 of the Trust Indenture Act, may
otherwise deal with the Company, an Affiliate or Subsidiary with the same rights
it would have if it were not Trustee, Paying Agent, Registrar or such other
agent.
Section 6.4. 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 upon in writing with
the Company.
Section 6.5. Trustee's Disclaimer. The recitals contained
herein and in the Securities, except the Trustee's certificate of
authentication, shall be taken as the statements of the Company, and the Trustee
assumes no responsibility for their correctness. The Trustee makes no
representation as to the validity or adequacy of this Indenture or the
Securities or any coupon. The Trustee shall not be accountable for the Company's
use of the proceeds from the Securities or for monies paid over to the Company
pursuant to the Indenture.
Section 6.6. Notice of Defaults. If a Default known to the
Trustee occurs and is continuing with respect to the Securities of any series,
the Trustee shall, within 90 days after it occurs, transmit by mail, in the
manner and to the extent provided in Section 313(c) of the Trust Indenture Act,
notice of all such Defaults unless such Default shall have been cured or waived;
provided, however, that in the case of a Default in payment of the principal of
or interest on the Securities of any series, the Trustee may withhold the notice
if and so long as the board of directors, the executive committee or a committee
of its Responsible Officers in good faith determines that withholding such
notice is in the interests of Holders of Securities of that series; and
provided, further, that in the case of any Default of the character specified in
Section 5.1(3) with respect to Securities of such series, no such notice to
Holders shall be given until at least 30 days after the occurrence thereof.
Section 6.7. Reports by Trustee to Holders. Within 60 days
after each January 15 of each year commencing with the first January 15 after
the first issuance of Securities pursuant to this Indenture, the Trustee shall
transmit by mail to all Holders of Securities as provided in Section 313(c) of
the Trust Indenture Act a brief report dated as of such November 15 if required
by and in compliance with Section 313(a) of the Trust Indenture Act.
Section 6.8. Securityholder Lists. The Trustee shall preserve
in as current a form as is reasonably practicable the most recent list available
to it of the names and addresses of Holders of Securities of each series. If the
Trustee is not the Registrar, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee
semiannually on or before the last day of June and December in each year, and at
such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, a list, in such form and
as of such date as the Trustee may reasonably require, containing all the
information in the possession or control of the Registrar, the Company or any of
its Paying Agents other than the Trustee as to the names and addresses of
Holders of Securities of each such series. If there are Bearer Securities of any
series outstanding, even if the Trustee is the Registrar, the Company shall
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furnish to the Trustee such a list containing such information with respect to
Holders of such Bearer Securities only.
Section 6.9. Compensation and Indemnity. (a) The Company shall
pay to the Trustee such compensation as the Company and the Trustee shall from
time to time agree in writing for all services rendered by it hereunder. The
Trustee's compensation shall not be limited by any law on compensation of a
trustee of an express trust. The Company shall reimburse the Trustee upon
request for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by it in connection
with the performance of its duties under this Indenture, except any such expense
as may be attributable to its negligence or bad faith. Such expenses shall
include the reasonable compensation and expenses of the Trustee's agents and
counsel.
(b) The Company shall indemnify the Trustee for, and hold it
harmless against, any loss or liability, damage, claim or reasonable expense
including taxes (other than taxes based upon or determined or measured by the
income of the Trustee) incurred by it arising out of or in connection with its
acceptance or administration of the trust or trusts hereunder, including the
reasonable costs and expenses of defending itself against any claim or liability
in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties
hereunder. The Trustee shall notify the Company promptly of any claim for which
it may seek indemnity. The Company shall defend the claim and the Trustee shall
cooperate in the defense. The Trustee may have separate counsel and the Company
shall pay the reasonable fees and expenses of such counsel. The Company need not
pay for any settlement made without its consent.
(c) The Company need not reimburse any expense or indemnify
against any loss or liability incurred by the Trustee through negligence or bad
faith.
(d) To secure the payment obligations of the Company pursuant
to this Section, the Trustee shall have a lien prior to the Securities of any
series on all money or property held or collected by the Trustee, except that
held in trust to pay principal, premium, if any, and interest on particular
Securities.
When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services in
connection with an Event of Default specified in Section 5.1(5) or Section
5.1(6), the expenses (including the reasonable charges and expenses of its
counsel) and the compensation for the services are intended to constitute
expenses of administration under any applicable federal or state bankruptcy,
insolvency or other similar law.
The provisions of this Section shall survive the termination
of this Indenture.
Section 6.10. Replacement of Trustee. (a) The resignation or
removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor Trustee shall become
effective only upon the successor Trustee's acceptance of appointment as
provided in Section 6.11.
(b) The Trustee may resign at any time with respect to the
Securities of any series by giving written notice thereof to the Company. If the
instrument of acceptance by a successor Trustee required by Section 6.11 shall
not have been delivered to the Trustee within 30 days after the giving of such
notice of resignation, the resigning Trustee may petition any
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court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee with
respect to the Securities of such series.
(c) The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of
the Outstanding Securities of any series may remove the Trustee with respect to
that series by so notifying the Trustee and the Company and may appoint a
successor Trustee for such series with the Company's consent.
(d) If at any time:
(1) the Trustee fails to comply with Section 310(b) of the
Trust Indenture Act 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
310(a) of the Trust Indenture Act and shall fail to resign after
written request therefor by the Company or by any Holder of a Security
who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security for at least six months;
or
(3) the Trustee becomes incapable of acting, is adjudged a
bankrupt or an insolvent, or a receiver or public officer takes charge
of the Trustee or its property or affairs for the purpose of
rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation,
then, in any such case, (i) the Company by or pursuant to a Board Resolution may
remove the Trustee with respect to all Securities, or (ii) subject to Section
315(e) of the Trust Indenture Act, 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
of the Trustee with respect to all Securities and the appointment of a successor
Trustee or Trustees.
(e) If the Trustee resigns or is removed or if a vacancy
exists in the office of Trustee for any reason, with respect to Securities of
one or more series, the Company, by or pursuant to a Board Resolution, shall
promptly appoint a successor Trustee 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 6.11. 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
accordance with the applicable requirements of Section 6.11, 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 6.11, 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
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all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for
the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such
series.
Section 6.11. 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 shall execute, acknowledge and deliver
to the Company and to the retiring Trustee an instrument accepting such
appointment. Thereupon, the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall
become effective, and the successor Trustee, without further act, deed or
conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers 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 such successor Trustee shall execute and
deliver an indenture supplemental hereto wherein such successor Trustee shall
accept such appointment and which (i) shall contain such provisions as shall be
necessary or desirable to transfer and confirm to, and to vest in, such
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, (ii) 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 (iii) 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 provided
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 successor 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 successor Trustee shall be qualified and
eligible under the Trust Indenture Act.
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(e) The Company shall give notice of each resignation 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
in the manner provided for notices to the Holders of Securities in Section 1.6.
Each notice shall include the name of the successor Trustee with respect to the
Securities of such series and the address of its Corporate Trust office.
Section 6.12. Eligibility Disqualification. There shall at all
times be a Trustee hereunder which shall be eligible to act as Trustee under
Section 310(a)(1) of the Trust Indenture Act and shall have, at all times, a
combined capital and surplus of at least $75,000,000. If such corporation
publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or the
requirements of federal, state, territorial or District of Columbia supervising
or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section, the combined
capital and surplus of such corporation 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 6.13. 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 corporation succeeding to all or substantially all the corporate 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 Securities shall have been
authenticated, but not delivered, by the Trustee then in office, any successor
by merger, conversion 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 6.14. 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, exchange,
registration of transfer or partial redemption thereof, 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. Any such appointment shall be evidenced by an instrument in writing
signed by a Responsible Officer of the Trustee, a copy of which instrument shall
be promptly furnished to the Company. 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, except as may otherwise be provided pursuant to
Section 3.1, shall at all times be a bank or trust company or corporation
organized and doing business and in good standing under the laws of the United
States of America or of any state or the District of Columbia, authorized under
such laws to act as Authenticating Agent, having a combined capital and surplus
of not less than $1,500,000 and subject to supervision or examination by federal
or state authorities. If such Authenticating Agent publishes reports of
condition at least
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annually, pursuant to law or the requirements of the aforesaid supervising or
examining authority, then for the purposes 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. In case 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 specified 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 further act on the part of the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent.
An Authenticating Agent for any series of Securities may at
any time resign by giving written notice of resignation to the Trustee for such
series and to the Company. The Trustee for any series of Securities may at any
time terminate the agency of an Authenticating Agent by giving written notice of
termination 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 for such series may appoint a successor
Authenticating Agent which shall be acceptable to the Company and shall give
notice of such appointment to all Holders of Securities of the series with
respect to which such Authenticating Agent will serve in the manner set forth in
Section 1.6. 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 herein. No successor Authenticating Agent shall be
appointed unless eligible under the provisions of this Section.
The Company agrees to pay to each Authenticating Agent from
time to time reasonable compensation including reimbursement of its reasonable
expenses for its services under this Section.
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 or in lieu of the Trustee's certificate of
authentication, an alternate certificate of authentication substantially in the
following form:
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This is one of the Securities of the series described in the within-mentioned
Indenture.
-------------------------------,
as Trustee
By______________________________
as Authenticating Agent
By______________________________
Authorized Signatory
ARTICLE 7
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER OR SALE BY THE COMPANY
Section 7.1. Consolidation, Merger or Sale of Assets
Permitted. The Company shall not consolidate or merge with or into, or transfer
or lease all or substantially all of its assets to, any Person unless:
(1) the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation
or merger (if other than the Company), or which acquires the Company's
assets, is organized and existing under the laws of the United States,
any state thereof or the District of Columbia;
(2) the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation
or merger (if other than the Company), or which acquires the Company's
assets, assumes by supplemental indenture all the obligations of the
Company under the Securities and this Indenture; and
(3) immediately after giving effect to the transaction no
Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing.
The Company shall deliver to the Trustee prior to the proposed
transaction an Officer's Certificate to the foregoing effect and an Opinion of
Counsel stating that the proposed transaction and such supplemental indenture
comply with this Indenture and that all conditions precedent to the consummation
of the transaction under this Indenture have been met.
ARTICLE 8
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
Section 8.1. Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of
Holders. Without the consent of any Holders, the Company, when authorized
by a Board Resolution, and the Trustee,
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at any time and from time to time, may enter into indentures supplemental
hereto, in form reasonably 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 with respect to
all or any series of Securities; or
(4) to add to or change any of the provisions of this
Indenture to such extent as shall be necessary to facilitate the
issuance of Bearer Securities (including, without limitation, to
provide that Bearer Securities may be registrable as to principal only)
or to facilitate the issuance of Securities in global form; or
(5) to change or eliminate any of the provisions of this
Indenture; provided that any such change or elimination shall become
effective only when there is no Security Outstanding of any series
created prior to the execution of such supplemental indenture which is
entitled to the benefit of such provision; or
(6) to secure the Securities; or
(7) to establish the form or terms of Securities of any series
as permitted by Sections 2.1 and 3.1; 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
Indenture 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 6.11; or
(9) if allowed without penalty under applicable laws and
regulations, to permit payment in the United States (including any of
the states and the District of Columbia), its territories, its
possessions and other areas subject to its jurisdiction of principal,
premium, if any, or interest, if any, on Bearer Securities or coupons,
if any; or
(10) 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 such action shall not adversely affect the
interests of any Holder of Securities of any series; or
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(11) to cure any ambiguity or correct any mistake, provided
such action shall not adversely affect the interests of any Holder of
Securities of any series.
Section 8.2. Supplemental Indentures With Consent of Holders.
With the written consent of the Holders of a majority of the aggregate principal
amount of the Outstanding Securities adversely affected by such supplemental
indenture (with the Securities of all series voting as one class), the Company
and the Trustee may enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto to
add any provisions to or to change or eliminate any provisions of this Indenture
or of any other indenture supplemental hereto or to modify the rights of the
Holders of such Securities; provided, however, that without the consent of the
Holder of each Outstanding Security affected thereby, an amendment under this
Section may not:
(1) change the Stated Maturity of the principal of or premium,
if any, or any installment of principal of or premium, if any, 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 change the manner in which the amount of any principal
thereof or premium, if any, or interest thereon is determined, or
reduce the amount of the principal of any Original Issue Discount
Security or Indexed Security that would be due and payable upon a
declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section
5.2, or change the currency in which any Securities or any premium or
the interest thereon is payable, change the index, securities or
commodities with reference to which or the formula by which the amount
of principal or any premium or the interest thereon is determined, 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);
(2) reduce the percentage in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities affected thereby, the consent of whose Holders
is required for any such supplemental indenture, or the consent of
whose Holders is required for any waiver (or compliance with certain
provisions of this Indenture or certain defaults hereunder and their
consequences) provided for in this Indenture;
(3) change any obligation of the Company to maintain an office
or agency in the places and for the purposes specified in Section 9.2;
or
(4) make any change in Section 5.7 or this 8.2 except to
increase any percentage or to provide that certain other provisions of
this Indenture cannot be modified or waived without the consent of the
Holders of each Outstanding Security affected thereby.
A supplemental indenture which changes or eliminates any
covenant or other provision of this Indenture which has 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 or 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.
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It is not necessary under this Section 8.2 for the Holders to
consent to the particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture, but it is
sufficient if they consent to the substance thereof.
Section 8.3. Compliance with Trust Indenture Act. Every
amendment to this Indenture or the Securities of one or more series shall be set
forth in a supplemental indenture that complies with the Trust Indenture Act as
then in effect.
Section 8.4. Execution of Supplemental Indentures. In
executing, or accepting the additional trusts created by, any supplemental
indenture permitted by this Article or the modification thereby of the trusts
created by this Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and shall
be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating that the
execution of such supplemental indenture is authorized or permitted 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 8.5. 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 and of any
coupon appertaining thereto shall be bound thereby.
Section 8.6. Reference in Securities to Supplemental
Indentures. Securities, including any coupons, 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 including any
coupons 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 authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in exchange for
Outstanding Securities including any coupons of such series.
ARTICLE 9
COVENANTS
Section 9.1. Payment of Principal, Premium, if any, and
Interest. The Company covenants and agrees for the benefit of the Holders of
each series of Securities that it will duly and punctually pay the principal of,
premium, if any, and interest on the Securities of that series in accordance
with the terms of the Securities of such series, any coupons appertaining
thereto and this Indenture. An installment of principal, premium, if any, or
interest shall be considered paid on the date it is due if the Trustee or Paying
Agent holds on that date money designated for and sufficient to pay the
installment.
Section 9.2. Maintenance of Office or Agency. If Securities of
a series are issued as Registered Securities, the Company will maintain in each
Place of Payment for any
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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. If Securities of a series are issuable as Bearer
Securities, the Company will maintain, (i) subject to any laws or regulations
applicable thereto, an office or agency in a Place of Payment for that series
which is located outside the United States where Securities of that series and
related coupons may be presented and surrendered for payment; provided, however,
that if the Securities of that series are listed on any stock exchange located
outside the United States and such stock exchange shall so require, the Company
will maintain a Paying Agent for the Securities of that series in any other
required city located outside the United States, as the case may be, so long as
the Securities of that series are listed on such exchange, and (ii) subject to
any laws or regulations applicable thereto, an office or agency in a Place of
Payment for that series which is located outside the United States, where
Securities of that series may be surrendered for 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 any 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,
such 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.
Unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.1, no
payment of principal, premium or interest on Bearer Securities shall be made at
any office or agency of the Company in the United States, by check mailed to any
address in the United States, by transfer to an account located in the United
States or upon presentation or surrender in the United States of a Bearer
Security or coupon for payment, even if the payment would be credited to an
account located outside the United States; provided, however, that, if the
Securities of a series are denominated and payable in Dollars, payment of
principal of and any premium or interest on any such Bearer Security shall be
made at the office of the Company's Paying Agent in the Borough of Manhattan,
The City of New York, if (but only if) payment in Dollars of the full amount of
such principal, premium or interest, as the case may be, at all offices or
agencies outside the United States maintained for the purpose by the Company in
accordance with this Indenture is illegal or effectively precluded by exchange
controls or other similar restrictions.
The Company may also from time to time designate one or more
other offices or agencies where the Securities (including any coupons, if any)
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; provided, however,
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 (including any coupons, if any) 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.
Unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.1, the
Trustee shall initially serve as Paying Agent.
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Section 9.3. Money for Securities Payments to Be Held in
Trust; Unclaimed Money. 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, premium, if any, 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, premium, if any, or
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 in
writing of its action or failure so to act.
The Company will cause each Paying Agent for any series of
Securities other than the Trustee to execute and deliver to the Trustee an
instrument in which such Paying Agent shall agree with the Trustee, subject to
the provisions of this Section, that such Paying Agent will:
(1) hold all sums held by it for the payment of the principal
of, premium, if any, or interest on Securities of that series in trust
for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto until such sums shall
be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided;
(2) give the Trustee notice of any default by the Company (or
any other obligor upon the Securities of that series) in the making of
any payment of principal, premium, if any, or interest on the
Securities; and
(3) at any time during the continuance of any such default,
upon the written request of the Trustee, forthwith pay to the Trustee
all sums so held in trust by such Paying Agent.
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 any principal, premium or
interest on any Security of any series and remaining unclaimed for two years
after such principal, premium, if any, 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
and coupon, if any, 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, or cause to be mailed to
such Holder, notice that such money remains unclaimed and that, after a date
specified therein, which shall
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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 9.4. Corporate Existence. Subject to Article 7, the
Company will at all times do or cause to be done all things necessary to
preserve and keep in full force and effect its corporate existence and its
rights and franchises; provided that nothing in this Section 9.4 shall prevent
the abandonment or termination of any right or franchise of the Company if, in
the opinion of the Company (evidenced by a Board Resolution), such abandonment
or termination is in the best interests of the Company and not prejudicial in
any material respect to the Holders of the Securities.
Section 9.5. Insurance. The Company covenants and agrees that
it will maintain, and cause each of its Subsidiaries to maintain, insurance with
responsible and reputable insurance companies or associations in such amounts
and covering such risks as are consistent with sound business practice for
corporations engaged in the same or similar business similarly situated against
loss by fire and the extended coverage perils. In lieu of the foregoing or in
combination therewith, in case of itself or of any one or more of its
Subsidiaries, the Company will maintain or cause to be maintained a system or
systems of self-insurance which will accord with the financially sound and
approved practices of companies owning or operating properties of a similar
character and maintaining such systems. The Trustee shall not be required to see
that such insurance is effected or maintained.
Section 9.6. Reports by the Company. The Company covenants:
(a) to file with the Trustee, within 30 days after the Company
is required to file the same with the Commission, copies of the annual
reports and of the information, documents and other reports (or copies
of such portions of any of the foregoing as the Commission may from
time to time by rules and regulations prescribe) which the Company may
be required to file with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or
Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; or,
if the Company is not required to file information, documents or
reports pursuant to either of such Sections, then to file with the
Trustee and the Commission, in accordance with rules and regulations
prescribed from time to time by the Commission, such of the
supplementary and periodic information, documents and reports which may
be required pursuant to Section 13 of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended, in respect of a security listed and registered on a
national securities exchange as may be prescribed from time to time in
such rules and regulations;
(b) to file with the Trustee and the Commission, in accordance
with the rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by the
Commission, such additional information, documents and reports with
respect to compliance by the Company with the conditions and covenants
provided for in this Indenture, as may be required from time to time by
such rules and regulations; and
(c) to transmit to all Holders of Securities, within 30 days
after the filing thereof with the Trustee, in the manner and to the
extent provided in Section 313(c) of the Trust Indenture Act, such
summaries of any information, documents and reports required to
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be filed by the Company pursuant to subsections (a) and (b) of this
Section 9.6, as may be required by the rules and regulations prescribed
from time to time by the Commission.
Section 9.7. Annual Review Certificate; Notice of Defaults or
Events of Default. (a) The Company covenants and agrees to deliver to the
Trustee, within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Company, a
certificate from the principal executive officer, principal financial officer or
principal accounting officer as to his or her knowledge of the Company's
compliance with all conditions and covenants under this Indenture. For purposes
of this Section 9.7, such compliance shall be determined without regard to any
period of grace or requirement of notice provided under this Indenture.
(b) The Company covenants and agrees to deliver to the Trustee, within a
reasonable time after the Company becomes aware of the occurrence of a Default
or an Event of Default of the character specified in (i) Section 5.1(4) hereof,
or (ii) 5.1(3) hereof, but only as it relates to a Default or Event of Default
in the observance of Sections 9.08 or 9.09 hereof) written notice of the
occurrence of such Default or Event of Default.
Section 9.8. Limitation on Liens. (a) If the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries shall incur, assume or guarantee any indebtedness for borrowed
money secured by a Lien (any such indebtedness being herein referred to as
"Secured Debt") on any Property or assets of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries, the Company shall secure, or cause such Subsidiary to secure, the
Securities equally and ratably with (or, at the option of the Company, prior to)
such Secured Debt, unless after giving effect thereto the sum, without
duplication, of (i) the aggregate principal amount of all such Secured Debt, and
(ii) all Attributable Debt in respect of Sale and Leaseback Transactions (other
than Sale and Leaseback Transactions as to which the Company would be entitled
to incur Secured Debt, in an amount at least equal to the Attributable Debt in
respect of such Sale and Leaseback Transaction, on the Property to be leased,
without equally and ratably securing the Securities, pursuant to the exclusions
from the computation of Secured Debt contained below in subclauses (i)-(vii) of
Section 9.8(b) and other than Sale and Leaseback Transactions the proceeds of
which have been applied in accordance with clause (b) of Section 9.9), would not
exceed 15% of the Consolidated Net Tangible Assets of the Company.
(b) The restriction of Section 9.8(a) will not apply to, and
there shall be excluded in computing the aggregate amount of Secured
Debt for the purpose of such restriction, indebtedness secured by:
(i) (A) Liens existing as of the date of this Indenture or (B)
Liens relating to a contract that was entered into by the Company or
any Subsidiary prior to the date of this Indenture;
(ii) Liens on any Property existing at the time of acquisition
thereof (whether such acquisition is direct or by acquisition of stock,
assets or otherwise) by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries,
provided that no such Lien extends or shall extend to or cover any
Property other than the Property being acquired and fixed improvements
then or thereafter erected thereon;
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(iii) Liens upon or with respect to any Property (including any
contract rights relating thereto) acquired, constructed, refurbished or
improved by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (including, but not
limited to, Liens to secure all or any part of the cost of
construction, alteration or repair of any building, equipment,
facility or other improvement on, all or any part of such property,
including any pipeline financing) after the date of this
Indenture which are created, incurred or assumed
contemporaneously with, or within 360 days after, the latest to occur
of the acquisition (whether by acquisition of stock, assets or
otherwise), completion of construction, refurbishment or improvement,
or the commencement of commercial operation, of such Property (or, in
the case of Liens on contract rights, the completion of construction or
the commencement of commercial operation of the facility to which such
contract rights relate, regardless of the date when such contract was
entered into) to secure or provide for the payment of any part of the
purchase price of such Property or the cost of such construction,
refurbishment or improvement; provided, however, that in the case of
any such acquisition, construction, refurbishment or improvement, the
Lien shall relate only to indebtedness reasonably incurred to finance
such acquisition, construction, refurbishment or improvement, and shall
not extend to or cover any other Property other than fixed improvements
then or thereafter existing thereon;
(iv) Liens securing indebtedness owing by any Subsidiary to
the Company or to any other Subsidiary;
(v) Liens in connection with the sale or other transfer in the
ordinary course of business of (A) crude oil, natural gas, other
petroleum hydrocarbons or other minerals in place for a period of time
until, or in an amount such that, the purchaser or other transferee
will realize therefrom a specified amount of money (however determined)
or a specified amount of such minerals, or (B) any other interest in
property of the character commonly referred to as a "production
payment";
(vi) Liens on current assets to secure any indebtedness
maturing (including any extensions or renewals thereof) not more than
one year from the date of the creation of such Lien; and
(vii) Liens for the sole purpose of extending, renewing or
replacing in whole or in part the indebtedness secured thereby referred
to in the foregoing subclauses (i) to (vi), inclusive, or in this
clause (vii); provided, however, that the Liens excluded pursuant to
this clause (vii) shall be excluded only in an amount not to exceed the
principal amount of indebtedness so secured at the time of such
extension, renewal or replacement, and that such extension, renewal or
replacement shall be limited to all or part of the Property subject to
the lien so extended, renewed or replaced (plus refurbishment of or
improvements on or to such Property).
Section 9.9. Limitation on Sale and Leaseback Transactions.
Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries may enter into, assume,
guarantee or otherwise become liable with respect to any Sale and Leaseback
Transaction involving any Property, if the latest to occur of the acquisition,
the completion of construction or the commencement of commercial
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operation of such Property shall have occurred more than 180 days prior thereto,
unless (a) the Company or such Subsidiary could create Secured Debt secured by
such Property under the restrictions described in Section 9.8 in an amount equal
to the Attributable Debt with respect to the Sale and Leaseback Transaction
without equally and ratably securing the Securities or (b) the Company or such
Subsidiary, within 180 days from the effective date of such Sale and Leaseback
Transaction, applies an amount not less than the greater of (i) the net proceeds
of the sale of such Property leased pursuant to such arrangement or (ii) the
fair value, in the opinion of the Board of Directors, of such Property (as of
the time of entering into such Sale and Leaseback Transaction) to (x) the
retirement of its Funded Debt, including, for this purpose, any currently
maturing portion of such Funded Debt, or (y) the purchase of other property
having a fair value (as of the time of such purchase), in the opinion of the
Board of Directors, at least equal to the fair value, in the opinion of the
Board of Directors, of the Property leased in such Sale and Leaseback
Transaction (as of the time of entering into such Sale and Leaseback
Transaction). This restriction will not apply to any Sale and Leaseback
Transaction (1) between the Company and any Subsidiary or between any
Subsidiaries, (2) entered into prior to the date of this Indenture or (3) for
which, at the time the transaction is entered into, the term of the related
lease to the Company or such Subsidiary of the Property sold pursuant to such
transaction is three years or less.
Section 9.10. Books of Record and Account; Compliance with
Law. (a) The Company will keep, and will cause each Subsidiary to keep, proper
books of record and account, either on a consolidated or individual basis. The
Company shall cause its books of record and account to be examined by one or
more firms of independent public accountants not less frequently than annually.
The Company shall prepare its financial statements in accordance with GAAP.
(b) The Company shall, and shall cause each of its
Subsidiaries to, comply with all statutes, laws, ordinances, or government rules
and regulations to which it is subject, non-compliance with which would
materially adversely affect the business, prospects, earnings, properties,
assets or condition, financial or otherwise, of the Company and its Subsidiaries
taken as a whole.
Section 9.11. Taxes. The Company shall, and shall cause each
of its Subsidiaries to, pay or discharge or cause to be paid or discharged prior
to delinquency all taxes, assessments and governmental levies the non-payment of
which could materially adversely affect the business, prospects, earnings,
properties, assets or condition, financial or otherwise, of the Company and its
Subsidiaries taken as a whole except those taxes, assessments and governmental
levies whose amount, applicability or validity is being contested in good faith
and by appropriate proceedings.
ARTICLE 10
REDEMPTION
Section 10.1. Applicability of Article. Securities (including
coupons, if any) of any series which are redeemable before their Stated Maturity
shall be redeemable in accordance
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with their terms and (except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section
3.1 for Securities of any series) in accordance with this Article.
Section 10.2. Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee. The
election of the Company to redeem any Securities, including coupons, if any,
shall be evidenced by or pursuant to a Board Resolution. In the case of any
redemption at the election of the Company of less than all the Securities or
coupons, if any, 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 (i) prior to the expiration of any restriction on such redemption
provided in the terms of such Securities or elsewhere in this Indenture or (ii)
pursuant to an election of the Company which is subject to a condition specified
in the terms of such Securities, the Company shall furnish the Trustee with an
Officer's Certificate evidencing compliance with such restriction or condition.
Section 10.3. Selection of Securities to Be Redeemed. Unless
otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.1, if less than all the
Securities (including coupons, if any) of a series with the same terms are to be
redeemed, the Trustee, not more than 45 days prior to the redemption date, shall
select the Securities of the series to be redeemed in such manner as the Trustee
shall deem fair and appropriate. The Trustee shall make the selection from
Securities of the series that are Outstanding and that have not previously been
called for redemption and may provide for the selection for redemption of
portions (equal to the minimum authorized denomination for Securities, including
coupons, if any, of that series or any integral multiple thereof) of the
principal amount of Securities, including coupons, if any, of such series of a
denomination larger than the minimum authorized denomination for Securities of
that series. The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company in writing of the
Securities selected by the Trustee for redemption and, in the case of any
Securities selected for partial redemption, the principal amount thereof to be
redeemed.
For purposes of this Indenture, unless the context otherwise
requires, all provisions relating to the redemption of Securities (including
coupons, if any) shall relate, in the case of any Securities (including coupons,
if any) redeemed or to be redeemed only in part, to the portion of the principal
amount of such Securities (including coupons, if any) which has been or is to be
redeemed.
Section 10.4. Notice of Redemption. Unless otherwise specified
as contemplated by Section 3.1, notice of redemption shall be given in the
manner provided in Section 1.6 not less than 30 days nor more than 60 days prior
to the Redemption Date to the Holders of the Securities to be redeemed.
All notices of redemption shall state:
(1) the Redemption Date;
(2) the Redemption Price;
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(3) if less than all the Outstanding Securities of a series
are to be redeemed, the identification (and, in the case of partial
redemption, the principal amounts) of the particular Security or
Securities to be redeemed;
(4) in case any Security is to be redeemed in part only, the
notice which relates to such Security shall state that on and after the
Redemption Date, upon surrender of such Security, the holder will
receive, without a charge, a new Security or Securities of authorized
denominations for the principal amount thereof remaining unredeemed;
(5) the Place or Places of Payment where such Securities,
together in the case of Bearer Securities with all coupons appertaining
thereto, if any, maturing after the Redemption Date, are to be
surrendered for payment for the Redemption Price;
(6) that Securities of the series called for redemption and
all unmatured coupons, if any, appertaining thereto must be surrendered
to the Paying Agent to collect the Redemption Price;
(7) that, on the Redemption Date, the Redemption Price will
become due and payable upon each such Security, or the portion thereof,
to be redeemed and, if applicable, that interest thereon will cease to
accrue on and after said date;
(8) that the redemption is for a sinking fund, if such is the
case;
(9) that, unless otherwise specified in such notice, Bearer
Securities of any series, if any, surrendered for redemption must be
accompanied by all coupons maturing subsequent to the Redemption Date
or the amount of any such missing coupon or coupons will be deducted
from the Redemption Price, unless security or indemnity satisfactory to
the Company, the Trustee and any Paying Agent is furnished; and
(10) the CUSIP number, if any, of the Securities.
Notice of redemption of Securities to be redeemed 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 10.5. Deposit of Redemption Price. On or 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, which it may not do
in the case of a sinking fund payment under Article 11, segregate and hold in
trust as provided in Section 9.3) an amount of money in the currency in which
the Securities of such series are payable (except as otherwise specified
pursuant to Section 3.1 for the Securities of such series) sufficient to pay on
the Redemption Date the Redemption Price of, and (unless the Redemption Date
shall be an Interest Payment Date) interest accrued to the Redemption Date on,
all Securities or portions thereof which are to be redeemed on that date.
Unless any Security by its terms prohibits any sinking fund
payment obligation from being satisfied by delivering and crediting Securities
(including Securities redeemed otherwise than through a sinking fund), the
Company may deliver such Securities to the Trustee
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for crediting against such payment obligation in accordance with the terms of
such Securities and this Indenture.
Section 10.6. Securities Payable on Redemption Date. Notice of
redemption having been given as aforesaid, the 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 and the coupons for any such interest
appertaining to any Bearer Security so to be redeemed, except to the extent
provided below, shall be void. Except as provided in the next succeeding
paragraph, upon surrender of any such Security, including coupons, if any, 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 installments of interest on Bearer
Securities whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to the Redemption Date shall be
payable only at an office or agency located outside the United States and its
possessions (except as otherwise provided in Section 9.2) and, unless otherwise
specified as contemplated by Section 3.1, only upon presentation and surrender
of coupons for such interest; and provided, further, that, unless otherwise
specified as contemplated by Section 3.1, installments of interest on Registered
Securities 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 3.7.
If any Bearer Security surrendered for redemption shall not be
accompanied by all appurtenant coupons maturing after the Redemption Date, such
Bearer Security may be paid after deducting from the Redemption Price an amount
equal to the face amount of all such missing coupons, or the surrender of such
missing coupon or coupons may be waived by the Company and the Trustee if there
be furnished to them such security or indemnity as they may require to save each
of them and any Paying Agent harmless. If thereafter the Holder of such Bearer
Security shall surrender to the Trustee or any Paying Agent any such missing
coupon in respect of which a deduction shall have been made from the Redemption
Price, such Holder shall be entitled to receive the amount so deducted;
provided, however, that interest represented by coupons shall be payable only at
an office or agency located outside of the United States (except as otherwise
provided pursuant to Section 9.2) and, unless otherwise specified as
contemplated by Section 3.1, only upon presentation and surrender of those
coupons.
If any Security called for redemption shall not be so paid
upon surrender thereof for redemption, the principal (and premium, if any)
shall, until paid, bear interest from the Redemption Date at the rate prescribed
therefor in the Security.
Section 10.7. Securities Redeemed in Part. Upon surrender of a
Security that is redeemed in part at any Place of Payment therefor (with, if the
Company or the Trustee so required, 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), the Company
shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder of
that Security, without service charge, a new Security or securities of the same
series, having the same form, terms and Stated Maturity, in any authorized
denomination equal in
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aggregate principal amount to the unredeemed portion of the principal amount of
the Security surrendered.
ARTICLE 11
SINKING FUNDS
Section 11.1. 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 3.1 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 reduction as provided in Section 11.2. 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 11.2. Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with
Securities. The Company (i) may deliver Outstanding Securities of a series
(other than any previously called for redemption) together, in the case of
Bearer Securities of such series, with all unmatured coupons appertaining
thereto and (ii) may apply as a credit Securities of a series which have been
redeemed 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 11.3. Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund. Not
less than 60 days prior to each sinking fund payment date for any series of
Securities, the Company will deliver to the Trustee an Officer's 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 11.2 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 10.3 and cause notice of the
redemption thereof to be given in the name of and at the expense of the Company
in the manner provided in Section 10.4. Such notice having been duly given, the
redemption of such Securities shall be made upon the terms and in the manner
stated in Sections 10.6 and 10.7. This Indenture may be executed in any number
of counterparts, each of which shall be an original, but such counterparts shall
together constitute but one 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.
PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF NORTH
CAROLINA, INCORPORATED
By:___________________________________
Title:
[Seal]
Attest:
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Secretary
FIRST UNION NATIONAL BANK OF NORTH
CAROLINA, as Trustee
By:___________________________________
Title:
[Seal]
Attest:
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Title:
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Reconciliation and tie between Indenture, dated as of [ ], and the Trust
Indenture Act of 1939, as amended.
Trust Indenture Act Indenture
of 1939 Section Section
310(a)(1)........................................................ 6.12
(a)(2)........................................................ 6.12
(a)(3)........................................................ TIA
(a)(4)........................................................ Not Applicable
(a)(5)........................................................ TIA
(b)........................................................... 6.10; TIA
311(a)........................................................... TIA
(b)........................................................... TIA
(c)........................................................... Not Applicable
312(a)........................................................... 6.8
(b)........................................................... TIA
(c)........................................................... TIA
313(a)........................................................... 6.7; TIA
(b)........................................................... TIA
(c)........................................................... TIA
(d)........................................................... TIA
314(a)........................................................... 9.6; 9.7; TIA
(b)........................................................... Not Applicable
(c)(1)........................................................ 1.2
(c)(2)........................................................ 1.2
(c)(3)........................................................ Not Applicable
(d)........................................................... Not Applicable
(e)........................................................... 1.2; TIA
Trust Indenture Act Indenture
of 1939 Section Section
(f)........................................................... TIA
315(a)........................................................... 6.1
(b)........................................................... 6.6
(c)........................................................... 6.1
(d)(1)........................................................ TIA
(d)(2)........................................................ TIA
(d)(3)........................................................ TIA
(e)........................................................... TIA
316(a)(last sentence)............................................ 1.1
(a)(1)(A)..................................................... [5.2]; 5.8
(a)(1)(B)..................................................... 5.7
(b)........................................................... 5.9; 5.10
(c)........................................................... TIA
317(a)(1)........................................................ 5.3
(a)(2)........................................................ 5.4
(b)........................................................... 9.3
318(a)........................................................... 1.11
(b)........................................................... TIA
(c)........................................................... 1.11; TIA
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This reconciliation and tie section does not constitute part of the
Indenture.
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