THIS INDENTURE, dated as of October 15, 1997, between TELEPHONE AND
DATA SYSTEMS, INC., an Iowa corporation (the "Company") and THE FIRST NATIONAL
BANK OF CHICAGO, a national banking association, duly organized and existing
under the laws of the United States as trustee (the "Trustee"):
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, for its lawful corporate purposes, the Company has duly
authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture to provide for the
issuance of unsecured subordinated debt securities (hereinafter referred to
as the "Debt Securities"), in an unlimited aggregate principal amount to be
issued from time to time in one or more series as in this Indenture provided,
as registered Debt Securities without coupons, to be authenticated by the
certificate of the Trustee;
WHEREAS, to provide the terms and conditions upon which the Debt
Securities are to be authenticated, issued and delivered, the Company has
duly authorized the execution of this Indenture; and
WHEREAS, all things necessary to make this Indenture a valid
agreement of the Company, in accordance with its terms, have been done;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the purchase
of the Debt Securities by the holders thereof, it is mutually covenanted and
agreed as follows for the equal and ratable benefit of the holders of Debt
Securities:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
SECTION 1.01. DEFINITIONS OF TERMS. The terms defined in this
Section (except as in this Indenture otherwise expressly provided or unless
the context otherwise requires) for all purposes of this Indenture and of any
indenture supplemental hereto shall have the respective meanings specified in
this Section and shall include the plural as well as the singular. All other
terms used in this Indenture that are defined in the Trust Indenture Act of
1939, as amended, or that are by reference in such Act defined in the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (except as herein otherwise expressly
provided or unless the context otherwise requires), shall have the meanings
assigned to such terms in said Trust Indenture Act and in said Securities Act
as in force at the date of the execution of this instrument.
AFFILIATE:
The term "Affiliate" shall mean, with respect to a specified
Person, (a) any Person directly or indirectly owning, controlling or holding
with power to vote 10% or more of the outstanding voting securities or other
ownership interests of the specified Person, (b) any Person 10% or more of
whose outstanding voting securities or other ownership interests are directly
or indirectly owned, controlled or held with power to vote by the specified
Person, (c) any Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by or
under common control with the specified Person, (d) a partnership in which
the specified Person is a general partner, (e) any officer or director of the
specified Person and (f) if the specified Person is an individual, any entity
of which the specified Person is an officer, director or general partner.
AUTHENTICATING AGENT:
The term "Authenticating Agent" shall mean an authenticating agent
with respect to all or any of the series of Debt Securities appointed with
respect to all of such series of the Debt Securities by the Trustee pursuant
to Section 2.10.
BANKRUPTCY LAW:
The term "Bankruptcy Law" shall mean Title 11, United States Code,
or any similar federal or state law for the relief of debtors.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS:
The term "Board of Directors" shall mean the board of directors of
the Company, or any duly authorized committee of such board or any officer of
the Company duly authorized by the board of directors of the Company or a
duly authorized committee of that board.
BOARD RESOLUTION:
The term "Board Resolution" shall mean a copy of a resolution
certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company to have
been duly adopted by the Board of Directors and to be in full force and
effect on the date of such certification; provided that any Board Resolution
that is adopted by an officer of the Company shall be accompanied by a copy
of a resolution of either the board of directors of the Company or a duly
authorized committee of that board, certified as aforesaid, authorizing such
officer to take such action.
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BUSINESS DAY:
The term "Business Day" shall mean, with respect to any series of
Debt Securities, any day other than a day on which federal or state banking
institutions in Chicago, Illinois or the Borough of Manhattan, The City of
New York, are authorized or obligated by law, executive order or regulation
to close.
CERTIFICATE:
The term "Certificate" shall mean a certificate signed by the
princi pal executive officer, the principal financial officer, the treasurer
or the principal accounting officer of the Company. The Certificate need not
comply with the provisions of Section 13.07.
COMMON SECURITIES:
The term "Common Securities" shall mean undivided beneficial
interests in the assets of a Trust which rank pari passu with Preferred
Securities issued by such Trust; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that upon the occurrence
of an Event of Default, the rights of holders of Common Securities to payment
in respect of distributions and payments upon liquidation, redemption and
maturity are subordinated to the rights of holders of Preferred Securities.
COMPANY:
The term "Company" shall mean Telephone and Data Systems, Inc., a
corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Iowa,
and, subject to the provisions of Article X, shall also include its
successors and assigns.
CORPORATE TRUST OFFICE:
The term "Corporate Trust Office" shall mean 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
One First National Plaza, Suite 0126, Chicago, Illinois 60670, Attention:
Corporate Trust Office.
CUSTODIAN:
The term "Custodian" shall mean any receiver, trustee, assignee,
liquidator, or similar official under any Bankruptcy Law.
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DECLARATION:
The term "Declaration" shall mean, in respect of a Trust, the
amended and restated declaration of trust of such Trust or any other
governing instrument of such Trust.
DEBT SECURITIES:
The term "Debt Securities" shall mean the Debt Securities
authenticated and delivered under this Indenture.
DEFAULT:
The term "Default" shall mean any event, act or condition that with
notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute an Event of Default.
DEFAULTED INTEREST:
The term "Defaulted Interest" has the meaning specified in Section
2.03.
DEPOSITARY:
The term "Depositary" shall mean, with respect to Debt Securities
of any series for which the Company shall determine that such Debt Securities
will be issued as a Global Security, The Depository Trust Company, New York,
New York, another clearing agency, or any successor registered as a clearing
agency under the Exchange Act or other applicable statute or regulation,
which, in each case, shall be designated by the Company pursuant to either
Section 2.01 or 2.11.
EVENT OF DEFAULT:
The term "Event of Default" shall mean, with respect to Debt
Securities of a particular series, any event specified in Section 6.01,
continued for the period of time, if any, therein designated.
EXCHANGE ACT:
The term "Exchange Act" shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of
1934.
GLOBAL SECURITY:
The term "Global Security" shall mean, with respect to any series
of Debt Securities, a Debt Security executed by the
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Company and delivered by the Trustee to the Depositary or pursuant to the
Depositary's instruction, all in accordance with this Indenture, which shall
be registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee.
GOVERNMENTAL OBLIGATIONS:
The term "Governmental Obligations" shall mean securities that are
(i) direct obligations of the United States of America 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 of America, the payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed
as a full faith and credit obligation by the United States of America that,
in either case, are not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer
thereof, and shall also include a depositary receipt issued by a bank (as
defined in Section 3(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended) as
custodian with respect to any such Governmental Obligation or a specific
payment of principal of or interest on any such Governmental Obligation held
by such custodian for the account of the holder of such depositary receipt;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that (except as required by law) such custodian is not
authorized to make any deduction from the amount payable to the holder of
such depositary receipt from any amount received by the custodian in respect
of the Governmental Obligation or the specific payment of principal of or
interest on the Governmental Obligation evidenced by such depositary receipt.
HEREIN, HEREOF AND HEREUNDER:
The terms "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.
INDENTURE:
The term "Indenture" shall mean this instrument as originally
executed or as it may from time to time be supplemented or amended by one or
more indentures supplemental hereto entered into in accordance with the terms
hereof.
INTEREST PAYMENT DATE:
The term "Interest Payment Date", when used with respect to any
installment of interest on a Debt Security of a particular series, means the
date specified in such Debt Security or in a Board Resolution or in an
indenture supplemental hereto with respect to such series as the fixed date
on which an
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installment of interest with respect to Debt Securities of that series is due
and payable.
OFFICERS' CERTIFICATE:
The term "Officers' Certificate" shall mean a certificate signed by
the President or a Vice President and by the Treasurer or an Assistant
Treasurer or the Controller or an Assistant Controller or the Secretary or an
Assistant Secretary of the Company that is delivered to the Trustee in
accordance with the terms hereof. Each such certificate shall include the
statements provided for in Section 13.07, if and to the extent required by
the provisions thereof.
OPINION OF COUNSEL:
The term "Opinion of Counsel" shall mean an opinion in writing of
legal counsel, who may be an employee of or counsel for the Company, that is
delivered to the Trustee in accordance with the terms hereof. Each such
opinion shall include the statements provided for in Section 13.07, if and to
the extent required by the provisions thereof.
OUTSTANDING:
The term "Outstanding", when used with reference to Debt Securities
of any series, means, subject to the provisions of Section 8.04, as of any
particular time, all Debt Securities of that series theretofore authenticated
and delivered by the Trustee under this Indenture, except (a) Debt Securities
theretofore canceled by the Trustee or any paying agent, or delivered to the
Trustee or any paying agent for cancellation or that have previously been
canceled; (b) Debt Securities or portions thereof for the payment or
redemption of which moneys or Governmental Obligations in the necessary
amount shall have been deposited in trust with the Trustee or with any paying
agent (other than the Company) or shall have been set aside and segregated in
trust by the Company (if the Company shall act as its own paying agent);
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if such Debt Securities or portions of such Debt
Securities are to be redeemed prior to the maturity thereof, notice of such
redemption shall have been given as in Article III provided, or provision
satisfactory to the Trustee shall have been made for giving such notice, (c)
Debt Securities in lieu of or in substitution for which other Debt Securities
shall have been authenticated and delivered pursuant to the terms of Section
2.07; and (d) Debt Securities with respect to which the Company has effected
defeasance and/or covenant defeasance as provided in Article XI.
PERSON:
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The term "Person" shall mean any individual, corporation,
partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, joint-stock company,
unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political
subdivision thereof, or any other entity of whatever nature.
PREDECESSOR SECURITY:
The term "Predecessor Security" of any particular Debt Security
means every previous Debt Security evidencing all or a portion of the same
debt and guarantee as that evidenced by such particular Debt Security; and,
for the purposes of this definition, any Debt Security authenticated and
delivered under Section 2.07 in lieu of a lost, destroyed or stolen Debt
Security shall be deemed to evidence the same debt as the lost, destroyed or
stolen Debt Security.
PREFERRED SECURITIES:
The term "Preferred Securities" shall mean undivided beneficial
interests in the assets of a Trust which rank pari passu with Common Securities
issued by such trust; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that upon the occurrence of an Event
of Default, the rights of holders of Common Securities to payment in respect of
distributions and payments upon liquidation, redemption and otherwise are
subordinated to the rights of holders of Preferred Securities.
PREFERRED SECURITIES GUARANTEE:
The term "Preferred Securities Guarantee" shall mean any guarantee
that the Company may enter into with a Trust or other Persons that operate
directly or indirectly for the benefit of holders of Preferred Securities of
such Trust.
PROPERTY TRUSTEE:
The term "Property Trustee" shall mean the entity performing the
functions of the Property Trustee of a Trust under the applicable Declaration
of such Trust.
RESPONSIBLE OFFICER:
The term "Responsible Officer," when used with respect to the
Trustee, means the Chairman of the board of directors, the President, any
Vice President, the Secretary, the Treasurer, any trust officer, any
corporate trust officer or any other officer or assistant officer of the
Trustee customarily performing functions similar to those performed by the
persons who at the time shall be such officers, respectively, or to whom any
corporate
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trust matter is referred because of that officer's knowledge of and
familiarity with the particular subject.
SECURITYHOLDER, HOLDER, HOLDER OF DEBT SECURITIES, REGISTERED HOLDER:
The terms "Securityholder", "Holder", "Holder of Debt Securities",
"registered holder", or other similar term, means the Person or Persons in
whose name or names a particular Debt Security shall be registered on the books
of the Company kept for that purpose in accordance with the terms of this
Indenture.
SECURITY REGISTER AND SECURITY REGISTRAR:
The terms "Security Register" and "Security Registrar" have the
respective meanings set forth in Section 2.05.
SUBSIDIARY:
The term "Subsidiary" shall mean, with respect to any Person, (i)
any corporation at least a majority of whose outstanding Voting Stock shall
at the time be owned, directly or indirectly, by such Person or by one or
more of its Subsidiaries or by such Person and one or more of its
Subsidiaries, (ii) any general partnership, joint venture or similar entity,
at least a majority of whose outstanding partnership or similar interests
shall at the time be owned by such Person, or by one or more of its
Subsidiaries, or by such Person and one or more of its Subsidiaries and (iii)
any limited partnership of which such Person or any of its Subsidiaries is a
general partner.
TRUST:
The term "Trust" shall mean any Delaware business trust formed by the
Company for the purpose of purchasing Debt Securities of the Company.
TRUSTEE:
The term "Trustee" shall mean First National Bank of Chicago, not
in its individual capacity, and, subject to the provisions of Article VII,
shall also include its successors and assigns, and, if at any time there is
more than one Person acting in such capacity hereunder, "Trustee" shall mean
each such Person. The term "Trustee," as used with respect to a particular
series of Debt Securities, shall mean the trustee with respect to that series.
TRUST INDENTURE ACT:
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The term "Trust Indenture Act" shall mean the Trust Indenture Act of
1939.
TRUST SECURITIES:
The term "Trust Securities" shall mean Common Securities and
Preferred Securities.
VOTING STOCK:
The term "Voting Stock", as applied to stock of any Person, means
shares, interests, participations or other equivalents in the equity interest
(however designated) in such Person having ordinary voting power for the
election of a majority of the directors (or the equivalent) of such Person,
other than shares, interests, participations or other equivalents having such
power only by reason of the occurrence of a contingency.
SECTION 1.02. INTERPRETATION. Each definition in this Indenture
includes the singular and the plural, and references to the neuter gender
include the masculine and feminine where appropriate. Terms which relate to
accounting matters shall be interpreted in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles in effect from time to time. References to any statute
mean such statute as amended at the time and include any successor
legislation. The word "or" is not exclusive, and the words "herein," "hereof"
and "hereunder" refer to this Indenture as a whole. The headings to the
Articles and Sections are for convenience of reference and shall not affect
the meaning or interpretation of this Indenture. References to Articles and
Sections mean the Articles and Sections of this Indenture.
ARTICLE II
ISSUE, DESCRIPTION, TERMS, EXECUTION,
REGISTRATION AND EXCHANGE OF DEBT SECURITIES
SECTION 2.01. DESIGNATION AND TERMS OF DEBT SECURITIES. The
aggregate principal amount of Debt Securities that may be authenticated and
delivered under this Indenture is unlimited. The Debt Securities may be
issued in one or more series up to the aggregate principal amount of Debt
Securities of that series from time to time authorized by or pursuant to a
Board Resolution of the Company or pursuant to one or more indentures
supplemental hereto. Prior to the initial issuance of Debt Securities of any
series, there shall be established in or pursuant to a Board Resolution of
the Company, and set forth in
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an Officers' Certificate of the Company, or established in one or more
indentures supplemental hereto:
(1) the title of the series of Debt Security (which shall
distinguish the Debt Securities of that series from all other series of
Debt Securities);
(2) any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the Debt
Securities of that series that may be authenticated and delivered under
this Indenture (except for Debt Securities authenticated and delivered
upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other
Debt Securities of that series);
(3) the date or dates on which the principal of the Debt Securities
of that series is payable;
(4) the rate or rates at which the Debt Securities of that series
shall bear interest or the manner of calculation of such rate or rates, if
any;
(5) the date or dates from which such interest shall accrue, the
Interest Payment Dates on which such interest will be payable or the
manner of determination of such Interest Payment Dates and the record date
for the determination of holders to whom interest is payable on any such
Interest Payment Dates;
(6) the right, if any, to extend the interest payment periods and
the duration of such extension;
(7) the period or periods within which, the price or prices at
which, and the terms and conditions upon which, Debt Securities of that
series may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option of the Company;
(8) the obligation, if any, of the Company to redeem or purchase
Debt Securities of that series pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous
provisions (including payments made in cash in anticipation of future
sinking fund obligations) or at the option of a Holder thereof and the
period or periods within which, the price or prices at which, and the
terms and conditions upon which, Debt Securities of that series shall be
redeemed or purchased, in whole or in part, pursuant to such obligation;
(9) the subordination terms of the Debt Securities of that series;
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(10) the form of the Debt Securities of that series, including the
form of the Certificate of Authentication for such series;
(11) if other than denominations of twenty-five U.S. dollars ($25)
or any integral multiple thereof, the denominations in which the Debt
Securities of that series shall be issuable;
(12) whether and under what circumstances the Company will pay
additional amounts on the Debt Securities of the series to any Holder who
is not a United States Person (including any modification to the
definition of such term) in respect of any tax, assessment or governmental
charge and, if so, whether the Company will have the option to redeem such
Debt Securities rather than pay such additional amounts (and the terms of
any such option);
(13) any and all other terms with respect to such series (which
terms shall not be inconsistent with the terms 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 Debt Securities of that series; and
(14) whether the Debt Securities are issuable as a Global Security
and, in such case, the identity of the Depositary for such series.
All Debt Securities of any one series shall be substantially
identical except as to denomination and except as may otherwise be provided
in or pursuant to any such Board Resolution or in any indentures supplemental
hereto.
If any of the terms of a series are established by action taken
pursuant to a Board Resolution of the Company, a copy of an appropriate
record of such action shall be certified by the Secretary or an Assistant
Secretary of the Company and delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the
delivery of the Officers' Certificate of the Company setting forth the terms
of such series.
SECTION 2.02. FORM OF DEBT SECURITIES AND TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE.
The Debt Securities of any series and the Trustee's certificate of
authentication to be borne by such Debt Securities shall be substantially of
the tenor and purport as set forth in one or more indentures supplemental
hereto or as provided in a Board Resolution of the Company and as set forth
in an Officers' Certificate of the Company, and may have such letters,
numbers or other marks of identification or designation and such legends or
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endorsements printed, lithographed or engraved thereon as the Company may
deem appropriate and as are not inconsistent with the provisions of this
Indenture, or as may be required to comply with any law or with any rule or
regulation made pursuant thereto or with any rule or regulation of any stock
exchange on which Debt Securities of that series may be listed, or to conform
to usage.
SECTION 2.03. DENOMINATIONS; PROVISIONS FOR PAYMENT. The Debt
Securities shall be issuable as registered Debt Securities and in the
denominations of twenty-five U.S. dollars ($25) or any integral multiple
thereof, subject to Section 2.01(11). The Debt Securities of a particular
series shall bear interest payable on the dates and at the rate specified
with respect to that series. The principal of and the interest on the Debt
Securities of any series, as well as any premium thereon in case of
redemption thereof prior to maturity, shall be payable in the coin or
currency of the United States of America that at the time is legal tender for
public and private debt, at the office or agency of the Company maintained
for that purpose in the Borough of Manhattan, the City and State of New York.
Each Debt Security shall be dated the date of its authentication. Interest
on the Debt Securities shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year
composed of twelve 30-day months.
The interest installment on any Debt Security that is payable, and
is punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date for
Debt Securities of that series shall be paid to the Person in whose name said
Debt Security (or one or more Predecessor Debt Securities) is registered at
the close of business on the regular record date for such interest
installment. In the event that any Debt Security of a particular series or
portion thereof is called for redemption and the redemption date is
subsequent to a regular record date with respect to any Interest Payment Date
and prior to such Interest Payment Date, interest on such Debt Security will
be paid upon presentation and surrender of such Debt Security as provided in
Section 3.03.
Any interest on any Debt Security that is payable, but is not
punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date for Debt
Securities of that series (herein called "Defaulted Interest") shall
forthwith cease to be payable to the registered holder on the relevant
regular record date by virtue of having been such holder; and such Defaulted
Interest shall be paid by the Company, at its election, as provided in clause
(1) or clause (2) below:
(1) The Company may make payment of any Defaulted Interest on Debt
Securities to the Persons in whose names
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such Debt Securities (or their respective Predecessor Debt Securities)
are registered at the close of business on a special record date for
the payment of such Defaulted Interest, which shall be fixed in the
following manner: the Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of
the amount of Defaulted Interest proposed to be paid on each such Debt
Security and the date of the proposed payment, and at the same time
the Company shall deposit with the Trustee an amount of money
equal to the aggregate amount proposed to be paid in respect of
such Defaulted Interest or shall make arrangements satisfactory
to the Trustee for such deposit prior to the date of the proposed payment,
such money when deposited to be held in trust for the benefit of the
Persons entitled to such Defaulted Interest as in this clause provided.
Thereupon the Trustee shall fix a special record date for the payment of
such Defaulted Interest which shall not be more than 15 nor 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 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
Securityholder at the address of such Securityholder as it appears in the
Security Register (as hereinafter defined), 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 mailed
as aforesaid, such Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the Persons in
whose names such Debt Securities (or their respective Predecessor Debt
Securities) are registered on such special record date and shall be no
longer payable pursuant to the following clause (2).
(2) The Company may make payment of any Defaulted Interest on any
Debt Securities in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the
requirements of any securities exchange on which such Debt Securities may
be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, if,
after notice given by the Company to the Trustees of the proposed payment
pursuant to this clause, such manner of payment shall be deemed practic
able by the Trustee.
Unless otherwise set forth in a Board Resolution of the Company or
one or more indentures supplemental hereto establishing the terms of any
series of Debt Securities pursuant to Section 2.01 hereof, the term "REGULAR
RECORD DATE" as used in this Section with respect to a series of Debt
Securities with respect to any Interest Payment Date for such series shall
mean
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either (a) the fifteenth day of the month immediately preceding the month in
which an Interest Payment Date established for such series pursuant to
Section 2.01 hereof shall occur, if such Interest Payment Date is the first
day of a month, (b) the fifteenth day of the month in which an Interest
Payment Date established for such series pursuant to Section 2.01 hereof
shall occur, if such Interest Payment Date is the last day of such month, or
(c) the last day of the month immediately preceding the month in which an
Interest Payment Date established for such series pursuant to Section 2.01
hereof shall occur, if such Interest Payment Date is the fifteenth day of a
month, whether or not such date is a Business Day.
Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section, each Debt
Security of a series delivered under this Indenture upon transfer of or in
exchange for or in lieu of any other Debt Security of such series shall carry
the rights to interest accrued and unpaid, and to accrue, that were carried
by such other Debt Security.
SECTION 2.04. EXECUTION AND AUTHENTICATION. The Debt Securities
shall be signed on behalf of the Company by its President or one of its Vice
Presidents, and attested by its Secretary or one of its Assistant
Secretaries. Signatures may be in the form of a manual or facsimile
signature. The Company may use the facsimile signature of any Person who
shall have been a President or Vice President thereof, or of any Person who
shall have been a Secretary or Assistant Secretary thereof, notwithstanding
the fact that at the time the Debt Securities shall be authenticated and
delivered or disposed of such Person shall have ceased to be the President or
a Vice President, or the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, of the Company.
The seal, if any, of the Company may be in the form of a facsimile of such
seal and may be impressed, affixed, imprinted or otherwise reproduced on the
Debt Securities. The Debt Securities may contain such notations, legends or
endorsements required by law, stock exchange rule or usage. Each Debt
Security shall be dated the date of its authentication by the Trustee.
A Debt Security shall not be valid until authenticated manually by
an authorized signatory of the Trustee, or by an Authenticating Agent. Such
signature shall be conclusive evidence that the Debt Security so
authenticated has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder and that
the holder is entitled to the benefits of this Indenture.
At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery
of this Indenture, the Company may deliver Debt Securities of any series
executed by the Company to the Trustee for authentication, together with a
written order of the Company
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for the authentication and delivery of such Debt Securities, signed by its
President or any Vice President and its Treasurer or any Assistant Treasurer,
and the Trustee in accordance with such written order shall authenticate and
deliver such Debt Securities.
In authenticating such Debt Securities and accepting the additional
responsibilities under this Indenture in relation to such Debt Securities,
the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and (subject to Section 7.01) shall
be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating that the
form and terms thereof have been established in conformity with the
provisions of this Indenture.
The Trustee shall not be required to authenticate such Debt
Securities if the issue of such Debt Securities pursuant to this Indenture
will affect the Trustee's own rights, duties or immunities under the Debt
Securities and this Indenture or otherwise in a manner that is not reasonably
acceptable to the Trustee.
SECTION 2.05. REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER AND EXCHANGE.
(a) Debt Securities of any series may be exchanged upon
presentation thereof at the office or agency of the Company designated for
such purpose in the Borough of Manhattan, the City and State of New York, for
other Debt Securities of such series of authorized denominations, and for a
like aggregate principal amount, upon payment of a sum sufficient to cover
any tax or other governmental charge in relation thereto, all as provided in
this Section. In respect of any Debt Securities so surrendered for exchange,
the Company shall execute, the Trustee shall authenticate and such office or
agency shall deliver in exchange therefor the Debt Security or Debt
Securities of the same series that the Securityholder making the exchange
shall be entitled to receive, bearing numbers not contemporaneously
outstanding.
(b) The Company shall keep, or cause to be kept, at its office or
agency designated for such purpose in the Borough of Manhattan, the City and
State of New York, or such other location designated by the Company a
register or registers (herein referred to as the "Security Register") in
which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the
Company shall register the Debt Securities and the transfers of Debt
Securities as in this Article provided and which at all reasonable times
shall be open for inspection by the Trustee. The registrar for the purpose
of registering Debt Securities and transfer of Debt Securities as herein
provided shall be appointed as authorized by Board Resolution (the "Security
Registrar").
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Upon surrender for transfer of any Debt Security at the office or
agency of the Company designated for such purpose in the Borough of
Manhattan, the City and State of New York, the Company shall execute, the
Trustee shall authenticate and such office or agency shall deliver in the
name of the transferee or transferees a new Debt Security or Debt Securities
of the same series and same aggregate principal amount as the Debt Security
presented for transfer.
All Debt Securities presented or surrendered for exchange or
registration of transfer, as provided in this Section, shall be accompanied
(if so required by the Company or the Security Registrar) by a written
instrument or instruments of transfer, in form satisfactory to the Company or
the Security Registrar, duly executed by the registered holder or by such
holder's duly authorized attorney in writing.
(c) No service charge shall be made for any exchange or
registration of transfer of Debt Securities, or issue of new Debt Securities
in case of partial redemption of any series, but the Company may require
payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge in
relation thereto, other than exchanges pursuant to Section 2.06, Section
3.03(b) and Section 9.04 not involving any transfer.
(d) The Company shall not be required (i) to issue, exchange or
register the transfer of any Debt Securities of a series during a period
beginning at the opening of business 15 days before the day of the mailing of
a notice of redemption of less than all the Outstanding Debt Securities of
the same series and ending at the close of business on the day of such
mailing, nor (ii) to register the transfer of or exchange any Debt Securities
of any series or portions thereof called for redemption. The provisions of
this Section 2.05 are, with respect to any Global Security, subject to
Section 2.11 hereof.
SECTION 2.06. TEMPORARY SECURITIES. Pending the preparation of
definitive Debt Securities of any series, the Company may execute, and the
Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, temporary Debt Securities (printed,
lithographed or typewritten) of any authorized denomination. Such temporary
Debt Securities shall be substantially in the form of the definitive Debt
Securities in lieu of which they are issued, but with such omissions,
insertions and variations as may be appropriate for temporary Debt
Securities, all as may be determined by the Company. Every temporary Debt
Security of any series shall be executed by the Company and be authenticated
by the Trustee upon the same conditions and in substantially the same manner,
and with like effect, as the definitive Debt Securities of such series.
Without unnecessary delay the Company will execute and
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will furnish definitive Debt Securities of such series and thereupon any or
all temporary Debt Securities of such series may be surrendered in exchange
therefor (without charge to the holders), at the office or agency of the
Company designated for the purpose in the Borough of Manhattan, the City and
State of New York, and the Trustee shall authenticate and such office or
agency shall deliver in exchange for such temporary Debt Securities an equal
aggregate principal amount of definitive Debt Securities of such series,
unless the Company advises the Trustee to the effect that definitive Debt
Securities need not be executed and furnished until further notice from the
Company. Until so exchanged, the temporary Debt Securities of such series
shall be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as definitive
Debt Securities of such series authenticated and delivered hereunder.
SECTION 2.07. MUTILATED, DESTROYED, LOST OR STOLEN DEBT
SECURITIES. In case any temporary or definitive Debt Security shall become
mutilated or be destroyed, lost or stolen, the Company (subject to the next
succeeding sentence) shall execute, and upon the Company's request the
Trustee (subject as aforesaid) shall authenticate and deliver, a new Debt
Security of the same series, bearing a number not contemporaneously
outstanding, in exchange and substitution for the mutilated Debt Security, or
in lieu of and in substitution for the Debt Security so destroyed, lost or
stolen. In every case the applicant for a substituted Debt Security shall
furnish to the Company and the Trustee such security or indemnity as may be
required by them to save each of them harmless, and, in every case of
destruction, loss or theft, the applicant shall also furnish to the Company
and the Trustee evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or
theft of the applicant's Debt Security and of the ownership thereof. The
Trustee may authenticate any such substituted Debt Security and deliver the
same upon the written request or authorization of any officer of the Company.
Upon the issuance of any substituted Debt Security, 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. In case any Debt
Security that has matured or is about to mature shall become mutilated or be
destroyed, lost or stolen, the Company may, instead of issuing a substitute
Debt Security, pay or authorize the payment of the same (without surrender
thereof except in the case of a mutilated Debt Security) if the applicant for
such payment shall furnish to the Company and the Trustee such security or
indemnity as they may require to save them harmless, and, in case of
destruction, loss or theft, evidence to the satisfaction of the Company and
the Trustee of the destruction, loss or theft of such Debt Security and of
the ownership thereof.
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Every replacement Debt Security issued pursuant to the provisions
of this Section shall constitute an additional contractual obligation of the
Company, whether or not the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Debt
Security shall be found at any time, or be enforceable by anyone, and shall
be entitled to all the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately
with any and all other Debt Securities of the same series duly issued
hereunder. All Debt Securities shall be held and owned upon the express
condition that the foregoing provisions are exclusive with respect to the
replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Debt
Securities, and shall preclude (to the extent lawful) any and all other
rights or remedies, notwithstanding any law or statute existing or hereafter
enacted to the contrary with respect to the replacement or payment of
negotiable instruments or other securities without their surrender.
SECTION 2.08. CANCELLATION. All Debt Securities surrendered for
the purpose of payment, redemption, exchange or registration of transfer
shall, if surrendered to the Company or any paying agent, be delivered to the
Trustee for cancellation, or, if surrendered to the Trustee, shall be
cancelled by it, and no Debt Securities shall be issued in lieu thereof
except as expressly required or permitted by any of the provisions of this
Indenture. On request of the Company at the time of such surrender, the
Trustee shall deliver to the Company canceled Debt Securities held by the
Trustee. In the absence of such request the Trustee may dispose of canceled
Debt Securities in accordance with its standard procedures and deliver a
certificate of disposition to the Company. If the Company shall otherwise
acquire any of the Debt Securities, however, such acquisition shall not
operate as a redemption or satisfaction of the indebtedness represented by
such Debt Securities unless and until the same are delivered to the Trustee
for cancellation.
SECTION 2.09. BENEFITS OF INDENTURE. Nothing in this Indenture or
in the Debt Securities, express or implied, shall give or be construed to
give to any Person, other than the parties hereto and the holders of the Debt
Securities (and, with respect to the provisions of Article XIV, the holders
of any indebtedness to which the Debt Securities are subordinated) any legal
or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of this Indenture, or
under any covenant, condition or provision herein contained; all such
covenants, conditions and provisions being for the sole benefit of the
parties hereto and of the holders of the Debt Securities (and, with respect
to the provisions of Article XIV, the holders of any indebtedness to which
the Debt Securities are subordinated).
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SECTION 2.10. AUTHENTICATING AGENT. So long as any Debt
Securities of any series remain Outstanding, there may be an Authenticating
Agent for any or all such series of Debt Securities which the Trustee shall
have the right to appoint. Said Authenticating Agent shall be authorized to
act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate Debt Securities of such series
issued upon exchange, transfer or partial redemption thereof, and Debt
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. All references in this Indenture to
the authentication of Debt Securities by the Trustee shall be deemed to
include authentication by an Authenticating Agent for such series. Each
Authenticating Agent shall be acceptable to the Company and shall be a
corporation that has a combined capital and surplus, as most recently
reported or determined by it, sufficient under the laws of any jurisdiction
under which it is organized or in which it is doing business to conduct a
trust business, and that is otherwise authorized under such laws to conduct
such business and is subject to supervision or examination by federal or
state authorities. If at any time any Authenticating Agent shall cease to be
eligible in accordance with these provisions, it shall resign immediately.
Any Authenticating Agent may at any time resign by giving written
notice of resignation to the Trustee and to the Company. The Trustee may at
any time (and upon request by the Company shall) terminate the agency of any
Authenticating Agent by giving written notice of termination to such
Authenticating Agent and to the Company. Upon resignation, termination or
cessation of eligibility of any Authenticating Agent, the Trustee may appoint
an eligible successor Authenticating Agent acceptable to the Company. Any
successor Authenticating Agent, upon acceptance of its appointment hereunder,
shall become vested with all the rights, powers and duties of its predecessor
hereunder as if originally named as an Authenticating Agent pursuant hereto.
SECTION 2.11. GLOBAL SECURITIES. (a) If the Company shall
establish pursuant to Section 2.01 that the Debt Securities of a particular
series are to be issued as a Global Security or Securities, then the Company
shall execute and the Trustee shall, in accordance with Section 2.04,
authenticate and deliver, a Global Security that (i) shall represent, and
shall be denominated in an amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of,
all of the Outstanding Debt Securities of such series, (ii) shall be
registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee, (iii) shall be
delivered by the Trustee to the Depositary or pursuant to the Depositary's
instruction and (iv) shall bear a legend substantially to the following
effect: "Except as otherwise provided in Section 2.11 of the Indenture, this
Debt
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Security may be transferred, in whole but not in part, only to another
nominee of the Depositary or to a successor Depositary or to a nominee of
such successor Depositary."
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 2.05, the Global
Security or Securities of a series may be transferred, in whole but not in
part and in the manner provided in Section 2.05, only to another nominee of
the Depositary for such series, or to a successor Depositary for such series
selected or approved by the Company or to a nominee of such successor
Depositary.
(c) If at any time the Depositary for a series of Debt Securities
notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary
for such series or if at any time the Depositary for such series shall no
longer be registered or in good standing under the Exchange Act, or other
applicable statute or regulation, at a time when the Depositary is required
to be so registered to act as such Depositary and a successor Depositary for
such series is not appointed by the Company within 90 days after the Company
receives such notice or becomes aware of such condition, as the case may be,
this Section 2.11 shall no longer be applicable to the Debt Securities of
such series and the Company will execute, and subject to Section 2.05, the
Trustee will authenticate and deliver the Debt Securities of such series in
definitive registered form without coupons, in authorized denominations, and
in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Global
Security or Securities of such series in exchange for such Global Security or
Securities. In addition, the Company may at any time determine that the Debt
Securities of any series shall no longer be represented by a Global Security
or Securities and that the provisions of this Section 2.11 shall no longer
apply to the Debt Securities of such series. In such event, the Company will
execute and, subject to Section 2.05, the Trustee, upon receipt of an
Officers' Certificate evidencing such determination by the Company, will
authenticate and deliver the Debt Securities of such series in definitive
registered form without coupons, in authorized denominations, and in an
aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Global
Security or Securities of such series in exchange for such Global Security or
Securities. Upon the exchange of the Global Security or Securities for such
Debt Securities in definitive registered form without coupons, in authorized
denominations, the Global Security or Securities shall be canceled by the
Trustee. Such Debt Securities in definitive registered form issued in
exchange for the Global Security or Securities pursuant to this Section
2.11(c) shall be registered in such names and in such authorized
denominations as the Depositary, pursuant to instructions from its direct or
indirect participants or otherwise, shall instruct the Trustee. The Trustee
shall deliver such Debt Securities to the Depositary for
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delivery to the Persons in whose names such Debt Securities are
so registered.
ARTICLE III
REDEMPTION OF DEBT SECURITIES AND SINKING FUND PROVISIONS
SECTION 3.01. REDEMPTION. The Company may redeem the Debt
Securities of any series issued hereunder on and after the dates and in
accordance with the terms established for such series pursuant to Section 2.01
hereof.
SECTION 3.02. NOTICE OF REDEMPTION. (a) In case the Company shall
desire to exercise such right to redeem all or, as the case may be, a portion
of the Debt Securities of any series in accordance with the right reserved so
to do, the Company shall, or shall cause the Trustee to, give notice of such
redemption to holders of the Debt Securities of such series to be redeemed by
mailing, first class postage prepaid, a notice of such redemption not less than
30 days and not more than 60 days before the date fixed for redemption of that
series to such holders at their last addresses as they shall appear upon the
Security Register unless a shorter period is specified in the Debt Securities
to be redeemed. Any notice that is mailed in the manner herein provided shall
be conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether or not the registered
holder receives the notice. In any case, failure duly to give such notice to
the holder of any Debt Security of any series designated for redemption in
whole or in part, or any defect in such notice, shall not affect the validity
of the proceedings for the redemption of any other Debt Securities of such
series or any other series. In the case of any redemption of Debt Securities
prior to the expiration of any restriction on such redemption provided in the
terms of such Debt Securities or elsewhere in this Indenture, the Company shall
furnish the Trustee with an Officers' Certificate evidencing compliance with
any such restriction.
Each such notice of redemption shall specify the date fixed for
redemption and the redemption price at which Debt Securities of that series are
to be redeemed, and shall state that payment of the redemption price of such
Debt Securities to be redeemed will be made at the office or agency of the
Company in the Borough of Manhattan, the City and State of New York, upon
presentation and surrender of such Debt Securities, that interest accrued to
the date fixed for redemption will be paid as specified in said notice, that
from and after said date interest will cease to accrue and that the redemption
is for a sinking fund, if such is the case. If less than all the Debt
Securities
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of a series are to be redeemed, the notice to the holders of Debt Securities
of that series to be redeemed in whole or in part shall specify the
particular Debt Securities to be so redeemed. In case any Debt Security is
to be redeemed in part only, the notice that relates to such Debt Security
shall state the portion of the principal amount thereof to be redeemed, and
shall state that on and after the redemption date, upon surrender of such
Debt Security, a new Debt Security or Debt Securities of such series in
principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion thereof will be issued.
(b) If less than all the Debt Securities of a series are to be
redeemed, the Company shall give the Trustee at least 45 days' notice in
advance of the date fixed for redemption as to the aggregate principal amount
of Debt Securities of the series to be redeemed, and thereupon the Trustee
shall select, by lot or in such other manner as it shall deem appropriate and
fair in its discretion and that may provide for the selection of a portion or
portions (equal to twenty-five U.S. dollars ($25) or any integral multiple
thereof) of the principal amount of such Debt Securities of a denomination
larger than $25, the Debt Securities to be redeemed and shall thereafter
promptly notify the Company in writing of the numbers of the Debt Securities to
be redeemed, in whole or in part.
The Company may, if and whenever it shall so elect, by delivery of
instructions signed on its behalf by its President or any Vice President,
instruct the Trustee or any paying agent to call all or any part of the Debt
Securities of a particular series for redemption and to give notice of
redemption in the manner set forth in this Section, such notice to be in the
name of the Company or its own name as the Trustee or such paying agent may
deem advisable. In any case in which notice of redemption is to be given by
the Trustee or any such paying agent, the Company shall deliver or cause to be
delivered to, or permit to remain with, the Trustee or such paying agent, as
the case may be, such Security Register, transfer books or other records, or
suitable copies or extracts therefrom, sufficient to enable the Trustee or such
paying agent to give any notice by mail that may be required under the
provisions of this Section.
SECTION 3.03. PAYMENT UPON REDEMPTION.
(a) If the giving of notice of redemption shall have been completed
as above provided, the Debt Securities or portions of Debt Securities of the
series to be redeemed specified in such notice shall become due and payable on
the date and at the place stated in such notice at the applicable redemption
price, together with interest accrued to the date fixed for redemption and
interest on such Debt Securities or portions of Debt
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Securities shall cease to accrue on and after the date fixed for redemption,
unless the Company shall default in the payment of such redemption price and
accrued interest with respect to any such Debt Security or portion thereof.
On presentation and surrender of such Debt Securities on or after the date
fixed for redemption at the place of payment specified in the notice, said
Debt Securities shall be paid and redeemed at the applicable redemption price
for such series, together with interest accrued thereon to the date fixed for
redemption (but if the date fixed for redemption is an interest payment date,
the interest installment payable on such date shall be payable to the
registered holder at the close of business on the applicable record date
pursuant to Section 2.03).
(b) Upon presentation of any Debt Security of such series that is to
be redeemed in part only, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall
authenticate and the office or agency where the Debt Security is presented
shall deliver to the holder thereof, at the expense of the Company, a new Debt
Security or Debt Securities of the same series, of authorized denominations in
principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion of the Debt Security so
presented.
SECTION 3.04. SINKING FUND. The provisions of Sections 3.04, 3.05
and 3.06 shall be applicable to any sinking fund for the retirement of Debt
Securities of a series, except as otherwise specified as contemplated by
Section 2.01 for Debt Securities of such series.
The minimum amount of any sinking fund payment provided for by the
terms of Debt 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 Debt Securities of any series is herein referred
to as an "OPTIONAL SINKING FUND PAYMENT". If provided for by the terms of Debt
Securities of any series, the cash amount of any sinking fund payment may be
subject to reduction as provided in Section 3.05. Each sinking fund payment
shall be applied to the redemption of Debt Securities of any series as provided
for by the terms of Debt Securities of such series.
SECTION 3.05. SATISFACTION OF SINKING FUND PAYMENTS WITH DEBT
SECURITIES. The Company (i) may deliver Outstanding Debt Securities of a
series (other than any Debt Securities previously called for redemption) and
(ii) may apply as a credit Debt Securities of a series that have been redeemed
either at the election of the Company pursuant to the terms of such Debt
Securities or through the application of permitted optional sinking fund
payments pursuant to the terms of such Debt Securities, in each case in
satisfaction of all or any part of
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any sinking fund payment with respect to the Debt Securities of such series
required to be made pursuant to the terms of such Debt Securities as provided
for by the terms of such series, PROVIDED that such Debt Securities have not
been previously so credited. Such Debt Securities shall be received and
credited for such purpose by the Trustee at the redemption price specified in
such Debt Securities for redemption through operation of the sinking fund and
the amount of such sinking fund payment shall be reduced accordingly.
SECTION 3.06. REDEMPTION OF DEBT SECURITIES FOR SINKING FUND. Not
less than 45 days prior to each sinking fund payment date for any series of
Debt Securities, the Company will deliver to the Trustee an Officers'
Certificate specifying the amount of the next ensuing sinking fund payment for
that series pursuant to the terms of such series, the portion thereof, if any,
that is to be satisfied by delivering and crediting Debt Securities of that
series pursuant to Section 3.05 and the basis for such credit and will,
together with such Officers' Certificate, deliver to the Trustee any Debt
Securities to be so delivered. Not less than 30 days before each such sinking
fund payment date, the Trustee shall select the Debt Securities to be redeemed
upon such sinking fund payment date in the manner specified in Section 3.02 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 3.02. Such notice
having been duly given, the redemption of such Debt Securities shall be made
upon the terms and in the manner stated in Section 3.03.
ARTICLE IV
COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY
SECTION 4.01. PAYMENT OF PRINCIPAL, PREMIUM AND INTEREST. The
Company will duly and punctually pay or cause to be paid the principal of (and
premium, if any) and interest on the Debt Securities of each series at the time
and place and in the manner provided herein and established with respect to
such Debt Securities.
SECTION 4.02. MAINTENANCE OF OFFICE OR AGENCY. So long as any
series of the Debt Securities remain Outstanding, the Company agrees to
maintain an office or agency in the Borough of Manhattan, the City and State of
New York, with respect to each such series and at such other location or loca-
tions as may be designated as provided in this Section 4.02, where (i) Debt
Securities of such series may be presented for payment, (ii) Debt
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Securities of such series may be presented as hereinabove authorized for
registration of transfer and exchange, and (iii) notices and demands to or
upon the Company in respect of the Debt Securities of such series and this
Indenture may be given or served, such designation to continue with respect
to such office or agency until the Company shall, by written notice signed by
its President or a Vice President and delivered to the trustee, designate
some other office or agency for such purposes or any of them. 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, 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, notices and demands.
SECTION 4.03. PAYING AGENTS.
(a) If the Company shall appoint one or more paying agents for all
or any series of the Debt Securities, other than the Trustee, the Company will
cause each such paying agent to execute and deliver to the Trustee an
instrument in which such agent shall agree with the Trustee, subject to the
provisions of this Section:
(1) that it will hold all sums held by it as such agent for the
payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on the Debt
Securities of that series (whether such sums have been paid to it by the
Company or by any other obligor of such Debt Securities) in trust for the
benefit of the Persons entitled thereto;
(2) that it will give the Trustee notice of any failure by the
Company to make any payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) or
interest on the Debt Securities of that series when the same shall be due
and payable;
(3) that it will, at any time during the continuance of any failure
referred to in the preceding paragraph (a)(2) above, upon the written
request of the Trustee, forthwith pay to the Trustee all sums so held in
trust by such paying agent; and
(4) that it will perform all other duties of paying agent as set
forth in this Indenture.
(b) If the Company shall act as its own paying agent with respect to
any series of the Debt Securities, it will, on or before each due date of the
principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on Debt Securities of that
series, set aside, segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the Persons
entitled thereto
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a sum sufficient to pay such principal (and premium, if any) or interest so
becoming due on Debt Securities of that series until such sums shall be paid
to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided and will promptly
notify the Trustee of such action, or any failure by it to take such action.
Whenever the Company shall have one or more paying agents for any series of
Debt Securities, it will, on or before each due date of the principal of (and
premium, if any) or interest on any Debt Securities of that series, deposit
with the paying agent a sum sufficient to pay the principal (and premium, if
any) or interest so becoming due, such sum to be held in trust for the
benefit of the Persons entitled to such principal, premium or interest, and
(unless such paying agent is the Trustee) the Company will promptly notify
the Trustee of such deposit or failure so to deposit.
(c) Notwithstanding anything in this Section to the contrary, (i)
the agreement to hold sums in trust as provided in this Section is subject to
the provisions of Section 11.05, and (ii) 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 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 terms and conditions 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.
SECTION 4.04. APPOINTMENT TO FILL VACANCY IN OFFICE OF TRUSTEE. The
Company, whenever necessary to avoid or fill a vacancy in the office of
Trustee, will appoint, in the manner provided in Section 7.10, a Trustee, so
that there shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder.
SECTION 4.05. COMPLIANCE WITH CONSOLIDATION PROVISIONS. The Company
will not, while any of the Debt Securities remain Outstanding, consolidate
with, or merge into, or merge into itself, or sell or convey all or
substantially all of its property to any other company unless the provisions of
Article X hereof are complied with.
SECTION 4.06. LIMITATION ON DIVIDENDS.
(a) If Debt Securities are issued to a Trust or a trustee of such
Trust in connection with the issuance of Preferred Securities by such Trust and
(i) there shall have occurred any event that would constitute an Event of
Default or (ii) the Company shall be in default with respect to its payment or
any obligations under the Preferred Securities Guarantee
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relating to such Preferred Securities, then (x) the Company shall not declare
or pay any dividend on, make any distributions with respect to, or redeem,
purchase or make a liquidation payment with respect to, any of its capital
stock (other than (A) purchases or acquisitions of shares of Company common
stock in connection with the satisfaction by the Company of its obligations
under any employee benefit plans or any other contractual obligations of the
Company, other than a contractual obligation ranking PARI PASSU with or
junior to the Debt Securities), (B) as a result of a reclassification of
Company capital stock or the exchange or conversion of one class or series of
Company capital stock for another class or series of Company capital stock,
or (C) the purchase of fractional interests in shares of Company capital
stock pursuant to the conversion or exchange provisions of such Company
capital stock or the security being converted or exchanged), (y) the Company
shall not make any payment of interest, principal or premium, if any, on or
repay, repurchase or redeem any debt securities (including guarantees) issued
by the Company which rank PARI PASSU with or junior to such Debt Securities
and (z) the Company shall not make guarantee payments with respect to the
foregoing (other than pursuant to Preferred Securities Guarantees).
(b) If Debt Securities are issued to a Trust or a trustee of such
Trust in connection with the issuance of Trust Securities by such Trust and
the Company shall have given notice of its election to defer payments of
interest on such Debt Securities by extending the interest payment period as
provided in any indenture supplemental hereto and such period, or any
extension thereof, shall be continuing, then (i) the Company shall not
declare or pay any dividend, or make any distributions with respect to, or
redeem, purchase or acquire or make a liquidation payment with respect to,
any of its capital stock (other than (A) purchases or acquisitions of shares
of Company common stock in connection with the satisfaction by the Company of
its obligations under any employee benefit plans or any other contractual
obligations of the Company, other than a contractual obligation ranking PARI
PASSU with or junior to the Debt Securities) (B) as a result of a
reclassification of Company capital stock or the exchange or conversion of
one class or series of Company capital stock for another class or series of
Company capital stock, or (C) the purchase of fractional interests in shares
of Company capital stock pursuant to the conversion or exchange provisions of
such Company capital stock or the security being converted or exchanged),
(ii) the Company shall not make any payment of interest, principal or
premium, if any, on or repay, repurchase or redeem any debt securities
(including guarantees) issued by the Company which rank PARI PASSU with or
junior to such Debt Securities and (iii) the Company shall not make any
guarantee payments with respect to the
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foregoing (other than pursuant to Preferred Securities Guarantees).
SECTION 4.07. COVENANTS AS TO TRUST. In the event Debt Securities
are issued and sold to a Trust in connection with the issuance of Trust
Securities by such Trust, for so long as such Trust Securities remain
outstanding, the Company will (i) maintain 100% direct or indirect ownership of
the Common Securities of such Trust; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that any permitted
successor of the Company under the Indenture may succeed to the Company's
ownership of such Common Securities, (ii) not cause, as sponsor of such Trust,
or permit, as holder of Common Securities of such Trust, the dissolution,
winding-up or termination of such trust, except in connection with a
distribution of Debt Securities as provided in the Declaration and in
connection with certain mergers, consolidations or amalgamations permitted by
the Declaration and (iii) use its reasonable efforts to cause such Trust (a) to
remain a business trust, except in connection with a distribution of Debt
Securities to the holders of Trust Securities in liquidation of such Trust, the
redemption of all of the Trust Securities of such Trust or certain mergers,
consolidations or amalgamations, each as permitted by the Declaration of such
Trust, and (b) to otherwise continue to be classified for United States federal
income tax purposes as a grantor trust.
SECTION 4.08. CORPORATE EXISTENCE. The Company will, subject to the
provisions of Article X, at all times maintain its corporate existence and
right to carry on business and will duly procure all renewals and extensions
thereof, and, to the extent necessary or desirable in the operation of its
business, will use its best efforts to maintain, preserve and renew all of its
rights, powers, privileges and material franchises.
ARTICLE V
SECURITYHOLDERS, LISTS AND REPORTS
BY THE COMPANY AND THE TRUSTEE
SECTION 5.01. COMPANY TO FURNISH TRUSTEE NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF
SECURITYHOLDERS. The Company will furnish or cause to be furnished to the
Trustee (a) on a quarterly basis on each regular record date (as defined in
Section 2.03) a list, in such form as the Trustee may reasonably require, of
the names and addresses of the holders of each series of Debt Securities as of
such regular record date, PROVIDED that the Company shall not be obligated to
furnish or cause to be furnished such list at any time that such list shall not
differ in any respect from the most
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recent list furnished to the Trustee by the Company and (b) at such other
times as the Trustee may request in writing within 30 days after the receipt
by the Company of any such request, a list of similar form and content as of
a date not more than 15 days prior to the time such list is furnished;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that in either case, no such list need be furnished for
any series of Debt Securities for which the Trustee shall be the Security
Registrar.
SECTION 5.02. PRESERVATION OF INFORMATION; COMMUNICATIONS WITH
SECURITYHOLDERS.
(a) The Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as is
reasonably practicable, all information as to the names and addresses of the
holders of Debt Securities contained in the most recent list furnished to it as
provided in Section 5.01 and as to the names and addresses of holders of Debt
Securities received by the Trustee in its capacity as Security Registrar (if
acting in such capacity).
(b) The Trustee may destroy any list furnished to it as provided in
Section 5.01 upon receipt of a new list so furnished.
(c) Securityholders may communicate as provided in Section 312(b) of
the Trust Indenture Act with other Securityholders with respect to their rights
under this Indenture or under the Debt Securities.
SECTION 5.03. REPORTS BY THE COMPANY.
(a) The Company covenants and agrees to file with the Trustee,
within 15 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) that the
Company may be required to file with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or
Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act; 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 the rules and
regulations prescribed from time to time by the Commission, such of the
supplementary and periodic information, documents and reports that may be
required pursuant to Section 13 of the Exchange Act, 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.
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(b) The Company covenants and agrees to file with the Trustee and
the Commission, in accordance with the rules and regulations prescribed from 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.
(c) The Company covenants and agrees to transmit by mail, first
class postage prepaid, or reputable overnight delivery service that provides
for evidence of receipt, to the Securityholders, as their names and addresses
appear upon the Security Register, within 30 days after the filing thereof with
the Trustee, such summaries of any information, documents and reports required
to be filed by the Company pursuant to subsections (a) and (b) of this Section
as may be required by rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by the
Commission.
SECTION 5.04. REPORTS BY THE TRUSTEE.
(a) Within 60 days after May 1 of each year in which any of the Debt
Securities are Outstanding, the Trustee shall transmit by mail, first class
postage prepaid, to the Securityholders, as their names and addresses appear
upon the Security Register, a brief report dated as of the preceding May 15, if
and to the extent required under Section 313(a) of the Trust Indenture Act.
(b) The Trustee shall comply with Sections 313(b) and 313(c) of the
Trust Indenture Act.
(c) A copy of each such report shall, at the time of such
transmission to Securityholders, be filed by the Trustee with the Company, with
each stock exchange upon which any Debt Securities are listed (if so listed)
and also with the Commission. The Company agrees to notify the Trustee when
any Debt Securities become listed on any stock exchange.
ARTICLE VI
REMEDIES OF THE TRUSTEE AND SECURITYHOLDERS
ON EVENT OF DEFAULT
SECTION 6.01. EVENTS OF DEFAULT.
(a) Whenever used herein with respect to Debt Securities of a
particular series, "Event of Default" means any
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one or more of the following events that has occurred and is continuing:
(1) the Company defaults in the payment of any installment of
interest upon any of the Debt Securities of that series, as and when the
same shall become due and payable, and continuance of such default for a
period of 30 days; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that a valid extension of an
interest payment period by the Company in accordance with the terms of any
indenture supplemental hereto, shall not constitute a default in the
payment of interest for this purpose;
(2) the Company defaults in the payment of the principal of (or
premium, if any, on) any of the Debt Securities of that series as and when
the same shall become due and payable whether at maturity, upon
redemption, by declaration or otherwise, or in any payment required by any
sinking or analogous fund established with respect to that series;
(3) the Company fails to observe or perform any other of its
covenants or agreements with respect to that series contained in this
Indenture or otherwise established with respect to that series of Debt
Securities pursuant to Section 2.01 hereof (other than a covenant or
agreement that has been expressly included in this Indenture solely for
the benefit of one or more series of Debt Securities other than such
series) for a period of 90 days after the date on which written notice of
such failure, requiring the same to be remedied and stating that such
notice is a "Notice of Default" hereunder, shall have been given to the
Company by the Trustee, by registered or certified mail, or to the Company
and the Trustee by the holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the
Debt Securities of that series at the time Outstanding;
(4) the Company pursuant to or within the meaning of any Bankruptcy
Law (i) commences a voluntary case, (ii) consents to the entry of an order
for relief against it in an involuntary case, (iii) consents to the
appointment of a Custodian of it or for all or substantially all of its
property or (iv) makes a general assignment for the benefit of its
creditors;
(5) a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order under any
Bankruptcy Law that (i) is for relief against the Company in an
involuntary case, (ii) appoints a Custodian of the Company for all or
substantially all of its property, or
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(iii) orders the liquidation of the Company, and the order or decree
remains unstayed and in effect for 90 days; or
(6) in the event Debt Securities are issued and sold to a Trust of
the Company in connection with the issuance of Trust Securities by such
Trust, such Trust shall have voluntarily or involuntarily dissolved, wound-
up its business or otherwise terminated its existence except in connection
with (i) the distribution of Debt Securities to holders of Trust
Securities in liquidation of their interests in such Trust, (ii) the
redemption of all outstanding Trust Securities of such Trust, and (iii)
mergers, consolidations or amalgamations, each as permitted by the
Declaration of such Trust.
(b) If an Event of Default described in clauses 1, 2, 3 or 6 of
Section 6.01(a) with respect to Debt Securities of any series at the time
outstanding occurs and is continuing, unless the principal of all the Debt
Securities of that series shall have already become due and payable, either the
Trustee or the holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of
the Debt Securities of that series then Outstanding hereunder, by notice in
writing to the Company (and to the Trustee, if given by such Securityholders),
may declare the principal of all the Debt Securities of that series to be due
and payable immediately, and upon any such declaration the same shall become
and shall be immediately due and payable, notwithstanding anything contained in
this Indenture or in the Debt Securities of that series or established with
respect to that series pursuant to Section 2.01 to the contrary. If an Event
of Default specified in clause (4) or (5) of Section 6.01(a) occurs or is
continuing, then the principal amount of all the Debt Securities shall ipso
facto become and be immediately due and payable without any declaration or
other act on the part of the Trustee or any Securityholder.
(c) At any time after the principal of the Debt Securities of that
series shall have been so declared due and payable, and before any judgment or
decree for the payment of the moneys due shall have been obtained or entered as
hereinafter provided, the holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount
of the Debt Securities of that series then Outstanding hereunder, by written
notice to the Company and the Trustee, may rescind and annul such declaration
and its consequences if: (i) the Company has paid or deposited with the Trustee
a sum sufficient to pay all matured installments of interest upon all the Debt
Securities of that series and the principal of (and premium, if any, on) any
and all Debt Securities of that series that shall have become due otherwise
than by acceleration (with interest upon such principal and premium, if any,
and, to the extent that such payment is enforceable under applicable law, upon
overdue installments of
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interest, at the rate per annum expressed in the Debt Securities of that
series to the date of such payment or deposit) and the amount payable to the
Trustee under Section 7.06, and (ii) any and all Events of Default under the
Indenture with respect to such series, other than the nonpayment of principal
on Debt Securities of that series that shall not have become due by their
terms, shall have been remedied or waived as provided in Section 6.06.
No such rescission and annulment shall extend to or shall affect any
subsequent default or impair any right consequent thereon.
(d) In case the Trustee shall have proceeded to enforce any right
with respect to Debt Securities of that series under this Indenture and such
proceedings shall have been discontinued or abandoned because of such
rescission or annulment or for any other reason or shall have been determined
adversely to the Trustee, then and in every such case the Company and the
Trustee shall be restored respectively to their former positions and rights
hereunder, and all rights, remedies and powers of the Company and the Trustee
shall continue as though no such proceedings had been taken.
SECTION 6.02. COLLECTION OF INDEBTEDNESS AND SUITS FOR ENFORCEMENT
BY TRUSTEE.
(a) The Company covenants that (1) in case it shall default in the
payment of any installment of interest on any of the Debt Securities of a
series, or any payment required by any sinking or analogous fund established
with respect to that series as and when the same shall have become due and
payable, and such default shall have continued for a period of 90 days, or (2)
in case it shall default in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if
any, on) any of the Debt Securities of a series when the same shall have become
due and payable, whether upon maturity of the Debt Securities of a series or
upon redemption or upon declaration or otherwise, then, upon demand of the
Trustee, the Company will pay to the Trustee, for the benefit of the holders of
the Debt Securities of that series, the whole amount that then shall have
become due and payable on all such Debt Securities for principal (and premium,
if any) or interest, or both, as the case may be, with interest upon the
overdue principal (and premium, if any) and (to the extent that payment of such
interest is enforceable under applicable law and, if the Debt Securities are
held by a Trust, without duplication of any other amounts paid by such Trust in
respect thereof) upon overdue installments of interest at the rate per annum
expressed in the Debt Securities of that series; and, in addition thereto, such
further amount as
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shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection and the
amount payable to the Trustee under Section 7.06.
(b) If the Company shall fail to pay such amounts forthwith upon
such demand, the Trustee, in its own name and as trustee of an express trust,
shall be entitled and empowered to institute any action or proceedings at law
or in equity for the collection of the sums so due and unpaid, and may
prosecute any such action or proceeding to judgment or final decree, and may
enforce any such judgment or final decree against the Company or other obligor
upon the Debt Securities of that series and collect the moneys adjudged or
decreed to be payable in the manner provided by law out of the property of the
Company or other obligor upon the Securities of that series, wherever situated.
(c) In case of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation,
bankruptcy, reorganization, readjustment, arrangement, composition or judicial
proceedings affecting the Company or its creditors or property, the Trustee
shall have power to intervene in such proceedings and take any action therein
that may be permitted by the court and shall (except as may be otherwise
provided by law) be entitled to file such proofs of claim and other papers and
documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the
Trustee and of the holders of Debt Securities of such series allowed for the
entire amount due and payable by the Company under this Indenture at the date
of institution of such proceedings and for any additional amount that may
become due and payable by the Company after such date, and to collect and
receive any moneys or other property payable or deliverable on any such claim,
and to distribute the same after the deduction of the amount payable to the
Trustee under Section 7.06; and any receiver, assignee or trustee in bankruptcy
or reorganization is hereby authorized by each of the holders of Debt
Securities of such series to make such payments to the Trustee, and, in the
event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to
such Securityholders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due it under Section
7.06.
(d) All rights of action and of asserting claims under this
Indenture, or under any of the terms established with respect to Debt
Securities of that series, may be enforced by the Trustee without the
possession of any of such Debt Securities, or the production thereof at any
trial or other proceeding relative thereto, and any such suit or proceeding
instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in its own name as trustee of an
express trust, and any recovery of judgment shall, after provision for payment
to the Trustee of any amounts due under Section 7.06, be for the ratable
benefit of the holders of the Debt Securities of such series.
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In case of an Event of Default hereunder, the Trustee may in its
discretion proceed to protect and enforce the rights vested in it by this
Indenture by such appropriate judicial proceedings as the Trustee shall deem
most effectual to protect and enforce any of such rights, either at law or in
equity or in bankruptcy or otherwise, whether for the specific enforcement of
any covenant or agreement contained in this Indenture or in aid of the exercise
of any power granted in this Indenture, or to enforce any other legal or
equitable right vested in the Trustee by this Indenture or by law.
Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to
authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Securityholder any
plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the
Securities of that series or the rights of any holder thereof or to authorize
the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Securityholder in any such
proceeding.]
SECTION 6.03. APPLICATION OF MONEYS COLLECTED. Any moneys collected
by the Trustee pursuant to this Article with respect to a particular series of
Debt Securities shall be applied in the following order, at the date or dates
fixed by the Trustee and, in case of the distribution of such moneys on account
of principal (or premium, if any) or interest, upon presentation of the Debt
Securities of that series, and notation thereon of the payment, if only
partially paid, and upon surrender thereof if fully paid:
FIRST: To the payment of costs and expenses of collection and of all
amounts payable to the Trustee under Section 7.06;
SECOND: To the payment of all indebtedness to which the Debt
Securities are subordinated if and to the extent required by Article XIV;
and
THIRD: To the payment of the amounts then due and unpaid upon Debt
Securities of such series for principal (and premium, if any) and
interest, in respect of which or for the benefit of which such money has
been collected, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind,
according to the amounts due and payable on such Debt Securities for
principal (and premium, if any) and interest, respectively.
SECTION 6.04. LIMITATION ON SUITS. No holder of any Debt Security
of any series shall have any right by virtue or by availing of any provision of
this Indenture to institute any suit, action or proceeding in equity or at law
upon or under or
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with respect to this Indenture or for the appointment of a receiver or
trustee, or for any other remedy hereunder, unless (i) such holder previously
shall have given to the Trustee written notice of an Event of Default and of
the continuance thereof with respect to the Debt Securities of such series
specifying such Event of Default, as herein provided; (ii) the holders of not
less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Debt Securities of such
series then Outstanding shall have made written request upon the Trustee to
institute such action, suit or proceeding in its own name as trustee
hereunder; (iii) such holder or holders shall have offered to the Trustee
such reasonable indemnity as it may require against the costs, expenses and
liabilities to be incurred therein or thereby; and (iv) the Trustee for 60
days after its receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity, shall
have failed to institute any such action, suit or proceeding; and (v) during
such 60 day period, the holders of a majority in principal amount of the Debt
Securities of that series do not give the Trustee a direction inconsistent
with the request.
Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, any other
provisions of this Indenture, the right of any holder of any Debt Security to
receive payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on such
Debt Security, as therein provided, on or after the respective due dates
expressed in such Debt Security (or in the case of redemption, on the
redemption date), or to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment
on or after such respective dates or redemption date, shall not be impaired or
affected without the consent of such holder, and by accepting a Debt Security
hereunder it is expressly understood, intended and covenanted by the taker and
holder of every Debt Security of such series with every other such taker and
holder and the Trustee, that no one or more holders of Debt Securities of such
series shall have any right in any manner whatsoever by virtue or by availing
of any provision of this Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights
of the holders of any other of such Debt Securities, or to obtain or seek to
obtain priority over or preference to any other such holder, or to enforce any
right under this Indenture, except in the manner herein provided and for the
equal, ratable and common benefit of all holders of Debt Securities of such
series. For the protection and enforcement of the provisions of this Section,
each and every Securityholder and the Trustee shall be entitled to such relief
as can be given either at law or in equity.
SECTION 6.05. RIGHTS AND REMEDIES CUMULATIVE; DELAY OR OMISSION NOT
WAIVER.
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(a) Except as otherwise provided in Section 2.07, all powers and
remedies given by this Article to the Trustee or to the Securityholders shall,
to the extent permitted by law, be deemed cumulative and not exclusive of any
other powers and remedies available to the Trustee or the holders of the Debt
Securities, by judicial proceedings or otherwise, to enforce the performance or
observance of the covenants and agreements contained in this Indenture or
otherwise established with respect to such Debt Securities.
(b) No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any holder of any of
the Debt Securities to exercise any right or power accruing upon any Event of
Default occurring and continuing as aforesaid shall impair any such right or
power, or shall be construed to be a waiver of any such default or an
acquiescence therein; and, subject to the provisions of Section 6.04, every
power and remedy given by this Article or by law to the Trustee or the
Securityholders may be exercised from time to time, and as often as shall be
deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by the Securityholders.
SECTION 6.06. CONTROL BY SECURITYHOLDERS. The holders of a majority
in aggregate principal amount of the Debt Securities of any series at the time
Outstanding, determined in accordance with Section 8.04, 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
the Trustee with respect to such series; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that such direction
shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or with this Indenture or be
unduly prejudicial to the rights of holders of Debt Securities of any other
series at the time Outstanding determined in accordance with Section 8.04.
Subject to the provisions of Section 7.01, the Trustee shall have the right to
decline to follow any such direction if the Trustee in good faith shall, by a
Responsible Officer or Officers of the Trustee, determine that the proceeding
so directed would involve the Trustee in personal liability. The holders of a
majority in aggregate principal amount of the Debt Securities of any series at
the time Outstanding affected thereby, determined in accordance with Section
8.04, may on behalf of the holders of all of the Debt Securities of such series
waive any past default in the performance of any of the covenants contained
herein or established pursuant to Section 2.01 with respect to such series and
its consequences, except (i) a default in the payment of the principal of, or
premium, if any, or interest on, any of the Debt Securities of that series as
and when the same shall become due by the terms of such Debt Securities
otherwise than by acceleration (unless such default has been cured and a sum
sufficient to pay all matured installments of interest and principal and any
premium has been deposited with the Trustee (in
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accordance with Section 6.01(c)) or (ii) a default in the covenants contained
in Section 4.06(b). Upon any such waiver, the default covered thereby shall
be deemed to be cured for all purposes of this Indenture and the Company, the
Trustee and the holders of the Debt Securities of such series shall be
restored to their former positions and rights hereunder, respectively; but no
such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other default or impair any
right consequent thereon.
SECTION 6.07. UNDERTAKING TO PAY COSTS. All parties to this
Indenture agree, and each holder of any Debt Securities by such holder's
acceptance thereof shall be deemed to have agreed, that any court may in its
discretion require, in any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy
under this Indenture, or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken
or omitted by it as Trustee, the filing by any party litigant in such suit of
an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and that such court may in its
discretion assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys' fees,
against any party litigant in such suit, having due regard to the merits and
good faith of the claims or defenses made by such party litigant; but the
provisions of this Section shall not apply to any suit instituted by the
Trustee, to any suit instituted by any Securityholder, or group of
Securityholders, holding more than 10% in aggregate principal amount of the
Outstanding Debt Securities of any series, or to any suit instituted by any
Securityholder for the enforcement of the payment of the principal of (or
premium, if any) or interest on any Debt Security of such series, on or after
the respective due dates expressed in such Debt Security or established
pursuant to this Indenture.
SECTION 6.08. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT REGARDING PREFERRED SECURITIES
HOLDERS. The Company acknowledges that, with respect to any Debt Securities
held by a Trust or a trustee of such Trust, if the Property Trustee of such
Trust fails to enforce its rights under this Indenture as the holder of the
series of Debt Securities held as the assets of such Trust, then holders of
Preferred Securities of such Trust may institute legal proceedings directly
against the Company to enforce such rights under this Indenture without first
instituting any legal proceedings against such Property Trustee or any other
Person.
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ARTICLE VII
CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE
SECTION 7.01. CERTAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF TRUSTEE.
(a) The Trustee, prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default with
respect to the Debt Securities of a series and after the curing of all Events
of Default with respect to the Debt Securities of that series that may have
occurred, shall undertake to perform with respect to the Debt Securities of
such series such duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in
this Indenture, and no implied covenants shall be read into this Indenture
against the Trustee. In case an Event of Default with respect to the Debt
Securities of a series has occurred (that has not been cured or waived), the
Trustee shall exercise with respect to Debt Securities of that series such of
the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture, and 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.
(b) No provision of this Indenture shall be construed to relieve the
Trustee from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure
to act, or its own willful misconduct, except that:
(1) prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default with respect to the
Debt Securities of a series and after the curing or waiving of all such Events
of Default with respect to that series that may have occurred:
(i) the duties and obligations of the Trustee shall with respect to
the Debt Securities of such series be determined solely by the express
provisions of this Indenture, and the Trustee shall not be liable with
respect to the Debt Securities of such series except for the performance
of such duties and obligations as are specifically set forth in this
Indenture, and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this
Indenture against the Trustee; and
(ii) in the absence of bad faith on the part of the Trustee, the
Trustee may with respect to the Debt Securities of such series
conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness
of the opinions expressed therein, upon any certificates or opinions
furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this
Indenture; but in the case of any such certificates or
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opinions that by any provision hereof are specifically required to be
furnished to the Trustee, the Trustee shall be under a duty to examine
the same to determine whether or not they conform to the requirement of
this Indenture;
(2) the Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made
in good faith by a Responsible Officer or Responsible Officers of the Trustee
unless it shall be proved that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the
pertinent facts;
(3) the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action taken
or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance with the direction of
the holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Debt
Securities of any series at the time Outstanding relating to the time, method
and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee,
or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Trustee under this
Indenture with respect to the Debt Securities of that series; and
(4) None of the provisions contained in this Indenture shall require
the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur personal
financial liability in the performance of any of its duties or in the exercise
of any of its rights or powers, if there is reasonable ground for believing
that the repayment of such funds or liability is not reasonably assured to it
under the terms of this Indenture or adequate indemnity against such risk is
not reasonably assured to it.
SECTION 7.02. CERTAIN RIGHTS OF TRUSTEE. Except as otherwise
provided in Section 7.01:
(a) The Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in acting or
refraining from acting upon any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument,
opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, approval, bond,
security or other paper or document believed by it to be genuine and to have
been signed, sent or presented by the proper party or parties.
(b) Any request, direction, order or demand of the Company mentioned
herein shall be sufficiently evidenced by a Board Resolution or an instrument
signed in the name of the Company by the President, or any Vice President and
by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary or the Treasurer or an Assistant
Treasurer thereof (unless other evidence in respect thereof is specifically
prescribed herein).
(c) The Trustee may consult with counsel and the written advice of
such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel with
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respect to legal matters shall be full and complete authorization and
protection in respect of any action taken or suffered or omitted by it
hereunder in good faith and in accordance with such advice or Opinion of
Counsel.
(d) The Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of
the rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request, order or
direction of any of the Securityholders, pursuant to the provisions of this
Indenture, unless such Securityholders shall have offered to the Trustee
reasonable security or indemnity against the costs, expenses (including
attorneys' fees and expenses) and liabilities that might be incurred by it in
complying with such request or direction, provided that nothing contained
herein shall, however, relieve the Trustee of the obligation, upon the
occurrence of an Event of Default with respect to a series of the Debt
Securities (that has not been cured or waived) to exercise with respect to
Debt Securities of that series such of the rights and powers vested in it by
this Indenture, and to use the same degree of care and skill in their
exercise, as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances
in the conduct of his or her own affairs.
(e) The Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken or
omitted to be taken by it in good faith and believed by it to be authorized
or within the discretion or rights or powers conferred upon it by this
Indenture.
(f) The Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into
the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement,
instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order,
approval, bond, security, or other papers or documents, unless requested in
writing so to do by the holders of not less than a majority in principal
amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of the particular series affected
thereby (determined as provided in Section 8.04); provided, however, that if
the payment within a reasonable time to the Trustee of the costs, expenses or
liabilities likely to be incurred by it in the making of such investigation
is, in the opinion of the Trustee, not reasonably assured to the Trustee by
the security afforded to it by the terms of this Indenture, the Trustee may
require reasonable indemnity against such costs, expenses or liabilities as a
condition to so proceeding. The reasonable expense of every such examination
shall be paid by the Company or, if paid by the Trustee, shall be repaid by
the Company upon demand.
(g) The Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder
or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents or
attorneys, and the Trustee shall not
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be responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any agent or
attorney appointed with due care by it hereunder.
(h) Whenever in the administration of this Indenture the Trustee
shall deem it desirable that a matter be proved or established before taking,
suffering or omitting any action hereunder, the Trustee (unless other
evidence is herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of bad faith
on its part, request and rely upon an Officers' Certificate.
SECTION 7.03. TRUSTEE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR RECITALS OR ISSUANCE OF
DEBT SECURITIES.
(a) The recitals contained herein and in the Debt Securities shall
be taken as the statements of the Company, and the Trustee assumes no
responsibility for the correctness of the same.
(b) The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or
sufficiency of this Indenture or of the Debt Securities.
(c) The Trustee shall not be accountable for the use or
application by the Company of any of the Debt Securities or of the proceeds
of such Debt Securities, or for the use or application of any moneys paid
over by the Trustee in accordance with any provision of this Indenture or
established pursuant to Section 2.01, or for the use or application of any
moneys received by any paying agent other than the Trustee.
SECTION 7.04. MAY HOLD DEBT SECURITIES. The Trustee or any paying
agent or Security Registrar, in its individual or any other capacity, may
become the owner or pledgee of Debt Securities with the same rights it would
have if it were not Trustee, paying agent or Security Registrar.
SECTION 7.05. MONEYS HELD IN TRUST. Subject to the provisions of
Section 11.05, all moneys received by the Trustee shall, until used or
applied as herein provided, be held in trust for the purposes for which they
were received, but 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 moneys received by it hereunder except such as it may agree with the
Company to pay thereon.
SECTION 7.06. COMPENSATION AND REIMBURSEMENT.
(a) The Company covenants and agrees to pay to the Trustee, and
the Trustee shall be entitled to, such reasonable compensation (which shall
not be limited by any provision of law
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in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express trust), as the
Company and the Trustee may from time to time agree in writing, for all
services rendered by it in the execution of the trusts hereby created and in
the exercise and performance of any of the powers and duties hereunder of the
Trustee, and, except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the Company will
pay or reimburse the Trustee upon its request for all reasonable expenses,
disbursements and advances incurred or made by the Trustee in accordance with
any of the provisions of this Indenture (including the reasonable
compensation and the expenses and disbursements of its counsel and of all
Persons not regularly in its employ) except any such expense, disbursement or
advance as may arise from its negligence or bad faith. The Company also
covenants to indemnify the Trustee (and its officers, agents, directors and
employees) for, and to hold it harmless against, any loss, liability or
expense incurred without negligence or bad faith on the part of the Trustee
and arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of
this Indenture, including the costs and expenses of defending itself against
any claim of liability in the premises.
(b) The obligations of the Company under this Section to
compensate and indemnify the Trustee and to pay or reimburse the Trustee for
expenses, disbursements and advances shall constitute additional indebtedness
hereunder and shall survive the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture.
Such additional indebtedness shall be secured by a lien prior to that of the
Debt Securities upon all property and funds held or collected by the Trustee
as such, except funds held in trust for the benefit of the holders of
particular Debt Securities.
SECTION 7.07. RELIANCE ON OFFICERS' CERTIFICATE. Except as
otherwise provided in Section 7.01, whenever in the administration of the
provisions of this Indenture the Trustee shall deem it necessary or desirable
that a matter be proved or established prior to taking or suffering or
omitting to take any action hereunder, such matter (unless other evidence in
respect thereof is herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of
negligence or bad faith on the part of the Trustee, be deemed to be
conclusively proved and established by an Officers' Certificate delivered to
the Trustee and such certificate, in the absence of negligence or bad faith
on the part of the Trustee, shall be full warrant to the Trustee for any
action taken, suffered or omitted to be taken by it under the provisions of
this Indenture upon the faith thereof.
SECTION 7.08. QUALIFICATION; CONFLICTING INTERESTS. If the
Trustee has or shall acquire any "conflicting interest" within the meaning of
Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act,
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the Trustee and the Company shall in all respects comply with the provisions
of Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act.
SECTION 7.09. CORPORATE TRUSTEE REQUIRED; ELIGIBILITY. There
shall at all times be a Trustee with respect to the Debt Securities issued
hereunder which shall at all times be a corporation organized and doing
business under the laws of the United States of America or any State or
Territory thereof or of the District of Columbia, or a corporation or other
Person permitted to act as trustee by the Commission, authorized under such
laws to exercise corporate trust powers, having a combined capital and
surplus of at least fifty million U.S. dollars ($50,000,000), and subject to
supervision or examination by Federal, State, Territorial or District of
Columbia authority. If such corporation publishes reports of condition at
least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of the aforesaid
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. The Company may not, nor may any Person directly or
indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the
Company, serve as Trustee. In case at any time the Trustee shall cease to be
eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, the Trustee shall
resign immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in Section
7.10.
SECTION 7.10. RESIGNATION AND REMOVAL; APPOINTMENT OF SUCCESSOR.
(a) The Trustee or any successor hereafter appointed, may at any
time resign with respect to the Debt Securities of one or more series by
giving written notice thereof to the Company and by transmitting notice of
resignation by mail, first class postage prepaid, to the Securityholders of
such series, as their names and addresses appear upon the Security Register.
Upon receiving such notice of resignation, the Company shall promptly appoint
a successor Trustee with respect to the Debt Securities of such series by
written instrument, in duplicate, executed by order of the Board of
Directors, one copy of which instrument shall be delivered to the resigning
Trustee and one copy to the successor Trustee. If no successor Trustee shall
have been so appointed and have accepted appointment within 30 days after the
mailing of such notice of resignation, the resigning Trustee may petition any
court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor trustee
with respect to the Debt Securities of such series, or any Securityholder of
that series who has been a bona fide holder of a Debt Security or Debt
Securities for at least six months may, subject to the provisions of Section
6.08, on behalf of that holder and all others similarly situated,
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petition any such court for the appointment of a successor Trustee. Such
court may thereupon after such notice, if any, as it may deem proper and
prescribe, appoint a successor Trustee.
(b) In case at any time any one of the following shall occur:
(1) the Trustee shall fail to comply with the provisions of
subsection (a) of Section 7.10 after written request therefor by the
Company or by any Securityholder who has been a bona fide holder of a Debt
Security or Debt Securities for at least six months; or
(2) the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the
provisions of Section 7.09 and shall fail to resign after written request
therefor by the Company or by any such Securityholder; or
(3) the Trustee shall become incapable of acting, or shall be
adjudged a bankrupt or insolvent, or commence a voluntary bankruptcy
proceeding, or a receiver of the Trustee or of its property shall be
appointed or consented to, or any public officer shall take charge or
control of the Trustee or of its property or affairs for the purpose of
rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation,
then, in any such case, the Company may remove the Trustee with respect to
all Debt Securities and appoint a successor Trustee by written instrument, in
duplicate, executed by order of the Board of Directors, one copy of which
instrument shall be delivered to the Trustee so removed and one copy to the
successor Trustee, or, subject to the provisions of Section 6.08, unless the
Trustee's duty to resign is stayed as provided herein, any Securityholder who
has been a bona fide holder of a Debt Security or Debt Securities for at
least six months may, on behalf of that holder and all others similarly
situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the
Trustee and the appointment of a successor Trustee. Such court may thereupon
after such notice, if any, as it may deem proper and prescribe, remove the
Trustee and appoint a successor Trustee.
(c) The holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
Debt Securities of any series at the time Outstanding may at any time remove
the Trustee with respect to such series by so notifying the Trustee and the
Company and may appoint a successor Trustee for such series with the consent
of the Company.
(d) Any resignation or removal of the Trustee and appointment of a
successor Trustee with respect to the Debt
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Securities of a series pursuant to any of the provisions of this Section
shall become effective upon acceptance of appointment by the successor
Trustee as provided in Section 7.11.
(e) Any successor Trustee appointed pursuant to this Section may
be appointed with respect to the Debt Securities of one or more series or all
of such series, and at any time there shall be only one Trustee with respect
to the Debt Securities of any particular series.
SECTION 7.11. ACCEPTANCE OF APPOINTMENT BY SUCCESSOR.
(a) In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee
with respect to all Debt Securities, every such successor Trustee so
appointed shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Company and to the
retiring Trustee an instrument accepting such appointment, and thereupon the
resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective and
such successor Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall
become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring
Trustee; but, on the request of the Company or the successor Trustee, such
retiring Trustee shall, upon payment of its charges, execute and deliver an
instrument transferring to such successor trustee all the rights, powers, and
trusts of the retiring Trustee and shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to
such successor Trustee all property and money held by such retiring Trustee
hereunder.
(b) In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee
with respect to the Debt Securities of one or more (but not all) series, the
Company, the retiring Trustee and each successor Trustee with respect to the
Debt Securities of one or more series shall execute and deliver an indenture
supplemental hereto wherein each successor Trustee shall accept such
appointment and which (1) shall contain such provisions as shall be necessary
or desirable to transfer and confirm to, and to vest in, each successor
Trustee all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee
with respect to the Debt Securities of that or those series to which the
appointment of such successor Trustee relates, (2) 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
Debt Securities of that or those series as to which the retiring Trustee is
not retiring shall continue to be vested in the retiring Trustee, and (3)
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, that each such
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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
that no Trustee shall be responsible for any act or failure to act on the
part of any other Trustee hereunder; 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, such retiring
Trustee shall with respect to the Debt Securities of that or those series to
which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates have no further
responsibility for the exercise of rights and powers or for the performance
of the duties and obligations vested in the Trustee under this Indenture, 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 Debt 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, to the extent
contemplated by such supplemental indenture, the property and money held by
such retiring Trustee hereunder with respect to the Debt 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 this Article.
(e) Upon acceptance of appointment by a successor Trustee as
provided in this Section, the Company shall transmit notice of the succession
of such Trustee hereunder by mail, first class postage prepaid, to the
Securityholders, as their names and addresses appear upon the Security
Register. If the Company fails to transmit such notice within ten days after
acceptance of appointment by the successor Trustee, the successor Trustee
shall cause such notice to be transmitted at the expense of the Company.
SECTION 7.12. 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 the corporate trust business of the
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Trustee, shall be the successor of the Trustee hereunder, provided that such
corporation shall be qualified under the provisions of Section 7.08 and
eligible under the provisions of Section 7.09, without the execution or
filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties
hereto, anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding. In case any Debt
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 Debt
Securities so authenticated with the same effect as if such successor Trustee
had itself authenticated such Debt Securities.
SECTION 7.13. PREFERENTIAL COLLECTION OF CLAIMS AGAINST THE
COMPANY. The Trustee shall comply with Section 311(a) of the Trust Indenture
Act, excluding any creditor relationship described in Section 311(b) of the
Trust Indenture Act. A Trustee who has resigned or been removed shall be
subject to Section 311(a) of the Trust Indenture Act to the extent included
therein.
ARTICLE VIII
CONCERNING THE SECURITYHOLDERS
SECTION 8.01. EVIDENCE OF ACTION BY SECURITYHOLDERS. Whenever in
this Indenture it is provided that the holders of a majority or specified
percentage in aggregate principal amount of the Debt Securities of a
particular series may take any action (including the making of any demand or
request, the giving of any notice, consent or waiver or the taking of any
other action), the fact that at the time of taking any such action the
holders of such majority or specified percentage of that series have joined
therein may be evidenced by any instrument or any number of instruments of
similar tenor executed by such holders of Debt Securities of that series in
person or by agent or proxy appointed in writing.
If the Company shall solicit from the holders of any series of Debt
Securities any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent,
waiver or other action, the Company may, at its option, as evidenced by an
Officers' Certificate, fix in advance a record date for such series for the
determination of holders entitled to give such request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action, 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 action may be given before or after the record date, but only the
holders of record at the close of
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business on the record date shall be deemed to be Securityholders for the
purposes of determining whether Securityholders of the requisite proportion
of Outstanding Debt Securities of that series have authorized or agreed or
consented to such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent,
waiver or other action, and for that purpose the Outstanding Debt Securities
of that series shall be computed as of the record date; PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
that no such authorization, agreement or consent by such Securityholders on
the 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 8.02. PROOF OF EXECUTION BY SECURITYHOLDERS. Subject to
the provisions of Section 7.01, proof of the execution of any instrument by a
Securityholder (such proof will not require notarization) or the agent or
proxy of such Securityholder and proof of the holding by any Person of any of
the Debt Securities shall be sufficient if made in the following manner:
(a) The fact and date of the execution by any such Person of any
instrument may be proved in any reasonable manner acceptable to the
Trustee.
(b) The ownership of Debt Securities shall be proved by the Security
Register of such Debt Securities or by a certificate of the Security
Registrar thereof.
(c) The Trustee may require such additional proof of any matter
referred to in this Section as it shall deem necessary.
SECTION 8.03. WHO MAY BE DEEMED OWNERS. Prior to the due
presentment for registration of transfer of any Debt Security, the Company,
the Trustee, any paying agent and any Security Registrar may deem and treat
the Person in whose name such Debt Security shall be registered upon the
books of the Company as the absolute owner of such Debt Security (whether or
not such Debt Security shall be overdue and notwithstanding any notice of
ownership or writing thereon made by anyone other than the Security
Registrar) for the purpose of receiving payment of or on account of the
principal of, premium, if any, and (subject to Section 2.03) interest on such
Debt Security and for all other purposes; and neither the Company nor the
Trustee nor any paying agent nor any Security Registrar shall be affected by
any notice to the contrary.
SECTION 8.04. CERTAIN DEBT SECURITIES OWNED BY COMPANY
DISREGARDED. In determining whether the holders of the requisite
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aggregate principal amount of Debt Securities of a particular series have
concurred in any direction, consent or waiver under this Indenture, the Debt
Securities of that series that are owned by the Company or any other obligor
on the Debt Securities of that series or by any Person directly or indirectly
controlling or controlled by or under common control with the Company or any
other obligor on the Debt Securities of that series shall be disregarded and
deemed not to be outstanding for the purpose of any such determination,
except that for the purpose of determining whether the Trustee shall be
protected in relying on any such direction, consent or waiver, only Debt
Securities of such series that the Trustee actually knows are so owned shall
be so disregarded. The Debt Securities so owned that have been pledged in
good faith may be regarded as outstanding for the purposes of this Section,
if the pledgee shall establish to the satisfaction of the Trustee the
pledgee's right so to act with respect to such Debt Securities and that the
pledgee is not a Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by
or under direct or indirect common control with the Company or any such other
obligor. In case of a dispute as to such right, any decision by the Trustee
taken upon the advice of counsel shall be full protection to the Trustee.
SECTION 8.05. ACTIONS BINDING ON FUTURE SECURITYHOLDERS. At any
time prior to (but not after) the evidencing to the Trustee, as provided in
Section 8.01, of the taking of any action by the holders of a majority or
specified percentage in aggregate principal amount of the Debt Securities of
a particular series in connection with such action, any holder of a Debt
Security of that series that is shown by the evidence to be included in the
Debt Securities the holders of which have consented to such action may, by
filing written notice with the Trustee, and upon proof of holding as provided
in Section 8.02, revoke such action so far as concerns such Debt Security.
Except as aforesaid, any such action taken by the holder of any Debt Security
shall be conclusive and binding upon such holder and upon all future holders
and owners of such Debt Security, and of any Debt Security issued in exchange
therefor, on registration of transfer thereof or in place thereof,
irrespective of whether or not any notation in regard thereto is made upon
such Debt Security. Any action taken by the holders of a majority or
specified percentage in aggregate principal amount of the Debt Securities of
a particular series in connection with such action shall be conclusively
binding upon the Company, the Trustee and the holders of all the Debt
Securities of that series.
ARTICLE IX
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
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SECTION 9.01. SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES WITHOUT THE CONSENT OF
SECURITYHOLDERS. In addition to any supplemental indenture otherwise
authorized by this Indenture, the Company and the Guarantor and the Trustee
may from time to time and at any time enter into an indenture or indentures
supplemental hereto (which shall conform to the provisions of the Trust
Indenture Act as then in effect), without the consent of the Securityholders,
for one or more of the following purposes:
(a) to cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency herein or in the
Debt Securities of any series;
(b) to comply with Article X;
(c) to provide for uncertificated Debt Securities in addition to or
in place of certificated Debt Securities;
(d) to add to the covenants of the Company for the benefit of the
holders of all or any series of Debt Securities (and if such covenants are
to be for the benefit of less than all series of Debt 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;
(e) to add to, delete from, or revise the conditions, limitations
and restrictions on the authorized amount, terms or purposes of issue,
authentication and delivery of Debt Securities, as herein set forth;
(f) to make any change that does not adversely affect the rights of
any Securityholder in any material respect; or
(g) to provide for the issuance of and establish the form and terms
and conditions of the Debt Securities of any series as provided in Section
2.01, to establish the form of any certifications required to be furnished
pursuant to the terms of this Indenture or any series of Debt Securities,
or to add to the rights of the holders of any series of Debt Securities.
The Trustee is hereby authorized to join with the Company in the
execution of any such supplemental indenture, and to make any further
appropriate agreements and stipulations that may be therein contained, but
the Trustee shall not be obligated to enter into any such supplemental
indenture that affects the Trustee's own rights, duties or immunities under
this Indenture or otherwise.
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Any supplemental indenture authorized by the provisions of this
Section may be executed by the Company and the Trustee without the consent of
the holders of any of the Debt Securities at the time Outstanding
notwithstanding any of the provisions of Section 9.02.
SECTION 9.02. SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES WITH CONSENT OF
SECURITYHOLDERS. With the consent (evidenced as provided in Section 8.01) of
the holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
Debt Securities of each series affected by such supplemental indenture or
indentures at the time Outstanding, the Company, when authorized by a Board
Resolution, and the Trustee may from time to time and at any time enter into
an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto (which shall conform to the
provisions of the Trust Indenture Act as then in effect) for the purpose of
adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the
provisions of this Indenture or of any supplemental indenture or of modifying
in any manner not covered by Section 9.01 the rights of the holders of the
Debt Securities of such series under this Indenture; provided, however, that
no such supplemental indenture shall, without the consent of the holders of
each Debt Security then Outstanding and affected thereby, (i) extend the
fixed maturity of any Debt Securities of any series, or reduce the principal
amount thereof, or reduce the rate or extend the time of payment of interest
thereon, or reduce any premium payable upon the redemption thereof, without
the consent of the holder of each Debt Security so affected or (ii) reduce
the aforesaid percentage of Debt Securities, the holders of which are
required to consent to any such supplemental indenture.
It shall not be necessary for the consent of the Securityholders of
any series affected thereby under this Section to approve the particular form
of any proposed supplemental indenture, but it shall be sufficient if such
consent shall approve the substance thereof.
SECTION 9.03. EFFECT OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES. Upon the
execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to the provisions of this
Article or of Section 10.01, this Indenture shall, with respect to such
series, be and be deemed to be modified and amended in accordance therewith
and the respective rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties and
immunities under this Indenture of the Trustee, the Company and the holders
of Debt Securities of the series affected thereby shall thereafter be
determined, exercised and enforced hereunder subject in all respects to such
modifications and amendments, and all the terms and conditions of any such
supplemental indenture shall be and be deemed to be part of the terms and
conditions of this Indenture for any and all purposes.
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SECTION 9.04. DEBT SECURITIES AFFECTED BY SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES.
Debt Securities of any series affected by a supplemental indenture,
authenticated and delivered after the execution of such supplemental
indenture pursuant to the provisions of this Article or of Section 10.01, may
bear a notation in form approved by the Company, provided such form meets the
requirements of any exchange upon which such series may be listed, as to any
matter provided for in such supplemental indenture. If the Company shall so
determine, new Debt Securities of that series so modified as to conform, in
the opinion of the Board of Directors of the Company, to any modification of
this Indenture contained in any such supplemental indenture may be prepared
by the Company, authenticated by the Trustee and delivered in exchange for
the Debt Securities of that series then outstanding.
SECTION 9.05. EXECUTION OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES. Upon the
request of the Company, accompanied by a Board Resolution authorizing the
execution of any such supplemental indenture, and upon the filing with the
Trustee of evidence of the consent of Securityholders required to consent
thereto as aforesaid, the Trustee shall join with the Company in the
execution of such supplemental indenture unless such supplemental indenture
affects the Trustee's own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture
or otherwise, in which case the Trustee may in its discretion but shall not
be obligated to enter into such supplemental indenture. The Trustee, subject
to the provisions of Section 7.01, may receive an Opinion of Counsel as
conclusive evidence that any supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this
Article is authorized or permitted by, and conforms to, the terms of this
Article and that it is proper for the Trustee under the provisions of this
Article to join in the execution thereof.
Promptly after the execution by the Company and the Trustee of any
supplemental indenture pursuant to the provisions of this Section, the
Trustee shall transmit by mail, first class postage prepaid, a notice,
setting forth in general terms the substance of such supplemental indenture,
to the Securityholders of all series affected thereby as their names and
addresses appear upon the Debt Security Register. Any failure of the Trustee
to mail such notice, or any defect therein, shall not, however, in any way
impair or affect the validity of any such supplemental indenture.
ARTICLE X
SUCCESSOR CORPORATION
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SECTION 10.01. COMPANY MAY CONSOLIDATE, ETC. Nothing contained in
this Indenture or in any of the Debt Securities shall prevent any
consolidation or merger of the Company with or into any other Person or
Persons (whether or not affiliated with the Company), or successive
consolidations or mergers in which the Company or its successor or successors
shall be a party or parties, or shall prevent any sale, conveyance, transfer
or other disposition of the property of the Company or its successor or
successors as an entirety, or substantially as an entirety, to any other
Person (whether or not affiliated with the Company or its successor or
successors) authorized to acquire and operate the same provided that (a) any
Person formed in such consolidation or into which the Company is merged or to
which the Company has sold, conveyed, transferred or otherwise disposed of
its properties as an entirety or substantially as an entirety is an entity
validly existing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization and
such Person assumes the Company's obligations under this Indenture and (b)
immediately after giving effect to the transaction no Event of Default, and
no event which, after notice or lapse of time or both, would become an Event
of Default, shall have occurred and be continuing; PROVIDED, FURTHER, the
Company hereby covenants and agrees that, upon any such consolidation,
merger, sale, conveyance, transfer or other disposition, the due and punctual
payment of the principal of (premium, if any) and interest on all of the Debt
Securities of all series in accordance with the terms of each series,
according to their tenor and the due and punctual performance and observance
of all the covenants and conditions of this Indenture with respect to each
series or established with respect to such series pursuant to Section 2.01 to
be performed or observed by the Company, shall be expressly assumed, by
supplemental indenture (which shall conform to the provisions of the Trust
Indenture Act, as then in effect) satisfactory in form to the Trustee
executed and delivered to the Trustee by the entity formed by such
consolidation, or into which the Company shall have been merged, or by the
entity which shall have acquired such property; and provided further that, if
the Person formed in such consolidation or into which the Company is merged
or to which the Company has sold, conveyed, transferred or otherwise disposed
of its properties as an entirety or substantially as an entirety is not
organized and validly existing under the laws of the United States, any state
thereof or the District of Columbia, the supplemental indenture described in
this Section 10.01 shall also contain the following provisions:
"(a) [Such Person] hereby agrees to pay to the holders of Trust
Securities any additional amounts as may be necessary in order that every
net payment or other amount due on the Trust Securities, after withholding
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account of any present or future tax, assessment or governmental
charge imposed upon such holder of Trust Securities (except for a tax,
assessment or charge imposed solely as a result of a connection between
the recipient and the jurisdiction imposing such tax, assessment or
charge) by reason of or as a result of such payment or other amount being
paid by an entity which is not an entity existing under the laws of the
United States or any state thereof or the District of Columbia, will not
be less than the amount provided for in the Indenture, this Indenture
Supplement, the Trust Securities or the Preferred Securities Guarantee
related to the Preferred Securities, as the case may be, to be then due
and payable.
(b) Any litigation based hereon, or arising out of, under, or in
connection with, the Indenture and/or this Supplemental Indenture or any
other document relating hereto or thereto, or any course of conduct,
course of dealing, statements (whether verbal or written) or actions of
the Trustee or [such Person] shall be brought and maintained exclusively
in the courts of the State of Illinois or in the United States District
Court for the Northern District of Illinois; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that any
suit seeking enforcement against any property may be brought at Trustee's
or [such Person's] option, in the courts of any jurisdiction where such
property may be found. [Such Person] hereby expressly and irrevocably
submits to the jurisdiction of the courts of the State of Illinois and of
the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois for
the purpose of any such litigation as set forth above and irrevocably
agrees to be bound by any judgment rendered thereby in connection with
such litigation. [Such Person] further irrevocably consents to the
service of process by registered mail, postage prepaid, or by personal
service within or without the State of Illinois. [Such Person] hereby
expressly and irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law,
any objection which it may have or hereafter may have to the laying of
venue of any such litigation brought in any such court referred to above
and any claim that any such litigation has been brought in an inconvenient
forum. To the extent that [such Person] has or hereafter may acquire any
immunity from jurisdiction of any court or from any legal process (whether
through service or notice, attachment prior to judgment, attachment in aid
of execution or otherwise) with respect to itself or its property, [such
Person] hereby irrevocably waives such immunity in respect of its
obligations under the Indenture and this Supplemental Indenture."
SECTION 10.02. SUCCESSOR PERSON SUBSTITUTED.
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(a) In case of any such consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance,
transfer or other disposition and upon the assumption by the successor
Person, by supplemental indenture, executed and delivered to the Trustee and
satisfactory in form to the Trustee, of the due and punctual payment of the
principal of, premium, if any, and interest on all of the Debt Securities of
all series Outstanding and the due and punctual performance and observance of
all of the covenants and conditions of this Indenture or established with
respect to each series of the Debt Securities pursuant to Section 2.01 to be
performed or observed by the Company with respect to each series, such
successor Person shall succeed to and be substituted for the Company with the
same effect as if it had been named as the Company herein.
(b) In case of any such consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance,
transfer or other disposition, such changes in phraseology and form (but not
in substance) may be made in the Debt Securities thereafter to be issued as
may be appropriate.
(c) Nothing contained in this Indenture or in any of the Debt
Securities shall prevent the Company from merging into itself or acquiring by
purchase or otherwise all or any part of the property of any other Person
(whether or not affiliated with the Company).
SECTION 10.03. EVIDENCE OF CONSOLIDATION, ETC. TO TRUSTEE. The
Trustee, subject to the provisions of Section 7.01, may receive an Opinion of
Counsel as conclusive evidence that any such consolidation, merger, sale,
conveyance, transfer or other disposition, and any such assumption, comply
with the provisions of this Article.
ARTICLE XI
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
SECTION 11.01. SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE. If at any
time: (a) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee for cancellation
all Debt Securities of a series theretofore authenticated (other than any
Debt Securities that shall have been destroyed, lost or stolen and that shall
have been replaced or paid as provided in Section 2.07) and Debt Securities
for whose payment money or Governmental Obligations have theretofore been
deposited in trust or segregated and held in trust by the Company(and
thereupon repaid to the Company or discharged from such trust, as provided in
Section 11.05); or (b) all such Debt Securities of a particular series not
theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation shall have become due
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and payable, or are by their terms to become due and payable within one year
or are to be called for redemption within one year under arrangements
satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption, and the
Company shall deposit or cause to be deposited with the Trustee as trust
funds the entire amount in moneys or Governmental Obligations or a
combination thereof, sufficient in the opinion of a nationally recognized
firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification
thereof delivered to the Trustee, to pay at maturity or upon redemption all
Debt Securities of that series not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation, including principal (and premium, if any) and interest due or
to become due to such date of maturity or date fixed for redemption, as the
case may be, and if the Company shall also pay or cause to be paid all other
sums payable hereunder with respect to such series by the Company; then if
the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel based on the
fact that (x) the Company has received from, or there has been published by,
the Internal Revenue Service a ruling or (y) since the date hereof, there has
been a change in the applicable United States federal income tax law, in
either case to the effect that, and such opinion shall confirm that, the
holders of the Debt Securities of such series will not recognize income, gain
or loss for United States federal income tax purposes as a result of such
deposit, defeasance and discharge and will be subject to United States
federal income tax on the same amount and in the same manner and at the same
times as would have been the case if such deposit, defeasance and discharge
had not occurred, this Indenture shall thereupon cease to be of further
effect with respect to such series except for the provisions of Sections
2.03, 2.05, 2.07, 4.01, 4.02, 4.03 and 7.10, which shall survive until the
date of maturity or redemption date, as the case may be, and Sections 7.06
and 11.05, which shall survive to such date and thereafter, and the Trustee,
on demand of the Company and at the cost and expense of the Company shall
execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction of and discharging this
Indenture with respect to such series.
SECTION 11.02. DISCHARGE OF OBLIGATIONS. If at any time all Debt
Securities of a particular series not theretofore delivered to the Trustee
for cancellation or that have not become due and payable as described in
Section 11.01 shall have been paid by the Company by depositing irrevocably
with the Trustee as trust funds moneys or an amount of Governmental
Obligations sufficient to pay at maturity or upon redemption all such Debt
Securities of that series not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation, including principal (and premium, if any) and interest due or
to become due to such date of maturity or date fixed for redemption, as the
case may be, and if the Company shall also pay or cause to be paid all other
sums payable
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hereunder by the Company with respect to such series, then after the date
such moneys or Governmental Obligations, as the case may be, are deposited
with the Trustee then, if the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Opinion
of Counsel based on the fact that (x) the Company has received from, or there
has been published by, the Internal Revenue Service a ruling or (y) since the
date hereof, there has been a change in the applicable United States federal
income tax law, in either case to the effect that, and such opinion shall
confirm that, the holders of the Debt Securities of such series will not
recognize income, gain or loss for United States federal income tax purposes
as a result of such deposit, defeasance and discharge and will be subject to
United States federal income tax on the same amount and in the same manner
and at the same times, as would have been the case if such deposit,
defeasance and discharge had not occurred, the obligations of the Company,
under this Indenture with respect to such series shall cease to be of further
effect except for the provisions of Sections 2.03, 2.05, 2.07, 4.01, 4.02,
4.03, 7.06, 7.10 and 11.05 hereof which shall survive until such Debt
Securities shall mature and be paid and Sections 7.06 and 11.05, which shall
survive to such date and thereafter.
SECTION 11.03. DEPOSITED MONEYS TO BE HELD IN TRUST. All moneys
or Governmental Obligations deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section
11.02 shall be held in trust and shall be available for payment as due,
either directly or through any paying agent (including the Company acting as
its own paying agent), to the holders of the particular series of Debt
Securities for the payment or redemption of which such moneys or Governmental
Obligations have been deposited with the Trustee.
SECTION 11.04. PAYMENT OF MONEYS HELD BY PAYING AGENTS. In
connection with the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, all moneys
or Governmental Obligations then held by any paying agent under the
provisions of this Indenture shall, upon demand of the Company, be paid to
the Trustee and thereupon such paying agent shall be released from all
further liability with respect to such moneys or Governmental Obligations.
SECTION 11.05. REPAYMENT TO COMPANY. Any moneys or Governmental
Obligations deposited with any paying agent or the Trustee, or then held by
the Company, in trust for payment of principal of or premium or interest on
the Debt Securities of a particular series that are not applied but remain
unclaimed by the holders of such Debt Securities for at least two years after
the date upon which the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on
such Debt Securities shall have respectively become due and payable, shall be
repaid to the Company on May 31 of each year or (if then held by the Company)
shall be discharged from such trust; and thereupon the paying agent and the
Trustee shall
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be released from all further liability with respect to such moneys or
Governmental Obligations, and the holder of any of the Debt Securities
entitled to receive such payment shall thereafter, as an unsecured general
creditor, look only to the Company for the payment thereof.
ARTICLE XII
IMMUNITY OF INCORPORATORS, STOCKHOLDERS, OFFICERS
AND DIRECTORS
SECTION 12.01. NO RECOURSE. No recourse under or upon any
obligation, covenant or agreement of this Indenture, or of any Debt Security,
or for any claim based thereon or otherwise in respect thereof, shall be had
against any incorporator, stockholder, officer or director, past, present or
future as such, of the Company or of any predecessor or successor
corporation, either directly or through the Company or any such predecessor
or successor corporation, whether by virtue of any constitution, statute or
rule of law, or by the enforcement of any assessment or penalty or otherwise;
it being expressly understood that this Indenture and the obligations issued
hereunder are solely corporate obligations, and that no such personal
liability whatever shall attach to, or is or shall be incurred by, the
incorporators, stockholders, officers or directors, as such, of the Company
or of any predecessor or successor corporation, or any of them, because of
the creation of the indebtedness hereby authorized, or under or by reason of
the obligations, covenants or agreements contained in this Indenture or in
any of the Debt Securities or implied therefrom; and that any and all such
personal liability of every name and nature, either at common law or in
equity or by constitution or statute, of, and any and all such rights and
claims against, every such incorporator, stockholder, officer or director, as
such, because of the creation of the indebtedness hereby authorized, or under
or by reason of the obligations, covenants or agreements contained in this
Indenture or in any of the Debt Securities or implied therefrom, are hereby
expressly waived and released as a condition of, and as consideration for,
the execution of this Indenture and the issuance of such Debt Securities.
ARTICLE XIII
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
SECTION 13.01. EFFECT ON SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS. All the
covenants, stipulations, promises and agreements in this
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Indenture contained by or on behalf of the Company shall bind its successors
and assigns, whether so expressed or not.
SECTION 13.02. ACTIONS BY SUCCESSOR. Any act or proceeding by any
provision of this Indenture authorized or required to be done or performed by
any board, committee or officer of the Company shall and may be done and
performed with like force and effect by the corresponding board, committee or
officer of any corporation that shall at the time be the lawful successor of
the Company.
SECTION 13.03. SURRENDER OF COMPANY POWERS. The Company by
instrument in writing executed by authority of 2/3 (two-thirds) of its Board
of Directors and delivered to the Trustee may surrender any of the powers
reserved to the Company, and thereupon such power so surrendered shall
terminate both as to the Company and as to any successor corporation.
SECTION 13.04. NOTICES. Except as otherwise expressly provided
herein, any notice or demand that by any provision of this Indenture is
required or permitted to be given or served by the Trustee or by the holders
of Debt Securities to or on the Company may be given or served by being
deposited first class postage prepaid in a post-office letterbox addressed
(until another address is filed in writing by the Company with the Trustee),
as follows: Telephone and Data Systems, Inc., 30 N. LaSalle, Chicago,
Illinois 60602, Attention: President and Chief Executive Officer. Any
notice, election, request or demand by the Company or any Securityholder to
or upon the Trustee shall be deemed to have been sufficiently given or made,
for all purposes, if given or made in writing at the Corporate Trust Office
of the Trustee.
SECTION 13.05. GOVERNING LAW. This Indenture and each Debt
Security shall be deemed to be a contract made under the internal laws of the
State of New York, and for all purposes shall be construed in accordance with
the laws of said State.
SECTION 13.06. TREATMENT OF THE DEBT SECURITIES AS DEBT. It is
intended that the Debt Securities will be treated as indebtedness and not as
equity for federal income tax purposes. The provisions of this Indenture
shall be interpreted to further this intention.
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SECTION 13.07. COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATES AND OPINIONS.
(a) Upon any application or demand by the Company to the Trustee
to take any action under any of the provisions of this Indenture, the Company
shall furnish to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate stating that all
conditions precedent 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 have been complied
with, except that in the case of any such application or demand as to which
the furnishing of such documents is specifically required by any provision of
this Indenture relating to such particular application or demand, no
additional certificate or opinion need be furnished.
(b) Each certificate or opinion provided for in this Indenture and
delivered to the Trustee with respect to compliance with a condition or
covenant in this Indenture shall include (1) a statement that the Person
making such certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition; (2) a
brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or
investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in such
certificate or opinion are based; (3) a statement that, in the opinion of
such Person, such Person has made such examination or investigation as is
necessary to enable such Person to express an informed opinion as to whether
or not such covenant or condition has been complied with; and (4) a statement
as to whether or not, in the opinion of such Person, such condition or
covenant has been complied with.
SECTION 13.08. PAYMENTS ON BUSINESS DAYS. Except as provided
pursuant to Section 2.01 pursuant to a Board Resolution, and as set forth in
an Officers' Certificate, or established in one or more indentures
supplemental to this Indenture, in any case where the date of maturity of
interest or principal of any Debt Security or the date of redemption of any
Debt Security shall not be a Business Day, then payment of interest or
principal (and premium, if any) may be made on the next succeeding Business
Day with the same force and effect as if made on the nominal date of maturity
or redemption, and no interest shall accrue for the period after such nominal
date.
SECTION 13.09. CONFLICT WITH TRUST INDENTURE ACT. If and to the
extent that any provision of this Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts
with the duties imposed by Sections 310 to 317, inclusive, of the Trust
Indenture Act, such imposed duties shall control.
SECTION 13.10. COUNTERPARTS. This Indenture may be executed in any
number of counterparts, each of which shall be an
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original, but such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the
same instrument.
SECTION 13.11. SEPARABILITY. In case any one or more of the
provisions contained in this Indenture or in the Debt Securities of any
series shall for any reason be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable
in any respect, such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability shall not
affect any other provision of this Indenture or of such Debt Securities, but
this Indenture and such Debt Securities shall be construed as if such invalid
or illegal or unenforceable provision had never been contained herein or
therein.
SECTION 13.12. ASSIGNMENT. The Company will have the right at all
times to assign any of its respective rights or obligations under this
Indenture to a direct or indirect wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Company,
PROVIDED THAT, in the event of any such assignment, the Company will remain
liable for all such obligations. Subject to the foregoing, this Indenture is
binding upon and inures to the benefit of the parties hereto and their
respective successors and assigns. This Indenture may not otherwise be
assigned by the parties thereto.
SECTION 13.13. ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF RIGHTS. The Company acknowledges
that, with respect to any Debt Securities held by a Trust or a trustee of
such Trust, if the Property Trustee of such Trust fails to enforce its rights
under this Indenture as the holder of the series of Debt Securities held as
the assets of such Trust, any holder of Preferred Securities may, after a
period of 30 days has elapsed from such holder's written request to such
Property Trustee to enforce such rights, institute legal proceedings directly
against the Company to enforce such Property Trustee's rights under this
Indenture without first instituting any legal proceedings against such
Property Trustee or any other person or entity.
ARTICLE XIV
SUBORDINATION OF DEBT SECURITIES
SECTION 14.01. SUBORDINATION TERMS. The payment by the Company of
the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on any series of Debt
Securities issued hereunder shall be subordinated to the extent set forth in
an indenture supplemental hereto relating to such Debt Securities.
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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.
TELEPHONE AND DATA SYSTEMS, INC.
By:
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Name:
Title:
Attest:
By: --------------------------
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Secretary
------------------------------,
Not in its individual capacity but
solely as Trustee
By:
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Name:
Title:
Attest:
By:
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Name:
Title:
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STATE OF ILLINOIS)
COUNTY OF COOK ) SS
On the ___ day of _____, 1997, before me personally came _______________
to me known, who, being by me duly sworn, did depose and say that he is
a __________ of TELEPHONE AND DATA SYSTEMS, INC., one of the corporations
described in and which executed the above instrument; that he knows the
corporate seal of said corporation; that the seal affixed to the said
instrument is such corporate seal; that it was so affixed by authority of the
Board of Directors of said corporation, and that he signed his name thereto
by like authority.
NOTARY PUBLIC
[seal] Commission expires:
STATE OF ILLINOIS )
COUNTY OF COOK ) SS
On the ___ day of _____, 1997, before me personally came __________________
to me known, who, being by me duly sworn, did depose and say that he is a
_________________________ of ______________________________, one of the
corporations described in and which executed the above instrument; that he
knows the corporate seal of said corporation; that the seal affixed to the said
instrument is such corporate seal; that it was so affixed by authority of the
Board of Directors of said corporation, and that he signed his name thereto by
like authority.
NOTARY PUBLIC
[seal] Commission expires: