DELAWARE 95-4035997
(STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION OF (I.R.S. EMPLOYER
INCORPORATION OR ORGANIZATION) IDENTIFICATION NO.)
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10889 WILSHIRE BOULEVARD
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA 90024
(310) 208-8800
(ADDRESS, INCLUDING ZIP CODE, AND TELEPHONE NUMBER,
INCLUDING AREA CODE, OF REGISTRANT'S PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES)
From time to time after this Registration Statement becomes effective.
If the only securities being registered on this Form are being offered
pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please check the
following box. [_]
If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on
a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of
1933, other than securities offered only in connection with dividend or
interest reinvestment plans, check the following box. [X]
If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering
pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following
box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier
effective registration statement for the same offering. [_]
If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c)
under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act
registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement
for the same offering. [_]
If delivery of the prospectus is expected to be made pursuant to Rule 434,
please check the following box. [X]
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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PROPOSED PROPOSED
TITLE OF SHARES AMOUNT TO BE MAXIMUM AGGREGATE MAXIMUM AGGREGATE AMOUNT OF
TO BE REGISTERED REGISTERED(1) PRICE PER UNIT OFFERING PRICE(2) REGISTRATION FEE(3)
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Debt Securities............... $800,000,000 100%(4) $800,000,000(4) $182,208.23
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(1) In United States dollars or the equivalent thereof in one or more foreign
currencies, composite currencies or currency units. If any of these
securities are issued at a discount from their principal amount, the
principal amount will be increased such that the aggregate offering price
will equal $800,000,000.
(2) Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee.
(3) The $800,000,000 of securities offered hereby is comprised of $182,345,000
of securities registered pursuant to Registration Statement No. 33-60492
initially filed April 2, 1993 and included herein under Rule 429, for
which the filing fee was previously paid, and $617,655,000 registered
hereby. Accordingly, pursuant to Rule 457(o) under the Securities Act, the
filing fee paid herewith is $182,208.23 ($617,655,000 multiplied by
.000295). In the event any of such previously registered securities are
offered prior to the effective date of this Registration Statement, they
will not be included in the Prospectus constituting a part hereof.
(4) Exclusive of accrued interest, if any.
PROSPECTUS
OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION
[LOGO OF OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION]
SENIOR DEBT SECURITIES
Occidental Petroleum Corporation ("Occidental") may offer from time to time pursuant to this Prospectus its senior unsecured debt securities consisting of notes, debentures or other evidences of indebtedness (the "Debt Securities"). The Debt Securities will be limited to $800,000,000 aggregate public offering price (or, if applicable, the equivalent thereof in any foreign currency or composite currency or currency unit, based on the applicable exchange rate in effect at the time of the sale of such Debt Securities). The Debt Securities may be offered as a single series or as two or more separate series in amounts, at prices and on terms to be determined in light of market conditions at the time of sale and to be set forth in one or more Prospectus Supplements.
The terms of each series of Debt Securities, including, where applicable, the specific designation, the aggregate principal amount, the authorized denominations, the maturity, the rate or rates and the time or times of payment of any interest, any terms for optional or mandatory redemption or payment of additional amounts or any sinking fund provisions, the initial public offering price, the proceeds to Occidental and any other specific terms in connection with the offering and sale of such series will be set forth in one or more Prospectus Supplements. As used herein, Debt Securities shall include securities denominated in United States dollars or, at the option of Occidental if so specified in an applicable Prospectus Supplement, in any other currency or in composite currencies or currency units or in amounts determined by reference to an index. This Prospectus may not be used to consummate sales of Debt Securities unless accompanied by a Prospectus Supplement.
The Debt Securities may be sold to or through one or more underwriters or dealers, directly by Occidental, or through one or more agents designated from time to time. See "Plan of Distribution." If any underwriter or agent of Occidental is involved in the sale of any Debt Securities in respect of which this Prospectus is being delivered, the name of such underwriter or agent and any applicable commission or discount will be set forth in a Prospectus Supplement. The net proceeds to Occidental from such sale also will be set forth in such Prospectus Supplement.
The Debt Securities may be issued in registered form or bearer form or both. Debt Securities issued in bearer form may be offered only to non-United States persons and to offices located outside the United States of certain United States financial institutions. If the Debt Securities of any series are issuable in bearer form, certain limitations on such issuance will be set forth in an applicable Prospectus Supplement.
THESE SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED BY THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION NOR HAS THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION PASSED UPON THE ACCURACY OR ADEQUACY OF THIS PROSPECTUS. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE.
The date of this Prospectus is , 1998.
NO DEALER, SALESMAN OR OTHER PERSON HAS BEEN AUTHORIZED TO GIVE ANY INFORMATION OR TO MAKE ANY REPRESENTATION NOT CONTAINED IN THIS PROSPECTUS OR ANY PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT AND, IF GIVEN OR MADE, SUCH INFORMATION OR REPRESENTATION MUST NOT BE RELIED UPON AS HAVING BEEN AUTHORIZED BY OCCIDENTAL OR ANY UNDERWRITER OR AGENT. NEITHER THIS PROSPECTUS NOR ANY PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT SHALL CONSTITUTE AN OFFER TO SELL OR A SOLICITATION OF AN OFFER TO BUY ANY OF THE SECURITIES OFFERED HEREBY IN ANY JURISDICTION TO ANY PERSON TO WHOM IT IS UNLAWFUL TO MAKE SUCH OFFER IN SUCH JURISDICTION. NEITHER THE DELIVERY OF THIS PROSPECTUS OR ANY PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT NOR ANY SALE MADE HEREUNDER AND THEREUNDER SHALL, UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, CREATE ANY IMPLICATION THAT THE INFORMATION HEREIN OR THEREIN IS CORRECT AS OF ANY TIME SUBSEQUENT TO THEIR RESPECTIVE DATES.
AVAILABLE INFORMATION
Occidental has filed a Registration Statement on Form S-3 (the "Registration Statement") under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") with respect to the Debt Securities. This Prospectus does not contain all the information set forth in the Registration Statement, certain items of which are omitted in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Commission. For further information regarding the Debt Securities offered hereby, reference is made to the Registration Statement and exhibits thereto, which may be inspected without charge at the offices of the Commission at Room 1024, Judiciary Plaza, 450 Fifth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20549, and copies of which may be obtained from the Commission at prescribed rates.
Occidental is subject to the informational requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), and in accordance therewith files reports, proxy statements and other information with the Commission. Such reports, proxy statements and other information may be inspected at, and, upon payment of the Commission's customary charges, copies may be obtained from, the public reference facilities maintained by the Commission at Room 1024, Judiciary Plaza, 450 Fifth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20549, and should also be available for inspection and copying at the regional offices of the Commission located at 7 World Trade Center, 13th Floor, New York, New York 10048 and 500 West Madison Street, Suite 1400, Chicago, Illinois 60661. Copies of such materials can also be obtained from the Public Reference Section of the Commission at the above Washington, D.C. address at prescribed rates. In addition, the Commission maintains a site on the World Wide Web that contains reports, proxy statements and other information filed electronically with the Commission. The address of such Web site is http://www.sec.gov. Such material should also be available for inspection at the offices of the New York Stock Exchange, 20 Broad Street, New York, New York and the Pacific Exchange, 115 Sansome Street, Suite 1104, San Francisco, California.
INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE
The following documents, which have been filed by Occidental with the Commission, are hereby incorporated by reference in this Prospectus:
(i) Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1997; and
(ii) Current Reports on Form 8-K, dated January 26, 1998, January 30, 1998, January 31, 1998, February 10, 1998, February 11, 1998, February 12, 1998, April 1, 1998 and April 20, 1998.
All documents filed by Occidental pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date of this Prospectus and prior to the termination of the offering of the Debt Securities shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this Prospectus and to be a part hereof from the respective dates of filing of such documents. Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Prospectus to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any supplement hereto, or in any other subsequently filed document that also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein, modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Prospectus.
Occidental will furnish without charge to each person, including any beneficial owner, to whom this Prospectus is delivered, upon written or oral request of such person, a copy of any documents incorporated by reference herein, except for exhibits to such documents (unless such exhibits are specifically incorporated by reference into such documents). Requests should be directed to Occidental Petroleum Corporation, 10889 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, California 90024, Attention: David C. Yen, Vice President and Treasurer (telephone (310) 208-8800).
Unless otherwise indicated, currency amounts in this Prospectus and any Prospectus Supplement are stated in United States dollars ("$," "dollars," "U.S. dollars" or "U.S.$").
OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION
Occidental, a Delaware corporation, explores for, develops, produces and markets crude oil and natural gas and manufactures and markets a variety of chlorovinyls, specialty chemicals and petrochemicals. Occidental conducts its principal operations through two subsidiaries: Occidental Oil and Gas Corporation and Occidental Chemical Corporation. Occidental's executive offices are located at 10889 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, California 90024; telephone (310) 208-8800.
USE OF PROCEEDS
Unless otherwise indicated in an applicable Prospectus Supplement, Occidental intends to use the net proceeds from the sale of the Debt Securities for general corporate purposes, primarily the retirement of outstanding indebtedness.
RATIOS OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES
The following are Occidental's total enterprise ratios of earnings to fixed charges for each of the periods indicated:
YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31,
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1997 1996 1995 1994 1993
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1.55 2.08 1.75 (a) (a)
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Earnings are based on Occidental's consolidated income from continuing operations, before taxes on income (other than foreign oil and gas taxes) and before fixed charges. Fixed charges consist of interest and debt expense, including the proportionate share of interest and debt expense of 50-percent- owned equity investments, the portion of lease rentals representative of the interest factor and preferred dividends to minority stockholders of subsidiaries adjusted to a pretax basis.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DEBT SECURITIES
The following description of the terms of the Debt Securities sets forth certain general terms and provisions of the Debt Securities to which any Prospectus Supplement may relate. The particular terms of the Debt Securities offered by any Prospectus Supplement (the "Offered Securities") and the extent to which such general provisions may apply to the Offered Securities will be described in a Prospectus Supplement relating to such Offered Securities.
The Debt Securities will be issued under an Indenture, dated as of April 1, 1998 (the "Indenture"), between Occidental and The Bank of New York, as trustee (the "Trustee"). The terms of the Debt Securities include
those stated in the Indenture and those made part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the "Trust Indenture Act"), and holders of the Debt Securities are referred to the Indenture and the Trust Indenture Act for a statement thereof. The following summary of certain provisions of the Debt Securities and of the Indenture does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Indenture, the proposed form of which has been filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meanings given to them in the Indenture. The term "Securities," as used under this caption, refers to all securities issued or issuable from time to time under the Indenture and includes the Debt Securities.
GENERAL
The Indenture will not limit the aggregate principal amount of Securities that may be issued thereunder, and Securities may be issued thereunder from time to time as a single series or in two or more separate series. Occidental has authorized the issuance of Securities under the Indenture in addition to the $800,000,000 aggregate public offering price of the Debt Securities registered pursuant to the Registration Statement of which this Prospectus is a part. As of the date of this Prospectus, $900,000,000 aggregate public offering price of Securities are outstanding under the Indenture. The Indenture will not limit the ability of Occidental or its subsidiaries to incur additional unsecured indebtedness.
Reference is made to the Prospectus Supplement that accompanies this
Prospectus for a description of the specific terms of the Offered Securities
to which such Prospectus Supplement relates, including, without limitation:
(i) the title of the Offered Securities; (ii) any limit on the aggregate
principal amount of the Offered Securities; (iii) whether the Offered
Securities are to be issuable as Registered Securities, Bearer Securities or
both, whether the Offered Securities may be represented by a Security in
temporary or definitive global form, and, if so, the initial Depositary with
respect to such temporary or definitive global Security, and, if other than as
provided in Section 304 or Section 305 of the Indenture, as applicable,
whether, and the circumstances under which, beneficial owners of interests in
any such temporary or definitive global Security may exchange such interests
for Securities of such series of like tenor and of any authorized form and
denomination; (iv) the price or prices (expressed as a percentage of the
aggregate principal amount thereof) at which the Offered Securities will be
issued; (v) the date or dates on which the principal of the Offered Securities
is payable or the method of determination thereof; (vi) the rate or rates
(which may be fixed or variable) at which the Offered Securities will bear
interest, if any, or the method of calculating such rate or rates and the date
or dates from which such interest, if any, will accrue; (vii) the Interest
Payment Dates on which such interest, if any, on the Offered Securities will
be payable and the Regular Record Date for any interest payable on any Offered
Securities that are Registered Securities on any Interest Payment Date; (viii)
the person to whom any interest will be payable on any Offered Security that
is a Registered Security, if other than the person in whose name the Offered
Security is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for
the payment of such interest; (ix) the manner in which, or the person to whom,
any interest on any Offered Security that is a Bearer Security will be
payable, if other than upon presentation and surrender of the coupons
appertaining thereto, and the extent to which, and the manner in which, any
interest payable on a temporary or definitive global Security on an Interest
Payment Date will be paid; (x) any mandatory or optional sinking fund or
analogous provisions and any provisions for the remarketing of the Offered
Securities; (xi) each office or agency where, subject to the terms of the
Indenture as described below under "Payment and Paying Agents," the principal
of and interest, if any, on the Offered Securities will be payable and each
office or agency where, subject to the terms of the Indenture as described
below under "Form, Exchange, Registration and Transfer," the Offered
Securities may be presented for exchange and Offered Securities that are
Registered Securities may be presented for registration of transfer; (xii) the
date, if any, after or on which, and the price or prices at which, the Offered
Securities may, pursuant to any optional or mandatory redemption provisions,
be redeemed, in whole or in part, and the other detailed terms and provisions
of any such optional or mandatory redemption provisions; (xiii) the
denominations in which any Offered Securities that are Registered Securities
will be issuable, if other than the denomination of $1,000 and any integral
multiple thereof, and the denominations in which any Offered Securities that
are Bearer Securities will be issuable, if other than denominations of $5,000
and $100,000; (xiv) the currency or currencies, including
composite currencies or currency units, for which the Offered Securities may be purchased or in which the Offered Securities may be denominated, and/or in which the payment of principal of and interest, if any, on the Offered Securities shall be payable, if other than U.S. dollars, and, if other than U.S. dollars, whether the Offered Securities may be satisfied and discharged other than as provided in Article Four of the Indenture; (xv) if the amounts of payments of principal of and interest, if any, on the Offered Securities are to be determined by reference to an index, formula or other method, or based on a coin or currency other than that in which the Offered Securities are stated to be payable, the manner in which such amounts shall be determined and the calculation agent, if any, with respect thereto; (xvi) if other than the principal amount thereof, the portion of the principal amount of the Offered Securities that will be payable upon declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to an Event of Default; (xvii) if other than as defined in the Indenture, the meaning of "Business Day" when used with respect to the Offered Securities; (xviii) if the Offered Securities may be issued or delivered (whether upon original issuance or upon exchange of a temporary Security of such series or otherwise), or any installment of principal or interest is payable, only upon receipt of certain certificates or other documents or satisfaction of other conditions in addition to those specified in the Indenture, the forms and terms of such certificates, documents or conditions; (xix) any addition to, or modification or deletion of, any Event of Default, covenant of Occidental or other term or provision specified in the Indenture with respect to the Offered Securities; and (xx) any other terms of the Offered Securities whether or not consistent with the provisions of the Indenture. Any such Prospectus Supplement also will describe any special provisions for the payment of additional amounts with respect to the Offered Securities. The variable terms of the Securities are subject to change from time to time, but no such change will affect any Security already issued or as to which an offer to purchase has been accepted by Occidental.
Securities may be issued as Discount Securities, which may be sold at a
discount below their principal amount. Special United States Federal income
tax considerations applicable to Securities issued at an original issue
discount, including Discount Securities, may be described in any applicable
Prospectus Supplement. Special United States Federal tax considerations and
other restrictions or terms applicable to any Offered Securities that are
(i) issuable in bearer form, (ii) offered exclusively to Non-United States
Holders (as defined in the Indenture) or (iii) denominated in a currency other
than United States dollars will be set forth in a Prospectus Supplement
relating thereto.
FORM, EXCHANGE, REGISTRATION AND TRANSFER
The Securities of a series may be issued solely as Registered Securities, solely as Bearer Securities (with or without coupons attached) or as both Registered Securities and Bearer Securities. Securities of a series may be issuable in whole or part in the form of one or more global Securities, as described below under "Global Securities."
Registered Securities of any series will be exchangeable for other Registered Securities of the same series of any authorized denominations and of a like aggregate principal amount and tenor. In addition, if Securities of any series are issuable as both Registered Securities and as Bearer Securities, at the option of the Holder, subject to the terms of the Indenture, Bearer Securities (accompanied by all unmatured coupons, except as provided below, and all matured coupons in default) of such series will be exchangeable for Registered Securities of the same series of any authorized denominations and of a like aggregate principal amount and tenor. Unless otherwise indicated in an applicable Prospectus Supplement, any Bearer Security surrendered in exchange for a Registered Security between a Regular Record Date or a Special Record Date and the relevant date for payment of interest will be surrendered without the coupon relating to such date for payment of interest and such interest will not be payable in respect of the Registered Security issued in exchange for such Bearer Security, but will be payable only to the Holder of such coupon when due in accordance with the terms of the Indenture. Bearer Securities will not be issued in exchange for Registered Securities.
Securities may be presented for exchange as provided above, and, unless otherwise indicated in an applicable Prospectus Supplement, Registered Securities may be presented for registration of transfer (duly endorsed or accompanied by a duly executed written instrument of transfer), at the office of the Security Registrar
or at the office of any transfer agent designated by Occidental for such purpose with respect to any series of Securities and referred to in an applicable Prospectus Supplement, without service charge and upon payment of any taxes and other governmental charges as described in the Indenture. Such exchange or transfer, as the case may be, will be effected upon the Security Registrar or such transfer agent, as the case may be, being satisfied with the documents of title and identity of the person making the request. Occidental has initially appointed the Trustee as Security Registrar. If a Prospectus Supplement refers to any transfer agent (in addition to the Security Registrar) designated by Occidental with respect to any series of Securities, Occidental may at any time rescind the designation of any such transfer agent or approve a change in the location through which any such transfer agent acts, except that, if Securities of a series are issuable only as Registered Securities, Occidental will be required to maintain a transfer agent in each Place of Payment for such series, and, if Securities of a series are issuable as Bearer Securities, Occidental will be required to maintain a transfer agent in New York City and in a Place of Payment for such series located outside the United States. Occidental may at any time designate additional transfer agents with respect to any series of Securities.
Occidental will not be required to (i) issue, register the transfer of or exchange Securities of any series during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before any selection of Securities of that series to be redeemed and ending (subject to certain exceptions) at the close of business on (a) if Securities of the series are issuable only as Registered Securities, the day of mailing of the relevant notice of redemption and (b) if Securities of the series are issuable as Bearer Securities, the day of the first publication of the relevant notice of redemption or, if Securities of the series are also issuable as Registered Securities and there is no publication, the mailing of the relevant notice of redemption; (ii) register the transfer of or exchange any Registered Security, or portion thereof, called for redemption, except the unredeemed portion of any Registered Security being redeemed in part; or (iii) exchange any Bearer Security called for redemption, except to exchange such Bearer Security for a Registered Security of that series and of like tenor and principal amount that is immediately surrendered for redemption.
PAYMENT AND PAYING AGENTS
Unless otherwise indicated in an applicable Prospectus Supplement, payment of principal of and interest, if any, on Registered Securities will be made at the office of such Paying Agent or Paying Agents as Occidental may designate from time to time, except that, at the option of Occidental, payment of any interest may be made (i) by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto, as such address shall appear in the Security Register, or (ii) by wire transfer to an account maintained by the Person entitled thereto, as specified in the Security Register. Unless otherwise indicated in an applicable Prospectus Supplement, payment of any installment of interest on a Registered Security will be made to the Person in whose name such Registered Security is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest installment.
Unless otherwise indicated in an applicable Prospectus Supplement, interest shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months.
Unless otherwise indicated in an applicable Prospectus Supplement, payment of principal of and interest, if any, on Bearer Securities will be made, subject to any applicable laws and regulations, at the offices of such Paying Agent or Paying Agents outside the United States as Occidental may designate from time to time, or by check mailed to an address or by transfer to an account maintained by the payee outside the United States. Unless otherwise indicated in an applicable Prospectus Supplement, any payment of an installment of interest on any Bearer Security will be made only against surrender of the coupon relating to such interest installment.
Unless otherwise indicated in an applicable Prospectus Supplement, the Trustee, acting through its Corporate Trust Office, will be designated as Occidental's sole Paying Agent for payments with respect to Securities that are issuable solely as Registered Securities and as Occidental's Paying Agent in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, for payments with respect to Securities (subject to any limitations described in any applicable Prospectus Supplement) that are issuable as Bearer Securities. Any Paying Agent outside the United States and any other Paying Agent in the United States initially designated by Occidental for the Offered
Securities will be named in an applicable Prospectus Supplement. Occidental may at any time designate one or more additional Paying Agents or rescind the designation of any Paying Agent or approve a change in the office through which any Paying Agent acts, except that, if Securities of a series are issuable only as Registered Securities, Occidental will be required to maintain a Paying Agent in each Place of Payment for such series, and, if Securities of a series are issuable as Bearer Securities, Occidental will be required to maintain (i) a Paying Agent in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, for payments with respect to any Registered Securities of the series (and for payments with respect to Bearer Securities of the series in the circumstances described in the Indenture, but not otherwise) and (ii) a Paying Agent in a Place of Payment located outside the United States where Securities of such series and any related coupons may be presented and surrendered for payment; provided, however, that if the Securities of such series are listed on The London Stock Exchange or the Luxembourg Stock Exchange or any other stock exchange located outside the United States and such stock exchange shall so require, Occidental will maintain a Paying Agent in London, Luxembourg or any other required city located outside the United States, as the case may be, for the Securities of such series.
All moneys paid by Occidental to a Paying Agent for the payment of principal of or interest, if any, on any Security that remain unclaimed at the end of two years after such principal or interest shall have become due and payable will be repaid to Occidental, and the Holder of such Security or any coupon will thereafter look only to Occidental for payment thereof.
GLOBAL SECURITIES
The Securities of a series may be issued in whole or in part in global form. A Security in global form will be deposited with, or on behalf of, a Depositary, which will be identified in an applicable Prospectus Supplement. A global Security may be issued in either registered or bearer form and in either temporary or definitive form. A Security in global form may not be transferred, except as a whole by the Depositary for such Security to a nominee of such Depositary, or by a nominee of such Depositary to such Depositary or another nominee of such Depositary, or by such Depositary or any such nominee to a successor of such Depositary or a nominee of such successor. If any Securities of a series are issuable in global form, the applicable Prospectus Supplement will describe the circumstances, if any, under which beneficial owners of interests in any such global Security may exchange such interests for definitive Securities of such series and of like tenor and principal amount in any authorized form and denomination, the manner of payment of principal of and interest, if any, on any such global Security and the specific terms of the depositary arrangement with respect to any such global Security.
CERTAIN COVENANTS OF OCCIDENTAL
Limitation on Liens. Occidental will not, nor will it permit any Consolidated Subsidiary (as defined below) to, incur, create, assume, guarantee or otherwise become liable with respect to any Secured Debt (as defined below), unless the Securities are secured equally and ratably with (or prior to) such Secured Debt. This covenant will not apply to: (i) Liens (as defined below) existing on the date of the Indenture; (ii) Liens existing on property of, or on any shares of stock or Indebtedness of, any corporation at the time such corporation becomes a Consolidated Subsidiary; (iii) Liens in favor of Occidental or a Consolidated Subsidiary; (iv) Liens in favor of governmental bodies to secure progress, advance or other payments; (v) Liens existing on property, shares of stock or Indebtedness at the time of acquisition thereof (including acquisition through merger or consolidation) or Liens to secure the payment of all or any part of the purchase price thereof or the cost of construction, installation, renovation, improvement or development thereon or thereof or to secure any Indebtedness incurred prior to, at the time of, or within 360 days after the later of the acquisition, completion of such construction, installation, renovation, improvement or development or the commencement of full operation of such property or within 360 days after the acquisition of such shares or Indebtedness for the purpose of financing all or any part of the purchase price or cost thereof; and (vi) any extension, renewal or refunding of any Liens referred to in the foregoing clauses (i) through (v). Notwithstanding the foregoing, Occidental and one or more Consolidated Subsidiaries may incur, create, assume, guarantee or otherwise become liable with respect to Secured Debt that would otherwise be subject to the foregoing restrictions if, after giving effect thereto, the aggregate amount of
all Secured Debt, together with all Discounted Rental Value (as defined below) in respect of sale and leaseback transactions subject to the restrictions discussed in the following paragraph (excluding sale and leaseback transactions exempted from such restrictions pursuant to clause (i) or (ii) of the last sentence of such paragraph), would not exceed 10% of consolidated Net Tangible Assets (as defined below) of Occidental and its consolidated subsidiaries.
Limitation on Sale and Leaseback Transactions. Occidental will not nor will it permit any Consolidated Subsidiary to sell and lease back any Principal Domestic Property (as defined below) unless: (i) the transaction is one in which the sale has occurred within 360 days after the later of the acquisition, completion of construction or commencement of full operations of the Principal Domestic Property; (ii) Occidental or such Consolidated Subsidiary could subject such Principal Domestic Property to a Lien pursuant to the provisions described above under "Limitation on Liens" in an amount equal to the Discounted Rental Value with respect to the sale and leaseback transaction without equally and ratably securing the Securities; or (iii) Occidental or such Consolidated Subsidiary, within 120 days after such sale, applies or causes to be applied to the retirement of its Funded Debt (as defined below) an amount (subject to credits for certain voluntary retirements of Funded Debt) not less than the greater of (a) the net proceeds of the sale of the Principal Domestic Property leased pursuant to such arrangement or (b) the fair value (as determined in any manner approved by the Board of Directors of Occidental) of the Principal Domestic Property so leased. This restriction will not apply to any sale and leaseback transaction (i) between Occidental and a Consolidated Subsidiary or between Consolidated Subsidiaries or (ii) involving the taking back of a lease for a period, including renewals, of not more than three years.
Other than the limitations in the Indenture on Liens and sale and leaseback transactions described above, the provisions of the Indenture do not afford Holders of the Debt Securities protection in the event of a highly leveraged transaction, reorganization, restructuring, change in control, merger or similar transaction involving Occidental that may adversely affect Holders of the Debt Securities.
CERTAIN DEFINITIONS
"Consolidated Subsidiary" means any Subsidiary included in the financial statements of Occidental and its Subsidiaries prepared on a consolidated basis in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.
"Discounted Rental Value" means, as to any particular lease under which any Person is at the time liable and at any date as of which the amount thereof is to be determined, the total net amount of rent (after deducting the amount of rent to be received by such Person under noncancelable subleases) required to be paid by such Person under such lease during the remaining noncancelable term thereof (including any such period for which such lease has been extended or may, at the option of the lessor, be extended), discounted from the respective due dates thereof to such date at a rate per annum of 11 3/4%. The net amount of rent required to be paid under any such lease for any such period shall be the aggregate amount of the rent payable by the lessee with respect to such period, after excluding amounts required to be paid on account of maintenance and repairs, insurance, taxes, water rates and similar charges. In the case of any lease which is terminable by the lessee upon the payment of a penalty, such net amount shall also include the amount of such penalty, but no rent shall be considered as required to be paid under such lease subsequent to the first date upon which it may be so terminated. If and to the extent the amount of any rent during any future period is not definitely determinable under the lease in question, the amount of such rent shall be estimated in such reasonable manner as the Board of Directors of Occidental may in good faith determine.
"Funded Debt" means all Indebtedness maturing one year or more from the date of the creation thereof, all Indebtedness directly or indirectly renewable or extendible, at the option of the debtor, by its terms or by the terms of any instrument or agreement relating thereto, to a date one year or more from the date of the creation thereof, and all Indebtedness under a revolving credit or similar agreement obligating the lender or lenders to extend credit over a period of one year or more, even though such Indebtedness may also conform to the definition of Short-Term Borrowing.
"Lien" means and includes any mortgage, pledge, lien, security interest, conditional sale or other title retention agreement or other similar encumbrance to secure Indebtedness for borrowed money but excluding any security interest which a lessor may be deemed to have under a lease and any lien which may be deemed to exist under a Production Payment or under any subordination arrangement. "Production Payment" means any economic interest in oil, gas or mineral reserves which (i) entitles the holder thereof to a specified share of future production from such reserves, free of the costs and expenses of such production and (ii) terminates when a specified quantity of such share of future production from such reserves has been delivered or a specified sum has been realized from the sale of such share of future production from such reserves.
"Net Tangible Assets" of any specified Person means the total of all assets properly appearing on a balance sheet of such Person prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, after deducting from such total, without duplication of deductions, (i) all Current Liabilities of such Person; (ii) that portion of the book amount of all such assets which would be treated as intangibles under generally accepted accounting principles, including, without limitation, all such items as goodwill, trademarks, trade names, brands, copyrights, patents, licenses and rights with respect to the foregoing and unamortized debt discount and expense; and (iii) the amount, if any, at which any stock of such Person appears on the asset side of such balance sheet.
"Principal Domestic Property" means any (i) developed oil or gas producing property or (ii) processing or manufacturing plant, in each case which as of the date of the Indenture is or thereafter is owned or leased by Occidental or any Consolidated Subsidiary and which is located in the continental United States (provided, however, that any such property or plant declared by the Board of Directors by Board Resolution not to be of material importance to the business of Occidental and its Consolidated Subsidiaries taken as a whole will be excluded from the foregoing definition).
"Secured Debt" means any Indebtedness of Occidental or any Consolidated Subsidiary, secured by a Lien on any Principal Domestic Property or on any shares of stock or on any Indebtedness of any Consolidated Subsidiary which owns any Principal Domestic Property.
MERGER AND CONSOLIDATION
Occidental may consolidate with or merge into any other corporation, and Occidental may convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to any Person, provided that: (i) the corporation formed by such consolidation or into which Occidental is merged, or the Person that acquires by conveyance or transfer or which leases the properties and assets of Occidental substantially as an entirety, shall be organized and existing under the laws of the United States, any State thereof or the District of Columbia and shall expressly assume the payment of the principal of and interest on the Securities and the performance of every covenant of the Indenture and the Securities on the part of Occidental to be performed or observed; and (ii) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Event of Default (as described below), and no event which, after notice or lapse of time, or both, would become an Event of Default, shall have happened and be continuing.
EVENTS OF DEFAULT
The following are Events of Default under the Indenture with respect to each series of Securities individually: (i) default in the payment of any installment of interest on any Security of such series when due, continued for 30 days; or (ii) default in the payment of the principal of any Security of such series when due; or (iii) default in the performance, or breach, of any other covenant or warranty of Occidental in the Indenture (other than a covenant or warranty that is solely for the benefit of other series of the Securities), continued for 60 days after written notice by the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series; or (iv) acceleration of any indebtedness for money borrowed by Occidental under the terms of the instrument under which such indebtedness is or may be outstanding, if such indebtedness is not discharged or such acceleration is not annulled or rescinded within 20 days after written notice by the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series (provided, that no Event of Default under this clause (iv) shall be deemed to exist as a result of an acceleration of any such
indebtedness if the principal of and interest on such indebtedness, when added to the principal of and interest on all other such indebtedness which has been accelerated as aforesaid (excluding any such indebtedness which has been discharged or as to which the acceleration has been duly rescinded or annulled), shall not exceed $50,000,000); or (v) certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization of Occidental; or (vi) any other event designated in the relevant Prospectus Supplement as an "Event of Default" with respect to the Securities of such series. If an Event of Default with respect to the Securities of any series occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series may declare the principal amount (or, if any of the Securities of such series are Discount Securities, such portion of the principal amount of such Securities as may be specified by the terms thereof) of all of the Securities of such series to be due and payable immediately. Under certain circumstances, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series may rescind such a declaration.
The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series may direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series, provided that, among other things, such direction is not in conflict with any rule of law or the Indenture. In case an Event of Default occurs (and is not cured), the Trustee is required to exercise such of its rights and powers under the Indenture, and 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 own affairs. Subject to such provisions, the Trustee is under no obligation to exercise any of its rights or powers under the Indenture at the request or direction of any of the Holders of the Securities of any series, unless such Holders have offered to the Trustee reasonable security or indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities that might be incurred by it in compliance with any such request or direction.
MODIFICATION AND WAIVER
Occidental and the Trustee may execute a supplemental indenture, without the
consent of the Holders of the Securities or any related coupons: (i) to add to
the covenants, agreements and obligations of Occidental for the benefit of the
Holders of all the Securities of any series or to surrender any right or power
conferred in the Indenture upon Occidental; (ii) to evidence the succession of
another person to Occidental and the assumption by it of the covenants of
Occidental in the Indenture and the Securities; (iii) to provide that Bearer
Securities may be registrable as to principal, to change or eliminate any
restrictions on the payment of principal of or interest, if any, on Bearer
Securities, to permit Bearer Securities to be issued in exchange for
Registered Securities, to permit Bearer Securities to be issued in exchange
for Bearer Securities of other authorized denominations or to permit the
issuance of Securities in uncertificated form, provided that any such action
shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of Securities of any
series or any related coupons in any material respect; (iv) to establish the
form or terms of Securities of any series and any related coupons as permitted
by Sections 201 and 301 of the Indenture; (v) to provide for the acceptance of
appointment under the Indenture of a successor Trustee with respect to the
Securities of one or more series and to add to or change any provisions of the
Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the
administration of the trusts by more than one Trustee; (vi) to cure any
ambiguity or correct any inconsistency in the Indenture or make other changes,
provided that no such action shall adversely affect the interests of the
Holders of the Securities; (vii) to add to, change or eliminate any provisions
(which addition, change or elimination may apply to one or more series of
Securities), provided that any such addition, change or elimination neither
(a) applies to any Security of any series created prior to the execution of
such supplemental indenture that is entitled to the benefit of such provision
nor (b) modifies the rights of the Holder of any such Security with respect to
such provision; or (viii) to secure the Securities.
With the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of the series affected by such supplemental indenture, Occidental and the Trustee also may execute a supplemental indenture to add provisions to, or change in any manner or eliminate any provisions of, the Indenture with respect to such series of Securities or modify in any manner the rights of the holders of the Securities of such series and any related coupons under the Indenture, provided that no such supplemental indenture will, without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security affected thereby: (i) change the
stated maturity of the principal of, or any installment of principal or interest on, any such Security, or reduce the amount of principal of any such Discount Security that would be due and payable upon declaration of acceleration of maturity thereof; (ii) reduce the principal amount of, or the rate of interest on, or any premium payable on, any such Security; (iii) change the place or currency of payment of principal or interest, if any, on any such Security; (iv) impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any payment on or with respect to any such Security; (v) reduce the above- stated percentage of Holders of Securities of any series necessary to modify or amend the Indenture; or (vi) modify the foregoing requirements or reduce the percentage in principal amount of Outstanding Securities of any series necessary to waive any covenant or past default. Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series may waive certain past defaults and may waive compliance by Occidental with certain of the restrictive covenants in the Indenture (including the restrictive covenants described above under "Certain Covenants of Occidental") with respect to the Securities of such series.
DISCHARGE
Unless otherwise indicated in an applicable Prospectus Supplement, Occidental may terminate at any time its obligations under the Indenture with respect to the Securities of any series by (i)(a) delivering all Outstanding Securities of such series to the Trustee for cancellation or (b) depositing with the Trustee funds or non-callable United States government obligations sufficient to pay all remaining principal and interest on the Securities of such series and (ii) complying with certain other provisions of the Indenture.
If Occidental exercises its right to satisfy and discharge its obligations under the Indenture with respect to any series of the Debt Securities prior to its maturity by depositing funds or non-callable United States government obligations in trust for holders of outstanding Debt Securities of that series, such satisfaction and discharge ("discharge"), under present law, is likely to be treated as a redemption of the Debt Securities of that series prior to maturity in exchange for the property deposited in trust. In such event, each holder would generally recognize, at the time of discharge, gain or loss measured by the difference between (i) the sum of (a) the amount of any cash and (b) the fair market value of any property deposited in trust deemed received by the holder (except to the extent attributable to accrued interest) and (ii) the holder's tax basis in the Debt Securities deemed surrendered. Thereafter, each holder would be treated as if it held an undivided interest in the cash (or investments made therewith) and the property held in trust. Each holder would generally be subject to tax liability in respect of interest income and original issue discount, if applicable, thereon and would recognize any gain or loss upon any disposition, including redemption, of the assets held in trust. Although tax might be owed, the holder of a discharged Debt Security would not receive cash (except for current payments of interest on such Debt Security) until the maturity or earlier redemption of such Debt Security. Such tax treatment could affect the purchase price that a holder would receive upon the sale of the Debt Securities.
REPORTS
Occidental is required to furnish to the Trustee annually (i) a statement as to the fulfillment by Occidental of all of its covenants under the Indenture and (ii) within 20 days after the occurrence thereof, notice of each acceleration which, with the giving of notice and the lapse of time, would be an Event of Default, as described above in clause (iv) under "Events of Default."
THE TRUSTEE
The Trustee is a New York banking corporation. The Trustee is a participating lender under a revolving credit agreement of Occidental and provides commercial banking services to Occidental and certain of its subsidiaries. The Indenture contains certain limitations on the rights of the Trustee, as a creditor of Occidental, to obtain payment of claims in certain cases or to realize on certain property received in respect of any such claim as security or otherwise. The Trustee will be permitted to engage in other transactions with Occidental and its subsidiaries; provided, however, that if the Trustee acquires any conflicting interest at such time as a default is pending under the Indenture, it must (with certain exceptions) eliminate such conflict or resign.
PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION
Occidental may sell Debt Securities to one or more underwriters for public offering and sale by them or may sell Debt Securities to investors directly or through agents or dealers. Any such underwriter, agent or dealer involved in the offer and sale of the Debt Securities will be named in the applicable Prospectus Supplement. Occidental may also sell Offered Securities to an agent as principal.
Underwriters may offer and sell the Offered Securities at a fixed price or prices, which may be changed, or from time to time at market prices prevailing at the time of sale, at prices related to such prevailing market prices or at negotiated prices. Occidental also may, from time to time, authorize underwriters acting as its agents to offer and sell the Offered Securities upon the terms and conditions set forth in any Prospectus Supplement. In connection with the sale of Offered Securities, underwriters may be deemed to have received compensation from Occidental in the form of underwriting discounts or commissions and may also receive commissions from purchasers of Offered Securities for whom they may act as agent. Underwriters may sell Offered Securities to or through dealers, and such dealers may receive compensation in the form of discounts, concessions or commissions from the underwriters and/or commissions (which may be changed from time to time) from the purchasers for whom they may act as agent.
If a dealer is utilized in the sale of the Offered Securities in respect of which this Prospectus is delivered, Occidental will sell such Offered Securities to such dealer, as principal. The dealer may then resell such Offered Securities to the public at varying prices to be determined by such dealer at the time of resale.
Any underwriting compensation paid by Occidental to underwriters or agents in connection with the offering of Offered Securities, and any discounts, concessions or commissions allowed by underwriters to participating dealers, will be set forth in an applicable Prospectus Supplement. Underwriters, dealers and agents participating in the distribution of the Offered Securities may be deemed to be underwriters under the Securities Act, and any discounts and commissions received by them and any profit realized by them on resale of the Offered Securities may be deemed to be underwriting discounts and commissions under the Securities Act. Underwriters, dealers and agents may be entitled under agreements with Occidental to indemnification against and contribution toward certain civil liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act, and to reimbursement by Occidental for certain expenses.
If so indicated in an applicable Prospectus Supplement, Occidental will authorize dealers acting as its agents to solicit offers by certain institutions to purchase Offered Securities from Occidental at the public offering price set forth in such Prospectus Supplement pursuant to Delayed Delivery Contracts ("Contracts") providing for payment and delivery on the date or dates stated in such Prospectus Supplement. Each Contract will be for an amount not less than, and the aggregate principal amount or offering price of Offered Securities sold pursuant to Contracts shall not be less nor more than, the respective amounts stated in such Prospectus Supplement. Institutions with whom Contracts, when authorized, may be made include commercial and savings banks, insurance companies, pension funds, investment companies, educational and charitable institutions and other institutions, but will in all cases be subject to the approval of Occidental.
Offered Securities may also be offered and sold, if so indicated in the Prospectus Supplement, in connection with a remarketing upon their purchase, in accordance with a redemption or repayment pursuant to their terms, or otherwise, by one or more firms ("remarketing firms"), acting as principals for their own accounts or as agents for Occidental. Any remarketing firm will be identified and the terms of its agreement, if any, with Occidental and its compensation will be described in the Prospectus Supplement. Remarketing firms may be deemed to be underwriters in connection with the Offered Securities remarketed thereby. Remarketing firms may be entitled under agreements which may be entered into with Occidental to indemnification by Occidental against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act.
The Debt Securities may or may not be listed on a national securities exchange or a foreign securities exchange. No assurances can be given that there will be a market for any of the Debt Securities.
LEGAL MATTERS
Certain legal matters with respect to the legality of the Debt Securities being offered hereby will be passed upon for Occidental by Robert E. Sawyer, Esq., Associate General Counsel of Occidental. Mr. Sawyer beneficially owns, and has rights to acquire under employee stock options, an aggregate of less than 1% of the outstanding common stock of Occidental.
EXPERTS
The consolidated financial statements and financial statement schedule of Occidental and its subsidiaries, for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1997, included or incorporated by reference in Occidental's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1997, which are incorporated by reference in this Prospectus, have been audited by Arthur Andersen LLP, independent public accountants, as indicated in their reports with respect thereto, and are incorporated by reference herein in reliance upon the authority of said firm as experts in accounting and auditing in giving said reports.
The statements of financial position of the U.S. Department of Energy Naval Petroleum Reserve No. 1 (NPR-1) as of September 30, 1997 and 1996, and the related statements of operations and changes in net position, and cash flows for the year then ended, which appears in Occidental's Current Report on Form 8-K dated February 10, 1998 (date of earliest event reported) have been incorporated by reference herein and in the registration statement in reliance upon the report dated November 14, 1997 of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP, independent auditors, incorporated by reference herein, and upon the authority of said firm as experts in accounting and auditing.
PART II
INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS
ITEM 14. OTHER EXPENSES OF ISSUANCE AND DISTRIBUTION.
The estimated expenses in connection with this offering to be borne by Occidental, other than any fees, discounts and commissions payable to underwriters or agents, are:
SEC Registration fee............................................ $182,208.23
Printing fees and expenses...................................... 25,000.00
Accounting fees and expenses.................................... 30,000.00
Rating agency fees.............................................. 252,750.00
Legal fees and expenses......................................... 50,000.00
Trustee fees and expenses....................................... 15,000.00
Miscellaneous................................................... 45,041.77
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Total......................................................... $600,000.00
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ITEM 15. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS.
Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law authorizes a court to award, or a corporation's board of directors to grant, indemnity to directors and officers under certain circumstances for liabilities incurred in connection with their activities in such capacities (including reimbursement for expenses incurred). Occidental's Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, provides for the elimination of personal liability of its directors to the full extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law and Occidental has entered into indemnification agreements with each director and certain officers providing for additional indemnification. Article VIII of Occidental's By-laws provides that Occidental shall indemnify directors and officers under certain circumstances for liabilities and expenses incurred by reason of their activities in such capacities. In addition, Occidental has insurance policies that provide liability coverage to directors and officers while acting in such capacities.
The forms of Underwriting Agreement and Distribution Agreement filed as Exhibits 1.1 and 1.2, respectively, to this Registration Statement provide for indemnification of directors and officers of Occidental by the underwriters or agents, as the case may be, against certain liabilities.
ITEM 16. EXHIBITS.
1.1 Form of Underwriting Agreement.
1.2 Form of Distribution Agreement.
4 Indenture, dated as of April 1, 1998, between Occidental and The Bank of
New York, as Trustee.
5 Opinion of Robert E. Sawyer, Esq. regarding the validity of the Debt
Securities.
12 Statement regarding the computation of total enterprise ratios of
earnings to fixed charges (incorporated by reference from Exhibit 12 to
Occidental's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
1997, File No. 1-9210).
23.1 Consent of Robert E. Sawyer, Esq. (included in Exhibit 5).
23.2 Consent of Independent Public Accountants (Arthur Andersen LLP).
23.3 Consent of Independent Public Accountants (KPMG Peat Marwick LLP).
24 Power of Attorney of the Registrant (included on page II-3).
25 Statement of Eligibility under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as
amended, of The Bank of New York, as Trustee under the Indenture.
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ITEM 17. UNDERTAKINGS.
(a) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement to include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
(b) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Donald P. de Brier, Scott A. King, Matthew T. Gay and Robert E. Sawyer his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone, with full powers of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any or all Amendments (including Post-Effective Amendments) to this Registration Statement and/or to sign any related Registration Statement filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and in each case to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone, or his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Los Angeles, State of California, on May 7, 1998.
OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION
/s/ R.R. IRANI
By: _________________________________
Ray R. Irani
Chairman of the Board of
Directors
and Chief Executive Officer
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
SIGNATURE TITLE DATE
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/s/ R.R. IRANI Chairman of the Board of May 7, 1998
____________________________________ Directors and Chief
Ray R. Irani Executive Officer
/s/ A.R. LEACH Executive Vice President and May 7, 1998
____________________________________ Chief Financial Officer
Anthony R. Leach
/s/ S.P. DOMINICK Vice President and May 7, 1998
____________________________________ Controller (Chief
Samuel P. Dominick, Jr. Accounting Officer)
/s/ JOHN S. CHALSTY Director May 7, 1998
____________________________________
John S. Chalsty
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SIGNATURE TITLE DATE
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/s/ EDWARD P. DJEREJIAN Director May 7, 1998
____________________________________
Edward P. Djerejian
Director
____________________________________
Albert Gore
/s/ ARTHUR GROMAN Director May 7, 1998
____________________________________
Arthur Groman
/s/ J. ROGER HIRL Director May 7, 1998
____________________________________
J. Roger Hirl
Director
____________________________________
John W. Kluge
/s/ DALE R. LAURANCE Director May 7, 1998
____________________________________
Dale R. Laurance
/s/ I. W. MALONEY Director May 7, 1998
____________________________________
Irvin W. Maloney
/s/ GEORGE O. NOLLEY Director May 7, 1998
____________________________________
George O. Nolley
/s/ R. SEGOVIA Director May 7, 1998
____________________________________
Rodolfo Segovia
/s/ A. D. SYRIANI Director May 7, 1998
____________________________________
Aziz D. Syriani
/s/ ROSEMARY TOMICH Director May 7, 1998
____________________________________
Rosemary Tomich
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
EXHIBIT
NUMBER DESCRIPTION
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1.1 Form of Underwriting Agreement
1.2 Form of Distribution Agreement
4 Indenture, dated as of April 1, 1998, between Occidental and The
Bank of New York, as Trustee.
5 Opinion of Robert E. Sawyer, Esq. regarding the validity of the
Debt Securities
12 Statement regarding the computation of total enterprise ratios
of earnings to fixed charges (incorporated by reference from
Exhibit 12 to Occidental's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
year ended December 31, 1997, File No. 1-9210)
23.1 Consent of Robert E. Sawyer, Esq. (included in Exhibit 5)
23.2 Consent of Independent Public Accountants (Arthur Andersen LLP)
23.3 Consent of Independent Public Accountants (KPMG Peat Marwick
LLP)
24 Power of Attorney of the Registrant (included on page II-3)
25 Statement of Eligibility under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939,
as amended, of The Bank of New York, as Trustee under the
Indenture
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EXHIBIT 1.1
OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION
FORM OF UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
[Date]
Dear Sirs:
Occidental Petroleum Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), confirms its agreement with [insert names of lead underwriters] (collectively the "Underwriters," which term shall also include any underwriter substituted as hereinafter provided in Section 11 hereof) with respect to the sale by the Company and the purchase by the Underwriters, acting severally and not jointly, of the respective principal amounts set forth opposite their names on Schedule A hereto, of the Company's (the "Notes"). The Notes are to be issued pursuant to the Indenture (the "Indenture", which term, for the purpose of this Agreement, shall include the Officers' Certificate with respect to the Notes delivered pursuant to Sections 201 and 301 of the Indenture), dated as of April 1, 1998, between the Company and The Bank of New York, as trustee (the "Trustee").
The Company has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") a registration statement on Form S-3 (No. 333- ) and, if applicable, one or more amendments thereto for the registration of senior debt securities, including the Notes, under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "1933 Act"), and the offering thereof from time to time in accordance with Rule 415 of the rules and regulations of the Commission under the 1933 Act (the "1933 Act Regulations"). Such registration statement (as amended, if applicable) has been declared effective
by the Commission and the Indenture has been qualified under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the "1939 Act"). Such registration statement (as amended, if applicable) and the prospectus constituting a part thereof, together with any prospectus supplement relating to the Notes, including, in each case, all Incorporated Documents (as hereinafter defined), are referred to herein as the "Registration Statement" and the "Prospectus," respectively, except that, if any revised prospectus or revised prospectus supplement shall be provided to the Underwriters by the Company for use in connection with the offering of the Notes that is not required to be filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the 1933 Act Regulations, the term "Prospectus" shall refer to such revised prospectus or prospectus supplement, as the case may be, from and after the time it is first provided to the Underwriters for such use. The term "Registration Statement" shall include any related registration statement filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) of the 1933 Act Regulations. Any reference herein to the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include the documents, financial statements and schedules incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 under the 1933 Act, and any reference to any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include any documents, financial statements and schedules filed by the Company with the Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "1934 Act"), and so incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference (such incorporated documents, financial statements and schedules being herein called the "Incorporated Documents"). Notwithstanding the foregoing, for purposes of this Agreement any prospectus supplement prepared or filed with respect to an offering pursuant to the Registration Statement of a series of debt securities other than the Notes shall not be deemed to have supplemented the Prospectus.
The Company understands that the Underwriters propose to make a public offering of the Notes as soon as the Underwriters deem advisable after this Agreement has been executed and delivered.
Section 1. Representations and Warranties.
(a) The Company represents and warrants to each of the Underwriters as follows:
(i) The Incorporated Documents, when they were filed or became effective (or, if an amendment with respect to any such Incorporated Document was filed or
became effective, when such amendment was filed or became effective) with the Commission, as the case may be, complied in all material respects with the requirements of the 1934 Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission under the 1934 Act (the "1934 Act Regulations"), and any Incorporated Documents filed subsequent to the date hereof and prior to the termination of the offering of the Notes, will, when they are filed with the Commission, comply in all material respects with the requirements of the 1934 Act and the 1934 Act Regulations; no such Incorporated Document, when it was filed or became effective (or, if an amendment with respect to any such Incorporated Document was filed or became effective, when such amendment was filed or became effective) with the Commission, contained, and no Incorporated Document filed subsequent to the date hereof and prior to the termination of the offering of the Notes will contain, an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted, or will omit, to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were or will be made, not misleading.
(ii) Each preliminary prospectus relating to the Notes filed as part of the Registration Statement as originally filed or as part of any amendment thereto, or filed pursuant to Rule 424 of the 1933 Act Regulations, when so filed, and the Registration Statement, at the time it became effective, complied in all material respects with the provisions of the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act Regulations; at the date hereof and at the Closing Time, the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, and any supplement or amendment thereto relating to the Notes, comply and will comply in all material respects with the provisions of the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act Regulations; and the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, and any such supplement or amendment thereto relating to the Notes, at all such times did not and will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; except that this representation and warranty does not apply to statements or omissions in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or any preliminary prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, made in reliance upon information furnished to the Company in writing by or on behalf of any Underwriter expressly for use therein or to those parts of the Registration Statement that constitute the Trustee's Statement of Eligibility on Form T-1 under the 1939 Act (the "Form T-1"). There is no contract or document of a character required to be described in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or to
be filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement that is not described or filed as required.
(iii) This Agreement, the Indenture and the Notes have been duly authorized by the Company and conform in all material respects to the descriptions thereof in the Prospectus.
(iv) The Indenture (assuming the due execution and delivery thereof by the Trustee) is, and the Notes (when executed by the Company and authenticated in accordance with the Indenture and delivered to and paid for by the purchasers thereof) will be, the legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by (A) bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws now or hereafter in effect relating to or affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights generally and (B) general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law). The Notes (when executed by the Company and authenticated in accordance with the terms of the Indenture and delivered to and paid for by the purchasers thereof) will be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture (subject to the exceptions set forth in the preceding sentence).
(v) The Company and each of Occidental Chemical Holding Corporation, a California corporation, and Occidental Oil and Gas Corporation, a California corporation (each a "Principal Domestic Subsidiary" and collectively the "Principal Domestic Subsidiaries") is a validly existing corporation in good standing under the laws of its state of incorporation. The Company and each Principal Domestic Subsidiary has full corporate power and authority to own its properties and carry on its business as presently conducted, as described in the Prospectus, and is duly registered or qualified to conduct business, and is in good standing, in each jurisdiction in which it owns or leases property or transacts business and in which such registration or qualification is necessary, except as to jurisdictions where the failure to do so would not have a material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole. All of the outstanding capital stock or other securities evidencing equity ownership of each Principal Domestic Subsidiary has been duly and validly authorized and issued and is fully paid and non-assessable, and is owned by the Company, directly or indirectly through subsidiaries, free and clear of any security interest, claim, lien or encumbrance. There are no
outstanding rights, warrants or options to acquire, or instruments convertible into or exchangeable for, any shares of capital stock or other equity interest in any such Principal Domestic Subsidiary, except for rights, warrants or options held by the Company.
(vi) Except as contemplated in the Prospectus or reflected therein by the filing of any amendment or supplement thereto or any Incorporated Document, since the date of the most recent consolidated financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, unless the Company has notified the Underwriters as provided in Section 4(d) hereof, there has not been any material adverse change in the consolidated financial condition of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
(vii) The Company is not in violation of its Restated Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws, in each case, as amended. The execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Company, the issuance and sale of the Notes and the performance by the Company of its obligations under this Agreement and the Indenture will not conflict with or constitute a breach of or a default (with the passage of time or otherwise) under (A) the Restated Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws of the Company, in each case, as amended, (B) any agreement or instrument (which is, individually or in the aggregate, material to the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole) to which the Company is a party or by which it is bound or (C) any order of any court or governmental agency or authority presently in effect and applicable to the Company or any Principal Domestic Subsidiary. Except for orders, permits and similar authorizations required under the securities or Blue Sky laws of certain jurisdictions, including jurisdictions outside the United States, or required of any securities exchange on which any of the Notes might be listed, no consent, approval, authorization or other order of any regulatory body, administrative agency or other governmental body is legally required for the valid issuance and sale of the Notes.
(viii) To the best of the Company's knowledge, the accountants who have audited and reported upon the consolidated financial statements filed with the Commission as part of the Registration Statement and the Prospectus are independent accountants as required by the 1933 Act. The consolidated financial statements included in the Registration Statement and Prospectus, or incorporated therein by reference, fairly present the consolidated financial
position and results of operations of the entities to which such statements relate at the respective dates and for the respective periods to which they apply. Such consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles consistently applied, except as set forth in the Registration Statement and Prospectus.
(ix) The Company has complied with, and is and will be in compliance with, the provisions of that certain Florida act relating to disclosure of doing business with Cuba, codified as Section 517.075 of the Florida statutes, and the rules and regulations thereunder (collectively, the "Cuba Act") or is exempt therefrom.
(b) Additional Certifications. Any certificate signed by any officer of the Company and delivered to the Underwriters or to counsel for the Underwriters in connection with transactions contemplated hereby shall be deemed a representation and warranty by the Company to such Underwriters as to the matters covered thereby on the date of such certificate.
Section 2. Sale and Delivery to the Underwriters; Closing.
(a) Purchase and Sale. On the basis of the representations and warranties herein contained and subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, the Company agrees to issue and sell to each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, and each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees to purchase from the Company, at % of the principal amount thereof, the principal amount of Notes set forth on Schedule A opposite the name of such Underwriter.
(b) Closing Time. Payment of the purchase price for, and delivery of the certificates for, the Notes shall be made at the offices of , or at such other place as shall be agreed upon by the Underwriters and the Company, at 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the third business day (fourth, if the pricing occurs after 4:30 p.m. (New York City time) on any given day) after execution and delivery of this Agreement (unless postponed in accordance with the provisions of Section 11), or such other time not later than ten business days after such date as shall be agreed upon by the Underwriters and the Company (such time and date of payment and delivery being herein called "Closing Time"). Payment shall be made to the Company by wire transfer of immediately available funds to a bank account designated by the Company, against delivery to the Underwriters of certificates for the Notes to be purchased by them. Certificates for the Notes shall be in such denominations and
registered in such names as the Underwriters may request in writing by 12:00 noon New York City time at least one full business day before Closing Time. It is understood that each Underwriter has authorized for its respective account, to accept delivery of, and receipt for, and make payment of the purchase price for, the Notes which such Underwriter has agreed to purchase. The certificates for the Notes will be made available for examination and packaging by the Underwriters not later than 10:00 a.m. on the last business day prior to Closing Time in The City of New York.
Section 3. Foreign Offerings.
Each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, represents and agrees that (i) such Underwriter has not solicited, and will not solicit, offers to purchase any of the Notes from, (ii) such Underwriter has not sold, and will not sell, any of the Notes to, and (iii) such Underwriter has not distributed, and will not distribute, the Prospectus to, any person or entity in any jurisdiction outside of the United States (collectively "Foreign Offers and Sales") except, in each case, in compliance in all material respects with all applicable laws and, in connection with the initial offering of, or subscription for, any of the Notes, only with the prior written consent of the Company and in full compliance with any requirements and procedures established by the Company with respect to any such Foreign Offers and Sales. For the purposes of this paragraph, "United States" means the United States of America, its territories, its possessions (including the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico) and other areas subject to its jurisdiction.
In particular and without limiting the generality of the foregoing:
(i) Each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees to distribute, in connection with any Foreign Offers and Sales, only those Prospectuses used in connection therewith that have been appropriately "stickered" for use in the jurisdiction in which such Foreign Offers and Sales are to be made.
(ii) With respect to the United Kingdom, each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, represents and agrees that (A) it has not offered or sold and, prior to the expiry of the period of six months from the Closing Time, will not offer or sell any Notes to persons in the United Kingdom except to persons whose ordinary activities involve them in acquiring, holding, managing or disposing of investments (as principal or agent) for the purposes of their businesses or otherwise in circumstances which have not resulted and
will not result in an offer to the public in the United Kingdom within the meaning of the Public Offers of Securities Regulations 1995, (B) it has complied and will comply with all applicable provisions of the Financial Services Act of 1986 (the "Financial Services Act") with respect to anything done by it in relation to the Notes in, from or otherwise involving the United Kingdom and (C) it has only issued or passed on, and will only issue or pass on, in the United Kingdom any document received by it in connection with the issue of the Notes, other than any document which consists of or any part of listing particulars, supplementary listing particulars or any other document required or permitted to be published by listing rules under Part IV of the Financial Services Act, to a person who is of a kind described in Article 11(3) of the Financial Services Act 1986 (Investment Advertisements) (Exemptions) Order 1996 or is a person to whom such document may otherwise lawfully be issued or passed on.
(iii) With respect to Japan, each Underwriter understands that the Notes have not been, and will not be, registered under the Securities and Exchange Law of Japan, and, accordingly, each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, represents and agrees that (A) in connection with the initial offering of any of the Notes, such Underwriter has not, directly or indirectly, offered or sold, and will not, directly or indirectly, offer or sell, any of the Notes in Japan or to any resident of Japan (including any corporation or other entity incorporated or organized under the laws of Japan), or to others for re-offering or resale, directly or indirectly, in Japan or to any such resident of Japan, except, in each case, in compliance in all material respects with the Securities and Exchange Law of Japan, and (B) with respect to any such sale of the Notes made by such Underwriter, such Underwriter will effect all necessary filings in connection with such sale, including, without limitation, any required filings of notifications with the Minister of Finance of Japan, as required pursuant to the provisions of relevant securities or foreign exchange control legislation of Japan.
(iv) With respect to the Provinces of Canada (the "Provinces"), each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, represents and agrees that, in connection with the initial offering of any of the Notes, (A) such Underwriter will not, directly or indirectly, offer or sell any of the Notes in any of the Provinces or to, or for the benefit of, any resident of any of the Provinces after the date (the "Canadian Ending Date") set by the Company for the end of the offer of such Notes, and, without the prior written consent of the Company,
such Underwriter will not distribute or permit to be distributed any Prospectus in any of the Provinces or to, or for the benefit of, any resident of any of the Provinces after the Canadian Ending Date, (B) with respect to anything done by such Underwriter in relation to the Notes in, from, or otherwise involving, any of the Provinces, such Underwriter has complied, and will comply, in all material respects, with all applicable provisions of the securities legislation of Canada and the Provinces (the "Canadian Securities Legislation") (including, without limitation, the conveyance, or the provision of assistance to the Company in conveying, any right of rescission, damages or other right as required by applicable Canadian Securities Legislation) so that any offer or sale of any of the Notes in the Provinces, or any of them, will qualify for exemptions from prospectus, registration and equivalent requirements, or exemptions from other applicable requirements, as prescribed by the Canadian Securities Legislation in force at the time when such offer or sale is made, provided that such offer or sale is made pursuant to the Prospectus, as supplemented to the extent required by the Canadian Securities Legislation (the Prospectus, as so supplemented, hereinafter referred to as the "Canadian Offering Memorandum"), (C) with respect to Notes offered or sold, or to be offered or sold, by such Underwriter, or Notes purchased, or to be purchased, by such Underwriter, it has provided, and will provide, investors, where required pursuant to the provisions of applicable Canadian Securities Legislation, with (1) the Canadian Offering Memorandum, and (2) a list of the documents filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the 1934 Act subsequent to the date of the final Prospectus and will obtain from each of such investors an acknowledgment in form satisfactory to the Company, and (D) with respect to any such sale of the Notes made by such Underwriter, such Underwriter will effect all necessary filings in connection with such sale, including, without limitation, any required filings of (x) reports of trades and (y) the Canadian Offering Memorandum, in each case with provincial securities commissions, as required pursuant to the provisions of applicable Canadian Securities Legislation.
Section 4. Covenants of the Company.
The Company covenants with each Underwriter as follows:
(a) Notice of Certain Events. During the period from the date hereof to and including the time at which the distribution of the Notes is completed, the Company
will notify the Underwriters promptly (i) of the effectiveness of any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement, (ii) of the receipt of any comments from the Commission with respect to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, (iii) of any request by the Commission for any amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus or for additional information and (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or the initiation of any proceedings for that purpose. The Company will make every reasonable effort to prevent the issuance of any such stop order and, if any such stop order is issued, to obtain the lifting thereof at the earliest possible moment.
(b) Proposed Filings. During the period from the date hereof to and including the Closing Time, the Company will not file any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement, or file any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus, in any such case relating to the Notes, of which the Underwriters shall not previously have been advised or to which the Underwriters shall reasonably object in writing, unless, in the judgment of the Company and its counsel, such amendment or supplement is necessary to comply with law.
(c) Copies of the Registration Statement and the Prospectus. The Company will deliver to each of the Underwriters one signed and as many conformed copies of the Registration Statement (as originally filed) and of each amendment thereto relating to the Notes (including the Incorporated Documents and any exhibits filed therewith or incorporated by reference therein) as the Underwriters may reasonably request. The Company will furnish to the Underwriters as many copies of the Prospectus (as amended or supplemented) as the Underwriters shall reasonably request so long as the Underwriters are required to deliver a Prospectus in connection with sales or solicitations of offers to purchase the Notes.
(d) Revisions of Prospectus--Material Changes. So long as the Underwriters are required to deliver a Prospectus in connection with sales or solicitations of offers to purchase the Notes, if any event shall occur or condition exist as a result of which it is necessary, in the opinion of counsel for the Company and of counsel for the Underwriters, to further amend or supplement the Prospectus in order that the Prospectus will not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading, in the light of the circumstances existing at the time it is delivered to a purchaser, or if it shall be necessary, in the opinion of such counsel, to amend or supplement the Registration Statement or the Prospectus in order to comply with the requirements of
the 1933 Act or the 1933 Act Regulations, prompt notice shall be given to the Underwriters, and the Company will promptly prepare and file an amendment or supplement to the Prospectus so that the Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, will not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading, in the light of the circumstances existing at the time it is delivered to the Underwriters.
(e) Earnings Statements. The Company will make generally available to its security holders a consolidated earnings statement (which need not be audited) covering a period of at least twelve months commencing after the Closing Time (but in no event commencing later than 90 days after the Closing Time), as soon as is reasonably practicable after the end of such period, which earnings statement shall satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) and Rule 158 of the 1933 Act.
(f) Blue Sky Qualifications. The Company will endeavor, in cooperation with the Underwriters, to qualify the Notes for offering and sale under the applicable securities laws of such states and other jurisdictions as the Underwriters may reasonably designate (provided no registration shall be required in any jurisdiction outside the United States), and will maintain such qualifications in effect for as long as may be required for the distribution of the Notes; provided, however, that the Company will promptly notify the Underwriters of any suspension of any such qualifications; and provided, further, that the Company shall not be obligated to register or qualify as a foreign corporation or take any action which would subject it to general service of process in any jurisdiction where it is not now so subject.
(g) Filing of Prospectus. Immediately following the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Company will prepare and file or transmit for filing with the Commission in accordance with Rule 424(b) of the 1933 Act Regulations, copies of a supplement to the Prospectus containing the terms of the Notes and such other information as the Underwriters and the Company deem appropriate.
[(h) Listing of Notes. The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Notes to be duly authorized for listing on the New York Stock Exchange.]
Section 5. Payment of Expenses.
The Company will pay all expenses incident to the performance of its obligations under this Agreement, including:
(i) The preparation and filing of the Registration Statement and all amendments thereto and the Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto and all Incorporated Documents;
(ii) The preparation, filing and printing of this Agreement;
(iii) The preparation, printing, issuance and delivery of the Notes;
(iv) The fees and disbursements of the Trustee and its counsel, of any calculation agent or exchange rate agent and of The Depository Trust Company;
(v) The qualification of the Notes under securities laws in accordance with the provisions of Section 4(f) hereof, including filing fees and the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel to the Underwriters in connection therewith and in connection with the preparation of any Blue Sky survey and any legal investment survey;
(vi) The printing and delivery to the Underwriters in quantities as hereinabove stated of copies of the Registration Statement and any amendments thereto, and of the Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto relating to the Notes, and the delivery by the Underwriters of the Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto in connection with solicitations of offers to purchase, or confirmations of sales of, the Notes;
(vii) The preparation, printing and delivery to the Underwriters of copies of the Indenture;
(viii) Any fees charged by rating agencies for the rating of the Notes; and
(ix) The fees and expenses, if any, incurred with respect to any filing with the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. relating to the offering made hereby.
If this Agreement is terminated pursuant to any of the provisions hereof (otherwise than by notice given by the Underwriters in connection with the occurrence of any event set forth in clauses (ii) through (iv) of Section 10(a) or pursuant to Section 11), the Company shall reimburse the Underwriters for all of their
out-of-pocket expenses, including the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters.
Section 6. Conditions of Underwriters' Obligations.
The obligations of the Underwriters hereunder are subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties on the part of the Company herein and the accuracy of the statements of the Company's officers made in any certificate furnished pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance and observance by the Company of all covenants and agreements herein contained on its part to be performed and observed and to the following additional conditions precedent:
(a) At the Closing Time, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement shall have been issued and no proceedings for that purpose shall be instituted or threatened or, to the knowledge of the Company or any of the Underwriters, contemplated by the Commission; no stop order suspending the sale of the Notes in any jurisdiction designated by the Underwriters pursuant to Section 4(f) shall have been issued and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been instituted or threatened or, to the knowledge of the Company or the Underwriters, shall be contemplated; any request of the Commission for additional information (to be included in the Registration Statement or Prospectus or otherwise) shall have been complied with to the satisfaction of the Underwriters. The supplement to the Prospectus referred to in Section 4(g) of this Agreement shall have been transmitted to the Commission for filing pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the 1933 Act Regulations within the prescribed time period, and prior to Closing Time the Company shall have provided evidence satisfactory to the Underwriters of such timely filing.
(b) The Underwriters shall have received an opinion from Robert E. Sawyer, Esq., Associate General Counsel for the Company, dated as of the Closing Time and in form and substance satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriters, to the effect that:
(i) The Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware. Each Principal Domestic Subsidiary is validly existing in good standing under the laws of its state of incorporation.
(ii) The Company has full corporate power and corporate authority to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement and the Inden-
ture, to borrow money as contemplated in this Agreement and the Indenture, and to issue, sell and deliver the Notes.
(iii) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company.
(iv) The Indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered
by the Company and (assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery
thereof by the Trustee) is a valid and binding agreement of the Company
enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except that
(x) such enforceability may be limited by (A) bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws now or hereafter in
effect relating to creditors' rights generally or (B) general principles of
equity (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in a proceeding in
equity or at law) and (y) the waiver contained in Section 515 of the
Indenture may be deemed unenforceable.
(v) No consent or approval of any United States governmental authority or other United States person or United States entity is required in connection with the issuance or sale of the Notes other than registration thereof under the 1933 Act, qualification of the Indenture under the 1939 Act, and such registrations or qualifications as may be necessary under the securities or Blue Sky laws of the various United States jurisdictions in which the Notes are to be offered or sold. The opinion expressed in this paragraph (v) is limited to those consents and approvals which, in such counsel's experience, are normally applicable to transactions of the type contemplated by this Agreement.
(vi) The Notes have been duly authorized by the Company and, when executed by the Company and authenticated by the Trustee in accordance with the terms of the Indenture (assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery of the Indenture by the Trustee) and issued to and paid for by the Underwriters in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, will be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture and will be valid and binding obligations of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with their respective terms, except that (x) such enforceability may be limited by (A) bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws now or hereafter in effect relating to creditors' rights generally or (B) general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforcement is sought in a
proceeding in equity or at law) and (y) the waiver contained in Section 515 of the Indenture may be deemed unenforceable.
(vii) The Registration Statement has become effective under the 1933 Act and the Indenture has been qualified under the 1939 Act, and, to the best of such counsel's knowledge, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or are pending or contemplated by the Commission.
(viii) The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the Indenture by the Company, the issuance and sale of the Notes and the performance of the Company's obligations under this Agreement and the Indenture will not conflict with or constitute a breach of or a default (with the passage of time or otherwise) under (A) the Restated Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws of the Company, in each case, as amended, (B) any statute, law or regulation to which the Company or any Principal Domestic Subsidiary or any of their respective properties may be subject or (C) any judgment, decree or order, known to such counsel, after reasonable inquiry, of any court or governmental agency or authority entered in any proceeding to which the Company or any Principal Domestic Subsidiary was or is now a party or by which it is bound, except that such counsel may state that the opinion set forth in clause (B) of this paragraph (viii) is limited to those statutes, laws or regulations in effect on the date of such opinion which, in such counsel's experience, are normally applicable to transactions of the type contemplated by this Agreement and that such counsel expresses no opinion as to the securities or Blue Sky laws of the various jurisdictions in which the Notes are to be offered.
(ix) The Registration Statement, as of its effective date, and the Prospectus, as of its date, including each Incorporated Document when such Incorporated Document was filed or became effective, or if any such Incorporated Document was amended, when such amendment was filed or became effective, appeared on their face to be appropriately responsive in all material respects to the applicable requirements of the 1933 Act or the 1934 Act, as the case may be, except that in each case such counsel need not (x) assume any responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or fairness of the statements contained in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or (y) express an opinion as to the financial statements and schedules and other financial data
included or incorporated by reference therein or as to the Trustee's Statement of Eligibility on Form T-1 under the 1939 Act (the "Form T-1").
(x) The statements in the Prospectus under the captions "Description of the Debt Securities" and "Description of the Notes," insofar as they purport to summarize certain provisions of documents specifically referred to therein, are in all material respects accurate summaries of such provisions.
(xi) Except as set forth in the Prospectus (including the Incorporated Documents), there is not pending or, to the knowledge of such counsel, after reasonable inquiry, threatened any action, suit or proceeding against the Company or any of its subsidiaries before or by any court or governmental agency or body, which is likely (to the extent not covered by insurance) to have a material adverse effect on the consolidated financial condition of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
(xii) To the best of such counsel's knowledge, after reasonable inquiry, there is no contract or document of a character required to be described in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or to be filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement that is not described or filed as required.
(xiii) To the best of such counsel's knowledge, after reasonable inquiry, the Company is not in violation of its Restated Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws, in each case, as amended.
(xiv) To the best of such counsel's knowledge, after reasonable inquiry, the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the Indenture by the Company, the issuance and sale of the Notes and the performance by the Company of its obligations under this Agreement and the Indenture will not conflict with or constitute a breach of or a default (with the passage of time or otherwise) under any agreement or instrument that is, individually or in the aggregate, material to the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to which the Company is a party or by which it is bound.
In rendering the opinions set forth in paragraphs (iv) and (vi) above, such counsel may state that such enforcement may be limited by (i) requirements that a claim with respect to any Notes denominated other than in United States dollars (or a judgment denominated other than in United States dollars in respect of such claim) be converted into United States dollars at a
rate of exchange prevailing on a date determined pursuant to applicable law and (ii) governmental authority to limit, delay or prohibit the making of payments outside the United States or in foreign currency or composite currency.
In rendering the foregoing opinions such counsel may state that with respect to certain matters he has relied upon advice of other counsel employed by the Company who are more familiar with such matters.
In addition, such counsel shall state that he has participated in conferences with officers and other representatives of the Company, outside counsel for the Company, representatives of the independent public accountants for the Company, representatives of the Underwriters and counsel for the Underwriters, at which conferences the contents of the Registration Statement and Prospectus and related matters were discussed and, although he is not passing upon, and does not assume any responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or fairness of the statements contained in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus (other than as set forth in paragraph (x) above) and has not made any independent check or verification thereof, on the basis of the foregoing, nothing has come to such counsel's attention that leads him to believe that either the Registration Statement (including the Incorporated Documents) at the time such Registration Statement became effective, and if an amendment to the Registration Statement or an Annual Report on Form 10-K has been filed by the Company with the Commission subsequent to the effectiveness of the Registration Statement and prior to the date of such statement, then at the time such amendment became effective or at the time of the most recent such filing (to the extent deemed to be incorporated by reference therein), contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, or that the Prospectus (including the Incorporated Documents) as of its date and as of the Closing Time contained or contains an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, except that such counsel need express no opinion with respect to the financial statements, schedules and other financial data included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement or Prospectus or with respect to the Form T-1.
(c) The Underwriters shall have received an opinion from counsel to the Underwriters, dated as of the Closing Time and in form and substance satisfactory to the Underwriters.
(d) Officer's Certificate. Except as contemplated in the Prospectus or
reflected therein by the filing of any amendment or supplement thereto or any
Incorporated Document, at the Closing Time, there shall not have been, since the
date of the most recent consolidated financial statements included or
incorporated by reference in the Prospectus, any material adverse change in the
consolidated financial condition of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a
whole. The Underwriters shall have received a certificate signed by an officer
of the Company, dated as of the Closing Time, to the effect (i) that there has
been no such material adverse change, (ii) that the representations and
warranties of the Company contained in Section 1(a) hereof (other than Section
1(a)(vi)) are true and correct in all material respects with the same force and
effect as though expressly made at and as of the date of such certificate, (iii)
that the Company has complied with all agreements and satisfied all conditions
required by this Agreement or the Indenture on its part to be performed or
satisfied at or prior to the date of such certificate and (iv) that no stop
order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been
issued and, to the best of such officer's knowledge, no proceedings for that
purpose have been initiated or threatened by the Commission.
(e) Comfort Letter. On the date hereof, the Underwriters shall have received a letter from the Company's independent public accountants, dated as of the date hereof and in form and substance satisfactory to the Underwriters, containing statements and information of a type ordinarily included in accountants' "comfort letters" to underwriters with respect to the financial statements and certain financial information contained or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus; and, if financial statements for any assets, business or entity acquired by the Company are included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, the Underwriters shall have received a similar "comfort letter" from a firm of independent public accountants, dated as of the date hereof and in form and substance satisfactory to the Underwriters, with respect to such financial statements and any financial information with respect to such assets, business or entity, as the case may be, contained or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus. Without limitation to the foregoing, the letter delivered by the Company's independent public accountants shall state that nothing has come to their attention that caused them to believe that at a specified date not more than five days prior to the date of such letter, there was any change in the outstanding
capital stock of the Company or any increase in consolidated long-term debt of the Company or any decrease in the stockholders' equity of the Company, in each case as compared with the amounts shown on the most recent consolidated balance sheet of the Company incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement and Prospectus or, during the period from the date of such balance sheet to a specified date not more than five days prior to the date of such letter, there were any decreases, as compared with the corresponding period in the preceding year, in consolidated net sales and operating revenues or net income of the Company, except in each such case as set forth in or contemplated by the Registration Statement and Prospectus or except for such exceptions enumerated in such letter as shall have been agreed to by the Underwriters and the Company.
(f) Subsequent Delivery of Comfort Letter. At the Closing Time, the Underwriters shall have received from each firm of independent public accountants which delivered a letter pursuant to subsection (e) of this Section, a letter, dated as of the Closing Time, to the effect that they reaffirm the statements made in the letter furnished pursuant to subsection (e) of this Section, except that the specified date referred to shall be a date not more than five days prior to the Closing Time.
(g) Other Documents. At the Closing Time, counsel for the Underwriters shall have been furnished with resolutions of the Company's Board of Directors authorizing and approving the issuance and sale of the Notes and matters related thereto and such other documents and opinions as they may reasonably require for the purpose of enabling them to pass upon the issuance and sale of the Notes as herein contemplated and related proceedings, or in order to evidence the accuracy of any of the representations or warranties, or the fulfillment of any of the conditions, herein contained.
If any condition specified in this Section 6 shall not have been fulfilled when and as required to be fulfilled, this Agreement may be terminated by any of the Underwriters by notice to the Company at any time at or prior to the Closing Time, and any such termination shall be without liability of any party to any other party, except as provided in Section 5, and except that the indemnity and contribution agreements set forth in Sections 7 and 8 hereof and the provisions of Section 9 hereof shall remain in effect.
Section 7. Indemnification.
(a) Indemnification of the Underwriters. The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter and each person, if any, who controls an Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act as follows:
(i) against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense
whatsoever (including, subject to the limitations set forth in subsection
(c) below, the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel chosen by the
Underwriters), as incurred, insofar as such loss, liability, claim, damage
or expense arises out of any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement
of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement or the omission
or alleged omission therefrom of a material fact required to be stated
therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, or
arises out of any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a
material fact contained in the Prospectus or the omission or alleged
omission therefrom of a material fact necessary in order to make the
statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were
made, not misleading;
(ii) against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense
whatsoever (including, subject to the limitations set forth in subsection
(c) below, the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel chosen by the
Underwriters), as incurred, to the extent of the aggregate amount paid in
settlement of any litigation, or investigation or proceeding by any
governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, or of any claim
whatsoever, insofar as such loss, liability, claim, damage or expense
arises out of any such untrue statement or omission, or any such alleged
untrue statement or omission, if such settlement is effected with the
written consent of the Company; and
(iii) against any and all expense whatsoever (including, subject to the limitations set forth in subsection (c) below, the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel chosen by the Underwriters), as incurred, reasonably incurred in investigating, preparing or defending against any litigation, or investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, or any claim whatsoever, based upon any such untrue statement or omission, or any such alleged untrue statement or omission;
provided, however, that this indemnity shall not apply to any loss, liability, claim, damage or expense (A) to the extent arising out of or based upon any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in reliance upon the
Form T-1 under the 1939 Act filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement;
or (B) to the extent arising out of any untrue statement or omission or alleged
untrue statement or omission in the Prospectus, if such untrue statement or
alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission is corrected in an
amendment or supplement to the Prospectus and if, having previously been
furnished by or on behalf of the Company with copies of the Prospectus, as so
amended or supplemented, such Underwriter thereafter failed to deliver such
Prospectus, as so amended or supplemented, prior to or concurrently with the
sale of a Note or Notes to the person asserting such loss, liability, claim,
damage or expense who purchased such Note or Notes that are the subject thereof
from such Underwriter; or (C) as to which such Underwriter may be required to
indemnify the Company pursuant to the provisions of subsection (b) of this
Section 7; or (D) if such loss, liability, claim, damage or expense is covered
by any other written agreement between the Company and such Underwriter
pertaining to the sale of the Notes pursuant to which such Underwriter may be
required to indemnify the Company for such loss, liability, claim, damage or
expense.
(b) Indemnification of the Company. Each Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly, to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its directors, each of its officers who signed the Registration Statement, and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense described in the indemnity contained in subsection (a) of this Section 7, as incurred, but only with respect to untrue statements or omissions, or alleged untrue statements or omissions, made in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by or on behalf of any such Underwriter expressly for use in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus.
(c) General. (i) In case any action, suit or proceeding (including any governmental or regulatory investigation or proceeding) shall be brought against any Underwriter or any person controlling such Underwriter, based upon the Registration Statement or the Prospectus and with respect to which indemnity may be sought against the Company pursuant to this Section 7, such Underwriter or controlling person shall promptly notify the Company in writing, and the Company shall assume the defense thereof, including the employment of counsel and payment of all expenses. Any such Underwriter or any such controlling person shall have the right to employ separate counsel in any such action, suit or proceeding and to participate in the defense thereof, but the fees and expenses of such separate counsel shall be at the expense of such Underwriter or such controlling person, unless (A) the employ-
ment of such counsel shall have been specifically authorized in writing by the Company, (B) the Company shall have failed to assume the defense and employ counsel or (C) the named parties to any such action, suit or proceeding (including any impleaded parties) shall include both such Underwriter or such controlling person and the Company, and such Underwriter or such controlling person shall have been advised by such counsel that there may be one or more legal defenses available to it that are different from, or additional to, those available to the Company (in which case, if such Underwriter or such controlling person notifies the Company in writing that it elects to employ separate counsel at the expense of the Company, the Company shall not have the right to assume the defense of such action, suit or proceeding on behalf of such Underwriter or such controlling person, it being understood, however, that the Company shall not, in connection with any one such action or separate but substantially similar or related actions in the same jurisdiction arising out of the same general allegations or circumstances, be liable for the reasonable fees and expenses of more than one separate firm of attorneys (in addition to any local counsel) for all such Underwriters and such controlling persons, which firm shall be designated in writing by a majority of all such Underwriters, on behalf of all of such Underwriters and such controlling persons).
(ii) In case any action, suit or proceeding (including any governmental or
regulatory investigation or proceeding) shall be brought against the Company,
any of the Company's directors or officers, or any person controlling the
Company, with respect to which indemnity may be sought against any Underwriter
pursuant to this Section 7, such Underwriter shall have the rights and duties
given to the Company by subsection (c)(i) of this Section 7, and the Company,
the Company's directors and officers and any such controlling person shall have
the rights and duties given to the Underwriters by subsection (c)(i) of this
Section 7.
Section 8. Contribution.
In order to provide for just and equitable contribution in circumstances in which the indemnity agreement provided for in Section 7 hereof is for any reason held to be unenforceable by the indemnified parties, although applicable in accordance with its terms, the Company and each Underwriter shall contribute to the aggregate losses, liabilities, claims, damages and expenses of the nature contemplated by said indemnity agreement incurred by the Company and the Underwriters, as incurred, (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company, on the one hand, and each of the Underwriters, on the other hand, from the offering of the Notes or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause
(i) above is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) above but also the relative fault of the Company, on the one hand, and of the Underwriters, on the other hand, in connection with the statements or omissions that resulted in such losses, liabilities, claims, damages and expenses. The relative benefits received by the Company, on the one hand, and the Underwriters, on the other hand, shall be deemed to be in the same proportions as the total net proceeds from the sale of the Notes (before deducting expenses) received by the Company, on the one hand, and the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by each Underwriter, on the other hand, bear to the total price to public of the Notes as set forth in the table on the cover page of the Prospectus. The relative fault of the Company, on the one hand, and the Underwriters, on the other hand, shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company or by the Underwriters and the parties' relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. The Underwriters' respective obligations to contribute pursuant to this Section 8 are several in proportion to the respective numbers of Notes they have purchased hereunder, and not joint. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 8, no Underwriter shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total price at which the Notes underwritten by it and distributed by the public were offered to the public exceeds the amount of any damages that such Underwriter has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the 1933 Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. For purposes of this Section 8, each person, if any, who controls an Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act shall have the same rights to contribution as such Underwriter, and each director of the Company, each officer of the Company who signed the Registration Statement and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act shall have the same rights to contribution as the Company. Any party entitled to contribution hereunder will, promptly after receipt of notice of commencement of any action, suit or proceeding against such party in respect of which a claim for contribution may be made against another party or parties under this Section 8, notify such party or parties from whom contribution may be sought, but the omission to so notify such party or parties shall not relieve the party or parties from whom contribtion may be sought from any other obligation it or they may have otherwise than under this Section 8.
Section 9. Representations, Warranties and Agreements to Survive Delivery.
All representations, warranties and agreements contained in this Agreement, or contained in certificates of officers of the Company submitted pursuant hereto, shall remain operative and in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of any Underwriter or any controlling person of any Underwriter, or by or on behalf of the Company, and shall survive each delivery of and payment for any of the Notes.
Section 10. Termination.
(a) The Underwriters may terminate this Agreement, by notice to the Company, at any time at or prior to the Closing Time if (i) between the date hereof and the Closing Date, there shall have been any material adverse change in the consolidated financial condition of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (ii) there shall have occurred any material adverse change in the financial markets in the United States or any outbreak or escalation of hostilities or other national or international calamity or crisis, the effect of which shall be such as to make it, in the reasonable judgment of the Underwriters, impracticable to market or to enforce contracts for sale of the Notes or other debt securities, (iii) trading in any securities of the Company shall have been suspended by the Commission or a national securities exchange in the United States, or if trading generally on the New York Stock Exchange shall have been suspended, or minimum or maximum prices for trading shall have been fixed, or maximum ranges for prices for securities shall have been required, by said exchange or by order of the Commission or any other governmental authority, or if a banking moratorium shall have been declared by either Federal or New York authorities, (iv) any of Standard & Poor's Corporation, Moody's Investors Service, Inc., Duff & Phelps Inc. and Fitch IBCA, Inc. (or any of their respective successors) shall have publicly announced that it has (A) placed the Notes or the Company's unsecured senior long term debt generally on what is commonly termed a "watch list" for possible downgrading or (B) downgraded the Notes or the Company's unsecured senior long term debt generally, or (v) the Company shall have failed to furnish or cause to be furnished the certificates, opinions or letters referred to in Section 6 hereof.
(b) If this Agreement is terminated pursuant to this Section, such termination shall be without liability of any party to any other party except as provided in Section 5.
Section 11. Default by One or More of the Underwriters.
If one or more of the Underwriters shall fail at Closing Time to purchase the Notes which it or they are obligated to purchase under this Agreement (the "Defaulted Notes"), the non-defaulting Underwriters shall have the right, within 24 hours thereafter, to make arrangements for one or more of such non-defaulting Underwriters, or any other underwriters, to purchase all, but not less than all, of the Defaulted Notes in such amounts as may be agreed upon and upon the terms herein set forth; if, however, such non-defaulting Underwriters shall not have completed such arrangements within such 24-hour period, then:
(a) if the aggregate principal amount of Defaulted Notes does not exceed 10% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes, the non- defaulting Underwriters shall be obligated to purchase the full amount thereof in the proportions that their respective underwriting obligations hereunder bear to the underwriting obligations of all non-defaulting Underwriters, or
(b) if the aggregate principal amount of Defaulted Notes exceeds 10% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes, this Agreement shall terminate without liability on the part of any non-defaulting Underwriter.
No action pursuant to this Section shall relieve any defaulting Underwriter from liability in respect of its default.
In the event of any such default which does not result in a termination of this Agreement, either the non-defaulting Underwriters or the Company shall have the right to postpone the Closing Time for a period not exceeding seven days in order to effect any required changes in the Registration Statement or Prospectus or in any other documents or arrangements.
Section 12. Notices.
All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if mailed or transmitted by any standard form of telecommunication. Notices to the Underwriters shall be directed to them c/o . Notices to the Company shall be directed to it at 10889 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, California 90024, attention of Vice President and Treasurer.
Section 13. Parties.
This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the Underwriters and the Company and their respective successors. Nothing expressed or mentioned in this Agreement is intended or shall be construed to give any person, firm or corporation, other than the parties hereto and their respective successors and the controlling persons and officers and directors referred to in Sections 7 and 8 hereof and their heirs and legal representatives, any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of this Agreement or any provisions herein contained. This Agreement and all conditions and provisions hereof are intended to be for the sole and exclusive benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and said controlling persons and officers and directors and their heirs and legal representatives, and for the benefit of no other person, firm or corporation. No purchaser of Notes shall be deemed to be a successor by reason merely of such purchase.
Section 14. Governing Law.
This Agreement and the rights and obligations of the parties created hereby shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, including without limitation, (S) 5-1401 of the New York General Obligations Law.
If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our agreement, please sign and return to the Company a counterpart hereof, whereupon this instrument along with all counterparts will become a binding agreement between the Underwriters and the Company in accordance with its terms.
Very truly yours,
Occidental Petroleum Corporation
Title:
CONFIRMED AND ACCEPTED, as of the date
first above written:
[Underwriters]
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EXHIBIT 1.2
OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION
MEDIUM-TERM NOTES, SERIES [ ]
DUE NINE MONTHS OR MORE FROM DATE OF ISSUE
FORM OF DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT
[Date]
Dear Sirs:
Occidental Petroleum Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), confirms its agreement with each of [insert name of Agents] (each an "Agent" and collectively, the "Agents") with respect to the issue and sale by the Company of its Medium-Term Notes, Series [ ] (the "Notes"). The Notes are to be issued pursuant to the Indenture (the "Indenture," which term, for the purpose of this Agreement, shall include the Officers' Certificate delivered from time to time pursuant to Sections 201 and 301 of the Indenture), dated as of April 1, 1998, between the Company and The Bank of New York, as trustee (the "Trustee"). As of the date hereof, the Company has authorized the issuance of up to U.S. $ aggregate offering price (or its equivalent, based upon the applicable exchange rate at the time of issuance, in such foreign currencies, composite currencies or currency units as the Company shall designate at the time of issuance) of Notes to be distributed through or sold to the Agents pursuant to the terms of this Agreement. It is understood, however, that the Company may from time to time authorize the issuance of additional Notes and that, at the option of the Company, such Notes may be distributed through or sold to the Agents pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, all as though the issuance of such Notes were authorized as of the date hereof.
This Agreement provides both for the sale of Notes by the Company to purchasers, in which case the Agents will act as agents of the Company in soliciting Note purchasers, and (as may from time to time be agreed to by the Company and one or more Agents) to such Agent or Agents as principal for resale to purchasers.
Subject to the terms and conditions stated herein and subject to the reservation by the Company of the right to sell Notes directly on its own behalf and to any
person, and to designate and select additional agents to become parties to this
Agreement, the Company hereby (i) appoints each Agent as an agent of the Com-
pany for the purpose of soliciting offers to purchase the Notes from the Company
by others and (ii) agrees that whenever the Company determines to sell Notes
directly to an Agent as principal for resale to others, it will enter into a
Terms Agreement relating to such sale in accordance with the provisions of
Section 2(b) hereof. Each Agent will make reasonable efforts to assist the
Company in obtaining performance by each purchaser whose offer to purchase Notes
from the Company has been solicited by such Agent, as agent, and accepted by the
Company, but such Agent shall not have any liability to the Company in the event
any such purchase is not consummated for any reason.
The Company has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") a registration statement on Form S-3 (No. 333- ), and, if applicable, one or more amendments thereto for the registration of senior debt securities, including the Notes, under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "1933 Act"), and the offering thereof from time to time in accordance with Rule 415 of the rules and regulations of the Commission under the 1933 Act (the "1933 Act Regulations"). Such registration statement (as amended, if applicable) has been declared effective by the Commission and the Indenture has been qualified under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the "1939 Act"). Such registration statement (as amended, if applicable, and any further registration statements which may be filed by the Company for the purpose of registering additional Notes and which the Company and the Agents agree is to be covered by this Agreement) and the prospectus constituting a part thereof, together with any prospectus supplement relating to the Notes, including, in each case, all Incorporated Documents (as hereinafter defined), as from time to time amended or supplemented by the filing of documents pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "1934 Act"), or the 1933 Act or otherwise, are referred to herein as the "Registration Statement" and the "Prospectus," respectively, except that, if any revised prospectus or prospectus supplement shall be provided to the Agents by the Company for use in connection with the offering of the Notes that is not required to be filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the 1933 Act Regulations, the term "Prospectus" shall refer to such revised prospectus or prospectus supplement, as the case may be, from and after the time it is first provided to the Agents for such use. The term "Registration Statement" shall include any related registration statement filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) of the 1933 Act Regulations. Any reference herein to the Registration Statement, any prelimi- nary prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include the documents, financial statements and schedules incorporated, or deemed to be
incorporated, by reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 under the 1933 Act, and any reference to any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include any documents, financial statements and schedules filed by the Company with the Commission under the 1934 Act and so incorporated, or deemed to be incorporated, by reference (such incorporated documents, financial statements and schedules being herein called the "Incorporated Documents"). Notwithstanding the foregoing, for purposes of this Agreement any prospectus supplement prepared or filed with respect to an offering pursuant to the Registration Statement of a series of debt securities other than the Notes shall not be deemed to have supplemented the Prospectus.
SECTION 1. Representations and Warranties.
(a) The Company represents and warrants to each Agent as of the date hereof, as of the date of each acceptance by the Company of an offer for the purchase of Notes (whether through an Agent as agent or from an Agent as principal), as of the date of each delivery of Notes by the Company to the purchasers (whether through an Agent as agent or to an Agent as principal) (the date of each such delivery to an Agent as principal being hereafter referred to as a "Settlement Date"), and as of the dates referred to in Section 6(a) hereof (each of the dates referenced above being referred to hereafter as a "Representation Date"), as follows:
(i) The Incorporated Documents, when they were filed or became effective (or, if an amendment with respect to any such Incorporated Document was filed or became effective, when such amendment was filed or became effective) with the Commission, as the case may be, complied in all material respects with the requirements of the 1934 Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission under the 1934 Act (the "1934 Act Regulations"), and any Incorporated Documents filed subsequent to the date hereof and prior to the termination of the offering of the Notes, will, when they are filed with the Commission, comply in all material respects with the requirements of the 1934 Act and the 1934 Act Regulations; no such Incorporated Document, when it was filed or became effective (or, if an amendment with respect to any such Incorporated Document was filed or became effective, when such amendment was filed or became effective) with the Commission, contained, and no Incorporated Document filed subsequent to the date hereof and prior to the termination of the offering of the Notes will contain, an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted, or will omit, to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein,
in the light of the circumstances under which they were or will be made, not misleading.
(ii) Each preliminary prospectus relating to the Notes filed as part of the Registration Statement as originally filed or as part of any amendment thereto, or filed pursuant to Rule 424 of the 1933 Act Regulations, when so filed, and the Registration Statement, at the time it became effective, complied in all material respects with the provisions of the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act Regulations; at the applicable Representation Date, the Registration Statement, and the Prospectus, and any supplement or amendment thereto relating to the Notes, will comply in all material respects with the provisions of the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act Regulations; and the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, and any such supplement or amendment thereto relating to the Notes, at all such times did not and will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were or will be made, not misleading; except that this representation and warranty does not apply to statements or omissions in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or any preliminary prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, made in reliance upon information furnished to the Company in writing by or on behalf of the Agents expressly for use therein or to those parts of the Registration Statement that constitute the Trustee's Statement of Eligibility on Form T-1 under the 1939 Act (the "Form T-1"). There is no contract or document of a character required to be described in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or to be filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement that is not described or filed as required.
(iii) This Agreement, the Indenture, the Notes and any applicable Terms Agreement have been duly authorized by the Company and conform in all material respects to the descriptions thereof in the Prospectus.
(iv) The Indenture (assuming the due execution and delivery thereof by the Trustee) is, and the Notes (when executed by the Company and authenticated in accordance with the Indenture and delivered to and paid for by the purchasers thereof) will be, the legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their respective terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by (A) bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws now or hereafter in effect relating to or affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights
generally, (B) general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law), (C) requirements that a claim with respect to any Notes denominated other than in United States dollars (or a judgment denominated other than in United States dollars in respect of such claim) be converted into United States dollars at a rate of exchange prevailing on a date determined pursuant to applicable law and (D) governmental authority to limit, delay or prohibit the making of payments outside the United States or in a foreign currency or composite currency. The Notes (when executed by the Company and authenticated in accordance with the terms of the Indenture and delivered to and paid for by the purchasers thereof) will be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture (subject to the exceptions set forth in the preceding sentence).
(v) The Company and each of Occidental Chemical Holding Corporation, a California corporation, and Occidental Oil and Gas Corporation, a California corporation, until such time as the fact that any such entity is no longer majority owned by the Company shall have been disclosed in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus (each a "Principal Domestic Subsidiary" and collectively the "Principal Domestic Subsidiaries") is a validly existing corporation in good standing under the laws of its state of incorporation. The Company and each Principal Domestic Subsidiary has full corporate power and authority to own its properties and carry on its business as presently conducted, as described in the Prospectus, and is duly registered or qualified to conduct business, and is in good standing, in each jurisdiction in which it owns or leases property or transacts business and in which such registration or qualification is necessary, except as to jurisdictions where the failure to do so would not have a material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole. All of the outstanding capital stock or other securities evidencing equity ownership of each Principal Domestic Subsidiary has been duly and validly authorized and issued and is fully paid and non-assessable, and, except as otherwise disclosed in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, is owned by the Company, directly or indirectly through subsidiaries, free and clear of any security interest, claim, lien or encumbrance. Except as otherwise disclosed in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, there are no outstanding rights, warrants or options to acquire, or instruments convertible into or exchangeable for, any shares of capital stock or other equity interest in any such Principal Domestic Subsidiary, except for rights, warrants or options held by the Company.
(vi) Except as contemplated in the Prospectus, since the date of the most recent consolidated financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, unless the Com- pany has notified the Agents as provided in Section 3(d) hereof, there has not been any material adverse change in the consolidated financial condition of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
(vii) The Company is not in violation of its Restated Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws, in each case, as amended. The execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Company, the issuance and sale of the Notes and the performance by the Company of its obligations under this Agreement, the Indenture and any applicable Terms Agreement will not conflict with or constitute a breach of or a default (with the passage of time or otherwise) under (A) the Restated Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws of the Company, in each case, as amended, (B) subject to the Company's compliance with any applicable covenants pertaining to its incurrence of unsecured indebtedness contained therein, any agreement or instrument (which is, individually or in the aggregate, material to the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole) to which the Company is a party or by which it is bound or (C) any order of any court or governmental agency or authority presently in effect and applicable to the Company or any Principal Domestic Subsidiary. Except for orders, permits and similar authorizations required under the securities or Blue Sky laws of certain jurisdictions, including jurisdictions outside the United States, or required of any securities exchange on which any of the Notes might be listed, no consent, approval, authorization or other order of any regulatory body, administrative agency or other governmental body is legally required for the valid issuance and sale of the Notes. As of the date of each acceptance by the Company of an offer for the purchase of Notes and as of the date of each delivery of Notes by the Company, the Company by such acceptance or delivery, as the case may be, shall be deemed to represent and warrant to the Agents that, both immediately before and immediately after giving effect to such acceptance or delivery, the Company shall be in compliance with the requirements of any applicable covenants pertaining to its incurrence of unsecured indebtedness contained in the agreements or instruments referred to in clause (B) above.
(viii) To the best of the Company's knowledge, the accountants who have audited and reported upon the consolidated financial statements filed with the Commission as part of the Registration Statement and the Prospectus
are independent accountants as required by the 1933 Act. The consolidated financial statements included in the Registration Statement and Prospectus, or incorporated therein by reference, fairly present the consolidated financial position and results of operations of the entities to which such statements relate at the respective dates and for the respective periods to which they apply. Such consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles consistently applied, except as set forth in the Registration Statement and Prospectus.
(ix) The Company has complied with, and is and will be in compli- ance with, the provisions of that certain Florida act relating to disclosure of doing business with Cuba, codified as Section 517.075 of the Florida statutes, and the rules and regulations thereunder (collectively, the "Cuba Act") or is exempt therefrom.
(b) Additional Certifications. Any certificate signed by any officer of the Company and delivered to an Agent or to counsel for the Agents in connection with an offering of Notes shall be deemed a representation and warranty by the Company to such Agent as to the matters covered thereby on the date of such certificate.
SECTION 2. Solicitations as Agents; Purchases as Principals.
(a) Solicitations as Agents. On the basis of the representations and warranties herein contained, but subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, each Agent agrees, as an agent of the Company, to use its best efforts to solicit offers to purchase the Notes upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein and in the Prospectus. The Agents are not authorized to appoint sub-agents or to engage the services of any other broker or dealer in connection with the offer or sale of the Notes as agents. In connection with the solicitation of offers to purchase Notes, the Agents are not authorized to provide any written information relating to the Company to any prospective purchaser other than the Prospectus and the Incorporated Documents.
The Company reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to suspend solicitation of offers to purchase the Notes commencing at any time for any period of time or permanently. Upon receipt of instructions from the Company, the Agents will forthwith suspend solicitation of offers to purchase the Notes from the Company until such time as the Company has advised the Agents that such solicitation may be resumed.
The Company agrees to pay each Agent a commission, which such Agent is hereby authorized to deduct from the sales proceeds of each Note sold by the Company as a result of a solicitation made by such Agent, equal to the applicable percentage of the principal amount of each such Note, as set forth in Exhibit A hereto. Without the consent of the Company, no Agent may reallow any portion of the commission payable pursuant hereto to dealers or purchasers in connection with the offer and sale of any Notes as agents.
As an agent, each Agent is authorized, except during periods of suspension as provided in this Agreement, to solicit offers to purchase the Notes. Each Agent shall communicate to the Company, orally or in writing, each reasonable offer to purchase Notes received by such Agent, as agent. Each Agent shall have the right in its discretion reasonably exercised to reject any offer to purchase the Notes received by such Agent that it does not deem reasonable, and any such rejection shall not be deemed a breach of such Agent's agreements contained herein. The Company shall have the sole right to accept offers to purchase the Notes and may reject any such offer in whole or in part, and any such rejection shall not be deemed to be a breach of any agreement of the Company contained herein. The purchase price, interest rate, maturity date and other terms of the Notes agreed upon by the Company shall be set forth in a pricing supplement to the Prospectus to be prepared following each acceptance by the Company of an offer for the purchase of Notes (a "Pricing Supplement"). All Notes will be issued at 100% of their principal amount, unless otherwise agreed to by the Company. Each Agent acknowledges and agrees that any funds which such Agent receives in respect of a purchase of Notes, which purchase has been solicited by such Agent, as agent of the Company, will be received, held and disposed of by such Agent, as agent of the Company.
(b) Purchases as Principal. Each sale of Notes to an Agent as principal shall be made in accordance with the terms contained herein and pursuant to a separate agreement which will provide for the sale of such Notes to, and the purchase and any reoffering thereof by, such Agent. Each such separate agreement (which may be an oral agreement if confirmed within 24 hours thereafter by an exchange of any standard form of written telecommunication (including facsimile transmission) between the Agent and the Company) is herein referred to as a "Terms Agreement." Unless the context otherwise requires, each reference contained herein to "this Agreement" shall be deemed to include any applicable Terms Agreement between the Company and the Agent. Each such Terms Agreement, whether oral (and confirmed in writing, which confirmation may be by facsimile transmission) or in writing, shall be with respect to such information (as applicable) as is specified in
Exhibit B hereto. An Agent's commitment to purchase Notes pursuant to any Terms Agreement shall be deemed to have been made on the basis of the representations and warranties of the Company herein contained and shall be subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth. Unless expressly prohibited by the Company pursuant to the Terms Agreement relating to a sale of Notes to the Agent, each Agent is authorized to utilize a selling or dealer group in connection with the resale of the Notes purchased pursuant to such Terms Agreement. In connection with any brokers or dealers whose services are engaged by any Agent with respect to the offer or sale of the Notes, such Agent agrees that it will use its best efforts to cause such brokers or dealers to comply with the terms and provisions of this Agreement, the applicable provisions of the 1933 Act and the 1934 Act and the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, the applicable rules and regulations of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. and the applicable rules of any securities exchange having jurisdiction over the offering of the Notes.
(c) Administrative Procedures. Administrative procedures with respect to the sale of Notes shall be agreed upon from time to time by the Agents and the Company (the "Procedures"). The Procedures initially agreed upon shall be those set forth in Exhibit C hereto. The Agents and the Company agree to perform the respective duties and obligations specifically provided to be performed by the Agents and the Company herein and in the Procedures.
(d) Foreign Offerings. Each Agent represents and agrees that (i) such Agent has not solicited, and will not solicit, offers to purchase any of the Notes from, (ii) such Agent has not sold, and will not sell, any of the Notes to, and (iii) such Agent has not distributed, and will not distribute, the Prospectus to, any person or entity in any jurisdiction outside of the United States (collectively "Foreign Offers and Sales") except, in each case, in compliance in all material respects with all applicable laws and, in connection with the initial offering of, or subscription for, any of the Notes, only with the prior written consent of the Company and in full compliance with any requirements and procedures established by the Company with respect to any such Foreign Offers and Sales. For the purposes of this paragraph, "United States" means the United States of America, its territories, its possessions (including the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico) and other areas subject to its jurisdiction.
In particular and without limiting the generality of the foregoing:
(i) Each Agent agrees to distribute, in connection with any Foreign Offers and Sales, only those Prospectuses used in connection therewith that have been appropriately "stickered" for use in the jurisdiction in which such Foreign Offers and Sales are to be made.
(ii) With respect to the United Kingdom, each Agent represents and agrees that (A) it has not offered or sold and will not offer or sell any Notes to persons in the United Kingdom except to persons whose ordinary activities involve them in acquiring, holding, managing or disposing of investments (as principal or agent) for the purposes of their businesses or otherwise in circumstances which have not resulted and will not result in an offer to the public in the United Kingdom within the meaning of the Public Offers of Securities Regulations 1995, (B) it has complied and will comply with all applicable provisions of the Financial Services Act of 1986 (the "Financial Services Act") with respect to anything done by it in relation to the Notes in, from or otherwise involving the United Kingdom and (C) it has only issued or passed on, and will only issue or pass on, in the United Kingdom any document received by it in connection with the issue of the Notes, other than any document which consists of or any part of listing particulars, supplementary listing particulars or any other document required or permitted to be published by listing rules under Part IV of the Financial Services Act, to a person who is of a kind described in Article 11(3) of the Financial Services Act 1986 (Investment Advertisements) (Exemptions) Order 1996 or is a person to whom such document may otherwise lawfully be issued or passed on.
(iii) With respect to Japan, each Agent understands that the Notes have not been, and will not be, registered under the Securities and Exchange Law of Japan, and, accordingly, each Agent represents and agrees that (A) in connection with the initial offering of any of the Notes, such Agent has not, directly or indirectly, offered or sold, and will not, directly or indirectly, offer or sell, any of the Notes in Japan or to any resident of Japan (including any corporation or other entity incorporated or organized under the laws of Japan), or to others for re-offering or resale, directly or indirectly, in Japan or to any such resident of Japan, except, in each case, in compliance in all material respects with the Securities and Exchange Law of Japan, and (B) with respect to any such sale of the Notes made by such Agent, such Agent will effect all necessary filings in connection with such sale, including, without limitation, any required filings of notifications with the Minister of
Finance of Japan, as required pursuant to the provisions of relevant securities or foreign exchange control legislation of Japan.
(iv) With respect to the Provinces of Canada (the "Provinces"), each Agent represents and agrees that, in connection with the initial offering of any of the Notes, (A) such Agent will not, directly or indirectly, offer or sell any of the Notes in any of the Provinces or to, or for the benefit of, any resident of any of the Provinces after the date (the "Canadian Ending Date") set by the Company for the end of the offer of such Notes, and, without the prior written consent of the Company, such Agent will not distribute or permit to be distributed any Prospectus in any of the Provinces or to, or for the benefit of, any resident of any of the Provinces after the Canadian Ending Date, (B) with respect to anything done by such Agent in relation to the Notes in, from, or otherwise involving, any of the Provinces, such Agent has complied, and will comply, in all material respects, with all applicable provisions of the securities legislation of Canada and the Provinces (the "Canadian Securities Legislation") (including, without limitation, the conveyance, or the provision of assistance to the Company in conveying, any right of rescission, damages or other right as required by applicable Canadian Securities Legislation) so that any offer or sale of any of the Notes in the Provinces, or any of them, will qualify for exemptions from prospectus, registration and equivalent requirements, or exemptions from other applicable requirements, as prescribed by the Canadian Securities Legislation in force at the time when such offer or sale is made, provided that such offer or sale is made pursuant to the Prospectus, as supplemented to the extent required by the Canadian Securities Legislation (the Prospectus, as so supplemented, hereinafter referred to as the "Canadian Offering Memorandum"), (C) with respect to Notes offered or sold, or to be offered or sold, by such Agent, or Notes purchased, or to be purchased, by such Agent, it has provided, and will provide, investors, where required pursuant to the provisions of applicable Canadian Securities Legislation, with (1) the Canadian Offering Memorandum, and (2) a list of the documents filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the 1934 Act subsequent to the date of the final Prospectus and will obtain from each of such investors an acknowledgment in form satisfactory to the Company, and (D) with respect to any such sale of the Notes made by such Agent, such Agent will effect all necessary filings in connection with such sale, including, without limitation, any required filings of (x) reports of trades and (y) the Canadian Offering Memo-
randum, in each case with provincial securities commissions, as required pursuant to the provisions of applicable Canadian Securities Legislation.
SECTION 3. Covenants of the Company.
The Company covenants with each Agent as follows:
(a) Notice of Certain Events. The Company will notify the Agents promptly
(i) of the effectiveness of any post-effective amendment to the Registration
Statement (other than a post-effective amendment relating solely to an
offering of debt securities other than the Notes), (ii) of the transmittal to
the Commission for filing of any supplement to the Prospectus (other than a
Pricing Supplement or a supplement relating solely to an offering of debt
securities other than the Notes) or any document to be filed pursuant to the
1934 Act which will be incorporated by reference in the Prospectus, (iii) of the
receipt of any comments from the Commission with respect to the Registration
Statement or the Prospectus (other than any comments relating solely to an
offering of debt securities other than the Notes), (iv) of any request by the
Commission for any amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment or
supplement to the Prospectus or for additional information (other than any such
request relating solely to an offering of debt securities other than the Notes),
(v) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the
effectiveness of the Registration Statement or the initiation of any proceedings
for that purpose and (vi) of the receipt of notice from one or more of Standard
& Poor's Corporation, Moody's Investors Service, Inc., Duff & Phelps Inc. and
Fitch IBCA, Inc. (or any of their respective successors) that the Notes have
been or are going to be placed on what is commonly termed a "watch list" for
possible downgrading. The Company will make every reasonable effort to prevent
the issuance of any such stop order and, if any such stop order is issued, to
obtain the lifting thereof at the earliest possible moment, unless the Company
shall, in its sole discretion, determine that it is not in its best interest to
do so.
(b) Notice of Certain Proposed Filings. At or prior to the filing thereof, the Company will give the Agents notice of its intention to file any additional registration statement with respect to the registration of additional Notes to be covered by this Agreement, any amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus (other than a Pricing Supplement or an amendment or supplement relating solely to an offering of debt securities other than the Notes), whether by the filing of documents pursuant to the 1934 Act, the 1933 Act or
otherwise, and will furnish the Agents with copies of any such amendment or supplement or other documents promptly after the filing thereof.
(c) Copies of the Registration Statement and the Prospectus. The Company will deliver to the Agents one signed and as many conformed copies of the Registration Statement (as originally filed) and of each amendment thereto (including the Incorporated Documents and any exhibits filed therewith or incorporated by reference therein) as the Agents may reasonably request. The Company will furnish to the Agents as many copies of the Prospectus (as amended or supplemented) as the Agents shall reasonably request so long as the Agents are required to deliver a Prospectus in connection with sales or solicitations of offers to purchase the Notes.
(d) Revisions of Prospectus--Material Changes. So long as the Agents are required to deliver a Prospectus in connection with sales or solicitations of offers to purchase the Notes, if any event shall occur or condition exist as a result of which it is necessary, in the opinion of counsel for the Company and of counsel for the Agents, to further amend or supplement the Prospectus in order that the Prospectus will not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading, in the light of the circumstances existing at the time it is delivered to a purchaser, or if it shall be necessary, in the opinion of such counsel, to amend or supplement the Registration Statement or the Prospectus in order to comply with the requirements of the 1933 Act or the 1933 Act Regulations, prompt notice shall be given, and confirmed in writing, to the Agents to cease the solicitation of offers to purchase the Notes in their capacity as agents and to cease sales of any Notes the Agents may then own as principal. In addition, if any Agent holds Notes purchased for resale pursuant to a Terms Agreement during the period ending 90 days after the date of execution of such Terms Agreement, the Company will promptly prepare and file an amendment or supplement to the Prospectus so that the Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, will not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading, in the light of the circumstances existing at the time it is delivered to the Agents.
(e) (Intentionally Omitted).
(f) Earnings Statements. The Company will make generally available to its security holders, in each case as soon as practicable but in any event not later than 15 months after the acceptance by the Company of an offer to purchase Notes hereunder, a consolidated earnings statement (which need not be audited) covering the
twelve-month period beginning after the latest of (i) the effective date of the Registration Statement, (ii) the effective date of the most recent post- effective amendment to the Registration Statement to become effective prior to the date of such acceptance and (iii) the date of the Company's most recent annual report on Form 10-K filed with the Commission prior to the date of such acceptance, which earnings statement will satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the 1933 Act (and, at the option of the Company, Rule 158 of the 1933 Act Regulations). Nothing in this Section 3(f) shall require the Company to make such earnings statement available more frequently than once in any period of twelve months.
(g) Blue Sky Qualifications. The Company will endeavor, in cooperation with the Agents, to qualify the Notes for offering and sale under the applicable securities laws of such states and other jurisdictions as the Agents may reasonably designate (provided no registration shall be required outside of the United States), and will maintain such qualifications in effect for as long as may be required for the distribution of the Notes; provided, however, that the Company will promptly notify the Agents of any suspension of any such qualifications; and provided, further, that the Company shall not be obligated to register or qualify as a foreign corporation or take any action which would subject it to general service of process in any jurisdiction where it is not now so subject.
(h) Suspension of Certain Obligations. The Company shall not be required to comply with the provisions of subsections (b), (c) or (d) of this Section 3 during any period from the time the Agents shall have been notified to suspend the solicitation of offers to purchase the Notes in their capacity as agent or resales of Notes purchased pursuant to a Terms Agreement to the time the Company shall determine that solicitation of offers to purchase the Notes through any Agent or Agents or resales as principal of Notes purchased pursuant to a Terms Agreement by any Agent or Agents should be resumed. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any Agent holds Notes purchased for resale pursuant to a Terms Agreement, the Company shall comply with the provisions of subsections (b), (c) or (d) of this Section 3 during the 90-day period from and including the date of execution of such Terms Agreement; provided, however, that the Company shall have the right, in its reasonable business judgment, to suspend such compliance during such 90-day period, in which event, such 90-day period shall be extended by the number of days included in any such period of suspension.
SECTION 4. Payment of Expenses.
The Company will pay all expenses incident to the performance of its obligations under this Agreement, including:
(i) The preparation and filing of the Registration Statement and all amendments thereto and the Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto and all Incorporated Documents;
(ii) The preparation, filing and printing of this Agreement;
(iii) The preparation, printing, issuance and delivery of the Notes;
(iv) The fees and disbursements of the Trustee and its counsel, of any calculation agent or exchange rate agent and of The Depository Trust Company;
(v) The reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel to the Agents incurred from time to time in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby;
(vi) The qualification of the Notes under securities laws in accordance with the provisions of Section 3(g) hereof, including filing fees and the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel to the Agents in connection therewith and in connection with the preparation of any Blue Sky survey and any legal investment survey;
(vii) The printing and delivery to the Agents in quantities as hereinabove stated of copies of the Registration Statement and any amendments thereto, and of the Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto relating to the Notes, and the delivery by the Agents of the Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto in connection with solicitations of offers to purchase, or confirmations of sales of, the Notes;
(viii) The preparation, printing and delivery to the Agents of copies of the Indenture;
(ix) Any fees charged by rating agencies for the rating of the Notes;
(x) The fees and expenses, if any, incurred with respect to any filing with the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. relating to the Agents' obligations hereunder or under a Terms Agreement; and
(xi) Any advertising and other out-of-pocket expenses of the Agents incurred with the prior written approval of the Company.
SECTION 5. Conditions of Obligations.
The obligations of any Agent to solicit offers to purchase the Notes as agent of the Company and the obligations of any Agent to purchase Notes pursuant to any Terms Agreement will be subject at all times to the accuracy, as of the applicable Representation Date, of the representations and warranties on the part of the Company herein and the accuracy, as of the date made, of the statements of the Company's officers made in any certificate furnished pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance and observance by the Company of all covenants and agreements herein contained on its part to be performed and observed and to the following additional conditions precedent:
(a) On the date hereof, the Agents shall have received an opinion from Robert E. Sawyer, Esq., Associate General Counsel of the Company, dated as of the date hereof and in form and substance satisfactory to counsel for the Agents, to the effect that:
(i) The Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware. Each Principal Domestic Subsidiary is validly existing in good standing under the laws of its state of incorporation.
(ii) The Company has full corporate power and corporate authority to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement and the Indenture, to borrow money as contemplated in this Agreement and the Indenture, and to issue, sell and deliver the Notes.
(iii) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company.
(iv) The Indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and (assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery
thereof by the Trustee) is a valid and binding agreement of the Company
enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except that
(x) such enforceability may be limited by (A) bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws now or hereafter in
effect relating to creditors' rights generally or (B) general principles of
equity (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in a proceeding in
equity or at law) and (y) the waiver contained in Section 515 of the
Indenture may be deemed unenforceable.
(v) No consent or approval of any United States governmental authority or other United States person or United States entity is required in connection with the issuance or sale of the Notes other than registration thereof under the 1933 Act, qualification of the Indenture under the 1939 Act, and such registrations or qualifications as may be necessary under the securities or Blue Sky laws of the various United States jurisdictions in which the Notes are to be offered or sold. The opinion expressed in this paragraph (v) is limited to those consents and approvals which, in such counsel's experience, are normally applicable to transactions of the type contemplated by this Agreement.
(vi) The Notes have been duly authorized by the Company and, when executed by the Company and authenticated by the Trustee in accordance with the terms of the Indenture (assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery of the Indenture by the Trustee) and issued to and paid for by the purchasers thereof, will be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture and will be valid and binding obligations of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with their respective terms, except that (x) such enforceability may be limited by (A) bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws now or hereafter in effect relating to creditors' rights generally or (B) general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforcement is sought in a proceeding in equity or at law) and (y) the waiver contained in Section 515 of the Indenture may be deemed unenforceable.
(vii) The Registration Statement has become effective under the 1933 Act and the Indenture has been qualified under the 1939 Act, and, to the best of such counsel's knowledge, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued and no proceedings for that
purpose have been instituted or are pending or contemplated by the Commission.
(viii) The (x) execution and delivery of this Agreement and the
Indenture by the Company, (y) issuance and sale of the Notes and (z)
performance of the Company's obligations under this Agreement and the
Indenture will not conflict with or constitute a breach of or a default
(with the passage of time or otherwise) under (A) the Restated Certificate
of Incorporation or Bylaws of the Company, in each case, as amended, (B)
any statute, law or regulation to which the Company or any Principal
Domestic Subsidiary or any of their respective properties may be subject or
(C) any judgment, decree or order, known to such counsel, after reasonable
inquiry, of any court or governmental agency or authority entered in any
proceeding to which the Company or any Principal Domestic Subsidiary was or
is now a party or by which it is bound, except that such counsel may state
that the opinion set forth in clause (B) of this paragraph (viii) is
limited to those statutes, laws or regulations in effect on the date of
such opinion which, in such counsel's experience, are normally applicable
to transactions of the type contemplated by this Agreement and that such
counsel expresses no opinion as to the securities or Blue Sky laws of the
various jurisdictions in which the Notes are to be offered.
(ix) The Registration Statement, as of its effective date, and the Prospectus, as of its date, including each Incorporated Document when such Incorporated Document was filed or became effective, or if any such Incorporated Document was amended, when such amendment was filed or became effective, appeared on their face to be appropriately responsive in all material respects to the applicable requirements of the 1933 Act or the 1934 Act, as the case may be, except that in each case such counsel need not (x) assume any responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or fairness of the statements contained in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or (y) express an opinion as to the financial statements and schedules and other financial data included or incorporated by reference therein or as to the Trustee's Statement of Eligibility on Form T-1 under the 1939 Act (the "Form T-1").
(x) The statements in the Prospectus under the captions "Description of the Debt Securities" and "Description of the Notes," insofar as they purport to summarize certain provisions of documents specifically referred to therein, are in all material respects accurate summaries of such provisions.
(xi) Except as set forth in the Prospectus (including the Incorporated Documents), there is not pending or, to the knowledge of such counsel, after reasonable inquiry, threatened any action, suit or proceeding against the Company or any of its subsidiaries before or by any court or governmental agency or body, which is likely (to the extent not covered by insurance) to have a material adverse effect on the consolidated financial condition of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
(xii) To the best of such counsel's knowledge, after reasonable inquiry, there is no contract or document of a character required to be described in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or to be filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement that is not described or filed as required.
(xiii) To the best of such counsel's knowledge, after reasonable inquiry, the Company is not in violation of its Restated Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws, in each case, as amended.
(xiv) To the best of such counsel's knowledge, after reasonable inquiry, the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Indenture and any applicable Terms Agreement by the Company, the issuance and sale of the Notes and the performance by the Company of its obligations under this Agreement, the Indenture and any applicable Terms Agreement will not conflict with or constitute a breach of or a default (with the passage of time or otherwise) under, subject (except in respect of any Notes issued and sold on the date of such opinion pursuant to an applicable Terms Agreement) to the Company's compliance with any applicable covenants pertaining to its incurrence of unsecured indebtedness, any agreement or instrument that is, individually or in the aggregate, material to the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to which the Company is a party or by which it is bound. To the best of such counsel's knowledge, after reasonable inquiry, the issuance and sale as of the date of this Agreement of all of the authorized aggregate principal amount of the Notes, both immediately before and after giving effect to such issuance and sale, would not conflict with or constitute a breach of or a default (with the passage of time or otherwise) under any applicable covenants pertaining to the Company's incurrence of unsecured indebtedness contained in the agreements or instruments referred to above.
In rendering the opinions set forth in paragraphs (iv) and (vi) above, such counsel may state that such enforcement may be limited by (i) require-
ments that a claim with respect to any Notes denominated other than in United States dollars (or a judgment denominated other than in United States dollars in respect of such claim) be converted into United States dollars at a rate of exchange prevailing on a date determined pursuant to applicable law and (ii) governmental authority to limit, delay or prohibit the making of payments outside the United States or in foreign currency or composite currency.
In rendering the foregoing opinions such counsel may state that with respect to certain matters he has relied upon advice of other counsel employed by the Company who are more familiar with such matters.
In addition, such counsel shall state that he has participated in conferences with officers and other representatives of the Company, outside counsel for the Company, representatives of the independent public accountants for the Company, representatives of the Agents and counsel for the Agents, at which conferences the contents of the Registration Statement and Prospectus and related matters were discussed and, although he is not passing upon, and does not assume any responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or fairness of the statements contained in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus (other than as set forth in paragraph (x) above) and has not made any independent check or verification thereof, on the basis of the foregoing, nothing has come to such counsel's attention that leads him to believe that either the Registration Statement (including the Incorporated Documents) at the time such Registration Statement became effective, and if an amendment to the Registration Statement or an Annual Report on Form 10-K has been filed by the Company with the Commission subsequent to the effectiveness of the Registration Statement and prior to the date of such statement, then at the time such amendment became effective or at the time of the most recent such filing (to the extent deemed to be incorporated by reference therein), contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, or that the Prospectus (including the Incorporated Documents) as of the date of this Agreement (and, if the opinion is being given pursuant to Section 6(b) hereof as a result of the Company having entered into a Terms Agreement as contemplated by the first paragraph of Section 6(b) or having filed an Incorporated Document described in the second paragraph of Section 6(b), as of the Settlement Date with respect to such Terms Agreement or as of the filing date of such Incorporated Document, as the case may be)
contained or contains an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, except that such counsel need express no opinion with respect to the financial statements, schedules and other financial data included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement or Prospectus or with respect to the Form T-1.
(b) On the date hereof, the Agents shall have received an opinion from counsel to the Agents, dated as of the date hereof and in form and substance satisfactory to the Agents.
(c) Officer's Certificate. Except as contemplated in the Prospectus or reflected therein by the filing of any amendment or supplement thereto or any Incorporated Document, at the date hereof and at each Settlement Date with respect to any Terms Agreement, there shall not have been, since the date of the most recent consolidated financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the Prospectus, any material adverse change in the consolidated financial condition of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole. On the date hereof (and, if this certificate is being delivered pursuant to a Terms Agreement, as of the Settlement Date with respect to such Terms Agreement), the Agents shall have received a certificate signed by an officer of the Company, substantially in the form of Appendix I hereto and dated the date hereof, to the effect (i) that there has been no such material adverse change, (ii) that the representations and warranties of the Company contained in Section 1(a) hereof (other than Section 1(a)(vi)) are true and correct in all material respects with the same force and effect as though expressly made at and as of the date of such certificate, (iii) that the Company has complied with all agreements and satisfied all conditions required by this Agreement or the Indenture on its part to be performed or satisfied at or prior to the date of such certificate and (iv) that no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statements has been issued and, to the best of such officer's knowledge, no proceedings for that purpose have been initiated or threatened by the Commission.
(d) Comfort Letter. On the date hereof, the Agents shall have received a letter from the Company's independent public accountants, dated as of the date hereof and in form and substance satisfactory to the Agents, containing statements and information of a type ordinarily included in accountants' "comfort letters" to agents with respect to the financial statements and certain financial information contained or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement and the Pro-
spectus; and, if financial statements for any assets, business or entity acquired by the Company are included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, the Agents shall have received a similar "comfort letter" from a firm of independent public accountants, dated as of the date hereof and in form and substance satisfactory to the Agents, with respect to such financial statements and any financial information with respect to such assets, business or entity, as the case may be, contained or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus. Without limitation to the foregoing, the letter delivered by the Company's independent public accountants shall state that nothing has come to their attention that caused them to believe that at a specified date not more than five days prior to the date of such letter, there was any change in the outstanding capital stock of the Company or any increase in consolidated long- term debt of the Company or any decrease in the stockholders' equity of the Company, in each case as compared with the amounts shown on the most recent consolidated balance sheet of the Company incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement and Prospectus or, during the period from the date of such balance sheet to a specified date not more than five days prior to the date of such letter, there were any decreases, as compared with the corresponding period in the preceding year, in consolidated net sales and operating revenues or net income of the Company, except in each such case as set forth in or contemplated by the Registration Statement and Prospectus or except for such exceptions enumerated in such letter as shall have been agreed to by the Agents and the Company.
(e) Other Documents. On the date hereof and on each Settlement Date with respect to any applicable Terms Agreement, counsel to the Agents shall have been furnished with such documents and opinions as such counsel may reasonably require for the purpose of enabling such counsel to pass upon the issuance and sale of the Notes as herein contemplated and related proceedings, or in order to evidence the accuracy and completeness of any of the representations and warranties, or the fulfillment of any of the conditions, herein contained.
If any condition specified in this Section 5 shall not have been fulfilled
when and as required to be fulfilled, this Agreement may be terminated by any of
the Agents (as to itself only) and any Terms Agreement may be terminated by the
Agent party to such Terms Agreement by notice to the Company at any time, and
any such termination shall be without liability of any party to any other party,
except that the covenants set forth in Section 3(f) hereof, the provisions of
Section 4 hereof, the indemnity and contribution agreements set forth in
Sections 7 and 8 hereof and the provisions of Sections 9 and 13 hereof shall
remain in effect.
SECTION 6. Subsequent Documentation Requirements of the Company.
The Company covenants and agrees that so long as Notes are authorized for sale pursuant to this Agreement and unless the sale of Notes has been suspended as provided in this Agreement:
(a) Subsequent Delivery of Certificates. Each time that the Registration Statement or the Prospectus shall be amended or supplemented (other than by (i) a Pricing Supplement or an amendment or other supplement providing solely for a change in the interest rates of the Notes or changes in other terms of the Notes or (ii) an amendment or supplement which relates exclusively to an offering of debt securities other than the Notes) or there is filed with the Commission any document incorporated, or deemed to be incorporated, by reference into the Prospectus (other than a Current Report on Form 8-K unless delivery of a certificate is reasonably requested by the Agents with respect to such filing) or the Company sells Notes to an Agent pursuant to a Terms Agreement, the terms of which so require, the Company shall use its best efforts to furnish or cause to be furnished to the Agents or to the Agent party to the Terms Agreement, as the case may be, promptly following such amendment, supplement or filing or on the Settlement Date with respect to such Terms Agreement, as the case may be, a certificate in form satisfactory to counsel for the Agents to the effect that the statements contained in the certificate referred to in Section 5(c) hereof that was last furnished to the Agents are true and correct at the time of such amendment, supplement, filing or sale, as the case may be, as though made at and as of such time (except that such statements shall be deemed to relate to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus as amended and supplemented to such time) or, in lieu of such certificate, a certificate of the same tenor as the certificate referred to in said Section 5(c), modified as necessary to relate to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus as amended and supplemented to the time of delivery of such certificate.
(b) Subsequent Delivery of Legal Opinions. Each time that the Registration Statement or the Prospectus shall be amended or supplemented (other than by (i) a Pricing Supplement or an amendment or other supplement providing solely for a change in the interest rates of the Notes or changes in other terms of the Notes, (ii) an amendment or supplement providing solely for the inclusion of additional financial information or (iii) an amendment or supplement that relates exclusively to an offering of debt securities other than the Notes) or there is filed with the Commission any document incorporated, or deemed to be incorporated, by reference into the Prospectus (other than any Annual Report on Form 10-K, Current Report on Form
8-K or Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q relating primarily to financial statements or other financial information as of and for any fiscal quarter) or the Company sells Notes to an Agent pursuant to a Terms Agreement, the terms of which so require, the Company shall use its best efforts to furnish or cause to be furnished, promptly following such amendment, supplement or filing or on the Settlement Date with respect to such Terms Agreement, as the case may be, to the Agents or to the Agent party to the Terms Agreement, as the case may be, a letter substantially in the form of Appendix II hereto (modified, as necessary, in the case of a Terms Agreement) from the counsel last furnishing the opinion referred to in Section 5(a) hereof or, in lieu of such letter, a letter from other counsel satisfactory to counsel for the Agents, dated the date of delivery of such letter and in form satisfactory to counsel for the Agents, of the same tenor as the opinion referred to in Section 5(a) hereof (other than the matters covered by Sections 5(a)(viii)(x) and 5(a)(xi)), but modified, as necessary, to relate to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, as amended and supplemented to the time of delivery of such opinion.
The Company shall use its best efforts to furnish or cause to be furnished to the Agents, promptly following each filing by the Company of a Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q or an Annual Report on Form 10-K, a letter from the counsel last furnishing the opinion referred to in Section 5(a) hereof, or from other counsel satisfactory to counsel for the Agents, dated the date of delivery of such letter and in form satisfactory to counsel for the Agents, of the same tenor as the opinion referred to in Section 5(a)(xi), but modified, as necessary, to relate to the Registration Statement and Prospectus, as amended and supplemented to the time of delivery of such letter.
(c) Subsequent Delivery of Comfort Letters. Each time that the Registration Statement or the Prospectus shall be amended or supplemented to include additional financial information or there is filed with the Commission any document incorporated, or deemed to be incorporated, by reference into the Prospectus which contains additional financial statement information relating to the Company or the Company sells Notes pursuant to a Terms Agreement, the terms of which so require, the Company shall use its best efforts to cause the Company's independent public accountants, promptly following such amendment, supplement or filing or on the Settlement Date with respect to such Terms Agreement, as the case may be, to furnish the Agents or to the Agent party to the Terms Agreement, as the case may be, a letter, dated the date of filing of such amendment, supplement or document with the Commission, or such Settlement Date, as the case may be, in form satisfactory to counsel for the Agents (or such Agent), of the same general tenor as the letter
furnished pursuant to Section 5(d) hereof (other than the information required by the last sentence thereof, except in the case of a Terms Agreement, the terms of which so require) but modified, as necessary, to relate to the Registration Statement and Prospectus, as amended and supplemented to the date of such letter and with such changes as may be necessary to reflect changes in the financial statements and other information derived from the accounting records of the Company; provided, however, that if the Registration Statement or the Prospectus is amended or supplemented solely to include financial information as of and for a fiscal quarter, the Company's independent public accountants may limit the scope of such letter to the unaudited financial statements included in such amendment or supplement.
SECTION 7. Indemnification.
(a) Indemnification of the Agents. The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Agent and each person, if any, who controls an Agent within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act as follows:
(i) against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense
whatsoever (including, subject to the limitations set forth in subsection
(c) below, the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel chosen by the
Agents), as incurred, insofar as such loss, liability, claim, damage or
expense arises out of any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a
material fact contained in the Registration Statement or the omission or
alleged omission therefrom of a material fact required to be stated therein
or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, or arises out
of any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact
contained in the Prospectus or the omission or alleged omission therefrom
of a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in
the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading;
(ii) against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense
whatsoever (including, subject to the limitations set forth in subsection
(c) below, the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel chosen by the
Agents), as incurred, to the extent of the aggregate amount paid in
settlement of any litigation, or investigation or proceeding by any
governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, or of any claim
whatsoever, insofar as such loss, liability, claim, damage or expense
arises out of any such untrue statement or omission, or any such alleged
untrue statement or omission, if such settlement is effected with the
written consent of the Company; and
(iii) against any and all expense whatsoever (including, subject to the limitations set forth in subsection (c) below, the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel chosen by the Agents), as incurred, reasonably incurred in investigating, preparing or defending against any litigation, or investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, or any claim whatsoever, based upon any such untrue statement or omission, or any such alleged untrue statement or omission;
provided, however, that this indemnity shall not apply to any loss, liability,
claim, damage or expense (A) to the extent arising out of or based upon any
untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in
reliance upon the Form T-1 under the 1939 Act filed as an exhibit to the
Registration Statement; or (B) to the extent arising out of any untrue statement
or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission in the Prospectus, if such
untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission is
corrected in an amendment or supplement to the Prospectus and if, having
previously been furnished by or on behalf of the Company with copies of the
Prospectus, as so amended or supplemented, such Agent thereafter failed to
deliver such Prospectus, as so amended or supplemented, prior to or concurrently
with the sale of a Note or Notes to the person asserting such loss, liability,
claim, damage or expense who purchased such Note or Notes that are the subject
thereof from such Agent; or (C) as to which such Agent may be required to
indemnify the Company pursuant to the provisions of subsection (b) of this
Section 7; or (D) if such loss, liability, claim, damage or expense is covered
by any other written agreement between the Company and such Agent pertaining to
the sale of the Notes pursuant to which such Agent may be required to indemnify
the Company for such loss, liability, claim, damage or expense.
(b) Indemnification of the Company. Each Agent agrees, severally and not jointly, to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its directors, each of its officers who signed the Registration Statement, and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense described in the indemnity contained in subsection (a) of this Section 7, as incurred, but only with respect to untrue statements or omissions, or alleged untrue statements or omissions, made in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by or on behalf of any such Agent expressly for use in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus.
(c) General. (i) In case any action, suit or proceeding (including any governmental or regulatory investigation or proceeding) shall be brought against any Agent or any person controlling such Agent, based upon the Registration Statement or the Prospectus and with respect to which indemnity may be sought against the Company pursuant to this Section 7, such Agent or controlling person shall promptly notify the Company in writing, and the Company shall assume the defense thereof, including the employment of counsel and payment of all expenses. Any such Agent or any such controlling person shall have the right to employ separate counsel in any such action, suit or proceeding and to participate in the defense thereof, but the fees and expenses of such separate counsel shall be at the expense of such Agent or such controlling person, unless (A) the employment of such counsel shall have been specifically authorized in writing by the Company, (B) the Company shall have failed to assume the defense and employ counsel or (C) the named parties to any such action, suit or proceeding (including any impleaded parties) shall include both such Agent or such controlling person and the Company, and such Agent or such controlling person shall have been advised by such counsel that there may be one or more legal defenses available to it that are different from, or additional to, those available to the Company (in which case, if such Agent or such controlling person notifies the Company in writing that it elects to employ separate counsel at the expense of the Company, the Company shall not have the right to assume the defense of such action, suit or proceeding on behalf of such Agent or such controlling person, it being understood, however, that the Company shall not, in connection with any one such action or separate but substantially similar or related actions in the same jurisdiction arising out of the same general allegations or circumstances, be liable for the reasonable fees and expenses of more than one separate firm of attorneys (in addition to any local counsel) for all such Agents and such controlling persons, which firm shall be designated in writing by a majority of all such Agents, on behalf of all of such Agents and such controlling persons).
(ii) In case any action, suit or proceeding (including any governmental or regulatory investigation or proceeding) shall be brought against the Company, any of the Company's directors or officers, or any person controlling the Company, with respect to which indemnity may be sought against any Agent pursuant to this Section 7, such Agent shall have the rights and duties given to the Company by subsection (c)(i) of this Section 7, and the Company, the Company's directors and officers and any such controlling person shall have the rights and duties given to the Agents by subsection (c)(i) of this Section 7.
SECTION 8. Contribution.
In order to provide for just and equitable contribution in circumstances in which the indemnity agreement provided for in Section 7 hereof is for any reason held to be unenforceable with respect to the indemnified parties, although applicable in accordance with its terms, the Company and each Agent shall contribute to the aggregate losses, liabilities, claims, damages and expenses of the nature contemplated by said indemnity agreement incurred by the Company and the Agents, as incurred, (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company, on the one hand, and each of the Agents, on the other hand, from the offering of the Notes or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) above is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) above but also the relative fault of the Company, on the one hand, and of the Agents, on the other hand, in connection with the statements or omissions that resulted in such losses, liabilities, claims, damages and expenses. The relative benefits received by the Company, on the one hand, and the Agents, on the other hand, shall be deemed to be in the same proportions as the total net proceeds from the sale of the Notes (before deducting expenses) received by the Company, on the one hand, and the total commissions or other compensation or remuneration received by each Agent, on the other hand, bear to the total purchase price of the Notes as set forth in the applicable Pricing Supplement. The relative fault of the Company, on the one hand, and the Agents, on the other hand, shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company or by the Agents and the parties' relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. The Agents' respective obligations to contribute pursuant to this Section 8 are several in proportion to the respective principal amount of Notes they have purchased hereunder, and not joint. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 8, no Agent shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total purchase price at which the Notes were offered by such Agent to the public exceeds the amount of any damages that such Agent has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the 1933 Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. For purposes of this Section 8, each person, if any, who controls an Agent within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act shall have the same rights to contribution as such Agent, and each director of the Company, each officer of the Company who signed the Registration Statement and each person, if
any, who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act shall have the same rights to contribution as the Company. Any party entitled to contribution hereunder will, promptly after receipt of notice of commencement of any action, suit or proceeding against such party in respect of which a claim for contribution may be made against another party or parties under this Section 8, notify such party or parties from whom contribution may be sought, but the omission to so notify such party or parties shall not relieve the party or parties from whom contribution may be sought from any other obligation it or they may have otherwise than under this Section 8.
SECTION 9. Representations, Warranties and Agreements to Survive Delivery.
All representations, warranties and agreements contained in this Agreement or any Terms Agreement, or contained in certificates of officers of the Company submitted pursuant hereto, shall remain operative and in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of any Agent or any controlling person of any Agent, or by or on behalf of the Company, and shall survive each delivery of and payment for any of the Notes.
SECTION 10. Termination.
(a) Termination of this Agreement. This Agreement may be terminated by
the Company (i) for any reason at any time with respect to any Agent or Agents
upon the giving of 10 days' written notice of such termination to each other
party hereto or (ii) at any time upon notice to each other party hereto if no
Notes then remain authorized for sale pursuant hereto. This Agreement may be
terminated by any Agent (as to itself only) either (x) upon the giving of 10
days' written notice of such termination to each other party hereto or (y) at
any time upon notice to the Company if the Company shall have failed to furnish
or cause to be furnished the certificates, opinions or letters referred to in
Section 5 or 6 hereof or if no Notes then remain authorized for sale pursuant
hereto.
(b) Termination of a Terms Agreement. An Agent party to a Terms Agreement may terminate such Terms Agreement (as to itself only) immediately upon notice to the Company, at any time prior to the Settlement Date relating thereto, if (i) between the date of such Terms Agreement and the related Settlement Date, there shall have been any material adverse change in the consolidated financial condition of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (ii) there shall have occurred any material adverse change in the financial markets in the United States or any
outbreak or escalation of hostilities or other national or international calamity or crisis, the effect of which shall be such as to make it, in the reasonable judgment of such Agent, impracticable to market or to enforce contracts for sale of the Notes or other debt securities, (iii) trading in any securities of the Company shall have been suspended by the Commission or a national securities exchange in the United States, or if trading generally on the New York Stock Exchange shall have been suspended, or minimum or maximum prices for trading shall have been fixed, or maximum ranges for prices for securities shall have been required, by said exchange or by order of the Commission or any other governmental authority, or if a banking moratorium shall have been declared by either Federal or New York authorities or if a banking moratorium shall have been declared by the relevant authorities in the country or countries of origin of any foreign currency or currencies in which the Notes are denominated or payable, (iv) any of the nationally recognized securities rating agencies referred to in Section 3(a)(vi) shall have publicly announced that it has (A) placed the Notes or the Company's unsecured senior long term debt generally on what is commonly termed a "watch list" for possible downgrading or (B) downgraded the Notes or the Company's unsecured senior long term debt generally, or (v) the Company shall have failed to furnish or cause to be furnished the certificates, opinions or letters referred to in Section 6 hereof.
(c) General. In the event of any such termination, no party will have any
liability to any other party hereto, except that (i) a terminating Agent shall
be entitled to any commissions earned in accordance with the third paragraph of
Section 2(a) hereof, (ii) if at the time of termination (A) a terminating Agent
and the Company shall have entered into a Terms Agreement and the Settlement
Date with respect thereto shall not yet have occurred or (B) an offer to
purchase any of the Notes has been accepted by the Company but the time of
delivery to the purchaser or his agent of the Note or Notes relating thereto has
not occurred, the covenants set forth in Sections 3 (subject to the provisions
of Section 3(h)) and 6 hereof shall remain in effect until such Settlement Date
or until such Notes are so delivered, as the case may be, (iii) if at the time
of termination an Agent holds Notes purchased under a Terms Agreement entered
into within 90 days of such termination, the covenants set forth in Section 3(d)
(subject to the provisions of Section 3(h)) shall remain in effect for a period
of 90 days following the date such Terms Agreement is entered into (subject to
extension pursuant to Section 3(h)) and (iv) the covenants set forth in Section
3(f) hereof, the provisions of Section 4 hereof, the indemnity and
contribution agreements set forth in Sections 7 and 8 hereof and the provisions
of Sections 9 and 13 hereof shall remain in effect.
SECTION 11. Notices.
All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if mailed or transmitted by any standard form of telecommunication. Notices to the Agents shall be directed, as the case may be, to [insert Agent's notice provisions]. Notices to the Company shall be directed to it at 10889 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, California 90024, attention of Vice President and Treasurer.
SECTION 12. Parties.
This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the Agents (and, in the case of a Terms Agreement, the Agent or Agents party thereto) and the Company and their respective successors. Nothing expressed or mentioned in this Agreement is intended or shall be construed to give any person, firm or corporation, other than the parties hereto and their respective successors and the controlling persons and officers and directors referred to in Sections 7 and 8 hereof and their heirs and legal representatives, any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of this Agreement or any provisions herein contained. This Agreement and all conditions and provisions hereof are intended to be for the sole and exclusive benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and said controlling persons and officers and directors and their heirs and legal representatives, and for the benefit of no other person, firm or corporation. No purchaser of Notes shall be deemed to be a successor by reason merely of such purchase.
SECTION 13. Governing Law.
This Agreement and the rights and obligations of the parties created hereby shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, including without limitation, (S) 5-1401 of the New York General Obligations Law.
If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our agreement, please sign and return to the Company a counterpart hereof, whereupon this instrument along with all counterparts will become a binding agreement between the Agents and the Company in accordance with its terms.
Very truly yours,
Occidental Petroleum Corporation
Title:
CONFIRMED AND ACCEPTED, as of the date
first above written:
[Agents]
EXHIBIT A
COMMISSION
TERM (a) RATE (b)
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More than 9 months but less than 1 year.........
From 1 year but less than 18 months.............
From 18 months but less than 2 years............
From 2 years but less than 3 years..............
From 3 years but less than 4 years..............
From 4 years but less than 5 years..............
From 5 years but less than 6 years..............
From 6 years but less than 7 years..............
From 7 years but less than 10 years.............
From 10 years but less than 15 years............
From 15 years but less than 20 years............
From 20 years to 30 years(c)....................
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(a) With respect to each Note that is subject to purchase by the Company at the option of the holder thereof (a "Put Note"), the word "Term" as used in this Exhibit A refers to the earliest purchase date specified in the applicable Put Note.
(b) With respect to each Note that is a Discount Security (as defined in the Indenture), the commission payable to each Agent with respect to each such Note sold as a result of a solicitation made by such Agent shall be based on the purchase price of such Note.
(c) With respect to each Note with a term in excess of 30 years from the date of issue, the commission payable to each Agent with respect to each such Note sold as a result of a solicitation made by such Agent will be agreed to by the Company and such Agent at the time of such sale.
EXHIBIT B
The following terms, if applicable, shall be agreed to by the Agent and the Company pursuant to each Terms Agreement:
Principal Amount: $________
(or principal amount of
foreign currency)
Interest Rate:
If Fixed Rate Note:
Interest Rate:
Interest Payment Dates:
Regular Record Dates:
If Floating Rate Note:
Base Rate or Rates (or the method of calculating the Base Rate or
Rates):
Initial Interest Rate:
Spread or Spread Multiplier, if any:
Interest Reset Dates:
Interest Payment Dates:
Index Maturity:
Interest Determination Dates:
Maximum Interest Rate, if any:
Minimum Interest Rate, if any:
Interest Reset Period:
Interest Payment Period:
Calculation Agent (if other than the Trustee):
If Redeemable:
Earliest Redemption Date:
Redemption Price:
Stated Maturity:
Purchase Price: ______%
Settlement Date and Time:
Currency of Denomination (if currency is other than U.S. dollar):
Currency of Payment (if currency is other than U.S. dollar):
Denominations:
Additional Terms:
Also, agreement as to whether the following will be required:*
Officer's Certificate pursuant to Section 6(a) of the Distribution Agreement.
Legal Opinion pursuant to Section 6(b) of the Distribution Agreement.
Comfort Letter pursuant to Section 6(c) of the Distribution Agreement.
APPENDIX I
FORM OF OFFICER'S CERTIFICATE
OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION
I, [name], [title] of Occidental Petroleum Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), pursuant to Section 5(c) of the Distribution Agreement, dated (the "Distribution Agreement"), between the Company and each of [insert Agents] (collectively, the "Agents"), relating to the offering from time to time by the Company directly or through or to the Agents of up to U.S. $ aggregate offering price of Medium-Term Notes, Series [ ], of the Company, hereby certify on behalf of the Company that:
1. Except as contemplated in the Prospectus (as defined in the Distribution Agreement) or reflected therein by the filing of any amendment or supplement thereto or any Incorporated Document (as defined in the Distribution Agreement), since the date of the most recent consolidated financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the Prospectus, there has not been any material adverse change in the consolidated financial condition of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole;
2. The representations and warranties of the Company contained in Section 1(a) of the Distribution Agreement (other than Section 1(a)(vi) thereof) are true and correct in all material respects with the same force and effect as though expressly made at and as of the date hereof;
3. The Company has complied with all agreements and satisfied all conditions required by the Distribution Agreement or the Indenture (as defined in the Distribution Agreement) on its part to be performed or satisfied at or prior to the date hereof; and
4. No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement (as defined in the Distribution Agreement) has been issued and, to the best of my knowledge, no proceedings for that purpose have been initiated or threatened by the Securities and Exchange Commission.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto signed my name this day of , .
By:________________________________________ Name:
Title:
APPENDIX II
FORM OF RELIANCE LETTER OF COUNSEL
[Date]
Re: Occidental Petroleum Corporation Medium-Term Notes, Series [ ]
Dear Sirs:
I have delivered an opinion to you, dated , as counsel to Occidental Petroleum Corporation (the "Company"), pursuant to Section 5(a) of the Distribution Agreement, dated (the "Distribution Agreement"), between the Company and [insert Agents]. You may continue to rely upon such opinion (other than the matters covered by Sections 5(a)(viii)(x) and 5(a)(xi) thereof, as to which no opinion is expressed) as if it were dated as of this date, except that all statements and opinions contained therein shall be deemed to relate to the Registration Statement and Prospectus (as such terms are defined in the Distribution Agreement) as amended and supplemented to this date.
This letter is delivered to you pursuant to Section 6(b) of the Distribution Agreement.
Very truly yours,
EXHIBIT C
OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION
MEDIUM-TERM NOTES, SERIES [ ]
ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES
[Date]
The administrative procedures and specific terms of the offering of Medium-
Term Notes, Series [ ] (the "Notes") on a continuous basis by Occidental
Petroleum Corporation (the "Issuer") pursuant to the Distribution Agreement,
dated (the "Distribution Agreement"), between the Issuer and each of
[Insert Agents] (each an "Agent") are explained below. In the Distribution
Agreement, the Agents have agreed to use their best efforts to solicit offers to
purchase the Notes. Each Agent, as principal, may purchase Notes for its own
account pursuant to the terms and settlement details of a terms agreement
entered into between the Issuer and such Agent, as contemplated by the
Distribution Agreement. In the Distribution Agreement, the Issuer reserves the
right to sell Notes directly on its own behalf.
Each Note will be issued under an indenture between the Issuer and The Bank of New York, as trustee, (the "Trustee"), dated as of April 1, 1998 (the "Indenture", which term, for purposes hereof, shall include the Officers' Certificate (the "Officers' Certificate") delivered from time to time pursuant to Sections 201 and 301 of the Indenture establishing the terms of the Note), relating to senior debt securities of the Issuer. Notes will bear interest at fixed rates ("Fixed Rate Notes"), floating rates ("Floating Rate Notes") or will not bear interest. Each Note will be represented by either a Global Security (as defined hereinafter) delivered to the Trustee, as agent for The Depository Trust Company ("DTC"), and recorded in the book-entry system maintained by DTC (a "Book-Entry Note") or a certificate delivered to the Holder thereof or a Person designated by such Holder (a "Certificated Note"). Owners of beneficial interests in a Global Security will be entitled to physical delivery of Certificated Notes equal in principal amount to their respective beneficial interests only under certain limited circumstances.
The Trustee will act as Paying Agent for the payment of principal of and interest on the Notes and will perform, as Paying Agent, unless otherwise specified in the Notes, the Indenture or herein, the other duties specified herein. Book-Entry Notes will be issued in accordance with the administrative procedures set forth in Part I hereof, and Certificated Notes will be issued in accordance with the administrative procedures set forth in Part II hereof. Any administrative responsibilities, document control and record-keeping functions to be performed by the Issuer will be performed by its Treasury Department. To the extent that the procedures set forth herein conflict with any provision of the Notes (which, in the case of Book-Entry Notes shall be the related Global Security), the Indenture or the Distribution Agreement, the relevant provisions of the Notes, the Indenture or the Distribution Agreement shall be controlling. Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Indenture, the Officers' Certificates or the Notes shall be used herein as therein defined.
Upon the agreement of the Company, the Trustee and the Agent or Agents with respect to a particular issue of Notes, subject to the terms of the Indenture, the terms and procedures with respect to such issue of Notes may be varied from those set forth herein.
PART I: ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES FOR BOOK-ENTRY NOTES
In connection with the qualification of the Book-Entry Notes for eligibility in the book-entry system maintained by DTC, the Trustee will perform the custodial, document control and administrative functions described below, in accordance with its respective obligations under a Letter of Representations from the Issuer and the Trustee to DTC dated as of , and a Medium-Term Note Certificate Agreement between the Trustee and DTC, dated , and its obligations as a participant in DTC, including DTC's Same-Day Funds Settlement System ("SDFS").
ISSUANCE: On any date of settlement (as defined under
"Settlement" below) for one or more Book-Entry
Notes, the Issuer will issue a single global
security in fully registered form without coupons
(a "Global Security") representing up to
$200,000,000 principal amount of all such Notes
that have the same Original Issue Price, Stated
Maturity, Earliest Redemption Date, Redemption
Price and other redemption provisions, if any,
Purchase Date or Dates and Purchase Price or
Prices, if any, Interest Payment Dates, Regular
Record Dates, Interest Payment Period, Original
Issue Discount, if any, Yield to Maturity, if
applicable, and, additionally, in the case of
Fixed Rate Notes, interest rate and, in the case
of Floating Rate Notes, Initial Interest Rate,
Base Rate or Rates, Index Maturity, Interest
Reset Period, Interest Reset Dates, Spread or
Spread Multiplier, if any, Minimum Interest Rate,
if any, and Maximum Interest Rate, if any
(collectively the "Terms"). Each Global Security
will be dated and issued as of the date of its
authentication by the Trustee. Each Global
Security will bear interest from the later of the
Original Issue Date specified therein or from the
most recent Interest Payment Date with respect to
such Global Security (or Predecessor Security) to
which interest has been paid or duly provided for
(such later date being herein referred to as a
"Global Interest Accrual Date"). Book-Entry Notes
may only be denominated and payable in U.S.
dollars. No Global Security will represent any
Certificated Note.
IDENTIFICATION NUMBERS: The Issuer has arranged with the CUSIP Service
Bureau of Standard & Poor's Corporation (the
"CUSIP Service Bureau") for the reservation of a
series of CUSIP numbers (including tranche
numbers), which series consists of approximately
900 CUSIP numbers (of which [ ] remained
unassigned as of [ ]) and relates to Global
Securities representing the Book-Entry Notes. The
Issuer has obtained from the CUSIP Service Bureau
a written list of such series of reserved CUSIP
numbers and has delivered to
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the Trustee and DTC such written list of [ ]
unassigned CUSIP numbers. The Issuer will assign
CUSIP numbers to Global Securities as described
under Settlement Procedure "B" below. DTC will
notify the CUSIP Service Bureau periodically of
the CUSIP numbers that the Issuer has assigned to
Global Securities. At any time when fewer than 100
of the reserved CUSIP numbers of a series remain
unassigned to Global Securities, the Trustee will
notify the Issuer and, if the Issuer deems
necessary, it will reserve additional CUSIP
numbers for assignment to Global Securities
representing Book-Entry Notes. Upon obtaining such
additional CUSIP numbers, the Issuer shall deliver
a list of such additional CUSIP numbers to the
Trustee and DTC.
REGISTRATION: Each Global Security will be registered in the
name of Cede & Co., as nominee for DTC, on the
Security Register maintained under the Indenture.
The beneficial owner of a Book-Entry Note (or one
or more indirect participants in DTC designated by
such owner) will designate one or more
participants in DTC (with respect to such Note,
the "Participants") to act as agent or agents for
such owner in connection with the book-entry
system maintained by DTC, and DTC will record in
book-entry form, in accordance with instructions
provided by such Participants, a credit balance
with respect to such Note in the account of such
Participants. The ownership interest of such
beneficial owner in such Note will be recorded
through the records of such Participants or
through the separate records of such Participants
and one or more indirect participants in DTC.
TRANSFERS: Transfers of a Book-Entry Note will be
accomplished by book entries made by DTC and, in
turn, by Participants (and in certain cases, one
or more indirect participants in DTC) acting on
behalf of beneficial transferors and transferees
of such Note.
EXCHANGES: At the request of the Issuer, the Trustee shall
deliver to DTC and the CUSIP Service Bureau at any
time a written notice of consolidation specifying
(i) the CUSIP numbers of two or more Outstanding
Global Securities that represent Book-Entry Notes
having the same Terms and for which interest has
been paid to the same date, (ii) a date, occurring
at least 30 days after such written notice is
delivered and at least 30 days before the next
Interest Payment Date for such Book-Entry Notes,
on which such Global Securities shall be exchanged
for a single replacement Global Security and (iii)
a new CUSIP number, obtained from the Issuer, to
be assigned to such replacement Global Security.
Upon receipt of such a notice, DTC will send to
its Participants (including the Trustee) a written
reorganization notice to the effect that such
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exchange will occur on such date. Prior to the
specified exchange date, the Trustee will deliver
to the CUSIP Service Bureau a written notice
setting forth such exchange date and the new CUSIP
number and stating that, as of such exchange date,
the CUSIP numbers of the Global Securities to be
exchanged will no longer be valid. On the
specified exchange date, the Trustee will exchange
such Global Securities for a single Global
Security bearing the new CUSIP number, and the
CUSIP numbers of the exchanged Global Securities
will, in accordance with CUSIP Service Bureau
customary procedures, be cancelled and not
immediately reassigned. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, if the Global Securities to be
exchanged exceed $200,000,000 in aggregate
principal amount, one Global Security will be
authenticated and issued to represent each
$200,000,000 of principal amount of the exchanged
Global Securities and an additional Global
Security will be authenticated and issued to
represent any remaining principal amount of such
Global Securities (see "Denominations" below).
MATURITIES: Each Book-Entry Note will mature on a date not
less than nine months after the settlement date
for such Note.
NOTICE OF REDEMPTION
DATES: In the case of a full redemption of all Book-Entry
Notes represented by a single Global Security,
the Trustee will notify DTC not more than 60 but
not less than 30 days prior to the Redemption
Date with respect to such Global Security, of the
CUSIP number of such Global Security, the
Redemption Date and the Redemption Price. In the
case of a redemption of less than all Book-Entry
Notes represented by a single Global Security, the
Trustee will notify DTC not more than 2 business
days before 60 days, but not less than 2 business
days before 30 days, prior to the Redemption Date
with respect to such Global Security, of the CUSIP
number of such Global Security, the Redemption
Date and the Redemption Price.
NOTICE OF PURCHASE
DATES: In the case of any Global Security having a
Purchase Date or Dates specified therein, the
Trustee will notify DTC, upon the earlier of 60
days prior to each such Purchase Date or 5 days
prior to the first date on which a Purchase Notice
with respect to such Purchase Date may be
delivered to the Trustee, of the CUSIP number of
such Global Security, the first and last date on
which a Purchase Notice with respect to such
Purchase Date may be delivered to the Trustee, the
Purchase Date and the Purchase Price.
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DENOMINATIONS: Book-Entry Notes will be sold in denominations of
$1,000 and any amount in excess thereof that is an
integral multiple of $1,000. Global Securities
will be issued in denominations of $1,000 and any
amount in excess thereof that is an integral
multiple of $1,000, up to a maximum denomination
of $200,000,000. If one or more Book-Entry Notes
having an aggregate principal amount in excess of
$200,000,000 would, but for the preceding
sentence, be represented by a single Global
Security, then one Global Security will be issued
to represent each $200,000,000 principal amount of
such Book-Entry Note or Notes and an additional
Global Security will be issued to represent any
remaining principal amount of such Book-Entry Note
or Notes. In such a case, each of the Global
Securities representing such Book-Entry Note or
Notes shall be assigned the same CUSIP number.
INTEREST: General. Interest on each Book-Entry Note will
accrue from the Global Interest Accrual Date of
the Global Security representing such Note and
will be paid on the Interest Payment Dates of the
Global Security representing such Book-Entry Note.
In the case of a Global Security originally issued
between a Regular Record Date and the related
Interest Payment Date or on an Interest Payment
Date, the first interest payment will be made on
the Interest Payment Date immediately following
the next Regular Record Date. Each payment of
interest on a Global Security will include
interest accrued to but excluding the Interest
Payment Date or Maturity. See "Calculation of
Interest" below. Interest payable at the Maturity
of a Book-Entry Note will be payable to the Person
to whom the principal of such Note is payable.
Standard & Poor's Corporation will use the
information received in the pending deposit
message described under Settlement Procedure "C"
below in order to include the amount of any
interest payable and certain other information
regarding any Global Security in the appropriate
weekly supplement to the Corporate Registered Bond
Interest Record published by Standard & Poor's
Corporation.
Regular Record Dates. Unless otherwise specified
in the applicable Global Security, the Regular
Record Date with respect to Fixed Rate Book-Entry
Notes shall be the January 15 or July 15, as the
case may be, next preceding the applicable
Interest Payment Date. The Regular Record Date
with respect to any Interest Payment Date for
Floating Rate Book-Entry Notes shall be the
fifteenth day (whether or not a Business Day) next
preceding such Interest Payment Date.
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Fixed Rate Book-Entry Notes. Unless otherwise
specified in the applicable Global Security,
interest payments on Fixed Rate Book-Entry Notes
will be made semiannually on February 1 and August
1 of each year and at Maturity, subject to the
exceptions specified in "Payments of Principal and
Interest" below.
Floating Rate Book-Entry Notes. Interest payments
will be made on Floating Rate Book-Entry Notes
monthly, quarterly, semiannually or annually of
each year, as specified in the related Global
Security, and at Maturity. Unless otherwise
specified in the applicable Global Security and
subject to the exceptions specified in "Payments
of Principal and Interest" below, interest will be
payable, in the case of Floating Rate Book-Entry
Notes which reset (i) daily, weekly or monthly, on
the third Wednesday of each month; (ii) quarterly,
on the third Wednesday of March, June, September
and December of each year; (iii) semiannually, on
the third Wednesday of each of the two months
specified in the Global Security representing the
applicable Book-Entry Note; and (iv) annually, on
the third Wednesday of the month specified in the
Global Security representing the applicable Book-
Entry Note; and, in each case, at Maturity.
Notice of Interest Payment and Regular Record
Dates. On the first Business Day of January,
April, July and October of each year, the Trustee
will deliver to the Issuer and DTC a written list
of Regular Record Dates and Interest Payment Dates
(to the extent then determinable by the Trustee)
that will occur with respect to each Global
Security during the six-month period beginning on
such first Business Day. Promptly after each
Interest Determination Date for Floating Rate
Notes, the calculation agent (the "Calculation
Agent") will notify Standard & Poor's Corporation
of the interest rates determined on such Interest
Determination Date.
CALCULATION OF
INTEREST: Fixed Rate Book-Entry Notes. Except as otherwise
specified in the applicable Global Securities,
interest on Fixed Rate Book-Entry Notes (including
interest for partial periods) will be calculated
on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day
months.
Floating Rate Book-Entry Notes. Interest rates on
Floating Rate Book-Entry Notes will be determined
as set forth in the Global Security representing
the applicable Floating Rate Book-Entry Notes.
Except as otherwise specified in the applicable
Global Securities, interest will be calculated in
the case of
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(a) Commercial Paper Rate, CD Rate, Federal Funds Rate, LIBOR and Prime Rate Notes, on the basis of the actual number of days in the interest period and a 360-day year; and (b) Treasury Rate Notes, on the basis of the actual number of days in the interest period and the actual number of days in the year.
PAYMENTS OF PRINCIPAL
AND INTEREST: Payments of Interest Only. Promptly after each
Regular Record Date, the Trustee will deliver to
the Issuer and DTC a written notice specifying by
CUSIP number the amount of interest to be paid on
each Global Security on the following Interest
Payment Date (other than an Interest Payment Date
coinciding with Maturity) and the total of such
amounts. DTC will check the amount payable on each
Global Security on such Interest Payment Date as
shown in the appropriate weekly supplements to the
Corporate Registered Bond Interest Record
published by Standard & Poor's Corporation. On
such Interest Payment Date, the Issuer will pay to
the Trustee the total amount of interest due on
such Interest Payment Date (other than at
Maturity), and the Trustee will pay such amount to
DTC at the times and in the manner set forth below
under "Manner of Payment."
If any Interest Payment Date for a Fixed Rate
Book-Entry Note is scheduled to occur on a day
that is not a Business Day with respect to such
Fixed Rate Book-Entry Note, the payment due on
such Interest Payment Date will be made on the
following day that is a Business Day with respect
to such Fixed Rate Book-Entry Note, and no
interest shall accrue on the amount payable on
such Interest Payment Date for the period from and
after such Interest Payment Date to such following
day that is a Business Day.
If any Interest Payment Date for a Floating Rate
Book-Entry Note is scheduled to occur on a day
that is not a Business Day with respect to such
Floating Rate Book-Entry Note, such Interest
Payment Date will be the following day that is a
Business Day with respect to such Floating Rate
Book-Entry Note; provided, however, that in the
case of a Floating Rate Book-Entry Note which is a
LIBOR Note, if such following day that is a
Business Day is in the next succeeding calendar
month, such Interest Payment Date will be the
immediately preceding day that is a Business Day.
Payments at Maturity. On or about the first
Business Day of each month, the Trustee will
deliver to the Issuer and DTC a written list of
principal and interest to be paid on each Global
Security
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either maturing at Stated Maturity or maturing (in whole or in part) on a Redemption Date or Purchase Date in the following month (to the extent then determinable by the Trustee). The Issuer, the Trustee and DTC will confirm the amounts of such principal and interest payments with respect to each such Global Security on or about the fifth Business Day preceding the Maturity of such Global Security. The Issuer will pay to The Bank of New York, as the Paying Agent, the principal amount of such Global Security, together with interest due at such Maturity. The Paying Agent will pay such amounts to DTC at the times and in the manner set forth under "Manner of Payment" below. If any Maturity of a Global Security representing Book-Entry Notes is not a Business Day, the payment due on such day shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day and no interest shall accrue on such payment for the period from and after such Maturity. Promptly after payment to DTC of the principal and interest due at the Maturity of such Global Security, the Trustee will cancel such Global Security in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, deliver to the Issuer an appropriate debit advice and return to the Issuer all such cancelled Global Securities; provided, however, that in the event only a portion of a Global Security shall have been redeemed or purchased by the Issuer, the Trustee will exchange such Global Security for two Global Securities, one of which shall represent the portion of the original Global Security which was so redeemed or purchased and shall be cancelled immediately after issuance and the other of which shall represent the remaining portion of the original Global Security which was not so redeemed or purchased and shall bear the CUSIP number of the original Global Security. On the first Business Day of each month, the Trustee will deliver to the Issuer by facsimile transmission a written statement, indicating the total principal amount of Outstanding Global Securities for which it serves as trustee as of the immediately preceding Business Day.
Manner of Payment. The total amount of any principal and interest due on Global Securities on any Interest Payment Date or at Maturity shall be paid by the Issuer to the Trustee in funds available for use by the Trustee as of 9:30 a.m. (New York City time) or in any event not later than 12:00 noon (New York City time) on such date. The Issuer will make such payment on such Global Securities by wire transfer to the Trustee. Prior to 10:00 a.m. (New York City time) on each Maturity date or as soon as possible thereafter following the receipt of funds, the Trustee will pay by separate wire transfer (using Fedwire message entry instructions in a form previously specified by DTC) to an account at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York previously specified by
DTC, in funds available for immediate use by DTC, each payment of interest and principal due on a Global Security on such date. On each Interest Payment Date, interest payments shall be made to DTC in same day funds in accordance with existing arrangements between the Trustee and DTC. Thereafter on each such date, DTC will pay, in accordance with its SDFS operating procedures then in effect, such amounts in funds available for immediate use to the respective Participants in whose names the Book-Entry Notes represented by such Global Securities are recorded in the book- entry system maintained by DTC. Neither the Issuer (either as Issuer or as Paying Agent) nor the Trustee shall have any responsibility or liability for the payment by DTC to such Participants of the principal of and interest on the Book-Entry Notes.
Withholding Taxes. The amount of any taxes required under applicable law to be withheld from any interest payment on a Book-Entry Note will be determined and withheld by the Participant, indirect participant in DTC or other Person responsible for forwarding payments and materials directly to the beneficial owner of such Note.
ACCEPTANCE AND
REJECTION OF OFFERS: The Issuer has the sole right to accept offers to
purchase Book-Entry Notes and may reject any such
offer in whole or in part. Each Agent may, in its
discretion reasonably exercised, reject any offer
to purchase Book-Entry Notes received by it in
whole or in part. Each Agent will advise the
Issuer promptly by telephone or by facsimile
transmission of all offers to purchase Book-Entry
Notes received by such Agent, other than those
rejected by it.
SETTLEMENT: The receipt by the Issuer of immediately available
funds in payment for a Book-Entry Note and the
authentication and issuance of the Global Security
representing such Note shall constitute
"settlement" with respect to such Note. Each offer
accepted by the Issuer will be settled on the
fifth Business Day following acceptance of such
offer pursuant to the timetable for settlement set
forth below, unless the Issuer and the purchaser
agree to settlement on another day which shall be
no earlier than the Business Day following
acceptance of such offer.
SETTLEMENT PROCEDURES: In the event of a purchase of Book-Entry Notes by
one or more of the Agents, as principal,
appropriate settlement details, if different from
those set forth below, will be set forth in an
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Terms Agreement to be entered into between such Agent or Agents and the Issuer pursuant to the Distribution Agreement. Settlement Procedures with regard to each Book-Entry Note sold by the Issuer through an Agent, as agent, shall be as follows:
A. Such Agent will advise the Issuer by facsimile transmission of the following settlement information:
1. Whether the form of the Global Security representing such Note is the Form of Global Fixed Rate Registered Security, Form of Global Floating Rate Registered Security, Form of Global Fixed Rate Registered Security (with Put Option), Form of Global Floating Rate Registered Security (with Put Option), Form of Global Zero Coupon Registered Security or Form of Global Discount Registered Security.
2. Principal amount.
3. Stated Maturity.
4. If such Note is a Fixed Rate Note, the interest rate.
If such Note is a Floating Rate Note, the following:
a) Base Rate or Base Rates (or the method of calculating the Base Rate or Base Rates);
b) Initial Interest Rate;
c) Spread and/or Spread Multiplier, if any;
d) Interest Reset Dates;
e) Interest Reset Period;
f) Interest Payment Dates;
g) Index Maturity;
h) Interest Payment Period;
i) Calculation Agent (if other than The Bank of New York);
j) Maximum Interest Rate, if any;
k) Minimum Interest Rate, if any; and
l) Interest Determination Dates.
5. Earliest Redemption Date, Redemption Price and other redemption provisions, if any, and Purchase Date or Dates and Purchase Price or Prices, if any.
6. Settlement date.
7. Original Issue Price.
8. Original Issue Discount, if any, and Yield to Maturity, if applicable.
9. Agent's commission, determined as provided in Section 2 of the Distribution Agreement between the Issuer and such Agent.
10. Additional terms or provisions of such Note, if any.
B. The Issuer will assign a CUSIP number to the Global Security representing such Note and then advise the Trustee by telephone (confirmed in writing at any time on the same date) or facsimile transmission of the information set forth in Settlement Procedure "A" above, such CUSIP number and the name of such Agent. The Issuer will also notify the Agent of such CUSIP number by telephone as soon as practicable.
C. The Trustee will enter a pending deposit message through DTC's Participant Terminal System, providing the following settlement information to DTC, such Agent, and Standard & Poor's Corporation:
1. The information set forth in Settlement Procedure "A" above.
2. Numbers of the participant accounts maintained by DTC on behalf of the Trustee and the Agent.
3. Identification as a Fixed Rate Book- Entry Note or a Floating Rate Book- Entry Note.
4. Initial Interest Payment Date for such Note, Regular Record Date and amount of interest payable on such Interest Payment Date.
5. Interest Payment Period.
6. CUSIP number of the Global Security representing such Note.
7. Whether such Global Security will represent any other Book-Entry Note (to the extent known at such time).
D. The Issuer will deliver to the Trustee a pre-printed Global Security to represent such Note, in a form that has been approved by the Issuer, the Agents and the Trustee.
E. The Trustee will complete and authenticate the Global Security representing such Note.
F. DTC will credit such Note to the Trustee's participant account at DTC.
G. The Trustee will enter an SDFS deliver order through DTC's Participant Terminal System instructing DTC to (i) debit such Note to the Trustee's participant account and credit such
Note to such Agent's participant account
and (ii) debit such Agent's settlement
account and credit the Trustee's
settlement account for an amount equal to
the price of such Note less such Agent's
commission. The entry of such a deliver
order shall constitute a representation
and warranty by the Trustee to DTC that
(i) the Global Security representing such
Book-Entry Note has been issued and
authenticated and (ii) the Trustee is
holding such Global Security pursuant to
the Medium-Term Note Certificate Agreement
between the Trustee and DTC.
H. Such Agent will enter an SDFS deliver order through DTC's Participant Terminal System instructing DTC (i) to debit such Note to such Agent's participant account and credit such Note to the participant accounts of the Participants with respect to such Note and (ii) to debit the settlement accounts of such Participants and credit the settlement account of such Agent for any amount equal to the price of such Note.
I. Transfers of funds in accordance with SDFS deliver orders described in Settlement Procedures "G" and "H" above will be settled in accordance with SDFS operating procedures in effect on the settlement date.
J. The Trustee will credit to an account of the Issuer designated from time to time by the Issuer to the Trustee funds available for immediate use in the amount transferred to the Trustee in accordance with Settlement Procedure "G" above.
K. The Trustee will retain the Global
Security representing such Note and will
send a photocopy thereof to the Issuer by
first-class mail. Monthly, the Trustee
will send to the Issuer a written
statement, setting forth (i) the principal
amount of Notes Outstanding under the
Indenture as of the date of such report,
(ii) a brief description of any sales of
which the Issuer has advised the Trustee
but which have not yet been settled and
(iii) a description of issuances and
retirements of, payments on and other activity relating to the Notes during the related month.
L. Such Agent will confirm the purchase of such Note to the purchaser either by transmitting to the Participants with respect to such Note a confirmation order or orders through DTC's institution delivery system or by mailing a written confirmation to such purchaser.
SETTLEMENT PROCEDURES
TIMETABLE: For orders of Book-Entry Notes solicited by an
Agent, as agent, and accepted by the Issuer for
settlement on the first Business Day after the
sale date, Settlement Procedures "A" through "L"
above shall be completed as soon as possible but
not later than the respective times (New York City
time) set forth below:
SETTLEMENT
PROCEDURE TIME
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A 11:00 a.m. on the sale date
B 12:00 Noon on the sale date
C 2:00 p.m. on the sale date
D 3:00 p.m. on the sale date
E 9:00 a.m. on settlement date
F 10:00 a.m. on settlement date
G-H 2:00 p.m. on settlement date
I 4:45 p.m. on settlement date
J-L 5:00 p.m. on settlement date
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If a sale is to be settled more than one Business Day after the sale date, Settlement Procedure "A" shall be completed as soon as practicable but no later than 11:00 a.m. on the first Business Day after the sale date and Settlement Procedures "B" and "C" shall be completed as soon as practicable but no later than 12:00 noon and 2:00 p.m., respectively, on the first Business Day after the sale date. If the Initial Interest Rate for a Floating Rate Book-Entry Note has not been determined at the time that Settlement Procedure "A" is completed, Settlement Procedures "B" and "C" shall be completed as soon as such rate has been determined but no later than 12:00 noon and 2:00 p.m., respectively, on the second Business Day before the settlement date. Settlement Procedures "D" through "L" shall be completed as soon as possible thereafter but not later than the respective times (New York City time) set forth in the preceding table, except that Settlement Procedures "I" through "L" are subject to extension in accordance
with any extension of Fedwire closing deadlines
and in the other events specified in the SDFS
operating procedures in effect on the settlement
date.
If settlement of a Book-Entry Note is rescheduled
or cancelled, the Trustee will deliver to DTC,
through DTC's Participant Terminal System, a
cancellation message to such effect by no later
than 2:00 p.m. on the Business Day immediately
preceding the scheduled settlement date.
FAILURE TO SETTLE: If the Trustee fails to enter an SDFS deliver
order with respect to a Book-Entry Note pursuant
to Settlement Procedure "G", the Trustee may
deliver to DTC, through DTC's Participant Terminal
System, as soon as practicable a withdrawal
message instructing DTC to debit such Note to the
Trustee's participant account. DTC will process
the withdrawal message, provided that the
Trustee's participant account contains a principal
amount of the Global Security representing such
Note that is at least equal to the principal
amount to be debited. If a withdrawal message is
processed with respect to all the Book-Entry Notes
represented by a Global Security, the Trustee will
mark such Global Security "cancelled", make
appropriate entries in the Trustee's records and
send such cancelled Global Security to the Issuer.
The CUSIP number assigned to such Global Security
shall, in accordance with CUSIP Service Bureau
customary procedures, be cancelled and not
immediately reassigned. If a withdrawal message is
processed with respect to one or more, but not
all, of the Book-Entry Notes represented by a
Global Security, the Trustee will exchange the
Global Security for two Global Securities, one of
which shall represent such Book-Entry Note or
Notes for which such withdrawal message has been
processed and shall be cancelled immediately
after issuance and the other of which shall
represent the remaining Book-Entry Notes
previously represented by the surrendered Global
Security and shall bear the CUSIP number of the
surrendered Global Security.
If the purchase price for any Book-Entry Note is
not timely paid to the applicable Participants
with respect to such Note by the beneficial
purchaser thereof (or a Person, including an
indirect participant in DTC, acting on behalf of
such purchaser), such Participants and, in turn,
the Agent for such Note may enter SDFS deliver
orders through DTC's Participant Terminal System
reversing the orders entered pursuant to
Settlement Procedures "H" and "G", respectively.
Thereafter, the Trustee will deliver the
withdrawal message and take the related actions
described in the preceding paragraph. If such
failure shall have occurred for any
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reason other than default by the applicable Agent
in the performance of its obligations hereunder
or under the Distribution Agreement, the Issuer
will reimburse such Agent on an equitable basis
for its loss of the use of funds during the period
when the funds were credited to the account of the
Issuer.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, upon any failure to
settle with respect to a Book- Entry Note, DTC may
take such actions as it deems appropriate in
accordance with its SDFS operating procedures
then in effect in order to reverse the orders
entered into DTC's Participant Terminal System
pursuant to Settlement Procedures "H" and "G",
respectively. In the event of a failure to settle
with respect to one or more, but not all, of the
Book-Entry Notes to have been represented by a
Global Security, the Trustee will provide, in
accordance with Settlement Procedures "D" and "E",
for the authentication and issuance of a Global
Security representing the other Book-Entry Notes
to have been represented by such Global Security
and will make appropriate entries in its records.
PROCEDURE FOR POSTINGS: The Issuer will periodically contact one or more
Agents for recommended interest rates, coupons or
spreads ("postings") with respect to Notes being
offered. When the Issuer has determined or changed
its postings with respect to Notes being offered,
it will promptly advise the Agents. At such times
as the Issuer is not posting, the Agents will not
solicit firm offers but may record "indications of
interest" only.
PRICING SUPPLEMENTS: Within five Business Days after any sale of Notes,
the Issuer will file or transmit for filing with
the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission"), in compliance with Rule 424(b)(3)
of the rules and regulations of the Commission
promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, and Item 309 of Regulation S-T of the
Commission, a copy of a pricing supplement to the
Prospectus (as defined in the Distribution
Agreement) relating to such Notes that reflects
the applicable interest rates and other terms (the
"Pricing Supplement") and will deliver a copy of
such Pricing Supplement to each of the Agents.
SUSPENSION OF SOLICITATION,
AMENDMENT OR SUPPLEMENT: The Issuer may instruct the Agents to suspend
solicitation of purchases of Book-Entry Notes at
any time. Upon receipt of such instructions, each
Agent will forthwith suspend such solicitations
until such time as it has been advised by the
Issuer that such solicitations may be resumed. The
Issuer will, consistent with its obligations under
the Distribution Agreement, promptly advise each
Agent and the Trustee whether orders outstanding
at the time
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such Agent suspends solicitation may be settled and whether copies of the Prospectus, as in effect at the time of the suspension, together with the appropriate Pricing Supplement, may be delivered in connection with the settlement of such orders. The Issuer will have the sole responsibility for such decision and for any arrangements that may be made in the event that the Issuer determines that such orders may not be settled or that copies of such Prospectus and Pricing Supplement may not be so delivered.
DELIVERY OF
PROSPECTUS: A copy of the most recent Prospectus and of the
applicable Pricing Supplement, if any, must be
provided to a purchaser by the applicable Agent
prior to or at the time of the earlier of (a) the
written confirmation of a sale sent to a purchaser
of Book-Entry Notes or his Agent, and (b) the date
of settlement of any such Book-Entry Notes (see
Settlement Procedures).
ADVERTISING COSTS: The Issuer will determine with the Agents the
amount and nature of advertising that may be
appropriate in offering the Notes. Advertising
expenses approved in writing by the Issuer in
connection with the solicitation of purchases of
the Notes from the Issuer will be paid by the
Issuer.
PART II: ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES FOR CERTIFICATED NOTES
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The Trustee will serve as Security Registrar in connection with the Certificated Notes.
ISSUANCE: Each Certificated Note will be dated and issued as
of the date of its authentication by the Trustee.
Each Certificated Note will bear interest from the
later of the Original Issue Date specified therein
or from the most recent Interest Payment Date with
respect to such Certificated Note (or Predecessor
Security) to which interest has been paid or duly
provided for (such later date being herein
referred to as a "Certificated Interest Accrual
Date").
REGISTRATION: Certificated Notes will be issued only in fully
registered form without coupons.
TRANSFERS AND EXCHANGES: A Certificated Note may be presented for transfer
or exchange at the Corporate Trust Office of the
Trustee. Certificated Notes will be exchangeable
for other Certificated Notes having identical
Terms but different denominations without service
charge. Certificated Notes will not be
exchangeable for Book-Entry Notes.
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MATURITIES: Each Certificated Note will mature on a date not
less than nine months from the settlement date for
such Note.
DENOMINATIONS: Certificated Notes will be issued in denominations
of $1,000 or any amount in excess thereof that is
an integral multiple of $1,000.
INTEREST: General. Interest on each Certificated Note will
accrue from the Certificated Interest Accrual Date
of such Note. In the case of a Certificated Note
originally issued between a Regular Record Date
and the related Interest Payment Date or on an
Interest Payment Date, the first interest payment
will be made on the Interest Payment Date
following the next Regular Record Date. Each
payment of interest on a Certificated Note will
include interest accrued to but excluding the
Interest Payment Date or Maturity. See
"Calculation of Interest" below. Interest will be
payable to the Person in whose name a Certificated
Note is registered on the Security Register at
the close of business on the Regular Record Date
next preceding the applicable Interest Payment
Date; provided, however, interest payable at
Maturity will be payable to the Person to whom
principal of such Certificated Note is payable.
Regular Record Date. Unless otherwise specified in
the applicable Certificated Note, the Regular
Record Date with respect to Fixed Rate
Certificated Notes shall be the January 15 or July
15, as the case may be, next preceding the
applicable Interest Payment Date. The Regular
Record Date with respect to any Interest Payment
Date for Floating Rate Certificated Notes shall be
the fifteenth day (whether or not a Business Day)
next preceding such Interest Payment Date.
Fixed Rate Certificated Notes. Unless otherwise
specified in the applicable Certificated Note,
interest payments on Fixed Rate Certificated Notes
will be made semiannually on February 1 and August
1 of each year and at Maturity, subject to the
exceptions specified in "Payments of Principal and
Interest" below.
Floating Rate Certificated Notes. Interest
payments will be made on Floating Rate
Certificated Notes monthly, quarterly,
semiannually or annually of each year, as
specified in the related Note, and at maturity.
Unless otherwise specified in the applicable
Certificated Note and subject to the exceptions
specified in "Payments of Principal and Interest"
below, interest will be payable, in the case of
Floating Rate Certificated Notes which reset (i)
daily, weekly or monthly, on the third Wednesday
of each month; (ii)
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quarterly, on the third Wednesday of March, June, September and December of each year; (iii) semiannually, on the third Wednesday of each of the two months specified in the applicable Certificated Note; and (iv) annually, on the third Wednesday of the month specified in the applicable Certificated Note and, in each case, at Maturity.
CALCULATION OF
INTEREST: Fixed Rate Certificated Notes. Unless otherwise
specified in the applicable Certificated Note,
interest on Fixed Rate Certificated Notes
(including interest for partial periods) will be
calculated on the basis of a 360-day year of
twelve 30-day months.
Floating Rate Certificated Notes. Interest rates
on Floating Rate Certificated Notes will be
determined as set forth in the applicable Notes.
The Issuer and the Trustee will confirm the amount
of the initial interest payment due on any
Floating Rate Certificated Note for which the
initial Interest Period is shorter or longer than
the Index Maturity. Promptly after each Interest
Determination Date for Floating Rate Certificated
Notes, the Calculation Agent will notify Standard
& Poor's Corporation of the interest rates
determined on such Interest Determination Date.
Unless otherwise specified in the applicable
Certificated Note, interest will be calculated in
the case of (a) Commercial Paper Rate, CD Rate,
Federal Funds Rate, LIBOR and Prime Rate
Certificated Notes, on the basis of the actual
number of days in the interest period and a 360-
day year; and (b) Treasury Rate Notes, on the
basis of the actual number of days in the interest
period and the actual number of days in the year.
PAYMENTS OF PRINCIPAL
AND INTEREST: The Trustee will pay the principal amount of each
Certificated Note at Maturity to the Person in
whose name such Note is registered upon
presentation of such Note to the Trustee. Such
payment, together with payment of interest due at
Maturity of such Note, will be made in funds
available for immediate use by the Holder of such
Note. Certificated Notes presented to the Trustee
at Maturity for payment will be cancelled by the
Trustee in accordance with the terms of the
Indenture and returned to the Issuer. All interest
payments on a Certificated Note (other than
interest due at Maturity) will be made by check
drawn on the Trustee (or another Person appointed
by the Trustee) and mailed by the Trustee to the
Person entitled thereto as provided in such Note;
provided, however, that the holder of $10,000,000
or more of Certificated Notes paying interest on
the same Interest Payment Date will be entitled to
receive payment by wire transfer but only if
appropriate payment instructions have been
received in writing
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by the Trustee not later than the Regular Record
Date or Special Record Date, as the case may be,
for such payment. Following each Regular Record
Date and Special Record Date, the Trustee will
furnish the Issuer with a list of interest
payments to be made on the following Interest
Payment Date for each Certificated Note and in
total for all Certificated Notes. Interest at
Maturity will be payable to the Person to whom the
payment of principal is payable. The Trustee will
provide monthly to the Issuer lists of principal
and interest to be paid on Certificated Notes
maturing in the next month. The Trustee will be
responsible for withholding taxes on interest paid
on Certificated Notes as required by applicable
law. On the first Business Day of each month, the
Trustee will deliver to the Issuer by facsimile
transmission a written statement, indicating the
total principal amount of Outstanding Certificated
Notes for which it serves as trustee as of the
immediately preceding Business Day.
If any Interest Payment Date for a Fixed Rate
Certificated Note is scheduled to occur on a day
that is not a Business Day with respect to such
Fixed Rate Certificated Note, the payment due on
such Interest Payment Date will be made on the
following day that is a Business Day with respect
to such Fixed Rate Certificated Note, and no
interest shall accrue on the amount payable on
such Interest Payment Date for the period from and
after such Interest Payment Date to such following
day that is a Business Day.
If any Interest Payment Date for a Floating Rate
Certificated Note is scheduled to occur on a day
that is not a Business Day with respect to such
Floating Rate Certificated Note, such Interest
Payment Date will be the following day that is a
Business Day with respect to such Floating Rate
Certificated Note; provided, however, that in the
case of a Floating Rate Certificated Note which is
a LIBOR Note, if such following day that is a
Business Day is in the next succeeding calendar
month, such Interest Payment Date will be the
immediately preceding day that is a Business Day.
If the date of Maturity of a Certificated Note is
scheduled to occur on a day that is not a Business
Day with respect to such Certificated Note, the
payment due at Maturity will be made on the
following day that is a Business Day with respect
to such Certificated Note, and no interest shall
accrue on the amount payable at Maturity for the
period from and after the date of Maturity.
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ACCEPTANCE AND
REJECTION OF OFFERS: The Issuer has the sole right to accept offers to
purchase Certificated Notes and may reject any
offer in whole or in part. Each Agent may, in its
discretion reasonably exercised, reject any offer
to purchase Certificated Notes received by it in
whole or part. Each Agent will advise the Issuer
promptly by telephone or facsimile transmission of
all offers to purchase Certificated Notes received
by such Agent, other than those rejected by it.
SETTLEMENT: The receipt by the Issuer of immediately available
funds in exchange for an authenticated
Certificated Note delivered to the selling Agent
and such Agent's delivery of such Note against
receipt of immediately available funds shall
constitute "settlement" with respect to such Note.
Each offer accepted by the Issuer will be settled
on the fifth Business Day following acceptance of
such offer pursuant to the timetable for
settlement set forth below, unless the Issuer and
the purchaser agree to settlement on another day;
provided, however, that the Issuer will notify the
Trustee at least twenty-four hours prior to the
time of settlement.
SETTLEMENT PROCEDURES: In the event of a purchase of Certificated Notes
by one or more of the Agents, as principal,
appropriate settlement details, if different from
those set forth below, will be set forth in an
applicable Terms Agreement to be entered into
between such Agent or Agents and the Issuer
pursuant to the Distribution Agreement.
Settlement Procedures with regard to each
Certificated Note sold by the Issuer through an
Agent, as agent, shall be as follows:
A. Such Agent will advise the Issuer by facsimile
transmission of the following settlement
information:
1. Whether the form of such Certificated Note
is the Form of Definitive Fixed Rate
Registered Security, Form of Definitive
Floating Rate Registered Security, Form of
Definitive Fixed Rate Registered Security
(with Put Option), Form of Definitive
Floating Rate Registered Security (with
Put Option), Form of Definitive Zero
Coupon Registered Security or Form of
Definitive Discount Registered Security.
2. Name in which such Note is to be
registered (the "Registered Owner").
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3. Address of the Registered Owner and address for payment of principal and interest.
4. Taxpayer identification or Social Security number of the Registered Owner (if available).
5. Principal amount.
6. Stated Maturity.
7. If such Note is a Fixed Rate Note, the interest rate.
If such Note is a Floating Rate Note, the following:
a) Base Rate or Base Rates (or the method of calculating the Base Rate or Rates);
b) Initial Interest Rate;
c) Spread and/or Spread Multiplier, if any;
d) Interest Reset Dates;
e) Interest Reset Period;
f) Interest Payment Dates;
g) Index Maturity;
h) Interest Payment Period;
i) Calculation Agent (if other than The Bank of New York);
j) Maximum Interest Rate, if any;
k) Minimum Interest Rate, if any; and
l) Interest Determination Dates.
8. Earliest Redemption Date, Redemption Price and other redemption provisions, if any, and Purchase Date or Dates and Purchase Price or Prices, if any.
9. Settlement date.
10. Original Issue Price.
11. Original Issue Discount, if any, and Yield to Maturity, if applicable.
12. Agent's commission, determined as provided in Section 2 of the Distribution Agreement between the Issuer and such Agent.
13. Additional terms or provisions of such Note, if any.
B. The Issuer will advise the Trustee by telephone (confirmed in writing at any time on the same date) or facsimile transmission of the information set forth in Settlement Procedure "A" above and the name of such Agent.
C. The Issuer will deliver (if not previously delivered) to the Trustee a pre-printed four- ply packet for such Note, which packet will contain the following documents in forms that have been approved by the Issuer, the Agents and the Trustee:
1. Note with customer confirmation.
2. Stub One--For the Trustee.
3. Stub Two--For the Agent.
4. Stub Three--For the Issuer.
D. The Trustee will complete and authenticate such Note and deliver it (with the confirmation) and Stubs One and Two to such Agent, and such Agent will acknowledge receipt of the Note by stamping or otherwise marking Stub One and returning it to the Trustee. Such delivery will be made only against such acknowledgment of receipt and evidence that instructions have been given by such Agent for payment to the account of the Issuer at
the Trustee, in funds available for immediate use, of an amount equal to the price of such Note less Agent's commission. In the event that the instructions given by such Agent for payment to the account of the Issuer are revoked, the Issuer as promptly as possible wire transfer to the account of such Agent an amount of immediately available funds equal to the amount of such payment and such Agent will return such Note to the Trustee.
E. Such Agent will deliver such Note (with confirmation) to the customer against payment in immediately available funds. Such Agent will obtain the acknowledgment of receipt of such Note by retaining Stub Two.
F. The Trustee will retain Stub One and will send Stub Three to the Issuer by first-class mail. Monthly, the Trustee will send to the Issuer a written statement, setting forth (i) the principal amount of the Notes Outstanding under the Indenture as of the date of such report, (ii) a brief description of any sales of which the Issuer has advised the Trustee but which have not yet been settled and (iii) a description of issuances and retirements of, payments on and other activity relating to the Notes during the related month.
SETTLEMENT PROCEDURES
TIMETABLE: For offers of Certificated Notes solicited by an
Agent, as agent, and accepted by the Issuer,
Settlement Procedures "A" through "F" set forth
above shall be completed on or before the
respective times (New York City time) set forth
below:
SETTLEMENT
PROCEDURE TIME
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A 3:00 p.m. on day before settlement date
B 4:00 p.m. on day before settlement date
C-D 2:15 p.m. on settlement date
E 3:00 p.m. on settlement date
F 5:00 p.m. on settlement date
FAILURE TO SETTLE: If a purchaser fails to accept delivery of and
make payment for any Certificated Note, the
selling Agent will notify the Issuer and the
Trustee by telephone and return such Note to the
Trustee. Upon receipt of such Note, the Issuer
will immediately wire transfer to the account of
the Agent an amount equal to the amount previously
credited thereto in respect of such Note. Such
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wire transfer will be made on the settlement date,
if possible, and in any event not later than the
day following the settlement date. If the failure
shall have occurred for any reason other than a
default by the applicable Agent in the performance
of its obligations hereunder and under the
Distribution Agreement, the Issuer will reimburse
such Agent on an equitable basis for its loss of
the use of the funds during the period when they
were credited to the account of the Issuer.
Immediately upon receipt of the Certificated Note
in respect of which such failure occurred, the
Trustee will mark such Note "cancelled", make
appropriate entries in the Trustee's records and
send such cancelled Note to the Issuer.
PROCEDURE FOR POSTINGS: The Issuer will periodically contact one or more
Agents for recommended postings with respect to
Certificated Notes being offered. When the Issuer
has determined or changed its postings with
respect to Certificated Notes being offered, it
will promptly advise the Agents. At such times as
the Issuer is not posting, the Agents will not
solicit firm offers but may record "indications of
interest" only.
PRICING SUPPLEMENTS: Within five Business Days after any sale of
Certificated Notes, the Issuer will file or
transmit for filing with the Commission in
compliance with Rule 424(b)(3) of the rules and
regulations of the Commission promulgated under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Item
309 of Regulation S-T of the Commission, a copy of
a Pricing Supplement to the Prospectus relating to
such Notes that reflects the applicable interest
rates and other terms and will deliver a copy of
such Pricing Supplement to each of the Agents.
SUSPENSION OF SOLICITATION,
AMENDMENT OR SUPPLEMENT: The Issuer may instruct the Agents to suspend
solicitation of purchases of Certificated Notes at
any time. Upon receipt of such instructions, each
Agent will forthwith suspend such solicitations
until such time as it has been advised by the
Issuer that such solicitations may be resumed. The
Issuer will, consistent with its obligations under
the Distribution Agreement, promptly advise each
Agent and the Trustee whether orders outstanding
at the time such Agent suspends solicitation may
be settled and whether copies of the Prospectus,
as in effect at the time of the suspension,
together with the appropriate Pricing Supplement,
may be delivered in connection with the
settlement of such orders. The Issuer will have
the sole responsibility for such decision and for
any arrangements that may be made in the event
that the Issuer determines that such orders may
not be settled or that copies of such Prospectus
and Pricing Supplement may not be so delivered.
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DELIVERY OF
PROSPECTUS: A copy of the most recent Prospectus and of the
applicable Pricing Supplement, if any, must be
provided to a purchaser by the applicable Agent
prior to or at the time of the earlier of (a) the
written confirmation of a sale sent to a purchaser
of Certificated Notes or his agent and (b) the
delivery of any such Certificated Notes to a
purchaser or his agent (see Settlement
Procedures).
ADVERTISING COSTS: The Issuer will determine with the Agents the
amount and nature of advertising that may be
appropriate in offering the Certificated Notes.
Advertising expenses approved in writing by the
Issuer in connection with the solicitation of
purchases of Certificated Notes from the Issuer
will be paid by the Issuer.
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EXHIBIT 4
OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION
TO
THE BANK OF NEW YORK, TRUSTEE
INDENTURE
DATED AS OF APRIL 1, 1998
SENIOR DEBT SECURITIES
OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION
RECONCILIATION AND TIE BETWEEN TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939 AND INDENTURE
TRUST INDENTURE
ACT SECTION INDENTURE SECTION
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(S) 310(a)(1)....................................................... 608
(a)(2)....................................................... 608
(a)(3)....................................................... Not Applicable
(a)(4)....................................................... Not Applicable
(a)(5)....................................................... 608
(b).......................................................... 608
610
(c).......................................................... Not Applicable
(S) 311(a).... ..................................................... 612
(b).......................................................... 612
(c).......................................................... Not Applicable
(S) 312(a).......................................................... 701
702(a)
(b).......................................................... 702(b)
(c).......................................................... 702(b)
(S) 313(a).......................................................... 703
(b)(1)....................................................... Not Applicable
(b)(2)....................................................... 703
(c).......................................................... 703(b)
(d).......................................................... 703(c)
(S) 314(a).......................................................... 704, 1009
(b).......................................................... Not Applicable
(c)(1)....................................................... 102
(c)(2)....................................................... 102
(c)(3)....................................................... Not Applicable
(d).......................................................... Not Applicable
(e).......................................................... 102
(f).......................................................... Not Applicable
(S) 315(a).......................................................... 601(a)
(b).......................................................... 602
(c).......................................................... 601(b)
(d).......................................................... 601(c)
(d)(1)....................................................... 601(c)(1)
(d)(2)....................................................... 601(c)(2)
(d)(3)....................................................... 601(c)(3)
(e).......................................................... 514
(S) 316(a).......................................................... 101
(a)(1)(A).................................................... 512
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(a)(1)(B).............................................. 513
(a)(2)................................................. Not Applicable
(b).................................................... 508
(c).................................................... 104(f)
(S) 317(a)(1)................................................. 503
(a)(2)................................................. 504
(b).................................................... 1003
(S) 318(a).................................................... 107
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Note: This reconciliation and tie shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be a part of the Indenture.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PAGE
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Parties.................................................................... 1
Recitals of the Company.................................................... 1
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ARTICLE ONE
Definitions and Other Provisions of General Application
Section 101. Definitions:
Act......................................................... 2
Affiliate................................................... 2
Authorized Newspaper........................................ 2
Bearer Security............................................. 2
Board of Directors.......................................... 2
Board Resolution............................................ 2
Business Day................................................ 2
Cedel S.A................................................... 2
Commission.................................................. 2
Company..................................................... 3
Company Request; Company Order.............................. 3
Consolidated Net Tangible Assets............................ 3
Consolidated Subsidiary..................................... 3
Corporate Trust Office...................................... 3
corporation................................................. 3
coupon...................................................... 3
Current Liabilities......................................... 3
Defaulted Interest.......................................... 3
Depositary.................................................. 3
Discount Security........................................... 3
Discounted Rental Value..................................... 3
Dollar or $................................................. 4
Euro-clear.................................................. 4
Event of Default............................................ 4
Funded Debt................................................. 4
Holder...................................................... 4
Indebtedness................................................ 4
Indenture................................................... 5
interest.................................................... 5
Interest Payment Date....................................... 5
Lien........................................................ 5
Maturity.................................................... 5
Net Tangible Assets......................................... 6
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Non-United States Holder.................................... 6
Officers' Certificate....................................... 6
Opinion of Counsel.......................................... 6
Outstanding................................................. 6
Paying Agent................................................ 7
Periodic Offering........................................... 7
Person...................................................... 7
Place of Payment............................................ 7
Predecessor Security........................................ 7
principal................................................... 7
Principal Domestic Property................................. 8
Production Payment.......................................... 8
Redemption Date............................................. 8
Redemption Price............................................ 8
Registered Security......................................... 8
Regular Record Date......................................... 8
Responsible Officer......................................... 8
Secured Debt................................................ 8
Securities.................................................. 8
Security Register; Security Registrar....................... 8
Short-Term Borrowing........................................ 8
Special Record Date......................................... 9
Stated Maturity............................................. 9
Subsidiary.................................................. 9
Trustee..................................................... 9
Trust Indenture Act......................................... 9
United States............................................... 9
Vice President.............................................. 9
Section 102. Compliance Certificates and Opinions........................ 9
Section 103. Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee...................... 10
Section 104. Acts of Holders............................................. 10
Section 105. Notices, Etc., to Trustee and Company....................... 12
Section 106. Notice to Holders; Waiver................................... 12
Section 107. Conflict with Trust Indenture Act........................... 13
Section 108. Effect of Headings and Table of Contents.................... 13
Section 109. Successors and Assigns...................................... 13
Section 110. Separability Clause......................................... 13
Section 111. Benefits of Indenture....................................... 13
Section 112. Governing Law............................................... 14
Section 113. Legal Holidays.............................................. 14
Section 114. Language of Notices, Etc.................................... 14
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ARTICLE TWO
Security Form
Section 201. Forms Generally..................................................... 14
Section 202. Form of Trustee's Certificate of Authentication..................... 15
Section 203. Securities in Global Form........................................... 15
ARTICLE THREE
The Securities
Section 301. Title and Terms..................................................... 16
Section 302. Denominations....................................................... 18
Section 303. Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating...................... 19
Section 304. Temporary Securities................................................ 21
Section 305. Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange................. 23
Section 306. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities and
Coupons............................................................. 26
Section 307. Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved...................... 27
Section 308. Persons Deemed Owners............................................... 28
Section 309. Cancellation........................................................ 29
Section 310. Computation of Interest............................................. 29
ARTICLE FOUR
Satisfaction and Discharge
Section 401. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture............................. 29
Section 402. Application of Trust Money.......................................... 31
ARTICLE FIVE
Remedies
Section 501. Events of Default................................................... 31
Section 502. Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment.................. 33
Section 503. Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement
by Trustee.......................................................... 34
Section 504. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.................................... 35
Section 505. Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of
Securities or Coupons............................................... 35
Section 506. Application of Money Collected...................................... 35
Section 507. Limitation on Suits................................................. 36
Section 508. Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal
and Interest........................................................ 36
Section 509. Restoration of Rights and Remedies.................................. 37
Section 510. Rights and Remedies Cumulative...................................... 37
Section 511. Delay or Omission Not Waiver........................................ 37
Section 512. Control by Holders of Securities.................................... 37
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Section 513. Waiver of Past Defaults...................................... 38
Section 514. Undertaking for Costs........................................ 38
Section 515. Waiver of Usury, Stay or Extension Laws...................... 38
ARTICLE SIX
The Trustee
Section 601. Certain Duties and Responsibilities.......................... 39
Section 602. Notice of Defaults........................................... 40
Section 603. Certain Rights of Trustee.................................... 40
Section 604. Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities....... 41
Section 605. May Hold Securities.......................................... 41
Section 606. Money Held in Trust.......................................... 41
Section 607. Compensation and Reimbursement............................... 41
Section 608. Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility...................... 42
Section 609. Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor............ 42
Section 610. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor....................... 44
Section 611. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession
to Business.................................................. 45
Section 612. Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company............ 45
ARTICLE SEVEN
Holders' Lists and Reports by Trustee and Company
Section 701. Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of
Holders...................................................... 45
Section 702. Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders....... 45
Section 703. Reports by Trustee........................................... 46
Section 704. Reports by Company........................................... 46
ARTICLE EIGHT
Consolidation, Merger, Conveyance, Transfer or Lease
Section 801. Company May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms......... 47
Section 802. Successor Corporation Substituted............................ 47
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ARTICLE NINE
Supplemental Indentures
Section 901. Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders.............. 48
Section 902. Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Holders................. 49
Section 903. Execution of Supplemental Indentures............................ 50
Section 904. Effect of Supplemental Indentures............................... 50
Section 905. Conformity with Trust Indenture Act............................. 50
Section 906. Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures.............. 50
ARTICLE TEN
Covenants
Section 1001. Payment of Principal and Interest............................... 50
Section 1002. Maintenance of Office or Agency................................. 51
Section 1003. Money for Security Payments to Be Held in Trust................. 52
Section 1004. Corporate Existence............................................. 53
Section 1005. (Intentionally Omitted)......................................... 53
Section 1006. (Intentionally Omitted)......................................... 53
Section 1007. Limitation on Liens............................................. 53
Section 1008. Limitation on Sale and Leaseback Transactions................... 54
Section 1009. Statement by Officer as to Compliance; Notice of
Certain Events.................................................. 55
Section 1010. Waiver of Certain Covenants..................................... 55
Section 1011. Additional Amounts.............................................. 55
ARTICLE ELEVEN
Redemption of Securities
Section 1101. Applicability of Article........................................ 56
Section 1102. Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee........................... 56
Section 1103. Selection by Trustee of Securities to be Redeemed............... 56
Section 1104. Notice of Redemption............................................ 57
Section 1105. Deposit of Redemption Price..................................... 58
Section 1106. Securities Payable on Redemption Date........................... 58
Section 1107. Securities Redeemed in Part..................................... 59
ARTICLE TWELVE
Sinking Funds
Section 1201. Applicability of Article........................................ 59
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Section 1202. Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities........... 59
Section 1203. Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund....................... 60
ARTICLE THIRTEEN
Meetings of Holders of Securities
Section 1301. Purposes for Which Meetings May Be Called....................... 60
Section 1302. Call, Notice and Place of Meetings.............................. 60
Section 1303. Persons Entitled to Vote at Meetings............................ 61
Section 1304. Quorum; Action.................................................. 61
Section 1305. Determination of Voting Rights; Conduct and Adjournment of
Meetings........................................................ 62
Section 1306. Counting Votes and Recording Action of Meetings................. 62
Testimonium ................................................................ 64
Signatures and Seals.......................................................... 64
Acknowledgments............................................................... 65
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INDENTURE, dated as of April 1, 1998, between Occidental Petroleum Corporation, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (herein called the "Company"), having its principal office at 10889 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, California 90024, and The Bank of New York, a New York banking corporation, as trustee (herein called the "Trustee").
Recitals of the Company
The Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture to provide for the issuance from time to time of its unsecured debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness (herein called the "Securities"), to be issued in one or more series as in this Indenture provided.
All things necessary to make the Securities, when executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered hereunder and duly issued by the Company, the valid obligations of the Company, and to make this Indenture a valid agreement of the Company, in accordance with their and its terms, have been done.
Now, Therefore, This Indenture Witnesseth:
For and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the Securities by the Holders thereof, it is mutually covenanted and agreed, for the equal and proportionate benefit of all Holders of the Securities or of one or more series thereof and the coupons, if any, appertaining thereto, as follows:
ARTICLE ONE
Definitions and Other Provisions
of General Application
Section 101. Definitions.
For all purposes of this Indenture, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) the terms defined in this Article have the meanings assigned to them in this Article and include the plural as well as the singular;
(2) all other terms used herein which are defined in the Trust Indenture Act, either directly or by reference therein, have the meanings assigned to them therein;
(3) all accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to them in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and, except as otherwise herein expressly provided, the term "generally accepted accounting principles," with respect to any computation required or permitted hereunder, shall mean such accounting principles as are generally accepted in the United States of America at the date of such computation; and
(4) the words "herein," "hereof" and "hereunder" and other words of similar import refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section or other subdivision.
Certain terms, used principally in Article Six, are defined in that Article.
"Act" when used with respect to any Holder has the meaning specified in
Section 104.
"Affiliate" of any specified Person means any other Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such specified Person. For the purposes of this definition, "control," when used with respect to any specified Person, means the power to direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms "controlling" and "controlled" have meanings correlative to the foregoing.
"Authorized Newspaper" means a newspaper, in the English language or in an official language of the country of publication, customarily published on each Business Day, whether or not published on Saturdays, Sundays or holidays, and of general circulation in the place in connection with which the term is used or in the financial community of such place. Whenever successive publications are required to be made in an Authorized Newspaper, the successive publications may be made in the same or in different Authorized Newspapers meeting the foregoing requirements and, in each case, on any Business Day.
"Bearer Security" means any Security in the form established pursuant to
Section 201 which is payable to bearer.
"Board of Directors" means either the board of directors of the Company or any duly authorized committee of that board.
"Board Resolution" means a copy of a resolution certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company to have been duly adopted by the Board of Directors and to be in full force and effect on the date of such certification, and delivered to the Trustee.
"Business Day," except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301, when used with respect to any Place of Payment or any other particular location referred to in this Indenture or in the Securities, means each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday which is not a day on which banking institutions in that Place of Payment or other location are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close.
"Cedel S.A." means Centrale de Livraison de Valeurs Mobilieres S.A.
"Commission" means the Securities and Exchange Commission, as from time to time constituted, created under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or, if at any time after the execution of this instrument such Commission is not existing and performing the duties now assigned to it under the Trust Indenture Act, then the body performing such duties at such time.
"Company" means the Person named as the "Company" in the first paragraph of this instrument until a successor corporation or other Person shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter "Company" shall mean such successor corporation or other Person.
"Company Request" and "Company Order" mean, respectively, a written request or order delivered to the Trustee and signed in the name of the Company by its Chairman of the Board, its President or one of its Vice Presidents and by one of its other Vice Presidents, its Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, its Secretary, an Assistant Secretary, or, with respect to Sections 303, 304, 305 and 603, any other employee of the Company named in an Officers' Certificate delivered to the Trustee.
"Consolidated Net Tangible Assets" means the total of the Net Tangible Assets of the Company and its Consolidated Subsidiaries, included in their financial statements prepared on a consolidated basis in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, after eliminating all intercompany items.
"Consolidated Subsidiary" means any Subsidiary included in the financial statements of the Company and its Subsidiaries prepared on a consolidated basis in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.
"Corporate Trust Office" means the office maintained by the Trustee at which, at any particular time, its corporate trust business principally is administered, which initially shall be 101 Barclay Street, New York, New York 10286.
"corporation" includes corporations, associations, companies and business trusts.
"coupon" means any interest coupon appertaining to a Bearer Security.
"Current Liabilities" means all Indebtedness that may properly be classified as current liabilities in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.
"Defaulted Interest" has the meaning specified in Section 307.
"Depositary" means, with respect to the Securities of any series issuable or issued in whole or in part in global form, the Person specified as contemplated by Section 301 as the Depositary with respect to such series of Securities, until a successor shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter "Depositary" shall mean or include such successor.
"Discount Security" means any Security which provides for an amount less than the principal amount thereof to be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 502.
"Discounted Rental Value" means, as to any particular lease under which any Person is at the time liable and at any date as of which the amount thereof is to be determined, the total net amount of rent (after deducting the amount of rent to be received by such Person under noncancelable subleases) required to be paid by such Person under such lease during the remaining noncancelable term thereof (including any such period for which such lease has been extended or may, at the option of the lessor,
be extended), discounted from the respective due dates thereof to such date at a rate per annum of 11 3/4%. The net amount of rent required to be paid under any such lease for any such period shall be the aggregate amount of the rent payable by the lessee with respect to such period, after excluding amounts required to be paid on account of maintenance and repairs, insurance, taxes, water rates and similar charges. In the case of any lease which is terminable by the lessee upon the payment of a penalty, such net amount shall also include the amount of such penalty, but no rent shall be considered as required to be paid under such lease subsequent to the first date upon which it may be so terminated. If and to the extent the amount of any rent during any future period is not definitely determinable under the lease in question, the amount of such rent shall be estimated in such reasonable manner as the Board of Directors of the Company may in good faith determine.
"Dollar" or "$" means a dollar or other equivalent unit in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time shall be legal tender for the payment of public and private debts.
"Euro-clear" means the operator of the Euro-clear System.
"Event of Default" has the meaning specified in Section 501.
"Funded Debt" means all Indebtedness maturing one year or more from the date of the creation thereof, all Indebtedness directly or indirectly renewable or extendible, at the option of the debtor, by its terms or by the terms of any instrument or agreement relating thereto, to a date one year or more from the date of the creation thereof, and all Indebtedness under a revolving credit or similar agreement obligating the lender or lenders to extend credit over a period of one year or more, even though such Indebtedness may also conform to the definition of Short-Term Borrowing.
"Holder," when used with respect to any Security, means, in the case of a Registered Security, the Person in whose name the Security is registered in the Security Register and, in the case of a Bearer Security, the bearer thereof and, when used with respect to any coupon, means the bearer thereof.
"Indebtedness," as applied to a Person, means, as of the date on which Indebtedness is to be determined (a) all items (except items of capital stock or of surplus or of deferred credits or minority interest in Subsidiaries) which, in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in effect from time to time, would be included in determining total liabilities, as shown on the liability side of a balance sheet of such Person; (b) all indebtedness secured by any mortgage on any property or asset owned or held by such Person subject thereto, whether or not the indebtedness secured thereby shall have been assumed; and (c) all indebtedness of others which such Person has directly or indirectly guaranteed, endorsed (otherwise than for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business), discounted with recourse, agreed (contingently or otherwise) to purchase or repurchase or otherwise acquire, or in respect of which such Person has otherwise become directly or indirectly liable. For the purpose of computing the Indebtedness of any Person, there shall be excluded any particular Indebtedness which meets one or more of the following categories:
(i) Indebtedness with respect to which sufficient cash or cash equivalents or securities shall have been deposited in trust to provide for the full payment, redemption or satisfaction of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest to accrue on, such Indebtedness to the stated
maturity thereof or to the date of prepayment thereof, as the case may be, and, as a result of such deposit, such particular Indebtedness, in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, shall no longer be required to be reported on a balance sheet of such Person as a liability, and such cash or cash equivalents or securities shall not be required to be reported as an asset;
(ii) Indebtedness which is not classified as Indebtedness under clause (a) of the definition of Indebtedness and which arises from any commitment of such Person relating to pipeline operations to pay for property or services substantially without regard to the non-delivery of such property or the non-furnishing of such services; or
(iii) Indebtedness which is not classified as Indebtedness under clause (a) of the definition of Indebtedness and which is payable solely out of certain property or assets of such Person, or is secured by a mortgage on certain property or assets owned or held by such Person, in either case without any further recourse to or liability of such Person, to the extent such Indebtedness exceeds (x) if such Person records such property or assets on its books, the value for such property or assets recorded on such books or (y) if such Person does not record such property or assets on its books, (1) if such Indebtedness is a general obligation of the entity which does record such property or assets on its books, the net investment in or advances to such entity as recorded on the books of such Person or (2) if such Indebtedness is payable solely out of certain property or assets of such entity, the lesser of the value for such property or assets recorded on the books of such entity or the net investment in or advances to such entity as recorded on the books of such Person, in each case determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.
"Indenture" means 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 pursuant to the applicable provisions hereof, and shall include the terms (but not defined terms established in an Officers' Certificate) of one or more particular series of Securities established as contemplated by Section 301.
"interest," when used with respect to a Discount Security which by its terms bears interest only after Maturity, means interest payable after Maturity.
"Interest Payment Date," when used with respect to any Security, means the Stated Maturity of an installment of interest on such Security.
"Lien" means and includes any mortgage, pledge, lien, security interest, conditional sale or other title retention agreement or other similar encumbrance to secure Indebtedness for borrowed money, but excluding any security interest which a lessor may be deemed to have under a lease and any lien which may be deemed to exist under a Production Payment or under any subordination arrangement.
"Maturity," when used with respect to any Security, means the date on which the principal of such Security or an installment of principal or, in the case of a Discount Security, the principal amount payable upon a declaration of acceleration pursuant to Section 502, becomes due and payable, as therein or herein provided, whether at the Stated Maturity or by declaration of acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise.
"Net Tangible Assets" of any specified Person means the total of all assets
properly appearing on a balance sheet of such Person prepared in accordance with
generally accepted accounting principles, after deducting from such total,
without duplication of deductions, (a) all Current Liabilities of such Person;
(b) that portion of the book amount of all such assets which would be treated as
intangibles under generally accepted accounting principles, including without
limitation, all such items as goodwill, trademarks, trade names, brands,
copyrights, patents, licenses and rights with respect to the foregoing and
unamortized debt discount and expense; and (c) the amount, if any, at which any
stock of such Person appears on the asset side of such balance sheet.
"Non-United States Holder" means any person who, for Federal income tax purposes, is any person other than (i) a citizen or resident of the United States, (ii) a corporation or partnership created or organized in the United States or under the laws of the United States or any state thereof, (iii) an estate whose income is includable in gross income for United States federal income tax purposes regardless of its source, or (iv) a trust whose administration is subject to the primary supervision of a United States court and which has one or more United States persons who have the authority to control all substantial decisions of the trust.
"Officers' Certificate" means a certificate signed by the Chairman of the Board, the President, a Vice President, the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer of the Company, and by one of the other Vice Presidents, the Treasurer, one of the other Assistant Treasurers, the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company, and delivered to the Trustee.
"Opinion of Counsel" means a written opinion of counsel, who may be an employee of or counsel for the Company, and who shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee.
"Outstanding," when used with respect to the Securities, means, as of the date of determination, all Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered under this Indenture, except:
(i) Securities theretofore cancelled by the Trustee or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation;
(ii) Securities for whose payment or redemption money in the necessary amount has been theretofore deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent (other than the Company) in trust or set aside and segregated in trust by the Company (if the Company shall act as its own Paying Agent) for the Holders of such Securities and any coupons thereto appertaining; provided that, if such Securities are to be redeemed, notice of such redemption has been duly given pursuant to this Indenture or provision therefor satisfactory to the Trustee has been made; and
(iii) Securities which have been paid pursuant to Section 306 or in exchange for or in lieu of which other Securities have been authenticated and delivered pursuant to this Indenture, other than any such Securities in respect of which there shall have been presented to the Trustee proof satisfactory to the Company and the Trustee that such Securities are held by a bona fide purchaser in whose hands such Securities are valid obligations of the Company; provided, however, that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite principal amount of the Outstanding Securities have given any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent
or waiver hereunder: (i) the principal amount of a Discount Security that
shall be deemed to be Outstanding shall be the amount of the principal
thereof that would be due and payable, as of the date of such
determination, upon acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to
Section 502; (ii) the principal amount of a Security denominated in a
foreign currency or currencies shall be the Dollar equivalent, determined
on the date of original issuance of such Security, of the principal amount
(or, in the case of a Discount Security, the Dollar equivalent, on the date
of original issuance of such Security, of the amount determined as provided
in (i) above) of such Security; and (iii) Securities owned by the Company
or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or
of such other obligor shall be disregarded and deemed not to be
Outstanding, except that, in determining whether the Trustee shall be
protected in relying upon any such request, demand, authorization,
direction, notice, consent or waiver, only Securities which the Trustee
knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded. Securities so owned which
have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as Outstanding if the
pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgee's right
so to act with respect to such Securities and that the pledgee is not the
Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the
Company or of such other obligor.
"Paying Agent" means any Person authorized by the Company to pay the principal of or interest on any Securities on behalf of the Company.
"Periodic Offering" means an offering of Securities of a series from time to time, the specific terms of which Securities, including, without limitation, the rate or rates of interest, if any, thereon, the Stated Maturity or Maturities thereof, the original issue date or dates thereof, the redemption provisions, if any, and any other terms specified as contemplated by Section 301 with respect thereto, are to be determined by the Company, or one or more of the Company's agents designated in an Officers' Certificate, upon the issuance of such Securities.
"Person" means any individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.
"Place of Payment," when used with respect to the Securities of any series, means the place or places where, subject to the provisions of Section 1002, the principal of and any interest on the Securities of that series are payable, as specified as contemplated by Section 301.
"Predecessor Security" of any particular Security means every previous Security evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced by such particular Security; and, for the purposes of this definition, any Security authenticated and delivered under Section 306 in exchange for or in lieu of a mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security or a Security to which a mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen coupon appertains shall be deemed to evidence the same debt as the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security or the Security to which the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen coupon appertains, as the case may be.
"principal" of a debt security, except as otherwise specifically provided in this Indenture, means the outstanding principal of the security plus the premium, if any, of the security.
"Principal Domestic Property" means any (i) developed oil or gas producing property or (ii) processing or manufacturing plant, in each case which is now or hereafter owned or leased by the Company or any Consolidated Subsidiary and which is located in the continental United States (provided, however, that any such property or plant declared by the Board of Directors by Board Resolution not to be of material importance to the business of the Company and its Consolidated Subsidiaries taken as a whole will be excluded from the foregoing definition).
"Production Payment" means any economic interest in oil, gas or mineral reserves which (i) entitles the holder thereof to a specified share of future production from such reserves, free of the costs and expenses of such production, and (ii) terminates when a specified quantity of such share of future production from such reserves has been delivered or a specified sum has been realized from the sale of such share of future production from such reserves.
"Redemption Date," when used with respect to any Security to be redeemed, means the date fixed for such redemption by or pursuant to this Indenture.
"Redemption Price," when used with respect to any Security to be redeemed, means the price at which it is to be redeemed pursuant to this Indenture.
"Registered Security" means any Security established pursuant to Section 201 which is registered in the Security Register.
"Regular Record Date" for the interest payable on any Interest Payment Date on the Registered Securities of any series means the date specified for that purpose as contemplated by Section 301.
"Responsible Officer," when used with respect to the Trustee, means any officer in the corporate trust department of the Trustee or any other officer of the Trustee customarily performing functions similar to those performed by any such officer and also means, with respect to a particular corporate trust matter, any other officer to whom such matter is referred because of his knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject.
"Secured Debt" means any Indebtedness of the Company or any Consolidated Subsidiary, secured by a Lien on any Principal Domestic Property or on any shares of stock or on any Indebtedness of any Consolidated Subsidiary which owns any Principal Domestic Property.
"Securities" has the meaning stated in the first recital of this Indenture and more particularly means any Securities authenticated and delivered under this Indenture.
"Security Register" and "Security Registrar" have the respective meanings specified in Section 305.
"Short-Term Borrowing" means all Indebtedness in respect of borrowed money maturing on demand or within one year from the date of the creation thereof and not directly or indirectly renewable or extendible, at the option of the debtor, by its terms or by the terms of any instrument or agreement relating thereto, to a date one year or more from the date of the creation thereof; provided, that Indebtedness in respect of borrowed money arising under a revolving credit or similar agreement which
obligates the lender or lenders to extend credit over a period of one year or more shall constitute Funded Debt and not Short-Term Borrowing, even though the same matures on demand or within one year from the date as of which such Short- Term Borrowing is to be determined.
"Special Record Date" for the payment of any Defaulted Interest on the
Registered Securities of any issue means a date fixed by the Trustee pursuant to
Section 307.
"Stated Maturity," when used with respect to any Security or any installment of principal thereof or interest thereon, means the date specified in such Security or a coupon representing such installment of interest as the fixed date on which the principal of such Security or such installment of principal or interest is due and payable.
"Subsidiary" means a corporation, association, partnership or other business entity more than 50% of the outstanding voting stock of which is owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company or by one or more other Subsidiaries, or by the Company and one or more other Subsidiaries. For the purposes of this definition, "voting stock" means stock which ordinarily has voting power for the election of directors or persons performing similar functions, whether at all times or only so long as no senior class of stock has such voting power by reason of any contingency.
"Trustee" means the Person named as the "Trustee" in the first paragraph of this instrument until a successor Trustee shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter "Trustee" shall mean such successor Trustee.
"Trust Indenture Act" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended and in force at the date as of which this instrument is qualified thereunder, except as provided in Section 905.
"United States" means the United States of America, its territories, its possessions (including the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico) and other areas subject to its jurisdiction.
"Vice President," when used with respect to the Company or the Trustee, means any vice president, whether or not designated by a number or a word or words added before or after the title "vice president."
Section 102. Compliance Certificates and Opinions.
Upon any application or request by the Company to the Trustee to take any action under any provision of this Indenture, the Company shall, upon the request of the Trustee, furnish to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate stating that all conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been complied with and an Opinion of Counsel stating that in the opinion of such counsel all such conditions precedent, if any, have been complied with, except that in the case of any such application or request as to which the furnishing of such documents is specifically required by any provision of this Indenture relating to such particular application or request, no additional certificate or opinion need be furnished.
Every certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture (excluding the Trustee's certificate of disposition pursuant to Section 309 and the annual compliance certificate pursuant to Section 1009) shall include:
(1) a statement that each individual signing such certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition and the definitions herein relating thereto;
(2) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in such certificate or opinion are based;
(3) a statement that, in the opinion of each such individual, he has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with; and
(4) a statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such individual, such condition or covenant has been complied with.
Section 103. Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee.
In any case where several matters are required to be certified by, or covered by an opinion of, any specified Person, it is not necessary that all such matters be certified by, or covered by the opinion of, only one such Person, or that they be so certified or covered by only one document, but one such Person may certify or give an opinion with respect to some matters and one or more other such Persons as to other matters, and any such Person may certify or give an opinion as to such matters in one or several documents.
Any certificate or opinion of an officer of the Company may be based, insofar as it relates to legal matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations by, counsel, unless such officer knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to the matters upon which his certificate or opinion is based are erroneous. Any such certificate or Opinion of Counsel may be based, insofar as it relates to factual matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations by, an officer or officers of the Company stating that the information with respect to such factual matters is in the possession of the Company, unless such counsel knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to such matters are erroneous.
Where any Person is required to make, give or execute two or more applications, requests, consents, certificates, statements, opinions or other instruments under this Indenture, they may, but need not, be consolidated and form one instrument.
Section 104. Acts of Holders.
(a) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided by this Indenture to be given or taken by Holders may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders in person or by an agent duly appointed in writing. If Securities of a series are issuable as Bearer Securities, any request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided by this Indenture to be given or taken by Holders of such series may, alternatively, be embodied in and evidenced by the record of Holders of Securities of such series voting in favor thereof, either in person or by proxies duly appointed in writing, at any meeting of Holders of Securities of such series duly called and held in accordance with the provisions of Article Thirteen, or a combination of such instruments and any such record. Except as herein otherwise expressly provided, such action shall become effective when such instrument or instruments or record or both are delivered to the Trustee and, where it is hereby expressly required, to the Company. Such instrument or instruments and any such record (and the action embodied therein and evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the "Act" of the Holders signing such instrument or instruments and so voting at any such meeting. Proof of execution of any such instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent, or of the holding by any Person of a Security, shall be sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture and (subject to Section 601) conclusive in favor of the Trustee and the Company, if made in the manner provided in this Section. The record of any meeting of Holders of Securities shall be proved in the manner provided in Section 1306.
(b) The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such instrument or writing, or the authority of the Person executing the same, may be proved in any reasonable manner which the Trustee deems sufficient.
(c) The principal amount and serial numbers of Registered Securities held by any Person, and the date of holding the same, shall be proved by the Security Register.
(d) The principal amount and serial numbers of Bearer Securities held by any Person, and the date of holding the same, may be proved by the production of such Bearer Securities or by a certificate executed by any trust company, bank, banker or other depositary, wherever situated, as depositary, if such certificate shall be deemed by the Trustee to be satisfactory, showing that at the date therein mentioned such Person had on deposit with such depositary, or exhibited to it, the Bearer Securities therein described; or such facts may be proved by the certificate or affidavit of the Person holding such Bearer Securities, if such certificate or affidavit is deemed by the Trustee to be satisfactory. The Trustee and the Company may assume that such ownership of any Bearer Security continues until (1) another certificate or affidavit bearing a later date issued in respect of the same Bearer Security is produced, (2) such Bearer Security is produced to the Trustee by some other Person, (3) such Bearer Security is surrendered in exchange for a Registered Security or (4) such Bearer Security is no longer Outstanding. The principal amount and serial numbers of Bearer Securities held by any Person, and the date of holding the same, may also be proved in any other manner which the Trustee deems sufficient.
(e) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act of the Holder of any Security shall bind every future Holder of the same Security and the Holder of every Security issued upon the registration of transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof in respect of anything done, omitted or suffered to be done by the Trustee or the Company in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made upon such Security.
(f) If the Company shall solicit from the Holders any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act, the Company may, at its option, by or pursuant to an Officers' Certificate delivered to the Trustee, fix in advance a record date for the determination of Holders entitled to give such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act, but the
Company shall have no obligation to do so. Any such record date, if so fixed, may vary from that specified in Section 316(c) of the Trust Indenture Act. If such a record date is fixed, such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act may be given before or after such record date, but only the Holders of record at the close of business on such record date shall be deemed to be Holders for the purposes of determining whether Holders of the requisite percentage of Outstanding Securities or Outstanding Securities of a series, as the case may be, have authorized or agreed or consented to such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act, and for that purpose the Outstanding Securities or Outstanding Securities of the series, as the case may be, shall be computed as of such record date; provided, that no such authorization, agreement or consent by the Holders on the record date shall be deemed effective, unless such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act shall become effective pursuant to the provisions of Clause (a) of this Section 104 not later than six months after the record date.
Section 105. Notices, Etc., to Trustee and Company.
Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or Act of Holders or other document provided or permitted by this Indenture to be made upon, given or furnished to, or filed with,
(1) the Trustee by any Holder or by the Company shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder if made, given, furnished or filed in writing to or with the Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office, Attention: Corporate Trust Trustee Administration, or
(2) the Company by the Trustee or by any Holder shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to the Company addressed to it, Attention: Treasurer, at the address of its principal office specified in the first paragraph of this instrument or at any other address previously furnished in writing to the Trustee by the Company.
Section 106. Notice to Holders; Waiver.
Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, where this Indenture provides for notice to Holders of Securities of any event,
(1) such notice shall be sufficiently given to Holders of Registered Securities, if in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to each Holder of a Registered Security affected by such event, at his address as it appears in the Security Register, not later than the latest date, and not earlier than the earliest date, prescribed for the giving of such notice; and
(2) such notice shall be sufficiently given to Holders of Bearer Securities, if published in an Authorized Newspaper in The City of New York and in such other city or cities as may be specified in such Securities on a Business Day at least twice, the first such publication to be not earlier than the earliest date, and not later than the latest date, prescribed for the giving of such notice.
Where this Indenture provides for notice in any manner, such notice may be waived in writing by the Person entitled to receive such notice, either before or after the event, and such waiver shall be
the equivalent of such notice. Waivers of notice by Holders shall be filed with the Trustee, but such filing shall not be a condition precedent to the validity of any action taken in reliance upon such waiver.
In case, by reason of the suspension of regular mail service, or by reason of any other cause, it shall be impracticable to give such notice to Holders of Registered Securities by mail, then such notification as shall be made with the approval of the Trustee shall constitute a sufficient notification for every purpose hereunder. In any case where notice to Holders of Registered Securities is given by mail, neither the failure to mail such notice, nor any defect in any notice so mailed, to any particular Holder of a Registered Security shall affect the sufficiency of such notice with respect to other Holders of Registered Securities or the sufficiency of any notice to Holders of Bearer Securities given as provided herein.
In case, by reason of the suspension of publication of any Authorized Newspaper or Authorized Newspapers, or by reason of any other cause, it shall be impracticable to publish any notice to Holders of Bearer Securities as provided above, then such notification to Holders of Bearer Securities as shall be given with the approval of the Trustee shall constitute sufficient notice to such Holders for every purpose hereunder. Neither the failure to give notice by publication to Holders of Bearer Securities as provided above, nor any defect in any notice so published, shall affect the sufficiency of any notice to Holders of Registered Securities given as provided herein.
Section 107. Conflict with Trust Indenture Act.
If any provision hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with the duties imposed by operation of Trust Indenture Act Section 318(c), the imposed duties shall control.
Section 108. Effect of Headings and Table of Contents.
The Article and Section headings herein and the Table of Contents are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.
Section 109. Successors and Assigns.
All covenants and agreements in this Indenture by the Company shall bind its successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not.
Section 110. Separability Clause.
In case any provision in this Indenture or in the Securities shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
Section 111. Benefits of Indenture.
Except as provided in the last paragraph of Section 401, nothing in this Indenture or in the Securities, express or implied, shall give to any Person, other than the parties hereto and their successors
hereunder and the Holders of Securities, any benefits or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Indenture.
Section 112. Governing Law.
This Indenture and the Securities shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws, but, to the extent permitted by law, not the laws as to conflicts or choice of law, of the State of New York.
Section 113. Legal Holidays.
In any case where any Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date or Stated Maturity of any Security or, in the case of any Security which is subject to redemption or repurchase by the Company at the option of the Holder, the date fixed for such redemption or repayment, shall not be a Business Day at any Place of Payment, then, except as may otherwise be provided with respect to the Securities of any series pursuant to Section 301, payment of interest or principal need not be made at such Place of Payment on such date, but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day at such Place of Payment, with the same force and effect as if made on the Interest Payment Date or Redemption Date or at the Stated Maturity or the date fixed for such redemption or repurchase, and no interest shall accrue for the period from and after such Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date or Stated Maturity or date for such redemption or repurchase, as the case may be.
Section 114. Language of Notices, Etc.
Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver required or permitted under this Indenture shall be in the English language, except that any published notice may be in an official language of the country of publication.
ARTICLE TWO
Security Form
Section 201. Forms Generally.
The Registered Securities, if any, of each series and the Bearer Securities, if any, and the coupons, if any, appertaining thereto, of each series shall be in such form (including global form) as shall be established by delivery to the Trustee of an Officers' Certificate or in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, in each case with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as are required or permitted by this Indenture, and may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification and such legends or endorsements placed thereon as may be required to comply with the rules of any securities exchange or as may, consistently herewith, be determined by the officers executing such Securities or coupons, as evidenced by their execution of the Securities or coupons. If the forms of the Securities or coupons of any series are established by an Officers' Certificate, such Officers' Certificate shall be delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Company Order contemplated by Section 303 for the authentication and delivery of such Securities or coupons.
Unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301, Bearer Securities shall have interest coupons attached.
The definitive Securities and coupons, if any, shall be printed, lithographed or engraved or produced by any combination of these methods or may be produced in any other manner, provided, that such method is permitted by the rules of any securities exchange on which such Securities may be listed, all as determined by the officers executing such Securities, as evidenced by their execution of such Securities.
Section 202. Form of Trustee's Certificate of Authentication.
The Trustee's certificate of authentication shall be in substantially the following form:
This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
The Bank of New York, as Trustee
By: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Authorized Signatory
Section 203. Securities in Global Form.
If Securities of a series are issuable in temporary or definitive global
form, as specified as contemplated by Section 301, then, notwithstanding Clause
(10) of Section 301 and the provisions of Section 302, any such Security shall
represent such of the Outstanding Securities of such series as shall be
specified therein and may provide that it shall represent the aggregate amount
of Outstanding Securities from time to time endorsed thereon and that the
aggregate amount of Outstanding Securities represented thereby may from time to
time be reduced to reflect exchanges. Any endorsement of a Security in global
form to reflect the amount, or any increase or decrease in the amount, of
Outstanding Securities represented thereby shall be made by the Trustee in such
manner, and upon instructions given by such Person or Persons, as shall be
specified therein or in the Company Order to be delivered to the Trustee
pursuant to Section 303 or Section 304. Subject to the provisions of Section
303 and, if applicable, Section 304, the Trustee shall deliver and redeliver any
Security in global form in the manner, and upon instructions given by the Person
or Persons, specified therein or in the applicable Company Order. If a Company
Order pursuant to Section 303 or 304 has been, or simultaneously is, delivered,
any instructions by the Company with respect to endorsement, or delivery or
redelivery, of a Security in global form shall be in writing, but need not
comply with Section 102 and need not be accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel.
The provisions of the last sentence of Section 303 shall apply to any Security represented by a Security in global form, if such Security was never issued and sold by the Company, and the Company delivers to the Trustee the Security in global form, together with written instructions (which need not comply with Section 102 and need not be accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel) with regard to the
reduction in the principal amount of Securities represented thereby and the written statement contemplated by the last sentence of Section 303.
ARTICLE THREE
The Securities
Section 301. Title and Terms.
The aggregate principal amount of Securities which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture shall be unlimited.
The Securities may be issued in one or more series. There shall be established in one or more Board Resolutions or pursuant to authority granted by one or more Board Resolutions and, subject to Section 303, set forth, or determined in the manner provided, in an Officers' Certificate, or established in one or more indentures supplemental hereto:
(1) the title of the Securities of the series (which shall distinguish the Securities of the series from all other Securities);
(2) any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the Securities of the series which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture (except for Securities authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Securities of the series pursuant to Section 304, 305, 306, 906 or 1107 and, if the Securities of such series are subject to redemption or repurchase by the Company at the option of the Holders thereof, except for Securities of such series authenticated and delivered upon any such repurchase or redemption of any such Security in part, and except for any Securities which, pursuant to Section 303, are deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered hereunder);
(3) whether Securities of the series are to be issuable as Registered
Securities, Bearer Securities or both, whether any Securities of the series
may be represented initially by a Security in temporary or definitive
global form and, if so, the initial Depositary with respect to any such
temporary or definitive global Security, and, if other than as provided in
Section 304 or Section 305, as applicable, whether, and the circumstances
under which, beneficial owners of interests in any such temporary or
definitive global Security may exchange such interests for Securities of
such series of like tenor of any authorized form and denomination and the
Authorized Newspapers for publication of notices to holders of Bearer
Securities;
(4) the Person to whom any interest on any Registered Security of the series shall be payable, if other than the Person in whose name that Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest, the manner in which, and the Person to whom, any interest on any Bearer Security of the series shall be payable, if otherwise than upon presentation and surrender of the coupons appertaining thereto as they severally mature, and any additional or different terms with respect to the payment of interest on temporary or definitive global Securities;
(5) the date or dates on which the principal of the Securities of the series is payable or the method of determination thereof;
(6) the rate or rates (which may be fixed or variable) at which the Securities of the series shall bear interest, if any, or the method of calculating such rate or rates, the date or dates from which any such interest shall accrue, the Interest Payment Dates on which any such interest shall be payable and the Regular Record Date for any interest payable on any Registered Securities on any Interest Payment Date;
(7) the place or places where, subject to the provisions of Section 1002, the principal of and any interest on Securities of the series shall be payable, any Registered Securities of the series may be surrendered for registration of transfer, Securities of the series may be surrendered for exchange and notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities of the series and this Indenture may be served;
(8) the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which and the terms and conditions upon which, Securities of the series may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option of the Company;
(9) the obligation, if any, of the Company to redeem or purchase Securities of the series pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous provisions or at the option of a Holder thereof, the conditions, if any, giving rise to such obligation, and the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which and the terms and conditions upon which, Securities of the series shall be redeemed or purchased, in whole or in part, pursuant to such obligation, and any provisions for the remarketing of such Securities;
(10) the denominations in which any Registered Securities of the series shall be issuable, if other than denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof, and the denomination or denominations in which any Bearer Securities of the series shall be issuable, if other than denominations of $5,000 and $100,000;
(11) the currency or currencies, including composite currencies or currency units, in which Securities of the series may be denominated or in which payment of the principal of and any interest on the Securities of the series shall be payable, if other than the currency of the United States of America, and if so, whether the Securities of the series may be satisfied and discharged other than as provided in Article Four;
(12) if the amounts of payments of principal of and any interest on the Securities of the series are to be determined with reference to an index, formula or other method, or based on a coin or currency other than that in which the Securities are stated to be payable, the manner in which such amounts shall be determined and the calculation agent, if any, with respect thereto;
(13) if other than the principal amount thereof, the portion of the
principal amount of any Securities of the series which shall be payable
upon declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to
Section 502;
(14) if the Company will pay additional amounts on any of the Securities and coupons, if any, of the series to any Holder who is a Non- United States Holder (including any modification in the definition of such term), in respect of any tax, assessment or governmental charge withheld or deducted, under what circumstances, and with what procedures and documentation, the Company will pay such additional amounts, whether such additional amounts will be treated as interest or principal pursuant to this Indenture, and whether the Company will have the option to redeem such Securities rather than pay additional amounts (and the terms of any such option);
(15) if other than as defined in Section 101, the meaning of "Business Day" when used with respect to any Securities of the series;
(16) if the Securities of the series may be issued or delivered (whether upon original issuance or upon exchange of a temporary Security of such series or otherwise), or any installment of principal or interest is payable, only upon receipt of certain certificates or other documents or satisfaction of other conditions in addition to those specified in this Indenture, the forms and terms of such certificates, documents or conditions;
(17) any addition to, or modification or deletion of, any Event of Default, covenant of the Company or other term or provision specified in this Indenture with respect to Securities of the series;
(18) any other terms of the series, whether or not consistent with the other provisions of this Indenture.
All Securities of any one series and the coupons appertaining to any Bearer Securities of such series shall be substantially identical, except as to denomination, the rate or rates of interest, if any, the Stated Maturity, the date from which interest, if any, shall accrue, the other financial terms thereof and except as may otherwise be provided in or pursuant to an Officers' Certificate pursuant to this Section 301 or in any indenture supplemental hereto. All Securities of any one series need not be issued at the same time and, unless otherwise provided, a series may be reopened for issuances of additional Securities of such series.
If any of the terms of the series are established by action taken pursuant to a Board Resolution, a copy of any appropriate record of such action shall be certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company and delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Officers' Certificate setting forth the terms of the series. With respect to Securities of a series subject to a Periodic Offering, such Board Resolution or the Officers' Certificate or supplemental indenture setting forth or establishing the terms of such series may provide general terms for Securities of such series and provide either that the specific terms of particular Securities of such series shall be specified in a Company Order or that such terms shall be determined by the Company, or one or more of the Company's agents designated in an Officers' Certificate, in accordance with the Company Order as contemplated by the first proviso of the third paragraph of Section 303.
Section 302. Denominations.
Unless otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 301 with respect to any series of Securities, any Registered Securities of a series shall be issuable in denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof and any Bearer Securities of a series shall be issuable in denominations of $5,000 and $100,000.
Section 303. Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating.
The Securities shall be executed on behalf of the Company by its Chairman of the Board, its President, one of its Vice Presidents, its Treasurer, or one of its Assistant Treasurers under its corporate seal (or a facsimile thereof) reproduced thereon and attested by its Secretary or one of its Assistant Secretaries. The signature of any of these officers on the Securities may be manual or facsimile. Coupons shall bear the actual or facsimile signature of the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer of the Company.
Securities and coupons, if any, appertaining thereto, bearing the manual or facsimile signatures of individuals who were at any time the proper officers of the Company shall bind the Company, notwithstanding that such individuals, or any of them, have ceased to hold such offices prior to the authentication and delivery of such Securities or did not hold such offices at the date of such Securities.
At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of this Indenture, the Company may deliver Securities of any series, together with any coupons appertaining thereto, executed by the Company to the Trustee for authentication, together with a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of such Securities; and the Trustee, in accordance with such Company Order, shall authenticate and deliver such Securities; provided, however, that, with respect to Securities of a series subject to a Periodic Offering, (a) such Company Order may be delivered by the Company to the Trustee prior to the delivery to the Trustee of such Securities for authentication and delivery, (b) the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver Securities of such series for original issue from time to time, in an aggregate principal amount not exceeding the aggregate principal amount established for such series, pursuant to a Company Order or pursuant to such procedures acceptable to the Trustee as may be specified from time to time by a Company Order, (c) the rate or rates of interest, if any, the Stated Maturity or Maturities, the original issue date or dates, the redemption provisions, if any, and any other terms of Securities of such series shall be determined by a Company Order or pursuant to such procedures and (d) if provided for in such procedures, such Company Order may authorize authentication and delivery pursuant to oral or electronic instructions from the Company, or the Company's duly authorized agent or agents designated in an Officers' Certificate, which oral instructions shall be promptly confirmed in writing; and provided, further, that, in connection with its original issuance, no Bearer Security or coupon shall be mailed or otherwise delivered to any Person who is not a Non-United States Holder or to any location in the United States. Except as permitted by Section 306, the Trustee shall not authenticate and deliver any Bearer Security, unless all appurtenant coupons for interest then matured have been detached and cancelled.
In authenticating Securities, the form or terms of which have been established in or pursuant to one or more Officers' Certificates as permitted by Sections 201 and 301, and accepting the additional responsibilities under this Indenture in relation to such Securities, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and (subject to Section 601) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating:
(a) that the form and terms of such Securities, including any coupons, have been duly authorized by the Company and established in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture; and
(b) that such Securities, together with any coupons appertaining thereto, when authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and issued by the Company in the manner and subject to any conditions specified in such Opinion of Counsel, will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company, enforceable in accordance with their terms, subject to customary exceptions;
provided, however, that, with respect to Securities of a series subject to a Periodic Offering, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive such Opinion of Counsel only once, at or prior to the time of the first authentication of Securities of such series, and that the Opinion of Counsel above may state:
(x) that the forms of such Securities have been, and the terms of such Securities (when established in accordance with such procedures as may be specified from time to time in a Company Order, all as contemplated by and in accordance with a Board Resolution or an Officers' Certificate pursuant to Section 301, as the case may be) will have been, duly authorized by the Company and established in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture; and
(y) that such Securities, together with the coupons, if any, appertaining thereto, when (1) executed by the Company, (2) completed, authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in accordance with this Indenture and (3) issued by the Company in the manner and subject to any conditions specified in such Opinion of Counsel, will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company, enforceable in accordance with their terms, subject to customary exceptions.
With respect to Securities of a series subject to a Periodic Offering, the Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the authorization by the Company of any of such Securities, the form and terms thereof and the legality, validity, binding effect and enforceability thereof, upon the Opinion of Counsel and other documents delivered pursuant to Sections 201 and 301 and this Section, as applicable, at or prior to the time of the first authentication of Securities of such series, unless and until it has received written notification that such opinion or other documents have been superseded or revoked. In connection with the authentication and delivery of Securities of a series subject to a Periodic Offering, the Trustee shall be entitled to assume that the Company's instructions to authenticate and deliver such Securities do not violate any rules, regulations or orders of any governmental agency or commission having jurisdiction over the Company.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 301 and of the preceding three paragraphs, if all Securities of a series are subject to a Periodic Offering, it shall not be necessary to deliver the Officers' Certificate otherwise required pursuant to Section 301 at or prior to the time of authentication of each Security of such series if such Officers' Certificate is delivered at or prior to the authentication upon original issuance of the first Security of such series to be issued.
Each Registered Security shall be dated the date of its authentication; and, unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301, each Bearer Security (including a Bearer Security represented by a temporary global Security) shall be dated as of the date of original issuance of the first Security of such series to be issued.
The Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent acceptable to the Company to authenticate Securities. Unless otherwise provided in the appointment, an authenticating agent may authenticate Securities whenever the Trustee may do so. Each reference in this Indenture to authentication by the Trustee includes authentication by such agent.
No Security or coupon appertaining thereto shall be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose, unless there appears on such Security a certificate of authentication substantially in the form provided for herein, executed by the Trustee by the manual signature of one of its authorized signatories, and such certificate upon any Security shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such Security has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any Security shall have been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder but never issued and sold by the Company, and the Company shall deliver such Security to the Trustee for cancellation as provided in Section 309, together with a written statement (which need not comply with Section 102 and need not be accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel) stating that such Security has never been issued and sold by the Company, for all purposes of this Indenture such Security shall be deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered hereunder and shall never be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture.
Section 304. Temporary Securities.
Pending the preparation of definitive Securities of any series, the Company may execute, and upon a Company Order the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, temporary Securities that are printed, lithographed, typewritten, photocopied or otherwise produced, in any authorized denomination, substantially of the tenor of the definitive Securities in lieu of which they are issued, in registered form or, if authorized, in bearer form, with one or more coupons or without coupons, and with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as the officers executing such Securities may determine, as evidenced by their execution of such Securities. Such temporary Securities may be in global form.
Except in the case of Securities represented by a temporary global Security (which shall be exchanged in accordance with the provisions of the three succeeding paragraphs), if temporary Securities for some or all of the Securities of any series are issued, the Company will cause definitive Securities representing such Securities to be prepared without unreasonable delay. After the preparation of such definitive Securities, the temporary Securities shall be exchangeable for such definitive Securities of like tenor upon surrender of such temporary Securities at any office or agency of the Company designated pursuant to Section 1002 in a Place of Payment for such series for the purpose of exchanges of Securities of such series, without charge to the Holder. Upon surrender for cancellation of any one or more temporary Securities of any series (accompanied by any unmatured coupons appertaining thereto), the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor, a like principal amount of definitive Securities of the same series and of like tenor of authorized denominations; provided, however, that no definitive Bearer Security shall be delivered in exchange for a temporary
Registered Security. Until so exchanged, the temporary Securities shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as definitive Securities.
Unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301, if Bearer Securities of any series are represented by a Security in temporary global form, any such temporary global Security shall be delivered to the Depositary for the benefit of Euro-clear or Cedel S.A., for credit to the respective accounts of the beneficial owners of such Securities (or to such other accounts as they may direct).
Without unnecessary delay, but in any event not later than the date specified in, or determined pursuant to the terms of, any such temporary global Security (the "Exchange Date"), the Company shall deliver to the Trustee definitive Securities of the same series, in aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of such temporary global Security, executed by the Company. On or after the Exchange Date, such temporary global Security shall be surrendered by the Depositary to the Trustee, as the Company's agent for such purpose, to be exchanged, in whole or from time to time in part, for definitive Securities of the same series and of like tenor without charge, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in exchange for each portion of such temporary global Security, an equal aggregate principal amount of definitive Securities of the same series of authorized denominations and of like tenor as the portion of such temporary global Security to be exchanged. The definitive Securities to be delivered in exchange for any such temporary global Security shall be in definitive bearer form or registered form, or shall be represented by a definitive global Security, or any combination thereof, as specified as contemplated by Section 301, and, if any combination thereof is so specified, as requested by the beneficial owner thereof.
Unless otherwise specified in any such temporary global Security, the interest of a beneficial owner of Securities of a series represented by such temporary global Security shall be exchanged for definitive Securities of the same series and of like tenor following the Exchange Date, when the account holder instructs Euro-clear or Cedel S.A., as the case may be, to request such exchange on his behalf and delivers to Euro-clear or Cedel S.A., as the case may be, any certificate specified as contemplated by Section 301. Unless otherwise specified in such temporary global Security, any such exchange shall be made free of charge to the beneficial owners of such temporary global Security, except that a Person receiving definitive Securities must bear the cost of insurance, postage, transportation and the like, in the event that such Person does not take delivery of such definitive Securities in person at the offices of Euro-clear or Cedel S.A.
Until exchanged in full as hereinabove provided, the temporary Securities of any series shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as definitive Securities of the same series and of like tenor authenticated and delivered hereunder, except that, unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301, interest payable on a temporary global Security representing a series of Bearer Securities on an Interest Payment Date for Securities of such series occurring prior to the applicable Exchange Date shall be payable to Euro-clear and Cedel S.A. on such Interest Payment Date, upon delivery by Euro-clear and Cedel S.A. to the Trustee of any certificate specified as contemplated by Section 301, for credit, without further interest on or after such Interest Payment Date, to the respective accounts of the Persons who are the beneficial owners of such temporary global Security on such Interest Payment Date and who have each delivered to Euro-clear or Cedel S.A., as the case may be, any certificate specified as contemplated by Section 301.
Section 305. Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange.
(1) The Company shall cause to be kept, at one of its offices or agencies maintained pursuant to Section 1002, a register for the Securities accessible to the Trustee (the register maintained in such office or agency designated pursuant to Section 1002 being herein sometimes collectively referred to as the "Security Register"), in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Company shall provide for the registration of Securities and of transfers of Securities. The Trustee is hereby appointed "Security Registrar" for the purpose of registering Securities and transfers of Securities as herein provided.
(2) Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Security at an office or agency of the Company designated pursuant to Section 1002 for such purpose in a Place of Payment, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee or a duly appointed co-authenticating agent shall authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Registered Securities of the same series and of any authorized denominations, of a like aggregate principal amount and tenor.
(3) Notwithstanding any other provisions (other than the provisions set forth in the seventh and eighth paragraphs) of this Section, a Security in global form representing all or a portion of the Securities of a series may not be transferred, except as a whole by the Depositary for such series to a nominee of such Depositary, or by a nominee of such Depositary to such Depositary or another nominee of such Depositary, or by such Depositary or any such nominee to a successor Depositary for such series or a nominee of such successor Depositary.
(4) At the option of the Holder, Registered Securities of any series may be exchanged for other Registered Securities of the same series of any authorized denominations and of a like aggregate principal amount, terms and tenor, upon surrender of the Securities to be exchanged at any such office or agency. Whenever any Securities are so surrendered for exchange, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the Securities which the Holder making the exchange is entitled to receive. Bearer Securities may not be issued in exchange for Registered Securities.
(5) At the option of the Holder, Bearer Securities of any series may be exchanged for Registered Securities of the same series of any authorized denominations and of a like aggregate principal amount, terms and tenor, upon surrender of the Bearer Securities to be exchanged at any such office or agency, with all unmatured coupons and all matured coupons in default thereto appertaining. If the Holder of a Bearer Security is unable to produce any such unmatured coupon or coupons or matured coupon or coupons in default, such exchange may be effected if the Bearer Securities are accompanied by payment, in funds acceptable to the Company and the Trustee, in an amount equal to the face amount of such missing coupon or coupons, or the surrender of such missing coupon or coupons may be waived by the Company and the Trustee if there is furnished to them such security or indemnity as they may require to save each of them and any Paying Agent harmless. If thereafter the Holder of such Security shall surrender to any Paying Agent any such missing coupon in respect of which such a payment shall have been made, such Holder shall be entitled to receive the amount of such payment; provided, however, that, except as otherwise provided in Section 1002, interest represented by coupons shall be payable only upon presentation and surrender of those coupons at an office or agency located outside the United States. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in case a Bearer Security of any series is surrendered at any such office or agency in exchange for a Registered Security of the same series and terms and like tenor after the close
of business at such office or agency on (i) any Regular Record Date and before the opening of business at such office or agency on the relevant Interest Payment Date, or (ii) any Special Record Date and before the opening of business at such office or agency on the related proposed date for payment of Defaulted Interest, such Bearer Security shall be surrendered without the coupon relating to such Interest Payment Date or proposed date for payment, as the case may be, and interest or Defaulted Interest, as the case may be, will not be payable on such Interest Payment Date or proposed date for payment, as the case may be, in respect of the Registered Security issued in exchange for such Bearer Security, but will be payable only to the Holder of such coupon when due in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture.
(6) Whenever any Securities are so surrendered for exchange, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee or a duly appointed authenticating agent shall authenticate and deliver, the Securities which the Holder making the exchange is entitled to receive.
(7) If at any time the Depositary for the Securities of a series notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for the Securities of such series, or if such Depositary shall cease to be eligible to act as such in respect of the Securities of such series, the Company shall appoint a successor Depositary with respect to the Securities of such series. If a successor Depositary for the Securities of such series is not appointed by the Company within 90 days after the Company receives such notice, the Company will execute, and the Trustee, upon receipt of a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of definitive Securities of such series, will authenticate and deliver, Securities of such series in definitive form, in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Security or Securities in global form representing such series, in exchange for such Security or Securities in global form in accordance with the instructions, if any, of the Depositary.
(8) The Company may at any time and in its sole discretion determine that the Securities of any series issued in the form of one or more global Securities shall no longer be represented by such global Security or Securities. In such event, or if an Event of Default with respect to the Securities of such series shall have occurred and shall be continuing, the Company will execute, and the Trustee, upon receipt of a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of definitive Securities of such series, will authenticate and deliver Securities of such series in definitive form, and in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Security or Securities in global form representing such series, in exchange for such Security or Securities in global form in accordance with the instructions, if any, of the Depositary.
(9) Notwithstanding the foregoing, except as otherwise specified in the preceding two paragraphs or as contemplated by Section 301, any definitive global Security shall be exchangeable only as provided in this paragraph. If the beneficial owners of interests in a definitive global Security are entitled to exchange such interests for definitive Securities of such series and of like principal amount and tenor but of another authorized form and denomination, as specified as contemplated by Section 301, then, without unnecessary delay, but in any event not later than the earliest date on which such interests may be so exchanged, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee definitive Securities, in aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of such definitive global Security, executed by the Company. On or after the earliest date on which such interests may be so exchanged, such definitive global Security shall be surrendered by the Depositary with respect thereto to the Trustee, as the Company's agent for such purpose, to be exchanged, in whole or from time to time in part, for definitive Securities without charge, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in exchange for each portion
of such definitive global Security, an equal aggregate principal amount of
definitive Securities of the same series of authorized denominations and of like
tenor as the portion of such definitive global Security to be exchanged, which,
unless the Securities of the series are not issuable both as Bearer Securities
and as Registered Securities, as specified as contemplated by Section 301, shall
be in the form of Bearer Securities or Registered Securities, or any combination
thereof, as shall be specified by the beneficial owner thereof; provided,
however, that notwithstanding the last paragraph of this Section 305, no such
exchanges may occur during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days
before any selection of Securities of that series to be redeemed and ending on
the relevant Redemption Date; and provided, further, that in connection with its
original issuance, no Bearer Security or coupon delivered in exchange for a
portion of a definitive global Security shall be mailed or otherwise delivered
to any Person that is not a Non-United States Holder or to any location in the
United States. If a Registered Security is issued in exchange for any portion of
a definitive global Security after the close of business at the office or agency
where such exchange occurs on (i) any Regular Record Date and before the opening
of business at such office or agency on the relevant Interest Payment Date, or
(ii) any Special Record Date and the opening of business at such office or
agency on the related proposed date for payment of Defaulted Interest, interest
or Defaulted Interest, as the case may be, will not be payable on such Interest
Payment Date or proposed date for payment, as the case may be, in respect of
such Registered Security, but will be payable on such Interest Payment Date or
proposed date for payment, as the case may be, only to the Person to whom
interest in respect of such portion of such definitive global Security is
payable in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture.
(10) Upon the exchange of a Security in global form for Securities in definitive form, such Security in global form shall be cancelled by the Trustee. All cancelled Securities and coupons held by the Trustee shall be disposed of by the Trustee in accordance with its customary practice and a certificate of such disposition delivered to the Company, unless the Company directs that such cancelled Securities be returned to it. Registered Securities issued in exchange for a Security in global form pursuant to this Section 305 shall be registered in such names and in such authorized denominations as the Depositary for such Security in global form, pursuant to instructions from its direct or indirect participants or otherwise, shall instruct the Trustee. The Trustee shall deliver such Registered Securities to the persons in whose names such Securities are so registered.
(11) All Securities issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities shall be the valid obligations of the Company, evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Securities surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.
(12) Every Registered Security presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or for exchange shall (if so required by the Company or the Trustee) be duly endorsed, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer, in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar, duly executed, by the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing.
(13) No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities, other than exchanges pursuant to Section 304, 906 or 1107 not involving any transfer, other than exchanges upon the Company's repurchase or redemption of any Securities in part at the option of the Holders thereof not
involving any transfer, and other than exchanges of global Securities (or portions thereof) for Securities in definitive form in accordance with Section 305.
The Company shall not be required (i) to issue, register the transfer of or exchange Securities of any series during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before any selection of Securities of that series to be redeemed and ending (except as otherwise provided in the first proviso in the ninth paragraph of this Section 305) at the close of business on (A) if Securities of the series are issuable only as Registered Securities, the day of the mailing of the relevant notice of redemption and (B) if Securities of the series are issuable as Bearer Securities, the day of the first publication of the relevant notice of redemption or, if Securities of the series are also issuable as Registered Securities and there is no publication, the mailing of the relevant notice of redemption, or (ii) to register the transfer of or exchange any Registered Security so selected for redemption, in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Registered Security being redeemed in part, or (iii) to exchange any Bearer Security so selected for redemption, except that such a Bearer Security may be exchanged for a Registered Security of that series and like tenor, terms and principal amount, provided that such Registered Security shall be simultaneously surrendered for redemption.
Section 306. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities and Coupons.
If any mutilated Security or a Security with a mutilated coupon appertaining thereto is surrendered to the Trustee, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor, a new Security of the same series of like tenor and principal amount and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding, with coupons corresponding to the coupons, if any, appertaining to the surrendered Security.
If there shall be delivered to the Company and the Trustee (i) evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Security or coupon and (ii) such security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them and any agent of either of them harmless, then, in the absence of notice to the Company or the Trustee that such Security or coupon has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the Company shall execute, and upon its request the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in lieu of any such destroyed, lost or stolen Security or in exchange for the Security to which a destroyed, lost or stolen coupon appertains (with all appurtenant coupons not destroyed, lost or stolen), a new Security of the same series and of like tenor and principal amount and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding, with coupons corresponding to the coupons, if any, appertaining to such destroyed, lost or stolen Security or to the Security to which such destroyed, lost or stolen coupon appertains.
In case any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security or coupon has become or is about to become due and payable, the Company in its discretion may, instead of issuing a new Security, pay such Security or coupon; provided, however, that principal of and any interest on Bearer Securities shall, except as otherwise provided in Section 1002, be payable only at an office or agency located outside the United States and, unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301, any interest on Bearer Securities shall be payable only upon presentation and surrender of the coupons appertaining thereto.
Upon the issuance of any new Security under this Section, the Company may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in
relation thereto and any other expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Trustee) connected therewith.
Every new Security of any series issued pursuant to this Section in lieu of any destroyed, lost or stolen Security or in exchange for a Security to which a destroyed, lost or stolen coupon appertains, shall constitute an original additional contractual obligation of the Company, whether or not the destroyed, lost or stolen Security and its coupons, if any, or the destroyed, lost or stolen coupon shall be at any time enforceable by anyone, and any such new Security and coupons, if any, shall be entitled to all the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with any and all other Securities of that issue and their coupons, if any, duly issued hereunder.
The provisions of this Section are exclusive and shall preclude (to the extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities or coupons.
Section 307. Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved.
Unless otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 301 with respect to any series of Securities, interest on any Registered Security which is payable, and is punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date shall be paid to the Person in whose name that Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest. In case a Bearer Security of any series is surrendered in exchange for a Registered Security of such series after the close of business (at an office or agency in a Place of Payment for such series) on any Regular Record Date and before the opening of business (at such office or agency) on the next succeeding Interest Payment Date, such Bearer Security shall be surrendered without the coupon relating to such Interest Payment Date, and interest will not be payable on such Interest Payment Date in respect of the Registered Security issued in exchange for such Bearer Security, but will be payable only to the Holder of such coupon when due in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture.
Any interest on any Registered Security of any series which is payable, but is not punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date (herein called "Defaulted Interest") shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on the relevant Regular Record Date by virtue of having been such Holder, and such Defaulted Interest may be paid by the Company, at its election in each case, as provided in Clause (1) or (2) below:
(1) The Company may elect to make payment of any Defaulted Interest to the Persons in whose names the Securities of such series (or their respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest, which shall be fixed in the following manner. The Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of Defaulted Interest proposed to be paid on each Registered 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 be not more than 15 days and not less than 10 days prior to the date of the proposed payment and not less than 10 days after the receipt by the Trustee of the notice of the proposed payment. The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company of such Special Record Date and, in the name and at the expense of the Company, shall cause notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor to be mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to each Holder of Registered Securities, at his address as it appears in the Security Register, not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date. Notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor having been so mailed, such Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the Persons in whose names the Securities (or their respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of business on such Special Record Date and shall no longer be payable pursuant to the following Clause (2).
(2) The Company may make payment of any Defaulted Interest on the Registered Securities in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which such Registered Securities may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, if, after notice given by the Company to the Trustee of the proposed payment pursuant to this Clause, such manner of payment shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee.
Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section and Section 305, each Security delivered under this Indenture upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for or in lieu of, any other Security shall carry the rights to interest accrued and unpaid, and to accrue, which were carried by such other Security.
Section 308. Persons Deemed Owners.
Prior to due presentment of a Registered Security for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name such Registered Security is registered as the owner of such Registered Security for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of and (except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 and subject to Section 305 and Section 307) interest on such Registered Security and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Registered Security be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any agent of the Company or the Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
Title to any Bearer Security and any coupons appertaining thereto shall pass by delivery. The Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the bearer of any Bearer Security and the bearer of any coupon as the absolute owner of such Bearer Security or coupon, as the case may be, for the purpose of receiving payment thereof or on account thereof and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Bearer Security or coupon be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any agent of the Company or the Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
None of the Company, the Trustee, any Paying Agent or the Security Registrar will have any responsibility or liability for any aspect of the records relating to, or payments made on account of, beneficial ownership interests of a Security in global form or for maintaining, supervising or reviewing any records relating to such beneficial ownership interests.
Section 309. Cancellation.
All Securities and coupons surrendered for payment, redemption, registration of transfer or exchange or for credit against any sinking fund payment shall, if surrendered to any Person other than the Trustee, be delivered to the Trustee. All Registered Securities and matured coupons so delivered shall be promptly cancelled by the Trustee. All Bearer Securities and unmatured coupons so delivered shall be held by the Trustee and, upon instruction by a Company Order, shall be cancelled or held for reissuance. Bearer Securities and unmatured coupons held for reissuance may be reissued only in replacement of mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed Bearer Securities of the same series and like tenor and terms or the related coupons pursuant to Section 306. All Bearer Securities and unmatured coupons held by the Trustee pending such cancellation or reissuance shall be deemed to be delivered for cancellation for all purposes of this Indenture and the Securities. The Company may at any time deliver to the Trustee for cancellation any Securities previously authenticated and delivered hereunder which the Company may have acquired in any manner whatsoever (including Securities received by the Company in exchange or payment for other securities of the Company), and may deliver to the Trustee (or to any other Person for delivery to the Trustee) for cancellation any Securities previously authenticated hereunder which the Company has not issued and sold, and all Securities so delivered shall be promptly cancelled by the Trustee. No Securities shall be authenticated in lieu of or in exchange for any Securities cancelled as provided in this Section, except as expressly permitted in the form of Securities for any particular series or as permitted pursuant to the terms of this Indenture. All cancelled Securities and coupons held by the Trustee may be disposed of and certification of their disposition delivered to the Company, unless by a Company Order the Company shall direct that such Securities be returned to it. Any cancelled Securities not disposed of shall be returned to the Company.
Section 310. Computation of Interest.
Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for Securities of any series, (i) interest on any Securities which bear interest at a fixed rate shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months and (ii) interest on any Securities which bear interest at a variable rate shall be computed on the basis of the actual number of days in an interest period divided by 360.
ARTICLE FOUR
Satisfaction and Discharge
Section 401. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture.
Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301, this Indenture, upon a Company Request, shall cease to be of further effect as to all Outstanding Securities or all Outstanding Securities of any series, as the case may be (except as to (i) remaining rights of registration of transfer, substitution and exchange of Securities or Securities of such series, as the case may be, (ii) rights hereunder of Holders to receive payment of principal of and interest on all Outstanding Securities or all Outstanding Securities of such series, as the case may be, at the Stated Maturity thereof or, if any such Securities have been or, pursuant to clause (1)(B)(ii) of this Section 401, are to be called for redemption, at the applicable Redemption Date thereof and any other rights of the Holders of all Outstanding Securities or all Outstanding Securities of such series, as the case may be, as beneficiaries hereof with respect to the
amounts deposited with the Trustee under this Section 401, (iii) the rights and the obligations of the Company or the Trustee under Sections 304, 305, 306, 1002 and 1003 and the immunities of the Trustee hereunder and the obligations of the Company to the Trustee under Section 607 and (iv) the obligation, if any, of the Company to pay additional amounts in respect of any such Securities as contemplated by Sections 301 and 1011, all of which shall survive), and the Company shall be deemed to have paid and discharged its entire indebtedness on all the Outstanding Securities or all Outstanding Securities of such series, as the case may be, and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of the Company's obligations under this Indenture, when
(1) either
(A) all Outstanding Securities or all Outstanding Securities of
such series, as the case may be, theretofore authenticated and
delivered, and all coupons, if any, appertaining thereto (other than
(i) coupons appertaining to Bearer Securities surrendered for exchange
for Registered Securities and maturing after such exchange, whose
surrender is not required or has been waived as provided in Section
305, (ii) Securities or Securities of such series, as the case may be,
and coupons, if any, which have been destroyed, lost or stolen and
which have been replaced or paid as provided in Section 306, (iii)
coupons, if any, appertaining to Securities or Securities of such
series, as the case may be, called for redemption and maturing after
the relevant Redemption Date, whose surrender has been waived as
provided in Section 1106, and (iv) Securities or Securities of such
series, as the case may be, and coupons, if any, for whose payment
money has theretofore been deposited in trust or segregated and held
in trust by the Company and thereafter repaid to the Company or
discharged from such trust, as provided in Section 1003) have been
delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or
(B) the Company has irrevocably deposited or caused to be
deposited with the Trustee, under the terms of an irrevocable trust
agreement in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee, as trust
funds in trust solely for the benefit of the Holders of all
Outstanding Securities, or the Holders of all Outstanding Securities
of such series, as the case may be, money or direct non-callable
obligations of, or non-callable obligations timely payments of which
are guaranteed by, the United States of America, for the payment of
which guarantee or obligation the full faith and credit of the United
States is pledged ("U.S. Government Obligations"), maturing as to
principal and interest in such amounts and at such times as are
sufficient, without consideration of any reinvestment of such
principal or interest, to pay and discharge at Stated Maturity or, in
the case of any such Securities which have been or, pursuant to clause
(ii) below, are to be called for redemption, on the relevant
Redemption Date, as the case may be, all principal of and interest on
all Outstanding Securities or all Outstanding Securities of such
series, as the case may be. Such irrevocable trust agreement shall
instruct the Trustee (i) to apply such money or the proceeds of said
U.S. Government Obligations to the payment of said principal of and
interest on the Securities or Securities of such series, as the case
may be; and (ii) if the Securities or Securities of such series, as
the case may be, are to be repaid at a Redemption Date and the Company
has not given
notice of redemption pursuant to Section 1104 (including where such Securities are not yet redeemable at the date of deposit) to give notice of redemption on such Redemption Date pursuant to Section 1104;
(2) the Company has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable hereunder by the Company with respect to the Securities or Securities of such series, as the case may be; and
(3) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture with respect to the Securities or the Securities of such series, as the case may be, and the payment or discharge of the entire indebtedness on all Securities or Securities of such series, as the case may be, have been complied with.
Notwithstanding any such satisfaction and discharge, the Company shall not be discharged from any payment obligations in respect of the Securities or the Securities of such series, as the case may be, which are deemed not to be Outstanding under Clause (iii) of the definition of "Outstanding" if such obligations continue to be valid obligations of the Company under applicable law.
Section 402. Application of Trust Money.
All money and U.S. Government Obligations (or any other obligations specified as contemplated by Section 301 with respect to any series of Securities, the principal of or any interest on which is payable other than in the currency of the United States of America) deposited with the Trustee pursuant to the trust agreement referred to in Section 401 shall be held in trust and applied by it, in accordance with the provisions of the Securities of the series with respect to which such deposit is made, this Indenture and such trust agreement, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (other than the Company) as the Trustee may determine, of the principal and interest amounts due at the Stated Maturity or the Redemption Date, as the case may be, with respect to the Securities of such series to the Persons entitled thereto.
All money and U.S. Government Obligations (or any other obligations specified as contemplated by Section 301 with respect to any series of Securities, the principal of or any interest on which is payable other than in the currency of the United States of America) so deposited which remain unclaimed for two years after payment to such Persons has become due and payable shall be turned over to the Company in accordance with the provisions of Section 1003.
ARTICLE FIVE
Remedies
Section 501. Events of Default.
"Event of Default," wherever used herein, means, with respect to each series of the Securities individually, any one of the following events (whatever the reason for such Event of Default and whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body):
(1) default in the payment of any installment of interest upon any Security of such series when it becomes due and payable, and continuance of such default for a period of 30 days; or
(2) default in the payment of the principal of any Security of such series at its Maturity; or
(3) default in the performance, or breach, of any covenant or warranty of the Company in this Indenture (other than a covenant or warranty a default in whose performance or whose breach is elsewhere in this Section specifically dealt with or which has been expressly included in this Indenture solely for the benefit of a series of Securities other than such series), and continuance of such default or breach for a period of 60 days after there has been given, by registered or certified mail, to the Company by the Trustee or to the Company and the Trustee by the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series a written notice specifying such default or breach and requiring it to be remedied and stating that such notice is a "Notice of Default" hereunder; or
(4) a default under any bond, debenture, note or other evidence of indebtedness for money borrowed by the Company or under any mortgage, indenture, guaranty or instrument under which there may be issued or by which there may be secured or evidenced any indebtedness for money borrowed by the Company, whether such indebtedness now exists or shall hereafter be created, which default shall have resulted in such indebtedness becoming or being declared due and payable prior to the date on which it would otherwise have become due and payable, without such indebtedness having been discharged or such acceleration having been rescinded or annulled within a period of 20 days after there shall have been given, by registered or certified mail, to the Company by the Trustee or to the Company and the Trustee by the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series a written notice specifying such default and requiring the Company to cause such indebtedness to be discharged or such acceleration to be rescinded or annulled and stating that such notice is a "Notice of Default" hereunder; provided, that no Event of Default under this subsection (4) shall be deemed to exist as a result of the acceleration of any such indebtedness if the principal of and interest on such indebtedness, when added to the principal of and interest on all other such indebtedness which has been accelerated as aforesaid (excluding any such indebtedness which has been discharged or as to which the acceleration has been duly rescinded or annulled), shall not exceed $50,000,000; or
(5) the entry of a decree or order by a court having jurisdiction in the premises adjudging the Company a bankrupt or insolvent, or approving as properly filed a petition seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition of or in respect of the Company under Federal bankruptcy law or any other applicable Federal or State law, or appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or other similar official of the Company or of any substantial part of its property, or ordering the winding up or liquidation of its affairs, and the continuance of any such decree or order unstayed and in effect for a period of 60 consecutive days; or
(6) the institution by the Company of proceedings to be adjudicated a bankrupt or insolvent, or the consent by it to the institution of bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings against it, or the filing by it of a petition or answer or consent seeking reorganization or relief under Federal bankruptcy law or any other applicable Federal or state law, or the consent by it to the filing of such petition or to the appointment of a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or similar official of the Company or of any substantial part of its property, or the making by it of an assignment for the benefit of creditors, or the admission by it in writing of its inability to pay its debts generally as they become due, or the taking of corporate action by the Company in furtherance of any such action; or
(7) any other event designated as an "Event of Default" with respect to Securities of that series.
Section 502. Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment.
If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of any series at the time Outstanding occurs and is continuing, then and in every such case the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series may declare the principal amount (or, if any of the Securities of that series are Discount Securities, such portion of the principal amount of such Securities as may be specified in the terms thereof) of and accrued interest, if any, on all of the Securities of that series to be due and payable immediately, by a notice in writing to the Company (and to the Trustee if given by Holders), and upon any such declaration such principal (or portion thereof) and accrued interest, if any, shall become immediately due and payable.
At any time after such a declaration of acceleration with respect to Securities of any series has been made and before a judgment or decree for payment of the money due has been obtained by the Trustee as hereinafter in this Article provided, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series, by written notice to the Company and the Trustee, may rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences if:
(1) the Company has paid or deposited with the Trustee a sum sufficient to pay
(A) all overdue installments of interest on all Securities of such series;
(B) the principal of any Securities of such series which have become due otherwise than by such declaration of acceleration and interest thereon at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such Securities;
(C) to the extent that payment of such interest is lawful, interest upon overdue installments of interest at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such Securities or, if no such rate or rates is prescribed therefor in such Securities, at the rate of interest borne by such Securities; and
(D) all sums paid or advanced by the Trustee hereunder and the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel and any other amount due the Trustee under Section 607;
and
(2) all Events of Default with respect to Securities of such series, other than the non-payment of the principal of and interest on Securities of such series which have become due solely by such declaration of acceleration, have been cured or waived as provided in Section 513.
No such rescission shall affect any subsequent default or impair any right consequent thereon.
Section 503. Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee.
The Company covenants that if:
(1) default is made in the payment of any installment of interest on any Security when such interest becomes due and payable and such default continues for a period of 30 days, or
(2) default is made in the payment of the principal of any Security at the Maturity thereof,
the Company will, upon demand of the Trustee, pay to it, for the benefit of the Holders of such Securities, the whole amount then due and payable on such Securities for principal and interest, with interest upon the overdue principal and, to the extent that payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable, upon overdue installments of interest from the date such interest was due, at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such Securities or, if no such rate or rates is prescribed therefor in such Securities, at the rate of interest borne by such Securities; and, in addition thereto, such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel and any other amount due the Trustee under Section 607.
If the Company fails to pay such amounts forthwith upon such demand, the Trustee, in its own name and as trustee of an express trust, may institute a judicial proceeding for the collection of the sums so due and unpaid, may prosecute such proceeding to judgment or final decree and may enforce the same against the Company or any other obligor upon such Securities and collect the moneys adjudged or decreed to be payable in the manner provided by law out of the property of the Company or any other obligor upon such Securities, wherever situated.
If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of any series occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may, in its discretion, proceed to protect and enforce its rights and the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series by such appropriate judicial proceedings as the Trustee shall deem most effectual to protect and enforce any such rights, whether for the specific enforcement of any covenant or agreement in this Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any power granted herein, or to enforce any other proper remedy.
Section 504. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.
In case of the pendency of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation, bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, composition or other judicial proceeding relative to the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or the property of the Company or of such other obligor or their creditors, the Trustee (irrespective of whether the principal of the Securities shall then be due and payable as therein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Trustee shall have made any demand on the Company for the payment of overdue principal or interest) shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise,
(i) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of principal and interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Securities and to file such other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel and any other amount due the Trustee under Section 607) and of the Holders of Securities and coupons allowed in such judicial proceeding, and
(ii) to collect and receive any moneys or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same;
and any receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar
official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder of
Securities and coupons to make such payments to the Trustee and, in the event
that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the
Holders of Securities and coupons, to pay to the Trustee any amount due it for
the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the
Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under
Section 607.
Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder of a Security or coupon any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Securities or coupons or the rights of any Holder thereof, or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder of a Security or coupon in any such proceeding.
Section 505. Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities or Coupons.
All rights of action and claims under this Indenture or the Securities or coupons may be prosecuted and enforced by the Trustee without the possession of any of the Securities or coupons or the production thereof in any proceeding relating thereto, and any such proceeding instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in its own name as trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment shall, after provision for the payment of the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, be for the ratable benefit of the Holders of the Securities and coupons in respect of which such judgment has been recovered.
Section 506. Application of Money Collected.
Any money collected by the Trustee pursuant to this Article shall be applied in the following order, at the date or dates fixed by the Trustee, and, in case of the distribution of such money on account of principal or interest, upon presentation of the Securities or coupons, or both, as the case may be, and the notation thereon of the payment if only partially paid and upon surrender thereof if fully paid:
First: To the payment of all amounts due the Trustee under Section 607;
Second: To the payment of the amounts then due and unpaid for principal of and interest on the Securities and interest evidenced by coupons in respect of which or for the benefit of which such money has been collected, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and payable on such Securities and coupons for principal and interest, respectively; and
Third: To the payment of the remainder, if any, to the Company.
Section 507. Limitation on Suits.
No Holder of any Security of any series or any related coupons shall have any right to institute any proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to this Indenture, or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy hereunder, unless:
(1) such Holder has previously given written notice to the Trustee of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Securities of that series;
(2) the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series shall have made written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default in its own name as Trustee hereunder;
(3) such Holder or Holders have offered to the Trustee reasonable indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred in compliance with such request;
(4) the Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity has failed to institute any such proceeding; and
(5) no direction inconsistent with such written request has been given to the Trustee during such 60-day period by the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series;
it being understood and intended that no one or more Holders shall have any right in any manner whatever by virtue of, or by availing of, any provision of this Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any other Holders, or to obtain or to seek to obtain priority or preference over any other Holders or to enforce any right under this Indenture, except in the manner herein provided and for the equal and ratable benefit of all the Holders.
Section 508. Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal and Interest.
Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, the Holder of any Security or coupon shall have the right, which is absolute and unconditional, to receive payment of the principal of and (subject to Section 307) interest on such Security or payment of such coupon on the Stated Maturities or Maturities expressed in such Security or coupon (or, in the case of redemption, on the Redemption Date or, in the case of redemption or repurchase by the Company at the option of the Holder, on the date fixed for such redemption or repurchase, as the case may be) and to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment and such rights shall not be impaired without the consent of such Holder.
Section 509. Restoration of Rights and Remedies.
If the Trustee or any Holder of a Security or coupon has instituted any proceeding to enforce any right or remedy under this Indenture and such proceeding has been discontinued or abandoned for any reason, or has been determined adversely to the Trustee or to such Holder, then and in every such case, subject to any determination in such proceeding, the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of Securities and coupons shall be restored severally and respectively to their former positions hereunder and thereafter all rights and remedies of the Trustee and the Holders shall continue as though no such proceeding had been instituted.
Section 510. Rights and Remedies Cumulative.
Except as otherwise provided with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities or coupons in the last paragraph of Section 306, no right or remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee or to the Holders of Securities or coupons is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every right and remedy shall, to the extent permitted by law, be cumulative and in addition to every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or employment of any right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent assertion or employment of any other appropriate right or remedy.
Section 511. Delay or Omission Not Waiver.
No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any Holder of any Security or coupon to exercise any right or remedy accruing upon any Event of Default shall impair any such right or remedy or constitute a waiver of any such Event of Default or an acquiescence therein. Every right and remedy given by this Article or by law to the Trustee or to the Holders of Securities or coupons may be exercised from time to time, and as often as may be deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by the Holders of Securities or coupons, as the case may be.
Section 512. Control by Holders of Securities.
The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series shall have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series; provided that
(1) such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or with this Indenture,
(2) the Trustee shall not have determined that the action so directed would be unjustly prejudicial to the Holders not taking part in such direction, and
(3) the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee which is not inconsistent with such direction.
Section 513. Waiver of Past Defaults.
The Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series, by notice to the Trustee (and without notice to any other Holder), may on behalf of the Holders of all the Securities of such series and any related coupons waive any past default hereunder and its consequences, except a default
(1) in the payment of the principal of or interest on any Security of such series, or
(2) in respect of a covenant or provision hereof which under Article Nine cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security of such series affected.
Upon any such waiver, such default shall cease to exist, and any Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured, for every purpose of this Indenture; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other default or impair any right consequent thereon.
Section 514. Undertaking for Costs.
All parties to this Indenture agree, and each Holder of any Security by his 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, suffered 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 and expenses, 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 Holder, or group of Holders, holding in the aggregate more than 10% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series, or to any suit instituted by any Holder of any Security or coupon for the enforcement of the payment of the principal of or interest on any Security or the payment of any coupon on or after the Stated Maturity or Maturities expressed in such Security or coupon (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the Redemption Date or, in the case of redemption or repurchase by the Company at the option of the Holder, on the date fixed for such redemption or repurchase, as the case may be).
Section 515. Waiver of Usury, Stay or Extension Laws.
The Company covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it will not at any time voluntarily (and that it will resist any effort to make it do so involuntarily) insist upon, or plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any usury, stay or extension law wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, which may affect the covenants or the performance of this
Indenture or the Securities; and the Company (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law and covenants that it will not hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law had been enacted.
ARTICLE SIX
The Trustee
Section 601. Certain Duties and Responsibilities.
(a) Except during the continuance of an Event of Default,
(1) the Trustee undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Indenture, and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee; and
(2) in the absence of bad faith on its part, the Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Indenture; but in the case of any such certificates or opinions which by any provision hereof are specifically required to be furnished to the Trustee, the Trustee shall be under a duty to examine the same to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of this Indenture.
(b) In case an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing with respect to the Securities of any series, the Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture with respect to the Securities of such series, and 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 own affairs.
(c) 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) this Subsection shall not be construed to limit the effect of Subsection (a) of this Section;
(2) the Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer, unless it shall be proved that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts; and
(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 a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series 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 Securities of such series.
(d) No provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder, or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if it shall have reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it.
(e) Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every provision of this Indenture relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of or affording protection to the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of this Section.
Section 602. Notice of Defaults.
Within 90 days after the occurrence of any default hereunder with respect to the Securities of any series, the Trustee shall transmit, in the manner and to the extent provided in Section 703(b), notice of such default hereunder known to the Trustee, unless such default shall have been cured or waived; provided, however, that, except in the case of a default in the payment of the principal of or interest on any Security of such series or in the payment of any sinking fund installment with respect to any Security of such series, the Trustee shall be protected in withholding such notice if and so long as the board of directors, the executive committee or a trust committee of directors or Responsible Officers of the Trustee in good faith determine that the withholding of such notice is in the interest of the Holders of Securities of such series; and provided, further, that, in the case of any default of the character specified in Section 501(3), no such notice to Holders shall be given until at least 60 days after the occurrence thereof. For the purpose of this Section, the term "default" means any event which is, or after notice or lapse of time or both would become, an Event of Default with respect to Securities of such series.
Section 603. Certain Rights of Trustee.
Except as otherwise provided in Section 601:
(a) the Trustee may rely and shall be protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note or other paper or document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties;
(b) any request or direction of the Company mentioned herein shall be sufficiently evidenced by a Company Request or Company Order and any resolution of the Board of Directors may be sufficiently evidenced by a Board Resolution;
(c) whenever in the administration of this Indenture the Trustee shall deem it desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to taking, suffering or omitting any action hereunder, the Trustee (unless other evidence be herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of bad faith on its part, rely upon an Officers' Certificate;
(d) the Trustee may consult with counsel and the written advice of such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon;
(e) the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request or direction of any of the Holders of Securities of any series or any related coupons pursuant to this Indenture, unless such Holders shall have offered to the Trustee reasonable security or indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities which might be incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction;
(f) the Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note or other paper or document, but the Trustee, in its discretion, may make such further inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit, and, if the Trustee shall determine to make such further inquiry or investigation, it shall be entitled to examine the books, records and premises of the Company, personally or by agent or attorney;
(g) the Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents or attorneys and the Trustee shall not be responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any agent or attorney appointed with due care by it hereunder; and
(h) the Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken or omitted 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.
Section 604. Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities.
The recitals contained herein and in the Securities, except the Trustee's certificates of authentication, and in any coupons shall be taken as the statements of the Company, and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for their correctness. The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Indenture or of the Securities or coupons. The Trustee shall not be accountable for the use or application by the Company of Securities or the proceeds thereof.
Section 605. May Hold Securities.
The Trustee, any Paying Agent, any Security Registrar or any other agent of the Company, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Securities or coupons and, subject to Sections 608 and 612, may otherwise deal with the Company with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee, Paying Agent, Security Registrar or such other agent.
Section 606. Money Held in Trust.
Money held by the Trustee in trust hereunder need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law. The Trustee shall be under no liability for interest on any money received by it hereunder except as otherwise agreed with the Company.
Section 607. Compensation and Reimbursement.
The Company agrees
(1) to pay to the Trustee from time to time reasonable compensation for all services rendered by it hereunder (which compensation shall not be limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express trust);
(2) except as otherwise expressly provided herein, to reimburse the Trustee upon its request for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made by the Trustee in accordance with any provision of this Indenture (including the reasonable compensation and the expenses and disbursements of its agents and counsel), except any such expense, disbursement or advance as may be attributable to its negligence or bad faith; and
(3) to indemnify the Trustee for, and to hold it harmless against, any loss, liability or expense incurred without negligence or bad faith on its part, arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of this trust, including the costs and expenses of defending itself against any claim or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder.
As security for the performance of the obligations of the Company under this Section, the Trustee shall have a lien prior to the Securities and any coupons upon all property and funds held or collected by the Trustee as such, except funds held in trust for the payment of principal of or interest on particular Securities or for the payment of particular coupons.
Section 608. Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility.
There shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder, which shall be a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia, authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust powers, having a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000, and subject to supervision or examination by Federal or State authority. If such corporation publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of said supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section, the combined capital and surplus of such corporation shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. If at any time the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, it shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect hereinafter specified in this Article. The Trustee shall comply with Trust Indenture Act Sections 310(a)(5) and 310(b).
Section 609. Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor.
(a) No resignation or removal of the Trustee and no appointment of a successor Trustee pursuant to this Article shall become effective until the acceptance of appointment by the successor Trustee under Section 610.
(b) The Trustee may resign at any time with respect to the Securities of one or more series by giving written notice thereof to the Company. If an instrument of acceptance by a successor Trustee shall not have been delivered to the Trustee within 30 days after the giving of such notice of resignation, the
resigning Trustee may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such issue.
(c) The Trustee may be removed at any time with respect to the Securities of any series by Act of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series, delivered to the Trustee and to the Company.
(d) If at any time:
(1) the Trustee shall fail to comply with the last sentence of
Section 608 after written request therefor by the Company or by any Holder
who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security for at least six months (or
such shorter period as the Securities have been outstanding), or
(2) the Trustee shall cease to be eligible under Section 608 and shall fail to resign after written request therefor by the Company or by any such Holder, or
(3) the Trustee shall become incapable of acting or shall be adjudged a bankrupt or insolvent or a receiver of the Trustee or of its property shall be appointed or any public officer shall take charge or control of the Trustee or of its property or affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation,
then, in any such case, (i) the Company, by a Board Resolution, may remove the Trustee with respect to all Securities, or (ii) subject to Section 514, any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security for at least six months (or such shorter period as the Securities have been outstanding) may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee with respect to all Securities and the appointment of a successor Trustee or Trustees.
(e) If the Trustee shall resign, be removed or become incapable of acting, or if a vacancy shall occur in the office of Trustee for any cause, with respect to the Securities of one or more series, the Company, by a Board Resolution, shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee or Trustees with respect to the Securities of that or those series (it being understood that any such successor Trustee may be appointed with respect to the Securities of one or more or all of such series and that at any time there shall be only one Trustee with respect to the Securities of any particular series). If, within one year after such resignation, removal or incapability, or the occurrence of such vacancy, a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series shall be appointed by Act of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series delivered to the Company and the retiring Trustee, the successor Trustee so appointed shall, forthwith upon its acceptance of such appointment, become the successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series and supersede the successor Trustee appointed by the Company. If no successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series shall have been so appointed by the Company or the Holders and accepted appointment in the manner hereinafter provided, any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security of such series for at least six months (or such shorter period as the Securities have been outstanding) may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series.
(f) The Company shall give notice of each resignation and each removal of the Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series and each appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series in the manner provided in Section 106. Each notice shall include the name of the successor Trustee and the address of its Corporate Trust Office.
Section 610. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor.
(a) In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with respect to all Securities, every such successor Trustee 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 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, subject nevertheless to its lien, if any, provided for in Section 607.
(b) In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with
respect to the Securities of one or more (but not all) series, the Company, the
retiring Trustee and each successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of
one or more series shall execute and deliver an indenture supplemental hereto,
wherein each successor Trustee shall accept such appointment and which (1) shall
contain such provisions as shall be necessary or desirable to transfer and
confirm to, and to vest in, each successor Trustee all the rights, powers,
trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that
or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates, (2)
if the retiring Trustee is not retiring with respect to all Securities, shall
contain such provisions as shall be deemed necessary or desirable to confirm
that all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with
respect to the Securities of that or those series as to which the retiring
Trustee is not retiring shall continue to be vested in the retiring Trustee, and
(3) 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 as co-trustees of
the same trust and that each such Trustee shall be trustee of a trust or trusts
hereunder separate and apart from any trust or trusts hereunder administered by
any other such Trustee; and, upon the execution and delivery of such
supplemental indenture, the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall
become effective to the extent provided therein and each such successor Trustee,
without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the
rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the
Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor
Trustee relates; but, on request of the Company or any successor Trustee, such
retiring Trustee shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor
Trustee all property and money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder with
respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of
such successor Trustee relates, subject, nevertheless, to its lien, if any,
provided for in Section 607.
(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.
(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.
Section 611. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business.
Any corporation into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to all or substantially all the corporate trust business of the Trustee, shall be the successor of the Trustee hereunder, provided such corporation shall be otherwise qualified and eligible under this Article, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto. In case any Securities shall have been authenticated, but not delivered, by the Trustee then in office, any successor by merger, conversion or consolidation to such authenticating Trustee may adopt such authentication and deliver the Securities so authenticated with the same effect as if such successor Trustee had itself authenticated such Securities.
Section 612. Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company.
The Trustee shall comply with Trust Indenture Act Section 311(a), excluding
any creditor relationship listed in Trust Indenture Act Section 311(b). A
Trustee who has resigned or been removed shall be subject to Trust Indenture Act
Section 311(a) to the extent indicated therein.
ARTICLE SEVEN
Holders' Lists and Reports by Trustee and Company
Section 701. Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders.
The Company will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee:
(a) semiannually, not later than June 30 and December 31 in each year, a list, in such form as the Trustee may reasonably require, containing all the information in the possession or control of the Company, or any of its Paying Agents other than the Trustee, as to the names and addresses of the Holders of Securities as of the preceding June 15 or December 15, as the case may be, and
(b) at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, within 30 days after the receipt by the Company of any such request, a list of similar form and content as of a date not more than 15 days prior to the time such list is furnished;
excluding from any such list names and addresses received by the Trustee in its capacity as Security Registrar.
Section 702. Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders.
(a) The Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably
practicable, the names and addresses of Holders of Securities (i) contained in
the most recent list furnished to the Trustee as provided in Section 701, (ii)
received by the Trustee in its capacity as Security Registrar and (iii) filed
with it within the two preceding years pursuant to Section 703(b)(2). The
Trustee may (i) destroy any list furnished to it as provided in Section 701 upon
receipt of a new list so furnished, (ii) destroy any information received by it
as Paying Agent (if so acting) hereunder upon delivering to itself as Trustee,
not earlier than August 15 or February 15, a list containing the names and
addresses of the Holders of Securities obtained from such information since the
delivery of the next previous list, if any, (iii) destroy any list delivered to
itself as Trustee which was compiled from information received by it as Paying
Agent (if so acting) hereunder upon the receipt of a new list so delivered, and
(iv) destroy not earlier than two years after filing, any information filed with
it pursuant to Section 703(b)(2).
(b) Holders may communicate pursuant to Trust Indenture Act Section 312(b) with other Holders with respect to their rights under this Indenture or the Securities. The Company, the Trustee, the Security Registrar, the Paying Agent and any other person shall have the protection of Trust Indenture Act Section 312(c).
Section 703. Reports by Trustee.
(a) Within 60 days after May 15 of each year, commencing with the year 1998, the Trustee shall transmit to all Holders of Securities a brief report dated as of such May 15 that complies with Trust Indenture Act Section 313(a), if such report is required by such Section 313(a). The Trustee also shall comply with Trust Indenture Act Sections 313(b) and (c).
(b) A copy of each such report shall, at the time of such transmission to Holders of Securities, be filed by the Trustee with each stock exchange upon which any Securities are listed, with the Commission and with the Company. The Company will notify the Trustee when any Securities are listed on any stock exchange or of any delisting thereof.
Section 704. Reports by Company.
The Company shall:
(1) 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) which the Company may be required to file with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; or, if the Company is not required to file information, documents or reports pursuant to either of said Sections, then it shall file with the Trustee and the Commission, in accordance with rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by the Commission, such of the supplementary and periodic information, documents and reports which may be required pursuant to Section 13 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 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;
(2) file with the Trustee and the Commission, in accordance with rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by the Commission, such additional information, documents and reports with respect to compliance by the Company with the conditions and covenants of this Indenture as may be required from time to time by such rules and regulations; and
(3) transmit, within 30 days after the filing thereof with the
Trustee, to the Holders of Securities, in the manner and to the extent
provided in Section 703(b) with respect to reports under Section 703(a),
copies or such summaries of any information, documents and reports required
to be filed by the Company pursuant to paragraphs (1) and (2) of this
Section as may be required by rules and regulations prescribed from time to
time by the Commission.
ARTICLE EIGHT
Consolidation, Merger, Conveyance, Transfer or Lease
Section 801. Company May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms.
The Company shall not consolidate with or merge into any other corporation or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to any Person, unless:
(1) the corporation formed by such consolidation or into which the Company is merged or the Person that acquires by conveyance or transfer, or which leases, the properties and assets of the Company substantially as an entirety shall be a corporation or other Person organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia and shall expressly assume, by an indenture supplemental hereto, executed and delivered to the Trustee, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, the due and punctual payment of the principal of and interest on all the Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto and the performance of every covenant of this Indenture and the Securities on the part of the Company to be performed or observed;
(2) immediately after giving effect to such 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 happened and be continuing; and
(3) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer or lease and such supplemental indenture comply with this Article and that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to such transaction have been complied with.
Section 802. Successor Corporation Substituted.
Upon any consolidation with or merger by the Company into any other
corporation or any conveyance, transfer or lease of the properties and assets of
the Company substantially as an entirety to any Person in accordance with
Section 801, the successor corporation formed by such consolidation or into
which the Company is merged or the Person to which such conveyance, transfer or
lease is made shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every
right and power of, the Company under
this Indenture with the same effect as if such successor corporation or other Person had been named as the Company herein, and thereafter, except in the case of a lease to another Person, the predecessor Person shall be relieved of all obligations and covenants under this Indenture, the Securities and coupons.
ARTICLE NINE
Supplemental Indentures
Section 901. Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders.
Without the consent of any Holders of Securities or coupons, the Company, when authorized by a Board Resolution, and the Trustee, at any time and from time to time, may enter into one or more indentures supplemental hereto, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, for any of the following purposes:
(1) to evidence the succession of another Person to the Company and the assumption by any such successor of the covenants of the Company herein and in the Securities pursuant to Article Eight;
(2) to add to the covenants, agreements and obligations of the Company for the benefit of the Holders of all of the Securities or any series thereof, or to surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the Company;
(3) to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture to provide that Bearer Securities may be registrable as to principal, to change or eliminate any restrictions (including restrictions relating to payment in the United States) on the payment of principal of or any premium or interest, if any, on Bearer Securities, to permit Bearer Securities to be issued in exchange for Registered Securities, to permit Bearer Securities to be issued in exchange for Bearer Securities of other authorized denominations or to permit the issuance of Securities in uncertificated form; or
(4) to establish the form or terms of Securities of any series and any related coupons, as permitted by Sections 201 and 301, respectively; or
(5) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment hereunder by a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more series and to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee, pursuant to the requirements of Section 610(b); or
(6) to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provision herein which may be inconsistent with any other provision herein, or to make any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under this Indenture; or
(7) to add to, change or eliminate any of the provisions of this Indenture (which addition, change or elimination may apply to one or more series of Securities), provided that any such addition, change or elimination shall neither (A) apply to any Security of any series
created prior to the execution of such supplemental indenture and entitled to the benefit of such provision nor (B) modify the rights of the Holder of any such Security with respect to such provision; or
(8) to secure the Securities; or
(9) to make any other change that does not adversely affect the rights of any Holder.
Section 902. Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Holders.
With the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of each series affected by such supplemental indenture, by Act of said Holders delivered to the Company and the Trustee, the Company, when authorized by a Board Resolution, and the Trustee may enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of the Securities of such series and any related coupons under this Indenture; provided, however, that no such supplemental indenture shall, without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security affected thereby:
(1) change the Stated Maturity of the principal of, or any installment of principal or interest on, any such Security, or reduce the principal amount thereof or the rate of interest thereon or any premium payable thereon, or reduce the amount of principal of any such Discount Security that would be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of maturity thereof pursuant to Section 502, or change the Place of Payment where, or coin or currency in which, any principal of, or any installment of interest on, any such Security is payable, or impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after the Stated Maturity thereof (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the Redemption Date or, in the case of Securities which are subject to repurchase or redemption by the Company at the option of the Holders, on or after the date fixed for such repurchase or redemption);
(2) reduce the percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series, the consent of whose Holders is required for any such supplemental indenture, or the consent of whose Holders is required for any waiver (of compliance with certain provisions of this Indenture or certain defaults hereunder and their consequences) with respect to the Securities of such series provided for in this Indenture; or
(3) modify any of the provisions of this Section, Section 513 or
Section 1010, except to increase any such percentage or to provide that
certain other provisions of this Indenture cannot be modified or waived
without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security affected
thereby.
A supplemental indenture which changes or eliminates any covenant or other provision of this Indenture which has expressly been included solely for the benefit of one or more particular series of Securities, or which modifies the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series with respect to such covenant or other provision, shall be deemed not to affect the rights under this Indenture of the Holders of Securities of any other series.
It shall not be necessary for any Act of Holders under this Section to approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture, but it shall be sufficient if such Act shall approve the substance thereof.
Section 903. Execution of Supplemental Indentures.
In executing, or accepting the additional trusts created by, any supplemental indenture permitted by this Article or the modifications thereby of the trusts created by this Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and (subject to Section 601) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such supplemental indenture is authorized or permitted by this Indenture. The Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into any such supplemental indenture which affects the Trustee's own rights, duties, liabilities or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.
Section 904. Effect of Supplemental Indentures.
Upon the execution of any supplemental indenture under this Article, this Indenture shall be modified in accordance therewith, and such supplemental indenture shall form a part of this Indenture for all purposes; and every Holder of Securities theretofore or thereafter authenticated and delivered hereunder and of any coupons appertaining thereto shall be bound thereby.
Section 905. Conformity with Trust Indenture Act.
Every supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this Article shall conform to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act as then in effect.
Section 906. Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures.
Securities of any series authenticated and delivered after the execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to this Article may, and shall if required by the Trustee, bear a notation in form approved by the Trustee as to any matter provided for in such supplemental indenture. If the Company shall so determine, new Securities of any series so modified as to conform, in the opinion of the Trustee and the Company, to any such supplemental indenture may be prepared and executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in exchange for Outstanding Securities of such series.
ARTICLE TEN
Covenants
Section 1001. Payment of Principal and Interest.
The Company covenants and agrees for the benefit of each series of Securities that it will duly and punctually pay the principal of and any interest on the Securities of that series in accordance with the terms of the Securities, any coupons appertaining thereto and this Indenture. An installment of principal or interest on the Securities shall be considered paid on the date it is due if the Trustee or a Paying Agent (other than the Company or an Affiliate of the Company) holds on that date funds (in the currency or currencies of payment with respect to such Securities) designated for and sufficient to pay
such installment. Unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 with respect to any series of Securities, any interest due on Bearer Securities on or before Maturity shall be payable only upon presentation and surrender of the several coupons for such interest installments as are evidenced thereby as they severally mature. At the Company's option, payment of principal or interest may be made by check or by transfer to an account maintained by the payee (provided, in the case of Registered Securities, the Trustee has received written payment instructions at least fifteen days prior to any payment date) subject, in the case of Bearer Securities, to the provisions of Section 1002.
Section 1002. Maintenance of Office or Agency.
If Securities of a series are issuable only as Registered Securities, the Company will maintain in each Place of Payment for such series an office or agency where Securities of that series may be presented or surrendered for payment, where Securities of that series may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities of that series and this Indenture may be served. If Securities of a series are issuable as Bearer Securities, the Company will maintain (A) in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, an office or agency where any Registered Securities of that series may be presented or surrendered for payment, where any Registered Securities of that series may be surrendered for registration of transfer, where Securities of that series may be surrendered for exchange, where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities of that series and this Indenture may be served and where Bearer Securities of that series and related coupons may be presented or surrendered for payment in the circumstances described in the following paragraph (and not otherwise); (B) subject to any laws or regulations applicable thereto, in a Place of Payment for that series which is located outside the United States, an office or agency where Securities of that series and related coupons may be presented and surrendered for payment (including payment of any additional amounts payable on Securities of that series pursuant to Section 1011); provided, however, that, if the Securities of that series are listed on The London Stock Exchange, the Luxembourg Stock Exchange or any other stock exchange located outside the United States and such stock exchange shall so require, the Company will maintain a Paying Agent for the Securities of that series in London, Luxembourg or any other required city located outside the United States, as the case may be, so long as the Securities of that series are listed on such exchange; and (C) subject to any laws or regulations applicable thereto, in a Place of Payment for that series which is located outside the United States, an office or agency where any Registered Securities of that series may be surrendered for registration of transfer, where Securities of that series may be surrendered for exchange and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities of that series and this Indenture may be served. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee and the Holders of the location, and any change in the location, of any such office or agency. If at any time the Company shall fail to maintain any such required office or agency in respect of any series of Securities, or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations and surrenders of Securities of that series may be made, and notices and demands may be made or served, at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, except that Bearer Securities of that series and the related coupons may be presented and surrendered for payment (including payment of any additional amounts payable on Bearer Securities of that series pursuant to Section 1011) at the place specified for that purpose as contemplated by Section 301 or, if no such place is specified, at the main office of the Trustee in London, and the Company hereby appoints the same as its agent to receive such respective presentations, surrenders, notices and demands.
No payment of principal or interest on Bearer Securities shall be made at any office or agency of the Company in the United States, by check mailed to any address in the United States, by transfer to an account located in the United States or upon presentation or surrender in the United States of a Bearer Security or coupon for payment, even if the payment would be credited to an account located outside the United States; provided, however, that, if the Securities of a series are denominated and payable in Dollars, payment of principal of and any interest on any such Bearer Security (including any additional amounts payable on Securities of such series pursuant to Section 1011) shall be made at the office of the Company's Paying Agent in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, if (but only if) payment in Dollars of the full amount of such principal, interest or additional amounts, as the case may be, at all offices or agencies outside the United States maintained for the purpose by the Company in accordance with this Indenture is illegal or effectively precluded by exchange controls or other similar restrictions.
The Company may also from time to time designate one or more other offices or agencies where the Securities of one or more series may be presented or surrendered for any or all such purposes and may from time to time rescind such designations; provided, however, that no such designation or rescission shall in any manner relieve the Company of its obligation to maintain an office or agency in accordance with the requirements set forth above for Securities of any series for such purposes. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such designation or rescission and of any change in the location of any such other office or agency.
Unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301 with respect to the Securities of any series, the Trustee shall be a Paying Agent and Transfer Agent for the Securities of such series (until replaced or removed by the Company in accordance with this Indenture), and the office or agency of the Company maintained in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York in respect of the Securities of such series for the purposes contemplated by this Section 1002 shall be the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee located in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York.
Section 1003. Money for Security Payments to Be Held in Trust.
If the Company shall at any time act as its own Paying Agent with respect to any series of the Securities, it will, on or before each due date of the principal of or interest on any of the Securities of that series, segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto a sum sufficient to pay the principal or interest so becoming due until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided and will promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure so to act.
Whenever the Company shall have one or more Paying Agents for any series of the Securities, it will, on or prior to each due date of the principal of or interest on any Securities of that series, deposit with a Paying Agent a sum sufficient to pay the principal or interest so becoming due, such sum to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such principal or interest, and (unless such Paying Agent is the Trustee) the Company will promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure so to act.
The Company will cause each Paying Agent for any series of Securities (other than the Trustee) to execute and deliver to the Trustee an instrument in which such Paying Agent shall agree with the Trustee, subject to the provisions of this Section, that such Paying Agent will:
(1) hold all sums held by it for the payment of the principal of or interest on Securities of such series in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided;
(2) give the Trustee notice of any default by the Company (or any other obligor upon the Securities of such series) in the making of any payment of principal or interest on the Securities of such series; and
(3) at any time during the continuance of any such default, upon the written request of the Trustee, forthwith pay to the Trustee all sums so held in trust by such Paying Agent.
The Company may at any time, for the purpose of obtaining the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture or for any other purpose, pay, or by Company Order direct any Paying Agent to pay, to the Trustee all sums held in trust by the Company or such Paying Agent, such sums to be held by the Trustee upon the same trusts as those upon which such sums were held by the Company or such Paying Agent; and, upon such payment by any Paying Agent to the Trustee, such Paying Agent shall be released from all further liability with respect to such money.
Any money deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent or then held by the Company, in trust for the payment of the principal of or interest on any Security of any series and remaining unclaimed for two years after such principal or interest has become due and payable shall be paid to the Company on Company Request, or (if then held by the Company) shall be discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such Security or any coupon appertaining thereto shall thereafter, as an unsecured general creditor, look only to the Company for payment thereof, and all liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such trust money, and all liability of the Company as trustee thereof, shall thereupon cease; provided, however, that the Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being required to make any such repayment, may at the expense and direction of the Company cause to be published once, in an Authorized Newspaper in each Place of Payment, notice that such money remains unclaimed and that, after a date specified therein, which shall not be less than 30 days from the date of such publication, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining will be repaid to the Company.
Section 1004. Corporate Existence.
Subject to Article Eight, the Company will do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its corporate existence, rights (charter and statutory) and franchises; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to preserve any such right or franchise if the Board of Directors shall determine that the preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of the business of the Company and that the loss thereof is not disadvantageous in any material respect to the Holders.
Section 1005. (Intentionally Omitted).
Section 1006. (Intentionally Omitted).
Section 1007. Limitation on Liens.
The Company will not, and will not permit any Consolidated Subsidiary to,
incur, create, assume, guarantee or otherwise become liable with respect to any
Secured Debt, unless (i) the Company secures or causes such Consolidated
Subsidiary to secure the Securities equally and ratably with (or prior to) such
Secured Debt or (ii) after giving effect thereto, the aggregate amount of all
Secured Debt, together with all Discounted Rental Value in respect of sale and
leaseback transactions involving Principal Domestic Properties (excluding sale
and leaseback transactions exempted from the prohibition of subsection (a) of
Section 1008 by subsection (b) of Section 1008), would not exceed 10% of
Consolidated Net Tangible Assets; provided, however, that for purposes of this
Section there shall be excluded from Secured Debt all Indebtedness secured by:
(a) Liens existing on the date of this Indenture;
(b) Liens existing on property of, or on any shares of stock or Indebtedness of, any corporation at the time such corporation becomes a Consolidated Subsidiary;
(c) Liens in favor of the Company or a Consolidated Subsidiary;
(d) Liens in favor of governmental bodies to secure progress, advance or other payments pursuant to any contract or provision of any statute;
(e) Liens existing on property, shares of stock or Indebtedness at the time of acquisition thereof (including acquisition through merger or consolidation) or Liens (i) to secure the payment of all or any part of the purchase price thereof or the cost of construction, installation, renovation, improvement or development thereon or thereof or (ii) to secure any Indebtedness incurred prior to, at the time of, or within 360 days after the later of the acquisition, the completion of such construction, installation, renovation, improvement or development or the commencement of full operation of such property or within 360 days after the acquisition of such shares or Indebtedness for the purpose of financing all or any part of the purchase price or cost thereof; and
(f) any extension, renewal or refunding of any Liens referred to in
the foregoing clauses (a) through (e), inclusive, provided, however, that
(i) such extension, renewal or refunding Lien shall be limited to all or
part of the same property, shares of stock or Indebtedness that secured the
Lien extended, renewed or refunded (plus improvements on or replacements of
such property) and (ii) such Secured Debt at such time is not increased.
Section 1008. Limitation on Sale and Leaseback Transactions.
(a) The Company will not, and will not permit any Consolidated Subsidiary
to, sell or transfer any Principal Domestic Property, with the Company or any
Consolidated Subsidiary taking back a lease of such Principal Domestic Property,
unless: (i) such Principal Domestic Property is sold within 360 days from the
date of acquisition of such Principal Domestic Property or the date of the
completion of construction or commencement of full operations on such Principal
Domestic Property, whichever is later; or (ii) the Company or such Consolidated
Subsidiary could subject such Principal Domestic Property to a Lien pursuant to
Section 1007 in an amount equal to the Discounted Rental Value with
respect to such sale and leaseback transaction without equally and ratably securing the Securities; or (iii) the Company or such Consolidated Subsidiary, within 120 days after such sale, applies or causes to be applied to the retirement of its Funded Debt an amount not less than the greater of (A) the net proceeds of the sale of such Principal Domestic Property or (B) the fair value (as determined in any manner approved by the Board of Directors) of such Principal Domestic Property; provided, however, that the amount to be applied to the retirement of Funded Debt of the Company or such Consolidated Subsidiary shall be reduced by the principal amount of Funded Debt of the Company or such Consolidated Subsidiary voluntarily retired by the Company or such Consolidated Subsidiary within 120 days after such sale.
(b) The provisions of this Section shall not prevent (i) a sale and leaseback transaction between the Company and a Consolidated Subsidiary or between Consolidated Subsidiaries or (ii) a sale or transfer of any Principal Domestic Property with a lease for a period, including renewals, of not more than 36 months.
Section 1009. Statement by Officer as to Compliance; Notice of Certain Events.
The Company will deliver to the Trustee, within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Company ending after the date hereof, a brief certificate, signed by the principal executive officer, the principal financial officer or the principal accounting officer of the Company, as to the signer's knowledge of the Company's compliance with all conditions and covenants under this Indenture. For purposes of this Section 1009, such compliance shall be determined without regard to any period of grace or requirement of notice provided under any of the provisions of this Indenture. The Company's fiscal year ends on December 31 of each year. The Company will notify the Trustee in the event that such fiscal year changes. The Company will deliver to the Trustee, within 20 days after the occurrence thereof, notice of each acceleration which, with giving of notice by the Trustee or Holders and the lapse of time, would be an Event of Default within the meaning of Section 501(4).
Section 1010. Waiver of Certain Covenants.
The Company may omit in any particular instance to comply with any covenant or condition set forth in Section 1004, 1007, 1008, or 1011 with respect to the Securities of any series, if before or after the time for such compliance the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series shall, by Act of such Holders, either waive such compliance in such instance or generally waive compliance with such covenant or condition, but no such waiver shall extend to or affect such covenant or condition except to the extent so expressly waived, and, until such waiver shall become effective, the obligations of the Company and the duties of the Trustee in respect of any such covenant or condition shall remain in full force and effect.
Section 1011. Additional Amounts.
If specified as contemplated by Section 301, the Securities of a series may provide for the payment of additional amounts, and in such case, the Company will pay to the Holder of any Security of such series or any coupon appertaining thereto additional amounts as provided therein. Whenever in this Indenture there is mentioned, in any context, the payment of the principal of or any interest on, or in respect of, any Security of any series or payment of any related coupon, such mention shall be deemed
to include mention of the payment of additional amounts provided for in this
Section to the extent that, in such context, additional amounts are, were or
would be payable in respect thereof pursuant to the provisions of this Section,
and express mention of the payment of additional amounts (if applicable) in any
provisions hereof shall not be construed as excluding additional amounts in
those provisions hereof where such express mention is not made.
If the Securities of a series provide for the payment of additional amounts, at least 10 days prior to the first Interest Payment Date with respect to that series of Securities (or if the Securities of that series will not bear interest prior to Maturity, the first day on which a payment of principal is made), and at least 10 days prior to each date of payment of principal and any interest if there has been any change with respect to the matters set forth in the below-mentioned Officers' Certificate, the Company will furnish the Trustee and the Company's Paying Agent or Paying Agents, if other than the Trustee, with an Officers' Certificate instructing the Trustee and such Paying Agent or Paying Agents whether such payment of principal of and any interest on the Securities of that series shall be made to Holders of Securities of that series or any related coupons who are Non-United States Holders without withholding for or on account of any tax, assessment or other governmental charge described in the Securities of that series. If any such withholding shall be required, then such Officers' Certificate shall specify by country the amount, if any, required to be withheld on such payments to such Holders of Securities or coupons, and the Company will pay to the Trustee or such Paying Agent the additional amounts required by the Securities of such series and this Section. The Company covenants to indemnify the Trustee and any Paying Agent for, and to hold them harmless against, any loss, liability or expense reasonably incurred, without negligence or bad faith on their part, arising out of or in connection with actions taken or omitted by any of them in reliance on any Officers' Certificate furnished pursuant to this Section.
ARTICLE ELEVEN
Redemption of Securities
Section 1101. Applicability of Article.
Securities of any series which are redeemable before their Stated Maturity shall be redeemable in accordance with their terms and (except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for Securities of any series) in accordance with this Article.
Section 1102. Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee.
In the event that the Company elects to redeem Securities of any series, the Company shall, at least 60 days prior to the Redemption Date fixed by the Company (unless a shorter notice shall be satisfactory to the Trustee), notify the Trustee of such Redemption Date, of the principal amount of the Securities to be redeemed and of any other information necessary to identify the Securities of such series to be redeemed.
Section 1103. Selection by Trustee of Securities to be Redeemed.
Unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 with respect to any series of Securities, if less than all the Securities of any series with the same issue date, interest rate, Stated
Maturity and other terms are to be redeemed, the particular Securities to be redeemed shall be selected not more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date by the Trustee, from the Outstanding Securities of such series not previously called for redemption, by such method as the Trustee shall deem fair and appropriate, which method may provide for the selection for redemption of portions (equal to the minimum authorized denomination for Securities of that series or any integral multiple thereof) of the principal amount of Registered Securities of such series of a denomination larger than the minimum authorized denomination for Securities of that series.
The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company in writing of the Securities selected for redemption and, in the case of any Securities selected for partial redemption, the principal amount thereof to be redeemed.
For all purposes of this Indenture, unless the context otherwise requires, all provisions relating to the redemption of Securities shall relate, in the case of any Securities redeemed or to be redeemed only in part, to the portion of the principal amount of such Securities which has been or is to be redeemed.
Section 1104. Notice of Redemption.
Unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 with respect to any series of Securities, notice of redemption shall be given in the manner provided in Section 106 to the Holders of Securities to be redeemed not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date.
All notices of redemption shall identify the Securities to be redeemed (including, if applicable, the CUSIP number thereof) and shall state:
(1) the Redemption Date;
(2) the Redemption Price;
(3) if fewer than all the Outstanding Securities of any series are to be redeemed, the identification (and, in the case of partial redemption, the principal amounts) of the particular Securities to be redeemed;
(4) that on the Redemption Date the Redemption Price will become due and payable upon each such Security (or portion thereof) to be redeemed, together with (if applicable) accrued and unpaid interest thereon and, if applicable, that interest thereon will cease to accrue on and after said date;
(5) the place or places where such Securities, together, in the case of Bearer Securities, with all coupons, if any, appertaining thereto maturing after the Redemption Date, are to be surrendered for payment of the Redemption Price; and
(6) that the redemption is for a sinking fund, if such is the case.
A notice of redemption published as contemplated by Section 106 need not identify particular Registered Securities to be redeemed.
Notice of redemption of Securities to be redeemed at the election of the Company shall be given by the Company or, at the Company's request, by the Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Company.
Section 1105. Deposit of Redemption Price.
On or prior to any Redemption Date, the Company shall deposit with the Trustee or with a Paying Agent (or, if the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent, segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section 1003) an amount of money sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of, and, if accrued and unpaid interest on the Securities (or portions thereof) to be redeemed is, pursuant to the terms of this Indenture or such Securities, payable to the Persons entitled to receive the Redemption Price thereof, accrued interest on, all the Securities which are to be redeemed on that date.
Section 1106. Securities Payable on Redemption Date.
Notice of redemption having been given as aforesaid, the Securities so to be redeemed shall, on the Redemption Date, become due and payable at the Redemption Price therein specified, and from and after such date (unless the Company shall default in the payment of the Redemption Price and accrued interest) such Securities shall cease to bear interest and the coupons for such interest appertaining to any Bearer Securities so to be redeemed, except to the extent provided below, shall be void. Upon surrender of any such Security for redemption in accordance with said notice, together with all coupons, if any, appertaining thereto maturing after the Redemption Date, such Security shall be paid by the Company at the Redemption Price, together with accrued interest to the Redemption Date; provided, however, that installments of interest on Bearer Securities whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to the Redemption Date shall be payable only at an office or agency located outside the United States (except as otherwise provided in Section 1002) and, unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301, only upon presentation and surrender of coupons for such interest; and provided, further, that, unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301, installments of interest on Registered Securities whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to the Redemption Date shall be payable to the Holders of such Securities, or one or more Predecessor Securities, registered as such at the close of business on the relevant Regular Record Dates according to their terms and the provisions of Sections 305 and 307.
If any Bearer Security surrendered for redemption shall not be accompanied by all appurtenant coupons maturing after the Redemption Date, such Security may be paid after deducting from the Redemption Price an amount equal to the face amount of all such missing coupons, or the surrender of such missing coupon or coupons may be waived by the Company and the Trustee if there be furnished to them such security or indemnity as they may require to save each of them and any Paying Agent harmless. If thereafter the Holder of such Security shall surrender to the Trustee or any Paying Agent any such missing coupon in respect of which a deduction shall have been made from the Redemption Price, such Holder shall be entitled to receive the amount so deducted; provided, however, that interest represented by coupons shall be payable only at an office or agency located outside the United States (except as otherwise provided in Section 1002) and, unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301, only upon presentation and surrender of those coupons.
If any Security called for redemption shall not be so paid upon surrender thereof for redemption, the principal shall, until paid, bear interest from the Redemption Date at the rate prescribed therefor in the Security or, if no such rate is so prescribed, at the rate of interest borne by the Security.
Section 1107. Securities Redeemed in Part.
Any Registered Security which is to be redeemed only in part shall be surrendered at a Place of Payment therefor (with, if the Company or the Trustee so requires, due endorsement by, or a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Trustee duly executed by, the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing), and the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder of such Security without service charge, a new Registered Security or Securities of the same series and of like tenor, of any authorized denomination as requested by such Holder, in aggregate principal amount equal to and in exchange for the unredeemed portion of the principal of the Security so surrendered.
ARTICLE TWELVE
Sinking Funds
Section 1201. Applicability of Article.
The provisions of this Article shall be applicable to any sinking fund for the retirement of Securities of a series, except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for Securities of such series.
The minimum amount of any sinking fund payment provided for by the terms of Securities of any series is herein referred to as a "mandatory sinking fund payment," and any payment in excess of such minimum amount provided for by the terms of Securities of any series is herein referred to as an "optional sinking fund payment." If provided for by the terms of Securities of any series, the cash amount of any sinking fund payment may be subject to reduction as provided in Section 1202. Each sinking fund payment shall be applied to the redemption of Securities of any series as provided for by the terms of Securities of such series.
Section 1202. Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities.
The Company (1) may deliver Outstanding Securities of a series with the
same issue date, interest rate, and Stated Maturity and other terms (other than
any previously called for redemption), together, in the case of any Bearer
Securities of such series with the same issue date, interest rate, Stated
Maturity and other terms, with all unmatured coupons appertaining thereto, and
(2) may apply as a credit Securities of a series with the same issue date,
interest rate, Stated Maturity and other terms which have been redeemed, either
at the election of the Company pursuant to the terms of such Securities or
through the application of permitted optional sinking fund payments pursuant to
the terms of such Securities, in each case in satisfaction of all or any part of
any mandatory sinking fund payment with respect to the Securities of such series
with the same issue date, interest rate, Stated Maturity and other terms;
provided that such Securities have not been previously so credited. Such
Securities shall be received and credited for such purpose by the Trustee at the
Redemption Price specified in such Securities for redemption
through operation of the sinking fund and the amount of such sinking fund payment shall be reduced accordingly.
Section 1203. Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund.
Not less than 60 days (or such shorter period as shall be acceptable to the Trustee) prior to each sinking fund payment date for any series of Securities, the Company will deliver to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate specifying the amount of the next ensuing sinking fund payment for that series pursuant to the terms of that series, the portion thereof, if any, which is to be satisfied by payment of cash and the portion thereof, if any, which is to be satisfied by delivering and crediting Securities of that series pursuant to Section 1202, and will also deliver to the Trustee any Securities to be so delivered. Not less than 30 days before each such sinking fund payment date, the Trustee shall select the Securities to be redeemed upon such sinking fund payment date in the manner specified in Section 1103 and cause notice of the redemption thereof to be given in the name of and at the expense of the Company in the manner provided in Section 1104. Such notice having been duly given, the redemption of such Securities shall be made upon the terms and in the manner stated in Sections 1106 and 1107.
ARTICLE THIRTEEN
Meetings of Holders of Securities
Section 1301. Purposes for Which Meetings May Be Called.
A meeting of Holders of Securities of any series may be called at any time and from time to time pursuant to this Article to make, give or take any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided by this Indenture to be made, given or taken by Holders of Securities of such series.
Section 1302. Call, Notice and Place of Meetings.
(a) The Trustee may at any time call a meeting of Holders of Securities of any series for any purpose specified in Section 1301, to be held at such time and at such place in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, or in London, as the Trustee shall determine or, with the approval of the Company, at any other place. Notice of every meeting of Holders of Securities of any series, setting forth the time and the place of such meeting and in general terms the action proposed to be taken at such meeting, shall be given, in the manner provided in Section 106, not less than 21 nor more than 180 days prior to the date fixed for the meeting.
(b) In case at any time the Company or the Holders of at least 10% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series shall have requested the Trustee to call a meeting of the Holders of Securities of such series for any purpose specified in Section 1301, by written request setting forth in reasonable detail the action proposed to be taken at the meeting, and the Trustee shall not have made the first publication of the notice of such meeting within 21 days after receipt of such request or shall not thereafter proceed to cause the meeting to be held as provided herein, then the Company or the Holders of Securities of such series in the amount above specified, as the case may be, may determine the time and the place in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, or in London, or in such other place
as shall be determined and approved by the Company, for such meeting and may call such meeting for such purposes by giving notice thereof as provided in Subsection (a) of this Section.
Section 1303. Persons Entitled to Vote at Meetings.
To be entitled to vote at any meeting of Holders of Securities of any series, a Person shall be (1) a Holder of one or more Outstanding Securities of such series or (2) a Person appointed by an instrument in writing as proxy for a Holder or Holders of one or more Outstanding Securities of such series by such Holder or Holders. The only Persons who shall be entitled to be present or to speak at any meeting of Holders of Securities of any series shall be the Persons entitled to vote at such meeting and their counsel, any representatives of the Trustee and its counsel and any representatives of the Company and its counsel.
Section 1304. Quorum; Action.
The Persons entitled to vote a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of a series shall constitute a quorum for a meeting of Holders of Securities of such series; provided, however, that if any action is to be taken at such meeting with respect to a consent or waiver which this Indenture expressly provides may be given by the Holders of a specified percentage, which is less than a majority, in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of a series, the Persons entitled to vote such lesser percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series shall constitute a quorum. In the absence of a quorum within 30 minutes of the time appointed for any such meeting, the meeting shall, if convened at the request of Holders of Securities of such series, be dissolved. In any other case, the meeting may be adjourned for a period determined by the chairman of the meeting prior to the adjournment of such meeting. In the absence of a quorum at any such adjourned meeting, such adjourned meeting may be further adjourned for a period determined by the chairman of the meeting prior to the adjournment of such adjourned meeting. Notice of the reconvening of any adjourned meeting shall be given as provided in Section 1302(a), except that such notice need be given only once not less than five days prior to the date on which the meeting is scheduled to be reconvened. Notice of the reconvening of an adjourned meeting shall state expressly the percentage, as provided above, of the principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series which shall constitute a quorum.
Except as limited by the proviso to Section 902, any resolution presented to a meeting or adjourned meeting duly reconvened at which a quorum is present, as aforesaid, may be adopted by the affirmative vote of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series; provided, however, that, except as limited by the proviso to Section 902, any resolution with respect to any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action which this Indenture expressly provides may be made, given or taken by the Holders of a specified percentage, which is less than a majority, in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of a series may be adopted at a meeting or an adjourned meeting duly reconvened and at which a quorum is present, as aforesaid, by the affirmative vote of the Holders of such specified percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series.
Any resolution passed or decision taken at any meeting of Holders of Securities of any series duly held in accordance with this Section shall be binding on all the Holders of Securities of such series and the related coupons, whether or not present or represented at the meeting.
Section 1305. Determination of Voting Rights; Conduct and Adjournment of Meetings.
(a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Indenture, the Trustee may make such reasonable regulations as it may deem advisable for any meeting of Holders of Securities of a series in regard to proof of the holding of Securities of such series and of the appointment of proxies and in regard to the appointment and duties of inspectors of votes, the submission and examination of proxies, certificates and other evidence of the right to vote, and such other matters concerning the conduct of the meeting as it shall deem appropriate. Except as otherwise permitted or required by any such regulations, the holding of Securities shall be proved in the manner specified in Section 104 and the appointment of any proxy shall be proved in the manner specified in Section 104 or by having the signature of the person executing the proxy witnessed or guaranteed by any trust company, bank or banker authorized by Section 104 to certify to the holding of Bearer Securities. Such regulations may provide that written instruments appointing proxies, regular on their face, may be presumed valid and genuine without the proof specified in Section 104 or other proof.
(b) The Trustee shall, by an instrument in writing, appoint a temporary chairman of the meeting, unless the meeting shall have been called by the Company or by Holders of Securities as provided in Section 1302(b), in which case the Company or the Holders of Securities of the series calling the meeting, as the case may be, shall in like manner appoint a temporary chairman. A permanent chairman and a permanent secretary of the meeting shall be elected by vote of the Persons entitled to vote a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series represented at the meeting.
(c) At any meeting each Holder of a Security of such series or proxy shall be entitled to one vote for each $1,000 principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series held or represented by him; provided, however, that no vote shall be cast or counted at any meeting in respect to any Security challenged as not Outstanding and ruled by the chairman of the meeting to be not Outstanding. The chairman of the meeting shall have no right to vote, except as a Holder of a Security of such series or proxy.
(d) Any meeting of Holders of Securities of any series duly called pursuant to Section 1302 at which a quorum is present may be adjourned from time to time by Persons entitled to vote a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series represented at the meeting; and the meeting may be held as so adjourned without further notice.
Section 1306. Counting Votes and Recording Action of Meetings.
The vote upon any resolution submitted to any meeting of Holders of Securities of any series shall be by written ballots on which shall be subscribed signatures of the Holders of Securities of such series or of their representatives by proxy and the principal amounts and serial numbers of the Outstanding Securities of such series held or represented by them. The permanent chairman of the meeting shall appoint two inspectors of votes, who shall count all votes cast at the meeting for or against any resolution and who shall make and file with the secretary of the meeting their verified written reports in duplicate of all votes cast at the meeting. A record, at least in duplicate, of the proceedings of each meeting of Holders of Securities of any series shall be prepared by the secretary of the meeting, and there shall be attached to said record the original reports of the inspectors of votes on any vote by ballot taken thereat and affidavits, signed by one or more persons having knowledge of the facts, setting forth a copy
of the notice of the meeting and showing that said notice was given as provided in Section 1302 and, if applicable, Section 1304. Each copy shall be signed and verified by the affidavits of the permanent chairman and secretary of the meeting and one such copy shall be delivered to the Company and another to the Trustee, to be preserved by the Trustee, the latter to have attached thereto the ballots voted at the meeting. Any record so signed and verified shall be conclusive evidence of the matters therein stated.
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.
Occidental Petroleum Corporation
By
[Seal]
Attest:
The Bank of New York,
Trustee
By
[Seal]
Attest:
State of California
County of Los Angeles ss.:
On the day of , 1998, before me personally came , to me known, who, being by me duly sworn, did depose and say that he is a of Occidental Petroleum Corporation, one of the corporations described in and which executed the foregoing instrument; that he knows the seal of said corporation; that the seal affixed to said instrument is such corporate seal; that it was so affixed by authority of the Board of Directors of said corporation; and that he signed his name thereto by like authority.
State of New York
County of New York ss.:
On the day of , 1998, before me personally came , to me known, who, being by me duly sworn, did depose and say that he is a of The Bank of New York, one of the corporations described in and which executed the foregoing instrument; that he knows the seal of said corporation; that the seal affixed to said instrument is such corporate seal; that it was so affixed by authority of the Board of Directors of said corporation; and that he signed his name thereto by like authority.
EXHIBIT 5
May 7, 1998
Occidental Petroleum Corporation
10889 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles, California 90024
Ladies and Gentlemen:
I am an Associate General Counsel of Occidental Petroleum Corporation, a Delaware corporation ("Occidental"), and am rendering this opinion in connection with the preparation of the above-referenced Registration Statement on Form S-3 (the "Registration Statement"), which is to be filed by Occidental on May 5, 1998, with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission"). The Registration Statement relates to the registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), of $800,000,000 aggregate public offering price of senior unsecured debt securities (the "Debt Securities") of Occidental. The Debt Securities are being registered for offering and sale from time to time pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act. The Debt Securities are to be issued pursuant to the Indenture, dated as of April 1, 1998 (the "Indenture"), between Occidental and The Bank of New York, a New York banking corporation, as trustee (the "Trustee").
This opinion is delivered in accordance with the requirements of Item
601(b) (5) of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act.
In connection with this opinion, I have examined and am familiar with originals or copies, certified or otherwise identified to my satisfaction, of such
documents as I have deemed necessary or appropriate as a basis for the opinions set forth herein, including (i) the Registration Statement (together with the form of preliminary prospectus forming a part thereof), (ii) the Restated Certificate of Incorporation and By-Laws of Occidental, in each case, as amended to date, (iii) the Indenture, and (iv) copies of certain resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors of Occidental relating to the execution of the Indenture, the issuance of the Debt Securities, the filing of the Registration Statement and any amendments or supplements thereto and related matters. In my examination, I have assumed the legal capacity of natural persons, the signatures (other than signatures executing documents on behalf of Occidental) on all documents examined or caused to be examined by me are genuine, that all documents submitted to me as originals are authentic, and that all documents submitted to me as copies conform with the originals, which assumptions I have not independently verified. As to any facts material to the opinions expressed herein which I have not independently established or verified, I have relied upon statements and representations of officers and other representatives of Occidental and others.
I am a member of the California and New York Bars and for purposes of this opinion do not hold myself out as an expert on, nor do I express any opinion as to, the laws of any jurisdiction other than the laws of the State of California, the laws of the State of New York, the Federal laws of the United States and the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware. The Debt Securities may be issued from time to time on a delayed or continuous basis and this opinion is limited to the laws, including the rules and regulations, as in effect on the date hereof.
Based upon and subject to the foregoing, I am of the opinion that when
(i) the Registration Statement becomes effective under the Securities Act; (ii)
the appropriate officers of Occidental have taken all necessary action pursuant
to Section 301 of the Indenture to fix and approve the terms of the Debt
Securities, including the establishment of the form or forms of certificates
representing the Debt Securities pursuant to Section 201 of the Indenture; (iii)
the Indenture shall have been qualified under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939,
as amended; and (iv) the Debt Securities are duly executed and authenticated in
accordance with the provisions of the Indenture and duly delivered to the
purchasers thereof upon payment of the agreed upon consideration therefor, the
Debt Securities will be validly issued and binding obligations of Occidental,
enforceable against Occidental in accordance with their terms, except as may be
subject to or limited by (i) bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium
or other similar laws now or hereafter in effect relating to creditors' rights
generally, (ii) general principles of equity (regardless of whether
enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law), (iii) requirements that a claim with respect to any Debt Securities authenticated and delivered under the Indenture denominated other than in United States dollars (or a judgment denominated other than in United States dollars in respect of such claim) be converted into United States dollars at a rate of exchange prevailing on a date determined pursuant to applicable law, and (iv) governmental authority to limit, delay or prohibit the making of payments outside the United States or in a foreign currency, composite currency or currency unit. In addition, I express no opinion with respect to any Debt Securities that are indexed or linked to any foreign currency, composite currency, currency unit, commodity, equity index or similar index.
I hereby consent to the filing of this opinion with the Commission as Exhibit 5 to the Registration Statement. I also consent to the reference to me under the heading "Legal Matters" in the Registration Statement. In giving this consent, I do not thereby admit that I am in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission.
Very truly yours,
/s/ ROBERT E. SAWYER
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Robert E. Sawyer
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EXHIBIT 23.2
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
As independent public accountants, we hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement of our reports dated February 16, 1998 incorporated by reference or included in Occidental Petroleum Corporation's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1997 and to all references to our firm included in this Registration Statement.
ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP
Los Angeles, California
May 7, 1998
EXHIBIT 23.3
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement of Form S-3 of our report dated November 14, 1997, with respect to the statements of financial position of the U.S. Department of Energy Naval Petroleum Reserve No. 1 (NPR-1) as of September 30, 1997 and 1996, and the related statements of operations and changes in net position, and cash flows for the year then ended, which appears in Occidental Petroleum Corporation's Current Report on Form 8-K dated February 10, 1998 (date of earliest event reported), and to the reference to our Firm under the heading "Experts" in the prospectus.
Our report dated November 14, 1997, contains an explanatory paragraph that states that the financial statements were prepared in conformity with the hierarchy of accounting principles and standards defined in U.S. Office of Management and Budget Bulletin No. 94-01, Form and Content of Agency Financial Statements. This hierarchy is a comprehensive basis of accounting other than generally accepted accounting principles.
Our report dated November 14, 1997, contains an explanatory paragraph that states that on October 6, 1997, DOE announced that Occidental Petroleum Corporation had submitted the highest responsible offer at $3.65 billion for all of the Government's interest in NPR-1.
KPMG PEAT MARWICK LLP
Salt Lake City, Utah
May 5, 1998
EXHIBIT 25
FORM T-1
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
STATEMENT OF ELIGIBILITY
UNDER THE TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939 OF A
CORPORATION DESIGNATED TO ACT AS TRUSTEE
CHECK IF AN APPLICATION TO DETERMINE
ELIGIBILITY OF A TRUSTEE PURSUANT TO
SECTION 305(b)(2) |__|
THE BANK OF NEW YORK
(Exact name of trustee as specified in its charter)
New York 13-5160382
(State of incorporation (I.R.S. employer
if not a U.S. national bank) identification no.)
48 Wall Street, New York, N.Y. 10286
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
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OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION
(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)
Delaware 95-4035997
(State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. employer
incorporation or organization) identification no.)
10889 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles, California 90024
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
______________________
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Debt Securities
(Title of the indenture securities)
1. GENERAL INFORMATION. FURNISH THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION AS TO THE TRUSTEE:
(a) NAME AND ADDRESS OF EACH EXAMINING OR SUPERVISING AUTHORITY TO WHICH IT IS SUBJECT.
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Name Address
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Superintendent of Banks of the State of 2 Rector Street, New York,
New York N.Y. 10006, and Albany, N.Y.
12203
Federal Reserve Bank of New York 33 Liberty Plaza, New York,
N.Y. 10045
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Washington, D.C. 20429
New York Clearing House Association New York, New York 10005
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(b) WHETHER IT IS AUTHORIZED TO EXERCISE CORPORATE TRUST POWERS.
Yes.
2. AFFILIATIONS WITH OBLIGOR.
IF THE OBLIGOR IS AN AFFILIATE OF THE TRUSTEE, DESCRIBE EACH SUCH
AFFILIATION.
None.
16. LIST OF EXHIBITS.
EXHIBITS IDENTIFIED IN PARENTHESES BELOW, ON FILE WITH THE COMMISSION, ARE INCORPORATED HEREIN BY REFERENCE AS AN EXHIBIT HERETO, PURSUANT TO RULE 7a- 29 UNDER THE TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939 (THE "ACT") AND 17 C.F.R. 229.10(d).
1. A copy of the Organization Certificate of The Bank of New York (formerly Irving Trust Company) as now in effect, which contains the authority to commence business and a grant of powers to exercise corporate trust powers. (Exhibit 1 to Amendment No. 1 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 33-6215, Exhibits 1a and 1b to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 33-21672 and Exhibit 1 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 33-29637.)
4. A copy of the existing By-laws of the Trustee. (Exhibit 4 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 33-31019.)
6. The consent of the Trustee required by Section 321(b) of the Act.
(Exhibit 6 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 33-44051.)
7. A copy of the latest report of condition of the Trustee published pursuant to law or to the requirements of its supervising or examining authority.
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Act, the Trustee, The Bank of New York, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of New York, has duly caused this statement of eligibility to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, all in The City of New York, and State of New York, on the 27th day of April, 1998.
THE BANK OF NEW YORK
By: /s/ LUCILLE FIRRINCIELI
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Name: LUCILLE FIRRINCIELI
Title: VICE PRESIDENT
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Consolidated Report of Condition of
THE BANK OF NEW YORK
of 48 Wall Street, New York, N.Y. 10286
And Foreign and Domestic Subsidiaries,
a member of the Federal Reserve System, at the close of business December 31, 1997, published in accordance with a call made by the Federal Reserve Bank of this District pursuant to the provisions of the Federal Reserve Act.
Dollar Amounts
in Thousands
ASSETS
Cash and balances due from depos-
itory institutions:
Noninterest-bearing balances and
currency and coin.......................... $ 5,742,986
Interest-bearing balances................... 1,342,769
Securities:
Held-to-maturity securities................. 1,099,736
Available-for-sale securities............... 3,882,686
Federal funds sold and Securities pur-
chased under agreements to resell........... 2,568,530
Loans and lease financing
receivables:
Loans and leases, net of unearned
income ................................... 35,019,608
LESS: Allowance for loan and
lease losses ............................. 627,350
LESS: Allocated transfer risk
reserve................................... 0
Loans and leases, net of unearned
income, allowance, and reserve............ 34,392,258
Assets held in trading accounts............... 2,521,451
Premises and fixed assets (including
capitalized leases)......................... 659,209
Other real estate owned....................... 11,992
Investments in unconsolidated
subsidiaries and associated
companies................................... 226,263
Customers' liability to this bank on
acceptances outstanding..................... 1,187,449
Intangible assets............................. 781,684
Other assets.................................. 1,736,574
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Total assets.................................. $56,153,587
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LIABILITIES
Deposits:
In domestic offices......................... $27,031,362
Noninterest-bearing ........................ 11,899,507
Interest-bearing ........................... 15,131,855
In foreign offices, Edge and
Agreement subsidiaries, and IBFs............ 13,794,449
Noninterest-bearing ........................ 590,999
Interest-bearing ........................... 13,203,450
Federal funds purchased and Securities
sold under agreements to repurchase......... 2,338,881
Demand notes issued to the U.S.
Treasury.................................... 173,851
Trading liabilities........................... 1,695,216
Other borrowed money:
With remaining maturity of one year
or less................................... 1,905,330
With remaining maturity of more than
one year through three years.............. 0
With remaining maturity of more than
three years............................... 25,664
Bank's liability on acceptances exe-
cuted and outstanding....................... 1,195,923
Subordinated notes and debentures............. 1,012,940
Other liabilities............................. 2,018,960
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Total liabilities............................. 51,192,576
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EQUITY CAPITAL
Common stock.................................. 1,135,284
Surplus....................................... 731,319
Undivided profits and capital
reserves.................................... 3,093,726
Net unrealized holding gains
(losses) on available-for-sale
securities.................................. 36,866
Cumulative foreign currency transla-
tion adjustments............................ (36,184)
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Total equity capital.......................... 4,961,011
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Total liabilities and equity
capital .................................... $56,153,587
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I, Robert E. Keilman, Senior Vice President and Comptroller of the above- named bank do hereby declare that this Report of Condition has been prepared in conformance with the instructions issued by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and is true to the best of my knowledge and belief.
Robert E. Keilman
We, the undersigned directors, attest to the correctness of this Report of Condition and declare that it has been examined by us and to the best of our knowledge and belief has been prepared in conformance with the instructions issued by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and is true and correct.
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