APACHE CORPORATION
APACHE TRUST I
APACHE TRUST II
APACHE FINANCE AUSTRALIA PTY LTD
(ACN 104 261 261)
APACHE FINANCE CANADA II CORPORATION
(Exact name of each registrant as specified in its charter or certificate of
trust)
DELAWARE NO. 41-0747868
DELAWARE NO. 76-6159546
DELAWARE NO. 76-6159545
AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY NO. 98-0397057
NOVA SCOTIA NO. 98-0397056
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or (I.R.S. Employer Identification Numbers)
organization)
ONE POST OAK CENTRAL ERIC L. HARRY
2000 POST OAK BOULEVARD, SUITE 100 2000 POST OAK BOULEVARD, SUITE 100
HOUSTON, TEXAS 77056-4400 HOUSTON, TEXAS 77056-4400
(713) 296-6000 (713) 296-6000
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, (Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number,
including including area code, of agent for service)
area code, of registrant's principal executive offices)
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COPIES TO:
RALPH K. MILLER, JR. CRAIG E. CHAPMAN
CHAMBERLAIN, HRDLICKA, WHITE, WILLIAMS & MARTIN SIDLEY AUSTIN BROWN & WOOD LLP
1200 SMITH STREET, SUITE 1400 787 SEVENTH AVENUE
HOUSTON, TEXAS 77002-4310 NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10019
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APPROXIMATE DATE OF COMMENCEMENT OF PROPOSED SALE TO THE PUBLIC: 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 of 1933, check the following box and list the Securities Act of 1933 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 of 1933, check the following box and list the Securities Act of 1933 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, check the following box. [ ]
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
THE REGISTRANTS HEREBY AMEND THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON SUCH DATE OR DATES AS MAY BE NECESSARY TO DELAY ITS EFFECTIVE DATE UNTIL THE REGISTRANTS SHALL FILE A FURTHER AMENDMENT WHICH SPECIFICALLY STATES THAT THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT SHALL THEREAFTER BECOME EFFECTIVE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 8(A) OF THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 OR UNTIL THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE ON SUCH DATE AS THE COMMISSION, ACTING PURSUANT TO SAID SECTION 8(A), MAY DETERMINE.
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PROPOSED MAXIMUM PROPOSED MAXIMUM
TITLE OF EACH CLASS OF AMOUNT TO BE OFFERING PRICE AGGREGATE OFFERING AMOUNT OF
SECURITIES TO BE REGISTERED(1) REGISTERED(2)(3) PER UNIT(3)(4) PRICE(3)(4)(5) REGISTRATION FEE
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APACHE CORPORATION:
Common Stock and Related Rights, Preferred Stock,
Depositary Shares, Common Stock Purchase
Contracts, Common Stock Purchase Units, Debt
Securities and Guarantees of Trust Preferred
Securities of Apache Trust I and Apache Trust II
and Debt Securities of Apache Finance Australia
Pty Ltd and Apache Finance Canada II
Corporation(6)(7).................................
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APACHE TRUST I AND APACHE TRUST II:
Trust Preferred Securities........................
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APACHE FINANCE AUSTRALIA PTY LTD AND APACHE
FINANCE CANADA II CORPORATION: Debt Securities....
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Total............................................. $1,500,000,000 $121,350(8)
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(1) This registration statement also covers trust preferred securities, debt securities, including any guarantee of Apache Corporation of such trust preferred and debt securities, depositary shares, preferred stock, common stock purchase contracts, common stock purchase units and common stock and related rights that may be issued in exchange for, or upon conversion of, as the case may be, the securities registered hereunder. In addition, any securities registered hereunder may be sold separately or as units with other securities registered hereunder.
(2) In no event will the aggregate initial offering price of common stock and related rights, preferred stock, depositary shares, debt securities, common stock purchase contracts, common stock purchase units and trust preferred securities issued under this registration statement exceed $1,500,000,000, or the equivalent thereof in one or more foreign currencies or composite currencies.
(3) Not specified as to each class of securities to be registered pursuant to General Instruction II.D of Form S-3 under the Securities Act.
(4) The proposed maximum offering price per unit will be determined from time to time by Apache in connection with, and at the time of, the issuance by Apache and/or Apache Trust I, Apache Trust II, Apache Finance Australia Pty Ltd and Apache Finance Canada II Corporation of the securities registered hereunder.
(5) Estimated solely for the purposes of computing the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(o) under the Securities Act.
(6) Debt securities may be issued and sold directly to investors or to Apache Trust I or Apache Trust II in connection with the issuance of trust preferred securities by Apache Trust I or Apache Trust II, in which event such debt securities may later be distributed to the holders of trust preferred securities upon a dissolution and liquidation of Apache Trust I or Apache Trust II or otherwise. No separate consideration will be received for the debt securities of Apache so distributed by or on behalf of Apache Trust I or Apache Trust II.
(7) Apache is also registering under this registration statement all other obligations that it may have with respect to trust preferred securities issued by the Apache Trusts. No separate consideration will be received for any guarantee or any other such obligations.
(8) Pursuant to Rule 457(p) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the
amount of the registration fee payable hereunder has been offset by (i)
$81,542 of filing fees paid in respect of $293,320,000 of unsold securities
previously registered under the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (No.
333-75633) of Apache Corporation filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "Commission") on April 2, 1999, (ii) $27,800 of filing fees
paid in respect of $100,000,000 of unsold securities previously registered
under the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-90147 and No.
333-90147-01) of Apache Corporation and Apache Finance Canada Corporation
(an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Apache Corporation) filed with the
Commission on November 2, 1999 and deregistered on December 23, 2002 and
(iii) $52 of filing fees paid in respect of $200,000 of unsold securities
previously registered under the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (No.
333-32580, No. 333-32580-01 and No. 333-32580-02) of Apache Corporation,
Apache Trust I and Apache Trust II filed with the Commission on March 15,
2000. Filing fees of $109,394 payable hereunder have been offset pursuant to
Rule 457(p). The amount of the filing fee for securities to be registered
hereunder pursuant to such offset has been recalculated based upon the
current fee rate of $80.90 per million. A filing fee of $11,956 relating to
securities being registered hereunder and not relating to the Rule 457(p)
offset is being paid herewith.
THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRELIMINARY PROSPECTUS IS NOT COMPLETE AND MAY BE CHANGED. WE MAY NOT SELL THESE SECURITIES UNTIL THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION DECLARES THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT EFFECTIVE. THIS PRELIMINARY PROSPECTUS IS NOT AN OFFER TO SELL OR THE SOLICITATION OF AN OFFER TO BUY THESE SECURITIES IN ANY STATE WHERE THE OFFER OR SALE IS NOT PERMITTED
SUBJECT TO COMPLETION, DATED MAY 23, 2003.
PROSPECTUS
$1,500,000,000
LOGO
COMMON STOCK
PREFERRED STOCK
DEPOSITARY SHARES
DEBT SECURITIES
COMMON STOCK PURCHASE CONTRACTS
COMMON STOCK PURCHASE UNITS
APACHE TRUST I
APACHE TRUST II
TRUST PREFERRED SECURITIES
GUARANTEED BY
APACHE CORPORATION
APACHE FINANCE AUSTRALIA PTY LTD
(ACN 104 261 261)
APACHE FINANCE CANADA II CORPORATION
This prospectus provides a general description of the securities Apache, the Apache Trusts, Apache Australia and Apache Canada may offer. Supplements to this prospectus will describe the specific terms of the securities that Apache, the Apache Trusts, Apache Australia and/or Apache Canada actually offer. This prospectus may not be used to sell securities unless it is accompanied by a prospectus supplement that describes those securities.
Apache Corporation's common stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange and the Chicago Stock Exchange under the symbol "APA."
Before you invest, you should carefully read this prospectus, any applicable prospectus supplement and any information under the heading "Where You Can Find More Information."
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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About This Prospectus....................................... 2
Oil and Gas Terms........................................... 3
Where You Can Find More Information......................... 3
Cautionary Statements Regarding Forward-Looking
Statements................................................ 4
Apache Corporation.......................................... 5
Apache Trusts............................................... 5
Apache Finance Australia Pty Ltd............................ 6
Apache Finance Canada II Corporation........................ 7
Ratios of Earnings to Fixed Charges and to Combined Fixed
Charges and Preferred Stock Dividends..................... 7
Use of Proceeds............................................. 7
The Securities Apache, the Apache Trusts, Apache Finance
Australia Pty Ltd and Apache Finance Canada II Corporation
Limited May Offer......................................... 8
Description of Apache Corporation Capital Stock............. 8
Description of Depositary Shares............................ 14
Description of Apache Corporation Debt Securities........... 17
Description of Trust Preferred Securities................... 32
Description of Trust Preferred Securities Guarantees........ 38
Description of Common Stock Purchase Contracts and Units.... 41
Description of Apache Finance Australia Pty Ltd and Apache
Canada Finance II Corporation Debt Securities and Apache
Corporation Guarantee..................................... 42
Book-Entry Securities....................................... 63
Plan of Distribution........................................ 65
Legal Matters............................................... 66
Experts..................................................... 66
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ABOUT THIS PROSPECTUS
This prospectus is part of a registration statement that Apache, the Apache Trusts, Apache Australia and Apache Canada filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission utilizing a "shelf" registration process. Under this shelf process, Apache, the Apache Trusts, Apache Australia and/or Apache Canada may sell any combination of the securities described in this prospectus in one or more offerings up to a total offering price of $1,500,000,000 including the U.S. dollar equivalent of non-U.S. dollar offerings. This prospectus provides you with a general description of the securities Apache, the Apache Trusts, Apache Australia and Apache Canada may offer. Each time Apache, the Apache Trusts, Apache Australia and Apache Canada offer to sell securities, Apache, the Apache Trusts, Apache Australia and/or Apache Canada will provide a prospectus supplement that will contain specific information about the terms of that offering. The prospectus supplement may also add, update or change information contained in this prospectus. You should read this prospectus, the applicable prospectus supplement and the additional information described below under the heading "Where You Can Find More Information."
In this prospectus, "Apache," "we," "us," and "our" mean Apache Corporation, "Apache Australia" means Apache Finance Australia Pty Ltd and "Apache Canada" means Apache Canada Finance II Corporation. Unless otherwise stated, the dollar amounts contained in this prospectus and any accompanying prospectus supplement are presented in U.S. dollars.
OIL AND GAS TERMS
When describing natural gas: Mcf = thousand cubic feet
MMbtu = million British thermal units
MMcf = million cubic feet
Bcf = billion cubic feet
When describing oil: Bbl = barrel
Mbbls = thousand barrels
MMbbls = million barrels
When comparing natural gas to oil: 6 Mcf of gas = 1 bbl of oil equivalent
Boe = barrel of oil equivalent
Mboe = thousand barrels of oil equivalent
MMboe = million barrels of oil equivalent
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WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION
We file annual, quarterly and special reports, proxy statements and other information with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Our Securities and Exchange Commission filings are available to the public over the Internet at the Securities and Exchange Commission's web site at http://www.sec.gov. You may also read and copy any document we file at the Securities and Exchange Commission's public reference rooms located at 450 Fifth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20549. Please call the Securities and Exchange Commission at 1-800-SEC-0330 for further information on the public reference rooms and their copy charges.
Our common stock has been listed and traded on the New York Stock Exchange since 1969 and the Chicago Stock Exchange since 1960. Accordingly, you may inspect the information we file with the Securities and Exchange Commission at the New York Stock Exchange, 20 Broad Street, New York, New York 10005, and at the Chicago Stock Exchange, One Financial Place, 440 S. LaSalle Street, Chicago, Illinois 60605-1070. For more information on obtaining copies of our public filings at the New York Stock Exchange, you should call (212) 656-5060.
The Securities and Exchange Commission allows us to "incorporate by reference" the information we file with them, which means that we can disclose important information to you by referring you to those documents. The information incorporated by reference is an important part of this prospectus, and information that we file later with the Securities and Exchange Commission will automatically update and supersede this information. Until we sell all of the securities covered by this prospectus, or after the date of this initial registration statement to the date of effectiveness of this registration statement, we incorporate by reference the documents filed by us listed below and any future filings we make with the Securities and Exchange Commission under Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (other than information in such documents that is deemed not be filed):
- Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2002;
- Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2003;
- Current Report on Form 8-K, filed May 16, 2003;
- Current Report on Form 8-K, filed April 17, 2003;
- Current Report on Form 8-K, filed January 16, 2003; and
- Current Report on Form 8-K, filed January 13, 2003.
Each of these documents is available from the Securities and Exchange Commission's web site and public reference rooms described above. Through our website, http://www.apachecorp.com, you can access electronic copies of documents we file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including our annual reports on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q and current reports on Form 8-K and any amendments to those reports. Information on our website is not incorporated by reference in this prospectus. Access to those electronic filings is available as soon as practical after filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. You may also request a copy of those filings, excluding exhibits, at no cost by writing or telephoning Cheri L. Peper, Corporate Secretary, at our principal executive office, which is:
Apache Corporation
2000 Post Oak Boulevard, Suite 100
Houston, Texas 77056-4400
(713) 296-6000.
There are no separate financial statements of the Apache Trusts, Apache Australia or Apache Canada in this prospectus. We do not believe these financial statements would be helpful because:
- the Apache Trusts, Apache Australia and Apache Canada are wholly-owned subsidiaries of Apache, which files consolidated financial information under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934;
- the Apache Trusts will not have any independent operations other than issuing trust preferred securities and trust common securities, purchasing debt securities of all or any of Apache, Apache Australia and Apache Canada, and other necessary or incidental activities as described in this prospectus;
- Apache Australia and Apache Canada will not have any independent operations other than issuing their debt securities and other necessary or incidental activities as described in this prospectus;
- Apache guarantees the trust preferred securities of the Apache Trusts and the debt securities of Apache Australia and Apache Canada.
You should rely only on the information incorporated by reference or provided in this prospectus or any prospectus supplement. The information on our web site is not incorporated by reference into this prospectus. Neither Apache, the Apache Trusts, Apache Australia nor Apache Canada has authorized anyone to provide you with different information.
Neither Apache nor the Apache Trusts, Apache Australia or Apache Canada is making an offer of the securities covered by this prospectus in any state where the offer is not permitted. You should not assume that the information in this prospectus or any prospectus supplement or in any other document incorporated by reference in this prospectus is accurate as of any date other than the date of those documents.
CAUTIONARY STATEMENTS REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This prospectus and the documents incorporated by reference in this prospectus contain statements that constitute "forward looking statements" within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. All statements other than statements of historical facts, including, without limitation, those relating to our future financial position, business strategy, budgets, reserve information, projected levels of production, projected costs and plans and objectives of management for future operations, are forward-looking statements.
Words such as "expect," "anticipate," "estimate," "intend," "plan," "believe" and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements.
Although we believe our expectations reflected in forward-looking statements are based on reasonable assumptions, no assurance can be given that these expectations will prove to have been correct. Important
factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements include, among others:
- the market prices of oil and gas;
- uncertainty of drilling results, reserve estimates and reserve replacement;
- operating uncertainties and hazards;
- economic and competitive conditions;
- natural disasters and other changes in business conditions;
- inflation rates;
- legislative and regulatory changes;
- financial market conditions;
- accuracy, completeness and veracity of information received from third parties;
- wars and acts of terrorism or sabotage;
- political and economic uncertainties of foreign governments; and
- future business decisions.
In light of these risks, uncertainties and assumptions, the events anticipated by our forward-looking statements might not occur. We undertake no obligation to update or revise our forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
APACHE CORPORATION
Apache Corporation is a Delaware corporation formed in 1954 that, directly or through subsidiaries, explores for, acquires and develops oil and gas reserves and produces natural gas, crude oil, condensate and natural gas liquids. In North America, our exploration and production interests are focused on the Gulf of Mexico, the Anadarko Basin, the Permian Basin, the Gulf Coast and the Western Sedimentary Basin of Canada. Outside of North America, we have exploration and production interests in the UK North Sea, offshore Western Australia, offshore and onshore Egypt, offshore The People's Republic of China and onshore Argentina, and exploration interests in Poland.
We hold interests in many of our U.S., Canadian and international properties through operating subsidiaries, such as Apache Canada Ltd., DEK Energy Company -- formerly known as DEKALB Energy Company, Apache Energy Limited -- formerly known as Hadson Energy Limited, Apache International, Inc. and Apache Overseas, Inc. The properties referred to in this prospectus, in any prospectus supplement or in any other document incorporated by reference in this prospectus may be held by our subsidiaries. We treat all operations as one line of business.
APACHE TRUSTS
We created Apache Trust I and Apache Trust II in 2000, each of which is a Delaware statutory trust, pursuant to trust agreements and the filing of certificates of trust with the Delaware Secretary of State. We will execute amended and restated trust agreements for the Apache Trusts, referred to in this prospectus as the "trust agreements," which will state the terms and conditions of the trust preferred securities and the trust common securities that each Apache Trust issues. We have filed a form of trust agreement as an exhibit to the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part.
The Apache Trusts exist solely to:
- issue and sell their trust preferred securities and trust common securities;
- use the proceeds from the sale of their trust preferred securities and trust common securities to purchase debt securities of Apache, Apache Australia and/or Apache Canada; and
- engage in other activities that are necessary or incidental to the above purposes.
We, Apache Australia or Apache Canada will hold directly or indirectly all of the trust common securities of each of the Apache Trusts. The trust common securities will represent an aggregate liquidation amount equal to at least 3% of each Apache Trust's total capitalization. The trust preferred securities will represent the remaining percentage of each Apache Trust's total capitalization. The trust common securities will have terms substantially identical to, and will rank equal in priority of payment with, the trust preferred securities. If, however, we, Apache Australia or Apache Canada, as the case may be, default on the debt securities owned by an Apache Trust, we default on our guarantee of the Apache Australia or Apache Canada debt securities, as the case may be, owned by an Apache Trust, or another event of default under the trust agreement occurs, then, so long as the default continues, cash distributions and liquidation, redemption and other amounts payable or deliverable on the securities of that trust must be paid or delivered to the holders of the trust preferred securities of that trust before the holders of the common securities of that trust.
The Apache Trusts may not borrow money, issue debt, execute mortgages or pledge any of their assets.
The trust preferred securities will be guaranteed by us as described in this prospectus and the applicable prospectus supplement.
Unless otherwise specified in the applicable prospectus supplement, the following four trustees will conduct each Apache Trust's business and affairs:
- JPMorgan Chase Bank, a New York banking corporation, as property trustee;
- Chase Manhattan Bank USA, a national banking association, as Delaware trustee; and
- two of our officers, as administrative trustees.
Only we, Apache Australia or Apache Canada, as the case may be, as direct or indirect owner of the trust common securities, can remove or replace the administrative trustees. In addition, we, Apache Australia or Apache Canada, as the case may be, can increase or decrease the number of administrative trustees. Also, we, Apache Australia or Apache Canada, as the case may be, as direct or indirect holder of the trust common securities, will generally have the sole right to remove or replace the property and Delaware trustees. If, however, we, Apache Australia or Apache Canada default on the debt securities owned by an Apache Trust, we default on our guarantee of the Apache Australia or Apache Canada debt securities, as the case may be, owned by an Apache Trust, or another event of default under the trust agreement occurs, then, so long as that default is continuing, the holders of a majority in liquidation amount of the outstanding trust preferred securities of that trust may remove and replace the property and Delaware trustees for that trust.
We will pay all fees and expenses related to the Apache Trusts and the offering of the trust preferred securities. We, Apache Australia or Apache Canada will also pay all ongoing costs and expenses of the Apache Trusts, except each trust's obligations under the trust preferred securities and the trust common securities.
APACHE FINANCE AUSTRALIA PTY LTD
Apache Australia is a proprietary company with limited liability organized in March 2003 under the laws of the Australian Capital Territory, Australia. Apache Australia is our indirect wholly-owned subsidiary, and Apache Australia issues debt securities guaranteed by us.
The principal place of business of Apache Australia is 256 St. George's Terrace, Level 3, Perth, Western Australia 6000; telephone 61-8-9422-7222.
APACHE FINANCE CANADA II CORPORATION
Apache Canada is an unlimited liability company organized in March 2003 under the laws of the Province of Nova Scotia, Canada. Apache Canada is our indirect wholly-owned subsidiary, and issues debt securities guaranteed by us.
The principal place of business of Apache Canada is 700 -- 9th Ave. SW, Suite 1000, Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2P 3V4; telephone 403-261-1200.
RATIOS OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES AND TO COMBINED FIXED CHARGES
AND PREFERRED STOCK DIVIDENDS
Our ratios of earnings to fixed charges and our ratios of earnings to combined fixed charges and preferred stock dividends were as follows for the periods indicated in the table below.
QUARTER ENDED
MARCH 31, YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31,
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2003 2002 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998
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Ratio of earnings to fixed charges............ 12.24 3.53 5.52 6.71 7.41 3.03 --
Ratio of earnings to combined fixed charges
and preferred stock dividends............... 11.63 3.02 5.05 5.77 6.24 2.58 --
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Our ratios of earnings to fixed charges and our ratios of earnings to combined fixed charges and preferred stock dividends were computed based on:
- "earnings," which consist of consolidated income or losses from continuing operations plus income taxes and fixed charges, except capitalized interest or, in the case of our ratios of earnings to combined fixed charges and preferred stock dividends, those earnings plus preferred stock dividends; and
- "fixed charges," which consist of consolidated interest on indebtedness, including capitalized interest, amortization of debt discount and expense, and the estimated portion of rental expense attributable to interest.
Due to the $243.2 million non-cash write-down of the carrying value of our U.S. proved oil and gas properties for the year ended December 31, 1998, our 1998 earnings were inadequate to cover fixed charges by $236.8 million and inadequate to cover combined fixed charges and preferred stock dividends by $239.7 million.
USE OF PROCEEDS
Unless otherwise indicated in an accompanying prospectus supplement, we, Apache Australia and Apache Canada expect to use the net proceeds from the sale of our securities, Apache Canada debt securities and Apache Australia debt securities, as the case may be, for general corporate purposes, which may include, among other things:
- the repayment of outstanding indebtedness;
- working capital;
- capital expenditures; and
- acquisitions.
The precise amount and timing of the application of such proceeds will depend upon our funding requirements and the availability and cost of other funds.
Each Apache Trust will use all proceeds from the sale of its trust common securities and its trust preferred securities to purchase debt securities of Apache, Apache Australia and/or Apache Canada.
THE SECURITIES APACHE, THE APACHE TRUSTS, APACHE FINANCE
AUSTRALIA PTY LTD AND
APACHE FINANCE CANADA II CORPORATION MAY OFFER
The descriptions of the securities contained in this prospectus, together with the applicable prospectus supplements, summarize all the material terms and provisions of the various types of securities that Apache, the Apache Trusts, Apache Australia and/or Apache Canada may offer. The particular terms of the securities offered by any prospectus supplement will be described in that prospectus supplement. If indicated in an applicable prospectus supplement, the terms of the securities may differ from the terms summarized below. An applicable prospectus supplement will also contain information, where applicable, about material U.S. federal income tax considerations relating to the securities, and the securities exchange, if any, on which the securities will be listed.
Apache may sell from time to time, in one or more offerings:
- common stock and related rights;
- preferred stock;
- depositary shares;
- common stock purchase contracts;
- common stock purchase units;
- senior debt securities; and/or
- subordinated debt securities.
The Apache Trusts may offer and sell from time to time their trust preferred securities, and each of Apache Australia and Apache Canada may from time to time offer its senior or subordinated debt securities. Each of these securities will be guaranteed by us as described below.
In this prospectus, "securities" collectively refers to the common stock and related rights, preferred stock, depositary shares, common stock purchase contracts, common stock purchase units, senior debt securities or subordinated debt securities of Apache, Apache Australia or Apache Canada, as the case may be, trust preferred securities and our guarantees of the trust preferred securities and the senior or subordinated debt securities of Apache Australia or Apache Canada, as the case may be.
If Apache, the Apache Trusts, Apache Australia and/or Apache Canada issue securities at a discount from their original stated principal or liquidation amount, then, for purposes of calculating the total dollar amount of all securities issued under this prospectus, Apache, the Apache Trusts, Apache Australia and/or Apache Canada will treat the initial offering price of the securities as the total original principal or liquidation amount of the securities.
This prospectus may not be used to sell securities unless it is accompanied by a prospectus supplement.
DESCRIPTION OF APACHE CORPORATION CAPITAL STOCK
The following descriptions of our common stock and preferred stock, together with the additional information included in any applicable prospectus supplement, summarize the material terms and provisions of these types of securities. For the complete terms of our common stock and preferred stock,
please refer to our charter, bylaws and stockholder rights plan that are or may be incorporated by reference into the registration statement that includes this prospectus. The terms of these securities may also be affected by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.
Under our charter, our authorized capital stock consists of 215,000,000 shares of common stock, $1.25 par value per share, and 5,000,000 shares of preferred stock, no par value. We will describe the specific terms of any common stock or preferred stock we may offer in a prospectus supplement. If indicated in a prospectus supplement, the terms of any common stock or preferred stock offered under that prospectus supplement may differ from the terms described below.
COMMON STOCK
As of April 30, 2003, we had approximately 161,600,558 shares of common stock issued and outstanding and 11,955,425 shares of common stock reserved for issuance pursuant to various employee benefit plans. Each outstanding share of common stock currently has attached to it one preferred share purchase right issued under our stockholder rights plan, which is summarized below. All outstanding shares of common stock are, and any shares of common stock sold pursuant to this prospectus will be, duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.
VOTING
For all matters submitted to a vote of stockholders, each holder of common stock is entitled to one vote for each share registered in his or her name on our books. Our common stock does not have cumulative voting rights. As a result, subject to the voting rights of Series B preferred stockholders described below and any future holders of our preferred stock, persons who hold more than 50% of the outstanding common stock entitled to elect members of the board of directors can elect all of the directors who are up for election in a particular year.
DIVIDENDS
If our board of directors declares a dividend, holders of common stock will receive payments from our funds that are legally available to pay dividends. This dividend right, however, is subject to any preferential dividend rights we have granted to Series B preferred stockholders or may grant to future holders of preferred stock.
LIQUIDATION
If we dissolve, the holders of common stock will be entitled to share ratably in all the assets that remain after we pay our liabilities and any amounts we may owe to the persons who hold our preferred stock.
OTHER RIGHTS AND RESTRICTIONS
Holders of common stock do not have preemptive rights, and they have no right to convert their common stock into any other securities. Our common stock is not subject to redemption by us. Our charter and bylaws do not restrict the ability of a holder of common stock to transfer his or her shares of common stock.
Delaware law provides that, if we make a distribution to our stockholders other than a distribution of our capital stock either when we are insolvent or when we would be rendered insolvent, then our stockholders would be required to pay back to us the amount of the distribution we made to them, or the portion of the distribution that causes us to become insolvent, as the case may be.
LISTING
Our common stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange and the Chicago
Stock Exchange under the symbol "APA."
TRANSFER AGENT AND REGISTRAR
The transfer agent and registrar for our common stock is Wells Fargo Minnesota, National Association.
PREFERRED STOCK
GENERAL
We have 5,000,000 shares of no par preferred stock authorized, of which 25,000 shares have been designated as Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock and 100,000 shares have been designated as 5.68% Series B Cumulative Preferred Stock. The remaining shares of preferred stock are undesignated.
Our charter authorizes our board of directors to issue preferred stock in one or more series and to determine the voting rights and dividend rights, dividend rates, liquidation preferences, conversion rights, redemption rights, including sinking fund provisions and redemption prices, and other terms and rights of each series of preferred stock.
SERIES A
The shares of Series A preferred stock are authorized for issuance pursuant to rights that trade with our outstanding common stock and are reserved for issuance upon the exercise of the rights discussed below under the caption "-- Stockholder Rights Plan."
SERIES B
As of April 30, 2003, we had issued and outstanding 100,000 shares of Series B preferred stock in the form of one million depositary shares, each representing one-tenth (1/10th) of a share of Series B preferred stock. The Series B preferred stock has no stated maturity, is not subject to a sinking fund and is not convertible into our common stock or any other securities. We have the option to redeem the Series B preferred stock at $1,000 per share on or after August 25, 2008. Holders of the depositary shares are entitled to receive cumulative cash dividends at an annual rate of $5.68 per depositary share (based on $56.80 for each share of Series B preferred stock) when, as and if declared by Apache's board of directors.
The Series B preferred stock has a liquidation preference of $1,000 per share, which is equivalent to $100 per depositary share, plus accrued and unpaid dividends.
The Series B preferred stock ranks prior and superior to our common stock and Series A preferred stock as to payment of dividends and distribution of assets upon our dissolution, liquidation or winding up.
If dividends are not paid on the Series B preferred stock, cash payments on our common stock and any of our other capital stock that ranks junior to the Series B preferred stock as to dividends are prohibited and payments on any of our other capital stock that ranks equal to the Series B preferred stock as to dividends are restricted.
Shares of Series B preferred stock generally do not have voting rights. If, however, we fail to pay the equivalent of six quarterly dividends payable on the Series B preferred stock or another class or series of preferred stock that ranks equally with the Series B preferred stock, then we will increase the size of our board of directors by two members. The holders of the Series B preferred stock and any other class or series of preferred stock ranking equally with the Series B preferred stock voting as a single class together with any other class of preferred stock ranking equally will then have the right to vote for the two additional directors. This voting right would continue until we have paid all past dividends on all preferred stock.
Without the vote of at least 80% of the outstanding shares of Series B preferred stock, we may not amend any provision in our charter so as to adversely affect the powers, preferences, privileges or rights of the Series B preferred stock.
Without the approval of the holders, voting together as a single class, of 80% of all the shares of Series B preferred stock then outstanding and all shares of any other series of our preferred stock ranking equally as to dividends or upon liquidation we will not:
- issue, authorize or increase the authorized amount of, or issue or authorize any obligation or security convertible into or evidencing a right to purchase, any stock of any class ranking prior to the Series B preferred stock as to dividends or upon liquidation; or
- reclassify any of our authorized stock into any stock of any class, or any obligation or security convertible into or evidencing a right to purchase such stock, ranking prior to the Series B preferred stock,
provided that no such vote will be required for us to take any of these actions to issue, authorize or increase the authorized amount of, or issue or authorize any obligation or security convertible into or evidencing a right to purchase, any stock ranking equally with or junior to the Series B preferred stock.
Without the approval of the holders of at least a majority of the shares of Series B preferred stock then outstanding, we will not become a party to any merger, conversion, consolidation or compulsory share exchange unless the terms of that transaction do not provide for a change in the terms of the Series B preferred stock and the Series B preferred stock ranks equally with or prior to any capital stock of the surviving corporation as to dividends or upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up other than prior-ranking Apache stock previously authorized with the consent of holders of the Series B preferred stock.
UNDESIGNATED PREFERRED STOCK
This summary of the undesignated preferred stock discusses terms and conditions that may apply to preferred stock offered under this prospectus. The applicable prospectus supplement will describe the particular terms of each series of preferred stock actually offered. If indicated in the prospectus supplement, the terms of any series may differ from the terms described below.
The following description, together with any applicable prospectus supplement, summarizes all the material terms and provisions of any preferred stock being offered by this prospectus. It does not restate the terms and provisions in their entirety. We urge you to read our charter and any applicable certificate of designation that may be on file because they, and not this description, define the rights of any holders of preferred stock. We have filed our charter as an exhibit to the registration statement which includes this prospectus. We will incorporate by reference as an exhibit to the registration statement the form of any certificate of designation before the issuance of any series of preferred stock.
The prospectus supplement for any preferred stock that we actually offer pursuant to this prospectus may include some or all of the following terms:
- the designation of the series of preferred stock;
- the number of shares of preferred stock offered, the liquidation preference per share and the offering price of the preferred stock;
- the dividend rate or rates of the shares, the method or methods of calculating the dividend rate or rates, the dates on which dividends, if declared, will be payable, and whether or not the dividends are to be cumulative and, if cumulative, the date or dates from which dividends will be cumulative;
- the amounts payable on shares of the preferred stock in the event of our voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up;
- the redemption rights and price or prices, if any, for the shares of preferred stock;
- any terms, and the amount, of any sinking fund or analogous fund providing for the purchase or redemption of the shares of preferred stock;
- any restrictions on our ability to make payments on any of our capital stock if dividend or other payments are not made on the preferred stock;
- any voting rights granted to the holders of the shares of preferred stock in addition to those required by Delaware law or our certificate of incorporation;
- whether the shares of preferred stock will be convertible or exchangeable into shares of our common stock or any other security, and, if convertible or exchangeable, the conversion or exchange price or prices, and any adjustment or other terms and conditions upon which the conversion or exchange shall be made;
- any other rights, preferences, restrictions, limitations or conditions relative to the shares of preferred stock permitted by Delaware law or our certificate of incorporation;
- any listing of the preferred stock on any securities exchange; and
- the U.S. federal income tax considerations applicable to the preferred stock.
Subject to our charter and to any limitations imposed by any then-outstanding preferred stock, we may issue additional series of preferred stock, at any time or from time to time, with such powers, preferences, rights and qualifications, limitations or restrictions as the board of directors determines, and without further action of the stockholders, including holders of our then outstanding preferred stock, if any.
STOCKHOLDER RIGHTS PLAN
In 1995, our board of directors adopted a stockholder rights plan to replace the former plan adopted in 1986. Under our stockholder rights plan, each of our common stockholders received a dividend of 0.86 of a "preferred stock purchase right," as adjusted for dividends paid in shares of our common stock since 1995, for each outstanding share of common stock that the stockholder owned. We refer to these preferred stock purchase rights as the "rights." Unless the rights have been previously redeemed, all shares of our common stock are issued with rights. The rights trade automatically with our shares of common stock and become exercisable only under certain circumstances described below.
The purpose of the rights is to encourage potential acquirors to negotiate with our board of directors before attempting a takeover bid and to provide our board of directors with leverage in negotiating on behalf of our stockholders the terms of any proposed takeover. The rights may have certain anti-takeover effects. They should not interfere, however, with any merger or other business combination approved by our board of directors.
The following description is a summary of all the material terms of our stockholder rights plan. It does not restate these terms in their entirety. We urge you to read our stockholder rights plan because it, and not this description, defines the terms and provisions of our plan. Our stockholder rights plan is incorporated by reference as an exhibit to the registration statement that includes this prospectus. You may obtain a copy at no charge by writing to us at the address listed under the caption "Where You Can Find More Information."
EXERCISE OF RIGHTS
Until a right is exercised, the holder of a right will not have any rights as a stockholder. When the rights become exercisable, holders of the rights will be able to purchase from us 1/10,000th of a share of our Series A preferred stock, at a purchase price of $100, subject to adjustment, per 1/10,000th of a share.
In general, the rights will become exercisable upon the earlier of:
- ten calendar days after a public announcement that a person or group has acquired beneficial ownership of 20% or more of the outstanding shares of our common stock; or
- ten business days after the beginning of a tender offer or exchange offer that would result in a person or group beneficially owning 30% or more of our common stock.
FLIP IN EVENT
If a person or group becomes the beneficial owner of 20% or more of our common stock, each right will then entitle its holder to receive, upon exercise, a number of shares of our common stock that is equal to the exercise price of the right divided by one-half of the market price of our common stock on the date of the occurrence of this event. We refer to this occurrence as a "flip in event." A flip in event does not occur if there is an offer for all of our outstanding shares of common stock that our board of directors determines is fair to our stockholders and in our best interests.
FLIP OVER EVENT
If, at any time after a person or group becomes the beneficial owner of 20% or more of our common stock, we are acquired in a merger or other transaction in which we do not survive or in which our common stock is changed or exchanged or 50% or more of our assets or earning power is sold or transferred, then each holder of a right will be entitled to receive, upon exercise, a number of shares of common stock of the acquiring company in the transaction equal to the exercise price of the right divided by one-half of the market price of the acquiring company's common stock on the date of the occurrence of this event. This exercise right will not occur if the merger or other transaction follows an offer for all of our outstanding shares of common stock that our board of directors determines is fair to our stockholders and in our best interests.
EXCHANGE OF RIGHTS
At any time after a flip in event but prior to a person or group becoming a beneficial owner of more than 50% of the shares of outstanding common stock, our board of directors may exchange the rights by providing to the holder one share of our common stock or 1/10,000th of a share of our Series A preferred stock for each of the holder's rights.
REDEMPTION OF RIGHTS
At any time before a flip in event, we may redeem the rights at a price of $.01 per right. The rights will expire on the close of business on January 31, 2006, subject to earlier expiration or termination as described in our stockholder rights plan.
Unless and until the rights become exercisable, they will be transferred with and only with the shares of our common stock.
ANTI-TAKEOVER EFFECT OF PROVISIONS OF APACHE'S CHARTER AND BYLAWS AND DELAWARE LAW
Our charter and bylaws include provisions designed to prevent the use of certain tactics in connection with a potential takeover of Apache. Please refer to our charter and bylaws that are incorporated by reference into the registration statement that includes this prospectus. You may obtain copies at no charge by writing to us at the address listed under the caption "Where You Can Find More Information."
Certain provisions of Delaware law described below also have an anti-takeover effect.
APACHE'S BYLAWS
Our board of directors is divided into three classes, with directors serving staggered three-year terms.
APACHE'S CHARTER
Article Nine provides that our board of directors is divided into three classes, with directors serving staggered three-year terms.
Article Twelve generally stipulates that the affirmative vote of 80% of our voting shares is required to adopt any agreement for the merger or consolidation with or into any other corporation which is the beneficial owner of more than 5% of our voting shares. Article Twelve further provides that such 80%
approval is necessary to authorize any sale or lease of assets between us and any beneficial holder of 5% or more of our voting shares.
Article Fourteen contains a "fair price" provision that requires any tender offer made by a beneficial owner of more than 5% of our outstanding voting stock in connection with any:
- plan of merger, consolidation or reorganization;
- sale or lease of substantially all of our assets; or
- issuance of our equity securities to the 5% stockholder
must provide at least as favorable terms to each holder of common stock other than the stockholder making the tender offer.
Article Fifteen contains an "anti-greenmail" mechanism which prohibits us from acquiring any voting stock from the beneficial owner of more than 5% of our outstanding voting stock, except for acquisitions pursuant to a tender offer to all holders of voting stock on the same price, terms and conditions, acquisitions in compliance with Rule 10b-18 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and acquisitions at a price not exceeding the market value per share.
Article Sixteen prohibits the stockholders from acting by written consent in lieu of a meeting.
The affirmative vote of 80% of the voting shares is required to amend or adopt any provision inconsistent with Articles Nine, Twelve, Fourteen and Sixteen.
BUSINESS COMBINATIONS WITH INTERESTED STOCKHOLDERS UNDER DELAWARE LAW
Section 203 of the Delaware General Corporation Law prevents a publicly held corporation from engaging in a "business combination" with an "interested stockholder" for a period of three years after the date of the transaction in which the person became an interested stockholder, unless:
- before the date on which the person became an interested stockholder, the board of directors of the corporation approved either the business combination or the transaction in which the person became an interested stockholder;
- the interested stockholder owned at least 85% of the outstanding voting stock of the corporation at the beginning of the transaction in which it became an interested stockholder, excluding stock held by directors who are also officers of the corporation and by employee stock plans that do not provide participants with the rights to determine confidentially whether shares held subject to the plan will be tendered in a tender or exchange offer; or
- on or after the date on which the interested stockholder became an interested stockholder, the business combination is approved by the board of directors and the holders of two-thirds of the outstanding voting stock of the corporation voting at a meeting, excluding the voting stock owned by the interested stockholder.
As defined in Section 203, an "interested stockholder" is generally a person owning 15% or more of the outstanding voting stock of the corporation. As defined in Section 203, a "business combination" includes mergers, consolidations, stock and assets sales and other transactions with the interested stockholder.
The provisions of Section 203 may have the effect of delaying, deferring or preventing a change of control of Apache.
DESCRIPTION OF DEPOSITARY SHARES
The following description, together with any applicable prospectus
supplement, summarizes all the material terms and provisions of the depositary
shares that we may offer under this prospectus and the related deposit
agreements and depositary receipts. Specific deposit agreements and depositary
receipts will
contain additional important terms and provisions. The forms of the applicable deposit agreement and depositary receipt will be incorporated by reference as an exhibit to the registration statement that includes this prospectus before we issue any depositary shares.
This summary of depositary agreements, depositary shares and depositary receipts relates to terms and conditions applicable to these types of securities generally. The particular terms of any series of depositary shares will be summarized in the applicable prospectus supplement. If indicated in the applicable prospectus supplement, the terms of any series may differ from the terms summarized below.
GENERAL
We may elect to offer fractional shares of preferred stock rather than full shares of preferred stock. If so, we will issue "depositary receipts" for these "depositary shares." Each depositary share will represent a fraction of a share of a particular series of preferred stock. Each holder of a depositary share will be entitled, in proportion to the fraction of preferred stock represented by that depositary share, to all the rights, preferences and privileges of the preferred stock, including dividend, voting, redemption, conversion and liquidation rights, if any, and all the limitations of the preferred stock. We will enter into a deposit agreement with a depositary, which will be named in the applicable prospectus supplement.
In order to issue depositary shares, we will issue preferred stock and immediately deposit these shares with the depositary. The depositary will then issue and deliver depositary receipts to the persons who purchase depositary shares. Each whole depositary share issued by the depositary may represent a fraction of a share of preferred stock held by the depositary. The depositary will issue depositary receipts in a form that reflects whole depositary shares, and each depositary receipt may evidence any number of whole depositary shares.
Pending the preparation of definitive engraved depositary receipts, if any, a depositary may, upon our written order, issue temporary depositary receipts, which will temporarily entitle the holders to all the rights pertaining to the definitive depositary receipts. We will bear the costs and expenses of promptly preparing definitive depositary receipts and of exchanging the temporary depositary receipts for such definitive depositary receipts.
DIVIDENDS AND OTHER DISTRIBUTIONS
The depositary will distribute all cash and non-cash distributions it receives with respect to the underlying preferred stock to the record holders of depositary shares in proportion to the number of depositary shares they hold, subject to any obligations of the record holders to file proofs, certificates and other information and to pay any taxes or other governmental charges. In the case of any non-cash distribution, we may determine that the distribution cannot be made proportionately or the depositary may determine that it may not be feasible to make the distribution. If so, the depositary may, with our approval, adopt a method it deems equitable and practicable to effect the distribution, including the sale, public or private, of the securities or other non-cash property it receives in the distribution at a place and on terms it deems proper. The amounts distributed by the depositary will be reduced by any amount required to be withheld by us or the depositary on account of taxes.
REDEMPTION OF DEPOSITARY SHARES
If the shares of preferred stock that underlie the depositary shares are redeemable and we redeem the preferred stock, the depositary will redeem the depositary shares from the proceeds it receives from the redemption of the preferred stock it holds. The depositary will redeem the number of depositary shares that represent the amount of underlying preferred stock that we have redeemed. The redemption price for depositary shares will be in proportion to the redemption price per share that we paid for the underlying preferred stock. If we redeem less than all of the depositary shares, the depositary will select which depositary shares to redeem by lot, or some substantially equivalent method.
After a redemption date is fixed, the depositary shares to be redeemed no longer will be considered outstanding. The rights of the holders of the depositary shares will cease, except for the rights to receive money or other property upon redemption. In order to redeem their depositary shares, holders must surrender their depositary receipts to the depositary.
VOTING THE PREFERRED STOCK
When the depositary receives notice about any meeting at which the holders of preferred stock are entitled to vote, the depositary will mail the information contained in the notice to the record holders of depositary shares related to that preferred stock. Each record holder of depositary shares on the record date, which will be the same date as the record date for the preferred stock, will be entitled to instruct the depositary on how to vote the shares of preferred stock represented by that holder's depositary shares. The depositary will endeavor, to the extent practicable, to vote the preferred stock represented by the depositary shares in accordance with these instructions. If the depositary does not receive instructions from the holders of the depositary shares, the depositary will abstain from voting the preferred stock that underlies those depositary shares.
WITHDRAWAL OF PREFERRED STOCK
If a holder of depositary receipts surrenders those depositary receipts at the corporate office (as defined in the deposit agreement) of the depositary, or any other office as the depositary may designate, and pays any taxes, charges or fees, that holder is entitled to delivery at the corporate office of certificates evidencing the number of shares of preferred stock, but only in whole shares, and any money and other property represented by those depositary receipts. If the depositary receipts we deliver evidence a number of depositary shares in excess of the number of whole shares of preferred stock to be withdrawn, the depositary will deliver to us at the same time a new depositary receipt evidencing that excess number of depositary shares. We do not expect that there will be any public trading market for the shares of preferred stock except those represented by the depositary shares.
AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION OF THE DEPOSIT AGREEMENT
We and the depositary can agree, at any time, to amend the form of depositary receipt and any provisions of the deposit agreement. If, however, an amendment has a material adverse effect on the rights of the holders of related depositary shares, the holders of at least a majority of the depositary shares then outstanding must first approve the amendment. Every holder of a depositary receipt at the time an amendment becomes effective will be bound by the amended deposit agreement. Subject to any conditions in the deposit agreement or applicable law, no amendment, however, can impair the right of any holder of a depositary share to receive shares of the related preferred stock, or any money or other property represented by the depositary shares, when they surrender their depositary receipts.
Unless otherwise specified in the applicable prospectus supplement, the deposit agreement may be terminated by us or by the depositary if there has been a final distribution in respect of the preferred stock in connection with any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of Apache and that distribution has been distributed to the holders of depositary receipts.
CHARGES OF DEPOSITARY
We will pay all transfer and other taxes and the government charges that relate solely to the depositary arrangements. We will also pay the charges of each depositary, including charges in connection with the initial deposit of the related series of preferred stock, the initial issuance of the depositary shares, and all withdrawals of shares of the related series of preferred stock. Holders of depositary shares, however, will be required to pay transfer and other taxes and government charges, as provided in the deposit agreement.
RESIGNATION AND REMOVAL OF DEPOSITARY
The depositary may resign at any time. We may remove the depositary at any time. Any resignation or removal will take effect when we appoint a successor depositary. We must appoint the successor depositary within 60 days after delivery of the notice of resignation or removal. The successor depositary must be a bank or trust company that has its principal office in the United States and has a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000.
MISCELLANEOUS
We will be required to furnish certain information to the holders of the preferred stock underlying any depositary shares. The depositary, as the holder of the underlying preferred stock, will forward any report or information it receives from us to the holders of depositary shares.
Neither the depositary nor we will be liable if its ability to perform its obligations under the deposit agreement is prevented or delayed by law or any circumstance beyond its control. Each of Apache and the depositary will be obligated to use its best judgment and to act in good faith in performing its duties under the deposit agreement. Each of Apache and the depositary will be liable only for gross negligence and willful misconduct in performing its duties under the deposit agreement. They will not be obligated to appear in, prosecute or defend any legal proceeding with respect to any depositary receipts, depositary shares or preferred stock unless they receive what they, in their sole discretion, determine to be a satisfactory indemnity from one or more holders of the depositary shares. We and the depositary will evaluate any proposed indemnity in order to determine whether the financial protection afforded by the indemnity is sufficient to reduce each party's risk to a satisfactory and customary level. We and the depositary may rely on the advice of legal counsel or accountants of their choice. They may also rely on information provided by persons they believe, in good faith, to be competent, and on documents they believe, in good faith, to be genuine.
The applicable prospectus supplement will identify the depositary's corporate trust office. Unless the prospectus supplement indicates otherwise, the depositary will act as transfer agent and registrar for depositary receipts, and if we redeem shares of preferred stock, the depositary will act as redemption agent for the corresponding depositary receipts.
TITLE
We, each depositary and any agent of Apache or the applicable depositary may treat the registered owner of any depositary share as the absolute owner of the depositary shares for all purposes, including making payment, regardless of whether any payment in respect of the depositary share is overdue and regardless of any notice to the contrary. See "Book-Entry Securities" below.
DESCRIPTION OF APACHE CORPORATION DEBT SECURITIES
The following description, together with any applicable prospectus supplement, summarizes all the material terms and provisions of the debt securities that we may offer under this prospectus and the related trust indentures. We will issue the senior debt securities under a senior indenture, dated as of February 5, 1996, as supplemented on November 5, 1996, between us and JPMorgan Chase Bank, formerly known as The Chase Manhattan Bank, as trustee. We will issue the subordinated debt securities under a subordinated indenture to be executed in the future by us and JPMorgan Chase Bank, as trustee. The senior indenture and the subordinated indenture are together referred to in this section as the "indentures." The senior debt securities and the subordinated debt securities are together referred to in this section as the "debt securities." JPMorgan Chase Bank or any successor, in its capacity as trustee under either or both of the indentures, is referred to as the "trustee" for purposes of this section. The indentures contain and the debt securities, when issued, will contain additional important terms and provisions. The indentures are, and prior to their issuance the debt securities will be, filed as exhibits to the registration statement that includes this prospectus.
This summary of the indentures and the debt securities relates to terms and conditions applicable to the debt securities generally. The particular terms of any series of debt securities will be summarized in the applicable prospectus supplement. If indicated in the prospectus supplement, the terms of any series may differ from the terms summarized below.
Neither indenture limits the amount of debt securities we may issue under it, and each provides that additional debt securities of any series may be issued up to the aggregate principal amount that we authorize from time to time. Debt securities may also be issued pursuant to the indentures in transactions exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933. Those debt securities will not be considered in determining the aggregate amount of securities issued under this prospectus.
Unless otherwise indicated in the applicable prospectus supplement, we will issue the debt securities in denominations of $1,000 or integral multiples of $1,000.
Other than as described below under "The Senior Indenture Limits Our Ability to Incur Liens," "The Senior Indenture Limits Our Ability to Engage in Sale/Leaseback Transactions" and "We Are Obligated to Purchase Debt Securities upon a Change in Control," and as may be described in the applicable prospectus supplement, the indentures do not limit our ability to incur indebtedness or afford holders of debt securities protection in the event of a decline in our credit quality or if we are involved in a takeover, recapitalization or highly leveraged or similar transaction. Nothing in the indentures or the debt securities will in any way limit the amount of indebtedness or securities that we or our subsidiaries, as defined in the indentures, may incur or issue.
GENERAL
The prospectus supplement relating to the particular series of debt securities being offered will specify whether they are senior or subordinated debt securities and the amounts, prices and terms of those debt securities. These terms may include:
- the designation, aggregate principal amount and authorized denominations of the debt securities;
- the date or dates on which the debt securities will mature;
- the percentage of the principal amount at which the debt securities will be issued;
- the date on which the principal of the debt securities will be payable;
- whether the debt securities will be issued as registered securities, bearer securities or a combination of the two;
- whether the debt securities will be issued in the form of one or more global securities and whether such global securities will be issued in a temporary global form or permanent global form;
- the currency or currencies or currency unit or units of two or more currencies in which debt securities are denominated, for which they may be purchased, in which principal and any premium and interest is payable and any special U.S. federal income tax or other considerations;
- if the currency or currencies or currency unit or units for which debt securities may be purchased or in which principal and any premium and interest may be paid is at our election or at the election of a purchaser, the manner in which an election may be made and its terms;
- the annual rate or rates, which may be fixed or variable, or the method of determining the rate or rates at which the debt securities will bear any interest, whether by remarketing, auction, formula or otherwise;
- the date or dates from which any interest will accrue and the date or dates on which such interest will be payable;
- a description of any provisions providing for redemption, exchange or conversion of the debt securities at our option, a holder's option or otherwise, and the terms and provisions of such a redemption, exchange or conversion;
- information with respect to book-entry procedures relating to global debt securities;
- sinking fund terms;
- whether and under what circumstances we will pay "additional amounts," as defined in the indentures, on the debt securities to any holder who is a "United States alien," as defined in the indentures, in respect of any tax, assessment or governmental charge; the term "interest," as used in this prospectus, includes any additional amounts;
- any modifications or additions to, or deletions of, any of the events of default or covenants of Apache with respect to the debt securities that are described in this section;
- if either or both of the sections of the applicable indenture relating to defeasance and covenant defeasance are not applicable to the debt securities, or if any covenants in addition to or other than those specified in the applicable indenture shall be subject to covenant defeasance;
- any deletions from, or modifications or additions to, the provisions of the indentures relating to satisfaction and discharge in respect of the debt securities;
- any index or other method used to determine the amount of payments of principal of, and any premium and interest on, the debt securities; and
- any other specific terms of the debt securities.
We are not obligated to issue all debt securities of any one series at the same time and, unless we specify otherwise in the applicable prospectus supplement, a series of debt securities may be reopened for additional issuances of debt securities of that series or to establish additional terms of that series. The debt securities of any one series may not bear interest at the same rate or mature on the same date.
If any of the debt securities are sold for foreign currencies or foreign currency units or if the principal of, or any premium or interest on, any series of debt securities is payable in foreign currencies or foreign currency units, we will describe the restrictions, elections, tax consequences, specific terms and other information with respect to those debt securities and such foreign currencies or foreign currency units in the applicable prospectus supplement.
CONVERSION AND EXCHANGE
The terms, if any, on which the debt securities of any series are convertible into or exchangeable for shares of common stock, shares of preferred stock or other securities, whether or not issued by us, property or cash, or a combination of any of the foregoing, will be set out in the accompanying prospectus supplement. Such terms may include provisions for conversion or exchange, either mandatory, at the option of the holder, or at our option, in which the securities, property or cash to be received by the holders of the debt securities would be calculated according to the factors and at such time as described in the accompanying prospectus supplement.
RANKING
SENIOR DEBT SECURITIES
Unless otherwise indicated in the applicable prospectus supplement, our obligation to pay the principal of, and any premium and interest on, the senior debt securities will be unsecured and will rank equally with all of our other unsecured unsubordinated indebtedness.
SUBORDINATED DEBT SECURITIES
Our obligation to pay the principal of, and any premium and interest on, any subordinated debt securities will be unsecured and will rank subordinate and junior in right of payment to all of our senior indebtedness to the extent provided in the subordinated indenture and the terms of those subordinated debt securities, as described below and in any applicable prospectus supplement, which may make deletions from, or modifications or additions to, the subordination terms described below.
Upon any payment or distribution of our assets or securities to creditors upon any liquidation, dissolution, winding-up, reorganization, or any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar proceedings in connection with any insolvency or bankruptcy proceeding of Apache, the holders of senior indebtedness will first be entitled to receive payment in full of the senior indebtedness before the holders of subordinated debt securities will be entitled to receive any payment or distribution in respect of the subordinated debt securities.
No payments on account of principal or any premium or interest in respect of the subordinated debt securities may be made if there has occurred and is continuing a default in any payment with respect to senior indebtedness or an event of default with respect to any senior indebtedness resulting in the acceleration of its maturity, or if any judicial proceeding is pending with respect to any default.
"Indebtedness," for purposes of the subordinated indenture, means:
- indebtedness for borrowed money or for the unpaid purchase price of real or personal property of, or guaranteed by, Apache, other than accounts payable arising in the ordinary course of business payable on terms customary in the trade;
- indebtedness secured by any mortgage, lien, pledge, security interest or encumbrances of any kind or payable out of the proceeds of production from property;
- indebtedness which is evidenced by mortgages, notes, bonds, securities, acceptances or other instruments;
- indebtedness which must be capitalized as liabilities under generally accepted accounting principles;
- liabilities under interest rate swap, exchange, collar or cap agreements and all other agreements or arrangements designed to protect against fluctuations in interest rates or currency exchange rates;
- liabilities under commodity hedge, commodity swap, exchange, collar or cap agreements, fixed price agreements and all other agreements or arrangements designed to protect against fluctuations in oil and gas prices;
- guarantees and endorsements of obligations of others, directly or indirectly, and all other repurchase agreements and indebtedness in effect guaranteed through an agreement, contingent or otherwise, to purchase that indebtedness, or to purchase or sell property, or to purchase or sell services, primarily for the purpose of enabling the debtor to make payment of the indebtedness or to assure the owner of the indebtedness against loss, or to supply funds to or in any manner invest in the debtor, or otherwise to assure a creditor against loss (but excluding guarantees and endorsements of notes, bills and checks made in the ordinary course of business); and
- indebtedness relative to the amount of all letters of credit;
provided, however, that such term shall not include any amounts included as deferred credits on our financial statements and computed in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.
"Senior indebtedness," for purposes of the subordinated indenture, means all indebtedness, whether outstanding on the date of execution of the subordinated indenture or thereafter created, assumed or incurred, except our obligations under the subordinated debt securities, indebtedness ranking equally with the subordinated debt securities or indebtedness ranking junior to the subordinated debt securities.
"Indebtedness ranking equally with the subordinated debt securities," for purposes of the subordinated indenture, means indebtedness, whether outstanding on the date of execution of the subordinated indenture or thereafter created, assumed or incurred, to the extent the indebtedness specifically by its terms ranks equally with and not prior to the subordinated debt securities in the right of payment upon the happening of the dissolution, winding-up, liquidation or reorganization of Apache. The securing of any indebtedness otherwise constituting indebtedness ranking equally with the subordinated debt securities will not prevent the indebtedness from constituting indebtedness ranking equally with the subordinated debt securities.
"Indebtedness ranking junior to the subordinated debt securities," for purposes of the subordinated indenture, means any indebtedness, whether outstanding on the date of execution of the subordinated indenture or thereafter created, assumed or incurred, to the extent the indebtedness by its terms ranks junior to and not equally with or prior to
- the subordinated debt securities, and
- any other indebtedness ranking equally with the subordinated debt securities,
in right of payment upon the happening of the dissolution, winding-up, liquidation or reorganization of Apache. The securing of any indebtedness otherwise constituting indebtedness ranking junior to the subordinated debt securities will not prevent the indebtedness from constituting indebtedness ranking junior to the subordinated debt securities.
Dividends and other distributions to us from our various subsidiaries may be subject to certain statutory, contractual and other restrictions (including, without limitation, exchange controls that may be applicable to foreign subsidiaries). The rights of our creditors to participate in the assets of any subsidiary upon that subsidiary's liquidation or recapitalization will be subject to the prior claims of the subsidiary's creditors, except to the extent that we may ourselves be a creditor with recognized claims against the subsidiary.
INTEREST RATES AND DISCOUNTS
The debt securities will earn interest at a fixed or floating rate or rates for the period or periods of time specified in the applicable prospectus supplement. Unless we specify otherwise in the applicable prospectus supplement, the debt securities will bear interest on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months.
We may sell debt securities at a substantial discount below their stated principal amount, bearing no interest or interest at a rate that at the time of issuance is below market rates. We will describe the federal income tax consequences and the special considerations that apply to any series in the applicable prospectus supplement.
EXCHANGE, REGISTRATION AND TRANSFER
Registered securities of any series that are not global securities will be exchangeable for other registered securities of the same series and of like aggregate principal amount and tenor in different authorized denominations. In addition, if debt securities of any series are issuable as both registered securities and bearer securities, the holder may choose, upon written request, and subject to the terms of the applicable indenture, to exchange bearer securities and the appropriate related coupons of that series into registered securities of the same series of any authorized denominations and of like aggregate principal amount and tenor. Bearer securities with attached coupons surrendered in exchange for registered securities between a regular record date or a special record date and the relevant date for interest payment shall be surrendered without the coupon relating to the interest payment date. Interest will not be payable with respect to the registered security issued in exchange for that bearer security. That interest will be payable only to the holder of the coupon when due in accordance with the terms of the indenture. Bearer securities will not be issued in exchange for registered securities.
You may present registered securities for registration of transfer, together with a duly executed form of transfer, at the office of the security registrar or at the office of any transfer agent designated by us for that purpose with respect to any series of debt securities and referred to in the applicable prospectus supplement. This may be done without service charge but upon payment of any taxes and other governmental charges as described in the applicable indenture. The security registrar or the transfer agent will effect the transfer or exchange upon being satisfied with the documents of title and identity of the person making the request. We have appointed the trustee as security registrar for each indenture. If a prospectus supplement refers to any transfer agents initially designated by us with respect to any series of debt securities in addition to the security registrar, we may at any time rescind the designation of any of those transfer agents or approve a change in the location through which any of those transfer agents acts. If, however, debt securities of a series are issuable solely as registered securities, we will be required to maintain a transfer agent in each place of payment for that series, and if debt securities of a series are issuable as bearer securities, we will be required to maintain a transfer agent in a place of payment for that series located outside of the United States in addition to the security registrar. We may at any time designate additional transfer agents with respect to any series of debt securities.
In the event of any redemption, we will not be required to:
- issue, register the transfer of or exchange debt securities of any series during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before any selection of debt securities of that series to be redeemed and ending at the close of business on the day of mailing of the relevant notice of redemption; or
- 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.
PAYMENT AND PAYING AGENTS
Unless we specify otherwise in the applicable prospectus supplement, payment of principal of, and any premium and interest on, bearer securities will be payable in accordance with any applicable laws and regulations, at the offices of those paying agents outside the United States that we may designate at various times. We will make interest payments on bearer securities and the attached coupons on any interest payment date only against surrender of the coupon relating to that interest payment date. No payment with respect to any bearer security will be made at any of our offices or agencies in the United States or by check mailed to any U.S. address or by transfer to an account maintained with a bank located in the United States. If, however, but only if, payment in U.S. dollars of the full amount of principal of, and any premium and interest on, bearer securities denominated and payable in U.S. dollars at all offices or agencies outside the United States is illegal or effectively precluded by exchange controls or other similar restrictions, then those payments will be made at the office of our paying agent in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York.
Unless we specify otherwise in the applicable prospectus supplement, payment of principal of, and any premium and interest on, registered securities will be made at the office of the paying agent or paying agents that we designate at various times. At our option, however, we may make interest payments by check mailed to the address, as it appears in the security register, of the person entitled to the payments. Unless we specify otherwise in the applicable prospectus supplement, we will make payment of any installment of interest on registered securities to the person in whose name that registered security is registered at the close of business on the regular record date for such interest.
Unless we specify otherwise in the applicable prospectus supplement, the Corporate Trust Office of the trustee in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, will be designated:
- as our sole paying agent for payments with respect to debt securities that are issuable solely as registered securities; and
- as our paying agent in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, for payments with respect to debt securities, subject to the limitation described above in the case of bearer securities, that are issuable solely as bearer securities or as both registered securities and bearer securities.
We will name any paying agents outside the United States and any other paying agents in the United States initially designated by us for the debt securities in the applicable prospectus supplement. We may at any time designate additional paying agents or rescind the designation of any paying agent or approve a change in the office through which any paying agent acts. If, however, debt securities of a series are issuable solely as registered securities, we will be required to maintain a paying agent in each place of payment for that series. If debt securities of a series are issuable as bearer securities, we will be required to maintain:
- 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 circumstance described above, but not otherwise; and
- a paying agent in a place of payment located outside the United States where debt securities of that series and any attached coupons may be presented and surrendered for payment.
If, however, the debt 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 if the stock exchange requires it, we will maintain a paying agent in London or Luxembourg or any other required city located outside the United States for those debt securities.
All monies we pay to a paying agent for the payment of principal of, and any premium or interest on, any debt security or coupon that remains unclaimed at the end of two years after becoming due and payable will be repaid to us. After that time, the holder of the debt security or coupon will look only to us for payments out of those repaid amounts.
GLOBAL SECURITIES
The debt securities of a series may be issued in whole or in part in the form of one or more global certificates that we will deposit with a depository identified in the applicable prospectus supplement. Global securities may be issued in either registered or bearer form and in either temporary or permanent form. Unless and until it is exchanged in whole or in part for the individual debt securities it represents, a global security may not be transferred except as a whole:
- by the applicable depository to a nominee of the depository;
- by any nominee to the depository itself or another nominee; or
- by the depository or any nominee to a successor depository or any nominee of the successor.
To the extent not described below and under the heading "Book-Entry Securities," we will describe the terms of the depository arrangement with respect to a series of debt securities in the applicable prospectus supplement. We anticipate that the following provisions will generally apply to depository arrangements.
As long as the depository for a global security, or its nominee, is the registered owner of that global security, the depository or nominee will be considered the sole owner or holder of the debt securities represented by the global security for all purposes under the applicable indenture. Except as provided under "Book-Entry Securities" or in any applicable prospectus supplement, owners of beneficial interests in a global security:
- will not be entitled to have any of the underlying debt securities registered in their names;
- will not receive or be entitled to receive physical delivery of any of the underlying debt securities in definitive form; and
- will not be considered the owners or holders under the indenture relating to those debt securities.
The laws of some states require that certain purchasers of securities take physical delivery of securities in definitive form. These laws may impair your ability to transfer beneficial interests in a global security.
Payments of principal of, and any premium and interest on, individual debt securities represented by a global security registered in the name of a depository or its nominee will be made to the depository or its nominee as the registered owner of the global security representing such debt securities. Neither we, the trustee, any paying agent nor the registrar for the debt securities will be responsible for any aspect of the records relating to or payments made by the depository or any participants on account of beneficial interests of the global security.
For a description of the depository arrangements for global securities held by The Depository Trust Company, see "Book-Entry Securities."
THE SENIOR INDENTURE LIMITS OUR ABILITY TO INCUR LIENS
Unless we specify otherwise in the applicable prospectus supplement, the senior indenture provides that neither we nor any of our subsidiaries may issue, assume or guarantee any notes, bonds, debentures or other similar evidences of indebtedness for money borrowed that are secured by a mortgage, lien, pledge, security interest or other encumbrance -- defined in the senior indenture as "liens" -- upon any of our property unless we provide that any and all senior debt securities then outstanding shall be secured by a lien equally and ratably with any and all other obligations by the lien. The restrictions on liens will not, however, apply to:
- liens existing on the date of the senior indenture or provided for under the terms of agreements existing on the date thereof;
- liens securing all or part of the cost of exploring, producing, gathering, processing, marketing, drilling or developing any of our or our subsidiaries' properties, or securing indebtedness incurred to provide funds therefor or indebtedness incurred to finance all or part of the cost of acquiring, constructing, altering, improving or repairing any such property or assets, or improvements used in connection with such property, or securing indebtedness incurred to provide funds therefor;
- liens securing only indebtedness owed by one of our subsidiaries to us and/or to one or more of our other subsidiaries;
- liens on the property of any corporation or other entity existing at the time it becomes our subsidiary;
- liens on any property to secure indebtedness incurred in connection with the construction, installation or financing of pollution control or abatement facilities or other forms of industrial revenue bond financing or indebtedness issued or guaranteed by the United States, any state or any department, agency or instrumentality of either or indebtedness issued to or guaranteed by a foreign government, any state or any department, agency or instrumentality of either or an international finance agency or any division or department thereof, including the World Bank, the International Finance Corp. and the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency;
- any extension, renewal or replacement or successive extensions, renewals or replacements of any lien referred to in the foregoing clauses that existed on the date of the senior indenture;
- certain other "ordinary course liens," as defined in the indenture, incurred in the ordinary course of our business; or
- liens which secure "limited recourse indebtedness," as defined in the senior indenture.
Notwithstanding the limitations on liens described above, we and any one or more of our subsidiaries may issue, assume or guarantee the following indebtedness secured by liens on assets without regard to the limitations described above: indebtedness in any aggregate principal amount that, together with the aggregate outstanding principal amount of all our other indebtedness and indebtedness of any of our subsidiaries so secured (excluding indebtedness secured by the permitted liens described above), and the aggregate amount of sale/leaseback transaction obligations that would otherwise be subject to the limitations on sale/leaseback transactions described below, does not at the time such indebtedness is
incurred exceed 10% of our consolidated net worth as shown on our most recent audited consolidated balance sheet.
In addition, the following types of transactions, among others, shall not be deemed to create indebtedness secured by liens:
- the sale, granting of liens with respect to or other transfer of crude oil, natural gas or other petroleum hydrocarbons in place for a period of time until, or in an amount such that, the transferee will receive as a result of the transfer a specified amount of money or of such crude oil, natural gas or other petroleum hydrocarbons;
- the sale or other transfer of any other interest in property of the character commonly referred to as a production payment, overriding royalty, forward sale or similar interest; and
- the granting of liens required by any contract or statute in order to permit us or one of our subsidiaries to perform any contract or subcontract made with or at the request of the U.S. government or any foreign government or international finance agency, any state or any department thereof, or any agency or instrumentality of either, or to secure partial, progress, advance or other payments to us or one of our subsidiaries by any of these entities pursuant to the provisions of any contract or statute.
THE SENIOR INDENTURE LIMITS OUR ABILITY TO ENGAGE IN SALE/LEASEBACK TRANSACTIONS
Unless we specify otherwise in the applicable prospectus supplement, the senior indenture provides that neither we nor any of our subsidiaries will enter into any arrangement with any person, other than us or one of our subsidiaries, to lease any property to ourselves or a subsidiary of ours for more than three years. For the restriction to apply, we or one of our subsidiaries must sell or plan to sell the property to the person leasing it to us or our subsidiary or to another person to which funds have been or are to be advanced on the security of the leased property. The limitation does not apply where:
- either we or our subsidiary would be entitled to create debt secured by a lien on the property to be leased in a principal amount equal to or exceeding the value of that sale/leaseback transaction;
- since the date of the senior indenture and within a period commencing six months prior to the consummation of that arrangement and ending six months after the consummation of the arrangement, we have or our subsidiary has expended for any property an amount up to the net proceeds of that arrangement, including amounts expended for the acquisition, exploration, drilling or development thereof, and for additions, alterations, improvements and repairs to the property, and we designate such amount as a credit against that arrangement, with any of that amount not being so designated to be applied as set forth in the next item below; or
- during or immediately after the expiration of the 12 months after the effective date of that transaction, we apply to the voluntary redemption, defeasance or retirement of the senior debt securities and other senior indebtedness, as defined in the senior indenture, an amount equal to the greater of the net proceeds of the sale or transfer of the property leased in that transaction and the fair value of such property at the time of entering into such transaction, in either case adjusted to reflect the remaining term of the lease and any amount we utilize as set forth in the prior item; the amount will be reduced by the principal amount of other senior indebtedness we voluntarily retire within that 12-month period.
EACH INDENTURE INCLUDES EVENTS OF DEFAULT
Unless otherwise specified in the applicable prospectus supplement, any one of the following events will constitute an "event of default" under each indenture with respect to the debt securities of any series issued under that indenture:
- if we fail to pay any interest on any debt security of that series when due, and the failure continues for 30 days;
- if we fail to pay principal of or any premium on the debt securities of that series when due and payable, either at maturity or otherwise;
- if we fail to perform or we breach any of our other covenants or warranties in the applicable indenture or in the debt securities of that series -- other than a covenant or warranty included in the applicable indenture solely for the benefit of a series of securities other than the debt securities of that series -- and that breach of failure continues for 60 days after written notice as provided in the applicable indenture;
- certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization involving us or any of our subsidiaries; or
- any other event of default provided with respect to the debt securities of that series.
Unless otherwise specified in the applicable prospectus supplement, either of the following two events will also constitute an "event of default" under the senior indenture with respect to any senior debt securities:
- if any of our or any of our subsidiaries' indebtedness, as defined in the senior indenture, in excess of an aggregate of $25,000,000 in principal amount is accelerated under any event of default as defined in any mortgage, indenture or instrument and the acceleration has not been rescinded or annulled within 30 days after written notice as provided in the senior indenture has been given specifying such event of default and requiring us to cause that acceleration to be rescinded or annulled; or
- if we or any of our subsidiaries fail to pay, bond or otherwise discharge within 60 days of entry, a judgment, court order or uninsured monetary damage award against us in excess of an aggregate of $25,000,000 which is not stayed on appeal or otherwise being appropriately contested in good faith.
If an event of default with respect to the debt securities of any series, other than an event of default described in the item above pertaining to certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization, occurs and is continuing, either the trustee or the holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding debt securities of that series may declare the principal amount of the debt securities of that series to be due and payable immediately. At any time after a declaration of acceleration has been made, but before a judgment or decree for payment of money due has been obtained by the trustee, and subject to applicable law and certain other provisions of the applicable indenture, the holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the debt securities of that series may, under certain circumstances, rescind and annul such acceleration. If an event of default occurs pertaining to certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization, the principal amount and accrued interest -- or a lesser amount as provided for in the debt securities of that series -- shall be immediately due and payable without any declaration or other act by the trustee or any holder.
Within 90 days after the occurrence of any default under an indenture with respect to the debt securities of any series issued under that indenture, the trustee must transmit notice of the default to the holders of the debt securities of that series unless the default has been cured or waived. The trustee may withhold the notice, however, except in the case of a payment default, if and so long as the board of directors, the executive committee or a trust committee of directors or responsible officers of the trustee has in good faith determined that the withholding of the notice is in the interest of the holders of debt securities of that series.
If an event of default occurs and is continuing with respect to the debt securities of any series, the trustee may in its discretion proceed to protect and enforce its rights and the rights of the holders of debt securities of that series by all appropriate judicial proceedings.
Subject to the duty of the trustee during any default to act with the required standard of care, the trustee is under no obligation to exercise any of its rights or powers under an indenture at the request or direction of any of the holders of debt securities issued under that indenture, unless the holders offer the trustee reasonable indemnity. Subject to indemnifying the trustee, and subject to applicable law and certain other provisions of each indenture, the holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
outstanding debt securities of a series issued under that indenture 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 debt securities of that series.
WE ARE OBLIGATED TO PURCHASE DEBT SECURITIES UPON A CHANGE IN CONTROL
If a change in control, as defined in each indenture, occurs, we must mail within 15 days a written notice regarding the change in control to the trustee and to every holder of the debt securities of each series issued under that indenture. The notice must also be published at least once in an authorized newspaper, as defined in each indenture, and must state:
- the events causing the change in control and the date of the change in control;
- the date by which notice of the change in control is required by the applicable indenture to be given;
- the date, 35 business days after the occurrence of the change in control, by which we must purchase debt securities we are obligated to purchase pursuant to the selling holder's exercise of rights on change in control;
- the price we must pay for the debt securities we are obligated to purchase;
- the name and address of the trustee;
- the procedure for surrendering debt securities to the trustee or other designated office or agency for payment;
- a statement of our obligation to make prompt payment on proper surrender of the debt securities;
- the procedure for holders' exercise of rights of sale of the debt securities; and
- the procedures by which a holder may withdraw such a notice after it is given.
After we give this notice we will be obligated, at the election of each holder, to purchase the applicable debt securities. Under each indenture, a change in control is deemed to have occurred when:
- any event requiring the filing of any report under or in response to Schedule 13D or 14D-1 pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 disclosing beneficial ownership of either 50% or more of our common stock then outstanding or 50% or more of the voting power of our voting stock then outstanding;
- the completion of any sale, transfer, lease, or conveyance of our properties and assets substantially as an entirety to any person or persons that is not our subsidiary, as those terms are defined in each indenture; or
- the completion of a consolidation or merger of Apache with or into any other person or entity in a transaction in which either we are not the sole surviving corporation or our common stock existing before the transaction is converted into cash, securities or other property and in which those exchanging our common stock do not, as a result of the transaction, receive either 75% or more of the survivor's common stock or 75% or more of the voting power of the survivor's voting stock.
We will not purchase any debt securities if there has occurred and is continuing an event of default under either indenture, other than default in payment of the purchase price payable for the debt securities upon change in control. In connection with any purchase of debt securities after a change in control, we will comply with all federal and state securities laws, including, specifically, Rule 13e-4, if applicable, under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and any related Schedule 13E-4 required to be submitted under that rule.
DISCHARGE, DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE
We may discharge certain obligations to holders of any series of debt securities that have not already been delivered to the trustee for cancellation and that:
- have become due and payable;
- will become due and payable within one year; or
- are scheduled for redemption within one year.
To discharge the obligations with respect to a series of debt securities, we must deposit with the trustee, in trust, an amount of funds in U.S. dollars or in the foreign currency in which those debt securities are payable sufficient to pay the entire amount of principal of, and any premium or interest on, those debt securities to the date of the deposit if those debt securities have become due and payable or to the maturity of the debt securities, as the case may be.
Unless we specify otherwise in the applicable prospectus supplement, we may elect
- to defease and be discharged from any and all obligations with respect to those debt securities, which we refer to as "legal defeasance"; or
- with respect to any senior debt securities, to be released from our obligations under the covenants described above in "The Senior Indenture Limits Our Ability to Incur Liens," "The Senior Indenture Limits Our Ability to Engage in Sale/Leaseback Transactions" or, with respect to any debt securities, any other covenant obligation as may be provided for under Section 301 of the applicable indenture and specified in the applicable prospectus supplement, which we refer to as "covenant defeasance."
In the case of legal defeasance we will still retain some obligations in respect of the debt securities, including our obligations:
- to pay additional amounts, if any, upon the occurrence of certain events of taxation, assessment or governmental charge with respect to payments on the debt securities;
- to register the transfer or exchange of the debt securities;
- to replace temporary or mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen debt securities; and
- to maintain an office or agency with respect to the debt securities and to hold monies for payment in trust.
After a covenant defeasance, any omission to comply with the obligations or covenants that have been defeased shall not constitute a default or an event of default with respect to the debt securities.
To elect either legal defeasance or covenant defeasance we must deposit with the trustee, in trust, an amount, in U.S. dollars or in the foreign currency in which the relevant debt securities are payable at stated maturity, or in government obligations, as defined below, or both, applicable to such debt securities which through the scheduled payment of principal and interest in accordance with their terms will provide money in an amount sufficient to pay the principal of and any premium and interest on those debt securities on their scheduled due dates.
In addition, we can only elect legal defeasance or covenant defeasance if, among other things:
- the applicable defeasance does not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, the applicable indenture or any other material agreement or instrument to which we are a party or by which we are bound;
- no default or event of default with respect to the debt securities to be defeased shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of the establishment of the trust and, with respect to legal defeasance only, at any time during the period ending on the 91st day after the date of the establishment of the trust; and
- we have delivered to the trustee an opinion of counsel to the effect that the holders of the debt securities will not recognize income, gain or loss for U.S. federal income tax purposes as a result of the defeasance and will be subject to U.S. federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if the defeasance had not occurred, and the opinion of counsel, in the case of legal defeasance, must refer to and be based upon a letter ruling of the Internal Revenue Service received by us, a Revenue Ruling published by the Internal Revenue Service or a change in applicable U.S. federal income tax law occurring after the date of the applicable indenture.
Each of the indentures deems a foreign currency to be any currency, currency unit or composite currency issued by the government of one or more countries other than the United States or by any recognized confederation or association of governments.
Each of the indentures defines government obligations as securities which are not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer or issuers and are:
- direct obligations of the United States or the government or the governments in the confederation that issued the foreign currency in which the debt securities of a particular series are payable, for the payment of which its full faith and credit is pledged; or
- obligations of a person or entity controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of the United States or the government or governments that issued the foreign currency in which the debt securities of a particular series are payable, the timely payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation by the United States or that other government or governments.
Government obligations also include a depositary receipt issued by a bank or trust company as custodian with respect to any government obligation described above or a specific payment of interest on or principal of or any other amount with respect to any government obligation held by that custodian for the account of the holder of such depositary receipt, as long as, except as required by law, that custodian is not authorized to make any deduction from the amount payable to the holder of the depositary receipt from any amount received by the custodian with respect to the government obligation or the specific payment of interest on or principal of or any other amount with respect to the government obligation evidenced by the depositary receipt.
Unless otherwise specified in the applicable prospectus supplement, if, after we have deposited funds and/or government obligations to effect legal defeasance or covenant defeasance with respect to debt securities of any series, either:
- the holder of a debt security of that series is entitled to, and does, elect to receive payment in a currency other than that in which such deposit has been made in respect of that debt security; or
- a conversion event, as defined below, occurs in respect of the foreign currency in which the deposit has been made,
the indebtedness represented by that debt security shall be deemed to have been, and will be, fully discharged and satisfied through the payment of the principal of, and any premium and interest on, that debt security as that debt security becomes due out of the proceeds yielded by converting the amount or other properties so deposited in respect of that debt security into the currency in which that debt security becomes payable as a result of the election or conversion event based on:
- in the case of payments made pursuant to the first of the two items in the list above, the applicable market exchange rate for the currency in effect on the second business day prior to the date of the payment; or
- with respect to a conversion event, the applicable market exchange rate for such foreign currency in effect, as nearly as feasible, at the time of the conversion event.
Each indenture defines a "conversion event" as the cessation of use of:
- a foreign currency other than the euro both by the government of the country or the confederation which issued such foreign currency and for the settlement of transactions by a central bank or other public institutions of or within the international banking community; or
- the euro both by governments within the Euro Zone and for the settlement of transactions by central banks or other public institutions of or within the Euro Zone or of or within the international banking community.
Unless otherwise provided in the applicable prospectus supplement, all payments of principal of, and any premium and interest on, any debt security that are payable in a foreign currency that ceases to be used by the government or confederation of issuance shall be made in U.S. dollars.
If we effect a covenant defeasance with respect to any debt securities and the debt securities are declared due and payable because of the occurrence of any event of default other than an event of default with respect to which there has been covenant defeasance, the amount in the foreign currency in which the debt securities are payable, and government obligations on deposit with the trustee, will be sufficient to pay amounts due on the debt securities at the time of the stated maturity but may not be sufficient to pay amounts due on the debt securities at the time of the acceleration resulting from the event of default. We would remain liable, however, for payment of the amounts due at the time of acceleration.
The applicable prospectus supplement may further describe the provisions, if any, permitting defeasance or covenant defeasance, including any modifications to the provisions described above, with respect to the debt securities of or within a particular series.
Under each indenture, we are required to furnish to the trustee annually a statement as to our performance of certain of our obligations under the indenture and as to any default in such performance. We are also required to deliver to the trustee, within five days after occurrence thereof, written notice of any event of default or event that after notice or lapse of time or both would constitute an event of default.
MODIFICATION AND WAIVER
We and the trustee may, without the consent of holders, modify provisions of each indenture for certain purposes, including, among other things, curing ambiguities and maintaining the qualification of the applicable indenture under the Trust Indenture Act. We and the trustee may modify certain other provisions of each indenture with the consent of the holders of not less than two-thirds, in the case of the senior indenture, or a majority, in the case of the subordinate indenture, in aggregate principal amount of the debt securities of each series issued under that indenture affected by the modification. The provisions of the indentures, however, may not be modified without the consent of the holder of each debt security affected thereby if the modification would:
- change the stated maturity or any installment of the principal of, or any premium or interest on, or any installment of principal, or any additional amounts with respect to, any debt security issued under that indenture;
- reduce the principal amount of, or premium or interest on, or any additional amounts with respect to, any debt security issued under that indenture;
- change the coin or currency in which any debt security issued under that indenture or any premium or any interest on that debt security or any additional amounts with respect to that debt security is payable;
- if the debt securities are convertible or exchangeable, modify the conversion or exchange provision in a manner adverse to holders of that debt security;
- in the case of a subordinated debt security, modify any of the subordination provisions in a manner adverse to holders of that debt security;
- impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any payment on or after the stated maturity of any debt securities issued under that indenture or, in the case of redemption, exchange or conversion, if applicable, on or after the redemption, exchange or conversion date or, in the case of repayment at the option of any holder, if applicable, on or after the date for repayment or in the case of a change in control, after the change in control purchase date;
- reduce the percentage and principal amount of the outstanding debt securities, the consent of whose holders is required under that indenture in order to take certain actions;
- change any of our obligations to maintain an office or agency in the places and for the purposes required by that indenture; or
- modify any of the above provisions.
The holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of debt securities of any series issued under one of the indentures may, on behalf of the holders of all debt securities of that series, waive our compliance with certain restrictive provisions of that indenture. The holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of debt securities of any series issued under one of the indentures may, on behalf of all holders of debt securities of that series, waive any past default and its consequences under that indenture with respect to the debt securities of that series, except:
- a payment default with respect to debt securities of that series; or
- a default of a covenant or provision of that indenture that cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the holder of the debt securities of that series.
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER AND SALE OF ASSETS
We may, without the consent of the holders of the debt securities, consolidate or merge with or into, or convey, transfer or lease our properties and assets as an entirety, or substantially as an entirety to, any person that is a corporation or limited liability company organized and validly existing under the laws of any domestic jurisdiction. We may also permit any of those persons to consolidate with or merge into us or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to us, as long as:
- any successor person assumes our obligations on the debt securities;
- no event of default under the applicable indenture has occurred and is continuing after giving effect to the transaction;
- no event which, after notice or lapse of time or both, would become an event of default under the applicable indenture has occurred and is continuing after giving effect to the transaction; and
- certain other conditions are met.
ENFORCEMENT OF CERTAIN RIGHTS BY HOLDERS OF TRUST PREFERRED SECURITIES
The following applies only in the event that debt securities are held by an Apache Trust.
To the extent that any action under any debt securities held by an Apache Trust is entitled to be taken by the holders of at least a specified percentage of those debt securities, and unless otherwise specified in the applicable prospectus supplement, holders of the trust preferred securities issued by that Apache Trust may take action if the action is not taken by the property trustee of that Apache Trust. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if an event of default under those debt securities has occurred and is continuing and is attributable either to:
- the failure of Apache to pay the principal of, or any premium or interest on, those debt securities on the due date; or
- the failure by Apache to deliver the required securities or other property upon an appropriate conversion or exchange election, if any,
and an event of default has occurred and is continuing under the applicable trust agreement, a holder of the related trust preferred securities may institute a direct action.
A "direct action" is a legal proceeding directly against us for enforcement of payment to the holder of trust preferred securities issued by an Apache Trust of the principal of or any premium or interest on the debt securities held by that trust having a principal amount equal to the liquidation amount of those trust preferred securities held by that holder or for enforcement of any conversion or exchange rights, as the case may be. We may not amend an indenture to remove this right to bring a direct action without the prior written consent of the holders of all of the trust preferred securities outstanding that have an interest in the related debt securities. If the right to bring a direct action is removed, the Apache Trusts may become subject to the reporting obligations under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Notwithstanding any payments made to a holder of trust preferred securities by us in connection with a direct action, we will remain obligated to pay the principal of, and any premium and interest on, the related debt securities, and we will be subrogated to the rights of the holders of those trust preferred securities with respect to payments on the trust preferred securities to the extent of any payments made by us to the holder in any direct action.
The holders of the trust preferred securities will not be able to exercise directly any remedies, other than those set forth in the preceding paragraph, available to the holders of the related debt securities unless an event of default has occurred and is continuing under the applicable trust agreement. See "Description of Trust Preferred Securities -- Events of Default; Notice" below.
DESCRIPTION OF TRUST PREFERRED SECURITIES
Each Apache Trust will issue under its trust agreement only one series of trust preferred securities, which will represent beneficial interests in that Apache Trust. Each Apache Trust will qualify its trust agreement under the Trust Indenture Act. Each trust agreement is subject to, and governed by, the Trust Indenture Act. This summary of certain terms and provisions of the trust preferred securities and the trust agreement does not purport to be complete and is subject to, and is qualified in its entirety by reference to, all of the provisions of the trust preferred securities and the trust agreement, including the definitions of certain terms, and those made a part of the trust agreement by the Trust Indenture Act. A form of trust agreement is, and the terms and conditions of trust securities and forms thereof will be, filed as exhibits to the registration statement that includes this prospectus.
Each Apache Trust will describe the specific terms of the trust preferred securities it is offering in the applicable prospectus supplement, including:
- the issuer or issuers of the debt securities to be purchased by the Apache Trust;
- the designation, number, purchase price and liquidation amount, if any, of the trust preferred securities;
- the distribution rate, or method of calculation of the distribution rate, for the trust preferred securities and, if applicable, any deferral provisions;
- whether the distributions on the trust preferred securities will be cumulative and, if so, the dates from which and upon which distributions will accumulate and be payable and the record dates;
- if other than U.S. dollars, the currency in which cash payments are payable;
- the liquidation amount per trust preferred security which will be paid out of the assets of that Apache Trust to the holders upon voluntary or involuntary dissolution and liquidation of that trust;
- the obligation or right, if any, of that Apache Trust to purchase or redeem its trust preferred securities, whether pursuant to a sinking fund or otherwise, and the price or prices at which, the date or dates on which or period or periods within which and the terms and conditions upon which, it will or may purchase or redeem, in whole or in part, the trust preferred securities pursuant to its obligation or right to purchase or redeem;
- the terms and conditions, if any, upon which the trust preferred securities may be converted or exchanged, in addition to the circumstances described herein, into other securities or property, or a combination of the foregoing;
- the obligation or right, if any, of us, that Apache Trust or any other party to liquidate that Apache Trust and any terms and conditions of such liquidation;
- the voting rights, if any, of the holders;
- if applicable, any securities exchange upon which the trust preferred securities will be listed;
- if applicable, a description of any remarketing, auction or other similar arrangements;
- whether the trust preferred securities are issuable in book-entry only form and, if so, the identity of the depositary and disclosure relating to the depositary arrangements; and
- any other rights, preferences, privileges, limitations or restrictions of the trust preferred securities consistent with the trust agreement or with applicable law, which may differ from those described herein.
Each Apache Trust will also describe certain material U. S. federal income tax considerations applicable to any offering of trust preferred securities in the applicable prospectus supplement.
If indicated in the applicable prospectus supplement, the terms of an Apache Trust may differ from the terms summarized below.
GENERAL
The trust preferred securities of each Apache Trust will rank equally, and payments will be made on the trust preferred securities proportionately, with the trust common securities of each Apache Trust except as described under "-- Subordination of Trust Common Securities." Each Apache Trust will use the proceeds from the sale of trust preferred securities and trust common securities to purchase an aggregate principal amount of debt securities of Apache, Apache Australia and/or Apache Canada, as the case may be, equal to the aggregate liquidation amount of those trust preferred securities and trust common securities. The property trustee of each Apache Trust will hold legal title to the debt securities for the benefit of the holders of the related trust securities. In addition, we will execute a guarantee for the benefit of the holders of the related trust preferred securities. The guarantees will not guarantee payment of distributions or amounts payable or securities or other property deliverable, if any, on redemption, repayment, conversion or exchange of the trust preferred securities or liquidation of an Apache Trust when the trust does not have funds or other property legally available for payment or delivery. See "Description of Trust Preferred Securities Guarantees."
The revenue of an Apache Trust available for distribution to holders of its trust preferred securities will be limited to payments under the related debt securities and any other assets held by that Apache Trust. If we, Apache Australia and/or Apache Canada, as the case may be, fail to make a required payment in respect of those debt securities or any other assets, that Apache Trust will not have sufficient funds to make the related payments, including distributions, in respect of its trust preferred securities.
SUBORDINATION OF TRUST COMMON SECURITIES
Each Apache Trust will pay distributions on, and the applicable redemption price of, and any other amounts payable or property deliverable under, the trust securities it issues equally among its trust preferred securities and its trust common securities based on their respective liquidation amounts; provided, however, that if on any distribution date, redemption date, repayment date or conversion or exchange date, or upon liquidation or an event of default under the debt securities held by that Apache Trust or any other event of default under the trust agreement has occurred and is continuing, that Apache Trust will not pay any distribution on, or applicable redemption or repayment price of, or convert or exchange any of its trust common securities, and will not make any other payment on account of the redemption, repayment,
conversion, exchange, liquidation or other acquisition of the trust common securities, unless payment in full in cash of all accumulated distributions on all of the outstanding trust preferred securities of that Apache Trust for all distribution periods terminating on or before the redemption, repayment, conversion, exchange, liquidation or other acquisition, and, in the case of payment of the applicable redemption or repayment price, the full amount of the redemption or repayment price, will have been made or provided for and, in the case of conversion or exchange, that the trust preferred securities have been converted or exchanged in full and other amounts payable have been paid. The property trustee will apply all available funds first to the payment in full in cash of all distributions on, or the applicable redemption price of, the trust preferred securities issued by that Apache Trust then due and payable.
Until any event of default under the trust agreement for an Apache Trust has been cured, waived or otherwise eliminated, the property trustee will act solely on behalf of the holders of the trust preferred securities of that Apache Trust and not on behalf of us, Apache Australia and/or Apache Canada, as the case may be, as the direct or indirect trust common securities owner, and only the holders of the trust preferred securities issued by that Apache Trust will have the right to direct the property trustee to act on their behalf.
EVENTS OF DEFAULT; NOTICE
The occurrence of an event of default under the debt securities and any other assets held by an Apache Trust will constitute an event of default under the trust agreement for that Apache Trust. Within 90 business days after the occurrence of an event of default actually known to the property trustee, the property trustee will transmit notice of that event of default to the holders of the trust preferred securities of that Apache Trust, the administrative trustees and us, Apache Australia and/or Apache Canada, as the case may be, as sponsor, unless the event of default shall have been cured or waived.
For a discussion of the limited circumstances in which holders of trust preferred securities may bring a direct action against us under the debt securities, see "Description Of Apache Corporation Debt Securities -- Enforcement of Certain Rights by Holders of Trust Preferred Securities" and "Description of Apache Finance Australia Pty Ltd and Apache Canada Finance II Corporation Debt Securities and Apache Corporation Guarantee -- Enforcement of Certain Rights by Holders of Trust Preferred Securities." The applicable prospectus supplement may describe additional events of default under the trust agreement.
REMOVAL OF TRUSTEES
Unless an event of default under the debt securities held by an Apache Trust has occurred and is continuing, we, as the direct or indirect owner of trust common securities of that Apache Trust, may remove the property trustee, the Delaware trustee and the administrative trustees at any time. If an event of default under the debt securities held by an Apache Trust has occurred and is continuing, only the holders of a majority in liquidation amount of the outstanding trust preferred securities of that Apache Trust may remove and replace the property trustee and the Delaware trustee for that Apache Trust. In no event will the holders of the trust preferred securities have the right to vote to appoint, remove or replace the administrative trustees, which voting rights are vested exclusively in us as the direct or indirect trust common securities owner. No resignation or removal of a property or Delaware trustee, and no appointment of a successor to that trustee, will be effective until the acceptance of appointment by the successor trustee in accordance with the provisions of the applicable trust agreement.
MERGER OR CONSOLIDATION OF PROPERTY OR DELAWARE TRUSTEES
Any person into which the property trustee or the Delaware trustee may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any person resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the property trustee or the Delaware trustee will be a party, or any person succeeding to all or substantially all the corporate trust business of the property trustee or the Delaware trustee, will be the
successor of the property trustee or the Delaware trustee under the trust agreement, provided that the person will be otherwise qualified and eligible.
MERGERS, CONVERSIONS, CONSOLIDATIONS, AMALGAMATIONS OR REPLACEMENTS OF AN APACHE TRUST
An Apache Trust may not merge with or into, convert into, consolidate, amalgamate, or be replaced by, or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets as an entirety or substantially as an entirety, to any other person, except as described below or as otherwise described in the applicable prospectus supplement. An Apache Trust may, at our request, with the consent of the administrative trustees but without the consent of the holders of its trust preferred securities, the Delaware trustee or the property trustee, merge with or into, convert into, consolidate, amalgamate, or be replaced by a trust organized as such under the laws of any state of the United States; provided, that:
- the successor entity expressly assumes all of the obligations of that Apache Trust under any agreement to which the trust is a party and either:
- expressly assumes all of the obligations of that Apache Trust with respect to the trust securities of that Apache Trust, or
- substitutes for the trust securities of that Apache Trust other securities having substantially the same terms as those trust securities, so long as the successor trust securities rank the same as the trust securities rank with respect to distributions and payments upon liquidation, redemption and otherwise;
- the successor entity has a trustee possessing substantially the same powers and duties as the property trustee;
- the successor securities are listed, or any successor securities will be listed upon notification of issuance, if applicable, on each national securities exchange or other organization on which the trust securities of that Apache Trust are then listed, if any;
- the merger, conversion, consolidation, amalgamation or replacement does not cause the trust securities, including any successor securities, of that Apache Trust to be downgraded or placed under surveillance or review by any nationally recognized statistical rating organization;
- the merger, conversion, consolidation, amalgamation or replacement does not adversely affect the rights, preferences and privileges of the holders of the trust securities, including any successor securities, of that Apache Trust in any material respect;
- the successor entity has a purpose substantially identical to that of that Apache Trust;
- prior to the merger, conversion, consolidation, amalgamation or replacement, Apache has received an opinion from nationally recognized independent counsel to that Apache Trust experienced in these matters to the effect that
- the merger, conversion, consolidation, amalgamation or replacement does not adversely affect the rights, preferences and privileges of the holders of the trust securities, including any successor securities, of that Apache Trust in any material respect,
- following the merger, conversion, consolidation, amalgamation or replacement, neither that Apache Trust nor the successor entity, if any, will be required to register as an investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and
- following the merger, conversion, consolidation, amalgamation or replacement, that Apache Trust or the successor entity, as the case may be, will continue to be classified as a grantor trust for U.S. federal income tax purposes;
- Apache or any permitted successor or assignee directly or indirectly owns all of the common securities of the successor entity and guarantees the obligations of the successor entity under the successor securities at least to the extent provided by the applicable guarantee; and
- the property trustee has received our officer's certificate and an opinion of counsel, each to the effect that all conditions precedent to the transaction as set forth in the trust agreement have been satisfied.
VOTING RIGHTS; AMENDMENT OF TRUST AGREEMENT
Except as provided under "-- Mergers, Conversions, Consolidations, Amalgamations or Replacements of an Apache Trust" and "Description of Trust Preferred Securities Guarantees -- Amendments and Assignment" and as otherwise required by law and the trust agreement or specified in the applicable prospectus supplement, the holders of trust preferred securities will have no voting rights.
We, Apache Australia and/or Apache Canada, as the case may be, the property trustee, the Delaware trustee and the administrative trustees may amend from time to time the trust agreement for an Apache Trust, without the consent of the holders of the trust securities of that Apache Trust,
- to cure any ambiguity, or correct or supplement any provisions in the trust agreement that may be defective or inconsistent with any other provision,
- to add to the covenants, restrictions or obligations of the sponsor,
- to conform to any change in the Investment Company Act or Trust Indenture Act or the rules promulgated thereunder, or any written change in interpretation of such acts or rules by any governmental authority, or
- to cause that Apache Trust to continue to be classified for U.S. federal income tax purposes as a grantor trust;
provided, however, that in the case of the first bullet point above, the modification will not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of the holders of the trust securities issued by that Apache Trust.
Without the consent of each holder of trust securities issued by an Apache Trust, the trust agreement for that Apache Trust may not be amended to:
- change the distribution rate, or manner of calculation of the distribution rate, amount, timing or currency or otherwise adversely affect the method of any required payment;
- change its purpose;
- authorize the issuance of any additional beneficial interests;
- change the conversion, exchange or redemption provisions, if any;
- change the conditions precedent for Apache, Apache Australia and/or Apache Canada, as the case may be, to elect to dissolve that Apache Trust and distribute the debt securities held by that Apache Trust to the holders of the trust securities, if applicable;
- change the liquidation, distribution or other provisions relating to the distribution of amounts payable upon the dissolution and liquidation of that Apache Trust;
- affect the limited liability of any holder of its trust securities; or
- restrict the right of a holder of its trust securities to institute suit for the enforcement of any required distribution on or, if applicable, after the due date therefor or for the conversion or exchange of the trust securities in accordance with their terms.
So long as the property trustee holds any debt securities for an Apache Trust, the property trustee, the Delaware trustee and the administrative trustees for that Apache Trust will not:
- direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the debt securities trustee, or execute any trust or power conferred on the property trustee, with respect to those debt securities;
- waive certain past defaults under the applicable indenture;
- exercise any right to rescind or annul a declaration of acceleration of the maturity of the principal of those debt securities; or
- consent to any amendment, modification or termination of the applicable indenture or those debt securities, where consent is required
without, in each case, obtaining the prior approval of the holders of a majority in liquidation amount of all outstanding trust preferred securities of that Apache Trust; provided, however, that where a consent under the applicable indenture would require the consent of each holder of those debt securities affected thereby, the property trustee will not consent without the prior approval of each holder of the trust preferred securities issued by that Apache Trust. The property trustee, the Delaware trustee and the administrative trustees may not revoke any action previously authorized or approved by a vote of the holders of trust preferred securities except by subsequent vote of the holders. The property trustee will notify each holder of trust preferred securities of any notice of default with respect to the applicable debt securities. In addition to obtaining approvals of holders of trust preferred securities referred to above, prior to taking any of the foregoing actions, the property trustee, the Delaware trustee and the administrative trustees will obtain an opinion of counsel experienced in these matters to the effect that the applicable Apache Trust will not be classified as other than a grantor trust for U.S. federal income tax purposes on account of such action.
Any required approval of holders of trust preferred securities may be given at a meeting of the holders convened for this purpose or by written consent without prior notice. The property trustee will cause a notice of any meeting at which holders of trust preferred securities are entitled to vote to be given to each holder of record of trust preferred securities in the manner set forth in the trust agreement.
Notwithstanding that holders of trust preferred securities are entitled to vote or consent under any of the circumstances referred to above, any trust preferred securities that are owned by us or any of our affiliates will, for purposes of this vote or consent, be treated as if they were not outstanding.
GLOBAL TRUST PREFERRED SECURITIES
Unless otherwise specified in the applicable prospectus supplement, trust preferred securities will be represented by one or more global certificates deposited with, or on behalf of, DTC, or other depository identified in the prospectus supplement, or a nominee of DTC or other depository, in each case for credit to an account of a participant in DTC or other depository. The identity of the depository and the specific terms of the depository arrangements with respect to the trust preferred securities to be represented by one or more global certificates to the extent not discussed under "Book-Entry Securities" will be described in the applicable prospectus supplement. Unless otherwise specified in the applicable prospectus supplement, DTC will be the depository and the depositary arrangements described with respect to the debt securities will apply to those trust preferred securities as well, except all references to Apache, or the applicable issuer, as the case may be, shall include Apache Trust I and Apache Trust II and all references to the indentures will refer to the applicable trust agreement. See "Description of Apache Corporation Debt Securities -- Global Securities," "Description of Apache Finance Australia Pty Ltd and Apache Canada Finance II Corporation Debt Securities and Apache Corporation -- Global Securities" and "Book-Entry Securities."
PAYMENT AND PAYING AGENT
Payments in respect of any global certificate representing trust preferred securities will be made to Cede & Co. as nominee of DTC or other applicable depository or its nominee, which will credit the relevant accounts at DTC or other depository on the applicable payment dates, while payments in respect of trust preferred securities in certificated form will be made by check mailed to the address of the holder entitled thereto as the address will appear on the register. The paying agent will initially be the property trustee and any co-paying agent chosen by the property trustee and acceptable to the administrative
trustees and us. The paying agent will be permitted to resign as paying agent upon 30 days prior written notice to the property trustee, the administrative trustees and us. In the event that the property trustee will no longer be the paying agent, the administrative trustees will appoint a successor, which will be a bank or trust company acceptable to the administrative trustees and us, to act as paying agent.
REGISTRAR AND TRANSFER AGENT
The property trustee will act as registrar and transfer agent for the trust preferred securities.
Registration of transfers of trust preferred securities will be effected without charge by or on behalf of an Apache Trust, upon payment of any tax or other governmental charges that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange. An Apache Trust will not be required to register or cause to be registered the transfer of its trust preferred securities after they have been converted, exchanged, redeemed, repaid or called for redemption or repayment.
INFORMATION CONCERNING THE PROPERTY TRUSTEE
The property trustee, other than during the occurrence and continuance of an event of default under the trust agreement, will undertake to perform only the duties that are specifically set forth in the trust agreement and, during the continuance of that event of default, must exercise the same degree of care and skill as a prudent person would exercise or use in the conduct of his or her own affairs. Subject to the foregoing, the property trustee will not be under any obligation to exercise any of the powers vested in it by the trust agreement at the request of any holder of the related trust securities unless the holder offers the property trustee reasonable indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities that it might incur thereby.
MISCELLANEOUS
The administrative trustees are authorized and directed to conduct the affairs of and to operate each Apache Trust in such a way that:
- that Apache Trust will not be deemed to be an investment company required to be registered under the Investment Company Act;
- that Apache Trust will be classified as a grantor trust for U.S. federal income tax purposes; and
- the debt securities held by that Apache Trust will be treated as our indebtedness for U.S. federal income tax purposes.
We, Apache Australia or Apache Canada, as the case may be, and the administrative trustees are authorized to take any action, not inconsistent with applicable law, the certificate of trust of each Apache Trust or each trust agreement, that the administrative trustees determine in their discretion to be necessary or desirable for those purposes, as long as that action does not materially adversely affect the interests of the holders of the related trust securities.
Holders of trust preferred securities will not have any preemptive or similar rights.
DESCRIPTION OF TRUST PREFERRED SECURITIES GUARANTEES
We will execute and deliver a guarantee concurrently with the issuance by an Apache Trust of its trust preferred securities for the benefit of the holders from time to time of those trust preferred securities. We will qualify each of the guarantees as an indenture under the Trust Indenture Act. The guarantees will be subject to, and governed by, the Trust Indenture Act. Unless otherwise indicated in the applicable prospectus supplement, JPMorgan Chase Bank will act as the independent trustee under the guarantee for purposes of the Trust Indenture Act, and will hold the guarantee for the benefit of the holders of the trust preferred securities. This summary of certain terms and provisions of a guarantee does not purport to be complete and is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by reference to, all of the provisions of each
guarantee, including the definitions of terms, and those made a part of each guarantee by the Trust Indenture Act. In addition, since we have included, and the applicable prospectus supplement will include, only a summary of the provisions of the guarantee, you must refer to the guarantee, the form of which is filed as an exhibit to the registration statement that includes this prospectus. If indicated in the applicable prospectus supplement, the terms of a particular guarantee may differ from the terms discussed below.
GENERAL
We will irrevocably and unconditionally agree to pay in full, to the extent set forth in the guarantee, the guarantee payments to the holders of the related trust preferred securities, as and when due, regardless of any defense, right of set-off or counterclaim that an Apache Trust may have or assert, other than the defense of payment. The following payments constitute guarantee payments with respect to trust preferred securities and, to the extent not paid by or on behalf of an Apache Trust, will be subject to the applicable guarantee:
- any accrued and unpaid distributions required to be paid on the applicable trust preferred securities, to the extent that an Apache Trust has funds legally available therefor at such time;
- the applicable redemption or repayment price and all accrued and unpaid distributions to the date of redemption or repayment with respect to the applicable trust preferred securities called for redemption or repayment, to the extent that an Apache Trust has funds legally available therefor at such time; or
- upon a voluntary or involuntary dissolution and liquidation of the applicable Apache Trust, other than in connection with the distribution of the debt securities to holders of its trust preferred securities or the redemption, repayment, conversion or exchange of its trust preferred securities, if applicable, the lesser of
- the amounts due upon the dissolution and liquidation of that Apache Trust, to the extent that it has funds legally available therefor at the time, and
- the amount of assets of that Apache Trust remaining available for distribution to holders of its trust preferred securities after satisfaction of liabilities to its creditors as required by applicable law.
Our obligation to make a guarantee payment may be satisfied by direct payment of the required amounts by us to the holders of the applicable trust preferred securities entitled to those payments or by causing the applicable Apache Trust to pay those amounts to the holders.
If the trust preferred securities are exchangeable or convertible into other securities, we will also irrevocably agree to cause the applicable Apache Trust to deliver to holders of those trust preferred securities those other securities in accordance with the applicable exchange or conversion provisions.
We will, through the guarantee, the applicable trust agreement, the related debt securities and our guarantee of the debt securities, if applicable, and the applicable indenture, taken together, fully, irrevocably and unconditionally guarantee all of each Apache Trust's obligations under its trust preferred securities. No single document standing alone or operating in conjunction with fewer than all of the other documents constitutes a guarantee. It is only the combined operation of these documents that has the effect of providing a full, irrevocable and unconditional guarantee of each Apache Trust's obligations under its trust preferred securities.
RANKING
Unless otherwise specified in the applicable prospectus supplement, each guarantee will constitute our unsecured obligation and will rank equal to the debt securities, or our guarantee of the debt securities, if applicable, held by the Apache Trust that issued the preferred trust securities covered by the guarantee. Each trust agreement provides that each holder of trust preferred securities, by acceptance of the
applicable trust preferred securities, agrees to the terms of the related guarantee, including any subordination provisions.
The guarantees will not limit the amount of secured or unsecured debt, including indebtedness under the indentures, that may be incurred by us or any of our subsidiaries, including Apache Australia and Apache Canada.
GUARANTEE OF PAYMENT
Each guarantee will constitute a guarantee of payment and not of collection. This means that the guaranteed party may institute a legal proceeding directly against us to enforce its rights under a guarantee without first instituting a legal proceeding against any other person or entity. A guarantee will not be discharged except by payment of the related guarantee payments in full to the extent not paid by the applicable Apache Trust or upon distribution of the debt securities or other assets held by the Apache Trust to the holders of its trust preferred securities.
AMENDMENTS AND ASSIGNMENT
Except with respect to any changes that do not materially adversely affect the rights of holders of the related trust preferred securities, in which case no approval will be required, a guarantee may not be amended without the prior approval of the holders of a majority of the liquidation amount of the outstanding trust preferred securities covered by that guarantee. The manner of obtaining any approval will be as set forth under "Description of Trust Preferred Securities -- Voting Rights; Amendment of a Trust Agreement." All guarantees and agreements contained in a guarantee will bind our successors, assigns, receivers, trustees and representatives and will inure to the benefit of the holders of the related trust preferred securities then outstanding.
EVENTS OF DEFAULT
An event of default under a guarantee will occur if we fail to perform any of our payment or other obligations under that guarantee, provided that, except with respect to a default in respect of any guarantee payment or delivery of any securities upon conversion or exchange of the trust securities, we have not cured the default 90 days from the date the guarantee trustee obtains knowledge of the event of default. The holders of a majority in liquidation amount of the trust preferred securities covered by a guarantee have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the guarantee trustee in respect of that guarantee or to direct the exercise of any trust or power conferred upon the guarantee trustee under that guarantee.
If the guarantee trustee fails to enforce a guarantee, any holder of the related trust preferred securities may institute a legal proceeding directly against us to enforce its rights under that guarantee without first instituting a legal proceeding against the applicable Apache Trust, the guarantee trustee or any other person or entity.
TERMINATION
A guarantee will terminate upon:
- full payment of the applicable redemption or repayment price of the related trust preferred securities;
- full payment of all amounts or delivery of all securities or other property due upon the dissolution and liquidation of the applicable Apache Trust; or
- the conversion or exchange of all of the related trust preferred securities.
A guarantee will continue to be effective or will be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time any holder of the related trust preferred securities must restore payment of any sums paid or other property distributed under those trust preferred securities or the related guarantee.
GOVERNING LAW
The guarantees will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.
INFORMATION CONCERNING THE GUARANTEE TRUSTEE
The guarantee trustee, other than during the occurrence and continuance of a default by us in performance of a guarantee, will undertake to perform only the duties that are specifically set forth in that guarantee and, during the continuance of that default, must exercise the same degree of care and skill as a prudent person would exercise or use in the conduct of his or her own affairs. Subject to the foregoing, the guarantee trustee will not be under any obligation to exercise any of the powers vested in it by a guarantee at the request of any holder of the related trust preferred securities unless it is offered reasonable indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities that it might incur.
RIGHTS UPON DISSOLUTION
Unless the debt securities held by an Apache Trust are distributed to holders of the related trust preferred securities, upon any voluntary or involuntary dissolution and liquidation of that Apache Trust, after satisfaction of the liabilities of its creditors as required by applicable law, the holders of those trust securities will be entitled to receive, out of assets held by that Apache Trust, the liquidation distribution in cash. Upon any voluntary or involuntary liquidation or bankruptcy of Apache, Apache Australia and/or Apache Canada, as the case may be, the property trustee, as holder of the debt securities, would be a creditor of Apache, Apache Australia and/or Apache Canada, as the case may be.
DESCRIPTION OF COMMON STOCK PURCHASE CONTRACTS AND UNITS
We may issue stock purchase contracts, representing contracts entitling or obligating holders to purchase from or sell to us, and us to sell to or purchase from the holders, a specified number of shares of common stock at a future date or dates. The price per share of common stock may be fixed at the time the contracts are issued or may be determined by reference to a specific formula set forth in the contracts. The common stock purchase contracts may be issued separately or as a part of units, which are referred to in this prospectus as "common stock purchase units," consisting of a common stock purchase contract and, as security for the holder's obligations to purchase the common stock under the contracts, the following:
- our senior debt securities or subordinated debt securities;
- our preferred stock;
- debt obligations of third parties, including U.S. Treasury securities;
- senior or subordinated debt securities of Apache Australia and/or Apache Canada;
- trust preferred securities of an Apache Trust;
- any other security described in the applicable prospectus supplement; or
- any combination of the foregoing.
The common stock purchase contracts may require us to make periodic payments to the holders of the common stock purchase units or vice versa, and such payments may be unsecured or prefunded on some basis. The common stock purchase contracts may require holders to secure their obligations thereunder in a specified manner, and in certain circumstances we may deliver newly issued prepaid common stock purchase contracts, which are referred to as "prepaid securities," upon release to a holder of any collateral securing such holder's obligations under the original contract.
The applicable prospectus supplement will describe the terms of any common stock purchase contracts or units and, if applicable, prepaid securities. The description in the prospectus supplement will not purport to be complete and will be qualified in its entirety by reference to the contracts, the collateral
arrangements and depositary arrangements, if applicable, relating to such contracts or units and, if applicable, the prepaid securities and the document pursuant to which such prepaid securities will be issued.
DESCRIPTION OF APACHE FINANCE AUSTRALIA PTY LTD AND APACHE CANADA FINANCE II
CORPORATION DEBT SECURITIES AND APACHE GUARANTEE
The following description, together with any applicable prospectus supplement, summarizes all the material terms and provisions of the debt securities that Apache Australia and/or Apache Canada, each of which we refer to in this section as the "applicable issuer," and the guarantee we may offer under this prospectus and the related trust indentures.
The applicable issuer will issue senior debt securities, and we will issue our guarantee, under a senior indenture to be executed in the future by us, as guarantor, the applicable issuer and JPMorgan Chase Bank, as trustee. The senior indentures are together referred to in this section as the "senior indentures." The senior debt securities of Apache Australia and Apache Canada are together referred to in this section as the "senior debt securities."
The applicable issuer will issue the subordinated debt securities, and we will issue our guarantee, under a subordinated indenture to be executed in the future by us, as guarantor, the applicable issuer and JPMorgan Chase Bank, as trustee. The subordinated indentures are together referred to in this section as the "subordinated indentures." The subordinated debt securities of Apache Australia and Apache Canada are together referred to in this section as the "subordinated debt securities."
The senior indentures and the subordinated indentures are together referred to in this section as the "indentures," and the senior debt securities and the subordinated debt securities are together referred to in this section as the "debt securities." The indentures contain and the debt securities, when issued, will contain additional important terms and provisions. JPMorgan Chase Bank or any successor, in its capacity as trustee under any or all of the indentures, is referred to as the "trustee" for purposes of this section. A form of each indenture is, and prior to their issuance, the debt securities will be, filed as an exhibit to the registration statement that includes this prospectus.
This summary of the indentures and the debt securities relates to terms and conditions applicable to the debt securities generally. The particular terms of any series of debt securities will be summarized in the applicable prospectus supplement. If indicated in the prospectus supplement, the terms of any series may differ from the terms summarized below.
None of the indentures limits the amount of debt securities the applicable issuer may issue under it, and each provides that additional debt securities of any series may be issued up to the aggregate principal amount that we and the applicable issuer authorize from time to time. Debt securities may also be issued pursuant to the indentures in transactions exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act. Those debt securities will not be considered in determining the aggregate amount of securities issued under this prospectus.
Unless otherwise indicated in the applicable prospectus supplement, the debt securities will be issued in denominations of $1,000 or integral multiples of $1,000.
Other than as described below under "The Senior Indentures Limit Our and the Applicable Issuer's Ability to Incur Liens," "The Senior Indentures Limit Our and the Applicable Issuer's Ability to Engage in Sale/Leaseback Transactions" and "The Applicable Issuer is Obligated to Purchase Debt Securities upon a Change in Control," and as may be described in the applicable prospectus supplement, the indentures do not limit our ability to incur indebtedness or afford holders of debt securities protection in the event of a decline in our credit quality or if we are involved in a takeover, recapitalization or highly leveraged or similar transaction. Nothing in the indentures or the debt securities will in any way limit the amount of indebtedness or securities that we, the applicable issuer or our other subsidiaries, as defined in the indentures, may incur or issue.
GENERAL
The prospectus supplement relating to the particular series of debt securities being offered will specify the applicable issuer and whether they are senior or subordinated debt securities and the amounts, prices and terms of those debt securities. These terms may include:
- the designation, aggregate principal amount and authorized denominations of the debt securities;
- the date or dates on which the debt securities will mature;
- the percentage of the principal amount at which the debt securities will be issued;
- the date on which the principal of the debt securities will be payable;
- whether the debt securities will be issued as registered securities, bearer securities or a combination of the two;
- whether the debt securities will be issued in the form of one or more global securities and whether such global securities will be issued in a temporary global form or permanent global form;
- the currency or currencies or currency unit or units of two or more currencies in which debt securities are denominated, for which they may be purchased, and in which principal and any premium and interest is payable;
- if the currency or currencies or currency unit or units for which debt securities may be purchased or in which principal and any premium and interest may be paid is at the applicable issuer's election or at the election of a purchaser, the manner in which an election may be made and its terms;
- the annual rate or rates, which may be fixed or variable, or the method of determining the rate or rates at which the debt securities will bear any interest, whether by remarketing, auction, formula or otherwise;
- the date or dates from which any interest will accrue and the date or dates on which such interest will be payable;
- a description of any provisions providing for redemption, exchange or conversion of the debt securities at the applicable issuer's option, a holder's option or otherwise, and the terms and provisions of such a redemption, exchange or conversion;
- information with respect to book-entry procedures relating to global debt securities;
- sinking fund terms;
- if the provisions providing that the applicable issuer will pay "additional amounts," as defined in the indentures, on the debt securities to any holder who is a "United States alien," as defined in the indentures, in respect of any tax, assessment or governmental charge and that the applicable issuer will have the option to redeem the debt securities rather than pay any additional amounts are not applicable to the debt securities, or any deletions from, or modifications or additions to, those provisions. The term "interest," as used in this prospectus, includes any additional amounts;
- any modifications or additions to, or deletions of, any of the events of default or covenants of Apache or the applicable issuer with respect to the debt securities that are described in this section;
- if either or both of the sections of the applicable indenture relating to defeasance and covenant defeasance are not applicable to the debt securities, or if any covenants in addition to or other than those specified in the applicable indenture shall be subject to covenant defeasance;
- any deletions from, or modifications or additions to, the provisions of the indentures relating to satisfaction and discharge in respect of the debt securities;
- any index or other method used to determine the amount of payments of principal of, and any premium and interest on, the debt securities; and
- any other specific terms of the debt securities.
The applicable issuer is not obligated to issue all debt securities of any one series at the same time and, unless the applicable issuer specifies otherwise in the applicable prospectus supplement, a series of debt securities may be reopened for additional issuances of debt securities of that series or to establish additional terms of that series. The debt securities of any one series may not bear interest at the same rate or mature on the same date.
If any of the debt securities are sold for foreign currencies or foreign currency units or if the principal of, or any premium or interest on, any series of debt securities is payable in foreign currencies or foreign currency units, we will describe the restrictions, elections, tax consequences, specific terms and other information with respect to those debt securities and such foreign currencies or foreign currency units in the applicable prospectus supplement.
GUARANTEES
We will irrevocably and unconditionally guarantee to each holder of a debt security issued by the applicable issuer and authenticated and delivered by the trustee the due and punctual payment of the principal of, and any premium and interest on, the debt security, when and as it becomes due and payable, whether at maturity, upon acceleration, by call for redemption, repayment or otherwise in accordance with the terms of the debt securities and of the applicable indenture. We will
- agree that, if an event of default occurs under the debt securities, our obligations under the guarantees will be as if we had issued the debt securities, and will be enforceable irrespective of any invalidity, irregularity or unenforceability of any series of the debt securities or the indenture or any supplement thereto; and
- waive our right to require the trustee or the holders to pursue or exhaust their legal or equitable remedies against the applicable issuer before exercising their rights under the guarantees.
CONVERSION AND EXCHANGE
The terms, if any, on which the debt securities of any series are convertible into or exchangeable for shares of common stock, shares of preferred stock or other securities, whether or not issued by us or the applicable issuer, property or cash, or a combination of any of the foregoing, will be set out in the accompanying prospectus supplement. Such terms may include provisions for conversion or exchange, either mandatory, at the option of the holder, or at our option or the option of the applicable issuer, in which the securities, property or cash to be received by the holders of the debt securities would be calculated according to the factors and at such time as described in the accompanying prospectus supplement.
RANKING
SENIOR DEBT SECURITIES
Unless otherwise indicated in the applicable prospectus supplement, the applicable issuer's obligation to pay the principal of, and any premium and interest on, its senior debt securities will be unsecured and will rank equally with all of the applicable issuer's other unsecured unsubordinated indebtedness.
SUBORDINATED DEBT SECURITIES
The applicable issuer's obligation to pay the principal of, and any premium and interest on any subordinated debt securities will be unsecured and will rank subordinate and junior in right of payment to all of that issuer's senior indebtedness to the extent provided in the subordinated indenture and the terms
of those subordinated debt securities, as described below and in any applicable prospectus supplement, which may make deletions from, or modifications or additions to, the subordination terms described below.
Upon any payment or distribution of the applicable issuer's assets or securities to creditors upon any liquidation, dissolution, winding-up, reorganization, or any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar proceedings in connection with any insolvency or bankruptcy proceeding of the applicable issuer, the holders of senior indebtedness of the applicable issuer will first be entitled to receive payment in full of the senior indebtedness before the holders of subordinated debt securities will be entitled to receive any payment or distribution in respect of the subordinated debt securities.
No payments on account of principal or any premium or interest in respect of the subordinated debt securities may be made if there has occurred and is continuing a default in any payment with respect to senior indebtedness or an event of default with respect to any senior indebtedness resulting in the acceleration of its maturity, or if any judicial proceeding is pending with respect to any default.
"Indebtedness" of the applicable issuer, for purposes of each subordinated indenture, means:
- indebtedness for borrowed money or for the unpaid purchase price of real or personal property of, or guaranteed by, the applicable issuer, other than accounts payable arising in the ordinary course of business payable on terms customary in the trade;
- indebtedness secured by any mortgage, lien, pledge, security interest or encumbrances of any kind or payable out of the proceeds of production from property;
- indebtedness which is evidenced by mortgages, notes, bonds, securities, acceptances or other instruments;
- indebtedness which must be capitalized as liabilities under generally accepted accounting principles;
- liabilities under interest rate swap, exchange, collar or cap agreements and all other agreements or arrangements designed to protect against fluctuations in interest rates or currency exchange rates;
- liabilities under commodity hedge, commodity swap, exchange, collar or cap agreements, fixed price agreements and all other agreements or arrangements designed to protect against fluctuations in oil and gas prices;
- guarantees and endorsements of obligations of others, directly or indirectly, and all other repurchase agreements and indebtedness in effect guaranteed through an agreement, contingent or otherwise, to purchase that indebtedness, or to purchase or sell property, or to purchase or sell services, primarily for the purpose of enabling the debtor to make payment of the indebtedness or to assure the owner of the indebtedness against loss, or to supply funds to or in any manner invest in the debtor, or otherwise to assure a creditor against loss (but excluding guarantees and endorsements of notes, bills and checks made in the ordinary course of business); and
- indebtedness relative to the amount of all letters of credit;
provided, however, that such term shall not include any amounts included as deferred credits on the financial statements of Apache and computed in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.
"Senior indebtedness" of the applicable issuer, for purposes of each subordinated indenture, means all indebtedness, whether outstanding on the date of execution of the subordinated indenture or thereafter created, assumed or incurred, except the applicable issuer's obligation under the subordinated debt securities, indebtedness ranking equally with the subordinated debt securities or indebtedness ranking junior to the subordinated debt securities.
"Indebtedness ranking equally with the subordinated debt securities" of the applicable issuer, for purposes of each subordinated indenture, means indebtedness, whether outstanding on the date of execution of the subordinated indenture or thereafter created, assumed or incurred, to the extent the indebtedness specifically by its terms ranks equally with and not prior to the subordinated debt securities in the right of payment upon the happening of the dissolution, winding-up, liquidation or reorganization of
the applicable issuer. The securing of any indebtedness otherwise constituting indebtedness ranking equally with the subordinated debt securities will not prevent the indebtedness from constituting indebtedness ranking equally with the subordinated debt securities.
"Indebtedness ranking junior to the subordinated debt securities" of the applicable issuer, for purposes of each subordinated indenture, means any indebtedness, whether outstanding on the date of execution of the subordinated indenture or thereafter created, assumed or incurred, to the extent the indebtedness by its terms ranks junior to and not equally with or prior to
- the subordinated debt securities, and
- any other indebtedness ranking equally with the subordinated debt securities,
in right of payment upon the happening of the dissolution, winding-up, liquidation or reorganization of the applicable issuer. The securing of any indebtedness otherwise constituting indebtedness ranking junior to the subordinated debt securities will not prevent the indebtedness from constituting indebtedness ranking junior to the subordinated debt securities.
GUARANTEES
Unless we provide otherwise in the applicable prospectus supplement,
- our guarantee of the senior debt securities of any particular series of the applicable issuer will be our unsecured obligation and will rank equally with all of our other unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness (including our senior debt securities); and
- our guarantee of the subordinated debt securities of any particular series of the applicable issuer will be our unsecured obligation, subordinated in right of payment to the prior payment in full of all of the Apache senior indebtedness (which term includes our senior debt securities and our guarantee of the senior debt securities of the applicable issuer) with respect to such series as described below and in the applicable prospectus supplement, which may make deletions from, or modifications or additions to, the subordination terms described below.
Dividends and other distributions to us from our various subsidiaries may be subject to certain statutory, contractual and other restrictions (including, without limitation, exchange controls that may be applicable to foreign subsidiaries). The rights of our creditors to participate in the assets of any subsidiary upon that subsidiary's liquidation or recapitalization will be subject to the prior claims of the subsidiary's creditors, except to the extent that we may ourselves be a creditor with recognized claims against the subsidiary.
The claims of holders under the guarantees will be effectively subordinated to the claims of creditors of our subsidiaries other than, in the case of the debt securities, the applicable issuer. The indentures do not restrict the amount of indebtedness that we, the applicable issuers or our other subsidiaries may incur.
Our guarantee of the subordinated debt securities of each series will, to
the extent set forth in the applicable subordinated indenture, be subordinate in
right of payment to the prior payment in full of all of the Apache senior
indebtedness with respect to such series. Upon any payment or distribution of
our assets or securities to creditors upon any dissolution, winding-up,
liquidation or reorganization, or any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or
similar proceeding in connection with any insolvency or bankruptcy proceedings
of Apache, all amounts due upon all Apache senior indebtedness with respect to
the subordinated debt securities of any series of the applicable issuer will
first be paid in full, or payment thereof provided for in money in accordance
with its terms, before the holders of the subordinated debt securities of such
series are entitled to receive or retain any payment from us on account of
principal of, or any premium or interest on, or any additional amounts with
respect to, the subordinated debt securities of such series, and to that end the
holders of such Apache senior indebtedness shall be entitled to receive, for
application to the payment thereof, any payment or distribution by us of any
kind or character, whether in cash, property or securities, including any such
payment or distribution which may be payable or deliverable by us by reason of
the payment of any of our other indebtedness being subordinated to the payment
of the
subordinated debt securities of such series, which may be payable or deliverable by us in respect of the subordinated debt securities of such series upon any such dissolution, winding-up, liquidation or reorganization or in any such bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar proceeding.
Because of such subordination, in the event of our liquidation or insolvency, holders of Apache senior indebtedness with respect to the subordinated debt securities of any series of the applicable issuer and holders of other obligations of ours that are not subordinated to such senior indebtedness may recover more, ratably, than the holders of the subordinated debt securities of such series of the applicable issuer.
No payments on account of principal or any premium or interest in respect of the subordinated debt securities of the applicable issuer may be made by Apache if there has occurred and is continuing a default in any payment with respect to Apache senior indebtedness or an event of default with respect to any Apache senior indebtedness resulting in the acceleration of its maturity, or if any judicial proceeding is pending with respect to any default.
"Apache indebtedness," for purposes of the subordinated indenture of the applicable issuer, has the same meaning as "indebtedness" for purposes of the Apache subordinated indenture, as described above under "Description of Apache Corporation Debt Securities -- Ranking -- Subordinated Debt Securities."
"Apache senior indebtedness" means, with respect to the subordinated debt securities of any particular series of the applicable issuer, all Apache indebtedness, whether outstanding on the date of execution of the applicable subordinated indenture or thereafter created, assumed or incurred, except Apache's obligations under the guarantee in respect of the subordinated debt securities, Apache indebtedness ranking equally with the Apache guarantee of the subordinated debt securities or Apache indebtedness ranking junior to the Apache guarantee of the subordinated debt securities.
"Apache indebtedness ranking equally with the Apache guarantee of the subordinated debt securities" means, with respect to the subordinated debt securities of any particular series of the applicable issuer, Apache indebtedness, whether outstanding on the date of execution of the applicable subordinated indenture or thereafter created, assumed or incurred, to the extent the Apache indebtedness specifically by its terms ranks equally with and not prior to the Apache guarantee of the subordinated debt securities in the right of payment upon the happening of the dissolution, winding-up, liquidation or reorganization of Apache. The securing of any indebtedness otherwise constituting indebtedness ranking equally with the Apache guarantee of the subordinated debt securities will not prevent the indebtedness from constituting indebtedness ranking equally with the Apache guarantee of the subordinated debt securities.
"Apache indebtedness ranking junior to the Apache guarantee of the subordinated debt securities" means, with respect to the subordinated debt securities of any particular series of the applicable issuer, any Apache indebtedness, whether outstanding on the date of execution of the applicable subordinated indenture or thereafter created, assumed or incurred, to the extent the indebtedness by its terms ranks junior to and not equally with or prior to
- the Apache guarantee of the subordinated debt securities, and
- any other indebtedness ranking equally with the Apache guarantee of the subordinated debt securities,
in right of payment upon the happening of the dissolution, winding-up, liquidation or reorganization of Apache. The securing of any indebtedness otherwise constituting indebtedness ranking junior to the Apache guarantee of the subordinated debt securities will not prevent the indebtedness from constituting indebtedness ranking junior to the Apache guarantee of the subordinated debt securities.
INTEREST RATES AND DISCOUNTS
The debt securities will earn interest at a fixed or floating rate or rates for the period or periods of time specified in the applicable prospectus supplement. Unless we and the applicable issuer specify otherwise in the applicable prospectus supplement, the debt securities will bear interest on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months.
The applicable issuer may sell debt securities at a substantial discount below their stated principal amount, bearing no interest or interest at a rate that at the time of issuance is below market rates. We will describe the federal income tax consequences and the special considerations that apply to any series in the applicable prospectus supplement.
EXCHANGE, REGISTRATION AND TRANSFER
Registered securities of any series that are not global securities will be exchangeable for other registered securities of the same series and of like aggregate principal amount and tenor in different authorized denominations. In addition, if debt securities of any series are issuable as both registered securities and bearer securities, the holder may choose, upon written request, and subject to the terms of the applicable indenture, to exchange bearer securities and the appropriate related coupons of that series into registered securities of the same series of any authorized denominations and of like aggregate principal amount and tenor. Bearer securities with attached coupons surrendered in exchange for registered securities between a regular record date or a special record date and the relevant date for interest payment shall be surrendered without the coupon relating to the interest payment date. Interest will not be payable with respect to the registered security issued in exchange for that bearer security. That interest will be payable only to the holder of the coupon when due in accordance with the terms of the applicable indenture. Bearer securities will not be issued in exchange for registered securities.
You may present registered securities for registration of transfer, together with a duly executed form of transfer, at the office of the security registrar or at the office of any transfer agent designated by the applicable issuer for that purpose with respect to any series of debt securities and referred to in the applicable prospectus supplement. This may be done without service charge but upon payment of any taxes and other governmental charges as described in the applicable indenture. The security registrar or the transfer agent will effect the transfer or exchange upon being satisfied with the documents of title and identity of the person making the request. The applicable issuer has appointed the trustee as security registrar for each indenture. If a prospectus supplement refers to any transfer agents initially designated by the applicable issuer with respect to any series of debt securities in addition to the security registrar, the applicable issuer may at any time rescind the designation of any of those transfer agents or approve a change in the location through which any of those transfer agents acts. If, however, debt securities of a series are issuable solely as registered securities, the applicable issuer will be required to maintain a transfer agent in each place of payment for that series, and if debt securities of a series are issuable as bearer securities, the applicable issuer will be required to maintain a transfer agent in a place of payment for that series located outside of the United States in addition to the security registrar. The applicable issuer may at any time designate additional transfer agents with respect to any series of debt securities.
In the event of any redemption, the applicable issuer will not be required to:
- issue, register the transfer of or exchange debt securities of any series during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before any selection of debt securities of that series to be redeemed and ending at the close of business on the day of mailing of the relevant notice of redemption; or
- 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.
PAYMENT AND PAYING AGENTS
Unless the applicable issuer specifies otherwise in the applicable prospectus supplement, payment of principal of, and any premium and interest on, bearer securities will be payable in accordance with any applicable laws and regulations, at the offices of those paying agents outside the United States that we or the applicable issuer may designate at various times. The applicable issuer will make interest payments on bearer securities and the attached coupons on any interest payment date only against surrender of the coupon relating to that interest payment date. No payment with respect to any bearer security will be made at any of our or the applicable issuer's offices or agencies in the United States or by check mailed to any U.S. address or by transfer to an account maintained with a bank located in the United States. If,
however, but only if, payment in U.S. dollars of the full amount of principal of, and any premium and interest on, bearer securities denominated and payable in U.S. dollars at all offices or agencies outside the United States is illegal or effectively precluded by exchange controls or other similar restrictions, then those payments will be made at the office of our and the applicable issuer's paying agent in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York.
Unless we or the applicable issuer specify otherwise in the applicable prospectus supplement, payment of principal of, and any premium and interest on, registered securities will be made at the office of the paying agent or paying agents that we designate at various times. At the applicable issuer's option, however, it may make interest payments by check mailed to the address, as it appears in the security register, of the person entitled to the payments. Unless we and the applicable issuer specify otherwise in the applicable prospectus supplement, the applicable issuer will make payment of any installment of interest on registered securities to the person in whose name that registered security is registered at the close of business on the regular record date for such interest.
Unless we and the applicable issuer specify otherwise in the applicable prospectus supplement, the Corporate Trust Office of the trustee in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, will be designated:
- as the applicable issuer's sole paying agent for payments with respect to debt securities that are issuable solely as registered securities; and
- as the applicable issuer's paying agent in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, for payments with respect to debt securities, subject to the limitation described above in the case of bearer securities, that are issuable solely as bearer securities or as both registered securities and bearer securities.
The applicable issuer will name any paying agents outside the United States and any other paying agents in the United States initially designated by us for the debt securities in the applicable prospectus supplement. The applicable issuer may at any time designate additional paying agents or rescind the designation of any paying agent or approve a change in the office through which any paying agent acts. If, however, debt securities of a series are issuable solely as registered securities, the applicable issuer will be required to maintain a paying agent in each place of payment for that series. If debt securities of a series are issuable as bearer securities, the applicable issuer will be required to maintain:
- 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 circumstance described above, but not otherwise; and
- a paying agent in a place of payment located outside the United States where debt securities of that series and any attached coupons may be presented and surrendered for payment.
If, however, the debt 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 if the stock exchange requires it, the applicable issuer will maintain a paying agent in London or Luxembourg or any other required city located outside the United States for those debt securities.
All monies the applicable issuer pays to a paying agent for the payment of principal of, and any premium or interest on, any debt security or coupon that remains unclaimed at the end of two years after becoming due and payable will be repaid to the applicable issuer or the guarantor, as the case may be. After that time, the holder of the debt security or coupon will look only to the applicable issuer or the guarantor, as the case may be, for payments out of those repaid amounts.
GLOBAL SECURITIES
The debt securities of a series may be issued in whole or in part in the
form of one or more global certificates that the applicable issuer will deposit
with a depository identified in the applicable prospectus supplement. Global
securities may be issued in either registered or bearer form and in either
temporary or
permanent form. Unless and until it is exchanged in whole or in part for the individual debt securities it represents, a global security may not be transferred except as a whole:
- by the applicable depository to a nominee of the depository;
- by any nominee to the depository itself or another nominee; or
- by the depository or any nominee to a successor depository or any nominee of the successor.
To the extent not described below and under the heading "Book-Entry Securities," the applicable issuer will describe the terms of the depository arrangement with respect to a series of debt securities in the applicable prospectus supplement. The applicable issuer anticipates that the following provisions will generally apply to depository arrangements.
As long as the depository for a global security, or its nominee, is the registered owner of that global security, the depository or nominee will be considered the sole owner or holder of the debt securities represented by the global security for all purposes under the applicable indenture. Except as provided under "Book-Entry Securities" or in any applicable prospectus supplement, owners of beneficial interests in a global security:
- will not be entitled to have any of the underlying debt securities registered in their names;
- will not receive or be entitled to receive physical delivery of any of the underlying debt securities in definitive form; and
- will not be considered the owners or holders under the indenture relating to those debt securities.
The laws of some states require that certain purchasers of securities take physical delivery of securities in definitive form. These laws may impair your ability to transfer beneficial interests in a global security.
Payments of principal of, and any premium and interest on, individual debt securities represented by a global security registered in the name of a depository or its nominee will be made to the depository or its nominee as the registered owner of the global security representing such debt securities. Neither the applicable issuer, the trustee, any paying agent nor the registrar for the debt securities will be responsible for any aspect of the records relating to or payments made by the depository or any participants on account of beneficial interests of the global security.
For a description of the depository arrangements for global securities held by The Depository Trust Company, see "Book-Entry Securities."
THE SENIOR INDENTURES LIMIT OUR AND THE APPLICABLE ISSUER'S ABILITY TO INCUR LIENS
Unless the applicable issuer specifies otherwise in the applicable prospectus supplement, the senior indentures provide that none of us, the applicable issuer or any of our other subsidiaries may issue, assume or guarantee any notes, bonds, debentures or other similar evidences of indebtedness for money borrowed that are secured by a mortgage, lien, pledge, security interest or other encumbrance -- defined in each senior indenture as "liens" -- upon any of its property unless we provide that any and all senior debt securities then outstanding shall be secured by a lien equally and ratably with any and all other obligations secured by the lien. The restrictions on liens will not, however, apply to:
- liens existing on the date of the indenture or provided for under the terms of agreements existing on the date thereof;
- liens securing all or part of the cost of exploring, producing, gathering, processing, marketing, drilling or developing any of our or our subsidiaries' properties, or securing indebtedness incurred to provide funds therefor or indebtedness incurred to finance all or part of the cost of acquiring, constructing, altering, improving or repairing any such property or assets, or improvement used in connection with such property, or securing indebtedness incurred to provide funds therefor;
- liens securing only indebtedness owed by one of our subsidiaries to us, the applicable issuer and/or to one or more of our other subsidiaries;
- liens on the property of any corporation or other entity existing at the time it becomes our subsidiary;
- liens on any property to secure indebtedness incurred in connection with the construction, installation or financing of pollution control or abatement facilities or other forms of industrial revenue bond financing or indebtedness issued or guaranteed by the United States, any state or any department, agency or instrumentality of either or indebtedness issued to or guaranteed by a foreign government, any state or any department, agency or instrumentality of either or an international finance agency or any division or department thereof, including the World Bank, the International Finance Corp. and the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency;
- any extension, renewal or replacement or successive extensions, renewals or replacements of any lien referred to in the foregoing clauses that existed on the date of the indenture;
- certain other "ordinary course liens," as defined in the indenture, incurred in the ordinary course of our business; or
- liens that secure "limited recourse indebtedness," as defined in the indenture.
Notwithstanding the limitations on liens described above, we and any one or more or our subsidiaries may issue, assume or guarantee the following indebtedness secured by liens on assets without regard to the limitations described above: indebtedness in any aggregate principal amount that, together with the aggregate outstanding principal amount of all our other indebtedness and indebtedness of any of our subsidiaries so secured (excluding indebtedness secured by the permitted liens described above), and the aggregate amount of sale/leaseback transaction obligations that would otherwise be subject to the limitations on sale/leaseback transactions described below, does not at the time such indebtedness is incurred exceed 10% of our consolidated net worth as shown on our most recent audited consolidated balance sheet.
In addition, the following types of transactions, among others, shall not be deemed to create indebtedness secured by liens:
- the sale, granting of liens with respect to or other transfer of crude oil, natural gas or other petroleum hydrocarbons in place for a period of time until, or in an amount such that, the transferee will receive as a result of the transfer a specified amount of money or of such crude oil, natural gas or other petroleum hydrocarbons;
- the sale or other transfer of any other interest in property of the character commonly referred to as a production payment, overriding royalty, forward sale or similar interest; and
- the granting of liens required by any contract or statute in order to permit us or one of our subsidiaries to perform any contract or subcontract made with or at the request of the U.S. government or any foreign government or international finance agency, any state or any department thereof, or any agency or instrumentality of either, or to secure partial, progress, advance or other payments to us or one of our subsidiaries by any of these entities pursuant to the provisions of any contract or statute.
THE SENIOR INDENTURES LIMIT OUR AND THE APPLICABLE ISSUER'S ABILITY TO ENGAGE IN SALE/LEASEBACK TRANSACTIONS
Unless we specify otherwise in the applicable prospectus supplement, the senior indentures provide that neither we, the applicable issuer nor any of our other subsidiaries will enter into any arrangement with any person, other than us or one of our subsidiaries, to lease any property to ourselves or a subsidiary of ours for more than three years. For the restriction to apply, we or one of our subsidiaries must sell or plan to sell the property to the person leasing it to us or our subsidiary or to another person to which funds
have been or are to be advanced on the security of the leased property. The limitation does not apply where:
- either we, the applicable issuer or our other subsidiaries would be entitled to create debt secured by a lien on the property to be leased in a principal amount equal to or exceeding the value of that sale/leaseback transaction;
- since the date of the applicable indenture and within a period commencing six months prior to the consummation of that arrangement and ending six months after the consummation of the arrangement, we, the applicable issuer or our other subsidiaries have expended for any property an amount up to the net proceeds of that arrangement, including amounts expended for the acquisition, exploration, drilling or development thereof, and for additions, alterations, improvements and repairs to the property, and we or the applicable issuer designate such amount as a credit against that arrangement, with any of that amount not being so designated to be applied as set forth in the next item below; or
- during or immediately after the expiration of the 12 months after the effective date of that transaction, we or the applicable issuer, as the case may be, applies to the voluntary redemption, defeasance or retirement of the senior debt securities and our or its other senior indebtedness, as defined in the applicable senior indenture, an amount equal to the greater of the net proceeds of the sale or transfer of the property leased in that transaction and the fair value of such property at the time of entering into such transaction, in either case adjusted to reflect the remaining term of the lease and any amount we or the applicable issuer utilizes as set forth in the prior item; the amount will be reduced by the principal amount of other senior indebtedness we or the applicable issuer, as the case may be, voluntarily retires within that 12-month period.
EACH INDENTURE INCLUDES EVENTS OF DEFAULT
Unless otherwise specified in the applicable prospectus supplement, any one of the following events will constitute an "event of default" under each indenture with respect to the debt securities of any series issued under that indenture:
- if we or the applicable issuer fail to pay any interest on any debt security of that series when due, and the failure continues for 30 days;
- if we or the applicable issuer fail to pay principal of or any premium on the debt securities of that series when due and payable, either at maturity or otherwise;
- if we or the applicable issuer fail to perform or we breach any of our other covenants or warranties in the applicable indenture or in the debt securities of that series -- other than a covenant or warranty included in the applicable indenture solely for the benefit of a series of securities other than the debt securities of that series -- and that breach of failure continues for 60 days after written notice as provided in the applicable indenture;
- certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization involving us or any of our subsidiaries; or
- any other event of default provided with respect to the debt securities of that series.
Unless otherwise specified in the applicable prospectus supplement, either of the following two events will also constitute an event of default under the applicable senior indenture with respect to any senior debt securities of the applicable issuer:
- if any of our, the applicable issuer's or any of our other subsidiaries' indebtedness, as defined in the indenture, in excess of an aggregate of $25,000,000 in principal amount is accelerated under any event of default as defined in any mortgage, indenture or instrument and the acceleration has not been rescinded or annulled within 30 days after written notice as provided in the applicable indenture has been given specifying such event of default and requiring us and the applicable issuer to cause that acceleration to be rescinded or annulled; or
- if we, the applicable issuer or any of our other subsidiaries fail to pay, bond or otherwise discharge within 60 days of entry, a judgment, court order or uninsured monetary damage award against us in excess of an aggregate of $25,000,000 which is not stayed on appeal or otherwise being appropriately contested in good faith.
If an event of default with respect to the debt securities of any series, other than an event of default described in the item above pertaining to certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization, occurs and is continuing, either the trustee or the holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding debt securities of that series may declare the principal amount of the debt securities of that series to be due and payable immediately. At any time after a declaration of acceleration has been made, but before a judgment or decree for payment of money due has been obtained by the trustee, and subject to applicable law and certain other provisions of the applicable indenture, the holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the debt securities of that series may, under certain circumstances, rescind and annul such acceleration. If an event of default occurs pertaining to certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization, the principal amount and accrued interest -- or a lesser amount as provided for in the debt securities of that series -- shall be immediately due and payable without any declaration or other act by the trustee or any holder.
Within 90 days after the occurrence of any default under an indenture with respect to the debt securities of any series issued under that indenture, the trustee must transmit notice of the default to the holders of the debt securities of that series unless the default has been cured or waived. The trustee may withhold the notice, however, except in the case of a payment default, if and so long as the board of directors, the executive committee or a trust committee of directors or responsible officers of the trustee has in good faith determined that the withholding of the notice is in the interest of the holders of debt securities of that series.
If an event of default occurs and is continuing with respect to the debt securities of any series, the trustee may in its discretion proceed to protect and enforce its rights and the rights of the holders of debt securities of that series by all appropriate judicial proceedings.
Subject to the duty of the trustee during any default to act with the required standard of care, the trustee is under no obligation to exercise any of its rights or powers under an indenture at the request or direction of any of the holders of debt securities issued under that indenture, unless the holders offer the trustee reasonable indemnity. Subject to indemnifying the trustee, and subject to applicable law and certain other provisions of each indenture, the holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding debt securities of a series issued under that indenture 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 debt securities of that series.
THE APPLICABLE ISSUER IS OBLIGATED TO PURCHASE DEBT SECURITIES UPON A CHANGE IN CONTROL
If a change in control, as defined in each indenture, occurs, the applicable issuer must mail within 15 days a written notice regarding the change in control to the trustee and to every holder of the debt securities of each series issued under that indenture. The notice must also be published at least once in an authorized newspaper, as defined in each indenture, and must state:
- the events causing the change in control and the date of the change the control;
- the date by which notice of the change in control is required by the applicable indenture to be given;
- the date, 35 business days after the occurrence of the change in control, by which the applicable issuer must purchase debt securities we are obligated to purchase pursuant to the selling holder's exercise of rights on change in control;
- the price the applicable issuer must pay for the debt securities we are obligated to purchase;
- the name and address of the trustee;
- the procedure for surrendering debt securities to the trustee or other designated office or agency for payment;
- a statement of the applicable issuer's obligation to make prompt payment on proper surrender of the debt securities;
- the procedure for holders' exercise of rights of sale of the debt securities; and
- the procedures by which a holder may withdraw such a notice after it is given.
After giving this notice the applicable issuer will be obligated, at the election of each holder, to purchase the applicable debt securities. Under each indenture, a change in control is deemed to have occurred when:
- any event requiring the filing of any report under or in response to Schedule 13D or 14D-1 pursuant to the Exchange Act disclosing beneficial ownership of either 50% or more of our common stock then outstanding or 50% or more of the voting power of our voting stock then outstanding;
- the completion of any sale, transfer, lease, or conveyance of our properties and assets substantially as an entirety to any person or persons that is not our subsidiary, as those terms are defined in each indenture; or
- the completion of a consolidation or merger of Apache with or into any other person or entity in a transaction in which either we are not the sole surviving corporation or our common stock existing before the transaction is converted into cash, securities or other property and in which those exchanging our common stock do not, as a result of the transaction, receive either 75% or more of the survivor's common stock or 75% or more of the voting power of the survivor's voting stock.
The applicable issuer will not purchase any debt securities if there has occurred and is continuing an event of default under either indenture, other than default in payment of the purchase price payable for the debt securities upon change in control. In connection with any purchase of debt securities after a change in control, we will comply with all federal and state securities laws, including, specifically, Rule 13e-4, if applicable, under the Exchange Act, and any related Schedule 13E-4 required to be submitted under that rule.
DISCHARGE, DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE
We or the applicable issuer may discharge certain obligations to holders of any series of debt securities that have not already been delivered to the trustee for cancellation and that:
- have become due and payable;
- will become due and payable within one year; or
- are scheduled for redemption within one year.
To discharge the obligations with respect to a series of debt securities, we or the applicable issuer must deposit with the trustee, in trust, an amount of funds in U.S. dollars or in the foreign currency in which those debt securities are payable sufficient to pay the entire amount of principal of, and any premium or interest and any additional amounts on, those debt securities to the date of the deposit if those debt securities have become due and payable or to the maturity of the debt securities, as the case may be.
Unless we or the applicable issuer specify otherwise in the applicable prospectus supplement, we or the applicable issuer may elect
- to defease and be discharged from any and all obligations with respect to those debt securities, which we refer to as "legal defeasance"; or
- with respect to any senior debt securities, to be released from our obligations under the covenants described above in "The Senior Indentures Limit Our and the Applicable Issuer's Ability to Incur Liens", "The Senior Indentures Limit Our and the Applicable Issuer's Ability to Engage in Sale/ Leaseback Transactions" or, with respect to any debt securities, any other covenant obligation as may be provided for under Section 301 of the applicable indenture and specified in the applicable prospectus supplement, which we refer to as "covenant defeasance."
In the case of legal defeasance we and the applicable issuer will still retain some obligations in respect of the debt securities, including our obligations:
- to pay additional amounts, if any, upon the occurrence of certain events of taxation, assessment or governmental charge with respect to payments on the debt securities;
- to register the transfer or exchange of the debt securities;
- to replace temporary or mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen debt securities; and
- to maintain an office or agency with respect to the debt securities and to hold monies for payment in trust.
After a covenant defeasance, any omission to comply with the obligations or covenants that have been defeased shall not constitute a default or an event of default with respect to the debt securities.
To elect either legal defeasance or covenant defeasance we or the applicable issuer must deposit with the trustee, in trust, an amount, in U.S. dollars or in the foreign currency in which the relevant debt securities are payable at stated maturity, or in government obligations, as defined below, or both, applicable to such debt securities which through the scheduled payment of principal and interest in accordance with their terms will provide money in an amount sufficient to pay the principal of and any premium and interest on those debt securities on their scheduled due dates.
In addition, we or the applicable issuer can only elect legal defeasance or covenant defeasance if, among other things:
- the applicable defeasance does not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, the applicable indenture or any other material agreement or instrument to which we or the applicable issuer are a party or by which we or the applicable issuer are bound;
- no default or event of default with respect to the debt securities to be defeased shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of the establishment of the trust and, with respect to legal defeasance only, at any time during the period ending on the 91st day after the date of the establishment of the trust; and
- we or the applicable issuer have delivered to the trustee an opinion of counsel to the effect that the holders of the debt securities will not recognize income, gain or loss for U.S. federal income tax purposes as a result of the defeasance and will be subject to U.S. federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if the defeasance had not occurred, and the opinion of counsel, in the case of legal defeasance, must refer to and be based upon a letter ruling of the Internal Revenue Service received by us or the applicable issuer, a Revenue Ruling published by the Internal Revenue Service or a change in applicable U.S. federal income tax law occurring after the date of the applicable indenture.
Each of the indentures deems a foreign currency to be any currency, currency unit or composite currency issued by the government of one or more countries other than the United States or by any recognized confederation or association of governments.
Each of the indentures defines government obligations as securities which are not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer or issuers and are:
- direct obligations of the United States or the government or the governments in the confederation that issued the foreign currency in which the debt securities of a particular series are payable, for the payment of which its full faith and credit is pledged; or
- obligations of a person or entity controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of the United States or the government or governments that issued the foreign currency in which the debt securities of a particular series are payable, the timely payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation by the United States or that other government or governments.
Government obligations also include a depositary receipt issued by a bank or trust company as custodian with respect to any government obligation described above or a specific payment of interest on or principal of or any other amount with respect to any government obligation held by that custodian for the account of the holder of such depositary receipt, as long as, except as required by law, that custodian is not authorized to make any deduction from the amount payable to the holder of the depositary receipt from any amount received by the custodian with respect to the government obligation or the specific payment of interest on or principal of or any other amount with respect to the government obligation evidenced by the depositary receipt.
Unless otherwise specified in the applicable prospectus supplement, if, after we or the applicable issuer have deposited funds and/or government obligations to effect legal defeasance or covenant defeasance with respect to debt securities of any series, either:
- the holder of a debt security of that series is entitled to, and does, elect to receive payment in a currency other than that in which such deposit has been made in respect of that debt security; or
- a conversion event, as defined below, occurs in respect of the foreign currency in which the deposit has been made,
the indebtedness represented by that debt security shall be deemed to have been, and will be, fully discharged and satisfied through the payment of the principal of, and any premium and interest on, that debt security as that debt security becomes due out of the proceeds yielded by converting the amount or other properties so deposited in respect of that debt security into the currency in which that debt security becomes payable as a result of the election or conversion event based on:
- in the case of payments made pursuant to the first of the two items in the list above, the applicable market exchange rate for the currency in effect on the second business day prior to the date of the payment; or
- with respect to a conversion event, the applicable market exchange rate for such foreign currency in effect, as nearly as feasible, at the time of the conversion event.
Each indenture defines a "conversion event" as the cessation of use of:
- a foreign currency other than the euro by the government of the country or the confederation which issued such foreign currency and for the settlement of transactions by a central bank or other public institutions of or within the international banking community; or
- the euro both by governments within the Euro Zone and for the settlement of transactions by public institutions of or within the Euro Zone or of or within the international banking community.
Unless otherwise provided in the applicable prospectus supplement, all payments of principal of, and any premium and interest on, any debt security that are payable in a foreign currency that ceases to be used by the government or confederation of issuance shall be made in U.S. dollars.
If we or the applicable issuer effect a covenant defeasance with respect to any debt securities and the debt securities are declared due and payable because of the occurrence of any event of default other than
an event of default with respect to which there has been covenant defeasance, the amount in the foreign currency in which the debt securities are payable, and government obligations on deposit with the trustee, will be sufficient to pay amounts due on the debt securities at the time of the stated maturity but may not be sufficient to pay amounts due on the debt securities at the time of the acceleration resulting from the event of default. We and the applicable issuer would remain liable, however, for payment of the amounts due at the time of acceleration.
The applicable prospectus supplement may further describe the provisions, if any, permitting defeasance or covenant defeasance, including any modifications to the provisions described above, with respect to the debt securities of or within a particular series.
Under each indenture, we and the applicable issuer are required to furnish to the trustee annually a statement as to our performance of certain of our obligations under such indenture and as to any default in such performance. We are also required to deliver to the trustee, within five days after occurrence thereof, written notice of any event of default or event that after notice or lapse of time or both would constitute an event of default.
MODIFICATION AND WAIVER
We, the applicable issuer and the trustee may, without the consent of holders, modify provisions of each indenture for certain purposes, including, among other things, curing ambiguities and maintaining the qualification of the applicable indenture under the Trust Indenture Act. We, the applicable issuer and the trustee may modify certain other provisions of each indenture with the consent of the holders of not less than two-thirds in aggregate principal amount of the debt securities of each series issued under the indenture affected by the modification. The provisions of the indenture, however, may not be modified without the consent of the holder of each debt security affected thereby if the modification would:
- change the stated maturity or any installment of the principal of, or any premium or interest on, or any installment of principal, or any additional amounts with respect to, any debt security issued under the indenture;
- reduce the principal amount of, or premium or interest on, or any additional amounts with respect to, any debt security issued under the indenture;
- change the coin or currency in which any debt security issued under the indenture or any premium or any interest on that debt security or any additional amounts with respect to that debt security is payable;
- if the debt securities are convertible or exchangeable, modify the conversion or exchange provision in a manner adverse to holders of that debt security;
- impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any payment on or after the stated maturity of any debt securities issued under the indenture or, in the case of redemption, exchange or conversion, if applicable, on or after the redemption, exchange or conversion date or, in the case of repayment at the option of any holder, if applicable, on or after the date for repayment or in the case of a change in control, after the change in control purchase date;
- reduce the percentage and principal amount of the outstanding debt securities, the consent of whose holders is required under the indenture in order to take certain actions;
- change any of our obligations to maintain an office or agency in the places and for the purposes required by the indenture; or
- modify any of the above provisions.
The holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of debt
securities of any series issued under the indenture, on behalf of the holders of
all debt securities of that series, may waive our or the applicable issuer's
compliance with certain restrictive provisions of that indenture. The holders of
not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of debt securities of any
series issued under the indenture
may, on behalf of all holders of debt securities of that series, waive any past default and its consequences under that indenture with respect to the debt securities of that series, except:
- a payment default with respect to debt securities of that series; or
- a default of a covenant or provision of that indenture that cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the holder of the debt securities of that series.
ASSUMPTION OF THE OBLIGATIONS UNDER THE DEBT SECURITIES BY APACHE
Under each indenture, we may, at our option, assume the applicable issuer's obligations under the debt securities if:
- we expressly assume the obligations in an assumption agreement or supplemental indenture that is executed and delivered to the trustee in a form that is acceptable to the trustee;
- no event of default and no event that after a notice or the lapse of time or both would become an event of default occurs and is continuing after giving effect to our assuming the obligations; and
- we expressly agree in an assumption agreement or supplemental indenture to indemnify the holders of the debt securities against any tax, assessment or government charge imposed on a holder or required to be withheld or deducted from any payment made to a holder, including any charge or withholding required on account of this indemnification, and any costs or expenses incurred by a holder on account of our assuming the obligations. If we deliver to the trustee an opinion of an independent tax counsel or consultant of recognized standing stating that the holders will not recognize income, gain or loss, for U.S. federal income tax purposes, as a result of assuming these obligations, then a holder will have the above indemnification rights only if and when gain for U.S. federal income tax purposes is actually recognized by a holder.
If we assume the applicable issuer's obligations, as described above, we will be substituted for the applicable issuer for all purposes regarding the debt securities so assumed as if we had been the original issuer of the securities.
ASSIGNMENT TO ANOTHER SUBSIDIARY
Under each indenture, the applicable issuer may assign its obligations under any series of debt securities to any of our other subsidiaries and the new subsidiary will be treated, for all purposes, as the applicable issuer's successor with respect to the series of debt securities assigned, provided that the conditions described under "Consolidation, Merger and Sale of Assets" below are satisfied.
PAYMENT OF ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS
Unless we and the applicable issuer specify otherwise in the applicable prospectus supplement, the applicable issuer must make all payments of, or in respect of, principal of and any premium and interest on the debt securities without withholding or deduction for any taxes imposed or levied by or on behalf of any Australian or Canadian taxing authorities, as the case may be. If the taxing authorities nonetheless require the applicable issuer to withhold taxes, the applicable issuer must pay as additional interest an amount that will result, after deducting the taxes, in the payment to the holder of the debt securities of the amount that would have been paid if no withholding was required. Except as otherwise specified in the applicable prospectus supplement, the applicable issuer is not required to pay this additional interest for or on account of:
- any tax that would not have been imposed but for the fact that the holder
- was a resident, domiciled or national of, or engaged in business or maintained a permanent establishment or was physically present in Australia or Canada, as applicable, or otherwise had some connection with Australia or Canada, as applicable, other than merely owning the debt security;
- presented, if presentation is required, the debt security for payment in Australia or Canada, as applicable, unless the debt security could not have been presented for payment elsewhere;
- presented, if presentation is required, the debt security more than 30 days after the date on which the payment relating to the debt security first became due and payable or provided for, whichever is later, except to the extent that the holder would have been entitled to the additional interest if it had presented the debt security for payment on any day within this 30 day period;
- is, directly or indirectly, taken to be an associate of the issuer (as "associate" is defined for Australian tax purposes), in the case of Apache Australia, or is not dealing with the issuer, directly or indirectly, on an arm's-length basis, in the case of Apache Canada; or
- entered into or participated in a scheme to avoid Australian or Canadian withholding tax, as applicable, that the issuer was neither a party to nor participated in and, in the case of Apache Australia, in respect of which the Australian Commissioner of Taxation has made a determination that Australian interest withholding tax is payable in respect of the amount; or
- any estate, inheritance, gift, sale, transfer, personal property or similar tax, assessment or other governmental charge;
- any tax that is payable other than by withholding or deduction from payments of, or in respect of, principal of or any premium or interest on the debt securities;
- any tax that is imposed or withheld because the holder or the beneficial owner of a debt security failed, upon request of the applicable issuer to provide information concerning the nationality, residence or identity of the holder or the beneficial owner, or to make any declaration or other similar claim or satisfy any information or reporting requirement that is required or imposed by Australian or Canadian federal income tax laws, as applicable, as a precondition to exemption from all or part of the tax, assessment or other governmental charge; or
- any combination of the four items listed above.
The issuer also does not have to pay additional interest with respect to any payment of the principal of or any premium or interest on the debt security to any holder that is a fiduciary or partnership or other than the sole beneficial owner of the payment to the extent the payment would be required by the laws of Australia or Canada, as applicable, to be included in the income for tax purposes of a beneficiary or settlor with respect to a fiduciary or a member of the partnership or a beneficial owner who would not have been entitled to the additional interest if it held the debt security.
Any amounts paid by us, as guarantor, under the applicable indenture must be paid without withholding or deduction for any taxes imposed or levied by or on behalf of any U.S. taxing authority. If a U.S. taxing authority nonetheless requires us to withhold taxes, we must pay an additional amount so that the net amount paid to the holder, after deducting the taxes, is not less than the amount then due and payable on the debt securities. We are not required to pay this additional amount to any holder of a debt security who is:
- subject to U.S. tax by reason of the holder being connected with the U.S. otherwise than by holding or owning the debt securities; or
- not dealing at arm's length with us.
Where this prospectus mentions, in any context, the payment of principal of, or any premium or interest on, or in respect of, the debt securities of any series or the net proceeds received on the sale or exchange of the debt securities, this amount shall be deemed to include the payment of additional amounts provided for in the applicable indenture to the extent that the additional amounts are, were or would be payable under such applicable indenture.
REDEMPTION FOR TAXATION REASONS
Unless we and the applicable issuer specify otherwise in the applicable prospectus supplement, if Australian or Canadian taxing authorities, as the case may be, change or amend their laws, regulations or published tax rulings or the official administration, application or interpretation of their laws, regulations or published tax rulings either generally or in relation to the debt securities, and the applicable issuer determines that:
- it will be required to pay any additional amounts under the indenture or the terms of any debt security in respect of interest on the next succeeding interest payment date; or
- in respect of the principal of any discounted debt securities on the date of the determination, assuming that a payment in respect of principal were required to be made on this date under the terms of the debt securities; and
- the applicable issuer cannot avoid paying the additional amount by taking reasonable measures available to it,
it may, at its option, redeem all, but not less than all, of the debt securities of any series in respect of which any additional amounts would be so payable at any time, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days' written notice as provided in the indenture. Unless otherwise specified in the accompanying prospectus supplement, the redemption price will be equal to 100 percent of the principal amount of the debt securities plus accrued interest to the date of redemption, except that any debt securities that are discounted debt securities may be redeemed at the redemption price specified in the debt securities' terms, provided that:
- no notice of redemption may be given earlier than 60 days before the earliest date on which the applicable issuer would be obligated to pay any additional amounts if a payment was due in respect of the debt securities; and
- at the time any redemption notice is given, the obligation to pay any additional amounts must remain in effect.
If
- the applicable issuer has consolidated with or merged into, or conveyed or transferred or leased its properties and assets as an entirety or substantially as an entirety to, any person that is organized under the laws of any jurisdiction other than the United States, any state of the United States or the District of Columbia, or Australia or Canada, as the case may be;
- as the result of any change in or any amendment to the laws, regulations or published tax rulings of the jurisdiction under which the applicable issuer's successor is organized or of its political subdivisions or taxing authorities affecting taxation, or any change in the official administration, application or interpretation of its laws, regulations or published tax rulings either generally or in relation to any particular debt securities,
then
- the applicable issuer's successor must pay any additional amounts under the indenture or the terms of any debt securities in respect of interest on any debt securities on the next succeeding interest payment date or in respect of the principal of any discounted debt securities on the date of the determination, assuming the principal must be paid on that date under the terms of the debt securities, and
- the applicable issuer or its successor taking reasonable measures cannot avoid this obligation,
then the applicable issuer or its successor may redeem all, but not less than
all, of the debt securities of any series in respect of which any additional
amounts would be so payable at any time, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60
days' written notice as provided in the indenture, at a redemption price equal
to 100 percent of the principal amount of the debt securities plus accrued
interest to the date fixed for
redemption, unless otherwise specified in the applicable prospectus supplement, except that any debt securities that are discounted debt securities may be redeemed at the price specified in the debt securities' terms. No notice of redemption may be given earlier than 60 days before the earliest date on which a successor must pay any additional amounts if a payment was due in respect of the debt securities. Also, at the time any redemption notice is given, the successor's obligation to pay any additional amounts must remain in effect.
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER AND SALE OF ASSETS
We may, without the consent of the holders of the debt securities, consolidate or merge with or into, or convey, transfer or lease our properties and assets as an entirety, or substantially as an entirety, to any person that is a corporation or limited liability company organized and validly existing under the laws of any domestic jurisdiction. We may also permit any of those persons to consolidate with or merge into us or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to us, as long as:
- any successor person assumes our obligations on the debt securities;
- no event of default under the applicable indenture has occurred and is continuing after giving effect to the transaction;
- no event which, after notice or lapse of time or both, would become an event of default under the applicable indenture has occurred and is continuing after giving effect to the transaction; and
- certain other conditions are met.
The applicable issuer may, without the consent of the holders of the debt securities, consolidate or merge into, or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to any person that is a corporation, partnership, joint-stock company or limited liability company or permit any such person to consolidate with or merge into or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to us or the applicable issuer, as long as the person assumes the applicable issuer's obligations on the debt securities and under the indenture, and immediately after the transaction, no event of default, and no event which, after notice or lapse of time or both, would become an event of default, under the indenture has occurred.
Also, the successor person to us or the applicable issuer must expressly agree in a supplemental indenture:
- that all payments on the debt securities in respect of the principal of and any premium and interest shall be made without withholding or deduction for any present or future taxes, duties, assessments or governmental charges of any nature imposed or levied by or on behalf of the person's jurisdiction of organization or political subdivision or taxing authority, unless the taxes are required by the jurisdiction, subdivision or authority to be withheld or deducted, in which case the person will pay additional amounts so that after deducting the taxes the holder of a debt security receives the same amount that the holder would have received if no withholding or deduction was required; subject to the exceptions set forth above in " -- Payment of Additional Amounts"; and
- to indemnify immediately the holder of each debt security against
- any tax, assessment or governmental charge imposed on the holder or required to be withheld or deducted from any payment to the holder as a consequence of the transaction; and
- any other tax costs or other tax expenses of the transaction.
If we, the applicable issuer or the successor person deliver an opinion of an independent counsel or a tax consultant of recognized standing that the holder will not recognize income, gain or loss for U.S. federal income tax purposes as a result of the transaction, a holder will have this right to indemnification only if and when gain for U.S. federal income tax purposes is actually recognized by the holder.
SERVICE OF PROCESS
Under each applicable indenture, each of Apache Australia and Apache Canada will irrevocably appoint CT Corporation System, 111 8th Avenue, New York, New York 10011, as its agent for service of process in any suit, action or proceeding with respect to the indenture, the debt securities or the guarantees issued thereunder and for actions brought under the federal or state securities laws brought in any federal or state court located in New York City, and submitted to jurisdiction in New York.
ENFORCEABILITY OF JUDGMENTS
Since a substantial portion of each of Apache Australia's and Apache Canada's assets are outside the United States, any judgment obtained in the United States against Apache Australia or Apache Canada or, including judgments with respect to the payment of principal or interest on the securities, may not be collectible in the United States.
ENFORCEMENT OF CERTAIN RIGHTS BY HOLDERS OF TRUST PREFERRED SECURITIES
The following applies only in the event that debt securities are held by an Apache Trust.
To the extent that any action under any debt securities held by an Apache Trust is entitled to be taken by the holders of at least a specified percentage of those debt securities, and unless otherwise specified in the applicable prospectus supplement, holders of the trust preferred securities issued by that Apache Trust may take action if the action is not taken by the property trustee of that Apache Trust. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if an event of default under those debt securities has occurred and is continuing and is attributable either to:
- the failure of the applicable issuer or Apache to pay the principal of, or any premium or interest on, those debt securities on the due date; or
- the failure by the applicable issuer or Apache to deliver the required securities or other property upon an appropriate conversion or exchange election, if any,
and an event of default has occurred and is continuing under the applicable trust agreement, a holder of the related trust preferred securities may institute a direct action.
A "direct action" is a legal proceeding directly against us for enforcement of payment to the holder of trust preferred securities issued by an Apache Trust of the principal of or any premium or interest on the debt securities held by that trust having a principal amount equal to the liquidation amount of those trust preferred securities held by that holder or for enforcement of any conversion or exchange rights, as the case may be. We and the applicable issuer may not amend an indenture to remove this right to bring a direct action without the prior written consent of the holders of all of the trust preferred securities outstanding that have an interest in the related debt securities. If the right to bring a direct action is removed, the Apache Trusts may become subject to the reporting obligations under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Notwithstanding any payments made to a holder of trust preferred securities by us or the applicable issuer in connection with a direct action, we and the applicable issuer will remain obligated to pay the principal of, and any premium and interest on, the related debt securities, and we and the applicable issuer will be subrogated to the rights of the holders of those trust preferred securities with respect to payments on the trust preferred securities to the extent of any payments made by us or the applicable issuer to the holder in any direct action.
The holders of the trust preferred securities will not be able to exercise directly any remedies, other than those set forth in the preceding paragraph, available to the holders of the related debt securities unless an event of default has occurred and is continuing under the applicable trust agreement. See "Description of Trust Preferred Securities -- Events of Default; Notice" above.
GOVERNING LAW
Each indenture, the debt securities and the guarantees are governed by and construed under the laws of the State of New York, without regard to the principles of conflicts of laws, except as may otherwise be required by mandatory provisions of law. All matters governing the authorization and execution of the indenture and the debt securities by Apache Australia and Apache Canada will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Australian Capital Territory, Australia and Nova Scotia, Canada, respectively.
BOOK-ENTRY SECURITIES
Unless otherwise specified in the applicable prospectus supplement, we, Apache Australia or Apache Canada, as the case may be, will issue to investors securities, other than Apache common stock, in the form of one or more book-entry certificates registered in the name of a depository or a nominee of a depository. Unless otherwise specified in the applicable prospectus supplement, the depository will be The Depository Trust Company, also referred to as DTC. We have been informed by DTC that its nominee will be Cede & Co. Accordingly, Cede is expected to be the initial registered holder of all securities that are issued in book-entry form.
No person that acquires a beneficial interest in securities issued in book-entry form will be entitled to receive a certificate representing those securities, except as set forth in this prospectus or in the applicable prospectus supplement. Unless and until definitive securities are issued under the limited circumstances described below, all references to actions by holders or beneficial owners of securities issued in book-entry form will refer to actions taken by DTC upon instructions from its participants, and all references to payments and notices to holders or beneficial owners will refer to payments and notices to DTC or Cede, as the registered holder of such securities.
DTC has informed us that it is:
- a limited-purpose trust company organized under New York banking laws;
- a "banking organization" within the meaning of the New York banking laws;
- a member of the Federal Reserve System;
- a "clearing corporation" within the meaning of the New York Uniform Commercial Code; and
- a "clearing agency" registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
DTC has also informed us that it was created to:
- hold securities for "participants"; and
- facilitate the computerized settlement of securities transactions among participants through computerized electronic book-entry changes in participants' accounts, thereby eliminating the need for the physical movement of securities certificates.
Participants have accounts with DTC and include securities brokers and dealers, banks, trust companies, clearing corporations and certain other organizations. Indirect access to the DTC system also is available to indirect participants such as banks, brokers, dealers and trust companies that clear through or maintain a custodial relationship with a participant, either directly or indirectly.
Persons that are not participants or indirect participants but desire to buy, sell or otherwise transfer ownership of or interests in securities may do so only through participants and indirect participants. Under the book-entry system, beneficial owners may experience some delay in receiving payments, as payments will be forwarded by our agent to Cede, as nominee for DTC. DTC will forward these payments to its participants, which thereafter will forward them to indirect participants or beneficial owners. Beneficial owners will not be recognized by the applicable registrar, transfer agent, trustee or depositary as registered holders of the securities entitled to the benefits of the certificate, the indenture or any deposit agreement.
Beneficial owners that are not participants will be permitted to exercise their rights as an owner only indirectly through participants and, if applicable, indirect participants.
Under the current rules and regulations affecting DTC, DTC will be required to make book-entry transfers of securities among participants and to receive and transmit payments to participants. Participants and indirect participants with which beneficial owners of securities have accounts are also required by these rules to make book-entry transfers and receive and transmit such payments on behalf of their respective account holders.
Because DTC can act only on behalf of participants, who in turn act only on behalf of other participants or indirect participants, and on behalf of certain banks, trust companies and other persons approved by it, the ability of a beneficial owner of securities issued in book-entry form to pledge those securities to persons or entities that do not participate in the DTC system may be limited due to the unavailability of physical certificates for the securities.
DTC has advised us that it will take any action permitted to be taken by a registered holder of any securities under the certificate, the indenture or any deposit agreement only at the direction of one or more participants to whose accounts with DTC the securities are credited.
According to DTC, the information with respect to DTC has been provided to its participants and other members of the financial community for informational purposes only and is not intended to serve as a representation, warranty, or contract modification of any kind.
Unless otherwise specified in the applicable prospectus supplement, a book-entry security will be exchangeable for definitive securities registered in the names of persons other than DTC or its nominee only if:
- DTC notifies us that it is unwilling or unable to continue as depositary for the book-entry security or DTC ceases to be a clearing agency registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 at a time when DTC is required to be so registered;
- we execute and deliver to the applicable registrar, transfer agent, trustee and/or depositary an order complying with the requirements of the certificate, the indenture or any deposit agreement that the book-entry security will be so exchangeable; or
- in the case of debt securities, an event of default with respect to the applicable series of debt securities has occurred and is continuing.
Any book-entry security that is exchangeable in accordance with the preceding sentence will be exchangeable for securities registered in such names as DTC directs.
If one of the events described in the immediately preceding paragraph occurs, DTC is generally required to notify all participants of the availability through DTC of definitive securities. Upon surrender by DTC of the book-entry security representing the securities and delivery of instructions for re- registration, the registrar, transfer agent, trustee or depositary, as the case may be, will reissue the securities as definitive securities. After reissuance of the securities, such persons will recognize the beneficial owners of such definitive securities as registered holders of securities.
Except as described above:
- a book-entry security may not be transferred except as a whole book-entry security by or among DTC, a nominee of DTC and/or a successor depository appointed by us; and
- DTC may not sell, assign or otherwise transfer any beneficial interest in a book-entry security unless the beneficial interest is in an amount equal to an authorized denomination for the securities evidenced by the book-entry security.
None of us, the Apache Trusts, the trustees, any registrar and transfer
agent or any depositary, or any agent of any of them, will have any
responsibility or liability for any aspect of DTC's or any participant's records
relating to, or for payments made on account of, beneficial interests in a
book-entry security.
PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION
We, the Apache Trusts, Apache Australia or Apache Canada may sell the securities through agents, underwriters or dealers, or directly to one or more purchasers without using underwriters or agents.
We, the Apache Trusts, Apache Australia or Apache Canada may designate agents who agree to use their reasonable efforts to solicit purchases for the period of their appointment or to sell securities on a continuing basis.
If we, an Apache Trust, Apache Australia or Apache Canada use underwriters for a sale of securities, the underwriters will acquire the securities for their own account. The underwriters may resell the securities in one or more transactions, including negotiated transactions, at a fixed public offering price or at varying prices determined at the time of sale. The obligations of the underwriters to purchase the securities will be subject to the conditions set forth in the applicable underwriting agreement. The underwriters will be obligated to purchase all the securities offered if any of those securities are purchased. Any initial public offering price and any discounts or concessions allowed or re-allowed or paid to dealers will be described in the applicable prospectus supplement and may be changed from time to time.
We may authorize our agents and underwriters to solicit offers by certain institutions to purchase the securities at the public offering price through delayed delivery contracts. If we use delayed delivery contracts, we will disclose that we are using them in the applicable prospectus supplement and will tell you when we will demand payment and delivery of the securities under the delayed delivery contracts. The delayed delivery contracts will be subject only to the conditions that we set forth in the prospectus supplement. We will indicate in the applicable prospectus supplement the commission that the underwriters and agents soliciting purchases of the securities under delayed delivery contracts will be entitled to receive.
Underwriters, dealers and agents that participate in the distribution of the securities may be underwriters as defined in the Securities Act and any discounts or commissions they receive from us, an Apache Trust, Apache Australia or Apache Canada and any profit on their resale of the securities may be treated as underwriting discounts and commissions under the Securities Act. The applicable prospectus supplement will identify any underwriters, dealers or agents and will describe their compensation. We, the Apache Trusts, Apache Australia or Apache Canada may have agreements with the underwriters, dealers and agents to indemnify them against certain civil liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act. Underwriters, dealers and agents may engage in transactions with or perform services for us or our subsidiaries in the ordinary course of their businesses.
TRADING MARKETS AND LISTING OF SECURITIES
Unless otherwise specified in the applicable prospectus supplement, each class or series of securities will be a new issue with no established trading market, other than the common stock, which is listed on the New York Stock Exchange and the Chicago Stock Exchange. We, the Apache Trusts, Apache Australia or Apache Canada may elect to list any other class or series of securities on any exchange but are not obligated to do so. It is possible that one or more underwriters may make a market in a class or series of securities, but the underwriters will not be obligated to do so and may discontinue any market making at any time without notice. Neither we, the Apache Trusts, Apache Australia nor Apache Canada can give any assurance as to the liquidity of the trading market for any of the securities.
STABILIZATION ACTIVITIES
Any underwriter may engage in over-allotment, stabilizing transactions, short-covering transactions and penalty bids in accordance with Regulation M under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Over-allotment involves sales in excess of the offering size, which create a short position. Stabilizing transactions permit bids to purchase the underlying security so long as the stabilizing bids do not exceed a specified maximum. Short-covering transactions involve purchases of the securities in the open market after the distribution is completed to cover short positions. Penalty bids permit the underwriters to reclaim a selling
concession from a dealer when the securities originally sold by the dealer are purchased in a covering transaction to cover short positions. Those activities may cause the price of the securities to be higher than it would otherwise be. If commenced, the underwriters may discontinue any of the activities at any time.
LEGAL MATTERS
The validity of the securities as to matters of U.S. law and other customary legal matters relating to the offering of the securities issued by us, including matters relating to our due incorporation, legal existence and authorized capitalization, will be passed upon for us by Chamberlain, Hrdlicka, White, Williams & Martin, Houston, Texas.
The validity of the securities issued by (a) the Apache Trusts and certain matters of Delaware law will be passed upon for the Apache Trusts by Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., special Delaware counsel to the Apache Trusts, (b) Apache Canada and certain matters concerning the laws of Canada and Nova Scotia will be passed upon for Apache Canada by Bennett Jones LLP, Calgary, Alberta, Canada and McInnes Cooper, Nova Scotia, Canada, respectively, and (c) Apache Australia and certain matters concerning the laws of Australia and Australian Capital Territory will be passed upon for Apache Australia by Allens Arthur Robinson, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Unless otherwise specified in the applicable prospectus supplement, the validity of the securities under New York law will be passed upon for any underwriters or agents by Sidley Austin Brown & Wood LLP, New York, New York.
EXPERTS
Our consolidated financial statements as of December 31, 2002 and for the year then ended have been incorporated by reference herein in reliance upon the report of Ernst & Young LLP, independent public auditors, and upon the authority of said firm as experts in accounting and auditing. To the extent that Ernst & Young LLP audits and reports on our financial statements issued at future dates, and consents to the use of its report thereon, such financial statements also will be incorporated by reference herein in reliance upon its report and said authority.
Our consolidated financial statements and schedules as of December 31, 2001 and for the years ended December 31, 2001 and 2000 included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2002 (the "2002 Annual Report") have been incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement in reliance upon the report of Arthur Andersen LLP, independent public accountants, and upon the authority of said firm as experts in accounting and auditing. The Arthur Andersen LLP report on the December 31, 2001 and 2000 consolidated financial statements, dated March 12, 2002, included in the 2002 Annual Report is a copy of the previously issued Arthur Andersen LLP report, which has not been reissued because Arthur Andersen LLP has ceased operations.
Because we have not been able to obtain, after reasonable efforts, the written consent of Arthur Andersen LLP to our naming it in this prospectus as having certified our financial statements for the two years ended December 31, 2001, as required by Section 7 of the Securities Act, we have dispensed with the filing of their consent in reliance on Rule 437a promulgated under the Securities Act. Consequently, your ability to assert claims against Arthur Andersen LLP will be limited. In particular, because of this lack of consent, you will not be able to sue Arthur Andersen LLP under Section 11(a)(4) of the Securities Act for any untrue statements of a material fact contained in the financial statements audited by Arthur Andersen or any omissions to state a material fact required to be stated in those financial statements. Therefore, your right of recovery under that section will be limited.
On April 2, 2002, we filed a Current Report on Form 8-K announcing that our board of directors engaged Ernst & Young LLP as independent public accountants for the fiscal year 2002, replacing Arthur Andersen LLP. The decision to change independent public accountants was not the result of any disagreement with Arthur Andersen LLP on matters of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure or auditing scope and procedure.
The information incorporated by reference into this prospectus regarding our total proved reserves was prepared by Apache and reviewed by Ryder Scott Company Petroleum Engineers, as stated in their letter reports, and is incorporated by reference in reliance upon the authority of said firm as experts in such matters.
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PART II
INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS
ITEM 14. OTHER EXPENSES OF ISSUANCE AND DISTRIBUTION
Estimated expenses, other than underwriting discounts and commissions, in connection with the issuance and distribution of the securities are as follows:
Securities and Exchange Commission filing fee............... $121,350
Rating agency fees.......................................... 75,000
Legal fees and expenses..................................... 300,000
Accounting fees and expenses................................ 113,000
Trustees' fees and expenses................................. 60,000
Printing and engraving...................................... 150,000
Miscellaneous............................................... 45,000
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Total..................................................... $864,350
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ITEM 15. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS
APACHE CORPORATION
Apache's Certificate of Incorporation and bylaws provide that, to the full extent permitted under the Delaware General Corporation Law, Apache's directors shall not be personally liable for monetary damages. Apache's bylaws provide that Apache shall indemnify its officers, directors, employees and agents.
Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, inter alia, authorizes a corporation to indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, other than an action by or in the right of the corporation, because such person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or other enterprise, against expenses, including attorneys' fees, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with such suit or proceeding if he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reason to believe his conduct was unlawful. Similar indemnity is authorized for such persons against expenses, including attorneys' fees, actually and reasonably incurred in defense or settlement of any such pending, completed or threatened action or suit by or in the right of the corporation if such person acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and provided further that, unless a court of competent jurisdiction otherwise provides, such person shall not have been adjudged liable to the corporation. Any such indemnification may be made only as authorized in each specific case upon a determination by the stockholders or disinterested directors that indemnification is proper because the indemnitee has met the applicable standard of conduct.
Section 145 further authorizes a corporation to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or enterprise, against any liability asserted against him and incurred by him in any such capacity, or arising out of his status as such, whether or not the corporation would otherwise have the power to indemnify him. Apache maintains policies insuring its and its subsidiaries' officers and directors against certain liabilities for actions taken in such capacities, including liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933.
Article VII of Apache's bylaws provides, in substance, that directors, officers, employees and agents of Apache shall be indemnified to the extent permitted by Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation
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Law. Additionally, Article Seventeen of Apache's restated certificate of incorporation eliminates in certain circumstances the monetary liability of directors of Apache for a breach of their fiduciary duty as directors. These provisions do not eliminate the liability of a director:
- for a breach of the director's duty of loyalty to Apache or its stockholders;
- for acts or omissions by the director not in good faith;
- for acts or omissions by a director involving intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of the law;
- under Section 174 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, which relates to the declaration of dividends and purchase or redemption of shares in violation of the Delaware General Corporation Law; and
- for transactions from which the director derived an improper personal benefit.
Reference is made to the form of underwriting agreements to be incorporated by reference in this registration statement for a description of the indemnification arrangements Apache, the Apache Trusts, Apache Finance Canada Corporation and Apache Australia agree to in connection with offerings of the securities registered by this registration statement.
THE APACHE TRUSTS
The Apache Trusts' trust agreements provide that no trustee, affiliate of any trustee or any officers, directors, stockholders, members, partners, employees, representatives or agents of any trustee or any employee or agent of the Apache Trust or its affiliates, each referred to as an "indemnified person," shall be liable, responsible or accountable in damages or otherwise to the Apache Trust, or any officers, directors, stockholders, partners, members, employees, representatives or agents of the Apache Trust or its affiliates or to any holders of trust preferred securities of the Apache Trust for any loss, damage or claim incurred by reason of any act or omission performed or omitted by the indemnified person in good faith on behalf of such Apache Trust and in a manner the indemnified person reasonably believed to be within the scope of the authority conferred on it by the trust agreement or by law, except that the indemnified person shall be liable for any loss, damage or claim incurred by reason of that indemnified person's gross negligence (or, in the case of the property trustee of the Apache Trust, negligence), bad faith or willful misconduct with respect to such acts or omissions. The trust agreements also provide that Apache shall indemnify each administrative trustee, their affiliates, any officers, directors, shareholders, members, partners, employees, representatives or agents of any administrative trustee or any affiliate of any administrative trustee, or any officer, employee or agent of the Apache Trust or its affiliates, each referred to as a "company indemnified person," who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the Apache Trust), against expenses (including reasonable attorney's fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred if such company indemnified person acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Apache Trust, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful. Apache will also indemnify any company indemnified person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of the Apache Trust to procure a judgment in its favor against expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably incurred by him if he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Apache Trust, except that no such indemnification shall be made if such company indemnified person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the Trust unless and only to the extent that the Court of Chancery of Delaware or the court in which such action or suit was brought shall determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which such Court of Chancery or such other court shall deem proper.
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The trust agreement further provides that expenses (including legal fees) incurred by a company indemnified person in defending any civil, criminal, administrative or investigative action, suit or proceeding shall, from time to time, be advanced by Apache prior to the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding upon receipt by Apache of an undertaking by or on behalf of the company indemnified person to repay such amount if it shall be determined that the company indemnified person is not entitled to be indemnified pursuant to the trust agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no advance shall be made by Apache if a determination is reasonably and promptly made, as provided in the trust agreement, that such person acted in bad faith or in a manner that such person did not believe to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Trust, or, with respect to any criminal proceeding, that such company indemnified person believed or had reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful. In no event shall any advance be made if the administrative trustees, independent legal counsel or common security holder reasonably determine, as provided in the trust agreement, that such person deliberately breached such person's duty to the Trust or its common or trust preferred security holders.
The trust agreements also provide that Apache shall indemnify the property trustee, the Delaware trustee, any affiliate of the property trustee or the Delaware trustee, and any officers, directors, shareholders, members, partners, employees, representatives, custodians, nominees or agents of the property trustee or Delaware trustee, each a "fiduciary indemnified person," for and hold each such fiduciary indemnified person harmless against any loss, liability or expense to the extent incurred without gross negligence (or in the case of the property trustee, negligence), bad faith or willful misconduct on its part, arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of the Apache Trust, including costs and expenses (including reasonable legal fees and expenses) of defending itself against or investigating any claim or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties under the trust agreement.
APACHE FINANCE CANADA II CORPORATION
The Articles of Association of Apache Finance Canada II Corporation provide, in substance, that every director and officer of Apache Canada shall be indemnified by Apache Finance Canada II Corporation against all costs, losses and expenses which such person may incur by reason of any contract entered into, or any act or thing done, by him in such capacity or in anyway in the discharge of his duties.
Nova Scotia law does not make any statutory provision for, nor impose any statutory restriction upon, the ability of a company to indemnify directors and officers.
Although the matter has not been judicially considered, the obligation to indemnify may not extend to losses occasioned by a breach by a director of his common law fiduciary duty to Apache Finance Canada II Corporation.
APACHE FINANCE AUSTRALIA PTY LTD
Section 199A of the Australian Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) (the "Corporations Act") prohibits a company or a related body corporate (as defined in the Corporations Act) from exempting a person (whether directly or through an interposed entity) from a liability to the company incurred as an officer of the company. Officer includes a director or secretary, and also includes a person who participates in making decisions that affect a substantial part of the business, who has the capacity to affect significantly the company's financial standing or in accordance with whose instructions or wishes the directors of the company are accustomed to act.
In addition, an officer cannot be indemnified by a company or its related body corporate against:
(a) a liability owed to the company or a related body corporate;
(b) a liability for a pecuniary civil penalty order under the Corporations Act or a compensation order under the Corporations Act in favour of the company; or
(c) a liability that is owed to a third person and that did not arise out of conduct in good faith.
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A company or related body corporate is also prohibited from indemnifying a person against legal costs incurred in defending an action for a liability incurred as an officer of the company if the costs are incurred:
(a) in defending or resisting proceedings in which the person is found to have a liability for which they could not be indemnified;
(b) in defending or resisting criminal proceedings in which the person is found guilty;
(c) in defending or resisting proceedings brought by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission ("ASIC"), or by a liquidator, seeking a court order if the grounds for making the order are found by the court to have been established (other than costs incurred in responding to actions taken by ASIC or a liquidator as part of an investigation before commencing proceedings for the court order); or
(d) in connection with proceedings for relief to the person under the Corporations Act in which the court denies the relief.
Section 199B provides that a company or a related body corporate must not pay, or agree to pay, a premium for a contract insuring a person who is or has been an officer of the company against a liability (other than one for legal costs) arising out of:
(a) conduct involving a wilful breach of duty in relation to the company; or
(b) misuse of the person's position or corporate information.
Under section 199C, anything that purports to indemnify or insure a person against a liability, or exempt them from a liability, is void to the extent that it contravenes section 199A or 199B.
Article 94 of the Constitution of Apache Finance Australia Pty Ltd provides that its directors, secretaries, officers, employees, trustees and former officers shall be indemnified to the extent Apache Finance Australia Pty Ltd is not precluded by law from doing so. Article 94 also provides that on the authority of the Board, Apache Finance Australia Pty Ltd may execute a documentary indemnity in favor of any officer of the corporation and purchase insurance on behalf of or in respect of any officer of the corporation against any liability incurred by the officer in or arising out of the conduct of the business of the corporation or in or arising out of the discharge of the duties of the officer.
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ITEM 16. EXHIBITS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES
(a) Exhibits
EXHIBIT
NO. DESCRIPTION
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1.1 Each form of underwriting agreement will be filed as an
exhibit to a current report of Apache and incorporated in
this registration statement by reference.
4.1 Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Apache
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.1 to Apache's
Current Report on Form 8-K, dated December 17, 1999, SEC
File No. 1-4300).
4.2 Bylaws of Apache, as amended through May 2, 2002
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Apache's
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March
31, 2002, SEC File No. 1-4300).
4.3 Form of Apache's common stock certificate (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Apache's Annual Report on
Form 10-K for year ended December 31, 1995, SEC File No.
1-4300).
4.4 Rights Agreement dated January 31, 1996, between Apache and
Norwest Bank Minnesota, N.A., rights agent, relating to the
declaration of a rights dividend to Apache's common
shareholders of record on January 31, 1996 (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit (a) to Apache's Registration Statement
on Form 8-A, dated January 24, 1996, SEC File No. 1-4300).
4.5 Form of Apache's Right Certificate (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit (b) to Apache's Registration Statement
on Form 8-A, dated January 24, 1996, SEC File No. 1-4300).
*4.6 Senior Indenture, dated February 15, 1996, between Apache
and JPMorgan Chase Bank, formerly known as The Chase
Manhattan Bank, as trustee, governing the senior debt
securities and guarantees.
*4.7 First Supplemental Indenture to the Senior Indenture, dated
as of November 5, 1996, between Apache and JPMorgan Chase
Bank, formerly known as The Chase Manhattan Bank, as
trustee, governing the senior debt securities and
guarantees.
*4.8 Form of Senior Indenture among Apache Finance Australia Pty
Ltd, Apache and JPMorgan Chase Bank, as trustee, governing
the senior debt securities and guarantees.
*4.9 Form of Senior Indenture among Apache Finance Canada II
Corporation, Apache and JPMorgan Chase Bank, as trustee,
governing the senior debt securities and guarantees.
*4.10 Form of Subordinated Indenture between Apache and JPMorgan
Chase Bank, formerly known as The Chase Manhattan Bank, as
trustee, governing the subordinated debt securities.
*4.11 Form of Subordinated Indenture among Apache Finance
Australia Pty Ltd, Apache and JPMorgan Chase Bank, as
trustee, governing the subordinated debt securities and
guarantees.
*4.12 Form of Subordinated Indenture among Apache Finance Canada
II Corporation, Apache and JPMorgan Chase Bank, as trustee,
governing the subordinated debt securities and guarantees.
4.13 Each form of deposit agreement will be filed as an exhibit
to a current report of Apache and incorporated in this
registration statement by reference.
4.14 Each form of preferred securities certificate of designation
will be filed as an exhibit to a current report of Apache
and incorporated in this registration statement by
reference.
*4.15 Form of Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee Agreement for
Apache Trust I and Apache Trust II.
4.16 Certificate of Trust of Apache Trust I (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 4.10 to Apache's Registration Statement
on Form S-3, Registration No. 333-32580, filed March 15,
2000).
4.17 Certificate of Trust of Apache Trust II (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 4.11 to Apache's Registration Statement
on Form S-3, Registration No. 333-32580, filed March 15,
2000).
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EXHIBIT
NO. DESCRIPTION
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4.18 Trust Agreement of Apache Trust I (incorporated by reference
to Exhibit 4.12 to Apache's Registration Statement on Form
S-3, Registration No. 333-32580, filed March 15, 2000).
4.19 Trust Agreement of Apache Trust II (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 4.13 to Apache's Registration Statement
on Form S-3, Registration No. 333-32580, filed March 15,
2000).
*4.20 Form of Amended and Restated Trust Agreement for Apache
Trust I and Apache Trust II.
4.21 Form of Purchase Contract Agreement between Apache
Corporation and JPMorgan Chase Bank, as purchase contract
agent, will be filed as an exhibit to a current report of
Apache and incorporated in this registration statement by
reference.
4.22 Form of Pledge Agreement between Apache Corporation,
JPMorgan Chase Bank, as collateral agent, custodial agent,
securities intermediary, and JPMorgan Chase Bank, as
purchase contract agent, will be filed as an exhibit to a
current report of Apache and incorporated in this
registration statement by reference.
4.23 Form of Remarketing Agreement between Apache Corporation and
the remarketing agent named therein will be filed as an
exhibit to a current report of Apache and incorporated in
this registration statement by reference.
**5.1 Opinion of Chamberlain, Hrdlicka, White, Williams & Martin
regarding legality of securities being registered by Apache.
**5.2 Opinion of Allens Arthur Robinson regarding legality under
Australian law of securities being registered by Apache
Finance Australia Pty Ltd.
**5.3 Opinion of McInnes Cooper regarding legality under the laws
of Nova Scotia of securities being registered by Apache
Finance Canada II Corporation.
*5.4 Opinion of Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A. regarding
legality of securities being registered by Apache Trust I
and Apache Trust II, respectively.
12.1 Statements of computation of ratios of earnings to fixed
charges and ratios of earnings to combined fixed charges and
preferred stock dividends (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 12.1 to Apache's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for
the quarter ended March 31, 2003, SEC File No. 1-4300).
*23.1 Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, Houston, Texas.
23.2 Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP, Houston, Texas (omitted
pursuant to Rule 437a of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended).
*23.3 Consent of Chamberlain, Hrdlicka, White, Williams & Martin
(included in Exhibit 5.1).
*23.4 Consent of Bennett Jones LLP.
23.5 Consent of Allens Arthur Robinson (included in Exhibit 5.2).
23.6 Consent of McInnes Cooper (included in Exhibit 5.3).
23.7 Consent of Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A. (included in
Exhibit 5.4).
*23.8 Consent of Ryder Scott Company Petroleum Engineers.
24.1 Power of Attorney (included in Part II as a part of the
signature pages of the Registration Statement).
24.2 Power of Attorney for Apache, as sponsor, to sign the
Registration Statement on behalf Apache Trust I (included in
Exhibit 4.18).
24.3 Power of Attorney for Apache, as sponsor, to sign the
Registration Statement on behalf of Apache Trust II
(included in Exhibit 4.19).
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EXHIBIT
NO. DESCRIPTION
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*25.1 Form T-1 Statement of Eligibility and Qualification under
Trust Indenture Act of 1939 of JPMorgan Chase Bank as
trustee under the Senior and Subordinated Indentures between
Apache and JPMorgan Chase Bank, as guarantee trustee under
the guarantee of Apache Corporation with respect to the
Senior and Subordinated Indentures of each of Apache Finance
Australia Pty Ltd and Apache Finance Canada II Corporation
and as guarantee trustee with respect to the guarantee of
Apache Corporation under the Trust Preferred Securities
Guarantee Agreement for each of Apache Trust I and Apache
Trust II.
*25.2 Form T-1 Statement of Eligibility and Qualification under
Trust Indenture Act of 1939 of JPMorgan Chase Bank as
trustee under the Senior and Subordinated Indentures among
Apache, Apache Finance Australia Pty Ltd and JPMorgan Chase
Bank, as trustee.
*25.3 Form T-1 Statement of Eligibility and Qualification under
Trust Indenture Act of 1939 of JPMorgan Chase Bank as
trustee under the Senior and Subordinated Indentures among
Apache, Apache Finance Canada II Corporation and JPMorgan
Chase Bank, as trustee.
*25.4 Form T-1 Statement of Eligibility and Qualification under
Trust Indenture Act of 1939 of JPMorgan Chase Bank as
property trustee under the Amended and Restated Trust
Agreement for Apache Trust I.
*25.5 Form T-1 Statement of Eligibility and Qualification under
Trust Indenture Act of 1939 of JPMorgan Chase Bank as
property trustee under the Amended and Restated Trust
Agreement for Apache Trust II.
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* Filed herewith.
**To be filed by pre-effective amendment.
ITEM 17. UNDERTAKINGS
1. The undersigned Registrants hereby undertake:
(a) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement.
(i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;
(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in the volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high and of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculations of Registration Fee" table in the effective Registration Statement; and
(iii) 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;
provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(i) and (a)(ii) do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, that are incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement;
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(b) 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; and
(c) 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.
2. The undersigned Registrants hereby undertake that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of Apache'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.
3. Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrants pursuant to the provisions described under Item 15 above, or otherwise, the Registrants have 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 any Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of that Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted against any Registrant by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, that 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.
4. The undersigned Registrants hereby undertake that:
(a) For the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, the information omitted from the form of prospectus filed as part of this Registration Statement in reliance upon Rule 430A and contained in a form of prospectus filed by the Registrants pursuant to Rule 424(b)(1) or (4) or 497(h) under the Securities Act, as amended, shall be deemed to be part of this Registration Statement as of the time it was declared effective; and
(b) For the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each post-effective amendment that contains a form of prospectus 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.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, each of the following Registrants 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 Houston, State of Texas on May 23, 2003.
APACHE CORPORATION
By: /s/ G. STEVEN FARRIS
------------------------------------
G. Steven Farris
President, Chief Executive Officer
and
Chief Operating Officer
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APACHE TRUST I
By: Apache Corporation, as sponsor
By: /s/ G. STEVEN FARRIS
------------------------------------
G. Steven Farris
President, Chief Executive Officer
and
Chief Operating Officer
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APACHE TRUST II
By: Apache Corporation, as sponsor
By: /s/ G. STEVEN FARRIS
------------------------------------
G. Steven Farris
President, Chief Executive Officer
and
Chief Operating Officer
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
The undersigned directors and officers of Apache Corporation do hereby constitute and appoint Raymond Plank, G. Steven Farris, Roger B. Plank and G. Anthony Lannie, and each of them, with full power of substitution, our true and lawful attorneys-in-fact to sign and execute, on behalf of the undersigned, any and all amendments (including post effective amendments) to this Registration Statement; and each of the undersigned does hereby ratify and confirm all that said attorneys-in-fact shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons, in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
SIGNATURE TITLE DATE
--------- ----- ----
/s/ G. STEVEN FARRIS Director, President, Chief May 23, 2003
------------------------------------------------ Executive Officer and Chief
G. Steven Farris Operating Officer (Principal
Executive Officer)
/s/ ROGER B. PLANK Executive Vice President and May 23, 2003
------------------------------------------------ Chief Financial Officer
Roger B. Plank (Principal Financial Officer)
/s/ THOMAS L. MITCHELL Vice President and Controller May 23, 2003
------------------------------------------------ (Principal Accounting Officer)
Thomas L. Mitchell
/s/ RAYMOND PLANK Chairman of the Board May 23, 2003
------------------------------------------------
Raymond Plank
/s/ FREDERICK M. BOHEN Director May 23, 2003
------------------------------------------------
Frederick M. Bohen
/s/ RANDOLPH M. FERLIC Director May 23, 2003
------------------------------------------------
Randolph M. Ferlic
/s/ EUGENE C. FIEDOREK Director May 23, 2003
------------------------------------------------
Eugene C. Fiedorek
/s/ A.D. FRAZIER, JR. Director May 23, 2003
------------------------------------------------
A.D. Frazier, Jr.
/s/ PATRICIA A. GRAHAM Director May 23, 2003
------------------------------------------------
Patricia A. Graham
/s/ JOHN A. KOCUR Director May 23, 2003
------------------------------------------------
John A. Kocur
/s/ GEORGE D. LAWRENCE JR. Director May 23, 2003
------------------------------------------------
George D. Lawrence Jr.
/s/ F. H. MERELLI Director May 23, 2003
------------------------------------------------
F. H. Merelli
/s/ RODMAN D. PATTON Director May 23, 2003
------------------------------------------------
Rodman D. Patton
/s/ CHARLES J. PITMAN Director May 23, 2003
------------------------------------------------
Charles J. Pitman
/s/ JAY A. PRECOURT Director May 23, 2003
------------------------------------------------
Jay A. Precourt
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, Apache Finance Canada II Corporation 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 Houston, State of Texas on May 23, 2003.
APACHE FINANCE CANADA II CORPORATION
By: /s/ G. STEVEN FARRIS
------------------------------------
G. Steven Farris
Chief Executive Officer
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
The undersigned directors and officers of Apache Finance Canada II Corporation do hereby constitute and appoint Raymond Plank, G. Steven Farris, Roger B. Plank and G. Anthony Lannie, and each of them, with full power of substitution, our true and lawful attorneys-in-fact to sign and execute, on behalf of the undersigned, any and all amendments (including post effective amendments) to this Registration Statement; and each of the undersigned does hereby ratify and confirm all that said attorneys-in-fact shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
SIGNATURE TITLE DATE
--------- ----- ----
/s/ G. STEVEN FARRIS Chief Executive Officer May 23, 2003
------------------------------------------------ (Principal Executive Officer)
G. Steven Farris
/s/ ROGER B. PLANK Director, Executive Vice President May 23, 2003
------------------------------------------------ and Chief Financial Officer
Roger B. Plank (Principal Financial Officer)
/s/ THOMAS L. MITCHELL Vice President and Controller May 23, 2003
------------------------------------------------ (Principal Accounting Officer)
Thomas L. Mitchell
/s/ FLOYD R. PRICE Director May 23, 2003
------------------------------------------------
Floyd R. Price
/s/ ERIC L. HARRY Director May 23, 2003
------------------------------------------------
Eric L. Harry
/s/ JOHN F. CURRAN Director May 23, 2003
------------------------------------------------
John F. Curran
/s/ JAMES G. SMELTZER Director May 23, 2003
------------------------------------------------
James G. Smeltzer
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, Apache Finance Australia Pty Ltd 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 Houston, State of Texas on May 23, 2003.
APACHE FINANCE AUSTRALIA PTY LTD
By: /s/ G. STEVEN FARRIS
------------------------------------
G. Steven Farris
Chief Executive Officer
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
The undersigned directors and officers of Apache Finance Australia Pty Ltd do hereby constitute and appoint Raymond Plank, G. Steven Farris, Roger B. Plank and G. Anthony Lannie, and each of them, with full power of substitution, our true and lawful attorneys-in-fact to sign and execute, on behalf of the undersigned, any and all amendments (including post effective amendments) to this Registration Statement; and each of the undersigned does hereby ratify and confirm all that said attorneys-in-fact shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
SIGNATURE TITLE DATE
--------- ----- ----
/s/ G. STEVEN FARRIS Chief Executive Officer May 23, 2003
------------------------------------------------ (Principal Executive Officer)
G. Steven Farris
/s/ ROGER B. PLANK Director, Executive Vice President May 23, 2003
------------------------------------------------ and Chief Financial Officer
Roger B. Plank (Principal Financial Officer)
/s/ THOMAS L. MITCHELL Vice President May 23, 2003
------------------------------------------------ (Principal Accounting Officer)
Thomas L. Mitchell
/s/ ERIC L. HARRY Director, Vice President May 23, 2003
------------------------------------------------
Eric L. Harry
/s/ JAMES K. BASS Director May 23, 2003
------------------------------------------------
James K. Bass
/s/ NEIL J. MCHARRIE Director May 23, 2003
------------------------------------------------
Neil J. McHarrie
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
EXHIBIT
NO. DESCRIPTION
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1.1 Each form of underwriting agreement will be filed as an
exhibit to a current report of Apache and incorporated in
this registration statement by reference.
4.1 Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Apache
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.1 to Apache's
Current Report on Form 8-K, dated December 17, 1999, SEC
File No. 1-4300).
4.2 Bylaws of Apache, as amended through May 2, 2002
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Apache's
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March
31, 2002, SEC File No. 1-4300).
4.3 Form of Apache's common stock certificate (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Apache's Annual Report on
Form 10-K for year ended December 31, 1995, SEC File No.
1-4300).
4.4 Rights Agreement dated January 31, 1996, between Apache and
Norwest Bank Minnesota, N.A., rights agent, relating to the
declaration of a rights dividend to Apache's common
shareholders of record on January 31, 1996 (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit (a) to Apache's Registration Statement
on Form 8-A, dated January 24, 1996, SEC File No. 1-4300).
4.5 Form of Apache's Right Certificate (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit (b) to Apache's Registration Statement
on Form 8-A, dated January 24, 1996, SEC File No. 1-4300).
*4.6 Senior Indenture, dated February 15, 1996, between Apache
and JPMorgan Chase Bank, formerly known as The Chase
Manhattan Bank, as trustee, governing the senior debt
securities and guarantees.
*4.7 First Supplemental Indenture to the Senior Indenture, dated
as of November 5, 1996, between Apache and JPMorgan Chase
Bank, formerly known as The Chase Manhattan Bank, as
trustee, governing the senior debt securities and
guarantees.
*4.8 Form of Senior Indenture among Apache Finance Australia Pty
Ltd, Apache and JPMorgan Chase Bank, as trustee, governing
the senior debt securities and guarantees.
*4.9 Form of Senior Indenture among Apache Finance Canada II
Corporation, Apache and JPMorgan Chase Bank, as trustee,
governing the senior debt securities and guarantees.
*4.10 Form of Subordinated Indenture between Apache and JPMorgan
Chase Bank, formerly known as The Chase Manhattan Bank, as
trustee, governing the subordinated debt securities.
*4.11 Form of Subordinated Indenture among Apache Finance
Australia Pty Ltd, Apache and JPMorgan Chase Bank, as
trustee, governing the subordinated debt securities and
guarantees.
*4.12 Form of Subordinated Indenture among Apache Finance Canada
II Corporation, Apache and JPMorgan Chase Bank, as trustee,
governing the subordinated debt securities and guarantees.
4.13 Each form of deposit agreement will be filed as an exhibit
to a current report of Apache and incorporated in this
registration statement by reference.
4.14 Each form of preferred securities certificate of designation
will be filed as an exhibit to a current report of Apache
and incorporated in this registration statement by
reference.
*4.15 Form of Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee Agreement for
Apache Trust I and Apache Trust II.
4.16 Certificate of Trust of Apache Trust I (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 4.10 to Apache's Registration Statement
on Form S-3, Registration No. 333-32580, filed March 15,
2000).
4.17 Certificate of Trust of Apache Trust II (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 4.11 to Apache's Registration Statement
on Form S-3, Registration No. 333-32580, filed March 15,
2000).
4.18 Trust Agreement of Apache Trust I (incorporated by reference
to Exhibit 4.12 to Apache's Registration Statement on Form
S-3, Registration No. 333-32580, filed March 15, 2000).
4.19 Trust Agreement of Apache Trust II (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 4.13 to Apache's Registration Statement
on Form S-3, Registration No. 333-32580, filed March 15,
2000).
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EXHIBIT
NO. DESCRIPTION
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*4.20 Form of Amended and Restated Trust Agreement for Apache
Trust I and Apache Trust II.
4.21 Form of Purchase Contract Agreement between Apache
Corporation and JPMorgan Chase Bank, as purchase contract
agent, will be filed as an exhibit to a current report of
Apache and incorporated in this registration statement by
reference.
4.22 Form of Pledge Agreement between Apache Corporation,
JPMorgan Chase Bank, as collateral agent, custodial agent,
securities intermediary, and JPMorgan Chase Bank, as
purchase contract agent, will be filed as an exhibit to a
current report of Apache and incorporated in this
registration statement by reference.
4.23 Form of Remarketing Agreement between Apache Corporation and
the remarketing agent named therein will be filed as an
exhibit to a current report of Apache and incorporated in
this registration statement by reference.
**5.1 Opinion of Chamberlain, Hrdlicka, White, Williams & Martin
regarding legality of securities being registered by Apache.
**5.2 Opinion of Allens Arthur Robinson regarding legality under
Australian law of securities being registered by Apache
Finance Australia Pty Ltd.
**5.3 Opinion of McInnes Cooper regarding legality under the laws
of Nova Scotia of securities being registered by Apache
Finance Canada II Corporation.
*5.4 Opinion of Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A. regarding
legality of securities being registered by Apache Trust I
and Apache Trust II, respectively.
12.1 Statements of computation of ratios of earnings to fixed
charges and ratios of earnings to combined fixed charges and
preferred stock dividends (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 12.1 to Apache's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for
the quarter ended March 31, 2003, SEC File No. 1-4300).
*23.1 Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, Houston, Texas.
23.2 Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP, Houston, Texas (omitted
pursuant to Rule 437a of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended).
*23.3 Consent of Chamberlain, Hrdlicka, White, Williams & Martin
(included in Exhibit 5.1).
*23.4 Consent of Bennett Jones LLP.
23.5 Consent of Allens Arthur Robinson (included in Exhibit 5.2).
23.6 Consent of McInnes Cooper (included in Exhibit 5.3).
23.7 Consent of Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A. (included in
Exhibit 5.4).
*23.8 Consent of Ryder Scott Company Petroleum Engineers.
24.1 Power of Attorney (included in Part II as a part of the
signature pages of the Registration Statement).
24.2 Power of Attorney for Apache, as sponsor, to sign the
Registration Statement on behalf Apache Trust I (included in
Exhibit 4.18).
24.3 Power of Attorney for Apache, as sponsor, to sign the
Registration Statement on behalf of Apache Trust II
(included in Exhibit 4.19).
*25.1 Form T-1 Statement of Eligibility and Qualification under
Trust Indenture Act of 1939 of JPMorgan Chase Bank as
trustee under the Senior and Subordinated Indentures between
Apache and JPMorgan Chase Bank, as guarantee trustee under
the guarantee of Apache Corporation with respect to the
Senior and Subordinated Indentures of each of Apache Finance
Australia Pty Ltd and Apache Finance Canada II Corporation
and as guarantee trustee with respect to the guarantee of
Apache Corporation under the Trust Preferred Securities
Guarantee Agreement for each of Apache Trust I and Apache
Trust II.
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EXHIBIT
NO. DESCRIPTION
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*25.2 Form T-1 Statement of Eligibility and Qualification under
Trust Indenture Act of 1939 of JPMorgan Chase Bank as
trustee under the Senior and Subordinated Indentures among
Apache, Apache Finance Australia Pty Ltd and JPMorgan Chase
Bank, as trustee.
*25.3 Form T-1 Statement of Eligibility and Qualification under
Trust Indenture Act of 1939 of JPMorgan Chase Bank as
trustee under the Senior and Subordinated Indentures among
Apache, Apache Finance Canada II Corporation and JPMorgan
Chase Bank, as trustee.
*25.4 Form T-1 Statement of Eligibility and Qualification under
Trust Indenture Act of 1939 of JPMorgan Chase Bank as
property trustee under the Amended and Restated Trust
Agreement for Apache Trust I.
*25.5 Form T-1 Statement of Eligibility and Qualification under
Trust Indenture Act of 1939 of JPMorgan Chase Bank as
property trustee under the Amended and Restated Trust
Agreement for Apache Trust II.
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* Filed herewith.
**To be filed by pre-effective amendment.
EXHIBIT 4.6
APACHE CORPORATION,
Issuer
to
CHEMICAL BANK
Trustee
Dated as of February 15, 1996
Debt Securities
Reconciliation and tie between Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (the "Trust Indenture Act") and Indenture
Trust Indenture Act Section Indenture Section Section 310(a)(1) 607 (a)(2) 607 (b) 608 Section 312(a) 701 (b) 702 (c) 702 Section 313(a) 703 (c) 703 (d) 703 Section 314(a) 704 (c)(1) 102 (c)(2) 102 (e) 102 (f) 102 Section 316(a) (last sentence) 101 (a)(1)(A) 502, 512 (a)(1)(B) 513 (b) 508 Section 317(a)(1) 503 (a)(2) 504 (b) 1003 Section 318(a) 108 |
Note: This reconciliation and tie shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be part of the Indenture.
Attention should also be directed to Section 318(c) of the Trust Indenture Act, which provides that the provisions of Sections 310 to and including 317 are a part of and govern every qualified indenture, whether or not physically contained therein.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Recitals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
ARTICLE ONE
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION
Section 101. Definitions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Additional Amounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Affiliate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Authenticating Agent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Authorized Newspaper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Bearer Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Board of Directors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Board Resolution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Business Day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Change in Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Change in Control Purchase Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Change in Control Purchase Notice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Change in Control Purchase Price . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Commission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Common Stock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Company Request and Company Order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Consolidated Net Worth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Conversion Event . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Corporate Trust Office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Coupon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Currency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
CUSIP number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Defaulted Interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Dollars or $ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
ECU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
European Monetary System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
European Union . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Event of Default . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Foreign Currency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
GAAP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Government Obligations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Indebtedness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
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Indenture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Independent Public Accountants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Indexed Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Interest Payment Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Judgment Currency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Legal Holidays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Lien . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Maturity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
New York Banking Day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Office or Agency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Officers' Certificate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Opinion of Counsel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Ordinary Course Lien . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Original Issue Discount Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Outstanding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Paying Agent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Person . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Place of Payment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Predecessor Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Redemption Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Redemption Price . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Registered Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Regular Record Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Required Currency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Responsible Officer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Sale\Leaseback Transaction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Security or Securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Security Register and Security Registrar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Special Record Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Stated Maturity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Subsidiary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Trust Indenture Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Trustee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
United States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
United States Alien . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
U.S. Depository or Depository . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Vice President . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Voting Stock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Section 102. Compliance Certificates and Opinions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Section 103. Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Section 104. Acts of Holders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Section 105. Notices, etc. to Trustee and Company. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Section 106. Notice to Holders of Securities; Waiver. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
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Section 107. Language of Notices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Section 108. Conflict with Trust Indenture Act. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Section 109. Effect of Headings and Table of Contents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Section 110. Successors and Assigns. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Section 111. Separability Clause. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Section 112. Benefits of Indenture. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Section 113. Governing Law. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Section 114. Legal Holidays. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Section 115. Counterparts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Section 116. Judgment Currency. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
ARTICLE TWO
SECURITIES FORMS
Section 201. Forms Generally. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Section 202. Form of Trustee's Certificate of Authentication. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Section 203. Securities in Global Form. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
ARTICLE THREE
THE SECURITIES
Section 301. Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Section 302. Currency; Denominations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Section 303. Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Section 304. Temporary Securities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Section 305. Registration, Transfer and Exchange. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Section 306. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Section 307. Payment of Interest and Certain Additional Amounts; Rights to Interest and Certain
Additional Amounts Preserved. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Section 308. Persons Deemed Owners. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Section 309. Cancellation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Section 310. Computation of Interest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
ARTICLE FOUR
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE
Section 401. Satisfaction and Discharge. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Section 402. Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Section 403. Application of Trust Money. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Section 404. Reinstatement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
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ARTICLE FIVE
REMEDIES
Section 501. Events of Default. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Section 502. Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Section 503. Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Section 504. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Section 505. Trustee May Enforce Claims without Possession of Securities or Coupons. . . . . . . . . . . 46
Section 506. Application of Money Collected. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Section 507. Limitations on Suits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Section 508. Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal and any Premium, Interest and
Additional Amounts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Section 509. Restoration of Rights and Remedies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Section 510. Rights and Remedies Cumulative. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Section 511. Delay or Omission Not Waiver. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Section 512. Control by Holders of Securities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Section 513. Waiver of Past Defaults. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Section 514. Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Section 515. Undertaking for Costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
ARTICLE SIX
THE TRUSTEE
Section 601. Certain Rights of Trustee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Section 602. Notice of Defaults. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Section 603. Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Section 604. May Hold Securities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Section 605. Money Held in Trust. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Section 606. Compensation and Reimbursement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Section 607. Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Section 608. Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Section 609. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Section 610. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Section 611. Appointment of Authenticating Agent. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
ARTICLE SEVEN
HOLDERS LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY
Section 701. Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Section 702. Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
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Section 703. Reports by Trustee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Section 704. Reports by Company. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
ARTICLE EIGHT
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER AND SALES
Section 801. Company May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Section 802. Successor Person Substituted for Company. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
ARTICLE NINE
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
Section 901. Supplemental Indentures without Consent of Holders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Section 902. Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Holders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Section 903. Execution of Supplemental Indentures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Section 904. Effect of Supplemental Indentures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Section 905. Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Section 906. Conformity with Trust Indenture Act. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
ARTICLE TEN
COVENANTS
Section 1001. Payment of Principal, any Premium, Interest and Additional Amounts. . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Section 1002. Maintenance of Office or Agency. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Section 1003. Money for Securities Payments to Be Held in Trust. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Section 1004. Additional Amounts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Section 1005. Limitation on Liens. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Section 1006. Limitation on Sale/Leaseback Transactions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Section 1007. Corporate Existence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Section 1008. Waiver of Certain Covenants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Section 1009. Company Statement as to Compliance; Notice of Certain Defaults. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
ARTICLE ELEVEN
REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES
Section 1101. Applicability of Article. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Section 1102. Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Section 1103. Selection by Trustee of Securities to be Redeemed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
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Section 1104. Notice of Redemption. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Section 1105. Deposit of Redemption Price. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Section 1106. Securities Payable on Redemption Date. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Section 1107. Securities Redeemed in Part. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
ARTICLE TWELVE
REPAYMENT AT THE OPTION OF HOLDERS
Section 1201. Applicability of Article. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
ARTICLE THIRTEEN
SECURITIES IN FOREIGN CURRENCIES
Section 1301. Applicability of Article. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
ARTICLE FOURTEEN
MEETINGS OF HOLDERS OF SECURITIES
Section 1401. Purposes for Which Meetings May Be Called. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Section 1402. Call, Notice and Place of Meetings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Section 1403. Persons Entitled to Vote at Meetings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Section 1404. Quorum; Action. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Section 1405. Determination of Voting Rights; Conduct and Adjournment of Meetings. . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Section 1406. Counting Votes and Recording Action of Meetings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
ARTICLE FIFTEEN
PURCHASES OF SECURITIES UPON CHANGE IN CONTROL
Section 1501. Purchase of Securities at Option of the Holder upon Change in Control . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Section 1502. Effect of Change in Control Purchase Notice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Section 1503. Deposit of Change in Control Purchase Price . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Section 1504. Covenant to Comply With Securities Laws Upon Purchase of Securities . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Section 1505. Repayment to the Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
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EXHIBIT 4.1
INDENTURE, dated as of ________ __, 1995 (the "Indenture"), among APACHE CORPORATION, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (hereinafter called the "Company"), having its principal executive office located at One Post Oak Central, 20000 Post Oak Boulevard, Suite 100, Houston, Texas 77056-4400, and CHEMICAL BANK, a banking corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of New York (hereinafter called the "Trustee"), having its Corporate Trust Office located at 450 West 33rd Street, 15th Floor, New York, New York 10001.
RECITALS
The Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture to provide for the issuance from time to time of its senior unsecured debentures, notes or other evidences of Indebtedness (hereinafter called the "Securities"), unlimited as to principal amount, to bear such rates of interest, to mature at such time or times, to be issued in one or more series and to have such other provisions as shall be fixed as hereinafter provided.
The Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture. All things necessary to make this Indenture a valid agreement of the Company, in accordance with its terms, have been done.
This Indenture is subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission promulgated thereunder that are required to be part of this Indenture and, to the extent applicable, shall be governed by such provisions.
NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH:
For and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the Securities by the Holders (as herein defined) thereof, it is mutually covenanted and agreed, for the equal and proportionate benefit of all Holders of the Securities or of any series thereof and any Coupons (as herein defined) as follows:
ARTICLE ONE
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION
Section 101. Definitions.
Except as otherwise expressly provided in or pursuant to this Indenture or unless the context otherwise requires, for all purposes of this Indenture:
(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 terms "generally accepted accounting principles" or "GAAP" with respect to any computation required or permitted hereunder shall mean such accounting principles as are generally accepted at the date of such computation;
(4) the words "herein", "hereof", "hereto" and "hereunder" and other words of similar import refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section or other subdivision; and
(5) the word "or" is always used inclusively (for example, the phrase "A or B" means "A or B or both", not "either A or B but not both").
Certain terms used principally in certain Articles hereof are defined in those Articles.
"Act", when used with respect to any Holder, has the meaning specified in Section 104.
"Additional Amounts" means any additional amounts which are required hereby or by any Security, under circumstances specified herein or therein, to be paid by the Company in respect of certain taxes, assessments or other governmental charges imposed on Holders specified therein and which are owing to such Holders.
"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 the meanings correlative to the foregoing.
"Authenticating Agent" means any Person authorized by the Trustee pursuant to Section 611 to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate Securities of one or more series.
"Authorized Newspaper" means a newspaper, in an official language of the place of publication or in the English language, customarily published on each day that is a Business Day in the place of publication, whether or not published on days that are Legal Holidays in the place of publication, and of general circulation in each place in connection with which the term is used or in the financial community of each such place. Where successive publications are required to be made in Authorized Newspapers, the successive publications may be made in the same or in different newspapers in the same city meeting the foregoing requirements and in each case on any day that is a Business Day in the place of publication.
"Bearer Security" means any Security in the form established pursuant to Section 201 which is payable to bearer.
"Board of Directors" means the board of directors of the Company or any committee of that board duly authorized to act generally or in any particular respect for the Company hereunder.
"Board Resolution" means a copy of one or more resolutions, 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, delivered to the Trustee.
"Business Day", with respect to any Place of Payment or other location, means, unless otherwise specified with respect to any Securities pursuant to Section 301, any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which banking institutions in such Place of Payment or other location are authorized or obligated by law, regulation or executive order to close.
"Change in Control" has the meaning specified in Section 1501.
"Change in Control Purchase Date" has the meaning specified in
Section 1501.
"Change in Control Purchase Notice" has the meaning specified in Section 1501.
"Change in Control Purchase Price" has the meaning specified in Section 1501.
"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 Indenture such Commission is not existing and performing the
duties now assigned to it under the Trust Indenture Act, then the body performing such duties at such time.
"Common Stock" includes any stock of any class of the Company which has no preference in respect of dividends or of amounts payable in the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company and which is not subject to redemption by the Company.
"Company" means the Person named as the "Company" in the first paragraph of this instrument until a successor Person shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter "Company" shall mean such successor Person.
"Company Request" and "Company Order" mean, respectively, a written request or order, as the case may be, signed in the name of the Company by the Chairman of the Board of Directors, a Vice Chairman, the President or a Vice President, and by the Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, of the Company, and delivered to the Trustee.
"Consolidated Net Worth" has the meaning specified in Section 1005.
"Conversion Event" means the cessation of use of (i) a Foreign Currency (other than the ECU) both by the government of the country or the confederation which issued such Foreign Currency and for the settlement of transactions by a central bank or other public institutions of or within the international banking community, (ii) the ECU both within the European Monetary System and for the settlement of transactions by public institutions of or within the European Union or (iii) any currency unit or composite currency other than the ECU for the purposes for which it was established.
"Corporate Trust Office" means the principal corporate trust office of the Trustee at which at any particular time its corporate trust business shall be administered, which office at the date of original execution of this Indenture is located at 450 West 33rd Street, 15th Floor, New York, New York 10001.
"Corporation" includes corporations and limited liability companies and, except for purposes of Article Eight, associations, companies and business trusts.
"Coupon" means any interest coupon appertaining to a Bearer Security.
"Currency", with respect to any payment, deposit or other transfer in respect of the principal of or any premium or interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to any Security, means Dollars or the Foreign Currency, as the case may be, in which such payment, deposit or other transfer is required to be made by or pursuant to the terms hereof or such Security and, with respect to any other payment, deposit or transfer pursuant to or contemplated by the terms hereof or such Security, means Dollars.
"CUSIP number" means the alphanumeric designation assigned to a Security by Standard & Poor's Ratings Group, CUSIP Service Bureau.
"Defaulted Interest" has the meaning specified in Section 307.
"Dollars" or "$" means a dollar or other equivalent unit of legal tender for payment of public or private debts in the United States of America.
"ECU" means the European Currency Units as defined and revised from time to time by the Council of the European Community.
"European Monetary System" means the European Monetary System established by the Resolution of December 5, 1978 of the Council of the European Community.
"European Union" means the European Community, the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Atomic Energy Community.
"Event of Default" has the meaning specified in Section 501.
"Foreign Currency" means any currency, currency unit or composite currency, including, without limitation, the ECU, issued by the government of one or more countries other than the United States of America or by any recognized confederation or association of such governments.
"GAAP" means such accounting principles as are generally accepted in the United States of America as of the date or time of any computation required hereunder.
"Government Obligations" means securities which are (i) direct obligations of the United States of America or the other government or governments in the confederation which issued the Foreign Currency in which the principal of or any premium or interest on such Security or any Additional Amounts in respect thereof shall be payable, in each case where the payment or payments thereunder are supported by the full faith and credit of such government or governments or (ii) obligations of a Person controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of the United States of America or such other government or governments, in each case where the timely payment or payments thereunder are unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation by the United States of America or such other government or governments, and which, in the case of (i) or (ii), are not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer or issuers thereof, and shall also include a depository receipt issued by a bank or trust company as custodian with respect to any such Government Obligation or a specific payment of interest on or principal of or other amount with respect to any such Government Obligation held by such custodian for the account of the holder of a depository receipt, provided that (except as required by law) such custodian is not authorized to make any deduction from the amount payable to the holder of such depository receipt from any amount received by the custodian in respect of the Government Obligation or the specific payment of
interest on or principal of or other amount with respect to the Government Obligation evidenced by such depository receipt.
"Holder", in the case of any Registered Security, means the Person in whose name such Security is registered in the Security Register and, in the case of any Bearer Security, means the bearer thereof and, in the case of any Coupon, means the bearer thereof.
"Indebtedness", with respect to any Person, means (a) indebtedness for borrowed money or for the unpaid purchase price of real or personal property of, or guaranteed by, such Person, other than accounts payable arising in the ordinary course of business payable on terms customary in the trade, (b) indebtedness secured by Liens or payable out of the proceeds of production from property, (c) indebtedness which is evidenced by mortgages, notes, bonds, debentures, acceptances or other instruments, (d) indebtedness which must be capitalized as liabilities under GAAP, (e) liabilities under interest rate swap, exchange, collar or cap agreements and all other agreements or arrangements designed to protect against fluctuations in interest rates or currency exchange rates, (f) liabilities under commodity hedge, commodity swap, exchange, collar or cap agreements, fixed price agreements and all other agreements or arrangements designed to protect against fluctuations in oil and gas prices, and (g) indebtedness relative to the amount of all letters of credit; provided, however, that such term shall not include any amounts included as deferred credits on the financial statements of such Person or of a consolidated group including such Person, and computed in accordance with GAAP.
"Indenture" means this instrument 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, with respect to any Security, by the terms and provisions of such Security and any Coupon appertaining thereto established pursuant to Section 301 (as such terms and provisions may be amended pursuant to the applicable provisions hereof).
"Independent Public Accountants" means accountants or a firm of accountants that, with respect to the Company and any other obligor under the Securities or the Coupons, are independent public accountants within the meaning of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated by the Commission thereunder, who may be the independent public accountants regularly retained by the Company or who may be other independent public accountants. Such accountants or firm shall be entitled to rely upon any Opinion of Counsel as to the interpretation of any legal matters relating to this Indenture or certificates required to be provided hereunder.
"Indexed Security" means a Security the terms of which provide that the principal amount thereof payable at Stated Maturity may be more or less than the principal face amount thereof at original issuance.
"Interest", with respect to any Original Issue Discount Security which by its terms bears interest only after Maturity, means interest payable after Maturity and, when used with
respect to a Security which provides for the payment of Additional Amounts pursuant to Section 1004, includes such Additional Amounts.
"Interest Payment Date", with respect to any Security, means the Stated Maturity of an installment of interest on such Security.
"Judgment Currency" has the meaning specified in Section 116.
"Legal Holidays", with respect to any Place of Payment or other location, means a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banking institutions in such Place of Payment or other location are not authorized or obligated to be open.
"Lien" has the meaning specified in Section 1005.
"Limited Recourse Indebtedness" means Indebtedness of a Person for which there is no recourse whatsoever to such Person for the repayment thereof other than recourse limited to the cash flow from the assets constituting collateral therefor and recourse to the extent necessary to enable amounts to be claimed in respect of such Indebtedness upon an enforcement of any Lien on any such assets; provided that (a) the extent of such recourse is limited solely to the amount of any recoveries made on any such enforcement, and (b) the holder of such Indebtedness is not entitled, by virtue of any right or claim arising out of or in connection with such Indebtedness to commence proceedings for the winding up or dissolution of, or to appoint or procure the appointment of any receiver, trustee or similar person or official in respect of, such Person or any of its assets (other than the assets the subject of such Lien).
"Maturity", with respect to any Security, means the date on which the principal of such Security or an installment of principal becomes due and payable as provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, whether at the Stated Maturity or by declaration of acceleration, notice of redemption or repurchase, notice of option to elect repayment or otherwise, and includes the Redemption Date and Change in Control Purchase Date.
"New York Banking Day" has the meaning specified in Section 116.
"Office" or "Agency", with respect to any Securities, means an office or agency of the Company maintained or designated in a Place of Payment for such Securities pursuant to Section 1002 or any other office or agency of the Company maintained or designated for such Securities pursuant to Section 1002 or, to the extent designated or required by Section 1002 in lieu of such office or agency, the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee.
"Officers' Certificate" means a certificate signed by the Chairman of the Board, a Vice Chairman, the President or a Vice President, and by the Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company, that complies with the requirements of Section 314(e) of the Trust Indenture Act and is delivered to the Trustee.
"Opinion of Counsel" means a written opinion of counsel, who may be an employee of or counsel for the Company or other counsel who shall be reasonably acceptable to the Trustee, that, if required by the Trust Indenture Act, complies with the requirements of Section 314(e) of the Trust Indenture Act and is delivered to the Trustee.
"Ordinary Course Lien" has the meaning specified in Section 1005.
"Original Issue Discount Security" means a Security issued pursuant to this Indenture which provides for declaration of an amount less than the principal face amount thereof to be due and payable upon acceleration pursuant to Section 502.
"Outstanding", when used with respect to any Securities, means, as of the date of determination, all such Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered under this Indenture, except:
(a) any such Security theretofore cancelled by the Trustee or the Security Registrar or delivered to the Trustee or the Security Registrar for cancellation;
(b) any such Security for whose payment either at the Maturity thereof or upon the Company becoming obligated (subject to withdrawal of any Change in Control Purchase Notice) to pay the Change in Control Purchase Price, money in the necessary amount has been theretofore deposited pursuant hereto (other than pursuant to Section 402) with the Trustee or any Paying Agent (other than the Company) in trust or set aside and segregated in trust by the Company (if the Company shall act as its own Paying Agent) for the Holders of such Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto, provided that, if such Securities are to be redeemed, notice of such redemption has been duly given pursuant to this Indenture or provision therefor satisfactory to the Trustee has been made;
(c) any such Security with respect to which the Company has effected defeasance or covenant defeasance pursuant to Section 402, except to the extent provided in Section 402; and
(d) any such Security which has 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, unless there
shall have been presented to the Trustee proof
satisfactory to it that such Security is held by a
bona fide purchaser in whose hands such Security is a
valid obligation of the Company;
provided, however, that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities have given any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent
or waiver hereunder or are present at a meeting of Holders of Securities for quorum purposes, (i) the principal amount of an Original Issue Discount Security that may be counted in making such determination and that shall be deemed to be Outstanding for such purposes shall be equal to the amount of the principal thereof that pursuant to the terms of such Original Issue Discount Security would be declared (or shall have been declared to be) due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration thereof pursuant to Section 502 at the time of such determination, and (ii) the principal amount of any Indexed Security that may be counted in making such determination and that shall be deemed outstanding for such purpose shall be equal to the principal face amount of such Indexed Security at original issuance, unless otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, and (iii) the principal amount of a Security denominated in a Foreign Currency shall be the Dollar equivalent, determined on the date of original issuance of such Security, of the principal amount (or, in the case of an Original Issue 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 (iv) Securities owned by the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or such other obligor, shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding, except that, in determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in making any such determination or relying upon any such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver, only Securities which a Responsible Officer of the Trustee knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded. Securities so owned which shall have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the Trustee (A) the pledgee's right so to act with respect to such Securities and (B) that the pledgee is not the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Coupons appertaining thereto or an Affiliate of the Company or such other obligor.
"Paying Agent" means any Person authorized by the Company to pay the principal of, or any premium or interest on, or any Additional Amounts with respect to, any Security or any Coupon on behalf of the Company.
"Person" means any individual, Corporation, partnership, joint venture, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.
"Place of Payment", with respect to any Security, means the place or places where the principal of, or any premium or interest on, or any Additional Amounts with respect to such Security are payable as provided in or pursuant to this Indenture or such Security.
"Predecessor Security" of any particular Security means every previous Security evidencing all or a portion of the same Indebtedness 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 lost, destroyed, mutilated or stolen Security or any Security to which a mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Coupon appertains shall be deemed to evidence the same Indebtedness as the lost, destroyed, mutilated or stolen Security or the Security to which a mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Coupon appertains.
"Redemption Date", with respect to any Security or portion thereof to be redeemed, means the date fixed for such redemption by or pursuant to this Indenture or such Security.
"Redemption Price", with respect to any Security or portion thereof to be redeemed, means the price at which it is to be redeemed as determined by or pursuant to this Indenture or such Security.
"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 Registered Security on any Interest Payment Date therefor means the date, if any, specified in or pursuant to this Indenture or such Security as the "Regular Record Date".
"Required Currency" has the meaning specified in Section 116.
"Responsible Officer" means any officer of the Trustee in its Corporate Trust Office with direct responsibility for the administration of this Indenture 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.
Sale\Leaseback Transaction" has the meaning specified in
Section 1006.
"Security" or "Securities" means any note or notes, bond or bonds, debenture or debentures, or any other evidences of Indebtedness, as the case may be, authenticated and delivered under this Indenture; provided, however, that, if at any time there is more than one Person acting as Trustee under this Indenture, "Securities", with respect to any such Person, shall mean Securities authenticated and delivered under this Indenture, exclusive, however, of Securities of any series as to which such Person is not Trustee.
"Security Register" and "Security Registrar" have the respective meanings specified in Section 305.
"Special Record Date" for the payment of any Defaulted Interest on any Registered Security means a date fixed by the Trustee pursuant to Section 307.
"Stated Maturity" with respect to any Security or any installment of principal thereof or interest thereon or any Additional Amounts with respect thereto, means the date established by or pursuant to this Indenture or such Security as the fixed date on which the
principal of such Security or such installment of principal or interest is, or such Additional Amounts are, due and payable.
"Subsidiary" means any Corporation of which at the time of determination the Company or one or more Subsidiaries owns or controls directly or indirectly more than 50% of the shares of Voting Stock.
"Trust Indenture Act" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, and any reference herein to the Trust Indenture Act or a particular provision thereof shall mean such Act or provision, as the case may be, as amended or replaced from time to time or as supplemented from time to time by rules or regulations adopted by the Commission under or in furtherance of the purposes of such Act or provision, as the case may be.
"Trustee" means the Person named as the "Trustee" in the first paragraph of this instrument until a successor Trustee shall have become such with respect to one or more series of Securities pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter "Trustee" shall mean each Person who is then a Trustee hereunder; provided, however, that if at any time there is more than one such Person, "Trustee" shall mean each such Person and as used with respect to the Securities of any series shall mean the Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series.
"United States", except as otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture or any Security, means the United States of America (including the states thereof and the District of Columbia), its territories and possessions and other areas subject to its jurisdiction.
"United States Alien", except as otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture or any Security, means any Person who, for United States Federal income tax purposes, is a foreign corporation, a non-resident alien individual, a non-resident alien fiduciary of a foreign estate or trust, or a foreign partnership one or more of the members of which is, for United States Federal income tax purposes, a foreign corporation, a non-resident alien individual or a non-resident alien fiduciary of a foreign estate or trust.
"U.S. Depository" or "Depository" means, with respect to any Security issuable or issued in the form of one or more global Securities, the Person designated as U.S. Depository or Depository by the Company in or pursuant to this Indenture, which Person must be, to the extent required by applicable law or regulation, a clearing agency registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and, if so provided with respect to any Security, any successor to such Person. If at any time there is more than one such Person, "U.S. Depository" or "Depository" shall mean, with respect to any Securities, the qualifying entity which has been appointed with respect to such Securities.
"Vice President", when used with respect to the Company or the Trustee, means any vice president, whether or not designated by a number or a word or words added before or after the title "Vice President".
"Voting Stock" means stock of a Corporation of the class or classes having general voting power under ordinary circumstances to elect at least a majority of the board of directors, managers or trustees of such Corporation provided that, for the purposes hereof, stock which carries only the right to vote conditionally on the happening of an event shall not be considered voting stock whether or not such event shall have happened.
Section 102. Compliance Certificates and Opinions.
Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Indenture, upon any application or request by the Company to the Trustee to take any action under any provision of this Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee an 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 or any of them is specifically required by any provision of this Indenture relating to such particular application or request, no additional certificate or opinion need be furnished.
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 an Opinion of Counsel, unless such officer knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the opinion with respect to the matters upon which his certificate or opinion is based are erroneous. Any such 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 or any Security, they may, but need not, be consolidated and form one instrument.
Section 104. Acts of Holders.
(1) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice,
consent, waiver or other action provided by or pursuant to 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, but only if, Securities of a series
are issuable as Bearer Securities, any request, demand, authorization,
direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided in or pursuant to
this Indenture to be given or taken by Holders of Securities 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
Fifteen, 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 or 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 315 of the Trust Indenture Act)
conclusive in favor of the Trustee and the Company and any agent of the Trustee
or 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 1406.
Without limiting the generality of this Section 104, unless otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, a Holder, including a U.S. Depository that is a Holder of a global Security, may make, give or take, by a proxy, or proxies, duly appointed in writing, any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act provided in or pursuant to this Indenture to be made, given or taken by Holders, and a U.S. Depository that is a Holder of a global Security may provide its proxy or proxies to the beneficial owners of interests in any such global Security through such U.S. Depository's standing instructions and customary practices.
The Trustee shall fix a record date for the purpose of determining the Persons who are beneficial owners of interest in any permanent global Security held by a U.S. Depository entitled under the procedures of such U.S. Depository to make, give or take, by a proxy or proxies duly appointed in writing, any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act provided in or pursuant to this Indenture to be made, given or taken by Holders. If such a record date is fixed, the Holders on such record date or their duly appointed proxy or proxies, and only such Persons, shall be entitled to make, give or take such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act, whether or not such Holders remain Holders after such record date. No such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act shall be valid or effective if made, given or taken more than 90 days after such record date.
(2) The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such instrument or writing may be proved in any reasonable manner which the Trustee deems sufficient and in accordance with such reasonable rules as the Trustee may determine; and the Trustee may in any instance require further proof with respect to any of the matters referred to in this Section.
(3) The ownership, principal amount and serial numbers of Registered Securities held by any Person, and the date of the commencement and the date of the termination of holding the same, shall be proved by the Security Register.
(4) The ownership, principal amount and serial numbers of
Bearer Securities held by any Person, and the date of the commencement and the
date of the termination of holding the same, may be proved by the production of
such Bearer Securities or by a certificate executed, as depositary, by any
trust company, bank, banker or other depositary reasonably acceptable to the
Company, wherever situated, if such certificate shall be deemed by the Company
and 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, or (2) such Bearer Security is produced
to the Trustee by some other Person, or (3) such Bearer Security is surrendered
in exchange for a Registered Security, or (4) such Bearer Security is no longer
Outstanding. The ownership, principal amount and serial numbers of Bearer
Securities held by the Person so executing such instrument or writing and the
date of the commencement and the date of the termination of holding the same
may also be proved in any other manner which the Company and the Trustee deem
sufficient.
(5) If the Company shall solicit from the Holders of any Registered Securities any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act, the Company may at its option (but is not obligated to), by Board Resolution, fix in advance a record date for the determination of Holders of Registered Securities entitled to give such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other 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 Registered Securities of record at the close of business on such record date shall be deemed to be Holders for the purpose of determining whether Holders of the requisite proportion of Outstanding Securities have authorized or agreed or consented to such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act, and for that purpose the Outstanding Securities shall be computed as of such record date; provided that no such authorization, agreement or consent by the Holders of Registered Securities shall be deemed effective unless it shall become effective pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture not later than six months after the record date.
(6) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act by 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 or suffered to be done by the Trustee, any Security Registrar, any Paying Agent or the Company in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such Act is made upon such Security.
Section 105. Notices, etc. to Trustee and Company.
Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act of Holders or other 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 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 Trustee Administration Department, or
(2) the Company by the Trustee or 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 the attention of its 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 of Securities; Waiver.
Except as otherwise expressly provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, 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 any, if published in an Authorized Newspaper in The City of New York and, if such Securities are then listed on any stock exchange outside the United States, in an Authorized Newspaper in such city as the Company shall advise the Trustee that such stock exchange so requires, on a Business Day at least twice, the first such publication to be not earlier than the earliest date and the second such publication not later than the latest date prescribed for the giving of such notice.
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. Any notice which is mailed in the manner herein provided shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given or provided. In the case by reason of the suspension of regular mail service or by reason of any other cause it shall be impracticable to give such notice by mail, then such notification as shall be made with the approval of the Trustee shall constitute a sufficient notification for every purpose hereunder.
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 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 mailed to Holders of Registered Securities as provided above.
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 of Securities shall be filed with the Trustee, but such filing shall not be a condition precedent to the validity of any action taken in reliance upon such waiver.
Section 107. Language of Notices.
Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, election or waiver required or permitted under this Indenture shall be in the English language, except that, if the Company so elects, any published notice may be in an official language of the country of publication.
Section 108. Conflict with Trust Indenture Act.
If any provision hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with any duties under any required provision of the Trust Indenture Act imposed hereon by Section 318(c) thereof, such required provision shall control.
Section 109. 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 110. 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 111. Separability Clause.
In case any provision in this Indenture, any Security or any Coupon 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 112. Benefits of Indenture.
Nothing in this Indenture, any Security or any Coupon, express or implied, shall give to any Person, other than the parties hereto, any Security Registrar, any Paying Agent and their successors hereunder and the Holders of Securities or Coupons, any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Indenture.
Section 113. Governing Law.
This Indenture, the Securities and any Coupons shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York applicable to agreements made or instruments entered into and, in each case, performed in said state without regard to the conflict of laws principles thereof.
Section 114. Legal Holidays.
Unless otherwise specified in or pursuant to this Indenture or any Securities, in any case where any Interest Payment Date, Business Day following any Change in Control Purchase Date or Stated Maturity or Maturity of any Security shall be a Legal Holiday at any Place of Payment, then (notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, any Security or any Coupon other than a provision in any Security or Coupon that specifically states that such provision shall apply in lieu hereof) payment need not be made at such Place of Payment on such date, and no interest shall accrue on the amount payable on such date or at such time for the period from and after such Interest Payment Date, Business Day following any Change in Control Purchase Date, Stated Maturity or Maturity, as the case may be, to the next succeeding Business Day.
Section 115. Counterparts.
This Indenture may be executed in several counterparts, each of which shall be an original and all of which shall constitute but one and the same instrument.
Section 116. Judgment Currency.
The Company agrees, to the fullest extent that it may effectively do so under applicable law, that (a) if for the purpose of obtaining judgment in any court it is necessary to convert the sum due in respect of the principal of, or premium or interest, if any, or Additional Amounts on the Securities of any series (the "Required Currency") into a currency in which a judgment will be rendered (the "Judgment Currency"), the rate of exchange used shall be the rate at which in accordance with normal banking procedures the Trustee could purchase in The City of New York the Required Currency with the Judgment Currency on the New York Banking Day preceding that on which a final unappealable judgment is given and (b) the Company's obligations under this Indenture to make payments in the Required Currency (i) shall not be discharged or satisfied by any tender, or any recovery pursuant to any judgment (whether or not entered in accordance with clause (a)), in any currency other than the Required Currency, except to the extent that such tender or recovery shall result in the actual receipt, by the payee, of the full amount of the Required Currency expressed to be payable in respect of such payments, (ii) shall be enforceable as an alternative or additional cause of action for the purpose of recovering in the Required Currency the amount, if any, by which such actual receipt shall fall short of the full amount of the Required Currency so expressed to be payable and (iii) shall not be affected by judgment being obtained for any other sum due under this Indenture. For purposes of the foregoing, "New York Banking Day" means any day except a Saturday, Sunday or a legal holiday in The City of New York or a day on which banking institutions in The City of New York are authorized or obligated by law, regulation or executive order to be closed.
ARTICLE TWO
SECURITIES FORMS
Section 201. Forms Generally.
Each Registered Security, Bearer Security, Coupon and temporary or permanent global Security issued pursuant to this Indenture shall be in the form established by or pursuant to a Board Resolution, an Officer's Certificate or in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, shall have such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as are required or permitted by or pursuant to this Indenture or any indenture supplemental hereto and may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification and such legends or
endorsements placed thereon as may, consistently herewith, be determined by the officers executing such Security or Coupon as evidenced by their execution of such Security or Coupon.
Unless otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture or any Securities, the Securities shall be issuable in registered form without Coupons and shall not be issuable upon the exercise of warrants.
Definitive Securities and definitive Coupons shall be printed, lithographed or engraved or produced by any combination of these methods on a steel engraved border or steel engraved borders or may be produced in any other manner, all as determined by the officers of the Company executing such Securities or Coupons, as evidenced by their execution of such Securities or Coupons.
Section 202. Form of Trustee's Certificate of Authentication.
Subject to Section 611, 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.
CHEMICAL BANK,
as Trustee
By ________________________________
Authorized Officer
Section 203. Securities in Global Form.
Unless otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture or any Securities, the Securities shall not be issuable in temporary or permanent global form. If Securities of a series shall be issuable in global form, any such Security may provide that it or any number of such Securities shall represent the aggregate amount of all Outstanding Securities of such series (or such lesser amount as is permitted by the terms thereof) from time to time endorsed thereon and may also provide that the aggregate amount of Outstanding Securities represented thereby may from time to time be increased or reduced to reflect exchanges. Any endorsement of any Security in global form to reflect the amount, or any increase or decrease in the amount, or changes in the rights of Holders, of Outstanding Securities represented thereby shall be made in such manner and by such Person or Persons as shall be specified therein or in the Company Order to be delivered pursuant to Section 303 or 304 with respect thereto. Subject to the provisions of Section 303 and, if applicable, Section 304, the Trustee shall deliver and redeliver any Security in permanent global form in the manner and upon instructions given by the Person
or Persons specified therein or in the applicable Company Order. If a Company Order pursuant to Section 303 or 304 has been, or simultaneously is, delivered, any instructions by the Company with respect to a Security in global form shall be in writing but need not be accompanied by or contained in an Officers' Certificate and need not be accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 307, unless otherwise specified in or pursuant to this Indenture or any Securities, payment of principal of, any premium and interest on, and any Additional Amounts in respect of, any Security in temporary or permanent global form shall be made to the Person or Persons specified therein.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 308 and except as provided in the preceding paragraph, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company and the Trustee shall treat as the Holder of such principal amount of Outstanding Securities represented by a global Security (i) in the case of a global Security in registered form, the Holder of such global Security in registered form, or (ii) in the case of a global Security in bearer form, the Person or Persons specified pursuant to Section 301.
ARTICLE THREE
THE SECURITIES
Section 301. Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series.
The aggregate principal amount of Securities which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is unlimited. The Securities may be issued in one or more series.
With respect to any Securities to be authenticated and delivered hereunder, there shall be established in or pursuant to a Board Resolution, an Officers' Certificate or established in one or more indentures supplemental hereto,
(1) the title of such Securities and the series in which such Securities shall be included;
(2) any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the Securities of such title or the Securities of such series which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture (except for Securities authenticated and delivered upon registration or transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Securities of such series pursuant to Section 304, 305, 306, 905 or 1107, upon repayment on part of any Registered Security of such series pursuant to Article Thirteen or pursuant to the terms of such Securities);
(3) if such Securities are to be issuable as Registered Securities, as Bearer Securities or alternatively as Bearer Securities and Registered Securities, and whether the Bearer Securities are to be issuable with Coupons, without Coupons or both, and any restrictions applicable to the offer, sale or delivery of the Bearer Securities and the terms, if any, upon which Bearer Securities may be exchanged for Registered Securities and vice versa;
(4) if any of such Securities are to be issuable in global form, when any of such Securities are to be issuable in global form and (i) whether such Securities are to be issued in temporary or permanent global form or both, (ii) whether beneficial owners of interests in any such global Security may exchange such interests for Securities of the same series and of like tenor and of any authorized form and denomination, and the circumstances under which any such exchanges may occur, if other than in the manner specified in Section 305, and (iii) the name of the Depository or the U.S. Depository, as the case may be, with respect to any global Security;
(5) if any of such Securities are to be issuable as Bearer Securities or in global form, the date as of which any such Bearer Security or global Security shall be dated (if other than the date of original issuance of the first of such Securities to be issued);
(6) if any of such Securities are to be issuable as Bearer Securities, whether interest in respect of any portion of a temporary Bearer Security in global form payable in respect of an Interest Payment Date therefor prior to the exchange, if any, of such temporary Bearer Security for definitive Securities shall be paid to any clearing organization with respect to the portion of such temporary Bearer Security held for its account and, in such event, the terms and conditions (including any certification requirements) upon which any such interest payment received by a clearing organization will be credited to the Persons entitled to interest payable on such Interest Payment Date;
(7) the date or dates, or the method or methods, if any, by which such date or dates shall be determined, on which the principal of such Securities is payable;
(8) the rate or rates at which such Securities shall bear interest, if any, or the method or methods, if any, by which such rate or rates are to be determined, the date or dates, if any, from which such interest shall accrue or the method or methods, if any, by which such date or dates are to be determined, the Interest Payment Dates, if any, on which such interest shall be payable and the Regular Record Date, if any, for the interest payable on Registered Securities on any Interest Payment Date, whether and under what circumstances Additional Amounts on such Securities or any of them shall be payable, the notice, if any, to Holders regarding the determination of interest on a floating rate Security and the manner of giving such notice, and the basis upon which interest shall be calculated if other than that of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months;
(9) if in addition to or other than the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, the place or places where the principal of, any premium and interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to such Securities shall be payable, any of such Securities that are Registered Securities may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange and notices or demands to or upon the Company in respect of such Securities and this Indenture may be served, the extent to which, or the manner in which, any interest payment or Additional Amounts on a global Security on an Interest Payment Date, will be paid and the manner in which any principal of or premium, if any, on any global Security will be paid;
(10) whether any of such Securities are to be redeemable at the option of the Company and, if so, the date or dates on which, the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which and the other terms and conditions upon which such Securities may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option of the Company;
(11) the denominations in which any of such Securities that are Registered Securities shall be issuable if other than denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof, and the denominations in which any of such Securities that are Bearer Securities shall be issuable if other than the denomination of $5,000;
(12) if other than the principal amount thereof, the portion of the principal amount of any of such Securities that shall be payable upon declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 502 or the method by which such portion is to be determined;
(13) if other than Dollars, the Foreign Currency in which payment of the principal of, any premium or interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to any of such Securities shall be payable;
(14) if the principal of, any premium or interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to any of such Securities are to be payable, at the election of the Company or a Holder thereof or otherwise, in Dollars or in a Foreign Currency other than that in which such Securities are stated to be payable, the date or dates on which, the period or periods within which, and the other terms and conditions upon which, such election may be made, and the time and manner of determining the exchange rate between the Currency in which such Securities are stated to be payable and the Currency in which such Securities or any of them are to be paid pursuant to such election, and any deletions from or modifications of or additions to the terms of this Indenture to provide for or to facilitate the issuance of Securities denominated or payable, at the election of the Company or a Holder thereof or otherwise, in a Foreign Currency;
(15) whether the amount of payments of principal of, any premium or interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to such Securities may be determined with reference to an index, formula or other method or methods (which index, formula or
method or methods may be based, without limitation, on one or more Currencies, commodities, equity indices or other indices), and, if so, the terms and conditions upon which and the manner in which such amounts shall be determined and paid or payable;
(16) any deletions from, modifications of or additions to the Events of Default or covenants of the Company with respect to any of such Securities, whether or not such Events of Default or covenants are consistent with the Events of Default or covenants set forth herein;
(17) if either or both of Section 402(2) relating to defeasance or Section 402(3) relating to covenant defeasance shall not be applicable to the Securities of such series, or any covenants in addition to those specified in Section 402(3) relating to the Securities of such series shall be subject to covenant defeasance, and any deletions from, or modifications or additions to, the provisions of Article Four in respect of the Securities of such series;
(18) if any of such Securities are to be issuable upon the exercise of warrants, and the time, manner and place for such Securities to be authenticated and delivered;
(19) if any of such Securities are to be issuable in global form and are to be issuable in definitive form (whether upon original issue or upon exchange of a temporary Security) only upon receipt of certain certificates or other documents or satisfaction of other conditions, then the form and terms of such certificates, documents or conditions;
(20) if there is more than one Trustee, the identity of the Trustee and, if not the Trustee, the identity of each Security Registrar, Paying Agent or Authenticating Agent with respect to such Securities;
(21) if a Change in Control occurs, the Change in Control Purchase Price; and
(22) any other terms of such Securities and any deletions from or modifications or additions to this Indenture in respect of such Securities.
All Securities of any one series and all Coupons, if any, appertaining to Bearer Securities of such series shall be substantially identical except as to Currency of payments due thereunder, denomination and the rate of interest, or method of determining the rate of interest, if any, Maturity, and the date from which interest, if any, shall accrue and except as may otherwise be provided by the Company in or pursuant to the Board Resolution and set forth in the Officers' Certificate or in any indenture or indentures supplemental hereto pertaining to such series of Securities. The terms of the Securities of any series may provide, without limitation, that the Securities shall be authenticated and delivered by the Trustee on original issue from time to time upon telephonic or written order of persons designated in the Officers' Certificate or supplemental indenture (telephonic instructions to be promptly confirmed in writing by such person) and that such persons are authorized to determine, consistent with such Officers'
Certificate or any applicable supplemental indenture, such terms and conditions of the Securities of such series as are specified in such Officers' Certificate or supplemental indenture. All Securities of any one series need not be issued at the same time and, unless otherwise so provided by the Company, a series may be reopened for issuances of additional Securities of such series or to establish additional terms of such series of Securities.
If any of the terms of the Securities of any series shall be established by action taken by or pursuant to a Board Resolution, the Board Resolution shall be delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Officers' Certificate setting forth the terms of such series.
Section 302. Currency; Denominations.
Unless otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, the principal of, any premium and interest on and any Additional Amounts with respect to the Securities shall be payable in Dollars. Unless otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, Registered Securities denominated in Dollars shall be issuable in registered form without Coupons in denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof, and the Bearer Securities denominated in Dollars shall be issuable in the denomination of $5,000. Securities not denominated in Dollars shall be issuable in such denominations as are established with respect to such Securities in or pursuant to this Indenture.
Section 303. Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating.
Securities shall be executed on behalf of the Company by its Chairman of the Board, one of its Vice Chairmen, its President, its Treasurer or one of its Vice Presidents under its corporate seal reproduced thereon and attested by its Secretary or one of its Assistant Secretaries. Coupons shall be executed on behalf of the Company by the Treasurer, one of its Vice Presidents or any Assistant Treasurer of the Company. The signature of any of these officers on the Securities or any Coupons appertaining thereto may be manual or facsimile.
Securities and any Coupons 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 or Coupons.
At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of this Indenture, the Company may deliver Securities, together with any Coupons appertaining thereto, executed by the Company, to the Trustee for authentication and, provided that the Board Resolution and Officers' Certificate or supplemental indenture or indentures with respect to such Securities referred to in Section 301 and a Company Order for the authentication and delivery
of such Securities have been delivered to the Trustee, the Trustee in accordance with the Company Order and subject to the provisions hereof and of such Securities shall authenticate and deliver such Securities. In authenticating such Securities, and accepting the additional responsibilities under this Indenture in relation to such Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and (subject to Sections 315(a) through 315(d) of the Trust Indenture Act) shall be fully protected in relying upon,
(1) an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that:
(a) the form or forms and terms of such Securities and Coupons, if any, have been established in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture;
(b) all conditions precedent to the authentication and delivery of such Securities and Coupons, if any, appertaining thereto, have been complied with and that such Securities, and Coupons, when completed by appropriate insertions, executed under the Company's corporate seal and attested by duly authorized officers of the Company, delivered by duly authorized officers of the Company to the Trustee for authentication pursuant to this Indenture, and 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 legally valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms, except as enforcement thereof may be subject to or limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, arrangement, fraudulent conveyance, fraudulent transfer or other similar laws relating to or affecting creditors' rights generally, and subject to general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in a proceeding in equity or at law) and will entitle the Holders thereof to the benefits of this Indenture; such Opinion of Counsel need express no opinion as to the availability of equitable remedies;
(c) all laws and requirements in respect of the execution and delivery by the Company of such Securities and Coupons, if any, have been complied with; and
(d) this Indenture has been qualified under the Trust Indenture Act; and
(2) an Officers' Certificate stating that, to the best knowledge of the Persons executing such certificate, no event which is, or after notice or lapse of time would become, an Event of Default with respect to any of the Securities shall have occurred and be continuing.
If all the Securities of any series are not to be issued at one time, it shall not be necessary to deliver an Opinion of Counsel and an Officers' Certificate at the time of issuance of each Security, but such opinion and certificate, with appropriate modifications, shall be delivered at or before the time of issuance of the first Security of such series. After any such first delivery, any separate request by the Company that the Trustee authenticate Securities of such series for original issue will be deemed to be a certification by the Company that all
conditions precedent provided for in this Indenture relating to authentication and delivery of such Securities continue to have been complied with.
The Trustee shall not be required to authenticate or to cause an Authenticating Agent to authenticate any Securities if the issue of such Securities pursuant to this Indenture will affect the Trustee's own rights, duties or immunities under the Securities and this Indenture or otherwise in a manner which is not reasonably acceptable to the Trustee or if the Trustee, being advised by counsel, determines that such action may not lawfully be taken.
Each Registered Security shall be dated the date of its authentication. Each Bearer Security and any Bearer Security in global form shall be dated as of the date specified in or pursuant to this Indenture.
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 in Section 202 or 611 executed by or on behalf of the Trustee or by the Authenticating Agent by the manual signature of one of its authorized officers. Such certificate upon any Security shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such Security has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder. Except as permitted by Section 306 or 307, the Trustee shall not authenticate and deliver any Bearer Security unless all Coupons appertaining thereto then matured have been detached and cancelled.
Section 304. Temporary Securities.
Pending the preparation of definitive Securities, the Company may execute and deliver to the Trustee and, upon Company Order, the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in the manner provided in Section 303, temporary Securities in lieu thereof which are printed, lithographed, typewritten, mimeographed 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 or pursuant to this Indenture, in bearer form with one or more Coupons or without Coupons and with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as the officers of the Company executing such Securities may determine, as conclusively evidenced by their execution of such Securities. Such temporary Securities may be in global form.
Except in the case of temporary Securities in global form, which shall be exchanged in accordance with the provisions thereof, if temporary Securities are issued, the Company shall cause definitive Securities to be prepared without unreasonable delay. After the preparation of definitive Securities of the same series and containing terms and provisions that are identical to those of any temporary Securities, such temporary Securities shall be exchangeable for such definitive Securities upon surrender of such temporary Securities at an Office or Agency for such Securities, without charge to any Holder thereof. Upon surrender
for cancellation of any one or more temporary Securities (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 authorized denominations of the same series and containing identical terms and provisions; provided, however, that no definitive Bearer Security, except as provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, shall be delivered in exchange for a temporary Registered Security; and provided, further, that a definitive Bearer Security shall be delivered in exchange for a temporary Bearer Security only in compliance with the conditions set forth in or pursuant to this Indenture. Unless otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture with respect to a temporary global Security, until so exchanged the temporary Securities of any series shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as definitive Securities of such series.
Section 305. Registration, Transfer and Exchange.
With respect to the Registered Securities of each series, if any, the Company shall cause to be kept a register (each such register being herein sometimes referred to as the "Security Register") at an Office or Agency for such series in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Company shall provide for the registration of the Registered Securities of such series and of transfers of the Registered Securities of such series. Such Office or Agency shall be the "Security Registrar" for that series of Securities. Unless otherwise specified in or pursuant to this Indenture or the Securities, the Trustee shall be the initial Security Registrar for each series of Securities. The Company shall have the right to remove and replace from time to time the Security Registrar for any series of Securities; provided that no such removal or replacement shall be effective until a successor Security Registrar with respect to such series of Securities shall have been appointed by the Company and shall have accepted such appointment by the Company. In the event that the Trustee shall not be or shall cease to be Security Registrar with respect to a series of Securities, it shall have the right to examine the Security Register for such series at all reasonable times. There shall be only one Security Register for each series of Securities.
Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Registered Security of any series at any Office or Agency for such series, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Registered Securities of the same series denominated as authorized in or pursuant to this Indenture, of a like aggregate principal amount bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding and containing identical terms and provisions.
At the option of the Holder, Registered Securities of any series may be exchanged for other Registered Securities of the same series containing identical terms and provisions, in any authorized denominations, and of a like aggregate principal amount, upon surrender of the Securities to be exchanged at any Office or Agency for such series. Whenever any Registered Securities are so surrendered for exchange, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver, the Registered Securities which the Holder making the exchange is entitled to receive.
If provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, with respect to Securities of any series, at the option of the Holder, Bearer Securities of such series may be exchanged for Registered Securities of such series containing identical terms, denominated as authorized in or pursuant to this Indenture and in the same aggregate principal amount, upon surrender of the Bearer Securities to be exchanged at any Office or Agency for such series, 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 Bearer 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 for such series located outside the United States. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in case a Bearer Security of any series is surrendered at any such Office or Agency for such series in exchange for a Registered Security of such series 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 date for payment of Defaulted Interest, such Bearer Security shall be surrendered without the Coupon relating to such Interest Payment Date or proposed date of payment, as the case may be (or, if such Coupon is so surrendered with such Bearer Security, such Coupon shall be returned to the Person so surrendering the Bearer Security), and interest or Defaulted Interest, as the case may be, shall 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 shall be payable only to the Holder of such Coupon when due in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture.
If provided in or pursuant to this Indenture with respect to Securities of any series, at the option of the Holder, Registered Securities of such series may be exchanged for Bearer Securities upon such terms and conditions as may be provided in or pursuant to this Indenture with respect to such series.
Whenever any Securities are surrendered for exchange as contemplated by the immediately preceding two paragraphs, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the Securities which the Holder making the exchange is entitled to receive.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, except as otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, any global Security shall be exchangeable for definitive Securities only if (i) the Depository is at any time unwilling, unable or ineligible to continue as Depository and a successor depository is not appointed by the Company within 90 days of the date the Company is so informed in writing, (ii) the Company executes and delivers to the Trustee a Company Order to the effect that such global Security shall be so exchangeable, or (iii) an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing with respect to the Securities. If the beneficial owners of interests in a global Security are entitled to exchange such interests for definitive Securities as the result of an event described in clause (i), (ii) or (iii) of the preceding sentence, 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 such form and denominations as are required by or pursuant to this Indenture, and of the same series, containing identical terms and in aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of such global Security, executed by the Company. On or after the earliest date on which such interests may be so exchanged, such global Security shall be surrendered from time to time by the U.S. Depository or such other Depository as shall be specified in the Company Order with respect thereto, and in accordance with instructions given to the Trustee and the U.S. Depository or such other Depository, as the case may be (which instructions shall be in writing but need not be contained in or accompanied by an Officers' Certificate or be accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel), as shall be specified in the Company Order with respect thereto to the Trustee, as the Company's agent for such purpose, to be exchanged, in whole or in part, for definitive Securities as described above without charge. The Trustee shall authenticate and make available for delivery, in exchange for each portion of such surrendered global Security, a like aggregate principal amount of definitive Securities of the same series of authorized denominations and of like tenor as the portion of such global Security to be exchanged, which (unless such Securities are not issuable both as Bearer Securities and as Registered Securities, in which case the definitive Securities exchanged for the global Security shall be issuable only in the form in which the Securities are issuable, as provided in or pursuant to this Indenture) shall be in the form of Bearer Securities or Registered Securities, or any combination thereof, as shall be specified by the beneficial owner thereof, but subject to the satisfaction of any certification or other requirements to the issuance of Bearer Securities; provided, however, that no such exchanges may occur during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before any selection of Securities of the same series to be redeemed and ending on the relevant Redemption Date; and provided, further, that (unless otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture) no Bearer Security delivered in exchange for a portion of a global Security shall be mailed or otherwise delivered to any location in the United States. Promptly following any such exchange in part, such global Security shall be returned by the Trustee to such Depository or the U.S. Depository, as the case may be, or such other Depository or U.S. Depository referred to above in accordance with the instructions of the Company referred to above. If a Registered Security is issued in exchange for any portion of a global Security after the close of business at the Office or Agency for such Security where such exchange occurs on or after (i) any Regular Record Date for such Security and before the opening of business at such Office or Agency on the next Interest Payment Date, or (ii) any Special Record Date for such Security and before the opening of business at such Office or Agency on the related proposed date for payment of interest or
Defaulted Interest, as the case may be, interest shall 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 shall 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 global Security shall be payable in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture.
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 entitling the Holders thereof to the same benefits under this Indenture as the Securities surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.
Every Registered Security presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or for exchange or redemption shall (if so required by the Company or the Security Registrar for such Security) be duly endorsed, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar for such Security duly executed by the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing.
No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange, or redemption of Securities, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge.
Except as otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, the Company shall not be required (i) to issue, register the transfer of or exchange any Securities during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before the day of the selection for redemption of Securities of like tenor and the same series under Section 1103 and ending at the close of business on the day of such selection, or (ii) to register the transfer of or exchange any Registered Security so selected for redemption in whole or in part, except in the case of any Security to be redeemed in part, the portion thereof not to be redeemed, or (iii) to exchange any Bearer Security so selected for redemption except, to the extent provided with respect to such Bearer Security, that such Bearer Security may be exchanged for a Registered Security of like tenor and the same series, provided that such Registered Security shall be immediately surrendered for redemption with written instruction for payment consistent with the provisions of this Indenture or (iv) to issue, register the transfer of or exchange any Security which, in accordance with its terms, has been surrendered for repayment at the option of the Holder, except the portion, if any, of such Security not to be so repaid.
Section 306. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities.
If any mutilated Security or a Security with a mutilated Coupon appertaining to it is surrendered to the Trustee, subject to the provisions of this Section 306, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a new Security of the same series containing identical terms and of like principal amount and bearing a number not
contemporaneously outstanding, with Coupons appertaining thereto corresponding to the Coupons, if any, appertaining to the surrendered Security.
If there be delivered to the Company and to 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 Company Request the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in exchange for or in lieu of any such mutilated, 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 containing identical terms and of like 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.
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 306, in case any 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, any premium or interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to any Bearer Securities shall, except as otherwise provided in Section 1002, be payable only at an Office or Agency for such Securities located outside the United States and, unless otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, any interest on Bearer Securities and any Additional Amounts with respect to such interest 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, with any Coupons appertaining thereto 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 a separate obligation of the Company, whether or not the destroyed, lost or stolen Security and Coupons appertaining thereto or the destroyed, lost or stolen Coupon shall be at any time enforceable by anyone, and shall be entitled to all the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with any and all other Securities of such series and the Coupons, if any, duly issued hereunder.
The provisions of this Section, as amended or supplemented pursuant to this Indenture with respect to particular Securities or generally, shall be 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 and Certain Additional Amounts; Rights to Interest and Certain Additional Amounts Preserved.
Unless otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, any interest on and any Additional Amounts with respect to any Registered Security which shall be payable, and are punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date shall be paid to the Person in whose name such Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered as of the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest. Unless otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, in case a Bearer Security is surrendered in exchange for a Registered Security after the close of business at an Office or Agency for such Security on any Regular Record Date therefor and before the opening of business at such Office or Agency on the next succeeding Interest Payment Date therefor, such Bearer Security shall be surrendered without the Coupon relating to such Interest Payment Date and interest shall not be payable on such Interest Payment Date in respect of the Registered Security issued in exchange for such Bearer Security, but shall be payable only to the Holder of such Coupon when due in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture.
Unless otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, any interest on and any Additional Amounts with respect to any Registered Security which shall be payable, but shall not be punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date for such Registered Security (herein called "Defaulted Interest") shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder thereof 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 Person in whose name such Registered Security (or a Predecessor Security thereof) shall be 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 such 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 on or prior to the date of the proposed payment, such money when so deposited to be held in trust for the benefit of the Person 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 the Holder of such Registered Security (or a Predecessor Security thereof) at his address as it appears in the Security Register not
less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date. The Trustee may, in its discretion, in the name and at the expense of the Company cause a similar notice to be published at least once in an Authorized Newspaper of general circulation in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, but such publication shall not be a condition precedent to the establishment of such Special Record Date. Notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor having been mailed as aforesaid, such Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the Person in whose name such Registered Security (or a Predecessor Security thereof) shall be registered at the close of business on such Special Record Date and shall no longer be payable pursuant to the following clause (2). In case a Bearer Security is surrendered at the Office or Agency for such Security in exchange for a Registered Security after the close of business at such Office or Agency on 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 Defaulted Interest and Defaulted Interest shall not be payable on such proposed date of payment in respect of the Registered Security issued in exchange for such Bearer Security, but shall be payable only to the Holder of such Coupon when due in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture.
(2) The Company may make payment of any Defaulted Interest in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which such Security 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 payment shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee.
Unless otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture or the Securities of any particular series, at the option of the Company, interest on Registered Securities that bear interest may be paid by mailing a check to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register or by transfer to an account maintained by the payee with a bank located in the United States.
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 in the Security Register as the owner of such Registered Security for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of, any premium and (subject to Sections 305 and 307) interest on and any Additional Amounts with respect to such
Registered Security and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not any payment with respect to such Registered Security shall be overdue, and neither the Company, nor the Trustee or any agent of the Company or the Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
The Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the bearer of any Bearer Security or the bearer of any Coupon as the absolute owner of such Security or Coupon for the purpose of receiving payment thereof or on account thereof and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not any payment with respect to such Security or Coupon shall be overdue, and neither the Company, nor the Trustee or any agent of the Company or the Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
No holder of any beneficial interest in any global Security held on its behalf by a Depository shall have any rights under this Indenture with respect to such global Security, and such Depository may be treated by the Company, the Trustee, and any agent of the Company or the Trustee as the owner of such global Security for all purposes whatsoever. 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 global Security 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 shall, if surrendered to any Person other than the Trustee, be delivered to the Trustee, and any such Securities and Coupons, as well as Securities and Coupons surrendered directly to the Trustee for any such purpose, shall be cancelled promptly by the Trustee. 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, and all Securities so delivered shall be cancelled promptly 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 by or pursuant to this Indenture. All cancelled Securities and Coupons held by the Trustee shall be destroyed by the Trustee, unless by a Company Order the Company directs their return to it.
Section 310. Computation of Interest.
Except as otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture or in any Security, interest on the Securities shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.
ARTICLE FOUR
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE
Section 401. Satisfaction and Discharge.
Upon the direction of the Company by a Company Order, this Indenture shall cease to be of further effect with respect to any series of Securities specified in such Company Order and any Coupons appertaining thereto, and the Trustee, on receipt of a Company Order, at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture as to such series, when
(1) either
(a) all Securities of such series theretofore authenticated and delivered and all Coupons appertaining thereto (other than (i) Coupons appertaining to Bearer Securities of such series surrendered in exchange for Registered Securities of such series and maturing after such exchange whose surrender is not required or has been waived as provided in Section 305, (ii) Securities and Coupons of such series which have been destroyed, lost or stolen and which have been replaced or paid as provided in Section 306, (iii) Coupons appertaining to Securities of such series called for redemption and maturing after the relevant Redemption Date whose surrender has been waived as provided in Section 1107, and (iv) Securities and Coupons of such series for whose payment money in the applicable Currency 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) all Securities of such series and, in the case of (i) or (ii) below, any Coupons appertaining thereto not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation
(i) have become due and payable, or
(ii) will become due and payable at their Stated Maturity within one year, or
(iii) if redeemable at the option of the Company, are to be called for redemption within one year under arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption by the Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of the Company,
and the Company, in the case of (i), (ii) or (iii) above, has deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in trust for such purpose, money in the Currency in which such Securities are payable in an amount sufficient to pay and
discharge the entire indebtedness on such Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, including the principal of, any premium and interest on, and any Additional Amounts with respect to such Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto, to the date of such deposit (in the case of Securities which have become due and payable) or to the Maturity thereof, as the case may be;
(2) the Company has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable hereunder by the Company with respect to the Outstanding Securities of such series and any Coupons appertaining thereto; 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 as to such series have been complied with.
In the event there are Securities of two or more series hereunder, the Trustee shall be required to execute an instrument acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture only if requested to do so with respect to Securities of such series as to which it is Trustee and if the other conditions thereto are met.
Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture with respect to any series of Securities, the obligations of the Company to the Trustee under Section 606 and, if money shall have been deposited with the Trustee pursuant to subclause (b) of clause (1) of this Section, the obligations of the Company and the Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series under Sections 305, 306, 403, 1002 and 1003, with respect to the payment of Additional Amounts, if any, with respect to such Securities as contemplated by Section 1004 (but only to the extent that the Additional Amounts payable with respect to such Securities exceed the amount deposited in respect of such Additional Amounts pursuant to Section 401(1)(b)), shall survive.
Section 402. Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance.
(1) Unless, pursuant to Section 301, either or both of
(i) defeasance of the Securities of or within a series under clause (2) of this
Section 402, or (ii) covenant defeasance of the Securities of or within a
series under clause (3) of this Section 402 shall not be applicable with
respect to the Securities of such series, then such provisions, together with
the other provisions of this Section 402 (with such modifications thereto as
may be specified pursuant to Section 301 with respect to any Securities), shall
be applicable to such Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto, and the
Company may at its option by Board Resolution or Officers' Certificate, at any
time, with respect to such Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto,
elect to have Section 402(2) or Section 402(3) be applied to such Outstanding
Securities
and any Coupons appertaining thereto upon compliance with the conditions set forth below in this Section 402.
(2) Upon the Company's exercise of the above option
applicable to this Section 402(2) with respect to any Securities of or within a
series, the Company shall be deemed to have been discharged from its
obligations with respect to such Outstanding Securities and any Coupons
appertaining thereto on the date the conditions set forth in clause (4) of
this Section 402 are satisfied (hereinafter, "defeasance"). For this purpose,
such defeasance means that the Company shall be deemed to have paid and
discharged the entire Indebtedness represented by such Outstanding Securities
and any Coupons appertaining thereto, which shall thereafter be deemed to be
"Outstanding" only for the purposes of clause (5) of this Section 402 and the
other Sections of this Indenture referred to in clauses (i) and (ii) below, and
to have satisfied all of its other obligations under such Securities and any
Coupons appertaining thereto and this Indenture insofar as such Securities and
any Coupons appertaining thereto are concerned (and the Trustee, at the expense
of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging the same),
except for the following which shall survive until otherwise terminated or
discharged hereunder: (i) the rights of Holders of such Outstanding Securities
and any Coupons appertaining thereto to receive, solely from the trust fund
described in clause (4) of this Section 402 and as more fully set forth in such
Section, payments in respect of the principal of (and premium, if any) and
interest, if any, on, and Additional Amounts, if any, with respect to, such
Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto when such payments are due, and
any rights of such Holder to convert or exchange such Securities into Common
Stock or other securities, (ii) the obligations of the Company and the Trustee
with respect to such Securities under Sections 305, 306, 1002 and 1003, with
respect to the payment of Additional Amounts, if any, on such Securities as
contemplated by Section 1004 (but only to the extent that the Additional
Amounts payable with respect to such Securities exceed the amount deposited in
respect of such Additional Amounts pursuant to Section 401(4)(a) below), (iii)
the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee hereunder and
(iv) this Section 402. The Company may exercise its option under this Section
402(2) notwithstanding the prior exercise of its option under clause (3) of
this Section 402 with respect to such Securities and any Coupons appertaining
thereto.
(3) Upon the Company's exercise of the above option applicable to this Section 402(3) with respect to any Securities of or within a series, the Company shall be released from its obligations under Sections 1005 and 1006, and, to the extent specified pursuant to Section 301, any other covenant applicable to such Securities, with respect to such Outstanding Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto on and after the date the conditions set forth in clause (4) of this Section 402 are satisfied (hereinafter, "covenant defeasance"), and such Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto shall thereafter be deemed to be not "Outstanding" for the purposes of any direction, waiver, consent or declaration or Act of Holders (and the consequences of any thereof) in connection with any such covenant, but shall continue to be deemed "Outstanding" for all other purposes hereunder. For this purpose, such covenant defeasance means that, with respect to such Outstanding Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto, the Company may omit to comply with, and shall have no liability in respect of, any term, condition or limitation set forth in any such Section or such other covenant,
whether directly or indirectly, by reason of any reference elsewhere herein to
any such Section or such other covenant or by reason of reference in any such
Section or such other covenant to any other provision herein or in any other
document and such omission to comply shall not constitute a default or an Event
of Default under Section 501(3) or 501(4) or otherwise, as the case may be,
but, except as specified above, the remainder of this Indenture and such
Securities and Coupons appertaining thereto shall be unaffected thereby.
(4) The following shall be the conditions to application of clause (2) or (3) of this Section 402 to any Outstanding Securities of or within a series and any Coupons appertaining thereto:
(a) The Company shall irrevocably have deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee (or another trustee satisfying the requirements of Section 607 who shall agree to comply with the provisions of this Section 402 applicable to it) as trust funds in trust for the purpose of making the following payments, specifically pledged as security for, and dedicated solely to, the benefit of the Holders of such Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto,
(1) an amount in Dollars or in such Foreign Currency in which such Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto are then specified as payable at Stated Maturity, or
(2) Government Obligations applicable to such Securities and Coupons appertaining thereto (determined on the basis of the Currency in which such Securities and Coupons appertaining thereto are then specified as payable at Stated Maturity) which through the scheduled payment of principal and interest in respect thereof in accordance with their terms will provide, not later than one day before the due date of any payment of principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, on such Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto, money in an amount, or
(3) a combination thereof,
in any case, in an amount, sufficient, without consideration of any reinvestment of such principal and interest, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, to pay and discharge, and which shall be applied by the Trustee (or other qualifying trustee) to pay and discharge, the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, on such Outstanding Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto on the Stated Maturity of such principal or installment of principal or interest on the day on which such payments are due and payable in accordance with the terms of this Indenture and of such Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto.
(b) Such defeasance or covenant defeasance shall not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, this Indenture or any other material agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party or by which it is bound.
(c) No Event of Default or event which with notice or lapse of time or both would become an Event of Default with respect to such Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such deposit and, with respect to defeasance only, at any time during the period ending on the 91st day after the date of such deposit (it being understood that this condition shall not be deemed satisfied until the expiration of such period).
(d) In the case of an election under clause (2) of this
Section 402, the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an
Opinion of Counsel stating that (i) the Company has received from the
Internal Revenue Service a letter ruling, or there has been published
by the Internal Revenue Service a Revenue Ruling, or (ii) since the
date of execution of this Indenture, there has been a change in the
applicable Federal income tax law, in either case to the effect that,
and based thereon such opinion shall confirm that, the Holders of such
Outstanding Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto will not
recognize income, gain or loss for Federal income tax purposes as a
result of such defeasance and will be subject to Federal income tax on
the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would
have been the case if such defeasance had not occurred.
(e) In the case of an election under clause (3) of this
Section 402, the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an
Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the Holders of such Outstanding
Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto will not recognize
income, gain or loss for Federal income tax purposes as a result of
such covenant defeasance and will be subject to Federal income tax on
the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would
have been the case if such covenant defeasance had not occurred.
(f) The Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent to the defeasance or covenant defeasance under clause (2) or (3) of this Section 402 (as the case may be) have been complied with.
(g) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Section 402(4), such defeasance or covenant defeasance shall be effected in compliance with any additional or substitute terms, conditions or limitations which may be imposed on the Company in connection therewith pursuant to Section 301.
(5) Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of
Section 1003, all money and Government Obligations (or other property as may be
provided pursuant to Section 301) (including the proceeds thereof) deposited
with the Trustee (or other qualifying trustee,
collectively for purposes of this Section 402(5) and Section 403, the "Trustee") pursuant to clause (4) of Section 402 in respect of any Outstanding Securities of any series and any Coupons appertaining thereto shall be held in trust and applied by the Trustee, in accordance with the provisions of such Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Company acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Holders of such Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto of all sums due and to become due thereon in respect of principal (and premium, if any) and interest and Additional Amounts, if any, but such money need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.
Unless otherwise specified in or pursuant to this Indenture or any Security, if, after a deposit referred to in Section 402(4)(a) has been made, (a) the Holder of a Security in respect of which such deposit was made is entitled to, and does, elect pursuant to Section 301 or the terms of such Security to receive payment in a Currency other than that in which the deposit pursuant to Section 402(4)(a) has been made in respect of such Security, or (b) a Conversion Event occurs in respect of the Foreign Currency in which the deposit pursuant to Section 402(4)(a) has been made, the indebtedness represented by such Security and any Coupons appertaining thereto shall be deemed to have been, and will be, fully discharged and satisfied through the payment of the principal of (and premium, if any), and interest, if any, on, and Additional Amounts, if any, with respect to, such Security as the same becomes due out of the proceeds yielded by converting (from time to time as specified below in the case of any such election) the amount or other property deposited in respect of such Security into the Currency in which such Security becomes payable as a result of such election or Conversion Event based on (x) in the case of payments made pursuant to clause (a) above, the applicable market exchange rate for such Currency in effect on the second Business Day prior to each payment date, or (y) with respect to a Conversion Event, the applicable market exchange rate for such Foreign Currency in effect (as nearly as feasible) at the time of the Conversion Event.
The Company shall pay and indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or other charge, imposed on or assessed against the Government Obligations deposited pursuant to this Section 402 or the principal or interest received in respect thereof other than any such tax, fee or other charge which by law is for the account of the Holders of such Outstanding Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto.
Anything in this Section 402 to the contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee shall deliver or pay to the Company from time to time upon Company Request any money or Government Obligations (or other property and any proceeds therefrom) held by it as provided in clause (4) of this Section 402 which, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, are in excess of the amount thereof which would then be required to be deposited to effect a defeasance or covenant defeasance, as applicable, in accordance with this Section 402.
Section 403. Application of Trust Money.
Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 1003, all money and Government Obligations deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 401 or 402 shall be held in trust and applied by it, in accordance with the provisions of the Securities, the Coupons and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Company acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Persons entitled thereto, of the principal, premium, interest and Additional Amounts for whose payment such money has or Government Obligations have been deposited with or received by the Trustee; but such money and Government Obligations need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.
Section 404. Reinstatement.
If the Trustee or the Paying Agent is unable to apply any money in accordance with this Article with respect to any Securities by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, then the obligations under this Indenture and such Securities from which the Company has been discharged or released pursuant to this Article shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit has occurred pursuant to this Article with respect to such Securities, until such time as the Trustee or Paying Agent is permitted to apply all money held in trust pursuant to this Article with respect to such Securities in accordance with this Article; provided, however, that if the Company makes any payment of principal of or any premium or interest on any such Security following reinstatement of its obligations, the Company shall be subrogated to the rights (if any) of the Holders of such Securities to receive such payment from the money so held in trust.
ARTICLE FIVE
REMEDIES
Section 501. Events of Default.
"Event of Default", wherever used herein with respect to Securities of any series, means any one of the following events (whatever the reason for such Event of Default and whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body), unless such event is specifically deleted or modified in or pursuant to the supplemental indenture, Board Resolution or Officers' Certificate establishing the terms of such Series pursuant to this Indenture:
(1) failure to pay any interest on or any Additional Amounts payable in respect of any Security of such series when such interest becomes or such Additional Amounts become due and payable, and continuance of such default for a period of 30 days; or
(2) failure to pay the principal of or any premium on any Security of such series when it becomes due and payable at either its Maturity or, if applicable, at 12:00 noon on the Business Day following the Change in Control Purchase Date; or
(3) failure to perform or the breach, of any covenant or warranty of the Company in this Indenture or the Securities (other than a covenant or warranty a default in the performance or the breach of which 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 failure 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 failure or breach and requiring it to be remedied and stating that such notice is a "Notice of Default" hereunder; or
(4) if any event of default as defined in any mortgage, indenture or instrument under which there may be issued, or by which there may be secured or evidenced, any Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness constituting Limited Recourse Indebtedness) of the Company or any Subsidiary, whether such Indebtedness now exists or shall hereafter be created, shall happen and shall result in Indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary in excess of $25,000,000 aggregate principal amount becoming or being declared due and payable prior to the date on which such Indebtedness would otherwise become due and payable, and such acceleration shall not be rescinded or annulled, or such Indebtedness shall not have been discharged, within a period of 30 days after there shall have been given, by registered or certified mail, to the Company by the Trustee or to the Company and the Trustee by the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series, a written notice specifying such event of default and requiring the Company to cause such acceleration to be rescinded or annulled or to cause such Indebtedness to be discharged and stating that such notice is a "Notice of Default" hereunder; or
(5) the Company or any Subsidiary shall fail within 60 days to pay, bond or otherwise discharge any judgment, court order or uninsured monetary damage award in excess of $25,000,000 aggregate principal amount, which is not stayed on appeal or is not otherwise being appropriately contested in good faith; or
(6) the entry by a court having competent jurisdiction of:
(a) a decree or order for relief in respect of the Company or any Subsidiary in an involuntary proceeding under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law and such decree or order shall remain unstayed and in effect for a period of 60 consecutive days; or
(b) a decree or order adjudging the Company or any Subsidiary to be insolvent, or approving a petition seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition of the Company or any Subsidiary and such decree or order shall remain unstayed and in effect for a period of 60 consecutive days; or
(c) a final and non-appealable order appointing a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee or other similar official of the Company or any Subsidiary or of any substantial part of the property of the Company or any Subsidiary, as the case may be, or ordering the winding up or liquidation of the affairs of the Company or any Subsidiary; or
(7) the commencement by the Company or any Subsidiary of a voluntary proceeding under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or of a voluntary proceeding seeking to be adjudicated insolvent or the consent by the Company or any Subsidiary to the entry of a decree or order for relief in an involuntary proceeding under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or to the commencement of any insolvency proceedings against it, or the filing by the Company or any Subsidiary of a petition or answer or consent seeking reorganization or relief under any applicable law, or the consent by the Company or any Subsidiary to the filing of such petition or to the appointment of or taking possession by a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee or similar official of the Company or any Subsidiary or any substantial part of the property of the Company or any Subsidiary or the making by the Company or any Subsidiary of an assignment for the benefit of creditors, or the taking of corporate action by the Company or any Subsidiary in furtherance of any such action; or
(8) any other Event of Default provided in or pursuant to this Indenture with respect to Securities of such 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 (other than an Event of Default specified in clause (6) or (7) of Section 501) occurs and is continuing, then the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series may declare the principal of all the Securities of such series, or such lesser amount as may be provided for in the Securities of such series, to be due and payable immediately, by a notice in writing to the Company (and to the Trustee if given by the Holders), and upon any such declaration such principal or such lesser amount shall become immediately due and payable.
If an Event of Default specified in clause (6) or (7) of
Section 501 occurs, all unpaid principal of and accrued interest on the
Outstanding Securities of that series (or such lesser amount as may be provided
for in the Securities of such series) shall ipso facto become
and be immediately due and payable without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or any Holder of any Security of that series.
At any time after Securities of any series have been accelerated 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 not less than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such 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 of money sufficient to pay
(a) all overdue installments of any interest on and Additional Amounts with respect to all Securities of such series and any Coupon appertaining thereto,
(b) the principal of and any premium on any Securities of such series which have become due otherwise than by such declaration of acceleration and interest thereon and any Additional Amounts with respect thereto at the rate or rates borne by or provided for in such Securities,
(c) to the extent that payment of such interest or Additional Amounts is lawful, interest upon overdue installments of any interest and Additional Amounts at the rate or rates borne by or provided for in such Securities, and
(d) all sums paid or advanced by the Trustee hereunder and the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel and all other amounts due the Trustee under Section 606; and
(2) all Events of Default with respect to Securities of such series, other than the non-payment of the principal of, any premium and interest on, and any Additional Amounts with respect to Securities of such series which shall have become due solely by such declaration of acceleration, shall 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) there is a failure to pay any installment of interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to any Security or any Coupon appertaining thereto when such interest or Additional Amounts shall have become due and payable and such default continues for a period of 30 days, or
(2) there is a failure to pay the principal of or any premium on any Security at its Maturity,
the Company shall, upon demand of the Trustee, pay to the Trustee, for the benefit of the Holders of such Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto, the whole amount of money then due and payable with respect to such Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto, with interest upon the overdue principal, any premium and, to the extent that payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable, upon any overdue installments of interest and Additional Amounts at the rate or rates borne by or provided for in such Securities, and, in addition thereto, such further amount of money 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 all other amounts due to the Trustee under Section 606.
If the Company fails to pay the money it is required to pay the Trustee pursuant to the preceding paragraph forthwith upon the demand of the Trustee, the Trustee, in its own name and as trustee of an express trust, may institute a judicial proceeding for the collection of the money so due and unpaid, and 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 any Coupons appertaining thereto and collect the monies 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 and any Coupons appertaining thereto, 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 and any Coupons appertaining thereto 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 such Securities or in aid of the exercise of any power granted herein or therein, 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 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 any overdue principal, premium, interest or Additional Amounts) shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise,
(1) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount, or such lesser amount as may be provided for in the Securities of such series, of the principal and any premium,
interest and Additional Amounts owing and unpaid in respect of the Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto 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 or counsel) and of the Holders of Securities or any Coupons allowed in such judicial proceeding, and
(2) to collect and receive any monies or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same;
and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder of Securities or any 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 or any Coupons, to pay to the Trustee any amount due to it for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 606.
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 any 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 any Coupon in any such proceeding; provided, however, that the Trustee may, on behalf of the Holders, vote for the election of a trustee in bankruptcy or similar official and be a member of a creditors' committee or other similar committee.
Section 505. Trustee May Enforce Claims without Possession of Securities or Coupons.
All rights of action and claims under this Indenture or any of 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 or judgment, after provision for the payment of the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, shall be for the ratable benefit of each and every Holder of a Security or Coupon in respect of which such judgment has been recovered.
Section 506. Application of Money Collected.
Any money collected by the Trustee pursuant to this Article shall be applied in the following order, at the date or dates fixed by the Trustee and, in case of the distribution of such money on account of principal, or any premium, interest or Additional Amounts, 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 and any predecessor Trustee under Section 606;
SECOND: To the payment of the amounts then due and unpaid upon the Securities and any Coupons for principal and any premium, interest and Additional Amounts 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 aggregate amounts due and payable on such Securities and Coupons for principal and any premium, interest and Additional Amounts, respectively;
THIRD: The balance, if any, to the Person or Persons entitled thereto.
Section 507. Limitations on Suits.
No Holder of any Security of any series or any Coupons appertaining thereto shall have any right to institute any proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to this Indenture, or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy hereunder, unless
(1) such Holder has previously given written notice to the Trustee of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Securities of such series;
(2) the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such 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 such series;
it being understood and intended that no one or more of such Holders shall have any right in any manner whatever by virtue of, or by availing of, any provision of this Indenture or any Security to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any other such Holders or Holders of Securities of any other series, 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 such Holders.
Section 508. Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal and any Premium, Interest and Additional Amounts.
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, any premium and (subject to Sections 305 and 307) interest on, and any Additional Amounts with respect to such Security or payment of such Coupon, as the case may be, on the respective Stated Maturity or Maturities therefor specified in such Security or Coupon (or, in the case of redemption, on the Redemption Date or, in the case of repayment at the option of such Holder if provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, on the date such repayment is due, or in the case of a Change in Control, or as to any Change in Control Purchase Notice given timely, on the Change in Control Purchase Date) and to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment, and such right 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 a 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 the Company, the Trustee and each such Holder shall, subject to any determination in such proceeding, be restored severally and respectively to their former positions hereunder, and thereafter all rights and remedies of the Trustee and each such Holder 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 each and every Holder of a Security or a Coupon is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every right and remedy, to the extent permitted by law, shall 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, to the extent permitted by law, 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 any Holder of a Security or a Coupon may be exercised from time to time, and as often as may be deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by such Holder, as the case may be.
Section 512. Control by Holders of Securities.
Subject to Section 601(5), 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 and any Coupons appertaining thereto, provided that
(1) such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or with this Indenture or with the Securities of any series,
(2) the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee which is not inconsistent with such direction, and
(3) such direction is not unduly prejudicial to the rights of the other Holders of Securities of such series not joining in such action.
Section 513. Waiver of Past Defaults.
The Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series on behalf of the Holders of all the Securities of such series and any Coupons appertaining thereto may waive any past or prospective default hereunder with respect to such series and its consequences, except a default
(1) in the payment of the principal of, any premium or interest on, or any Additional Amounts with respect to, any Security of such series or any Coupons appertaining thereto, 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. Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws.
The Company covenants that (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) it will not at any time insist upon, or plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay or extension law wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, which may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and the Company expressly waives (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) 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.
Section 515. 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 or omitted by it as Trustee, the filing by any party litigant in such suit of any undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and that such court may in its discretion assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys' fees, against any party litigant in such suit having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by such party litigant; but the provisions of this Section 515 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 Outstanding Securities of any series, or to any suit instituted by any Holder for the enforcement of the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest, if any, on or Additional Amounts, if any, with respect to any Security on or after the respective Stated Maturities expressed in such Security (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the Redemption Date, in the case of repayment, on or after the date for repayment and, in the case of Change of Control, on or after the date for payment of the Change of Control Purchase Price).
ARTICLE SIX
THE TRUSTEE
Section 601. Certain Rights of Trustee.
Subject to Sections 315(a) through 315(d) of the Trust Indenture Act:
(1) 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, coupon or other paper or document reasonably believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties;
(2) any request or direction of the Company mentioned herein shall be sufficiently evidenced by a Company Request or a Company Order (in each case, other than delivery of any Security, together with any Coupons appertaining thereto, to the Trustee for authentication and delivery pursuant to Section 303 which shall be sufficiently evidenced as provided therein) and any resolution of the Board of Directors may be sufficiently evidenced by a Board Resolution;
(3) 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 shall be herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of bad faith on its part, rely upon an Officers' Certificate;
(4) 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;
(5) the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by or pursuant to this Indenture at the request or direction of any of the Holders of Securities of any series or any Coupons appertaining thereto 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;
(6) 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, coupon 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, during business hours and upon reasonable notice, the books, records and premises of the Company, personally or by agent or attorney; and
(7) 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.
(8) the Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of any default (as defined in Section 602) or Event of Default with respect to the Securities of any series for which it is acting as Trustee unless either (1) a Responsible Officer of the Trustee assigned to the Corporate Trust Department of the Trustee (or any successor division or department of the Trustee) shall have actual knowledge of such default or Event of Default or (2) written notice of such default or Event of Default shall have been given to the Trustee by the Company or any other obligor on such Securities or by any holder of such Securities; and
(9) the Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken, suffered 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 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 by mail to all Holders of Securities of such series entitled to receive reports pursuant to Section 703(3), 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 premium, if any), or interest, if any, on, or Additional Amounts 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 and/or Responsible Officers of the Trustee in good faith determine that the withholding of such notice is in the best interest of the Holders of Securities and Coupons of such series. 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. Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities.
The recitals contained herein and in the Securities, except the Trustee's certificate of authentication, and in any Coupons shall be taken as the statements of the Company and neither the Trustee nor any Authenticating Agent assumes any responsibility for their correctness. The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Indenture or of the Securities or the Coupons, except that the Trustee represents that it is duly authorized to execute and deliver this Indenture, authenticate the Securities and perform its obligations hereunder and that the statements made by it in a Statement of Eligibility and Qualification on Form T-1 supplied to the Company are true and accurate, subject to the qualifications set forth therein. Neither the Trustee nor any Authenticating Agent shall be accountable for the use or application by the Company of the Securities or the proceeds thereof.
Section 604. May Hold Securities.
The Trustee, any Authenticating Agent, any Paying Agent, any Security Registrar or any other Person that may be an agent of the Trustee or the Company, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Securities or Coupons and, subject to Sections 310(b) and 311 of the Trust Indenture Act, may otherwise deal with the Company with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee, Authenticating Agent, Paying Agent, Security Registrar or such other Person.
Section 605. Money Held in Trust.
Except as provided in Section 403 and Section 1003, money held by the Trustee in trust hereunder need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law and shall be held uninvested. The Trustee shall be under no liability for interest on any money received by it hereunder except as otherwise agreed in writing with the Company.
Section 606. Compensation and Reimbursement.
The Company agrees:
(1) to pay to the Trustee from time to time reasonable compensation for all services rendered by the Trustee 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 the Trustee's negligence or bad faith; and
(3) to indemnify the Trustee and its agents for, and to hold them harmless against, any loss, liability or expense incurred without negligence or bad faith on their part, arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of the trust or trusts hereunder, including the costs and expenses of defending themselves against any claim or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of their 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 of any series upon all property and funds held or collected by the Trustee as such, except funds held in trust for the payment of principal of, and premium or interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to particular Securities or any Coupons appertaining thereto.
Any compensation or expense incurred by the Trustee after a default specified by Section 501 is intended to constitute an expense of administration under any then applicable bankruptcy or insolvency law. "Trustee" for purposes of this Section 606 shall include any predecessor Trustee but the negligence or bad faith of any Trustee shall not affect the rights of any other Trustee under this Section 606.
The Company's obligations under this Section 606 and any lien hereunder shall survive the resignation or removal of any Trustee, the discharge of the Company's obligations pursuant to Article Four of this Indenture and the termination of this Indenture.
Section 607. Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility.
There shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder that is a
Corporation, organized and doing business under the laws of the United States
of America, any state thereof or the District of Columbia, eligible under
Section 310(a)(1) of the Trust Indenture Act to act as trustee under an
indenture qualified under the Trust Indenture Act and that has a combined
capital and surplus (computed in accordance with Section 310(a)(2) of the Trust
Indenture Act) of at least $50,000,000 subject to supervision or examination by
Federal or state authority. If at any time the Trustee shall cease to be
eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, it shall resign
immediately in the manner and with the effect hereinafter specified in this
Article.
Section 608. Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor.
(1) 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 pursuant to Section 609.
(2) The Trustee may resign at any time with respect to
the Securities of one or more series by giving written notice thereof to the
Company. If the instrument of acceptance by a successor Trustee required by
Section 609 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 such series.
(3) 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 the Company.
(4) If at any time:
(a) the Trustee shall fail to comply with the obligations imposed upon it under Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act with respect to Securities of any series after written request therefor by the Company or any Holder of a Security of such series who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security of such series for at least six months, or
(b) the Trustee shall cease to be eligible under Section 607 and shall fail to resign after written request therefor by the Company or any such Holder, or
(c) 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 or pursuant to a Board Resolution, may remove the Trustee with respect to all Securities or the Securities of such series, or (ii) subject to Section 315(e) of the Trust Indenture Act, any Holder of a Security who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security of such series for at least six months may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee with respect to all Securities of such series and the appointment of a successor Trustee or Trustees.
(5) 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 or pursuant to a Board Resolution, shall promptly appoint a successor
Trustee or Trustees with respect to the Securities of that or those series (it
being understood that any such successor Trustee may be appointed with respect
to the Securities of one or more or all of such series and that at any time
there shall be only one Trustee with respect to the Securities of any
particular series) and shall comply with the applicable requirements of Section
609. If, within one year after such resignation, removal or incapability, or
the occurrence of such vacancy, a successor Trustee with respect to the
Securities of any series shall be appointed by Act of the Holders of a majority
in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of such series delivered to the Company and the retiring Trustee, the successor Trustee so appointed shall, forthwith upon its acceptance of such appointment in accordance with the applicable requirements of Section 609, become the successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series and to that extent supersede the successor Trustee appointed by the Company. If no successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series shall have been so appointed by the Company or the Holders of Securities and accepted appointment in the manner required by Section 609, any Holder of a Security who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security of such series for at least six months may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series.
(6) 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 by mailing written notice of such event by first-class mail, postage prepaid, to the Holders of Registered Securities, if any, of such series as their names and addresses appear in the Security Register and, if Securities of such series are issued as Bearer Securities, by publishing notice of such event once in an Authorized Newspaper in each Place of Payment located outside the United States. Each notice shall include the name of the successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series and the address of its Corporate Trust Office.
Section 609. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor.
(1) Upon the appointment hereunder of any successor
Trustee with respect to all Securities, such successor Trustee so appointed
shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Company and 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 hereunder of the retiring Trustee;
but, on the request of the Company or such successor Trustee, such retiring
Trustee, upon payment of its charges, shall execute and deliver an instrument
transferring to such successor Trustee all the rights, powers and trusts of the
retiring Trustee and, subject to Section 1003, shall duly assign, transfer and
deliver to such successor Trustee all property and money held by such retiring
Trustee hereunder, subject nevertheless to its claim, if any, provided for in
Section 606.
(2) Upon the appointment hereunder of any successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more (but not all) series, the Company, the retiring Trustee and such successor Trustee shall execute and deliver an indenture supplemental hereto wherein 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, such successor Trustee all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates, (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 co-trustees of the same trust, 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 that no Trustee shall be responsible for any notice given to, or received by, or any act or failure to act on the part of any other Trustee hereunder, and, upon the execution and delivery of such supplemental indenture, the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective to the extent provided therein, such retiring Trustee shall have no further responsibility for the exercise of rights and powers or for the performance of the duties and obligations vested in the Trustee under this Indenture with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates other than as hereinafter expressly set forth, 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 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 such successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee, upon payment of its charges with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor relates and subject to Section 1003 shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee, to the extent contemplated by such supplemental indenture, the property and money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates, subject to its claim, if any, provided for in Section 606.
(3) Upon request of any Person appointed hereunder as a 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 (1) or (2) of this Section, as the case may be.
(4) No Person shall accept its appointment hereunder as a successor Trustee unless at the time of such acceptance such successor Person shall be qualified and eligible under this Article.
Section 610. 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 of the corporate trust business of the Trustee, shall be the successor of the Trustee hereunder, 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 611. Appointment of Authenticating Agent.
The Trustee may appoint one or more Authenticating Agents acceptable to the Company with respect to one or more series of Securities which shall be authorized to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate Securities of that or those series issued upon original issue, exchange, registration of transfer, partial redemption or partial repayment or pursuant to Section 306, and Securities so authenticated shall be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture and shall be valid and obligatory for all purposes as if authenticated by the Trustee hereunder. Wherever reference is made in this Indenture to the authentication and delivery of Securities by the Trustee or the Trustee's certificate of authentication, such reference shall be deemed to include authentication and delivery on behalf of the Trustee by an Authenticating Agent and a certificate of authentication executed on behalf of the Trustee by an Authenticating Agent.
Each Authenticating Agent shall be acceptable to the Company
and, except as provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, shall at all times be
a corporation that would be permitted by the Trust Indenture Act to act as
trustee under an indenture qualified under the Trust Indenture Act, is
authorized under applicable law and by its charter to act as an Authenticating
Agent and has a combined capital and surplus (computed in accordance with
Section 310(a)(2) of the Trust Indenture Act) of at least $50,000,000. If at
any time an Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with
the provisions of this Section, it shall resign immediately in the manner and
with the effect specified in this Section.
Any Corporation into which an Authenticating Agent may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any Corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which such Authenticating Agent shall be a party, or any Corporation succeeding to all or substantially all of the corporate agency or corporate trust business of an Authenticating Agent, shall be the successor of such Authenticating Agent hereunder, provided such Corporation shall be otherwise eligible under this Section, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent.
An Authenticating Agent may resign at any time by giving written notice thereof to the Trustee and the Company. The Trustee may at any time terminate the agency of an Authenticating Agent by giving written notice thereof to such Authenticating Agent and the Company. Upon receiving such a notice of resignation or upon such a termination, or in case at any time such Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, the Trustee may appoint a successor Authenticating Agent which shall be acceptable to the Company and shall (i) mail written notice of such appointment by first-class mail, postage prepaid, to all Holders of Registered Securities, if any, of the series with respect
to which such Authenticating Agent shall serve, as their names and addresses appear in the Security Register, and (ii) if Securities of the series are issued as Bearer Securities, publish notice of such appointment at least once in an Authorized Newspaper in the place where such successor Authenticating Agent has its principal office if such office is located outside the United States. Any successor Authenticating Agent, upon acceptance of its appointment hereunder, shall become vested with all the rights, powers and duties of its predecessor hereunder, with like effect as if originally named as an Authenticating Agent. No successor Authenticating Agent shall be appointed unless eligible under the provisions of this Section.
The Company agrees to pay each Authenticating Agent from time to time reasonable compensation for its services under this Section. If the Trustee makes such payments, it shall be entitled to be reimbursed for such payments, subject to the provisions of Section 606.
The provisions of Sections 308, 603 and 604 shall be applicable to each Authenticating Agent.
If an Authenticating Agent is appointed with respect to one or more series of Securities pursuant to this Section, the Securities of such series may have endorsed thereon, in addition to or in lieu of the Trustee's certificate of authentication, an alternate certificate of authentication in substantially the following form:
This is one of the Securities of the series designated herein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
CHEMICAL BANK,
As Trustee
By_____________________________
As Authenticating Agent
By_____________________________
Authorized Officer
If all of the Securities of any series may not be originally issued at one time, and if the Trustee does not have an office capable of authenticating Securities upon original issuance located in a Place of Payment where the Company wishes to have Securities of such series authenticated upon original issuance, the Trustee, if so requested in writing (which writing need not be accompanied by or contained in an Officers' Certificate by the Company), shall appoint in accordance with this Section an Authenticating Agent having an office in a Place of Payment designated by the Company with respect to such series of Securities.
ARTICLE SEVEN
HOLDERS LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY
Section 701. Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders.
In accordance with Section 312(a) of the Trust Indenture Act, the Company shall furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee
(1) semi-annually with respect to Securities of each series not later than March 15 and September 15 of the year or upon such other dates as are set forth in or pursuant to the Board Resolution, Officer's Certificate or indenture supplemental hereto authorizing such series, a list, in each case in such form as the Trustee may reasonably require, of the names and addresses of Holders as of the applicable date, and
(2) at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, within 30 days after the receipt by the Company of any such request, a list of similar form and content as of a date not more than 15 days prior to the time such list is furnished,
provided, however, that so long as the Trustee is the Security Registrar no such list shall be required to be furnished.
Section 702. Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders.
The Trustee shall comply with the obligations imposed upon it pursuant to Section 312 of the Trust Indenture Act.
Every Holder of Securities or Coupons, by receiving and holding the same, agrees with the Company and the Trustee that neither the Company, the Trustee, any Paying Agent or any Security Registrar shall be held accountable by reason of the disclosure of any such information as to the names and addresses of the Holders of Securities in accordance with Section 312(c) of the Trust Indenture Act, regardless of the source from which such information was derived, and that the Trustee shall not be held accountable by reason of mailing any material pursuant to a request made under Section 312(b) of the Trust Indenture Act.
Section 703. Reports by Trustee.
(1) Within 60 days after September 15 of each year commencing with the first September 15 following the first issuance of Securities pursuant to Section 301, if required by Section 313(a) of the Trust Indenture Act, the Trustee shall transmit, pursuant to Section 313(c) of the Trust Indenture Act, a brief report dated as of such September 15 with respect to any of the events specified in said Section 313(a) which may have occurred since the later of the immediately preceding September 15 and the date of this Indenture.
(2) The Trustee shall transmit the reports required by
Section 313(a) of the Trust Indenture Act at the times specified therein.
(3) Reports pursuant to this Section shall be transmitted in the manner and to the Persons required by Sections 313(c) and 313(d) of the Trust Indenture Act.
Section 704. Reports by Company.
The Company, pursuant to Section 314(a) of the Trust Indenture Act, 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, in the manner and to the extent provided in Section 313(c) of the
Trust Indenture Act, such summaries of any information, documents and reports
required to 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 AND SALES
Section 801. Company May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms.
Nothing contained in this Indenture or in any of the Securities shall prevent any consolidation or merger of the Company with or into any other Person or Persons (whether or not affiliated with the Company), or successive consolidations or mergers in which the Company or its successor or successors shall be a party or parties, or shall prevent any conveyance, transfer or lease of the property of the Company as an entirety or substantially as an entirety, to any other Person (whether or not affiliated with the Company); provided, however, that:
(1) in case the Company shall consolidate with or merge into another Person or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets as an entirety or substantially as an entirety to any Person, the entity formed by such consolidation or into which the Company is merged or the Person which acquires by conveyance or transfer, or which leases, the properties and assets of the Company as an entirety or substantially as an entirety shall be a Corporation organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America, any state thereof or the District of Columbia and shall expressly assume, by an indenture (or indentures, if at such time there is more than one Trustee) supplemental hereto, executed by the successor Person and delivered to the Trustee, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, the due and punctual payment of the principal of, any premium and interest on and any Additional Amounts with respect to all the Securities and the performance of every obligation in this Indenture and the Outstanding Securities on the part of the Company to be performed or observed;
(2) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Event of Default or event which, after notice or lapse of time, or both, would become an Event of Default, shall have occurred and be continuing, including any default pursuant to the Holder's Change of Control Purchase Option set forth in Article Fifteen; and
(3) either the Company or the successor Person shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer or lease and, if a supplemental indenture is required in connection with such transaction, such supplemental indenture comply with this Article and that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to such transaction have been complied with.
Section 802. Successor Person Substituted for Company.
Upon any consolidation by the Company with or merger of the Company into any other Person or any conveyance, transfer or lease of the properties and assets of the Company substantially as an entirety to any Person in accordance with Section 801, the successor Person formed by such consolidation or into which the Company is merged or to which such conveyance, transfer or lease is made shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Company under this Indenture with the same effect as if such successor Person had been named as the Company herein; and thereafter, except in the case of a lease, the predecessor Person shall be released from all obligations and covenants under this Indenture, the Securities and the 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 or pursuant to 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 contained herein and in the Securities; or
(2) to add to the covenants of the Company for the benefit of the Holders of all or any series of Securities (as shall be specified in such supplemental indenture or indentures) or to surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the Company; or
(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 on the payment of principal of, any premium or interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to Securities, to permit Bearer Securities to be issued in exchange for Registered Securities, to permit Bearer Securities to be exchanged for Bearer Securities of other authorized denominations or to permit or facilitate the issuance of Securities in uncertificated form, provided any such action shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of Securities of any series or any Coupons appertaining thereto in any material respect; or
(4) to establish the form or terms of Securities of any series and any Coupons appertaining thereto as permitted by Sections 201 and 301; 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 609; or
(6) to cure any ambiguity or to correct or supplement any provision herein which may be defective or inconsistent with any other provision herein, or to make any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under this Indenture which shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of Securities of any series then Outstanding or any Coupons appertaining thereto in any material respect; or
(7) to add to, delete from or revise the conditions, limitations and restrictions on the authorized amount, terms or purposes of issue, authentication and delivery of Securities, as herein set forth; or
(8) to add any additional Events of Default with respect to all or any series of Securities (as shall be specified in such supplemental indenture); or
(9) to supplement any of the provisions of this Indenture to such extent as shall be necessary to permit or facilitate the defeasance and discharge of any series of Securities pursuant to Article Four, provided that any such action shall not adversely affect the interests of any Holder of a Security of such series and any Coupons appertaining thereto or any other Security or Coupon in any material respect; or
(10) to secure the Securities pursuant to Section 1005, 1006 or otherwise; or
(11) to make provisions with respect to conversion or exchange rights of Holders of Securities of any series; or
(12) to amend or supplement any provision contained herein or in any supplemental indenture, provided that no such amendment or supplement shall materially adversely affect the interests of the Holders of any Securities then Outstanding.
Section 902. Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Holders.
With the consent of the Holders of not less than 66-2/3% 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 or pursuant to a Company's Board Resolution), and the Trustee may enter into an indenture or
indentures supplemental hereto for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series under this Indenture or of the Securities of such series; provided, however, that no such supplemental indenture, without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security affected thereby, shall
(1) change the Stated Maturity of the principal of, or any premium or installment of interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to, any Security, or reduce the principal amount thereof or the rate (or modify the calculation of such rate) of interest thereon or any Additional Amounts with respect thereto, or any premium payable upon the redemption thereof or otherwise, or change the obligation of the Company to pay Additional Amounts pursuant to Section 1004 (except as contemplated by Section 801(1) and permitted by Section 901(1)), or reduce the amount of the principal of an Original Issue Discount Security that would be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 502 or the amount thereof provable in bankruptcy pursuant to Section 504, change the redemption provisions or adversely affect the right of repayment at the option of any Holder as contemplated by Article Thirteen, or change the Place of Payment, Currency in which the principal of, any premium or interest on, or any Additional Amounts with respect to any 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 repayment at the option of the Holder, on or after the date for repayment or in the case of change in control, after the Change in Control Purchase Date), or
(2) reduce the percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series, the consent of whose Holders is required for any such supplemental indenture, or the consent of whose Holders is required for any waiver (of compliance with certain provisions of this Indenture or certain defaults hereunder and their consequences) provided for in this Indenture, or reduce the requirements of Section 1504 for quorum or voting, or
(3) modify any of the provisions of this Section, Section 513 or Section 1008, 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 shall have been included expressly and 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 of Securities 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.
As a condition to executing, or accepting the additional trusts created by, any supplemental indenture permitted by this Article or the modifications thereby of the trust created by this Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive (in addition to those documents required by Section 102), and (subject to Section 315 of the Trust Indenture Act) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such supplemental indenture is authorized or permitted by this Indenture. The Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into any such supplemental indenture which affects the Trustee's own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.
Section 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 a Security theretofore or thereafter authenticated and delivered hereunder and of any Coupon appertaining thereto shall be bound thereby.
Section 905. 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.
Section 906. 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.
ARTICLE TEN
COVENANTS
Section 1001. Payment of Principal, any Premium, Interest and Additional Amounts.
The Company covenants and agrees for the benefit of the Holders of the Securities of each series that it will duly and punctually pay the principal of, any premium and interest on and any Additional Amounts with respect to the Securities of such series in accordance with the terms thereof, any Coupons appertaining thereto and this Indenture. Any interest due on any Bearer Security on or before the Maturity thereof, and any Additional Amounts payable with respect to such interest, shall be payable only upon presentation and surrender of the Coupons appertaining thereto for such interest as they severally mature.
Section 1002. Maintenance of Office or Agency.
The Company shall maintain in each Place of Payment for any series of Securities an Office or Agency where Securities of such series (but not Bearer Securities, except as otherwise provided below, unless such Place of Payment is located outside the United States) may be presented or surrendered for payment, where Securities of such 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 such series relating thereto and this Indenture may be served. If Securities of a series are issuable as Bearer Securities, the Company shall maintain, subject to any laws or regulations applicable thereto, an Office or Agency in a Place of Payment for such series which is located outside the United States where Securities of such series and any Coupons appertaining thereto may be presented and surrendered for payment; provided, however, that if the Securities of such series are listed on The Stock Exchange of the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland or the Luxembourg Stock Exchange or any other stock exchange located outside the United States and such stock exchange shall so require, the Company shall maintain a Paying Agent in London, Luxembourg or any other required city located outside the United States, as the case may be, so long as the Securities of such series are listed on such exchange. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location, and any change in the location, of such Office or Agency. If at any time the Company shall fail to maintain any such required Office or Agency or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, except that Bearer Securities of such series and any Coupons appertaining thereto may be presented and surrendered for payment at the place specified for the purpose with respect to such Securities as provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, and the Company hereby appoints the Trustee as its agent to receive all such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands.
Except as otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, no payment of principal, premium, interest or Additional Amounts with respect to Bearer Securities shall be made at any Office or Agency in the United States or by check mailed to any address in the United States or by transfer to an account maintained with a bank located in the United States; provided, however, if amounts owing with respect to any Bearer Securities shall be payable in Dollars, payment of principal of, any premium or interest on and any Additional Amounts with respect to any such Security may be made at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee or any Office or Agency designated by the Company in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, if (but only if) payment of the full amount of such principal, premium, interest or Additional Amounts at all offices outside the United States maintained for such 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 each Place of Payment for Securities of any series for such purposes. The Company shall 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 provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, the Company hereby designates as the Place of Payment for each series of Securities the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, and initially appoints the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee as the Office or Agency of the Company in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York for such purpose. The Company may subsequently appoint a different Office or Agency in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York for the Securities of any series.
Unless otherwise specified with respect to any Securities pursuant to Section 301, if and so long as the Securities of any series (i) are denominated in a Foreign Currency or (ii) may be payable in a Foreign Currency, or so long as it is required under any other provision of this Indenture, then the Company will maintain with respect to each such series of Securities, or as so required, at least one exchange rate agent.
Section 1003. Money for Securities Payments to Be Held in Trust.
If the Company shall at any time act as its own Paying Agent with respect to any series of Securities, it shall, on or before each due date of the principal of, any premium or interest on or Additional Amounts with respect to any of the Securities of such series, segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto a sum in the Currency or Currencies in which the Securities of such series are payable (except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301 for the Securities of such series) sufficient to pay the principal or any premium, interest or Additional Amounts so becoming due until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided, and shall promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure so to act.
Whenever the Company shall have one or more Paying Agents for any series of Securities, it shall, on or prior to each due date of the principal of, any premium or interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to any Securities of such series, deposit with any Paying Agent a sum (in the Currency or Currencies described in the preceding paragraph) sufficient to pay the principal or any premium, interest or Additional Amounts so becoming due, such sum to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto, 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 shall 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 shall:
(1) hold all sums held by it for the payment of the principal of, any premium or interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to 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 provided in or pursuant to this Indenture;
(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, any premium or interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to 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 terms 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 sums.
Except as otherwise provided herein or pursuant hereto, 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, any premium or interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to any Security of any series or any Coupon appertaining thereto and remaining unclaimed for two years after such principal or any such premium or interest or any such Additional Amounts shall have become due and payable shall be paid to the Company on Company Request, or (if then held by the Company) shall be discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such Security or any Coupon appertaining thereto shall thereafter, as an unsecured general creditor, look only to the Company for payment thereof, and all liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect
to such trust money, and all liability of the Company as trustee thereof, shall thereupon cease; provided, however, that the Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being required to make any such repayment, may at the expense of the Company cause to be published once, in an Authorized Newspaper in each Place of Payment for such series or to be mailed to Holders of Registered Securities of such series, or both, 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 or mailing nor shall it be later than two years after such principal and any premium or interest or Additional Amounts shall have become due and payable, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining will be repaid to the Company.
Section 1004. Additional Amounts.
If any Securities of a series provide for the payment of Additional Amounts, the Company agrees to pay to the Holder of any such Security or any Coupon appertaining thereto Additional Amounts as provided in or pursuant to this Indenture or such Securities. Whenever in this Indenture there is mentioned, in any context, the payment of the principal of or any premium or interest on, or in respect of, any Security of any series or any Coupon or the net proceeds received on the sale or exchange of any Security of any series, such mention shall be deemed to include mention of the payment of Additional Amounts provided by the terms of such series established hereby or pursuant hereto to the extent that, in such context, Additional Amounts are, were or would be payable in respect thereof pursuant to such terms, and express mention of the payment of Additional Amounts (if applicable) in any provision hereof shall not be construed as excluding Additional Amounts in those provisions hereof where such express mention is not made.
Except as otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture or the Securities of the applicable series, 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 such series of Securities (or if the Securities of such series shall 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 or interest if there has been any change with respect to the matters set forth in the below-mentioned Officers' Certificate, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee and the principal Paying Agent or Paying Agents, if other than the Trustee, an Officers' Certificate instructing the Trustee and such Paying Agent or Paying Agents whether such payment of principal of and premium, if any, or interest on the Securities of such series shall be made to Holders of Securities of such series or the Coupons appertaining thereto who are United States Aliens without withholding for or on account of any tax, assessment or other governmental charge described in the Securities of such 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 agrees to pay to the Trustee or such Paying Agent the Additional Amounts required by the terms of such Securities. 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.
Section 1005. Limitation on Liens.
Nothing in this Indenture or in the Securities shall in any way restrict or prevent the Company or any Subsidiary from issuing, assuming, guaranteeing or otherwise incurring any indebtedness; provided, however, that neither the Company nor any Subsidiary shall issue, assume or guaranty any notes, bonds, debentures or other similar evidences of indebtedness for money borrowed secured by any Lien on any asset now owned or hereafter acquired by it without making effective provision whereby any and all Securities then or thereafter outstanding shall be secured by a Lien equally and ratably with any and all other obligations thereby secured, so long as any such obligations shall be so secured. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company or any Subsidiary, without so securing the Securities, may issue, assume or guaranty indebtedness secured by the following Liens:
(a) Liens existing on the date of this Indenture or provided for under the terms of agreements existing on the date hereof;
(b) Liens on property to secure (i) all or any portion of the cost of exploration, production, gathering, processing, marketing, drilling or development of such property, (ii) all or any portion of the cost of acquiring, constructing, altering, improving or repairing any property or assets, real or personal, or improvements used in connection with such property, and (iii) indebtedness incurred by the Company or any Subsidiary to provide funds for the activities set forth in clauses (i) and (ii) above;
(c) Liens which secure indebtedness owing by a Subsidiary to the Company, or to one or more other Subsidiaries, or to the Company and one or more other Subsidiaries;
(d) Liens on the property of any person existing at the time such person becomes a Subsidiary;
(e) Liens on any property securing (i) indebtedness incurred in connection with the construction, installation or financing of pollution control or abatement facilities or other forms of industrial revenue bond financing, (ii) indebtedness issued or guaranteed by the United States, any state or any department, agency or instrumentality of either or (iii) indebtedness issued or guaranteed by (Y) a foreign government, any state or any department, agency or instrumentality of either or (Z) an international finance agency or any division or department thereof, including the World Bank, the International Finance Corp. and the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency;
(f) any Lien extending, renewing or replacing (or successive extensions, renewals or replacements of) any Lien of the type set forth in paragraph (a) through (e) above, which Lien exists on the date of this Indenture;
(g) any Ordinary Course Lien (as defined below) arising, and only so long as continuing, in the ordinary course of the Company's business; or
(h) Liens which secure Limited Recourse Indebtedness.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company and any one or more Subsidiaries may issue, assume or guaranty the following indebtedness secured by Liens on assets without regard to indebtedness in any aggregate principal amount which, together with the aggregate outstanding principal amount of all other indebtedness of the Company and its Subsidiaries so secured (excluding indebtedness secured by the permitted Liens described above), and the aggregate amount of Sale/Leaseback Transaction obligations which would otherwise be subject to the provisions of Section 1006, does not at the time such indebtedness is incurred exceed 10% of the Company's Consolidated Net Worth as shown on the most recent audited consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its Subsidiaries.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this Section 1005 shall be deemed to prohibit or otherwise limit the following types of transactions:
(1)(i) the sale, granting of Liens with respect to or other transfer of crude oil, natural gas or other petroleum hydrocarbons in place, for a period of time until, or in an amount such that, the transferee will realize therefrom a specified amount (however determined) of money or such crude oil, natural gas or other petroleum hydrocarbons, or (ii) the sale or other transfer of any other interest in property of the character commonly referred to as a production payment, overriding royalty, forward sales or similar interest; and
(2) the granting of Liens required by any contract or statute in order to permit the Company or a Subsidiary to perform any contract or subcontract made by it with or at the request of the United States government or any foreign government or international finance agency, any state or any department thereof, or any agency or instrumentality thereof, or to secure partial, progress, advance or other payments to the Company or any Subsidiary by any such entity pursuant to the provisions of any contract or statute.
"Lien" shall mean, with respect to any asset, any mortgage, lien, pledge, security interest or encumbrances of any kind in respect of such asset, whether or not filed, recorded or otherwise perfected under applicable law. The Company or any Subsidiary shall be deemed to own subject to a Lien any asset which it has acquired or holds subject to the interest of a vendor or lessor under any conditional sale agreement, capital lease or other title retention agreement relating to such asset. The right of set-off, whether by operation of law or by contract, does not
constitute a Lien unless there is a related obligation to maintain a deposit of cash or other assets in respect of which such right of set-off may be exercised.
"Ordinary Course Lien" shall mean:
(a) Liens for taxes, assessments or governmental changes or levies on the property of the Company or any Subsidiary if the same shall not at the time be delinquent or thereafter can be paid without penalty, or are being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings and for which adequate reserves in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles shall have been set aside on the books of the Company;
(b) Liens imposed by law, such as carriers', warehousemen's, landlords' and mechanics' liens and other similar liens arising in the ordinary course of business which secure obligations not more than 60 days past due or which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which adequate reserves in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles shall have been set aside on the books of the Company;
(c) Liens arising out of pledges or deposits under worker's compensation laws, unemployment insurance, old age pensions, or other social security or retirement benefits, or similar legislation;
(d) Utility easements, building restrictions and such other encumbrances or charges against real property as are of a nature generally existing with respect to properties of a similar character and which do not in any material way affect the marketability of the same or interfere with the use thereof in the business of the Company or its Subsidiaries, as the case may be;
(e) Liens arising under operating agreements or similar agreements in respect of obligations which are not yet due or which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings;
(f) Liens reserved in oil, gas and/or mineral leases for bonus or rental payments and for compliance with the terms of such leases;
(g) Liens pursuant to partnership agreements, oil, gas and/or mineral leases, farm-out-agreements, division orders, contracts for the sale, purchase, exchange, or processing of oil, gas and/or other hydrocarbons, unitization and pooling declarations and agreements, operating agreements, development agreements, area of mutual interest agreements, forward sale agreements, oil and gas delivery obligations, and other agreements which are customary in the oil, gas and other mineral exploration, development and production business and in the business of processing of gas and gas condensate production of the extraction of products therefrom;
(h) Liens on personal property (excluding the capital stock or indebtedness of any Subsidiary) securing indebtedness maturing not more than one year from the date of its creation; and
(i) Liens relating to a judgment or other court-ordered award or settlement as to which the Company has not exhausted its appellate rights.
"Consolidated Net Worth" means the consolidated stockholders' equity of the Company, determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.
Section 1006. Limitation on Sale/Leaseback Transactions.
Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary will enter into any Sale/Leaseback Transaction with any Person (other than the Company or a Subsidiary) providing for a term of more than three years unless:
(a) the Company or such Subsidiary would be permitted, pursuant to the terms of Section 1005, to incur indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount equal to or exceeding the value of the Sale/Leaseback Transaction secured by a Lien on the property subject to such Sale/Leaseback Transaction;
(b) since the date of this Indenture and within a period commencing six months prior to the Sale/Leaseback Transaction and ending six months after the consummation thereof, the Company or such Subsidiary expends for any property (including amounts expended for the acquisition, exploration, drilling or development thereof, or for additions, alterations, improvements or repairs thereto) an amount up to the net proceeds of such Sale/Leaseback Transaction, and the Company elects to designate such amount as a credit against such Sale/Leaseback Transaction (with any amount of such net proceeds not being so designated to be applied as set forth in paragraph (c) below); or
(c) the Company, during or immediately after the expiration of the 12 month period following the consummation of the Sale/Leaseback Transaction, applies to the voluntary retirement, redemption or defeasance of the Securities and its other Senior Indebtedness an amount equal to the greater of (i) the net proceeds of the Sale/Leaseback Transaction and (ii) the fair value, in the opinion of the Board of Directors of the Company, of the subject property of the Sale/Leaseback Transaction at the time of such transaction (adjusted, in either case, to reflect the remaining term of the lease and any amount applied pursuant to paragraph (b) above), less an amount equal to the principal amount of other Senior Indebtedness voluntarily retired by the Company during such 12-month period.
"Sale/Leaseback Transaction" means any arrangement providing for the leasing to the Company or any Subsidiary by any Person (other than the Company or a Subsidiary) of any
property which has been, or is to be, sold or transferred by the Company or such Subsidiary to such Person or to any Person (other than the Company or a Subsidiary) to which funds have been or are to be advanced by such Person on the security of the leased property, except with respect to any lease that secures or relates to obligations issued by or on behalf of (a) the United States, any state or any department, agency or instrumentality of either, (b) a foreign government, any state or any department agency or instrumentality of either, or (c) an international finance agency or any division or department thereof, including the World Bank, the International Finance Corp. and the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency, in connection with the financing of the cost of construction, improvement or equipping of such property.
Section 1007. Corporate Existence.
Subject to Articles Eight and Fifteen, the Company shall do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its corporate existence and that of each Subsidiary and their respective rights (charter and statutory) and franchises; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not obligate the Company or any Subsidiary to preserve any such right or franchise if the Company or any Subsidiary shall determine that the preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of its business or the business of such Subsidiary.
Section 1008. Waiver of Certain Covenants.
The Company may omit in any particular instance to comply with any term, provision or condition set forth in Sections 1005, 1006 or 1007 with respect to the Securities of any series if before the time for such compliance the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series, by Act of such Holders, either shall waive such compliance in such instance or generally shall have waived compliance with such term, provision or condition, but no such waiver shall extend to or affect such term, provision or condition except to the extent so expressly waived, and, until such waiver shall become effective, the obligations of the Company and the duties of the Trustee in respect of any such term, provision or condition shall remain in full force and effect.
Section 1009. Company Statement as to Compliance; Notice of Certain Defaults.
(1) The Company shall deliver to the Trustee, within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year, a written statement (which need not be contained in or accompanied by an Officers' Certificate) signed by the principal executive officer, the principal financial officer or the principal accounting officer of the Company, stating that
(a) a review of the activities of the Company during such year and of its performance under this Indenture has been made under his or her supervision, and
(b) to the best of his or her knowledge, based on such review, (a) the Company has complied with all the conditions and covenants imposed on it under this Indenture throughout such year, or, if there has been a default in the fulfillment of any such condition or covenant, specifying each such default known to him or her and the nature and status thereof, and (b) no event has occurred and is continuing which is, or after notice or lapse of time or both would become, an Event of Default, or, if such an event has occurred and is continuing, specifying each such event known to him and the nature and status thereof.
(2) The Company shall deliver to the Trustee, within five days after the occurrence thereof, written notice of any Event of Default or any event which after notice or lapse of time or both would become an Event of Default.
ARTICLE ELEVEN
REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES
Section 1101. Applicability of Article.
Redemption of Securities of any series at the option of the Company as permitted or required by the terms of such Securities shall be made in accordance with the terms of such Securities and (except as otherwise provided herein or pursuant hereto) this Article.
Section 1102. Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee.
The election of the Company to redeem any Securities shall be evidenced by or pursuant to a Board Resolution or an Officer's Certificate. In case of any redemption at the election of the Company of (a) less than all of the Securities of any series or (b) all of the Securities of any series, with the same issue date, interest rate or formula, Stated Maturity and other terms, 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 and of the principal amount of Securities of such series to be redeemed.
Section 1103. Selection by Trustee of Securities to be Redeemed.
If less than all of the Securities of any series with the same issue date, interest rate or formula, 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 and which may provide for the selection
for redemption of portions of the principal amount of Registered Securities of such series; provided, however, that no such partial redemption shall reduce the portion of the principal amount of a Registered Security of such series not redeemed to less than the minimum denomination for a Security of such series established herein or pursuant hereto.
The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company and the Security Registrar (if other than itself) 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 of such Securities which has been or is to be redeemed.
Section 1104. Notice of Redemption.
Notice of redemption shall be given in the manner provided in
Section 106, not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the Redemption
Date, unless a shorter period is specified in the Securities to be redeemed, to
the Holders of Securities to be redeemed. Failure to give notice by mailing in
the manner herein provided to the Holder of any Registered Securities
designated for redemption as a whole or in part, or any defect in the notice to
any such Holder, shall not affect the validity of the proceedings for the
redemption of any other Securities or portion thereof.
Any notice that is mailed to the Holder of any Registered Securities in the manner herein provided shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether or not such Holder receives the notice.
All notices of redemption shall state:
(1) the Redemption Date,
(2) the Redemption Price,
(3) if less than all Outstanding Securities of any series are to be redeemed, the identification (and, in the case of partial redemption, the principal amount) of the particular Security or Securities to be redeemed,
(4) in case any Security is to be redeemed in part only, the notice which relates to such Security shall state that on and after the Redemption Date, upon surrender of such Security, the Holder of such Security will receive, without charge, a new Security or Securities of authorized denominations for the principal amount thereof remaining unredeemed,
(5) that, on the Redemption Date, the Redemption Price shall become due and payable upon each such Security or portion thereof to be redeemed, and, if applicable, that interest thereon shall cease to accrue on and after said date,
(6) the place or places where such Securities, together (in the case of Bearer Securities) with all Coupons appertaining thereto, if any, maturing after the Redemption Date, are to be surrendered for payment of the Redemption Price and any accrued interest and Additional Amounts pertaining thereto,
(7) that, unless otherwise specified in such notice, Bearer Securities of any series, if any, surrendered for redemption must be accompanied by all Coupons maturing subsequent to the date fixed for redemption or the amount of any such missing Coupon or Coupons will be deducted from the Redemption Price, unless security or indemnity satisfactory to the Company, the Trustee and any Paying Agent is furnished,
(8) if Bearer Securities of any series are to be redeemed and any Registered Securities of such series are not to be redeemed, and if such Bearer Securities may be exchanged for Registered Securities not subject to redemption on the Redemption Date pursuant to Section 305 or otherwise, the last date, as determined by the Company, on which such exchanges may be made,
(9) the CUSIP number or the Euroclear or the Cedel reference numbers of such Securities, if any (or any other numbers used by a Depository to identify such Securities).
A notice of redemption mailed 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 respect to the Securities of any series called for redemption pursuant to
Section 1104, 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 in the applicable Currency sufficient to pay
the Redemption Price of, and (except if the Redemption Date shall be an
Interest Payment Date, unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301 or in
the Securities of such series) any accrued interest on and Additional Amounts
with respect thereto, all such Securities or portions thereof 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 any accrued interest and Additional Amounts to the Redemption Date; provided, however, that, except as otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture or the Bearer Securities of such series, installments of interest on Bearer Securities whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to the Redemption Date shall be payable only upon presentation and surrender of Coupons for such interest (at an Office or Agency located outside the United States except as otherwise provided in Section 1002), and provided, further, that, except as otherwise specified in or pursuant to this Indenture or the Registered Securities of such series, 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 Regular Record Dates therefor according to their terms and the provisions of Section 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 any interest or Additional Amounts represented by Coupons shall be payable only upon presentation and surrender of those Coupons at an Office or Agency for such Security located outside of the United States except as otherwise provided in Section 1002.
If any Security called for redemption shall not be so paid upon surrender thereof for redemption, the principal and any premium, until paid, shall bear interest from the Redemption Date at the rate prescribed therefor in the Security.
Section 1107. Securities Redeemed in Part.
Any Registered Security which is to be redeemed only in part shall be surrendered at any Office or Agency for such Security (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, containing identical terms and provisions, 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. If a Security in global form is so surrendered, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the U.S. Depository or other Depository for such Security in global form as shall be specified in the Company Order with respect thereto to the Trustee, without service charge, a new Security in global form in a denomination equal to and in exchange for the unredeemed portion of the principal of the Security in global form so surrendered.
ARTICLE TWELVE
REPAYMENT AT THE OPTION OF HOLDERS
Section 1201. Applicability of Article.
Securities of any series which are repayable at the option of the Holders thereof before their Stated Maturity shall be repaid in accordance with the terms of the Securities of such series. The repayment of any principal amount of Securities pursuant to such option of the Holder to require repayment of Securities before their Stated Maturity, for purposes of Section 309, shall not operate as a payment, redemption or satisfaction of the Indebtedness represented by such Securities unless and until the Company, at its option, shall deliver or surrender the same to the Trustee with a directive that such Securities be cancelled. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 1201, in connection with any repayment of Securities, the Company may arrange for the purchase of any Securities by an agreement with one or more investment bankers or other purchasers to purchase such Securities by paying to the Holders of such Securities on or before the close of business on the repayment date an amount not less than the repayment price payable by the Company on repayment of such Securities, and the obligation of the Company to pay the repayment price of such Securities shall be satisfied and discharged to the extent such payment is so paid by such purchasers.
ARTICLE THIRTEEN
SECURITIES IN FOREIGN CURRENCIES
Section 1301. Applicability of Article.
Whenever this Indenture provides for (i) any action by, or the determination of any of the rights of, Holders of Securities of any series in which not all of such Securities are denominated in the same Currency, or (ii) any distribution to Holders of Securities, in the absence of any provision to the contrary in the form of Security of any particular series or pursuant to this Indenture or the Securities, any amount in respect of any Security denominated in a Currency other than Dollars shall be treated for any such action or distribution as that amount of Dollars that could be obtained for such amount on such reasonable basis of exchange and as of the record date with respect to Registered Securities of such series (if any) for such action, determination of rights or distribution (or, if there shall be no applicable record date, such other date reasonably proximate to the date of such action, determination of rights or distribution) as the Company may specify in a written notice to the Trustee or, in the absence of such written notice, as the Trustee may determine.
ARTICLE FOURTEEN
MEETINGS OF HOLDERS OF SECURITIES
Section 1401. 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 Act provided by this Indenture to be made, given or taken by Holders of Securities of such series.
Section 1402. Call, Notice and Place of Meetings.
(1) The Trustee may at any time call a meeting of Holders of Securities of any series for any purpose specified in Section 1401, to be held at such time and at such place in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, or, if Securities of such series have been issued in whole or in part as Bearer Securities, in London or in such place outside the United States as the Trustee shall determine. 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.
(2) In case at any time the Company (by or pursuant to a Board Resolution) 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 1401, by written request setting forth in reasonable detail the action proposed to be taken at the meeting, and the Trustee shall not have mailed notice of or made the first publication of the notice of such meeting within 21 days after receipt of such request (whichever shall be required pursuant to Section 106) 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, if Securities of such series are to be issued as Bearer Securities, in London for such meeting and may call such meeting for such purposes by giving notice thereof as provided in clause (1) of this Section.
Section 1403. 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 1404. 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 at least 66-2/3% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of a series, the Persons entitled to vote 66-2/3% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series shall constitute a quorum. In the absence of a quorum within 30 minutes after 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 of not less than 10 days as 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 of not less than 10 days as 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 1402(1), 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 only 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 consent or waiver which this
Indenture expressly provides may be given by the Holders of at least 66-2/3% in
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of a series may be adopted at a
meeting or an adjourned meeting duly convened and at which a quorum is present
as aforesaid only by the affirmative vote of the Holders of 66-2/3% in
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series; and provided,
further, 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 Act 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 such
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 Coupons appertaining thereto, whether or not such Holders were present or represented at the meeting.
Section 1405. Determination of Voting Rights; Conduct and Adjournment of Meetings.
(1) 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 such 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.
(2) 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 1402(2), 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.
(3) 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 Securities of such series held or represented by him; provided, however, that no vote shall be cast or counted at any meeting in respect of 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.
(4) Any meeting of Holders of Securities of any series duly called pursuant to Section 1402 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 1406. 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 the 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 triplicate of all votes cast at the meeting. A record, at least in triplicate, 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 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 1402 and, if applicable, Section 1404. 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.
ARTICLE FIFTEEN
PURCHASES OF SECURITIES UPON CHANGE IN CONTROL
Section 1501. Purchase of Securities at Option of the Holder upon Change in Control.
(1) If on or prior to Maturity, there shall have occurred a Change in Control (as defined herein), the Securities shall be purchased, at the option of the Holder thereof, by the Company at the purchase price specified in the Securities (the "Change in Control Purchase Price"), on the date that is 35 Business Days after the occurrence of the Change in Control (the "Change in Control Purchase Date"), subject to satisfaction by or on behalf of the Holder of the requirements set forth in Section 1501(3).
A "Change in Control" shall be deemed to have occurred at such time as any of the following events shall occur:
(a) Any person (for purposes of paragraph (a) of this
Section 1501(1) only, the term "person" shall mean a "person" as
defined in or for purposes of Section 13(d)(3) or Section 14(d)(2) of
the Exchange Act of 1934 (as defined herein), or any successor
provision to either of the foregoing, including any "group" acting for
the purposes of acquiring, holding or disposing of securities within
the meaning of Rule 13D-5(b)(1) under the Exchange Act of 1934),
together with its Affiliates and Associates (as defined herein), shall
file or become obligated to file a report under or in response to
Schedule 13D or 14D-1 (or any successor schedule, form or report)
pursuant to the Exchange Act of 1934 disclosing that such person has
become the beneficial owner (as the term "beneficial owner" is defined
in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act of 1934, or any successor
provision) of either (A) 50% or more of the shares of Common Stock
then outstanding or (B) 50% or more of the voting power of the Voting
Stock of the Company then outstanding; provided, however, that for
purposes of paragraph (i) of this Section 1501(a), a person shall not
be deemed the beneficial owner of (1) any securities tendered pursuant
to a tender offer or exchange offer made by or on behalf of such
person, or its Affiliates or Associates, until such tendered
securities are accepted for purchase or exchange thereunder, or (2)
any securities in respect of which beneficial ownership by such person
arises solely as a result of a revocable proxy delivered in response
to a proxy or consent solicitation that is made pursuant to, and in
accordance with, the Exchange Act of 1934 and the applicable rules and
regulations thereunder and is not then reportable on Schedule 13D (or
any successor schedule, form or report) under the Exchange Act of
1934.
(b) There shall be consummated any sale, transfer, lease or conveyance of all or substantially all of the properties and assets of the Company to any other Corporation or Corporations or other person or persons (other than a Subsidiary of the Company).
(c) There shall be consummated any consolidation of the Company with or merger of the Company with or into any other Person (whether or not affiliated with the Company) in which the Company is not the sole surviving or continuing corporation or pursuant to which the shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the consummation of such consolidation or merger are converted into cash, securities or other property, other than a consolidation or merger in which the holders of shares of Common Stock receive, directly or indirectly, (A) 75% or more of the common stock of the sole surviving or continuing Corporation outstanding immediately following the consummation of such consolidation or merger and (B) securities representing 75% or more of the combined voting power of the Voting Stock of the sole surviving or continuing corporation outstanding immediately following the consummation thereof of such consolidation or merger.
"Exchange Act of 1934" shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
"Associate" shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Rule 12b-2 under the Exchange Act of 1934, as in effect on the date hereof.
(2) Within 15 Business Days after the occurrence of a Change in Control, the Company shall mail a written notice of Change in Control by first-class mail to the Trustee and to each Holder (and to beneficial owners as required by applicable law, including, without limitation, Rule 13e-4) and shall cause a copy of such notice to be published at least once in an Authorized Newspaper located in New York City and, if any Securities are then listed on any stock exchange located outside the United States, in an Authorized Newspaper in such city as the stock exchange so requires. The notice shall include or transmit a form of Change in Control Purchase Notice (as described below) to be completed by the Holder and shall state:
(a) the events causing a Change in Control and the date of such Change in Control;
(b) the date by which the Change in Control Purchase Notice pursuant to this Section 1601 must be given;
(c) the Change in Control Purchase Date;
(d) the Change in Control Purchase Price;
(e) the name and address of the Trustee and the Office or Agency;
(f) that the Securities must be surrendered to the Trustee or the Office or Agency to collect payment;
(g) that the Change in Control Purchase Price for any Security as to which a Change in Control Purchase Notice has been duly given and not withdrawn will be paid
promptly following the later of the Change in Control Purchase Date or the time of surrender of such Security as described in (f);
(h) the procedures the Holder must follow to exercise rights under this Section 1501(1) and a brief description of those rights; and
(i) the procedures for withdrawing a Change in Control Purchase Notice.
(3) A Holder may exercise its rights specified in Section 1501(1) upon delivery of a written notice of purchase (a "Change in Control Purchase Notice") to the Trustee or to the Office or Agency at any time prior to the close of business of the Change in Control Purchase Date, stating:
(a) the certificate number or numbers of the Security or Securities which the Holder will deliver to be purchased;
(b) the portion of the principal amount of the Security or Securities which the Holder will deliver to be purchased, which portion must be $1,000 or an integral multiple thereof; and
(c) that such Security or Securities shall be purchased on the Change in Control Purchase Date pursuant to the terms and conditions specified in the Securities.
The delivery of the Security, by hand or by registered mail prior to, on or after the Change in Control Purchase Date (together with all necessary endorsements), to the Trustee or to the Office or Agency shall be a condition precedent to the obligation of the Company to pay to the Holder the Change in Control Purchase Price therefor; provided, however, that such Change in Control Purchase Price shall be so paid pursuant to this Section 1501 only if the Security so delivered to the Trustee or such Office or Agency shall conform in all respects to the description thereof set forth in the related Change in Control Purchase Notice.
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, any Holder delivering to the Trustee or to the Office or Agency, the Change in Control Purchase Notice contemplated by this Section 1501(3) shall have the right to withdraw such Change in Control Purchase Notice at any time prior to or on the Change in Control Purchase Date by delivery of a written notice of withdrawal to the Trustee or to such office or agency in accordance with Section 1502.
Section 1502. Effect of Change in Control Purchase Notice.
Upon receipt by the Company of the Change in Control Purchase Notice specified in Section 1501(3), the Holder of the Security in respect of which such Change in Control Purchase Notice was given shall (unless such Change in Control Purchase Notice is withdrawn as specified in the following paragraph) thereafter be entitled to receive solely the Change in
Control Purchase Price with respect to such Security. Such Change in Control Purchase Price shall be paid to such Holder promptly following the later of (x) the Change in Control Purchase Date, as the case may be, with respect to such Security (provided the conditions in Section 1501(3), as applicable, have been satisfied) and (y) the time of delivery of such Security to the Trustee or to the Office or Agency by the Holder thereof in the manner required by Section 1501(3), as applicable.
A Change in Control Purchase Notice may be withdrawn by means of a written notice of withdrawal delivered to the office of the Trustee or to the Office or Agency at any time prior to the close of business on the Change in Control Purchase Date, specifying:
(1) the certificate number or numbers of the Security or Securities in respect of which such notice of withdrawal is being submitted;
(2) the principal amount of the Security or Securities with respect to which such notice of withdrawal is being submitted; and
(3) the principal amount, if any, of such Security or Securities which remains subject to the original Change in Control Purchase Notice, and which has been and will be delivered for purchase by the Company.
There shall be no purchase of any Securities pursuant to
Section 1501 if there has occurred and in continuing an Event of Default (other
than a default in the payment of the Change in Control Purchase Price).
Section 1503. Deposit of Change in Control Purchase Price.
Prior to 12:00 Noon (local time in The City of New York) on the Business Day following the Change in Control Purchase Date, the Company shall deposit with the Trustee (or, if the Company or a Subsidiary or an Affiliate of either of them is acting as Paying Agent, shall segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section 1003) an amount of cash in immediately available funds or securities, if expressly permitted hereunder, sufficient to pay the aggregate Change in Control Purchase Price of all the Securities or portions thereof which are to be purchased. If a deposit is made with the Trustee of the aforesaid amount of cash or securities, the Securities or portions thereof with respect to which a Change in Control Purchase Notice has been delivered and not validly withdrawn shall become due and payable as of the Business Day following the applicable Change in Control Purchase Date, and on and after such date interest payable in respect of such Securities shall cease and all other rights of the Holders thereof shall terminate, other than the right to receive the Change in Control Purchase Price upon delivery of such Securities to the Trustee.
Section 1504. Covenant to Comply With Securities Laws Upon Purchase of Securities.
In connection with any purchase of securities under Section 1601 hereof, the Company shall (a) comply with Rule 13e-4 under the Exchange Act of 1934, if applicable, (b) file the related Schedule 13E-4 (or any successor schedule, form or report) under the Exchange Act of 1934, if applicable, and (c) otherwise comply with all Federal and state securities laws regulating the purchase of the Securities (including positions of the Commission under applicable no-action letters) so as to permit the rights and obligation under Section 1501 to be exercised in the time and in the manner specified in Section 1501 and 1502.
Section 1505. Repayment to the Company.
The Trustee shall return to the Company any cash, together
with interest or dividends, if any, thereon (subject to the provisions of
Section 605) held by it for the payment of the Change in Control Purchase Price
of the Securities that remain unclaimed as provided in the Securities;
provided, however, that to the extent the aggregate amount of cash deposited by
the Company pursuant to Section 1503 exceeds the aggregate Change in Control
Purchase Price of the Securities or portions thereof to be purchased, then
promptly after the Change in Control Purchase Date, the Trustee shall return
any such excess to the Company together with interest or dividends, if any,
thereon (subject to the provisions of Section 605).
* * * *
This instrument may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to be duly executed, and their respective corporate seals to be hereunto affixed, all as of the day and year first above written.
[SEAL] APACHE CORPORATION
Attest:
/s/ CHERI L. PEPER,
Secretary By /s/ MATT DUNDREA
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Name: Matt Dundrea
Title: Assistant Treasurer
[SEAL] CHEMICAL BANK,
as Trustee
Attest:
/s/ FRANCINE SPRINGER,
Trust Officer By /s/ ANDREW M. DECK
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Name: Andrew M. Deck
Title: Senior Trust Officer
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STATE OF TEXAS )
) : SS.:
COUNTY OF HARRIS )
On the 23rd day of February, 1996, before me personally came Matthew W. Dundrea, to me known, who, being by me duly sworn, did depose and say that he is a Assistant Treasurer of APACHE CORPORATION, a State of Delaware corporation, one of the persons described in and who executed the foregoing instrument; that he knows the seal of said Corporation; that the seal affixed to said instrument is such Corporation's 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.
/s/ H. JAMES HOWARD, II ----------------------------------- Notary Public |
[NOTARIAL SEAL]
STATE OF New York )
) : SS.:
COUNTY OF New York )
On the 23rd day of February, 1996, before me personally came Andrew M. Deck, to me known, who, being by me duly sworn, did depose and say that he is a Senior Trust Officer of CHEMICAL BANK, a banking corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of New York, one of the persons described in and who executed the foregoing instrument; that he knows the seal of said Corporation; that the seal affixed to said instrument is such Corporation's 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.
/s/ EMILY FAYAN ----------------------------------- Notary Public |
[NOTARIAL SEAL]
EXHIBIT 4.7
APACHE CORPORATION
Issuer
to
THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK
Trustee
FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
Dated as of November 5, 1996
Supplemental to Indenture
Dated as of February 15, 1996
Debt Securities
FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
This FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated as of November 5, 1996 is between Apache Corporation, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (the "Company"), having its principal executive office located at One Post Oak Central, 2000 Post Oak Boulevard, Suite 100, Houston, Texas 77056-4400, and The Chase Manhattan Bank, a banking corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of New York (formerly known as Chemical Bank) (the "Trustee"), having its corporate trust office located at 450 West 33rd Street, 15th Floor, New York, New York 10001.
RECITALS
The Company has issued its 7.70% notes due 2026 in the aggregate principal amount of $100,000,000 and its 7.95% notes due 2026 in the aggregate principal amount of $180,000,000 pursuant to the Indenture dated as of February 15, 1996 (the "Indenture") between the Company and the Trustee.
The Company may issue in the future additional Securities pursuant to the Indenture.
Section 901 of the Indenture provides that the Company, when authorized by or pursuant to a Board Resolution, and the Trustee may, without the consent of or notice to any of the Holders, enter into an indenture supplemental to the Indenture for the purpose of amending or supplementing any provisions contained in the Indenture that do not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of any Securities then Outstanding. This First Supplemental Indenture is entered into pursuant to Section 901(6).
The Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this First Supplemental Indenture, the conditions set forth in the Indenture for the execution and delivery of this First Supplemental Indenture have been complied with and all things necessary to make this First Supplemental Indenture a valid amendment of, and supplement to, the Indenture have been done by the Company.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants herein, the Company agrees with the Trustee that the Indenture is supplemental and amended, solely to the extent and for the purposes expressed herein, for the equal and proportionate benefit of all Holders, as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
SECTION 1.1. Unless the context otherwise requires, the terms defined in the Indenture shall, for all purposes of this First Supplemental Indenture, have the meanings therein defined.
SECTION 1.2. Unless the context otherwise requires, the terms defined in this First Supplemental Indenture (including the preamble hereof) shall, for all purposes of the Indenture as supplemented and amended by this First Supplemental Indenture, have the meanings herein defined.
ARTICLE II
AMENDMENT TO INDENTURE
SECTION 2.1. Section 101 of the Indenture is supplemented and amended to add the following term:
"Senior Indebtedness" means the principal of, premium, if any, interest on, and any other payment due pursuant to any of the following, whether outstanding as of the date of execution of the Indenture or thereafter incurred, created or assumed:
(a) all indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary for
money borrowed (including, without limitation, any indebtedness secured
by a mortgage, conditional sales contract or other lien which is (i)
given to secure all or part of the purchase price of property subject
thereto, whether given to the vendor of such property or to another, or
(ii) existing on property at the time of acquisition thereof);
(b) all indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary evidenced by notes, debentures, bonds, commercial paper or other securities sold by the Company or any Subsidiary for money;
(c) all lease obligations of the Company or any Subsidiary which are capitalized on the books of the Company in accordance with GAAP;
(d) all indebtedness of others of the kinds described in either of the preceding clauses (a) or (b) and all lease obligations of others of the kind described in the preceding clause (c) assumed by or guaranteed in any manner by the Company or any Subsidiary or in effect guaranteed by the Company or any Subsidiary through an agreement to purchase, contingent or otherwise;
(e) all obligations of the Company or any Subsidiary with respect to letters of credit issued in connection with indebtedness of others of the kind described in the preceding clauses (a) or (b) or lease obligations of the kind described in the preceding clause (c); and
(f) all renewals, extensions or refundings of indebtedness of the kinds described in any of the preceding clauses (a), (b) and (d), all renewals or extensions of lease obligations of the kinds described in either of the preceding clauses (c) and (d) and all renewals or extensions of obligations with respect to letters of credit of the kind described in the preceding clause (e);
which, in each case, is an obligation payable by its terms more than one year from the date of incurrence thereof and should be shown on a balance sheet as a liability under GAAP; unless, in the case of any particular indebtedness, lease, obligation, renewal, extension or refunding, the instrument or lease creating or evidencing the same or the assumption or guarantee of the same expressly provides that such indebtedness, lease, obligation, renewal, extension or refunding is subordinate in right of payment to or is not at least pari passu with the Securities. Notwithstanding the foregoing, "Senior Indebtedness" does not include indebtedness owing, directly or indirectly, to any Affiliate or employee of the Company or arising under or in respect of any employee benefit plan of the Company or any of its Affiliates.
ARTICLE III
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
SECTION 3.1. Nothing in this First Supplemental Indenture, express or implied, is intended or shall be construed to confer upon, or to give to, any person or corporation, other than the parties hereto, their successors and assigns, and the Holders, any right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this First Supplemental Indenture or any provision hereof; and the provisions of this First Supplemental Indenture are for the exclusive benefit of the parties hereto, their successors and assigns, and the Holders.
SECTION 3.2. This First Supplemental Indenture shall for all purposes be deemed to be a contract made under, governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.
In case any provision in this First Supplemental Indenture shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
If any provision of this First Supplemental Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with any other provision required to be included in this First Supplemental Indenture or the Indenture by the Trust Indenture Act, such other provision which is so required to be included shall control.
SECTION 3.3. The recitals contained herein 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 First Supplemental Indenture.
SECTION 3.3. The descriptive headings of the several Articles of this First Supplemental Indenture are inserted for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.
SECTION 3.5. This First Supplemental Indenture may be simultaneously executed in any number of counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be an original; but such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.
SECTION 3.6. The Company represents and warrants that it is duly authorized under all applicable laws to execute and deliver this First Supplemental Indenture and that all corporate action on its part required for the execution and delivery of this First Supplemental Indenture has been duly and effectively taken.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this First Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed and their respective seals to be hereunto affixed and attested all as of the day and year first above written.
[SEAL] APACHE CORPORATION
Attest:
/s/ CHERI L. PEPER,
Corporate Secretary By /s/ M. W. DUNDREA
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Title:
THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK,
as Trustee
Attest:
/s/ FRANCINE SPRINGER,
Trust Officer By /s/ ANDREW M. DECK
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Title: Senior Trust Officer
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STATE OF TEXAS )
)
COUNTY OF HARRIS )
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On the 1st day of November, 1996, before me personally came Matthew W. Dundrea, to me known, who, being by me duly sworn, did depose and say that he is the Treasurer of APACHE CORPORATION, a State of Delaware corporation, one of the persons described in and who executed the foregoing instrument; that he knows the seal of said Corporation; that the seal affixed to said instrument is such Corporation's 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.
[NOTARIAL SEAL] /s/ SUSAN CHARBA
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Notary Public
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STATE OF NEW YORK )
)
COUNTY OF NEW YORK )
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On the 4th day of November, 1996, before me personally came Andrew M. Deck, to me known, who, being by me duly sworn, did depose and say that he is the Senior Trust Officer of THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK, a banking corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of New York and successor to Chemical Bank, one of the persons described in and who executed the foregoing instrument; that he knows the seal of said Corporation; that the seal affixed to said instrument is such Corporation's 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.
[NOTARIAL SEAL] /s/ ANNABELLE DELUCA
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Notary Public
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EXHIBIT 4.8
APACHE FINANCE AUSTRALIA PTY LTD,
Company
APACHE CORPORATION,
Guarantor
to
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK,
Trustee
[Form of]
INDENTURE
Dated as of _____
Senior Debt Securities
Reconciliation and tie between Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (the "Trust Indenture Act") and Indenture
Trust Indenture
Act Section Indenture Section
Section 310(a)(1) 607
(a)(2) 607
(b) 608
Section 312(a) 701
(b) 702
(c) 702
Section 313(a) 703
(c) 703
(d) 703
Section 314(a) 704
(c) (1) 102
(c) (2) 102
(e) 102
(f) 102
Section 316(a) (last sentence) 101
(a) (1) (A) 502, 512
(a) (1) (B) 513
(b) 508
Section 317 (a) (1) 503
(a) (2) 504
(b) 1003
Section 318(a) 108
Note: This reconciliation and tie shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to
be part of the Indenture.
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Attention should also be directed to Section 318(c) of the Trust Indenture Act, which provides that the provisions of Sections 310 to and including 317 are a part of and govern every qualified indenture, whether or not physically contained therein.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Recitals............................................................................................................1 |
ARTICLE ONE
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION
Section 101. Definitions.........................................................................................2 "Act".........................................................................................................2 "Additional Amounts"..........................................................................................2 "Affiliate"...................................................................................................2 "Authenticating Agent"........................................................................................3 "Authorized Newspaper"........................................................................................3 "Bearer Security".............................................................................................3 "Board of Directors"..........................................................................................3 "Board Resolution"............................................................................................3 "Business Day"................................................................................................3 "Change in Control"...........................................................................................3 "Change in Control Purchase Date".............................................................................3 "Change in Control Purchase Notice"...........................................................................3 "Change in Control Purchase Price"............................................................................3 "Commission"..................................................................................................3 "Common Stock"................................................................................................4 "Company".....................................................................................................4 "Company Request" and "Company Order".........................................................................4 "Consolidated Net Worth"......................................................................................4 "Conversion Agent"............................................................................................4 "Conversion Event"............................................................................................4 "Corporate Trust Office"......................................................................................4 "Corporation".................................................................................................4 "Coupon"......................................................................................................4 "Currency"....................................................................................................4 "CUSIP number"................................................................................................5 "Defaulted Interest"..........................................................................................5 "Direct Action"...............................................................................................5 "Dollars" or "$"..............................................................................................5 "Euro"........................................................................................................5 "European Union"..............................................................................................5 "Event of Default"............................................................................................5 "Foreign Currency"............................................................................................5 "GAAP"........................................................................................................5 "Government Obligations"......................................................................................5 "Guarantee"...................................................................................................6 |
"Guarantor"...................................................................................................6 "Guarantor Request" and "Guarantor Order".....................................................................6 "Holder"......................................................................................................6 "Indebtedness"................................................................................................6 "Indenture"...................................................................................................6 "Independent Public Accountants"..............................................................................7 "Indexed Security"............................................................................................7 "Interest"....................................................................................................7 "Interest Payment Date".......................................................................................7 "Judgment Currency"...........................................................................................7 "Legal Holidays"..............................................................................................7 "Lien"........................................................................................................7 "Limited Recourse Indebtedness"...............................................................................7 "Maturity"....................................................................................................7 "New York Banking Day"........................................................................................8 "Office" or "Agency"..........................................................................................8 "Officers' Certificate".......................................................................................8 "Opinion of Counsel"..........................................................................................8 "Ordinary Course Lien"........................................................................................8 "Original Issue Discount Security"............................................................................8 "Outstanding".................................................................................................8 "Paying Agent"...............................................................................................10 "Person".....................................................................................................10 "Place of Payment"...........................................................................................10 "Predecessor Security".......................................................................................10 "Preferred Securities".......................................................................................10 "Redemption Date"............................................................................................10 "Redemption Price"...........................................................................................10 "Registered Security"........................................................................................10 "Regular Record Date.........................................................................................10 "Required Currency"..........................................................................................10 "Responsible Officer"........................................................................................10 "Sale/Leaseback Transaction".................................................................................10 "Security" or "Securities"...................................................................................11 "Security Exchange",.........................................................................................11 "Security Register" and "Security Registrar".................................................................11 "Senior Indebtedness"........................................................................................11 "Special Record Date"........................................................................................12 "Stated Maturity"............................................................................................12 "Subsidiary".................................................................................................12 "Subsidiary Assignee"........................................................................................12 "Succession Date"............................................................................................12 "Successor"..................................................................................................12 "Successor Additional Amounts"...............................................................................12 "Trust"......................................................................................................12 |
"Trust Agreement"............................................................................................12 "Trust Indenture Act"........................................................................................12 "Trust Securities"...........................................................................................13 "Trustee"....................................................................................................13 "United States"..............................................................................................13 "United States Alien"........................................................................................13 "U.S. Depositary" or "Depositary"............................................................................13 "Vice President".............................................................................................13 "Voting Stock"...............................................................................................13 Section 102. Compliance Certificates and Opinions..........................................................14 Section 103. Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee........................................................14 Section 104. Acts of Holders...............................................................................14 Section 105. Notices, etc. to Trustee, the Company and the Guarantor.......................................16 Section 106. Notice to Holders of Securities; Waiver.......................................................17 Section 107. Language of Notices...........................................................................18 Section 108. Conflict with Trust Indenture Act.............................................................18 Section 109. Effect of Headings and Table of Contents......................................................18 Section 110. Successors and Assigns........................................................................18 Section 111. Separability Clause...........................................................................18 Section 112. Benefits of Indenture.........................................................................18 Section 113. Governing Law.................................................................................19 Section 114. Legal Holidays................................................................................19 Section 115. Counterparts..................................................................................19 Section 116. Judgment Currency.............................................................................19 |
ARTICLE TWO
SECURITIES AND GUARANTEE FORMS
Section 201. Forms Generally...............................................................................20 Section 202. Guarantee by Guarantor; Form of Guarantee....................................................20 Section 203. Form of Trustee's Certificate of Authentication...............................................23 Section 204. Securities in Global Form.....................................................................23 |
ARTICLE THREE
THE SECURITIES
Section 301. Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series..........................................................24
Section 302. Currency; Denominations.......................................................................28
Section 303. Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating................................................28
Section 304. Temporary Securities..........................................................................30
Section 305. Registration, Transfer and Exchange...........................................................31
Section 306. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities..............................................34
Section 307. Payment of Interest and Certain Additional Amounts; Rights to Interest and Certain
Additional Amounts Preserved..................................................................36
Section 308. Persons Deemed Owners.........................................................................37
Section 309. Cancellation..................................................................................38
Section 310. Computation of Interest.......................................................................39
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ARTICLE FOUR
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE
Section 401. Satisfaction and Discharge....................................................................39 Section 402. Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance............................................................40 Section 403. Application of Trust Money....................................................................45 Section 404. Reinstatement.................................................................................45 |
ARTICLE FIVE
REMEDIES
Section 501. Events of Default.............................................................................45
Section 502. Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment............................................47
Section 503. Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee...............................49
Section 504. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim..............................................................49
Section 505. Trustee May Enforce Claims without Possession of Securities, Guarantees or Coupons............50
Section 506. Application of Money Collected................................................................51
Section 507. Limitations on Suits..........................................................................51
Section 508. Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal and any Premium, Interest and Additional
Amounts.......................................................................................52
Section 509. Restoration of Rights and Remedies............................................................52
Section 510. Rights and Remedies Cumulative................................................................52
Section 511. Delay or Omission not Waiver..................................................................53
Section 512. Control by Holders of Securities..............................................................53
Section 513. Waiver of Past Defaults.......................................................................53
Section 514. Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws..............................................................54
Section 515. Undertaking for Costs.........................................................................54
Section 516. Direct Action Right of Holders of Trust Preferred Securities..................................54
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ARTICLE SIX
THE TRUSTEE
Section 601. Certain Rights of Trustee.....................................................................55 Section 602. Notice of Defaults............................................................................56 Section 603. Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities........................................57 Section 604. May Hold Securities...........................................................................57 Section 605. Money Held in Trust...........................................................................57 Section 606. Compensation and Reimbursement................................................................57 Section 607. Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility.......................................................58 Section 608. Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor.............................................59 Section 609. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor........................................................60 Section 610. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business...................................62 Section 611. Appointment of Authenticating Agent...........................................................62 |
ARTICLE SEVEN
HOLDERS LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE, COMPANY AND GUARANTOR
Section 701. Company and Guarantor to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders.......................64 Section 702. Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders........................................64 Section 703. Reports by Trustee............................................................................64 Section 704. Reports by Company and Guarantor..............................................................65 |
ARTICLE EIGHT
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER AND SALES
Section 801. Guarantor May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms........................................65 Section 802. Company May Consolidate, etc., Only on Certain Terms..........................................66 Section 803. Successor Person Substituted for Company or Guarantor.........................................69 Section 804. Assumption by the Guarantor of the Company's Obligations......................................69 Section 805. Indemnification Procedure.....................................................................70 |
ARTICLE NINE
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
Section 901. Supplemental Indentures without Consent of Holders............................................71 Section 902. Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Holders...............................................72 Section 903. Execution of Supplemental Indentures..........................................................74 Section 904. Effect of Supplemental Indentures.............................................................74 Section 905. Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures............................................74 Section 906. Conformity with Trust Indenture Act...........................................................74 |
ARTICLE TEN
COVENANTS
Section 1001. Payment of Principal, any Premium and Interest................................................74 Section 1002. Maintenance of Office or Agency...............................................................75 Section 1003. Money for Securities Payments to Be Held in Trust.............................................77 Section 1004. Additional Amounts............................................................................78 Section 1005. Limitation on Liens...........................................................................81 Section 1006. Limitation on Sale/Leaseback Transactions.....................................................84 Section 1007. Corporate Existence...........................................................................85 Section 1008. Payment of Expenses of Each Trust.............................................................85 Section 1009. Waiver of Certain Covenants...................................................................85 Section 1010. Company Statement as to Compliance; Notice of Certain Defaults................................85 |
ARTICLE ELEVEN
REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES
Section 1101. Applicability of Article......................................................................86 Section 1102. Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee.........................................................86 Section 1103. Selection by Trustee of Securities to be Redeemed.............................................86 Section 1104. Notice of Redemption..........................................................................87 Section 1105. Deposit of Redemption Price...................................................................88 Section 1106. Securities Payable on Redemption Date.........................................................89 Section 1107. Securities Redeemed in Part...................................................................89 Section 1108. Redemption for Tax Reasons....................................................................90 |
ARTICLE TWELVE
REPAYMENT AT THE OPTION OF HOLDERS
Section 1201. Applicability of Article......................................................................91 |
ARTICLE THIRTEEN
SECURITIES IN FOREIGN CURRENCIES
Section 1301. Applicability of Article......................................................................91 |
ARTICLE FOURTEEN
MEETINGS OF HOLDERS OF SECURITIES
Section 1401. Purposes for Which Meetings May Be Called.....................................................92 Section 1402. Call, Notice and Place of Meetings............................................................92 Section 1403. Persons Entitled to Vote at Meetings..........................................................92 Section 1404. Quorum; Action................................................................................93 Section 1405. Determination of Voting Rights; Conduct and Adjournment of Meetings...........................94 Section 1406. Counting Votes and Recording Action of Meetings...............................................94 |
ARTICLE FIFTEEN
PURCHASE OF SECURITIES UPON CHANGE IN CONTROL
Section 1501. Purchase of Securities at Option of the Holder upon Change in Control.........................95 Section 1502. Effect of Change in Control Purchase Notice...................................................97 Section 1503. Deposit of Change in Control Purchase Price...................................................98 Section 1504. Covenant to Comply With Securities Laws Upon Purchase of Securities...........................98 Section 1505. Repayment to the Company......................................................................99 |
ARTICLE SIXTEEN
GUARANTEES
Section 1601. Guarantee.....................................................................................99 Section 1602. Execution and Delivery of Guarantees.........................................................100 |
ARTICLE SEVENTEEN
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 1701. Submission to Jurisdiction...................................................................101 Section 1702. Stamp Duty...................................................................................102 |
INDENTURE, dated as of ______ (the "Indenture"), among APACHE FINANCE AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, a proprietary company with limited liability duly organized and existing under the laws of the Australian Capital Territory, Australia (the "Company"), having its principal executive office located at 256 St. George's Terrace, Level 3, Perth, Western Australia 6000, APACHE CORPORATION, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (the "Guarantor"), having its principal executive office located at One Post Oak Central, 2000 Post Oak Boulevard, Suite 100, Houston, Texas 77056-4400, and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, a banking corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of New York (the "Trustee"), having its Corporate Trust Office located at 4 New York Plaza, 15th Floor, New York, New York 10004.
RECITALS
The Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture to provide for the issuance from time to time of its senior unsecured debentures, notes or other evidences of Indebtedness (the "Securities"), unlimited as to principal amount, to bear such rates of Interest, to mature at such time or times, to be issued in one or more series and to have such other provisions as shall be fixed as provided in this Indenture. All things necessary to make this Indenture a valid agreement of the Company, in accordance with its terms, have been done.
For value received, the Guarantor has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture to provide for the issuance of the Guarantees by it with respect to the Securities as set forth in this Indenture.
The Guarantor desires to make the Guarantees provided for herein, and has determined that such Guarantees are necessary and convenient to the conduct of the business of the Company, an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of the Guarantor.
All things necessary to make the Guarantees, when executed by the Guarantor and endorsed on the Securities authenticated and delivered hereunder, the valid obligations of the Guarantor, and to make this Indenture a valid agreement of the Guarantor, in accordance with its terms, have been done.
The Guarantor may from time to time create or establish one or more statutory trusts for the purpose of issuing undivided beneficial interests in the assets thereof and using the proceeds thereof to acquire the Company's Securities.
This Indenture is subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission promulgated thereunder that are required to be part of this Indenture and, to the extent applicable, shall be governed by such provisions.
NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH:
For and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the Securities by the Holders (as herein defined) thereof, it is mutually covenanted and agreed, for the equal and
proportionate benefit of all Holders of the Securities or of any series thereof and any Coupons (as herein defined) as follows:
ARTICLE ONE
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION
Section 101. Definitions.
Except as otherwise expressly provided in or pursuant to this Indenture or unless the context otherwise requires, for all purposes of this Indenture:
(a) the terms defined in this Article have the meanings assigned to them in this Article, and include the plural as well as the singular;
(b) 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;
(c) 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 terms "generally accepted accounting principles" or "GAAP" with respect to any computation required or permitted hereunder shall mean such accounting principles as are generally accepted at the date of such computation;
(d) the words "herein", "hereof", "hereto" and "hereunder" and other words of similar import refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section or other subdivision; and
(e) the word "or" is always used inclusively (for example, the phrase "A or B" means "A or B or both", not "either A or B but not both").
Certain terms used principally in certain Articles hereof are defined in those Articles.
"Act", when used with respect to any Holder, has the meaning specified in Section 104.
"Additional Amounts" has the meaning specified in Section 1004.
"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 the meanings correlative to the foregoing.
"Applicable Taxing Jurisdiction" means the jurisdiction (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) in which the Company (including any Successor) is incorporated or resident (or deemed for tax purposes to be resident).
"Authenticating Agent" means any Person authorized by the Trustee pursuant to Section 611 to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate Securities of one or more series.
"Authorized Newspaper" means a newspaper, in an official language of the place of publication or in the English language, customarily published on each day that is a Business Day in the place of publication, whether or not published on days that are Legal Holidays in the place of publication, and of general circulation in each place in connection with which the term is used or in the financial community of each such place. Where successive publications are required to be made in Authorized Newspapers, the successive publications may be made in the same or in different newspapers in the same city meeting the foregoing requirements and in each case on any day that is a Business Day in the place of publication.
"Bearer Security" means any Security in the form established pursuant to Section 201 which is payable to bearer.
"Board of Directors" means, when used with reference to the Company or the Guarantor, either the board of directors of the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, or any duly authorized committee of such board of directors of the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be.
"Board Resolution" means, when used with reference to the Company or the Guarantor, a copy of one or more resolutions, certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, to have been duly adopted by its respective Board of Directors and to be in full force and effect on the date of such certification, delivered to the Trustee.
"Business Day", with respect to any Place of Payment or other location, means, unless otherwise specified with respect to any Securities pursuant to Section 301, any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which banking institutions in such Place of Payment or other location are authorized or obligated by law, regulation or executive order to close.
"Change in Control" has the meaning specified in Section 1501.
"Change in Control Purchase Date" has the meaning specified in
Section 1501.
"Change in Control Purchase Notice" has the meaning specified in Section 1501.
"Change in Control Purchase Price" has the meaning specified in Section 1501.
"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 Indenture such Commission is not existing and performing the duties
now assigned to it under the Trust Indenture Act, then the body performing such duties at such time.
"Common Stock" includes any stock of any class of the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, which has no preference in respect of dividends or of amounts payable in the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, and which is not subject to redemption by the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be.
"Company" means the Person named as the "Company" in the first paragraph of this Indenture until a successor Person shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter "Company" shall mean such successor Person.
"Company Request" and "Company Order" mean, respectively, a written request or order, as the case may be, signed in the name of the Company by the Chairman of the Board of Directors, a Vice Chairman, the President or a Vice President, and by the Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, of the Company, and delivered to the Trustee.
"Consolidated Net Worth" has the meaning specified in Section 1005.
"Conversion Agent" means any Person authorized by the Company to convert or exchange any Security pursuant to its terms on behalf of the Company.
"Conversion Event"means the cessation of the use of (i) in the case of a Foreign Currency other than the Euro, both by the government of the country or the confederation which issued such Foreign Currency and for the settlement of transactions by a central bank or other public institutions of or within the international banking community, or (ii) in the case of the Euro, the Euro both by governments within the Euro Zone and for the settlement of transactions by central banks or other public institutions of or within the Euro Zone or of or within the international banking community.
"Corporate Trust Office" means the principal corporate trust office of the Trustee at which at any particular time its corporate trust business shall be administered, which office at the date of original execution of this Indenture is located at 4 New York Plaza, 15th Floor, New York, New York 10004.
"Corporation" includes corporations and limited liability companies and, except for purposes of Article Eight, associations, companies and business trusts.
"Coupon" means any interest coupon appertaining to a Bearer Security.
"Currency", with respect to any payment, deposit or other transfer in respect of the principal of, any premium or Interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to any Security, means Dollars or the Foreign Currency, as the case may be, in which such payment, deposit or other transfer is required to be made by or pursuant to the terms hereof or such Security and, with respect to any other payment, deposit or transfer pursuant to or contemplated by the terms hereof or such Security, means Dollars.
"CUSIP number" means the alphanumeric designation assigned to a Security by Standard & Poor's Ratings Services, CUSIP Service Bureau.
"Defaulted Interest" has the meaning specified in Section 307.
"Direct Action" has the meaning specified in Section 516.
"Dollars" or "$" means a dollar or other equivalent unit of legal tender for payment of public or private debts in the United States of America.
"Euro" means the currency introduced at the start of the third stage of European economic and monetary union pursuant to the Treaty establishing the European Communities, as amended by the Treaty on European Union and Treaty of Amsterdam.
"Euro Zone" means those member states of the European Union from time to time that have adopted the Euro and participate in European economic and monetary union.
"European Union" means the European Community, the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Atomic Energy Community.
"Event of Default" has the meaning specified in Section 501.
"Foreign Currency" means any currency, currency unit or composite currency, including, without limitation, the Euro, issued by the government of one or more countries other than the United States of America or by any recognized confederation or association of such governments.
"GAAP" means such accounting principles as are generally accepted in the United States of America as of the date or time of any computation required hereunder.
"Government Obligations" means securities which are (i) direct obligations of the United States of America or the other government or governments in the confederation which issued the Foreign Currency in which the principal of or any premium or interest on such Security or any Additional Amounts in respect thereof shall be payable, in each case where the payment or payments thereunder are supported by the full faith and credit of such government or governments or (ii) obligations of a Person controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of the United States of America or such other government or governments, in each case where the timely payment or payments thereunder are unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation by the United States of America or such other government or governments, and which, in the case of (i) or (ii), are not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer or issuers thereof, and shall also include a depository receipt issued by a bank or trust company as custodian with respect to any such Government Obligation or a specific payment of interest on or principal of or other amount with respect to any such Government Obligation held by such custodian for the account of the holder of a depository receipt, provided that (except as required by law) such custodian is not authorized to make any deduction from the amount payable to the holder of such depository receipt from any amount received by the custodian in respect of
the Government Obligation or the specific payment of Interest on or principal of or other amount with respect to the Government Obligation evidenced by such depository receipt.
"Guarantee" means any guarantee of the Guarantor endorsed on a Security authenticated and delivered pursuant to this Indenture and shall include the guarantees set forth in Section 202.
"Guarantor" means the Person named as "Guarantor" in the first paragraph of this Indenture until a successor corporation shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter "guarantor" shall include such successor corporation.
"Guarantor Request" and "Guarantor Order" mean, respectively, a written request or order, as the case may be, signed in the name of the Guarantor by the Chairman of the Board, a Vice Chairman, the President or a Vice President, and by the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer, the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, of the Guarantor and delivered to the Trustee.
"Holder", in the case of any Registered Security, means the Person in whose name such Security is registered in the Security Register and, in the case of any Bearer Security, means the bearer thereof and, in the case of any Coupon, means the bearer thereof.
"Indebtedness", with respect to any Person, means (a) indebtedness for borrowed money and deferred payment obligations representing the unpaid purchase price of real or personal property of, or guaranteed by, such Person, other than accounts payable arising in the ordinary course of business payable on terms customary in the trade, (b) indebtedness secured by Liens (as defined in Section 1005) or payable out of the proceeds of production from property, (c) indebtedness which is evidenced by mortgages, notes, bonds, debentures, acceptances or other instruments, (d) indebtedness which must be capitalized as liabilities under GAAP, (e) liabilities under interest rate swap, exchange, collar or cap agreements and all other agreements or arrangements designed to protect against fluctuations in interest rates or currency exchange rates, (f) liabilities under commodity hedge, commodity swap, exchange, collar or cap agreements, fixed price agreements and all other agreements or arrangements designed to protect against fluctuations in oil and gas prices, (g) guarantees and endorsements of obligations of others, directly or indirectly, and all other repurchase agreements and indebtedness in effect guaranteed through an agreement, contingent or otherwise, to purchase such indebtedness, or to purchase or sell property, or to purchase or sell services, primarily for the purpose of enabling the debtor to make payment of the indebtedness or to assure the owner of the indebtedness against loss, or to supply funds to or in any manner invest in the debtor, or otherwise to assure a creditor against loss (but excluding guarantees and endorsements of notes, bills and checks made in the ordinary course of business); and (h) indebtedness relative to the amount of all letters of credit; provided, however, that such term shall not include any amounts included as deferred credits on the financial statements of such Person or of a consolidated group including such Person, and computed in accordance with GAAP.
"Indenture" means this instrument 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, with respect to any Security, by the terms and provisions of such Security
and any Coupon appertaining thereto established pursuant to Section 301 (as such terms and provisions may be amended pursuant to the applicable provisions hereof).
"Independent Public Accountants" means accountants or a firm of accountants that, with respect to the Company, the Guarantor and any other obligor under the Securities, the Guarantees or the Coupons, are independent public accountants within the meaning of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated by the Commission thereunder, who may be the independent public accountants regularly retained by the Company, the Guarantor or any such other obligor or who may be other independent public accountants. Such accountants or firm shall be entitled to rely upon any Opinion of Counsel as to the interpretation of any legal matters relating to this Indenture or certificates required to be provided hereunder.
"Indexed Security" means a Security the terms of which provide that the principal amount thereof payable at Stated Maturity may be more or less than the principal face amount thereof at original issuance.
"Interest", with respect to any Original Issue Discount Security which by its terms bears Interest only after Maturity, means Interest payable after Maturity and, when used with respect to a Security which provides for the payment of Additional Amounts pursuant to Section 1004, includes such Additional Amounts.
"Interest Payment Date", with respect to any Security, means the Stated Maturity of an installment of Interest on such Security.
"Judgment Currency" has the meaning specified in Section 116.
"Legal Holidays", with respect to any Place of Payment or other location, means a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banking institutions in such Place of Payment or other location are not authorized or obligated to be open.
"Lien" has the meaning specified in Section 1005.
"Limited Recourse Indebtedness" means Indebtedness of a Person
for which there is no recourse whatsoever to such Person for the repayment
thereof other than recourse limited to the cash flow from the assets
constituting collateral therefor and recourse to the extent necessary to enable
amounts to be claimed in respect of such Indebtedness upon an enforcement of any
Lien on any such assets; provided that (a) the extent of such recourse is
limited solely to the amount of any recoveries made on any such enforcement, and
(b) the holder of such Indebtedness is not entitled, by virtue of any right or
claim arising out of or in connection with such Indebtedness to commence
proceedings for the winding up or dissolution of, or to appoint or procure the
appointment of any receiver, trustee or similar person or official in respect
of, such Person or any of its assets (other than the assets the subject of such
Lien).
"Maturity", with respect to any Security, means the date on which the principal of such Security or an installment of principal becomes due and payable as provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, whether at the Stated Maturity or by declaration of acceleration, notice of
redemption or repurchase, notice of option to elect repayment or otherwise, and includes the Redemption Date and Change in Control Purchase Date.
"New York Banking Day" has the meaning specified in Section 116.
"Office" or "Agency", with respect to any Securities, means an office or agency of the Company and the Guarantor maintained or designated in a Place of Payment for such Securities pursuant to Section 1002 or any other office or agency of the Company maintained or designated for such Securities pursuant to Section 1002 or, to the extent designated or required by Section 1002 in lieu of such office or agency, the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee.
"Officers' Certificate" means a certificate signed by the Chairman of the Board, a Vice Chairman, the President or a Vice President, and by the Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company or the Guarantor, as applicable, that complies with the requirements of Section 314(e) of the Trust Indenture Act and is delivered to the Trustee.
"Opinion of Counsel" means a written opinion of counsel, who
may be an employee of or counsel for the Company or the Guarantor, as the case
may be, or other counsel who shall be reasonably acceptable to the Trustee,
that, if required by the Trust Indenture Act, complies with the requirements of
Section 314(e) of the Trust Indenture Act and is delivered to the Trustee.
"Ordinary Course Lien" has the meaning specified in Section 1005.
"Original Issue Discount Security" means a Security issued pursuant to this Indenture which provides for declaration of an amount less than the principal face amount thereof to be due and payable upon acceleration pursuant to Section 502.
"Outstanding", when used with respect to any Securities, means, as of the date of determination, all such Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered under this Indenture, except:
(a) any such Security theretofore canceled by the Trustee or the Security Registrar or delivered to the Trustee or the Security Registrar for cancellation;
(b) any such Security for whose payment either at the Maturity thereof or upon the Company becoming obligated (subject to withdrawal of any Change in Control Purchase Notice) to pay the Change in Control Purchase Price, money in the necessary amount has been theretofore deposited pursuant hereto (other than pursuant to Section 402) with the Trustee or any Paying Agent (other than the Company or the Guarantor) in trust or set aside and segregated in trust by the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be (if the Company or the Guarantor shall act as its own Paying Agent), for the Holders of such Securities and any Guarantees or Coupons appertaining thereto, provided that, if such Securities are to be redeemed, notice of such redemption has been duly given pursuant to this Indenture or provision therefor satisfactory to the Trustee has been made;
(c) any such Security with respect to which the Company or the
Guarantor has effected defeasance or covenant defeasance pursuant to
Section 402, except to the extent provided in Section 402;
(d) any such Security which has 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, unless there shall have been presented to the Trustee proof satisfactory to it that such Security is held by a protected purchaser in whose hands such Security is a valid obligation of the Company; and
(e) if the Securities are convertible or exchangeable into other securities, cash or property, Securities converted or exchanged as contemplated by this Indenture, and such Securities if such other securities, cash or property have been either (i) delivered to the Holders thereof in accordance with this Indenture or (ii) deposited with and are held by the Paying Agent in trust for the Holders of such Securities in accordance with this Indenture and such Securities, provided in the case of this clause (ii) that any applicable notice of conversion or exchange has been duly given to the Holders thereof pursuant to this Indenture and such securities;
provided, however, that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities have given any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder or are present at a meeting of Holders of Securities for quorum purposes, (i) the principal amount of an Original Issue Discount Security that may be counted in making such determination and that shall be deemed to be Outstanding for such purposes shall be equal to the amount of the principal thereof that pursuant to the terms of such Original Issue Discount Security would be declared (or shall have been declared to be) due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration thereof pursuant to Section 502 at the time of such determination, and (ii) the principal amount of any Indexed Security that may be counted in making such determination and that shall be deemed outstanding for such purpose shall be equal to the principal face amount of such Indexed Security at original issuance, unless otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, and (iii) the principal amount of a Security denominated in a Foreign Currency shall be the Dollar equivalent, determined on the date of original issuance of such Security, of the principal amount (or, in the case of an Original Issue 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 (iv) Securities beneficially owned by the Company, the Guarantor or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the Company, the Guarantor (other than any Trust so long as any of the Preferred Securities of such Trust are outstanding) or such other obligor, shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding, except that, in determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in making any such determination or relying upon any such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver, only Securities which a Responsible Officer of the Trustee knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded. Securities so owned which shall have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the Trustee (A) the pledgee's right so to act with respect to such Securities and (B) that the pledgee is not the Company, the Guarantor or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Coupons appertaining thereto or an Affiliate of the Company, the Guarantor or such other obligor.
"Paying Agent" means any Person authorized by the Company to pay the principal of, any premium or Interest on, or any Additional Amounts with respect to, any Security or any Coupon on behalf of the Company.
"Person" means any Corporation, partnership, joint-stock company, limited liability company and, except for purposes of Article Eight, individual, trust, joint venture, unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.
"Place of Payment", with respect to any Security, means the place or places where the principal of, any premium or Interest on, or any Additional Amounts with respect to such Security are payable as provided in or pursuant to this Indenture or such Security.
"Predecessor Security" of any particular Security means every previous Security evidencing all or a portion of the same Indebtedness 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 lost, destroyed, mutilated or stolen Security or any Security to which a mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Coupon appertains shall be deemed to evidence the same Indebtedness as the lost, destroyed, mutilated or stolen Security or the Security to which a mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Coupon appertains.
"Preferred Securities" means the preferred securities of a Trust, representing undivided beneficial interests in the assets of such Trust.
"Redemption Date", with respect to any Security or portion thereof to be redeemed, means the date fixed for such redemption by or pursuant to this Indenture or such Security.
"Redemption Price", with respect to any Security or portion thereof to be redeemed, means the price at which it is to be redeemed as determined by or pursuant to this Indenture or such Security.
"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 Registered Security on any Interest Payment Date therefor means the date, if any, specified in or pursuant to this Indenture or such Security as the "Regular Record Date".
"Required Currency" has the meaning specified in Section 116.
"Responsible Officer" means, when used with respect to the Trustee, any officer of the Trustee in its Corporate Trust Office with direct responsibility for the administration of this Indenture 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.
"Sale/Leaseback Transaction" has the meaning specified in
Section 1006.
"Security" or "Securities" means any note or notes, bond or bonds, debenture or debentures, or any other evidences of Indebtedness, as the case may be, authenticated and delivered under this Indenture; provided, however, that, if at any time there is more than one Person acting as Trustee under this Indenture, "Securities", with respect to any such Person, shall mean Securities authenticated and delivered under this Indenture, exclusive, however, of Securities of any series as to which such Person is not Trustee.
"Security Exchange" when used with respect to the Securities of any series which are held as assets of a Trust pursuant to the Trust Agreement of such Trust, means the distribution of the securities of such series by such Trust to the holder of the Trust Securities of such Trust in exchange for such Trust Securities upon certain events described in the applicable Trust Agreement of such Trust.
"Security Register" and "Security Registrar" have the respective meanings specified in Section 305.
"Senior Indebtedness" means the principal of, premium, if any, Interest on, and any other payment due pursuant to any of the following, whether outstanding as of the date of execution of this Indenture or thereafter incurred, created or assumed:
(a) all Indebtedness of the Guarantor, the Company or any other Subsidiary, as applicable, for money borrowed (including, without limitation, any indebtedness secured by a mortgage, conditional sales contract or other lien which is (i) given to secure all or part of the purchase price of property subject thereto, whether given to the vendor of such property or to another, or (ii) existing on property at the time of acquisition thereof);
(b) all Indebtedness of the Guarantor, the Company or any other Subsidiary, as applicable, evidenced by notes, debentures, bonds, commercial paper or other securities sold by the Guarantor, the Company or any other Subsidiary, as applicable, for money;
(c) all lease obligations of the Guarantor, the Company or any other Subsidiary, as applicable, which are capitalized on the books of the Guarantor or the Company in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
(d) all Indebtedness of others of the kinds described in either of the preceding clauses (a) or (b) and all lease obligations of others of the kind described in the preceding clause (c) assumed by or guaranteed in any manner by the Guarantor, the Company or any other Subsidiary or in effect guaranteed by the Guarantor, the Company or any other Subsidiary, as applicable, through an agreement to purchase, contingent or otherwise;
(e) all obligations of the Guarantor, the Company or any other Subsidiary, as applicable, with respect to letters of credit issued in connection with indebtedness of others of the kind described in the preceding clauses (a) or (b) or lease obligations of the kind described in the preceding clause (c); and
(f) all renewals, extensions or refundings of indebtedness of the kinds described in any of the preceding clauses (a), (b) and (d), all renewals or extensions of lease
obligations of the kinds described in either of the preceding clauses
(c) and (d) and all renewals or extensions of obligations with respect
to letters of credit of the kind described in the preceding clause (e);
which, in each case, is an obligation payable by its terms more than one year from the date of incurrence thereof and should be shown on a balance sheet as a liability under GAAP; unless, in the case of any particular indebtedness, lease, obligation, renewal, extension or refunding, the instrument or lease creating or evidencing the same or the assumption or guarantee of the same expressly provides that such indebtedness, lease, obligation, renewal, extension or refunding is subordinate in right of payment to or is not at least pari passu with the Securities or the Guarantees. Notwithstanding the foregoing, "Senior Indebtedness" does not include indebtedness owing, directly or indirectly, to any Affiliate or employee of the Guarantor or the Company, as applicable, or arising under or in respect of any employee benefit plan of the Guarantor, the Company or any of their respective Affiliates.
"Special Record Date" for the payment of any Defaulted Interest on any Registered Security means a date fixed by the Trustee pursuant to Section 307.
"Stated Maturity" with respect to any Security or any installment of principal thereof or Interest thereon or any Additional Amounts with respect thereto, means the date established by or pursuant to this Indenture or such Security as the fixed date on which the principal of such Security or such installment of principal or Interest is, or such Additional Amounts are, due and payable.
"Subsidiary" means any Corporation of which at the time of determination the Guarantor, the Company or one or more other Subsidiaries owns or controls directly or indirectly more than 50% of the shares of Voting Stock.
"Subsidiary Assignee" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 802.
"Succession Date" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 1108.
"Successor" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 802.
"Successor Additional Amounts" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 802.
"Trust" means any statutory trust created or established by the Guarantor as a direct or indirect wholly-owned subsidiary to issue Trust Securities and to use the proceeds from the sale thereof to purchase Securities.
"Trust Agreement" means the agreement or declaration establishing the terms and conditions of a Trust.
"Trust Indenture Act" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, and any reference herein to the Trust Indenture Act or a particular provision thereof shall mean such Act or provision, as the case may be, as amended or replaced from time to time or as supplemented from
time to time by rules or regulations adopted by the Commission under or in furtherance of the purposes of such Act or provision, as the case may be.
"Trust Securities" means the Preferred Securities and common securities of a Trust, each representing undivided beneficial interests in the assets of such Trust.
"Trustee" means the Person named as the "Trustee" in the first paragraph of this instrument until a successor Trustee shall have become such with respect to one or more series of Securities pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter "Trustee" shall mean each Person who is then a Trustee hereunder; provided, however, that if at any time there is more than one such Person, "Trustee" shall mean each such Person and as used with respect to the Securities of any series shall mean the Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series.
"United States", except as otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture or any Security, means the United States of America (including the states thereof and the District of Columbia), its territories and possessions and other areas subject to its jurisdiction.
"United States Alien", except as otherwise provided in or
pursuant to this Indenture or any Security, means any Person who, for United
States Federal income tax purposes, is (i) a foreign corporation, (ii) a
non-resident alien individual, (iii) a non-resident alien fiduciary of a foreign
estate, (iv) any trust unless (A) a court within the United States may exercise
primary supervision over the trust's administration, and (B) one or more United
States Aliens has the authority to control all substantial decisions of the
trust, or (v) a foreign partnership one or more of the members of which is, for
United States Federal income tax purposes, a Person described in any of clauses
(i) through (iv) above.
"U.S. Depositary" or "Depositary" means, with respect to any Security issuable or issued in the form of one or more global Securities, the Person designated as U.S. Depositary or Depositary by the Company in or pursuant to this Indenture, which Person must be, to the extent required by applicable law or regulation, a clearing agency registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and, if so provided with respect to any Security, any successor to such Person. If at any time there is more than one such Person, "U.S. Depositary" or "Depositary" shall mean, with respect to any Securities, the qualifying entity which has been appointed with respect to such Securities.
"Vice President", when used with respect to the Guarantor, the Company or the Trustee, means any vice president, whether or not designated by a number or a word or words added before or after the title "Vice President".
"Voting Stock" means stock of a Corporation of the class or classes having general voting power under ordinary circumstances to elect at least a majority of the board of directors, managers or trustees of such Corporation provided that, for the purposes hereof, stock which carries only the right to vote conditionally on the happening of an event shall not be considered voting stock whether or not such event shall have happened.
Section 102. Compliance Certificates and Opinions.
Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Indenture, upon any application or request by the Guarantor or the Company, as applicable, to the Trustee to take any action under any provision of this Indenture, the Guarantor or the Company, as the case may be, shall furnish to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate stating that such action is authorized or permitted by this Indenture and 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 or any of them is specifically required by any provision of this Indenture relating to such particular application or request, no additional certificate or opinion need be furnished.
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 Guarantor or the Company, as applicable, may be based, insofar as it relates to legal matters, upon an Opinion of Counsel, unless such officer knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the opinion with respect to the matters upon which his certificate or opinion is based are erroneous. Any such 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 Guarantor or the Company, as applicable, stating that the information with respect to such factual matters is in the possession of the Guarantor or the Company, as applicable, 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 or any Security, 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 or pursuant to this Indenture to be given or taken by Holders or by holders of Preferred Securities may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders or by holders of Preferred Securities in person or by an agent duly appointed in writing. If, but only if, Securities of a series are issuable as Bearer Securities, any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided in or pursuant to this Indenture to be given or taken by Holders of Securities of
such series or by holders of Preferred Securities may, alternatively, be
embodied in and evidenced by the record of Holders of Securities or by holders
of Preferred 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
Fourteen, 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 Guarantor or the Company, as
the case may be. 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 or by holders of Preferred Securities signing such
instrument or instruments or 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 315 of the Trust Indenture Act) conclusive in
favor of the Trustee, the Guarantor or the Company, and any agent of the Trustee
or the Company or the Guarantor, if made in the manner provided in this Section
104. The record of any meeting of Holders of Securities shall be proved in the
manner provided in Section 1406.
Without limiting the generality of this Section 104, unless otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, a Holder, including a U.S. Depositary that is a Holder of a global Security, may make, give or take, by a proxy, or proxies, duly appointed in writing, any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act provided in or pursuant to this Indenture to be made, given or taken by Holders, and a U.S. Depositary that is a Holder of a global Security may provide its proxy or proxies to the beneficial owners of interests in any such global Security through such U.S. Depositary's standing instructions and customary practices.
The Trustee may fix a record date for the purpose of determining the Persons who are beneficial owners of interest in any permanent global Security held by a U.S. Depositary entitled under the procedures of such U.S. Depositary to make, give or take, by a proxy or proxies duly appointed in writing, any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act provided in or pursuant to this Indenture to be made, given or taken by Holders. If such a record date is fixed, the Holders on such record date or their duly appointed proxy or proxies, and only such Persons, shall be entitled to make, give or take such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act, whether or not such Holders remain Holders after such record date. No such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act shall be valid or effective if made, given or taken more than 90 days after such record date.
(b) The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such instrument or writing may be proved in any reasonable manner which the Trustee deems sufficient and in accordance with such reasonable rules as the Trustee may determine; and the Trustee may in any instance require further proof with respect to any of the matters referred to in this Section 104.
(c) The ownership, principal amount and serial numbers of Registered Securities held by any Person, and the date of the commencement and the date of the termination of holding the same, shall be proved by the Security Register.
(d) The ownership, principal amount and serial numbers of Bearer Securities held by any Person, and the date of the commencement and the date of the termination of holding the same, may be proved by the production of such Bearer Securities or by a certificate executed, as depositary, by any trust company, bank, banker or other depositary reasonably acceptable to the Trustee, the Guarantor and the Company, wherever situated, if such certificate shall be deemed by the Company, the Guarantor and 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 Company, the Guarantor and the Trustee to be satisfactory. The Trustee, the Company and the Guarantor 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, or (2) such Bearer Security is produced to the Trustee by some other Person, or (3) such Bearer Security is surrendered in exchange for a Registered Security, or (4) such Bearer Security is no longer Outstanding. The ownership, principal amount and serial numbers of Bearer Securities held by the Person so executing such instrument or writing and the date of the commencement and the date of the termination of holding the same may also be proved in any other manner which the Trustee, the Guarantor and the Company deem sufficient.
(e) If the Company or the Guarantor shall solicit from the Holders of any Registered Securities any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act, the Company may at its option (but is not obligated to), by Board Resolution, fix in advance a record date for the determination of Holders of Registered Securities entitled to give such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other 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 Registered Securities of record at the close of business on such record date shall be deemed to be Holders for the purpose of determining whether Holders of the requisite proportion of Outstanding Securities have authorized or agreed or consented to such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act, and for that purpose the Outstanding Securities shall be computed as of such record date; provided that no such authorization, agreement or consent by the Holders of Registered Securities shall be deemed effective unless it shall become effective pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture not later than six months after the record date.
(f) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act by 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 or suffered to be done by the Trustee, any Security Registrar, any Paying Agent, any Conversion Agent or the Company or the Guarantor in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such Act is made upon such Security.
Section 105. Notices, etc. to Trustee, the Company and the Guarantor.
Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act of Holders or other document provided or permitted by this Indenture to be made upon, given or furnished to, or filed with,
(a) the Trustee by any Holder or holder of a Preferred Security, the Guarantor or 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:
Institutional Trust Services, or
(b) the Guarantor or the Company by the Trustee or 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 Guarantor or the Company, as applicable, addressed to the attention of its 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, the Guarantor or the Company, as applicable.
Section 106. Notice to Holders of Securities; Waiver.
Except as otherwise expressly provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, where this Indenture provides for notice to Holders of Securities of any event,
(a) 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
(b) such notice shall be sufficiently given to Holders of Bearer Securities, if any, if published in an Authorized Newspaper in The City of New York and, if such Securities are then listed on any stock exchange outside the United States, in an Authorized Newspaper in such city as the Company shall advise the Trustee that such stock exchange so requires, on a Business Day at least twice, the first such publication to be not earlier than the earliest date and the second such publication not later than the latest date prescribed for the giving of such notice.
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. Any notice which is mailed in the manner herein provided shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given or provided. In case by reason of the suspension of regular mail service or by reason of any other cause it shall be impracticable to give such notice by mail, then such notification as shall be made with the approval of the Trustee shall constitute a sufficient notification for every purpose hereunder.
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 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 mailed to Holders of Registered Securities as provided above.
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 of Securities shall be filed with the Trustee, but such filing shall not be a condition precedent to the validity of any action taken in reliance upon such waiver.
Section 107. Language of Notices.
Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, election or waiver required or permitted under this Indenture shall be in the English language, except that, if the Company or the Guarantor so elects, any published notice may be in an official language of the country of publication.
Section 108. Conflict with Trust Indenture Act.
If any provision hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with any duties under any required provision of the Trust Indenture Act imposed hereon by Section 318(c) thereof, such required provision shall control.
Section 109. 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 110. Successors and Assigns.
All covenants and agreements in this Indenture by the Company or the Guarantor, as applicable, shall bind such party's successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not.
Section 111. Separability Clause.
In case any provision in this Indenture, any Security, any Coupon or any Guarantee 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 112. Benefits of Indenture.
Except as otherwise expressly provided herein with respect to holders of Preferred Securities, nothing in this Indenture, any Security or any Coupon, or in any Guarantee, express or implied, shall give to any Person, other than the parties hereto, any Security Registrar, any Paying Agent, any Conversion Agent and their successors hereunder and the Holders of Securities or Coupons, any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Indenture.
Section 113. Governing Law.
This Indenture, the Securities, any Coupons and the Guarantees shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York applicable to agreements made or instruments entered into and, in each case, performed in said state without regard to the conflict of laws principles thereof.
Section 114. Legal Holidays.
Unless otherwise specified in or pursuant to this Indenture or any Securities, in any case where any Interest Payment Date, Business Day following any Change in Control Purchase Date or Stated Maturity or Maturity of any Security, or the last date on which a Holder has the right to convert or exchange Securities of a series that are convertible or exchangeable, shall be a Legal Holiday at any Place of Payment, then (notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, any Security, Coupon or Guarantee other than a provision in any Security, Coupon or Guarantee that specifically states that such provision shall apply in lieu hereof) payment need not be made at such Place of Payment on such date, and such Securities need not be converted or exchanged on such date but such payment may be made, and such Securities may be converted or exchanged, on the next succeeding day that is a Business Day at such Place of Payment with the same force and effect as if made on the Interest Payment Date or at the Stated Maturity or Maturity or on such last day for conversion or exchange, and no Interest shall accrue on the amount payable on such date or at such time for the period from and after such Interest Payment Date, Business Day following any Change in Control Purchase Date, Stated Maturity, Maturity or last day for conversion or exchange, as the case may be, to the next succeeding Business Day.
Section 115. Counterparts.
This Indenture may be executed in several counterparts, each of which shall be an original and all of which shall constitute but one and the same instrument.
Section 116. Judgment Currency.
Each of the Company and the Guarantor agrees, to the fullest
extent that it may effectively do so under applicable law, that (a) if for the
purpose of obtaining judgment in any court it is necessary to convert the sum
due in respect of the principal of, or premium or Interest, if any, or
Additional Amounts on the Securities of any series (the "Required Currency")
into a currency in which a judgment will be rendered (the "Judgment Currency"),
the rate of exchange used shall be the rate at which in accordance with normal
banking procedures the Trustee could purchase in The City of New York the
Required Currency with the Judgment Currency on the New York Banking Day
preceding that on which a final unappealable judgment is given and (b) its
obligations under this Indenture to make payments in the Required Currency (i)
shall not be discharged or satisfied by any tender, or any recovery pursuant to
any judgment (whether or not entered in accordance with clause (a)), in any
currency other than the Required Currency, except to the extent that such tender
or recovery shall result in the actual receipt, by the payee, of the full amount
of the Required Currency expressed to be payable in respect of such payments,
(ii) shall be enforceable as an alternative or additional cause of action for
the purpose of recovering in the
Required Currency the amount, if any, by which such actual receipt shall fall
short of the full amount of the Required Currency so expressed to be payable and
(iii) shall not be affected by judgment being obtained for any other sum due
under this Indenture. For purposes of the foregoing, "New York Banking Day"
means any day except a Saturday, Sunday or a legal holiday in The City of New
York or a day on which banking institutions in The City of New York are
authorized or obligated by law, regulation or executive order to be closed.
ARTICLE TWO
SECURITIES AND GUARANTEE FORMS
Section 201. Forms Generally.
Each Guarantee, Registered Security, Bearer Security, Coupon and temporary or permanent global Security issued pursuant to this Indenture shall be in the form established by or pursuant to a Board Resolution, an Officers' Certificate or in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, shall have such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as are required or permitted by or pursuant to this Indenture or any indenture supplemental hereto and may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification and such legends or endorsements placed thereon as may, consistently herewith, be determined by the officers executing such Guarantee, Security or Coupon as evidenced by their execution of such Guarantee, Security or Coupon.
Unless otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture or any Securities, the Securities shall be issuable in registered form without Coupons and shall not be issuable upon the exercise of warrants.
Definitive Securities and definitive Coupons and Guarantees shall be printed, lithographed or engraved or produced by any combination of these methods on a steel engraved border or steel engraved borders or may be produced in any other manner, all as determined by the officers of the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, executing such Securities, Coupons or Guarantees, as evidenced by their execution of such Securities, Coupons or Guarantees.
Section 202. Guarantee by Guarantor; Form of Guarantee.
The Guarantor by its execution of this Indenture hereby agrees with each Holder of a Security authenticated and delivered by the Trustee, and with the Trustee on behalf of each such Holder, to be irrevocably and unconditionally bound by the terms and provisions of the Guarantee set forth below and authorizes the Chairman of the Board, the President or any Vice President or the Treasurer of the Guarantor to execute, manually or by facsimile signature in the name and on behalf of the Guarantor, and to confirm such Guarantee to the Holder of each such Security by his or her execution and delivery of each such Security, with such Guarantee endorsed thereon, authenticated and delivered by the Trustee. When delivered pursuant to the provisions of Section 303 hereof, the Guarantee so set forth on the Security shall bind the Guarantor notwithstanding the fact that such Guarantee does not bear the signature of the Guarantor.
Guarantees to be endorsed on the Securities shall, subject to
Section 201, be in substantially the form set forth below:
GUARANTEE
For value received, Apache Corporation, a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Delaware (the "Guarantor," which term includes any successor Person under the Indenture referred to in the Security upon which this Guarantee is endorsed), hereby irrevocably and unconditionally guarantees to the Holder of the Security upon which this Guarantee is endorsed and to the Trustee on behalf of the Trustee and such Holder the due and punctual payment of the principal of, and any premium, and Interest on, and any Additional Amounts with respect to, such Security, and any other amount due and payable pursuant to the terms of the Indenture or payments referred to therein, if any, when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at the Stated Maturity, by declaration of acceleration, call for redemption, repurchase, or otherwise, according to the terms of such Security and of the Indenture referred to therein. In case of the failure of Apache Finance Australia Pty Ltd, a proprietary company with limited liability organized under the laws of the Australian Capital Territory, Australia (the "Company," which term includes any successor corporation under such Indenture), punctually to make any such payment of principal, any premium or Interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to such Security, the Guarantor hereby agrees to cause any such payment to be made punctually when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at the Stated Maturity or by declaration of acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise, and as if such payment were made by the Company.
The Guarantor hereby agrees that its obligations hereunder shall be as if it were principal debtor and not merely surety, and shall be absolute and unconditional, irrespective of, and shall be unaffected by, any invalidity, irregularity or unenforceability of such Security or such Indenture, any failure to enforce the provisions of such Security or such Indenture, or any waiver, modification or indulgence granted to the Company with respect thereto, by the holder of such Security or the Trustee or any other circumstance which may otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge of a surety or guarantor. The Guarantor hereby waives the benefits of division and discussion, diligence, presentment, demand of payment, filing of claims with a court in the event of merger, insolvency or bankruptcy of the Company, any right to require a proceeding first against the Company, protest or notice with respect to such Security or the indebtedness evidenced thereby and all demands whatsoever, and covenants that this Guarantee will not be discharged except by strict and complete performance of the obligations contained in such Security and this Guarantee. The Guarantor hereby agrees that, in the event of a default in payment of principal of, any premium or Interest on, or any Additional Amounts with respect to, such Security, or default in any sinking fund or analogous payment referred to therein, legal proceedings may be instituted by the Trustee on behalf of, or by, the Holder of such Security, on the terms and conditions set forth in the Indenture, directly against the Guarantor to enforce this Guarantee without first proceeding against the Company.
The Guarantor shall be subrogated to all rights of the Holder of such Security and the Trustee against the Company in respect of any amounts paid to such Holder by the Guarantor on account of such Security pursuant to the provisions of this Guarantee or the Indenture; provided, however, that the Guarantor shall not be entitled to enforce, or to receive any payments arising out of or based upon, such right of subrogation until the principal of, and any premium and Interest on, and any Additional Amounts required with respect to, all Securities issued under such Indenture shall have been paid in full.
No reference herein to such Indenture and no provision of this Guarantee or of such Indenture shall alter or impair the guarantee of the Guarantor, which is absolute and unconditional, of the due and punctual payment of principal of, any premium and Interest on, and any Additional Amounts required with respect to, the Security upon which this Guarantee is endorsed.
This Guarantee shall not be valid or obligatory for any purpose until the certificate of authentication of the Security upon which this Guarantee is endorsed shall have been manually executed by or on behalf of the Trustee under such Indenture.
All terms used in this Guarantee which are defined in such Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in such Indenture.
This Guarantee shall be deemed to be a contract made under the laws of the State of New York, and for all purposes shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.
This Guarantee is an unsecured obligation of the Guarantor, and ranks pari passu with all other unsubordinated indebtedness of the Guarantor.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Guarantor has caused this Guarantee to be duly executed under its corporate seal and dated the date of the Security upon which this Guarantee is endorsed.
Apache Corporation
Each Guarantee shall be dated the date of the Security upon which it is endorsed. Reference is made to Article Sixteen for further provisions with respect to the Guarantees.
Section 203. Form of Trustee's Certificate of Authentication.
Subject to Section 611, 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.
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, as Trustee
Section 204. Securities in Global Form.
Unless otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture or any Securities, the Securities shall not be issuable in temporary or permanent global form. If Securities of a series shall be issuable in global form, any such Security may provide that it or any number of such Securities shall represent the aggregate amount of all Outstanding Securities of such series (or such lesser amount as is permitted by the terms thereof) from time to time endorsed thereon and may also provide that the aggregate amount of Outstanding Securities represented thereby may from time to time be increased or reduced to reflect exchanges. Any endorsement of any Security in global form to reflect the amount, or any increase or decrease in the amount, or changes in the rights of Holders, of Outstanding Securities represented thereby shall be made in such manner and by such Person or Persons as shall be specified therein or in the Company Order or Guarantor Order to be delivered pursuant to Section 303 or 304 with respect thereto. Subject to the provisions of Section 303 and, if applicable, Section 304, the Trustee shall deliver and redeliver any Security in permanent global form in the manner and upon instructions given by the Person or Persons specified therein or in the applicable Company Order or Guarantor Order. If a Company Order or Guarantor Order pursuant to Section 303 or 304 has been, or simultaneously is, delivered, any instructions by the Company or the Guarantor with respect to a Security in global form shall be in writing but need not be accompanied by or contained in an Officers' Certificate and need not be accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 307, unless otherwise specified in or pursuant to this Indenture or any Securities, payment of principal of, any premium or Interest on or any Additional Amounts in respect of, any Security in temporary or permanent global form shall be made to the Person or Persons specified therein.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 308 and except as provided in the preceding paragraph, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company and the Trustee shall treat the Holder of a global security in registered form as the Holder of the principal amount of Outstanding Securities represented by such global Security.
ARTICLE THREE
THE SECURITIES
Section 301. Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series.
The aggregate principal amount of Securities which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is unlimited. The Securities may be issued in one or more series.
With respect to any Securities to be authenticated and delivered hereunder, there shall be established in or pursuant to a Board Resolution of the Company, an Officers' Certificate of the Company or established in one or more indentures supplemental hereto,
(a) the title of such Securities and the series in which such Securities shall be included;
(b) any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the Securities of such title or the Securities of such series which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture (except for Securities authenticated and delivered upon registration or transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Securities of such series pursuant to Section 304, 305, 306, 905 or 1107, upon repayment on part of any Registered Security of such series pursuant to Article Twelve or upon surrender in part of any Security for conversion into or exchange for Common Stock or other securities, cash or property pursuant to its terms, or pursuant to or as contemplated by the terms of such Securities);
(c) if such Securities are to be issuable as Registered Securities, as Bearer Securities or alternatively as Bearer Securities and Registered Securities, and whether the Bearer Securities are to be issuable with Coupons, without Coupons or both, and any restrictions applicable to the offer, sale or delivery of the Bearer Securities and the terms, if any, upon which Bearer Securities may be exchanged for Registered Securities and vice versa;
(d) if any of such Securities are to be issuable in global
form, when any of such Securities are to be issuable in global form and
(i) whether such Securities are to be issued in temporary or permanent
global form or both, (ii) whether beneficial owners of interests in any
such global Security may exchange such interests for Securities of the
same series and of like tenor and of any authorized form and
denomination, and the circumstances under which any such exchanges may
occur, if other than in the manner specified in Section 305, and (iii)
the name of the Depositary or the U.S. Depositary, as the case may be,
with respect to any global Security;
(e) if any of such Securities are to be issuable as Bearer Securities or in global form, the date as of which any such Bearer Security or global Security shall be dated (if other than the date of original issuance of the first of such Securities to be issued);
(f) if any of such Securities are to be issuable as Bearer Securities, whether Interest in respect of any portion of a temporary Bearer Security in global form payable in
respect of an Interest Payment Date therefor prior to the exchange, if any, of such temporary Bearer Security for definitive Securities shall be paid to any clearing organization with respect to the portion of such temporary Bearer Security held for its account and, in such event, the terms and conditions (including any certification requirements) upon which any such Interest payment received by a clearing organization will be credited to the Persons entitled to Interest payable on such Interest Payment Date;
(g) the date or dates, or the method or methods, if any, by which such date or dates shall be determined, on which the principal of such Securities is payable;
(h) the rate or rates at which such Securities shall bear
Interest, if any, or the method or methods, if any, by which such rate
or rates are to be determined, the date or dates, if any, from which
such Interest shall accrue or the method or methods, if any, by which
such date or dates are to be determined, the Interest Payment Dates, if
any, on which such Interest shall be payable and the Regular Record
Date, if any, for the Interest payable on Registered Securities on any
Interest Payment Date, if Additional Amounts on such Securities or any
of them shall not be payable as provided in Section 1004, and any
deletion from, or modifications or additions to, the provisions of
Section 1004 or Section 1108 in respect of the Securities of such
series, the notice, if any, to Holders regarding the determination of
Interest on a floating rate Security and the manner of giving such
notice, and the basis upon which Interest shall be calculated if other
than that of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months;
(i) the right, if any, to extend the Interest payment periods and the duration of any such extension, including the maximum consecutive period, if any, during which Interest payment periods may be extended;
(j) if in addition to or other than the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, the place or places where the principal of, any premium and Interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to such Securities shall be payable, any of such Securities that are Registered Securities may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange and notices or demands to or upon the Company or the Guarantor in respect of such Securities and this Indenture may be served, the extent to which, or the manner in which, any Interest payment or Additional Amounts on a global Security on an Interest Payment Date, will be paid and the manner in which any principal of or premium, if any, on any global Security will be paid;
(k) whether any of such Securities are to be redeemable at the option of the Company and, if so, the date or dates on which, the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which and the other terms and conditions upon which such Securities may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option of the Company;
(l) the obligation, if any, of the Company to redeem or purchase Securities of the series pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous provisions (including payments made in cash in anticipation of future sinking fund obligations) or at the option of a Holder (other than, or in addition to, the obligation of the Company to purchase Securities at the option of
Holders upon a Change in Control pursuant to Article Fifteen) and the date or dates on which or 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;
(m) whether the Securities of the series will be convertible into and/or exchangeable for Common Stock or other securities, whether or not issued by the Company, cash or property and the terms and conditions of any such conversion or exchange and, if so provided, the terms and conditions upon which such Securities will be so convertible or exchangeable, and any deletions from or modifications or additions to this Indenture to permit or to facilitate the issuance of such convertible or exchangeable Securities or the administration thereof;
(n) the denominations in which any of such Securities that are Registered Securities shall be issuable if other than denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof, and the denominations in which any of such Securities that are Bearer Securities shall be issuable if other than the denomination of $5,000;
(o) if other than the principal amount thereof, the portion of
the principal amount of any of such Securities that shall be payable
upon declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to
Section 502 or the method by which such portion is to be determined;
(p) if other than Dollars, the Foreign Currency in which payment of the principal of, any premium or Interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to any of such Securities shall be payable;
(q) if the principal of, any premium or Interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to any of such Securities are to be payable, at the election of the Company or a Holder thereof or otherwise, in Dollars or in a Foreign Currency other than that in which such Securities are stated to be payable, the date or dates on which, the period or periods within which, and the other terms and conditions upon which, such election may be made, and the time and manner of determining the exchange rate between the Currency in which such Securities are stated to be payable and the Currency in which such Securities or any of them are to be paid pursuant to such election, and any deletions from or modifications of or additions to the terms of this Indenture to provide for or to facilitate the issuance of Securities denominated or payable, at the election of the Company or a Holder thereof or otherwise, in a Foreign Currency;
(r) whether the amount of payments of principal of, any premium or Interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to such Securities may be determined with reference to an index, formula or other method or methods (which index, formula or method or methods may be based, without limitation, on one or more Currencies, commodities, equity indices or other indices), and, if so, the terms and conditions upon which and the manner in which such amounts shall be determined and paid or payable;
(s) any deletions from, modifications of or additions to the Events of Default or covenants of the Company or the Guarantor with respect to any of such Securities, whether or not such Events of Default or covenants are consistent with the Events of Default or covenants set forth herein;
(t) if either or both of Section 402(2) relating to defeasance or Section 402(3) relating to covenant defeasance shall not be applicable to the Securities of such series, or any covenants in addition to those specified in Section 402(3) relating to the Securities of such series shall be subject to covenant defeasance, and any deletions from, or modifications or additions to, the provisions of Article Four in respect of the Securities of such series;
(u) if any of such Securities are to be issuable upon the exercise of warrants, and the time, manner and place for such Securities to be authenticated and delivered;
(v) if any of such Securities are to be issuable in global form and are to be issuable in definitive form (whether upon original issue or upon exchange of a temporary Security) only upon receipt of certain certificates or other documents or satisfaction of other conditions, then the form and terms of such certificates, documents or conditions;
(w) if there is more than one Trustee, the identity of the Trustee and, if not the Trustee, the identity of each Security Registrar, Paying Agent, Conversion Agent or Authenticating Agent with respect to such Securities;
(x) the Change in Control Purchase Price, if applicable; and
(y) the name of the applicable Trust (which shall distinguish such statutory business trust from all other Trusts), if any, to which the Securities of such series are to be deposited as assets and the date of its Trust Agreement; and
(z) any other terms of such Securities and any deletions from or modifications or additions to this Indenture in respect of such Securities.
All Securities (and Guarantees endorsed thereon) of any one series and all Coupons, if any, appertaining to Bearer Securities of such series shall be substantially identical except as to Currency of payments due thereunder, denomination and the rate of Interest, or method of determining the rate of Interest, if any, Maturity, and the date from which Interest, if any, shall accrue and except as may otherwise be provided by the Company in or pursuant to the Board Resolution and set forth in the Officers' Certificate or in any indenture or indentures supplemental hereto pertaining to such series of Securities. The terms of the Securities of any series may provide, without limitation, that the Securities shall be authenticated and delivered by the Trustee on original issue from time to time upon telephonic or written order of persons designated in the Officers' Certificate or supplemental indenture (telephonic instructions to be promptly confirmed in writing by such person) and that such persons are authorized to determine, consistent with such Officers' Certificate or any applicable supplemental indenture, such terms and conditions of the Securities of such series as are specified in such Officers' Certificate or supplemental indenture.
All Securities of any one series need not be issued at the same time and, unless otherwise so provided by the Company, a series may be reopened for issuances of additional Securities of such series or to establish additional terms of such series of Securities.
If any of the terms of the Securities of any series shall be established by action taken by or pursuant to a Board Resolution, the Board Resolutions of the Company and the Guarantor shall be delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Officers' Certificate setting forth the terms of such series.
Section 302. Currency; Denominations.
Unless otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, the principal of, any premium and Interest on and any Additional Amounts with respect to the Securities shall be payable in Dollars. Unless otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, Registered Securities denominated in Dollars shall be issuable in registered form without Coupons in denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof, and the Bearer Securities denominated in Dollars shall be issuable in the denomination of $5,000. Securities not denominated in Dollars shall be issuable in such denominations as are established with respect to such Securities in or pursuant to this Indenture.
Section 303. Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating.
Securities shall be executed on behalf of the Company by its Chairman of the Board, one of its Vice Chairmen, its President, its Treasurer, one of its Assistant Treasurers, one of its Directors or one of its Vice Presidents under its corporate seal reproduced thereon and attested by its Secretary, its Treasurer or one of its Assistant Secretaries or Assistant Treasurers. Coupons shall be executed on behalf of the Company by the Treasurer, one of its Vice Presidents or any Assistant Treasurer of the Company. The signature of any of these officers on the Securities or any Coupons appertaining thereto may be manual or facsimile.
Securities, and any Coupons 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 or Coupons.
At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of this Indenture, the Company may deliver Securities, together with any Coupons appertaining thereto, executed by the Company, with Guarantees endorsed thereon by the Guarantor, to the Trustee for authentication and, provided that the Board Resolutions and Officers' Certificates or supplemental indenture or indentures with respect to such Securities referred to in Section 301 and a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of such Securities and a Guarantor Order approving the delivery of the Guarantees endorsed thereon have been delivered to the Trustee, the Trustee in accordance with the Company Order and subject to the provisions hereof and of such Securities shall authenticate and deliver such Securities having such Guarantees. In authenticating such Securities, and accepting the additional responsibilities under this Indenture in relation to such
Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto, and the Guarantees endorsed thereon, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and (subject to Sections 315(a) through 315(d) of the Trust Indenture Act) shall be fully protected in relying upon,
(1) an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that:
(a) the form or forms and terms of such Securities and Coupons, if any, and Guarantees have been established in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture;
(b) all conditions precedent to the authentication and delivery of such Securities and Coupons, if any, appertaining thereto, have been complied with and that such Securities and Coupons, when completed by appropriate insertions, executed under the Company's corporate seal and attested by duly authorized officers of the Company, delivered by duly authorized officers of the Company to the Trustee for authentication pursuant to this Indenture, and 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 legally valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms, except as enforcement thereof may be subject to or limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, arrangement, fraudulent conveyance, fraudulent transfer or other similar laws relating to or affecting creditors' rights generally, and subject to general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in a proceeding in equity or at law) and will entitle the Holders thereof to the benefits of this Indenture, including the Guarantee; such Opinion of Counsel need express no opinion as to the availability of equitable remedies;
(c) Guarantees, when executed under the Guarantor's corporate seal and attested by duly authorized officers of the Guarantor and endorsed upon a Security that is authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and issued by the Company in the manner and subject to any condition specified in such Opinion of Counsel, will constitute legally valid and binding obligations of the Guarantor, enforceable against the Guarantor in accordance with its terms, except as enforcement thereof may be subject to or limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, arrangement, fraudulent conveyance, fraudulent transfer or other similar laws relating to or affecting creditors' rights generally, and subject to general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in a proceeding in equity or at law) and will entitle the Holders to the benefits of this Indenture; such Opinion of Counsel need express no opinion as to the availability of equitable remedies;
(d) all laws and requirements in respect of the execution and delivery by the Company of such Securities and Coupons, if any, have been complied with; and
(e) this Indenture has been qualified under the Trust Indenture Act; and
(2) Officers' Certificates of the Company and the Guarantor stating that, in each case, to the best knowledge of the Persons executing such certificate, no event which is, or after notice or lapse of time or both would become, an Event of Default with respect to any of the Securities or the Guarantees shall have occurred and be continuing.
If all the Securities of any series are not to be issued at one time, it shall not be necessary to deliver an Opinion of Counsel and Officers' Certificates at the time of issuance of each Security, but such opinion and certificate, with appropriate modifications, shall be delivered at or before the time of issuance of the first Security of such series. After any such first delivery, any separate request by the Company that the Trustee authenticate Securities of such series for original issue will be deemed to be a certification by the Company and the Guarantor that all conditions precedent provided for in this Indenture relating to authentication and delivery of such Securities continue to have been complied with.
The Trustee shall not be required to authenticate or to cause an Authenticating Agent to authenticate any Securities if the issue of such Securities pursuant to this Indenture will affect the Trustee's own rights, duties or immunities under the Securities and this Indenture or otherwise in a manner which is not reasonably acceptable to the Trustee or if the Trustee, being advised by counsel, determines that such action may not lawfully be taken.
Each Registered Security shall be dated the date of its authentication. Each Bearer Security and any Bearer Security in global form shall be dated as of the date specified in or pursuant to this Indenture.
No Security or Guarantee 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 in Section 202 or 611
executed by or on behalf of the Trustee or by the Authenticating Agent by the
manual signature of one of its authorized officers. Such certificate upon any
Security shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such Security
has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder. Except as permitted by
Section 306 or 307, the Trustee shall not authenticate and deliver any Bearer
Security or related Guarantee unless all Coupons appertaining thereto then
matured have been detached and canceled.
Section 304. Temporary Securities.
Pending the preparation of definitive Securities, the Company
may execute and deliver to the Trustee and, upon Company Order and Guarantor
Order, the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in the manner provided in
Section 303, temporary Securities in lieu thereof which are printed,
lithographed, typewritten, mimeographed 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 or pursuant to
this Indenture, in bearer form with one or more Coupons or without Coupons and
having endorsed thereon Guarantees of the Guarantor substantially of the tenor
of the definitive Guarantees, and with such appropriate insertions, omissions,
substitutions and other variations as the officers executing such Securities or
Guarantees may determine, as conclusively evidenced by their execution of such
Securities or Guarantees, as the case may be. Such temporary Securities may be
in global form.
Except in the case of temporary Securities in global form, which shall be exchanged in accordance with the provisions thereof, if temporary Securities are issued, the Company shall cause definitive Securities to be prepared without unreasonable delay. After the preparation of
definitive Securities of the same series and containing terms and provisions that are identical to those of any temporary Securities, such temporary Securities shall be exchangeable for such definitive Securities with Guarantees of the Guarantor endorsed thereon upon surrender of such temporary Securities at an Office or Agency for such Securities, without charge to any Holder thereof. Upon surrender for cancellation of any one or more temporary Securities (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 authorized denominations of the same series and containing identical terms and provisions, each with a Guarantee of the Guarantor endorsed thereon; provided, however, that no definitive Bearer Security, except as provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, shall be delivered in exchange for a temporary Registered Security; and provided, further, that a definitive Bearer Security shall be delivered in exchange for a temporary Bearer Security only in compliance with the conditions set forth in or pursuant to this Indenture. Unless otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture with respect to a temporary global Security, until so exchanged the temporary Securities of any series shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as definitive Securities of such series.
Section 305. Registration, Transfer and Exchange.
With respect to the Registered Securities of each series, if any, the Company shall cause to be kept a register (each such register being herein sometimes referred to as the "Security Register") at an Office or Agency for such series in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Company shall provide for the registration of the Registered Securities of such series and of transfers of the Registered Securities of such series. Such Office or Agency shall be the "Security Registrar" for that series of Securities. Unless otherwise specified in or pursuant to this Indenture or the Securities, the Trustee shall be the initial Security Registrar for each series of Securities. The Company shall have the right to remove and replace from time to time the Security Registrar for any series of Securities; provided that no such removal or replacement shall be effective until a successor Security Registrar with respect to such series of Securities shall have been appointed by the Company and shall have accepted such appointment by the Company. In the event that the Trustee shall not be or shall cease to be Security Registrar with respect to a series of Securities, it shall have the right to examine the Security Register for such series at all reasonable times. There shall be only one Security Register for each series of Securities.
Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Registered Security of any series at any Office or Agency for such series, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Registered Securities of the same series denominated as authorized in or pursuant to this Indenture, of a like aggregate principal amount bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding and containing identical terms and provisions, having Guarantees duly endorsed thereon.
At the option of the Holder, Registered Securities of any series may be exchanged for other Registered Securities of the same series containing identical terms and provisions, in any authorized denominations, and of a like aggregate principal amount, upon surrender of the Securities to be exchanged at any Office or Agency for such series. Whenever any Registered
Securities are so surrendered for exchange, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the Registered Securities which the Holder making the exchange is entitled to receive having Guarantees duly endorsed thereon.
If provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, with respect to Securities of any series, at the option of the Holder, Bearer Securities of such series may be exchanged for Registered Securities of such series containing identical terms, denominated as authorized in or pursuant to this Indenture and in the same aggregate principal amount, upon surrender of the Bearer Securities to be exchanged at any Office or Agency for such series, 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, the Guarantor 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, the Guarantor 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 Bearer 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 for such series located outside the United States. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in case a Bearer Security of any series is surrendered at any such Office or Agency for such series in exchange for a Registered Security of such series 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 date for payment of Defaulted Interest, such Bearer Security shall be surrendered without the Coupon relating to such Interest Payment Date or proposed date of payment, as the case may be (or, if such Coupon is so surrendered with such Bearer Security, such Coupon shall be returned to the Person so surrendering the Bearer Security), and Interest or Defaulted Interest, as the case may be, shall 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 shall be payable only to the Holder of such Coupon when due in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture.
If provided in or pursuant to this Indenture with respect to Securities of any series, at the option of the Holder, Registered Securities of such series may be exchanged for Bearer Securities upon such terms and conditions as may be provided in or pursuant to this Indenture with respect to such series.
Whenever any Securities are surrendered for exchange as contemplated by the immediately preceding two paragraphs, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the Securities, having endorsed thereon Guarantees of the Guarantor, which the Holder making the exchange is entitled to receive.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, except as otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, any global Security shall be exchangeable for definitive Securities only if (i) the Depositary is at any time unwilling, unable or ineligible to continue as Depositary and a successor depository is not appointed by the Company within 90 days of the date the Company is so informed in writing, (ii) the Company executes and delivers to the Trustee a Company Order to the effect that such global Security shall be so exchangeable, or (iii) an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing with respect to the Securities. If the beneficial owners of interests in a global Security are entitled to exchange such interests for definitive Securities as the result of an event described in clause (i), (ii) or (iii) of the preceding sentence, 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 such form and denominations as are required by or pursuant to this Indenture, and of the same series, containing identical terms and in aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of such global Security, executed by the Company. On or after the earliest date on which such interests may be so exchanged, such global Security shall be surrendered from time to time by the U.S. Depositary or such other Depositary as shall be specified in the Company Order with respect thereto, and in accordance with instructions given to the Trustee and the U.S. Depositary or such other Depositary, as the case may be (which instructions shall be in writing but need not be contained in or accompanied by an Officers' Certificate or be accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel), as shall be specified in the Company Order with respect thereto to the Trustee, as the Company's agent for such purpose, to be exchanged, in whole or in part, for definitive Securities as described above without charge. The Trustee shall authenticate and make available for delivery, in exchange for each portion of such surrendered global Security, a like aggregate principal amount of definitive Securities of the same series of authorized denominations and of like tenor as the portion of such global Security to be exchanged, which (unless such Securities are not issuable both as Bearer Securities and as Registered Securities, in which case the definitive Securities exchanged for the global Security shall be issuable only in the form in which the Securities are issuable, as provided in or pursuant to this Indenture) shall be in the form of Bearer Securities or Registered Securities, or any combination thereof, as shall be specified by the beneficial owner thereof, but subject to the satisfaction of any certification or other requirements to the issuance of Bearer Securities; provided, however, that no such exchanges may occur during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before any selection of Securities of the same series to be redeemed and ending on the relevant Redemption Date; and provided, further, that (unless otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture) no Bearer Security delivered in exchange for a portion of a global Security shall be mailed or otherwise delivered to any location in the United States. Promptly following any such exchange in part, such global Security shall be returned by the Trustee to such Depositary or the U.S. Depositary, as the case may be, or such other Depositary or U.S. Depositary referred to above in accordance with the instructions of the Company referred to above. If a Registered Security is issued in exchange for any portion of a global Security after the close of business at the Office or Agency for such Security where such exchange occurs on or after (i) any Regular Record Date for such Security and before the opening of business at such Office or Agency on the next Interest Payment Date, or (ii) any Special Record Date for such Security and before the opening of business at such Office or Agency on the related proposed date for payment of Interest or Defaulted Interest, as the case may be, Interest shall 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 shall 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 global Security shall be payable in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture.
All Securities issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities and all Guarantees endorsed thereon shall be the valid obligations of the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, evidencing the same debt and entitling the Holders thereof to the same benefits under this Indenture as the Securities and Guarantees endorsed thereon surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.
Every Registered Security presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or for exchange or redemption shall (if so required by the Company or the Security Registrar for such Security) be duly endorsed, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar for such Security duly executed by the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing.
No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange, or redemption of Securities, but the Company or the Trustee may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge.
Except as otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, the Company shall not be required (i) to issue, register the transfer of or exchange any Securities during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before the day of the selection for redemption of Securities of like tenor and the same series under Section 1103 and ending at the close of business on the day of such selection, or (ii) to register the transfer of or exchange any Registered Security so selected for redemption in whole or in part, except in the case of any Security to be redeemed in part, the portion thereof not to be redeemed, or (iii) to exchange any Bearer Security so selected for redemption except, to the extent provided with respect to such Bearer Security, that such Bearer Security may be exchanged for a Registered Security of like tenor and the same series, provided that such Registered Security shall be immediately surrendered for redemption with written instruction for payment consistent with the provisions of this Indenture or (iv) to issue, register the transfer of or exchange any Security which, in accordance with its terms, has been surrendered for repayment at the option of the Holder, except the portion, if any, of such Security not to be so repaid.
Section 306. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities.
If any mutilated Security or a Security with a mutilated Coupon appertaining to it is surrendered to the Trustee, subject to the provisions of this Section 306, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a new Security of the same series containing identical terms and of like principal amount, having endorsed thereon the Guarantee of the Guarantor and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding, with Coupons appertaining thereto corresponding to the Coupons, if any, appertaining to the surrendered Security.
If there be delivered to the Company, the Guarantor and to 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, the Guarantor or the Trustee that such Security or Coupon has been acquired by a protected purchaser, the Company shall execute and, upon Company Request the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in exchange for or in lieu of any such mutilated, 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 containing identical terms and of like principal amount having endorsed thereon the Guarantee of the Guarantor 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.
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 306,
in case any 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, any premium or Interest on or any Additional Amounts
with respect to any Bearer Securities shall, except as otherwise provided in
Section 1002, be payable only at an Office or Agency for such Securities located
outside the United States and, unless otherwise provided in or pursuant to this
Indenture, any Interest on Bearer Securities and any Additional Amounts with
respect to such Interest shall be payable only upon presentation and surrender
of the Coupons appertaining thereto.
Upon the issuance of any new Security under this Section 306, the Company or the Trustee 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, with any Coupons appertaining thereto, and the Guarantee of the Guarantor endorsed thereon, issued pursuant to this Section 306 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 a separate obligation of the Company and the Guarantor, respectively, whether or not the destroyed, lost or stolen Security and Coupons appertaining thereto or the destroyed, lost or stolen Coupon shall be at any time enforceable by anyone, and shall be entitled to all the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with any and all other Securities of such series and any Coupons and related Guarantees duly issued hereunder.
The provisions of this Section 306, as amended or supplemented pursuant to this Indenture with respect to particular Securities or generally, shall be 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 and Certain Additional Amounts; Rights to Interest and Certain Additional Amounts Preserved.
Unless otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, any Interest on and any Additional Amounts with respect to any Registered Security which shall be payable, and are punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date shall be paid to the Person in whose name such Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered as of the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such Interest. Unless otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, in case a Bearer Security is surrendered in exchange for a Registered Security after the close of business at an Office or Agency for such Security on any Regular Record Date therefor and before the opening of business at such Office or Agency on the next succeeding Interest Payment Date therefor, such Bearer Security shall be surrendered without the Coupon relating to such Interest Payment Date and Interest shall not be payable on such Interest Payment Date in respect of the Registered Security issued in exchange for such Bearer Security, but shall be payable only to the Holder of such Coupon when due in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture.
Unless otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, any Interest on and any Additional Amounts with respect to any Registered Security which shall be payable, but shall not be punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date for such Registered Security (herein called "Defaulted Interest") shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder thereof on the relevant Regular Record Date by virtue of having been such Holder; and such Defaulted Interest may be paid by the Company or the Guarantor, at its election in each case, as provided in Clause (1) or (2) below:
(1) The Company or the Guarantor may elect to make payment of any Defaulted Interest to the Person in whose name such Registered Security (or a Predecessor Security thereof) shall be 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 or the Guarantor shall notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of Defaulted Interest proposed to be paid on such Registered Security and the date of the proposed payment, and at the same time the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, 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 on or prior to the date of the proposed payment, such money when so deposited to be held in trust for the benefit of the Person 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 the Holder of such Registered Security (or a Predecessor Security thereof) at his address as it appears in the Security Register not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date. The Trustee may, in its discretion, in the name and at the expense of the Company cause a similar notice to be published at least once in an Authorized Newspaper of general circulation in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York,
but such publication shall not be a condition precedent to the establishment of such Special Record Date. Notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor having been mailed as aforesaid, such Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the Person in whose name such Registered Security (or a Predecessor Security thereof) shall be registered at the close of business on such Special Record Date and shall no longer be payable pursuant to the following clause (2). In case a Bearer Security is surrendered at the Office or Agency for such Security in exchange for a Registered Security after the close of business at such Office or Agency on 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 Defaulted Interest and Defaulted Interest shall not be payable on such proposed date of payment in respect of the Registered Security issued in exchange for such Bearer Security, but shall be payable only to the Holder of such Coupon when due in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture.
(2) The Company or the Guarantor may make payment of any Defaulted Interest in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which such Security may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, if, after notice given by the Company or the Guarantor to the Trustee of the proposed payment pursuant to this Clause, such payment shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee.
Unless otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture or the Securities of any particular series, at the option of the Company, Interest on Registered Securities that bear Interest may be paid by mailing a check to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register or by transfer to an account maintained by the payee with a bank located in the United States.
Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section 307 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.
If any convertible or exchangeable Security of any series is converted or exchanged after any Regular Record Date and on or prior to the next succeeding Interest Payment Date (other than any Security with respect to which the Stated Maturity Date is prior to such Interest Payment Date), Interest that is due on such Interest Payment Date shall be payable on such Interest Payment Date notwithstanding such conversion or exchange, and such Interest (whether or not punctually paid or duly provided for ) shall be paid to the Person in whose name that Security is registered at the close of business on such Regular Record Date. Except as otherwise expressly provided in the immediately preceding sentence, in the case of any Security that is converted or exchanged, Interest shall not be payable if the Regular Record Date is after the date of conversion or exchange of such Security.
Section 308. Persons Deemed Owners.
Prior to due presentment of a Registered Security for registration of transfer, the Company, the Guarantor, the Trustee and any agent of the Company, the Guarantor or the Trustee
may treat the Person in whose name such Registered Security is registered in the Security Register as the owner of such Registered Security for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of, any premium and (subject to Sections 305 and 307) Interest on and any Additional Amounts with respect to such Registered Security and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not any payment with respect to such Registered Security shall be overdue, and neither the Company, the Guarantor nor the Trustee or any agent of the Company, the Guarantor or the Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
The Company, the Guarantor, the Trustee and any agent of the Company, the Guarantor or the Trustee may treat the bearer of any Bearer Security or the bearer of any Coupon as the absolute owner of such Security or Coupon for the purpose of receiving payment thereof or on account thereof and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not any payment with respect to such Security or Coupon shall be overdue, and neither the Company, the Guarantor, the Trustee nor any agent of the Company, the Guarantor or the Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
No holder of any beneficial interest in any global Security held on its behalf by a Depositary shall have any rights under this Indenture with respect to such global Security, and such Depositary may be treated by the Company, the Guarantor, the Trustee, and any agent of the Company, the Guarantor or the Trustee as the owner of such global Security for all purposes whatsoever. None of the Company, the Guarantor, the Trustee, any Paying Agent, Conversion 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 global Security 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, exchange or conversion or for credit against any sinking fund payment shall, if surrendered to any Person other than the Trustee, be delivered to the Trustee, and any such Securities and Coupons, as well as Securities and Coupons surrendered directly to the Trustee for any such purpose, shall be canceled promptly by the Trustee. The Company or the Guarantor may at any time deliver to the Trustee for cancellation any Securities or Coupons previously authenticated and delivered hereunder which the Company or the Guarantor may have acquired in any manner whatsoever, and all Securities or Coupons so delivered shall be canceled promptly by the Trustee. No Securities or Coupons shall be authenticated in lieu of or in exchange for any Securities canceled as provided in this Section 309, except as expressly permitted by or pursuant to this Indenture. All canceled Securities and Coupons held by the Trustee shall be destroyed by the Trustee in accordance with its customary procedures, unless by a Company Order or Guarantor Order, the Company or the Guarantor directs their return to it.
Section 310. Computation of Interest.
Except as otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture or in any Security, Interest on the Securities shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.
ARTICLE FOUR
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE
Section 401. Satisfaction and Discharge.
Upon the direction of the Company by a Company Order or the Guarantor by a Guarantor Order, this Indenture shall cease to be of further effect with respect to any series of Securities specified in such Company Order or Guarantor Order and any Coupons appertaining thereto, and the Trustee, on receipt of a Company Order or Guarantor Order, at the expense of the Company and the Guarantor, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture as to such series, when
(1) either
(a) all Securities of such series theretofore authenticated
and delivered and all Coupons appertaining thereto (other than (i)
Coupons appertaining to Bearer Securities of such series surrendered in
exchange for Registered Securities of such series and maturing after
such exchange whose surrender is not required or has been waived as
provided in Section 305, (ii) Securities and Coupons of such series
which have been destroyed, lost or stolen and which have been replaced
or paid as provided in Section 306, (iii) Coupons appertaining to
Securities of such series called for redemption and maturing after the
relevant Redemption Date whose surrender has been waived as provided in
Section 1107, and (iv) Securities and Coupons of such series for whose
payment money in the applicable Currency has theretofore been deposited
in trust or segregated and held in trust by the Company or the
Guarantor and thereafter repaid to the Company or the Guarantor or
discharged from such trust, as provided in Section 1003) have been
delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or
(b) all Securities of such series and, in the case of (i) or
(ii) below, any Coupons appertaining thereto not theretofore delivered
to the Trustee for cancellation
(1) have become due and payable, or
(2) will become due and payable at their Stated Maturity within one year, or
(3) if redeemable at the option of the Company, are to be called for redemption within one year under arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption by the Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of the Company,
and the Company or the Guarantor, in the case of (i), (ii) or (iii) above, has deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in trust for such purpose, money in the Currency in which such Securities are payable in an amount sufficient to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness on such Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, including the principal of, any premium and Interest on, and any Additional Amounts with respect to such Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto, to the date of such deposit (in the case of Securities which have become due and payable) or to the Maturity thereof, as the case may be;
(2) the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable hereunder by the Company with respect to the Outstanding Securities of such series and any Coupons appertaining thereto; and
(3) the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, 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 as to such series have been complied with.
In the event there are Securities of two or more series hereunder, the Trustee shall be required to execute an instrument acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture only if requested to do so with respect to Securities of such series as to which it is Trustee and if the other conditions thereto are met.
Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture with respect to any series of Securities, the obligations of the Company and the Guarantor to the Trustee under Section 606 and, if money shall have been deposited with the Trustee pursuant to subclause (b) of clause (1) of this Section 401, the obligations of the Trustee, the Guarantor and the Company with respect to the Securities of such series under Sections 305, 306, 403, 1002, 1003 and Article Twelve, with respect to the payment of Additional Amounts, if any, with respect to such Securities as contemplated by Section 1004 (but only to the extent that the Additional Amounts payable with respect to such Securities exceed the amount deposited in respect of such Additional Amounts pursuant to subclause (b) of clause (1) of this Section 401, and, unless otherwise provided pursuant to Section 301 with respect to the Securities of such series, any rights to convert or exchange the Securities of such series into other securities in accordance with their terms), shall survive.
Section 402. Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance.
(1) Unless pursuant to Section 301, either or both of (i)
defeasance of the Securities of or within a series under clause (2) of this
Section 402, or (ii) covenant defeasance of the Securities of or within a series
under clause (3) of this Section 402 shall not be applicable with respect to the
Securities of such series, then such provisions, together with the other
provisions of this Section 402 (with such modifications thereto as may be
specified pursuant to Section 301 with respect to any Securities), shall be
applicable to such Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto, and the
Company may at its option by Board Resolution or Officers' Certificate, at any
time, with respect to such Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto,
elect to have Section
402(2) or Section 402(3) be applied to such Outstanding Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto upon compliance with the conditions set forth below in this Section 402.
(2) Upon the Company's exercise of the above option applicable
to this Section 402(2) with respect to any Securities of or within a series, the
Company and the Guarantor shall be deemed to have been discharged from their
respective obligations with respect to such Outstanding Securities and any
Coupons appertaining thereto, and with respect to the Guarantees endorsed
thereon, on the date the conditions set forth in clause (4) of this Section 402
are satisfied (hereinafter, "defeasance"). For this purpose, such defeasance
means that the Company and the Guarantor shall be deemed to have paid and
discharged the entire Indebtedness represented by such Outstanding Securities
and any Coupons appertaining thereto, and such corresponding Guarantees, which
shall thereafter be deemed to be "Outstanding" only for the purposes of clause
(5) of this Section 402 and the other Sections of this Indenture referred to in
clauses (i) and (ii) below, and to have satisfied all of its other obligations
under such Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto and this Indenture
insofar as such Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto are concerned
(and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper
instruments acknowledging the same), except for the following which shall
survive until otherwise terminated or discharged hereunder: (i) the rights of
Holders of such Outstanding Securities and any Guarantees and Coupons
appertaining thereto to receive, solely from the trust fund described in clause
(4) of this Section 402 and as more fully set forth in such Section, payments in
respect of the principal of (and premium, if any) and Interest, if any, on, and
Additional Amounts, if any, with respect to, such Securities and any Coupons
appertaining thereto when such payments are due, and any rights of Holder to
convert or exchange such Securities into or for Common Stock or other
securities, cash or property, (ii) the obligations of the Company and the
Trustee with respect to such Securities under Sections 305, 306, 1002 and 1003,
with respect to the payment of Additional Amounts, if any, on such Securities as
contemplated by Section 1004 (but only to the extent that the Additional Amounts
payable with respect to such Securities exceed the amount deposited in respect
of such Additional Amounts pursuant to Section 402(4)(a) below), and any
obligations of the Guarantor relating to a surviving obligation of the Company,
(iii) the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee hereunder
and (iv) this Section 402. The Company may exercise its option under this
Section 402(2) notwithstanding the prior exercise of its option under clause (3)
of this Section 402 with respect to such Securities and any Coupons appertaining
thereto.
(3) Upon the Company's exercise of the above option applicable to this Section 402(3) with respect to any Securities of or within a series, the Company and the Guarantor shall be released from their respective obligations under Sections 1005 and 1006, and, to the extent specified pursuant to Section 301, in respect of any other covenant applicable to such Securities or the Guarantees endorsed thereon, with respect to such Outstanding Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto on and after the date the conditions set forth in clause (4) of this Section 402 are satisfied (hereinafter, "covenant defeasance"), and such Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto shall thereafter be deemed to be not "Outstanding" for the purposes of any direction, waiver, consent or declaration or Act of Holders (and the consequences of any thereof) in connection with any such covenant, but shall continue to be deemed "Outstanding" for all other purposes hereunder. For this purpose, such covenant defeasance means that, with respect to such Outstanding Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto and the Guarantees endorsed
thereon, the Company and the Guarantor may omit to comply with, and shall have no liability in respect of, any term, condition or limitation set forth in any such Section or such other covenant, whether directly or indirectly, by reason of any reference elsewhere herein to any such Section or such other covenant or by reason of reference in any such Section or such other covenant to any other provision herein or in any other document and such omission to comply shall not constitute a default or an Event of Default under Section 501(3) or 501(4) or otherwise, as the case may be, but, except as specified above, the remainder of this Indenture and such Securities and Coupons appertaining thereto and the Guarantees endorsed thereon shall be unaffected thereby.
(4) The following shall be the conditions to application of clause (2) or (3) of this Section 402 to any Outstanding Securities of or within a series and any Coupons appertaining thereto and the Guarantees endorsed thereon:
(a) The Company or the Guarantor shall irrevocably have deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee (or another trustee satisfying the requirements of Section 607 who shall agree to comply with the provisions of this Section 402 applicable to it) as trust funds in trust for the purpose of making the following payments, specifically pledged as security for, and dedicated solely to, the benefit of the Holders of such Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto,
(1) an amount in Dollars or in such Foreign Currency in which such Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto are then specified as payable at Stated Maturity, or
(2) Government Obligations applicable to such Securities and Coupons appertaining thereto (determined on the basis of the Currency in which such Securities and Coupons appertaining thereto are then specified as payable at Stated Maturity) which through the scheduled payment of principal and Interest in respect thereof in accordance with their terms will provide, not later than one day before the due date of any payment of principal of, any premium or Interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to such Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto, money in an amount, or
(3) a combination thereof,
in any case, in an amount, sufficient, without consideration of any reinvestment of such principal and Interest, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, to pay and discharge, and which shall be applied by the Trustee (or other qualifying trustee) to pay and discharge, the principal of, any premium or Interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to such Outstanding Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto on the Stated Maturity of such principal or installment of principal or Interest on the day on which such payments are due and payable in accordance with the terms of this Indenture and of such Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto.
(b) Such defeasance or covenant defeasance shall not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, this Indenture or any other material agreement or instrument to which the Company or the Guarantor is a party or by which either of them is bound.
(c) No Event of Default or event which with notice or lapse of time or both would become an Event of Default with respect to such Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such deposit and, with respect to defeasance only, at any time during the period ending on the 91st day after the date of such deposit (it being understood that this condition shall not be deemed satisfied until the expiration of such period).
(d) In the case of an election under clause (2) of this
Section 402, the Company or the Guarantor shall have delivered to the
Trustee an Opinion of Counsel stating that (i) the Company or the
Guarantor has received from the Internal Revenue Service a letter
ruling, or there has been published by the Internal Revenue Service a
Revenue Ruling, or (ii) since the date of execution of this Indenture,
there has been a change in the applicable Federal income tax law, in
either case to the effect that, and based thereon such opinion shall
confirm that, the Holders of such Outstanding Securities and any
Coupons appertaining thereto will not recognize income, gain or loss
for Federal income tax purposes as a result of such defeasance and will
be subject to Federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same
manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such
defeasance had not occurred.
(e) In the case of an election under clause (3) of this
Section 402, the Company and the Guarantor shall have delivered to the
Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the Holders of such
Outstanding Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto will not
recognize income, gain or loss for Federal income tax purposes as a
result of such covenant defeasance and will be subject to Federal
income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same
times as would have been the case if such covenant defeasance had not
occurred.
(f) The Company and the Guarantor shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent to the defeasance or covenant defeasance under clause (2) or (3) of this Section 402 (as the case may be) have been complied with.
(g) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Section 402(4), such defeasance or covenant defeasance shall be effected in compliance with any additional or substitute terms, conditions or limitations which may be imposed on the Company or the Guarantor in connection therewith pursuant to Section 301.
(5) Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 1003, all money and Government Obligations (or other property as may be provided pursuant to Section 301) (including the proceeds thereof) deposited with the Trustee (or other qualifying trustee, collectively for purposes of this Section 402(5) and Section 403, the "Trustee") pursuant to clause
(4) of Section 402 in respect of any Outstanding Securities of any series and any Coupons appertaining thereto shall be held in trust and applied by the Trustee, in accordance with the provisions of such Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Company acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Holders of such Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto of all sums due and to become due thereon in respect of principal of, any premium or Interest on or any Additional Amounts but such money need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.
Unless otherwise specified in or pursuant to this Indenture or
any Security, if, after a deposit referred to in Section 402(4)(a) has been
made, (a) the Holder of a Security in respect of which such deposit was made is
entitled to, and does, elect pursuant to Section 301 or the terms of such
Security to receive payment in a Currency other than that in which the deposit
pursuant to Section 402(4)(a) has been made in respect of such Security, or (b)
a Conversion Event occurs in respect of the Foreign Currency in which the
deposit pursuant to Section 402(4)(a) has been made, the indebtedness
represented by such Security and any Coupons appertaining thereto and the
Guarantees endorsed thereon shall be deemed to have been, and will be, fully
discharged and satisfied through the payment of the principal of, any premium or
Interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to, such Security as the same
becomes due out of the proceeds yielded by converting (from time to time as
specified below in the case of any such election) the amount or other property
deposited in respect of such Security into the Currency in which such Security
becomes payable as a result of such election or Conversion Event based on (x) in
the case of payments made pursuant to clause (a) above, the applicable market
exchange rate for such Currency in effect on the second Business Day prior to
each payment date, or (y) with respect to a Conversion Event, the applicable
market exchange rate for such Foreign Currency in effect (as nearly as feasible)
at the time of the Conversion Event. Unless otherwise provided pursuant to
Section 301, the right, if any, to extend an Interest payment period shall
terminate upon defeasance or covenant defeasance, as the case may be.
The Company and the Guarantor shall, jointly and severally,
pay and indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or other charge, imposed on
or assessed against the Government Obligations deposited pursuant to this
Section 402 or the principal or Interest received in respect thereof other than
any such tax, fee or other charge which by law is for the account of the Holders
of such Outstanding Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto.
Anything in this Section 402 to the contrary notwithstanding,
the Trustee shall deliver or pay to the Company from time to time upon Company
Request, or the Guarantor, as the case may be, upon Guarantor's Request, any
money or Government Obligations (or other property and any proceeds therefrom)
held by it as provided in clause (4) of this Section 402 which, in the opinion
of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a
written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, are in excess of the
amount thereof which would then be required to be deposited to effect a
defeasance or covenant defeasance, as applicable, in accordance with this
Section 402.
Section 403. Application of Trust Money.
Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 1003, all money and Government Obligations deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 401 or 402 shall be held in trust and applied by it, in accordance with the provisions of the Securities, the Coupons and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Company or the Guarantor acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Persons entitled thereto, of the principal, premium, Interest and Additional Amounts for whose payment such money has or Government Obligations have been deposited with or received by the Trustee; but such money and Government Obligations need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.
Section 404. Reinstatement.
If the Trustee or the Paying Agent is unable to apply any money in accordance with this Article with respect to any Securities by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, then the obligations under this Indenture, such Securities and the related Guarantees from which the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, has been discharged or released pursuant to this Article shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit has occurred pursuant to this Article with respect to such Securities and the related Guarantees, until such time as the Trustee or Paying Agent is permitted to apply all money held in trust pursuant to this Article with respect to such Securities in accordance with this Article; provided, however, that if the Company or the Guarantor makes any payment of principal of, any premium or Interest on or Additional Amounts with respect to any such Security or the related Guarantee following reinstatement of its obligations, the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, shall be subrogated to the rights (if any) of the Holders of such Securities to receive such payment from the money so held in trust.
ARTICLE FIVE
REMEDIES
Section 501. Events of Default.
"Event of Default", wherever used herein with respect to Securities of any series, means any one of the following events (whatever the reason for such Event of Default and whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body), unless such event is specifically deleted or modified in or pursuant to the supplemental indenture, Board Resolution or Officers' Certificate establishing the terms of such series pursuant to this Indenture:
(1) failure to pay any Interest on or any Additional Amounts payable in respect of any Security of such series when such Interest becomes or such Additional Amounts become due and payable, and continuance of such default for a period of 30 days; or
(2) failure to pay the principal of or any premium on any Security of such series when it becomes due and payable at either its Maturity or, if applicable, at 12:00 noon, New York, New York time, on the Business Day following the Change in Control Purchase Date; or
(3) if applicable, failure by the Company to deliver the required securities or other rights upon an appropriate conversion or exchange election by Holders of the Securities or the related Preferred Securities; or
(4) failure to perform or the breach of any covenant or warranty of the Company or the Guarantor in this Indenture or the Securities (other than a covenant or warranty a default in the performance or the breach of which is elsewhere in this Section 501 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 failure or breach for a period of 60 days after there has been given, by registered or certified mail, to the Company and the Guarantor by the Trustee or to the Company, the Guarantor 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 failure or breach and requiring it to be remedied and stating that such notice is a "Notice of Default" hereunder; or
(5) default on the deposit of any sinking fund payment when and as due by the terms of a Security of such series; or
(6) if any event of default as defined in any mortgage, indenture or instrument under which there may be issued, or by which there may be secured or evidenced, any Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness constituting Limited Recourse Indebtedness) of the Company, the Guarantor or any other Subsidiary, whether such Indebtedness now exists or shall hereafter be created, shall happen and shall result in Indebtedness of the Company, the Guarantor or any other Subsidiary in excess of $25,000,000 aggregate principal amount becoming or being declared due and payable prior to the date on which such Indebtedness would otherwise become due and payable, and such acceleration shall not be rescinded or annulled, or such Indebtedness shall not have been discharged, within a period of 30 days after there shall have been given, by registered or certified mail, to the Company and the Guarantor by the Trustee or to the Trustee, the Guarantor and the Company by the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series, a written notice specifying such event of default and requiring the Company or the Guarantor to cause such acceleration to be rescinded or annulled or to cause such Indebtedness to be discharged and stating that such notice is a "Notice of Default" hereunder; or
(7) the Company, the Guarantor or any other Subsidiary shall fail within 60 days to pay, bond or otherwise discharge any judgment, court order or uninsured monetary damage award in excess of $25,000,000 aggregate principal amount, which is not stayed on appeal or is not otherwise being appropriately contested in good faith; or
(8) the entry by a court having competent jurisdiction of:
(a) a decree or order for relief in respect of the Company, the Guarantor or any other Subsidiary in an involuntary proceeding under any applicable bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization or other similar law and such decree or order shall remain unstayed and in effect for a period of 60 consecutive days; or
(b) a decree or order adjudging the Company, the Guarantor or any other Subsidiary to be insolvent, or approving a petition seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition of the Company, the Guarantor or any other Subsidiary and such decree or order shall remain unstayed and in effect for a period of 60 consecutive days; or
(c) a final and non-appealable order appointing a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee or other similar official of the Company, the Guarantor or any other Subsidiary or of any substantial part of the property of the Company, the Guarantor or any other Subsidiary, as the case may be, or ordering the winding up or liquidation of the affairs of the Company, the Guarantor or any other Subsidiary; or
(9) the commencement by the Company, the Guarantor or any other Subsidiary of a voluntary proceeding under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or of a voluntary proceeding seeking to be adjudicated insolvent or the consent by the Company, the Guarantor or any other Subsidiary to the entry of a decree or order for relief in an involuntary proceeding under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or to the commencement of any insolvency proceedings against it, or the filing by the Company, the Guarantor or any other Subsidiary of a petition or answer or consent seeking reorganization or relief under any applicable law, or the consent by the Company, the Guarantor or any other Subsidiary to the filing of such petition or to the appointment of or taking possession by a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee or similar official of the Company, the Guarantor or any other Subsidiary or any substantial part of the property of the Company, the Guarantor or any other Subsidiary or the making by the Company, the Guarantor or any other Subsidiary of an assignment for the benefit of creditors, or the taking of corporate action by the Company, the Guarantor or any other Subsidiary in furtherance of any such action; or
(10) any other Event of Default provided in or pursuant to this Indenture with respect to Securities of such 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 (other than an Event of Default specified in clause (8) or (9) of
Section 501) occurs and is continuing, then the Trustee or the Holders of not
less than 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series
may declare the principal of all the Securities of such series, or such lesser
amount as may be provided for in the Securities of such series, to be due and
payable immediately, by a notice in writing to the Company and the Guarantor
(and to the Trustee if given by the Holders), and upon any such declaration such
principal or such lesser amount shall become immediately due and payable;
provided that in the case of a series of Securities then held by a Trust, if
upon an Event of Default with respect to the Securities of that series the
Trustee has, or the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of such series have, failed to declare the principal of
all the Securities of such series to be due and payable immediately, the
holders of not less than 25% in aggregate liquidation amount of the outstanding Preferred Securities of that Trust shall have such right by a notice in writing to the Company and to the Trustee.
If an Event of Default specified in clause (8) or (9) of
Section 501 occurs, all unpaid principal of and accrued Interest on the
Outstanding Securities of that series (or such lesser amount as may be provided
for in the Securities of such series) shall ipso facto become and be immediately
due and payable without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee
or any Holder of any Security of that series.
At any time after Securities of any series have been accelerated 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 not less than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series (subject to, in the case of any series of Securities held as assets of a Trust and with respect to which a Security Exchange has not theretofore occurred, such consent of the holders of the Preferred Securities and the common securities of such Trust as may be required under the Trust Agreement of such Trust), by written notice to the Trustee, the Guarantor and the Company, may rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences if:
(1) the Company or the Guarantor has paid or deposited with the Trustee a sum of money sufficient to pay:
(a) all overdue installments of any Interest on and Additional Amounts with respect to all Securities of such series and any Coupon appertaining thereto;
(b) the principal of and any premium on any Securities of such series which have become due otherwise than by such declaration of acceleration and Interest thereon and any Additional Amounts with respect thereto at the rate or rates borne by or provided for in such Securities;
(c) to the extent that payment of such Interest or Additional Amounts is lawful, Interest upon overdue installments of any Interest and Additional Amounts at the rate or rates borne by or provided for in such Securities;
(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 all other amounts due the Trustee under Section 606; and
(2) all Events of Default with respect to Securities of such series, other than the non-payment of the principal of, any premium and Interest on, and any Additional Amounts with respect to Securities of such series which shall have become due solely by such declaration of acceleration, shall 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) there is a failure to pay any installment of Interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to any Security or any Coupon appertaining thereto when such Interest or Additional Amounts shall have become due and payable and such default continues for a period of 30 days; or
(2) there is a failure to pay the principal of or any premium on any Security at its Maturity;
the Company shall, upon demand of the Trustee, pay to the Trustee, for the benefit of the Holders of such Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto, the whole amount of money then due and payable with respect to such Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto, with Interest upon the overdue principal, any premium and, to the extent that payment of such Interest shall be legally enforceable, upon any overdue installments of Interest and Additional Amounts at the rate or rates borne by or provided for in such Securities, and, in addition thereto, such further amount of money 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 all other amounts due to the Trustee under Section 606.
If the Company or the Guarantor fails to pay the money it is required to pay the Trustee pursuant to the preceding paragraph forthwith upon the demand of the Trustee, the Trustee, in its own name and as trustee of an express trust, may institute a judicial proceeding for the collection of the money so due and unpaid, and may prosecute such proceeding to judgment or final decree, and may enforce the same against the Company or the Guarantor or any other obligor upon such Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto or the Guarantees endorsed thereon and collect the monies adjudged or decreed to be payable in the manner provided by law out of the property of the Company, the Guarantor or any other obligor upon such Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto or the Guarantees endorsed thereon, 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 and any Coupons appertaining thereto 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 such Securities or in aid of the exercise of any power granted herein or therein, 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, the Guarantor or any other obligor upon the Securities or the Guarantees endorsed thereon or the property of the Company, the Guarantor or 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 or the Guarantor for the payment of any overdue principal, premium, Interest or Additional Amounts) shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise,
(1) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount, or such lesser amount as may be provided for in the Securities of such series, of the principal and any premium, Interest and Additional Amounts owing and unpaid in respect of the Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto 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 or counsel) and of the Holders of Securities or any Coupons allowed in such judicial proceeding, and
(2) to collect and receive any monies or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same;
and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder of Securities or any 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 or any Coupons, to pay to the Trustee any amount due to it for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 606.
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 any 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 any Coupon, in any such proceeding; provided, however, that the Trustee may, on behalf of the Holders, vote for the election of a trustee in bankruptcy or similar official and be a member of a creditors' committee or other similar committee.
Section 505. Trustee May Enforce Claims without Possession of Securities, Guarantees or Coupons.
All rights of action and claims under this Indenture or any of the Securities, the Guarantees or any Coupons may be prosecuted and enforced by the Trustee without the possession of any of the Securities, Guarantees 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 or judgment, after provision for the payment of the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, shall be for the ratable benefit of each and every Holder of a Security or Coupon in respect of which such judgment has been recovered.
Section 506. Application of Money Collected.
Any money collected by the Trustee pursuant to this Article shall be applied in the following order, at the date or dates fixed by the Trustee and, in case of the distribution of such money on account of principal, or any premium, Interest or Additional Amounts, 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 and any predecessor Trustee under Section 606;
SECOND: To the payment of the amounts then due and unpaid upon the Securities and any Coupons for principal and any premium, Interest and Additional Amounts 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 aggregate amounts due and payable on such Securities and Coupons for principal and any premium, Interest and Additional Amounts, respectively;
THIRD: The balance, if any, to the Person or Persons entitled thereto.
Section 507. Limitations on Suits.
Except as provided in Sections 508 or 516, no Holder of any Security of any series or any Coupons appertaining thereto, or holder of Preferred Securities of the Trust, if any, that is the Holder of Securities of that series, shall have any right to institute any proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to this Indenture, the Guarantees, the Securities of any series or any Coupons appertaining thereto, or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy hereunder, unless:
(1) such Holder or holder of Preferred Securities has previously given written notice to the Trustee of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Securities of such series;
(2) the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series or the holders of not less than 25% in aggregate amount of such outstanding Preferred Securities 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 of such Outstanding Securities of such securities or the holder or holders of such outstanding Preferred Securities 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 such series or the holders of a majority in aggregate liquidation amount of such outstanding Preferred Securities;
it being understood and intended that no one or more of such Holders of such Outstanding Securities of such series or the holder or holders of such outstanding Preferred Securities shall have any right in any manner whatever by virtue of, or by availing of, any provision of this Indenture or any Security or Guarantee to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any other such Holders or Holders of Securities of any other series or holder or holders of Preferred Securities of another Trust, or to obtain or to seek to obtain priority or preference over any other Holders of such Outstanding Securities of such series or the holder or holders of such outstanding Preferred Securities or to enforce any right under this Indenture, except in the manner herein provided and for the equal and ratable benefit of all such Holders.
Section 508. Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal and any Premium, Interest and Additional Amounts.
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, any premium and (subject to Sections 305 and 307) Interest on, and any Additional Amounts with respect to such Security or payment of such Coupon or payment pursuant to the Guarantee endorsed on such Security, as the case may be, on the respective Stated Maturity or Maturities therefor specified in such Security or Coupon (or, in the case of redemption, on the Redemption Date or, in the case of repayment at the option of such Holder if provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, on the date such repayment is due, or in the case of a Change in Control, or as to any Change in Control Purchase Notice given timely, on the Change in Control Purchase Date) and to convert or exchange such Security in accordance with its terms, if applicable, and to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment or conversion or exchange, and such right 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 a 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 the Company, the Guarantor, the Trustee and each such Holder shall, subject to any determination in such proceeding, be restored severally and respectively to their former positions hereunder, and thereafter all rights and remedies of the Trustee and each such Holder 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 each and every Holder of a Security or a Coupon is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every right and remedy, to the extent permitted by law, shall 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, to the extent permitted by law, 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 any Holder of a Security or a Coupon may be exercised from time to time, and as often as may be deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by such Holder, as the case may be.
Section 512. Control by Holders of Securities.
Subject to Section 601(e), the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series or, if that series of Securities is held by a Trust, the holders of a majority in aggregate liquidation amount of the Preferred Securities of that Trust, 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 and any Coupons appertaining thereto, provided that:
(1) such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or with this Indenture or with the Securities of any series;
(2) the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee which is not inconsistent with such direction; and
(3) such direction is not unduly prejudicial to the rights of the other Holders of Securities of such series not joining in such action.
Section 513. Waiver of Past Defaults.
Subject to Section 502, the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series, or, if that series of Securities is held by a Trust, the holders of a majority in aggregate liquidation amount of the Preferred Securities of that Trust, on behalf of the Holders of all the Securities of such series and any Coupons appertaining thereto may waive any past or prospective default hereunder with respect to such series and its consequences, except a default:
(1) in the payment of the principal of, any premium or Interest on, or any Additional Amounts with respect to, any Security of such series or any Coupons appertaining thereto; 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. Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws.
Each of the Company and the Guarantor covenants that (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) it will not at any time insist upon, or plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay or extension law wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, which may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and each of the Company and the Guarantor expressly waives (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) 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.
Section 515. 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 or omitted by it as Trustee, the filing by any party litigant in
such suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and that such court
may in its discretion assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys'
fees, against any party litigant in such suit having due regard to the merits
and good faith of the claims or defenses made by such party litigant; but the
provisions of this Section 515 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 Outstanding Securities of any
series, or, if a series of Securities is held by a Trust, the holders of more
than 10% aggregate liquidation amount of the Preferred Securities of that Trust,
or to any suit instituted by any Holder or holder of Preferred Securities, if
any, for the enforcement of the payment of the principal of, any premium or
Interest on or Additional Amounts with respect to any Security on or after the
respective Stated Maturities expressed in such Security or pursuant to Section
516 (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the Redemption Date, in the case
of repayment, on or after the date for repayment and, in the case of Change of
Control, on or after the date for payment of the Change of Control Purchase
Price) or for the enforcement of the right, if any, to convert or exchange any
Security into Common Stock or other securities, cash or property in accordance
with its terms.
Section 516. Direct Action Right of Holders of Trust Preferred Securities.
If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and is attributable either to (a) the failure of the Company or the Guarantor to pay the principal of or any premium or Interest on or Additional Amounts with respect to the Securities on the due date therefor or (b) the failure by
the Company or the Guarantor to deliver the required securities or other property upon an appropriate conversion or exchange right election, and an event of default has occurred and is continuing under the applicable Trust Agreement, a holder of the related Preferred Securities, in lieu of any action that may otherwise be taken hereunder as a Holder of Securities, may institute a legal proceeding directly against the Company and/or the Guarantor for enforcement of payment to such holder of the principal of or any premium or Interest on or Additional Amounts with respect to such Securities having a principal amount equal to the liquidation amount of the Preferred Securities held by such holder or for enforcement of such conversion or exchange rights, as the case may be (a "Direct Action"). Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, neither the Company nor the Guarantor may amend this Indenture to remove the foregoing right to bring a Direct Action without the prior written consent of the holders of all of the Preferred Securities outstanding affected thereby. Notwithstanding any payments made to a holder of Preferred Securities by the Company or the Guarantor in connection with a Direct Action, the Company and the Guarantor shall remain obligated to pay the principal of, any premium or Interest on or Additional Amounts with respect to the related Securities, and the Company and the Guarantor shall be subrogated to the rights of the holder of such Preferred Securities with respect to payments on the Preferred Securities to the extent of any payments made by the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, to such holder in any Direct Action.
ARTICLE SIX
THE TRUSTEE
Section 601. Certain Rights of Trustee.
Subject to Sections 315(a) through 315(d) of the Trust Indenture Act:
(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, security, note, coupon or other paper or document reasonably 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 or the Guarantor mentioned herein shall be sufficiently evidenced by a Company Request or a Company Order or Guarantor Request or Guarantor Order, as the case may be (in each case, other than delivery of any Security, together with any Coupons appertaining thereto, to the Trustee for authentication and delivery pursuant to Section 303 which shall be sufficiently evidenced as provided therein), and any resolution of the Board of Directors may be sufficiently evidenced by a Board Resolution of the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be;
(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 shall be herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of bad faith on its part, rely upon a Company's Officers' Certificate or, if such matter pertaining to the Guarantor, a Guarantor's 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 or pursuant to this Indenture at the request or direction of any of the Holders of Securities of any series or any Coupons appertaining thereto 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, security, coupon 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, during business hours and upon reasonable notice, the books, records and premises of the Company and the Guarantor, 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;
(h) the Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of any default (as defined in Section 602) or Event of Default with respect to the Securities of any series for which it is acting as Trustee unless either (1) a Responsible Officer of the Trustee assigned to the Corporate Trust Department of the Trustee (or any successor division or department of the Trustee) shall have actual knowledge of such default or Event of Default or (2) written notice of such default or Event of Default shall have been given to the Trustee by the Company, the Guarantor or any other obligor on such Securities or by any Holder of such Securities; and
(i) the Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken, suffered 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 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 by mail to all Holders of Securities of such series entitled to receive reports pursuant to Section 703(3), 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, any premium or Interest on
or Additional Amounts with respect to, any Security of such series, the Trustee shall be protected in withholding such notice if and so long as a committee of Responsible Officers of the Trustee in good faith determines that the withholding of such notice is in the best interest of the Holders of Securities and Coupons of such series. For the purpose of this Section 602, 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. Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities.
The recitals contained herein and in the Securities, except the Trustee's certificate of authentication, and in any Coupons shall be taken as the statements of the Company and the Guarantor, and neither the Trustee nor any Authenticating Agent assumes any responsibility for their correctness. The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Indenture or of the Securities or the Coupons appertaining thereto or the Guarantees, except that the Trustee represents that it is duly authorized to execute and deliver this Indenture, authenticate the Securities and perform its obligations hereunder and that the statements made by it in a Statement of Eligibility and Qualification on Form T-1 supplied to the Company are true and accurate, subject to the qualifications set forth therein. Neither the Trustee nor any Authenticating Agent shall be accountable for the use or application by the Company of the Securities or the proceeds thereof.
Section 604. May Hold Securities.
The Trustee, any Authenticating Agent, any Paying Agent, any Conversion Agent, any Security Registrar or any other Person that may be an agent of the Trustee, the Company or the Guarantor, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Securities or Coupons and, subject to Sections 310(b) and 311 of the Trust Indenture Act, may otherwise deal with the Company and the Guarantor with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee, Authenticating Agent, Paying Agent, any Conversion Agent, Security Registrar or such other Person.
Section 605. Money Held in Trust.
Except as provided in Section 403 and Section 1003, money held by the Trustee in trust hereunder need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law and shall be held uninvested. The Trustee shall be under no liability for Interest on any money received by it hereunder except as otherwise agreed in writing with the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be.
Section 606. Compensation and Reimbursement.
Each of the Company and the Guarantor, jointly and severally, agrees:
(a) to pay to the Trustee from time to time reasonable compensation for all services rendered by the Trustee hereunder (which compensation shall not be limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express trust);
(b) 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 the Trustee's negligence or bad faith; and
(c) to indemnify the Trustee and its agents for, and to hold them harmless against, any loss, liability or expense incurred without negligence or bad faith on their part arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of the trust or trusts hereunder, including the costs and expenses of defending themselves against any claim or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of their powers or duties hereunder.
As security for the performance of the obligations of the Company under this Section 606, the Trustee shall have a lien prior to the Securities of any series upon all property and funds held or collected by the Trustee as such, except funds held in trust for the payment of principal of, and premium or Interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to particular Securities or any Coupons appertaining thereto.
Any compensation or expense incurred by the Trustee after a default specified by Section 501 is intended to constitute an expense of administration under any then applicable bankruptcy or insolvency law. "Trustee" for purposes of this Section 606 shall include any predecessor Trustee but the negligence or bad faith of any Trustee shall not affect the rights of any other Trustee under this Section 606.
The Company's obligations under this Section 606 and any lien hereunder shall survive the resignation or removal of any Trustee, the discharge of the Company's obligations pursuant to Article Four of this Indenture and the termination of this Indenture.
Section 607. Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility.
(1) There shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder that
is a Corporation, organized and doing business under the laws of the United
States of America, any state thereof or the District of Columbia, eligible under
Section 310(a)(1) of the Trust Indenture Act to act as trustee under an
indenture qualified under the Trust Indenture Act and that has a combined
capital and surplus (computed in accordance with Section 310(a)(2) of the Trust
Indenture Act) of at least $50,000,000 subject to supervision or examination by
Federal or state authority. If at any time the Trustee shall cease to be
eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section 607, it shall resign
immediately in the manner and with the effect hereinafter specified in this
Article Six.
(2) The following indenture shall be considered specifically described herein for purposes of clause (i) of the proviso contained in Section 310(b)(1) of the Trust Indenture Act: Indenture dated as of ______________ between [the Company] [the Guarantor] and ____________________, as successor trustee; and, pursuant to Section 310(b)(1)(C)(i) of the Trust Indenture Act, unless otherwise ordered by the Commission, an event of default by the
Company under this Indenture will not disqualify the Trustee under this Indenture because it is a trustee under such other indenture.
Section 608. 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 pursuant to Section 609.
(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 and the Guarantor. If the instrument of acceptance by a successor Trustee required by Section 609 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 series.
(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 the Company and the Guarantor.
(d) If at any time:
(1) the Trustee shall fail to comply with the obligations imposed upon it under Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act with respect to Securities of any series after written request therefor by the Company, the Guarantor or any Holder of a Security of such series who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security of such series for at least six months; or
(2) the Trustee shall cease to be eligible under
Section 607 and shall fail to resign after written request
therefor by the Company, the Guarantor or any such Holder; or
(3) the Trustee shall become incapable of acting or shall be adjudged 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, (A) the Company, by or pursuant to a Board Resolution, may remove the Trustee with respect to all Securities or the Securities of such series, or (B) subject to Section 315(e) of the Trust Indenture Act, any Holder of a Security who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security of such series for at least six months may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee with respect to all Securities of such series 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 or pursuant to a Board Resolution,
shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee or Trustees with respect to
the Securities of that or those series (it being understood that any
such successor Trustee may be appointed with respect to the Securities
of one or more or all of such series and that at any time there shall
be only one Trustee with respect to the Securities of any particular
series) and shall comply with the applicable requirements of Section
609. If, within one year after such resignation, removal or
incapability, or the occurrence of such vacancy, a successor Trustee
with respect to the Securities of any series shall be appointed by Act
of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities of such series delivered to the Company and the retiring
Trustee, the successor Trustee so appointed shall, forthwith upon its
acceptance of such appointment in accordance with the applicable
requirements of Section 609, become the successor Trustee with respect
to the Securities of such series and to that extent supersede the
successor Trustee appointed by the Company. If no successor Trustee
with respect to the Securities of any series shall have been so
appointed by the Company or the Holders of Securities and accepted
appointment in the manner required by Section 609, any Holder of a
Security who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security of such series
for at least six months may, on behalf of himself and all others
similarly situated, petition any court of 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 by mailing written notice of such event by first-class mail, postage prepaid, to the Holders of Registered Securities, if any, of such series as their names and addresses appear in the Security Register and, if Securities of such series are issued as Bearer Securities, by publishing notice of such event once in an Authorized Newspaper in each Place of Payment located outside the United States. Each notice shall include the name of the successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series and the address of its Corporate Trust Office.
Section 609. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor.
(a) Upon the appointment hereunder of any successor Trustee
with respect to all Securities, such successor Trustee so appointed
shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Company, the Guarantor
and 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 hereunder of the retiring Trustee; but, on the
request of the Company, the Guarantor or such successor Trustee, such
retiring Trustee, upon payment of its charges, shall execute and
deliver an instrument transferring to such successor Trustee all the
rights, powers and trusts of the retiring Trustee and, subject to
Section 1003, shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor
Trustee all property and money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder,
subject nevertheless to its claim, if any, provided for in Section 606.
(b) Upon the appointment hereunder of any successor Trustee
with respect to the Securities of one or more (but not all) series, the
Company, the Guarantor, the retiring Trustee and such successor Trustee
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, such successor Trustee all the rights,
powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the
Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such
successor Trustee relates, (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 co-trustees of the same trust, 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
that no Trustee shall be responsible for any notice given to, or
received by, or any act or failure to act on the part of any other
Trustee hereunder, and, upon the execution and delivery of such
supplemental indenture, the resignation or removal of the retiring
Trustee shall become effective to the extent provided therein, such
retiring Trustee shall have no further responsibility for the exercise
of rights and powers or for the performance of the duties and
obligations vested in the Trustee under this Indenture with respect to
the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such
successor Trustee relates other than as hereinafter expressly set
forth, 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 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, the Guarantor, or such
successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee, upon payment of its charges
with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the
appointment of such successor relates and subject to Section 1003 shall
duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee, to the
extent contemplated by such supplemental indenture, the property and
money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder with respect to the
Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such
successor Trustee relates, subject to its claim, if any, provided for
in Section 606.
(c) Upon request of any Person appointed hereunder as a successor Trustee, the Company and the Guarantor 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 609, as the case may be.
(d) No Person shall accept its appointment hereunder as a successor Trustee unless at the time of such acceptance such successor Person shall be qualified and eligible under this Article Six.
Section 610. 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 of the corporate trust business of the Trustee, shall be the successor of the Trustee hereunder, 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 611. Appointment of Authenticating Agent.
The Trustee may appoint one or more Authenticating Agents acceptable to the Company with respect to one or more series of Securities which shall be authorized to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate Securities of that or those series issued upon original issue, exchange, registration of transfer, partial redemption or partial repayment or pursuant to Section 306, and Securities so authenticated shall be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture and shall be valid and obligatory for all purposes as if authenticated by the Trustee hereunder. Wherever reference is made in this Indenture to the authentication and delivery of Securities by the Trustee or the Trustee's certificate of authentication, such reference shall be deemed to include authentication and delivery on behalf of the Trustee by an Authenticating Agent and a certificate of authentication executed on behalf of the Trustee by an Authenticating Agent.
Each Authenticating Agent shall be acceptable to the Company and the Guarantor and, except as provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, shall at all times be a corporation that would be permitted by the Trust Indenture Act to act as trustee under an indenture qualified under the Trust Indenture Act, is authorized under applicable law and by its charter to act as an Authenticating Agent and has a combined capital and surplus (computed in accordance with Section 310(a)(2) of the Trust Indenture Act) of at least $50,000,000. If at any time an Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section 611, it shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in this Section 611.
Any Corporation into which an Authenticating Agent may be
merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any Corporation
resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which such
Authenticating Agent shall be a party, or any Corporation succeeding to all or
substantially all of the corporate agency or corporate trust business of an
Authenticating Agent, shall be the successor of such Authenticating Agent
hereunder, provided such Corporation shall be otherwise eligible under this
Section 611, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on
the part of the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent.
An Authenticating Agent may resign at any time by giving written notice thereof to the Trustee, the Company and the Guarantor. The Trustee may at any time terminate the agency of an Authenticating Agent by giving written notice thereof to such Authenticating Agent, the Company and the Guarantor. Upon receiving such a notice of resignation or upon such a
termination, or in case at any time such Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section 611, the Trustee may appoint a successor Authenticating Agent which shall be acceptable to the Company and shall (i) mail written notice of such appointment by first-class mail, postage prepaid, to all Holders of Registered Securities, if any, of the series with respect to which such Authenticating Agent shall serve, as their names and addresses appear in the Security Register, and (ii) if Securities of the series are issued as Bearer Securities, publish notice of such appointment at least once in an Authorized Newspaper in the place where such successor Authenticating Agent has its principal office if such office is located outside the United States. Any successor Authenticating Agent, upon acceptance of its appointment hereunder, shall become vested with all the rights, powers and duties of its predecessor hereunder, with like effect as if originally named as an Authenticating Agent. No successor Authenticating Agent shall be appointed unless eligible under the provisions of this Section 611.
The Company agrees to pay each Authenticating Agent from time to time reasonable compensation for its services under this Section 611.
The provisions of Sections 308, 603 and 604 shall be applicable to each Authenticating Agent.
If an Authenticating Agent is appointed with respect to one or more series of Securities pursuant to this Section 611, the Securities of such series may have endorsed thereon, in addition to or in lieu of the Trustee's certificate of authentication, an alternate certificate of authentication in substantially the following form:
This is one of the Securities of the series designated herein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK,
As Trustee
If all of the Securities of any series may not be originally issued at one time, and if the Trustee does not have an office capable of authenticating Securities upon original issuance located in a Place of Payment where the Company wishes to have Securities of such series authenticated upon original issuance, the Trustee, if so requested in writing (which writing need not be accompanied by or contained in an Officers' Certificate by the Company), shall appoint in accordance with this Section 611 an Authenticating Agent having an office in a Place of Payment designated by the Company with respect to such series of Securities.
ARTICLE SEVEN
HOLDERS LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE, COMPANY AND GUARANTOR
Section 701. Company and Guarantor to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders.
In accordance with Section 312(a) of the Trust Indenture Act, the Company and the Guarantor shall furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee:
(a) semi-annually with respect to Securities of each series not later than March 15 and September 15 of the year or upon such other dates as are set forth in or pursuant to the Board Resolution, Officers' Certificate or indenture supplemental hereto authorizing such series, a list, in each case in such form as the Trustee may reasonably require, of the names and addresses of Holders as of the applicable date; and
(b) at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, within 30 days after the receipt by the Company or the Guarantor of any such request, a list of similar form and content as of a date not more than 15 days prior to the time such list is furnished;
provided, however, that so long as the Trustee is the Security Registrar no such list shall be required to be furnished.
Section 702. Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders.
The Trustee shall comply with the obligations imposed upon it pursuant to Section 312 of the Trust Indenture Act.
Every Holder of Securities or Coupons, by receiving and holding the same, agrees with the Trustee, the Guarantor and the Company that none of the Company, the Trustee, the Guarantor, any agent of any of them or any Security Registrar shall be held accountable by reason of the disclosure of any such information as to the names and addresses of the Holders of Securities in accordance with Section 312(c) of the Trust Indenture Act, regardless of the source from which such information was derived, and that the Trustee shall not be held accountable by reason of mailing any material pursuant to a request made under Section 312(b) of the Trust Indenture Act.
Section 703. Reports by Trustee.
(a) Within 60 days after September 15 of each year commencing with the first September 15 following the first issuance of Securities pursuant to Section 301, if required by Section 313(a) of the Trust Indenture Act, the Trustee shall transmit, pursuant to Section 313(c) of the Trust Indenture Act, a brief report dated as of such September 15 with respect to any of the events specified in said Section 313(a) which may have occurred since the later of the immediately preceding September 15 and the date of this Indenture.
(b) The Trustee shall transmit the reports required by
Section 313(a) of the Trust Indenture Act at the times specified therein.
(c) Reports pursuant to this Section 703 shall be transmitted in the manner and to the Persons required by Sections 313(c) and 313(d) of the Trust Indenture Act.
Section 704. Reports by Company and Guarantor.
The Company, pursuant to Section 314(a) of the Trust Indenture Act, shall:
(a) file with the Trustee, within 15 days after the
Company and the Guarantor are 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 or the
Guarantor 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 or the
Guarantor is not required to file information, documents or reports pursuant to
either of said Sections, then they 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;
(b) 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 and the Guarantor, with the conditions and covenants of this Indenture as may be required from time to time by such rules and regulations; and
(c) transmit within 30 days after the filing thereof with the Trustee, in the manner and to the extent provided in Section 313(c) of the Trust Indenture Act, such summaries of any information, documents and reports required to be filed by the Company and the Guarantor pursuant to paragraphs (a) and (b) of this Section 704 as may be required by rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by the Commission.
ARTICLE EIGHT
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER AND SALES
Section 801. Guarantor May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms.
Nothing contained in this Indenture or in any of the Securities shall prevent any consolidation or merger of the Guarantor with or into any other Person or Persons (whether or not affiliated with the Guarantor), or successive consolidations or mergers in which the Guarantor or their successor or successors shall be a party or parties, or shall prevent any conveyance, transfer or lease of the property of the Guarantor as an entirety or substantially as an entirety, to any other Person (whether or not affiliated with the Guarantor); provided, however, that:
(a) in case the Guarantor shall consolidate with or merge into another Person or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets as an entirety or substantially as an entirety to any Person, the entity formed by such consolidation or into which the Guarantor is merged or the Person which acquires by conveyance or transfer, or which leases, the properties and assets of the Guarantor as an entirety or substantially as an entirety shall be a Corporation organized and validly 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 (or indentures, if at such time there is more than one Trustee) supplemental hereto, executed by the successor Person and delivered to the Trustee, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, the performance of every obligation of the Guarantor in this Indenture and the Guarantees on the part of the Guarantor to be performed or observed, and which supplemental indenture shall provide for conversion or exchange rights in accordance with the provisions of the Securities of any series that are convertible into or exchangeable for Common Stock or other securities, cash or property;
(b) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Event of Default or event which, after notice or lapse of time, or both, would become an Event of Default, shall have occurred and be continuing, including any default pursuant to the Holder's Change of Control Purchase Option set forth in Article Fifteen; and
(c) either the Guarantor or the successor Person shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer or lease and, if a supplemental indenture is required in connection with such transaction, such supplemental indenture comply with this Article Eight and that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to such transaction have been complied with.
Section 802. Company May Consolidate, etc., Only on Certain Terms.
(a) The Company shall not consolidate with or merge into any other Person, or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets as an entirety or substantially as an entirety to any Person, unless:
(1) any Person formed by such consolidation or into which the Company is merged or to whom the Company has conveyed, transferred or leased its properties and assets as an entirety or substantially as an entirety (a "Successor") is a Person organized and validly existing under the laws of the jurisdiction of organization of such Person, and expressly assumes 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 any premium and Interest on and any Additional Amounts with respect to all the Securities of the Company and the performance or observance of every covenant of this Indenture on the part of the Company to be performed or observed, and which supplemental indenture shall provide for conversion or exchange rights in accordance with the provisions of the Securities of any series that are convertible into or exchangeable for Common Stock or other securities, cash or property;
(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 occurred and be continuing;
(3) any such Person shall expressly agree, by an indenture supplemental hereto, executed and delivered to the Trustee, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, (i) to immediately indemnify (pursuant to the indemnification procedure described in Section 805) the Holder of each Security against (A) any tax, assessment or governmental charge imposed on such Holder or required to be withheld or deducted from any payment to such Holder (including any governmental charge or withholding attributable to such Person's indemnifying such Holder) as a consequence of such consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer or lease, and (B) any other tax costs or other tax expenses of the act of such consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer or lease (except that if the Company or any such Person delivers by the date of any such transaction an opinion of an independent counsel or a tax consultant of recognized standing that the Holders will not recognize income, gain or loss for U.S. federal income tax purposes as a result of such transaction, a Holder will have such rights to indemnification only if and when gain for U.S. federal income tax purposes is actually recognized by such Holders) and (ii) that all payments pursuant to the Securities in respect of the principal of and any premium and Interest on such Securities, as the case may be, shall be made without withholding or deduction for, or on account of, any present or future taxes, duties, assessments or governmental charges of whatever nature imposed or levied by or on behalf of the jurisdiction of organization of such Person or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein, unless such taxes, duties, assessments or governmental charges are required by such jurisdiction or any such subdivision or authority to be withheld or deducted, in which case such Person will pay by way of additional Interest such additional amounts of or in respect of, principal and any premium and Interest ("Successor Additional Amounts") as will result (after deduction of such taxes, duties, assessments or governmental charges and any additional taxes, duties, assessments or governmental charges payable in respect of such) in the payment to each Holder of a Security of the amounts which would have been payable pursuant to the Securities had no such withholding or deduction been required, except that no Successor Additional Amounts shall be so payable for or on account of:
(A) any tax, duty, levy, assessment or other governmental charge which would not have been imposed but for the fact that such Holder: (i) was a resident, domiciliary or national of, or engaged in business or maintained a permanent establishment or was physically present in, the jurisdiction of organization of such Successor or any of its territories or any political subdivision thereof or otherwise had some connection with such jurisdiction other than the mere ownership of, or receipt of payment under, such Security; (ii) presented (if presentation is required) such Security for payment in such jurisdiction or any of its territories or any political subdivision thereof, unless such Security could not have been presented for payment elsewhere; (iii) presented (if presentation is required) such Security more than thirty (30) days after the date on which the payment in respect of such Security first became due and payable or provided for, whichever is later, except to the extent that the Holder would have been entitled to such Successor Additional Amounts if it had presented such Security for payment on any day within such period of thirty (30) days; (iv) is not dealing with the Successor, directly or indirectly, on an arm's-length basis; or (v) entered into or participated in a scheme to avoid the applicable withholding tax of the jurisdiction of organization
of the Successor or any of its territories or political subdivisions thereof, being a scheme which the Successor was neither a party to nor participated in;
(B) any estate, inheritance, gift, sale, transfer, personal property or similar tax, assessment or other governmental charge;
(C) any tax, assessment or other governmental charge that is payable otherwise than by withholding or deduction from payments of (or in respect of) principal of or any premium or Interest on, such Securities;
(D) any tax, assessment or other governmental charge that is imposed or withheld by reason of the failure to comply by the Holder or the beneficial owner of the Security with a request of the Company or the Successor addressed to the Holder (i) to provide information concerning the nationality, residence or identity of the Holder or such beneficial owner or (ii) to make any declaration or other similar claim or satisfy any information or reporting requirement, which, in the case of (i) or (ii), is required or imposed by statute, treaty, regulation or administrative practice of the taxing jurisdiction as a precondition or exemption from all or part of such tax, assessment or other governmental charge; or
(E) any combination of items (A), (B), (C)
and (D);
nor shall Successor Additional Amounts be paid with respect to any payment of the principal of or any premium or Interest on any such Security to any Holder who is a fiduciary or partnership or other than the sole beneficial owner of such payment to the extent such payment would be required by the laws of the jurisdiction of organization of such Person (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) to be included in the income for tax purposes of a beneficiary or settlor with respect to such fiduciary or a member of such partnership or a beneficial owner who would not have been entitled to such Successor Additional Amounts had it been the Holder of the Security; and
(4) 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, if a supplemental indenture is required in connection with such transaction, such supplemental indenture comply with this Article and that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to such transaction have been complied with.
(b) The Company may assign its obligations under any
series of Securities to any other Subsidiary (the "Subsidiary Assignee") and
such Subsidiary Assignee shall be treated as the Successor to the Company with
respect to such series of Securities, provided that the conditions set forth in
Section 802(a) that would apply to the merger of the Company into such
Subsidiary Assignee are satisfied.
Section 803. Successor Person Substituted for Company or Guarantor.
Upon any consolidation by the Company or the Guarantor with or merger of the Company or the Guarantor into any other Person or any conveyance, transfer or lease of the properties and assets of the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, as an entirety or substantially as an entirety to any Person in accordance with Sections 801 or 802, the successor Person formed by such consolidation or into which the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, is merged or to which such conveyance, transfer or lease is made shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, under this Indenture with the same effect as if such successor Person had been named as the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, herein; and thereafter, except in the case of a lease, the predecessor Person shall be released from all obligations and covenants under this Indenture, the Securities, the Guarantees and the Coupons.
Section 804. Assumption by the Guarantor of the Company's Obligations.
(a) The Guarantor may, at its option, assume the obligations of the Company as obligor under any series of Securities and this Indenture; provided that:
(i) the Guarantor expressly assumes in an assumption agreement or supplemental indenture hereto, executed and delivered to the Trustee, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, the due and punctual payment of the principal of and any premium and Interest on such Securities and the performance or observance of every covenant of this Indenture on the part of the Company to be performed or observed (including any obligation to pay any Additional Amounts), and which agreement or supplemental indenture shall provide for conversion or exchange rights in accordance with the provisions of the Securities of the applicable series;
(ii) immediately after giving effect to such assumption, no Event of Default and no event, which after notice or lapse of time or both, would become an Event of Default, shall have occurred and be continuing; and
(iii) the Guarantor shall expressly agree in an assumption agreement or supplemental indenture hereto, executed and delivered to the Trustee, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, to immediately indemnify (pursuant to the indemnification procedure described in Section 805) the Holder of each Security against (i) any tax, assessment or governmental charge imposed on such Holder or required to be withheld or deducted from any payment to such Holder (including any governmental charge or withholding tax attributable to the Guarantor indemnifying such Holder) as a consequence of such assumption and (ii) any costs or expenses of such assumption (except that if the Guarantor delivers to the Trustee an opinion of an independent counsel or a tax consultant of recognized standing that the Holders will not recognize income, gain or loss for U.S. federal income tax purposes as a result of such assumption by the date of such assumption, a Holder will have indemnification rights pursuant to the indemnification procedure described in Section 805 only if and when gain for U.S. federal income tax purposes is actually recognized by such Holder); and
(iv) the Guarantor shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate stating that such assumption and such assumption agreement or supplemental indenture comply with this Article and that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to such assumption have been complied with.
(b) Upon any assumption pursuant to Section 804(a), the Guarantor shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Company under such Securities and this Indenture with the same effect as if the Guarantor had been named as the Company herein, and the Company shall be released from its liability as obligor upon the Securities and any Coupons and under this Indenture.
Section 805. Indemnification Procedure.
(a) If a transaction described above under Sections 801, 802 or 804 (an "Indemnifiable Transaction") should constitute a taxable event for U.S. federal income tax purposes, the Guarantor or any other Person that assumes the obligations of the Guarantor or the Company pursuant to such Sections, as the case may be, shall indemnify a Holder of a Security against any tax, assessment or governmental charge imposed on such Holder or required to be withheld or deducted from any payment to such Holder (including any governmental charge or withholding attributable to an indemnification payment made by or on behalf of the Guarantor or any such Person) and any other tax costs or other tax expenses attributable to such Indemnifiable Transaction, and the Guarantor or any such Person, as the case may be, shall comply with the following indemnification procedures:
(1) Unless the Guarantor or any such Person, as the case may be, delivers to the Trustee by the date of an Indemnifiable Transaction an opinion of an independent counsel or a tax consultant of recognized standing to the effect that such Indemnifiable Transaction will not be a taxable event for U.S. federal income tax purposes, the Guarantor or any such Person, as the case may be, shall send to each Holder on or prior to the date of such Indemnifiable Transaction (i) notification explaining the U.S. federal income tax consequences to each such Holder of such Indemnifiable Transaction and (ii) an indemnification claim form requesting (A) information concerning each such Holder's tax basis and holding period in a Security and (B) a statement that the Holder is not then an entity described in Section 501 of the Internal Revenue Code, as amended from time to time, that is exempt from U.S. federal income tax and (iii) a statement setting forth the address to which each such Holder must remit such form.
(2) If the Guarantor or any such Person delivers such
an opinion, each Holder will have indemnification rights pursuant to this
Section 805 only if and when gain for U.S. federal income tax purposes is
actually recognized by such Holder.
(3) When the Guarantor or any such Person, as the case may be, receives from a Holder an indemnification claim form, the Guarantor or such Person, as the case may be, shall within 15 Business Days remit to such Holder a certified check in an amount equal to the product of any gain recognized as a result of the Indemnifiable Transaction and the highest marginal U.S. income tax rate in effect at the time of such Indemnifiable Transaction (the "Indemnification Amount"). For these purposes, a Holder's gain shall equal the amount by which
the fair market value of a Security at the time of such Indemnifiable Transaction exceeds such Holder's adjusted tax basis in such Security.
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 or pursuant to a Board Resolution), the Guarantor (when authorized by or pursuant to 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:
(a) to evidence the succession of another Person to the Company or the Guarantor, and the assumption by any such successor of the covenants of the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, contained herein and in the Securities or the Guarantees; or
(b) to add to the covenants of the Company or the Guarantor for the benefit of the Holders of all or any series of Securities (as shall be specified in such supplemental indenture or indentures) or to surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the Company or the Guarantor; or
(c) 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 on the payment of principal of, any premium or Interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to Securities, to permit Bearer Securities to be issued in exchange for Registered Securities, to permit Bearer Securities to be exchanged for Bearer Securities of other authorized denominations or to permit or facilitate the issuance of Securities in uncertificated form, provided any such action shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of Securities of any series or any Coupons appertaining thereto in any material respect; or
(d) to establish the form or terms of Securities of any series and any Coupons appertaining thereto as permitted by Sections 201 and 301 or of the related Guarantees as permitted by Section 202; or
(e) 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 609; or
(f) to cure any ambiguity or to correct or supplement any provision herein which may be defective or inconsistent with any other provision herein, or to make any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under this Indenture which shall not
adversely affect the interests of the Holders of Securities of any series then Outstanding or any Coupons appertaining thereto in any material respect; or
(g) to add to, delete from or revise the conditions, limitations and restrictions on the authorized amount, terms or purposes of issue, authentication and delivery of Securities, as herein set forth; or
(h) to add any additional Events of Default with respect to all or any series of Securities (as shall be specified in such supplemental indenture); or
(i) to supplement any of the provisions of this Indenture to such extent as shall be necessary to permit or facilitate the defeasance and discharge of any series of Securities pursuant to Article Four, provided that any such action shall not adversely affect the interests of any Holder of a Security of such series and any Coupons appertaining thereto or any other Security or Coupon in any material respect; or
(j) to secure the Securities or the Guarantees pursuant to
Section 1005, 1006 or otherwise; or
(k) to make provisions with respect to conversion or exchange rights of Holders of Securities of any series; or
(l) to amend or supplement any provision contained herein or in any supplemental indenture, provided that no such amendment or supplement shall materially adversely affect the interests of the Holders of any Securities then Outstanding.
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 (and, in the case of any series of Securities held as assets of a Trust, such consent of holders of the Preferred Securities and the common securities of such Trust as may be required under the Trust Agreement of such Trust), by Act of said Holders delivered to the Company and the Trustee, the Company (when authorized by or pursuant to a Board Resolution), the Guarantor (when authorized by or pursuant to a Board Resolution) and the Trustee may enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series under this Indenture or of the Securities of such series; provided, however, that no such supplemental indenture, without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security affected thereby, shall:
(a) change the Stated Maturity of the principal of, or any premium or installment of Interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to, any Security, as such Stated Maturity may be extended in accordance with the terms of such Security or any Coupon appertaining thereto, or reduce the principal amount thereof or the rate (or modify the calculation of such rate) of Interest thereon or any Additional Amounts with respect thereto, or any premium payable upon the redemption thereof or otherwise, or change the duration of the maximum
consecutive period, if any, that payments of Interest on such Securities may be deferred, if applicable, or change the obligation of the Company to pay Additional Amounts pursuant to Section 1004 (except as contemplated by Section 801(a) and permitted by Section 901(a)), or reduce the amount of the principal of an Original Issue Discount Security that would be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 502 or the amount thereof provable in bankruptcy pursuant to Section 504, change the redemption, conversion or exchange provisions or adversely affect the right of repayment at the option of any Holder as contemplated by Article Twelve, or change the Place of Payment, Currency in which the principal of, any premium or Interest on, or any Additional Amounts with respect to any 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 repayment at the option of the Holder, on or after the date for repayment or in the case of change in control, after the Change in Control Purchase Date); or
(b) reduce the percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series, the consent of whose Holders is required for any such supplemental indenture, or the consent of whose Holders is required for any waiver (of compliance with certain provisions of this Indenture or certain defaults hereunder and their consequences) provided for in this Indenture, or reduce the requirements of Section 1404 for quorum or voting; or
(c) modify or effect in any manner adverse to the Holders the terms and conditions of the obligations of the Company under the Securities or the Coupons, or the Guarantor under the Guarantees, or either of them hereunder, in respect of the due and punctual payments of principal of, any premium or Interest on, or any Additional Amounts with respect to, the Securities; or
(d) modify any of the provisions of this Section 902, Section 513 or Section 1008, 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; or
(e) make any change that adversely affects the right to convert or exchange any Security into or for Common Stock or other securities, cash or property in accordance with its terms.
A supplemental indenture which changes or eliminates any covenant or other provision of this Indenture which shall have been included expressly and 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 of Securities under this Section 902 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.
As a condition to executing, or accepting the additional trusts created by, any supplemental indenture permitted by this Article Nine or the modifications thereby of the trust created by this Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive (in addition to those documents required by Section 102), and (subject to Section 315 of the Trust Indenture Act) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such supplemental indenture is authorized or permitted by this Indenture. The Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into any such supplemental indenture which affects the Trustee's own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.
Section 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 a Security theretofore or thereafter authenticated and delivered hereunder and of any Coupon appertaining thereto shall be bound thereby.
Section 905. Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures.
Securities of any series authenticated and delivered after the execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to this Article Nine 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 and the Guarantor 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 with Guarantees endorsed thereon, if appropriate, and executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in exchange for Outstanding Securities of such series.
Section 906. 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.
ARTICLE TEN
COVENANTS
Section 1001. Payment of Principal, any Premium and Interest.
(1) The Company shall pay the principal of, any premium and Interest on (including Interest accruing during any extension period and/or on or after the filing of a petition in bankruptcy or reorganization relating to the Company, whether or not a claim for post-filing Interest is allowed in such proceeding) and any Additional Amounts with respect to the Securities on or prior to the dates and in the manner provided in such Securities or pursuant to this Indenture. An installment of principal, and any premium, Interest or Additional
Amounts shall be considered paid on the applicable due date if on such date the Trustee or the Paying Agent holds, in accordance with this Indenture, money sufficient to pay all of such installment then due. With respect to any Security, the Company shall pay Interest on overdue principal and Interest on overdue installments of Interest (including Interest accruing during any extension period and/or on or after the filing of a petition in bankruptcy or reorganization relating to the Company, whether or not a claim for post-filing Interest is allowed in such proceeding), or Additional Amounts to the extent lawful, at the rate accruing on such Security, compounded with the same frequency as Interest is payable on such Securities. Interest on overdue Interest shall accrue from the date such amounts become overdue.
(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 1001 (1) or any other provision herein to the contrary, the Company shall have the right, as provided in an Officer's Certificate or supplemental indenture issued pursuant to Article Nine, in its sole and absolute discretion at any time and from time to time while the Securities of any series are outstanding, so long as no Event of Default with respect to such series of Securities has occurred and is continuing, to defer payments of Interest by extending the Interest payment period for such series of Securities for the maximum consecutive period, if any, specified for such series of Securities, provided that such extension period must end on an Interest Payment Date and shall not extend beyond the Stated Maturity or Redemption Date of any Security of such series, and provided further that at the end of each extension period the Company shall pay all Interest then accrued and unpaid (together with Interest thereon to the extent permitted by applicable law at the rate accruing on such Securities). Prior to the termination of an extension period, the Company may shorten or may further extend the Interest payment period for such series of Securities, provided that such extension period together with all such previous and further extensions may not exceed the maximum consecutive period specified for such series of Securities, end on a date other than an Interest Payment Date or extend beyond the Stated Maturity or Redemption Date of any Security of such series. The Company shall give the Trustee notice of the Company's election to begin an extension period for any series of Securities and any shortening or extension thereof at least five Business Days prior to: (i) the date notice of payment of Interest on such Securities is required to be given to any national securities exchange on which the related Preferred Securities, if any, or Securities are then listed or other applicable self-regulatory organization, or (ii) the date of the notice of the record or payment date of the related distribution on the Preferred Securities issued by the Trust which is the Holder of the Securities of such series, but in any event not less than five Business Days prior to the Record Date fixed by the Company for the payment of such Interest. The Company shall give or cause the Trustee to give notice (a form of which shall be provided by the Company to the Trustee) of the Company's election to begin an extension period to the Holders by first class mail, postage prepaid.
Section 1002. Maintenance of Office or Agency.
The Company and the Guarantor shall maintain in each Place of Payment for any series of Securities an Office or Agency where Securities of such series, and Guarantees with respect thereto (but not Bearer Securities, except as otherwise provided below, unless such Place of Payment is located outside the United States), may be presented or surrendered for payment, where Securities of such series may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange, where
Securities of such series may be presented and surrendered in the event of a conversion or exchange, and where notices and demands to or upon the Company and the Guarantor in respect of the Securities of such series relating thereto and this Indenture may be served. If Securities of a series are issuable as Bearer Securities, the Company and the Guarantor shall maintain, subject to any laws or regulations applicable thereto, an Office or Agency in a Place of Payment for such series which is located outside the United States where Securities of such series and any Coupons appertaining thereto, and Guarantees with respect thereto, may be presented and surrendered for payment; provided, however, that if the Securities of such series are listed on The Stock Exchange of the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland or the Luxembourg Stock Exchange or any other stock exchange located outside the United States and such stock exchange shall so require, the Company and the Guarantor shall maintain a Paying Agent and a Conversion Agent, if applicable, in London, Luxembourg or any other required city located outside the United States, as the case may be, so long as the Securities of such series are listed on such exchange. The Company and the Guarantor will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location, and any change in the location, of such Office or Agency. If at any time the Company and the Guarantor shall fail to maintain any such required Office or Agency or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the addresses thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may only be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, except that Bearer Securities of such series and any Coupons appertaining thereto, and Guarantees with respect thereto, may be presented and surrendered for payment at the place specified for the purpose with respect to such Securities as provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, and the Company and the Guarantor hereby appoint the Trustee as their agent to receive all such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands.
Except as otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, no payment of principal, premium, Interest or Additional Amounts with respect to Bearer Securities shall be made at any Office or Agency in the United States or by check mailed to any address in the United States or by transfer to an account maintained with a bank located in the United States; provided, however, if amounts owing with respect to any Bearer Securities shall be payable in Dollars, payment of principal of, any premium or Interest on and any Additional Amounts with respect to any such Security, or the Guarantees with respect thereto, may be made at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee or any Office or Agency designated by the Company in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, if (but only if) payment of the full amount of such principal, premium, Interest or Additional Amounts at all offices outside the United States maintained for such purpose by the Company and the Guarantor in accordance with this Indenture is illegal or effectively precluded by exchange controls or other similar restrictions.
The Company and the Guarantor may also from time to time designate one or more other Offices or Agencies where the Securities of one or more series, and the Guarantees endorsed thereon, 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 or the Guarantor of its obligation to maintain an Office or Agency in each Place of Payment for Securities of any series for such purposes. The Company and the Guarantor shall 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 provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, the Company and the Guarantor hereby designate as the Place of Payment for each series of Securities and the Guarantees endorsed thereon, the Borough of
Manhattan, The City of New York, and initially appoints the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee as the Company's or the Guarantor's Office or Agency in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York for such purpose. The Company and the Guarantor may subsequently appoint a different Office or Agency in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York for the Securities of any series, and the Guarantees endorsed thereon.
Unless otherwise specified with respect to any Securities pursuant to Section 301, if and so long as the Securities of any series (i) are denominated in a Foreign Currency or (ii) may be payable in a Foreign Currency, or so long as it is required under any other provision of this Indenture, then the Company and the Guarantor will maintain with respect to each such series of Securities, or as so required, at least one exchange rate agent.
Section 1003. Money for Securities Payments to Be Held in Trust.
If the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, shall at any time act as its own Paying Agent with respect to any series of Securities, it shall, on or before each due date of the principal of, any premium or Interest on or Additional Amounts with respect to any of the Securities of such series, segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto a sum in the Currency or Currencies in which the Securities of such series are payable (except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301 for the Securities of such series) sufficient to pay the principal of, any premium or Interest on or Additional Amounts so becoming due until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided, and shall promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure so to act.
Whenever the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, shall have one or more Paying Agents for any series of Securities, it shall, on or prior to each due date of the principal of, any premium or Interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to any Securities of such series, deposit with any Paying Agent a sum (in the Currency or Currencies described in the preceding paragraph) sufficient to pay the principal of, any premium or Interest on or Additional Amounts so becoming due, such sum to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto, and (unless such Paying Agent is the Trustee) the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, will promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure so to act.
The Company shall 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 1003, that such Paying Agent shall:
(a) hold all sums held by it for the payment of the principal of, any premium or Interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to 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 provided in or pursuant to this Indenture;
(b) give the Trustee notice of any default by the Company or the Guarantor (or any other obligor upon the Securities of such series) in the making of any payment of principal, any premium or Interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to the Securities of such series; and
(c) 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 or the Guarantor, as the case may be, 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 of the Company or the Guarantor direct a Paying Agent to pay, to the Trustee all sums held in trust by the Company, the Guarantor or such Paying Agent, such sums to be held by the Trustee upon the same terms as those upon which such sums were held by the Company, the Guarantor 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 sums.
Except as otherwise provided herein or pursuant hereto, any money deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held by the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, in trust for the payment of the principal of, any premium or Interest on or any Additional Amount with respect to any Security of any series or any Coupon appertaining thereto and remaining unclaimed for two years after such principal or any such premium or Interest or any such Additional Amount shall have become due and payable shall be paid to the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, on Company Request, or (if then held by the Company or the Guarantor) shall be discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such Security or any Coupon appertaining thereto, or Guarantees endorsed thereon, shall thereafter, as an unsecured general creditor, look only to the Company or the Guarantor (pursuant to the Guarantees) 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 or the Guarantor (pursuant to Guarantee) as trustee thereof, shall thereupon cease; provided, however, that the Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being required to make any such repayment, may at the expense of the Company cause to be published once, in an Authorized Newspaper in each Place of Payment for such series or to be mailed to Holders of Registered Securities of such series, or both, 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 or mailing nor shall it be later than two years after such principal and any premium or Interest or Additional Amounts shall have become due and payable, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining will be repaid to the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be.
Section 1004. Additional Amounts.
Except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301 for the Securities of any series, the Company and the Guarantor each agrees to pay to the Holder of any such Security or any Coupon appertaining thereto Additional Amounts as provided in or pursuant to this Indenture or such Securities. Whenever in this Indenture there is mentioned, in any context, the payment of the principal of or any premium or Interest on, or in respect of, any Security of any series or any Coupon or the net proceeds received on the sale or exchange of any Security of any series, such mention shall be deemed to include mention of the payment of Additional Amounts provided by the terms of such series established hereby or pursuant hereto to the extent that, in such context, Additional Amounts are, were or would be payable in respect thereof pursuant to such terms, and express mention of the payment of Additional Amounts, if applicable, in any provision hereof shall
not be construed as excluding Additional Amounts in those provisions hereof where such express mention is not made.
All payments of, or in respect of, principal of or any premium or Interest on any Security of any series or any Coupon or the net proceeds received on the sale or exchange of any Security of any series shall be made without withholding or deduction for, or on account of, any present or future taxes, duties, levies, assessments or governmental charges of whatever nature imposed or levied by or on behalf of the Applicable Taxing Jurisdiction, unless such taxes, duties, levies, assessments or governmental charges are required by the Applicable Taxing Jurisdiction to be withheld or deducted. In that event, the Company will pay such additional amounts of, or in respect of, principal of or any premium or Interest on any Security of any series or any Coupon or the net proceeds received on the sale or exchange of any Security of any series ("Additional Amounts") as will result (after deduction of such taxes, duties, levies, assessments or governmental charges and any additional taxes, duties, levies, assessments or governmental charges payable in respect of such Additional Amounts) in the payment to the Holder of the Securities of such series of the amounts that would have been payable in respect of such Securities had no such withholding or deduction been required, except that no Additional Amounts shall be so payable for or on account of:
(a) any tax, duty, levy, assessment or other governmental charge that would not have been imposed but for the fact that such Holder:
(i) was a resident, domiciliary or national of, or engaged in business or maintained a permanent establishment or was physically present in, the Applicable Taxing Jurisdiction or otherwise had some connection with the Applicable Taxing Jurisdiction other than the mere ownership of such Security;
(ii) presented (if presentation is required) such Security for payment in the Applicable Taxing Jurisdiction, unless such Security could not have been presented for payment elsewhere;
(iii) presented (if presentation is required) such Security, as the case may be, more than thirty (30) days after the date on which the payment in respect of such Security first became due and payable or was provided for, whichever is later, except to the extent that the Holder would have been entitled to such Additional Amounts if it had presented such Security for payment on any days within such period of thirty (30) days;
(iv) directly or indirectly is taken to be an associate of the Company (as "associate" is defined in Division 16F of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936 of the Commonwealth of Australia (the "Tax Act") (but on the basis that sub paragraphs 159GZC(1)(a)(ii), 1(b)(i) and (1)(d)(i) of the Tax Act do not apply)); or
(v) entered into or participated in a scheme to avoid withholding tax of the Applicable Taxing Jurisdiction, being a scheme which the Company was neither a party to nor participated in, in respect of which the Australian Commissioner of Taxation has made a determination that Australian interest withholding tax is payable in respect of the amount;
(b) any estate, inheritance, gift, sale, transfer, personal property or similar tax, assessment or other governmental charge;
(c) any tax, assessment or other governmental charge that is payable otherwise than by withholding or deduction from payments of, or in respect of, principal of or Interest on such Security;
(d) any tax, assessment or other governmental charge that
is imposed or withheld by reason of the failure to
comply by the Holder or the beneficial owner of such
Security with a request of the Company addressed to
the Holder (i) to provide information concerning the
nationality, residence or identity of the Holder or
such beneficial owner or (ii) to make any declaration
or other similar claim or satisfy any information or
reporting requirement, which, in the case of (i) or
(ii), is required or imposed by a statute, treaty,
regulation or administrative practice of the
Applicable Taxing Jurisdiction as a precondition to
exemption from all or part of such tax, assessment or
other governmental charge; or
(e) any combination of items (a), (b), (c) and (d);
nor shall Additional Amounts be paid with respect to any payment of the principal of or any premium or Interest on any Security of any series or any Coupon or the net proceeds received on the sale or exchange of any Security of any series to any Holder who is a fiduciary or partnership or other than the sole beneficial owner of such payment to the extent such payment would be required by the laws of the Applicable Taxing Jurisdiction to be included in the income for tax purposes of a beneficiary or settlor with respect to such fiduciary or a member of such partnership or a beneficial owner who would not have been entitled to such Additional Amounts had it been the Holder of such Security.
Except as otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture or the Securities of the applicable series, at least 10 days prior to the first Interest Payment Date with respect to such series of Securities (or if the Securities of such series shall 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 or Interest if there has been any change with respect to the matters set forth in the below mentioned Officers' Certificate, the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, shall furnish to the Trustee and the principal Paying Agent or Paying Agents, if other than the Trustee, an Officers' Certificate instructing the Trustee and such Paying Agent or Paying Agents whether such payment of principal of and premium, if any, or Interest on the Securities of such series shall be made to Holders of Securities of such series or the Coupons appertaining thereto who are United States Aliens or non-residents of the Applicable Taxing Jurisdiction without withholding for or on account of any tax, assessment or other governmental charge described in the Securities of such 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 agrees to pay to the Trustee or such Paying Agent the Additional Amounts required. Each of the Company and the Guarantor, jointly and severally, 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.
Section 1005. Limitation on Liens.
Nothing in this Indenture or in the Securities shall in any way restrict or prevent the Company, the Guarantor or any other Subsidiary from issuing, assuming, guaranteeing or otherwise incurring any indebtedness; provided, however, that neither the Company, the Guarantor nor any other Subsidiary shall issue, assume or guaranty any notes, bonds, debentures or other similar evidences of indebtedness for money borrowed secured by any Lien on any asset now owned or hereafter acquired by it without making effective provision whereby any and all Securities then or thereafter outstanding shall be secured by a Lien equally and ratably with any and all other obligations thereby secured, so long as any such obligations shall be so secured. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company, the Guarantor or any other Subsidiary, without so securing the Securities, may issue, assume or guaranty indebtedness secured by the following Liens:
(a) Liens existing on the date of this Indenture or provided for under the terms of agreements existing on the date hereof;
(b) Liens on property to secure (i) all or any portion of the cost of exploration, production, gathering, processing, marketing, drilling or development of such property, (ii) all or any portion of the cost of acquiring, constructing, altering, improving or repairing any property or assets, real or personal, or improvements used in connection with such property, and (iii) indebtedness incurred by the Guarantor, the Company or any other Subsidiary to provide funds for the activities set forth in clauses (i) and (ii) above;
(c) Liens which secure indebtedness owing by a Subsidiary to the Guarantor or to one or more other Subsidiaries, or to the Guarantor and one or more other Subsidiaries;
(d) Liens on the property of any Person existing at the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary;
(e) Liens on any property securing (i) indebtedness incurred in connection with the construction, installation or financing of pollution control or abatement facilities or other forms of industrial revenue bond financing, (ii) indebtedness issued or guaranteed by the United States, any state or any department, agency or instrumentality of either or (iii) indebtedness issued or guaranteed by (Y) a foreign government, any state or any department, agency or instrumentality of either or (Z) an international finance agency or any division or department thereof, including the World Bank, the International Finance Corp. and the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency;
(f) any Lien extending, renewing or replacing (or successive extensions, renewals or replacements of) any Lien of the type set forth in paragraphs (a) through (e) above, which Lien exists on the date of this Indenture;
(g) any Ordinary Course Lien (as defined below) arising, and only so long as continuing, in the ordinary course of the business of the Guarantor; or
(h) Liens which secure Limited Recourse Indebtedness.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Guarantor and any one or
more other Subsidiaries may issue, assume or guaranty the following indebtedness
secured by Liens on assets without regard to the foregoing limitations:
indebtedness in any aggregate principal amount which, together with the
aggregate outstanding principal amount of all other indebtedness of the Company,
the Guarantor and its other Subsidiaries so secured (excluding indebtedness
secured by the permitted Liens described above), and the aggregate amount of
Sale/Leaseback Transaction obligations which would otherwise be subject to the
provisions of Section 1006, does not at the time such indebtedness is incurred
exceed 10% of the Guarantor's Consolidated Net Worth as shown on the most recent
audited consolidated balance sheet of the Guarantor and its Subsidiaries.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this Section 1005 shall be deemed to prohibit or otherwise limit the following types of transactions:
(1) (i) the sale, granting of Liens with respect to or other transfer of crude oil, natural gas or other petroleum hydrocarbons in place, for a period of time until, or in an amount such that, the transferee will realize therefrom a specified amount (however determined) of money or such crude oil, natural gas or other petroleum hydrocarbons, or (ii) the sale or other transfer of any other interest in property of the character commonly referred to as a production payment, overriding royalty, forward sales or similar interest; and
(2) the granting of Liens required by any contract or statute in order to permit the Guarantor or a Subsidiary to perform any contract or subcontract made by it with or at the request of the United States government or any foreign government or international finance agency, any state or any department thereof, or any agency or instrumentality thereof, or to secure partial, progress, advance or other payments to the Guarantor or any other Subsidiary by any such entity pursuant to the provisions of any contract or statute.
"Lien" shall mean, with respect to any asset, any mortgage, lien, pledge, security interest or encumbrances of any kind in respect of such asset, whether or not filed, recorded or otherwise perfected under applicable law. The Company, the Guarantor or any other Subsidiary shall be deemed to own subject to a Lien any asset which it has acquired or holds subject to the interest of a vendor or lessor under any conditional sale agreement, capital lease or other title retention agreement relating to such asset. The right of set-off, whether by operation of law or by contract, does not constitute a Lien unless there is a related obligation to maintain a deposit of cash or other assets in respect of which such right of set-off may be exercised.
"Ordinary Course Lien" shall mean:
(a) Liens for taxes, assessments or governmental changes or levies on the property of the Company, the Guarantor or any other Subsidiary if the same shall not at the time be delinquent or thereafter can be paid without penalty, or are being contested in good
faith and by appropriate proceedings and for which adequate reserves in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles shall have been set aside on the books of the Company or the Guarantor;
(b) Liens imposed by law, such as carriers', warehousemen's, landlords' and mechanics' liens and other similar liens arising in the ordinary course of business which secure obligations not more than 60 days past due or which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which adequate reserves in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles shall have been set aside on the books of the Company or the Guarantor;
(c) Liens arising out of pledges or deposits under worker's compensation laws, unemployment insurance, old age pensions, or other social security or retirement benefits, or similar legislation;
(d) Utility easements, building restrictions and such other encumbrances or charges against real property as are of a nature generally existing with respect to properties of a similar character and which do not in any material way affect the marketability of the same or interfere with the use thereof in the business of the Company, the Guarantor or its other Subsidiaries, as the case may be;
(e) Liens arising under operating agreements or similar agreements in respect of obligations which are not yet due or which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings;
(f) Liens reserved in oil, gas and/or mineral leases for bonus or rental payments and for compliance with the terms of such leases;
(g) Liens pursuant to partnership agreements, oil, gas and/or mineral leases, farm-out-agreements, division orders, contracts for the sale, purchase, exchange, or processing of oil, gas and/or other hydrocarbons, unitization and pooling declarations and agreements, operating agreements, development agreements, area of mutual interest agreements, forward sale agreements, oil and gas delivery obligations, and other agreements which are customary in the oil, gas and other mineral exploration, development and production business and in the business of processing of gas and gas condensate production of the extraction of products therefrom;
(h) Liens on personal property (excluding the capital stock or indebtedness of any Subsidiary) securing indebtedness maturing not more than one year from the date of its creation; and
(i) Liens relating to a judgment or other court-ordered award or settlement as to which the Guarantor or the Company has not exhausted its appellate rights.
"Consolidated Net Worth" means the consolidated stockholders' equity of the Guarantor, determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.
Section 1006. Limitation on Sale/Leaseback Transactions.
None of the Company, the Guarantor or any other Subsidiary will enter into any Sale/Leaseback Transaction with any Person (other than the Guarantor or a Subsidiary) providing for a term of more than three years unless:
(a) the Company, the Guarantor or such other Subsidiary would be permitted, pursuant to the terms of Section 1005, to incur indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount equal to or exceeding the value of the Sale/Leaseback Transaction secured by a Lien on the property subject to such Sale/Leaseback Transaction;
(b) since the date of this Indenture and within a period commencing six months prior to the Sale/Leaseback Transaction and ending six months after the consummation thereof, the Company, the Guarantor or such other Subsidiary expends for any property (including amounts expended for the acquisition, exploration, drilling or development thereof, or for additions, alterations, improvements or repairs thereto) an amount up to the net proceeds of such Sale/Leaseback Transaction, and the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, elects to designate such amount as a credit against such Sale/Leaseback Transaction (with any amount of such net proceeds not being so designated to be applied as set forth in paragraph (c) below); or
(c) the Company or Guarantor, as the case may be, during or immediately after the expiration of the 12 month period following the consummation of the Sale/Leaseback Transaction, applies to the voluntary retirement, redemption or defeasance of the Securities and its other Senior Indebtedness an amount equal to the greater of (i) the net proceeds of the Sale/Leaseback Transaction and (ii) the fair value, in the opinion of the Board of Directors of the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, of the subject property of the Sale/Leaseback Transaction at the time of such transaction (adjusted, in either case, to reflect the remaining term of the lease and any amount applied pursuant to paragraph (b) above), less an amount equal to the principal amount of other Senior Indebtedness voluntarily retired by the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, during such 12-month period.
"Sale/Leaseback Transaction" means any arrangement providing for the leasing to the Company, the Guarantor or any other Subsidiary by any Person (other than the Guarantor, the Company or any other Subsidiary) of any property which has been, or is to be, sold or transferred by the Guarantor, the Company or such other Subsidiary to such Person or to any Person (other than the Company or any other Subsidiary) to which funds have been or are to be advanced by such Person on the security of the leased property, except with respect to any lease that secures or relates to obligations issued by or on behalf of (a) the United States, any state or any department, agency or instrumentality of either, (b) a foreign government, any state or any department agency or instrumentality of either, or (c) an international finance agency or any division or department thereof, including the World Bank, the International Finance Corp. and the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency, in connection with the financing of the cost of construction, improvement or equipping of such property.
Section 1007. Corporate Existence.
Subject to Articles Eight and Fifteen, each of the Company and the Guarantor shall do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its corporate existence and that of each other Subsidiary and their respective rights (charter and statutory) and franchises; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not obligate the Company, the Guarantor or any other Subsidiary to preserve any such right or franchise if the Company, the Guarantor or any other Subsidiary shall determine that the preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of its business or the business of such other Subsidiary.
Section 1008. Payment of Expenses of Each Trust.
The Company covenants for the benefit of the Holders of each series of Securities owned by a Trust to pay all of the obligations, costs and expenses of such Trust (other than payments in respect of Trust Securities) in accordance with the provisions of its Trust Agreement and to pay the taxes of such Trust in accordance with the provisions of its Trust Agreement in order to permit such Trust to make distributions on and redemptions of its Preferred Securities in accordance with its Trust Agreement.
Section 1009. Waiver of Certain Covenants.
The Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, may omit in any particular instance to comply with any term, provision or condition set forth in Sections 1002 or 1006 with respect to the Securities of any series if before the time for such compliance the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series, by Act of such Holders, either shall waive such compliance in such instance or generally shall have waived compliance with such term, provision or condition, but no such waiver shall extend to or affect such term, provision or condition except to the extent so expressly waived, and, until such waiver shall become effective, the obligations of the Company and the Guarantor and the duties of the Trustee in respect of any such term, provision or condition shall remain in full force and effect.
Section 1010. Company Statement as to Compliance; Notice of Certain Defaults.
(a) Each of the Company and the Guarantor shall deliver to the Trustee, within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year, a written statement (which need not be contained in or accompanied by an Officers' Certificate) signed by the principal executive officer, the principal financial officer or the principal accounting officer of the Company and the Guarantor, respectively, stating that
(1) a review of the activities of the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, during such year and of its performance under this Indenture has been made under his or her supervision, and
(2) to the best of his or her knowledge, based on such review, (i) the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, has complied with all the conditions and covenants imposed on it under this Indenture throughout such year, or, if there has been a default in the fulfillment of any such condition or covenant,
specifying each such default known to him or her and the nature and status thereof, and (ii) no event has occurred and is continuing which is, or after notice or lapse of time or both would become, an Event of Default, or, if such an event has occurred and is continuing, specifying each such event known to him and the nature and status thereof.
(b) Each of the Company and the Guarantor shall deliver to the Trustee, within five days after the occurrence thereof, written notice of any Event of Default or any Default.
ARTICLE ELEVEN
REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES
Section 1101. Applicability of Article.
Redemption of Securities of any series at the option of the Company as permitted or required by the terms of such Securities shall be made in accordance with the terms of such Securities and (except as otherwise provided herein or pursuant hereto) this Article Eleven.
Section 1102. Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee.
The election of the Company to redeem any Securities shall be evidenced by or pursuant to a Board Resolution or an Officers' Certificate. In case of any redemption at the election of the Company of (a) less than all of the Securities of any series or (b) all of the Securities of any series, with the same issue date, Interest rate or formula, Stated Maturity and other terms, 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 and of the principal amount of Securities of such series to be redeemed.
Section 1103. Selection by Trustee of Securities to be Redeemed.
If less than all of the Securities of any series with the same issue date, Interest rate or formula, 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 and which may provide for the selection for redemption of portions of the principal amount of Registered Securities of such series; provided, however, that no such partial redemption shall reduce the portion of the principal amount of a Registered Security of such series not redeemed to less than the minimum denomination for a Security of such series established herein or pursuant hereto.
The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company and the Security Registrar (if other than itself) 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 of such Securities which has been or is to be redeemed.
Unless otherwise specified in or pursuant to this Indenture or the Securities of any series, if any Security selected for partial redemption is converted or exchanged for Common Stock or other securities, cash or property in part before termination of the conversion or exchange right with respect to the portion of the Security so selected, the converted or exchanged portion of such Security shall be deemed (so far as may be) to be the portion selected for redemption. Securities which have been converted or exchanged during a selection of Securities to be redeemed shall be treated by the Trustee as Outstanding for the purpose of such selection.
Section 1104. Notice of Redemption.
Notice of redemption shall be given in the manner provided in
Section 106, not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the Redemption
Date, unless a shorter period is specified in the Securities to be redeemed, to
the Holders of Securities to be redeemed. Failure to give notice by mailing in
the manner herein provided to the Holder of any Registered Securities designated
for redemption as a whole or in part, or any defect in the notice to any such
Holder, shall not affect the validity of the proceedings for the redemption of
any other Securities or portion thereof.
Any notice that is mailed to the Holder of any Registered Securities in the manner herein provided shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether or not such Holder receives the notice.
All notices of redemption shall state:
(a) the Redemption Date;
(b) the Redemption Price;
(c) if less than all Outstanding Securities of any series are to be redeemed, the identification (and, in the case of partial redemption, the principal amount) of the particular Security or Securities to be redeemed;
(d) in case any Security is to be redeemed in part only, the notice which relates to such Security shall state that on and after the Redemption Date, upon surrender of such Security, the Holder of such Security will receive, without charge, a new Security or Securities of authorized denominations for the principal amount thereof remaining unredeemed;
(e) that, on the Redemption Date, the Redemption Price shall become due and payable upon each such Security or portion thereof to be redeemed, and, if applicable, that Interest thereon shall cease to accrue on and after said date;
(f) the place or places where such Securities, together (in the case of Bearer Securities) with all Coupons appertaining thereto, if any, maturing after the Redemption Date, are
to be surrendered for payment of the Redemption Price and any accrued Interest and Additional Amounts pertaining thereto;
(g) that, unless otherwise specified in such notice, Bearer Securities of any series, if any, surrendered for redemption must be accompanied by all Coupons maturing subsequent to the date fixed for redemption or the amount of any such missing Coupon or Coupons will be deducted from the Redemption Price, unless security or indemnity satisfactory to the Company, the Trustee and any Paying Agent is furnished;
(h) if Bearer Securities of any series are to be redeemed and any Registered Securities of such series are not to be redeemed, and if such Bearer Securities may be exchanged for Registered Securities not subject to redemption on the Redemption Date pursuant to Section 305 or otherwise, the last date, as determined by the Company, on which such exchanges may be made;
(i) that the redemption is out of a sinking fund, if such is the case;
(j) in the case of Securities of any series that are convertible or exchangeable into other securities, cash or property or rights, the conversion or exchange price or rate, the date or dates on which or the period or periods during which the right to convert or exchange the principal of the Securities of such series to be redeemed will commence or terminate and the place or places where such Securities may be surrendered for conversion or exchange; and
(k) the CUSIP number or the Euroclear or the Clearstream Luxembourg reference numbers of such Securities, if any (or any other numbers used by a Depositary to identify such Securities).
A notice of redemption mailed 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 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on any Redemption Date, the Company shall deposit, with respect to the Securities of any series called for redemption pursuant to Section 1104, 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 in the applicable Currency sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of, and (except if the Redemption Date shall be an Interest Payment Date, unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301 or in the Securities of such series) any accrued Interest on and Additional Amounts with respect thereto, all such Securities or portions thereof 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 any accrued Interest and Additional Amounts to the Redemption Date; provided, however, that, except as otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture or the Bearer Securities of such series, installments of Interest on Bearer Securities whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to the Redemption Date shall be payable only upon presentation and surrender of Coupons for such Interest (at an Office or Agency located outside the United States except as otherwise provided in Section 1002), and provided, further, that, except as otherwise specified in or pursuant to this Indenture or the Registered Securities of such series, 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 Regular Record Dates therefor according to their terms and the provisions of Section 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 any Interest or Additional Amounts represented by Coupons shall be payable only upon presentation and surrender of those Coupons at an Office or Agency for such Security located outside of the United States except as otherwise provided in Section 1002.
If any Security called for redemption shall not be so paid upon surrender thereof for redemption, the principal and any premium, until paid, shall bear Interest from the Redemption Date at the rate prescribed therefor in the Security.
Section 1107. Securities Redeemed in Part.
Any Registered Security which is to be redeemed only in part shall be surrendered at any Office or Agency for such Security (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, the Guarantees of the Guarantor shall be endorsed on 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, containing identical terms and provisions, 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. If a Security in global form is so surrendered, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the U.S. Depositary or other Depositary for such Security in global form as shall be specified in the Company Order with respect thereto to the Trustee, without service charge, a new Security in global form in a denomination equal to and in exchange for the unredeemed portion of the principal of the Security in global form so surrendered.
Section 1108. Redemption for Tax Reasons.
Except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301 for the Securities of any series, if, as a result of any change in or any amendment to the laws, regulations or published tax rulings of the Applicable Taxing Jurisdiction affecting taxation, or any change in the official administration, application or interpretation of such laws, regulations or published tax rulings either generally or in relation to the Securities of any series, which change or amendment becomes effective on or after the original issue date of such Securities or which change in official administration, application or interpretation shall not have been available to the public prior to such issue date, it is determined by the Company that (a) the Company would be required to pay any Additional Amounts pursuant to this Indenture in respect of any payments that it may be required to make with respect to such Securities and (b) such obligation cannot be avoided by the Company or the Guarantor taking reasonable measures available to it, the Company may, at its option, redeem all (but not less than all) of the Securities of such series upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days' written notice as provided in this Indenture, at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid Interest to the date fixed for redemption; provided, however, that (x) no such notice of redemption may be given earlier than 60 days prior to the earliest date on which the Company would be obligated to pay such Additional amounts were a payment then due in respect of such Securities and (y) at the time any such redemption notice is given, such obligation to pay such Additional Amounts must remain in effect.
If (a) the Company shall have on any date (the "Succession Date") consolidated with or merged into, or conveyed or transferred or leased its properties and assets as an entirety or substantially as an entirety to, any Successor which is organized under the laws of any jurisdiction other than the United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia or the jurisdiction in which the Company is organized, (b) as result of any change in or any amendment to the laws, regulations or published tax rulings of such jurisdiction, or of any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein, affecting taxation, or any change in the official administration, application or interpretation of such laws, regulations or published tax rulings either generally or in relation to such Securities, which change or amendment become effective on or after the Succession Date or which change in official administration, application or interpretation shall not have been available to the public prior to such Succession Date and is notified to the Company, such Successor would be required to pay any Successor Additional Amounts pursuant to the Indenture or the terms of such Securities in respect of any payments that it may be required to make with respect to such Securities and (c) such obligation cannot be avoided by the Company or such Successor taking reasonable measures available to it, the
Company or such Successor may at its option redeem all (but not less than all) of such Securities, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days' written notice as provided in this Indenture, at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued Interest to the date fixed for redemption; provided however, that (a) no such notice of redemption may be given earlier than 60 days prior to the earliest date on which a Successor would be obligated to pay such Successor Additional Amounts were a payment then due in respect of such Securities, and (b) at the time any such redemption notice is given, such obligation to pay such Successor Additional Amounts must remain in effect.
ARTICLE TWELVE
REPAYMENT AT THE OPTION OF HOLDERS
Section 1201. Applicability of Article.
Securities of any series which are repayable at the option of the Holders thereof before their Stated Maturity shall be repaid in accordance with the terms of the Securities of such series. The repayment of any principal amount of Securities pursuant to such option of the Holder to require repayment of Securities before their Stated Maturity, for purposes of Section 309, shall not operate as a payment, redemption or satisfaction of the Indebtedness represented by such Securities unless and until the Company, at its option, shall deliver or surrender the same to the Trustee with a directive that such Securities be canceled. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 1201, in connection with any repayment of Securities, the Company may arrange for the purchase of any Securities by an agreement with one or more investment bankers or other purchasers to purchase such Securities by paying to the Holders of such Securities on or before the close of business on the repayment date an amount not less than the repayment price payable by the Company on repayment of such Securities, and the obligation of the Company to pay the repayment price of such Securities shall be satisfied and discharged to the extent such payment is so paid by such purchasers.
ARTICLE THIRTEEN
SECURITIES IN FOREIGN CURRENCIES
Section 1301. Applicability of Article.
Whenever this Indenture provides for (i) any action by, or the determination of any of the rights of, Holders of Securities of any series in which not all of such Securities are denominated in the same Currency, or (ii) any distribution to Holders of Securities, in the absence of any provision to the contrary in the form of Security of any particular series or pursuant to this Indenture or the Securities, any amount in respect of any Security denominated in a Currency other than Dollars shall be treated for any such action or distribution as that amount of Dollars that could be obtained for such amount on such reasonable basis of exchange and as of the record date with respect to Registered Securities of such series (if any) for such action, determination of rights or distribution (or, if there shall be no applicable record date, such other date reasonably proximate to
the date of such action, determination of rights or distribution) as the Company or the Guarantor may specify in a written notice to the Trustee or, in the absence of such written notice, as the Trustee may determine.
ARTICLE FOURTEEN
MEETINGS OF HOLDERS OF SECURITIES
Section 1401. 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 Fourteen to make, give or take any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act provided by this Indenture to be made, given or taken by Holders of Securities of such series.
Section 1402. 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 1401, to be held at such time and at such place in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, or, if Securities of such series have been issued in whole or in part as Bearer Securities, in London or in such place outside the United States as the Trustee shall determine. 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 Guarantor (in each case, by or pursuant to a Board Resolution) 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 1401, by written request setting forth in reasonable detail the action proposed to be taken at the meeting, and the Trustee shall not have mailed notice of or made the first publication of the notice of such meeting within 21 days after receipt of such request (whichever shall be required pursuant to Section 106) or shall not thereafter proceed to cause the meeting to be held as provided herein, then the Company, the Guarantor 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, if Securities of such series are to be issued as Bearer Securities, in London for such meeting and may call such meeting for such purposes by giving notice thereof as provided in clause (a) of this Section 1402.
Section 1403. 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 or the Guarantor and their respective counsel.
Section 1404. 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 at least 66-2/3% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of a series, the Persons entitled to vote 66-2/3% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series shall constitute a quorum. In the absence of a quorum within 30 minutes after 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 of not less than 10 days as 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 of not less than 10 days as 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 1402(1), 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 only 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 consent or waiver which this
Indenture expressly provides may be given by the Holders of at least 66-2/3% in
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of a series may be adopted at a
meeting or an adjourned meeting duly convened and at which a quorum is present
as aforesaid only by the affirmative vote of the Holders of 66-2/3% in principal
amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series; and provided, further,
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 Act 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 such
series.
Any resolution passed or decision taken at any meeting of Holders of Securities of any series duly held in accordance with this Section 1404 shall be binding on all the Holders of Securities of such series and the Coupons appertaining thereto, whether or not such Holders were present or represented at the meeting.
Section 1405. 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 such 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, the Guarantor or Holders of Securities as provided in Section 1402(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 Securities of such series held or represented by him; provided, however, that no vote shall be cast or counted at any meeting in respect of 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 1402 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 1406. 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 the 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 triplicate of all votes cast at the meeting. A record, at least in triplicate, 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 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 1402 and, if applicable, Section 1404. 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, another to the Guarantor 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.
ARTICLE FIFTEEN
PURCHASE OF SECURITIES UPON CHANGE IN CONTROL
Section 1501. Purchase of Securities at Option of the Holder upon Change in Control.
(1) If on or prior to Maturity, there shall have occurred a Change in Control (as defined herein), the Securities shall be purchased, at the option of the Holder thereof, by the Company at the purchase price specified in the Securities (the "Change in Control Purchase Price"), on the date that is 35 Business Days after the occurrence of the Change in Control (the "Change in Control Purchase Date"), subject to satisfaction by or on behalf of the Holder of the requirements set forth in Section 1501(3).
A "Change in Control" shall be deemed to have occurred at such time as any of the following events shall occur:
(a) Any person (for purposes of paragraph (a) of this Section 1501(1) only, the term "person" shall mean a "person" as defined in or for purposes of Section 13(d)(3) or Section 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act of 1934 (as defined herein), or any successor provision to either of the foregoing, including any "group" acting for the purposes of acquiring, holding or disposing of securities within the meaning of Rule 13D-5(b)(1) under the Exchange Act of 1934), together with its Affiliates and Associates (as defined herein), shall file or become obligated to file a report under or in response to Schedule 13D or 14D-1 (or any successor schedule, form or report) pursuant to the Exchange Act of 1934 disclosing that such person has become the beneficial owner (as the term "beneficial owner" is defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act of 1934, or any successor provision) of either (A) 50% or more of the shares of Common Stock of the Guarantor then outstanding or (B) 50% or more of the voting power of the Voting Stock of the Guarantor then outstanding; provided, however, that for purposes of paragraph (a) of this Section 1501(1), a person shall not be deemed the beneficial owner of (1) any securities tendered pursuant to a tender offer or exchange offer made by or on behalf of such person, or its Affiliates or Associates, until such tendered securities are accepted for purchase or exchange thereunder, or (2) any securities in respect of which beneficial ownership by such person arises solely as a result of a revocable proxy delivered in response to a proxy or consent solicitation that is made pursuant to, and in accordance with, the Exchange Act of 1934 and the applicable rules and regulations thereunder and is not then reportable on Schedule 13D (or any successor schedule, form or report) under the Exchange Act of 1934.
(b) There shall be consummated any sale, transfer, lease or conveyance of all or substantially all of the properties and assets of the Guarantor to any other Corporation or Corporations or other Person or Persons (other than a Subsidiary of the Guarantor).
(c) There shall be consummated any consolidation of the Guarantor with or merger of the Guarantor with or into any other Person (whether or not affiliated with the Guarantor) in which the Guarantor is not the sole surviving or continuing Corporation or pursuant to which the shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the consummation of such consolidation or merger are converted into cash, securities or other property, other than a consolidation or merger in which the holders of shares of Common Stock receive, directly or indirectly, (A) 75% or more of the common stock of the sole surviving or continuing Corporation outstanding immediately following the consummation of such consolidation or merger and (B) securities representing 75% or more of the combined voting power of the Voting Stock of the sole surviving or continuing Corporation outstanding immediately following the consummation thereof of such consolidation or merger.
"Exchange Act of 1934" shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
"Associate" shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Rule 12b-2 under the Exchange Act of 1934, as in effect on the date hereof.
(2) Within 15 Business Days after the occurrence of a Change in Control, the Company shall mail a written notice of Change in Control by first-class mail to the Trustee and to each Holder (and to beneficial owners as required by applicable law, including, without limitation, Rule 13c-4 under the Exchange Act of 1934) and if any Bearer Securities are then Outstanding, and shall cause a copy of such notice to be published at least once in an Authorized Newspaper located in The City of New York and, if any Securities are then listed on any stock exchange located outside the United States, in an Authorized Newspaper in such city as the stock exchange so requires. The notice shall include or transmit a form of Change in Control Purchase Notice (as described below) to be completed by the Holder and shall state:
(a) the events causing a Change in Control and the date of such Change in Control;
(b) the date by which the Change in Control Purchase Notice pursuant to this Section 1501 must be given;
(c) the Change in Control Purchase Date;
(d) the Change in Control Purchase Price;
(e) the name and address of the Trustee and the Office or Agency;
(f) that the Securities must be surrendered to the Trustee or the Office or Agency to collect payment;
(g) that the Change in Control Purchase Price for any Security as to which a Change in Control Purchase Notice has been duly given and not withdrawn will be paid promptly following the later of the Change in Control Purchase Date or the time of surrender of such Security as described in Section 1501(2)(f);
(h) the procedures the Holder must follow to exercise rights under this Section 1501(1) and a brief description of those rights; and
(i) the procedures for withdrawing a Change in Control Purchase Notice.
(3) A Holder may exercise its rights specified in Section 1501(1) upon delivery of a written notice of purchase (a "Change in Control Purchase Notice") to the Trustee or to an Office or Agency at any time prior to the close of business of the Change in Control Purchase Date, stating:
(a) the certificate number or numbers of the Security or Securities, except in the case of global Securities, which the Holder will deliver to be purchased;
(b) the portion of the principal amount of the Security or Securities which the Holder will deliver to be purchased, which portion must be $1,000 or an integral multiple thereof; and
(c) that such Security or Securities shall be purchased on the Change in Control Purchase Date pursuant to the terms and conditions specified in the Securities.
The delivery of the Security, by hand or by registered mail prior to, on or after the Change in Control Purchase Date (together with all necessary endorsements), to the Trustee or to an Office or Agency shall be a condition precedent to the obligation of the Company to pay to the Holder the Change in Control Purchase Price therefor; provided, however, that such Change in Control Purchase Price shall be so paid pursuant to this Section 1501 only if the Security so delivered to the Trustee or such Office or Agency shall conform in all respects to the description thereof set forth in the related Change in Control Purchase Notice.
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, any Holder delivering to the Trustee or to an Office or Agency, the Change in Control Purchase Notice contemplated by this Section 1501(3) shall have the right to withdraw such Change in Control Purchase Notice at any time prior to or on the Change in Control Purchase Date by delivery of a written notice of withdrawal to the Trustee or to such Office or Agency in accordance with Section 1502.
Section 1502. Effect of Change in Control Purchase Notice.
Upon receipt by the Company of the Change in Control Purchase Notice specified in Section 1501(3), the Holder of the Security in respect of which such Change in Control Purchase Notice was given shall (unless such Change in Control Purchase Notice is withdrawn as specified in the following paragraph) thereafter be entitled to receive solely the Change in Control Purchase Price with respect to such Security. Such Change in Control Purchase Price shall be paid to such Holder promptly following the later of (x) the Change in Control Purchase Date, as the
case may be, with respect to such Security (provided the conditions in Section 1501(3), as applicable, have been satisfied) and (y) the time of delivery of such Security to the Trustee or to an Office or Agency by the Holder thereof in the manner required by Section 1501(3), as applicable.
A Change in Control Purchase Notice may be withdrawn by means of a written notice of withdrawal delivered to the office of the Trustee or to an Office or Agency at any time prior to the close of business on the Change in Control Purchase Date, specifying:
(a) the certificate number or numbers of the Security or Securities, except in the case of global Securities, in respect of which such notice of withdrawal is being submitted;
(b) the principal amount of the Security or Securities with respect to which such notice of withdrawal is being submitted; and
(c) the principal amount, if any, of such Security or Securities which remains subject to the original Change in Control Purchase Notice, and which has been and will be delivered for purchase by the Company.
There shall be no purchase of any Securities pursuant to
Section 1501 if there has occurred and in continuing an Event of Default (other
than a default in the payment of the Change in Control Purchase Price).
Section 1503. Deposit of Change in Control Purchase Price.
Prior to 12:00 noon, New York, New York time, on the Business
Day following the Change in Control Purchase Date, the Company shall deposit
with the Trustee (or, if the Guarantor or a Subsidiary or an Affiliate of any of
them is acting as Paying Agent, shall segregate and hold in trust as provided in
Section 1003) an amount of cash in immediately available funds or securities, if
expressly permitted hereunder, sufficient to pay the aggregate Change in Control
Purchase Price of all the Securities or portions thereof which are to be
purchased. If a deposit is made with the Trustee of the aforesaid amount of cash
or securities, the Securities or portions thereof with respect to which a Change
in Control Purchase Notice has been delivered and not validly withdrawn shall
become due and payable as of the Business Day following the applicable Change in
Control Purchase Date, and on and after such date Interest payable in respect of
such Securities shall cease and all other rights of the Holders thereof shall
terminate, other than the right to receive the Change in Control Purchase Price
upon delivery of such Securities to the Trustee.
Section 1504. Covenant to Comply With Securities Laws Upon Purchase of Securities.
In connection with any purchase of Securities under Section 1501 hereof, the Company and the Guarantor shall (a) comply with Rule 13e-4 under the Exchange Act of 1934, if applicable, (b) file the related Schedule 13E-4 (or any successor schedule, form or report) under the Exchange Act of 1934, if applicable, and (c) otherwise comply with all Federal and state securities laws regulating the purchase of the Securities (including positions of the Commission under applicable no-action letters) so as to permit the rights and obligation under Section 1501 to be exercised in the time and in the manner specified in Section 1501 and 1502.
Section 1505. Repayment to the Company.
The Trustee shall return to the Company any cash, together
with Interest or dividends, if any, thereon (subject to the provisions of
Section 605) held by it for the payment of the Change in Control Purchase Price
of the Securities that remain unclaimed as provided in the Securities; provided,
however, that to the extent the aggregate amount of cash deposited by the
Company pursuant to Section 1503 exceeds the aggregate Change in Control
Purchase Price of the Securities or portions thereof to be purchased, then
promptly after the Change in Control Purchase Date, the Trustee shall return any
such excess to the Company together with Interest or dividends, if any, thereon
(subject to the provisions of Section 605).
ARTICLE SIXTEEN
GUARANTEES
Section 1601. Guarantee.
The Guarantor hereby irrevocably and unconditionally guarantees to each Holder of a Security authenticated and delivered by the Trustee, and to the Trustee on behalf of such Holder, the due and punctual payment of the principal of and any premium and Interest on and any Additional Amounts with respect to such Security and the due and punctual payment of any payments provided for pursuant to the terms of such Security and any Coupons appertaining thereto, when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at the Stated Maturity, by declaration of acceleration, call for redemption or repayment or otherwise, in accordance with the terms of such Security, any such Coupons and this Indenture, and any and all other amounts owed by the Company to the Trustee or the Holders under the terms of this Indenture. This guarantee will not be discharged with respect to any Securities of any series or Coupons appertaining thereto except by payment in full of the principal thereof, premium, if any, and Interest thereon and all other amounts payable thereunder and under this Indenture with respect thereto. The Guarantor hereby expressly waives its right to require the Trustee or any Holder to pursue or exhaust its legal or equitable remedies against the Company prior to exercising its rights under this guarantee. In case of the failure of the Company punctually to make any such payment, the Guarantor hereby agrees to cause such payment to be made punctually when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at the Stated Maturity or by declaration of acceleration, call for redemption or repayment or otherwise, and as if such payment were made by the Company.
The Guarantor hereby agrees that any amounts to be paid by it hereunder shall be paid without deduction or withholding for or on account of any and all present or future tax, duty, assessment or governmental charge imposed upon or as a result of such payment by the Government of the United States, or any state or other political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein, or if deduction or withholding of any such tax, duty, assessment or charge shall at any time be required by or on behalf of the Government of the United States or any such state, political subdivision or taxing authority, the Guarantor shall pay such additional amount in respect of principal, premium, if any, and Interest, if any, as may be necessary in order that the net amounts paid to the Holder of a Security or the Trustee on behalf of the Holder of such Security, as the case may be, pursuant to this guarantee after such deduction or withholding shall not be less
than the amount provided for in such Security to be then due and payable; except that no such additional amount shall be payable in respect of any Security to any Holder (a) who is subject to such tax, duty, assessment or governmental charge in respect of such Security by reason of his being connected with the United States otherwise than merely by the holding or ownership of such Security, or (b) who is not dealing at arm's length with the Guarantor (within the meaning of the Internal Revenue Code as amended from time to time).
The Guarantor hereby agrees that its obligations hereunder shall be as if it were principal debtor and not merely surety, and shall be absolute and unconditional, irrespective of the validity, regularity or enforceability of any Security or this Indenture, the absence of any action to enforce the same, any waiver or consent by the Holder of such Security or by the Trustee with respect to any provisions thereof or of this Indenture, the obtaining of any judgment against the Company or any action to enforce the same or any other circumstances which might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a guarantor. The Guarantor hereby waives the benefits of division and discussion, diligence, presentment, demand of payment, filing of claims with a court in the event of merger, insolvency or bankruptcy of the Company, any right to require a proceeding first against the Company, protest or notice with respect to any Security or the indebtedness evidenced thereby and all demands whatsoever, and covenants that no guarantee (including any Guarantee endorsed on a Security) will be discharged in respect of any Security except by complete performance of the obligations contained in such Security and in this guarantee. The Guarantor hereby agrees that, in the event of a default in payment of principal (or premium, if any) or Interest, if any, on or Additional Amounts with respect to any Security, or a default in any payment referred to therein, legal proceedings may be instituted by the Trustee on behalf of, or by, the Holder of such Security, on the terms and conditions set forth in this Indenture, directly against the Guarantor to enforce this guarantee without first proceeding against the Company.
The Guarantor shall be subrogated to all rights of the Holders of the Securities of a particular series against the Company in respect of any amounts paid by the Guarantor on account of such Securities pursuant to the provisions of this guarantee or this Indenture; provided, however, that the Guarantor shall not be entitled to enforce or to receive any payments arising out of, or based upon, such right of subrogation until the principal of, any premium and Interest on, and Additional Amounts with respect to, all Securities of such series issued hereunder shall have been paid in full.
Section 1602. Execution and Delivery of Guarantees.
The Guarantees to be endorsed on the Securities of each series shall include the terms of the guarantee set forth in Section 202 (except that references to premium and Interest need be included only if any premium or Interest, respectively, is provided for in the terms of such series) and any other terms that may be set forth in the form established pursuant to Section 202 with respect to such series. The Guarantor hereby agrees to execute the Guarantees, in a form established pursuant to Section 202, to be endorsed on each Security authenticated and delivered by the Trustee.
The Guarantees shall be executed on behalf of the Guarantor by its Chairman of the Board, a Vice Chairman of the Board, its President or one of its Vice Presidents, under its corporate seal reproduced thereon attested by its Secretary or one of its Assistant Secretaries. The signature of any of these officers on the Guarantees may be manual or facsimile.
Guarantees bearing the manual or facsimile signatures of individuals who were at any time the proper officers of the Guarantor shall bind the Guarantor, notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them have cased to hold such offices prior to the authentication and delivery of such Guarantees or did not hold such offices at the date of such Guarantees.
The delivery of any Security by the Trustee, after the authentication thereof hereunder, shall constitute due delivery of the Guarantee endorsed thereon on behalf of the Guarantor. The Guarantor hereby agrees that its Guarantee set forth in Section 202 and in this Article shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding any failure to endorse a Guarantee on any Security.
The Guarantees shall continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time payment on any Security, in whole or in part, is rescinded or must otherwise be restored to the Company or the Guarantor upon the bankruptcy, liquidation or reorganization of the Company or the Guarantor or otherwise.
ARTICLE SEVENTEEN
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 1701. Submission to Jurisdiction.
The Company hereby acknowledges and agrees for the benefit of the Trustee and the Holders of Securities and Coupons that any judicial proceedings instituted in relation to any matter arising out of this Indenture, the Securities or the Coupons may be brought in any court having subject matter jurisdiction in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, New York (including, without limitation, federal courts located in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, New York), and, by execution and delivery of this Indenture, the Company hereby irrevocably accepts generally and unconditionally, the jurisdiction of the aforesaid courts, acknowledges their competence and irrevocably agrees to be bound by any judgment rendered in any such proceeding. The Company also irrevocably and unconditionally waives for the benefit of the Trustee and the Holders of Securities and Coupons any immunity from jurisdiction and any immunity from legal process (whether through service or notice, attachment prior to judgment, attachment in aid of execution, execution or otherwise) in respect of this Indenture. The Company hereby irrevocably designates and appoints for the benefit of the Trustee and the Holders of Securities, Guarantees and Coupons for the term of this Indenture CT Corporation, 111 8th Avenue, New York, New York 10011 as its agent to receive on its behalf service of all process (with a copy of all such service of process to be delivered to CT Corporation, 111 8th Avenue, New York, New York 10011) brought against it with respect to any such proceeding in any such court in the City of New York, such service being hereby acknowledged by the Company to be effective and binding service on it in every respect whether or not the Company shall then be
doing or shall have at any time done business in New York. Such appointment shall be irrevocable so long as any of the Securities or Coupons or the obligations of the Company hereunder remain outstanding until the appointment of a successor by the Company and such successor's acceptance of such appointment. Upon such acceptance, the Company shall notify the Trustee of the name and address of such successor. The Company further agrees for the benefit of the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities and the Coupons to take any and all action, including the execution and filing of any and all such documents and instruments, as may be necessary to continue such designation and appointment of said CT Corporation in full force and effect so long as any of the Securities or Coupons or the obligations of the Company hereunder shall be outstanding. The Trustee shall not be obligated and shall have no responsibility with respect to any failure by the Company to take such action. Nothing herein shall affect the right to serve process in any other manner permitted by any law or limit the right of the Trustee or any Holder to institute proceedings against the Company in the courts of any other jurisdiction or jurisdictions.
Section 1702. Stamp Duty.
The Company and the Guarantor, jointly and severally, agree to pay or reimburse any Holder of Securities or Coupons for stamp duty or similar governmental charges imposed upon this Indenture, any Securities or any Coupons.
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This instrument may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to be duly executed, and their respective corporate seals to be hereunto affixed, all as of the day and year first above written.
[SEAL] APACHE FINANCE AUSTRALIA PTY LTD
By:
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Name:
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Title:
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Attest:
By:
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Name:
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Title:
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[SEAL] APACHE CORPORATION
Attest:
By: By:
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Name: Name:
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[SEAL] JPMORGAN CHASE BANK,
as Trustee
Attest:
By: By:
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STATE OF TEXAS
: SS.:
COUNTY OF HARRIS
On the ___ day of __________, before me personally came _____________________________, to me known, who, being by me duly sworn, did depose and say that he is the ________________________ of APACHE CORPORATION, a State of Delaware corporation, one of the persons described in and who executed the foregoing instrument; that he knows the seal of said Corporation; that the seal affixed to said instrument is such Corporation's 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.
[NOTARIAL SEAL]
STATE OF TEXAS
: SS.:
COUNTY OF HARRIS
On the ___ day of __________, before me personally came _____________________________, to me known, who, being by me duly sworn, did depose and say that he is a ________________________ of APACHE FINANCE AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, a proprietary company with limited liability organized under the laws of the Australian Capital Territory, Australia, one of the persons described in and who executed the foregoing instrument; that he knows the seal of said Corporation; that the seal affixed to said instrument is such Corporation's 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.
[NOTARIAL SEAL]
STATE OF NEW YORK
: SS.:
COUNTY OF NEW YORK
On the ___ day of __________, before me personally came _____________________________, to me known, who, being by me duly sworn, did depose and say that he is a ________________________ of JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, a banking corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of New York, one of the persons described in and who executed the foregoing instrument; that he knows the seal of said Corporation; that the seal affixed to said instrument is such Corporation's 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.
[NOTARIAL SEAL]
EXHIBIT 4.9
APACHE FINANCE CANADA II CORPORATION,
Company
APACHE CORPORATION,
Guarantor
to
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK,
Trustee
[Form of]
INDENTURE
Dated as of _____
Senior Debt Securities
Reconciliation and tie between Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (the "Trust Indenture Act") and Indenture
Trust Indenture
Act Section Indenture Section
Section 310(a)(1) 607
(a)(2) 607
(b) 608
Section 312(a) 701
(b) 702
(c) 702
Section 313(a) 703
(c) 703
(d) 703
Section 314(a) 704
(c) (1) 102
(c) (2) 102
(e) 102
(f) 102
Section 316(a) (last sentence) 101
(a) (1) (A) 502, 512
(a) (1) (B) 513
(b) 508
Section 317 (a) (1) 503
(a) (2) 504
(b) 1003
Section 318(a) 108
Note: This reconciliation and tie shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to
be part of the Indenture.
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Attention should also be directed to Section 318(c) of the Trust Indenture Act, which provides that the provisions of Sections 310 to and including 317 are a part of and govern every qualified indenture, whether or not physically contained therein.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE ONE
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION
Section 101. Definitions....................................................................................2 "Act".........................................................................................................2 "Additional Amounts"..........................................................................................2 "Affiliate"...................................................................................................2 "Authenticating Agent"........................................................................................3 "Authorized Newspaper"........................................................................................3 "Bearer Security".............................................................................................3 "Board of Directors"..........................................................................................3 "Board Resolution"............................................................................................3 "Business Day"................................................................................................3 "Change in Control"...........................................................................................3 "Change in Control Purchase Date".............................................................................3 "Change in Control Purchase Notice"...........................................................................3 "Change in Control Purchase Price"............................................................................3 "Commission"..................................................................................................3 "Common Stock"................................................................................................3 "Company".....................................................................................................4 "Company Request" and "Company Order".........................................................................4 "Consolidated Net Worth"......................................................................................4 "Conversion Agent"............................................................................................4 "Conversion Event"............................................................................................4 "Corporate Trust Office"......................................................................................4 "Corporation".................................................................................................4 "Coupon"......................................................................................................4 "Currency"....................................................................................................4 "CUSIP number"................................................................................................4 "Defaulted Interest"..........................................................................................4 "Direct Action"...............................................................................................5 "Dollars" or "$"..............................................................................................5 "Euro"........................................................................................................5 "European Union"..............................................................................................5 "Event of Default"............................................................................................5 "Foreign Currency"............................................................................................5 "GAAP"........................................................................................................5 "Government Obligations"......................................................................................5 "Guarantee"...................................................................................................5 |
"Guarantor"...................................................................................................6 "Guarantor Request" and "Guarantor Order".....................................................................6 "Holder"......................................................................................................6 "Indebtedness"................................................................................................6 "Indenture"...................................................................................................6 "Independent Public Accountants"..............................................................................6 "Indexed Security"............................................................................................7 "Interest"....................................................................................................7 "Interest Payment Date".......................................................................................7 "Judgment Currency"...........................................................................................7 "Legal Holidays"..............................................................................................7 "Lien"........................................................................................................7 "Limited Recourse Indebtedness"...............................................................................7 "Maturity"....................................................................................................7 "New York Banking Day"........................................................................................7 "Office" or "Agency"..........................................................................................7 "Officers' Certificate".......................................................................................8 "Opinion of Counsel"..........................................................................................8 "Ordinary Course Lien"........................................................................................8 "Original Issue Discount Security"............................................................................8 "Outstanding".................................................................................................8 "Paying Agent"................................................................................................9 "Person"......................................................................................................9 "Place of Payment"...........................................................................................10 "Predecessor Security".......................................................................................10 "Preferred Securities".......................................................................................10 "Redemption Date"............................................................................................10 "Redemption Price"...........................................................................................10 "Registered Security"........................................................................................10 "Regular Record Date.........................................................................................10 "Required Currency"..........................................................................................10 "Responsible Officer"........................................................................................10 "Sale/Leaseback Transaction".................................................................................10 "Security" or "Securities"...................................................................................10 "Security Exchange",.........................................................................................11 "Security Register" and "Security Registrar".................................................................11 "Senior Indebtedness"........................................................................................11 "Special Record Date"........................................................................................12 "Stated Maturity"............................................................................................12 "Subsidiary".................................................................................................12 "Subsidiary Assignee"........................................................................................12 "Succession Date"............................................................................................12 "Successor"..................................................................................................12 "Successor Additional Amounts"...............................................................................12 "Trust"......................................................................................................12 |
"Trust Agreement"............................................................................................12 "Trust Indenture Act"........................................................................................12 "Trust Securities"...........................................................................................12 "Trustee"....................................................................................................12 "United States"..............................................................................................13 "United States Alien"........................................................................................13 "U.S. Depositary" or "Depositary"............................................................................13 "Vice President".............................................................................................13 "Voting Stock"...............................................................................................13 Section 102. Compliance Certificates and Opinions..........................................................13 Section 103. Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee........................................................14 Section 104. Acts of Holders...............................................................................14 Section 105. Notices, etc. to Trustee, the Company and the Guarantor.......................................16 Section 106. Notice to Holders of Securities; Waiver.......................................................17 Section 107. Language of Notices...........................................................................18 Section 108. Conflict with Trust Indenture Act.............................................................18 Section 109. Effect of Headings and Table of Contents......................................................18 Section 110. Successors and Assigns........................................................................18 Section 111. Separability Clause...........................................................................18 Section 112. Benefits of Indenture.........................................................................18 Section 113. Governing Law.................................................................................18 Section 114. Legal Holidays................................................................................19 Section 115. Counterparts..................................................................................19 Section 116. Judgment Currency.............................................................................19 |
ARTICLE TWO
SECURITIES AND GUARANTEE FORMS
Section 201. Forms Generally...............................................................................20 Section 202. Guarantee by Guarantor; Form of Guarantee....................................................20 Section 203. Form of Trustee's Certificate of Authentication...............................................22 Section 204. Securities in Global Form.....................................................................23 |
ARTICLE THREE
THE SECURITIES
Section 301. Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series..........................................................23
Section 302. Currency; Denominations.......................................................................28
Section 303. Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating................................................28
Section 304. Temporary Securities..........................................................................30
Section 305. Registration, Transfer and Exchange...........................................................31
Section 306. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities..............................................34
Section 307. Payment of Interest and Certain Additional Amounts; Rights to Interest and Certain
Additional Amounts Preserved..................................................................35
Section 308. Persons Deemed Owners.........................................................................37
Section 309. Cancellation..................................................................................38
Section 310. Computation of Interest.......................................................................38
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ARTICLE FOUR
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE
Section 401. Satisfaction and Discharge....................................................................39 Section 402. Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance............................................................40 Section 403. Application of Trust Money....................................................................44 Section 404. Reinstatement.................................................................................45 |
ARTICLE FIVE
REMEDIES
Section 501. Events of Default.............................................................................45
Section 502. Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment............................................47
Section 503. Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee...............................48
Section 504. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim..............................................................49
Section 505. Trustee May Enforce Claims without Possession of Securities, Guarantees or Coupons............50
Section 506. Application of Money Collected................................................................50
Section 507. Limitations on Suits..........................................................................51
Section 508. Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal and any Premium, Interest and Additional
Amounts.......................................................................................52
Section 509. Restoration of Rights and Remedies............................................................52
Section 510. Rights and Remedies Cumulative................................................................52
Section 511. Delay or Omission not Waiver..................................................................52
Section 512. Control by Holders of Securities..............................................................53
Section 513. Waiver of Past Defaults.......................................................................53
Section 514. Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws..............................................................53
Section 515. Undertaking for Costs.........................................................................54
Section 516. Direct Action Right of Holders of Trust Preferred Securities..................................54
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ARTICLE SIX
THE TRUSTEE
Section 601. Certain Rights of Trustee.....................................................................55 Section 602. Notice of Defaults............................................................................56 Section 603. Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities........................................56 Section 604. May Hold Securities...........................................................................57 Section 605. Money Held in Trust...........................................................................57 Section 606. Compensation and Reimbursement................................................................57 Section 607. Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility.......................................................58 Section 608. Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor.............................................58 Section 609. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor........................................................60 Section 610. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business...................................61 Section 611. Appointment of Authenticating Agent...........................................................61 |
ARTICLE SEVEN
HOLDERS LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE, COMPANY AND GUARANTOR
Section 701. Company and Guarantor to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders.......................63 Section 702. Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders........................................64 Section 703. Reports by Trustee............................................................................64 Section 704. Reports by Company and Guarantor..............................................................64 |
ARTICLE EIGHT
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER AND SALES
Section 801. Guarantor May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms........................................65 Section 802. Company May Consolidate, etc., Only on Certain Terms..........................................66 Section 803. Successor Person Substituted for Company or Guarantor.........................................68 Section 804. Assumption by the Guarantor of the Company's Obligations......................................68 Section 805. Indemnification Procedure.....................................................................69 |
ARTICLE NINE
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
Section 901. Supplemental Indentures without Consent of Holders............................................70 Section 902. Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Holders...............................................72 Section 903. Execution of Supplemental Indentures..........................................................73 Section 904. Effect of Supplemental Indentures.............................................................73 Section 905. Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures............................................74 Section 906. Conformity with Trust Indenture Act...........................................................74 |
ARTICLE TEN
COVENANTS
Section 1001. Payment of Principal, any Premium and Interest................................................74 Section 1002. Maintenance of Office or Agency...............................................................75 Section 1003. Money for Securities Payments to Be Held in Trust.............................................76 Section 1004. Additional Amounts............................................................................78 Section 1005. Limitation on Liens...........................................................................80 Section 1006. Limitation on Sale/Leaseback Transactions.....................................................83 Section 1007. Corporate Existence...........................................................................84 Section 1008. Payment of Expenses of Each Trust.............................................................84 Section 1009. Waiver of Certain Covenants...................................................................85 Section 1010. Company Statement as to Compliance; Notice of Certain Defaults................................85 |
ARTICLE ELEVEN
REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES
Section 1101. Applicability of Article......................................................................86 Section 1102. Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee.........................................................86 Section 1103. Selection by Trustee of Securities to be Redeemed.............................................86 Section 1104. Notice of Redemption..........................................................................87 Section 1105. Deposit of Redemption Price...................................................................88 Section 1106. Securities Payable on Redemption Date.........................................................88 Section 1107. Securities Redeemed in Part...................................................................89 Section 1108. Redemption for Tax Reasons....................................................................90 |
ARTICLE TWELVE
REPAYMENT AT THE OPTION OF HOLDERS
Section 1201. Applicability of Article......................................................................91 |
ARTICLE THIRTEEN
SECURITIES IN FOREIGN CURRENCIES
Section 1301. Applicability of Article......................................................................91 |
ARTICLE FOURTEEN
MEETINGS OF HOLDERS OF SECURITIES
Section 1401. Purposes for Which Meetings May Be Called.....................................................92 Section 1402. Call, Notice and Place of Meetings............................................................92 Section 1403. Persons Entitled to Vote at Meetings..........................................................92 Section 1404. Quorum; Action................................................................................93 Section 1405. Determination of Voting Rights; Conduct and Adjournment of Meetings...........................93 Section 1406. Counting Votes and Recording Action of Meetings...............................................94 |
ARTICLE FIFTEEN
PURCHASE OF SECURITIES UPON CHANGE IN CONTROL
Section 1501. Purchase of Securities at Option of the Holder upon Change in Control.........................95 Section 1502. Effect of Change in Control Purchase Notice...................................................97 Section 1503. Deposit of Change in Control Purchase Price...................................................98 Section 1504. Covenant to Comply With Securities Laws Upon Purchase of Securities...........................98 Section 1505. Repayment to the Company......................................................................98 |
ARTICLE SIXTEEN
GUARANTEES
Section 1601. Guarantee.....................................................................................99 Section 1602. Execution and Delivery of Guarantees.........................................................100 |
ARTICLE SEVENTEEN
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 1701. Submission to Jurisdiction...................................................................101 Section 1702. Stamp Duty...................................................................................102 |
INDENTURE, dated as of ______ (the "Indenture"), among APACHE FINANCE CANADA II CORPORATION, an unlimited liability company duly organized and existing under the laws of the Province of Nova Scotia, Canada (the "Company"), having its principal executive office located at 700-9th Ave. S.W., Alberta Canada T2P 3V4, APACHE CORPORATION, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (the "Guarantor"), having its principal executive office located at One Post Oak Central, 2000 Post Oak Boulevard, Suite 100, Houston, Texas 77056-4400, and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, a banking corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of New York (the "Trustee"), having its Corporate Trust Office located at 4 New York Plaza, 15th Floor, New York, New York 10004.
RECITALS
The Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture to provide for the issuance from time to time of its senior unsecured debentures, notes or other evidences of Indebtedness (the "Securities"), unlimited as to principal amount, to bear such rates of Interest, to mature at such time or times, to be issued in one or more series and to have such other provisions as shall be fixed as provided in this Indenture. All things necessary to make this Indenture a valid agreement of the Company, in accordance with its terms, have been done.
For value received, the Guarantor has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture to provide for the issuance of the Guarantees by it with respect to the Securities as set forth in this Indenture.
The Guarantor desires to make the Guarantees provided for herein, and has determined that such Guarantees are necessary and convenient to the conduct of the business of the Company, an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of the Guarantor.
All things necessary to make the Guarantees, when executed by the Guarantor and endorsed on the Securities authenticated and delivered hereunder, the valid obligations of the Guarantor, and to make this Indenture a valid agreement of the Guarantor, in accordance with its terms, have been done.
The Guarantor may from time to time create or establish one or more statutory trusts for the purpose of issuing undivided beneficial interests in the assets thereof and using the proceeds thereof to acquire the Company's Securities.
This Indenture is subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission promulgated thereunder that are required to be part of this Indenture and, to the extent applicable, shall be governed by such provisions.
NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH:
For and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the Securities by the Holders (as herein defined) thereof, it is mutually covenanted and agreed, for the equal and proportionate benefit of all Holders of the Securities or of any series thereof and any Coupons (as herein defined) as follows:
ARTICLE ONE
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION
Section 101. Definitions.
Except as otherwise expressly provided in or pursuant to this Indenture or unless the context otherwise requires, for all purposes of this Indenture:
(a) the terms defined in this Article have the meanings assigned to them in this Article, and include the plural as well as the singular;
(b) 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;
(c) 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 terms "generally accepted accounting principles" or "GAAP" with respect to any computation required or permitted hereunder shall mean such accounting principles as are generally accepted at the date of such computation;
(d) the words "herein", "hereof", "hereto" and "hereunder" and other words of similar import refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section or other subdivision; and
(e) the word "or" is always used inclusively (for example, the phrase "A or B" means "A or B or both", not "either A or B but not both").
Certain terms used principally in certain Articles hereof are defined in those Articles.
"Act", when used with respect to any Holder, has the meaning specified in Section 104.
"Additional Amounts" has the meaning specified in Section 1004.
"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 the meanings correlative to the foregoing.
"Applicable Taxing Jurisdiction" means the jurisdiction (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) in which the Company (including any Successor) is incorporated or resident (or deemed for tax purposes to be resident).
"Authenticating Agent" means any Person authorized by the Trustee pursuant to Section 611 to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate Securities of one or more series.
"Authorized Newspaper" means a newspaper, in an official language of the place of publication or in the English language, customarily published on each day that is a Business Day in the place of publication, whether or not published on days that are Legal Holidays in the place of publication, and of general circulation in each place in connection with which the term is used or in the financial community of each such place. Where successive publications are required to be made in Authorized Newspapers, the successive publications may be made in the same or in different newspapers in the same city meeting the foregoing requirements and in each case on any day that is a Business Day in the place of publication.
"Bearer Security" means any Security in the form established pursuant to Section 201 which is payable to bearer.
"Board of Directors" means, when used with reference to the Company or the Guarantor, either the board of directors of the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, or any duly authorized committee of such board of directors of the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be.
"Board Resolution" means, when used with reference to the Company or the Guarantor, a copy of one or more resolutions, certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, to have been duly adopted by its respective Board of Directors and to be in full force and effect on the date of such certification, delivered to the Trustee.
"Business Day", with respect to any Place of Payment or other location, means, unless otherwise specified with respect to any Securities pursuant to Section 301, any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which banking institutions in such Place of Payment or other location are authorized or obligated by law, regulation or executive order to close.
"Change in Control" has the meaning specified in Section 1501.
"Change in Control Purchase Date" has the meaning specified in
Section 1501.
"Change in Control Purchase Notice" has the meaning specified in Section 1501.
"Change in Control Purchase Price" has the meaning specified in Section 1501.
"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 Indenture such Commission is not existing and performing the duties now assigned to it under the Trust Indenture Act, then the body performing such duties at such time.
"Common Stock" includes any stock of any class of the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, which has no preference in respect of dividends or of amounts payable in the
event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, and which is not subject to redemption by the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be.
"Company" means the Person named as the "Company" in the first paragraph of this Indenture until a successor Person shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter "Company" shall mean such successor Person.
"Company Request" and "Company Order" mean, respectively, a written request or order, as the case may be, signed in the name of the Company by the Chairman of the Board of Directors, a Vice Chairman, the President or a Vice President, and by the Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, of the Company, and delivered to the Trustee.
"Consolidated Net Worth" has the meaning specified in Section 1005.
"Conversion Agent" means any Person authorized by the Company to convert or exchange any Security pursuant to its terms on behalf of the Company.
"Conversion Event"means the cessation of the use of (i) in the case of a Foreign Currency other than the Euro, both by the government of the country or the confederation which issued such Foreign Currency and for the settlement of transactions by a central bank or other public institutions of or within the international banking community, or (ii) in the case of the Euro, the Euro both by governments within the Euro Zone and for the settlement of transactions by central banks or other public institutions of or within the Euro Zone or of or within the international banking community.
"Corporate Trust Office" means the principal corporate trust office of the Trustee at which at any particular time its corporate trust business shall be administered, which office at the date of original execution of this Indenture is located at 4 New York Plaza, 15th Floor, New York, New York 10004.
"Corporation" includes corporations and limited liability companies and, except for purposes of Article Eight, associations, companies and business trusts.
"Coupon" means any interest coupon appertaining to a Bearer Security.
"Currency", with respect to any payment, deposit or other transfer in respect of the principal of, any premium or Interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to any Security, means Dollars or the Foreign Currency, as the case may be, in which such payment, deposit or other transfer is required to be made by or pursuant to the terms hereof or such Security and, with respect to any other payment, deposit or transfer pursuant to or contemplated by the terms hereof or such Security, means Dollars.
"CUSIP number" means the alphanumeric designation assigned to a Security by Standard & Poor's Ratings Services, CUSIP Service Bureau.
"Defaulted Interest" has the meaning specified in Section 307.
"Direct Action" has the meaning specified in Section 516.
"Dollars" or "$" means a dollar or other equivalent unit of legal tender for payment of public or private debts in the United States of America.
"Euro" means the currency introduced at the start of the third stage of European economic and monetary union pursuant to the Treaty establishing the European Communities, as amended by the Treaty on European Union and Treaty of Amsterdam..
"Euro Zone" means those member states of the European Union from time to time that have adopted the Euro and participate in European economic and monetary union.
"European Union" means the European Community, the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Atomic Energy Community.
"Event of Default" has the meaning specified in Section 501.
"Foreign Currency" means any currency, currency unit or composite currency, including, without limitation, the Euro, issued by the government of one or more countries other than the United States of America or by any recognized confederation or association of such governments.
"GAAP" means such accounting principles as are generally accepted in the United States of America as of the date or time of any computation required hereunder.
"Government Obligations" means securities which are (i) direct obligations of the United States of America or the other government or governments in the confederation which issued the Foreign Currency in which the principal of or any premium or interest on such Security or any Additional Amounts in respect thereof shall be payable, in each case where the payment or payments thereunder are supported by the full faith and credit of such government or governments or (ii) obligations of a Person controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of the United States of America or such other government or governments, in each case where the timely payment or payments thereunder are unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation by the United States of America or such other government or governments, and which, in the case of (i) or (ii), are not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer or issuers thereof, and shall also include a depository receipt issued by a bank or trust company as custodian with respect to any such Government Obligation or a specific payment of interest on or principal of or other amount with respect to any such Government Obligation held by such custodian for the account of the holder of a depository receipt, provided that (except as required by law) such custodian is not authorized to make any deduction from the amount payable to the holder of such depository receipt from any amount received by the custodian in respect of the Government Obligation or the specific payment of Interest on or principal of or other amount with respect to the Government Obligation evidenced by such depository receipt.
"Guarantee" means any guarantee of the Guarantor endorsed on a Security authenticated and delivered pursuant to this Indenture and shall include the guarantees set forth in Section 202.
"Guarantor" means the Person named as "Guarantor" in the first paragraph of this Indenture until a successor corporation shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter "guarantor" shall include such successor corporation.
"Guarantor Request" and "Guarantor Order" mean, respectively, a written request or order, as the case may be, signed in the name of the Guarantor by the Chairman of the Board, a Vice Chairman, the President or a Vice President, and by the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer, the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, of the Guarantor and delivered to the Trustee.
"Holder", in the case of any Registered Security, means the Person in whose name such Security is registered in the Security Register and, in the case of any Bearer Security, means the bearer thereof and, in the case of any Coupon, means the bearer thereof.
"Indebtedness", with respect to any Person, means (a) indebtedness for borrowed money and deferred payment obligations representing the unpaid purchase price of real or personal property of, or guaranteed by, such Person, other than accounts payable arising in the ordinary course of business payable on terms customary in the trade, (b) indebtedness secured by Liens (as defined in Section 1005) or payable out of the proceeds of production from property, (c) indebtedness which is evidenced by mortgages, notes, bonds, debentures, acceptances or other instruments, (d) indebtedness which must be capitalized as liabilities under GAAP, (e) liabilities under interest rate swap, exchange, collar or cap agreements and all other agreements or arrangements designed to protect against fluctuations in interest rates or currency exchange rates, (f) liabilities under commodity hedge, commodity swap, exchange, collar or cap agreements, fixed price agreements and all other agreements or arrangements designed to protect against fluctuations in oil and gas prices, (g) guarantees and endorsements of obligations of others, directly or indirectly, and all other repurchase agreements and indebtedness in effect guaranteed through an agreement, contingent or otherwise, to purchase such indebtedness, or to purchase or sell property, or to purchase or sell services, primarily for the purpose of enabling the debtor to make payment of the indebtedness or to assure the owner of the indebtedness against loss, or to supply funds to or in any manner invest in the debtor, or otherwise to assure a creditor against loss (but excluding guarantees and endorsements of notes, bills and checks made in the ordinary course of business); and (h) indebtedness relative to the amount of all letters of credit; provided, however, that such term shall not include any amounts included as deferred credits on the financial statements of such Person or of a consolidated group including such Person, and computed in accordance with GAAP.
"Indenture" means this instrument 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, with respect to any Security, by the terms and provisions of such Security and any Coupon appertaining thereto established pursuant to Section 301 (as such terms and provisions may be amended pursuant to the applicable provisions hereof).
"Independent Public Accountants" means accountants or a firm of accountants that, with respect to the Company, the Guarantor and any other obligor under the Securities, the Guarantees or the Coupons, are independent public accountants within the meaning of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated by the Commission thereunder, who may be the independent public accountants regularly retained by the Company,
the Guarantor or any such other obligor or who may be other independent public accountants. Such accountants or firm shall be entitled to rely upon any Opinion of Counsel as to the interpretation of any legal matters relating to this Indenture or certificates required to be provided hereunder.
"Indexed Security" means a Security the terms of which provide that the principal amount thereof payable at Stated Maturity may be more or less than the principal face amount thereof at original issuance.
"Interest", with respect to any Original Issue Discount Security which by its terms bears Interest only after Maturity, means Interest payable after Maturity and, when used with respect to a Security which provides for the payment of Additional Amounts pursuant to Section 1004, includes such Additional Amounts.
"Interest Payment Date", with respect to any Security, means the Stated Maturity of an installment of Interest on such Security.
"Judgment Currency" has the meaning specified in Section 116.
"Legal Holidays", with respect to any Place of Payment or other location, means a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banking institutions in such Place of Payment or other location are not authorized or obligated to be open.
"Lien" has the meaning specified in Section 1005.
"Limited Recourse Indebtedness" means Indebtedness of a Person
for which there is no recourse whatsoever to such Person for the repayment
thereof other than recourse limited to the cash flow from the assets
constituting collateral therefor and recourse to the extent necessary to enable
amounts to be claimed in respect of such Indebtedness upon an enforcement of any
Lien on any such assets; provided that (a) the extent of such recourse is
limited solely to the amount of any recoveries made on any such enforcement, and
(b) the holder of such Indebtedness is not entitled, by virtue of any right or
claim arising out of or in connection with such Indebtedness to commence
proceedings for the winding up or dissolution of, or to appoint or procure the
appointment of any receiver, trustee or similar person or official in respect
of, such Person or any of its assets (other than the assets the subject of such
Lien).
"Maturity", with respect to any Security, means the date on which the principal of such Security or an installment of principal becomes due and payable as provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, whether at the Stated Maturity or by declaration of acceleration, notice of redemption or repurchase, notice of option to elect repayment or otherwise, and includes the Redemption Date and Change in Control Purchase Date.
"New York Banking Day" has the meaning specified in Section 116.
"Office" or "Agency", with respect to any Securities, means an office or agency of the Company and the Guarantor maintained or designated in a Place of Payment for such Securities pursuant to Section 1002 or any other office or agency of the Company maintained or
designated for such Securities pursuant to Section 1002 or, to the extent designated or required by Section 1002 in lieu of such office or agency, the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee.
"Officers' Certificate" means a certificate signed by the Chairman of the Board, a Vice Chairman, the President or a Vice President, and by the Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company or the Guarantor, as applicable, that complies with the requirements of Section 314(e) of the Trust Indenture Act and is delivered to the Trustee.
"Opinion of Counsel" means a written opinion of counsel, who
may be an employee of or counsel for the Company or the Guarantor, as the case
may be, or other counsel who shall be reasonably acceptable to the Trustee,
that, if required by the Trust Indenture Act, complies with the requirements of
Section 314(e) of the Trust Indenture Act and is delivered to the Trustee.
"Ordinary Course Lien" has the meaning specified in Section 1005.
"Original Issue Discount Security" means a Security issued pursuant to this Indenture which provides for declaration of an amount less than the principal face amount thereof to be due and payable upon acceleration pursuant to Section 502.
"Outstanding", when used with respect to any Securities, means, as of the date of determination, all such Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered under this Indenture, except:
(a) any such Security theretofore canceled by the Trustee or the Security Registrar or delivered to the Trustee or the Security Registrar for cancellation;
(b) any such Security for whose payment either at the Maturity thereof or upon the Company becoming obligated (subject to withdrawal of any Change in Control Purchase Notice) to pay the Change in Control Purchase Price, money in the necessary amount has been theretofore deposited pursuant hereto (other than pursuant to Section 402) with the Trustee or any Paying Agent (other than the Company or the Guarantor) in trust or set aside and segregated in trust by the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be (if the Company or the Guarantor shall act as its own Paying Agent), for the Holders of such Securities and any Guarantees or Coupons appertaining thereto, provided that, if such Securities are to be redeemed, notice of such redemption has been duly given pursuant to this Indenture or provision therefor satisfactory to the Trustee has been made;
(c) any such Security with respect to which the Company or the
Guarantor has effected defeasance or covenant defeasance pursuant to
Section 402, except to the extent provided in Section 402;
(d) any such Security which has 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, unless there shall have been presented to the Trustee proof satisfactory to it that such Security is held by a protected purchaser in whose hands such Security is a valid obligation of the Company; and
(e) if the Securities are convertible or exchangeable into other securities, cash or property, Securities converted or exchanged as contemplated by this Indenture, and such Securities if such other securities, cash or property have been either (i) delivered to the Holders thereof in accordance with this Indenture or (ii) deposited with and are held by the Paying Agent in trust for the Holders of such Securities in accordance with this Indenture and such Securities, provided in the case of this clause (ii) that any applicable notice of conversion or exchange has been duly given to the Holders thereof pursuant to this Indenture and such securities;
provided, however, that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities have given any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder or are present at a meeting of Holders of Securities for quorum purposes, (i) the principal amount of an Original Issue Discount Security that may be counted in making such determination and that shall be deemed to be Outstanding for such purposes shall be equal to the amount of the principal thereof that pursuant to the terms of such Original Issue Discount Security would be declared (or shall have been declared to be) due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration thereof pursuant to Section 502 at the time of such determination, and (ii) the principal amount of any Indexed Security that may be counted in making such determination and that shall be deemed outstanding for such purpose shall be equal to the principal face amount of such Indexed Security at original issuance, unless otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, and (iii) the principal amount of a Security denominated in a Foreign Currency shall be the Dollar equivalent, determined on the date of original issuance of such Security, of the principal amount (or, in the case of an Original Issue 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 (iv) Securities beneficially owned by the Company, the Guarantor or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the Company, the Guarantor (other than any Trust so long as any of the Preferred Securities of such Trust are outstanding) or such other obligor, shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding, except that, in determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in making any such determination or relying upon any such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver, only Securities which a Responsible Officer of the Trustee knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded. Securities so owned which shall have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the Trustee (A) the pledgee's right so to act with respect to such Securities and (B) that the pledgee is not the Company, the Guarantor or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Coupons appertaining thereto or an Affiliate of the Company, the Guarantor or such other obligor.
"Paying Agent" means any Person authorized by the Company to pay the principal of, any premium or Interest on, or any Additional Amounts with respect to, any Security or any Coupon on behalf of the Company.
"Person" means any Corporation, partnership, joint-stock company, limited liability company and, except for purposes of Article Eight, individual, trust, joint venture, unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.
"Place of Payment", with respect to any Security, means the place or places where the principal of, any premium or Interest on, or any Additional Amounts with respect to such Security are payable as provided in or pursuant to this Indenture or such Security.
"Predecessor Security" of any particular Security means every previous Security evidencing all or a portion of the same Indebtedness 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 lost, destroyed, mutilated or stolen Security or any Security to which a mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Coupon appertains shall be deemed to evidence the same Indebtedness as the lost, destroyed, mutilated or stolen Security or the Security to which a mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Coupon appertains.
"Preferred Securities" means the preferred securities of a Trust, representing undivided beneficial interests in the assets of such Trust.
"Redemption Date", with respect to any Security or portion thereof to be redeemed, means the date fixed for such redemption by or pursuant to this Indenture or such Security.
"Redemption Price", with respect to any Security or portion thereof to be redeemed, means the price at which it is to be redeemed as determined by or pursuant to this Indenture or such Security.
"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 Registered Security on any Interest Payment Date therefor means the date, if any, specified in or pursuant to this Indenture or such Security as the "Regular Record Date".
"Required Currency" has the meaning specified in Section 116.
"Responsible Officer" means, when used with respect to the Trustee, any officer of the Trustee in its Corporate Trust Office with direct responsibility for the administration of this Indenture 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.
"Sale/Leaseback Transaction" has the meaning specified in
Section 1006.
"Security" or "Securities" means any note or notes, bond or bonds, debenture or debentures, or any other evidences of Indebtedness, as the case may be, authenticated and delivered under this Indenture; provided, however, that, if at any time there is more than one Person acting as Trustee under this Indenture, "Securities", with respect to any such Person, shall mean Securities authenticated and delivered under this Indenture, exclusive, however, of Securities of any series as to which such Person is not Trustee.
"Security Exchange" when used with respect to the Securities of any series which are held as assets of a Trust pursuant to the Trust Agreement of such Trust, means the distribution of the securities of such series by such Trust to the holder of the Trust Securities of such Trust in exchange for such Trust Securities upon certain events described in the applicable Trust Agreement of such Trust.
"Security Register" and "Security Registrar" have the respective meanings specified in Section 305.
"Senior Indebtedness" means the principal of, premium, if any, Interest on, and any other payment due pursuant to any of the following, whether outstanding as of the date of execution of this Indenture or thereafter incurred, created or assumed:
(a) all Indebtedness of the Guarantor, the Company or any other Subsidiary, as applicable, for money borrowed (including, without limitation, any indebtedness secured by a mortgage, conditional sales contract or other lien which is (i) given to secure all or part of the purchase price of property subject thereto, whether given to the vendor of such property or to another, or (ii) existing on property at the time of acquisition thereof);
(b) all Indebtedness of the Guarantor, the Company or any other Subsidiary, as applicable, evidenced by notes, debentures, bonds, commercial paper or other securities sold by the Guarantor, the Company or any other Subsidiary, as applicable, for money;
(c) all lease obligations of the Guarantor, the Company or any other Subsidiary, as applicable, which are capitalized on the books of the Guarantor or the Company in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
(d) all Indebtedness of others of the kinds described in either of the preceding clauses (a) or (b) and all lease obligations of others of the kind described in the preceding clause (c) assumed by or guaranteed in any manner by the Guarantor, the Company or any other Subsidiary or in effect guaranteed by the Guarantor, the Company or any other Subsidiary, as applicable, through an agreement to purchase, contingent or otherwise;
(e) all obligations of the Guarantor, the Company or any other Subsidiary, as applicable, with respect to letters of credit issued in connection with indebtedness of others of the kind described in the preceding clauses (a) or (b) or lease obligations of the kind described in the preceding clause (c); and
(f) all renewals, extensions or refundings of indebtedness of the kinds described in any of the preceding clauses (a), (b) and (d), all renewals or extensions of lease obligations of the kinds described in either of the preceding clauses (c) and (d) and all renewals or extensions of obligations with respect to letters of credit of the kind described in the preceding clause (e);
which, in each case, is an obligation payable by its terms more than one year from the date of incurrence thereof and should be shown on a balance sheet as a liability under GAAP; unless, in the case of any particular indebtedness, lease, obligation, renewal, extension or refunding, the
instrument or lease creating or evidencing the same or the assumption or guarantee of the same expressly provides that such indebtedness, lease, obligation, renewal, extension or refunding is subordinate in right of payment to or is not at least pari passu with the Securities or the Guarantees. Notwithstanding the foregoing, "Senior Indebtedness" does not include indebtedness owing, directly or indirectly, to any Affiliate or employee of the Guarantor or the Company, as applicable, or arising under or in respect of any employee benefit plan of the Guarantor, the Company or any of their respective Affiliates.
"Special Record Date" for the payment of any Defaulted Interest on any Registered Security means a date fixed by the Trustee pursuant to Section 307.
"Stated Maturity" with respect to any Security or any installment of principal thereof or Interest thereon or any Additional Amounts with respect thereto, means the date established by or pursuant to this Indenture or such Security as the fixed date on which the principal of such Security or such installment of principal or Interest is, or such Additional Amounts are, due and payable.
"Subsidiary" means any Corporation of which at the time of determination the Guarantor, the Company or one or more other Subsidiaries owns or controls directly or indirectly more than 50% of the shares of Voting Stock.
"Subsidiary Assignee" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 802.
"Succession Date" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 1108.
"Successor" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 802.
"Successor Additional Amounts" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 802.
"Trust" means any statutory trust created or established by the Guarantor as a direct or indirect wholly-owned subsidiary to issue Trust Securities and to use the proceeds from the sale thereof to purchase Securities.
"Trust Agreement" means the agreement or declaration establishing the terms and conditions of a Trust.
"Trust Indenture Act" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, and any reference herein to the Trust Indenture Act or a particular provision thereof shall mean such Act or provision, as the case may be, as amended or replaced from time to time or as supplemented from time to time by rules or regulations adopted by the Commission under or in furtherance of the purposes of such Act or provision, as the case may be.
"Trust Securities" means the Preferred Securities and common securities of a Trust, each representing undivided beneficial interests in the assets of such Trust.
"Trustee" means the Person named as the "Trustee" in the first paragraph of this instrument until a successor Trustee shall have become such with respect to one or more series of
Securities pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter "Trustee" shall mean each Person who is then a Trustee hereunder; provided, however, that if at any time there is more than one such Person, "Trustee" shall mean each such Person and as used with respect to the Securities of any series shall mean the Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series.
"United States", except as otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture or any Security, means the United States of America (including the states thereof and the District of Columbia), its territories and possessions and other areas subject to its jurisdiction.
"United States Alien", except as otherwise provided in or
pursuant to this Indenture or any Security, means any Person who, for United
States Federal income tax purposes, is (i) a foreign corporation, (ii) a
non-resident alien individual, (iii) a non-resident alien fiduciary of a foreign
estate, (iv) any trust unless (A) a court within the United States may exercise
primary supervision over the trust's administration, and (B) one or more United
States Aliens has the authority to control all substantial decisions of the
trust, or (v) a foreign partnership one or more of the members of which is, for
United States Federal income tax purposes, a Person described in any of clauses
(i) through (iv) above.
"U.S. Depositary" or "Depositary" means, with respect to any Security issuable or issued in the form of one or more global Securities, the Person designated as U.S. Depositary or Depositary by the Company in or pursuant to this Indenture, which Person must be, to the extent required by applicable law or regulation, a clearing agency registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and, if so provided with respect to any Security, any successor to such Person. If at any time there is more than one such Person, "U.S. Depositary" or "Depositary" shall mean, with respect to any Securities, the qualifying entity which has been appointed with respect to such Securities.
"Vice President", when used with respect to the Guarantor, the Company or the Trustee, means any vice president, whether or not designated by a number or a word or words added before or after the title "Vice President".
"Voting Stock" means stock of a Corporation of the class or classes having general voting power under ordinary circumstances to elect at least a majority of the board of directors, managers or trustees of such Corporation provided that, for the purposes hereof, stock which carries only the right to vote conditionally on the happening of an event shall not be considered voting stock whether or not such event shall have happened.
Section 102. Compliance Certificates and Opinions.
Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Indenture, upon any application or request by the Guarantor or the Company, as applicable, to the Trustee to take any action under any provision of this Indenture, the Guarantor or the Company, as the case may be, shall furnish to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate stating that such action is authorized or permitted by this Indenture and 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 or any of them is specifically required by any provision of this Indenture relating to such particular application or request, no additional certificate or opinion need be furnished.
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 Guarantor or the Company, as applicable, may be based, insofar as it relates to legal matters, upon an Opinion of Counsel, unless such officer knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the opinion with respect to the matters upon which his certificate or opinion is based are erroneous. Any such 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 Guarantor or the Company, as applicable, stating that the information with respect to such factual matters is in the possession of the Guarantor or the Company, as applicable, 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 or any Security, 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 or pursuant to this Indenture to be given or taken by Holders or by holders of Preferred Securities may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders or by holders of Preferred Securities in person or by an agent duly appointed in writing. If, but only if, Securities of a series are issuable as Bearer Securities, any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided in or pursuant to this Indenture to be given or taken by Holders of Securities of such series or by holders of Preferred Securities may, alternatively, be embodied in and evidenced by the record of Holders of Securities or by holders of Preferred 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 Fourteen, 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 Guarantor or the Company, as the case may be. 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 or by holders of Preferred Securities signing such
instrument or instruments or 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 315 of the Trust Indenture Act) conclusive in
favor of the Trustee, the Guarantor or the Company, and any agent of the Trustee
or the Company or the Guarantor, if made in the manner provided in this Section
104. The record of any meeting of Holders of Securities shall be proved in the
manner provided in Section 1406.
Without limiting the generality of this Section 104, unless otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, a Holder, including a U.S. Depositary that is a Holder of a global Security, may make, give or take, by a proxy, or proxies, duly appointed in writing, any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act provided in or pursuant to this Indenture to be made, given or taken by Holders, and a U.S. Depositary that is a Holder of a global Security may provide its proxy or proxies to the beneficial owners of interests in any such global Security through such U.S. Depositary's standing instructions and customary practices.
The Trustee may fix a record date for the purpose of determining the Persons who are beneficial owners of interest in any permanent global Security held by a U.S. Depositary entitled under the procedures of such U.S. Depositary to make, give or take, by a proxy or proxies duly appointed in writing, any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act provided in or pursuant to this Indenture to be made, given or taken by Holders. If such a record date is fixed, the Holders on such record date or their duly appointed proxy or proxies, and only such Persons, shall be entitled to make, give or take such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act, whether or not such Holders remain Holders after such record date. No such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act shall be valid or effective if made, given or taken more than 90 days after such record date.
(b) The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such instrument or writing may be proved in any reasonable manner which the Trustee deems sufficient and in accordance with such reasonable rules as the Trustee may determine; and the Trustee may in any instance require further proof with respect to any of the matters referred to in this Section 104.
(c) The ownership, principal amount and serial numbers of Registered Securities held by any Person, and the date of the commencement and the date of the termination of holding the same, shall be proved by the Security Register.
(d) The ownership, principal amount and serial numbers of Bearer Securities held by any Person, and the date of the commencement and the date of the termination of holding the same, may be proved by the production of such Bearer Securities or by a certificate executed, as depositary, by any trust company, bank, banker or other depositary reasonably acceptable to the Trustee, the Guarantor and the Company, wherever situated, if such certificate shall be deemed by the Company, the Guarantor and 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 Company,
the Guarantor and the Trustee to be satisfactory. The Trustee, the Company and the Guarantor 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, or (2) such Bearer Security is produced to the Trustee by some other Person, or (3) such Bearer Security is surrendered in exchange for a Registered Security, or (4) such Bearer Security is no longer Outstanding. The ownership, principal amount and serial numbers of Bearer Securities held by the Person so executing such instrument or writing and the date of the commencement and the date of the termination of holding the same may also be proved in any other manner which the Trustee, the Guarantor and the Company deem sufficient.
(e) If the Company or the Guarantor shall solicit from the Holders of any Registered Securities any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act, the Company may at its option (but is not obligated to), by Board Resolution, fix in advance a record date for the determination of Holders of Registered Securities entitled to give such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other 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 Registered Securities of record at the close of business on such record date shall be deemed to be Holders for the purpose of determining whether Holders of the requisite proportion of Outstanding Securities have authorized or agreed or consented to such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act, and for that purpose the Outstanding Securities shall be computed as of such record date; provided that no such authorization, agreement or consent by the Holders of Registered Securities shall be deemed effective unless it shall become effective pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture not later than six months after the record date.
(f) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act by 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 or suffered to be done by the Trustee, any Security Registrar, any Paying Agent, any Conversion Agent or the Company or the Guarantor in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such Act is made upon such Security.
Section 105. Notices, etc. to Trustee, the Company and the Guarantor.
Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act of Holders or other document provided or permitted by this Indenture to be made upon, given or furnished to, or filed with,
(a) the Trustee by any Holder or holder of a Preferred Security, the Guarantor or 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:
Institutional Trust Services, or
(b) the Guarantor or the Company by the Trustee or 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 Guarantor or the Company, as
applicable, addressed to the attention of its 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, the Guarantor or the Company, as applicable.
Section 106. Notice to Holders of Securities; Waiver.
Except as otherwise expressly provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, where this Indenture provides for notice to Holders of Securities of any event,
(a) 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
(b) such notice shall be sufficiently given to Holders of Bearer Securities, if any, if published in an Authorized Newspaper in The City of New York and, if such Securities are then listed on any stock exchange outside the United States, in an Authorized Newspaper in such city as the Company shall advise the Trustee that such stock exchange so requires, on a Business Day at least twice, the first such publication to be not earlier than the earliest date and the second such publication not later than the latest date prescribed for the giving of such notice.
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. Any notice which is mailed in the manner herein provided shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given or provided. In case by reason of the suspension of regular mail service or by reason of any other cause it shall be impracticable to give such notice by mail, then such notification as shall be made with the approval of the Trustee shall constitute a sufficient notification for every purpose hereunder.
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 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 mailed to Holders of Registered Securities as provided above.
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 of Securities shall be filed with the Trustee, but such filing shall not be a condition precedent to the validity of any action taken in reliance upon such waiver.
Section 107. Language of Notices.
Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, election or waiver required or permitted under this Indenture shall be in the English language, except that, if the Company or the Guarantor so elects, any published notice may be in an official language of the country of publication.
Section 108. Conflict with Trust Indenture Act.
If any provision hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with any duties under any required provision of the Trust Indenture Act imposed hereon by Section 318(c) thereof, such required provision shall control.
Section 109. 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 110. Successors and Assigns.
All covenants and agreements in this Indenture by the Company or the Guarantor, as applicable, shall bind such party's successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not.
Section 111. Separability Clause.
In case any provision in this Indenture, any Security, any Coupon or any Guarantee 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 112. Benefits of Indenture.
Except as otherwise expressly provided herein with respect to holders of Preferred Securities, nothing in this Indenture, any Security or any Coupon, or in any Guarantee, express or implied, shall give to any Person, other than the parties hereto, any Security Registrar, any Paying Agent, any Conversion Agent and their successors hereunder and the Holders of Securities or Coupons, any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Indenture.
Section 113. Governing Law.
This Indenture, the Securities, any Coupons and the Guarantees shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York applicable to agreements made or instruments entered into and, in each case, performed in said state without regard to the conflict of laws principles thereof.
Section 114. Legal Holidays.
Unless otherwise specified in or pursuant to this Indenture or any Securities, in any case where any Interest Payment Date, Business Day following any Change in Control Purchase Date or Stated Maturity or Maturity of any Security, or the last date on which a Holder has the right to convert or exchange Securities of a series that are convertible or exchangeable, shall be a Legal Holiday at any Place of Payment, then (notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, any Security, Coupon or Guarantee other than a provision in any Security, Coupon or Guarantee that specifically states that such provision shall apply in lieu hereof) payment need not be made at such Place of Payment on such date, and such Securities need not be converted or exchanged on such date but such payment may be made, and such Securities may be converted or exchanged, on the next succeeding day that is a Business Day at such Place of Payment with the same force and effect as if made on the Interest Payment Date or at the Stated Maturity or Maturity or on such last day for conversion or exchange, and no Interest shall accrue on the amount payable on such date or at such time for the period from and after such Interest Payment Date, Business Day following any Change in Control Purchase Date, Stated Maturity, Maturity or last day for conversion or exchange, as the case may be, to the next succeeding Business Day.
Section 115. Counterparts.
This Indenture may be executed in several counterparts, each of which shall be an original and all of which shall constitute but one and the same instrument.
Section 116. Judgment Currency.
Each of the Company and the Guarantor agrees, to the fullest
extent that it may effectively do so under applicable law, that (a) if for the
purpose of obtaining judgment in any court it is necessary to convert the sum
due in respect of the principal of, or premium or Interest, if any, or
Additional Amounts on the Securities of any series (the "Required Currency")
into a currency in which a judgment will be rendered (the "Judgment Currency"),
the rate of exchange used shall be the rate at which in accordance with normal
banking procedures the Trustee could purchase in The City of New York the
Required Currency with the Judgment Currency on the New York Banking Day
preceding that on which a final unappealable judgment is given and (b) its
obligations under this Indenture to make payments in the Required Currency (i)
shall not be discharged or satisfied by any tender, or any recovery pursuant to
any judgment (whether or not entered in accordance with clause (a)), in any
currency other than the Required Currency, except to the extent that such tender
or recovery shall result in the actual receipt, by the payee, of the full amount
of the Required Currency expressed to be payable in respect of such payments,
(ii) shall be enforceable as an alternative or additional cause of action for
the purpose of recovering in the Required Currency the amount, if any, by which
such actual receipt shall fall short of the full amount of the Required Currency
so expressed to be payable and (iii) shall not be affected by judgment being
obtained for any other sum due under this Indenture. For purposes of the
foregoing, "New York Banking Day" means any day except a Saturday, Sunday or a
legal holiday in The City of New York or a day on which banking institutions in
The City of New York are authorized or obligated by law, regulation or executive
order to be closed.
ARTICLE TWO
SECURITIES AND GUARANTEE FORMS
Section 201. Forms Generally.
Each Guarantee, Registered Security, Bearer Security, Coupon and temporary or permanent global Security issued pursuant to this Indenture shall be in the form established by or pursuant to a Board Resolution, an Officers' Certificate or in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, shall have such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as are required or permitted by or pursuant to this Indenture or any indenture supplemental hereto and may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification and such legends or endorsements placed thereon as may, consistently herewith, be determined by the officers executing such Guarantee, Security or Coupon as evidenced by their execution of such Guarantee, Security or Coupon.
Unless otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture or any Securities, the Securities shall be issuable in registered form without Coupons and shall not be issuable upon the exercise of warrants.
Definitive Securities and definitive Coupons and Guarantees shall be printed, lithographed or engraved or produced by any combination of these methods on a steel engraved border or steel engraved borders or may be produced in any other manner, all as determined by the officers of the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, executing such Securities, Coupons or Guarantees, as evidenced by their execution of such Securities, Coupons or Guarantees.
Section 202. Guarantee by Guarantor; Form of Guarantee.
The Guarantor by its execution of this Indenture hereby agrees with each Holder of a Security authenticated and delivered by the Trustee, and with the Trustee on behalf of each such Holder, to be irrevocably and unconditionally bound by the terms and provisions of the Guarantee set forth below and authorizes the Chairman of the Board, the President or any Vice President or the Treasurer of the Guarantor to execute, manually or by facsimile signature in the name and on behalf of the Guarantor, and to confirm such Guarantee to the Holder of each such Security by his or her execution and delivery of each such Security, with such Guarantee endorsed thereon, authenticated and delivered by the Trustee. When delivered pursuant to the provisions of Section 303 hereof, the Guarantee so set forth on the Security shall bind the Guarantor notwithstanding the fact that such Guarantee does not bear the signature of the Guarantor.
Guarantees to be endorsed on the Securities shall, subject to
Section 201, be in substantially the form set forth below:
GUARANTEE
For value received, Apache Corporation, a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Delaware (the "Guarantor," which term includes any successor Person under the Indenture referred to in the Security upon which this Guarantee is endorsed), hereby
irrevocably and unconditionally guarantees to the Holder of the Security upon which this Guarantee is endorsed and to the Trustee on behalf of the Trustee and such Holder the due and punctual payment of the principal of, and any premium, and Interest on, and any Additional Amounts with respect to, such Security, and any other amount due and payable pursuant to the terms of the Indenture or payments referred to therein, if any, when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at the Stated Maturity, by declaration of acceleration, call for redemption, repurchase, or otherwise, according to the terms of such Security and of the Indenture referred to therein. In case of the failure of Apache Finance Canada II Corporation, an unlimited liability company organized under the laws of the Province of Nova Scotia, Canada (the "Company," which term includes any successor corporation under such Indenture), punctually to make any such payment of principal, any premium or Interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to such Security, the Guarantor hereby agrees to cause any such payment to be made punctually when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at the Stated Maturity or by declaration of acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise, and as if such payment were made by the Company.
The Guarantor hereby agrees that its obligations hereunder shall be as if it were principal debtor and not merely surety, and shall be absolute and unconditional, irrespective of, and shall be unaffected by, any invalidity, irregularity or unenforceability of such Security or such Indenture, any failure to enforce the provisions of such Security or such Indenture, or any waiver, modification or indulgence granted to the Company with respect thereto, by the holder of such Security or the Trustee or any other circumstance which may otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge of a surety or guarantor. The Guarantor hereby waives the benefits of division and discussion, diligence, presentment, demand of payment, filing of claims with a court in the event of merger, insolvency or bankruptcy of the Company, any right to require a proceeding first against the Company, protest or notice with respect to such Security or the indebtedness evidenced thereby and all demands whatsoever, and covenants that this Guarantee will not be discharged except by strict and complete performance of the obligations contained in such Security and this Guarantee. The Guarantor hereby agrees that, in the event of a default in payment of principal of, any premium or Interest on, or any Additional Amounts with respect to, such Security, or default in any sinking fund or analogous payment referred to therein, legal proceedings may be instituted by the Trustee on behalf of, or by, the Holder of such Security, on the terms and conditions set forth in the Indenture, directly against the Guarantor to enforce this Guarantee without first proceeding against the Company.
The Guarantor shall be subrogated to all rights of the Holder of such Security and the Trustee against the Company in respect of any amounts paid to such Holder by the Guarantor on account of such Security pursuant to the provisions of this Guarantee or the Indenture; provided, however, that the Guarantor shall not be entitled to enforce, or to receive any payments arising out of or based upon, such right of subrogation until the principal of, and any premium and Interest on, and any Additional Amounts required with respect to, all Securities issued under such Indenture shall have been paid in full.
No reference herein to such Indenture and no provision of this Guarantee or of such Indenture shall alter or impair the guarantee of the Guarantor, which is absolute and unconditional, of the due and punctual payment of principal of, any premium and Interest on, and any Additional Amounts required with respect to, the Security upon which this Guarantee is endorsed.
This Guarantee shall not be valid or obligatory for any purpose until the certificate of authentication of the Security upon which this Guarantee is endorsed shall have been manually executed by or on behalf of the Trustee under such Indenture.
All terms used in this Guarantee which are defined in such Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in such Indenture.
This Guarantee shall be deemed to be a contract made under the laws of the State of New York, and for all purposes shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.
This Guarantee is an unsecured obligation of the Guarantor, and ranks pari passu with all other unsubordinated indebtedness of the Guarantor.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Guarantor has caused this Guarantee to be duly executed under its corporate seal and dated the date of the Security upon which this Guarantee is endorsed.
Apache Corporation
Each Guarantee shall be dated the date of the Security upon which it is endorsed. Reference is made to Article Sixteen for further provisions with respect to the Guarantees.
Section 203. Form of Trustee's Certificate of Authentication.
Subject to Section 611, 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.
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, as Trustee
Section 204. Securities in Global Form.
Unless otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture or any Securities, the Securities shall not be issuable in temporary or permanent global form. If Securities of a series shall be issuable in global form, any such Security may provide that it or any number of such Securities shall represent the aggregate amount of all Outstanding Securities of such series (or such lesser amount as is permitted by the terms thereof) from time to time endorsed thereon and may also provide that the aggregate amount of Outstanding Securities represented thereby may from time to time be increased or reduced to reflect exchanges. Any endorsement of any Security in global form to reflect the amount, or any increase or decrease in the amount, or changes in the rights of Holders, of Outstanding Securities represented thereby shall be made in such manner and by such Person or Persons as shall be specified therein or in the Company Order or Guarantor Order to be delivered pursuant to Section 303 or 304 with respect thereto. Subject to the provisions of Section 303 and, if applicable, Section 304, the Trustee shall deliver and redeliver any Security in permanent global form in the manner and upon instructions given by the Person or Persons specified therein or in the applicable Company Order or Guarantor Order. If a Company Order or Guarantor Order pursuant to Section 303 or 304 has been, or simultaneously is, delivered, any instructions by the Company or the Guarantor with respect to a Security in global form shall be in writing but need not be accompanied by or contained in an Officers' Certificate and need not be accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 307, unless otherwise specified in or pursuant to this Indenture or any Securities, payment of principal of, any premium or Interest on or any Additional Amounts in respect of, any Security in temporary or permanent global form shall be made to the Person or Persons specified therein.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 308 and except as provided in the preceding paragraph, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company and the Trustee shall treat the Holder of a global security in registered form as the Holder of the principal amount of Outstanding Securities represented by such global Security.
ARTICLE THREE
THE SECURITIES
Section 301. Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series.
The aggregate principal amount of Securities which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is unlimited. The Securities may be issued in one or more series.
With respect to any Securities to be authenticated and delivered hereunder, there shall be established in or pursuant to a Board Resolution of the Company, an Officers' Certificate of the Company or established in one or more indentures supplemental hereto,
(a) the title of such Securities and the series in which such Securities shall be included;
(b) any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the Securities of such title or the Securities of such series which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture (except for Securities authenticated and delivered upon registration or transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Securities of such series pursuant to Section 304, 305, 306, 905 or 1107, upon repayment on part of any Registered Security of such series pursuant to Article Twelve or upon surrender in part of any Security for conversion into or exchange for Common Stock or other securities, cash or property pursuant to its terms, or pursuant to or as contemplated by the terms of such Securities);
(c) if such Securities are to be issuable as Registered Securities, as Bearer Securities or alternatively as Bearer Securities and Registered Securities, and whether the Bearer Securities are to be issuable with Coupons, without Coupons or both, and any restrictions applicable to the offer, sale or delivery of the Bearer Securities and the terms, if any, upon which Bearer Securities may be exchanged for Registered Securities and vice versa;
(d) if any of such Securities are to be issuable in global
form, when any of such Securities are to be issuable in global form and
(i) whether such Securities are to be issued in temporary or permanent
global form or both, (ii) whether beneficial owners of interests in any
such global Security may exchange such interests for Securities of the
same series and of like tenor and of any authorized form and
denomination, and the circumstances under which any such exchanges may
occur, if other than in the manner specified in Section 305, and (iii)
the name of the Depositary or the U.S. Depositary, as the case may be,
with respect to any global Security;
(e) if any of such Securities are to be issuable as Bearer Securities or in global form, the date as of which any such Bearer Security or global Security shall be dated (if other than the date of original issuance of the first of such Securities to be issued);
(f) if any of such Securities are to be issuable as Bearer Securities, whether Interest in respect of any portion of a temporary Bearer Security in global form payable in respect of an Interest Payment Date therefor prior to the exchange, if any, of such temporary Bearer Security for definitive Securities shall be paid to any clearing organization with respect to the portion of such temporary Bearer Security held for its account and, in such event, the terms and conditions (including any certification requirements) upon which any such Interest payment received by a clearing organization will be credited to the Persons entitled to Interest payable on such Interest Payment Date;
(g) the date or dates, or the method or methods, if any, by which such date or dates shall be determined, on which the principal of such Securities is payable;
(h) the rate or rates at which such Securities shall bear
Interest, if any, or the method or methods, if any, by which such rate
or rates are to be determined, the date or dates, if any, from which
such Interest shall accrue or the method or methods, if any, by which
such date or dates are to be determined, the Interest Payment Dates, if
any, on which such Interest shall be payable and the Regular Record
Date, if any, for the Interest payable on Registered Securities on any
Interest Payment Date, if Additional Amounts on such Securities or any
of them shall not be payable as provided in Section 1004, and any
deletion from, or modifications or additions to, the provisions of
Section 1004 or Section 1108 in respect of the Securities of such
series, the notice, if any, to Holders regarding the determination of
Interest on a floating rate Security and the manner of giving such
notice, and the basis upon which Interest shall be calculated if other
than that of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months;
(i) the right, if any, to extend the Interest payment periods and the duration of any such extension, including the maximum consecutive period, if any, during which Interest payment periods may be extended;
(j) if in addition to or other than the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, the place or places where the principal of, any premium and Interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to such Securities shall be payable, any of such Securities that are Registered Securities may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange and notices or demands to or upon the Company or the Guarantor in respect of such Securities and this Indenture may be served, the extent to which, or the manner in which, any Interest payment or Additional Amounts on a global Security on an Interest Payment Date, will be paid and the manner in which any principal of or premium, if any, on any global Security will be paid;
(k) whether any of such Securities are to be redeemable at the option of the Company and, if so, the date or dates on which, the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which and the other terms and conditions upon which such Securities may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option of the Company;
(l) the obligation, if any, of the Company to redeem or purchase Securities of the series pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous provisions (including payments made in cash in anticipation of future sinking fund obligations) or at the option of a Holder (other than, or in addition to, the obligation of the Company to purchase Securities at the option of Holders upon a Change in Control pursuant to Article Fifteen) and the date or dates on which or 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;
(m) whether the Securities of the series will be convertible into and/or exchangeable for Common Stock or other securities, whether or not issued by the
Company, cash or property and the terms and conditions of any such conversion or exchange and, if so provided, the terms and conditions upon which such Securities will be so convertible or exchangeable, and any deletions from or modifications or additions to this Indenture to permit or to facilitate the issuance of such convertible or exchangeable Securities or the administration thereof;
(n) the denominations in which any of such Securities that are Registered Securities shall be issuable if other than denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof, and the denominations in which any of such Securities that are Bearer Securities shall be issuable if other than the denomination of $5,000;
(o) if other than the principal amount thereof, the portion of
the principal amount of any of such Securities that shall be payable
upon declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to
Section 502 or the method by which such portion is to be determined;
(p) if other than Dollars, the Foreign Currency in which payment of the principal of, any premium or Interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to any of such Securities shall be payable;
(q) if the principal of, any premium or Interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to any of such Securities are to be payable, at the election of the Company or a Holder thereof or otherwise, in Dollars or in a Foreign Currency other than that in which such Securities are stated to be payable, the date or dates on which, the period or periods within which, and the other terms and conditions upon which, such election may be made, and the time and manner of determining the exchange rate between the Currency in which such Securities are stated to be payable and the Currency in which such Securities or any of them are to be paid pursuant to such election, and any deletions from or modifications of or additions to the terms of this Indenture to provide for or to facilitate the issuance of Securities denominated or payable, at the election of the Company or a Holder thereof or otherwise, in a Foreign Currency;
(r) whether the amount of payments of principal of, any premium or Interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to such Securities may be determined with reference to an index, formula or other method or methods (which index, formula or method or methods may be based, without limitation, on one or more Currencies, commodities, equity indices or other indices), and, if so, the terms and conditions upon which and the manner in which such amounts shall be determined and paid or payable;
(s) any deletions from, modifications of or additions to the Events of Default or covenants of the Company or the Guarantor with respect to any of such Securities, whether or not such Events of Default or covenants are consistent with the Events of Default or covenants set forth herein;
(t) if either or both of Section 402(2) relating to defeasance or Section 402(3) relating to covenant defeasance shall not be applicable to the Securities of such series, or
any covenants in addition to those specified in Section 402(3) relating to the Securities of such series shall be subject to covenant defeasance, and any deletions from, or modifications or additions to, the provisions of Article Four in respect of the Securities of such series;
(u) if any of such Securities are to be issuable upon the exercise of warrants, and the time, manner and place for such Securities to be authenticated and delivered;
(v) if any of such Securities are to be issuable in global form and are to be issuable in definitive form (whether upon original issue or upon exchange of a temporary Security) only upon receipt of certain certificates or other documents or satisfaction of other conditions, then the form and terms of such certificates, documents or conditions;
(w) if there is more than one Trustee, the identity of the Trustee and, if not the Trustee, the identity of each Security Registrar, Paying Agent, Conversion Agent or Authenticating Agent with respect to such Securities;
(x) the Change in Control Purchase Price, if applicable; and
(y) the name of the applicable Trust (which shall distinguish such statutory business trust from all other Trusts), if any, to which the Securities of such series are to be deposited as assets and the date of its Trust Agreement; and
(z) any other terms of such Securities and any deletions from or modifications or additions to this Indenture in respect of such Securities.
All Securities (and Guarantees endorsed thereon) of any one series and all Coupons, if any, appertaining to Bearer Securities of such series shall be substantially identical except as to Currency of payments due thereunder, denomination and the rate of Interest, or method of determining the rate of Interest, if any, Maturity, and the date from which Interest, if any, shall accrue and except as may otherwise be provided by the Company in or pursuant to the Board Resolution and set forth in the Officers' Certificate or in any indenture or indentures supplemental hereto pertaining to such series of Securities. The terms of the Securities of any series may provide, without limitation, that the Securities shall be authenticated and delivered by the Trustee on original issue from time to time upon telephonic or written order of persons designated in the Officers' Certificate or supplemental indenture (telephonic instructions to be promptly confirmed in writing by such person) and that such persons are authorized to determine, consistent with such Officers' Certificate or any applicable supplemental indenture, such terms and conditions of the Securities of such series as are specified in such Officers' Certificate or supplemental indenture. All Securities of any one series need not be issued at the same time and, unless otherwise so provided by the Company, a series may be reopened for issuances of additional Securities of such series or to establish additional terms of such series of Securities.
If any of the terms of the Securities of any series shall be established by action taken by or pursuant to a Board Resolution, the Board Resolutions of the Company and the
Guarantor shall be delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Officers' Certificate setting forth the terms of such series.
Section 302. Currency; Denominations.
Unless otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, the principal of, any premium and Interest on and any Additional Amounts with respect to the Securities shall be payable in Dollars. Unless otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, Registered Securities denominated in Dollars shall be issuable in registered form without Coupons in denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof, and the Bearer Securities denominated in Dollars shall be issuable in the denomination of $5,000. Securities not denominated in Dollars shall be issuable in such denominations as are established with respect to such Securities in or pursuant to this Indenture.
Section 303. Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating.
Securities shall be executed on behalf of the Company by its Chairman of the Board, one of its Vice Chairmen, its President, its Treasurer, one of its Assistant Treasurers, one of its Directors or one of its Vice Presidents under its corporate seal reproduced thereon and attested by its Secretary, its Treasurer or one of its Assistant Secretaries or Assistant Treasurers. Coupons shall be executed on behalf of the Company by the Treasurer, one of its Vice Presidents or any Assistant Treasurer of the Company. The signature of any of these officers on the Securities or any Coupons appertaining thereto may be manual or facsimile.
Securities, and any Coupons 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 or Coupons.
At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of this Indenture, the Company may deliver Securities, together with any Coupons appertaining thereto, executed by the Company, with Guarantees endorsed thereon by the Guarantor, to the Trustee for authentication and, provided that the Board Resolutions and Officers' Certificates or supplemental indenture or indentures with respect to such Securities referred to in Section 301 and a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of such Securities and a Guarantor Order approving the delivery of the Guarantees endorsed thereon have been delivered to the Trustee, the Trustee in accordance with the Company Order and subject to the provisions hereof and of such Securities shall authenticate and deliver such Securities having such Guarantees. In authenticating such Securities, and accepting the additional responsibilities under this Indenture in relation to such Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto, and the Guarantees endorsed thereon, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and (subject to Sections 315(a) through 315(d) of the Trust Indenture Act) shall be fully protected in relying upon,
(1) an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that:
(a) the form or forms and terms of such Securities and Coupons, if any, and Guarantees have been established in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture;
(b) all conditions precedent to the authentication and delivery of such Securities and Coupons, if any, appertaining thereto, have been complied with and that such Securities and Coupons, when completed by appropriate insertions, executed under the Company's corporate seal and attested by duly authorized officers of the Company, delivered by duly authorized officers of the Company to the Trustee for authentication pursuant to this Indenture, and 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 legally valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms, except as enforcement thereof may be subject to or limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, arrangement, fraudulent conveyance, fraudulent transfer or other similar laws relating to or affecting creditors' rights generally, and subject to general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in a proceeding in equity or at law) and will entitle the Holders thereof to the benefits of this Indenture, including the Guarantee; such Opinion of Counsel need express no opinion as to the availability of equitable remedies;
(c) Guarantees, when executed under the Guarantor's corporate seal and attested by duly authorized officers of the Guarantor and endorsed upon a Security that is authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and issued by the Company in the manner and subject to any condition specified in such Opinion of Counsel, will constitute legally valid and binding obligations of the Guarantor, enforceable against the Guarantor in accordance with its terms, except as enforcement thereof may be subject to or limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, arrangement, fraudulent conveyance, fraudulent transfer or other similar laws relating to or affecting creditors' rights generally, and subject to general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in a proceeding in equity or at law) and will entitle the Holders to the benefits of this Indenture; such Opinion of Counsel need express no opinion as to the availability of equitable remedies;
(d) all laws and requirements in respect of the execution and delivery by the Company of such Securities and Coupons, if any, have been complied with; and
(e) this Indenture has been qualified under the Trust Indenture Act; and
(2) Officers' Certificates of the Company and the Guarantor stating that, in each case, to the best knowledge of the Persons executing such certificate, no event which is, or after notice or lapse of time or both would become, an Event of Default with respect to any of the Securities or the Guarantees shall have occurred and be continuing.
If all the Securities of any series are not to be issued at one time, it shall not be necessary to deliver an Opinion of Counsel and Officers' Certificates at the time of issuance of each Security, but such opinion and certificate, with appropriate modifications, shall be delivered at or before the time of issuance of the first Security of such series. After any such first delivery, any separate request by the Company that the Trustee authenticate Securities of such series for
original issue will be deemed to be a certification by the Company and the Guarantor that all conditions precedent provided for in this Indenture relating to authentication and delivery of such Securities continue to have been complied with.
The Trustee shall not be required to authenticate or to cause an Authenticating Agent to authenticate any Securities if the issue of such Securities pursuant to this Indenture will affect the Trustee's own rights, duties or immunities under the Securities and this Indenture or otherwise in a manner which is not reasonably acceptable to the Trustee or if the Trustee, being advised by counsel, determines that such action may not lawfully be taken.
Each Registered Security shall be dated the date of its authentication. Each Bearer Security and any Bearer Security in global form shall be dated as of the date specified in or pursuant to this Indenture.
No Security or Guarantee 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 in Section 202 or 611
executed by or on behalf of the Trustee or by the Authenticating Agent by the
manual signature of one of its authorized officers. Such certificate upon any
Security shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such Security
has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder. Except as permitted by
Section 306 or 307, the Trustee shall not authenticate and deliver any Bearer
Security or related Guarantee unless all Coupons appertaining thereto then
matured have been detached and canceled.
Section 304. Temporary Securities.
Pending the preparation of definitive Securities, the Company
may execute and deliver to the Trustee and, upon Company Order and Guarantor
Order, the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in the manner provided in
Section 303, temporary Securities in lieu thereof which are printed,
lithographed, typewritten, mimeographed 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 or pursuant to
this Indenture, in bearer form with one or more Coupons or without Coupons and
having endorsed thereon Guarantees of the Guarantor substantially of the tenor
of the definitive Guarantees, and with such appropriate insertions, omissions,
substitutions and other variations as the officers executing such Securities or
Guarantees may determine, as conclusively evidenced by their execution of such
Securities or Guarantees, as the case may be. Such temporary Securities may be
in global form.
Except in the case of temporary Securities in global form, which shall be exchanged in accordance with the provisions thereof, if temporary Securities are issued, the Company shall cause definitive Securities to be prepared without unreasonable delay. After the preparation of definitive Securities of the same series and containing terms and provisions that are identical to those of any temporary Securities, such temporary Securities shall be exchangeable for such definitive Securities with Guarantees of the Guarantor endorsed thereon upon surrender of such temporary Securities at an Office or Agency for such Securities, without charge to any Holder thereof. Upon surrender for cancellation of any one or more temporary Securities (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 authorized denominations of the same series and containing identical terms and provisions, each with a Guarantee of the Guarantor endorsed thereon; provided, however, that no definitive Bearer Security, except as provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, shall be delivered in exchange for a temporary Registered Security; and provided, further, that a definitive Bearer Security shall be delivered in exchange for a temporary Bearer Security only in compliance with the conditions set forth in or pursuant to this Indenture. Unless otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture with respect to a temporary global Security, until so exchanged the temporary Securities of any series shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as definitive Securities of such series.
Section 305. Registration, Transfer and Exchange.
With respect to the Registered Securities of each series, if any, the Company shall cause to be kept a register (each such register being herein sometimes referred to as the "Security Register") at an Office or Agency for such series in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Company shall provide for the registration of the Registered Securities of such series and of transfers of the Registered Securities of such series. Such Office or Agency shall be the "Security Registrar" for that series of Securities. Unless otherwise specified in or pursuant to this Indenture or the Securities, the Trustee shall be the initial Security Registrar for each series of Securities. The Company shall have the right to remove and replace from time to time the Security Registrar for any series of Securities; provided that no such removal or replacement shall be effective until a successor Security Registrar with respect to such series of Securities shall have been appointed by the Company and shall have accepted such appointment by the Company. In the event that the Trustee shall not be or shall cease to be Security Registrar with respect to a series of Securities, it shall have the right to examine the Security Register for such series at all reasonable times. There shall be only one Security Register for each series of Securities.
Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Registered Security of any series at any Office or Agency for such series, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Registered Securities of the same series denominated as authorized in or pursuant to this Indenture, of a like aggregate principal amount bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding and containing identical terms and provisions, having Guarantees duly endorsed thereon.
At the option of the Holder, Registered Securities of any series may be exchanged for other Registered Securities of the same series containing identical terms and provisions, in any authorized denominations, and of a like aggregate principal amount, upon surrender of the Securities to be exchanged at any Office or Agency for such series. Whenever any Registered Securities are so surrendered for exchange, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the Registered Securities which the Holder making the exchange is entitled to receive having Guarantees duly endorsed thereon.
If provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, with respect to Securities of any series, at the option of the Holder, Bearer Securities of such series may be exchanged for Registered Securities of such series containing identical terms, denominated as authorized in or pursuant to this Indenture and in the same aggregate principal amount, upon surrender of the Bearer Securities to be exchanged at any Office or Agency for such series, 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, the Guarantor 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, the Guarantor 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 Bearer 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 for such series located outside the United States. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in case a Bearer Security of any series is surrendered at any such Office or Agency for such series in exchange for a Registered Security of such series 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 date for payment of Defaulted Interest, such Bearer Security shall be surrendered without the Coupon relating to such Interest Payment Date or proposed date of payment, as the case may be (or, if such Coupon is so surrendered with such Bearer Security, such Coupon shall be returned to the Person so surrendering the Bearer Security), and Interest or Defaulted Interest, as the case may be, shall 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 shall be payable only to the Holder of such Coupon when due in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture.
If provided in or pursuant to this Indenture with respect to Securities of any series, at the option of the Holder, Registered Securities of such series may be exchanged for Bearer Securities upon such terms and conditions as may be provided in or pursuant to this Indenture with respect to such series.
Whenever any Securities are surrendered for exchange as contemplated by the immediately preceding two paragraphs, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the Securities, having endorsed thereon Guarantees of the Guarantor, which the Holder making the exchange is entitled to receive.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, except as otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, any global Security shall be exchangeable for definitive Securities only if (i) the Depositary is at any time unwilling, unable or ineligible to continue as Depositary and a successor depository is not appointed by the Company within 90 days of the date the Company is so informed in writing, (ii) the Company executes and delivers to the Trustee a Company Order to the
effect that such global Security shall be so exchangeable, or (iii) an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing with respect to the Securities. If the beneficial owners of interests in a global Security are entitled to exchange such interests for definitive Securities as the result of an event described in clause (i), (ii) or (iii) of the preceding sentence, 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 such form and denominations as are required by or pursuant to this Indenture, and of the same series, containing identical terms and in aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of such global Security, executed by the Company. On or after the earliest date on which such interests may be so exchanged, such global Security shall be surrendered from time to time by the U.S. Depositary or such other Depositary as shall be specified in the Company Order with respect thereto, and in accordance with instructions given to the Trustee and the U.S. Depositary or such other Depositary, as the case may be (which instructions shall be in writing but need not be contained in or accompanied by an Officers' Certificate or be accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel), as shall be specified in the Company Order with respect thereto to the Trustee, as the Company's agent for such purpose, to be exchanged, in whole or in part, for definitive Securities as described above without charge. The Trustee shall authenticate and make available for delivery, in exchange for each portion of such surrendered global Security, a like aggregate principal amount of definitive Securities of the same series of authorized denominations and of like tenor as the portion of such global Security to be exchanged, which (unless such Securities are not issuable both as Bearer Securities and as Registered Securities, in which case the definitive Securities exchanged for the global Security shall be issuable only in the form in which the Securities are issuable, as provided in or pursuant to this Indenture) shall be in the form of Bearer Securities or Registered Securities, or any combination thereof, as shall be specified by the beneficial owner thereof, but subject to the satisfaction of any certification or other requirements to the issuance of Bearer Securities; provided, however, that no such exchanges may occur during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before any selection of Securities of the same series to be redeemed and ending on the relevant Redemption Date; and provided, further, that (unless otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture) no Bearer Security delivered in exchange for a portion of a global Security shall be mailed or otherwise delivered to any location in the United States. Promptly following any such exchange in part, such global Security shall be returned by the Trustee to such Depositary or the U.S. Depositary, as the case may be, or such other Depositary or U.S. Depositary referred to above in accordance with the instructions of the Company referred to above. If a Registered Security is issued in exchange for any portion of a global Security after the close of business at the Office or Agency for such Security where such exchange occurs on or after (i) any Regular Record Date for such Security and before the opening of business at such Office or Agency on the next Interest Payment Date, or (ii) any Special Record Date for such Security and before the opening of business at such Office or Agency on the related proposed date for payment of Interest or Defaulted Interest, as the case may be, Interest shall 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 shall 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 global Security shall be payable in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture.
All Securities issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities and all Guarantees endorsed thereon shall be the valid obligations of the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, evidencing the same debt and entitling the Holders thereof to the same benefits under this Indenture as the Securities and Guarantees endorsed thereon surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.
Every Registered Security presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or for exchange or redemption shall (if so required by the Company or the Security Registrar for such Security) be duly endorsed, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar for such Security duly executed by the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing.
No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange, or redemption of Securities, but the Company or the Trustee may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge.
Except as otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, the Company shall not be required (i) to issue, register the transfer of or exchange any Securities during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before the day of the selection for redemption of Securities of like tenor and the same series under Section 1103 and ending at the close of business on the day of such selection, or (ii) to register the transfer of or exchange any Registered Security so selected for redemption in whole or in part, except in the case of any Security to be redeemed in part, the portion thereof not to be redeemed, or (iii) to exchange any Bearer Security so selected for redemption except, to the extent provided with respect to such Bearer Security, that such Bearer Security may be exchanged for a Registered Security of like tenor and the same series, provided that such Registered Security shall be immediately surrendered for redemption with written instruction for payment consistent with the provisions of this Indenture or (iv) to issue, register the transfer of or exchange any Security which, in accordance with its terms, has been surrendered for repayment at the option of the Holder, except the portion, if any, of such Security not to be so repaid.
Section 306. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities.
If any mutilated Security or a Security with a mutilated Coupon appertaining to it is surrendered to the Trustee, subject to the provisions of this Section 306, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a new Security of the same series containing identical terms and of like principal amount, having endorsed thereon the Guarantee of the Guarantor and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding, with Coupons appertaining thereto corresponding to the Coupons, if any, appertaining to the surrendered Security.
If there be delivered to the Company, the Guarantor and to 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, the Guarantor or the Trustee that such Security or Coupon has been acquired by a protected purchaser, the Company shall execute
and, upon Company Request the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in exchange for or in lieu of any such mutilated, 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 containing identical terms and of like principal amount having endorsed thereon the Guarantee of the Guarantor 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.
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 306,
in case any 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, any premium or Interest on or any Additional Amounts
with respect to any Bearer Securities shall, except as otherwise provided in
Section 1002, be payable only at an Office or Agency for such Securities located
outside the United States and, unless otherwise provided in or pursuant to this
Indenture, any Interest on Bearer Securities and any Additional Amounts with
respect to such Interest shall be payable only upon presentation and surrender
of the Coupons appertaining thereto.
Upon the issuance of any new Security under this Section 306, the Company or the Trustee 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, with any Coupons appertaining thereto, and the Guarantee of the Guarantor endorsed thereon, issued pursuant to this Section 306 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 a separate obligation of the Company and the Guarantor, respectively, whether or not the destroyed, lost or stolen Security and Coupons appertaining thereto or the destroyed, lost or stolen Coupon shall be at any time enforceable by anyone, and shall be entitled to all the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with any and all other Securities of such series and any Coupons and related Guarantees duly issued hereunder.
The provisions of this Section 306, as amended or supplemented pursuant to this Indenture with respect to particular Securities or generally, shall be 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 and Certain Additional Amounts; Rights to Interest and Certain Additional Amounts Preserved.
Unless otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, any Interest on and any Additional Amounts with respect to any Registered Security which shall be payable, and are punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date shall be paid to the Person in whose name such Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered as of the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such Interest. Unless otherwise provided in or pursuant
to this Indenture, in case a Bearer Security is surrendered in exchange for a Registered Security after the close of business at an Office or Agency for such Security on any Regular Record Date therefor and before the opening of business at such Office or Agency on the next succeeding Interest Payment Date therefor, such Bearer Security shall be surrendered without the Coupon relating to such Interest Payment Date and Interest shall not be payable on such Interest Payment Date in respect of the Registered Security issued in exchange for such Bearer Security, but shall be payable only to the Holder of such Coupon when due in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture.
Unless otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, any Interest on and any Additional Amounts with respect to any Registered Security which shall be payable, but shall not be punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date for such Registered Security (herein called "Defaulted Interest") shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder thereof on the relevant Regular Record Date by virtue of having been such Holder; and such Defaulted Interest may be paid by the Company or the Guarantor, at its election in each case, as provided in Clause (1) or (2) below:
(1) The Company or the Guarantor may elect to make payment of any Defaulted Interest to the Person in whose name such Registered Security (or a Predecessor Security thereof) shall be 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 or the Guarantor shall notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of Defaulted Interest proposed to be paid on such Registered Security and the date of the proposed payment, and at the same time the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, 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 on or prior to the date of the proposed payment, such money when so deposited to be held in trust for the benefit of the Person 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 the Holder of such Registered Security (or a Predecessor Security thereof) at his address as it appears in the Security Register not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date. The Trustee may, in its discretion, in the name and at the expense of the Company cause a similar notice to be published at least once in an Authorized Newspaper of general circulation in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, but such publication shall not be a condition precedent to the establishment of such Special Record Date. Notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor having been mailed as aforesaid, such Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the Person in whose name such Registered Security (or a Predecessor Security thereof) shall be registered at the close of business on such Special Record Date and shall no longer be payable pursuant to the following clause (2). In case a Bearer Security is surrendered at the Office or Agency for such Security in exchange for a Registered Security after the close of business at such Office or Agency on 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 Defaulted Interest and Defaulted Interest shall not be payable on such proposed date of payment in respect of the Registered Security issued in exchange for such Bearer Security, but shall be payable only to the Holder of such Coupon when due in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture.
(2) The Company or the Guarantor may make payment of any Defaulted Interest in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which such Security may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, if, after notice given by the Company or the Guarantor to the Trustee of the proposed payment pursuant to this Clause, such payment shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee.
Unless otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture or the Securities of any particular series, at the option of the Company, Interest on Registered Securities that bear Interest may be paid by mailing a check to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register or by transfer to an account maintained by the payee with a bank located in the United States.
Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section 307 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.
If any convertible or exchangeable Security of any series is converted or exchanged after any Regular Record Date and on or prior to the next succeeding Interest Payment Date (other than any Security with respect to which the Stated Maturity Date is prior to such Interest Payment Date), Interest that is due on such Interest Payment Date shall be payable on such Interest Payment Date notwithstanding such conversion or exchange, and such Interest (whether or not punctually paid or duly provided for ) shall be paid to the Person in whose name that Security is registered at the close of business on such Regular Record Date. Except as otherwise expressly provided in the immediately preceding sentence, in the case of any Security that is converted or exchanged, Interest shall not be payable if the Regular Record Date is after the date of conversion or exchange of such Security.
Section 308. Persons Deemed Owners.
Prior to due presentment of a Registered Security for registration of transfer, the Company, the Guarantor, the Trustee and any agent of the Company, the Guarantor or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name such Registered Security is registered in the Security Register as the owner of such Registered Security for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of, any premium and (subject to Sections 305 and 307) Interest on and any Additional Amounts with respect to such Registered Security and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not any payment with respect to such Registered Security shall be overdue, and neither the Company, the Guarantor nor the Trustee or any agent of the Company, the Guarantor or the Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
The Company, the Guarantor, the Trustee and any agent of the Company, the Guarantor or the Trustee may treat the bearer of any Bearer Security or the bearer of any Coupon as the absolute owner of such Security or Coupon for the purpose of receiving payment thereof or on account thereof and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not any payment with respect to such Security or Coupon shall be overdue, and neither the Company, the Guarantor, the Trustee nor any agent of the Company, the Guarantor or the Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
No holder of any beneficial interest in any global Security held on its behalf by a Depositary shall have any rights under this Indenture with respect to such global Security, and such Depositary may be treated by the Company, the Guarantor, the Trustee, and any agent of the Company, the Guarantor or the Trustee as the owner of such global Security for all purposes whatsoever. None of the Company, the Guarantor, the Trustee, any Paying Agent, Conversion 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 global Security 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, exchange or conversion or for credit against any sinking fund payment shall, if surrendered to any Person other than the Trustee, be delivered to the Trustee, and any such Securities and Coupons, as well as Securities and Coupons surrendered directly to the Trustee for any such purpose, shall be canceled promptly by the Trustee. The Company or the Guarantor may at any time deliver to the Trustee for cancellation any Securities or Coupons previously authenticated and delivered hereunder which the Company or the Guarantor may have acquired in any manner whatsoever, and all Securities or Coupons so delivered shall be canceled promptly by the Trustee. No Securities or Coupons shall be authenticated in lieu of or in exchange for any Securities canceled as provided in this Section 309, except as expressly permitted by or pursuant to this Indenture. All canceled Securities and Coupons held by the Trustee shall be destroyed by the Trustee in accordance with its customary procedures, unless by a Company Order or Guarantor Order, the Company or the Guarantor directs their return to it.
Section 310. Computation of Interest.
Except as otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture or in any Security, Interest on the Securities shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.
ARTICLE FOUR
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE
Section 401. Satisfaction and Discharge.
Upon the direction of the Company by a Company Order or the Guarantor by a Guarantor Order, this Indenture shall cease to be of further effect with respect to any series of Securities specified in such Company Order or Guarantor Order and any Coupons appertaining thereto, and the Trustee, on receipt of a Company Order or Guarantor Order, at the expense of the Company and the Guarantor, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture as to such series, when
(1) either
(a) all Securities of such series theretofore authenticated
and delivered and all Coupons appertaining thereto (other than (i)
Coupons appertaining to Bearer Securities of such series surrendered in
exchange for Registered Securities of such series and maturing after
such exchange whose surrender is not required or has been waived as
provided in Section 305, (ii) Securities and Coupons of such series
which have been destroyed, lost or stolen and which have been replaced
or paid as provided in Section 306, (iii) Coupons appertaining to
Securities of such series called for redemption and maturing after the
relevant Redemption Date whose surrender has been waived as provided in
Section 1107, and (iv) Securities and Coupons of such series for whose
payment money in the applicable Currency has theretofore been deposited
in trust or segregated and held in trust by the Company or the
Guarantor and thereafter repaid to the Company or the Guarantor or
discharged from such trust, as provided in Section 1003) have been
delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or
(b) all Securities of such series and, in the case of (i) or
(ii) below, any Coupons appertaining thereto not theretofore delivered
to the Trustee for cancellation
(1) have become due and payable, or
(2) will become due and payable at their Stated Maturity within one year, or
(3) if redeemable at the option of the Company, are to be called for redemption within one year under arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption by the Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of the Company,
and the Company or the Guarantor, in the case of (i), (ii) or (iii) above, has deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in trust for such purpose, money in the Currency in which such Securities are payable in an amount sufficient to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness on such Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, including the principal of, any
premium and Interest on, and any Additional Amounts with respect to such Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto, to the date of such deposit (in the case of Securities which have become due and payable) or to the Maturity thereof, as the case may be;
(2) the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable hereunder by the Company with respect to the Outstanding Securities of such series and any Coupons appertaining thereto; and
(3) the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, 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 as to such series have been complied with.
In the event there are Securities of two or more series hereunder, the Trustee shall be required to execute an instrument acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture only if requested to do so with respect to Securities of such series as to which it is Trustee and if the other conditions thereto are met.
Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture with respect to any series of Securities, the obligations of the Company and the Guarantor to the Trustee under Section 606 and, if money shall have been deposited with the Trustee pursuant to subclause (b) of clause (1) of this Section 401, the obligations of the Trustee, the Guarantor and the Company with respect to the Securities of such series under Sections 305, 306, 403, 1002, 1003 and Article Twelve, with respect to the payment of Additional Amounts, if any, with respect to such Securities as contemplated by Section 1004 (but only to the extent that the Additional Amounts payable with respect to such Securities exceed the amount deposited in respect of such Additional Amounts pursuant to subclause (b) of clause (1) of this Section 401, and, unless otherwise provided pursuant to Section 301 with respect to the Securities of such series, any rights to convert or exchange the Securities of such series into other securities in accordance with their terms), shall survive.
Section 402. Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance.
(1) Unless pursuant to Section 301, either or both of (i)
defeasance of the Securities of or within a series under clause (2) of this
Section 402, or (ii) covenant defeasance of the Securities of or within a series
under clause (3) of this Section 402 shall not be applicable with respect to the
Securities of such series, then such provisions, together with the other
provisions of this Section 402 (with such modifications thereto as may be
specified pursuant to Section 301 with respect to any Securities), shall be
applicable to such Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto, and the
Company may at its option by Board Resolution or Officers' Certificate, at any
time, with respect to such Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto,
elect to have Section 402(2) or Section 402(3) be applied to such Outstanding
Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto upon compliance with the
conditions set forth below in this Section 402.
(2) Upon the Company's exercise of the above option applicable to this Section 402(2) with respect to any Securities of or within a series, the Company and the Guarantor shall be deemed to have been discharged from their respective obligations with respect to such Outstanding
Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto, and with respect to the Guarantees endorsed thereon, on the date the conditions set forth in clause (4) of this Section 402 are satisfied (hereinafter, "defeasance"). For this purpose, such defeasance means that the Company and the Guarantor shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire Indebtedness represented by such Outstanding Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto, and such corresponding Guarantees, which shall thereafter be deemed to be "Outstanding" only for the purposes of clause (5) of this Section 402 and the other Sections of this Indenture referred to in clauses (i) and (ii) below, and to have satisfied all of its other obligations under such Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto and this Indenture insofar as such Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto are concerned (and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging the same), except for the following which shall survive until otherwise terminated or discharged hereunder: (i) the rights of Holders of such Outstanding Securities and any Guarantees and Coupons appertaining thereto to receive, solely from the trust fund described in clause (4) of this Section 402 and as more fully set forth in such Section, payments in respect of the principal of (and premium, if any) and Interest, if any, on, and Additional Amounts, if any, with respect to, such Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto when such payments are due, and any rights of Holder to convert or exchange such Securities into or for Common Stock or other securities, cash or property, (ii) the obligations of the Company and the Trustee with respect to such Securities under Sections 305, 306, 1002 and 1003, with respect to the payment of Additional Amounts, if any, on such Securities as contemplated by Section 1004 (but only to the extent that the Additional Amounts payable with respect to such Securities exceed the amount deposited in respect of such Additional Amounts pursuant to Section 402(4)(a) below), and any obligations of the Guarantor relating to a surviving obligation of the Company, (iii) the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee hereunder and (iv) this Section 402. The Company may exercise its option under this Section 402(2) notwithstanding the prior exercise of its option under clause (3) of this Section 402 with respect to such Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto.
(3) Upon the Company's exercise of the above option applicable to this Section 402(3) with respect to any Securities of or within a series, the Company and the Guarantor shall be released from their respective obligations under Sections 1005 and 1006, and, to the extent specified pursuant to Section 301, in respect of any other covenant applicable to such Securities or the Guarantees endorsed thereon, with respect to such Outstanding Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto on and after the date the conditions set forth in clause (4) of this Section 402 are satisfied (hereinafter, "covenant defeasance"), and such Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto shall thereafter be deemed to be not "Outstanding" for the purposes of any direction, waiver, consent or declaration or Act of Holders (and the consequences of any thereof) in connection with any such covenant, but shall continue to be deemed "Outstanding" for all other purposes hereunder. For this purpose, such covenant defeasance means that, with respect to such Outstanding Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto and the Guarantees endorsed thereon, the Company and the Guarantor may omit to comply with, and shall have no liability in respect of, any term, condition or limitation set forth in any such Section or such other covenant, whether directly or indirectly, by reason of any reference elsewhere herein to any such Section or such other covenant or by reason of reference in any such Section or such other covenant to any other provision herein or in any other document and such omission to comply shall not constitute a
default or an Event of Default under Section 501(3) or 501(4) or otherwise, as the case may be, but, except as specified above, the remainder of this Indenture and such Securities and Coupons appertaining thereto and the Guarantees endorsed thereon shall be unaffected thereby.
(4) The following shall be the conditions to application of clause (2) or (3) of this Section 402 to any Outstanding Securities of or within a series and any Coupons appertaining thereto and the Guarantees endorsed thereon:
(a) The Company or the Guarantor shall irrevocably have deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee (or another trustee satisfying the requirements of Section 607 who shall agree to comply with the provisions of this Section 402 applicable to it) as trust funds in trust for the purpose of making the following payments, specifically pledged as security for, and dedicated solely to, the benefit of the Holders of such Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto,
(1) an amount in Dollars or in such Foreign Currency in which such Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto are then specified as payable at Stated Maturity, or
(2) Government Obligations applicable to such Securities and Coupons appertaining thereto (determined on the basis of the Currency in which such Securities and Coupons appertaining thereto are then specified as payable at Stated Maturity) which through the scheduled payment of principal and Interest in respect thereof in accordance with their terms will provide, not later than one day before the due date of any payment of principal of, any premium or Interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to such Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto, money in an amount, or
(3) a combination thereof,
in any case, in an amount, sufficient, without consideration of any reinvestment of such principal and Interest, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, to pay and discharge, and which shall be applied by the Trustee (or other qualifying trustee) to pay and discharge, the principal of, any premium or Interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to such Outstanding Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto on the Stated Maturity of such principal or installment of principal or Interest on the day on which such payments are due and payable in accordance with the terms of this Indenture and of such Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto.
(b) Such defeasance or covenant defeasance shall not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, this Indenture or any other material agreement or instrument to which the Company or the Guarantor is a party or by which either of them is bound.
(c) No Event of Default or event which with notice or lapse of time or both would become an Event of Default with respect to such Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such deposit and, with respect to defeasance only, at any time during the period ending on the 91st day after the date of such deposit (it being understood that this condition shall not be deemed satisfied until the expiration of such period).
(d) In the case of an election under clause (2) of this
Section 402, the Company or the Guarantor shall have delivered to the
Trustee an Opinion of Counsel stating that (i) the Company or the
Guarantor has received from the Internal Revenue Service a letter
ruling, or there has been published by the Internal Revenue Service a
Revenue Ruling, or (ii) since the date of execution of this Indenture,
there has been a change in the applicable Federal income tax law, in
either case to the effect that, and based thereon such opinion shall
confirm that, the Holders of such Outstanding Securities and any
Coupons appertaining thereto will not recognize income, gain or loss
for Federal income tax purposes as a result of such defeasance and will
be subject to Federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same
manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such
defeasance had not occurred.
(e) In the case of an election under clause (3) of this
Section 402, the Company and the Guarantor shall have delivered to the
Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the Holders of such
Outstanding Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto will not
recognize income, gain or loss for Federal income tax purposes as a
result of such covenant defeasance and will be subject to Federal
income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same
times as would have been the case if such covenant defeasance had not
occurred.
(f) The Company and the Guarantor shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent to the defeasance or covenant defeasance under clause (2) or (3) of this Section 402 (as the case may be) have been complied with.
(g) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Section 402(4), such defeasance or covenant defeasance shall be effected in compliance with any additional or substitute terms, conditions or limitations which may be imposed on the Company or the Guarantor in connection therewith pursuant to Section 301.
(5) Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of
Section 1003, all money and Government Obligations (or other property as may be
provided pursuant to Section 301) (including the proceeds thereof) deposited
with the Trustee (or other qualifying trustee, collectively for purposes of this
Section 402(5) and Section 403, the "Trustee") pursuant to clause (4) of Section
402 in respect of any Outstanding Securities of any series and any Coupons
appertaining thereto shall be held in trust and applied by the Trustee, in
accordance with the provisions of such Securities and any Coupons appertaining
thereto and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any
Paying Agent (including the Company acting as its own Paying Agent) as the
Trustee may determine, to the Holders of such Securities and any Coupons
appertaining thereto of all sums due and to become due thereon in respect of principal of, any premium or Interest on or any Additional Amounts but such money need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.
Unless otherwise specified in or pursuant to this Indenture or
any Security, if, after a deposit referred to in Section 402(4)(a) has been
made, (a) the Holder of a Security in respect of which such deposit was made is
entitled to, and does, elect pursuant to Section 301 or the terms of such
Security to receive payment in a Currency other than that in which the deposit
pursuant to Section 402(4)(a) has been made in respect of such Security, or (b)
a Conversion Event occurs in respect of the Foreign Currency in which the
deposit pursuant to Section 402(4)(a) has been made, the indebtedness
represented by such Security and any Coupons appertaining thereto and the
Guarantees endorsed thereon shall be deemed to have been, and will be, fully
discharged and satisfied through the payment of the principal of, any premium or
Interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to, such Security as the same
becomes due out of the proceeds yielded by converting (from time to time as
specified below in the case of any such election) the amount or other property
deposited in respect of such Security into the Currency in which such Security
becomes payable as a result of such election or Conversion Event based on (x) in
the case of payments made pursuant to clause (a) above, the applicable market
exchange rate for such Currency in effect on the second Business Day prior to
each payment date, or (y) with respect to a Conversion Event, the applicable
market exchange rate for such Foreign Currency in effect (as nearly as feasible)
at the time of the Conversion Event. Unless otherwise provided pursuant to
Section 301, the right, if any, to extend an Interest payment period shall
terminate upon defeasance or covenant defeasance, as the case may be.
The Company and the Guarantor shall, jointly and severally,
pay and indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or other charge, imposed on
or assessed against the Government Obligations deposited pursuant to this
Section 402 or the principal or Interest received in respect thereof other than
any such tax, fee or other charge which by law is for the account of the Holders
of such Outstanding Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto.
Anything in this Section 402 to the contrary notwithstanding,
the Trustee shall deliver or pay to the Company from time to time upon Company
Request, or the Guarantor, as the case may be, upon Guarantor's Request, any
money or Government Obligations (or other property and any proceeds therefrom)
held by it as provided in clause (4) of this Section 402 which, in the opinion
of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a
written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, are in excess of the
amount thereof which would then be required to be deposited to effect a
defeasance or covenant defeasance, as applicable, in accordance with this
Section 402.
Section 403. Application of Trust Money.
Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 1003, all money and Government Obligations deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 401 or 402 shall be held in trust and applied by it, in accordance with the provisions of the Securities, the Coupons and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Company or the Guarantor acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Persons
entitled thereto, of the principal, premium, Interest and Additional Amounts for whose payment such money has or Government Obligations have been deposited with or received by the Trustee; but such money and Government Obligations need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.
Section 404. Reinstatement.
If the Trustee or the Paying Agent is unable to apply any money in accordance with this Article with respect to any Securities by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, then the obligations under this Indenture, such Securities and the related Guarantees from which the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, has been discharged or released pursuant to this Article shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit has occurred pursuant to this Article with respect to such Securities and the related Guarantees, until such time as the Trustee or Paying Agent is permitted to apply all money held in trust pursuant to this Article with respect to such Securities in accordance with this Article; provided, however, that if the Company or the Guarantor makes any payment of principal of, any premium or Interest on or Additional Amounts with respect to any such Security or the related Guarantee following reinstatement of its obligations, the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, shall be subrogated to the rights (if any) of the Holders of such Securities to receive such payment from the money so held in trust.
ARTICLE FIVE
REMEDIES
Section 501. Events of Default.
"Event of Default", wherever used herein with respect to Securities of any series, means any one of the following events (whatever the reason for such Event of Default and whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body), unless such event is specifically deleted or modified in or pursuant to the supplemental indenture, Board Resolution or Officers' Certificate establishing the terms of such series pursuant to this Indenture:
(1) failure to pay any Interest on or any Additional Amounts payable in respect of any Security of such series when such Interest becomes or such Additional Amounts become due and payable, and continuance of such default for a period of 30 days; or
(2) failure to pay the principal of or any premium on any Security of such series when it becomes due and payable at either its Maturity or, if applicable, at 12:00 noon, New York, New York time, on the Business Day following the Change in Control Purchase Date; or
(3) if applicable, failure by the Company to deliver the required securities or other rights upon an appropriate conversion or exchange election by Holders of the Securities or the related Preferred Securities; or
(4) failure to perform or the breach of any covenant or warranty of the Company or the Guarantor in this Indenture or the Securities (other than a covenant or warranty a default in the performance or the breach of which is elsewhere in this Section 501 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 failure or breach for a period of 60 days after there has been given, by registered or certified mail, to the Company and the Guarantor by the Trustee or to the Company, the Guarantor 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 failure or breach and requiring it to be remedied and stating that such notice is a "Notice of Default" hereunder; or
(5) default on the deposit of any sinking fund payment when and as due by the terms of a Security of such series; or
(6) if any event of default as defined in any mortgage, indenture or instrument under which there may be issued, or by which there may be secured or evidenced, any Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness constituting Limited Recourse Indebtedness) of the Company, the Guarantor or any other Subsidiary, whether such Indebtedness now exists or shall hereafter be created, shall happen and shall result in Indebtedness of the Company, the Guarantor or any other Subsidiary in excess of $25,000,000 aggregate principal amount becoming or being declared due and payable prior to the date on which such Indebtedness would otherwise become due and payable, and such acceleration shall not be rescinded or annulled, or such Indebtedness shall not have been discharged, within a period of 30 days after there shall have been given, by registered or certified mail, to the Company and the Guarantor by the Trustee or to the Trustee, the Guarantor and the Company by the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series, a written notice specifying such event of default and requiring the Company or the Guarantor to cause such acceleration to be rescinded or annulled or to cause such Indebtedness to be discharged and stating that such notice is a "Notice of Default" hereunder; or
(7) the Company, the Guarantor or any other Subsidiary shall fail within 60 days to pay, bond or otherwise discharge any judgment, court order or uninsured monetary damage award in excess of $25,000,000 aggregate principal amount, which is not stayed on appeal or is not otherwise being appropriately contested in good faith; or
(8) the entry by a court having competent jurisdiction of:
(a) a decree or order for relief in respect of the Company, the Guarantor or any other Subsidiary in an involuntary proceeding under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law and such decree or order shall remain unstayed and in effect for a period of 60 consecutive days; or
(b) a decree or order adjudging the Company, the Guarantor or any other Subsidiary to be insolvent, or approving a petition seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition of the Company, the Guarantor or any other Subsidiary and such decree or order shall remain unstayed and in effect for a period of 60 consecutive days; or
(c) a final and non-appealable order appointing a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee or other similar official of the Company, the Guarantor or any other Subsidiary or of any substantial part of the property of the Company, the Guarantor or any other Subsidiary, as the case may be, or ordering the winding up or liquidation of the affairs of the Company, the Guarantor or any other Subsidiary; or
(9) the commencement by the Company, the Guarantor or any other Subsidiary of a voluntary proceeding under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or of a voluntary proceeding seeking to be adjudicated insolvent or the consent by the Company, the Guarantor or any other Subsidiary to the entry of a decree or order for relief in an involuntary proceeding under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or to the commencement of any insolvency proceedings against it, or the filing by the Company, the Guarantor or any other Subsidiary of a petition or answer or consent seeking reorganization or relief under any applicable law, or the consent by the Company, the Guarantor or any other Subsidiary to the filing of such petition or to the appointment of or taking possession by a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee or similar official of the Company, the Guarantor or any other Subsidiary or any substantial part of the property of the Company, the Guarantor or any other Subsidiary or the making by the Company, the Guarantor or any other Subsidiary of an assignment for the benefit of creditors, or the taking of corporate action by the Company, the Guarantor or any other Subsidiary in furtherance of any such action; or
(10) any other Event of Default provided in or pursuant to this Indenture with respect to Securities of such 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 (other than an Event of Default specified in clause (8) or (9) of
Section 501) occurs and is continuing, then the Trustee or the Holders of not
less than 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series
may declare the principal of all the Securities of such series, or such lesser
amount as may be provided for in the Securities of such series, to be due and
payable immediately, by a notice in writing to the Company and the Guarantor
(and to the Trustee if given by the Holders), and upon any such declaration such
principal or such lesser amount shall become immediately due and payable;
provided that in the case of a series of Securities then held by a Trust, if
upon an Event of Default with respect to the Securities of that series the
Trustee has, or the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of such series have, failed to declare the principal of
all the Securities of such series to be due and payable immediately, the holders
of not less than 25% in aggregate liquidation amount of the outstanding
Preferred Securities of that Trust shall have such right by a notice in writing
to the Company and to the Trustee.
If an Event of Default specified in clause (8) or (9) of
Section 501 occurs, all unpaid principal of and accrued Interest on the
Outstanding Securities of that series (or such lesser amount as may be provided
for in the Securities of such series) shall ipso facto become and be immediately
due and payable without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee
or any Holder of any Security of that series.
At any time after Securities of any series have been accelerated 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 not less than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series (subject to, in the case of any series of Securities held as assets of a Trust and with respect to which a Security Exchange has not theretofore occurred, such consent of the holders of the Preferred Securities and the common securities of such Trust as may be required under the Trust Agreement of such Trust), by written notice to the Trustee, the Guarantor and the Company, may rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences if:
(1) the Company or the Guarantor has paid or deposited with the Trustee a sum of money sufficient to pay:
(a) all overdue installments of any Interest on and Additional Amounts with respect to all Securities of such series and any Coupon appertaining thereto;
(b) the principal of and any premium on any Securities of such series which have become due otherwise than by such declaration of acceleration and Interest thereon and any Additional Amounts with respect thereto at the rate or rates borne by or provided for in such Securities;
(c) to the extent that payment of such Interest or Additional Amounts is lawful, Interest upon overdue installments of any Interest and Additional Amounts at the rate or rates borne by or provided for in such Securities;
(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 all other amounts due the Trustee under Section 606; and
(2) all Events of Default with respect to Securities of such series, other than the non-payment of the principal of, any premium and Interest on, and any Additional Amounts with respect to Securities of such series which shall have become due solely by such declaration of acceleration, shall 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) there is a failure to pay any installment of Interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to any Security or any Coupon appertaining thereto when such Interest or Additional Amounts shall have become due and payable and such default continues for a period of 30 days; or
(2) there is a failure to pay the principal of or any premium on any Security at its Maturity;
the Company shall, upon demand of the Trustee, pay to the Trustee, for the benefit of the Holders of such Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto, the whole amount of money then due and payable with respect to such Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto, with Interest upon the overdue principal, any premium and, to the extent that payment of such Interest shall be legally enforceable, upon any overdue installments of Interest and Additional Amounts at the rate or rates borne by or provided for in such Securities, and, in addition thereto, such further amount of money 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 all other amounts due to the Trustee under Section 606.
If the Company or the Guarantor fails to pay the money it is required to pay the Trustee pursuant to the preceding paragraph forthwith upon the demand of the Trustee, the Trustee, in its own name and as trustee of an express trust, may institute a judicial proceeding for the collection of the money so due and unpaid, and may prosecute such proceeding to judgment or final decree, and may enforce the same against the Company or the Guarantor or any other obligor upon such Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto or the Guarantees endorsed thereon and collect the monies adjudged or decreed to be payable in the manner provided by law out of the property of the Company, the Guarantor or any other obligor upon such Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto or the Guarantees endorsed thereon, 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 and any Coupons appertaining thereto 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 such Securities or in aid of the exercise of any power granted herein or therein, 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, the Guarantor or any other obligor upon the Securities or the Guarantees endorsed thereon or the property of the Company, the Guarantor or 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 or the Guarantor for the payment of any overdue principal, premium, Interest or Additional Amounts) shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise,
(1) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount, or such lesser amount as may be provided for in the Securities of such series, of the principal and any premium, Interest and Additional Amounts owing and unpaid in respect of the Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto 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 or counsel) and of the Holders of Securities or any Coupons allowed in such judicial proceeding, and
(2) to collect and receive any monies or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same;
and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder of Securities or any 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 or any Coupons, to pay to the Trustee any amount due to it for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 606.
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 any 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 any Coupon, in any such proceeding; provided, however, that the Trustee may, on behalf of the Holders, vote for the election of a trustee in bankruptcy or similar official and be a member of a creditors' committee or other similar committee.
Section 505. Trustee May Enforce Claims without Possession of Securities, Guarantees or Coupons.
All rights of action and claims under this Indenture or any of the Securities, the Guarantees or any Coupons may be prosecuted and enforced by the Trustee without the possession of any of the Securities, Guarantees 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 or judgment, after provision for the payment of the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, shall be for the ratable benefit of each and every Holder of a Security or Coupon in respect of which such judgment has been recovered.
Section 506. Application of Money Collected.
Any money collected by the Trustee pursuant to this Article shall be applied in the following order, at the date or dates fixed by the Trustee and, in case of the distribution of such money on account of principal, or any premium, Interest or Additional Amounts, 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 and any predecessor Trustee under Section 606;
SECOND: To the payment of the amounts then due and unpaid upon the Securities and any Coupons for principal and any premium, Interest and Additional Amounts 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 aggregate amounts due and payable on such Securities and Coupons for principal and any premium, Interest and Additional Amounts, respectively;
THIRD: The balance, if any, to the Person or Persons entitled thereto.
Section 507. Limitations on Suits.
Except as provided in Sections 508 or 516, no Holder of any Security of any series or any Coupons appertaining thereto, or holder of Preferred Securities of the Trust, if any, that is the Holder of Securities of that series, shall have any right to institute any proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to this Indenture, the Guarantees, the Securities of any series or any Coupons appertaining thereto, or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy hereunder, unless:
(1) such Holder or holder of Preferred Securities has previously given written notice to the Trustee of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Securities of such series;
(2) the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series or the holders of not less than 25% in aggregate amount of such outstanding Preferred Securities 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 of such Outstanding Securities of such securities or the holder or holders of such outstanding Preferred Securities 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 such series or the holders of a majority in aggregate liquidation amount of such outstanding Preferred Securities;
it being understood and intended that no one or more of such Holders of such Outstanding Securities of such series or the holder or holders of such outstanding Preferred Securities shall have any right in any manner whatever by virtue of, or by availing of, any provision of this Indenture or any Security or Guarantee to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any other such Holders or Holders of Securities of any other series or holder or holders of Preferred Securities of another Trust, or to obtain or to seek to obtain priority or preference over any other Holders of such Outstanding Securities of such series or the holder or holders of such outstanding Preferred Securities or to enforce any right under this Indenture, except in the manner herein provided and for the equal and ratable benefit of all such Holders.
Section 508. Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal and any Premium, Interest and Additional Amounts.
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, any premium and (subject to Sections 305 and 307) Interest on, and any Additional Amounts with respect to such Security or payment of such Coupon or payment pursuant to the Guarantee endorsed on such Security, as the case may be, on the respective Stated Maturity or Maturities therefor specified in such Security or Coupon (or, in the case of redemption, on the Redemption Date or, in the case of repayment at the option of such Holder if provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, on the date such repayment is due, or in the case of a Change in Control, or as to any Change in Control Purchase Notice given timely, on the Change in Control Purchase Date) and to convert or exchange such Security in accordance with its terms, if applicable, and to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment or conversion or exchange, and such right 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 a 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 the Company, the Guarantor, the Trustee and each such Holder shall, subject to any determination in such proceeding, be restored severally and respectively to their former positions hereunder, and thereafter all rights and remedies of the Trustee and each such Holder 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 each and every Holder of a Security or a Coupon is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every right and remedy, to the extent permitted by law, shall 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, to the extent permitted by law, 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 any Holder of a Security or a Coupon may be exercised from time to time, and as often as may be deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by such Holder, as the case may be.
Section 512. Control by Holders of Securities.
Subject to Section 601(e), the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series or, if that series of Securities is held by a Trust, the holders of a majority in aggregate liquidation amount of the Preferred Securities of that Trust, 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 and any Coupons appertaining thereto, provided that:
(1) such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or with this Indenture or with the Securities of any series;
(2) the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee which is not inconsistent with such direction; and
(3) such direction is not unduly prejudicial to the rights of the other Holders of Securities of such series not joining in such action.
Section 513. Waiver of Past Defaults.
Subject to Section 502, the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series, or, if that series of Securities is held by a Trust, the holders of a majority in aggregate liquidation amount of the Preferred Securities of that Trust, on behalf of the Holders of all the Securities of such series and any Coupons appertaining thereto may waive any past or prospective default hereunder with respect to such series and its consequences, except a default:
(1) in the payment of the principal of, any premium or Interest on, or any Additional Amounts with respect to, any Security of such series or any Coupons appertaining thereto; 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. Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws.
Each of the Company and the Guarantor covenants that (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) it will not at any time insist upon, or plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay or extension law wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, which may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and each of the Company and the Guarantor expressly waives (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) 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.
Section 515. 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 or omitted by it as Trustee, the filing by any party litigant in
such suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and that such court
may in its discretion assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys'
fees, against any party litigant in such suit having due regard to the merits
and good faith of the claims or defenses made by such party litigant; but the
provisions of this Section 515 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 Outstanding Securities of any
series, or, if a series of Securities is held by a Trust, the holders of more
than 10% aggregate liquidation amount of the Preferred Securities of that Trust,
or to any suit instituted by any Holder or holder of Preferred Securities, if
any, for the enforcement of the payment of the principal of, any premium or
Interest on or Additional Amounts with respect to any Security on or after the
respective Stated Maturities expressed in such Security or pursuant to Section
516 (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the Redemption Date, in the case
of repayment, on or after the date for repayment and, in the case of Change of
Control, on or after the date for payment of the Change of Control Purchase
Price) or for the enforcement of the right, if any, to convert or exchange any
Security into Common Stock or other securities, cash or property in accordance
with its terms.
Section 516. Direct Action Right of Holders of Trust Preferred Securities.
If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and is attributable either to (a) the failure of the Company or the Guarantor to pay the principal of or any premium or Interest on or Additional Amounts with respect to the Securities on the due date therefor or (b) the failure by the Company or the Guarantor to deliver the required securities or other property upon an appropriate conversion or exchange right election, and an event of default has occurred and is continuing under the applicable Trust Agreement, a holder of the related Preferred Securities, in lieu of any action that may otherwise be taken hereunder as a Holder of Securities, may institute a legal proceeding directly against the Company and/or the Guarantor for enforcement of payment to such holder of the principal of or any premium or Interest on or Additional Amounts with respect to such Securities having a principal amount equal to the liquidation amount of the Preferred Securities held by such holder or for enforcement of such conversion or exchange rights, as the case may be (a "Direct Action"). Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, neither the Company nor the Guarantor may amend this Indenture to remove the foregoing right to bring a Direct Action without the prior written consent of the holders of all of the Preferred Securities outstanding affected thereby. Notwithstanding any payments made to a holder of Preferred Securities by the Company or the Guarantor in connection with a Direct Action, the Company and the Guarantor shall remain obligated to pay the principal of, any premium or Interest on or Additional Amounts with respect to the related Securities, and the Company and the Guarantor shall be subrogated to the rights of the holder of such Preferred Securities with respect
to payments on the Preferred Securities to the extent of any payments made by the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, to such holder in any Direct Action.
ARTICLE SIX
THE TRUSTEE
Section 601. Certain Rights of Trustee.
Subject to Sections 315(a) through 315(d) of the Trust Indenture Act:
(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, security, note, coupon or other paper or document reasonably 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 or the Guarantor mentioned herein shall be sufficiently evidenced by a Company Request or a Company Order or Guarantor Request or Guarantor Order, as the case may be (in each case, other than delivery of any Security, together with any Coupons appertaining thereto, to the Trustee for authentication and delivery pursuant to Section 303 which shall be sufficiently evidenced as provided therein), and any resolution of the Board of Directors may be sufficiently evidenced by a Board Resolution of the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be;
(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 shall be herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of bad faith on its part, rely upon a Company's Officers' Certificate or, if such matter pertaining to the Guarantor, a Guarantor's 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 or pursuant to this Indenture at the request or direction of any of the Holders of Securities of any series or any Coupons appertaining thereto 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, security, coupon 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, during business hours and upon reasonable notice, the books, records and premises of the Company and the Guarantor, 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;
(h) the Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of any default (as defined in Section 602) or Event of Default with respect to the Securities of any series for which it is acting as Trustee unless either (1) a Responsible Officer of the Trustee assigned to the Corporate Trust Department of the Trustee (or any successor division or department of the Trustee) shall have actual knowledge of such default or Event of Default or (2) written notice of such default or Event of Default shall have been given to the Trustee by the Company, the Guarantor or any other obligor on such Securities or by any Holder of such Securities; and
(i) the Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken, suffered 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 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 by mail to all Holders of Securities of such series entitled to receive reports pursuant to Section 703(3), 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, any premium or Interest on or Additional Amounts with respect to, any Security of such series, the Trustee shall be protected in withholding such notice if and so long as a committee of Responsible Officers of the Trustee in good faith determines that the withholding of such notice is in the best interest of the Holders of Securities and Coupons of such series. For the purpose of this Section 602, 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. Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities.
The recitals contained herein and in the Securities, except the Trustee's certificate of authentication, and in any Coupons shall be taken as the statements of the Company and the Guarantor, and neither the Trustee nor any Authenticating Agent assumes any responsibility for their correctness. The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Indenture or of the Securities or the Coupons appertaining thereto or the Guarantees, except that the Trustee represents that it is duly authorized to execute and deliver this Indenture, authenticate the Securities and perform its obligations hereunder and that the statements made by it in a
Statement of Eligibility and Qualification on Form T-1 supplied to the Company are true and accurate, subject to the qualifications set forth therein. Neither the Trustee nor any Authenticating Agent shall be accountable for the use or application by the Company of the Securities or the proceeds thereof.
Section 604. May Hold Securities.
The Trustee, any Authenticating Agent, any Paying Agent, any Conversion Agent, any Security Registrar or any other Person that may be an agent of the Trustee, the Company or the Guarantor, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Securities or Coupons and, subject to Sections 310(b) and 311 of the Trust Indenture Act, may otherwise deal with the Company and the Guarantor with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee, Authenticating Agent, Paying Agent, any Conversion Agent, Security Registrar or such other Person.
Section 605. Money Held in Trust.
Except as provided in Section 403 and Section 1003, money held by the Trustee in trust hereunder need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law and shall be held uninvested. The Trustee shall be under no liability for Interest on any money received by it hereunder except as otherwise agreed in writing with the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be.
Section 606. Compensation and Reimbursement.
Each of the Company and the Guarantor, jointly and severally, agrees:
(a) to pay to the Trustee from time to time reasonable compensation for all services rendered by the Trustee hereunder (which compensation shall not be limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express trust);
(b) 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 the Trustee's negligence or bad faith; and
(c) to indemnify the Trustee and its agents for, and to hold them harmless against, any loss, liability or expense incurred without negligence or bad faith on their part arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of the trust or trusts hereunder, including the costs and expenses of defending themselves against any claim or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of their powers or duties hereunder.
As security for the performance of the obligations of the Company under this Section 606, the Trustee shall have a lien prior to the Securities of any series upon all property and
funds held or collected by the Trustee as such, except funds held in trust for the payment of principal of, and premium or Interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to particular Securities or any Coupons appertaining thereto.
Any compensation or expense incurred by the Trustee after a default specified by Section 501 is intended to constitute an expense of administration under any then applicable bankruptcy or insolvency law. "Trustee" for purposes of this Section 606 shall include any predecessor Trustee but the negligence or bad faith of any Trustee shall not affect the rights of any other Trustee under this Section 606.
The Company's obligations under this Section 606 and any lien hereunder shall survive the resignation or removal of any Trustee, the discharge of the Company's obligations pursuant to Article Four of this Indenture and the termination of this Indenture.
Section 607. Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility.
(1) There shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder that is a Corporation, organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of America, any state thereof or the District of Columbia, eligible under Section 310(a)(1) of the Trust Indenture Act to act as trustee under an indenture qualified under the Trust Indenture Act and that has a combined capital and surplus (computed in accordance with Section 310(a)(2) of the Trust Indenture Act) of at least $50,000,000 subject to supervision or examination by Federal or state authority. If at any time the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section 607, it shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect hereinafter specified in this Article Six.
(2) The following indenture shall be considered specifically described herein for purposes of clause (i) of the proviso contained in Section 310(b)(1) of the Trust Indenture Act: Indenture dated as of ______________ between [the Company] [the Guarantor] and ____________________, as successor trustee; and, pursuant to Section 310(b)(1)(C)(i) of the Trust Indenture Act, unless otherwise ordered by the Commission, an event of default by the Company under this Indenture will not disqualify the Trustee under this Indenture because it is a trustee under such other indenture.
Section 608. 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 pursuant to Section 609.
(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 and the Guarantor. If the instrument of acceptance by a successor Trustee required by Section 609 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 series.
(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 the Company and the Guarantor.
(d) If at any time:
(1) the Trustee shall fail to comply with the obligations imposed upon it under Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act with respect to Securities of any series after written request therefor by the Company, the Guarantor or any Holder of a Security of such series who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security of such series for at least six months; or
(2) the Trustee shall cease to be eligible under
Section 607 and shall fail to resign after written request
therefor by the Company, the Guarantor or any such Holder; or
(3) the Trustee shall become incapable of acting or shall be adjudged 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, (A) the Company, by or pursuant to a Board Resolution, may remove the Trustee with respect to all Securities or the Securities of such series, or (B) subject to Section 315(e) of the Trust Indenture Act, any Holder of a Security who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security of such series for at least six months may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee with respect to all Securities of such series 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 or pursuant to a Board Resolution, shall
promptly appoint a successor Trustee or Trustees with respect to the
Securities of that or those series (it being understood that any such
successor Trustee may be appointed with respect to the Securities of
one or more or all of such series and that at any time there shall be
only one Trustee with respect to the Securities of any particular
series) and shall comply with the applicable requirements of Section
609. If, within one year after such resignation, removal or
incapability, or the occurrence of such vacancy, a successor Trustee
with respect to the Securities of any series shall be appointed by Act
of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities of such series delivered to the Company and the retiring
Trustee, the successor Trustee so appointed shall, forthwith upon its
acceptance of such appointment in accordance with the applicable
requirements of Section 609, become the successor Trustee with respect
to the Securities of such series and to that extent supersede the
successor Trustee appointed by the Company. If no successor Trustee
with respect to the Securities of any series shall have been so
appointed by the Company or the Holders of Securities and accepted
appointment in the manner required by Section 609, any
Holder of a Security who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security of such series for at least six months may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of 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 by mailing written notice of such event by first-class mail, postage prepaid, to the Holders of Registered Securities, if any, of such series as their names and addresses appear in the Security Register and, if Securities of such series are issued as Bearer Securities, by publishing notice of such event once in an Authorized Newspaper in each Place of Payment located outside the United States. Each notice shall include the name of the successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series and the address of its Corporate Trust Office.
Section 609. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor.
(a) Upon the appointment hereunder of any successor Trustee
with respect to all Securities, such successor Trustee so appointed
shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Company, the Guarantor
and 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 hereunder of the retiring Trustee; but, on the
request of the Company, the Guarantor or such successor Trustee, such
retiring Trustee, upon payment of its charges, shall execute and
deliver an instrument transferring to such successor Trustee all the
rights, powers and trusts of the retiring Trustee and, subject to
Section 1003, shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor
Trustee all property and money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder,
subject nevertheless to its claim, if any, provided for in Section 606.
(b) Upon the appointment hereunder of any successor Trustee
with respect to the Securities of one or more (but not all) series, the
Company, the Guarantor, the retiring Trustee and such successor Trustee
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, such successor Trustee all the rights,
powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the
Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such
successor Trustee relates, (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 co-trustees of the same trust, 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 that no Trustee shall be responsible for any notice given to, or received by, or any act or failure to act on the part of any other Trustee hereunder, and, upon the execution and delivery of such supplemental indenture, the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective to the extent provided therein, such retiring Trustee shall have no further responsibility for the exercise of rights and powers or for the performance of the duties and obligations vested in the Trustee under this Indenture with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates other than as hereinafter expressly set forth, 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 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, the Guarantor, or such successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee, upon payment of its charges with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor relates and subject to Section 1003 shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee, to the extent contemplated by such supplemental indenture, the property and money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates, subject to its claim, if any, provided for in Section 606.
(c) Upon request of any Person appointed hereunder as a successor Trustee, the Company and the Guarantor 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 609, as the case may be.
(d) No Person shall accept its appointment hereunder as a successor Trustee unless at the time of such acceptance such successor Person shall be qualified and eligible under this Article Six.
Section 610. 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 of the corporate trust business of the Trustee, shall be the successor of the Trustee hereunder, 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 611. Appointment of Authenticating Agent.
The Trustee may appoint one or more Authenticating Agents acceptable to the Company with respect to one or more series of Securities which shall be authorized to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate Securities of that or those series issued upon original issue,
exchange, registration of transfer, partial redemption or partial repayment or pursuant to Section 306, and Securities so authenticated shall be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture and shall be valid and obligatory for all purposes as if authenticated by the Trustee hereunder. Wherever reference is made in this Indenture to the authentication and delivery of Securities by the Trustee or the Trustee's certificate of authentication, such reference shall be deemed to include authentication and delivery on behalf of the Trustee by an Authenticating Agent and a certificate of authentication executed on behalf of the Trustee by an Authenticating Agent.
Each Authenticating Agent shall be acceptable to the Company and the Guarantor and, except as provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, shall at all times be a corporation that would be permitted by the Trust Indenture Act to act as trustee under an indenture qualified under the Trust Indenture Act, is authorized under applicable law and by its charter to act as an Authenticating Agent and has a combined capital and surplus (computed in accordance with Section 310(a)(2) of the Trust Indenture Act) of at least $50,000,000. If at any time an Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section 611, it shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in this Section 611.
Any Corporation into which an Authenticating Agent may be
merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any Corporation
resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which such
Authenticating Agent shall be a party, or any Corporation succeeding to all or
substantially all of the corporate agency or corporate trust business of an
Authenticating Agent, shall be the successor of such Authenticating Agent
hereunder, provided such Corporation shall be otherwise eligible under this
Section 611, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on
the part of the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent.
An Authenticating Agent may resign at any time by giving written notice thereof to the Trustee, the Company and the Guarantor. The Trustee may at any time terminate the agency of an Authenticating Agent by giving written notice thereof to such Authenticating Agent, the Company and the Guarantor. Upon receiving such a notice of resignation or upon such a termination, or in case at any time such Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section 611, the Trustee may appoint a successor Authenticating Agent which shall be acceptable to the Company and shall (i) mail written notice of such appointment by first-class mail, postage prepaid, to all Holders of Registered Securities, if any, of the series with respect to which such Authenticating Agent shall serve, as their names and addresses appear in the Security Register, and (ii) if Securities of the series are issued as Bearer Securities, publish notice of such appointment at least once in an Authorized Newspaper in the place where such successor Authenticating Agent has its principal office if such office is located outside the United States. Any successor Authenticating Agent, upon acceptance of its appointment hereunder, shall become vested with all the rights, powers and duties of its predecessor hereunder, with like effect as if originally named as an Authenticating Agent. No successor Authenticating Agent shall be appointed unless eligible under the provisions of this Section 611.
The Company agrees to pay each Authenticating Agent from time to time reasonable compensation for its services under this Section 611.
The provisions of Sections 308, 603 and 604 shall be applicable to each Authenticating Agent.
If an Authenticating Agent is appointed with respect to one or more series of Securities pursuant to this Section 611, the Securities of such series may have endorsed thereon, in addition to or in lieu of the Trustee's certificate of authentication, an alternate certificate of authentication in substantially the following form:
This is one of the Securities of the series designated herein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK,
As Trustee
If all of the Securities of any series may not be originally issued at one time, and if the Trustee does not have an office capable of authenticating Securities upon original issuance located in a Place of Payment where the Company wishes to have Securities of such series authenticated upon original issuance, the Trustee, if so requested in writing (which writing need not be accompanied by or contained in an Officers' Certificate by the Company), shall appoint in accordance with this Section 611 an Authenticating Agent having an office in a Place of Payment designated by the Company with respect to such series of Securities.
ARTICLE SEVEN
HOLDERS LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE, COMPANY AND GUARANTOR
Section 701. Company and Guarantor to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders.
In accordance with Section 312(a) of the Trust Indenture Act, the Company and the Guarantor shall furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee:
(a) semi-annually with respect to Securities of each series not later than March 15 and September 15 of the year or upon such other dates as are set forth in or pursuant to the Board Resolution, Officers' Certificate or indenture supplemental hereto authorizing such series, a list, in each case in such form as the Trustee may reasonably require, of the names and addresses of Holders as of the applicable date; and
(b) at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, within 30 days after the receipt by the Company or the Guarantor of any such request, a list of similar form and content as of a date not more than 15 days prior to the time such list is furnished;
provided, however, that so long as the Trustee is the Security Registrar no such list shall be required to be furnished.
Section 702. Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders.
The Trustee shall comply with the obligations imposed upon it pursuant to Section 312 of the Trust Indenture Act.
Every Holder of Securities or Coupons, by receiving and holding the same, agrees with the Trustee, the Guarantor and the Company that none of the Company, the Trustee, the Guarantor, any agent of any of them or any Security Registrar shall be held accountable by reason of the disclosure of any such information as to the names and addresses of the Holders of Securities in accordance with Section 312(c) of the Trust Indenture Act, regardless of the source from which such information was derived, and that the Trustee shall not be held accountable by reason of mailing any material pursuant to a request made under Section 312(b) of the Trust Indenture Act.
Section 703. Reports by Trustee.
(a) Within 60 days after September 15 of each year commencing with the first September 15 following the first issuance of Securities pursuant to Section 301, if required by Section 313(a) of the Trust Indenture Act, the Trustee shall transmit, pursuant to Section 313(c) of the Trust Indenture Act, a brief report dated as of such September 15 with respect to any of the events specified in said Section 313(a) which may have occurred since the later of the immediately preceding September 15 and the date of this Indenture.
(b) The Trustee shall transmit the reports required by
Section 313(a) of the Trust Indenture Act at the times specified therein.
(c) Reports pursuant to this Section 703 shall be transmitted in the manner and to the Persons required by Sections 313(c) and 313(d) of the Trust Indenture Act.
Section 704. Reports by Company and Guarantor.
The Company, pursuant to Section 314(a) of the Trust Indenture Act, shall:
(a) file with the Trustee, within 15 days after the
Company and the Guarantor are 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 or the
Guarantor 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 or the
Guarantor is not required to file information, documents or reports pursuant to
either of said Sections, then they 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;
(b) 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 and the Guarantor, with the conditions and covenants of this Indenture as may be required from time to time by such rules and regulations; and
(c) transmit within 30 days after the filing thereof with the Trustee, in the manner and to the extent provided in Section 313(c) of the Trust Indenture Act, such summaries of any information, documents and reports required to be filed by the Company and the Guarantor pursuant to paragraphs (a) and (b) of this Section 704 as may be required by rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by the Commission.
ARTICLE EIGHT
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER AND SALES
Section 801. Guarantor May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms.
Nothing contained in this Indenture or in any of the Securities shall prevent any consolidation or merger of the Guarantor with or into any other Person or Persons (whether or not affiliated with the Guarantor), or successive consolidations or mergers in which the Guarantor or their successor or successors shall be a party or parties, or shall prevent any conveyance, transfer or lease of the property of the Guarantor as an entirety or substantially as an entirety, to any other Person (whether or not affiliated with the Guarantor); provided, however, that:
(a) in case the Guarantor shall consolidate with or merge into another Person or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets as an entirety or substantially as an entirety to any Person, the entity formed by such consolidation or into which the Guarantor is merged or the Person which acquires by conveyance or transfer, or which leases, the properties and assets of the Guarantor as an entirety or substantially as an entirety shall be a Corporation organized and validly 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 (or indentures, if at such time there is more than one Trustee) supplemental hereto, executed by the successor Person and delivered to the Trustee, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, the performance of every obligation of the Guarantor in this Indenture and the Guarantees on the part of the Guarantor to be performed or observed, and which supplemental indenture shall provide for conversion or exchange rights in accordance with the provisions of the Securities of any series that are convertible into or exchangeable for Common Stock or other securities, cash or property;
(b) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Event of Default or event which, after notice or lapse of time, or both, would become an Event of Default, shall have
occurred and be continuing, including any default pursuant to the Holder's Change of Control Purchase Option set forth in Article Fifteen; and
(c) either the Guarantor or the successor Person shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer or lease and, if a supplemental indenture is required in connection with such transaction, such supplemental indenture comply with this Article Eight and that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to such transaction have been complied with.
Section 802. Company May Consolidate, etc., Only on Certain Terms.
(a) The Company shall not consolidate with or merge into any other Person, or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets as an entirety or substantially as an entirety to any Person, unless:
(1) any Person formed by such consolidation or into which the Company is merged or to whom the Company has conveyed, transferred or leased its properties and assets as an entirety or substantially as an entirety (a "Successor") is a Person organized and validly existing under the laws of the jurisdiction of organization of such Person, and expressly assumes 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 any premium and Interest on and any Additional Amounts with respect to all the Securities of the Company and the performance or observance of every covenant of this Indenture on the part of the Company to be performed or observed, and which supplemental indenture shall provide for conversion or exchange rights in accordance with the provisions of the Securities of any series that are convertible into or exchangeable for Common Stock or other securities, cash or property;
(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 occurred and be continuing;
(3) any such Person shall expressly agree, by an indenture supplemental hereto, executed and delivered to the Trustee, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, (i) to immediately indemnify (pursuant to the indemnification procedure described in Section 805) the Holder of each Security against (A) any tax, assessment or governmental charge imposed on such Holder or required to be withheld or deducted from any payment to such Holder (including any governmental charge or withholding attributable to such Person's indemnifying such Holder) as a consequence of such consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer or lease, and (B) any other tax costs or other tax expenses of the act of such consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer or lease (except that if the Company or any such Person delivers by the date of any such transaction an opinion of an independent counsel or a tax consultant of recognized standing that the Holders will not recognize income, gain or loss for U.S. federal income tax purposes as a result of such transaction, a Holder will have such rights to indemnification only if and when gain for U.S. federal income tax purposes is actually recognized by such Holders) and (ii) that all payments pursuant to the Securities in respect of the principal of and any premium and Interest on such Securities, as the case may be, shall be made without withholding or deduction for, or on account
of, any present or future taxes, duties, assessments or governmental charges of whatever nature imposed or levied by or on behalf of the jurisdiction of organization of such Person or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein, unless such taxes, duties, assessments or governmental charges are required by such jurisdiction or any such subdivision or authority to be withheld or deducted, in which case such Person will pay by way of additional Interest such additional amounts of or in respect of, principal and any premium and Interest ("Successor Additional Amounts") as will result (after deduction of such taxes, duties, assessments or governmental charges and any additional taxes, duties, assessments or governmental charges payable in respect of such) in the payment to each Holder of a Security of the amounts which would have been payable pursuant to the Securities had no such withholding or deduction been required, except that no Successor Additional Amounts shall be so payable for or on account of:
(A) any tax, duty, levy, assessment or other
governmental charge which would not have been imposed
but for the fact that such Holder: (i) was a
resident, domiciliary or national of, or engaged in
business or maintained a permanent establishment or
was physically present in, the jurisdiction of
organization of such Successor or any of its
territories or any political subdivision thereof or
otherwise had some connection with such jurisdiction
other than the mere ownership of, or receipt of
payment under, such Security; (ii) presented (if
presentation is required) such Security for payment
in such jurisdiction or any of its territories or any
political subdivision thereof, unless such Security
could not have been presented for payment elsewhere;
(iii) presented (if presentation is required) such
Security more than thirty (30) days after the date on
which the payment in respect of such Security first
became due and payable or provided for, whichever is
later, except to the extent that the Holder would
have been entitled to such Successor Additional
Amounts if it had presented such Security for payment
on any day within such period of thirty (30) days;
(iv) is not dealing with the Successor, directly or
indirectly, on an arm's-length basis; or (v) entered
into or participated in a scheme to avoid the
applicable withholding tax of the jurisdiction of
organization of the Successor or any of its
territories or political subdivisions thereof, being
a scheme which the Successor was neither a party to
nor participated in;
(B) any estate, inheritance, gift, sale, transfer, personal property or similar tax, assessment or other governmental charge;
(C) any tax, assessment or other governmental charge that is payable otherwise than by withholding or deduction from payments of (or in respect of) principal of or any premium or Interest on, such Securities;
(D) any tax, assessment or other
governmental charge that is imposed or withheld by
reason of the failure to comply by the Holder or the
beneficial owner of the Security with a request of
the Company or the Successor addressed to the Holder
(i) to provide information concerning the
nationality, residence or identity of the Holder or
such beneficial owner or (ii) to make any declaration
or other similar claim or satisfy any information or
reporting requirement, which, in the case of (i) or
(ii), is required or imposed by statute,
treaty, regulation or administrative practice of the taxing jurisdiction as a precondition or exemption from all or part of such tax, assessment or other governmental charge; or
(E) any combination of items (A), (B), (C)
and (D);
nor shall Successor Additional Amounts be paid with respect to any payment of the principal of or any premium or Interest on any such Security to any Holder who is a fiduciary or partnership or other than the sole beneficial owner of such payment to the extent such payment would be required by the laws of the jurisdiction of organization of such Person (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) to be included in the income for tax purposes of a beneficiary or settlor with respect to such fiduciary or a member of such partnership or a beneficial owner who would not have been entitled to such Successor Additional Amounts had it been the Holder of the Security; and
(4) 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, if a supplemental indenture is required in connection with such transaction, such supplemental indenture comply with this Article and that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to such transaction have been complied with.
(b) The Company may assign its obligations under any
series of Securities to any other Subsidiary (the "Subsidiary Assignee") and
such Subsidiary Assignee shall be treated as the Successor to the Company with
respect to such series of Securities, provided that the conditions set forth in
Section 802(a) that would apply to the merger of the Company into such
Subsidiary Assignee are satisfied.
Section 803. Successor Person Substituted for Company or Guarantor.
Upon any consolidation by the Company or the Guarantor with or merger of the Company or the Guarantor into any other Person or any conveyance, transfer or lease of the properties and assets of the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, as an entirety or substantially as an entirety to any Person in accordance with Sections 801 or 802, the successor Person formed by such consolidation or into which the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, is merged or to which such conveyance, transfer or lease is made shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, under this Indenture with the same effect as if such successor Person had been named as the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, herein; and thereafter, except in the case of a lease, the predecessor Person shall be released from all obligations and covenants under this Indenture, the Securities, the Guarantees and the Coupons.
Section 804. Assumption by the Guarantor of the Company's Obligations.
(a) The Guarantor may, at its option, assume the obligations of the Company as obligor under any series of Securities and this Indenture; provided that:
(i) the Guarantor expressly assumes in an assumption agreement or supplemental indenture hereto, executed and delivered to the Trustee, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, the due and punctual payment of the principal of and any premium and Interest on such Securities and the performance or observance of every covenant of this Indenture on the part of the Company to be performed or observed (including any obligation to pay any Additional Amounts), and which agreement or supplemental indenture shall provide for conversion or exchange rights in accordance with the provisions of the Securities of the applicable series;
(ii) immediately after giving effect to such assumption, no Event of Default and no event, which after notice or lapse of time or both, would become an Event of Default, shall have occurred and be continuing; and
(iii) the Guarantor shall expressly agree in an assumption agreement or supplemental indenture hereto, executed and delivered to the Trustee, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, to immediately indemnify (pursuant to the indemnification procedure described in Section 805) the Holder of each Security against (i) any tax, assessment or governmental charge imposed on such Holder or required to be withheld or deducted from any payment to such Holder (including any governmental charge or withholding tax attributable to the Guarantor indemnifying such Holder) as a consequence of such assumption and (ii) any costs or expenses of such assumption (except that if the Guarantor delivers to the Trustee an opinion of an independent counsel or a tax consultant of recognized standing that the Holders will not recognize income, gain or loss for U.S. federal income tax purposes as a result of such assumption by the date of such assumption, a Holder will have indemnification rights pursuant to the indemnification procedure described in Section 805 only if and when gain for U.S. federal income tax purposes is actually recognized by such Holder); and
(iv) the Guarantor shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate stating that such assumption and such assumption agreement or supplemental indenture comply with this Article and that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to such assumption have been complied with.
(b) Upon any assumption pursuant to Section 804(a), the Guarantor shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Company under such Securities and this Indenture with the same effect as if the Guarantor had been named as the Company herein, and the Company shall be released from its liability as obligor upon the Securities and any Coupons and under this Indenture.
Section 805. Indemnification Procedure.
(a) If a transaction described above under Sections 801, 802 or 804 (an "Indemnifiable Transaction") should constitute a taxable event for U.S. federal income tax purposes, the Guarantor or any other Person that assumes the obligations of the Guarantor or the Company pursuant to such Sections, as the case may be, shall indemnify a Holder of a Security against any tax, assessment or governmental charge imposed on such Holder or required to be withheld or deducted from any payment to such Holder (including any governmental charge or withholding attributable to an indemnification payment made by or on behalf of the Guarantor or
any such Person) and any other tax costs or other tax expenses attributable to such Indemnifiable Transaction, and the Guarantor or any such Person, as the case may be, shall comply with the following indemnification procedures:
(1) Unless the Guarantor or any such Person, as the case may be, delivers to the Trustee by the date of an Indemnifiable Transaction an opinion of an independent counsel or a tax consultant of recognized standing to the effect that such Indemnifiable Transaction will not be a taxable event for U.S. federal income tax purposes, the Guarantor or any such Person, as the case may be, shall send to each Holder on or prior to the date of such Indemnifiable Transaction (i) notification explaining the U.S. federal income tax consequences to each such Holder of such Indemnifiable Transaction and (ii) an indemnification claim form requesting (A) information concerning each such Holder's tax basis and holding period in a Security and (B) a statement that the Holder is not then an entity described in Section 501 of the Internal Revenue Code, as amended from time to time, that is exempt from U.S. federal income tax and (iii) a statement setting forth the address to which each such Holder must remit such form.
(2) If the Guarantor or any such Person delivers such an opinion, each Holder will have indemnification rights pursuant to this Section 805 only if and when gain for U.S. federal income tax purposes is actually recognized by such Holder.
(3) When the Guarantor or any such Person, as the case may be, receives from a Holder an indemnification claim form, the Guarantor or such Person, as the case may be, shall within 15 Business Days remit to such Holder a certified check in an amount equal to the product of any gain recognized as a result of the Indemnifiable Transaction and the highest marginal U.S. income tax rate in effect at the time of such Indemnifiable Transaction (the "Indemnification Amount"). For these purposes, a Holder's gain shall equal the amount by which the fair market value of a Security at the time of such Indemnifiable Transaction exceeds such Holder's adjusted tax basis in such Security.
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 or pursuant to a Board Resolution), the Guarantor (when authorized by or pursuant to 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:
(a) to evidence the succession of another Person to the Company or the Guarantor, and the assumption by any such successor of the covenants of the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, contained herein and in the Securities or the Guarantees; or
(b) to add to the covenants of the Company or the Guarantor for the benefit of the Holders of all or any series of Securities (as shall be specified in such supplemental indenture or indentures) or to surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the Company or the Guarantor; or
(c) 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 on the payment of principal of, any premium or Interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to Securities, to permit Bearer Securities to be issued in exchange for Registered Securities, to permit Bearer Securities to be exchanged for Bearer Securities of other authorized denominations or to permit or facilitate the issuance of Securities in uncertificated form, provided any such action shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of Securities of any series or any Coupons appertaining thereto in any material respect; or
(d) to establish the form or terms of Securities of any series and any Coupons appertaining thereto as permitted by Sections 201 and 301 or of the related Guarantees as permitted by Section 202; or
(e) 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 609; or
(f) to cure any ambiguity or to correct or supplement any provision herein which may be defective or inconsistent with any other provision herein, or to make any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under this Indenture which shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of Securities of any series then Outstanding or any Coupons appertaining thereto in any material respect; or
(g) to add to, delete from or revise the conditions, limitations and restrictions on the authorized amount, terms or purposes of issue, authentication and delivery of Securities, as herein set forth; or
(h) to add any additional Events of Default with respect to all or any series of Securities (as shall be specified in such supplemental indenture); or
(i) to supplement any of the provisions of this Indenture to such extent as shall be necessary to permit or facilitate the defeasance and discharge of any series of Securities pursuant to Article Four, provided that any such action shall not adversely affect the interests of any Holder of a Security of such series and any Coupons appertaining thereto or any other Security or Coupon in any material respect; or
(j) to secure the Securities or the Guarantees pursuant to
Section 1005, 1006 or otherwise; or
(k) to make provisions with respect to conversion or exchange rights of Holders of Securities of any series; or
(l) to amend or supplement any provision contained herein or in any supplemental indenture, provided that no such amendment or supplement shall materially adversely affect the interests of the Holders of any Securities then Outstanding.
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 (and, in the case of any series of Securities held as assets of a Trust, such consent of holders of the Preferred Securities and the common securities of such Trust as may be required under the Trust Agreement of such Trust), by Act of said Holders delivered to the Company and the Trustee, the Company (when authorized by or pursuant to a Board Resolution), the Guarantor (when authorized by or pursuant to a Board Resolution) and the Trustee may enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series under this Indenture or of the Securities of such series; provided, however, that no such supplemental indenture, without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security affected thereby, shall:
(a) change the Stated Maturity of the principal of, or any premium or installment of Interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to, any Security, as such Stated Maturity may be extended in accordance with the terms of such Security or any Coupon appertaining thereto, or reduce the principal amount thereof or the rate (or modify the calculation of such rate) of Interest thereon or any Additional Amounts with respect thereto, or any premium payable upon the redemption thereof or otherwise, or change the duration of the maximum consecutive period, if any, that payments of Interest on such Securities may be deferred, if applicable, or change the obligation of the Company to pay Additional Amounts pursuant to Section 1004 (except as contemplated by Section 801(a) and permitted by Section 901(a)), or reduce the amount of the principal of an Original Issue Discount Security that would be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 502 or the amount thereof provable in bankruptcy pursuant to Section 504, change the redemption, conversion or exchange provisions or adversely affect the right of repayment at the option of any Holder as contemplated by Article Twelve, or change the Place of Payment, Currency in which the principal of, any premium or Interest on, or any Additional Amounts with respect to any 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 repayment at the option of the Holder, on or after the date for repayment or in the case of change in control, after the Change in Control Purchase Date); or
(b) reduce the percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series, the consent of whose Holders is required for any such supplemental indenture, or the consent of whose Holders is required for any waiver (of compliance with certain provisions of this
Indenture or certain defaults hereunder and their consequences) provided for in this Indenture, or reduce the requirements of Section 1404 for quorum or voting; or
(c) modify or effect in any manner adverse to the Holders the terms and conditions of the obligations of the Company under the Securities or the Coupons, or the Guarantor under the Guarantees, or either of them hereunder, in respect of the due and punctual payments of principal of, any premium or Interest on, or any Additional Amounts with respect to, the Securities; or
(d) modify any of the provisions of this Section 902, Section 513 or Section 1008, 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; or
(e) make any change that adversely affects the right to convert or exchange any Security into or for Common Stock or other securities, cash or property in accordance with its terms.
A supplemental indenture which changes or eliminates any covenant or other provision of this Indenture which shall have been included expressly and 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 of Securities under this Section 902 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.
As a condition to executing, or accepting the additional trusts created by, any supplemental indenture permitted by this Article Nine or the modifications thereby of the trust created by this Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive (in addition to those documents required by Section 102), and (subject to Section 315 of the Trust Indenture Act) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such supplemental indenture is authorized or permitted by this Indenture. The Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into any such supplemental indenture which affects the Trustee's own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.
Section 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 a Security theretofore or thereafter authenticated and delivered hereunder and of any Coupon appertaining thereto shall be bound thereby.
Section 905. Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures.
Securities of any series authenticated and delivered after the execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to this Article Nine 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 and the Guarantor 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 with Guarantees endorsed thereon, if appropriate, and executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in exchange for Outstanding Securities of such series.
Section 906. 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.
ARTICLE TEN
COVENANTS
Section 1001. Payment of Principal, any Premium and Interest.
(1) The Company shall pay the principal of, any premium and Interest on (including Interest accruing during any extension period and/or on or after the filing of a petition in bankruptcy or reorganization relating to the Company, whether or not a claim for post-filing Interest is allowed in such proceeding) and any Additional Amounts with respect to the Securities on or prior to the dates and in the manner provided in such Securities or pursuant to this Indenture. An installment of principal, and any premium, Interest or Additional Amounts shall be considered paid on the applicable due date if on such date the Trustee or the Paying Agent holds, in accordance with this Indenture, money sufficient to pay all of such installment then due. With respect to any Security, the Company shall pay Interest on overdue principal and Interest on overdue installments of Interest (including Interest accruing during any extension period and/or on or after the filing of a petition in bankruptcy or reorganization relating to the Company, whether or not a claim for post-filing Interest is allowed in such proceeding), or Additional Amounts to the extent lawful, at the rate accruing on such Security, compounded with the same frequency as Interest is payable on such Securities. Interest on overdue Interest shall accrue from the date such amounts become overdue.
(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 1001 (1) or any other provision herein to the contrary, the Company shall have the right, as provided in an Officer's Certificate or supplemental indenture issued pursuant to Article Nine, in its sole and absolute discretion at any time and from time to time while the Securities of any series are outstanding, so long as no Event of Default with respect to such series of Securities has occurred and is continuing, to defer payments of Interest by extending the Interest payment period for such series of Securities for the maximum consecutive period, if any, specified for such series of Securities, provided that such extension period must end on an Interest Payment Date and shall not extend beyond the Stated
Maturity or Redemption Date of any Security of such series, and provided further that at the end of each extension period the Company shall pay all Interest then accrued and unpaid (together with Interest thereon to the extent permitted by applicable law at the rate accruing on such Securities). Prior to the termination of an extension period, the Company may shorten or may further extend the Interest payment period for such series of Securities, provided that such extension period together with all such previous and further extensions may not exceed the maximum consecutive period specified for such series of Securities, end on a date other than an Interest Payment Date or extend beyond the Stated Maturity or Redemption Date of any Security of such series. The Company shall give the Trustee notice of the Company's election to begin an extension period for any series of Securities and any shortening or extension thereof at least five Business Days prior to: (i) the date notice of payment of Interest on such Securities is required to be given to any national securities exchange on which the related Preferred Securities, if any, or Securities are then listed or other applicable self-regulatory organization, or (ii) the date of the notice of the record or payment date of the related distribution on the Preferred Securities issued by the Trust which is the Holder of the Securities of such series, but in any event not less than five Business Days prior to the Record Date fixed by the Company for the payment of such Interest. The Company shall give or cause the Trustee to give notice (a form of which shall be provided by the Company to the Trustee) of the Company's election to begin an extension period to the Holders by first class mail, postage prepaid.
Section 1002. Maintenance of Office or Agency.
The Company and the Guarantor shall maintain in each Place of Payment for any series of Securities an Office or Agency where Securities of such series, and Guarantees with respect thereto (but not Bearer Securities, except as otherwise provided below, unless such Place of Payment is located outside the United States), may be presented or surrendered for payment, where Securities of such series may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange, where Securities of such series may be presented and surrendered in the event of a conversion or exchange, and where notices and demands to or upon the Company and the Guarantor in respect of the Securities of such series relating thereto and this Indenture may be served. If Securities of a series are issuable as Bearer Securities, the Company and the Guarantor shall maintain, subject to any laws or regulations applicable thereto, an Office or Agency in a Place of Payment for such series which is located outside the United States where Securities of such series and any Coupons appertaining thereto, and Guarantees with respect thereto, may be presented and surrendered for payment; provided, however, that if the Securities of such series are listed on The Stock Exchange of the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland or the Luxembourg Stock Exchange or any other stock exchange located outside the United States and such stock exchange shall so require, the Company and the Guarantor shall maintain a Paying Agent and a Conversion Agent, if applicable, in London, Luxembourg or any other required city located outside the United States, as the case may be, so long as the Securities of such series are listed on such exchange. The Company and the Guarantor will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location, and any change in the location, of such Office or Agency. If at any time the Company and the Guarantor shall fail to maintain any such required Office or Agency or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the addresses thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may only be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, except that Bearer Securities of such series and
any Coupons appertaining thereto, and Guarantees with respect thereto, may be presented and surrendered for payment at the place specified for the purpose with respect to such Securities as provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, and the Company and the Guarantor hereby appoint the Trustee as their agent to receive all such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands.
Except as otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, no payment of principal, premium, Interest or Additional Amounts with respect to Bearer Securities shall be made at any Office or Agency in the United States or by check mailed to any address in the United States or by transfer to an account maintained with a bank located in the United States; provided, however, if amounts owing with respect to any Bearer Securities shall be payable in Dollars, payment of principal of, any premium or Interest on and any Additional Amounts with respect to any such Security, or the Guarantees with respect thereto, may be made at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee or any Office or Agency designated by the Company in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, if (but only if) payment of the full amount of such principal, premium, Interest or Additional Amounts at all offices outside the United States maintained for such purpose by the Company and the Guarantor in accordance with this Indenture is illegal or effectively precluded by exchange controls or other similar restrictions.
The Company and the Guarantor may also from time to time designate one or more other Offices or Agencies where the Securities of one or more series, and the Guarantees endorsed thereon, 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 or the Guarantor of its obligation to maintain an Office or Agency in each Place of Payment for Securities of any series for such purposes. The Company and the Guarantor shall 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 provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, the Company and the Guarantor hereby designate as the Place of Payment for each series of Securities and the Guarantees endorsed thereon, the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, and initially appoints the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee as the Company's or the Guarantor's Office or Agency in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York for such purpose. The Company and the Guarantor may subsequently appoint a different Office or Agency in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York for the Securities of any series, and the Guarantees endorsed thereon.
Unless otherwise specified with respect to any Securities pursuant to Section 301, if and so long as the Securities of any series (i) are denominated in a Foreign Currency or (ii) may be payable in a Foreign Currency, or so long as it is required under any other provision of this Indenture, then the Company and the Guarantor will maintain with respect to each such series of Securities, or as so required, at least one exchange rate agent.
Section 1003. Money for Securities Payments to Be Held in Trust.
If the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, shall at any time act as its own Paying Agent with respect to any series of Securities, it shall, on or before each due date of the principal of, any premium or Interest on or Additional Amounts with respect to any of the Securities of such series, segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto a
sum in the Currency or Currencies in which the Securities of such series are payable (except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301 for the Securities of such series) sufficient to pay the principal of, any premium or Interest on or Additional Amounts so becoming due until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided, and shall promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure so to act.
Whenever the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, shall have one or more Paying Agents for any series of Securities, it shall, on or prior to each due date of the principal of, any premium or Interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to any Securities of such series, deposit with any Paying Agent a sum (in the Currency or Currencies described in the preceding paragraph) sufficient to pay the principal of, any premium or Interest on or Additional Amounts so becoming due, such sum to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto, and (unless such Paying Agent is the Trustee) the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, will promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure so to act.
The Company shall 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 1003, that such Paying Agent shall:
(a) hold all sums held by it for the payment of the principal of, any premium or Interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to 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 provided in or pursuant to this Indenture;
(b) give the Trustee notice of any default by the Company or the Guarantor (or any other obligor upon the Securities of such series) in the making of any payment of principal, any premium or Interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to the Securities of such series; and
(c) 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 or the Guarantor, as the case may be, 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 of the Company or the Guarantor direct a Paying Agent to pay, to the Trustee all sums held in trust by the Company, the Guarantor or such Paying Agent, such sums to be held by the Trustee upon the same terms as those upon which such sums were held by the Company, the Guarantor 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 sums.
Except as otherwise provided herein or pursuant hereto, any money deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held by the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, in trust for the payment of the principal of, any premium or Interest on or any Additional Amount with respect to any Security of any series or any Coupon appertaining thereto and
remaining unclaimed for two years after such principal or any such premium or Interest or any such Additional Amount shall have become due and payable shall be paid to the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, on Company Request, or (if then held by the Company or the Guarantor) shall be discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such Security or any Coupon appertaining thereto, or Guarantees endorsed thereon, shall thereafter, as an unsecured general creditor, look only to the Company or the Guarantor (pursuant to the Guarantees) 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 or the Guarantor (pursuant to Guarantee) as trustee thereof, shall thereupon cease; provided, however, that the Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being required to make any such repayment, may at the expense of the Company cause to be published once, in an Authorized Newspaper in each Place of Payment for such series or to be mailed to Holders of Registered Securities of such series, or both, 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 or mailing nor shall it be later than two years after such principal and any premium or Interest or Additional Amounts shall have become due and payable, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining will be repaid to the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be.
Section 1004. Additional Amounts.
Except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301 for the Securities of any series, the Company and the Guarantor each agrees to pay to the Holder of any such Security or any Coupon appertaining thereto Additional Amounts as provided in or pursuant to this Indenture or such Securities. Whenever in this Indenture there is mentioned, in any context, the payment of the principal of or any premium or Interest on, or in respect of, any Security of any series or any Coupon or the net proceeds received on the sale or exchange of any Security of any series, such mention shall be deemed to include mention of the payment of Additional Amounts provided by the terms of such series established hereby or pursuant hereto to the extent that, in such context, Additional Amounts are, were or would be payable in respect thereof pursuant to such terms, and express mention of the payment of Additional Amounts, if applicable, in any provision hereof shall not be construed as excluding Additional Amounts in those provisions hereof where such express mention is not made.
All payments of, or in respect of, principal of or any premium or Interest on any Security of any series or any Coupon or the net proceeds received on the sale or exchange of any Security of any series shall be made without withholding or deduction for, or on account of, any present or future taxes, duties, levies, assessments or governmental charges of whatever nature imposed or levied by or on behalf of the Applicable Taxing Jurisdiction, unless such taxes, duties, levies, assessments or governmental charges are required by the Applicable Taxing Jurisdiction to be withheld or deducted. In that event, the Company will pay such additional amounts of, or in respect of, principal of or any premium or Interest on any Security of any series or any Coupon or the net proceeds received on the sale or exchange of any Security of any series ("Additional Amounts") as will result (after deduction of such taxes, duties, levies, assessments or governmental charges and any additional taxes, duties, levies, assessments or governmental charges payable in respect of such Additional Amounts) in the payment to the Holder of the Securities of such series of the amounts that would have been payable in respect of such Securities
had no such withholding or deduction been required, except that no Additional Amounts shall be so payable for or on account of:
(a) any tax, duty, levy, assessment or other governmental charge that would not have been imposed but for the fact that such Holder:
(i) was a resident, domiciliary or national of, or engaged in business or maintained a permanent establishment or was physically present in, the Applicable Taxing Jurisdiction or otherwise had some connection with the Applicable Taxing Jurisdiction other than the mere ownership of such Security;
(ii) presented (if presentation is required) such Security for payment in the Applicable Taxing Jurisdiction, unless such Security could not have been presented for payment elsewhere;
(iii) presented (if presentation is required) such Security, as the case may be, more than thirty (30) days after the date on which the payment in respect of such Security first became due and payable or was provided for, whichever is later, except to the extent that the Holder would have been entitled to such Additional Amounts if it had presented such Security for payment on any days within such period of thirty (30) days;
(iv) is not dealing with the Company, directly or indirectly, on an arm's-length basis; or
(v) entered into or participated in a scheme to avoid withholding tax of the Applicable Taxing Jurisdiction, being a scheme which the Company was neither a party to nor participated in;
(b) any estate, inheritance, gift, sale, transfer, personal property or similar tax, assessment or other governmental charge;
(c) any tax, assessment or other governmental charge that is payable otherwise than by withholding or deduction from payments of, or in respect of, principal of or Interest on such Security;
(d) any tax, assessment or other governmental charge that is imposed or withheld by reason of the failure to comply by the Holder or the beneficial owner of such Security with a request of the Company addressed to the Holder (i) to provide information concerning the nationality, residence or identity of the Holder or such beneficial owner or (ii) to make any declaration or other similar claim or satisfy any information or reporting requirement, which, in the case of (i) or (ii), is required or imposed by a statute, treaty, regulation or administrative practice of the Applicable Taxing
Jurisdiction as a precondition to exemption from all or part of such tax, assessment or other governmental charge; or
(e) any combination of items (a), (b), (c) and (d);
nor shall Additional Amounts be paid with respect to any payment of the principal of or any premium or Interest on any Security of any series or any Coupon or the net proceeds received on the sale or exchange of any Security of any series to any Holder who is a fiduciary or partnership or other than the sole beneficial owner of such payment to the extent such payment would be required by the laws of the Applicable Taxing Jurisdiction to be included in the income for tax purposes of a beneficiary or settlor with respect to such fiduciary or a member of such partnership or a beneficial owner who would not have been entitled to such Additional Amounts had it been the Holder of such Security.
Except as otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture or the Securities of the applicable series, at least 10 days prior to the first Interest Payment Date with respect to such series of Securities (or if the Securities of such series shall 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 or Interest if there has been any change with respect to the matters set forth in the below mentioned Officers' Certificate, the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, shall furnish to the Trustee and the principal Paying Agent or Paying Agents, if other than the Trustee, an Officers' Certificate instructing the Trustee and such Paying Agent or Paying Agents whether such payment of principal of and premium, if any, or Interest on the Securities of such series shall be made to Holders of Securities of such series or the Coupons appertaining thereto who are United States Aliens or non-residents of the Applicable Taxing Jurisdiction without withholding for or on account of any tax, assessment or other governmental charge described in the Securities of such 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 agrees to pay to the Trustee or such Paying Agent the Additional Amounts required. Each of the Company and the Guarantor, jointly and severally, 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.
Section 1005. Limitation on Liens.
Nothing in this Indenture or in the Securities shall in any way restrict or prevent the Company, the Guarantor or any other Subsidiary from issuing, assuming, guaranteeing or otherwise incurring any indebtedness; provided, however, that neither the Company, the Guarantor nor any other Subsidiary shall issue, assume or guaranty any notes, bonds, debentures or other similar evidences of indebtedness for money borrowed secured by any Lien on any asset now owned or hereafter acquired by it without making effective provision whereby any and all Securities then or thereafter outstanding shall be secured by a Lien equally and ratably with any and all other obligations thereby secured, so long as any such obligations shall be so secured. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company, the Guarantor or any other Subsidiary, without so
securing the Securities, may issue, assume or guaranty indebtedness secured by the following Liens:
(a) Liens existing on the date of this Indenture or provided for under the terms of agreements existing on the date hereof;
(b) Liens on property to secure (i) all or any portion of the cost of exploration, production, gathering, processing, marketing, drilling or development of such property, (ii) all or any portion of the cost of acquiring, constructing, altering, improving or repairing any property or assets, real or personal, or improvements used in connection with such property, and (iii) indebtedness incurred by the Guarantor, the Company or any other Subsidiary to provide funds for the activities set forth in clauses (i) and (ii) above;
(c) Liens which secure indebtedness owing by a Subsidiary to the Guarantor or to one or more other Subsidiaries, or to the Guarantor and one or more other Subsidiaries;
(d) Liens on the property of any Person existing at the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary;
(e) Liens on any property securing (i) indebtedness incurred in connection with the construction, installation or financing of pollution control or abatement facilities or other forms of industrial revenue bond financing, (ii) indebtedness issued or guaranteed by the United States, any state or any department, agency or instrumentality of either or (iii) indebtedness issued or guaranteed by (Y) a foreign government, any state or any department, agency or instrumentality of either or (Z) an international finance agency or any division or department thereof, including the World Bank, the International Finance Corp. and the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency;
(f) any Lien extending, renewing or replacing (or successive extensions, renewals or replacements of) any Lien of the type set forth in paragraphs (a) through (e) above, which Lien exists on the date of this Indenture;
(g) any Ordinary Course Lien (as defined below) arising, and only so long as continuing, in the ordinary course of the business of the Guarantor; or
(h) Liens which secure Limited Recourse Indebtedness.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Guarantor and any one or
more other Subsidiaries may issue, assume or guaranty the following indebtedness
secured by Liens on assets without regard to the foregoing limitations:
indebtedness in any aggregate principal amount which, together with the
aggregate outstanding principal amount of all other indebtedness of the Company,
the Guarantor and its other Subsidiaries so secured (excluding indebtedness
secured by the permitted Liens described above), and the aggregate amount of
Sale/Leaseback Transaction obligations which would otherwise be subject to the
provisions of Section 1006, does not at the time such indebtedness is incurred
exceed 10% of the Guarantor's Consolidated Net Worth as shown on the most recent
audited consolidated balance sheet of the Guarantor and its Subsidiaries.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this Section 1005 shall be deemed to prohibit or otherwise limit the following types of transactions:
(1) (i) the sale, granting of Liens with respect to or other transfer of crude oil, natural gas or other petroleum hydrocarbons in place, for a period of time until, or in an amount such that, the transferee will realize therefrom a specified amount (however determined) of money or such crude oil, natural gas or other petroleum hydrocarbons, or (ii) the sale or other transfer of any other interest in property of the character commonly referred to as a production payment, overriding royalty, forward sales or similar interest; and
(2) the granting of Liens required by any contract or statute in order to permit the Guarantor or a Subsidiary to perform any contract or subcontract made by it with or at the request of the United States government or any foreign government or international finance agency, any state or any department thereof, or any agency or instrumentality thereof, or to secure partial, progress, advance or other payments to the Guarantor or any other Subsidiary by any such entity pursuant to the provisions of any contract or statute.
"Lien" shall mean, with respect to any asset, any mortgage, lien, pledge, security interest or encumbrances of any kind in respect of such asset, whether or not filed, recorded or otherwise perfected under applicable law. The Company, the Guarantor or any other Subsidiary shall be deemed to own subject to a Lien any asset which it has acquired or holds subject to the interest of a vendor or lessor under any conditional sale agreement, capital lease or other title retention agreement relating to such asset. The right of set-off, whether by operation of law or by contract, does not constitute a Lien unless there is a related obligation to maintain a deposit of cash or other assets in respect of which such right of set-off may be exercised.
"Ordinary Course Lien" shall mean:
(a) Liens for taxes, assessments or governmental changes or levies on the property of the Company, the Guarantor or any other Subsidiary if the same shall not at the time be delinquent or thereafter can be paid without penalty, or are being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings and for which adequate reserves in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles shall have been set aside on the books of the Company or the Guarantor;
(b) Liens imposed by law, such as carriers', warehousemen's, landlords' and mechanics' liens and other similar liens arising in the ordinary course of business which secure obligations not more than 60 days past due or which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which adequate reserves in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles shall have been set aside on the books of the Company or the Guarantor;
(c) Liens arising out of pledges or deposits under worker's compensation laws, unemployment insurance, old age pensions, or other social security or retirement benefits, or similar legislation;
(d) Utility easements, building restrictions and such other encumbrances or charges against real property as are of a nature generally existing with respect to properties of a similar character and which do not in any material way affect the marketability of the same or interfere with the use thereof in the business of the Company, the Guarantor or its other Subsidiaries, as the case may be;
(e) Liens arising under operating agreements or similar agreements in respect of obligations which are not yet due or which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings;
(f) Liens reserved in oil, gas and/or mineral leases for bonus or rental payments and for compliance with the terms of such leases;
(g) Liens pursuant to partnership agreements, oil, gas and/or mineral leases, farm-out-agreements, division orders, contracts for the sale, purchase, exchange, or processing of oil, gas and/or other hydrocarbons, unitization and pooling declarations and agreements, operating agreements, development agreements, area of mutual interest agreements, forward sale agreements, oil and gas delivery obligations, and other agreements which are customary in the oil, gas and other mineral exploration, development and production business and in the business of processing of gas and gas condensate production of the extraction of products therefrom;
(h) Liens on personal property (excluding the capital stock or indebtedness of any Subsidiary) securing indebtedness maturing not more than one year from the date of its creation; and
(i) Liens relating to a judgment or other court-ordered award or settlement as to which the Guarantor or the Company has not exhausted its appellate rights.
"Consolidated Net Worth" means the consolidated stockholders' equity of the Guarantor, determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.
Section 1006. Limitation on Sale/Leaseback Transactions.
None of the Company, the Guarantor or any other Subsidiary will enter into any Sale/Leaseback Transaction with any Person (other than the Guarantor or a Subsidiary) providing for a term of more than three years unless:
(a) the Company, the Guarantor or such other Subsidiary would be permitted, pursuant to the terms of Section 1005, to incur indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount equal to or exceeding the value of the Sale/Leaseback Transaction secured by a Lien on the property subject to such Sale/Leaseback Transaction;
(b) since the date of this Indenture and within a period commencing six months prior to the Sale/Leaseback Transaction and ending six months after the consummation thereof, the Company, the Guarantor or such other Subsidiary expends for any property (including amounts expended for the acquisition, exploration, drilling or development
thereof, or for additions, alterations, improvements or repairs thereto) an amount up to the net proceeds of such Sale/Leaseback Transaction, and the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, elects to designate such amount as a credit against such Sale/Leaseback Transaction (with any amount of such net proceeds not being so designated to be applied as set forth in paragraph (c) below); or
(c) the Company or Guarantor, as the case may be, during or immediately after the expiration of the 12 month period following the consummation of the Sale/Leaseback Transaction, applies to the voluntary retirement, redemption or defeasance of the Securities and its other Senior Indebtedness an amount equal to the greater of (i) the net proceeds of the Sale/Leaseback Transaction and (ii) the fair value, in the opinion of the Board of Directors of the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, of the subject property of the Sale/Leaseback Transaction at the time of such transaction (adjusted, in either case, to reflect the remaining term of the lease and any amount applied pursuant to paragraph (b) above), less an amount equal to the principal amount of other Senior Indebtedness voluntarily retired by the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, during such 12-month period.
"Sale/Leaseback Transaction" means any arrangement providing for the leasing to the Company, the Guarantor or any other Subsidiary by any Person (other than the Guarantor, the Company or any other Subsidiary) of any property which has been, or is to be, sold or transferred by the Guarantor, the Company or such other Subsidiary to such Person or to any Person (other than the Company or any other Subsidiary) to which funds have been or are to be advanced by such Person on the security of the leased property, except with respect to any lease that secures or relates to obligations issued by or on behalf of (a) the United States, any state or any department, agency or instrumentality of either, (b) a foreign government, any state or any department agency or instrumentality of either, or (c) an international finance agency or any division or department thereof, including the World Bank, the International Finance Corp. and the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency, in connection with the financing of the cost of construction, improvement or equipping of such property.
Section 1007. Corporate Existence.
Subject to Articles Eight and Fifteen, each of the Company and the Guarantor shall do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its corporate existence and that of each other Subsidiary and their respective rights (charter and statutory) and franchises; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not obligate the Company, the Guarantor or any other Subsidiary to preserve any such right or franchise if the Company, the Guarantor or any other Subsidiary shall determine that the preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of its business or the business of such other Subsidiary.
Section 1008. Payment of Expenses of Each Trust.
The Company covenants for the benefit of the Holders of each series of Securities owned by a Trust to pay all of the obligations, costs and expenses of such Trust (other than payments in respect of Trust Securities) in accordance with the provisions of its Trust Agreement
and to pay the taxes of such Trust in accordance with the provisions of its Trust Agreement in order to permit such Trust to make distributions on and redemptions of its Preferred Securities in accordance with its Trust Agreement.
Section 1009. Waiver of Certain Covenants.
The Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, may omit in any particular instance to comply with any term, provision or condition set forth in Sections 1002 or 1006 with respect to the Securities of any series if before the time for such compliance the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series, by Act of such Holders, either shall waive such compliance in such instance or generally shall have waived compliance with such term, provision or condition, but no such waiver shall extend to or affect such term, provision or condition except to the extent so expressly waived, and, until such waiver shall become effective, the obligations of the Company and the Guarantor and the duties of the Trustee in respect of any such term, provision or condition shall remain in full force and effect.
Section 1010. Company Statement as to Compliance; Notice of Certain Defaults.
(a) Each of the Company and the Guarantor shall deliver to the Trustee, within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year, a written statement (which need not be contained in or accompanied by an Officers' Certificate) signed by the principal executive officer, the principal financial officer or the principal accounting officer of the Company and the Guarantor, respectively, stating that
(1) a review of the activities of the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, during such year and of its performance under this Indenture has been made under his or her supervision, and
(2) to the best of his or her knowledge, based on such review, (i) the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, has complied with all the conditions and covenants imposed on it under this Indenture throughout such year, or, if there has been a default in the fulfillment of any such condition or covenant, specifying each such default known to him or her and the nature and status thereof, and (ii) no event has occurred and is continuing which is, or after notice or lapse of time or both would become, an Event of Default, or, if such an event has occurred and is continuing, specifying each such event known to him and the nature and status thereof.
(b) Each of the Company and the Guarantor shall deliver to the Trustee, within five days after the occurrence thereof, written notice of any Event of Default or any Default.
ARTICLE ELEVEN
REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES
Section 1101. Applicability of Article.
Redemption of Securities of any series at the option of the Company as permitted or required by the terms of such Securities shall be made in accordance with the terms of such Securities and (except as otherwise provided herein or pursuant hereto) this Article Eleven.
Section 1102. Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee.
The election of the Company to redeem any Securities shall be evidenced by or pursuant to a Board Resolution or an Officers' Certificate. In case of any redemption at the election of the Company of (a) less than all of the Securities of any series or (b) all of the Securities of any series, with the same issue date, Interest rate or formula, Stated Maturity and other terms, 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 and of the principal amount of Securities of such series to be redeemed.
Section 1103. Selection by Trustee of Securities to be Redeemed.
If less than all of the Securities of any series with the same issue date, Interest rate or formula, 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 and which may provide for the selection for redemption of portions of the principal amount of Registered Securities of such series; provided, however, that no such partial redemption shall reduce the portion of the principal amount of a Registered Security of such series not redeemed to less than the minimum denomination for a Security of such series established herein or pursuant hereto.
The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company and the Security Registrar (if other than itself) 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 of such Securities which has been or is to be redeemed.
Unless otherwise specified in or pursuant to this Indenture or the Securities of any series, if any Security selected for partial redemption is converted or exchanged for Common Stock or other securities, cash or property in part before termination of the conversion or exchange right with respect to the portion of the Security so selected, the converted or exchanged portion of such Security shall be deemed (so far as may be) to be the portion selected for redemption.
Securities which have been converted or exchanged during a selection of Securities to be redeemed shall be treated by the Trustee as Outstanding for the purpose of such selection.
Section 1104. Notice of Redemption.
Notice of redemption shall be given in the manner provided in
Section 106, not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the Redemption
Date, unless a shorter period is specified in the Securities to be redeemed, to
the Holders of Securities to be redeemed. Failure to give notice by mailing in
the manner herein provided to the Holder of any Registered Securities designated
for redemption as a whole or in part, or any defect in the notice to any such
Holder, shall not affect the validity of the proceedings for the redemption of
any other Securities or portion thereof.
Any notice that is mailed to the Holder of any Registered Securities in the manner herein provided shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether or not such Holder receives the notice.
All notices of redemption shall state:
(a) the Redemption Date;
(b) the Redemption Price;
(c) if less than all Outstanding Securities of any series are to be redeemed, the identification (and, in the case of partial redemption, the principal amount) of the particular Security or Securities to be redeemed;
(d) in case any Security is to be redeemed in part only, the notice which relates to such Security shall state that on and after the Redemption Date, upon surrender of such Security, the Holder of such Security will receive, without charge, a new Security or Securities of authorized denominations for the principal amount thereof remaining unredeemed;
(e) that, on the Redemption Date, the Redemption Price shall become due and payable upon each such Security or portion thereof to be redeemed, and, if applicable, that Interest thereon shall cease to accrue on and after said date;
(f) the place or places where such Securities, together (in the case of Bearer Securities) with all Coupons appertaining thereto, if any, maturing after the Redemption Date, are to be surrendered for payment of the Redemption Price and any accrued Interest and Additional Amounts pertaining thereto;
(g) that, unless otherwise specified in such notice, Bearer Securities of any series, if any, surrendered for redemption must be accompanied by all Coupons maturing subsequent to the date fixed for redemption or the amount of any such missing Coupon or Coupons will be deducted from the Redemption Price, unless security or indemnity satisfactory to the Company, the Trustee and any Paying Agent is furnished;
(h) if Bearer Securities of any series are to be redeemed and any Registered Securities of such series are not to be redeemed, and if such Bearer Securities may be exchanged for Registered Securities not subject to redemption on the Redemption Date pursuant to Section 305 or otherwise, the last date, as determined by the Company, on which such exchanges may be made;
(i) that the redemption is out of a sinking fund, if such is the case;
(j) in the case of Securities of any series that are convertible or exchangeable into other securities, cash or property or rights, the conversion or exchange price or rate, the date or dates on which or the period or periods during which the right to convert or exchange the principal of the Securities of such series to be redeemed will commence or terminate and the place or places where such Securities may be surrendered for conversion or exchange; and
(k) the CUSIP number or the Euroclear or the Clearstream Luxembourg reference numbers of such Securities, if any (or any other numbers used by a Depositary to identify such Securities).
A notice of redemption mailed 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 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on any Redemption Date, the Company shall deposit, with respect to the Securities of any series called for redemption pursuant to Section 1104, 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 in the applicable Currency sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of, and (except if the Redemption Date shall be an Interest Payment Date, unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301 or in the Securities of such series) any accrued Interest on and Additional Amounts with respect thereto, all such Securities or portions thereof 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 any accrued Interest and Additional Amounts to the Redemption Date; provided,
however, that, except as otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture or the Bearer Securities of such series, installments of Interest on Bearer Securities whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to the Redemption Date shall be payable only upon presentation and surrender of Coupons for such Interest (at an Office or Agency located outside the United States except as otherwise provided in Section 1002), and provided, further, that, except as otherwise specified in or pursuant to this Indenture or the Registered Securities of such series, 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 Regular Record Dates therefor according to their terms and the provisions of Section 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 any Interest or Additional Amounts represented by Coupons shall be payable only upon presentation and surrender of those Coupons at an Office or Agency for such Security located outside of the United States except as otherwise provided in Section 1002.
If any Security called for redemption shall not be so paid upon surrender thereof for redemption, the principal and any premium, until paid, shall bear Interest from the Redemption Date at the rate prescribed therefor in the Security.
Section 1107. Securities Redeemed in Part.
Any Registered Security which is to be redeemed only in part shall be surrendered at any Office or Agency for such Security (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, the Guarantees of the Guarantor shall be endorsed on 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, containing identical terms and provisions, 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. If a Security in global form is so surrendered, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the U.S. Depositary or other Depositary for such Security in global form as shall be specified in the Company Order with respect thereto to the Trustee, without service charge, a new Security in global form in a denomination equal to and in exchange for the unredeemed portion of the principal of the Security in global form so surrendered.
Section 1108. Redemption for Tax Reasons.
Except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301 for the Securities of any series, if, as a result of any change in or any amendment to the laws, regulations or published tax rulings of the Applicable Taxing Jurisdiction affecting taxation, or any change in the official administration, application or interpretation of such laws, regulations or published tax rulings either generally or in relation to the Securities of any series, which change or amendment becomes effective on or after the original issue date of such Securities or which change in official administration, application or interpretation shall not have been available to the public prior to such issue date, it is determined by the Company that (a) the Company would be required to pay any Additional Amounts pursuant to this Indenture in respect of any payments that it may be required to make with respect to such Securities and (b) such obligation cannot be avoided by the Company or the Guarantor taking reasonable measures available to it, the Company may, at its option, redeem all (but not less than all) of the Securities of such series upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days' written notice as provided in this Indenture, at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid Interest to the date fixed for redemption; provided, however, that (x) no such notice of redemption may be given earlier than 60 days prior to the earliest date on which the Company would be obligated to pay such Additional amounts were a payment then due in respect of such Securities and (y) at the time any such redemption notice is given, such obligation to pay such Additional Amounts must remain in effect.
If (a) the Company shall have on any date (the "Succession Date") consolidated with or merged into, or conveyed or transferred or leased its properties and assets as an entirety or substantially as an entirety to, any Successor which is organized under the laws of any jurisdiction other than the United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia or the jurisdiction in which the Company is organized, (b) as result of any change in or any amendment to the laws, regulations or published tax rulings of such jurisdiction, or of any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein, affecting taxation, or any change in the official administration, application or interpretation of such laws, regulations or published tax rulings either generally or in relation to such Securities, which change or amendment become effective on or after the Succession Date or which change in official administration, application or interpretation shall not have been available to the public prior to such Succession Date and is notified to the Company, such Successor would be required to pay any Successor Additional Amounts pursuant to the Indenture or the terms of such Securities in respect of any payments that it may be required to make with respect to such Securities and (c) such obligation cannot be avoided by the Company or such Successor taking reasonable measures available to it, the Company or such Successor may at its option redeem all (but not less than all) of such Securities, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days' written notice as provided in this Indenture, at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued Interest to the date fixed for redemption; provided however, that (a) no such notice of redemption may be given earlier than 60 days prior to the earliest date on which a Successor would be obligated to pay such Successor Additional Amounts were a payment then due in respect of such Securities, and (b) at the time any such redemption notice is given, such obligation to pay such Successor Additional Amounts must remain in effect.
ARTICLE TWELVE
REPAYMENT AT THE OPTION OF HOLDERS
Section 1201. Applicability of Article.
Securities of any series which are repayable at the option of the Holders thereof before their Stated Maturity shall be repaid in accordance with the terms of the Securities of such series. The repayment of any principal amount of Securities pursuant to such option of the Holder to require repayment of Securities before their Stated Maturity, for purposes of Section 309, shall not operate as a payment, redemption or satisfaction of the Indebtedness represented by such Securities unless and until the Company, at its option, shall deliver or surrender the same to the Trustee with a directive that such Securities be canceled. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 1201, in connection with any repayment of Securities, the Company may arrange for the purchase of any Securities by an agreement with one or more investment bankers or other purchasers to purchase such Securities by paying to the Holders of such Securities on or before the close of business on the repayment date an amount not less than the repayment price payable by the Company on repayment of such Securities, and the obligation of the Company to pay the repayment price of such Securities shall be satisfied and discharged to the extent such payment is so paid by such purchasers.
ARTICLE THIRTEEN
SECURITIES IN FOREIGN CURRENCIES
Section 1301. Applicability of Article.
Whenever this Indenture provides for (i) any action by, or the determination of any of the rights of, Holders of Securities of any series in which not all of such Securities are denominated in the same Currency, or (ii) any distribution to Holders of Securities, in the absence of any provision to the contrary in the form of Security of any particular series or pursuant to this Indenture or the Securities, any amount in respect of any Security denominated in a Currency other than Dollars shall be treated for any such action or distribution as that amount of Dollars that could be obtained for such amount on such reasonable basis of exchange and as of the record date with respect to Registered Securities of such series (if any) for such action, determination of rights or distribution (or, if there shall be no applicable record date, such other date reasonably proximate to the date of such action, determination of rights or distribution) as the Company or the Guarantor may specify in a written notice to the Trustee or, in the absence of such written notice, as the Trustee may determine.
ARTICLE FOURTEEN
MEETINGS OF HOLDERS OF SECURITIES
Section 1401. 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 Fourteen to make, give or take any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act provided by this Indenture to be made, given or taken by Holders of Securities of such series.
Section 1402. 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 1401, to be held at such time and at such place in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, or, if Securities of such series have been issued in whole or in part as Bearer Securities, in London or in such place outside the United States as the Trustee shall determine. 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 Guarantor (in each case, by or pursuant to a Board Resolution) 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 1401, by written request setting forth in reasonable detail the action proposed to be taken at the meeting, and the Trustee shall not have mailed notice of or made the first publication of the notice of such meeting within 21 days after receipt of such request (whichever shall be required pursuant to Section 106) or shall not thereafter proceed to cause the meeting to be held as provided herein, then the Company, the Guarantor 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, if Securities of such series are to be issued as Bearer Securities, in London for such meeting and may call such meeting for such purposes by giving notice thereof as provided in clause (a) of this Section 1402.
Section 1403. 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 or the Guarantor and their respective counsel.
Section 1404. 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 at least 66-2/3% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of a series, the Persons entitled to vote 66-2/3% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series shall constitute a quorum. In the absence of a quorum within 30 minutes after 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 of not less than 10 days as 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 of not less than 10 days as 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 1402(1), 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 only 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 consent or waiver which this
Indenture expressly provides may be given by the Holders of at least 66-2/3% in
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of a series may be adopted at a
meeting or an adjourned meeting duly convened and at which a quorum is present
as aforesaid only by the affirmative vote of the Holders of 66-2/3% in principal
amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series; and provided, further,
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 Act 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 such
series.
Any resolution passed or decision taken at any meeting of Holders of Securities of any series duly held in accordance with this Section 1404 shall be binding on all the Holders of Securities of such series and the Coupons appertaining thereto, whether or not such Holders were present or represented at the meeting.
Section 1405. 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 such 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, the Guarantor or Holders of Securities as provided in Section 1402(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 Securities of such series held or represented by him; provided, however, that no vote shall be cast or counted at any meeting in respect of 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 1402 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 1406. 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 the 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 triplicate of all votes cast at the meeting. A record, at least in triplicate, 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 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 1402 and, if applicable, Section 1404.
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, another to the Guarantor 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.
ARTICLE FIFTEEN
PURCHASE OF SECURITIES UPON CHANGE IN CONTROL
Section 1501. Purchase of Securities at Option of the Holder upon Change in Control.
(1) If on or prior to Maturity, there shall have occurred a Change in Control (as defined herein), the Securities shall be purchased, at the option of the Holder thereof, by the Company at the purchase price specified in the Securities (the "Change in Control Purchase Price"), on the date that is 35 Business Days after the occurrence of the Change in Control (the "Change in Control Purchase Date"), subject to satisfaction by or on behalf of the Holder of the requirements set forth in Section 1501(3).
A "Change in Control" shall be deemed to have occurred at such time as any of the following events shall occur:
(a) Any person (for purposes of paragraph (a) of this Section 1501(1) only, the term "person" shall mean a "person" as defined in or for purposes of Section 13(d)(3) or Section 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act of 1934 (as defined herein), or any successor provision to either of the foregoing, including any "group" acting for the purposes of acquiring, holding or disposing of securities within the meaning of Rule 13D-5(b)(1) under the Exchange Act of 1934), together with its Affiliates and Associates (as defined herein), shall file or become obligated to file a report under or in response to Schedule 13D or 14D-1 (or any successor schedule, form or report) pursuant to the Exchange Act of 1934 disclosing that such person has become the beneficial owner (as the term "beneficial owner" is defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act of 1934, or any successor provision) of either (A) 50% or more of the shares of Common Stock of the Guarantor then outstanding or (B) 50% or more of the voting power of the Voting Stock of the Guarantor then outstanding; provided, however, that for purposes of paragraph (a) of this Section 1501(1), a person shall not be deemed the beneficial owner of (1) any securities tendered pursuant to a tender offer or exchange offer made by or on behalf of such person, or its Affiliates or Associates, until such tendered securities are accepted for purchase or exchange thereunder, or (2) any securities in respect of which beneficial ownership by such person arises solely as a result of a revocable proxy delivered in response to a proxy or consent solicitation that is made pursuant to, and in accordance with, the Exchange Act of 1934 and the applicable rules and regulations thereunder and is not then reportable on Schedule 13D (or any successor schedule, form or report) under the Exchange Act of 1934.
(b) There shall be consummated any sale, transfer, lease or conveyance of all or substantially all of the properties and assets of the Guarantor to any other Corporation or Corporations or other Person or Persons (other than a Subsidiary of the Guarantor).
(c) There shall be consummated any consolidation of the Guarantor with or merger of the Guarantor with or into any other Person (whether or not affiliated with the Guarantor) in which the Guarantor is not the sole surviving or continuing Corporation or pursuant to which the shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the consummation of such consolidation or merger are converted into cash, securities or other property, other than a consolidation or merger in which the holders of shares of Common Stock receive, directly or indirectly, (A) 75% or more of the common stock of the sole surviving or continuing Corporation outstanding immediately following the consummation of such consolidation or merger and (B) securities representing 75% or more of the combined voting power of the Voting Stock of the sole surviving or continuing Corporation outstanding immediately following the consummation thereof of such consolidation or merger.
"Exchange Act of 1934" shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
"Associate" shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Rule 12b-2 under the Exchange Act of 1934, as in effect on the date hereof.
(2) Within 15 Business Days after the occurrence of a Change in Control, the Company shall mail a written notice of Change in Control by first-class mail to the Trustee and to each Holder (and to beneficial owners as required by applicable law, including, without limitation, Rule 13c-4 under the Exchange Act of 1934) and if any Bearer Securities are then Outstanding, and shall cause a copy of such notice to be published at least once in an Authorized Newspaper located in The City of New York and, if any Securities are then listed on any stock exchange located outside the United States, in an Authorized Newspaper in such city as the stock exchange so requires. The notice shall include or transmit a form of Change in Control Purchase Notice (as described below) to be completed by the Holder and shall state:
(a) the events causing a Change in Control and the date of such Change in Control;
(b) the date by which the Change in Control Purchase Notice pursuant to this Section 1501 must be given;
(c) the Change in Control Purchase Date;
(d) the Change in Control Purchase Price;
(e) the name and address of the Trustee and the Office or Agency;
(f) that the Securities must be surrendered to the Trustee or the Office or Agency to collect payment;
(g) that the Change in Control Purchase Price for any Security as to which a Change in Control Purchase Notice has been duly given and not withdrawn will be paid promptly following the later of the Change in Control Purchase Date or the time of surrender of such Security as described in Section 1501(2)(f);
(h) the procedures the Holder must follow to exercise rights under this Section 1501(1) and a brief description of those rights; and
(i) the procedures for withdrawing a Change in Control Purchase Notice.
(3) A Holder may exercise its rights specified in Section 1501(1) upon delivery of a written notice of purchase (a "Change in Control Purchase Notice") to the Trustee or to an Office or Agency at any time prior to the close of business of the Change in Control Purchase Date, stating:
(a) the certificate number or numbers of the Security or Securities, except in the case of global Securities, which the Holder will deliver to be purchased;
(b) the portion of the principal amount of the Security or Securities which the Holder will deliver to be purchased, which portion must be $1,000 or an integral multiple thereof; and
(c) that such Security or Securities shall be purchased on the Change in Control Purchase Date pursuant to the terms and conditions specified in the Securities.
The delivery of the Security, by hand or by registered mail prior to, on or after the Change in Control Purchase Date (together with all necessary endorsements), to the Trustee or to an Office or Agency shall be a condition precedent to the obligation of the Company to pay to the Holder the Change in Control Purchase Price therefor; provided, however, that such Change in Control Purchase Price shall be so paid pursuant to this Section 1501 only if the Security so delivered to the Trustee or such Office or Agency shall conform in all respects to the description thereof set forth in the related Change in Control Purchase Notice.
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, any Holder delivering to the Trustee or to an Office or Agency, the Change in Control Purchase Notice contemplated by this Section 1501(3) shall have the right to withdraw such Change in Control Purchase Notice at any time prior to or on the Change in Control Purchase Date by delivery of a written notice of withdrawal to the Trustee or to such Office or Agency in accordance with Section 1502.
Section 1502. Effect of Change in Control Purchase Notice.
Upon receipt by the Company of the Change in Control Purchase Notice specified in Section 1501(3), the Holder of the Security in respect of which such Change in Control Purchase Notice was given shall (unless such Change in Control Purchase Notice is withdrawn as specified in the following paragraph) thereafter be entitled to receive solely the Change in Control Purchase Price with respect to such Security. Such Change in Control Purchase Price shall be paid to such Holder promptly following the later of (x) the Change in Control Purchase Date, as the case may be, with respect to such Security (provided the conditions in Section 1501(3), as applicable, have been satisfied) and (y) the time of delivery of such Security to the Trustee or to an Office or Agency by the Holder thereof in the manner required by Section 1501(3), as applicable.
A Change in Control Purchase Notice may be withdrawn by means of a written notice of withdrawal delivered to the office of the Trustee or to an Office or Agency at any time prior to the close of business on the Change in Control Purchase Date, specifying:
(a) the certificate number or numbers of the Security or Securities, except in the case of global Securities, in respect of which such notice of withdrawal is being submitted;
(b) the principal amount of the Security or Securities with respect to which such notice of withdrawal is being submitted; and
(c) the principal amount, if any, of such Security or Securities which remains subject to the original Change in Control Purchase Notice, and which has been and will be delivered for purchase by the Company.
There shall be no purchase of any Securities pursuant to
Section 1501 if there has occurred and in continuing an Event of Default (other
than a default in the payment of the Change in Control Purchase Price).
Section 1503. Deposit of Change in Control Purchase Price.
Prior to 12:00 noon, New York, New York time, on the Business
Day following the Change in Control Purchase Date, the Company shall deposit
with the Trustee (or, if the Guarantor or a Subsidiary or an Affiliate of any of
them is acting as Paying Agent, shall segregate and hold in trust as provided in
Section 1003) an amount of cash in immediately available funds or securities, if
expressly permitted hereunder, sufficient to pay the aggregate Change in Control
Purchase Price of all the Securities or portions thereof which are to be
purchased. If a deposit is made with the Trustee of the aforesaid amount of cash
or securities, the Securities or portions thereof with respect to which a Change
in Control Purchase Notice has been delivered and not validly withdrawn shall
become due and payable as of the Business Day following the applicable Change in
Control Purchase Date, and on and after such date Interest payable in respect of
such Securities shall cease and all other rights of the Holders thereof shall
terminate, other than the right to receive the Change in Control Purchase Price
upon delivery of such Securities to the Trustee.
Section 1504. Covenant to Comply With Securities Laws Upon Purchase of Securities.
In connection with any purchase of Securities under Section 1501 hereof, the Company and the Guarantor shall (a) comply with Rule 13e-4 under the Exchange Act of 1934, if applicable, (b) file the related Schedule 13E-4 (or any successor schedule, form or report) under the Exchange Act of 1934, if applicable, and (c) otherwise comply with all Federal and state securities laws regulating the purchase of the Securities (including positions of the Commission under applicable no-action letters) so as to permit the rights and obligation under Section 1501 to be exercised in the time and in the manner specified in Section 1501 and 1502.
Section 1505. Repayment to the Company.
The Trustee shall return to the Company any cash, together
with Interest or dividends, if any, thereon (subject to the provisions of
Section 605) held by it for the payment of
the Change in Control Purchase Price of the Securities that remain unclaimed as provided in the Securities; provided, however, that to the extent the aggregate amount of cash deposited by the Company pursuant to Section 1503 exceeds the aggregate Change in Control Purchase Price of the Securities or portions thereof to be purchased, then promptly after the Change in Control Purchase Date, the Trustee shall return any such excess to the Company together with Interest or dividends, if any, thereon (subject to the provisions of Section 605).
ARTICLE SIXTEEN
GUARANTEES
Section 1601. Guarantee.
The Guarantor hereby irrevocably and unconditionally guarantees to each Holder of a Security authenticated and delivered by the Trustee, and to the Trustee on behalf of such Holder, the due and punctual payment of the principal of and any premium and Interest on and any Additional Amounts with respect to such Security and the due and punctual payment of any payments provided for pursuant to the terms of such Security and any Coupons appertaining thereto, when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at the Stated Maturity, by declaration of acceleration, call for redemption or repayment or otherwise, in accordance with the terms of such Security, any such Coupons and this Indenture, and any and all other amounts owed by the Company to the Trustee or the Holders under the terms of this Indenture. This guarantee will not be discharged with respect to any Securities of any series or Coupons appertaining thereto except by payment in full of the principal thereof, premium, if any, and Interest thereon and all other amounts payable thereunder and under this Indenture with respect thereto. The Guarantor hereby expressly waives its right to require the Trustee or any Holder to pursue or exhaust its legal or equitable remedies against the Company prior to exercising its rights under this guarantee. In case of the failure of the Company punctually to make any such payment, the Guarantor hereby agrees to cause such payment to be made punctually when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at the Stated Maturity or by declaration of acceleration, call for redemption or repayment or otherwise, and as if such payment were made by the Company.
The Guarantor hereby agrees that any amounts to be paid by it hereunder shall be paid without deduction or withholding for or on account of any and all present or future tax, duty, assessment or governmental charge imposed upon or as a result of such payment by the Government of the United States, or any state or other political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein, or if deduction or withholding of any such tax, duty, assessment or charge shall at any time be required by or on behalf of the Government of the United States or any such state, political subdivision or taxing authority, the Guarantor shall pay such additional amount in respect of principal, premium, if any, and Interest, if any, as may be necessary in order that the net amounts paid to the Holder of a Security or the Trustee on behalf of the Holder of such Security, as the case may be, pursuant to this guarantee after such deduction or withholding shall not be less than the amount provided for in such Security to be then due and payable; except that no such additional amount shall be payable in respect of any Security to any Holder (a) who is subject to such tax, duty, assessment or governmental charge in respect of such Security by reason of his being connected with the United States otherwise than merely by the holding or ownership of such
Security, or (b) who is not dealing at arm's length with the Guarantor (within the meaning of the Internal Revenue Code as amended from time to time).
The Guarantor hereby agrees that its obligations hereunder shall be as if it were principal debtor and not merely surety, and shall be absolute and unconditional, irrespective of the validity, regularity or enforceability of any Security or this Indenture, the absence of any action to enforce the same, any waiver or consent by the Holder of such Security or by the Trustee with respect to any provisions thereof or of this Indenture, the obtaining of any judgment against the Company or any action to enforce the same or any other circumstances which might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a guarantor. The Guarantor hereby waives the benefits of division and discussion, diligence, presentment, demand of payment, filing of claims with a court in the event of merger, insolvency or bankruptcy of the Company, any right to require a proceeding first against the Company, protest or notice with respect to any Security or the indebtedness evidenced thereby and all demands whatsoever, and covenants that no guarantee (including any Guarantee endorsed on a Security) will be discharged in respect of any Security except by complete performance of the obligations contained in such Security and in this guarantee. The Guarantor hereby agrees that, in the event of a default in payment of principal (or premium, if any) or Interest, if any, on or Additional Amounts with respect to any Security, or a default in any payment referred to therein, legal proceedings may be instituted by the Trustee on behalf of, or by, the Holder of such Security, on the terms and conditions set forth in this Indenture, directly against the Guarantor to enforce this guarantee without first proceeding against the Company.
The Guarantor shall be subrogated to all rights of the Holders of the Securities of a particular series against the Company in respect of any amounts paid by the Guarantor on account of such Securities pursuant to the provisions of this guarantee or this Indenture; provided, however, that the Guarantor shall not be entitled to enforce or to receive any payments arising out of, or based upon, such right of subrogation until the principal of, any premium and Interest on, and Additional Amounts with respect to, all Securities of such series issued hereunder shall have been paid in full.
Section 1602. Execution and Delivery of Guarantees.
The Guarantees to be endorsed on the Securities of each series shall include the terms of the guarantee set forth in Section 202 (except that references to premium and Interest need be included only if any premium or Interest, respectively, is provided for in the terms of such series) and any other terms that may be set forth in the form established pursuant to Section 202 with respect to such series. The Guarantor hereby agrees to execute the Guarantees, in a form established pursuant to Section 202, to be endorsed on each Security authenticated and delivered by the Trustee.
The Guarantees shall be executed on behalf of the Guarantor by its Chairman of the Board, a Vice Chairman of the Board, its President or one of its Vice Presidents, under its corporate seal reproduced thereon attested by its Secretary or one of its Assistant Secretaries. The signature of any of these officers on the Guarantees may be manual or facsimile.
Guarantees bearing the manual or facsimile signatures of individuals who were at any time the proper officers of the Guarantor shall bind the Guarantor, notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them have cased to hold such offices prior to the authentication and delivery of such Guarantees or did not hold such offices at the date of such Guarantees.
The delivery of any Security by the Trustee, after the authentication thereof hereunder, shall constitute due delivery of the Guarantee endorsed thereon on behalf of the Guarantor. The Guarantor hereby agrees that its Guarantee set forth in Section 202 and in this Article shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding any failure to endorse a Guarantee on any Security.
The Guarantees shall continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time payment on any Security, in whole or in part, is rescinded or must otherwise be restored to the Company or the Guarantor upon the bankruptcy, liquidation or reorganization of the Company or the Guarantor or otherwise.
ARTICLE SEVENTEEN
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 1701. Submission to Jurisdiction.
The Company hereby acknowledges and agrees for the benefit of the Trustee and the Holders of Securities and Coupons that any judicial proceedings instituted in relation to any matter arising out of this Indenture, the Securities or the Coupons may be brought in any court having subject matter jurisdiction in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, New York (including, without limitation, federal courts located in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, New York), and, by execution and delivery of this Indenture, the Company hereby irrevocably accepts generally and unconditionally, the jurisdiction of the aforesaid courts, acknowledges their competence and irrevocably agrees to be bound by any judgment rendered in any such proceeding. The Company also irrevocably and unconditionally waives for the benefit of the Trustee and the Holders of Securities and Coupons any immunity from jurisdiction and any immunity from legal process (whether through service or notice, attachment prior to judgment, attachment in aid of execution, execution or otherwise) in respect of this Indenture. The Company hereby irrevocably designates and appoints for the benefit of the Trustee and the Holders of Securities, Guarantees and Coupons for the term of this Indenture CT Corporation, 111 8th Avenue, New York, New York 10011 as its agent to receive on its behalf service of all process (with a copy of all such service of process to be delivered to CT Corporation, 111 8th Avenue, New York, New York 10011) brought against it with respect to any such proceeding in any such court in the City of New York, such service being hereby acknowledged by the Company to be effective and binding service on it in every respect whether or not the Company shall then be doing or shall have at any time done business in New York. Such appointment shall be irrevocable so long as any of the Securities or Coupons or the obligations of the Company hereunder remain outstanding until the appointment of a successor by the Company and such successor's acceptance of such appointment. Upon such acceptance, the Company shall notify the Trustee of the name and address of such successor. The Company further agrees for the benefit of the Trustee and the
Holders of the Securities and the Coupons to take any and all action, including the execution and filing of any and all such documents and instruments, as may be necessary to continue such designation and appointment of said CT Corporation in full force and effect so long as any of the Securities or Coupons or the obligations of the Company hereunder shall be outstanding. The Trustee shall not be obligated and shall have no responsibility with respect to any failure by the Company to take such action. Nothing herein shall affect the right to serve process in any other manner permitted by any law or limit the right of the Trustee or any Holder to institute proceedings against the Company in the courts of any other jurisdiction or jurisdictions.
Section 1702. Stamp Duty.
The Company and the Guarantor, jointly and severally, agree to pay or reimburse any Holder of Securities or Coupons for stamp duty or similar governmental charges imposed upon this Indenture, any Securities or any Coupons.
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This instrument may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to be duly executed, and their respective corporate seals to be hereunto affixed, all as of the day and year first above written.
[SEAL] APACHE FINANCE CANADA II CORPORATION
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[SEAL] APACHE CORPORATION
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[SEAL] JPMORGAN CHASE BANK,
as Trustee
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STATE OF TEXAS
: SS.:
COUNTY OF HARRIS
On the ___ day of __________, before me personally came _____________________________, to me known, who, being by me duly sworn, did depose and say that he is the of APACHE CORPORATION, a State of Delaware corporation, one of the persons described in and who executed the foregoing instrument; that he knows the seal of said Corporation; that the seal affixed to said instrument is such Corporation's 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.
[NOTARIAL SEAL]
STATE OF TEXAS
: SS.:
COUNTY OF HARRIS
On the ___ day of __________, before me personally came _____________________________, to me known, who, being by me duly sworn, did depose and say that he is a of APACHE FINANCE CANADA II CORPORATION, an unlimited liability company organized under the laws of the Province of Nova Scotia, Canada, one of the persons described in and who executed the foregoing instrument; that he knows the seal of said Corporation; that the seal affixed to said instrument is such Corporation's 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.
[NOTARIAL SEAL]
STATE OF NEW YORK
: SS.:
COUNTY OF NEW YORK
On the ___ day of __________, before me personally came _____________________________, to me known, who, being by me duly sworn, did depose and say that he is a of JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, a banking corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of New York, one of the persons described in and who executed the foregoing instrument; that he knows the seal of said Corporation; that the seal affixed to said instrument is such Corporation's 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.
[NOTARIAL SEAL]
EXHIBIT 4.10
APACHE CORPORATION,
Issuer
to
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK,
Trustee
INDENTURE
Dated as of __________
Subordinated Debt Securities
Reconciliation and tie between Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (the "Trust Indenture Act") and Indenture
TRUST INDENTURE ACT SECTION INDENTURE SECTION Section 310(a)(1) 607 (a)(2) 607 (b) 608 Section 311 604 Section 312(a) 701 (b) 702 (c) 702 Section 313(a) 703 (c) 703 (d) 703 Section 314(a) 704 (c)(1) 102 (c)(2) 102 (e) 102 (f) 102 Section 315(a) 303 (b) 303 (c) 303 (d) 303 (e) 608 Section 316(a)(last sentence) 101 (a)(1)(A) 502,512 (a)(1)(B) 513 (b) 508 Section 317(a)(1) 503 (a)(2) 504 (b) 1003 Section 318(a) 108 |
Note: This reconciliation and tie shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be part of the Indenture.
Attention should also be directed to Section 318(c) of the Trust Indenture Act, which provides that the provisions of Sections 310 to and including 317 are a part of and govern every qualified indenture, whether or not physically contained therein.
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Recitals.......................................................................................................1
ARTICLE ONE
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION
Section 101. Definitions..................................................................................1
Section 102. Compliance Certificates and Opinions........................................................11
Section 103. Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee......................................................12
Section 104. Acts of Holders and Holders of Preferred Securities.........................................12
Section 105. Notices, etc. to Trustee and Company........................................................14
Section 106. Notice to Holders of Securities; Waiver.....................................................15
Section 107. Language of Notices.........................................................................16
Section 108. Conflict with Trust Indenture Act...........................................................16
Section 109. Effect of Headings and Table of Contents....................................................16
Section 110. Successors and Assigns......................................................................16
Section 111. Separability Clause.........................................................................16
Section 112. Benefits of Indenture.......................................................................16
Section 113. Governing Law...............................................................................16
Section 114. Legal Holidays..............................................................................17
Section 115. Counterparts................................................................................17
Section 116. Judgment Currency...........................................................................17
ARTICLE TWO
SECURITIES FORM
Section 201. Forms Generally.............................................................................18
Section 202. Form of Trustee's Certificate of Authentication.............................................18
Section 203. Securities in Global Form...................................................................18
ARTICLE THREE
THE SECURITIES
Section 301. Amount Unlimited, Issuable in Series........................................................19
Section 302. Currency; Denominations.....................................................................23
Section 303. Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating..............................................23
Section 304. Temporary Securities........................................................................25
Section 305. Registration, Transfer and Exchange.........................................................26
Section 306. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities............................................29
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Section 307. Payment of Interest and Certain Additional Amounts; Rights
to Interest and Certain Additional Amounts Preserved........................................30
Section 308. Persons Deemed Owners.......................................................................32
Section 309. Cancellation................................................................................33
Section 310. Computation of Interest.....................................................................33
ARTICLE FOUR
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE
Section 401. Satisfaction and Discharge..................................................................33
Section 402. Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance..........................................................35
Section 403. Application of Trust Money..................................................................39
Section 404. Reinstatement...............................................................................39
ARTICLE FIVE
REMEDIES
Section 501. Events of Default...........................................................................40
Section 502. Acceleration of Maturity: Rescission and Annulment..........................................41
Section 503. Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee.............................43
Section 504. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim............................................................43
Section 505. Trustee May Enforce Claim without Possession of Securities or Coupons.......................44
Section 506. Application of Money Collected..............................................................44
Section 507. Limitations on Suits........................................................................45
Section 508. Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal and
any Premium, Interest and Additional Amounts................................................46
Section 509. Restoration of Rights and Remedies..........................................................46
Section 510. Rights and Remedies Cumulative..............................................................46
Section 511. Delay or Omission Not Waiver................................................................47
Section 512. Control by Holders of Securities............................................................47
Section 513. Waiver of Past Defaults.....................................................................47
Section 514. Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws............................................................48
Section 515. Undertaking for Costs.......................................................................48
Section 516. Direct Action Right of Holders of Trust Preferred Securities................................48
ARTICLE SIX
THE TRUSTEE
Section 601. Certain Rights of Trustee...................................................................49
Section 602. Notice of Defaults..........................................................................50
Section 603. Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities......................................50
Section 604. May Hold Securities.........................................................................51
Section 605. Money Held in Trust.........................................................................51
Section 606. Compensation and Reimbursement..............................................................51
Section 607. Corporate Trustee Require; Eligibility......................................................52
Section 608. Resignation and Removal, Appointment of Successor...........................................52
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Section 609. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor......................................................54
Section 610. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business.................................55
Section 611. Appointment of Authenticating Agent.........................................................55
ARTICLE SEVEN
HOLDERS LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY
Section 701. Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders...................................57
Section 702. Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders......................................57
Section 703. Reports by Trustee..........................................................................58
Section 704. Reports by Company..........................................................................58
ARTICLE EIGHT
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER AND SALES
Section 801. Company May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms........................................59
Section 802. Successor Person Substituted for Company....................................................59
ARTICLE NINE
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
Section 901. Supplemental Indentures without Consent of Holders..........................................60
Section 902. Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Holders.............................................61
Section 903. Execution of Supplemental Indentures........................................................62
Section 904. Effect of Supplemental Indentures...........................................................63
Section 905. Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures..........................................63
Section 906. Conformity with Trust Indenture Act.........................................................63
Section 907. Effect on Senior Indebtedness...............................................................63
ARTICLE TEN
COVENANTS
Section 1001. Payment of Principal, any Premium and Interest..............................................63
Section 1002. Maintenance of Office or Agency.............................................................64
Section 1003. Money for Securities Payments to Be Held in Trust...........................................66
Section 1004. Additional Amounts..........................................................................67
Section 1005. No Restriction on Indebtedness or Liens.....................................................68
Section 1006. Corporate Existence.........................................................................68
Section 1007. Payment of Expenses of Each Trust...........................................................68
Section 1008. Waiver of Certain Covenants.................................................................68
Section 1009. Company Statement as to Compliance; Notice of Certain Defaults..............................69
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ARTICLE ELEVEN
REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES
Section 1101. Applicability of Article....................................................................69
Section 1102. Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee.......................................................69
Section 1103. Selection by Trustee of Securities to be Redeemed...........................................70
Section 1104. Notice of Redemption........................................................................70
Section 1105. Deposit of Redemption Price.................................................................72
Section 1106. Securities Payable on Redemption Date.......................................................72
Section 1107. Securities Redeemed in Part.................................................................73
ARTICLE TWELVE
REPAYMENT AT THE OPTION OF HOLDERS
Section 1201. Applicability of Article....................................................................73
ARTICLE THIRTEEN
SECURITIES IN FOREIGN CURRENCIES
Section 1301. Applicability of Article....................................................................74
ARTICLE FOURTEEN
MEETINGS OF HOLDERS OF SECURITIES
Section 1401. Purposes for Which Meetings May Be Called...................................................74
Section 1402. Call, Notice and Place of Meetings..........................................................74
Section 1403. Persons Entitled to Vote at Meetings........................................................75
Section 1404. Quorum; Action..............................................................................75
Section 1405. Determination of Voting Rights, Conduct and Adjournment of Meetings.........................76
Section 1406. Counting Votes and Recording Action of Meetings.............................................77
ARTICLE FIFTEEN
PURCHASE OF SECURITIES UPON CHANGE IN CONTROL
Section 1501. Purchase of Securities at Option of the Holder upon Change in Control.......................77
Section 1502. Effect of Change in Control Purchase Notice.................................................80
Section 1503. Deposit of Change in Control Purchase Price.................................................81
Section 1504. Covenant to Comply With Securities Laws Upon Purchase of Securities.........................81
Section 1505. Repayment to the Company....................................................................81
ARTICLE SIXTEEN
SUBORDINATION
Section 1601. Securities Subordinated to Senior Indebtedness..............................................81
Section 1602. Priority and Payment of Proceeds in Certain Events: Remedies Standstill.....................82
Section 1603. Payments which May Be Made Prior to Notice..................................................83
Section 1604. Rights of Holders of Senior Indebtedness Not to Be Impaired.................................83
Section 1605. Trustee May Take Action to Effectuate Subordination.........................................84
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Section 1606. Subrogation.................................................................................84 Section 1607. Obligations of Company Unconditional; Reinstatement.........................................84 Section 1608. Trustee Entitled to Assume Payments Not Prohibited in Absence of Notice.....................85 Section 1609. Right of Trustee to Hold Senior Indebtedness................................................85 Section 1610. Notice to Trustee...........................................................................86 Section 1611. Reliance on Judicial Order or Certificate of Liquidating Agent..............................86 Section 1612. Trustee Not Fiduciary for Holders of Senior Indebtedness....................................87 |
INDENTURE, dated as of ____________ (the "Indenture"), among Apache Corporation, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (the "Company"), having its principal executive office located at One Post Oak Central, 2000 Post Oak Boulevard, Suite 100, Houston, Texas 77056-4400, and JPMorgan Chase Bank, a banking corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of New York (the "Trustee"), having its Corporate Trust Office located at 4 New York Plaza, 15th Floor, New York, New York 10004.
RECITALS
The Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture to provide for the issuance from time to time of its subordinated unsecured debentures, notes or other evidence of Indebtedness (hereinafter called the "Securities"), unlimited as to principal amount, to bear such rates of Interest, to mature at such time or times, to be issued in one or more series and to have such other provisions as shall be fixed as hereinafter provided.
The Company may from time to time create or establish one or more statutory trusts for the purpose of issuing undivided beneficial interests in the assets thereof and using the proceeds thereof to acquire the Company's Securities.
The Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture. All things necessary to make this Indenture a valid agreement of the Company, in accordance with its terms, have been done.
This Indenture is subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission promulgated thereunder that are required to be part of this Indenture and, to the extent applicable, shall be governed by such provisions.
NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH:
For and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the Securities by the Holders (as herein defined) thereof, it is mutually covenanted and agreed, for the equal and proportionate benefit of all Holders of the Securities or of any series thereof and any Coupons (as herein defined) as follows:
ARTICLE ONE
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION
Section 101. Definitions.
Except as otherwise expressly provided in or pursuant to this Indenture or unless the context otherwise requires, for all purposes of this Indenture:
(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 terms "generally accepted accounting principles" or "GAAP" with respect to any computation required or permitted hereunder shall mean such accounting principles as are generally accepted at the date of such computation;
(4) the words "herein", "hereof", "hereto" and "hereunder" and other words of similar import refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section or other subdivision; and
(5) the word "or" is always used inclusively (for example, the phrase "A or B" means "A or B or both", not "either A or B but not both").
Certain terms used principally in certain Articles hereof are defined in those Articles.
"Act" when used with respect to any Holder, has the meaning specified in Section 104.
"Additional Amounts" means any additional amounts which are required hereby or by any Security, under circumstances specified herein or therein, to be paid by the Company in respect of certain taxes, assessments or other governmental charges imposed on Holders specified therein and which are owing to such Holders.
"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 the meanings correlative to the foregoing.
"Authenticating Agent" means any Person authorized by the Trustee pursuant to Section 611 to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate Securities of one or more series.
"Authorized Newspaper" means a newspaper, in an official language of the place of publication or in the English language, customarily published on each day that is a Business Day in the place of publication, whether or not published on days that are Legal Holidays in the place of publication, and of general circulation in each place in connection with which the term is used or in the financial community of each such place. Where successive publications are required to be made in Authorized Newspapers, the successive publications may be made in the same or in different newspapers in the same city meeting the foregoing requirements and in each case on any day that is a Business Day in the place of publication.
"Bearer Security" means any Security in the form established pursuant to Section 201 which is payable to bearer.
"Board of Directors" means the board of directors of the Company or any committee of that board duly authorized to act generally or in any particular respect for the Company hereunder.
"Board Resolution" means a copy of one or more resolutions, 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, delivered to the Trustee.
"Business Day" with respect to any Place of Payment or other location,
means, unless otherwise specified with respect to any Securities pursuant to
Section 301, any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which banking
institutions in such Place of Payment or other location are authorized or
obligated by law, regulation or executive order to close.
"Change in Control" has the meaning specified in Section 1501.
"Change in Control Purchase Date" has the meaning specified in Section 1501.
"Change in Control Purchase Notice" has the meaning specified in
Section 1501.
"Change in Control Purchase Price" has the meaning specified in Section 1501.
"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 Indenture such Commission is not existing and performing the duties now assigned to it under the Trust Indenture Act, then the body performing such duties at such time.
"Common Stock" includes any stock of any class of the Company which has no preference in respect of dividends or of amounts payable in the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company and which is not subject to redemption by the Company.
"Company" means the Person named as the "Company" in the first paragraph of this instrument until a successor Person shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture and thereafter "Company" shall mean such successor Person.
"Company Request" and "Company Order" mean, respectively, a written request or order, as the case may be, signed in the name of the Company by the Chairman of the Board of Directors, a Vice Chairman, the President or a Vice President, and by the Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, of the Company, and delivered to the Trustee.
"Conversion Agent" means any Person authorized by the Company to convert or exchange any Security pursuant to its terms on behalf of the Company.
"Conversion Event"means the cessation of the use of (i) in the case of a Foreign Currency other than the Euro, both by the government of the country or the confederation which issued such Foreign Currency and for the settlement of transactions by a central bank or other public institutions of or within the international banking community, or (ii) in the case of the
Euro, the Euro both by governments within the Euro Zone and for the settlement of transactions by central banks or other public institutions of or within the Euro Zone or of or within the international banking community.
"Corporate Trust Office" means the principal corporate trust office of the Trustee at which at any particular time its corporate trust business shall be administered, which office at the date of original execution of this Indenture is located at 4 New York Plaza, 15th Floor, New York, New York 10004.
"Corporation" includes corporations and limited liability companies and, except, for purposes of Article Eight, associations, companies and business trusts.
"Coupon" means any interest coupon appertaining to a Bearer Security.
"Currency", with respect to any payment, deposit or other transfer in respect of the principal of or any premium or Interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to any Security, means Dollars or the Foreign Currency, as the case may be, in which such payment, deposit or other transfer is required to be made by or pursuant to the terms hereof or such Security and, with respect to any other payment, deposit or transfer pursuant to or contemplated by the terms hereof or such Security, means Dollars.
"CUSIP number" means the alphanumeric designation assigned to a Security by Standard & Poor's Ratings Group, CUSIP Service Bureau.
"Default" means any event which is, or after notice or passage of time, or both, would be, an Event of Default pursuant to Section 501.
"Defaulted Interest" has the meaning specified in Section 307.
"Direct Action" has the meaning specified in Section 516.
"Dollars" or "$" means a dollar or other equivalent unit of legal tender for payment of public or private debts in the United States of America.
"Euro" means the currency introduced at the start of the third stage of European economic and monetary union pursuant to the Treaty establishing the European Communities, as amended by the Treaty on European Union and the Treaty of Amsterdam.
"Euro Zone" means those member states of the European Union from time to time that have adopted the Euro and participate in European economic and monetary union.
"Event of Default" has the meaning specified in Section 501.
"Foreign Currency" means any currency, currency unit or composite currency, including, without limitation, the Euro, issued by the government of one or more countries other than the United States of America or by any recognized confederation or association of such governments.
"GAAP" means such accounting principles as are generally accepted in the United States of America as of the date or time of any computation required hereunder.
"Government Obligations" means securities which are (i) direct obligations of the United States of America or the other government or governments in the confederation which issued the Foreign Currency in which the principal of or any premium or interest on such security or any additional amounts in respect thereof shall be payable, in each case where the payment or payments thereunder are supported by the full faith and credit of such government or governments or (ii) obligations of a Person controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of the United States of America or such other government or governments, in each case where the timely payment or payments thereunder are unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation by the United States of America or such other government or governments, and which, in the case of (i) or (ii), are not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer or issuers thereof, and shall also include a depository receipt issued by a bank or trust company as custodian with respect to any such Government Obligation or a specific payment of interest on or principal of or other amount with respect to any such Government Obligation held by such custodian for the account of the holder of a depository receipt, provided that (except as required by law) such custodian is not authorized to make any deduction from the amount payable to the holder of such depository receipt from any amount received by the custodian in respect of the Government Obligation or the specific payment of interest on or principal of or other amount with respect to the Government Obligation evidenced by such depository receipt.
"Holder" in the case of any Registered Security, means the Person in whose name such Security is registered in the Security Register and, in the case of any Bearer Security, means the bearer thereof and, in the case of any Coupon, means the bearer thereof.
"Indebtedness" with respect to any Person, means (a) indebtedness for borrowed money and deferred payment obligations representing the unpaid purchase price of real or personal property of, or guaranteed by, such Person, other than accounts payable arising in the ordinary course of business payable on terms customary in the trade, (b) indebtedness secured by Liens (as defined in Section 1005) or payable out of the proceeds of production from property, (c) indebtedness which is evidenced by mortgages, notes, bonds, debentures, acceptances or other instruments, (d) indebtedness which must be capitalized as liabilities under GAAP, (e) liabilities under interest rate swap, exchange, collar or cap agreements and all other agreements or arrangements designed to protect against fluctuations in interest rates or currency exchange rates, (f) liabilities under commodity hedge, commodity swap, exchange, collar or cap agreements, fixed price agreements and all other agreements or arrangements designed to protect against fluctuations in oil and gas prices, (g) guarantees and endorsements of obligations of others, directly or indirectly, and all other repurchase agreements and indebtedness in effect guaranteed through an agreement, contingent or otherwise, to purchase such indebtedness, or to purchase or sell property, or to purchase or sell services, primarily for the purpose of enabling the debtor to make payment of the indebtedness or to assure the owner of the indebtedness against loss, or to supply funds to or in any manner invest in the debtor, or otherwise to assure a creditor against loss (but excluding guarantees and endorsements of notes, bills and checks made in the ordinary course of business); and (h) indebtedness relative to the amount of all letters of credit; provided, however, that such term shall not include any amounts included as deferred credits on the
financial statements of such Person or of a consolidated group including such Person, and computed in accordance with GAAP.
"Indebtedness Ranking on a Parity with the Securities" means Indebtedness, whether outstanding on the date of execution of this Indenture or thereafter created, assumed or incurred, to the extent such Indebtedness specifically by its terms ranks pari passu with and not prior to the Securities in the right of payment upon the happening of the dissolution, winding-up, liquidation or reorganization of the Company. The securing of any Indebtedness otherwise constituting Indebtedness Ranking on a Parity with the Securities shall not be deemed to prevent such Indebtedness from constituting Indebtedness Ranking on a Parity with the Securities.
"Indebtedness Ranking Junior to the Securities" means any Indebtedness, whether outstanding on the date of execution of this Indenture or thereafter created, assumed or incurred, to the extent such Indebtedness by its terms ranks junior to and not pari passu with or prior to the Securities (and any other Indebtedness Ranking on a Parity with the Securities) in right of payment upon the happening of the dissolution, winding-up, liquidation or reorganization of the Company. The securing of any Indebtedness otherwise constituting Indebtedness Ranking Junior to the Securities shall not be deemed to prevent such Indebtedness from constituting Indebtedness Ranking Junior to the Securities.
"Indenture" means this instrument 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, with respect to any Security, by the terms and provisions of such Security and any Coupon appertaining thereto established pursuant to Section 301 (as such terms and provisions may be amended pursuant to the applicable provisions hereof).
"Independent Public Accountants" means accountants or a firm of accountants that, with respect to the Company and any other obligor under the Securities or the Coupons, are independent public accountants within the meaning of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated by the Commission thereunder, who may be the independent public accountants regularly retained by the Company or who may be other independent public accountants. Such accountants or firm shall be entitled to rely upon any Opinion of Counsel as to the interpretation of any legal matters relating to this Indenture or certificates required to be provided hereunder.
"Indexed Security" means a Security the terms of which provide that the principal amount thereof payable at Stated Maturity may be more or less than the principal face amount thereof at original issuance.
"Interest" with respect to any Original Issue Discount Security which by its terms bears Interest only after Maturity, means Interest payable after Maturity and, when used with respect to a Security which provides for the payment of Additional Amounts pursuant to Section 1004, includes such Additional Amounts.
"Interest Payment Date" with respect to any Security, means the Stated Maturity of an installment of Interest on such Security.
"Judgment Currency" has the meaning specified in Section 116.
"Legal Holidays" with respect to any Place of Payment or other location, means a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banking institutions in such Place of Payment or other location are not authorized or obligated to be open.
"Maturity" with respect to any Security, means the date on which the principal of such Security or an installment of principal becomes due and payable as provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, whether at the Stated Maturity or by declaration of acceleration, notice of redemption or repurchase, notice of option to elect repayment or otherwise, and includes the Redemption Date and Change in Control Purchase Date.
"New York Banking Day" has the meaning specified in Section 116.
"Office" or "Agency" with respect to any Securities, means an office or agency of the Company maintained or designated in a Place of Payment for such Securities pursuant to Section 1002 or any other office or agency of the Company maintained or designated for such Securities pursuant to Section 1002 or, to the extent designated or required by Section 1002 in lieu of such office or agency, the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee.
"Officers' Certificate" means a certificate signed by the Chairman of the Board, a Vice Chairman, the President or a Vice President, and by the Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company, that complies with the requirements of Section 314(e) of the Trust Indenture Act and is delivered to the Trustee.
"Opinion of Counsel" means a written opinion of counsel, who may be an employee of or counsel for the Company or other counsel who shall be reasonably acceptable to the Trustee, that, if required by the Trust Indenture Act, complies with the requirements of Section 314(e) of the Trust Indenture Act and is delivered to the Trustee.
"Original Issue Discount Security" means a Security issued pursuant to this Indenture which provides for declaration of an amount less than the principal face amount thereof to be due and payable upon acceleration pursuant to Section 502.
"Outstanding" when used with respect to any Securities, means, as of the date of determination, all such Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered under this Indenture, except:
(a) any such Security theretofore cancelled by the Trustee or the Security Registrar or delivered to the Trustee or the Security Registrar for cancellation;
(b) any such Security for whose payment either at the Maturity thereof or upon the Company becoming obligated (subject to withdrawal of any Change in Control Purchase Notice) to pay the Change in Control Purchase Price, money in the necessary amount has been theretofore deposited pursuant hereto (other than pursuant to Section 402) with the Trustee or any Paying Agent (other than the Company) in trust or set aside and segregated in trust by the Company (if the Company shall act as its own Paying Agent) for the Holders of such Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto, provided
that, if such Securities are to be redeemed, notice of such redemption has been duly given pursuant to this Indenture or provision therefor satisfactory to the Trustee has been made;
(c) any such Security with respect to which the Company has effected defeasance or covenant defeasance pursuant to Section 402, except to the extent provided in Section 402;
(d) any such Security which has 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, unless there shall have been presented to the Trustee proof satisfactory to it that such Security is held by a protected purchaser in whose hands such Security is a valid obligation of the Company; and
(e) if the Securities are convertible or exchangeable into other securities, cash or property, Securities converted or exchanged as contemplated by this Indenture, and such Securities if such other securities, cash or property have been either (i) delivered to the Holders thereof in accordance with this Indenture or (ii) deposited with and are held by the Paying Agent in trust for the Holders of such Securities in accordance with this Indenture and such Securities, provided in the case of this clause (ii) that any applicable notice of conversion or exchange has been duly given to the Holders thereof pursuant to this Indenture and such securities.
provided, however, that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities have given any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder or are present at a meeting of Holders of Securities for quorum purposes, (i) the principal amount of an Original Issue Discount Security that may be counted in making such determination and that shall be deemed to be Outstanding for such purposes shall be equal to the amount of the principal thereof that pursuant to the terms of such Original Issue Discount Security would be declared (or shall have been declared to be) due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration thereof pursuant to Section 502 at the time of such determination, and (ii) the principal amount of any Indexed Security that may be counted in making such determination and that shall be deemed outstanding for such purpose shall be equal to the principal face amount of such Indexed Security at original issuance, unless otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, and (iii) the principal amount of a Security denominated in a Foreign Currency shall be the Dollar equivalent, determined on the date of original issuance of such Security, of the principal amount (or, in the case of an Original Issue 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 (iv) Securities owned by the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the Company (other than any Trust so long as any of the Preferred Securities of such Trust are outstanding) or such other obligor, shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding, except that, in determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in making any such determination or relying upon any such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver, only Securities which a Responsible Officer of the Trustee knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded. Securities so owned which shall have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the Trustee (A) the pledgee's right so to act with respect to such Securities and (B) that the pledgee is not the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Coupons appertaining thereto or an Affiliate of the Company or such other obligor.
"Paying Agent" means any Person authorized by the Company to pay the principal of, or any premium or Interest on, or any Additional Amounts with respect to, any Security or any Coupon on behalf of the Company.
"Person" means any individual, Corporation, partnership, joint venture, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.
"Place of Payment" with respect to any Security, means the place or places where the principal of, or any premium or Interest on, or any Additional Amounts with respect to such Security are payable as provided in or pursuant to this Indenture or such Security.
"Predecessor Security" of any particular Security means every previous Security evidencing all or a portion of the same Indebtedness 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 lost, destroyed, mutilated or stolen Security or any Security to which a mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Coupon appertains shall be deemed to evidence the same Indebtedness as the lost, destroyed, mutilated or stolen Security or the Security to which a mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Coupon appertains.
"Preferred Securities" means the preferred securities of a Trust, representing undivided beneficial interests in the assets of such Trust.
"Redemption Date" with respect to any Security or portion thereof to be redeemed, means the date fixed for such redemption by or pursuant to this Indenture or such Security.
"Redemption Price" with respect to any Security or portion thereof to be redeemed, means the price at which it is to be redeemed as determined by or pursuant to this Indenture or such Security.
"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 Registered Security on any Interest Payment Date therefor means the date, if any, specified in or pursuant to this Indenture or such Security as the "Regular Record Date".
"Required Currency" has the meaning specified in Section 116.
"Responsible Officer" means any officer of the Trustee in its Corporate Trust Office with direct responsibility for the administration of this Indenture 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.
"Security" or "Securities" means any note or notes, bond or bonds, debenture or debentures, or any other evidences of Indebtedness, as the case may be, authenticated and
delivered under this Indenture; provided, however, that, if at any time there is more than one Person acting as Trustee under this Indenture, "Securities", with respect to any such Person, shall mean Securities authenticated and delivered under this Indenture, exclusive, however, of Securities of any series as to which such Person is not Trustee.
"Security Exchange" when used with respect to the Securities of any series which are held as assets of a Trust pursuant to the Trust Agreement of such Trust, means the distribution of the securities of such series by such Trust to the holder of the Trust Securities of such Trust in exchange for such Trust Securities upon certain events described in the applicable Trust Agreement of such Trust.
"Security Register" and "Security Registrar" have the respective meanings specified in Section 305.
"Senior Indebtedness" means, with respect to the Securities of any particular series, all Indebtedness of the Company, whether outstanding on the date of execution of this Indenture or thereafter created, assumed or incurred, except the Securities of such series, Indebtedness Ranking on a Parity with the Securities or Indebtedness Ranking Junior to the Securities.
"Special Record Date" for the payment of any Defaulted Interest on any Registered Security means a date fixed by the Trustee pursuant to Section 307.
"Stated Maturity" with respect to any Security or any installment of principal thereof or Interest thereon or any Additional Amounts with respect thereto, means the date established by or pursuant to this Indenture or such Security as the fixed date on which the principal of such Security or such installment of principal or Interest is, or such Additional Amounts are, due and payable.
"Subsidiary" means any Corporation of which at the time of determination the Company or one or more Subsidiaries owns or controls directly or indirectly more than 50% of the shares of Voting Stock.
"Trust" means any statutory trust created or established by the Company as a direct or indirect wholly-owned subsidiary to issue Trust Securities and to use the proceeds from the sale thereof to purchase Securities.
"Trust Agreement" means the agreement or declaration establishing the terms and conditions of a Trust.
"Trust Indenture Act" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, and any reference herein to the Trust Indenture Act or a particular provision thereof shall mean such Act or provision, as the case may be, as amended or replaced from time to time or as supplemented from time to time by rules or regulations adopted by the Commission under or in furtherance of the purposes of such Act or provision, as the case may be.
"Trust Securities" means the Preferred Securities and common securities of a Trust, each representing undivided beneficial interests in the assets of such Trust.
"Trustee" means the Person named as the "Trustee" in the first paragraph of this instrument until a successor Trustee shall have become such with respect to one or more series of Securities pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter "Trustee" shall mean each Person who is then a Trustee hereunder; provided, however, that if at any time there is more than one such Person, "Trustee" shall mean each such Person and as used with respect to the Securities of any series shall mean the Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series.
"United States" except as otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture or any Security, means the United States of America (including the states thereof and the District of Columbia), its territories and possessions and other areas subject to its jurisdiction.
"United States Alien" except as otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture or any Security, means any Person who, for United States Federal income tax purposes, is a foreign corporation, a non-resident alien individual, a non-resident alien fiduciary of a foreign estate or trust, or a foreign partnership one or more of the members of which is, for United States Federal income tax purposes, a foreign corporation, a non-resident alien individual or a non-resident alien fiduciary of a foreign estate or trust.
"U.S. Depository" or "Depository" means, with respect to any Security issuable or issued in the form of one or more global Securities, the Person designated as U.S. Depository or Depository by the Company in or pursuant to this Indenture, which Person must be, to the extent required by applicable law or regulation, a clearing agency registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and, if so provided with respect to any Security, any successor to such Person. If at any time there is more than one such Person, "U.S. Depository" or "Depository" shall mean, with respect to any Securities, the qualifying entity which has been appointed with respect to such Securities.
"Vice President" when used with respect to the Company or the Trustee, means any vice president, whether or not designated by a number or a word or words added before or after the title "Vice President".
"Voting Stock" means stock of a Corporation of the class or classes having general voting power under ordinary circumstances to elect at least a majority of the board of directors, managers or trustees of such Corporation, provided that, for the purposes hereof, stock which carries only the right to vote conditionally on the happening of an event shall not be considered voting stock whether or not such event shall have happened.
Section 102. Compliance Certificates and Opinions.
Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Indenture, upon any application or request by the Company to the Trustee to take any action under any provision of this Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate stating that such action is authorized or permitted by this Indenture and 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 or any of them is specifically required by any provision of this
Indenture relating to such particular application or request, no additional certificate or opinion need be furnished.
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 an Opinion of Counsel, unless such officer knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the opinion with respect to the matters upon which his certificate or opinion is based are erroneous. Any such 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 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 respell 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 or any Security, they may, but need not, be consolidated and form one instrument.
Section 104. Acts of Holders and Holders of Preferred Securities.
(1) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided by or pursuant to this Indenture to be given or taken by Holders or by holders of Preferred Securities may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders or holders of Preferred Securities, as applicable, in person or by an agent duly appointed in writing. If, but only if, Securities of a series are issuable as Bearer Securities, any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided in or pursuant to this Indenture to be given or taken by Holders of Securities of such series or by holders of Preferred Securities may, alternatively, be embodied in and evidenced by the record of Holders of Securities of such series or by holders of Preferred Securities 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 Fourteen, 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 or holders of Preferred Securities signing such instrument or instruments or 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 315 of the Trust Indenture Act) conclusive in favor of the Trustee and the Company and any agent of the Trustee or the Company, if made in the manner provided in this Section 104. The record of any meeting of Holders of Securities shall be proved in the manner provided in Section 1406.
Without limiting the generality of this Section 104, unless otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, a Holder, including a U.S. Depository that is a Holder of a global Security, may make, give or take, by a proxy, or proxies, duly appointed in writing, any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act provided in or pursuant to this Indenture to be made, given or taken by Holders, and a U.S. Depository that is a Holder of a global Security may provide its proxy or proxies to the beneficial owners of interests in any such global Security through such U.S. Depository's standing instructions and customary practices.
The Trustee shall fix a record date for the purpose of determining the Persons who are beneficial owners of interest in any permanent global Security held by a U.S. Depository entitled under the procedures of such U.S. Depository to make, give or take, by a proxy or proxies duly appointed in writing, any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act provided in or pursuant to this Indenture to be made, given or taken by Holders. If such a record date is fixed, the Holders on such record date or their duly appointed proxy or proxies, and only such Persons, shall be entitled to make, give or take such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act, whether or not such Holders remain Holders after such record date. No such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act shall be valid or effective if made, given or taken more than 90 days after such record date.
(2) The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such instrument or writing may be proved in any reasonable manner which the Trustee deems sufficient and in accordance with such reasonable rules as the Trustee may determine; and the Trustee may in any instance require further proof with respect to any of the matters referred to in this Section 104.
(3) The ownership, principal amount and serial numbers of Registered Securities held by any Person, and the date of the commencement and the date of the termination of holding the same, shall be proved by the Security Register.
(4) The ownership, principal amount and serial numbers of Bearer Securities held by any Person, and the date of the commencement and the date of the termination of holding the same, may be proved by the production of such Bearer Securities or by a certificate executed, as depositary, by any trust company, bank, banker or other depositary reasonably acceptable to the Company, wherever situated, if such certificate shall be deemed by the Company and 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, or (2) such Bearer Security is produced to the Trustee by some other Person, or (3) such Bearer Security is surrendered in exchange for a Registered Security, or (4) such Bearer Security is no longer Outstanding. The ownership, principal amount and serial numbers of Bearer Securities held by the Person so executing such instrument or writing and the date of the commencement and the date of the termination of holding the same may also be proved in any other manner which the Company and the Trustee deem sufficient.
(5) If the Company shall solicit from the Holders of any Registered Securities any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act, the Company may at its option (but is not obligated to), by Board Resolution, fix in advance a record date for the determination of Holders of Registered Securities entitled to give such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other 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 Registered Securities of record at the close of business on such record date shall be deemed to be Holders for the purpose of determining whether Holders of the requisite proportion of Outstanding Securities have authorized or agreed or consented to such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act, and for that purpose the Outstanding Securities shall be computed as of such record date; provided that no such authorization, agreement or consent by the Holders of Registered Securities shall be deemed effective unless it shall become effective pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture not later than six months after the record date.
(6) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act by 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 or suffered to be done by the Trustee, any Security Registrar, any Paying Agent, any Conversion Agent or the Company in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such Act is made upon such Security.
Section 105. Notices, etc. to Trustee and Company.
Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act of Holders or holders of Preferred Securities 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 holder of a Preferred Security or 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: Institutional Trust Services, or
(2) the Company by the Trustee or any Holder or holder of a Preferred Security 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 the attention of its 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 of Securities; Waiver.
Except as otherwise expressly provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, 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 any, if published in an Authorized Newspaper in The City of New York and, if such Securities are then listed on any stock exchange outside the United States, in an Authorized Newspaper in such city as the Company shall advise the Trustee that such stock exchange so requires, on a Business Day at least twice, the first such publication to be not earlier than the earliest date and the second such publication not later than the latest date prescribed for the giving of such notice.
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. Any notice which is mailed in the manner herein provided shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given or provided. In case by reason of the suspension of regular mail service or by reason of any other cause it shall be impracticable to give such notice by mail, then such notification as shall be made with the approval of the Trustee shall constitute a sufficient notification for every purpose hereunder.
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 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 mailed to Holders of Registered Securities as provided above.
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 of Securities shall be filed with the Trustee, but such filing shall not be a condition precedent to the validity of any action taken in reliance upon such waiver.
Section 107. Language of Notices.
Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, election or waiver required or permitted under this Indenture shall be in the English language, except that, if the Company so elects, any published notice may be in an official language of the country of publication.
Section 108. Conflict with Trust Indenture Act.
If any provision hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with any duties under any required provision of the Trust Indenture Act imposed hereon by Section 318(c) thereof, such required provision shall control.
Section 109. 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 110. 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 111. Separability Clause.
In case any provision in this Indenture, any Security or any Coupon 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 112. Benefits of Indenture.
Except as otherwise expressly provided herein with respect to holders of Senior Indebtedness and holders of Preferred Securities, nothing in this Indenture, any Security or any Coupon, express or implied, shall give to any Person, other than the parties hereto, any Security Registrar, any Paying Agent, any Conversion Agent and their successors hereunder and the Holders of Securities or Coupons, any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Indenture.
Section 113. Governing Law.
This Indenture, the Securities and any Coupons shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York applicable to agreements made or instruments entered into and, in each case, performed in said state without regard to the conflict of laws principles thereof.
Section 114. Legal Holidays.
Unless otherwise specified in or pursuant to this Indenture or any Securities, in any case where any Interest Payment Date, Business Day following any Change in Control Purchase Date or Stated Maturity or Maturity of any Security, or the last date on which a Holder has the right to convert or exchange Securities of a series that are convertible or exchangeable, shall be a Legal Holiday at any Place of Payment, then (notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, any Security or any Coupon other than a provision in any Security or Coupon that specifically states that such provision shall apply in lieu hereof) payment need not be made at such Place of Payment on such date, and such Securities need not be converted or exchanged on such date but such payment may be made, and such Securities may be converted or exchanged, on the next succeeding day that is a Business Day at such Place of Payment with the same force and effect as if made on the Interest Payment Date or at the Stated Maturity or Maturity or on such last day for conversion or exchange, and no Interest shall accrue on the amount payable on such date or at such time for the period from and after such Interest Payment Date, Business Day following any Change in Control Purchase Date, Stated Maturity, Maturity or last day for conversion or exchange, as the case may be, to the next succeeding Business Day.
Section 115. Counterparts.
This Indenture may be executed in several counterparts, each of which shall be an original and all of which shall constitute but one and the same instrument.
Section 116. Judgment Currency.
The Company agrees, to the fullest extent that it may effectively do so under applicable law, that (a) if for the purpose of obtaining judgment in any court it is necessary to convert the sum due in respect of the principal of, or premium or Interest, if any, or Additional Amounts on the Securities of any series (the "Required Currency") into a currency in which a judgment will be rendered (the "Judgment Currency"), the rate of exchange used shall be the rate at which in accordance with normal banking procedures the Trustee could purchase in The City of New York the Required Currency with the Judgment Currency on the New York Banking Day preceding that on which a final unappealable judgment is given and (b) the Company's obligations under this Indenture to make payments in the Required Currency (i) shall not be discharged or satisfied by any tender, or any recovery pursuant to any judgment (whether or not entered in accordance with clause (a)), in any currency other than the Required Currency, except to the extent that such tender or recovery shall result in the actual receipt, by the payee, of the full amount of the Required Currency expressed to be payable in respect of such payments, (ii) shall be enforceable as an alternative or additional cause of action for the purpose of recovering in the Required Currency the amount, if any, by which such actual receipt shall fall short of the full amount of the Required Currency so expressed to be payable and (iii) shall not be affected by judgment being obtained for any other sum due under this Indenture. For purposes of the foregoing, "New York Banking Day" means any day except a Saturday, Sunday or a legal holiday in The City of New York or a day on which banking institutions in The City of New York are authorized or obligated by law, regulation or executive order to be closed.
ARTICLE TWO
SECURITIES FORM
Section 201. Forms Generally.
Each Registered Security, Bearer Security, Coupon and temporary or permanent global Security issued pursuant to this Indenture shall be in the form established by or pursuant to a Board Resolution, an Officer's Certificate or in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, shall have such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as are required or permitted by or pursuant to this Indenture or any indenture supplemental hereto and may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification and such legends or endorsements placed thereon as may consistently herewith be determined by the Officers executing such Security or Coupon as evidenced by their execution of such Security or Coupon.
Unless otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture or any Securities, the Securities shall be issuable in registered form without Coupons and shall not be issuable upon the exercise of warrants.
Definitive Securities and definitive Coupons shall be printed, lithographed or engraved or produced by any combination of these methods on a steel engraved border or steel engraved borders or may be produced in any other manner, all as determined by the officers of the Company executing such Securities or Coupons, as evidenced by their execution of such Securities or Coupons.
Section 202. Form of Trustee's Certificate of Authentication.
Subject to Section 611, 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.
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK,
as Trustee
Section 203. Securities in Global Form.
Unless otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture or any Securities, the Securities shall not be issuable in temporary or permanent global form. If Securities of a series shall be issuable in global form, any such Securities may provide that it or any number of such Securities shall represent the aggregate amount of all Outstanding Securities of such series (or such lesser amount as is permitted by the terms thereof) from time to time endorsed thereon and may also provide that the aggregate amount of Outstanding Securities represented thereby may from time to time be increased or reduced to reflect exchanges. Any endorsement of any Security
in global form to reflect the amount, or any increase or decrease in the amount, or changes in the rights of Holders, of Outstanding Securities represented thereby shall be made in such manner and by such Person or Persons as shall be specified therein or in the Company Order to be delivered pursuant to Section 303 or 304 with respect thereto. Subject to the provisions of Section 303 and, if applicable, Section 304, the Trustee shall deliver and redeliver any Security in permanent global form in the manner and upon instructions given by the Person or Persons specified therein or in the applicable Company Order. If a Company Order pursuant to Section 303 or 304 has been, or simultaneously is, delivered, any instructions by the Company with respect to a Security in global form shall be in writing but need not be accompanied by or contained in an Officers' Certificate and need not be accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 307, unless otherwise specified in or pursuant to this Indenture or any Securities, payment of principal of, any premium and Interest on, and any Additional Amounts in respect of, any Security in temporary or permanent global form shall be made to the Person or Persons specified therein.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 308 and except as provided in the preceding paragraph, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company and the Trustee shall treat the Holder of a global security in registered form as the Holder of the principal amount of Outstanding Securities represented by such global Security.
ARTICLE THREE
THE SECURITIES
Section 301. Amount Unlimited, Issuable in Series.
The aggregate principal amount of Securities which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is unlimited. The Securities may be issued in one or more series.
With respect to any Securities to be authenticated and delivered hereunder, there shall be established in or pursuant to a Board Resolution, an Officers' Certificate or established in one or more indentures supplemental hereto,
(1) the title of such Securities and the series in which such Securities shall be included;
(2) any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the Securities of such title or the Securities of such series which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture (except for Securities authenticated and delivered upon registration or transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Securities of such series pursuant to Section 304, 305, 306, 905 or 1107, upon repayment on part of any Registered Security of such series pursuant to Article Twelve upon surrender in part of any Security for conversion into or exchange for Common Stock or other securities, cash or property pursuant to its terms, or pursuant to or as contemplated by the terms of such Securities);
(3) if such Securities are to be issuable as Registered Securities, as Bearer Securities or alternatively as Bearer Securities and Registered Securities, and whether the
Bearer Securities are to be issuable with Coupons, without Coupons or both, and any restrictions applicable to the offer, sale or delivery of the Bearer Securities and the terms, if any, upon which Bearer Securities may be exchanged for Registered Securities and vice versa;
(4) if any of such Securities are to be issuable in global
form, when any of such Securities are to be issuable in global form and
(i) whether such Securities are to be issued in temporary or permanent
global form or both, (ii) whether beneficial owners of interests in any
such global Security may exchange such interests for Securities of the
same series and of like tenor and of any authorized form and
denomination, and the circumstances under which any such exchanges may
occur, if other than in the manner specified in Section 305, and (iii)
the name of the Depository or the U.S. Depository, as the case may be,
with respect to any global Security;
(5) if any of such Securities are to be issuable as Bearer Securities or in global form, the date as of which any such Bearer Security or global Security shall be dated (if other than the date of original issuance of the first of such Securities to be issued);
(6) if any of such Securities are to be issuable as Bearer Securities, whether Interest in respect of any portion of a temporary Bearer Security in global form payable in respect of an Interest Payment Date therefor prior to the exchange, if any, of such temporary Bearer Security for definitive Securities shall be paid to any clearing organization with respect to the portion of such temporary Bearer Security held for its account and, in such event, the terms and conditions (including any certification requirements) upon which any such Interest payment received by a clearing organization will be credited to the Persons entitled to Interest payable on such Interest Payment Date;
(7) the date or dates, or the method or methods, if any, by which such date or dates shall be determined, on which the principal of such Securities is payable;
(8) the rate or rates at which such Securities shall bear Interest, if any, or the method or methods, if any, by which such rate or rates are to be determined, the date or dates, if any, from which such Interest shall accrue or the method or methods, if any, by which such date or dates are to be determined, the Interest Payment Dates, if any, on which such Interest shall be payable and the Regular Record Date, if any, for the Interest payable on Registered Securities on any Interest Payment Date, whether and under what circumstances Additional Amounts on such Securities or any of them shall be payable, the notice, if any, to Holders regarding the determination of Interest on a floating rate Security and the manner of giving such notice, and the basis upon which Interest shall be calculated if other than that of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months;
(9) any deletions from, modifications of or additions to the subordination provisions of Article Sixteen with respect to such Securities, whether or not such subordination provisions are consistent with the subordination provisions set forth therein;
(10) the right, if any, to extend the Interest payment periods and the duration of any such extension, including the maximum consecutive period, if any, during which Interest payment periods may be extended;
(11) if in addition to or other than the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, the place or places where the principal of, any premium and Interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to such Securities shall be payable, any of such Securities that are Registered Securities may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange and notices or demands to or upon the Company in respect of such Securities and this Indenture may be served, the extent to which, or the manner in which, any Interest payment or Additional Amounts on a global Security on an Interest Payment Date, will be paid and the manner in which any principal of or premium, if any, on any global Security will be paid;
(12) whether any of such Securities are to be redeemable at the option of the Company and, if so, the date or dates on which, the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which and the other terms and conditions upon which such Securities may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option of the Company;
(13) the obligation, if any, of the Company to redeem or purchase Securities of the series pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous provisions (including payments made in cash in anticipation of future sinking fund obligations) or at the option of a Holder and the date or dates on which or 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;
(14) whether the Securities of the series will be convertible into and/or exchangeable for Common Stock or other securities, whether or not issued by the Company, cash or property and the terms and conditions of any such conversion or exchange and, if so provided, the terms and conditions upon which such Securities will be convertible or exchangeable, and any deletions from or modifications or additions to this Indenture to permit or to facilitate the issuance of such convertible or exchangeable Securities or the administration thereof;
(15) the denominations in which any of such Securities that are Registered Securities shall be issuable if other than denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof, and the denominations in which any of such Securities that are Bearer Securities shall be issuable if other than the denomination of $5,000;
(16) if other than the principal amount thereof, the portion
of the principal amount of any of such Securities that shall be payable
upon declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to
Section 502 or the method by which such portion is to be determined;
(17) if other than Dollars, the Foreign Currency in which payment of the principal of, any premium or Interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to any of such Securities shall be payable;
(18) if the principal of, any premium or Interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to any of such Securities are to be payable, at the election of the Company or a Holder thereof or otherwise, in Dollars or in a Foreign Currency other than that in which such Securities are stated to be payable, the date or dates on which, the period or periods within which, and the other terms and conditions upon which, such election may be made, and the time and manner of determining the exchange rate between the Currency in which such Securities are stated to be payable and the Currency in which such Securities or any of them are to be paid pursuant to such election, and any deletions from or modifications of or additions to the terms of this Indenture to provide for or to facilitate the issuance of Securities denominated or payable, at the election of the Company or a Holder thereof or otherwise, in a Foreign Currency;
(19) whether the amount of payments of principal of, any premium or Interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to such Securities may be determined with reference to an index, formula or other method or methods (which index, formula or method or methods may be based, without limitation, on one or more Currencies, commodities, equity indices or other indices), and, if so, the terms and conditions upon which and the manner in which such amounts shall be determined and paid or payable;
(20) any deletions from, modifications of or additions to the Events of Default or covenants of the Company with respect to any of such Securities, whether or not such Events of Default or covenants are consistent with the Events of Default or covenants set forth herein;
(21) if either or both of Section 402(2) relating to defeasance or Section 402(3) relating to covenant defeasance shall not be applicable to the Securities of such series, or any covenants in addition to those specified in Section 402(3) relating to the Securities of such series shall be subject to covenant defeasance, and any deletions from, or modifications or additions to, the provisions of Article Four in respect of the Securities of such series;
(22) if any of such Securities are to be issuable upon the exercise of warrants, and the time, manner and place for such Securities to be authenticated and delivered;
(23) if any of such Securities are to be issuable in global form and are to be issuable in definitive form (whether upon original issue or upon exchange of a temporary Security) only upon receipt of certain certificates or other documents or satisfaction of other conditions, then the form and terms of such certificates, documents or conditions;
(24) if there is more than one Trustee, the identity of the Trustee and, if not the Trustee, the identity of each Security Registrar, Paying Agent, Conversion Agent or Authenticating Agent with respect to such Securities;
(25) the Change in Control Purchase Price, if applicable;
(26) the name of the applicable Trust (which shall distinguish such statutory business trust from all other Trusts), if any, to which the Securities of such series are to be deposited as assets and the date of its Trust Agreement; and
(27) any other terms of such Securities and any deletions from or modifications or additions to this Indenture in respect of such Securities.
All Securities of any one series and all Coupons, if any, appertaining to Bearer Securities of such series shall be substantially identical except as to Currency of payments due thereunder, denomination and the rate of Interest, or method of determining the rate of Interest, if any, Maturity, and the date from which Interest, if any, shall accrue and except as may otherwise be provided by the Company in or pursuant to the Board Resolution and set forth in the Officers' Certificate or in any indenture or indentures supplemental hereto pertaining to such series of Securities. The terms of the Securities of any series may provide, without limitation, that the Securities shall be authenticated and delivered by the Trustee on original issue from time to time upon telephonic or written order of persons designated in the Officers' Certificate or supplemental indenture (telephonic instructions to be promptly confirmed in writing by such person) and that such persons are authorized to determine, consistent with such Officers' Certificate or any applicable supplemental indenture, such terms and conditions of the Securities of such series as are specified in such Officers' Certificate or supplemental indenture. All Securities of any one series need not be issued at the same time and, unless otherwise so provided by the Company, a series may be reopened for issuances of additional Securities of such series or to establish additional terms of such series of Securities.
If any of the terms of the Securities of any series shall be established by action taken by or pursuant to a Board Resolution, the Board Resolution shall be delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Officers' Certificate setting forth the terms of such series.
Section 302. Currency; Denominations.
Unless otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, the principal of, any premium and Interest on and any Additional Amounts with respect to the Securities shall be payable in Dollars. Unless otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, Registered Securities denominated in Dollars shall be issuable in registered form without Coupons in denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof, and the Bearer Securities denominated in Dollars shall be issuable in the denomination of $5,000. Securities not denominated in Dollars shall be issuable in such denominations as are established with respect to such Securities in or pursuant to this Indenture.
Section 303. Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating.
Securities shall be executed on behalf of the Company by its Chairman of the Board, one of its Vice Chairmen, its President, its Treasurer, one of its Assistant Treasurers or one of its Vice Presidents under its corporate seal reproduced thereon and attested by its Secretary or one of its Assistant Secretaries. Coupons shall be executed on behalf of the Company by the Treasurer, one of its Vice Presidents or any Assistant Treasurer of the Company. The signature of any of these officers on the Securities or any Coupons appertaining thereto may be manual or facsimile.
Securities and any Coupons 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 or Coupons.
At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of this Indenture, the Company may deliver Securities, together with any Coupons appertaining thereto, executed by the Company, to the Trustee for authentication and, provided that the Board Resolution and Officers' Certificate or supplemental indenture or indentures with respect to such Securities referred to in Section 301 and a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of such Securities have been delivered to the Trustee, the Trustee in accordance with the Company Order and subject to the provisions hereof and of such Securities shall authenticate and deliver such Securities. In authenticating such Securities, and accepting the additional responsibilities under this Indenture in relation to such Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and (subject to Sections 315(a) through 315(d) of the Trust Indenture Act) shall be fully protected in relying upon,
(1) an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that:
(a) the form or forms and terms of such Securities and Coupons, if any, have been established in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture;(b) all conditions precedent to the authentication and delivery of such Securities and Coupons, if any, appertaining thereto, have been complied with and that such Securities, and Coupons, when completed by appropriate insertions, executed under the Company's corporate seal and attested by duly authorized officers of the Company, delivered by duly authorized officers of the Company to the Trustee for authentication pursuant to this Indenture, and 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 legally valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms, except as enforcement thereof may be subject to or limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, arrangement, fraudulent conveyance, fraudulent transfer or other similar laws relating to or affecting creditors' rights generally, and subject to general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in a proceeding in equity or at law) and will entitle the Holders thereof to the benefits of this Indenture; such Opinion of Counsel need express no opinion as to the availability of equitable remedies;
(c) all laws and requirements in respect of the execution and delivery by the Company of such Securities and Coupons, if any, have been complied with; and
(d) this Indenture has been qualified under the Trust Indenture Act; and
(2) an Officers' Certificate stating that, to the best knowledge of the Persons executing such certificate, no event which is, or after notice or lapse of time or both would become, an Event of Default with respect to any of the Securities shall have occurred and be continuing.
If all the Securities of any series are not to be issued at one time, it shall not be necessary to deliver an Opinion of Counsel and an Officers' Certificate at the time of issuance of each Security, but such opinion and certificate, with appropriate modifications, shall be delivered at or before the time of issuance of the first Security of such series. After any such first delivery, any separate request by the Company that the Trustee authenticate Securities of such series for original issue will be deemed to be a certification by the Company that all conditions precedent provided for in this Indenture relating to authentication and delivery of such Securities continue to have been complied with.
The Trustee shall not be required to authenticate or to cause an Authenticating Agent to authenticate any Securities if the issue of such Securities pursuant to this Indenture will affect the Trustee's own rights, duties or immunities under the Securities and this Indenture or otherwise in a manner which is not reasonably acceptable to the Trustee or if the Trustee, being advised by counsel, determines that such action may not lawfully be taken.
Each Registered Security shall be dated the date of its authentication. Each Bearer Security and any Bearer Security in global form shall be dated as of the date specified in or pursuant to this Indenture.
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 in Section 202 or 611 executed by or on behalf of the Trustee or by the Authenticating Agent by the manual signature of one of its authorized officers. Such certificate upon any Security shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such Security has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder. Except as permitted by Section 306 or 307, the Trustee shall not authenticate and deliver any Bearer Security unless all Coupons appertaining thereto then matured have been detached and cancelled.
Section 304. Temporary Securities.
Pending the preparation of definitive Securities, the Company may execute and deliver to the Trustee and, upon Company Order, the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in the manner provided in Section 303, temporary Securities in lieu thereof which are printed, lithographed, typewritten, mimeographed 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 of pursuant to this Indenture, in bearer form with one or more Coupons or without Coupons and with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as the officers of the Company executing such Securities may determine, as conclusively evidenced by their execution of such Securities. Such temporary Securities may be in global form.
Except in the case of temporary Securities in global form, which shall be exchanged in accordance with the provisions thereof, if temporary Securities are issued, the Company shall cause definitive Securities to be prepared without unreasonable delay. After the preparation of definitive Securities of the same series and containing terms and provisions that are identical to those of any temporary Securities, such temporary Securities shall be exchangeable for such definitive Securities upon surrender of such temporary Securities at an Office or Agency for such Securities, without charge to any Holder thereof. Upon surrender for cancellation of any one or more temporary Securities (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 authorized denominations of the same series and containing identical terms and provisions; provided, however, that no definitive Bearer Security, except as provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, shall be delivered in exchange for a temporary Registered Security; and provided, further, that a definitive Bearer Security shall be delivered in exchange for a temporary Bearer Security only in compliance with the conditions set forth in or pursuant to this Indenture. Unless otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture with respect to a temporary global Security, until so exchanged the temporary Securities of any series shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as definitive Securities of such series.
Section 305. Registration, Transfer and Exchange.
With respect to the Registered Securities of each series, if any, the Company shall cause to be kept a register (each such register being herein sometimes referred to as the "Security Register") at an Office or Agency for such series in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Company shall provide for the registration of the Registered Securities of such series and of transfers of the Registered Securities of such series. Such Office or Agency shall be the "Security Registrar" for that series of Securities. Unless otherwise specified in or pursuant to this Indenture or the Securities, the Trustee shall be the initial Security Registrar for each series of Securities. The Company shall have the right to remove and replace from time to time the Security Registrar for any series of Securities; provided that no such removal or replacement shall be effective until a successor Security Registrar with respect to such series of Securities shall have been appointed by the Company and shall have accepted such appointment by the Company. In the event that the Trustee shall not be or shall cease to be Security Registrar with respect to a series of Securities, it shall have the right to examine the Security Register for such series at all reasonable times. There shall be only one Security Register for each series of Securities.
Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Registered Security of any series at any Office or Agency for such series, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Registered Securities of the same series denominated as authorized in or pursuant to this Indenture, of a like aggregate principal amount bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding and containing identical terms and provisions.
At the option of the Holder, Registered Securities of any series may be exchanged for other Registered Securities of the same series containing identical terms and provisions, in any authorized denominations, and of a like aggregate principal amount, upon surrender of the
Securities to be exchanged at any Office or Agency for such series. Whenever any Registered Securities are so surrendered for exchange, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the Registered Securities which the Holder making the exchange is entitled to receive.
If provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, with respect to Securities of any series, at the option of the Holder, Bearer Securities of such series may be exchanged for Registered Securities of such series containing identical terms, denominated as authorized in or pursuant to this Indenture and in the same aggregate principal amount, upon surrender of the Bearer Securities to be exchanged at any Office or Agency for such series, 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 Bearer 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 for such series located outside the United States. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in case a Bearer Security of any series is surrendered at any such Office or Agency for such series in exchange for a Registered Security of such series 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 date for payment of Defaulted Interest, such Bearer Security shall be surrendered without the Coupon relating to such Interest Payment Date or proposed date of payment, as the case may be (or, if such Coupon is so surrendered with such Bearer Security, such Coupon shall be returned to the Person so surrendering the Bearer Security), and Interest or Defaulted Interest, as the case may be, shall 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 shall be payable only to the Holder of such Coupon when due in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture.
If provided in or pursuant to this Indenture with respect to Securities of any series, at the option of the Holder, Registered Securities of such series may be exchanged for Bearer Securities upon such terms and conditions as may be provided in or pursuant to this Indenture with respect to such series.
Whenever any Securities are surrendered for exchange as contemplated by the immediately preceding two paragraphs, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the Securities which the Holder making the exchange is entitled to receive.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, except as otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, any global Security shall be exchangeable for definitive Securities only if (i) the Depository is at any time unwilling, unable or ineligible to continue as Depository and a successor depository is not appointed by the Company within 90 days of the date the Company is so informed in writing, (ii) the Company executes and delivers to the Trustee a Company Order to the effect that such global Security shall be so exchangeable, or (iii) an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing with respect to the Securities. If the beneficial owners of interests in a global Security are entitled to exchange such interests for definitive Securities as the result of an event described in clause (i), (ii) or (iii) of the preceding sentence, 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 such form and denominations as are required by or pursuant to this Indenture, and of the same series, containing identical terms and in aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of such global Security, executed by the Company. On or after the earliest date on which such interests may be so exchanged, such global Security shall be surrendered from time to time by the U.S. Depository or such other Depository as shall be specified in the Company Order with respect thereto, and in accordance with instructions given to the Trustee and the U.S. Depository or such other Depository, as the case may be (which instructions shall be in writing but need not be contained in or accompanied by an Officers' Certificate or be accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel), as shall be specified in the Company Order with respect thereto to the Trustee, as the Company's agent for such purpose, to be exchanged, in whole or in part, for definitive Securities as described above without charge. The Trustee shall authenticate and make available for delivery, in exchange for each portion of such surrendered global Security, a like aggregate principal amount of definitive Securities of the same series of authorized denominations and of like tenor as the portion of such global Security to be exchanged, which (unless such Securities are not issuable both as Bearer Securities and as Registered Securities, in which case the definitive Securities exchanged for the global Security shall be issuable only in the form in which the Securities are issuable, as provided in or pursuant to this Indenture) shall be in the form of Bearer Securities or Registered Securities, or any combination thereof, as shall be specified by the beneficial owner thereof, but subject to the satisfaction of any certification or other requirements to the issuance of Bearer Securities; provided, however, that no such exchanges may occur during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before any selection of Securities of the same series to be redeemed and ending on the relevant Redemption Date; and provided, further, that (unless otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture) no Bearer Security delivered in exchange for a portion of a global Security shall be mailed or otherwise delivered to any location in the United States. Promptly following any such exchange in part, such global Security shall be returned by the Trustee to such Depository or the U.S. Depository, as the case may be, or such other Depository or U.S. Depository referred to above in accordance with the instructions of the Company referred to above. If a Registered Security is issued in exchange for any portion of a global Security after the close of business at the Office or Agency for such Security where such exchange occurs on or after (i) any Regular Record Date for such Security and before the opening of business at such Office or Agency on the next Interest Payment Date, or (ii) any Special Record Date for such Security and before the opening of business at such Office or Agency on the related proposed date for payment of Interest or Defaulted Interest, as the case may be, Interest shall 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 shall 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 global Security shall be payable in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture.
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 entitling the Holders thereof to the same benefits under this Indenture as the Securities surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.
Every Registered Security presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or for exchange or redemption shall (if so required by the Company or the Security Registrar for such Security) be duly endorsed, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar for such Security duly executed by the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing.
No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange, or redemption of Securities, but the Company or the Trustee may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge.
Except as otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, the Company shall not be required (i) to issue, register the transfer of or exchange any Securities during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before the day of the selection for redemption of Securities of like tenor and the same series under Section 1103 and ending at the close of business on the day of such selection, or (ii) to register the transfer of or exchange any Registered Security so selected for redemption in whole or in part, except in the case of any Security to be redeemed in part, the portion thereof not to be redeemed, or (iii) to exchange any Bearer Security so selected for redemption except, to the extent provided with respect to such Bearer Security, that such Bearer Security may be exchanged for a Registered Security of like tenor and the same series, provided that such Registered Security shall be immediately surrendered for redemption with written instruction for payment consistent with the provisions of this Indenture or (iv) to issue, register the transfer of or exchange any Security which, in accordance with its terms, has been surrendered for repayment at the option of the Holder, except the portion, if any, of such Security not to be so repaid.
Section 306. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities.
If any mutilated Security or a Security with a mutilated Coupon appertaining to it is surrendered to the Trustee, subject to the provisions of this Section 306, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a new Security of the same series containing identical terms and of like principal amount and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding, with Coupons appertaining thereto corresponding to the Coupons, if any, appertaining to the surrendered Security.
If there be delivered to the Company and to 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 protected purchaser, the Company shall execute and, upon Company Request the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in exchange for or in lieu of any such mutilated, 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 containing identical terms and of like 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.
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 306,
in case any 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, any premium or Interest on or any Additional Amounts
with respect to any Bearer Securities shall, except as otherwise provided in
Section 1002, be payable only at an Office or Agency for such Securities located
outside the United States and, unless otherwise provided in or pursuant to this
Indenture, any Interest on Bearer Securities and any Additional Amounts with
respect to such Interest shall be payable only upon presentation and surrender
of the Coupons appertaining thereto.
Upon the issuance of any new Security under this Section 306, the Company or the Trustee 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, with any Coupons appertaining thereto issued pursuant to this Section 306 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 a separate obligation of the Company, whether or not the destroyed, lost or stolen Security and Coupons appertaining thereto or the destroyed, lost or stolen Coupon shall be at any time enforceable by anyone, and shall be entitled to all the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with any and all other Securities of such series and the Coupons, if any, duly issued hereunder.
The provisions of this Section 306, as amended or supplemented pursuant to this Indenture with respect to particular Securities or generally, shall be 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 and Certain Additional Amounts; Rights to Interest and Certain Additional Amounts Preserved.
Unless otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, any Interest on and any Additional Amounts with respect to any Registered Security which shall be payable, and are punctually paid or duty provided for, on any Interest Payment Date shall be paid to the Person in whose name such Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered as of the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such Interest. Unless otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, in case a Bearer Security is surrendered in exchange for a Registered Security after the close of business at an Office or Agency for such Security on any Regular Record Date
therefor and before the opening of business at such Office or Agency on the next succeeding Interest Payment Date therefor, such Bearer Security shall be surrendered without the Coupon relating to such Interest Payment Date and Interest shall not be payable on such Interest Payment Date in respect of the Registered Security issued in exchange for such Bearer Security, but shall be payable only to the Holder of such Coupon when due in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture.
Unless otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, any Interest on and any Additional Amounts with respect to any Registered Security which shall be payable, but shall not be punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date for such Registered Security (herein called "Defaulted Interest") shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder thereof 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 Person in whose name such Registered Security (or a Predecessor Security thereof) shall be 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 such 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 on or prior to the date of the proposed payment, such money when so deposited to be held in trust for the benefit of the Person 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 the Holder of such Registered Security (or a Predecessor Security thereof) at his address as it appears in the Security Register not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date. The Trustee may, in its discretion, in the name and at the expense of the Company cause a similar notice to be published at least once in an Authorized Newspaper of general circulation in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, but such publication shall not be a condition precedent to the establishment of such Special Record Date. Notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor having been mailed as aforesaid, such Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the Person in whose name such Registered Security (or a Predecessor Security thereof) shall be registered at the close of business on such Special Record Date and shall no longer be payable pursuant to the following clause (2). In case a Bearer Security is surrendered at the Office or Agency for such Security in exchange for a Registered Security after the close of business at such Office or Agency on 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 Defaulted Interest and Defaulted Interest shall not be payable on such proposed date of payment in respect of the Registered Security issued in exchange for such Bearer Security, but shall be payable only to the Holder of such Coupon when due in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture.
(2) The Company may make payment of any Defaulted Interest in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which such Security 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 payment shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee.
Unless otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture or the Securities of any particular series, at the option of the Company, Interest on Registered Securities that bear Interest may be paid by mailing a check to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register or by transfer to an account maintained by the payee with a bank located in the United States.
Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section 307 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.
If any convertible or exchangeable Security of any series is converted or exchanged after any Regular Record Date and on or prior to the next succeeding Interest Payment Date (other than any Security with respect to which the Stated Maturity Date is prior to such Interest Payment Date), Interest that is due on such Interest Payment Date shall be payable on such Interest Payment Date notwithstanding such conversion or exchange, and such Interest (whether or not punctually paid or duly provided for ) shall be paid to the Person in whose name that Security is registered at the close of business on such Regular Record Date. Except as otherwise expressly provided in the immediately preceding sentence, in the case of any Security that is converted or exchanged, Interest shall not be payable if the Regular Record Date is after the date of conversion or exchange of such 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 in the Security Register as the owner of such Registered Security for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of, any premium and (subject to Sections 305 and 307) Interest on and any Additional Amounts with respect to such Registered Security and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not any payment with respect to such Registered Security shall be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any agent of the Company or the Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
The Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the bearer of any Bearer Security or the bearer of any Coupon as the absolute owner of such
Security or Coupon for the purpose of receiving payment thereof or on account thereof and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not any payment with respect to such Security or Coupon shall be overdue, and neither the Company, nor the Trustee or any agent of the Company or the Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
No holder of any beneficial interest in any global Security held on its behalf by a Depository shall have any rights under this Indenture with respect to such global Security, and such Depository may be treated by the Company, the Trustee, and any agent of the Company or the Trustee as the owner of such global Security for all purposes whatsoever. None of the Company, the Trustee, any Paying Agent, any Conversion 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 global Security 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, exchange or conversion or for credit against any sinking fund payment shall, if surrendered to any Person other than the Trustee, be delivered to the Trustee, and any such Securities and Coupons, as well as Securities and Coupons surrendered directly to the Trustee for any such purpose, shall be cancelled promptly by the Trustee. 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, and all Securities so delivered shall be cancelled promptly by the Trustee. No Securities shall be authenticated in lieu of or in exchange for any Securities cancelled as provided in this Section 309, except as expressly permitted by or pursuant to this Indenture. All cancelled Securities and Coupons held by the Trustee shall be destroyed by the Trustee in accordance with its customary procedures, unless by a Company Order the Company directs their return to it.
Section 310. Computation of Interest.
Except as otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture or in any Security, Interest on the Securities shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.
ARTICLE FOUR
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE
Section 401. Satisfaction and Discharge.
Upon the direction of the Company by a Company Order, this Indenture shall cease to be of further effect with respect to any series of Securities specified in such Company Order and any Coupons appertaining thereto, and the Trustee, on receipt of a Company Order, at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture as to such series, when:
(1) either:
(a) all Securities of such series theretofore authenticated and delivered and all Coupons appertaining thereto (other than (i) Coupons appertaining to Bearer Securities of such series surrendered in exchange for Registered Securities of such series and maturing after such exchange whose surrender is not required or has been waived as provided in Section 305, (ii) Securities and Coupons of such series which have been destroyed, lost or stolen and which have been replaced or paid as provided in Section 306, (iii) Coupons appertaining to Securities of such series called for redemption and maturing after the relevant Redemption Date whose surrender has been waived as provided in Section 1107, and (iv) Securities and Coupons of such series for whose payment money in the applicable Currency 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) all Securities of such series and, in the case of
(i) or (ii) below, any Coupons appertaining thereto not
theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation:
(i) have become due and payable; or
(ii) will become due and payable at their Stated Maturity within one year; or
(iii) if redeemable at the option of the Company, are to be called for redemption within one year under arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption by the Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of the Company;
and the Company, in the case of (i), (ii) or (iii) above, has deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in trust for such purpose, money in the Currency in which such Securities are payable in an amount sufficient to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness on such Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, including the principal of, any premium and Interest on, and any Additional Amounts with respect to such Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto, to the date of such deposit (in the case of Securities which have become due and payable) or to the Maturity thereof, as the case may be;
(2) the Company has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable hereunder by the Company with respect to the Outstanding Securities of such series and any Coupons appertaining thereto; 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 as to such series have been complied with.
In the event there are Securities of two or more series hereunder, the Trustee shall be required to execute an instrument acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture only if requested to do so with respect to Securities of such series as to which it is Trustee and if the other conditions thereto are met.
Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this
Indenture with respect to any series of Securities, the obligations of the
Company to the Trustee under Section 606 and, if money shall have been deposited
with the Trustee pursuant to subclause (b) of clause (1) of this Section 401,
the obligations of the Company and the Trustee with respect to the Securities of
such series under Sections 305, 306, 403, 1002, 1003 and Article Twelve, with
respect to the payment of Additional Amounts, if any, with respect to such
Securities as contemplated by Section 1004 (but only to the extent that the
Additional Amounts payable with respect to such Securities exceed the amount
deposited in respect of such Additional Amounts pursuant to subclause (b) of
clause (1) of this Section 401), and, unless otherwise provided pursuant to
Section 301 with respect to the Securities of such series, any rights to convert
or exchange the Securities of such series into other securities or rights in
accordance with their terms, shall survive.
Section 402. Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance.
(1) Unless, pursuant to Section 301, either or both of (i)
defeasance of the Securities of or within a series under clause (2) of
this Section 402, or (ii) covenant defeasance of the Securities of or
within a series under clause (3) of this Section 402 shall not be
applicable with respect to the Securities of such series, then such
provisions, together with the other provisions of this Section 402
(with such modifications thereto as may be specified pursuant to
Section 301 with respect to any Securities), shall be applicable to
such Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto, and the Company
may at its option by Board Resolution or Officers' Certificate, at any
time, with respect to such Securities and any Coupons appertaining
thereto, elect to have Section 402(2) or Section 402(3) be applied to
such Outstanding Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto upon
compliance with the conditions set forth below in this Section 402.
(2) Upon the Company's exercise of the above option applicable to this Section 402(2) with respect to any Securities of or within a series, the Company shall be deemed to have been discharged from its obligations with respect to such Outstanding Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto on the date the conditions set forth in clause (4) of this Section 402 are satisfied (hereinafter, "defeasance"). For this purpose, such defeasance means that the Company shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire Indebtedness represented by such Outstanding Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto, which shall thereafter be deemed to be "Outstanding" only for the purposes of clause (5) of this Section 402 and the other Sections of this Indenture referred to in clauses (i) and (ii) below, and to have satisfied all of its other obligations under such Securities and any Coupons
appertaining thereto and this Indenture insofar as such Securities and
any Coupons appertaining thereto are concerned (and the Trustee, at the
expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging
the same), except for the following which shall survive until otherwise
terminated or discharged hereunder: (i) the rights of Holders of such
Outstanding Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto to receive,
solely from the trust fund described in clause (4) of this Section 402
and as more fully set forth in such Section, payments in respect of the
principal of (and premium, if any) and Interest, if any, on, and
Additional Amounts, if any, with respect to, such Securities and any
Coupons appertaining thereto when such payments are due, and any rights
of such Holder to convert or exchange such Securities into or for
Common Stock or other securities, cash or property, (ii) the
obligations of the Company and the Trustee with respect to such
Securities under Sections 305, 306, 1002 and 1003, with respect to the
payment of Additional Amounts, if any, on such Securities as
contemplated by Section 1004 (but only to the extent that the
Additional Amounts payable with respect to such Securities exceed the
amount deposited in respect of such Additional Amounts pursuant to
Section 402(4)(a) below), (iii) the rights, powers, trusts, duties and
immunities of the Trustee hereunder and (iv) this Section 402. The
Company may exercise its option under this Section 402(2)
notwithstanding the prior exercise of its option under clause (3) of
this Section 402 with respect to such Securities and any Coupons
appertaining thereto.
(3) Upon the Company's exercise of the above option applicable
to this Section 402(3) with respect to any Securities of or within a
series, the Company shall, to the extent specified pursuant to Section
301, be released from its obligations in respect of any covenant
applicable to such Securities, with respect to such Outstanding
Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto on and after the date
the conditions set forth in clause (4) of this Section 402 are
satisfied (hereinafter, "covenant defeasance"), and such Securities and
any Coupons appertaining thereto shall thereafter be deemed to be not
"Outstanding" for the purposes of any direction, waiver, consent or
declaration or Act of Holders (and the consequences of any thereof) in
connection with any such covenant, but shall continue to be deemed
"Outstanding" for all other purposes hereunder. For this purpose, such
covenant defeasance means that, with respect to such Outstanding
Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto, the Company may omit
to comply with, and shall have no liability in respect of, any term,
condition or limitation set forth in any such Section or such other
covenant, whether directly or indirectly, by reason of any reference
elsewhere herein to any such Section or such other covenant or by
reason of reference in any such Section or such other covenant to any
other provision herein or in any other document and such omission to
comply shall not constitute a default or an Event of Default under
Section 501(4) or 501(6) or otherwise, as the case may be, but, except
as specified above, the remainder of this Indenture and such Securities
and Coupons appertaining thereto shall be unaffected thereby.
(4) The following shall be the conditions to application of clause (2) or (3) of this Section 402 to any Outstanding Securities of or within a series and any Coupons appertaining thereto:
(a) The Company shall irrevocably have deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee (or another trustee satisfying the requirements of Section 607 who shall agree to comply with the provisions of this Section 402 applicable to it) as trust funds in trust for the purpose of making the following payments, specifically pledged as security for, and dedicated solely to, the benefit of the Holders of such Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto:
(1) an amount in Dollars or in such Foreign Currency in which such Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto are then specified as payable at Stated Maturity; or
(2) Government Obligations applicable to such Securities and Coupons appertaining thereto (determined on the basis of the Currency in which such Securities and Coupons appertaining thereto are then specified as payable at Stated Maturity) which through the scheduled payment of principal and Interest in respect thereof in accordance with their terms will provide, not later than one day before the due date of any payment of principal of and any premium, Interest and Additional Amounts on such Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto, money in an amount; or
(3) a combination thereof;
in any case, in an amount, sufficient, without consideration of any reinvestment of such principal and Interest, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, to pay and discharge, and which shall be applied by the Trustee (or other qualifying trustee) to pay and discharge, the principal of and any premium, Interest and Additional Amounts on such Outstanding Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto on the Stated Maturity of such principal or installment of principal or Interest on the day on which such payments are due and payable in accordance with the terms of this Indenture and of such Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto.
(b) Such defeasance or covenant defeasance shall not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, this Indenture or any other material agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party or by which it is bound.
(c) No Event of Default or event which with notice or lapse of time or both would become an Event of Default with respect to such Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such deposit and, with respect to defeasance only, at any time during the period ending on the 91st day after the date of such deposit (it being understood that this condition shall not be deemed satisfied until the expiration of such period).
(d) In the case of an election under clause (2) of this Section 402, the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel stating that (i) the Company has received from the Internal Revenue Service a letter ruling, or there has been published by the Internal Revenue Service a Revenue Ruling, or (ii) since the date of execution of this Indenture, there has been a change in the applicable Federal income tax law, in either case to the effect that, and based thereon such opinion shall confirm that, the Holders of such Outstanding Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto will not recognize income, gain or loss for Federal income tax purposes as a result of such defeasance and will be
subject to Federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such defeasance had not occurred.
(e) In the case of an election under clause (3) of this Section 402, the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the Holders of such Outstanding Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto will not recognize income, gain or loss for Federal income tax purposes as a result of such covenant defeasance and will be subject to Federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such covenant defeasance had not occurred.
(f) The Company shall have delivered to the Trustee
an Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each
stating that all conditions precedent to the defeasance or
covenant defeasance under clause (2) or (3) of this Section
402 (as the case may be) have been complied with.
(g) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this
Section 402(4), such defeasance or covenant defeasance shall
be effected in compliance with any additional or substitute
terms, conditions or limitations which may be imposed on the
Company in connection therewith pursuant to Section 301.
(5) Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 1003, all money and Government Obligations (or other property as may be provided pursuant to Section 301) (including the proceeds thereof) deposited with the Trustee (or other qualifying trustee, collectively for purposes of this Section 402(5) and Section 403, the "Trustee") pursuant to clause (4) of Section 402 in respect of any Outstanding Securities of any series and any Coupons appertaining thereto shall be held in trust and applied by the Trustee, in accordance with the provisions of such Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Company acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Holders of such Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto of all sums due and to become due thereon in respect of principal of and any premium, Interest and Additional Amounts, but such money need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.
Unless otherwise specified in or pursuant to this Indenture or any Security, if, after a deposit referred to in Section 402(4)(a) has been made, (a) the Holder of a Security in respect of which such deposit was made is entitled to, and does, elect pursuant to Section 301 or the terms of such Security to receive payment in a Currency other than that in which the deposit pursuant to Section 402(4)(a) has been made in respect of such Security, or (b) a Conversion Event occurs in respect of the Foreign Currency in which the deposit pursuant to Section 402(4)(a) has been made, the indebtedness represented by such Security and any Coupons appertaining thereto shall be deemed to have been, and will be, fully discharged and satisfied through the payment of the principal of and any premium and Interest on, and any Additional Amounts with respect to, such Security as the same becomes due out of the proceeds yielded by converting (from time to time as specified below in the case of any such election) the amount or other property deposited in respect of such Security into the Currency in which such Security
becomes payable as a result of such election or Conversion Event based on (x) in
the case of payments made pursuant to clause (a) above, the applicable market
exchange rate for such Currency in effect on the second Business Day prior to
each payment date, or (y) with respect to a Conversion Event, the applicable
market exchange rate for such Foreign Currency in effect (as nearly as feasible)
at the time of the Conversion Event. Unless otherwise provided pursuant to
Section 301, the right, if any, to extend an Interest payment period shall
terminate upon defeasance or covenant defeasance, as the case may be.
The Company shall pay and indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or other charge, imposed on or assessed against the Government Obligations deposited pursuant to this Section 402 or the principal or Interest received in respect thereof other than any such tax, fee or other charge which by law is for the account of the Holders of such Outstanding Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto.
Anything in this Section 402 to the contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee shall deliver or pay to the Company from time to time upon Company Request any money or Government Obligations (or other property and any proceeds therefrom) held by it as provided in clause (4) of this Section 402 which, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, are in excess of the amount thereof which would then be required to be deposited to effect a defeasance or covenant defeasance, as applicable, in accordance with this Section 402.
Section 403. Application of Trust Money.
Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 1003, all money and Government Obligations deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 401 or 402 shall be held in trust and applied by it, in accordance with the provisions of the Securities, the Coupons and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Company acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Persons entitled thereto, of the principal, premium, Interest and Additional Amounts for whose payment such money has or Government Obligations have been deposited with or received by the Trustee; but such money and Government Obligations need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.
Section 404. Reinstatement.
If the Trustee or the Paying Agent is unable to apply any money in accordance with this Article with respect to any Securities by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or other wise prohibiting such application, then the obligations under this Indenture and such Securities from which the Company has been discharged or released pursuant to this Article shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit has occurred pursuant to this Article with respect to such Securities, until such time as the Trustee or Paying Agent is permitted to apply all money held in trust pursuant to this Article with respect to such Securities in accordance with this Article; provided, however, that if the Company makes any payment of principal of or any premium or Interest on or Additional Amounts with respect to any such Security following reinstatement of its obligations, the
Company shall be subrogated to the rights (if any) of the Holders of such Securities to receive such payment from the money so held in trust.
ARTICLE FIVE
REMEDIES
Section 501. Events of Default.
"Event of Default", wherever used herein with respect to Securities of any series, means any one of the following events (whatever the reason for such Event of Default and whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body), unless such event is specifically deleted or modified in or pursuant to the supplemental indenture, Board Resolution or Officers' Certificate establishing the terms of such Series pursuant to this Indenture:
(1) failure to pay any Interest on or any Additional Amounts payable in respect of any Security of such series when such Interest becomes or such Additional Amounts become due and payable, and continuance of such default for a period of 30 days; or
(2) failure to pay the principal of or any premium on any Security of such series when it becomes due and payable at either its Maturity or, if applicable, at 12:00 noon, New York City time, on the Business Day following the Change in Control Purchase Date; or
(3) if applicable, failure by the Company to deliver the required securities or other rights upon an appropriate conversion or exchange election by Holders of the Securities or the related Preferred Securities; or
(4) failure to perform or the breach, of any covenant or warranty of the Company in this Indenture or the Securities (other than a covenant or warranty a default in the performance or the breach of which is elsewhere in this Section 501 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 failure 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 failure or breach and requiring it to be remedied and stating that such notice is a `Notice of Default' hereunder; or
(5) default in the deposit of any sinking fund payment when and as due by the terms of a Security of such series; or
(6) the entry by a court having competent jurisdiction of:
(a) a decree or order for relief in respect of the Company or any Subsidiary in an involuntary proceeding under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law and such decree or order shall remain unstayed and in effect for a period of 60 consecutive days; or
(b) a decree or order adjudging the Company or any Subsidiary to be insolvent, or approving a petition seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition of the Company or any Subsidiary and such decree or order shall remain unstayed and in effect for a period of 60 consecutive days; or
(c) a final and non-appealable order appointing a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee or other similar official of the Company or any Subsidiary or of any substantial pare of the property of the Company or any Subsidiary, as the case may be, or ordering the winding up or liquidation of the affairs of the Company or any Subsidiary; or
(7) the commencement by the Company or any Subsidiary of a voluntary proceeding under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or of a voluntary proceeding seeking to be adjudicated insolvent or the consent by the Company or any Subsidiary to the entry of a decree or order for relief in an involuntary proceeding under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or to the commencement of any insolvency proceedings against it, or the filing by the Company or any Subsidiary of a petition or answer or consent seeking reorganization or relief under any applicable law, or the consent by the Company or any Subsidiary to the filing of such petition or to the appointment of or taking possession by a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee or similar official of the Company or any Subsidiary or any substantial part of the property of the Company or any Subsidiary or the making by the Company or any Subsidiary of an assignment for the benefit of creditors, or the taking of corporate action by the Company or any Subsidiary in furtherance of any such action; or
(8) any other Event of Default provided in or pursuant to this Indenture with respect to Securities of such 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 (other than an Event of Default specified in clause (6) or (7) of Section 501) occurs and is continuing, then the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series may declare the principal of all the Securities of such series, or such lesser amount as may be provided for in the Securities of such series, to be due and payable immediately, by a notice in writing to the Company (and to the Trustee if given by the Holders), and upon any such declaration such principal or such lesser amount shall become immediately due and payable; provided that in the case of a series of Securities then held by a Trust, if upon an Event of Default with respect to the Securities of that series the Trustee has, or the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series have, failed to declare the principal of all the Securities of such series to be due and payable
immediately, the holders of not less than 25% in aggregate liquidation amount of the outstanding Preferred Securities of that Trust shall have such right by a notice in writing to the Company and to the Trustee.
If an Event of Default specified in clause (6) or (7) of
Section 501 occurs, all unpaid principal of and accrued Interest on the
Outstanding Securities of that series (or such lesser amount as may be provided
for in the Securities of such series) shall ipso facto become and be immediately
due and payable without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee
or any Holder of any Security of that series.
At any time after Securities of any series have been accelerated 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 not less than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series (subject to, in the case of any series of Securities held as assets of a Trust and with respect to which a Security Exchange has not theretofore occurred, such consent of the holders of the Preferred Securities and the common securities of such Trust as may be required under the Trust Agreement of such Trust), 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 of money sufficient to pay:
(a) all overdue installments of any Interest on and Additional Amounts with respect to all Securities of such series and any Coupon appertaining thereto;
(b) the principal of and any premium on any Securities of such series which have become due otherwise than by such declaration of acceleration and Interest thereon and any Additional Amounts with respect thereto at the rate or rates borne by or provided for in such Securities;
(c) to the extent that payment of such Interest or Additional Amounts is lawful, Interest upon overdue installments of any Interest and Additional Amounts at the rate or rates borne by or provided for in such Securities; and
(d) all sums paid or advanced by the Trustee hereunder and the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel and all other amounts due the Trustee under Section 606; and
(2) all Events of Default with respect to Securities of such series, other than the non-payment of the principal of, any premium and Interest on, and any Additional Amounts with respect to Securities of such series which shall have become due solely by such declaration of acceleration, shall 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) there is a failure to pay any installment of Interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to any Security or any Coupon appertaining thereto when such Interest or Additional Amounts shall have become due and payable and such default continues for a period of 30 days; or
(2) there is a failure to pay the principal of or any premium on any Security at its Maturity;
the Company shall, upon demand of the Trustee, pay to the Trustee, for the benefit of the Holders of such Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto, the whole amount of money then due and payable with respect to such Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto, with Interest upon the overdue principal, any premium and, to the extent that payment of such Interest shall be legally enforceable, upon any overdue installments of Interest and Additional Amounts at the rate or rates borne by or provided for in such Securities, and, in addition thereto, such further amount of money 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 all other amounts due to the Trustee under Section 606.
If the Company fails to pay the money it is required to pay the Trustee pursuant to the preceding paragraph forthwith upon the demand of the Trustee, the Trustee, in its own name and as trustee of an express trust, may institute a judicial proceeding for the collection of the money so due and unpaid, and 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 any Coupons appertaining thereto and collect the monies 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 and any Coupons appertaining thereto, 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 and any Coupons appertaining thereto 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 such Securities or in aid of the exercise of any power granted herein or therein, 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 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 any
overdue principal, premium, Interest or Additional Amounts) shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise,
(1) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount, or such lesser amount as may be provided for in the Securities of such series, of the principal and any premium, Interest and Additional Amounts owing and unpaid in respect of the Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto 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 or counsel) and of the Holders of Securities or any Coupons allowed in such judicial proceeding, and
(2) to collect and receive any monies or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same;
and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder of Securities or any 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 or any Coupons, to pay to the Trustee any amount due to it for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 606.
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 any 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 any Coupon in any such proceeding; provided, however, that the Trustee may, on behalf of the Holders, vote for the election of a trustee in bankruptcy or similar official and be a member of a creditors' committee or other similar committee.
Section 505. Trustee May Enforce Claim without Possession of Securities or Coupons.
All rights of action and claims under this Indenture or any of 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 or judgment, after provision for the payment of the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, shall be for the ratable benefit of each and every Holder of a Security or Coupon in respect of which such judgment has been recovered
Section 506. Application of Money Collected.
Any money collected by the Trustee pursuant to this Article shall be applied in the following order, at the date or dates fixed by the Trustee and, in case of the distribution of such money on account of principal, or any premium, Interest or Additional Amounts, 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 and any predecessor Trustee under Section 606;
SECOND: To the payment of the amounts then due and unpaid upon the Securities and any Coupons for principal and any premium, Interest and Additional Amounts 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 aggregate amounts due and payable on such Securities and Coupons for principal and any premium, Interest and Additional Amounts, respectively;
THIRD: The balance, if any, to the Person or Persons entitled thereto.
Section 507. Limitations on Suits.
Except as provided in Section 508 or 516, no Holder of any Security of any series or any Coupons appertaining thereto or holder of Preferred Securities of the Trust, if any, that is the Holder of Securities of that series, 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 or holder of Preferred Securities has previously given written notice to the Trustee of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Securities of such series;
(2) the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series or the holders of not less than 25% in aggregate liquidation amount of such outstanding Preferred Securities 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 of such Outstanding Securities of such series or the holder or holders of such outstanding Preferred Securities 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 such series or the holders of a majority in aggregate liquidation amount of such outstanding Preferred Securities;
it being understood and intended that no one or more of such Holders of such Outstanding Securities of such series or the holder or holders of such outstanding Preferred Securities shall
have any right in any manner whatever by virtue of, or by availing of, any provision of this Indenture or any Security to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any other such Holders or Holders of Securities of any other series or holder or holders of Preferred Securities of another Trust, or to obtain or to seek to obtain priority or preference over any other Holders of such Outstanding Securities of such series or the holder or holders of such outstanding Preferred Securities or to enforce any right under this Indenture, except in the manner herein provided and for the equal and ratable benefit of all such Holders or holders.
Section 508. Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal and any Premium, Interest and Additional Amounts.
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, any premium and (subject to Sections 305 and 307) Interest on, and any Additional Amounts with respect to such Security or payment of such Coupon, as the case may be, on the respective Stated Maturity or Maturities therefor specified in such Security or Coupon (or, in the case of redemption, on the Redemption Date or, in the case of repayment at the option of such Holder if provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, on the date such repayment is due, or in the case of a Change in Control, or as to any Change in Control Purchase Notice given timely, on the Change in Control Purchase Date) and to convert or exchange such Security in accordance with its terms, if applicable, and to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment or conversion or exchange, and such right 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 a 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 the Company, the Trustee and each such Holder shall, subject to any determination in such proceeding, be restored severally and respectively to their former positions hereunder, and thereafter all rights and remedies of the Trustee and each such Holder 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 each and every Holder of a Security or a Coupon is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every right and remedy, to the extent permitted by law, shall 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, to the extent permitted by law, 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 any Holder of a Security or a Coupon may be exercised from time to time, and as often as may be deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by such Holder, as the case may be,
Section 512. Control by Holders of Securities.
Subject to Section 601(5), the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series or, if that series of Securities is held by a Trust, the holders of a majority in aggregate liquidation amount of the Preferred Securities of that Trust, 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 and any Coupons appertaining thereto, provided that:
(1) such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or with this Indenture or with the Securities of any series;
(2) the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee which is not inconsistent with such direction; and
(3) such direction is not unduly prejudicial to the rights of the other Holders of Securities of such series not joining in such action.
Section 513. Waiver of Past Defaults.
Subject to Section 502, the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series, or, if that series of Securities is held by a Trust, the holders of a majority in aggregate liquidation amount of the Preferred Securities of that Trust, on behalf of the Holders of all the Securities of such series and any Coupons appertaining thereto, may waive any past or prospective default hereunder with respect to such series and its consequences, except a default:
(1) in the payment of the principal of, any premium or Interest on, or any Additional Amounts with respect to, any Security of such series or any Coupons appertaining thereto; 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. Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws.
The Company covenants that (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) it will not at any time insist upon, or plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay or extension law wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, which may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and the Company expressly waives (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) 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.
Section 515. 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 or omitted by it as Trustee, the filing by any party litigant in
such suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and that such court
may in its discretion assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys'
fees, against any party litigant in such suit having due regard to the merits
and good faith of the claim or defenses made by such party litigant; but the
provisions of this Section 515 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 Outstanding Securities of any
series, or, if a series of Securities is held by a Trust, the holders of more
than 10% aggregate liquidation amount of the Preferred Securities of that Trust,
or to any suit instituted by any Holder or holder of Preferred Securities, if
any, for the enforcement of the payment of the principal of or any premium or
Interest on or Additional Amounts with respect to any Security on or after the
respective Stated Maturities expressed in such Security or pursuant to Section
516 (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the Redemption Date, in the case
of repayment, on or after the date for repayment and, in the case of Change of
Control, on or after the date for payment of the Change of Control Purchase
Price) or for the enforcement of the right, if any, to convert or exchange any
Security into Common Stock or other securities, cash or property in accordance
with its terms.
Section 516. Direct Action Right of Holders of Trust Preferred Securities.
If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and is attributable either to (a) the failure of the Company to pay the principal of or any premium or Interest on or Additional Amounts with respect to the Securities on the due date therefor or (b) the failure by the Company to deliver the required securities or other property upon an appropriate conversion or exchange right election, and an event of default has occurred and is continuing under the applicable Trust Agreement, a holder of the related Preferred Securities, in lieu of any action that may otherwise be taken hereunder as a Holder of Securities, may institute a legal proceeding directly against the Company for enforcement of payment to such holder of the principal of or any premium or Interest on or Additional Amounts with respect to such Securities having a principal amount equal to the liquidation amount of the Preferred Securities held by such holder or for enforcement of such conversion or exchange rights, as the case may be (a "Direct Action"). Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, the Company may not
amend this Indenture to remove the foregoing right to bring a Direct Action without the prior written consent of the holders of all of the Preferred Securities outstanding affected thereby. Notwithstanding any payments made to a holder of Preferred Securities by the Company in connection with a Direct Action, the Company shall remain obligated to pay the principal of and any premium or Interest on or Additional Amounts with respect to the related Securities, and the Company shall be subrogated to the rights of the holder of such Preferred Securities with respect to payments on the Preferred Securities to the extent of any payments made by the Company to such holder in any Direct Action.
ARTICLE SIX
THE TRUSTEE
Section 601. Certain Rights of Trustee.
Subject to Sections 315(a) through 315(d) of the Trust Indenture Act:
(1) 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, security, note, coupon or other paper or document reasonably believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties;
(2) any request or direction of the Company mentioned herein shall be sufficiently evidenced by a Company Request or a Company Order (in each case, other than delivery of any Security, together with any Coupons appertaining thereto, to the Trustee for authentication and delivery pursuant to Section 303 which shall be sufficiently evidenced as provided therein) and any resolution of the Board of Directors may be sufficiently evidenced by a Board Resolution;
(3) 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 shall be herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of bad faith on its part, rely upon an Officers' Certificate;
(4) 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;
(5) the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by or pursuant to this Indenture at the request or direction of any of the Holders of Securities of any series or any Coupons appertaining thereto 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;
(6) 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, security, coupon 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, during business hours and upon reasonable notice, the books, records and promises of the Company, personally or by agent or attorney;
(7) 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;
(8) the Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of any default (as defined in Section 602) or Event of Default with respect to the Securities of any series for which it is acting as Trustee unless either (1) a Responsible Officer of the Trustee assigned to the Corporate Trust Department of the Trustee (or any successor division or department of the Trustee) shall have actual knowledge of such default or Event of Default or (2) written notice of such default or Event of Default shall have been given to the Trustee by the Company or any other obligor on such Securities or by any Holder of such Securities; and
(9) the Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken, suffered 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 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 by mail to all Holders of Securities of such series entitled to receive reports pursuant to Section 703(3), 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 premium, if any), or Interest, if any, on, or Additional Amounts with respect to, any Security of such series, the Trustee shall be protected in withholding such notice if and so long as a committee of Responsible Officers of the Trustee in good faith determines that the withholding of such notice is in the best interest of the Holders of Securities and Coupons of such series. 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. Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities.
The recitals contained herein and in the Securities, except the Trustee's certificate of authentication, and in any Coupons shall be taken as the statements of the Company and neither the Trustee nor any Authenticating Agent assumes any responsibility for their correctness. The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this
Indenture or of the Securities or the Coupons. Neither the Trustee nor any Authenticating Agent shall be accountable for the use or application by the Company of the Securities or the proceeds thereof.
Section 604. May Hold Securities.
The Trustee, any Authenticating Agent, any Paying Agent, any Conversion Agent, any Security Registrar or any other Person that may be an agent of the Trustee or the Company, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Securities or Coupons and, subject to Sections 310(b) and 311 of the Trust Indenture Act, may otherwise deal with the Company with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee, Authenticating Agent, Paying Agent, Conversion Agent, Security Registrar or such other Person.
Section 605. Money Held in Trust.
Except as provided in Section 403 and Section 1003, money held by the Trustee in trust hereunder need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law and shall be held uninvested. The Trustee shall be under no liability for Interest on any money received by it hereunder except as otherwise agreed in writing with the Company.
Section 606. Compensation and Reimbursement.
The Company agrees:
(1) to pay to the Trustee from time to time reasonable compensation for all services rendered by the Trustee 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 the Trustee's negligence or bad faith; and
(3) to indemnify the Trustee and its agents for, and to hold them harmless against, any loss, liability or expense incurred without negligence or bad faith on their part arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of the trust or trusts hereunder, including the costs and expenses of defending themselves against any claim or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of their powers or duties hereunder.
As security for the performance of the obligations of the Company under this Section 606, the Trustee shall have a lien prior to the Securities of any series upon all property and funds held or collected by the Trustee as such, except funds held in trust for the payment of principal of, and premium or Interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to particular Securities or any Coupons appertaining thereto.
Any compensation or expense incurred by the Trustee after a default specified by Section 501 is intended to constitute an expense of administration under any then applicable bankruptcy or insolvency law. "Trustee" for purposes of this Section 606 shall include any predecessor Trustee but the negligence or bad faith of any Trustee shall not affect the rights of any other Trustee under this Section 606.
The Company's obligations under this Section 606 and any lien hereunder shall survive the resignation or removal of any Trustee, the discharge of the Company's obligations pursuant to Article Four of this Indenture and the termination of this Indenture.
Section 607. Corporate Trustee Require; Eligibility.
(1) There shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder that is a
Corporation, organized and doing business under the laws of the United
States of America, any state thereof or the District of Columbia,
eligible under Section 310(a)(1) of the Trust Indenture Act to act as
trustee under an indenture qualified under the Trust Indenture Act and
that has a combined capital and surplus (computed in accordance with
Section 310(a)(2) of the Trust Indenture Act) of at least $50,000,000
subject to supervision or examination by Federal or state authority. If
at any time the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with
the provisions of this Section 607, it shall resign immediately in the
manner and with the effect hereinafter specified in this Article Six.
[(2) The following indenture shall be considered specifically
described herein for purposes of clause (i) of the proviso contained in
Section 310(b)(1) of the Trust Indenture Act; Indenture dated as of
between the Company and ______________, as trustee; and, pursuant to
Section 310(b)(1)(C)(i) of the Trust Indenture Act, unless otherwise
ordered by the Commission, an event of default by the Company under
this Indenture will not disqualify the Trustee under this Indenture
because it is a trustee under such other indenture.]
Section 608. Resignation and Removal, Appointment of Successor.
(1) 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 pursuant to Section 609.
(2) The Trustee may resign at any time with respect to the Securities of one or more series by giving written notice thereof to the Company. If the instrument of acceptance by a successor Trustee required by Section 609 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 such series.
(3) 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 the Company.
(4) If at any time:
(a) the Trustee shall fail to comply with the obligations imposed upon it under Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act with respect to Securities of any series after written request therefor by the Company or any Holder of a Security of such series who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security of such series for at least six months, or
(b) the Trustee shall cease to be eligible under
Section 607 and shall fail to resign after written request
therefor by the Company or any such Holder; or
(c) the Trustee shall become incapable of acting or shall be adjudged 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 or pursuant to a Board Resolution, may remove the Trustee with respect to all Securities or the Securities of such series, or (ii) subject to Section 315(e) of the Trust Indenture Act, any Holder of a Security who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security of such series for at least six months may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee with respect to all Securities of such series and the appointment of a successor Trustee or Trustees.
(5) 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 or pursuant to a Board Resolution, shall
promptly appoint a successor Trustee or Trustees with respect to the
Securities of that or those series (it being understood that any such
successor Trustee may be appointed with respect to the Securities of
one or more or all of such series and that at any time there shall be
only one Trustee with respect to the Securities of any particular
series) and shall comply with the applicable requirements of Section
609. If, within one year after such resignation, removal or
incapability, or the occurrence of such vacancy, a successor Trustee
with respect to the Securities of any series shall be appointed by Act
of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities of such series delivered to the Company and the retiring
Trustee, the successor Trustee so appointed shall, forthwith upon its
acceptance of such appointment in accordance with the applicable
requirements of Section 609, become the successor Trustee with respect
to the Securities of such series and to that extent supersede the
successor Trustee appointed by the Company. If no successor Trustee
with respect to the Securities of any series shall have been so
appointed by the Company or the Holders of Securities and accepted
appointment in the manner required by Section 609, any Holder of a
Security who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security of such series
for at least six months may, on behalf of himself and all others
similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for
the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities
of such series.
(6) 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 by mailing written notice of
such event by first-class mail, postage prepaid, to the Holders of Registered Securities, if any, of such series as their names and addresses appear in the Security Register and, if Securities of such series arc issued as Bearer Securities, by publishing notice of such event once in an Authorized Newspaper in each Place of Payment located outside the United States. Each notice shall include the name of the successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series and the address of its Corporate Trust Office.
Section 609. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor.
(1) Upon the appointment hereunder of any successor Trustee with respect to all Securities, such successor Trustee so appointed shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Company and 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, trusts and duties hereunder of the retiring Trustee; but, on the request of the Company or such successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee, upon payment of its charges, shall execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such successor Trustee all the rights, powers and trusts of the retiring Trustee and, subject to Section 1003, shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all property and money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder, subject nevertheless to its claim, if any, provided for in Section 606.
(2) Upon the appointment hereunder of any successor Trustee
with respect to the Securities of one or more (but not all) series, the
Company, the retiring Trustee and such successor Trustee shall execute
and deliver an indenture supplemental hereto wherein 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, such successor Trustee all the rights, powers,
trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the
Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such
successor Trustee relates, (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 co-trustees of the same trust, 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
that no Trustee shall be responsible for any notice given to, or
received by, or any act or failure to act on the part of any other
Trustee hereunder, and, upon the execution and delivery of such
supplemental indenture, the resignation or removal of the retiring
Trustee shall become effective to the extent provided therein, such
retiring Trustee shall have no further responsibility for the exercise
of rights and powers or for the performance of the duties and
obligations vested in the Trustee under this Indenture with respect to
the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such
successor
Trustee relates other than as hereinafter expressly set forth, 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 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 such successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee, upon payment of its charges with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor relates and subject to Section 1003 shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee, to the extent contemplated by such supplemental indenture, the property and money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates, subject to its claim, if any, provided for in Section 606.
(3) Upon request of any Person appointed hereunder as a 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 (1) or (2) of this Section 609, as the case may be.
(4) No Person shall accept its appointment hereunder as a successor Trustee unless at the time of such acceptance such successor Person shall be qualified and eligible under this Article Six.
Section 610. 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 of the corporate trust business of the Trustee, shall be the successor of the Trustee hereunder, 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 611. Appointment of Authenticating Agent.
The Trustee may appoint one or more Authenticating Agents acceptable to the Company with respect to one or more series of Securities which shall be authorized to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate Securities of that or those series issued upon original issue, exchange, registration of transfer, partial redemption or partial repayment or pursuant to Section 306, and Securities so authenticated shall be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture and shall be valid and obligatory for all purposes as if authenticated by the Trustee hereunder. Wherever reference is made in this Indenture to the authentication and delivery of Securities by the Trustee or the Trustee's certificate of authentication, such reference shall be deemed to include authentication and delivery on behalf of the Trustee by an Authenticating Agent and a certificate of authentication executed on behalf of the Trustee by an Authenticating Agent.
Each Authenticating Agent shall be acceptable to the Company and, except as provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, shall at all times be a corporation that would be
permitted by the Trust Indenture Act to act as trustee under an indenture qualified under the Trust Indenture Act, is authorized under applicable law and by its charter to act as an Authenticating Agent and has a combined capital and surplus (computed in accordance with Section 310(a)(2) of the Trust Indenture Act) of at least $50,000,000. If at any time an Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section 611, it shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in this Section 611.
Any Corporation into which an Authenticating Agent may be
merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any Corporation
resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which such
Authenticating Agent shall be a party, or any Corporation succeeding to all or
substantially all of the corporate agency or corporate trust business of an
Authenticating Agent, shall be the successor of such Authenticating Agent
hereunder, provided such Corporation shall be otherwise eligible under this
Section 611, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on
the part of the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent
An Authenticating Agent may resign at any time by giving written notice thereof to the Trustee and the Company. The Trustee may at any time terminate the agency of an Authenticating Agent by giving written notice thereof to such Authenticating Agent and the Company. Upon receiving such a notice of resignation or upon such a termination, or in case at any time such Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section 611, the Trustee may appoint a successor Authenticating Agent which shall be acceptable to the Company and shall (i) mail written notice of such appointment by first-class mail, postage prepaid, to all Holders of Registered Securities, if any, of the series with respect to which such Authenticating Agent shall serve, as their names and addresses appear in the Security Register, and (ii) if Securities of the series are issued as Bearer Securities, publish notice of such appointment at least once in an Authorized Newspaper in the place where such successor Authenticating Agent has its principal office if such office is located outside the United States. Any successor Authenticating Agent, upon acceptance of its appointment hereunder, shall become vested with all the rights, powers and duties of its predecessor hereunder, with like effect as if originally named as an Authenticating Agent. No successor Authenticating Agent shall be appointed unless eligible under the provisions of this Section 611.
The Company agrees to pay each Authenticating Agent from time to time reasonable compensation for its services under this Section 611.
The provisions of Sections 308, 603 and 604 shall be applicable to each Authenticating Agent.
If an Authenticating Agent is appointed with respect to one or more series of Securities pursuant to this Section 611, the Securities of such series may have endorsed thereon, in addition to or in lieu of the Trustee's certificate of authentication, an alternate certificate of authentication in substantially the following form:
This is one of the Securities of the series designated herein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK,
As Trustee
If all of the Securities of any series may not be originally issued at one time, and if the Trustee does not have an office capable of authenticating Securities upon original issuance located in a Place of Payment where the Company wishes to have Securities of such series authenticated upon original issuance, the Trustee, if so requested in writing (which writing need not be accompanied by or contained in an Officers' Certificate by the Company), shall appoint in accordance with this Section 611 an Authenticating Agent having an office in a Place of Payment designated by the Company with respect to such series of Securities.
ARTICLE SEVEN
HOLDERS LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY
Section 701. Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders.
In accordance with Section 312(a) of the Trust Indenture Act, the Company shall furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee:
(1) semiannually with respect to Securities of each series not later than March 15 and September 15 of the year or upon such other dates as are set forth in or pursuant to the Board Resolution, Officers' Certificate or indenture supplemental hereto authorizing such series, a list, in each case in such form as the Trustee may reasonably require, of the names and addresses of Holders as of the applicable date; and
(2) at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, within 30 days after the receipt by the Company of any such request, a list of similar form and content as of a date not more than 15 days prior to the time such list is furnished;
provided, however, that so long as the Trustee is the Security Registrar no such list shall be required to be furnished.
Section 702. Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders.
The Trustee shall comply with the obligations imposed upon it pursuant to Section 312 of the Trust Indenture Act.
Every Holder of Securities or Coupons, by receiving and holding the same, agrees with the Company and the Trustee that neither the Company, the Trustee, any Paying Agent, any Conversion Agent or any Security Registrar shall be held accountable by reason of the disclosure of any such information as to the names and addresses of the Holders of Securities in accordance
with Section 312(c) of the Trust Indenture Act, regardless of the source from
which such information was derived, and that the Trustee shall not be held
accountable by reason of mailing any material pursuant to a request made under
Section 312(b) of the Trust Indenture Act.
Section 703. Reports by Trustee.
(1) Within 60 days after May 15 of each year commencing with May 15, 2001, if required by Section 313(a) of the Trust Indenture Act, the Trustee shall transmit, pursuant to Section 313(c) of the Trust Indenture Act, a brief report dated as of such May 15 with respect to any of the events specified in said Section 313(a) which may have occurred since the later of the immediately preceding May 15 and the date of this Indenture.
(2) The Trustee shall transmit the reports required by Section 313(a) of the Trust Indenture Act at the times specified therein.
(3) Reports pursuant to this Section 703 shall be transmitted in the manner and to the Persons required by Sections 313(c) and 313(d) of the Trust Indenture Act.
Section 704. Reports by Company.
The Company, pursuant to Section 314(a) of the Trust Indenture Act, 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, in the manner and to the extent provided in Section 313(c) of
the Trust Indenture Act, such summaries of any information, documents
and reports required to be filed by the Company pursuant to paragraphs
(1) and (2) of this Section 704 as may be required by rules and
regulations prescribed from time to time by the Commission.
ARTICLE EIGHT
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER AND SALES
Section 801. Company May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms.
Nothing contained in this Indenture or in any of the Securities shall prevent any consolidation or merger of the Company with or into any other Person or Persons (whether or not affiliated with the Company), or successive consolidations or mergers in which the Company or its successor or successors shall be a party or parties, or shall prevent any conveyance, transfer or lease of the property of the Company as an entirety or substantially as an entirety, to any other Person (whether or not affiliated with the Company); provided, however, that:
(1) in case the Company shall consolidate with or merge into another Person or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets as an entirety or substantially as an entirety to any Person, the entity formed by such consolidation or into which the Company is merged or the Person which acquires by conveyance or transfer, or which leases, the properties and assets of the Company as an entirety or substantially as an entirety shall be a Corporation organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America, any state thereof or the District of Columbia and shall expressly assume, by an indenture (or indentures, if at such time there is more than one Trustee) supplemental hereto, executed by the successor Person and delivered to the Trustee, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, the due and punctual payment of the principal of, any premium and Interest on and any Additional Amounts with respect to all the Securities and the performance of every obligation in this Indenture and the Outstanding Securities on the part of the Company to be performed or observed, and which supplemental indenture shall provide for conversion or exchange rights in accordance with the provisions of the Securities of any series that are convertible into or exchangeable for Common Stock or other securities, cash or property;
(2) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Event of Default or event which, after notice or lapse of time, or both, would become an Event of Default, shall have occurred and be continuing, including any default pursuant to the Holder's Change of Control Purchase Option set forth in Article Fifteen; and
(3) either the Company or the successor Person shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer or lease and, if a supplemental indenture is required in connection with such satisfaction, such supplemental indenture comply with this Article Eight and that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to such transaction have been complied with.
Section 802. Successor Person Substituted for Company.
Upon any consolidation by the Company with or merger of the Company into any other Person or any conveyance, transfer or lease of the properties and assets of the Company substantially as an entirety to any Person in accordance with Section 801, the successor Person
formed by such consolidation or into which the Company is merged or to which such conveyance, transfer or lease is made shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Company under this Indenture with the same effect as if such successor Person had been named as the Company herein, and thereafter, except in the case of a lease, the predecessor Person shall be released from all obligations and covenants under this Indenture, the Securities and the 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 or pursuant to 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 contained herein and in the Securities; or
(2) to add to the covenants of the Company for the benefit of the Holders of all or any series of Securities (as shall be specified in such supplemental indenture or indentures) or to surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the Company; or
(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 on the payment of principal of, any premium or Interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to Securities, to permit Bearer Securities to be issued in exchange for Registered Securities, to permit Bearer Securities to be exchanged for Bearer Securities of other authorized denominations or to permit or facilitate the issuance of Securities in uncertificated form, provided any such action shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of Securities of any series or any Coupons appertaining them to in any material respect; or
(4) to establish the form or terms of Securities of any series and any Coupons appertaining them to as permitted by Sections 201 and 301; 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 609; or
(6) to cure any ambiguity or to correct or supplement any provision herein which may be defective or inconsistent with any other provision herein, or to make any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under this Indenture which
shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of Securities of any series then Outstanding or any Coupons appertaining thereto in any material respect; or
(7) to add to, delete from or revise the conditions, limitations and restrictions on the authorized amount, terms or purposes of issue, authentication and delivery of Securities, as herein set forth; or
(8) to add any additional Events of Default with respect to all or any series of Securities (as shall be specified in such supplemental indenture); or
(9) to supplement any of the provisions of this Indenture to such extent as shall be necessary to permit or facilitate the defeasance and discharge of any series of Securities pursuant to Article Four, provided that any such action shall not adversely affect the interests of any Holder of a Security of such series and any Coupons appertaining thereto or any other Security or Coupon in any material respect; or
(10) to secure the Securities; or
(11) to make provisions with respect to conversion or exchange rights of Holders of Securities of any series; or
(12) to amend or supplement any provision contained herein or in any supplemental indenture, provided that no such amendment or supplement shall materially adversely affect the interests of the Holders of any Securities then Outstanding.
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 (and, in the case of any series of Securities held as assets of a Trust, such consent of holders of the Preferred Securities and the common securities of such Trust as may be required under the Trust Agreement of such Trust), by Act of said Holders delivered to the Company and the Trustee, the Company (when authorized by or pursuant to a Company's Board Resolution), and the Trustee may enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series under this Indenture or of the Securities of such series; provided, however, that no such supplemental indenture, without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security affected thereby, shall:
(1) change the Stated Maturity of the principal of, or any premium or installment of Interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to, any Security, as such Stated Maturity may be extended in accordance with the terms of such Security or Coupon appertaining thereto, or reduce the principal amount thereof or the rate (or modify the calculation of such rate) of Interest thereon or any Additional Amounts with respect thereto, or any premium payable upon the redemption thereof or otherwise, or change the duration of the maximum consecutive period, if any, that payments of Interest on such Securities may be deferred, if applicable, or change the obligation of the Company to pay Additional Amounts pursuant to Section 1004 (except as contemplated by Section 801(l)
and permitted by Section 901(l)), or reduce the amount of the principal
of an Original Issue Discount Security that would be due and payable
upon a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to
Section 502 or the amount thereof provable in bankruptcy pursuant to
Section 504, change the redemption, conversion or exchange provisions
or adversely affect the right of repayment at the option of any Holder
as contemplated by Article Twelve, or change the subordination
provisions that apply to the terms of such Securities in a manner
adverse to Holders, or change the Place of Payment, Currency in which
the principal of, any premium or Interest on, or any Additional Amounts
with respect to any 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 repayment at the option of the
Holder, on or after the date for repayment or in the case of change in
control, after the Change in Control Purchase Date); or
(2) reduce the percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series, the consent of whose Holders is required for any such supplemental indenture, or the consent of whose Holders is required for any waiver (of compliance with certain provisions of this Indenture or certain defaults hereunder and their consequences) provided for in this Indenture, or reduce the requirements of Section 1404 for quorum or voting; or
(3) modify any of the provisions of this Section 902, Section 513 or Section 1008, 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; or
(4) make any change that adversely affects the right to convert or exchange any Security into or for Common Stock or other securities, cash or property in accordance with its terms; or
(5) modify any of the provisions of this Indenture relating to the subordination of Securities in a manner adverse to the Holders of Securities.
A supplemental indenture which changes or eliminates any covenant or other provision of this Indenture which shall have been included expressly and 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 of Securities under this Section 902 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.
As a condition to executing, or accepting the additional trusts created by, any supplemental indenture permitted by this Article Nine or the modifications thereby of the trust created by this Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive (in addition to those documents
required by Section 102), and (subject to Section 315 of the Trust Indenture Act) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such supplemental indenture is authorized or permitted by this Indenture. The Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into any such supplemental indenture which affects the Trustee's own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.
Section 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 a Security theretofore or thereafter authenticated and delivered hereunder and of any Coupon appertaining thereto shall be bound thereby.
Section 905. Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures.
Securities of any series authenticated and delivered after the execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to this Article Nine 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.
Section 906. 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 907. Effect on Senior Indebtedness.
No supplemental indenture shall directly or indirectly modify or eliminate the provisions of Article Sixteen in any manner which might terminate or impair the subordination of the Securities of any series to Senior Indebtedness with respect to such series without the prior written consent of the holders of such Senior Indebtedness.
ARTICLE TEN
COVENANTS
Section 1001. Payment of Principal, any Premium and Interest.
(1) The Company shall pay the principal of, any premium and Interest on (including Interest accruing during any extension period and/or on or after the filing of a petition in bankruptcy or reorganization relating to the Company, whether or not a claim for post-filing Interest is allowed in such proceeding) and any Additional Amounts with respect to the Securities on or prior to the dates and in the manner provided in such Securities or pursuant to this Indenture. An installment of principal, and any premium,
Interest or Additional Amounts shall be considered paid on the applicable due date if on such date the Trustee or the Paying Agent holds, in accordance with this Indenture, money sufficient to pay all of such installment then due. With respect to any Security, the Company shall pay Interest on overdue principal and Interest on overdue installments of Interest (including Interest accruing during any extension period and/or on or after the filing of a petition in bankruptcy or reorganization relating to the Company, whether or not a claim for post-filing Interest is allowed in such proceeding), or Additional Amounts to the extent lawful, at the rate accruing on such Security, compounded with the same frequency as Interest is payable on such Securities. Interest on overdue Interest shall accrue from the date such amounts become overdue.
(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 1001(1) or any other provision herein to the contrary, the Company shall have the right, as provided in an Officer's Certificate or supplemental indenture issued pursuant to Article Nine, in its sole and absolute discretion at any time and from time to time while the Securities of any series are outstanding, so long as no Event of Default with respect to such series of Securities has occurred and is continuing, to defer payments of Interest by extending the Interest payment period for such series of Securities for the maximum consecutive period, if any, specified for such series of Securities, provided that such extension period must end on an Interest Payment Date and shall not extend beyond the Stated Maturity or Redemption Date of any Security of such series, and provided further that at the end of each extension period the Company shall pay all Interest then accrued and unpaid (together with Interest thereon to the extent permitted by applicable law at the rate accruing on such Securities). Prior to the termination of an extension period, the Company may shorten or may further extend the Interest payment period for such series of Securities, provided that such extension period together with all such previous and further extensions may not exceed the maximum consecutive period specified for such series of Securities, end on a date other than an Interest Payment Date or extend beyond the Stated Maturity or Redemption Date of any Security of such series. The Company shall give the Trustee notice of the Company's election to begin an extension period for any series of Securities and any shortening or extension thereof at least five Business Days prior to: (i) the date notice of payment of Interest on such Securities is required to be given to any national securities exchange on which the related Preferred Securities, if any, or Securities are then listed or other applicable self-regulatory organization, or (ii) the date of the notice of the record or payment date of the related distribution on the Preferred Securities issued by the Trust which is the Holder of the Securities of such series, but in any event not less than five Business Days prior to the Record Date fixed by the Company for the payment of such Interest. The Company shall give or cause the Trustee to give notice (a form of which shall be provided by the Company to the Trustee) of the Company's election to begin an extension period to the Holders by first class mail, postage prepaid.
Section 1002. Maintenance of Office or Agency.
The Company shall maintain in each Place of Payment for any series of Securities an Office or Agency where Securities of such series (but not Bearer Securities, except as otherwise provided below, unless such Place of Payment is located outside the United States) may be presented or surrendered for payment, where Securities of such series may be
surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange, where Securities of such series may be presented and surrendered in the event of a conversion or exchange, and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities of such series relating thereto and this Indenture may be served. If Securities of a series are issuable as Bearer Securities, the Company shall maintain, subject to any laws or regulations applicable thereto, an Office or Agency in a Place of Payment for such series which is located outside the United States where Securities of such series and any Coupons appertaining thereto may be presented and surrendered for payment; provided, however, that if the Securities of such series are listed on The Stock Exchange of the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland or the Luxembourg Stock Exchange or any other stock exchange located outside the United States and such stock exchange shall so require, the Company shall maintain a Paying Agent and a Conversion Agent, if applicable, in London, Luxembourg or any other required city located outside the United States, as the case may be, so long as the Securities of such series are listed on such exchange. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location, and any change in the location, of such Office or Agency. If at any time the Company shall fail to maintain any such required Office or Agency or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the addresses thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, except that Bearer Securities of such series and any Coupons appertaining thereto may only be presented and surrendered for payment at the place specified for the purpose with respect to such Securities as provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, and the Company hereby appoints the Trustee as its agent to receive all such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands.
Except as otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, no payment of principal, premium, Interest or Additional Amounts with respect to Bearer Securities shall be made at any Office or Agency in the United States or by check mailed to any address in the United States or by transfer to an account maintained with a bank located in the United States; provided, however, if amounts owing with respect to any Bearer Securities shall be payable in Dollars, payment of principal of, any premium or Interest on and any Additional Amounts with respect to any such Security may be made at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee or any Office or Agency designated by the Company in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, if (but only if) payment of the full amount of such principal, premium, Interest or Additional Amounts at all offices outside the United States maintained for such 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 each Place of Payment for Securities of any series for such purposes. The Company shall 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 provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, the Company hereby designates as the Place of Payment for each series of Securities the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, and initially appoints the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee as the Office or Agency of the Company in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York for such purpose. The Company
may subsequently appoint a different Office or Agency in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York for the Securities of any series.
Unless otherwise specified with respect to any Securities pursuant to Section 301, if and so long as the Securities of any series (i) are denominated in a Foreign Currency or (ii) may be payable in a Foreign Currency, or so long as it is required under any other provision of this Indenture, then the Company will maintain with respect to each such series of Securities, or as so required, at least one, exchange rate agent.
Section 1003. Money for Securities Payments to Be Held in Trust.
If the Company shall at any time act as its own Paying Agent with respect to any series of Securities, it shall, on or before each due date of the principal of, any premium or Interest on or Additional Amounts with respect to any of the Securities of such series, segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto a sum in the Currency or Currencies in which the Securities of such series are payable (except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301 for the Securities of such series) sufficient to pay the principal of or any premium, Interest or Additional Amounts so becoming due until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided, and shall promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure so to act.
Whenever the Company shall have one or more Paying Agents for any series of Securities, it shall, on or prior to each due date of the principal of, any premium or Interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to any Securities of such series, deposit with any Paying Agent a sum (in the Currency or Currencies described in the preceding paragraph) sufficient to pay the principal of or any premium, Interest or Additional Amounts so becoming due, such sum to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto, 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 shall 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 1003, that such Paying Agent shall:
(1) hold all sums held by it for the payment of the principal of, any premium or Interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to 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 provided in or pursuant to this Indenture;
(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 of, any premium or Interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to 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 a Paying Agent to pay, to the Trustee all sums held in trust by the Company or such Paying Agent, such sums to be held by the Trustee upon the same terms 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 sums.
Except as otherwise provided herein or pursuant hereto, 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, any premium or Interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to any Security of any series or any Coupon appertaining thereto and remaining unclaimed for two years after such principal or any such premium or Interest or any such Additional Amount shall have become due and payable shall be paid to the Company on Company Request, or (if then held by the Company) shall be discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such Security or any Coupon appertaining thereto shall thereafter, as an unsecured general creditor, look only to the Company for payment thereof, and all liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such trust money, and all liability of the Company as trustee thereof, shall thereupon cease; provided, however, that the Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being required to make any such repayment, may at the expense of the Company cause to be published once, in an Authorized Newspaper in each Place of Payment for such series or to be mailed to Holders of Registered Securities of such series, or both, 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 or mailing nor shall it be later than two years after such principal and any premium or Interest or Additional Amounts shall have become due and payable, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining will be repaid to the Company.
Section 1004. Additional Amounts.
If any Securities of a series provide for the payment of Additional Amounts, the Company agrees to pay to the Holder of any such Security or any Coupon appertaining thereto Additional Amounts as provided in or pursuant to this Indenture or such Securities. Whenever in this Indenture there is mentioned, in any context, the payment of the principal of or any premium or Interest on, or in respect of, any Security of any series or any Coupon or the net proceeds received on the sale or exchange of any Security of any series, such mention shall be deemed to include mention of the payment of Additional Amounts provided by the terms of such series established hereby or pursuant hereto to the extent that, in such context, Additional Amounts are, were or would be payable in respect thereof pursuant to such terms, and express mention of the payment of Additional Amounts, if applicable, in any provision hereof shall not be construed as excluding Additional Amounts in those provisions hereof where such express mention is not made.
Except as otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture or the Securities of the applicable series, 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 such series of Securities (or if the Securities of such series shall 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 or Interest if there has been any change with respect to the matters set forth in the below-mentioned
Officers' Certificate, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee and the principal Paying Agent or Paying Agents, if other than the Trustee, an Officers' Certificate instructing the Trustee and such Paying Agent or Paying Agents whether such payment of principal of and premium, if any, or Interest on the Securities of such series shall be made to Holders of Securities of such series or the Coupons appertaining thereto who are United States Aliens without withholding for or on account of any tax, assessment or other governmental charge described in the Securities of such 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 agrees to pay to the Trustee or such Paying Agent the Additional Amounts required by the terms of such Securities. 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 1004.
Section 1005. No Restriction on Indebtedness or Liens.
Nothing in this Indenture or in the Securities shall in any way restrict or prevent the Company or any Subsidiary from issuing, assuming, guaranteeing or otherwise incurring or securing any Indebtedness, or otherwise granting any Liens in respect thereof.
For purposes of this Section 1005, "Lien" shall mean, with respect to any asset, any mortgage, lien, pledge, security interest or encumbrances of any kind in respect of such asset, whether or not filed, recorded or otherwise perfected under applicable law.
Section 1006. Corporate Existence.
Subject to Articles Eight and Fifteen, the Company shall do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its corporate existence and that of each Subsidiary and their respective rights (charter and statutory) and franchises; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not obligate the Company or any Subsidiary to preserve any such right or franchise if the Company or any Subsidiary shall determine that the preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of its business or the business of such Subsidiary.
Section 1007. Payment of Expenses of Each Trust.
The Company covenants for the benefit of the Holders of each series of Securities owned by a Trust to pay all of the obligations, costs and expenses of such Trust (other than payments in respect of Trust Securities) in accordance with the provisions of its Trust Agreement and to pay the taxes of such Trust in accordance with the provisions of its Trust Agreement in order to permit such Trust to make distributions on and redemptions of its Preferred Securities in accordance with its Trust Agreement.
Section 1008. Waiver of Certain Covenants.
The Company may omit in any particular instance to comply with any term, provision or condition set forth in Sections 1001(2) or 1006 with respect to the Securities of any series if before the time for such compliance the Holders of at least a majority in principal
amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series, by Act of such Holders, either shall waive such compliance in such instance or generally shall have waived compliance with such term, provision or condition, but no such waiver shall extend to or affect such term, provision or condition except to the extent so expressly waived, and, until such waiver shall become effective, the obligations of the Company and the duties of the Trustee in respect of any such term, provision or condition shall remain in full force and effect.
Section 1009. Company Statement as to Compliance; Notice of Certain Defaults.
(1) The Company shall deliver to the Trustee, within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year, a written statement (which need not be contained in or accompanied by an Officers' Certificate) signed by the principal executive officer, the principal financial officer or the principal accounting officer of the Company, stating that:
(a) a review of the activities of the Company during such year and of its performance under this Indenture has been made under his or her supervision; and
(b) to the best of his or her knowledge, based on such review, (i) the Company has complied with all the conditions and covenants imposed on it under this Indenture throughout such year, or, if there has been a default in the fulfillment of any such condition or covenant, specifying each such default known to him or her and the nature and status thereof, and (ii) no event has occurred and is continuing which is, or after notice or lapse of time or both would become, an Event of Default, or, if such an event has occurred and is continuing, specifying each such event known to him and the nature and status thereof.
(2) the Company shall deliver to the Trustee, within five days after the occurrence thereof, written notice of any Event of Default or any Default.
ARTICLE ELEVEN
REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES
Section 1101. Applicability of Article.
Redemption of Securities of any series at the option of the Company as permitted or required by the terms of such Securities shall be made in accordance with the terms of such Securities and (except as otherwise provided herein or pursuant hereto) this Article Eleven.
Section 1102. Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee.
The election of the Company to redeem any Securities shall be evidenced by or pursuant to a Board Resolution or an Officers' Certificate. In case of any redemption at the election of the Company of (a) less than all of the Securities of any series or (b) all of the Securities of any series, with the same issue date, Interest rate or formula, Stated Maturity and other terms, 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 and of the principal amount of Securities of such series to be redeemed.
Section 1103. Selection by Trustee of Securities to be Redeemed.
If less than all of the Securities of any series with the same issue date, Interest rate or formula, 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 and which may provide for the selection for redemption of portions of the principal amount of Registered Securities of such series; provided, however, that no such partial redemption shall reduce the portion of the principal amount of a Registered Security of such series not redeemed to less than the minimum denomination for a Security of such series established herein or pursuant hereto.
The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company and the Security Registrar (if other than itself) 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 of such Securities which has been or is to be redeemed.
Unless otherwise specified in or pursuant to this Indenture or the Securities of any series, if any Security selected for partial redemption is converted or exchanged for Common Stock or other securities, cash or property in part before termination of the conversion or exchange right with respect to the portion of the Security so selected, the converted or exchanged portion of such Security shall be deemed (so far as may be) to be the portion selected for redemption. Securities which have been converted or exchanged during a selection of Securities to be redeemed shall be treated by the Trustee as Outstanding for the purpose of such selection.
Section 1104. Notice of Redemption.
Notice of redemption shall be given in the manner provided in
Section 106, not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the Redemption
Date, unless a shorter period is specified in the Securities to be redeemed, to
the Holders of Securities to be redeemed. Failure to give notice by mailing in
the manner herein provided to the Holder of any Registered Securities designated
for redemption as a whole or in part, or any defect in the notice to any such
Holder, shall not affect the validity of the proceedings for the redemption of
any other Securities or portion thereof.
Any notice that is mailed to the Holder of any Registered Securities in the manner herein provided shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether or not such Holder receives the notice.
All notices of redemption shall state:
(1) the Redemption Date;
(2) the Redemption Price;
(3) if less than all Outstanding Securities of any series are to be redeemed, the identification (and, in the case of partial redemption, the principal amount) of the particular Security or Securities to be redeemed;
(4) in case any Security is to be redeemed in part only, the notice which relates to such Security shall state that on and after the Redemption Date, upon surrender of such Security, the Holder of such Security will receive, without charge, a new Security or Securities of authorized denominations for the principal amount thereof remaining unredeemed;
(5) that, on the Redemption Date, the Redemption Price shall become due and payable upon each such Security or portion thereof to be redeemed, and, if applicable, that Interest thereon shall cease to accrue on and after said date;
(6) the place or places where such Securities, together (in the case of Bearer Securities) with all Coupons appertaining thereto, if any, maturing after the Redemption Date, are to be surrendered for payment of the Redemption Price and any accrued Interest and Additional Amounts pertaining thereto;
(7) that, unless otherwise specified in such notice, Bearer Securities of any series, if any, surrendered for redemption must be accompanied by all Coupons maturing subsequent to the date fixed for redemption or the amount of any such missing Coupon or Coupons will be deducted from the Redemption Price, unless security or indemnity satisfactory to the Company, the Trustee and any Paying Agent is furnished;
(8) if Bearer Securities of any series are to be redeemed and any Registered Securities of such series are not to be redeemed, and if such Bearer Securities may be exchanged for Registered Securities not subject to redemption on the Redemption Date pursuant to Section 305 or otherwise, the last date, as determined by the Company, on which such exchanges may be made;
(9) that the redemption is out of a sinking fund, if such is the case;
(10) in the case of Securities of any series that are convertible or exchangeable into other securities, cash or property or rights, the conversion or exchange price or rate, the date or dates on which or the period or periods during which the right to convert or exchange the principal of the Securities of such series to be redeemed will commence or terminate and the place or places where such Securities may be surrendered for conversion or exchange; and
(11) the CUSIP number or the Euroclear or the Clearstream Luxembourg reference numbers of such Securities, if any (or any other numbers used by a Depository to identify such Securities).
A notice of redemption mailed 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 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on any Redemption Date, the Company shall deposit, with respect to the Securities of any series called for redemption pursuant to Section 1104, 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 in the applicable Currency sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of, and (except if the Redemption Date shall be an Interest Payment Date, unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301 or in the Securities of such series) any accrued Interest on and Additional Amounts with respect thereto, all such Securities or portions thereof 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 any accrued Interest and Additional Amounts to the Redemption Date; provided, however, that, except as otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture or the Bearer Securities of such series, installments of Interest on Bearer Securities whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to the Redemption Date shall be payable only upon presentation and surrender of Coupons for such Interest (at an Office or Agency located outside the United States except as otherwise provided in Section 1002), and provided, further, that, except as otherwise specified in or pursuant to this Indenture or the Registered Securities of such series, 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 Regular Record Dates therefor according to their terms and the provisions of Section 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 any Interest or Additional Amounts
represented by Coupons shall be payable only upon presentation and surrender of those Coupons at an Office or Agency for such Security located outside of the United States except as otherwise provided in Section 1002.
If any Security called for redemption shall not be so paid upon surrender thereof for redemption, the principal and any premium, until paid, shall bear Interest from the Redemption Date at the rate prescribed therefor in the Security.
Section 1107. Securities Redeemed in Part.
Any Registered Security which is to be redeemed only in part shall be surrendered at any Office or Agency for such Security (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, containing identical terms and provisions, 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. If a Security in global form is so surrendered, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the U.S. Depository or other Depository for such Security in global form as shall be specified in the Company Order with respect thereto to the Trustee, without service charge, a new Security in global form in a denomination equal to and in exchange for the unredeemed portion of the principal of the Security in global form so surrendered.
ARTICLE TWELVE
REPAYMENT AT THE OPTION OF HOLDERS
Section 1201. Applicability of Article.
Securities of any series which are repayable at the option of the Holders thereof before their Stated Maturity shall be repaid in accordance with the terms of the Securities of such series. The repayment of any principal amount of Securities pursuant to such option of the Holder to require repayment of Securities before their Stated Maturity, for purposes of Section 309, shall not operate as a payment, redemption or satisfaction of the Indebtedness represented by such Securities unless and until the Company, at its option, shall deliver or surrender the same to the Trustee with a directive that such Securities be cancelled. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 1201, in connection with any repayment of Securities, the Company may arrange for the purchase of any Securities by an agreement with one or more investment bankers or other purchasers to purchase such Securities by paying to the Holders of such Securities on or before the close of business on the repayment date an amount not less than the repayment price payable by the Company on repayment of such Securities, and the obligation of the Company to pay the repayment price of such Securities shall be satisfied and discharged to the extent such payment is so paid by such purchasers.
ARTICLE THIRTEEN
SECURITIES IN FOREIGN CURRENCIES
Section 1301. Applicability of Article.
Whenever this Indenture provides for (i) any action by, or the determination of any of the rights of, Holders of Securities of any series in which not all of such Securities are denominated in the same Currency, or (ii) any distribution to Holders of Securities, in the absence of any provision to the contrary in the form of Security of any particular series or pursuant to this Indenture or the Securities, any amount in respect of any Security denominated in a Currency other than Dollars shall be treated for any such action or distribution as that amount of Dollars that could be obtained for such amount on such reasonable basis of exchange and as of the record date with respect to Registered Securities of such series (if any) for such action, determination of rights or distribution (or, if there shall be no applicable record date, such other date reasonably proximate to the date of such action, determination of rights or distribution) as the Company may specify in a written notice to the Trustee or, in the absence of such written notice, as the Trustee may determine.
ARTICLE FOURTEEN
MEETINGS OF HOLDERS OF SECURITIES
Section 1401. 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 Fourteen to make, give or take any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act provided by this Indenture to be made, given or taken by Holders of Securities of such series.
Section 1402. Call, Notice and Place of Meetings.
(1) The Trustee may at any time call a meeting of Holders of Securities of any series for any purpose specified in Section 1401, to be held at such time and at such place in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, or, if Securities of such series have been issued in whole or in part as Bearer Securities, in London or in such place outside the United States as the Trustee shall determine. 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.
(2) In case at any time the Company (by or pursuant to a Board Resolution) 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 1401, by written request setting forth in reasonable detail the action proposed to be taken at the meeting, and the Trustee shall not have mailed notice of or made the first publication of the notice of such meeting within
21 days after receipt of such request (whichever shall be required pursuant to Section 106) 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, if Securities of such series are to be issued as Bearer Securities, in London for such meeting and may call such meeting for such purposes by giving notice thereof as provided in clause (1) of this Section 1402.
Section 1403. 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 1404. 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 at least 66-2/3% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of a series, the Persons entitled to vote 66-2/3% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series shall constitute a quorum. In the absence of a quorum within 30 minutes after 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 of not less than 10 days as 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 of not less than 10 days as 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 1402(l), 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 only 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 consent or waiver which this
Indenture expressly provides may be given by the Holders of at least 66-2/3% in
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of a series may be adopted at a
meeting or an adjourned meeting duly convened and at which a quorum is present
as aforesaid only by the affirmative vote of the Holders of 66-2/3% in
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series; and provided, further, 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 Act 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 such series.
Any resolution passed or decision taken at any meeting of Holders of Securities of any series duly held in accordance with this Section 1404 shall be binding on all the Holders of Securities of such series and the Coupons appertaining thereto, whether or not such Holders were present or represented at the meeting.
Section 1405. Determination of Voting Rights, Conduct and Adjournment of Meetings.
(1) 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 such 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.
(2) 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 1402(2), 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.
(3) 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 Securities of such series held or represented by him; provided, however, that no vote shall be cast or counted at any meeting in respect of 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.
(4) Any meeting of Holders of Securities of any series duly called pursuant to Section 1402 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 1406. 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 the 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 triplicate, 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 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 1402 and, if applicable, Section 1404. 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.
ARTICLE FIFTEEN
PURCHASE OF SECURITIES UPON CHANGE IN CONTROL
Section 1501. Purchase of Securities at Option of the Holder upon Change in Control.
(1) If on or prior to Maturity, there shall have occurred a Change in Control (as defined herein), the Securities shall be purchased, at the option of the Holder thereof, by the Company at the purchase price specified in the Securities (the "Change in Control Purchase Price"), on the date that is 35 Business Days after the occurrence of the Change in Control (the "Change in Control Purchase Date"), subject to satisfaction by or on behalf of the Holder of the requirements set forth in Section 1501(3).
A "Change in Control" shall be deemed to have occurred at such time as any of the following events shall occur:
(a) Any person (for purposes of paragraph (a) of this
Section 1501(1) only, the term "person" shall mean a "person"
as defined in or for purposes of Section 13(d)(3) or Section
14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act of 1934 (as defined herein), or
any successor provision to either of the foregoing, including
any "group" acting for the purposes of acquiring, holding or
disposing of Securities within the
meaning of Rule 13D-5(b)(1) under the Exchange Act of 1934),
together with its Affiliates and Associates (as defined
herein), shall file or become obligated to file a report under
or in response to Schedule 13D or 14D-1 (or any successor
schedule, form or report) pursuant to the Exchange Act of 1934
disclosing that such person has become the beneficial owner
(as the term "beneficial owner" is defined in Rule 13d-3 under
the Exchange Act of 1934, or any successor provision) of
either (A) 50% or more of the shares of Common Stock then
outstanding or (B) 50% or more of the voting power of the
Voting Stock of the Company then outstanding; provided,
however, that for purposes of paragraph (a) of this Section
1501(1), a person shall not be deemed the beneficial owner of
(1) any securities tendered pursuant to a tender offer or
exchange offer made by or on behalf of such person, or its
Affiliates or Associates, until such tendered securities are
accepted for purchase or exchange thereunder, or (2) any
securities in respect of which beneficial ownership by such
person arises solely as a result of a revocable proxy
delivered in response to a proxy or consent solicitation that
is made pursuant to, and in accordance with, the Exchange Act
of 1934 and the applicable rules and regulations thereunder
and is not then reportable on Schedule 13D (or any successor
schedule, form or report) under the Exchange Act of 1934;
(b) There shall be consummated any sale, transfer, lease or conveyance of all or substantially all of the properties and assets of the Company to any other Corporation or Corporations or other person or persons (other than a Subsidiary of the Company);
(c) There shall be consummated any consolidation of the Company with or merger of the Company with or into any other Person (whether or not affiliated with the Company) in which the Company is not the sole surviving or continuing corporation or pursuant to which the shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the consummation of such consolidation or merger are converted into cash, securities or other property, other than a consolidation or merger in which the holders of shares of Common Stock receive, directly or indirectly, (A) 75% or more of the common stock of the sole surviving or continuing Corporation outstanding immediately following the consummation of such consolidation or merger and (B) securities representing 75% or more of the combined voting power of the Voting Stock of the sole surviving or continuing corporation outstanding immediately following the consummation thereof of such consolidation or merger.
"Exchange Act of 1934" shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
"Associate" shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Rule 12b-2 under the Exchange Act of 1934, as in effect on the date hereof.
(2) Within 15 Business Days after the occurrence of a Change in Control, the Company shall mail a written notice of Change in Control by first-class mail to the Trustee and to each Holder (and to beneficial owners as required by applicable law,
including, without limitation, Rule 13c-4 under the Exchange Act of 1934) and, if any Bearer Securities are then Outstanding, shall cause a copy of such notice to be published at least once in an Authorized Newspaper located in The City of New York and, if any Securities are then listed on any stock exchange located outside the United States, in an Authorized Newspaper in such city as the stock exchange so requires. The notice shall include or transmit a form of Change in Control Purchase Notice (as described below) to be completed by the Holder and shall state:
(a) the events causing a Change in Control and the date of such Change in Control;
(b) the date by which the Change in Control Purchase Notice pursuant to this Section 1501 must be given;
(c) the Change in Control Purchase Date;
(d) the Change in Control Purchase Price;
(e) the name and address of the Trustee and the Office or Agency;
(f) that the Securities must be surrendered to the Trustee or the Office or Agency to collect payment;
(g) that the Change in Control Purchase Price for any Security as to which a Change in Control Purchase Notice has been duly given and not withdrawn will be paid promptly following the later of the Change in Control Purchase Date or the time of surrender of such Security as described in Section 1501(2)(f);
(h) the procedures the Holder must follow to exercise rights under this Section 1501(2) and a brief description of those rights; and
(i) the procedures for withdrawing a Change in Control Purchase Notice.
(3) A Holder may exercise its rights specified in Section 1501(l) upon delivery of a written notice of purchase (a "Change in Control Purchase Notice") to the Trustee or to the Office or Agency at any time prior to the close of business of the Change in Control Purchase Date, stating:
(a) the certificate number or numbers of the Security or Securities, except in the case of global Securities, which the Holder will deliver to be purchased;
(b) the portion of the principal amount of the Security or Securities which the Holder will deliver to be purchased, which portion must be $1,000 or an integral multiple thereof; and
(c) that such Security or Securities shall be purchased on the Change in Control Purchase Date pursuant to the terms and conditions specified in the Securities.
The delivery of the Security, by hand or by registered mail prior to, on or after the Change in Control Purchase Date (together with all necessary endorsements), to the Trustee or to the Office or Agency shall be a condition precedent to the obligation of the Company to pay to the Holder the Change in Control Purchase Price therefor; provided, however, that such Change in Control Purchase Price shall be so paid pursuant to this Section 1501 only if the Security so delivered to the Trustee or such Office or Agency shall conform in all respects to the description thereof set forth in the related Change in Control Purchase Notice.
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, any Holder delivering to the Trustee or to the Office or Agency, the Change in Control Purchase Notice contemplated by this Section 1501(3) shall have the right to withdraw such Change in Control Purchase Notice at any time prior to or on the Change in Control Purchase Date by delivery of a written notice of withdrawal to the Trustee or to such office or agency in accordance with Section 1502.
Section 1502. Effect of Change in Control Purchase Notice.
Upon receipt by the Company of the Change in Control Purchase Notice specified in Section 1501(3), the Holder of the Security in respect of which such Change in Control Purchase Notice was given shall (unless such Change in Control Purchase Notice is withdrawn as specified in the following paragraph) thereafter be entitled to receive solely the Change in Control Purchase Price with respect to such Security. Such Change in Control Purchase Price shall be paid to such Holder promptly following the later of (x) the Change in Control Purchase Date, as the case may be, with respect to such Security (provided the conditions in Section 1501(3), as applicable, have been satisfied) and (y) the time of delivery of such Security to the Trustee or to the Office or Agency by the Holder thereof in the manner required by Section 1501(3) as applicable.
A Change in Control Purchase Notice may be withdrawn by means of a written notice of withdrawal delivered to the office of the Trustee or to the Office or Agency at any time prior to the close of business on the Change in Control Purchase Date, specifying:
(1) the certificate number or numbers of the Security or Securities, except in the case of global Securities, in respect of which such notice of withdrawal is being submitted;
(2) the principal amount of the Security or Securities with respect to which such notice of withdrawal is being submitted, and
(3) the principal amount, if any, of such Security or Securities which remains subject to the original Change in Control Purchase Notice, and which has been and will be delivered for purchase by the Company.
There shall be no purchase of any Securities pursuant to
Section 1501 if there has occurred and is continuing an Event of Default (other
than a default in the payment of the Change in Control Purchase Price).
Section 1503. Deposit of Change in Control Purchase Price.
Prior to 12:00 Noon (local time in The City of New York) on the Business Day following the Change in Control Purchase Date, the Company shall deposit with the Trustee (or, if the Company or a Subsidiary or an Affiliate of either of them is acting as Paying Agent, shall segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section 1003) an amount of cash in immediately available funds or securities, if expressly permitted hereunder, sufficient to pay the aggregate Change in Control Purchase Price of all the Securities or portions thereof which are to be purchased. If a deposit is made with the Trustee of the aforesaid amount of cash or securities, the Securities or portions thereof with respect to which a Change in Control Purchase Notice has been delivered and not validly withdrawn shall become due and payable as of the Business Day following the applicable Change in Control Purchase Date, and on and after such date Interest payable in respect of such Securities shall cease and all other rights of the Holders thereof shall terminate, other than the right to receive the Change in Control Purchase Price upon delivery of such Securities to the Trustee.
Section 1504. Covenant to Comply With Securities Laws Upon Purchase of Securities.
In connection with any purchase of Securities under Section
1501 hereof, the Company shall (a) comply with Rule 13e-4 under the Exchange Act
of 1934, if applicable, (b) file the related Schedule 13E-4 (or any successor
schedule, form or report) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, if
applicable, and (c) otherwise comply with all Federal and state securities laws
regulating the purchase of the Securities (including positions of the Commission
under applicable no-action letters) so as to permit the rights and obligation
under Section 1501 to be exercised in the time and in the manner specified in
Section 1501 and 1502.
Section 1505. Repayment to the Company.
The Trustee shall return to the Company any cash, together
with Interest or dividends, if any, thereon (subject to the provisions of
Section 605) held by it for the payment of the Change in Control Purchase Price
of the Securities that remain unclaimed as provided in the Securities; provided,
however, that to the extent the aggregate amount of cash deposited by the
Company pursuant to Section 1503 exceeds the aggregate Change in Control
Purchase Price of the Securities or portions thereof to be purchased, then
promptly after the Change in Control Purchase Date, the Trustee shall return any
such excess to the Company together with Interest or dividends, if any, thereon
(subject to the provisions of Section 605).
ARTICLE SIXTEEN
SUBORDINATION
Section 1601. Securities Subordinated to Senior Indebtedness.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 506 or any other provision herein or in any Security, the Company and the Trustee and, by their acceptance thereof, the Holders of the Securities (a) covenant and agree that all payments by the Company of the principal of and any premium or Interest on and any Additional Amounts with respect to the Securities (other than Securities which have been discharged pursuant to Article Four or Securities that provide for a
sinking fund pursuant to the Board Resolution, Officers' Certificate or supplemental indenture establishing the series as to which such sinking fund is applicable) shall be subordinated in accordance with the provisions of this Article Sixteen in right of payment to the prior payment in full, in cash or cash equivalents, of all amounts payable on, under or in connection with Senior Indebtedness, and (b) acknowledge that holders of Senior Indebtedness are or shall be relying on this Article Sixteen. Nothing herein or in any Security is intended to or shall limit the amount of Senior Indebtedness the Company may incur.
Section 1602. Priority and Payment of Proceeds in Certain Events:
Remedies Standstill.
(1) Upon any payment or distribution of assets or securities of the Company, as the case may be, of any kind or character, whether in cash, property or securities, upon any dissolution or winding up or total or partial liquidation or reorganization of the Company, whether voluntary or involuntary, or in bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other proceedings, all amounts payable on, under or in connection with Senior Indebtedness (including any Interest accruing on such Senior Indebtedness subsequent to the commencement of a bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar proceeding) shall first be paid, ratably according to the aggregate amounts remaining unpaid on account of the principal of and any premium and Interest on the Senior Indebtedness held or represented by each, to the extent necessary to make payment in full of all Senior Indebtedness remaining unpaid, in cash, or payment provided for in cash or cash equivalents, ratably according to the aggregate amounts remaining unpaid on account of the principal of and any premium and Interest on the Senior Indebtedness held or represented by each, to the extent necessary to make payment in full of all Senior Indebtedness remaining unpaid, before the Holders or the Trustee on behalf of the Holders or the holders of Preferred Securities, if any, shall be entitled to receive from the Company any payment of principal of or any premium or Interest on or Additional Amounts with respect to the Securities or distribution of any assets or securities.
(2) No direct or indirect payment by or on behalf of the
Company of principal of or any premium or Interest on or Additional
Amounts with respect to the Securities (other than Securities which
have been discharged pursuant to Article Four or Securities that
provide for a sinking fund), whether pursuant to the terms of the
Securities or upon acceleration or otherwise, shall be made if, at the
time of such payment, there exists (a) a default in the payment of all
or any portion of any Senior Indebtedness and the Trustee has received
written notice thereof from the Company, from holders of Senior
Indebtedness or from any trustee, representative or agent therefor, or
(b) any other default affecting Senior Indebtedness as a result of
which the maturity of Senior Indebtedness has been accelerated and the
Trustee has received written notice from the Company, from holders of
Senior Indebtedness or from any trustee, representative or agent
therefor, and such default shall not have been cured or waived by or on
behalf of the holders of such Senior Indebtedness.
(3) If, notwithstanding the foregoing provisions prohibiting such payment or distribution, the Trustee or any Holder shall have received any payment on account of the principal of or any premium or Interest on or Additional Amounts with respect to the Securities when such payment is prohibited by this Section 1602 and before all amounts
payable on, under or in connection with Senior Indebtedness are paid in full in cash or cash equivalents, then and in such event (subject to the provisions of Section 1608) such payment or distribution shall be received and held in trust for the holders of Senior Indebtedness and, at the written direction of the trustee, representative or agent for the holders of the Senior Indebtedness, shall be paid to the holders of the Senior Indebtedness remaining unpaid to the extent necessary to pay such Senior Indebtedness in full in cash or cash equivalents.
Upon any payment or distribution of assets or securities referred to in this Article Sixteen, the Trustee and the Holders shall be entitled to rely upon any order or decree of a court of competent jurisdiction in which such dissolution, winding up, liquidation or reorganization proceedings are pending or upon a certificate of the receiver, trustee in bankruptcy, liquidating trustee, agent or other Person making any such payment or distribution, delivered to the Trustee or to the Holders for the purpose of ascertaining the Persons entitled to participate in such distribution, the holders of Senior Indebtedness and other Indebtedness of the Company, the amount thereof or payable thereon, the amount or amounts paid or distributed thereon and all other facts pertinent thereto or to this Article Sixteen.
Section 1603. Payments which May Be Made Prior to Notice.
Nothing in this Article Sixteen or elsewhere in this Indenture shall prevent (1) the Company, except under the conditions described in Section 1602, from making payments of principal of or any premium or Interest on or Additional Amounts with respect to the Securities or from depositing with the Trustee any monies for such payments, or (2) the application by the Trustee of any monies deposited with it for the purpose of making such payments of principal of or any premium or Interest on or Additional Amounts with respect to the Securities, to the Holders entitled thereto, unless at least two Business Days prior to the date when such payment would otherwise (except for the prohibitions contained in Section 1602) become due and payable, the Trustee shall have received the written notice provided for in Section 1602(2)(a) or (b).
Section 1604. Rights of Holders of Senior Indebtedness Not to Be Impaired.
No right of any present or future holder of any Senior Indebtedness to enforce subordination as herein provided shall at any time or in any way be prejudiced or impaired by any act or failure to act in good faith by any such holder, or by any noncompliance by the Company with the terms and provisions and covenants herein regardless of any knowledge thereof any such holder may have or otherwise be charged with.
The provisions of this Article Sixteen are intended to be for the benefit of, and shall be enforceable directly by, the holders of Senior Indebtedness. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Article Sixteen, to the extent any Holders or the Trustee have paid over or delivered to any holder of Senior Indebtedness any payment or distribution received on account of the principal of or any premium or Interest on or Additional Amounts with respect to the Securities to which any other holder of Senior Indebtedness shall be entitled to share in accordance with Section 1602, no holder of Senior Indebtedness shall have a claim or right
against any Holders or the Trustee with respect to any such payment or distribution or as a result of the failure to make payments or distributions to such other holder of Senior Indebtedness.
Section 1605. Trustee May Take Action to Effectuate Subordination.
Each Holder of a Security, by his acceptance thereof, authorizes and directs the Trustee on his behalf to take such action as may be required by the trustee, representative or agent for holders of Senior Indebtedness or by the Company to effectuate, as between the holders of Senior Indebtedness and the Holders, the subordination as provided in this Article Sixteen and appoints the Trustee his attorney-in-fact for any and all such purposes.
Section 1606. Subrogation.
Upon the payment in full, in cash or cash equivalents, of all Senior Indebtedness, any Holder shall be subrogated to the rights of the holders of such Senior Indebtedness to receive payments or distributions of assets of the Company in respect of such Senior Indebtedness until the Securities shall be paid in full; and for the purposes of such subrogation, no payments or distributions to holders of such Senior Indebtedness of any cash property or securities to which such Holders of the Securities would be entitled except for this Article Sixteen, and no payment pursuant to this Article Sixteen to holders of such Senior Indebtedness by such Holders of the Securities, shall, as between the Company, its creditors other than holders of such Senior Indebtedness and such Holders of the Securities, be deemed to be a payment by the Company to or on account of such Senior Indebtedness, it being understood that the provisions of this Article Sixteen are solely for the purpose of defining the relative rights of the holders of such Senior Indebtedness, on the one hand, and such Holders of the Securities, on the other hand.
If any payment or distribution to which Holders of Securities would otherwise have been entitled but for the provisions of this Article Sixteen shall have been applied, pursuant to this Article Sixteen, to the payment of all Senior Indebtedness, then and in such case such Holders of the Securities shall be entitled to receive from the holders of such Senior Indebtedness at the time outstanding any payments or distributions received by such holders of Senior Indebtedness in excess of the amount sufficient to pay, in cash or cash equivalents, all such Senior Indebtedness in full.
Section 1607. Obligations of Company Unconditional; Reinstatement.
Nothing in this Article Sixteen or elsewhere in this Indenture or in any Security is intended to or shall impair, as among the Company, its creditors other than holders of Senior Indebtedness and Holders of the Securities, the obligations of the Company, which are absolute and unconditional, to pay to such Holders the principal of and any premium and Interest on and Additional Amounts with respect to the Securities as and when the same shall become due and payable in accordance with their terms, or is intended to or shall affect the relative rights of such Holders of the Securities and creditors of the Company other than the holders of the Senior Indebtedness, nor shall anything herein or therein prevent the Trustee or any Holder of Securities or holder of Preferred Securities, as applicable, from exercising all remedies otherwise permitted by applicable law under this Indenture, subject to the rights, if any, under this Article Sixteen of
the holders of such Senior Indebtedness in respect of cash, property or securities of the Company received upon the exercise of any such remedy.
The failure to make a scheduled payment of principal of or any premium or Interest on or Additional Amounts with respect to the Securities by reason of Section 1602 shall not be construed as preventing the occurrence of a Default or an Event of Default under Section 501; provided, however, that if (1) the conditions preventing the making of such payment no longer exist, and (2) such Holders of the Securities are made whole with respect to such omitted payments, the Default or Event of Default relating thereto (including any failure to pay any accelerated amounts) shall be automatically waived, and the provisions of the Indenture shall be reinstated as if no such Event of Default had occurred.
Section 1608. Trustee Entitled to Assume Payments Not Prohibited in Absence of Notice.
The Trustee or Paying Agent shall not be charged with the knowledge of the existence of any default in the payment of all or a portion of any Senior Indebtedness or any other default affecting Senior Indebtedness as a result of which the maturity of the Senior Indebtedness has been accelerated, unless and until the Trustee or Paying Agent shall have received written notice thereof from the Company or one or more holders of Senior Indebtedness or from any trustee, representative or agent therefor; and, prior to the receipt of any such written notice, the Trustee or Paying Agent may conclusively assume that no such facts exist.
Unless at least two Business Days prior to the date when by the terms of this Indenture any monies are to be deposited by the Company with the Trustee or any Paying Agent for any purpose (including, without limitation, the payment of the principal of or any premium or Interest on or Additional Amounts with respect to any Security), the Trustee or Paying Agent shall have received with respect to such monies the notice provided for in Section 1602, the Trustee or Paying Agent shall have full power and authority to receive and apply such monies to the purpose for which they were received. Neither of them shall be affected by any notice to the contrary, which may be received by either on or after such second Business Day. The foregoing shall not apply to the Paying Agent if the Company is acting as Paying Agent. Nothing in this Section 1608 shall limit the right of the holders of Senior Indebtedness to recover payments as contemplated by Section 1602. The Trustee or Paying Agent shall be entitled to rely on the delivery to it of a written notice by a Person representing himself or itself to be a holder of such Senior Indebtedness (or a trustee, representative or agent on behalf of such holder) to establish that such notice has been given by a holder of such Senior Indebtedness or a trustee, representative or agent on behalf of any such holder. The Trustee shall not be deemed to have any fiduciary duty to the holders (and shall be fully protected in relying upon such notice) of Senior Indebtedness.
Section 1609. Right of Trustee to Hold Senior Indebtedness.
The Trustee and any Paying Agent shall be entitled to all of the rights set forth in this Article Sixteen in respect of any Senior Indebtedness at any time held by them, to the same extent as any other holder of such Senior Indebtedness, and nothing in this Indenture shall be construed to deprive the Trustee or any Paying Agent of any of its rights as such holder.
Section 1610. Notice to Trustee.
The Company shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee or Paying Agent of any fact known to the Company which would prohibit the making of any payment to or by the Trustee in respect of the Securities. Failure to give such notice shall not affect the subordination of the Securities to Senior Indebtedness. Notwithstanding the provisions of this or any other provision of this Indenture, the Trustee or Paying Agent shall not be charged with knowledge of the existence of any facts which would prohibit the making of any payment to or by the Trustee or Paying Agent in respect of the Securities pursuant to this Article Sixteen, unless and until the Trustee or Paying Agent shall have received written notice from the Company or a holder of Senior Indebtedness or from any trustee or agent therefor; and, prior to the receipt of any such written notice, the Trustee, subject to the provisions of Section 601, or Paying Agent shall be entitled in all respects to assume that no such facts exist; provided, however, that if a Responsible Officer of the Trustee or Paying Agent shall not have received, at least three Business Days prior to the date upon which by the terms hereof any such money may become payable for any purpose (including, without limitation, the payment of the principal of or any premium or Interest on or Additional Amounts with respect to any Security, the notice with respect to such money provided for in this Section 1610, then, anything herein contained to the contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee or Paying Agent shall have full power and authority to receive such money and to apply the same to the purpose for which such money was received and shall not be affected by any notice to the contrary which may be received by it within three Business Days prior to such date.
The Trustee, subject to the provisions of Section 601, or Paying Agent shall be entitled to conclusively rely on the delivery to it of a written notice by a Person representing himself or itself to be a holder of Senior Indebtedness (or a trustee or agent on behalf of such holder) to establish that such notice has been given by a holder of Senior Indebtedness (or a trustee or agent on behalf of any such holder). In the event that the Trustee or Paying Agent determines in good faith that further evidence is required with respect to the right of any Person as a holder of Senior Indebtedness to participate in any payment or distribution pursuant to this Article Sixteen, the Trustee or Paying Agent may request such Person to furnish evidence to the reasonable satisfaction of the Trustee or Paying Agent as to the amount of Senior Indebtedness held by such Person, the extent to which such Person is entitled to participate in such payment or distribution and any other facts pertinent to the rights of such Person under this Article Sixteen, and if such evidence is not furnished, the Trustee or Paying Agent may defer any payment which it may be required to make for the benefit of such Person pursuant to the terms of this Indenture pending judicial determination as to the rights of such Person to receive such payment.
Section 1611. Reliance on Judicial Order or Certificate of Liquidating Agent.
Upon any payment or distribution of assets of the Company
referred to in this Article Sixteen, the Trustee, subject to the provisions of
Section 601, and the Holders of the Securities shall be entitled to rely upon
any order or decree entered by any court of competent jurisdiction in which such
insolvency, bankruptcy, receivership, liquidation, reorganization, dissolution,
winding up or similar case or proceeding is pending, or a certificate of the
trustee in bankruptcy, liquidating trustee, Custodian, receiver, assignee for
the benefit of creditors, agent or other Person making such payment or
distribution, delivered to the Trustee or to the Holders of
Securities, for the purpose of ascertaining the Persons entitled to participate in such payment or distribution, the holders of Senior Indebtedness and other indebtedness of the Company, the amount thereof or payable thereon, the amount or amounts paid or distributed thereon and all other facts pertinent thereto or to this Article Sixteen.
Section 1612. Trustee Not Fiduciary for Holders of Senior Indebtedness.
The Trustee shall not be deemed to owe any fiduciary duty to the holders of Senior Indebtedness and shall not be liable to any such holders if the Trustee shall in good faith mistakenly pay over or distribute to Holders of Securities or to the Company or to any other Person cash, property or securities to which any holders of Senior Indebtedness shall be entitled by virtue of this Article or otherwise. With respect to the holders of Senior Indebtedness, the Trustee undertakes to perform or to observe only such of its covenants or obligations as are specifically set forth in this Article and no implied covenants or obligations with respect to holders of Senior Indebtedness shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee.
Nothing in this Article shall apply to claims of or payments to, the Trustee under or pursuant to Section 606.
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This instrument may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to be duly executed, and their respective corporate seals to be hereunto affixed, all as of the day and year first above written.
(SEAL) APACHE CORPORATION
Attest:
By: By:
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Name: Name:
Title: Title:
(SEAL) JPMORGAN CHASE BANK,
as Trustee
Attest:
By: By:
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Name: Name:
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Title: Title:
STATE OF TEXAS )
) ss.
COUNTY OF HARRIS )
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On the ____ day of _________________, before me personally came ____________, to me known, who, being by me duly sworn, did depose and say that he is the Vice President and Treasurer of APACHE CORPORATION, a State of Delaware corporation, one of the persons described in and who executed the foregoing instrument; that he knows the seal of said Corporation; that the seal affixed to said instrument is such Corporation's seal; that it was so affixed by authority of the Board of Directors of said Corporation; and that he signed his name thereto by like authority.
Notary Public
[NOTARIAL SEAL]
STATE OF NEW YORK )
) ss.
COUNTY OF NEW YORK )
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On the ____ day of _________________, ____, before me personally came ____________, to me known, who, being by me duly sworn, did depose and say that he is a ______________ of JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, a banking corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of New York, one of the persons described in and who executed the foregoing instrument; that he knows the seal of said Corporation; that the seal affixed to said instrument is such Corporation's 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 4.11
APACHE FINANCE AUSTRALIA PTY LTD,
Company
APACHE CORPORATION,
Guarantor
to
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK,
Trustee
[Form of]
INDENTURE
Subordinated Debt Securities
Reconciliation and tie between Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (the "Trust Indenture Act") and Indenture
Trust Indenture Act Section Indenture Section --------------- ----------------- Section 310(a)(1) 607 (a)(2) 607 (b) 608 Section 312(a) 701 (b) 702 (c) 702 Section 313(a) 703 (c) 703 (d) 703 Section 314(a) 704 (c) (1) 102 (c) (2) 102 (e) 102 (f) 102 Section 316(a) (last sentence) 101 (a) (1) (A) 502, 512 (a) (1) (B) 513 (b) 508 Section 317 (a) (1) 503 (a) (2) 504 (b) 1003 Section 318(a) 108 |
Note: This reconciliation and tie shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be part of the Indenture.
Attention should also be directed to Section 318(c) of the Trust Indenture Act, which provides that the provisions of Sections 310 to and including 317 are a part of and govern every qualified indenture, whether or not physically contained therein.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Recitals..........................................................................................................1
ARTICLE ONE
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION
Section 101. Definitions..................................................................................2
"Act".......................................................................................................2
"Additional Amounts"........................................................................................2
"Affiliate".................................................................................................2
"Applicable Taxing Jurisdiction"............................................................................3
"Authenticating Agent"......................................................................................3
"Authorized Newspaper"......................................................................................3
"Bearer Security"...........................................................................................3
"Board of Directors"........................................................................................3
"Board Resolution"..........................................................................................3
"Business Day"..............................................................................................3
"Change in Control".........................................................................................3
"Change in Control Purchase Date"...........................................................................3
"Change in Control Purchase Notice".........................................................................3
"Change in Control Purchase Price"..........................................................................3
"Commission"................................................................................................3
"Common Stock"..............................................................................................4
"Company"...................................................................................................4
"Company Indebtedness Ranking Junior to the Securities".....................................................4
"Company Indebtedness Ranking on a Parity with the Securities"..............................................4
"Company Request" and "Company Order".......................................................................4
"Company Senior Indebtedness"...............................................................................4
"Conversion Agent"..........................................................................................4
"Conversion Event"..........................................................................................4
"Corporate Trust Office"....................................................................................5
"Corporation"...............................................................................................5
"Coupon"....................................................................................................5
"Currency"..................................................................................................5
"CUSIP number"..............................................................................................5
"Defaulted Interest"........................................................................................5
"Direct Action".............................................................................................5
"Dollars" or "$"............................................................................................5
"Euro"......................................................................................................5
"European Monetary System"..................................................................................5
"Event of Default"..........................................................................................5
"Foreign Currency"..........................................................................................5
"GAAP"......................................................................................................6
"Government Obligations"....................................................................................6
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"Guarantee".................................................................................................6 "Guarantor".................................................................................................6 "Guarantor Indebtedness Ranking Junior to the Guarantee of the Securities"..................................6 "Guarantor Indebtedness Ranking on a Parity with the Guarantee of the Securities"...........................6 "Guarantor Request" and "Guarantor Order"...................................................................7 "Guarantor Senior Indebtedness".............................................................................7 "Holder"....................................................................................................7 "Indebtedness"..............................................................................................7 "Indenture".................................................................................................7 "Independent Public Accountants"............................................................................8 "Indexed Security"..........................................................................................8 "Interest"..................................................................................................8 "Interest Payment Date".....................................................................................8 "Judgment Currency".........................................................................................8 "Legal Holidays"............................................................................................8 "Lien"......................................................................................................8 "Maturity"..................................................................................................8 "New York Banking Day"......................................................................................8 "Office" or "Agency"........................................................................................8 "Officers' Certificate".....................................................................................8 "Opinion of Counsel"........................................................................................9 "Original Issue Discount Security"..........................................................................9 "Outstanding"...............................................................................................9 "Paying Agent".............................................................................................10 "Person"...................................................................................................10 "Place of Payment".........................................................................................10 "Predecessor Security".....................................................................................10 "Preferred Securities".....................................................................................11 "Redemption Date"..........................................................................................11 "Redemption Price".........................................................................................11 "Registered Security"......................................................................................11 "Regular Record Date"......................................................................................11 "Required Currency"........................................................................................11 "Responsible Officer"......................................................................................11 "Sale/Leaseback Transaction"...............................................................................11 "Security" or "Securities".................................................................................11 "Security Exchange"........................................................................................11 "Security Register" and "Security Registrar"...............................................................11 "Senior Indebtedness"......................................................................................11 "Special Record Date"......................................................................................12 "Stated Maturity"..........................................................................................12 "Subsidiary"...............................................................................................12 "Subsidiary Assignee"......................................................................................12 "Succession Date"..........................................................................................12 "Successor"................................................................................................12 "Successor 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"Trust"....................................................................................................12
"Trust Agreement"..........................................................................................12
"Trust Indenture Act"......................................................................................12
"Trust Securities".........................................................................................12
"Trustee"..................................................................................................12
"United States"............................................................................................12
"United States Alien"......................................................................................13
"U.S. Depositary" or "Depositary"..........................................................................13
"Vice President"...........................................................................................13
"Voting Stock".............................................................................................13
Section 102. Compliance Certificates and Opinions........................................................13
Section 103. Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee......................................................13
Section 104. Acts of Holders.............................................................................14
Section 105. Notices, etc. to Trustee, the Company and the Guarantor.....................................16
Section 106. Notice to Holders of Securities; Waiver.....................................................16
Section 107. Language of Notices.........................................................................17
Section 108. Conflict with Trust Indenture Act...........................................................17
Section 109. Effect of Headings and Table of Contents....................................................17
Section 110. Successors and Assigns......................................................................18
Section 111. Separability Clause.........................................................................18
Section 112. Benefits of Indenture.......................................................................18
Section 113. Governing Law...............................................................................18
Section 114. Legal Holidays..............................................................................18
Section 115. Counterparts................................................................................19
Section 116. Judgment Currency...........................................................................19
ARTICLE TWO
SECURITIES AND GUARANTEE FORMS
Section 201. Forms Generally.............................................................................19
Section 202. Guarantee by Guarantor; Form of Guarantee..................................................20
Section 203. Form of Trustee's Certificate of Authentication.............................................22
Section 204. Securities in Global Form...................................................................22
ARTICLE THREE
THE SECURITIES
Section 301. Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series........................................................23
Section 302. Currency; Denominations.....................................................................27
Section 303. Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating..............................................27
Section 304. Temporary Securities........................................................................29
Section 305. Registration, Transfer and Exchange.........................................................30
Section 306. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities............................................33
Section 307. Payment of Interest and Certain Additional Amounts; Rights to Interest and
Certain Additional Amounts Preserved........................................................34
Section 308. Persons Deemed Owners.......................................................................36
Section 309. Cancellation................................................................................37
Section 310. Computation of Interest.....................................................................37
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ARTICLE FOUR
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE
Section 401. Satisfaction and Discharge..................................................................37
Section 402. Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance..........................................................39
Section 403. Application of Trust Money..................................................................43
Section 404. Reinstatement...............................................................................43
ARTICLE FIVE
REMEDIES
Section 501. Events of Default...........................................................................44
Section 502. Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment..........................................45
Section 503. Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee.............................46
Section 504. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim............................................................47
Section 505. Trustee May Enforce Claims without Possession of Securities, Guarantees or Coupons..........48
Section 506. Application of Money Collected..............................................................48
Section 507. Limitations on Suits........................................................................49
Section 508. Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal and any Premium, Interest
and Additional Amounts......................................................................50
Section 509. Restoration of Rights and Remedies..........................................................50
Section 510. Rights and Remedies Cumulative..............................................................50
Section 511. Delay or Omission not Waiver................................................................50
Section 512. Control by Holders of Securities............................................................51
Section 513. Waiver of Past Defaults.....................................................................51
Section 514. Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws............................................................51
Section 515. Undertaking for Costs.......................................................................52
Section 516. Direct Action Right of Holders of Trust Preferred Securities................................52
ARTICLE SIX
THE TRUSTEE
Section 601. Certain Rights of Trustee...................................................................53
Section 602. Notice of Defaults..........................................................................54
Section 603. Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities......................................54
Section 604. May Hold Securities.........................................................................55
Section 605. Money Held in Trust.........................................................................55
Section 606. Compensation and Reimbursement..............................................................55
Section 607. Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility.....................................................56
Section 608. Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor...........................................56
Section 609. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor......................................................58
Section 610. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business.................................59
Section 611. Appointment of Authenticating Agent.........................................................59
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ARTICLE SEVEN
HOLDERS LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE, COMPANY AND GUARANTOR
Section 701. Company and Guarantor to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders.....................61
Section 702. Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders......................................62
Section 703. Reports by Trustee..........................................................................62
Section 704. Reports by Company and Guarantor............................................................62
ARTICLE EIGHT
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER AND SALES
Section 801. Guarantor May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms......................................63
Section 802. Company May Consolidate, etc., Only on Certain Terms........................................64
Section 803. Successor Person Substituted for Company or Guarantor.......................................66
Section 804. Assumption by the Guarantor of the Company's Obligations....................................66
Section 805. Indemnification Procedure...................................................................67
ARTICLE NINE
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
Section 901. Supplemental Indentures without Consent of Holders..........................................68
Section 902. Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Holders.............................................69
Section 903. Execution of Supplemental Indentures........................................................71
Section 904. Effect of Supplemental Indentures...........................................................71
Section 905. Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures..........................................71
Section 906. Conformity with Trust Indenture Act.........................................................71
Section 907. Effect on Senior Indebtedness...............................................................72
ARTICLE TEN
COVENANTS
Section 1001. Payment of Principal, any Premium and Interest..............................................72
Section 1002. Maintenance of Office or Agency.............................................................73
Section 1003. Money for Securities Payments to Be Held in Trust...........................................74
Section 1004. Additional Amounts..........................................................................76
Section 1005. No Restriction on Indebtedness or Liens.....................................................78
Section 1006. Corporate Existence.........................................................................78
Section 1007. Payment of Expenses of Each Trust...........................................................78
Section 1008. Waiver of Certain Covenants.................................................................79
Section 1009. Company Statement as to Compliance; Notice of Certain Defaults..............................79
ARTICLE ELEVEN
REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES
Section 1101. Applicability of Article....................................................................79
Section 1102. Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee.......................................................80
Section 1103. Selection by Trustee of Securities to be Redeemed...........................................80
Section 1104. Notice of Redemption........................................................................80
Section 1105. Deposit of Redemption Price.................................................................82
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Section 1106. Securities Payable on Redemption Date.......................................................82
Section 1107. Securities Redeemed in Part.................................................................83
Section 1108. Redemption for Tax Reasons..................................................................83
ARTICLE TWELVE
REPAYMENT AT THE OPTION OF HOLDERS
Section 1201. Applicability of Article....................................................................84
ARTICLE THIRTEEN
SECURITIES IN FOREIGN CURRENCIES
Section 1301. Applicability of Article....................................................................85
ARTICLE FOURTEEN
MEETINGS OF HOLDERS OF SECURITIES
Section 1401. Purposes for Which Meetings May Be Called...................................................85
Section 1402. Call, Notice and Place of Meetings..........................................................85
Section 1403. Persons Entitled to Vote at Meetings........................................................86
Section 1404. Quorum; Action..............................................................................86
Section 1405. Determination of Voting Rights; Conduct and Adjournment of Meetings.........................87
Section 1406. Counting Votes and Recording Action of Meetings.............................................88
ARTICLE FIFTEEN
PURCHASE OF SECURITIES UPON CHANGE IN CONTROL
Section 1501. Purchase of Securities at Option of the Holder upon Change in Control.......................88
Section 1502. Effect of Change in Control Purchase Notice.................................................91
Section 1503. Deposit of Change in Control Purchase Price.................................................91
Section 1504. Covenant to Comply With Securities Laws Upon Purchase of Securities.........................92
Section 1505. Repayment to the Company....................................................................92
ARTICLE SIXTEEN
GUARANTEES
Section 1601. Guarantee...................................................................................92
Section 1602. Execution and Delivery of Guarantees........................................................94
ARTICLE SEVENTEEN
SUBORDINATION OF SECURITIES
Section 1701. Securities Subordinated to Company Senior Indebtedness......................................94
Section 1702. Priority and Payment of Proceeds in Certain Events: Remedies Standstill.....................95
Section 1703. Payments Which May Be Made Prior to Notice..................................................96
Section 1704. Rights of Holders of Senior Indebtedness Not to Be Impaired.................................96
Section 1705. Trustee May Take Action to Effectuate Subordination.........................................97
Section 1706. Subrogation.................................................................................97
Section 1707. Obligations of Company Unconditional; Reinstatement.........................................97
Section 1708. Trustee Entitled to Assume Payments Not Prohibited in Absence of Notice.....................98
Section 1709. Right of Trustee to Hold Senior Indebtedness................................................98
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Section 1710. Notice to Trustee...........................................................................99
Section 1711. Reliance on Judicial Order or Certificate of Liquidating Agent..............................99
Section 1712. Trustee Not Fiduciary for Holders of Company Senior Indebtedness...........................100
ARTICLE EIGHTEEN
SUBORDINATION OF GUARANTEE
Section 1801. Guarantee Subordinated to Guarantor Senior Indebtedness....................................100
Section 1802. Priority and Payment of Proceeds in Certain Events: Remedies Standstill....................100
Section 1803. Payments which May Be Made Prior to Notice.................................................102
Section 1804. Rights of Holders of Guarantor Senior Indebtedness Not to Be Impaired......................102
Section 1805. Trustee May Take Action to Effectuate Subordination........................................102
Section 1806. Subrogation................................................................................103
Section 1807. Obligations of Guarantor Unconditional; Reinstatement......................................103
Section 1808. Trustee Entitled to Assume Payments Not Prohibited in Absence of Notice....................104
Section 1809. Right of Trustee to Hold Guarantor Senior Indebtedness.....................................104
Section 1810. Notice to Trustee..........................................................................104
Section 1811. Reliance on Judicial Order or Certificate of Liquidating Agent.............................105
Section 1812. Trustee Not Fiduciary for Holders of Guarantor Senior Indebtedness.........................106
ARTICLE NINETEEN
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 1901. Submission to Jurisdiction.................................................................106
Section 1902. Stamp Duty.................................................................................107
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INDENTURE, dated as of ______ (the "Indenture"), among APACHE FINANCE AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, a proprietary company with limited liability duly organized and existing under the laws of the Australian Capital Territory, Australia (the "Company"), having its principal executive office located at 256 St. George's Terrace, Level 3, Perth, Western Australia 6000, APACHE CORPORATION, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (the "Guarantor"), having its principal executive office located at One Post Oak Central, 2000 Post Oak Boulevard, Suite 100, Houston, Texas 77056-4400, and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, a banking corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of New York (the "Trustee"), having its Corporate Trust Office located at 4 New York Plaza, 15th Floor, New York, New York 10004.
RECITALS
The Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture to provide for the issuance from time to time of its subordinated unsecured debentures, notes or other evidences of Indebtedness (the "Securities"), unlimited as to principal amount, to bear such rates of Interest, to mature at such time or times, to be issued in one or more series and to have such other provisions as shall be fixed as provided in this Indenture. All things necessary to make this Indenture a valid agreement of the Company, in accordance with its terms, has been done.
For value received, the Guarantor has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture to provide for the issuance of the Guarantees by it with respect to the Securities as set forth in this Indenture.
The Guarantor desires to make the Guarantees provided for herein, and has determined that such Guarantees are necessary and convenient to the conduct of the business of the Company, an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of the Guarantor.
All things necessary to make the Guarantees, when executed by the Guarantor and endorsed on the Securities authenticated and delivered hereunder, the valid obligations of the Guarantor, and to make this Indenture a valid agreement of the Guarantor, in accordance with its terms, have been done.
The Guarantor may from time to time create or establish one or more statutory trusts for the purpose of issuing undivided beneficial interests in the assets thereof and using the proceeds thereof to acquire the Company's Securities.
This Indenture is subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission promulgated thereunder that are required to be part of this Indenture and, to the extent applicable, shall be governed by such provisions.
NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH:
For and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the Securities by the Holders (as herein defined) thereof, it is mutually covenanted and agreed, for the equal and
proportionate benefit of all Holders of the Securities or of any series thereof and any Coupons (as herein defined) as follows:
ARTICLE ONE
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION
Section 101. Definitions.
Except as otherwise expressly provided in or pursuant to this Indenture or unless the context otherwise requires, for all purposes of this Indenture:
(a) the terms defined in this Article have the meanings assigned to them in this Article, and include the plural as well as the singular;
(b) 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;
(c) 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 terms "generally accepted accounting principles" or "GAAP" with respect to any computation required or permitted hereunder shall mean such accounting principles as are generally accepted at the date of such computation;
(d) the words "herein", "hereof", "hereto" and "hereunder" and other words of similar import refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section or other subdivision; and
(e) the word "or" is always used inclusively (for example, the phrase "A or B" means "A or B or both", not "either A or B but not both").
Certain terms used principally in certain Articles hereof are defined in those Articles.
"Act", when used with respect to any Holder, has the meaning specified in Section 104.
"Additional Amounts" has the meaning specified in Section 1004.
"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 the meanings correlative to the foregoing.
"Applicable Taxing Jurisdiction" means the jurisdiction (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) in which the Company (including any Successor) is incorporated or resident (or deemed for tax purposes to be resident).
"Authenticating Agent" means any Person authorized by the Trustee pursuant to Section 611 to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate Securities of one or more series.
"Authorized Newspaper" means a newspaper, in an official language of the place of publication or in the English language, customarily published on each day that is a Business Day in the place of publication, whether or not published on days that are Legal Holidays in the place of publication, and of general circulation in each place in connection with which the term is used or in the financial community of each such place. Where successive publications are required to be made in Authorized Newspapers, the successive publications may be made in the same or in different newspapers in the same city meeting the foregoing requirements and in each case on any day that is a Business Day in the place of publication.
"Bearer Security" means any Security in the form established pursuant to Section 201 which is payable to bearer.
"Board of Directors" means, when used with reference to the Company or the Guarantor, either the board of directors of the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, or any duly authorized committee of such board of directors of the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be.
"Board Resolution" means, when used with reference to the Company or the Guarantor, a copy of one or more resolutions, certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, to have been duly adopted by its respective Board of Directors and to be in full force and effect on the date of such certification, delivered to the Trustee.
"Business Day", with respect to any Place of Payment or other location,
means, unless otherwise specified with respect to any Securities pursuant to
Section 301, any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which banking
institutions in such Place of Payment or other location are authorized or
obligated by law, regulation or executive order to close.
"Change in Control" has the meaning specified in Section 1501.
"Change in Control Purchase Date" has the meaning specified in Section 1501.
"Change in Control Purchase Notice" has the meaning specified in
Section 1501.
"Change in Control Purchase Price" has the meaning specified in Section 1501.
"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 Indenture such Commission is not existing and performing the duties now assigned to it under the Trust Indenture Act, then the body performing such duties at such time.
"Common Stock" includes any stock of any class of the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, which has no preference in respect of dividends or of amounts payable in the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, and which is not subject to redemption by the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be.
"Company" means the Person named as the "Company" in the first paragraph of this Indenture until a successor Person shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter "Company" shall mean such successor Person.
"Company Indebtedness Ranking Junior to the Securities" means, with respect to the Securities of any particular series, any Indebtedness, whether outstanding on the date of execution of this Indenture or thereafter created, assumed or incurred, to the extent such Indebtedness by its terms ranks junior to and not pari passu with or prior to the Securities (and any other Company Indebtedness Ranking on a Parity with the Securities) in right of payment upon the happening of the dissolution, winding-up, liquidation or reorganization of the Company. The securing of any Indebtedness otherwise constituting Indebtedness Ranking Junior to the Securities shall not be deemed to prevent such Indebtedness from constituting Company Indebtedness Ranking Junior to the Securities.
"Company Indebtedness Ranking on a Parity with the Securities" means, with respect to the Securities of any particular series, Indebtedness, whether outstanding on the date of execution of this Indenture or thereafter created, assumed or incurred, to the extent such Indebtedness specifically by its terms ranks pari passu with and not prior to the Securities in the right of payment upon the happening of the dissolution, winding-up, liquidation or reorganization of the Company. The securing of any Indebtedness otherwise constituting Company Indebtedness Ranking on a Parity with the Securities shall not be deemed to prevent such Indebtedness from constituting Company Indebtedness Ranking on a Parity with the Securities.
"Company Request" and "Company Order" mean, respectively, a written request or order, as the case may be, signed in the name of the Company by the Chairman of the Board of Directors, a Vice Chairman, the President or a Vice President, and by the Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, of the Company, and delivered to the Trustee.
"Company Senior Indebtedness" means, with respect to the Securities of any particular series, all Indebtedness of the Company, whether outstanding on the date of execution of this Indenture or thereafter created, assumed or incurred, except the Securities of such series, Company Indebtedness Ranking on a Parity with the Securities or Company Indebtedness Ranking Junior to the Securities.
"Conversion Agent" means any Person authorized by the Company to convert or exchange any Security pursuant to its terms on behalf of the Company.
"Conversion Event"means the cessation of the use of (i) in the case of a Foreign Currency other than the Euro, both by the government of the country or the confederation which issued such Foreign Currency and for the settlement of transactions by a central bank or other public institutions of or within the international banking community, or (ii) in the case of the Euro,
the Euro both by governments within the Euro Zone and for the settlement of transactions by central banks or other public institutions of or within the Euro Zone or of or within the international banking community.
"Corporate Trust Office" means the principal corporate trust office of the Trustee at which at any particular time its corporate trust business shall be administered, which office at the date of original execution of this Indenture is located at 4 New York Plaza, 15th Floor, New York, New York 10004.
"Corporation" includes corporations and limited liability companies and, except for purposes of Article Eight, associations, companies and business trusts.
"Coupon" means any interest coupon appertaining to a Bearer Security.
"Currency", with respect to any payment, deposit or other transfer in respect of the principal of or any premium or Interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to any Security, means Dollars or the Foreign Currency, as the case may be, in which such payment, deposit or other transfer is required to be made by or pursuant to the terms hereof or such Security and, with respect to any other payment, deposit or transfer pursuant to or contemplated by the terms hereof or such Security, means Dollars.
"CUSIP number" means the alphanumeric designation assigned to a Security by Standard & Poor's Ratings Services, CUSIP Service Bureau.
"Defaulted Interest" has the meaning specified in Section 307.
"Direct Action" has the meaning specified in Section 516.
"Dollars" or "$" means a dollar or other equivalent unit of legal tender for payment of public or private debts in the United States of America.
"Euro" means the currency introduced at the start of the third stage of European economic and monetary union pursuant to the Treaty establishing the European Communities, as amended by the Treaty on European Union and the Treaty of Amsterdam.
"European Monetary System"means those member states of the European Union from time to time that have adopted the Euro and participate in European economic and monetary union.
"Euro Zone" means those member states of the European Union from time to time that have adopted the Euro and participate in European economic and monetary union.
"Event of Default" has the meaning specified in Section 501.
"Foreign Currency" means any currency, currency unit or composite currency, including, without limitation, the ECU and Euro, issued by the government of one or more countries other than the United States of America or by any recognized confederation or association of such governments.
"GAAP" means such accounting principles as are generally accepted in the United States of America as of the date or time of any computation required hereunder.
"Government Obligations" means securities which are (i) direct obligations of the United States of America or the other government or governments in the confederation which issued the Foreign Currency in which the principal of or any premium or interest on such security or any additional amounts in respect thereof shall be payable, in each case where the payment or payments thereunder are supported by the full faith and credit of such government or governments or (ii) obligations of a Person controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of the United States of America or such other government or governments, in each case where the timely payment or payments thereunder are unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation by the United States of America or such other government or governments, and which, in the case of (i) or (ii), are not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer or issuers thereof, and shall also include a depository receipt issued by a bank or trust company as custodian with respect to any such Government Obligation or a specific payment of interest on or principal of or other amount with respect to any such Government Obligation held by such custodian for the account of the holder of a depository receipt, provided that (except as required by law) such custodian is not authorized to make any deduction from the amount payable to the holder of such depository receipt from any amount received by the custodian in respect of the Government Obligation or the specific payment of interest on or principal of or other amount with respect to the Government Obligation evidenced by such depository receipt.
"Guarantee" means any guarantee of the Guarantor endorsed on a Security authenticated and delivered pursuant to this Indenture and shall include the guarantees set forth in Section 202.
"Guarantor" means the Person named as "Guarantor" in the first paragraph of this Indenture until a successor corporation shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter "guarantor" shall include such successor corporation.
"Guarantor Indebtedness Ranking Junior to the Guarantee of the Securities" means, with respect to the Securities of any particular series, any Indebtedness, whether outstanding on the date of the execution of this Indenture or thereafter created, assumed or incurred, to the extent such Indebtedness by it terms ranks junior to and not pari passu with or prior to the Guarantee of the Securities (and any other Guarantor Indebtedness Ranking on a Parity with the Guarantee of the Securities) in right of payment upon the happening of the dissolution, winding-up, liquidation or reorganization of the Guarantor. The securing of any Indebtedness otherwise constituting Guarantor Indebtedness Ranking Junior to the Guarantee of the Securities shall not be deemed to prevent such Indebtedness from constituting Guarantor Indebtedness Ranking Junior to the Guarantee of the Securities.
"Guarantor Indebtedness Ranking on a Parity with the Guarantee of the Securities" means, with respect to the Securities of any particular series, Indebtedness, whether outstanding on the date of execution of this Indenture or thereafter created, assumed or incurred, to the extent such Indebtedness specifically by its terms ranks pari passu with and prior to the Guarantee of the Securities in the right of payment upon the happening of the dissolution, winding-up, liquidation or reorganization of the Guarantor. The securing of any Indebtedness otherwise
constituting Guarantor Indebtedness Ranking as a Parity with the Guarantee of the Securities shall not be deemed to prevent such Indebtedness from constituting Guarantor Indebtedness Ranking on a Parity with the Guarantee of the Securities.
"Guarantor Request" and "Guarantor Order" mean, respectively, a written request or order, as the case may be, signed in the name of the Guarantor by the Chairman of the Board, a Vice Chairman, the President or a Vice President, and by the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer, the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, of the Guarantor and delivered to the Trustee.
"Guarantor Senior Indebtedness" means, with respect to the securities of any particular series, all Indebtedness of the Guarantor, whether outstanding on the date of execution of this Indenture or thereafter created, assumed or incurred, except the Guarantor's obligations under the Guarantee in respect of the Securities of such series, Guarantor Indebtedness Ranking on a Parity with the Guarantee of the Securities or Guarantor Indebtedness Ranking Junior to the Guarantee of the Securities.
"Holder", in the case of any Registered Security, means the Person in whose name such Security is registered in the Security Register and, in the case of any Bearer Security, means the bearer thereof and, in the case of any Coupon, means the bearer thereof.
"Indebtedness", with respect to any Person, means (a) indebtedness for borrowed money and deferred payment obligations representing the unpaid purchase price of real or personal property of, or guaranteed by, such Person, other than accounts payable arising in the ordinary course of business payable on terms customary in the trade, (b) indebtedness secured by Liens (as defined in Section 1005) or payable out of the proceeds of production from property, (c) indebtedness which is evidenced by mortgages, notes, bonds, debentures, acceptances or other instruments, (d) indebtedness which must be capitalized as liabilities under GAAP, (e) liabilities under interest rate swap, exchange, collar or cap agreements and all other agreements or arrangements designed to protect against fluctuations in interest rates or currency exchange rates, (f) liabilities under commodity hedge, commodity swap, exchange, collar or cap agreements, fixed price agreements and all other agreements or arrangements designed to protect against fluctuations in oil and gas prices, (g) guarantees and endorsements of obligations of others, directly or indirectly, and all other repurchase agreements and indebtedness in effect guaranteed through an agreement, contingent or otherwise, to purchase such indebtedness, or to purchase or sell property, or to purchase or sell services, primarily for the purpose of enabling the debtor to make payment of the indebtedness or to assure the owner of the indebtedness against loss, or to supply funds to or in any manner invest in the debtor, or otherwise to assure a creditor against loss (but excluding guarantees and endorsements of notes, bills and checks made in the ordinary course of business); and (h) indebtedness relative to the amount of all letters of credit; provided, however, that such term shall not include any amounts included as deferred credits on the financial statements of such Person or of a consolidated group including such Person, and computed in accordance with GAAP.
"Indenture" means this instrument 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, with respect to any Security, by the terms and provisions of such Security and any Coupon appertaining thereto established pursuant to Section 301 (as such terms and provisions may be amended pursuant to the applicable provisions hereof).
"Independent Public Accountants" means accountants or a firm of accountants that, with respect to the Company, the Guarantor and any other obligor under the Securities, the Guarantees or the Coupons, are independent public accountants within the meaning of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated by the Commission thereunder, who may be the independent public accountants regularly retained by the Company, the Guarantor or any such other obligor or who may be other independent public accountants. Such accountants or firm shall be entitled to rely upon any Opinion of Counsel as to the interpretation of any legal matters relating to this Indenture or certificates required to be provided hereunder.
"Indexed Security" means a Security the terms of which provide that the principal amount thereof payable at Stated Maturity may be more or less than the principal face amount thereof at original issuance.
"Interest", with respect to any Original Issue Discount Security which by its terms bears Interest only after Maturity, means Interest payable after Maturity and, when used with respect to a Security which provides for the payment of Additional Amounts pursuant to Section 1004, includes such Additional Amounts.
"Interest Payment Date", with respect to any Security, means the Stated Maturity of an installment of Interest on such Security.
"Judgment Currency" has the meaning specified in Section 116.
"Legal Holidays", with respect to any Place of Payment or other location, means a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banking institutions in such Place of Payment or other location are not authorized or obligated to be open.
"Lien" has the meaning specified in Section 1005.
"Maturity", with respect to any Security, means the date on which the principal of such Security or an installment of principal becomes due and payable as provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, whether at the Stated Maturity or by declaration of acceleration, notice of redemption or repurchase, notice of option to elect repayment or otherwise, and includes the Redemption Date and Change in Control Purchase Date.
"New York Banking Day" has the meaning specified in Section 116.
"Office" or "Agency", with respect to any Securities, means an office
or agency of the Company and the Guarantor maintained or designated in a Place
of Payment for such Securities pursuant to Section 1002 or any other office or
agency of the Company maintained or designated for such Securities pursuant to
Section 1002 or, to the extent designated or required by Section 1002 in lieu of
such office or agency, the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee.
"Officers' Certificate" means a certificate signed by the Chairman of the Board, a Vice Chairman, the President or a Vice President, and by the Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company or the Guarantor, as applicable, that complies with the requirements of Section 314(e) of the Trust Indenture Act and is delivered to the Trustee.
"Opinion of Counsel" means a written opinion of counsel, who may be an employee of or counsel for the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, or other counsel who shall be reasonably acceptable to the Trustee, that, if required by the Trust Indenture Act, complies with the requirements of Section 314(e) of the Trust Indenture Act and is delivered to the Trustee.
"Original Issue Discount Security" means a Security issued pursuant to this Indenture which provides for declaration of an amount less than the principal face amount thereof to be due and payable upon acceleration pursuant to Section 502.
"Outstanding", when used with respect to any Securities, means, as of the date of determination, all such Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered under this Indenture, except:
(a) any such Security theretofore canceled by the Trustee or the Security Registrar or delivered to the Trustee or the Security Registrar for cancellation;
(b) any such Security for whose payment either at the Maturity thereof or upon the Company becoming obligated (subject to withdrawal of any Change in Control Purchase Notice) to pay the Change in Control Purchase Price, money in the necessary amount has been theretofore deposited pursuant hereto (other than pursuant to Section 402) with the Trustee or any Paying Agent (other than the Company or the Guarantor) in trust or set aside and segregated in trust by the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be (if the Company or the Guarantor shall act as its own Paying Agent), for the Holders of such Securities and any Guarantees or Coupons appertaining thereto, provided that, if such Securities are to be redeemed, notice of such redemption has been duly given pursuant to this Indenture or provision therefor satisfactory to the Trustee has been made;
(c) any such Security with respect to which the Company or the
Guarantor has effected defeasance or covenant defeasance pursuant to
Section 402, except to the extent provided in Section 402;
(d) any such Security which has 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, unless there shall have been presented to the Trustee proof satisfactory to it that such Security is held by a protected purchaser in whose hands such Security is a valid obligation of the Company; and
(e) if the Securities are convertible or exchangeable into other securities, cash or property, Securities converted or exchanged as contemplated by this Indenture, and such Securities if such other securities, cash or property have been either (i) delivered to the Holders thereof in accordance with this Indenture or (ii) deposited with and are held by the Paying Agent in trust for the Holders of such Securities in accordance with this Indenture and such Securities, provided in the case of this clause (ii) that any applicable notice of conversion or exchange has been duly given to the Holders thereof pursuant to this Indenture and such securities;
provided, however, that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities have given any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder or are present at a meeting of Holders of Securities for quorum purposes, (i) the principal amount of an Original Issue Discount Security that may be counted in making such determination and that shall be deemed to be Outstanding for such purposes shall be equal to the amount of the principal thereof that pursuant to the terms of such Original Issue Discount Security would be declared (or shall have been declared to be) due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration thereof pursuant to Section 502 at the time of such determination, and (ii) the principal amount of any Indexed Security that may be counted in making such determination and that shall be deemed outstanding for such purpose shall be equal to the principal face amount of such Indexed Security at original issuance, unless otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, and (iii) the principal amount of a Security denominated in a Foreign Currency shall be the Dollar equivalent, determined on the date of original issuance of such Security, of the principal amount (or, in the case of an Original Issue 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 (iv) Securities beneficially owned by the Company, the Guarantor or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the Company, the Guarantor (other than any Trust so long as any of the Preferred Securities of such Trust are outstanding) or such other obligor, shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding, except that, in determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in making any such determination or relying upon any such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver, only Securities which a Responsible Officer of the Trustee knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded. Securities so owned which shall have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the Trustee (A) the pledgee's right so to act with respect to such Securities and (B) that the pledgee is not the Company, the Guarantor or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Coupons appertaining thereto or an Affiliate of the Company, the Guarantor or such other obligor.
"Paying Agent" means any Person authorized by the Company to pay the principal of, or any premium or Interest on, or any Additional Amounts with respect to, any Security or any Coupon on behalf of the Company.
"Person" means any Corporation, partnership, joint-stock company, limited liability company and, except for purposes of Article Eight, individual, trust, joint venture, unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.
"Place of Payment", with respect to any Security, means the place or places where the principal of, any premium or Interest on, or any Additional Amounts with respect to such Security are payable as provided in or pursuant to this Indenture or such Security.
"Predecessor Security" of any particular Security means every previous Security evidencing all or a portion of the same Indebtedness 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 lost, destroyed, mutilated or stolen Security or any Security to which a mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Coupon appertains shall be deemed to evidence the same Indebtedness as the lost, destroyed, mutilated or stolen Security or the Security to which a mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Coupon appertains.
"Preferred Securities" means the preferred securities of a Trust, representing undivided beneficial interests in the assets of such Trust.
"Redemption Date", with respect to any Security or portion thereof to be redeemed, means the date fixed for such redemption by or pursuant to this Indenture or such Security.
"Redemption Price", with respect to any Security or portion thereof to be redeemed, means the price at which it is to be redeemed as determined by or pursuant to this Indenture or such Security.
"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 Registered Security on any Interest Payment Date therefor means the date, if any, specified in or pursuant to this Indenture or such Security as the "Regular Record Date".
"Required Currency" has the meaning specified in Section 116.
"Responsible Officer" means, when used with respect to the Trustee, any officer of the Trustee in its Corporate Trust Office with direct responsibility for the administration of this Indenture 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.
"Sale/Leaseback Transaction" has the meaning specified in Section 1006.
"Security" or "Securities" means any note or notes, bond or bonds, debenture or debentures, or any other evidences of Indebtedness, as the case may be, authenticated and delivered under this Indenture; provided, however, that, if at any time there is more than one Person acting as Trustee under this Indenture, "Securities", with respect to any such Person, shall mean Securities authenticated and delivered under this Indenture, exclusive, however, of Securities of any series as to which such Person is not Trustee.
"Security Exchange" when used with respect to the Securities of any series which are held as assets of a Trust pursuant to the Trust Agreement of such Trust, means the distribution of the securities of such series by such Trust to the holder of the Trust Securities of such Trust in exchange for such Trust Securities upon certain events described in the applicable Trust Agreement of such Trust.
"Security Register" and "Security Registrar" have the respective meanings specified in Section 305.
"Senior Indebtedness" with respect to the Securities of any particular series, means, collectively, Company Senior Indebtedness with respect to the Securities of such series and Guarantor Senior Indebtedness with respect to the Securities of such series.
"Special Record Date" for the payment of any Defaulted Interest on any Registered Security means a date fixed by the Trustee pursuant to Section 307.
"Stated Maturity" with respect to any Security or any installment of principal thereof or Interest thereon or any Additional Amounts with respect thereto, means the date established by or pursuant to this Indenture or such Security as the fixed date on which the principal of such Security or such installment of principal or Interest is, or such Additional Amounts are, due and payable.
"Subsidiary" means any Corporation of which at the time of determination the Guarantor, the Company or one or more other Subsidiaries owns or controls directly or indirectly more than 50% of the shares of Voting Stock.
"Subsidiary Assignee" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 802.
"Succession Date" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 1108.
"Successor" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 802.
"Successor Additional Amounts" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 802.
"Trust" means any statutory trust created or established by the Company as a direct or indirect wholly-owned subsidiary to issue Trust Securities and to use the proceeds from the sale thereof to purchase Securities.
"Trust Agreement" means the agreement or declaration establishing the terms and conditions of a Trust.
"Trust Indenture Act" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, and any reference herein to the Trust Indenture Act or a particular provision thereof shall mean such Act or provision, as the case may be, as amended or replaced from time to time or as supplemented from time to time by rules or regulations adopted by the Commission under or in furtherance of the purposes of such Act or provision, as the case may be.
"Trust Securities" means the Preferred Securities and common securities of a Trust, each representing undivided beneficial interests in the assets of such Trust.
"Trustee" means the Person named as the "Trustee" in the first paragraph of this instrument until a successor Trustee shall have become such with respect to one or more series of Securities pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter "Trustee" shall mean each Person who is then a Trustee hereunder; provided, however, that if at any time there is more than one such Person, "Trustee" shall mean each such Person and as used with respect to the Securities of any series shall mean the Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series.
"United States", except as otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture or any Security, means the United States of America (including the states thereof and the District of Columbia), its territories and possessions and other areas subject to its jurisdiction.
"United States Alien", except as otherwise provided in or pursuant to
this Indenture or any Security, means any Person who, for United States Federal
income tax purposes, is (i) a foreign corporation, (ii) a non-resident alien
individual, (iii) a non-resident alien fiduciary of a foreign estate, (iv) any
trust unless (A) a court within the United States may exercise primary
supervision over the trust's administration, and (B) one or more United States
Aliens has the authority to control all substantial decisions of the trust, or
(v) a foreign partnership one or more of the members of which is, for United
States Federal income tax purposes, a Person described in any of clauses (i)
through (iv) above.
"U.S. Depositary" or "Depositary" means, with respect to any Security issuable or issued in the form of one or more global Securities, the Person designated as U.S. Depositary or Depositary by the Company in or pursuant to this Indenture, which Person must be, to the extent required by applicable law or regulation, a clearing agency registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and, if so provided with respect to any Security, any successor to such Person. If at any time there is more than one such Person, "U.S. Depositary" or "Depositary" shall mean, with respect to any Securities, the qualifying entity which has been appointed with respect to such Securities.
"Vice President", when used with respect to the Guarantor, the Company or the Trustee, means any vice president, whether or not designated by a number or a word or words added before or after the title "Vice President".
"Voting Stock" means stock of a Corporation of the class or classes having general voting power under ordinary circumstances to elect at least a majority of the board of directors, managers or trustees of such Corporation provided that, for the purposes hereof, stock which carries only the right to vote conditionally on the happening of an event shall not be considered voting stock whether or not such event shall have happened.
Section 102. Compliance Certificates and Opinions.
Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Indenture, upon any application or request by the Guarantor or the Company, as applicable, to the Trustee to take any action under any provision of this Indenture, the Guarantor or the Company, as the case may be, shall furnish to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate stating that such action is authorized or permitted by this Indenture and 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 or any of them is specifically required by any provision of this Indenture relating to such particular application or request, no additional certificate or opinion need be furnished.
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 Guarantor or the Company, as applicable, may be based, insofar as it relates to legal matters, upon an Opinion of Counsel, unless such officer knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the opinion with respect to the matters upon which his certificate or opinion is based are erroneous. Any such 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 Guarantor or the Company, as applicable, stating that the information with respect to such factual matters is in the possession of the Guarantor or the Company, as applicable, 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 or any Security, 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 or pursuant to this Indenture to be given or
taken by Holders or by holders of Preferred Securities may be embodied in and
evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by
such Holders or by holders of Preferred Securities in person or by an agent duly
appointed in writing. If, but only if, Securities of a series are issuable as
Bearer Securities, any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice,
consent, waiver or other action provided in or pursuant to this Indenture to be
given or taken by Holders of Securities of such series or by holders of
Preferred Securities may, alternatively, be embodied in and evidenced by the
record of Holders of Securities or by holders of Preferred 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 Fourteen, 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 Guarantor or the Company, as the case may be. 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 or by
holders of Preferred Securities signing such instrument or instruments or 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 315 of the Trust Indenture Act) conclusive in favor of the Trustee, the
Guarantor or the Company, and any agent of the Trustee or the Company or the
Guarantor, if made in the manner provided in this Section 104. The record of any
meeting of Holders of Securities shall be proved in the manner provided in
Section 1406.
Without limiting the generality of this Section 104, unless otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, a Holder, including a U.S. Depositary that is a Holder of a global Security, may make, give or take, by a proxy, or proxies, duly appointed in writing, any request,
demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act provided in or pursuant to this Indenture to be made, given or taken by Holders, and a U.S. Depositary that is a Holder of a global Security may provide its proxy or proxies to the beneficial owners of interests in any such global Security through such U.S. Depositary's standing instructions and customary practices.
The Trustee may fix a record date for the purpose of determining the Persons who are beneficial owners of interest in any permanent global Security held by a U.S. Depositary entitled under the procedures of such U.S. Depositary to make, give or take, by a proxy or proxies duly appointed in writing, any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act provided in or pursuant to this Indenture to be made, given or taken by Holders. If such a record date is fixed, the Holders on such record date or their duly appointed proxy or proxies, and only such Persons, shall be entitled to make, give or take such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act, whether or not such Holders remain Holders after such record date. No such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act shall be valid or effective if made, given or taken more than 90 days after such record date.
(b) The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such instrument or writing may be proved in any reasonable manner which the Trustee deems sufficient and in accordance with such reasonable rules as the Trustee may determine; and the Trustee may in any instance require further proof with respect to any of the matters referred to in this Section 104.
(c) The ownership, principal amount and serial numbers of Registered Securities held by any Person, and the date of the commencement and the date of the termination of holding the same, shall be proved by the Security Register.
(d) The ownership, principal amount and serial numbers of Bearer Securities held by any Person, and the date of the commencement and the date of the termination of holding the same, may be proved by the production of such Bearer Securities or by a certificate executed, as depositary, by any trust company, bank, banker or other depositary reasonably acceptable to the Trustee, the Guarantor and the Company, wherever situated, if such certificate shall be deemed by the Company, the Guarantor and 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 Company, the Guarantor and the Trustee to be satisfactory. The Trustee, the Company and the Guarantor 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, or (2) such Bearer Security is produced to the Trustee by some other Person, or (3) such Bearer Security is surrendered in exchange for a Registered Security, or (4) such Bearer Security is no longer Outstanding. The ownership, principal amount and serial numbers of Bearer Securities held by the Person so executing such instrument or writing and the date of the commencement and the date of the termination of holding the same may also be proved in any other manner which the Trustee, the Guarantor and the Company deem sufficient.
(e) If the Company or the Guarantor shall solicit from the Holders of any Registered Securities any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or
other Act, the Company may at its option (but is not obligated to), by Board Resolution, fix in advance a record date for the determination of Holders of Registered Securities entitled to give such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other 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 Registered Securities of record at the close of business on such record date shall be deemed to be Holders for the purpose of determining whether Holders of the requisite proportion of Outstanding Securities have authorized or agreed or consented to such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act, and for that purpose the Outstanding Securities shall be computed as of such record date; provided that no such authorization, agreement or consent by the Holders of Registered Securities shall be deemed effective unless it shall become effective pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture not later than six months after the record date.
(f) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act by 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 or suffered to be done by the Trustee, any Security Registrar, any Paying Agent, any Conversion Agent or the Company or the Guarantor in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such Act is made upon such Security.
Section 105. Notices, etc. to Trustee, the Company and the Guarantor.
Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act of Holders or other document provided or permitted by this Indenture to be made upon, given or furnished to, or filed with,
(a) the Trustee by any Holder or holder of a Preferred Security, the Guarantor or 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: Institutional Trust Services, or
(b) the Guarantor or the Company by the Trustee or any Holder or holder of a Preferred Security, shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to the Guarantor or the Company, as applicable, addressed to the attention of its 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, the Guarantor or the Company, as applicable.
Section 106. Notice to Holders of Securities; Waiver.
Except as otherwise expressly provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, where this Indenture provides for notice to Holders of Securities of any event,
(a) 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
(b) such notice shall be sufficiently given to Holders of Bearer Securities, if any, if published in an Authorized Newspaper in The City of New York and, if such Securities are then listed on any stock exchange outside the United States, in an Authorized Newspaper in such city as the Company shall advise the Trustee that such stock exchange so requires, on a Business Day at least twice, the first such publication to be not earlier than the earliest date and the second such publication not later than the latest date prescribed for the giving of such notice.
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. Any notice which is mailed in the manner herein provided shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given or provided. In case by reason of the suspension of regular mail service or by reason of any other cause it shall be impracticable to give such notice by mail, then such notification as shall be made with the approval of the Trustee shall constitute a sufficient notification for every purpose hereunder.
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 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 mailed to Holders of Registered Securities as provided above.
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 of Securities shall be filed with the Trustee, but such filing shall not be a condition precedent to the validity of any action taken in reliance upon such waiver.
Section 107. Language of Notices.
Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, election or waiver required or permitted under this Indenture shall be in the English language, except that, if the Company or the Guarantor so elects, any published notice may be in an official language of the country of publication.
Section 108. Conflict with Trust Indenture Act.
If any provision hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with any duties
under any required provision of the Trust Indenture Act imposed hereon by
Section 318(c) thereof, such required provision shall control.
Section 109. 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 110. Successors and Assigns.
All covenants and agreements in this Indenture by the Company or the Guarantor, as applicable, shall bind such party's successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not.
Section 111. Separability Clause.
In case any provision in this Indenture, any Security, any Coupon or any Guarantee 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 112. Benefits of Indenture.
Except as otherwise expressly provided herein with respect to holders of Senior Indebtedness and holders of Preferred Securities, nothing in this Indenture, any Security or any Coupon, or in any Guarantee, express or implied, shall give to any Person, other than the parties hereto, any Security Registrar, any Paying Agent, any Conversion Agent and their successors hereunder and the Holders of Securities or Coupons, any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Indenture.
Section 113. Governing Law.
This Indenture, the Securities, any Coupons and the Guarantees shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York applicable to agreements made or instruments entered into and, in each case, performed in said state without regard to the conflict of laws principles thereof.
Section 114. Legal Holidays.
Unless otherwise specified in or pursuant to this Indenture or any Securities, in any case where any Interest Payment Date, Business Day following any Change in Control Purchase Date or Stated Maturity or Maturity of any Security, or the last date on which a Holder has the right to convert or exchange Securities of a series that are convertible or exchangeable, shall be a Legal Holiday at any Place of Payment, then (notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, any Security, Coupon or Guarantee other than a provision in any Security, Coupon or Guarantee that specifically states that such provision shall apply in lieu hereof) payment need not be made at such Place of Payment on such date, and such Securities need not be converted or exchanged on such date but such payment may be made, and such Securities may be converted or exchanged, on the next succeeding day that is a Business Day at such Place of Payment with the same force and effect as if made on the Interest Payment Date or at the Stated Maturity or Maturity or on such last day for conversion or exchange, and no Interest shall accrue on the amount payable on such date or at such time for the period from and after such Interest Payment Date, Business Day following any Change in Control Purchase Date, Stated Maturity, Maturity or last day for conversion or exchange, as the case may be, to the next succeeding Business Day.
Section 115. Counterparts.
This Indenture may be executed in several counterparts, each of which shall be an original and all of which shall constitute but one and the same instrument.
Section 116. Judgment Currency.
Each of the Company and the Guarantor agrees, to the fullest extent
that it may effectively do so under applicable law, that (a) if for the purpose
of obtaining judgment in any court it is necessary to convert the sum due in
respect of the principal of, or premium or Interest, if any, or Additional
Amounts on the Securities of any series (the "Required Currency") into a
currency in which a judgment will be rendered (the "Judgment Currency"), the
rate of exchange used shall be the rate at which in accordance with normal
banking procedures the Trustee could purchase in The City of New York the
Required Currency with the Judgment Currency on the New York Banking Day
preceding that on which a final unappealable judgment is given and (b) its
obligations under this Indenture to make payments in the Required Currency (i)
shall not be discharged or satisfied by any tender, or any recovery pursuant to
any judgment (whether or not entered in accordance with clause (a)), in any
currency other than the Required Currency, except to the extent that such tender
or recovery shall result in the actual receipt, by the payee, of the full amount
of the Required Currency expressed to be payable in respect of such payments,
(ii) shall be enforceable as an alternative or additional cause of action for
the purpose of recovering in the Required Currency the amount, if any, by which
such actual receipt shall fall short of the full amount of the Required Currency
so expressed to be payable and (iii) shall not be affected by judgment being
obtained for any other sum due under this Indenture. For purposes of the
foregoing, "New York Banking Day" means any day except a Saturday, Sunday or a
legal holiday in The City of New York or a day on which banking institutions in
The City of New York are authorized or obligated by law, regulation or executive
order to be closed.
ARTICLE TWO
SECURITIES AND GUARANTEE FORMS
Section 201. Forms Generally.
Each Guarantee, Registered Security, Bearer Security, Coupon and temporary or permanent global Security issued pursuant to this Indenture shall be in the form established by or pursuant to a Board Resolution, an Officers' Certificate or in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, shall have such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as are required or permitted by or pursuant to this Indenture or any indenture supplemental hereto and may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification and such legends or endorsements placed thereon as may, consistently herewith, be determined by the officers executing such Guarantee, Security or Coupon as evidenced by their execution of such Guarantee, Security or Coupon.
Unless otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture or any Securities, the Securities shall be issuable in registered form without Coupons and shall not be issuable upon the exercise of warrants.
Definitive Securities and definitive Coupons and Guarantees shall be printed, lithographed or engraved or produced by any combination of these methods on a steel engraved border or steel engraved borders or may be produced in any other manner, all as determined by the officers of the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, executing such Securities, Coupons or Guarantees, as evidenced by their execution of such Securities, Coupons or Guarantees.
Section 202. Guarantee by Guarantor; Form of Guarantee.
The Guarantor by its execution of this Indenture hereby agrees with each Holder of a Security authenticated and delivered by the Trustee, and with the Trustee on behalf of each such Holder, to be irrevocably and unconditionally bound by the terms and provisions of the Guarantee set forth below and authorizes the Chairman of the Board, the President or any Vice President or the Treasurer of the Guarantor to execute, manually or by facsimile signature in the name and on behalf of the Guarantor, and to confirm such Guarantee to the Holder of each such Security by his or her execution and delivery of each such Security, with such Guarantee endorsed thereon, authenticated and delivered by the Trustee. When delivered pursuant to the provisions of Section 303 hereof, the Guarantee so set forth on the Security shall bind the Guarantor notwithstanding the fact that such Guarantee does not bear the signature of the Guarantor.
Guarantees to be endorsed on the Securities shall, subject to Section 201, be in substantially the form set forth below:
GUARANTEE
For value received, Apache Corporation, a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Delaware (the "Guarantor," which term includes any successor Person under the Indenture referred to in the Security upon which this Guarantee is endorsed), hereby irrevocably and unconditionally guarantees to the Holder of the Security upon which this Guarantee is endorsed and to the Trustee on behalf of the Trustee and such Holder the due and punctual payment of the principal of, and any premium, and Interest on, and any Additional Amounts with respect to, such Security, and any other amount due and payable pursuant to the terms of the Indenture or payments referred to therein, if any, when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at the Stated Maturity, by declaration of acceleration, call for redemption, repurchase, or otherwise, according to the terms of such Security and of the Indenture referred to therein. In case of the failure of Apache Finance Australia Pty Ltd, a proprietary company with limited liability organized under the laws of the Australian Capital Territory, Australia (the "Company," which term includes any successor corporation under such Indenture), punctually to make any such payment of principal, any premium or Interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to such Security, the Guarantor hereby agrees to cause any such payment to be made punctually when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at the Stated Maturity or by declaration of acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise, and as if such payment were made by the Company.
The Guarantor hereby agrees that its obligations hereunder shall be as if it were principal debtor and not merely surety, and shall be absolute and unconditional, irrespective of, and shall be unaffected by, any invalidity, irregularity or unenforceability
of such Security or such Indenture, any failure to enforce the provisions of such Security or such Indenture, or any waiver, modification or indulgence granted to the Company with respect thereto, by the holder of such Security or the Trustee or any other circumstance which may otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge of a surety or guarantor. The Guarantor hereby waives the benefits of division and discussion, diligence, presentment, demand of payment, filing of claims with a court in the event of merger, insolvency or bankruptcy of the Company, any right to require a proceeding first against the Company, protest or notice with respect to such Security or the indebtedness evidenced thereby and all demands whatsoever, and covenants that this Guarantee will not be discharged except by strict and complete performance of the obligations contained in such Security and this Guarantee. The Guarantor hereby agrees that, in the event of a default in payment of principal of, or any premium or Interest on, or any Additional Amounts with respect to, such Security, or default in any sinking fund or analogous payment referred to therein, legal proceedings may be instituted by the Trustee on behalf of, or by, the Holder of such Security, on the terms and conditions set forth in the Indenture, directly against the Guarantor to enforce this Guarantee without first proceeding against the Company.
The Guarantor shall be subrogated to all rights of the Holder of such Security and the Trustee against the Company in respect of any amounts paid to such Holder by the Guarantor on account of such Security pursuant to the provisions of this Guarantee or the Indenture; provided, however, that the Guarantor shall not be entitled to enforce, or to receive any payments arising out of or based upon, such right of subrogation until the principal of, and any premium and Interest on, and any Additional Amounts required with respect to, all Securities issued under such Indenture shall have been paid in full.
No reference herein to such Indenture and no provision of this Guarantee or of such Indenture shall alter or impair the guarantee of the Guarantor, which is absolute and unconditional, of the due and punctual payment of principal of, any premium and Interest on, and any Additional Amounts required with respect to, the Security upon which this Guarantee is endorsed.
This Guarantee shall not be valid or obligatory for any purpose until the certificate of authentication of the Security upon which this Guarantee is endorsed shall have been manually executed by or on behalf of the Trustee under such Indenture.
All terms used in this Guarantee which are defined in such Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in such Indenture.
This Guarantee shall be deemed to be a contract made under the laws of the State of New York, and for all purposes shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.
This Guarantee is an unsecured obligation of the Guarantor, and is subordinated to all existing and future Guarantor Senior Indebtedness as set forth, and to the extent provided, in the Indenture. The Guarantor agrees, and each Holder by accepting a Security agrees, to the subordination of this Guarantee and authorizes the Trustee to give it effect and appoints the Trustee as attorney-in-fact for such purposes.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Guarantor has caused this Guarantee to be duly executed under its corporate seal and dated the date of the Security upon which this Guarantee is endorsed.
Apache Corporation
Each Guarantee shall be dated the date of the Security upon which it is endorsed. Reference is made to Article Sixteen and Article Eighteen for further provisions with respect to the Guarantees.
Section 203. Form of Trustee's Certificate of Authentication.
Subject to Section 611, 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.
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, as Trustee
Section 204. Securities in Global Form.
Unless otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture or any Securities, the Securities shall not be issuable in temporary or permanent global form. If Securities of a series shall be issuable in global form, any such Security may provide that it or any number of such Securities shall represent the aggregate amount of all Outstanding Securities of such series (or such lesser amount as is permitted by the terms thereof) from time to time endorsed thereon and may also provide that the aggregate amount of Outstanding Securities represented thereby may from time to time be increased or reduced to reflect exchanges. Any endorsement of any Security in global form to reflect the amount, or any increase or decrease in the amount, or changes in the rights of Holders, of Outstanding Securities represented thereby shall be made in such manner and by such Person or Persons as shall be specified therein or in the Company Order or Guarantor Order to be delivered pursuant to Section 303 or 304 with respect thereto. Subject to the provisions of Section 303 and, if applicable, Section 304, the Trustee shall deliver and redeliver any Security in permanent global form in the manner and upon instructions given by the Person or Persons specified therein or in the applicable Company Order or Guarantor Order. If a Company Order or Guarantor Order pursuant to Section 303 or 304 has been, or simultaneously is, delivered,
any instructions by the Company or the Guarantor with respect to a Security in global form shall be in writing but need not be accompanied by or contained in an Officers' Certificate and need not be accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 307, unless otherwise specified in or pursuant to this Indenture or any Securities, payment of principal of, any premium or Interest on or any Additional Amounts in respect of, any Security in temporary or permanent global form shall be made to the Person or Persons specified therein.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 308 and except as provided in the preceding paragraph, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company and the Trustee shall treat the Holder of a global security in registered form as the Holder of the principal amount of Outstanding Securities represented by such global Security.
ARTICLE THREE
THE SECURITIES
Section 301. Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series.
The aggregate principal amount of Securities which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is unlimited. The Securities may be issued in one or more series.
With respect to any Securities to be authenticated and delivered hereunder, there shall be established in or pursuant to a Board Resolution of the Company, an Officers' Certificate of the Company or established in one or more indentures supplemental hereto,
(a) the title of such Securities and the series in which such Securities shall be included;
(b) any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the Securities of such title or the Securities of such series which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture (except for Securities authenticated and delivered upon registration or transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Securities of such series pursuant to Section 304, 305, 306, 905 or 1107, upon repayment on part of any Registered Security of such series pursuant to Article Twelve or upon surrender in part of any Security for conversion into or exchange for Common Stock or other securities, cash or property pursuant to its terms, or pursuant to or as contemplated by the terms of such Securities);
(c) if such Securities are to be issuable as Registered Securities, as Bearer Securities or alternatively as Bearer Securities and Registered Securities, and whether the Bearer Securities are to be issuable with Coupons, without Coupons or both, and any restrictions applicable to the offer, sale or delivery of the Bearer Securities and the terms, if any, upon which Bearer Securities may be exchanged for Registered Securities and vice versa;
(d) if any of such Securities are to be issuable in global form, when any of such Securities are to be issuable in global form and (i) whether such Securities are to be issued in temporary or permanent global form or both, (ii) whether beneficial owners of interests in any such
global Security may exchange such interests for Securities of the same series and of like tenor and of any authorized form and denomination, and the circumstances under which any such exchanges may occur, if other than in the manner specified in Section 305, and (iii) the name of the Depositary or the U.S. Depositary, as the case may be, with respect to any global Security;
(e) if any of such Securities are to be issuable as Bearer Securities or in global form, the date as of which any such Bearer Security or global Security shall be dated (if other than the date of original issuance of the first of such Securities to be issued);
(f) if any of such Securities are to be issuable as Bearer Securities, whether Interest in respect of any portion of a temporary Bearer Security in global form payable in respect of an Interest Payment Date therefor prior to the exchange, if any, of such temporary Bearer Security for definitive Securities shall be paid to any clearing organization with respect to the portion of such temporary Bearer Security held for its account and, in such event, the terms and conditions (including any certification requirements) upon which any such Interest payment received by a clearing organization will be credited to the Persons entitled to Interest payable on such Interest Payment Date;
(g) the date or dates, or the method or methods, if any, by which such date or dates shall be determined, on which the principal of such Securities is payable;
(h) the rate or rates at which such Securities shall bear Interest, if any, or the method or methods, if any, by which such rate or rates are to be determined, the date or dates, if any, from which such Interest shall accrue or the method or methods, if any, by which such date or dates are to be determined, the Interest Payment Dates, if any, on which such Interest shall be payable and the Regular Record Date, if any, for the Interest payable on Registered Securities on any Interest Payment Date, if Additional Amounts on such Securities or any of them shall not be payable as provided in Section 1004, and any deletion from, or modifications or additions to, the provisions of Section 1004 or Section 1108 in respect of the Securities of such series, the notice, if any, to Holders regarding the determination of Interest on a floating rate Security and the manner of giving such notice, and the basis upon which Interest shall be calculated if other than that of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months;
(i) any deletions from, modifications of or additions to the subordination provisions of Article Seventeen with respect to such Securities, whether or not such subordination provisions are consistent with the subordination provisions set forth therein;
(j) the right, if any, to extend the Interest payment periods and the duration of any such extension, including the maximum consecutive period, if any, during which Interest payment periods may be extended;
(k) if in addition to or other than the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, the place or places where the principal of, any premium and Interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to such Securities shall be payable, any of such Securities that are Registered Securities may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange and notices or demands to or upon the Company or the Guarantor in respect of such Securities and this Indenture may be served, the extent to which, or the manner in which, any Interest payment or Additional
Amounts on a global Security on an Interest Payment Date, will be paid and the manner in which any principal of or premium, if any, on any global Security will be paid;
(l) whether any of such Securities are to be redeemable at the option of the Company and, if so, the date or dates on which, the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which and the other terms and conditions upon which such Securities may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option of the Company;
(m) the obligation, if any, of the Company to redeem or purchase Securities of the series pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous provisions (including payments made in cash in anticipation of future sinking fund obligations) or at the option of a Holder and the date or dates on which or 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;
(n) whether the Securities of the series will be convertible into and/or exchangeable for Common Stock or other securities, whether or not issued by the Company, cash or property and the terms and conditions of any such conversion or exchange and, if so provided, the terms and conditions upon which such Securities will be convertible or exchangeable, and any deletions from or modifications or additions to this Indenture to permit or to facilitate the issuance of such convertible or exchangeable Securities or the administration thereof;
(o) the denominations in which any of such Securities that are Registered Securities shall be issuable if other than denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof, and the denominations in which any of such Securities that are Bearer Securities shall be issuable if other than the denomination of $5,000;
(p) if other than the principal amount thereof, the portion of the principal amount of any of such Securities that shall be payable upon declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 502 or the method by which such portion is to be determined;
(q) if other than Dollars, the Foreign Currency in which payment of the principal of, any premium or Interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to any of such Securities shall be payable;
(r) if the principal of, any premium or Interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to any of such Securities are to be payable, at the election of the Company or a Holder thereof or otherwise, in Dollars or in a Foreign Currency other than that in which such Securities are stated to be payable, the date or dates on which, the period or periods within which, and the other terms and conditions upon which, such election may be made, and the time and manner of determining the exchange rate between the Currency in which such Securities are stated to be payable and the Currency in which such Securities or any of them are to be paid pursuant to such election, and any deletions from or modifications of or additions to the terms of this Indenture to provide for or to facilitate the issuance of Securities denominated or payable, at the election of the Company or a Holder thereof or otherwise, in a Foreign Currency;
(s) whether the amount of payments of principal of, any premium or Interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to such Securities may be determined with reference to an
index, formula or other method or methods (which index, formula or method or methods may be based, without limitation, on one or more Currencies, commodities, equity indices or other indices), and, if so, the terms and conditions upon which and the manner in which such amounts shall be determined and paid or payable;
(t) any deletions from, modifications of or additions to the Events of Default or covenants of the Company or the Guarantor with respect to any of such Securities, whether or not such Events of Default or covenants are consistent with the Events of Default or covenants set forth herein;
(u) if either or both of Section 402(2) relating to defeasance or
Section 402(3) relating to covenant defeasance shall not be applicable to the
Securities of such series, or any covenants in addition to those specified in
Section 402(3) relating to the Securities of such series shall be subject to
covenant defeasance, and any deletions from, or modifications or additions to,
the provisions of Article Four in respect of the Securities of such series;
(v) if any of such Securities are to be issuable upon the exercise of warrants, and the time, manner and place for such Securities to be authenticated and delivered;
(w) if any of such Securities are to be issuable in global form and are to be issuable in definitive form (whether upon original issue or upon exchange of a temporary Security) only upon receipt of certain certificates or other documents or satisfaction of other conditions, then the form and terms of such certificates, documents or conditions;
(x) if there is more than one Trustee, the identity of the Trustee and, if not the Trustee, the identity of each Security Registrar, Paying Agent, Conversion Agent or Authenticating Agent with respect to such Securities;
(y) the Change in Control Purchase Price, if applicable;
(z) the name of the applicable Trust (which shall distinguish such statutory trust from all other Trusts), if any, to which the Securities of such series are to be deposited as assets and the date of its Trust Agreement; and
(aa) any other terms of such Securities and any deletions from or modifications or additions to this Indenture in respect of such Securities.
All Securities (and Guarantees endorsed thereon) of any one series and all Coupons, if any, appertaining to Bearer Securities of such series shall be substantially identical except as to Currency of payments due thereunder, denomination and the rate of Interest, or method of determining the rate of Interest, if any, Maturity, and the date from which Interest, if any, shall accrue and except as may otherwise be provided by the Company in or pursuant to the Board Resolution and set forth in the Officers' Certificate or in any indenture or indentures supplemental hereto pertaining to such series of Securities. The terms of the Securities of any series may provide, without limitation, that the Securities shall be authenticated and delivered by the Trustee on original issue from time to time upon telephonic or written order of persons designated in the Officers' Certificate or supplemental indenture (telephonic instructions to be promptly confirmed in writing by such person) and that such persons are authorized to determine, consistent with such
Officers' Certificate or any applicable supplemental indenture, such terms and conditions of the Securities of such series as are specified in such Officers' Certificate or supplemental indenture. All Securities of any one series need not be issued at the same time and, unless otherwise so provided by the Company, a series may be reopened for issuances of additional Securities of such series or to establish additional terms of such series of Securities.
If any of the terms of the Securities of any series shall be established by action taken by or pursuant to a Board Resolution, the Board Resolutions of the Company and the Guarantor shall be delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Officers' Certificate setting forth the terms of such series.
Section 302. Currency; Denominations.
Unless otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, the principal of, any premium and Interest on and any Additional Amounts with respect to the Securities shall be payable in Dollars. Unless otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, Registered Securities denominated in Dollars shall be issuable in registered form without Coupons in denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof, and the Bearer Securities denominated in Dollars shall be issuable in the denomination of $5,000. Securities not denominated in Dollars shall be issuable in such denominations as are established with respect to such Securities in or pursuant to this Indenture.
Section 303. Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating.
Securities shall be executed on behalf of the Company by its Chairman of the Board, one of its Vice Chairmen, its President, its Treasurer, one of its Assistant Treasurers, one of its Directors or one of its Vice Presidents under its corporate seal reproduced thereon and attested by its Secretary, its Treasurer or one of its Assistant Secretaries or Assistant Treasurers. Coupons shall be executed on behalf of the Company by the Treasurer, one of its Vice Presidents or any Assistant Treasurer of the Company. The signature of any of these officers on the Securities or any Coupons appertaining thereto may be manual or facsimile.
Securities, and any Coupons 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 or Coupons.
At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of this Indenture, the Company may deliver Securities, together with any Coupons appertaining thereto, executed by the Company, with Guarantees endorsed thereon by the Guarantor, to the Trustee for authentication and, provided that the Board Resolutions and Officers' Certificates or supplemental indenture or indentures with respect to such Securities referred to in Section 301 and a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of such Securities and a Guarantor Order approving the delivery of the Guarantees endorsed thereon have been delivered to the Trustee, the Trustee in accordance with the Company Order and subject to the provisions hereof and of such Securities shall authenticate and deliver such Securities having such Guarantees. In authenticating such
Securities, and accepting the additional responsibilities under this Indenture in relation to such Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto, and the Guarantees endorsed thereon, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and (subject to Sections 315(a) through 315(d) of the Trust Indenture Act) shall be fully protected in relying upon,
(1) an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that:
(a) the form or forms and terms of such Securities and Coupons, if any, and Guarantees have been established in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture;
(b) all conditions precedent to the authentication and delivery of such Securities and Coupons, if any, appertaining thereto, have been complied with and that such Securities and Coupons, when completed by appropriate insertions, executed under the Company's corporate seal and attested by duly authorized officers of the Company, delivered by duly authorized officers of the Company to the Trustee for authentication pursuant to this Indenture, and 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 legally valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms, except as enforcement thereof may be subject to or limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, arrangement, fraudulent conveyance, fraudulent transfer or other similar laws relating to or affecting creditors' rights generally, and subject to general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in a proceeding in equity or at law) and will entitle the Holders thereof to the benefits of this Indenture, including the Guarantee; such Opinion of Counsel need express no opinion as to the availability of equitable remedies;
(c) Guarantees, when executed under the Guarantor's corporate seal and attested by duly authorized officers of the Guarantor and endorsed upon a Security that is authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and issued by the Company in the manner and subject to any condition specified in such Opinion of Counsel, will constitute legally valid and binding obligations of the Guarantor, enforceable against the Guarantor in accordance with its terms, except as enforcement thereof may be subject to or limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, arrangement, fraudulent conveyance, fraudulent transfer or other similar laws relating to or affecting creditors' rights generally, and subject to general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in a proceeding in equity or at law) and will entitle the Holders to the benefits of this Indenture; such Opinion of Counsel need express no opinion as to the availability of equitable remedies;
(d) all laws and requirements in respect of the execution and delivery by the Company of such Securities and Coupons, if any, have been complied with; and
(e) This Indenture has been qualified under the Trust Indenture Act; and
(2) Officers' Certificates of the Company and the Guarantor stating that, in each case, to the best knowledge of the Persons executing such certificate, no event which is, or after notice or lapse of time or both would become, an Event of Default with respect to any of the Securities or the Guarantees shall have occurred and be continuing.
If all the Securities of any series are not to be issued at one time, it shall not be necessary to deliver an Opinion of Counsel and Officers' Certificates at the time of issuance of each Security, but such opinion and certificate, with appropriate modifications, shall be delivered at or before the time of issuance of the first Security of such series. After any such first delivery, any separate request by the Company that the Trustee authenticate Securities of such series for original issue will be deemed to be a certification by the Company and the Guarantor that all conditions precedent provided for in this Indenture relating to authentication and delivery of such Securities continue to have been complied with.
The Trustee shall not be required to authenticate or to cause an Authenticating Agent to authenticate any Securities if the issue of such Securities pursuant to this Indenture will affect the Trustee's own rights, duties or immunities under the Securities and this Indenture or otherwise in a manner which is not reasonably acceptable to the Trustee or if the Trustee, being advised by counsel, determines that such action may not lawfully be taken.
Each Registered Security shall be dated the date of its authentication. Each Bearer Security and any Bearer Security in global form shall be dated as of the date specified in or pursuant to this Indenture.
No Security or Guarantee 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 in Section 202 or 611 executed by or on behalf of the Trustee or by the Authenticating Agent by the manual signature of one of its authorized officers. Such certificate upon any Security shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such Security has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder. Except as permitted by Section 306 or 307, the Trustee shall not authenticate and deliver any Bearer Security or related Guarantee unless all Coupons appertaining thereto then matured have been detached and canceled.
Section 304. Temporary Securities.
Pending the preparation of definitive Securities, the Company may execute and deliver to the Trustee and, upon Company Order and Guarantor Order, the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in the manner provided in Section 303, temporary Securities in lieu thereof which are printed, lithographed, typewritten, mimeographed 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 or pursuant to this Indenture, in bearer form with one or more Coupons or without Coupons and having endorsed thereon Guarantees of the Guarantor substantially of the tenor of the definitive Guarantees, and with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as the officers executing such Securities or Guarantees may determine, as conclusively evidenced by their execution of such Securities or Guarantees, as the case may be. Such temporary Securities may be in global form.
Except in the case of temporary Securities in global form, which shall be exchanged in accordance with the provisions thereof, if temporary Securities are issued, the Company shall cause definitive Securities to be prepared without unreasonable delay. After the preparation of definitive Securities of the same series and containing terms and provisions that are identical to
those of any temporary Securities, such temporary Securities shall be exchangeable for such definitive Securities with Guarantees of the Guarantor endorsed thereon upon surrender of such temporary Securities at an Office or Agency for such Securities, without charge to any Holder thereof. Upon surrender for cancellation of any one or more temporary Securities (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 authorized denominations of the same series and containing identical terms and provisions, each with a Guarantee of the Guarantor endorsed thereon; provided, however, that no definitive Bearer Security, except as provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, shall be delivered in exchange for a temporary Registered Security; and provided, further, that a definitive Bearer Security shall be delivered in exchange for a temporary Bearer Security only in compliance with the conditions set forth in or pursuant to this Indenture. Unless otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture with respect to a temporary global Security, until so exchanged the temporary Securities of any series shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as definitive Securities of such series.
Section 305. Registration, Transfer and Exchange.
With respect to the Registered Securities of each series, if any, the Company shall cause to be kept a register (each such register being herein sometimes referred to as the "Security Register") at an Office or Agency for such series in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Company shall provide for the registration of the Registered Securities of such series and of transfers of the Registered Securities of such series. Such Office or Agency shall be the "Security Registrar" for that series of Securities. Unless otherwise specified in or pursuant to this Indenture or the Securities, the Trustee shall be the initial Security Registrar for each series of Securities. The Company shall have the right to remove and replace from time to time the Security Registrar for any series of Securities; provided that no such removal or replacement shall be effective until a successor Security Registrar with respect to such series of Securities shall have been appointed by the Company and shall have accepted such appointment by the Company. In the event that the Trustee shall not be or shall cease to be Security Registrar with respect to a series of Securities, it shall have the right to examine the Security Register for such series at all reasonable times. There shall be only one Security Register for each series of Securities.
Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Registered Security of any series at any Office or Agency for such series, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Registered Securities of the same series denominated as authorized in or pursuant to this Indenture, of a like aggregate principal amount bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding and containing identical terms and provisions, having Guarantees duly endorsed thereon.
At the option of the Holder, Registered Securities of any series may be exchanged for other Registered Securities of the same series containing identical terms and provisions, in any authorized denominations, and of a like aggregate principal amount, upon surrender of the Securities to be exchanged at any Office or Agency for such series. Whenever any Registered Securities are so surrendered for exchange, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver, the Registered Securities which the Holder making the exchange is entitled to receive having Guarantees duly endorsed thereon.
If provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, with respect to Securities of any series, at the option of the Holder, Bearer Securities of such series may be exchanged for Registered Securities of such series containing identical terms, denominated as authorized in or pursuant to this Indenture and in the same aggregate principal amount, upon surrender of the Bearer Securities to be exchanged at any Office or Agency for such series, 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, the Guarantor 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, the Guarantor 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 Bearer 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 for such series located outside the United States. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in case a Bearer Security of any series is surrendered at any such Office or Agency for such series in exchange for a Registered Security of such series 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 date for payment of Defaulted Interest, such Bearer Security shall be surrendered without the Coupon relating to such Interest Payment Date or proposed date of payment, as the case may be (or, if such Coupon is so surrendered with such Bearer Security, such Coupon shall be returned to the Person so surrendering the Bearer Security), and Interest or Defaulted Interest, as the case may be, shall 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 shall be payable only to the Holder of such Coupon when due in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture.
If provided in or pursuant to this Indenture with respect to Securities of any series, at the option of the Holder, Registered Securities of such series may be exchanged for Bearer Securities upon such terms and conditions as may be provided in or pursuant to this Indenture with respect to such series.
Whenever any Securities are surrendered for exchange as contemplated by the immediately preceding two paragraphs, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the Securities, having endorsed thereon Guarantees of the Guarantor, which the Holder making the exchange is entitled to receive.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, except as otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, any global Security shall be exchangeable for definitive Securities only if (i) the Depositary is at any time unwilling, unable or ineligible to continue as Depositary and a successor
depository is not appointed by the Company within 90 days of the date the Company is so informed in writing, (ii) the Company executes and delivers to the Trustee a Company Order to the effect that such global Security shall be so exchangeable, or (iii) an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing with respect to the Securities. If the beneficial owners of interests in a global Security are entitled to exchange such interests for definitive Securities as the result of an event described in clause (i), (ii) or (iii) of the preceding sentence, 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 such form and denominations as are required by or pursuant to this Indenture, and of the same series, containing identical terms and in aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of such global Security, executed by the Company. On or after the earliest date on which such interests may be so exchanged, such global Security shall be surrendered from time to time by the U.S. Depositary or such other Depositary as shall be specified in the Company Order with respect thereto, and in accordance with instructions given to the Trustee and the U.S. Depositary or such other Depositary, as the case may be (which instructions shall be in writing but need not be contained in or accompanied by an Officers' Certificate or be accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel), as shall be specified in the Company Order with respect thereto to the Trustee, as the Company's agent for such purpose, to be exchanged, in whole or in part, for definitive Securities as described above without charge. The Trustee shall authenticate and make available for delivery, in exchange for each portion of such surrendered global Security, a like aggregate principal amount of definitive Securities of the same series of authorized denominations and of like tenor as the portion of such global Security to be exchanged, which (unless such Securities are not issuable both as Bearer Securities and as Registered Securities, in which case the definitive Securities exchanged for the global Security shall be issuable only in the form in which the Securities are issuable, as provided in or pursuant to this Indenture) shall be in the form of Bearer Securities or Registered Securities, or any combination thereof, as shall be specified by the beneficial owner thereof, but subject to the satisfaction of any certification or other requirements to the issuance of Bearer Securities; provided, however, that no such exchanges may occur during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before any selection of Securities of the same series to be redeemed and ending on the relevant Redemption Date; and provided, further, that (unless otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture) no Bearer Security delivered in exchange for a portion of a global Security shall be mailed or otherwise delivered to any location in the United States. Promptly following any such exchange in part, such global Security shall be returned by the Trustee to such Depositary or the U.S. Depositary, as the case may be, or such other Depositary or U.S. Depositary referred to above in accordance with the instructions of the Company referred to above. If a Registered Security is issued in exchange for any portion of a global Security after the close of business at the Office or Agency for such Security where such exchange occurs on or after (i) any Regular Record Date for such Security and before the opening of business at such Office or Agency on the next Interest Payment Date, or (ii) any Special Record Date for such Security and before the opening of business at such Office or Agency on the related proposed date for payment of Interest or Defaulted Interest, as the case may be, Interest shall 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 shall 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 global Security shall be payable in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture.
All Securities issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities and all Guarantees endorsed thereon shall be the valid obligations of the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, evidencing the same debt and entitling the Holders thereof to the same benefits under this Indenture as the Securities and Guarantees endorsed thereon surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.
Every Registered Security presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or for exchange or redemption shall (if so required by the Company or the Security Registrar for such Security) be duly endorsed, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar for such Security duly executed by the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing.
No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange, or redemption of Securities, but the Company or the Trustee may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge.
Except as otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, the Company shall not be required (i) to issue, register the transfer of or exchange any Securities during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before the day of the selection for redemption of Securities of like tenor and the same series under Section 1103 and ending at the close of business on the day of such selection, or (ii) to register the transfer of or exchange any Registered Security so selected for redemption in whole or in part, except in the case of any Security to be redeemed in part, the portion thereof not to be redeemed, or (iii) to exchange any Bearer Security so selected for redemption except, to the extent provided with respect to such Bearer Security, that such Bearer Security may be exchanged for a Registered Security of like tenor and the same series, provided that such Registered Security shall be immediately surrendered for redemption with written instruction for payment consistent with the provisions of this Indenture or (iv) to issue, register the transfer of or exchange any Security which, in accordance with its terms, has been surrendered for repayment at the option of the Holder, except the portion, if any, of such Security not to be so repaid.
Section 306. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities.
If any mutilated Security or a Security with a mutilated Coupon appertaining to it is surrendered to the Trustee, subject to the provisions of this Section 306, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a new Security of the same series containing identical terms and of like principal amount, having endorsed thereon the Guarantee of the Guarantor and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding, with Coupons appertaining thereto corresponding to the Coupons, if any, appertaining to the surrendered Security.
If there be delivered to the Company, the Guarantor and to 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, the Guarantor or the Trustee that such
Security or Coupon has been acquired by a protected purchaser, the Company shall
execute and, upon Company Request the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in
exchange for or in lieu
of any such mutilated, 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 containing identical terms and of like principal amount having endorsed thereon the Guarantee of the Guarantor 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.
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 306, in case any 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, any premium or Interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to any Bearer Securities shall, except as otherwise provided in Section 1002, be payable only at an Office or Agency for such Securities located outside the United States and, unless otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, any Interest on Bearer Securities and any Additional Amounts with respect to such Interest shall be payable only upon presentation and surrender of the Coupons appertaining thereto.
Upon the issuance of any new Security under this Section 306, the Company or the Trustee 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, with any Coupons appertaining thereto, and the Guarantee of the Guarantor endorsed thereon, issued pursuant to this Section 306 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 a separate obligation of the Company and the Guarantor, respectively, whether or not the destroyed, lost or stolen Security and Coupons appertaining thereto or the destroyed, lost or stolen Coupon shall be at any time enforceable by anyone, and shall be entitled to all the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with any and all other Securities of such series and any Coupons and related Guarantees duly issued hereunder.
The provisions of this Section 306, as amended or supplemented pursuant to this Indenture with respect to particular Securities or generally, shall be 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 and Certain Additional Amounts; Rights to Interest and Certain Additional Amounts Preserved.
Unless otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, any Interest on and any Additional Amounts with respect to any Registered Security which shall be payable, and are punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date shall be paid to the Person in whose name such Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered as of the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such Interest. Unless otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, in case a Bearer Security is surrendered in exchange for a Registered Security
after the close of business at an Office or Agency for such Security on any Regular Record Date therefor and before the opening of business at such Office or Agency on the next succeeding Interest Payment Date therefor, such Bearer Security shall be surrendered without the Coupon relating to such Interest Payment Date and Interest shall not be payable on such Interest Payment Date in respect of the Registered Security issued in exchange for such Bearer Security, but shall be payable only to the Holder of such Coupon when due in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture.
Unless otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, any Interest on and any Additional Amounts with respect to any Registered Security which shall be payable, but shall not be punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date for such Registered Security (herein called "Defaulted Interest") shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder thereof on the relevant Regular Record Date by virtue of having been such Holder; and such Defaulted Interest may be paid by the Company or the Guarantor, at its election in each case, as provided in Clause (1) or (2) below:
(1) The Company or the Guarantor may elect to make payment of any Defaulted Interest to the Person in whose name such Registered Security (or a Predecessor Security thereof) shall be 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 or the Guarantor shall notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of Defaulted Interest proposed to be paid on such Registered Security and the date of the proposed payment, and at the same time the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, 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 on or prior to the date of the proposed payment, such money when so deposited to be held in trust for the benefit of the Person 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 the Holder of such Registered Security (or a Predecessor Security thereof) at his address as it appears in the Security Register not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date. The Trustee may, in its discretion, in the name and at the expense of the Company cause a similar notice to be published at least once in an Authorized Newspaper of general circulation in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, but such publication shall not be a condition precedent to the establishment of such Special Record Date. Notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor having been mailed as aforesaid, such Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the Person in whose name such Registered Security (or a Predecessor Security thereof) shall be registered at the close of business on such Special Record Date and shall no longer be payable pursuant to the following clause (2). In case a Bearer Security is surrendered at the Office or Agency for such Security in exchange for a Registered Security after the close of business at such Office or Agency on 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 Defaulted Interest and Defaulted Interest shall not be payable on such
proposed date of payment in respect of the Registered Security issued in exchange for such Bearer Security, but shall be payable only to the Holder of such Coupon when due in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture.
(2) The Company or the Guarantor may make payment of any Defaulted Interest in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which such Security may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, if, after notice given by the Company or the Guarantor to the Trustee of the proposed payment pursuant to this Clause, such payment shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee.
Unless otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture or the Securities of any particular series, at the option of the Company, Interest on Registered Securities that bear Interest may be paid by mailing a check to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register or by transfer to an account maintained by the payee with a bank located in the United States.
Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section 307 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.
If any convertible or exchangeable Security of any series is converted or exchanged after any Regular Record Date and on or prior to the next succeeding Interest Payment Date (other than any Security with respect to which the Stated Maturity Date is prior to such Interest Payment Date), Interest that is due on such Interest Payment Date shall be payable on such Interest Payment Date notwithstanding such conversion or exchange, and such Interest (whether or not punctually paid or duly provided for ) shall be paid to the Person in whose name that Security is registered at the close of business on such Regular Record Date. Except as otherwise expressly provided in the immediately preceding sentence, in the case of any Security that is converted or exchanged, Interest shall not be payable if the Regular Record Date is after the date of conversion or exchange of such Security.
Section 308. Persons Deemed Owners.
Prior to due presentment of a Registered Security for registration of transfer, the Company, the Guarantor, the Trustee and any agent of the Company, the Guarantor or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name such Registered Security is registered in the Security Register as the owner of such Registered Security for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of, any premium and (subject to Sections 305 and 307) Interest on and any Additional Amounts with respect to such Registered Security and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not any payment with respect to such Registered Security shall be overdue, and neither the Company, the Guarantor nor the Trustee or any agent of the Company, the Guarantor or the Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
The Company, the Guarantor, the Trustee and any agent of the Company, the Guarantor or the Trustee may treat the bearer of any Bearer Security or the bearer of any Coupon as the absolute owner of such Security or Coupon for the purpose of receiving payment thereof or
on account thereof and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not any payment with respect to such Security or Coupon shall be overdue, and neither the Company, the Guarantor, the Trustee nor any agent of the Company, the Guarantor or the Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
No holder of any beneficial interest in any global Security held on its behalf by a Depositary shall have any rights under this Indenture with respect to such global Security, and such Depositary may be treated by the Company, the Guarantor, the Trustee, and any agent of the Company, the Guarantor or the Trustee as the owner of such global Security for all purposes whatsoever. None of the Company, the Guarantor, the Trustee, any Paying Agent, Conversion 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 global Security 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, exchange or conversion or for credit against any sinking fund payment shall, if surrendered to any Person other than the Trustee, be delivered to the Trustee, and any such Securities and Coupons, as well as Securities and Coupons surrendered directly to the Trustee for any such purpose, shall be canceled promptly by the Trustee. The Company or the Guarantor may at any time deliver to the Trustee for cancellation any Securities or Coupons previously authenticated and delivered hereunder which the Company or the Guarantor may have acquired in any manner whatsoever, and all Securities or Coupons so delivered shall be canceled promptly by the Trustee. No Securities or Coupons shall be authenticated in lieu of or in exchange for any Securities canceled as provided in this Section 309, except as expressly permitted by or pursuant to this Indenture. All canceled Securities and Coupons held by the Trustee shall be destroyed by the Trustee in accordance with its customary procedures, unless by a Company Order or Guarantor Order, the Company or the Guarantor directs their return to it.
Section 310. Computation of Interest.
Except as otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture or in any Security, Interest on the Securities shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.
ARTICLE FOUR
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE
Section 401. Satisfaction and Discharge.
Upon the direction of the Company by a Company Order or the Guarantor by a Guarantor Order, this Indenture shall cease to be of further effect with respect to any series of Securities specified in such Company Order or Guarantor Order and any Coupons appertaining thereto, and the Trustee, on receipt of a Company Order or Guarantor Order, at the expense of the
Company and the Guarantor, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture as to such series, when
(1) either
(a) all Securities of such series theretofore authenticated and delivered and all Coupons appertaining thereto (other than (i) Coupons appertaining to Bearer Securities of such series surrendered in exchange for Registered Securities of such series and maturing after such exchange whose surrender is not required or has been waived as provided in Section 305, (ii) Securities and Coupons of such series which have been destroyed, lost or stolen and which have been replaced or paid as provided in Section 306, (iii) Coupons appertaining to Securities of such series called for redemption and maturing after the relevant Redemption Date whose surrender has been waived as provided in Section 1107, and (iv) Securities and Coupons of such series for whose payment money in the applicable Currency has theretofore been deposited in trust or segregated and held in trust by the Company or the Guarantor and thereafter repaid to the Company or the Guarantor or discharged from such trust, as provided in Section 1003) have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or
(b) all Securities of such series and, in the case of (i) or (ii) below, any Coupons appertaining thereto not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation
(i) have become due and payable, or
(ii) will become due and payable at their Stated Maturity within one year, or
(iii) if redeemable at the option of the Company, are to be called for redemption within one year under arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption by the Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of the Company,
and the Company or the Guarantor, in the case of (i), (ii) or (iii) above, has deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in trust for such purpose, money in the Currency in which such Securities are payable in an amount sufficient to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness on such Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, including the principal of, any premium and Interest on, and any Additional Amounts with respect to such Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto, to the date of such deposit (in the case of Securities which have become due and payable) or to the Maturity thereof, as the case may be;
(2) the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable hereunder by the Company with respect to the Outstanding Securities of such series and any Coupons appertaining thereto; and
(3) the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, 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 as to such series have been complied with.
In the event there are Securities of two or more series hereunder, the Trustee shall be required to execute an instrument acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture only if requested to do so with respect to Securities of such series as to which it is Trustee and if the other conditions thereto are met.
Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture with
respect to any series of Securities, the obligations of the Company and the
Guarantor to the Trustee under Section 606 and, if money shall have been
deposited with the Trustee pursuant to subclause (b) of clause (1) of this
Section 401, the obligations of the Trustee, the Guarantor and the Company with
respect to the Securities of such series under Sections 305, 306, 403, 1002,
1003 and Article Twelve, with respect to the payment of Additional Amounts, if
any, with respect to such Securities as contemplated by Section 1004 (but only
to the extent that the Additional Amounts payable with respect to such
Securities exceed the amount deposited in respect of such Additional Amounts
pursuant to subclause (b) of clause (1) of this Section 401, and, unless
otherwise provided pursuant to Section 301 with respect to the Securities of
such series, any rights to convert or exchange the Securities of such series
into other securities in accordance with their terms), shall survive.
Section 402. Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance.
(1) Unless, pursuant to Section 301, either or both of (i) defeasance
of the Securities of or within a series under clause (2) of this Section 402, or
(ii) covenant defeasance of the Securities of or within a series under clause
(3) of this Section 402 shall not be applicable with respect to the Securities
of such series, then such provisions, together with the other provisions of this
Section 402 (with such modifications thereto as may be specified pursuant to
Section 301 with respect to any Securities), shall be applicable to such
Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto, and the Company may at its
option by Board Resolution or Officers' Certificate, at any time, with respect
to such Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto, elect to have Section
402(2) or Section 402(3) be applied to such Outstanding Securities and any
Coupons appertaining thereto upon compliance with the conditions set forth below
in this Section 402.
(2) Upon the Company's exercise of the above option applicable to this
Section 402(2) with respect to any Securities of or within a series, the Company
and the Guarantor shall be deemed to have been discharged from their respective
obligations with respect to such Outstanding Securities and any Coupons
appertaining thereto, and with respect to the Guarantees endorsed thereon, on
the date the conditions set forth in clause (4) of this Section 402 are
satisfied (hereinafter, "defeasance"). For this purpose, such defeasance means
that the Company and the Guarantor shall be deemed to have paid and discharged
the entire Indebtedness represented by such Outstanding Securities and any
Coupons appertaining thereto, and such corresponding Guarantees, which shall
thereafter be deemed to be "Outstanding" only for the purposes of clause (5) of
this Section 402 and the other Sections of this Indenture referred to in clauses
(i) and (ii) below, and to have satisfied all of its other obligations under
such Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto and this Indenture insofar
as such Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto are concerned (and the
Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments
acknowledging the same), except for the following which shall survive until
otherwise terminated or discharged hereunder: (i) the rights of Holders of such
Outstanding Securities and any Guarantees and Coupons appertaining thereto to
receive, solely from the trust fund described in clause (4) of this Section 402
and as more fully set forth in such Section, payments of the
principal of, any premium and Interest or any Additional Amounts with respect to, such Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto when such payments are due, and any rights of Holder to convert or exchange such Securities into or for Common Stock or other securities, cash or property, (ii) the obligations of the Company and the Trustee with respect to such Securities under Sections 305, 306, 1002 and 1003, with respect to the payment of Additional Amounts, if any, on such Securities as contemplated by Section 1004 (but only to the extent that the Additional Amounts payable with respect to such Securities exceed the amount deposited in respect of such Additional Amounts pursuant to Section 402(4)(a) below), and any obligations of the Guarantor relating to a surviving obligation of the Company, (iii) the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee hereunder and (iv) this Section 402. The Company may exercise its option under this Section 402(2) notwithstanding the prior exercise of its option under clause (3) of this Section 402 with respect to such Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto.
(3) Upon the Company's exercise of the above option applicable to this
Section 402(3) with respect to any Securities of or within a series, the Company
and the Guarantor, to the extent specified pursuant to Section 301, shall be
released from their respective obligations in respect of any covenant applicable
to such Securities or the Guarantees endorsed thereon, with respect to such
Outstanding Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto on and after the
date the conditions set forth in clause (4) of this Section 402 are satisfied
(hereinafter, "covenant defeasance"), and such Securities and any Coupons
appertaining thereto shall thereafter be deemed to be not "Outstanding" for the
purposes of any direction, waiver, consent or declaration or Act of Holders (and
the consequences of any thereof) in connection with any such covenant, but shall
continue to be deemed "Outstanding" for all other purposes hereunder. For this
purpose, such covenant defeasance means that, with respect to such Outstanding
Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto and the Guarantees endorsed
thereon, the Company and the Guarantor may omit to comply with, and shall have
no liability in respect of, any term, condition or limitation set forth in any
such Section or such other covenant, whether directly or indirectly, by reason
of any reference elsewhere herein to any such Section or such other covenant or
by reason of reference in any such Section or such other covenant to any other
provision herein or in any other document and such omission to comply shall not
constitute a default or an Event of Default under Section 501(3) or 501(4) or
otherwise, as the case may be, but, except as specified above, the remainder of
this Indenture and such Securities and Coupons appertaining thereto and the
Guarantees endorsed thereon shall be unaffected thereby.
(4) The following shall be the conditions to application of clause (2) or (3) of this Section 402 to any Outstanding Securities of or within a series and any Coupons appertaining thereto and the Guarantees endorsed thereon:
(a) The Company or the Guarantor shall irrevocably have deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee (or another trustee satisfying the requirements of Section 607 who shall agree to comply with the provisions of this Section 402 applicable to it) as trust funds in trust for the purpose of making the following payments, specifically pledged as security for, and dedicated solely to, the benefit of the Holders of such Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto,
(1) an amount in Dollars or in such Foreign Currency in which such Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto are then specified as payable at Stated Maturity, or
(2) Government Obligations applicable to such Securities and Coupons appertaining thereto (determined on the basis of the Currency in which such Securities and Coupons appertaining thereto are then specified as payable at Stated Maturity) which through the scheduled payment of principal and Interest in respect thereof in accordance with their terms will provide, not later than one day before the due date of any payment of principal of, any premium or Interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to such Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto, money in an amount, or
(3) a combination thereof,
in any case, in an amount, sufficient, without consideration of any reinvestment of such principal and Interest, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, to pay and discharge, and which shall be applied by the Trustee (or other qualifying trustee) to pay and discharge, the principal of, any premium or Interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to such Outstanding Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto on the Stated Maturity of such principal or installment of principal or Interest on the day on which such payments are due and payable in accordance with the terms of this Indenture and of such Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto.
(b) Such defeasance or covenant defeasance shall not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, this Indenture or any other material agreement or instrument to which the Company or the Guarantor is a party or by which either of them is bound.
(c) No Event of Default or event which with notice or lapse of time or both would become an Event of Default with respect to such Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such deposit and, with respect to defeasance only, at any time during the period ending on the 91st day after the date of such deposit (it being understood that this condition shall not be deemed satisfied until the expiration of such period).
(d) In the case of an election under clause (2) of this Section 402, the Company or the Guarantor shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel stating that (i) the Company or the Guarantor has received from the Internal Revenue Service a letter ruling, or there has been published by the Internal Revenue Service a Revenue Ruling, or (ii) since the date of execution of this Indenture, there has been a change in the applicable Federal income tax law, in either case to the effect that, and based thereon such opinion shall confirm that, the Holders of such Outstanding Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto will not recognize income, gain or loss for Federal income tax purposes as a result of such defeasance and will be subject to Federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such defeasance had not occurred.
(e) In the case of an election under clause (3) of this Section 402, the Company and the Guarantor shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the Holders of such Outstanding Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto will not recognize income, gain or loss for Federal income tax purposes as a result of such covenant defeasance and will be subject to Federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such covenant defeasance had not occurred.
(f) The Company and the Guarantor shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent to the defeasance or covenant defeasance under clause (2) or (3) of this Section 402 (as the case may be) have been complied with.
(g) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Section 402(4), such defeasance or covenant defeasance shall be effected in compliance with any additional or substitute terms, conditions or limitations which may be imposed on the Company or the Guarantor in connection therewith pursuant to Section 301.
(5) Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 1003, all money and Government Obligations (or other property as may be provided pursuant to Section 301) (including the proceeds thereof) deposited with the Trustee (or other qualifying trustee, collectively for purposes of this Section 402(5) and Section 403, the "Trustee") pursuant to clause (4) of Section 402 in respect of any Outstanding Securities of any series and any Coupons appertaining thereto shall be held in trust and applied by the Trustee, in accordance with the provisions of such Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Company acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Holders of such Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto of all sums due and to become due thereon in respect of principal of, any premium or Interest on or any Additional Amounts but such money need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.
Unless otherwise specified in or pursuant to this Indenture or any
Security, if, after a deposit referred to in Section 402(4)(a) has been made,
(a) the Holder of a Security in respect of which such deposit was made is
entitled to, and does, elect pursuant to Section 301 or the terms of such
Security to receive payment in a Currency other than that in which the deposit
pursuant to Section 402(4)(a) has been made in respect of such Security, or (b)
a Conversion Event occurs in respect of the Foreign Currency in which the
deposit pursuant to Section 402(4)(a) has been made, the indebtedness
represented by such Security and any Coupons appertaining thereto and the
Guarantees endorsed thereon shall be deemed to have been, and will be, fully
discharged and satisfied through the payment of the principal of, any premium or
Interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to, such Security as the same
becomes due out of the proceeds yielded by converting (from time to time as
specified below in the case of any such election) the amount or other property
deposited in respect of such Security into the Currency in which such Security
becomes payable as a result of such election or Conversion Event based on (x) in
the case of payments made pursuant to clause (a) above, the applicable market
exchange rate for such Currency in effect on the second Business Day prior to
each payment date, or (y) with respect to a Conversion Event, the applicable
market exchange rate for such Foreign Currency in effect (as nearly as feasible)
at the time of the Conversion Event. Unless otherwise provided pursuant to
Section 301, the right, if any, to extend an Interest payment period shall terminate upon defeasance or covenant defeasance, as the case may be.
The Company and the Guarantor shall, jointly and severally, pay and indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or other charge, imposed on or assessed against the Government Obligations deposited pursuant to this Section 402 or the principal or Interest received in respect thereof other than any such tax, fee or other charge which by law is for the account of the Holders of such Outstanding Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto.
Anything in this Section 402 to the contrary notwithstanding, the
Trustee shall deliver or pay to the Company from time to time upon Company
Request, or the Guarantor, as the case may be, upon Guarantor's Request, any
money or Government Obligations (or other property and any proceeds therefrom)
held by it as provided in clause (4) of this Section 402 which, in the opinion
of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a
written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, are in excess of the
amount thereof which would then be required to be deposited to effect a
defeasance or covenant defeasance, as applicable, in accordance with this
Section 402.
Section 403. Application of Trust Money.
Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 1003, all money and Government Obligations deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 401 or 402 shall be held in trust and applied by it, in accordance with the provisions of the Securities, the Coupons and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Company or the Guarantor acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Persons entitled thereto, of the principal, premium, Interest and Additional Amounts for whose payment such money has or Government Obligations have been deposited with or received by the Trustee; but such money and Government Obligations need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.
Section 404. Reinstatement.
If the Trustee or the Paying Agent is unable to apply any money in accordance with this Article with respect to any Securities by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, then the obligations under this Indenture, such Securities and the related Guarantees from which the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, has been discharged or released pursuant to this Article shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit has occurred pursuant to this Article with respect to such Securities and the related Guarantees, until such time as the Trustee or Paying Agent is permitted to apply all money held in trust pursuant to this Article with respect to such Securities in accordance with this Article; provided, however, that if the Company or the Guarantor makes any payment of principal of, any premium or Interest on or Additional Amounts with respect to any such Security or the related Guarantee following reinstatement of its obligations, the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, shall be subrogated to the rights (if any) of the Holders of such Securities to receive such payment from the money so held in trust.
ARTICLE FIVE
REMEDIES
Section 501. Events of Default.
"Event of Default", wherever used herein with respect to Securities of any series, means any one of the following events (whatever the reason for such Event of Default and whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body), unless such event is specifically deleted or modified in or pursuant to the supplemental indenture, Board Resolution or Officers' Certificate establishing the terms of such series pursuant to this Indenture:
(1) failure to pay any Interest on or any Additional Amounts payable in respect of any Security of such series when such Interest becomes or such Additional Amounts become due and payable, and continuance of such default for a period of 30 days; or
(2) failure to pay the principal of or any premium on any Security of such series when it becomes due and payable at either its Maturity or, if applicable, at 12:00 noon, New York, New York time, on the Business Day following the Change in Control Purchase Date; or
(3) if applicable, failure by the Company to deliver the required securities or other rights upon an appropriate conversion or exchange election by Holders of the Securities or the related Preferred Securities; or
(4) failure to perform or the breach of any covenant or warranty of the Company or the Guarantor in this Indenture or the Securities (other than a covenant or warranty a default in the performance or the breach of which is elsewhere in this Section 501 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 failure or breach for a period of 60 days after there has been given, by registered or certified mail, to the Company and the Guarantor by the Trustee or to the Company, the Guarantor 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 failure or breach and requiring it to be remedied and stating that such notice is a "Notice of Default"; or
(5) default in the deposit of any sinking fund payment when and as due by the terms of a Security of such series; or
(6) the entry by a court having competent jurisdiction of:
(a) a decree or order for relief in respect of the Company, the Guarantor or any other Subsidiary in an involuntary proceeding under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law and such decree or order shall remain unstayed and in effect for a period of 60 consecutive days; or
(b) a decree or order adjudging the Company, the Guarantor or any other Subsidiary to be insolvent, or approving a petition seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition of the Company, the Guarantor or any other Subsidiary and such decree or order shall remain unstayed and in effect for a period of 60 consecutive days; or
(c) a final and non-appealable order appointing a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee or other similar official of the Company, the Guarantor or any other Subsidiary or of any substantial part of the property of the Company, the Guarantor or any other Subsidiary, as the case may be, or ordering the winding up or liquidation of the affairs of the Company, the Guarantor or any other Subsidiary; or
(7) the commencement by the Company, the Guarantor or any other Subsidiary of a voluntary proceeding under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or of a voluntary proceeding seeking to be adjudicated insolvent or the consent by the Company, the Guarantor or any other Subsidiary to the entry of a decree or order for relief in an involuntary proceeding under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or to the commencement of any insolvency proceedings against it, or the filing by the Company, the Guarantor or any other Subsidiary of a petition or answer or consent seeking reorganization or relief under any applicable law, or the consent by the Company, the Guarantor or any other Subsidiary to the filing of such petition or to the appointment of or taking possession by a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee or similar official of the Company, the Guarantor or any other Subsidiary or any substantial part of the property of the Company, the Guarantor or any other Subsidiary or the making by the Company, the Guarantor or any other Subsidiary of an assignment for the benefit of creditors, or the taking of corporate action by the Company, the Guarantor or any other Subsidiary in furtherance of any such action; or
(8) any other Event of Default provided in or pursuant to this Indenture with respect to Securities of such 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 (other than an Event of Default specified in clause (6) or (7) of Section 501) occurs and is continuing, then the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series may declare the principal of all the Securities of such series, or such lesser amount as may be provided for in the Securities of such series, to be due and payable immediately, by a notice in writing to the Company and the Guarantor (and to the Trustee if given by the Holders), and upon any such declaration such principal or such lesser amount shall become immediately due and payable; provided that in the case of a series of Securities then held by a Trust, if upon an Event of Default with respect to the Securities of that series the Trustee has, or the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series have, failed to declare the principal of all the Securities of such series to be due and payable immediately, the holders of not less than 25% in aggregate liquidation amount of the outstanding Preferred Securities of that Trust shall have such right by a notice in writing to the Company and to the Trustee.
If an Event of Default specified in clause (6) or (7) of Section 501 occurs, all unpaid principal of and accrued Interest on the Outstanding Securities of that series (or such lesser amount as may be provided for in the Securities of such series) shall ipso facto become and be immediately due and payable without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or any Holder of any Security of that series.
At any time after Securities of any series have been accelerated 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 not less than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series (subject to, in the case of any series of Securities held as assets of a Trust and with respect to which a Security Exchange has not theretofore occurred, such consent of the holders of the Preferred Securities and the common securities of such Trust as may be required under the Trust Agreement of such Trust), by written notice to the Trustee, the Guarantor and the Company, may rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences if:
(1) the Company or the Guarantor has paid or deposited with the Trustee a sum of money sufficient to pay:
(a) all overdue installments of any Interest on and Additional Amounts with respect to all Securities of such series and any Coupon appertaining thereto;
(b) the principal of and any premium on any Securities of such series which have become due otherwise than by such declaration of acceleration and Interest thereon and any Additional Amounts with respect thereto at the rate or rates borne by or provided for in such Securities;
(c) to the extent that payment of such Interest or Additional Amounts is lawful, Interest upon overdue installments of any Interest and Additional Amounts at the rate or rates borne by or provided for in such Securities;
(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 all other amounts due the Trustee under
Section 606; and
(2) all Events of Default with respect to Securities of such series, other than the non-payment of the principal of, any premium and Interest on, and any Additional Amounts with respect to Securities of such series which shall have become due solely by such declaration of acceleration, shall 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) there is a failure to pay any installment of Interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to any Security or any Coupon appertaining thereto when such Interest or Additional Amounts shall have become due and payable and such default continues for a period of 30 days; or
(2) there is a failure to pay the principal of or any premium on any Security at its Maturity;
the Company shall, upon demand of the Trustee, pay to the Trustee, for the benefit of the Holders of such Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto, the whole amount of money then due and payable with respect to such Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto, with Interest upon the overdue principal, any premium and, to the extent that payment of such Interest shall be legally enforceable, upon any overdue installments of Interest and Additional Amounts at the rate or rates borne by or provided for in such Securities, and, in addition thereto, such further amount of money 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 all other amounts due to the Trustee under Section 606.
If the Company or the Guarantor fails to pay the money it is required to pay the Trustee pursuant to the preceding paragraph forthwith upon the demand of the Trustee, the Trustee, in its own name and as trustee of an express trust, may institute a judicial proceeding for the collection of the money so due and unpaid, and may prosecute such proceeding to judgment or final decree, and may enforce the same against the Company or the Guarantor or any other obligor upon such Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto or the Guarantees endorsed thereon and collect the monies adjudged or decreed to be payable in the manner provided by law out of the property of the Company, the Guarantor or any other obligor upon such Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto or the Guarantees endorsed thereon, 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 and any Coupons appertaining thereto 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 such Securities or in aid of the exercise of any power granted herein or therein, 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, the Guarantor or any other obligor upon the Securities or the Guarantees endorsed thereon or the property of the Company, the Guarantor or 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 or the Guarantor for the payment of any overdue principal, premium, Interest or Additional Amounts) shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise,
(1) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount, or such lesser amount as may be provided for in the Securities of such series, of the principal and any premium, Interest and Additional Amounts owing and unpaid in respect of the Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto 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 or counsel) and of the Holders of Securities or any Coupons allowed in such judicial proceeding, and
(2) to collect and receive any monies or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same;
and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder of Securities or any 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 or any Coupons, to pay to the Trustee any amount due to it for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 606.
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 any 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 any Coupon, in any such proceeding; provided, however, that the Trustee may, on behalf of the Holders, vote for the election of a trustee in bankruptcy or similar official and be a member of a creditors' committee or other similar committee.
Section 505. Trustee May Enforce Claims without Possession of Securities, Guarantees or Coupons.
All rights of action and claims under this Indenture or any of the Securities, the Guarantees or any Coupons may be prosecuted and enforced by the Trustee without the possession of any of the Securities, Guarantees 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 or judgment, after provision for the payment of the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, shall be for the ratable benefit of each and every Holder of a Security or Coupon in respect of which such judgment has been recovered.
Section 506. Application of Money Collected.
Any money collected by the Trustee pursuant to this Article shall be applied in the following order, at the date or dates fixed by the Trustee and, in case of the distribution of such money on account of principal, or any premium, Interest or Additional Amounts, 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 and any predecessor Trustee under Section 606;
SECOND: To the payment of the amounts then due and unpaid upon the Securities and any Coupons for principal and any premium, Interest and Additional Amounts 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 aggregate amounts due and payable on such Securities and Coupons for principal and any premium, Interest and Additional Amounts, respectively;
THIRD: The balance, if any, to the Person or Persons entitled thereto.
Section 507. Limitations on Suits.
Except as provided in Sections 508 or 516, no Holder of any Security of any series or any Coupons appertaining thereto, or holder of Preferred Securities of the Trust, if any, that is the Holder of Securities of that series, shall have any right to institute any proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to this Indenture, the Guarantees, the Securities of any series or any Coupons appertaining thereto, or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy hereunder, unless:
(1) such Holder or holder of Preferred Securities has previously given written notice to the Trustee of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Securities of such series;
(2) the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series or the holders of not less than 25% in aggregate amount of such outstanding Preferred Securities 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 of such Outstanding Securities of such securities or the holder or holders of such outstanding Preferred Securities 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 such series or the holders of a majority in aggregate liquidation amount of such outstanding Preferred Securities;
it being understood and intended that no one or more of such Holders of such Outstanding Securities of such series or the holder or holders of such outstanding Preferred Securities shall have any right in any manner whatever by virtue of, or by availing of, any provision of this Indenture or any Security or Guarantee to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any other such Holders or Holders of Securities of any other series or holder or holders of Preferred Securities of another Trust, or to obtain or to seek to obtain priority or preference over any other Holders of such Outstanding Securities of such series or the holder or holders of such outstanding Preferred Securities or to enforce any right under this Indenture, except in the manner herein provided and for the equal and ratable benefit of all such Holders.
Section 508. Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal and any Premium, Interest and Additional Amounts.
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, any premium and (subject to Sections 305 and 307) Interest on, and any Additional Amounts with respect to such Security or payment of such Coupon or payment pursuant to the Guarantee endorsed on such Security, as the case may be, on the respective Stated Maturity or Maturities therefor specified in such Security or Coupon (or, in the case of redemption, on the Redemption Date or, in the case of repayment at the option of such Holder if provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, on the date such repayment is due, or in the case of a Change in Control, or as to any Change in Control Purchase Notice given timely, on the Change in Control Purchase Date) and to convert or exchange such Security in accordance with its terms, if applicable, and to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment or conversion or exchange, and such right 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 a 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 the Company, the Guarantor, the Trustee and each such Holder shall, subject to any determination in such proceeding, be restored severally and respectively to their former positions hereunder, and thereafter all rights and remedies of the Trustee and each such Holder 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 each and every Holder of a Security or a Coupon is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every right and remedy, to the extent permitted by law, shall 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, to the extent permitted by law, 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 any Holder of a Security or a Coupon may be exercised from time to time, and as often as may be deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by such Holder, as the case may be.
Section 512. Control by Holders of Securities.
Subject to Section 601(e), the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series or, if that series of Securities is held by a Trust, the holders of a majority in aggregate liquidation amount of the Preferred Securities of that Trust, 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 and any Coupons appertaining thereto, provided that:
(1) such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or with this Indenture or with the Securities of any series;
(2) the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee which is not inconsistent with such direction; and
(3) such direction is not unduly prejudicial to the rights of the other Holders of Securities of such series not joining in such action.
Section 513. Waiver of Past Defaults.
Subject to Section 502, the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series, or, if that series of Securities is held by a Trust, the holders of a majority in aggregate liquidation amount of the Preferred Securities of that Trust, on behalf of the Holders of all the Securities of such series and any Coupons appertaining thereto may waive any past or prospective default hereunder with respect to such series and its consequences, except a default:
(1) in the payment of the principal of, any premium or Interest on, or any Additional Amounts with respect to, any Security of such series or any Coupons appertaining thereto; 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. Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws.
Each of the Company and the Guarantor covenants that (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) it will not at any time insist upon, or plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay or extension law wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, which may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and each of the Company and the Guarantor expressly waives (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) 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.
Section 515. 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 or omitted by it as Trustee, the filing by any party litigant in such suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and that such court may in its discretion assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys' fees, against any party litigant in such suit having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by such party litigant; but the provisions of this Section 515 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 Outstanding Securities of any series, or, if a series of Securities is held by a Trust, the holders of more than 10% aggregate liquidation amount of the Preferred Securities of that Trust, or to any suit instituted by any Holder or holder of Preferred Securities, if any, for the enforcement of the payment of the principal of, any premium or Interest on or Additional Amounts with respect to any Security on or after the respective Stated Maturities expressed in such Security or pursuant to Section 516 (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the Redemption Date, in the case of repayment, on or after the date for repayment and, in the case of Change of Control, on or after the date for payment of the Change of Control Purchase Price) or for the enforcement of the right, if any, to convert or exchange any Security into Common Stock or other securities, cash or property in accordance with its terms.
Section 516. Direct Action Right of Holders of Trust Preferred Securities.
If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and is attributable either to (a) the failure of the Company or the Guarantor to pay the principal of or any premium or Interest on or Additional Amounts with respect to the Securities on the due date therefor or (b) the failure by the Company or the Guarantor to deliver the required securities or other property upon an appropriate conversion or exchange right election, and an event of default has occurred and is continuing under the applicable Trust Agreement, a holder of the related Preferred Securities, in lieu of any action that may otherwise be taken hereunder as a Holder of Securities, may institute a legal proceeding directly against the Company and/or the Guarantor for enforcement of payment to such holder of the principal of or any premium or Interest on or Additional Amounts with respect to such Securities having a principal amount equal to the liquidation amount of the Preferred Securities held by such holder or for enforcement of such conversion or exchange rights, as the case may be (a "Direct Action"). Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, neither the Company nor the Guarantor may amend this Indenture to remove the foregoing right to bring a Direct Action without the prior written consent of the holders of all of the Preferred Securities outstanding affected thereby. Notwithstanding any payments made to a holder of Preferred Securities by the Company or the Guarantor in connection with a Direct Action, the Company and the Guarantor shall remain obligated to pay the principal of, any premium or Interest on or Additional Amounts with respect to the related Securities, and the Company shall be subrogated to the rights of the holder of such Preferred Securities with respect to payments on the
Preferred Securities to the extent of any payments made by the Company or the Guarantor as the case may be to such holder in any Direct Action.
ARTICLE SIX
THE TRUSTEE
Section 601. Certain Rights of Trustee.
Subject to Sections 315(a) through 315(d) of the Trust Indenture Act:
(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, security, note, coupon or other paper or document reasonably 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 or the Guarantor mentioned herein shall be sufficiently evidenced by a Company Request or a Company Order or Guarantor Request or Guarantor Order, as the case may be (in each case, other than delivery of any Security, together with any Coupons appertaining thereto, to the Trustee for authentication and delivery pursuant to Section 303 which shall be sufficiently evidenced as provided therein), and any resolution of the Board of Directors may be sufficiently evidenced by a Board Resolution of the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be;
(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 shall be herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of bad faith on its part, rely upon a Company's Officers' Certificate or, if such matter pertaining to the Guarantor, a Guarantor's 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 or pursuant to this Indenture at the request or direction of any of the Holders of Securities of any series or any Coupons appertaining thereto 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, security, coupon 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, during business hours and upon reasonable notice, the books, records and premises of the Company and the Guarantor, 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;
(h) the Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of any default (as
defined in Section 602) or Event of Default with respect to the Securities
of any series for which it is acting as Trustee unless either (1) a
Responsible Officer of the Trustee assigned to the Corporate Trust
Department of the Trustee (or any successor division or department of the
Trustee) shall have actual knowledge of such default or Event of Default or
(2) written notice of such default or Event of Default shall have been
given to the Trustee by the Company, the Guarantor or any other obligor on
such Securities or by any Holder of such Securities; and
(i) the Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken, suffered 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 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 by mail to
all Holders of Securities of such series entitled to receive reports pursuant to
Section 703(3), 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, any premium or
Interest on or Additional Amounts with respect to, any Security of such series,
the Trustee shall be protected in withholding such notice if and so long as a
committee of Responsible Officers of the Trustee in good faith determines that
the withholding of such notice is in the best interest of the Holders of
Securities and Coupons of such series. For the purpose of this Section 602, 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. Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities.
The recitals contained herein and in the Securities, except the Trustee's certificate of authentication, and in any Coupons shall be taken as the statements of the Company and the Guarantor, and neither the Trustee nor any Authenticating Agent assumes any responsibility for their correctness. The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Indenture or of the Securities or the Coupons appertaining thereto or the Guarantees, except that the Trustee represents that it is duly authorized to execute and deliver this Indenture, authenticate the Securities and perform its obligations hereunder and that the statements made by it in a Statement of Eligibility and Qualification on Form T-1 supplied to the Company are true and accurate, subject to the qualifications set forth therein. Neither the Trustee nor any Authenticating
Agent shall be accountable for the use or application by the Company of the Securities or the proceeds thereof.
Section 604. May Hold Securities.
The Trustee, any Authenticating Agent, any Paying Agent, any Conversion Agent, any Security Registrar or any other Person that may be an agent of the Trustee, the Company or the Guarantor, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Securities or Coupons and, subject to Sections 310(b) and 311 of the Trust Indenture Act, may otherwise deal with the Company and the Guarantor with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee, Authenticating Agent, Paying Agent, any Conversion Agent, Security Registrar or such other Person.
Section 605. Money Held in Trust.
Except as provided in Section 403 and Section 1003, money held by the Trustee in trust hereunder need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law and shall be held uninvested. The Trustee shall be under no liability for Interest on any money received by it hereunder except as otherwise agreed in writing with the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be.
Section 606. Compensation and Reimbursement.
Each of the Company and the Guarantor, jointly and severally, agrees:
(a) to pay to the Trustee from time to time reasonable compensation for all services rendered by the Trustee hereunder (which compensation shall not be limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express trust);
(b) 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 the Trustee's negligence or bad faith; and
(c) to indemnify the Trustee and its agents for, and to hold them harmless against, any loss, liability or expense incurred without negligence or bad faith on their part arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of the trust or trusts hereunder, including the costs and expenses of defending themselves against any claim or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of their powers or duties hereunder.
As security for the performance of the obligations of the Company under this Section 606, the Trustee shall have a lien prior to the Securities of any series upon all property and funds held or collected by the Trustee as such, except funds held in trust for the payment of principal of, and premium or Interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to particular Securities or any Coupons appertaining thereto.
Any compensation or expense incurred by the Trustee after a default specified by Section 501 is intended to constitute an expense of administration under any then applicable bankruptcy or insolvency law. "Trustee" for purposes of this Section 606 shall include any predecessor Trustee but the negligence or bad faith of any Trustee shall not affect the rights of any other Trustee under this Section 606.
The Company's obligations under this Section 606 and any lien hereunder shall survive the resignation or removal of any Trustee, the discharge of the Company's obligations pursuant to Article Four of this Indenture and the termination of this Indenture.
Section 607. Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility.
(1) There shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder that is a Corporation, organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of America, any state thereof or the District of Columbia, eligible under Section 310(a)(1) of the Trust Indenture Act to act as trustee under an indenture qualified under the Trust Indenture Act and that has a combined capital and surplus (computed in accordance with Section 310(a)(2) of the Trust Indenture Act) of at least $50,000,000 subject to supervision or examination by Federal or state authority. If at any time the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section 607, it shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect hereinafter specified in this Article Six.
(2) The following indenture shall be considered specifically described herein for purposes of clause (i) of the proviso contained in Section 310(b)(1) of the Trust Indenture Act; Indenture dated as of between [the Company] [the Guarantor] and ______________, as successor trustee; and, pursuant to Section 310(b)(1)(C)(i) of the Trust Indenture Act, unless otherwise ordered by the Commission, an event of default by the Company under this Indenture will not disqualify the Trustee under this Indenture because it is a trustee under such other indenture.
Section 608. 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 pursuant to Section 609.
(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 and the
Guarantor. If the instrument of acceptance by a successor Trustee required by
Section 609 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 series.
(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 the Company and the Guarantor.
(d) If at any time:
(i) the Trustee shall fail to comply with the obligations imposed upon it under Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act with respect to Securities of any series after written request therefor by the Company, the Guarantor or any Holder of a Security of such series who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security of such series for at least six months; or
(ii) the Trustee shall cease to be eligible under Section 607 and shall fail to resign after written request therefor by the Company, the Guarantor or any such Holder; or
(iii) the Trustee shall become incapable of acting or shall be adjudged 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, (A) the Company, by or pursuant to a Board Resolution, may remove the Trustee with respect to all Securities or the Securities of such series, or (B) subject to Section 315(e) of the Trust Indenture Act, any Holder of a Security who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security of such series for at least six months may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee with respect to all Securities of such series 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 or pursuant to a Board Resolution, shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee or Trustees with respect to the Securities of that or those series (it being understood that any such successor Trustee may be appointed with respect to the Securities of one or more or all of such series and that at any time there shall be only one Trustee with respect to the Securities of any particular series) and shall comply with the applicable requirements of Section 609. If, within one year after such resignation, removal or incapability, or the occurrence of such vacancy, a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series shall be appointed by Act of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series delivered to the Company and the retiring Trustee, the successor Trustee so appointed shall, forthwith upon its acceptance of such appointment in accordance with the applicable requirements of Section 609, become the successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series and to that extent supersede the successor Trustee appointed by the Company. If no successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series shall have been so appointed by the Company or the Holders of Securities and accepted appointment in the manner required by Section 609, any Holder of a Security who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security of such series for at least six months may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of 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 by mailing written notice of such event by first-class mail, postage prepaid, to the Holders of Registered Securities, if any, of such series as their names and addresses appear in the Security Register and, if Securities of such series are issued as Bearer
Securities, by publishing notice of such event once in an Authorized Newspaper in each Place of Payment located outside the United States. Each notice shall include the name of the successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series and the address of its Corporate Trust Office.
Section 609. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor.
(a) Upon the appointment hereunder of any successor Trustee with respect to all Securities, such successor Trustee so appointed shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Company, the Guarantor and 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 hereunder of the retiring Trustee; but, on the request of the Company, the Guarantor or such successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee, upon payment of its charges, shall execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such successor Trustee all the rights, powers and trusts of the retiring Trustee and, subject to Section 1003, shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all property and money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder, subject nevertheless to its claim, if any, provided for in Section 606.
(b) Upon the appointment hereunder of any successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more (but not all) series, the Company, the Guarantor, the retiring Trustee and such successor Trustee 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, such successor Trustee all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates, (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 co-trustees of the same trust, 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 that no Trustee shall be responsible for any notice given to, or received by, or any act or failure to act on the part of any other Trustee hereunder, and, upon the execution and delivery of such supplemental indenture, the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective to the extent provided therein, such retiring Trustee shall have no further responsibility for the exercise of rights and powers or for the performance of the duties and obligations vested in the Trustee under this Indenture with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates other than as hereinafter expressly set forth, 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 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, the Guarantor, or such successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee, upon payment of its charges with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor relates and subject to Section 1003 shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee, to the extent contemplated by such
supplemental indenture, the property and money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates, subject to its claim, if any, provided for in Section 606.
(c) Upon request of any Person appointed hereunder as a successor
Trustee, the Company and the Guarantor 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 609, as the case may be.
(d) No Person shall accept its appointment hereunder as a successor Trustee unless at the time of such acceptance such successor Person shall be qualified and eligible under this Article Six.
Section 610. 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 of the corporate trust business of the Trustee, shall be the successor of the Trustee hereunder, 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 611. Appointment of Authenticating Agent.
The Trustee may appoint one or more Authenticating Agents acceptable to the Company with respect to one or more series of Securities which shall be authorized to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate Securities of that or those series issued upon original issue, exchange, registration of transfer, partial redemption or partial repayment or pursuant to Section 306, and Securities so authenticated shall be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture and shall be valid and obligatory for all purposes as if authenticated by the Trustee hereunder. Wherever reference is made in this Indenture to the authentication and delivery of Securities by the Trustee or the Trustee's certificate of authentication, such reference shall be deemed to include authentication and delivery on behalf of the Trustee by an Authenticating Agent and a certificate of authentication executed on behalf of the Trustee by an Authenticating Agent.
Each Authenticating Agent shall be acceptable to the Company and the
Guarantor and, except as provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, shall at all
times be a corporation that would be permitted by the Trust Indenture Act to act
as trustee under an indenture qualified under the Trust Indenture Act, is
authorized under applicable law and by its charter to act as an Authenticating
Agent and has a combined capital and surplus (computed in accordance with
Section 310(a)(2) of the Trust Indenture Act) of at least $50,000,000. If at any
time an Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the
provisions of this Section 611, it shall resign immediately in the manner and
with the effect specified in this Section 611.
Any Corporation into which an Authenticating Agent may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any Corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which such Authenticating Agent shall be a party, or any Corporation succeeding to all or substantially all of the corporate agency or corporate trust business of an Authenticating Agent, shall be the successor of such Authenticating Agent hereunder, provided such Corporation shall be otherwise eligible under this Section 611, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent.
An Authenticating Agent may resign at any time by giving written notice thereof to the Trustee, the Company and the Guarantor. The Trustee may at any time terminate the agency of an Authenticating Agent by giving written notice thereof to such Authenticating Agent, the Company and the Guarantor. Upon receiving such a notice of resignation or upon such a termination, or in case at any time such Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section 611, the Trustee may appoint a successor Authenticating Agent which shall be acceptable to the Company and shall (i) mail written notice of such appointment by first-class mail, postage prepaid, to all Holders of Registered Securities, if any, of the series with respect to which such Authenticating Agent shall serve, as their names and addresses appear in the Security Register, and (ii) if Securities of the series are issued as Bearer Securities, publish notice of such appointment at least once in an Authorized Newspaper in the place where such successor Authenticating Agent has its principal office if such office is located outside the United States. Any successor Authenticating Agent, upon acceptance of its appointment hereunder, shall become vested with all the rights, powers and duties of its predecessor hereunder, with like effect as if originally named as an Authenticating Agent. No successor Authenticating Agent shall be appointed unless eligible under the provisions of this Section 611.
The Company agrees to pay each Authenticating Agent from time to time reasonable compensation for its services under this Section 611.
The provisions of Sections 308, 603 and 604 shall be applicable to each Authenticating Agent.
If an Authenticating Agent is appointed with respect to one or more series of Securities pursuant to this Section 611, the Securities of such series may have endorsed thereon, in addition to or in lieu of the Trustee's certificate of authentication, an alternate certificate of authentication in substantially the following form:
This is one of the Securities of the series designated herein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK,
As Trustee
If all of the Securities of any series may not be originally issued at one time, and if the Trustee does not have an office capable of authenticating Securities upon original issuance located in a Place of Payment where the Company wishes to have Securities of such series authenticated upon original issuance, the Trustee, if so requested in writing (which writing need not be accompanied by or contained in an Officers' Certificate by the Company), shall appoint in accordance with this Section 611 an Authenticating Agent having an office in a Place of Payment designated by the Company with respect to such series of Securities.
ARTICLE SEVEN
HOLDERS LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE, COMPANY AND GUARANTOR
Section 701. Company and Guarantor to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders.
In accordance with Section 312(a) of the Trust Indenture Act, the Company and the Guarantor shall furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee:
(a) semi-annually with respect to Securities of each series not later than March 15 and September 15 of the year or upon such other dates as are set forth in or pursuant to the Board Resolution, Officers' Certificate or indenture supplemental hereto authorizing such series, a list, in each case in such form as the Trustee may reasonably require, of the names and addresses of Holders as of the applicable date; and
(b) at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, within 30 days after the receipt by the Company or the Guarantor of any such request, a list of similar form and content as of a date not more than 15 days prior to the time such list is furnished;
provided, however, that so long as the Trustee is the Security Registrar no such list shall be required to be furnished.
Section 702. Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders.
The Trustee shall comply with the obligations imposed upon it pursuant to Section 312 of the Trust Indenture Act.
Every Holder of Securities or Coupons, by receiving and holding the same, agrees with the Trustee, the Guarantor and the Company that none of the Company, the Trustee, the Guarantor, any agent of any of them or any Security Registrar shall be held accountable by reason of the disclosure of any such information as to the names and addresses of the Holders of Securities in accordance with Section 312(c) of the Trust Indenture Act, regardless of the source from which such information was derived, and that the Trustee shall not be held accountable by reason of mailing any material pursuant to a request made under Section 312(b) of the Trust Indenture Act.
Section 703. Reports by Trustee.
(a) Within 60 days after September 15 of each year commencing with the
first September 15 following the first issuance of Securities pursuant to
Section 301, if required by Section 313(a) of the Trust Indenture Act, the
Trustee shall transmit, pursuant to Section 313(c) of the Trust Indenture Act, a
brief report dated as of such September 15 with respect to any of the events
specified in said Section 313(a) which may have occurred since the later of the
immediately preceding September 15 and the date of this Indenture.
(b) The Trustee shall transmit the reports required by Section 313(a) of the Trust Indenture Act at the times specified therein.
(c) Reports pursuant to this Section 703 shall be transmitted in the manner and to the Persons required by Sections 313(c) and 313(d) of the Trust Indenture Act.
Section 704. Reports by Company and Guarantor.
The Company, pursuant to Section 314(a) of the Trust Indenture Act, shall:
(a) file with the Trustee, within 15 days after the Company and the Guarantor are 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 or the Guarantor 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 or the Guarantor is not required to file information, documents or reports pursuant to either of said Sections, then they 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;
(b) 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 and the Guarantor, with the conditions and covenants of this Indenture as may be required from time to time by such rules and regulations; and
(c) transmit within 30 days after the filing thereof with the Trustee, in the manner and to the extent provided in Section 313(c) of the Trust Indenture Act, such summaries of any information, documents and reports required to be filed by the Company and the Guarantor pursuant to paragraphs (a) and (b) of this Section 704 as may be required by rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by the Commission.
ARTICLE EIGHT
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER AND SALES
Section 801. Guarantor May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms.
Nothing contained in this Indenture or in any of the Securities shall prevent any consolidation or merger of the Guarantor with or into any other Person or Persons (whether or not affiliated with the Guarantor), or successive consolidations or mergers in which the Guarantor or their successor or successors shall be a party or parties, or shall prevent any conveyance, transfer or lease of the property of the Guarantor as an entirety or substantially as an entirety, to any other Person (whether or not affiliated with the Guarantor); provided, however, that:
(a) in case the Guarantor shall consolidate with or merge into another Person or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets as an entirety or substantially as an entirety to any Person, the entity formed by such consolidation or into which the Guarantor is merged or the Person which acquires by conveyance or transfer, or which leases, the properties and assets of the Guarantor as an entirety or substantially as an entirety shall be a Corporation organized and validly 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 (or indentures, if at such time there is more than one Trustee) supplemental hereto, executed by the successor Person and delivered to the Trustee, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, the performance of every obligation of the Guarantor in this Indenture and the Guarantees on the part of the Guarantor to be performed or observed, and which supplemental indenture shall provide for conversion or exchange rights in accordance with the provisions of the Securities of any series that are convertible into or exchangeable for Common Stock or other securities, cash or property;
(b) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Event of Default or event which, after notice or lapse of time, or both, would become an Event of Default, shall have occurred and be continuing, including any default pursuant to the Holder's Change of Control Purchase Option set forth in Article Fifteen; and
(c) either the Guarantor or the successor Person shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer or lease and, if a supplemental indenture is required in connection
with such transaction, such supplemental indenture comply with this Article Eight and that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to such transaction have been complied with.
Section 802. Company May Consolidate, etc., Only on Certain Terms.
(a) The Company shall not consolidate with or merge into any other Person, or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets as an entirety or substantially as an entirety to any Person, unless:
(1) any Person formed by such consolidation or into which the Company is merged or to whom the Company has conveyed, transferred or leased its properties and assets as an entirety or substantially as an entirety (a "Successor") is a Person organized and validly existing under the laws of the jurisdiction of organization of such Person, and expressly assumes 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 any premium and Interest on and any Additional Amounts with respect to all the Securities of the Company and the performance or observance of every covenant of this Indenture on the part of the Company to be performed or observed, and which supplemental indenture shall provide for conversion or exchange rights in accordance with the provisions of the Securities of any series that are convertible into or exchangeable for Common Stock or other securities, cash or property;
(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 occurred and be continuing;
(3) any such Person shall expressly agree, by an indenture supplemental hereto, executed and delivered to the Trustee, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, (i) to immediately indemnify (pursuant to the indemnification procedure described in Section 805) the Holder of each Security against (A) any tax, assessment or governmental charge imposed on such Holder or required to be withheld or deducted from any payment to such Holder (including any governmental charge or withholding attributable to such Person's indemnifying such Holder) as a consequence of such consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer or lease, and (B) any other tax costs or other tax expenses of the act of such consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer or lease (except that if the Company or any such Person delivers by the date of any such transaction an opinion of an independent counsel or a tax consultant of recognized standing that the Holders will not recognize income, gain or loss for U.S. federal income tax purposes as a result of such transaction, a Holder will have such rights to indemnification only if and when gain for U.S. federal income tax purposes is actually recognized by such Holders) and (ii) that all payments pursuant to the Securities in respect of the principal of and any premium and Interest on such Securities, as the case may be, shall be made without withholding or deduction for, or on account of, any present or future taxes, duties, assessments or governmental charges of whatever nature imposed or levied by or on behalf of the jurisdiction of organization of such Person or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein, unless such taxes, duties, assessments or governmental charges are required by such jurisdiction or any such subdivision or authority to be withheld or deducted, in which case such Person will pay by way of additional Interest such additional amounts of or in respect of, principal and any premium and Interest ("Successor
Additional Amounts") as will result (after deduction of such taxes, duties, assessments or governmental charges and any additional taxes, duties, assessments or governmental charges payable in respect of such) in the payment to each Holder of a Security of the amounts which would have been payable pursuant to the Securities had no such withholding or deduction been required, except that no Successor Additional Amounts shall be so payable for or on account of:
(A) any tax, duty, levy, assessment or other governmental charge which would not have been imposed but for the fact that such Holder: (i) was a resident, domiciliary or national of, or engaged in business or maintained a permanent establishment or was physically present in, the jurisdiction of organization of such Successor or any of its territories or any political subdivision thereof or otherwise had some connection with such jurisdiction other than the mere ownership of, or receipt of payment under, such Security; (ii) presented (if presentation is required) such Security for payment in such jurisdiction or any of its territories or any political subdivision thereof, unless such Security could not have been presented for payment elsewhere; (iii) presented (if presentation is required) such Security more than thirty (30) days after the date on which the payment in respect of such Security first became due and payable or provided for, whichever is later, except to the extent that the Holder would have been entitled to such Successor Additional Amounts if it had presented such Security for payment on any day within such period of thirty (30) days; (iv)is not dealing with the Successor directly or indirectly, on an arm's-length basis; or (v) entered into or participated in a scheme to avoid the applicable withholding tax of the jurisdiction of organization of the Successor or any of its territories or political subdivisions thereof, being a scheme which the Successor was neither a party to nor participated in;
(B) any estate, inheritance, gift, sale, transfer, personal property or similar tax, assessment or other governmental charge;
(C) any tax, assessment or other governmental charge which is payable otherwise than by withholding or deduction from payments of (or in respect of) principal of or any premium or Interest on, such Securities;
(D) any tax, assessment or other governmental charge that is imposed or withheld by reason of the failure to comply by the Holder or the beneficial owner of the Security with a request of the Company or the Successor addressed to the Holder (i) to provide information concerning the nationality, residence or identity of the Holder or such beneficial owner or (ii) to make any declaration or other similar claim or satisfy any information or reporting requirement, which, in the case of (i) or (ii), is required or imposed by statute, treaty, regulation or administrative practice of the taxing jurisdiction as a precondition or exemption from all or part of such tax, assessment or other governmental charge; or
(E) any combination of items (A), (B), (C) and (D);
nor shall Successor Additional Amounts be paid with respect to any payment of the principal of or any premium or Interest on any such Security to any Holder who is a fiduciary or partnership or other than the sole beneficial owner of such payment to the extent such payment would be required
by the laws of the jurisdiction of organization of such Person (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) to be included in the income for tax purposes of a beneficiary or settlor with respect to such fiduciary or a member of such partnership or a beneficial owner who would not have been entitled to such Successor Additional Amounts had it been the Holder of the Security; and
(4) 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, if a supplemental indenture is required in connection with such transaction, such supplemental indenture comply with this Article and that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to such transaction have been complied with.
(b) The Company may assign its obligations under any series of
Securities to any other Subsidiary (the "Subsidiary Assignee") and such
Subsidiary Assignee shall be treated as the Successor to the Company with
respect to such series of Securities, provided that the conditions set forth in
Section 802(a) that would apply to the merger of the Company into such
Subsidiary Assignee are satisfied.
Section 803. Successor Person Substituted for Company or Guarantor.
Upon any consolidation by the Company or the Guarantor with or merger of the Company or the Guarantor into any other Person or any conveyance, transfer or lease of the properties and assets of the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, as an entirety or substantially as an entirety to any Person in accordance with Sections 801 or 802, the successor Person formed by such consolidation or into which the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, is merged or to which such conveyance, transfer or lease is made shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, under this Indenture with the same effect as if such successor Person had been named as the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, herein; and thereafter, except in the case of a lease, the predecessor Person shall be released from all obligations and covenants under this Indenture, the Securities, the Guarantees and the Coupons.
Section 804. Assumption by the Guarantor of the Company's Obligations.
(a) The Guarantor may, at its option, assume the obligations of the Company as obligor under any series of Securities and this Indenture; provided that:
(i) the Guarantor expressly assumes in an assumption agreement or supplemental indenture hereto, executed and delivered to the Trustee, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, the due and punctual payment of the principal of and any premium and Interest on such Securities and the performance or observance of every covenant of this Indenture on the part of the Company to be performed or observed (including any obligation to pay any Additional Amounts), and which agreement or supplemental indenture shall provide for conversion or exchange rights in accordance with the provisions of the Securities of the applicable series;
(ii) immediately after giving effect to such assumption, no Event of Default and no event, which after notice or lapse of time or both, would become an Event of Default, shall have occurred and be continuing; and
(iii) the Guarantor shall expressly agree in an assumption agreement or supplemental indenture hereto, executed and delivered to the Trustee, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, to immediately indemnify (pursuant to the indemnification procedure described in Section 805) the Holder of each Security against (i) any tax, assessment or governmental charge imposed on such Holder or required to be withheld or deducted from any payment to such Holder (including any governmental charge or withholding tax attributable to the Guarantor indemnifying such Holder) as a consequence of such assumption and (ii) any costs or expenses of such assumption (except that if the Guarantor delivers to the Trustee an opinion of an independent counsel or a tax consultant of recognized standing that the Holders will not recognize income, gain or loss for U.S. federal income tax purposes as a result of such assumption by the date of such assumption, a Holder will have indemnification rights pursuant to the indemnification procedure described in Section 805 only if and when gain for U.S. federal income tax purposes is actually recognized by such Holder); and
(iv) the Guarantor shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate stating that such assumption and such assumption agreement or supplemental indenture comply with this Article and that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to such assumption have been complied with.
(b) Upon any assumption pursuant to Section 804(a), the Guarantor shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Company under such Securities and this Indenture with the same effect as if the Guarantor had been named as the Company herein, and the Company shall be released from its liability as obligor upon the Securities and any Coupons and under this Indenture.
Section 805. Indemnification Procedure.
(a) If a transaction described above under Sections 801, 802 or 804 (an "Indemnifiable Transaction") should constitute a taxable event for U.S. federal income tax purposes, the Guarantor or any other Person that assumes the obligations of the Guarantor or the Company pursuant to such Sections, as the case may be, shall indemnify a Holder of a Security against any tax, assessment or governmental charge imposed on such Holder or required to be withheld or deducted from any payment to such Holder (including any governmental charge or withholding attributable to an indemnification payment made by or on behalf of the Guarantor or any such Person) and any other tax costs or other tax expenses attributable to such Indemnifiable Transaction, and the Guarantor or any such Person, as the case may be, shall comply with the following indemnification procedures:
(1) Unless the Guarantor or any such Person, as the case may be, delivers to the Trustee by the date of an Indemnifiable Transaction an opinion of an independent counsel or a tax consultant of recognized standing to the effect that such Indemnifiable Transaction will not be a taxable event for U.S. federal income tax purposes, the Guarantor or any such Person, as the case may be, shall send to each Holder on or prior to the date of such Indemnifiable Transaction (i)
notification explaining the U.S. federal income tax consequences to each such Holder of such Indemnifiable Transaction and (ii) an indemnification claim form requesting (A) information concerning each such Holder's tax basis and holding period in a Security and (B) a statement that the Holder is not then an entity described in Section 501 of the Internal Revenue Code, as amended from time to time, that is exempt from U.S. federal income tax and (iii) a statement setting forth the address to which each such Holder must remit such form.
(2) If the Guarantor or any such Person delivers such an opinion, each Holder will have indemnification rights pursuant to this Section 805 only if and when gain for U.S. federal income tax purposes is actually recognized by such Holder.
(3) When the Guarantor or any such Person, as the case may be, receives from a Holder an indemnification claim form, the Guarantor or such Person, as the case may be, shall within 15 Business Days remit to such Holder a certified check in an amount equal to the product of any gain recognized as a result of the Indemnifiable Transaction and the highest marginal U.S. income tax rate in effect at the time of such Indemnifiable Transaction (the "Indemnification Amount"). For these purposes, a Holder's gain shall equal the amount by which the fair market value of a Security at the time of such Indemnifiable Transaction exceeds such Holder's adjusted tax basis in such Security.
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 or pursuant to a Board Resolution), the Guarantor (when authorized by or pursuant to 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:
(a) to evidence the succession of another Person to the Company or the Guarantor, and the assumption by any such successor of the covenants of the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, contained herein and in the Securities or the Guarantees; or
(b) to add to the covenants of the Company or the Guarantor for the benefit of the Holders of all or any series of Securities (as shall be specified in such supplemental indenture or indentures) or to surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the Company or the Guarantor; or
(c) 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 on the payment of principal of, any premium or Interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to Securities, to permit Bearer Securities to be issued in exchange for Registered Securities, to permit Bearer Securities to be exchanged for Bearer Securities of other authorized denominations or to permit or facilitate the issuance of Securities in uncertificated form, provided any such action shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of Securities of any series or any Coupons appertaining thereto in any material respect; or
(d) to establish the form or terms of Securities of any series and any Coupons appertaining thereto as permitted by Sections 201 and 301 or of the related Guarantees as permitted by Section 202; or
(e) 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 609; or
(f) to cure any ambiguity or to correct or supplement any provision herein which may be defective or inconsistent with any other provision herein, or to make any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under this Indenture which shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of Securities of any series then Outstanding or any Coupons appertaining thereto in any material respect; or
(g) to add to, delete from or revise the conditions, limitations and restrictions on the authorized amount, terms or purposes of issue, authentication and delivery of Securities, as herein set forth; or
(h) to add any additional Events of Default with respect to all or any series of Securities (as shall be specified in such supplemental indenture); or
(i) to supplement any of the provisions of this Indenture to such extent as shall be necessary to permit or facilitate the defeasance and discharge of any series of Securities pursuant to Article Four, provided that any such action shall not adversely affect the interests of any Holder of a Security of such series and any Coupons appertaining thereto or any other Security or Coupon in any material respect; or
(j) to secure the Securities or the Guarantees; or
(k) to make provisions with respect to conversion or exchange rights of Holders of Securities of any series; or
(l) to amend or supplement any provision contained herein or in any supplemental indenture, provided that no such amendment or supplement shall materially adversely affect the interests of the Holders of any Securities then Outstanding.
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 (and, in the case of any series of Securities held as assets of a Trust, such consent of holders of the Preferred Securities and the common securities of such Trust as may be required under the Trust Agreement of such Trust), by Act of said Holders delivered to the Company and the Trustee, the Company (when authorized by or pursuant to a Board Resolution), the Guarantor (when authorized by or pursuant to a Board Resolution) and the Trustee may enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or
eliminating any of the provisions of this Indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series under this Indenture or of the Securities of such series; provided, however, that no such supplemental indenture, without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security affected thereby, shall:
(a) change the Stated Maturity of the principal of, or any premium or installment of Interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to, any Security, as such Stated Maturity may be extended in accordance with the terms of such Security or Coupon appertaining thereto, or reduce the principal amount thereof or the rate (or modify the calculation of such rate) of Interest thereon or any Additional Amounts with respect thereto, or any premium payable upon the redemption thereof or otherwise, or change the duration of the maximum consecutive period, if any, that payments of Interest on such Securities may be deferred, if applicable, or change the obligation of the Company to pay Additional Amounts pursuant to Section 1004 (except as contemplated by Section 801(a) and permitted by Section 901(a)), or reduce the amount of the principal of an Original Issue Discount Security that would be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 502 or the amount thereof provable in bankruptcy pursuant to Section 504, change the redemption, conversion or exchange provisions or adversely affect the right of repayment at the option of any Holder as contemplated by Article Twelve or change the subordination provisions that apply to the terms of such Securities in a manner adverse to Holders, or change the Place of Payment, Currency in which the principal of, any premium or Interest on, or any Additional Amounts with respect to any 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 repayment at the option of the Holder, on or after the date for repayment or in the case of change in control, after the Change in Control Purchase Date); or
(b) reduce the percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series, the consent of whose Holders is required for any such supplemental indenture, or the consent of whose Holders is required for any waiver (of compliance with certain provisions of this Indenture or certain defaults hereunder and their consequences) provided for in this Indenture, or reduce the requirements of Section 1404 for quorum or voting; or
(c) modify or effect in any manner adverse to the Holders the terms and conditions of the obligations of the Company under the Securities or the Coupons, or the Guarantor under the Guarantees, or either of them hereunder, in respect of the due and punctual payments of principal of, any premium or Interest on, or any Additional Amounts with respect to, the Securities; or
(d) modify any of the provisions of this Section 902, Section 513 or
Section 1008, 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; or
(e) make any change that adversely affects the right to convert or exchange any Security into or for Common Stock or other securities, cash or property in accordance with its terms; or
(f) modify any of the provisions of this Indenture relating to the subordination of the Securities in a manner adverse to Holders of Securities.
A supplemental indenture which changes or eliminates any covenant or other provision of this Indenture which shall have been included expressly and 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 of Securities under this Section 902 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.
As a condition to executing, or accepting the additional trusts created by, any supplemental indenture permitted by this Article Nine or the modifications thereby of the trust created by this Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive (in addition to those documents required by Section 102), and (subject to Section 315 of the Trust Indenture Act) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such supplemental indenture is authorized or permitted by this Indenture. The Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into any such supplemental indenture which affects the Trustee's own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.
Section 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 a Security theretofore or thereafter authenticated and delivered hereunder and of any Coupon appertaining thereto shall be bound thereby.
Section 905. Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures.
Securities of any series authenticated and delivered after the execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to this Article Nine 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 and the Guarantor 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 with Guarantees endorsed thereon, if appropriate, and executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in exchange for Outstanding Securities of such series.
Section 906. 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 907. Effect on Senior Indebtedness.
No supplemental indenture shall directly or indirectly modify or eliminate the provisions of Article Seventeen or Article Eighteen, as the case may be, in any manner which might terminate or impair the subordination of the Securities of any series to Company Senior Indebtedness with respect to such series or the subordination of the Guarantee in respect thereof to Guarantor Senior Indebtedness with respect to such series, respectively, without the prior written consent of the holders of such Company Senior Indebtedness or Guarantor Senior Indebtedness, respectively.
ARTICLE TEN
COVENANTS
Section 1001. Payment of Principal, any Premium and Interest.
(1) The Company shall pay the principal of, any premium and Interest on (including Interest accruing during any extension period and/or on or after the filing of a petition in bankruptcy or reorganization relating to the Company, whether or not a claim for post-filing Interest is allowed in such proceeding) and any Additional Amounts with respect to the Securities on or prior to the dates and in the manner provided in such Securities or pursuant to this Indenture. An installment of principal, and any premium, Interest or Additional Amounts shall be considered paid on the applicable due date if on such date the Trustee or the Paying Agent holds, in accordance with this Indenture, money sufficient to pay all of such installment then due. With respect to any Security, the Company shall pay Interest on overdue principal and Interest on overdue installments of Interest (including Interest accruing during any extension period and/or on or after the filing of a petition in bankruptcy or reorganization relating to the Company, whether or not a claim for post-filing Interest is allowed in such proceeding), or Additional Amounts to the extent lawful, at the rate accruing on such Security, compounded with the same frequency as Interest is payable on such Securities. Interest on overdue Interest shall accrue from the date such amounts become overdue.
(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 1001 (1) or any other provision herein to the contrary, the Company shall have the right, as provided in an Officer's Certificate or supplemental indenture issued pursuant to Article Nine, in its sole and absolute discretion at any time and from time to time while the Securities of any series are outstanding, so long as no Event of Default with respect to such series of Securities has occurred and is continuing, to defer payments of Interest by extending the Interest payment period for such series of Securities for the maximum consecutive period, if any, specified for such series of Securities, provided that such extension period must end on an Interest Payment Date and shall not extend beyond the Stated Maturity or Redemption Date of any Security of such series, and provided further that at the end of each extension period the Company shall pay all Interest then accrued and unpaid (together with Interest thereon to the extent permitted by applicable law at the rate accruing on such Securities). Prior to the termination of an extension period, the Company may shorten or may further extend the Interest payment period for such series of Securities, provided that such extension period together with all such previous and further extensions may not exceed the maximum consecutive period specified for such series of Securities, end on a date other than an Interest Payment Date or
extend beyond the Stated Maturity or Redemption Date of any Security of such
series. The Company shall give the Trustee notice of the Company's election to
begin an extension period for any series of Securities and any shortening or
extension thereof at least five Business Days prior to: (i) the date notice of
payment of Interest on such Securities is required to be given to any national
securities exchange on which the related Preferred Securities, if any, or
Securities are then listed or other applicable self-regulatory organization, or
(ii) the date of the notice of the record or payment date of the related
distribution on the Preferred Securities issued by the Trust which is the Holder
of the Securities of such series, but in any event not less than five Business
Days prior to the Record Date fixed by the Company for the payment of such
Interest. The Company shall give or cause the Trustee to give notice (a form of
which shall be provided by the Company to the Trustee) of the Company's election
to begin an extension period to the Holders by first class mail, postage
prepaid.
Section 1002. Maintenance of Office or Agency.
The Company and the Guarantor shall maintain in each Place of Payment for any series of Securities an Office or Agency where Securities of such series, and Guarantees with respect thereto (but not Bearer Securities, except as otherwise provided below, unless such Place of Payment is located outside the United States), may be presented or surrendered for payment, where Securities of such series may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange, where Securities of such series may be presented and surrendered in the event of a conversion or exchange, and where notices and demands to or upon the Company and the Guarantor in respect of the Securities of such series relating thereto and this Indenture may be served. If Securities of a series are issuable as Bearer Securities, the Company and the Guarantor shall maintain, subject to any laws or regulations applicable thereto, an Office or Agency in a Place of Payment for such series which is located outside the United States where Securities of such series and any Coupons appertaining thereto, and Guarantees with respect thereto, may be presented and surrendered for payment; provided, however, that if the Securities of such series are listed on The Stock Exchange of the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland or the Luxembourg Stock Exchange or any other stock exchange located outside the United States and such stock exchange shall so require, the Company and the Guarantor shall maintain a Paying Agent and a Conversion Agent, if applicable, in London, Luxembourg or any other required city located outside the United States, as the case may be, so long as the Securities of such series are listed on such exchange. The Company and the Guarantor will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location, and any change in the location, of such Office or Agency. If at any time the Company and the Guarantor shall fail to maintain any such required Office or Agency or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the addresses thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may only be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, except that Bearer Securities of such series and any Coupons appertaining thereto, and Guarantees with respect thereto, may be presented and surrendered for payment at the place specified for the purpose with respect to such Securities as provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, and the Company and the Guarantor hereby appoint the Trustee as their agent to receive all such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands.
Except as otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, no payment of principal, premium, Interest or Additional Amounts with respect to Bearer Securities shall be made at any Office or Agency in the United States or by check mailed to any address in the United States or by transfer to an account maintained with a bank located in the United States; provided,
however, if amounts owing with respect to any Bearer Securities shall be payable in Dollars, payment of principal of, any premium or Interest on and any Additional Amounts with respect to any such Security, or the Guarantees with respect thereto, may be made at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee or any Office or Agency designated by the Company in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, if (but only if) payment of the full amount of such principal, premium, Interest or Additional Amounts at all offices outside the United States maintained for such purpose by the Company and the Guarantor in accordance with this Indenture is illegal or effectively precluded by exchange controls or other similar restrictions.
The Company and the Guarantor may also from time to time designate one or more other Offices or Agencies where the Securities of one or more series, and the Guarantees endorsed thereon, 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 or the Guarantor of its obligation to maintain an Office or Agency in each Place of Payment for Securities of any series for such purposes. The Company and the Guarantor shall 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 provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, the Company and the Guarantor hereby designate as the Place of Payment for each series of Securities and the Guarantees endorsed thereon, the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, and initially appoints the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee as the Company's or the Guarantor's Office or Agency in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York for such purpose. The Company and the Guarantor may subsequently appoint a different Office or Agency in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York for the Securities of any series, and the Guarantees endorsed thereon.
Unless otherwise specified with respect to any Securities pursuant to
Section 301, if and so long as the Securities of any series (i) are denominated
in a Foreign Currency or (ii) may be payable in a Foreign Currency, or so long
as it is required under any other provision of this Indenture, then the Company
and the Guarantor will maintain with respect to each such series of Securities,
or as so required, at least one exchange rate agent.
Section 1003. Money for Securities Payments to Be Held in Trust.
If the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, shall at any time act as its own Paying Agent with respect to any series of Securities, it shall, on or before each due date of the principal of, any premium or Interest on or Additional Amounts with respect to any of the Securities of such series, segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto a sum in the Currency or Currencies in which the Securities of such series are payable (except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301 for the Securities of such series) sufficient to pay the principal of, any premium or Interest on or Additional Amounts so becoming due until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided, and shall promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure so to act.
Whenever the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, shall have one or more Paying Agents for any series of Securities, it shall, on or prior to each due date of the principal of, any premium or Interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to any Securities of such series, deposit with any Paying Agent a sum (in the Currency or Currencies described in
the preceding paragraph) sufficient to pay the principal of, any premium or Interest on or Additional Amounts so becoming due, such sum to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto, and (unless such Paying Agent is the Trustee) the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, will promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure so to act.
The Company shall 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 1003, that such Paying Agent shall:
(a) hold all sums held by it for the payment of the principal of, any premium or Interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to 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 provided in or pursuant to this Indenture;
(b) give the Trustee notice of any default by the Company or the Guarantor (or any other obligor upon the Securities of such series) in the making of any payment of principal, any premium or Interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to the Securities of such series; and
(c) 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 or the Guarantor, as the case may be, 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 of the Company or the Guarantor direct a Paying Agent to pay, to the Trustee all sums held in trust by the Company, the Guarantor or such Paying Agent, such sums to be held by the Trustee upon the same terms as those upon which such sums were held by the Company, the Guarantor 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 sums.
Except as otherwise provided herein or pursuant hereto, any money deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held by the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, in trust for the payment of the principal of, any premium or Interest on or any Additional Amount with respect to any Security of any series or any Coupon appertaining thereto and remaining unclaimed for two years after such principal or any such premium or Interest or any such Additional Amount shall have become due and payable shall be paid to the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, on Company Request, or (if then held by the Company or the Guarantor) shall be discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such Security or any Coupon appertaining thereto, or Guarantees endorsed thereon, shall thereafter, as an unsecured general creditor, look only to the Company or the Guarantor (pursuant to the Guarantees) 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 or the Guarantor (pursuant to Guarantee) as trustee thereof, shall thereupon cease; provided, however, that the Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being required to make any such repayment, may at the expense of the Company cause to be published once, in an Authorized Newspaper in each Place of Payment for such series or to be mailed to Holders of Registered Securities of such series, or both, 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 or mailing nor shall it be later than two years after such principal and any premium or Interest or Additional Amounts shall have become due and payable, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining will be repaid to the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be.
Section 1004. Additional Amounts.
Except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301 for the Security of any series, the Company and the Guarantor each agrees to pay to the Holder of any such Security or any Coupon appertaining thereto Additional Amounts as provided in or pursuant to this Indenture or such Securities. Whenever in this Indenture there is mentioned, in any context, the payment of the principal of or any premium or Interest on, or in respect of, any Security of any series or any Coupon or the net proceeds received on the sale or exchange of any Security of any series, such mention shall be deemed to include mention of the payment of Additional Amounts provided by the terms of such series established hereby or pursuant hereto to the extent that, in such context, Additional Amounts are, were or would be payable in respect thereof pursuant to such terms, and express mention of the payment of Additional Amounts, if applicable, in any provision hereof shall not be construed as excluding Additional Amounts in those provisions hereof where such express mention is not made.
All payments of, or in respect of, principal of or any premium or Interest on any Security of any series or any Coupon or the net proceeds received on the sale or exchange of any Security of any series shall be made without withholding or deduction for, or on account of, any present or future taxes, duties, levies, assessments or governmental charges of whatever nature imposed or levied by or on behalf of the Applicable Taxing Jurisdiction, unless such taxes, duties, levies, assessments or governmental charges are required by the Applicable Taxing Jurisdiction to be withheld or deducted. In that event, the Company will pay such additional amounts of, or in respect of, principal of or any premium or Interest on any Security of any series or any Coupon or the net proceeds received on the sale, or exchange of any Security of any series ("Additional Amounts") as will result (after deduction of such taxes, duties, levies, assessments or governmental charges and any additional taxes, duties, levies, assessments or governmental charges payable in respect of such Additional amounts) in the payment to the Holder of the Securities of such series of the amounts that would have been payable in respect of such Securities and no such withholding or deduction been required, except that no Additional Amounts shall be so payable for or on account of:
(a) any tax, duty, levy, assessment or other governmental charge that would not have been imposed but for the fact that such Holder:
(i) was a resident, domiciliary or national of, or engaged in business or maintained a permanent establishment or was physically present in the Applicable Taxing Jurisdiction or otherwise had some connection with the Applicable Taxing Jurisdiction other than the mere ownership of such Security.
(ii) presented (if presentation is required) such Security for payment in the Applicable Taxing Jurisdiction, unless such Security could not have been presented for payment elsewhere;
(iii) presented (if presentation is required) such Security, as the case may be, more than thirty (30) days after the date on which the payment in respect of such Security first became due and payable or was provided for, whichever is later, except to the extent that the Holder would have been entitled to such Additional Amounts if it had presented such Security for payment on any days within such period of thirty (30) days;
(iv) directly or indirectly is taken to be an associate of the
Company (as "associate" is defined in Division 16F of the Income Tax
Assessment Act 1936 of the Commonwealth of Australia (the "Tax Act")
(but on the basis that sub paragraphs 159GZC(1)(a)(ii), (1)(b)(i) and
(1)(d)(i) of the Tax Act do not apply)); or
(v) entered into or participated in a scheme to avoid withholding tax of the Applicable Taxing Jurisdiction, being a scheme which the Company was neither a party to nor participated in, in respect of which the Australian Commissioner of Taxation has made a determination that Australian interest withholding tax is payable in respect of the amount;
(b) any estate, inheritance, gift, sale, transfer, personal property or similar tax, assessment or other governmental charge;
(c) any tax, assessment or other governmental charge that is payable otherwise than by withholding or deduction from payments of, or in respect of principal of or Interest on such Security;
(d) any tax, assessment or other governmental charge that is imposed or withheld by reason of the failure to comply by the Holder or the beneficial owner of such Security with a request of the Company addressed to the Holder (i) to provide information concerning the nationality, residence or identity of the Holder or such beneficial owner or (ii) to make any declaration or other similar claim or satisfy any information or reporting requirement, which, in the case of (i) or (ii), is required or imposed by a statute, treaty, regulation or administrative practice of the Applicable Taxing Jurisdiction as a precondition to exemption from all or part of such tax assessment or other governmental charge; or
(e) any combination of items (a), (b), (c) and (d);
nor shall Additional Amounts be paid with respect to any payment of the principal of or any premium or Interest on any Security of any series or any Coupon or the net proceeds received on the sale or exchange of any Security of any series to any Holder who is a fiduciary or partnership or other than the sole beneficial owner of such payment to the extent such payment would be required by the laws of the Applicable Taxing Jurisdiction to be included in the income for tax purposes of a beneficiary or settlor with respect to such fiduciary or a member of such partnership or a beneficial owner who would not have been entitled to such Additional Amounts had it been the Holder of such Security.
Except as otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture or the Securities of the applicable series, 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 such series of Securities (or if the Securities of such series shall 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 or Interest if there has been any change with respect to the matters set forth in the below mentioned Officers' Certificate, the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, shall furnish to the
Trustee and the principal Paying Agent or Paying Agents, if other than the Trustee, an Officers' Certificate instructing the Trustee and such Paying Agent or Paying Agents whether such payment of principal of and premium, if any, or Interest on the Securities of such series shall be made to Holders of Securities of such series or the Coupons appertaining thereto who are United States Aliens or non-residents of the Applicable Taxing Jurisdiction without withholding for or on account of any tax, assessment or other governmental charge described in the Securities of such 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 agrees to pay to the Trustee or such Paying Agent the Additional Amounts required by the terms of such Securities. Each of the Company and the Guarantor, jointly and severally, 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 1004.
Section 1005. No Restriction on Indebtedness or Liens.
Nothing in this Indenture or in the Securities shall in any way restrict or prevent the Company, the Guarantor or any other Subsidiary from issuing, assuming, guaranteeing or otherwise incurring or securing any Indebtedness, or otherwise granting any Liens in respect thereof.
For the purposes of this Section 1005, "Lien" shall mean, with respect to any asset, any mortgage, lien, pledge, security interest or encumbrances of any kind in respect of such asset, whether or not filed, recorded or otherwise perfected under applicable law.
Section 1006. Corporate Existence.
Subject to Articles Eight and Fifteen, each of the Company and the Guarantor shall do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its corporate existence and that of each other Subsidiary and their respective rights (charter and statutory) and franchises; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not obligate the Company, the Guarantor or any other Subsidiary to preserve any such right or franchise if the Company, the Guarantor or any other Subsidiary shall determine that the preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of its business or the business of such other Subsidiary.
Section 1007. Payment of Expenses of Each Trust.
The Company covenants for the benefit of the Holders of each series of Securities owned by a Trust to pay all of the obligations, costs and expenses of such Trust (other than payments in respect of Trust Securities) in accordance with the provisions of its Trust Agreement and to pay the taxes of such Trust in accordance with the provisions of its Trust Agreement in order to permit such Trust to make distributions on and redemptions of its Preferred Securities in accordance with its Trust Agreement.
Section 1008. Waiver of Certain Covenants.
The Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, may omit in any particular instance to comply with any term, provision or condition set forth in Sections 1001(2)or 1006 with respect to the Securities of any series if before the time for such compliance the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series, by Act of such Holders, either shall waive such compliance in such instance or generally shall have waived compliance with such term, provision or condition, but no such waiver shall extend to or affect such term, provision or condition except to the extent so expressly waived, and, until such waiver shall become effective, the obligations of the Company and the Guarantor and the duties of the Trustee in respect of any such term, provision or condition shall remain in full force and effect.
Section 1009. Company Statement as to Compliance; Notice of Certain Defaults.
(a) Each of the Company and the Guarantor shall deliver to the Trustee, within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year, a written statement (which need not be contained in or accompanied by an Officers' Certificate) signed by the principal executive officer, the principal financial officer or the principal accounting officer of the Company and the Guarantor, respectively, stating that
(1) a review of the activities of the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, during such year and of its performance under this Indenture has been made under his or her supervision, and
(2) to the best of his or her knowledge, based on such review, (i) the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, has complied with all the conditions and covenants imposed on it under this Indenture throughout such year, or, if there has been a default in the fulfillment of any such condition or covenant, specifying each such default known to him or her and the nature and status thereof, and (ii) no event has occurred and is continuing which is, or after notice or lapse of time or both would become, an Event of Default, or, if such an event has occurred and is continuing, specifying each such event known to him and the nature and status thereof.
(b) Each of the Company and the Guarantor shall deliver to the Trustee, within five days after the occurrence thereof, written notice of any Event of Default or any Default.
ARTICLE ELEVEN
REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES
Section 1101. Applicability of Article.
Redemption of Securities of any series at the option of the Company as permitted or required by the terms of such Securities shall be made in accordance with the terms of such Securities and (except as otherwise provided herein or pursuant hereto) this Article Eleven.
Section 1102. Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee.
The election of the Company to redeem any Securities shall be evidenced by or pursuant to a Board Resolution or an Officers' Certificate. In case of any redemption at the election of the Company of (a) less than all of the Securities of any series or (b) all of the Securities of any series, with the same issue date, Interest rate or formula, Stated Maturity and other terms, 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 and of the principal amount of Securities of such series to be redeemed.
Section 1103. Selection by Trustee of Securities to be Redeemed.
If less than all of the Securities of any series with the same issue date, Interest rate or formula, 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 and which may provide for the selection for redemption of portions of the principal amount of Registered Securities of such series; provided, however, that no such partial redemption shall reduce the portion of the principal amount of a Registered Security of such series not redeemed to less than the minimum denomination for a Security of such series established herein or pursuant hereto.
The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company and the Security Registrar (if other than itself) 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 of such Securities which has been or is to be redeemed.
Unless otherwise specified in or pursuant to this Indenture or the Securities of any series, if any Security selected for partial redemption is converted or exchanged for Common Stock or other securities, cash or property in part before termination of the conversion or exchange right with respect to the portion of the Security so selected, the converted or exchanged portion of such Security shall be deemed (so far as may be) to be the portion selected for redemption. Securities which have been converted or exchanged during a selection of Securities to be redeemed shall be treated by the Trustee as Outstanding for the purpose of such selection.
Section 1104. Notice of Redemption.
Notice of redemption shall be given in the manner provided in Section 106, not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date, unless a shorter period is specified in the Securities to be redeemed, to the Holders of Securities to be redeemed. Failure to give notice by mailing in the manner herein provided to the Holder of any Registered Securities designated for redemption as a whole or in part, or any defect in the notice to any such Holder, shall not affect the validity of the proceedings for the redemption of any other Securities or portion thereof.
Any notice that is mailed to the Holder of any Registered Securities in the manner herein provided shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether or not such Holder receives the notice.
All notices of redemption shall state:
(a) the Redemption Date;
(b) the Redemption Price;
(c) if less than all Outstanding Securities of any series are to be redeemed, the identification (and, in the case of partial redemption, the principal amount) of the particular Security or Securities to be redeemed;
(d) in case any Security is to be redeemed in part only, the notice which relates to such Security shall state that on and after the Redemption Date, upon surrender of such Security, the Holder of such Security will receive, without charge, a new Security or Securities of authorized denominations for the principal amount thereof remaining unredeemed;
(e) that, on the Redemption Date, the Redemption Price shall become due and payable upon each such Security or portion thereof to be redeemed, and, if applicable, that Interest thereon shall cease to accrue on and after said date;
(f) the place or places where such Securities, together (in the case of Bearer Securities) with all Coupons appertaining thereto, if any, maturing after the Redemption Date, are to be surrendered for payment of the Redemption Price and any accrued Interest and Additional Amounts pertaining thereto;
(g) that, unless otherwise specified in such notice, Bearer Securities of any series, if any, surrendered for redemption must be accompanied by all Coupons maturing subsequent to the date fixed for redemption or the amount of any such missing Coupon or Coupons will be deducted from the Redemption Price, unless security or indemnity satisfactory to the Company, the Trustee and any Paying Agent is furnished;
(h) if Bearer Securities of any series are to be redeemed and any Registered Securities of such series are not to be redeemed, and if such Bearer Securities may be exchanged for Registered Securities not subject to redemption on the Redemption Date pursuant to Section 305 or otherwise, the last date, as determined by the Company, on which such exchanges may be made;
(i) that the redemption is out of a sinking fund, if such is the case;
(j) in the case of Securities of any series that are convertible or exchangeable into other securities, cash or property or rights, the conversion or exchange price or rate, the date or dates on which or the period or periods during which the right to convert or exchange the principal of the Securities of such series to be redeemed will commence or terminate and the place or places where such Securities may be surrendered for conversion or exchange; and
(k) the CUSIP number or the Euroclear or the Clearstream Luxembourg reference numbers of such Securities, if any (or any other numbers used by a Depositary to identify such Securities).
A notice of redemption mailed 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 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on any Redemption Date,
the Company shall deposit, with respect to the Securities of any series called
for redemption pursuant to Section 1104, 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 in the applicable Currency
sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of, and (except if the Redemption Date
shall be an Interest Payment Date, unless otherwise specified pursuant to
Section 301 or in the Securities of such series) any accrued Interest on and
Additional Amounts with respect thereto, all such Securities or portions thereof
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 any accrued Interest
and Additional Amounts to the Redemption Date; provided, however, that, except
as otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture or the Bearer Securities
of such series, installments of Interest on Bearer Securities whose Stated
Maturity is on or prior to the Redemption Date shall be payable only upon
presentation and surrender of Coupons for such Interest (at an Office or Agency
located outside the United States except as otherwise provided in Section 1002),
and provided, further, that, except as otherwise specified in or pursuant to
this Indenture or the Registered Securities of such series, 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
Regular Record Dates therefor according to their terms and the provisions of
Section 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 any Interest or Additional Amounts represented by Coupons shall be payable only upon presentation and surrender of those Coupons at an Office or Agency for such Security located outside of the United States except as otherwise provided in Section 1002.
If any Security called for redemption shall not be so paid upon surrender thereof for redemption, the principal and any premium, until paid, shall bear Interest from the Redemption Date at the rate prescribed therefor in the Security.
Section 1107. Securities Redeemed in Part.
Any Registered Security which is to be redeemed only in part shall be surrendered at any Office or Agency for such Security (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, the Guarantees of the Guarantor shall be endorsed on 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, containing identical terms and provisions, 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. If a Security in global form is so surrendered, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the U.S. Depositary or other Depositary for such Security in global form as shall be specified in the Company Order with respect thereto to the Trustee, without service charge, a new Security in global form in a denomination equal to and in exchange for the unredeemed portion of the principal of the Security in global form so surrendered.
Section 1108. Redemption for Tax Reasons
Except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301 for the Securities of any series, if, as a result of any change in or any amendment to the laws, regulations or published tax rulings of the Applicable Taxing Jurisdiction affecting taxation, or any change in the official administration, application or interpretation of such laws, regulations or published tax rulings either generally or in relation to the Securities of any series, which change or amendment becomes effective on or after the original issue date of such Securities or which change in official administration, application or interpretation shall not have been available to the public prior to such issue date, it is determined by the Company that (a) the Company would be required to pay any Additional Amounts pursuant to this Indenture in respect of any payments that it may be required to make with respect to such Securities and (b) such obligation cannot be avoided by the Company or the Guarantor taking reasonable measures available to it, the Company may, at its option, redeem all (but not less than all) of the Securities of such series upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days' written notice as provided in this Indenture, at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid Interest to the date fixed for
redemption; provided, however, that (x) no such notice of redemption may be given earlier than 60 days prior to the earliest date on which the Company would be obligated to pay such Additional amounts were a payment then due in respect of such Securities and (y) at the time any such redemption notice is given, such obligation to pay such Additional Amounts must remain in effect.
If (a) the Company shall have on any date (the "Succession Date") consolidated with or merged into, or conveyed or transferred or leased its properties and assets as an entirety or substantially as an entirety to, any Successor which is organized under the laws of any jurisdiction other than the United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia or the jurisdiction in which the Company is organized, (b) as result of any change in or any amendment to the laws, regulations or published tax rulings of such jurisdiction, or of any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein, affecting taxation, or any change in the official administration, application or interpretation of such laws, regulations or published tax rulings either generally or in relation to such Securities, which change or amendment become effective on or after the Succession Date or which change in official administration, application or interpretation shall not have been available to the public prior to such Succession Date and is notified to the Company, such Successor would be required to pay any Successor Additional Amounts pursuant to the Indenture or the terms of such Securities in respect of any payments that it may be required to make with respect to such Securities and (c) such obligation cannot be avoided by the Company or such Successor taking reasonable measures available to it, the Company or such Successor may at its option redeem all (but not less than all) of such Securities, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days' written notice as provided in this Indenture, at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued Interest to the date fixed for redemption; provided however, that (a) no such notice of redemption may be given earlier than 60 days prior to the earliest date on which a Successor would be obligated to pay such Successor Additional Amounts were a payment then due in respect of such Securities, and (b) at the time any such redemption notice is given, such obligation to pay such Successor Additional Amounts must remain in effect.
ARTICLE TWELVE
REPAYMENT AT THE OPTION OF HOLDERS
Section 1201. Applicability of Article.
Securities of any series which are repayable at the option of the Holders thereof before their Stated Maturity shall be repaid in accordance with the terms of the Securities of such series. The repayment of any principal amount of Securities pursuant to such option of the Holder to require repayment of Securities before their Stated Maturity, for purposes of Section 309, shall not operate as a payment, redemption or satisfaction of the Indebtedness represented by such Securities unless and until the Company, at its option, shall deliver or surrender the same to the Trustee with a directive that such Securities be canceled. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 1201, in connection with any repayment of Securities, the Company may arrange for the purchase of any Securities by an agreement with one or more investment bankers or other purchasers to purchase such Securities by paying to the Holders of such Securities on or
before the close of business on the repayment date an amount not less than the repayment price payable by the Company on repayment of such Securities, and the obligation of the Company to pay the repayment price of such Securities shall be satisfied and discharged to the extent such payment is so paid by such purchasers.
ARTICLE THIRTEEN
SECURITIES IN FOREIGN CURRENCIES
Section 1301. Applicability of Article.
Whenever this Indenture provides for (i) any action by, or the determination of any of the rights of, Holders of Securities of any series in which not all of such Securities are denominated in the same Currency, or (ii) any distribution to Holders of Securities, in the absence of any provision to the contrary in the form of Security of any particular series or pursuant to this Indenture or the Securities, any amount in respect of any Security denominated in a Currency other than Dollars shall be treated for any such action or distribution as that amount of Dollars that could be obtained for such amount on such reasonable basis of exchange and as of the record date with respect to Registered Securities of such series (if any) for such action, determination of rights or distribution (or, if there shall be no applicable record date, such other date reasonably proximate to the date of such action, determination of rights or distribution) as the Company or the Guarantor may specify in a written notice to the Trustee or, in the absence of such written notice, as the Trustee may determine.
ARTICLE FOURTEEN
MEETINGS OF HOLDERS OF SECURITIES
Section 1401. 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 Fourteen to make, give or take any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act provided by this Indenture to be made, given or taken by Holders of Securities of such series.
Section 1402. 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 1401, to be held at such time and at such place in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, or, if Securities of such series have been issued in whole or in part as Bearer Securities, in London or in such place outside the United States as the Trustee shall determine. 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 Guarantor (in each case, by or pursuant to a Board Resolution) 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 1401, by written request setting forth in reasonable detail the action
proposed to be taken at the meeting, and the Trustee shall not have mailed
notice of or made the first publication of the notice of such meeting within 21
days after receipt of such request (whichever shall be required pursuant to
Section 106) or shall not thereafter proceed to cause the meeting to be held as
provided herein, then the Company, the Guarantor 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, if
Securities of such series are to be issued as Bearer Securities, in London for
such meeting and may call such meeting for such purposes by giving notice
thereof as provided in clause (a) of this Section 1402.
Section 1403. 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 or the Guarantor and their respective counsel.
Section 1404. 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 at least 66-2/3% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of a series, the Persons entitled to vote 66-2/3% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series shall constitute a quorum. In the absence of a quorum within 30 minutes after 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 of not less than 10 days as 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 of not less than 10 days as 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 1402(1), 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 only 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 consent or waiver which this Indenture expressly
provides may be given by the Holders of at least 66-2/3% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of a series may be adopted at a meeting or an adjourned meeting duly convened and at which a quorum is present as aforesaid only by the affirmative vote of the Holders of 66-2/3% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series; and provided, further, 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 Act 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 such series.
Any resolution passed or decision taken at any meeting of Holders of Securities of any series duly held in accordance with this Section 1404 shall be binding on all the Holders of Securities of such series and the Coupons appertaining thereto, whether or not such Holders were present or represented at the meeting.
Section 1405. 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 such 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, the Guarantor or Holders of Securities as provided in Section 1402(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 Securities of such series held or represented by him; provided, however, that no vote shall be cast or counted at any meeting in respect of 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 1402 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 1406. 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 the 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 triplicate of all votes cast at the meeting. A record, at least in triplicate, 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 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 1402 and, if applicable, Section 1404. 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, another to the Guarantor 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.
ARTICLE FIFTEEN
PURCHASE OF SECURITIES UPON CHANGE IN CONTROL
Section 1501. Purchase of Securities at Option of the Holder upon Change in Control.
(1) If on or prior to Maturity, there shall have occurred a Change in Control (as defined herein), the Securities shall be purchased, at the option of the Holder thereof, by the Company at the purchase price specified in the Securities (the "Change in Control Purchase Price"), on the date that is 35 Business Days after the occurrence of the Change in Control (the "Change in Control Purchase Date"), subject to satisfaction by or on behalf of the Holder of the requirements set forth in Section 1501(3).
A "Change in Control" shall be deemed to have occurred at such time as any of the following events shall occur:
(a) Any person (for purposes of paragraph (a) of this Section 1501(1)
only, the term "person" shall mean a "person" as defined in or for purposes of
Section 13(d)(3) or Section 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act of 1934 (as defined
herein), or any successor provision to either of
the foregoing, including any "group" acting for the purposes of acquiring, holding or disposing of Securities within the meaning of Rule 13D-5(b)(1) under the Exchange Act of 1934), together with its Affiliates and Associates (as defined herein), shall file or become obligated to file a report under or in response to Schedule 13D or 14D-1 (or any successor schedule, form or report) pursuant to the Exchange Act of 1934 disclosing that such person has become the beneficial owner (as the term "beneficial owner" is defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act of 1934, or any successor provision) of either (A) 50% or more of the shares of Common Stock of the Guarantor then outstanding or (B) 50% or more of the voting power of the Voting Stock of the Guarantor then outstanding; provided, however, that for purposes of paragraph (a) of this Section 1501(1), a person shall not be deemed the beneficial owner of (1) any securities tendered pursuant to a tender offer or exchange offer made by or on behalf of such person, or its Affiliates or Associates, until such tendered securities are accepted for purchase or exchange thereunder, or (2) any securities in respect of which beneficial ownership by such person arises solely as a result of a revocable proxy delivered in response to a proxy or consent solicitation that is made pursuant to, and in accordance with, the Exchange Act of 1934 and the applicable rules and regulations thereunder and is not then reportable on Schedule 13D (or any successor schedule, form or report) under the Exchange Act of 1934.
(b) There shall be consummated any sale, transfer, lease or conveyance of all or substantially all of the properties and assets of the Guarantor to any other Corporation or Corporations or other Person or Persons (other than a Subsidiary of the Guarantor).
(c) There shall be consummated any consolidation of the Guarantor with or merger of the Guarantor with or into any other Person (whether or not affiliated with the Guarantor) in which the Guarantor is not the sole surviving or continuing Corporation or pursuant to which the shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the consummation of such consolidation or merger are converted into cash, securities or other property, other than a consolidation or merger in which the holders of shares of Common Stock receive, directly or indirectly, (A) 75% or more of the common stock of the sole surviving or continuing Corporation outstanding immediately following the consummation of such consolidation or merger and (B) securities representing 75% or more of the combined voting power of the Voting Stock of the sole surviving or continuing Corporation outstanding immediately following the consummation thereof of such consolidation or merger.
"Exchange Act of 1934" shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
"Associate" shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Rule 12b-2 under the Exchange Act of 1934, as in effect on the date hereof.
(2) Within 15 Business Days after the occurrence of a Change in Control, the Company shall mail a written notice of Change in Control by first-class mail to the Trustee and to each Holder (and to beneficial owners as required by applicable law, including, without limitation, Rule 13c-4 under the Exchange Act of 1934) and if any Bearer Securities are then Outstanding, shall cause a copy of such notice to be published at least once in an Authorized Newspaper located in The City of New York and, if any Securities are then listed on any stock exchange located outside the United States, in an Authorized Newspaper in such city as the stock exchange so
requires. The notice shall include or transmit a form of Change in Control Purchase Notice (as described below) to be completed by the Holder and shall state:
(a) the events causing a Change in Control and the date of such Change in Control;
(b) the date by which the Change in Control Purchase Notice pursuant to this Section 1501 must be given;
(c) the Change in Control Purchase Date;
(d) the Change in Control Purchase Price;
(e) the name and address of the Trustee and the Office or Agency;
(f) that the Securities must be surrendered to the Trustee or the Office or Agency to collect payment;
(g) that the Change in Control Purchase Price for any Security as to which a Change in Control Purchase Notice has been duly given and not withdrawn will be paid promptly following the later of the Change in Control Purchase Date or the time of surrender of such Security as described in Section 1501(2)(f);
(h) the procedures the Holder must follow to exercise rights under this
Section 1501(1) and a brief description of those rights; and
(i) the procedures for withdrawing a Change in Control Purchase Notice.
(3) A Holder may exercise its rights specified in Section 1501(1) upon delivery of a written notice of purchase (a "Change in Control Purchase Notice") to the Trustee or to an Office or Agency at any time prior to the close of business of the Change in Control Purchase Date, stating:
(a) the certificate number or numbers of the Security or Securities, except in the case of global Securities, which the Holder will deliver to be purchased;
(b) the portion of the principal amount of the Security or Securities which the Holder will deliver to be purchased, which portion must be $1,000 or an integral multiple thereof; and
(c) that such Security or Securities shall be purchased on the Change in Control Purchase Date pursuant to the terms and conditions specified in the Securities.
The delivery of the Security, by hand or by registered mail prior to, on or after the Change in Control Purchase Date (together with all necessary endorsements), to the Trustee or to an Office or Agency shall be a condition precedent to the obligation of the Company to pay to the Holder the Change in Control Purchase Price therefor; provided, however, that such Change in Control Purchase Price shall be so paid pursuant to this Section 1501 only if the Security so
delivered to the Trustee or such Office or Agency shall conform in all respects to the description thereof set forth in the related Change in Control Purchase Notice.
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, any Holder delivering to the Trustee or to an Office or Agency, the Change in Control Purchase Notice contemplated by this Section 1501(3) shall have the right to withdraw such Change in Control Purchase Notice at any time prior to or on the Change in Control Purchase Date by delivery of a written notice of withdrawal to the Trustee or to such Office or Agency in accordance with Section 1502.
Section 1502. Effect of Change in Control Purchase Notice.
Upon receipt by the Company of the Change in Control Purchase Notice specified in Section 1501(3), the Holder of the Security in respect of which such Change in Control Purchase Notice was given shall (unless such Change in Control Purchase Notice is withdrawn as specified in the following paragraph) thereafter be entitled to receive solely the Change in Control Purchase Price with respect to such Security. Such Change in Control Purchase Price shall be paid to such Holder promptly following the later of (x) the Change in Control Purchase Date, as the case may be, with respect to such Security (provided the conditions in Section 1501(3), as applicable, have been satisfied) and (y) the time of delivery of such Security to the Trustee or to an Office or Agency by the Holder thereof in the manner required by Section 1501(3), as applicable.
A Change in Control Purchase Notice may be withdrawn by means of a written notice of withdrawal delivered to the office of the Trustee or to an Office or Agency at any time prior to the close of business on the Change in Control Purchase Date, specifying:
(a) the certificate number or numbers of the Security or Securities, except in the case of global Securities, in respect of which such notice of withdrawal is being submitted;
(b) the principal amount of the Security or Securities with respect to which such notice of withdrawal is being submitted; and
(c) the principal amount, if any, of such Security or Securities which remains subject to the original Change in Control Purchase Notice, and which has been and will be delivered for purchase by the Company.
There shall be no purchase of any Securities pursuant to Section 1501 if there has occurred and in continuing an Event of Default (other than a default in the payment of the Change in Control Purchase Price).
Section 1503. Deposit of Change in Control Purchase Price.
Prior to 12:00 noon, New York, New York time, on the Business Day
following the Change in Control Purchase Date, the Company shall deposit with
the Trustee (or, if the Guarantor or a Subsidiary or an Affiliate of any of them
is acting as Paying Agent, shall segregate and hold in trust as provided in
Section 1003) an amount of cash in immediately available funds or securities, if
expressly permitted hereunder, sufficient to pay the aggregate Change in Control
Purchase Price of all the Securities or portions thereof which are to be
purchased. If a deposit is made with the Trustee of the aforesaid amount of cash
or securities, the Securities or portions thereof with respect
to which a Change in Control Purchase Notice has been delivered and not validly withdrawn shall become due and payable as of the Business Day following the applicable Change in Control Purchase Date, and on and after such date Interest payable in respect of such Securities shall cease and all other rights of the Holders thereof shall terminate, other than the right to receive the Change in Control Purchase Price upon delivery of such Securities to the Trustee.
Section 1504. Covenant to Comply With Securities Laws Upon Purchase of Securities.
In connection with any purchase of Securities under Section 1501
hereof, the Company and the Guarantor shall (a) comply with Rule 13e-4 under the
Exchange Act of 1934, if applicable, (b) file the related Schedule 13E-4 (or any
successor schedule, form or report) under the Exchange Act of 1934, if
applicable, and (c) otherwise comply with all Federal and state Securities laws
regulating the purchase of the Securities (including positions of the Commission
under applicable no-action letters) so as to permit the rights and obligation
under Section 1501 to be exercised in the time and in the manner specified in
Section 1501 and 1502.
Section 1505. Repayment to the Company.
The Trustee shall return to the Company any cash, together with Interest or dividends, if any, thereon (subject to the provisions of Section 605) held by it for the payment of the Change in Control Purchase Price of the Securities that remain unclaimed as provided in the Securities; provided, however, that to the extent the aggregate amount of cash deposited by the Company pursuant to Section 1503 exceeds the aggregate Change in Control Purchase Price of the Securities or portions thereof to be purchased, then promptly after the Change in Control Purchase Date, the Trustee shall return any such excess to the Company together with Interest or dividends, if any, thereon (subject to the provisions of Section 605).
ARTICLE SIXTEEN
GUARANTEES
Section 1601. Guarantee.
The Guarantor hereby irrevocably and unconditionally guarantees to each Holder of a Security authenticated and delivered by the Trustee, and to the Trustee on behalf of such Holder, the due and punctual payment of the principal of and any premium and Interest on and any Additional Amounts with respect to such Security and the due and punctual payment of any payments provided for pursuant to the terms of such Security and any Coupons appertaining thereto, when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at the Stated Maturity, by declaration of acceleration, call for redemption or repayment or otherwise, in accordance with the terms of such Security, any such Coupons and this Indenture, and any and all other amounts owed by the Company to the Trustee or the Holders under the terms of this Indenture. This guarantee will not be discharged with respect to any Securities of any series or Coupons appertaining thereto except by payment in full of the principal thereof, premium, if any, and Interest thereon and all other amounts payable thereunder and under this Indenture with respect thereto. The Guarantor hereby expressly waives its right to require the Trustee or any Holder to pursue or exhaust its legal
or equitable remedies against the Company prior to exercising its rights under this guarantee. In case of the failure of the Company punctually to make any such payment, the Guarantor hereby agrees to cause such payment to be made punctually when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at the Stated Maturity or by declaration of acceleration, call for redemption or repayment or otherwise, and as if such payment were made by the Company.
The Guarantor hereby agrees that any amounts to be paid by it hereunder shall be paid without deduction or withholding for or on account of any and all present or future tax, duty, assessment or governmental charge imposed upon or as a result of such payment by the Government of the United States, or any state or other political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein, or if deduction or withholding of any such tax, duty, assessment or charge shall at any time be required by or on behalf of the Government of the United States or any such state, political subdivision or taxing authority, the Guarantor shall pay such additional amount in respect of principal, premium, if any, and Interest, if any, as may be necessary in order that the net amounts paid to the Holder of a Security or the Trustee on behalf of the Holder of such Security, as the case may be, pursuant to this guarantee after such deduction or withholding shall not be less than the amount provided for in such Security to be then due and payable; except that no such additional amount shall be payable in respect of any Security to any Holder (a) who is subject to such tax, duty, assessment or governmental charge in respect of such Security by reason of his being connected with the United States otherwise than merely by the holding or ownership of such Security, or (b) who is not dealing at arm's length with the Guarantor (within the meaning of the Internal Revenue Code, as amended from time to time).
The Guarantor hereby agrees that its obligations hereunder shall be as if it were principal debtor and not merely surety, and shall be absolute and unconditional, irrespective of the validity, regularity or enforceability of any Security or this Indenture, the absence of any action to enforce the same, any waiver or consent by the Holder of such Security or by the Trustee with respect to any provisions thereof or of this Indenture, the obtaining of any judgment against the Company or any action to enforce the same or any other circumstances which might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a guarantor. The Guarantor hereby waives the benefits of division and discussion, diligence, presentment, demand of payment, filing of claims with a court in the event of merger, insolvency or bankruptcy of the Company, any right to require a proceeding first against the Company, protest or notice with respect to any Security or the indebtedness evidenced thereby and all demands whatsoever, and covenants that no guarantee (including any Guarantee endorsed on a Security) will be discharged in respect of any Security except by complete performance of the obligations contained in such Security and in this guarantee. The Guarantor hereby agrees that, in the event of a default in payment of principal (or premium, if any) or Interest, if any, on or Additional Amounts with respect to any Security, or a default in any payment referred to therein, legal proceedings may be instituted by the Trustee on behalf of, or by, the Holder of such Security, on the terms and conditions set forth in this Indenture, directly against the Guarantor to enforce this guarantee without first proceeding against the Company.
The Guarantor shall be subrogated to all rights of the Holders of the Securities of a particular series against the Company in respect of any amounts paid by the Guarantor on account of such Securities pursuant to the provisions of this guarantee or this Indenture; provided, however, that the Guarantor shall not be entitled to enforce or to receive any payments arising out of, or
based upon, such right of subrogation until the principal of, any premium and Interest on, and Additional Amounts with respect to, all Securities of such series issued hereunder shall have been paid in full.
Section 1602. Execution and Delivery of Guarantees.
The Guarantees to be endorsed on the Securities of each series shall include the terms of the guarantee set forth in Section 202 (except that references to premium and Interest need be included only if any premium or Interest, respectively, is provided for in the terms of such series) and any other terms that may be set forth in the form established pursuant to Section 202 with respect to such series. The Guarantor hereby agrees to execute the Guarantees, in a form established pursuant to Section 202, to be endorsed on each Security authenticated and delivered by the Trustee.
The Guarantees shall be executed on behalf of the Guarantor by its Chairman of the Board, a Vice Chairman of the Board, its President or one of its Vice Presidents, under its corporate seal reproduced thereon attested by its Secretary or one of its Assistant Secretaries. The signature of any of these officers on the Guarantees may be manual or facsimile.
Guarantees bearing the manual or facsimile signatures of individuals who were at any time the proper officers of the Guarantor shall bind the Guarantor, notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them have cased to hold such offices prior to the authentication and delivery of such Guarantees or did not hold such offices at the date of such Guarantees.
The delivery of any Security by the Trustee, after the authentication thereof hereunder, shall constitute due delivery of the Guarantee endorsed thereon on behalf of the Guarantor. The Guarantor hereby agrees that its Guarantee set forth in Section 202 and in this Article shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding any failure to endorse a Guarantee on any Security.
The Guarantees shall continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time payment on any Security, in whole or in part, is rescinded or must otherwise be restored to the Company or the Guarantor upon the bankruptcy, liquidation or reorganization of the Company or the Guarantor or otherwise.
ARTICLE SEVENTEEN
SUBORDINATION OF SECURITIES
Section 1701. Securities Subordinated to Company Senior Indebtedness.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 506 or any other provision herein or in any Security, the Company and the Trustee and, by their acceptance thereof, the Holders of the Securities (a) covenant and agree that all payments by the Company of the principal of and any premium or Interest on and any Additional Amounts with respect to the Securities (other than Securities which have been discharged pursuant to Article Four or Securities that provide for a sinking fund pursuant to the Board Resolution, Officers' Certificate or supplemental indenture
establishing the series as to which such sinking fund is applicable) shall be subordinated in accordance with the provisions of this Article Seventeen in right of payment to the prior payment in full, in cash or cash equivalents, of all amounts payable on, under or in connection with Company Senior Indebtedness, and (b) acknowledge that holders of Company Senior Indebtedness are or shall be relying on this Article Seventeen. Nothing herein or in any Security is intended to or shall limit the amount of Company Senior Indebtedness the Company may incur.
Section 1702. Priority and Payment of Proceeds in Certain Events:
Remedies Standstill.
(1) Upon any payment or distribution of assets or securities of the Company, as the case may be, of any kind or character, whether in cash, property or securities, upon any dissolution or winding up or total or partial liquidation or reorganization of the Company, whether voluntary or involuntary, or in bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other proceedings, all amounts payable on, under or in connection with Company Senior Indebtedness (including any Interest accruing on such Company Senior Indebtedness subsequent to the commencement of a bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar proceeding) shall first be paid, ratably according to the aggregate amounts remaining unpaid on account of the principal of and any premium and Interest on the Company Senior Indebtedness held or represented by each, to the extent necessary to make payment in full of all Company Senior Indebtedness remaining unpaid, in cash, or payment provided for in cash or cash equivalents, ratably according to the aggregate amounts remaining unpaid on account of the principal of and any premium and Interest on the Company Senior Indebtedness held or represented by each, to the extent necessary to make payment in full of all Company Senior Indebtedness remaining unpaid, before the Holders or the Trustee on behalf of the Holders or the holders of Preferred Securities, if any, shall be entitled to receive from the Company any payment of principal of or any premium or Interest on or Additional Amounts with respect to the Securities or distribution of any assets or securities.
(2) No direct or indirect payment by or on behalf of the Company of principal of or any premium or Interest on or Additional Amounts with respect to the Securities (other than Securities which have been discharged pursuant to Article Four or Securities that provide for a sinking fund), whether pursuant to the terms of the Securities or upon acceleration or otherwise, shall be made if, at the time of such payment, there exists (a) a default in the payment of all or any portion of any Company Senior Indebtedness and the Trustee has received written notice thereof from the Company, from holders of Company Senior Indebtedness or from any trustee, representative or agent therefor, or (b) any other default affecting Company Senior Indebtedness as a result of which the maturity of Company Senior Indebtedness has been accelerated and the Trustee has received written notice from the Company, from holders of Company Senior Indebtedness or from any trustee, representative or agent therefor, and such default shall not have been cured or waived by or on behalf of the holders of such Company Senior Indebtedness.
(3) If, notwithstanding the foregoing provisions prohibiting such payment or distribution, the Trustee or any Holder shall have received any payment on account of the principal of or any premium or Interest on or Additional Amounts with respect to the Securities when such payment is prohibited by this Section 1702 and before all amounts payable on, under or in connection with Company Senior Indebtedness are paid in full in cash or cash equivalents, then and in such event (subject to the provisions of Section 1708) such payment or distribution shall be
received and held in trust for the holders of Company Senior Indebtedness and, at the written direction of the trustee, representative or agent for the holders of the Company Senior Indebtedness, shall be paid to the holders of the Company Senior Indebtedness remaining unpaid to the extent necessary to pay such Company Senior Indebtedness in full in cash or cash equivalents.
Upon any payment or distribution of assets or securities referred to in this Article Seventeen, the Trustee and the Holders shall be entitled to rely upon any order or decree of a court of competent jurisdiction in which such dissolution, winding up, liquidation or reorganization proceedings are pending or upon a certificate of the receiver, trustee in bankruptcy, liquidating trustee, agent or other Person making any such payment or distribution, delivered to the Trustee or to the Holders for the purpose of ascertaining the Persons entitled to participate in such distribution, the holders of Company Senior Indebtedness and other Indebtedness of the Company, the amount thereof or payable thereon, the amount or amounts paid or distributed thereon and all other facts pertinent thereto or to this Article Seventeen.
Section 1703. Payments Which May Be Made Prior to Notice.
Nothing in this Article Seventeen or elsewhere in this Indenture shall
prevent (1) the Company, except under the conditions described in Section 1702,
from making payments of principal of or any premium or Interest on or Additional
Amounts with respect to the Securities or from depositing with the Trustee any
monies for such payments, or (2) the application by the Trustee of any monies
deposited with it for the purpose of making such payments of principal of or any
premium or Interest on or Additional Amounts with respect to the Securities, to
the Holders entitled thereto, unless at least two Business Days prior to the
date when such payment would otherwise (except for the prohibitions contained in
Section 1702) become due and payable, the Trustee shall have received the
written notice provided for in Section 1702(2)(a) or (b).
Section 1704. Rights of Holders of Senior Indebtedness Not to Be Impaired.
No right of any present or future holder of any Company Senior Indebtedness to enforce subordination as herein provided shall at any time or in any way be prejudiced or impaired by any act or failure to act in good faith by any such holder, or by any noncompliance by the Company with the terms and provisions and covenants herein regardless of any knowledge thereof any such holder may have or otherwise be charged with.
The provisions of this Article Seventeen are intended to be for the
benefit of, and shall be enforceable directly by, the holders of Company Senior
Indebtedness. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Article
Seventeen, to the extent any Holders or the Trustee have paid over or delivered
to any holder of Company Senior Indebtedness any payment or distribution
received on account of the principal of or any premium or Interest on or
Additional Amounts with respect to the Securities to which any other holder of
Company Senior Indebtedness shall be entitled to share in accordance with
Section 1702, no holder of Company Senior Indebtedness shall have a claim or
right against any Holders or the Trustee with respect to any such payment or
distribution or as a result of the failure to make payments or distributions to
such other holder of Company Senior Indebtedness.
Section 1705. Trustee May Take Action to Effectuate Subordination.
Each Holder of a Security, by his acceptance thereof, authorizes and directs the Trustee on his behalf to take such action as may be required by the trustee, representative or agent for holders of Company Senior Indebtedness or by the Company to effectuate, as between the holders of Company Senior Indebtedness and the Holders, the subordination as provided in this Article Seventeen and appoints the Trustee his attorney-in-fact for any and all such purposes.
Section 1706. Subrogation.
Upon the payment in full, in cash or cash equivalents, of all Company Senior Indebtedness, any Holder shall be subrogated to the rights of the holders of such Company Senior Indebtedness to receive payments or distributions of assets of the Company in respect of such Company Senior Indebtedness until the Securities shall be paid in full; and for the purposes of such subrogation, no payments or distributions to holders of such Company Senior Indebtedness of any cash property or securities to which such Holders of the Securities would be entitled except for this Article Seventeen, and no payment pursuant to this Article Seventeen to holders of such Company Senior Indebtedness by such Holders of the Securities, shall, as between the Company, its creditors other than holders of such Company Senior Indebtedness and such Holders of the Securities, be deemed to be a payment by the Company to or on account of such Company Senior Indebtedness, it being understood that the provisions of this Article Seventeen are solely for the purpose of defining the relative rights of the holders of such Company Senior Indebtedness, on the one hand, and such Holders of the Securities, on the other hand.
If any payment or distribution to which Holders of Securities would otherwise have been entitled but for the provisions of this Article Seventeen shall have been applied, pursuant to this Article Seventeen, to the payment of all Company Senior Indebtedness, then and in such case such Holders of the Securities shall be entitled to receive from the holders of such Company Senior Indebtedness at the time outstanding any payments or distributions received by such holders of Company Senior Indebtedness in excess of the amount sufficient to pay, in cash or cash equivalents, all such Company Senior Indebtedness in full.
Section 1707. Obligations of Company Unconditional; Reinstatement.
Nothing in this Article Seventeen or elsewhere in this Indenture or in any Security is intended to or shall impair, as among the Company, its creditors other than holders of Company Senior Indebtedness and Holders of the Securities, the obligations of the Company, which are absolute and unconditional, to pay to such Holders the principal of and any premium and Interest on and Additional Amounts with respect to the Securities as and when the same shall become due and payable in accordance with their terms, or is intended to or shall affect the relative rights of such Holders of the Securities and creditors of the Company other than the holders of the Company Senior Indebtedness, nor shall anything herein or therein prevent the Trustee or any Holder of Securities or holder of Preferred Securities, as applicable, from exercising all remedies otherwise permitted by applicable law under this Indenture, subject to the rights, if any, under this Article Seventeen of the holders of such Company Senior Indebtedness in respect of cash, property or securities of the Company received upon the exercise of any such remedy.
The failure to make a scheduled payment of principal of or any premium
or Interest on or Additional Amounts with respect to the Securities by reason of
Section 1702 shall not be construed as preventing the occurrence of a Default or
an Event of Default under Section 501; provided, however, that if (1) the
conditions preventing the making of such payment no longer exist, and (2) such
Holders of the Securities are made whole with respect to such omitted payments,
the Default or Event of Default relating thereto (including any failure to pay
any accelerated amounts) shall be automatically waived, and the provisions of
the Indenture shall be reinstated as if no such Event of Default had occurred.
Section 1708. Trustee Entitled to Assume Payments Not Prohibited in Absence of Notice.
The Trustee or Paying Agent shall not be charged with the knowledge of the existence of any default in the payment of all or a portion of any Company Senior Indebtedness or any other default affecting Company Senior Indebtedness as a result of which the maturity of the Company Senior Indebtedness has been accelerated, unless and until the Trustee or Paying Agent shall have received written notice thereof from the Company or one or more holders of Company Senior Indebtedness or from any trustee, representative or agent therefor; and, prior to the receipt of any such written notice, the Trustee or Paying Agent may conclusively assume that no such facts exist.
Unless at least two Business Days prior to the date when by the terms of this Indenture any monies are to be deposited by the Company with the Trustee or any Paying Agent for any purpose (including, without limitation, the payment of the principal of or any premium or Interest on or Additional Amounts with respect to any Security), the Trustee or Paying Agent shall have received with respect to such monies the notice provided for in Section 1702, the Trustee or Paying Agent shall have full power and authority to receive and apply such monies to the purpose for which they were received. Neither of them shall be affected by any notice to the contrary, which may be received by either on or after such second Business Day. The foregoing shall not apply to the Paying Agent if the Company is acting as Paying Agent. Nothing in this Section 1708 shall limit the right of the holders of Company Senior Indebtedness to recover payments as contemplated by Section 1702. The Trustee or Paying Agent shall be entitled to rely on the delivery to it of a written notice by a Person representing himself or itself to be a holder of such Company Senior Indebtedness (or a trustee, representative or agent on behalf of such holder) to establish that such notice has been given by a holder of such Company Senior Indebtedness or a trustee, representative or agent on behalf of any such holder. The Trustee shall not be deemed to have any fiduciary duty to the holders (and shall be fully protected in relying upon such notice) of Company Senior Indebtedness.
Section 1709. Right of Trustee to Hold Senior Indebtedness.
The Trustee and any Paying Agent shall be entitled to all of the rights set forth in this Article Seventeen in respect of any Company Senior Indebtedness at any time held by them, to the same extent as any other holder of such Company Senior Indebtedness, and nothing in this Indenture shall be construed to deprive the Trustee or any Paying Agent of any of its rights as such holder.
Section 1710. Notice to Trustee.
The Company shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee or Paying Agent of any fact known to the Company which would prohibit the making of any payment to or by the Trustee in respect of the Securities. Failure to give such notice shall not affect the subordination of the Securities to Company Senior Indebtedness. Notwithstanding the provisions of this or any other provision of this Indenture, the Trustee or Paying Agent shall not be charged with knowledge of the existence of any facts which would prohibit the making of any payment to or by the Trustee or Paying Agent in respect of the Securities pursuant to this Article Seventeen, unless and until the Trustee or Paying Agent shall have received written notice from the Company or a holder of Company Senior Indebtedness or from any trustee or agent therefor; and, prior to the receipt of any such written notice, the Trustee, subject to the provisions of Section 601, or Paying Agent shall be entitled in all respects to assume that no such facts exist; provided, however, that if a Responsible Officer of the Trustee or Paying Agent shall not have received, at least three Business Days prior to the date upon which by the terms hereof any such money may become payable for any purpose (including, without limitation, the payment of the principal of or any premium or Interest on or Additional Amounts with respect to any Security, the notice with respect to such money provided for in this Section 1710, then, anything herein contained to the contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee or Paying Agent shall have full power and authority to receive such money and to apply the same to the purpose for which such money was received and shall not be affected by any notice to the contrary which may be received by it within three Business Days prior to such date.
The Trustee, subject to the provisions of Section 601, or Paying Agent shall be entitled to conclusively rely on the delivery to it of a written notice by a Person representing himself or itself to be a holder of Company Senior Indebtedness (or a trustee or agent on behalf of such holder) to establish that such notice has been given by a holder of Company Senior Indebtedness (or a trustee or agent on behalf of any such holder). In the event that the Trustee or Paying Agent determines in good faith that further evidence is required with respect to the right of any Person as a holder of Company Senior Indebtedness to participate in any payment or distribution pursuant to this Article Seventeen, the Trustee or Paying Agent may request such Person to furnish evidence to the reasonable satisfaction of the Trustee or Paying Agent as to the amount of Company Senior Indebtedness held by such Person, the extent to which such Person is entitled to participate in such payment or distribution and any other facts pertinent to the rights of such Person under this Article Seventeen, and if such evidence is not furnished, the Trustee or Paying Agent may defer any payment which it may be required to make for the benefit of such Person pursuant to the terms of this Indenture pending judicial determination as to the rights of such Person to receive such payment.
Section 1711. Reliance on Judicial Order or Certificate of Liquidating Agent.
Upon any payment or distribution of assets of the Company referred to in this Article Seventeen, the Trustee, subject to the provisions of Section 601, and the Holders of the Securities shall be entitled to rely upon any order or decree entered by any court of competent jurisdiction in which such insolvency, bankruptcy, receivership, liquidation, reorganization, dissolution, winding up or similar case or proceeding is pending, or a certificate of the trustee in bankruptcy, liquidating trustee, Custodian, receiver, assignee for the benefit of creditors, agent or
other Person making such payment or distribution, delivered to the Trustee or to the Holders of Securities, for the purpose of ascertaining the Persons entitled to participate in such payment or distribution, the holders of Company Senior Indebtedness and other indebtedness of the Company, the amount thereof or payable thereon, the amount or amounts paid or distributed thereon and all other facts pertinent thereto or to this Article Seventeen.
Section 1712. Trustee Not Fiduciary for Holders of Company Senior Indebtedness.
The Trustee shall not be deemed to owe any fiduciary duty to the holders of Company Senior Indebtedness and shall not be liable to any such holders if the Trustee shall in good faith mistakenly pay over or distribute to Holders of Securities or to the Company or to any other Person cash, property or securities to which any holders of Company Senior Indebtedness shall be entitled by virtue of this Article or otherwise. With respect to the holders of Company Senior Indebtedness, the Trustee undertakes to perform or to observe only such of its covenants or obligations as are specifically set forth in this Article and no implied covenants or obligations with respect to holders of Company Senior Indebtedness shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee.
Nothing in this Article shall apply to claims of or payments to, the Trustee under or pursuant to Section 606.
ARTICLE EIGHTEEN
SUBORDINATION OF GUARANTEE
Section 1801. Guarantee Subordinated to Guarantor Senior Indebtedness
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 506 or any other provision herein or in any Security, the Guarantor and the Trustee and, by their acceptance thereof, the Holders of the Securities (a) covenant and agree that all payments by the Guarantor pursuant to the Guarantee of the principal of and any premium or Interest on and any Additional Amounts with respect to the Securities (other than Securities which have been discharged pursuant to Article Four or Securities that provide for a sinking fund pursuant to the Board Resolution, Officers' Certificate or supplemental indenture establishing the series as to which such sinking fund is applicable) shall be subordinated in accordance with the provisions of this Article Eighteen in right of payment to the prior payment in full, in cash or cash equivalents, of all amounts payable on, under or in connection with Guarantor Senior Indebtedness, and (b) acknowledge that holders of Guarantor Senior Indebtedness are or shall be relying on this Article Eighteen. Nothing herein or in any Security is intended to or shall limit the amount of Guarantor Indebtedness the Guarantor may incur.
Section 1802. Priority and Payment of Proceeds in Certain Events:
Remedies Standstill
(1) Upon any payment or distribution of assets or securities of the Guarantor, as the case may be, of any kind or character, whether in cash, property or securities, upon any dissolution
or winding up or total or partial liquidation or reorganization of the Guarantor, whether voluntary or involuntary, or in bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other proceedings, all amounts payable on, under or in connection with Guarantor Senior Indebtedness (including any Interest accruing on such Guarantor Senior Indebtedness subsequent to the commencement of a bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar proceeding) shall first be paid, ratably according to the aggregate amounts remaining unpaid on account of the principal of any premium and Interest on the Guarantor Senior Indebtedness held or represented by each, to the extent necessary to make payment in full of all Guarantor Senior Indebtedness remaining unpaid, in cash, or payment provided for in cash or cash equivalents, ratably according to the aggregate amounts remaining unpaid on account of the principal of and any premium and Interest on the Guarantor Senior Indebtedness held or represented by each, to the extent necessary to make payment in full of all Guarantor Senior Indebtedness remaining unpaid, before the Holders or the Trustee on behalf of the Holders or the holders of Preferred Securities, if any, shall be entitled to receive from the Guarantor pursuant to the Guarantee any payment of principal of or any premium or Interest on or Additional Amounts with respect to the Securities or distribution of any assets or securities.
(2) No direct or indirect payment by or on behalf of the Guarantor pursuant to the Guarantee of principal of or any premium or Interest on or Additional Amounts with respect to the Securities (other than Securities which have been discharged pursuant to Article Four or Securities that provide for a sinking fund), whether pursuant to the terms of this Securities or upon acceleration or otherwise, shall be made if, at the time of such payment, there exists (a) a default in the payment of all or any portion of any Guarantor Senior Indebtedness and the Trustee has received written notice thereof from the Guarantor, from holders of Guarantor Senior Indebtedness or from any trustee, representative or agent therefor, or (b) any other default affecting Guarantor Senior Indebtedness as a result of which the maturity of Guarantor Senior Indebtedness has been accelerated and the Trustee has received written notice from the Guarantor, from holders of Guarantor Senior Indebtedness or form any trustee, representative or agent therefor, and such default shall not have been cured or waived by or on behalf of the holders of such Guarantor Senior Indebtedness.
(3) If, notwithstanding the foregoing provisions prohibiting such
payment or distribution, the Trustee or any Holder shall have received any
payment pursuant to the Guarantee on account of the principal or any premium or
Interest on or Additional Amounts with respect to the Securities when such
payment is prohibited by this Section 1802 and before all amounts payable on,
under or in connection with Guarantor Senior Indebtedness are paid in full in
cash or cash equivalents, then and in such event (subject to the provisions of
Section 1808) such payment or distribution shall be received and held in trust
for the holders of Guarantor Senior Indebtedness and, at the written direction
of the trustee, representative or agent for the holders of the Guarantor Senior
Indebtedness, shall be paid to the holders of the Guarantor Senior Indebtedness
remaining unpaid to the extent necessary to pay such Guarantor Senior
Indebtedness in full in cash or cash equivalents.
Upon any payment or distribution of assets or securities referred to in this Article Eighteen, the Trustee and the Holders shall be entitled to rely upon any order or decree of a court of competent jurisdiction in which such dissolution, winding up, liquidation or reorganization proceedings are pending or upon a certificate of the receiver, trustee in bankruptcy, liquidating trustee, agent or other Person making any such payment or distribution, delivered to the Trustee or
to the Holders for the purpose of ascertaining the Persons entitled to participate in such distribution, the holders of Guarantor Senior Indebtedness and other Indebtedness of the Guarantor, the amount thereof or payable thereon, the amount or amounts paid or distributed thereon and all other facts pertinent thereto or to this Article Eighteen.
Section 1803. Payments which May Be Made Prior to Notice
Nothing in the Article Eighteen or elsewhere in this Indenture shall prevent (1) the Guarantor, except under the conditions described in Section 1802, from making payments of principal of or any premium or Interest on or Additional Amounts pursuant to the Guarantee with respect to the Securities or from depositing with the Trustee any monies for such payments, or (2) the application by the Trustee of any monies deposited with it for the purpose of making such payments of principal of or any premium or Interest on or Additional Amounts with respect to the Securities, to the Holders entitled thereto, unless at least two Business Days prior to the date when such payment would otherwise (except for the prohibitions contained in Section 1802) become due and payable, the Trustee shall have received the written notice provided for in Section 1802(2)(a) or (b).
Section 1804. Rights of Holders of Guarantor Senior Indebtedness Not to Be Impaired
No right of any present or future holder of any Guarantor Senior Indebtedness to enforce subordination as herein provided shall at any time or in any way be prejudiced or impaired by any act or failure to act in good faith by any such holder, or by any noncompliance by the Guarantor with the terms and provisions and covenants herein regardless of any knowledge thereof any such holder may have or otherwise be charged with.
The provisions of this Article Eighteen are intended to be for the
benefit of, and shall be enforceable directly by, the holders of Guarantor
Senior Indebtedness. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Article
Eighteen, to the extent any Holders or the Trustee have paid over or delivered
to any holder of Guarantor Senior Indebtedness any payment or distribution
received on account of the principal of or any premium or Interest on or
Additional Amounts with respect to the Securities to which any other holder of
Guarantor Senior Indebtedness shall be entitled to share in accordance with
Section 1802, no holder of Guarantor Senior Indebtedness shall have a claim or
right against any Holders or the Trustee with respect to any such payment or
distribution or as a result of the failure to make payments or distributions to
such other holder of Guarantor Senior Indebtedness.
Section 1805. Trustee May Take Action to Effectuate Subordination.
Each Holder of a Security, by his acceptance thereof, authorized and directs the Trustee on his behalf to take such action as may be required by the trustee, representative or agent for holders of Guarantor Senior Indebtedness or by the Guarantor to effectuate, as between the holders of Guarantor Senior Indebtedness and the Holders, the subordination as provided in this Article Eighteen and appoints the Trustee his attorney-in-fact for any and all such purposes.
Section 1806. Subrogation.
Upon the payment in full, in cash or cash equivalents, of all Guarantor Senior Indebtedness, any Holder shall be subrogated to the rights of the holders of such Guarantor Senior Indebtedness to receive payments or distributions of assets of the Guarantor in respect of such Guarantor Senior Indebtedness until the Securities shall be paid in full; and for the purposes of such subrogation, no payments or distributions to holders of such Guarantor Senior Indebtedness of any cash property or securities to which such Holders of the Securities would be entitled except for this Article Eighteen, and not payment pursuant to this Article Eighteen to the holders of such Guarantor Senior Indebtedness by such Holders of the Securities, shall, as between the Guarantor, its creditors other than holders of such Guarantor Senior Indebtedness and such Holders of the Securities, be deemed to be a payment by the Guarantor to or on account of such Guarantor Senior Indebtedness, it being understood that the provisions of this Article Eighteen are solely for the purpose of defining the relative rights of the holders of such Guarantor Senior Indebtedness, on the one hand, and such Holders of the Securities, on the other hand.
If any payment or distribution to this Holders of Securities would otherwise have been entitled but for the provisions of this Article Eighteen shall have been applied, pursuant to this Article Eighteen, to the payment of all Guarantor Senior Indebtedness, then and in such case such Holders of the Securities shall be entitled to receive from the holders of such Guarantor Senior Indebtedness at the time outstanding any payments or distributions received by such holders of Guarantor Senior Indebtedness in excess of the amount sufficient to pay, in cash or cash equivalents, all such Guarantor Senior Indebtedness in full.
Section 1807. Obligations of Guarantor Unconditional; Reinstatement.
Nothing in this Article Eighteen or elsewhere in this Indenture or in any Security is intended to or shall impair as among the Guarantor, its creditors other than holders of Guarantor Senior Indebtedness of the Securities, the obligations of the Guarantor, which are absolute and unconditional, to pay to such Holders pursuant to the Guarantee the principal of and any premium and Interest on and Additional Amounts with respect to the Securities as and when the same shall become due and payable in accordance with their terms, or is intended to or shall affect the relative rights of such Holders of the Securities and creditors of the Guarantor other than the holders of the Guarantor Senior Indebtedness, nor shall anything herein or therein prevent the Trustee or any Holder of Securities or holder of Preferred Securities, as applicable, from exercising all remedies otherwise permitted by applicable law under this Indenture, subject to the rights, if any, under this Article Eighteen of the holders of such Guarantor Senior Indebtedness in respect of cash, property or securities of the Guarantor received upon the exercise of any such remedy.
The failure to make a scheduled payment pursuant to the Guarantee of principal of or any premium or Interest on or Additional Amounts with respect to the Securities by reason of Section 1802 shall not be construed as preventing the occurrence of a Default or an Event of Default under Section 501; provided, however, that if (1) the conditions preventing the making of such payment no longer exist, and (2) such Holders of the Securities are made whole with respect to such omitted payments, the Default or Event of Default relating thereto (including any failure to pay
any accelerated amounts) shall be automatically waived, and the provisions of the Indenture shall be reinstated as if no such Event of Default had occurred.
Section 1808. Trustee Entitled to Assume Payments Not Prohibited in Absence of Notice.
The Trustee or Paying Agent shall not be charged with the knowledge of the existence of any default in the payment of all or a portion of Guarantor Senior Indebtedness or any other default affecting Guarantor Senior Indebtedness as a result of which the maturity of the Guarantor Senior Indebtedness has been accelerated, unless and until the Trustee or Paying Agent shall have received written notice thereof from the Guarantor or one or more holders of Guarantor Senior Indebtedness or from any trustee, representative or agent therefor; and, prior to the receipt of any such written notice, the Trustee or Paying Agent may conclusively assume that no such facts exist.
Unless at least two Business Days prior to the date when by the terms
of this Indenture any monies are to be deposited by the Guarantor with the
Trustee or any Paying Agent for any purpose (including, without limitation, the
payment pursuant to the Guarantee of the principal of or any premium or Interest
on or Additional Amounts with respect to any Security), the Trustee or Paying
Agent shall have received with respect to such monies the notice provided for in
Section 1802, the Trustee or Paying Agent shall have full power and authority to
receive and apply such monies to the purpose for which they were received.
Neither of them shall be affected by any notice to the contrary, which may be
received by either on or after such second Business Day. The foregoing shall not
apply to the Paying Agent if the Guarantor is acting as Paying Agent. Nothing in
this Section 1808 shall limit the right of the holders of Guarantor Senior
Indebtedness to recover payments as contemplated by Section 1802. The Trustee or
Paying Agent shall be entitled to rely on the delivery to it of a written notice
by a Person representing himself or itself to be a holder of such Guarantor
Senior Indebtedness (or a trustee, representative or agent on behalf of such
holder) to establish that such notice has been given by a holder of such
Guarantor Senior Indebtedness or a trustee, representative or agent on behalf of
any such holder. The Trustee shall not be deemed to have any fiduciary duty to
the holders (and shall be fully protected in relying upon such notice) of
Guarantor Senior Indebtedness.
Section 1809. Right of Trustee to Hold Guarantor Senior Indebtedness.
The Trustee and any Paying Agent shall be entitled to all of the rights set forth in this Article Eighteen in respect of any Guarantor Senior Indebtedness at any time held by them, to the same extent as any other holder of such Guarantor Senior Indebtedness, and nothing in this Indenture shall be construed to deprive the Trustee or any Paying Agent of any of its rights as such holder.
Section 1810. Notice to Trustee.
The Guarantor shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee or Paying Agent of any fact known to the Guarantor which would prohibit the making of any payment to or by the Trustee in respect of the Securities. Failure to give such notice shall not affect the subordination of the Guarantee to Guarantor Senior Indebtedness. Notwithstanding the provisions of this or any other
provision of this Indenture, the Trustee or Paying Agent shall not be charged
with knowledge of the existence of any facts which would prohibit the making of
any payment to or by the Trustee or Paying Agent in respect to the Securities
pursuant to this Article Eighteen, unless and until the Trustee or Paying Agent
shall have received written notice from the Guarantor or a holder of Guarantor
Senior Indebtedness or from any trustee or agent therefor; and prior to the
receipt of any such written notice, the Trustee, subject to the provisions of
Section 601, or Paying Agent shall be entitled in all respect to assume that no
such facts exist; provided, however, that if a Responsible Officer of the
Trustee or Paying Agent shall not have received, at least three Business Days
prior to the date upon which by the terms hereof any such money may become
payable for any purpose (including, without limitation, the payment pursuant to
the Guarantee of the principal of or any premium or Interest on or Additional
Amounts with respect to any Security, the notice with respect to such money
provided for in this Section 1810, then, anything herein contained to the
contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee or Paying Agent shall have full power and
authority to receive such money and to apply the same to the purpose for which
such money was received and shall not be affected by any notice to the contrary
which may be received by it within three Business Days prior to such date.
The Trustee, subject to the provisions of Section 601, or Paying Agent shall be entitled to conclusively rely on the delivery to it of a written notice by a Person representing himself or itself to be a holder of Guarantor Senior Indebtedness (or a trustee or agent on behalf of such holder) to establish that such notice has been given by a holder of Guarantor Senior Indebtedness (or a trustee or agent on behalf of any such holder). In the event that the Trustee or Paying Agent determines in good faith that further evidence is required with respect to the right of any Person as a holder of Guarantor Senior Indebtedness to participate in any payment or distribution pursuant to this Article Eighteen, the Trustee or Paying Agent may request such Person to furnish evidence to the reasonable satisfaction of the Trustee or Paying Agent as to the amount of Guarantor Senior Indebtedness held by such Person, the extent to which such Person is entitled to participate in such payment or distribution and any other facts pertinent to the rights of such Person under this Article Eighteen, and if such evidence is not furnished, the Trustee or paying Agent may defer any payment which it may be required to make for the benefit of such Person pursuant to the terms of this Indenture pending judicial determination as to the rights of such Person to receive such payment.
Section 1811. Reliance on Judicial Order or Certificate of Liquidating Agent.
Upon any payment or distribution of assets of the Guarantor referred to in this Article Eighteen, the Trustee subject to the provisions of Section 601, and the Holders of the Securities shall be entitled to rely upon any order or decree entered by any court of competent jurisdiction in which such insolvency, bankruptcy, receivership, liquidation, reorganization, dissolution, winding up or similar case or proceeding is pending, or a certificate of the trustee in bankruptcy, liquidating trustee, Custodian, receiver, assignee for the benefit of creditors, agent or other Person making such payment or distribution, delivered to the Trustee or to the Holders of Securities, for the purpose of ascertaining the Persons entitled to participate in such payment or distribution, the holders of Guarantor Senior Indebtedness and other indebtedness of the Guarantor, the amount thereof or payable thereon, the amount or amounts paid or distributed thereon and all other facts pertinent thereto or to this Article Eighteen.
Section 1812. Trustee Not Fiduciary for Holders of Guarantor Senior Indebtedness.
The Trustee shall not be deemed to owe any fiduciary duty to the holders of Guarantor Senior Indebtedness and shall not be liable to any such holders if the Trustee shall in good faith mistakenly pay over or distribute to Holders of Securities or to the Guarantor or to any other Person cash, property or securities to which any holders of Guarantor Senior Indebtedness shall be entitled by virtue of this Article or otherwise. With respect to the holders of Guarantor Senior Indebtedness, the Trustee undertakes to perform or to observe only such of its covenants or obligations as are specifically set forth in this Article and no implied covenants or obligations with respect to holders of Guarantor Senior Indebtedness shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee.
Nothing in this Article shall apply to claims of or payments to, the Trustee pursuant to Section 606.
ARTICLE NINETEEN
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 1901. Submission to Jurisdiction.
The Company hereby acknowledges and agrees for the benefit of the Trustee and the Holders of Securities and Coupons that any judicial proceedings instituted in relation to any matter arising out of this Indenture, the Securities or the Coupons may be brought in any court having subject matter jurisdiction in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, New York (including, without limitation, federal courts located in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, New York), and, by execution and delivery of this Indenture, the Company hereby irrevocably accepts generally and unconditionally, the jurisdiction of the aforesaid courts, acknowledges their competence and irrevocably agrees to be bound by any judgment rendered in any such proceeding. The Company also irrevocably and unconditionally waives for the benefit of the Trustee and the Holders of Securities and Coupons any immunity from jurisdiction and any immunity from legal process (whether through service or notice, attachment prior to judgment, attachment in aid of execution, execution or otherwise) in respect of this Indenture. The Company hereby irrevocably designates and appoints for the benefit of the Trustee and the Holders of Securities, Guarantees and Coupons for the term of this Indenture CT Corporation, 111 8th Avenue, New York, New York 10011 as its agent to receive on its behalf service of all process (with a copy of all such service of process to be delivered to CT Corporation, 111 8th Avenue, New York, New York 10011) brought against it with respect to any such proceeding in any such court in the City of New York, such service being hereby acknowledged by the Company to be effective and binding service on it in every respect whether or not the Company shall then be doing or shall have at any time done business in New York. Such appointment shall be irrevocable so long as any of the Securities or Coupons or the obligations of the Company hereunder remain outstanding until the appointment of a successor by the Company and such successor's acceptance of such appointment. Upon such acceptance, the Company shall notify the Trustee of the name and address of such successor. The Company further agrees for the benefit of the Trustee and the
Holders of the Securities and the Coupons to take any and all action, including the execution and filing of any and all such documents and instruments, as may be necessary to continue such designation and appointment of said CT Corporation in full force and effect so long as any of the Securities or Coupons or the obligations of the Company hereunder shall be outstanding. The Trustee shall not be obligated and shall have no responsibility with respect to any failure by the Company to take such action. Nothing herein shall affect the right to serve process in any other manner permitted by any law or limit the right of the Trustee or any Holder to institute proceedings against the Company in the courts of any other jurisdiction or jurisdictions.
Section 1902. Stamp Duty.
The Company and the Guarantor, jointly and severally, agree to pay or reimburse any Holder of Securities or Coupons for stamp duty or similar governmental charges imposed upon this Indenture, any Securities or any Coupons.
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This instrument may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to be duly executed, and their respective corporate seals to be hereunto affixed, all as of the day and year first above written.
[SEAL] APACHE FINANCE AUSTRALIA PTY LTD
By:
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Name:
Title:
Attest:
By:
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Name:
Title:
[SEAL] APACHE CORPORATION
Attest:
By: By:
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Name: Name:
Title: Title:
[SEAL] JPMORGAN CHASE BANK,
as Trustee
Attest:
By: By:
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Name: Name:
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Title: Title:
STATE OF TEXAS
: SS.:
COUNTY OF HARRIS
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On the ___ day of __________, before me personally came ________, to me known, who, being by me duly sworn, did depose and say that he is the Vice President and Treasurer of APACHE CORPORATION, a State of Delaware corporation, one of the persons described in and who executed the foregoing instrument; that he knows the seal of said Corporation; that the seal affixed to said instrument is such Corporation's 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.
[NOTARIAL SEAL]
STATE OF TEXAS
: SS.:
COUNTY OF HARRIS
On the ___ day of __________, before me personally came ____________, to me known, who, being by me duly sworn, did depose and say that he is a _____ of APACHE FINANCE AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, a proprietary company with limited liability organized under the laws of the Australian Capital Territory, Australia, one of the persons described in and who executed the foregoing instrument; that he knows the seal of said Corporation; that the seal affixed to said instrument is such Corporation's 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.
[NOTARIAL SEAL]
STATE OF NEW YORK
: SS.:
COUNTY OF NEW YORK
On the ___ day of __________, before me personally came _________, to me known, who, being by me duly sworn, did depose and say that he is a _______ of JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, a banking corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of New York, one of the persons described in and who executed the foregoing instrument; that he knows the seal of said Corporation; that the seal affixed to said instrument is such Corporation's 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.
[NOTARIAL SEAL]
EXHIBIT 4.12
APACHE FINANCE CANADA II CORPORATION,
Company
APACHE CORPORATION,
Guarantor
to
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK,
Trustee
[Form of]
INDENTURE
Dated as of _____
Subordinated Debt Securities
Reconciliation and tie between Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (the "Trust Indenture Act") and Indenture
Trust Indenture Act Section Indenture Section Section 310(a)(1) 607 (a)(2) 607 (b) 608 Section 312(a) 701 (b) 702 (c) 702 Section 313(a) 703 (c) 703 (d) 703 Section 314(a) 704 (c) (1) 102 (c) (2) 102 (e) 102 (f) 102 Section 316(a) (last sentence) 101 (a) (1) (A) 502, 512 (a) (1) (B) 513 (b) 508 Section 317 (a) (1) 503 (a) (2) 504 (b) 1003 Section 318(a) 108 |
Note: This reconciliation and tie shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be part of the Indenture.
Attention should also be directed to Section 318(c) of the Trust Indenture Act, which provides that the provisions of Sections 310 to and including 317 are a part of and govern every qualified indenture, whether or not physically contained therein.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Recitals..........................................................................................................1
ARTICLE ONE
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION
Section 101. Definitions..................................................................................2
"Act".......................................................................................................2
"Additional Amounts"........................................................................................2
"Affiliate".................................................................................................2
"Applicable Taxing Jurisdiction"............................................................................2
"Authenticating Agent"......................................................................................3
"Authorized Newspaper"......................................................................................3
"Bearer Security"...........................................................................................3
"Board of Directors"........................................................................................3
"Board Resolution"..........................................................................................3
"Business Day"..............................................................................................3
"Change in Control".........................................................................................3
"Change in Control Purchase Date"...........................................................................3
"Change in Control Purchase Notice".........................................................................3
"Change in Control Purchase Price"..........................................................................3
"Commission"................................................................................................3
"Common Stock"..............................................................................................3
"Company"...................................................................................................4
"Company Indebtedness Ranking Junior to the Securities".....................................................4
"Company Indebtedness Ranking on a Parity with the Securities"..............................................4
"Company Request" and "Company Order".......................................................................4
"Company Senior Indebtedness"...............................................................................4
"Conversion Agent"..........................................................................................4
"Conversion Event"..........................................................................................4
"Corporate Trust Office"....................................................................................5
"Corporation"...............................................................................................5
"Coupon"....................................................................................................5
"Currency"..................................................................................................5
"CUSIP number"..............................................................................................5
"Defaulted Interest"........................................................................................5
"Direct Action".............................................................................................5
"Dollars" or "$"............................................................................................5
"Euro"......................................................................................................5
"European Monetary System"..................................................................................5
"Euro Zone".................................................................................................5
"Event of Default"..........................................................................................5
"Foreign Currency"..........................................................................................5
"GAAP"......................................................................................................5
"Government Obligations"....................................................................................6
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"Guarantee".................................................................................................6 "Guarantor".................................................................................................6 "Guarantor Indebtedness Ranking Junior to the Guarantee of the Securities"..................................6 "Guarantor Indebtedness Ranking on a Parity with the Guarantee of the Securities"...........................6 "Guarantor Request" and "Guarantor Order"...................................................................7 "Guarantor Senior Indebtedness".............................................................................7 "Holder"....................................................................................................7 "Indebtedness"..............................................................................................7 "Indenture".................................................................................................7 "Independent Public Accountants"............................................................................7 "Indexed Security"..........................................................................................8 "Interest"..................................................................................................8 "Interest Payment Date".....................................................................................8 "Judgment Currency".........................................................................................8 "Legal Holidays"............................................................................................8 "Lien"......................................................................................................8 "Maturity"..................................................................................................8 "New York Banking Day"......................................................................................8 "Office" or "Agency"........................................................................................8 "Officers' Certificate".....................................................................................8 "Opinion of Counsel"........................................................................................8 "Original Issue Discount Security"..........................................................................9 "Outstanding"...............................................................................................9 "Paying Agent".............................................................................................10 "Person"...................................................................................................10 "Place of Payment".........................................................................................10 "Predecessor Security".....................................................................................10 "Preferred Securities".....................................................................................10 "Redemption Date"..........................................................................................11 "Redemption Price".........................................................................................11 "Registered Security"......................................................................................11 "Regular Record Date"......................................................................................11 "Required Currency"........................................................................................11 "Responsible Officer"......................................................................................11 "Sale/Leaseback Transaction"...............................................................................11 "Security" or "Securities".................................................................................11 "Security Exchange"........................................................................................11 "Security Register" and "Security Registrar"...............................................................11 "Senior Indebtedness"......................................................................................11 "Special Record Date"......................................................................................11 "Stated Maturity"..........................................................................................12 "Subsidiary"...............................................................................................12 "Subsidiary Assignee"......................................................................................12 "Succession Date"..........................................................................................12 "Successor"................................................................................................12 "Successor 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"Trust"....................................................................................................12
"Trust Agreement"..........................................................................................12
"Trust Indenture Act"......................................................................................12
"Trust Securities".........................................................................................12
"Trustee"..................................................................................................12
"United States"............................................................................................12
"United States Alien"......................................................................................12
"U.S. Depositary" or "Depositary"..........................................................................13
"Vice President"...........................................................................................13
"Voting Stock".............................................................................................13
Section 102. Compliance Certificates and Opinions........................................................13
Section 103. Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee......................................................13
Section 104. Acts of Holders.............................................................................14
Section 105. Notices, etc. to Trustee, the Company and the Guarantor.....................................16
Section 106. Notice to Holders of Securities; Waiver.....................................................16
Section 107. Language of Notices.........................................................................17
Section 108. Conflict with Trust Indenture Act...........................................................17
Section 109. Effect of Headings and Table of Contents....................................................17
Section 110. Successors and Assigns......................................................................18
Section 111. Separability Clause.........................................................................18
Section 112. Benefits of Indenture.......................................................................18
Section 113. Governing Law...............................................................................18
Section 114. Legal Holidays..............................................................................18
Section 115. Counterparts................................................................................19
Section 116. Judgment Currency...........................................................................19
ARTICLE TWO
SECURITIES AND GUARANTEE FORMS
Section 201. Forms Generally.............................................................................19
Section 202. Guarantee by Guarantor; Form of Guarantee..................................................20
Section 203. Form of Trustee's Certificate of Authentication.............................................22
Section 204. Securities in Global Form...................................................................22
ARTICLE THREE
THE SECURITIES
Section 301. Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series........................................................23
Section 302. Currency; Denominations.....................................................................27
Section 303. Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating..............................................27
Section 304. Temporary Securities........................................................................29
Section 305. Registration, Transfer and Exchange.........................................................30
Section 306. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities............................................33
Section 307. Payment of Interest and Certain Additional Amounts; Rights to Interest and Certain
Additional Amounts Preserved................................................................34
Section 308. Persons Deemed Owners.......................................................................36
Section 309. Cancellation................................................................................37
Section 310. Computation of Interest.....................................................................37
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ARTICLE FOUR
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE
Section 401. Satisfaction and Discharge..................................................................37
Section 402. Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance..........................................................39
Section 403. Application of Trust Money..................................................................43
Section 404. Reinstatement...............................................................................43
ARTICLE FIVE
REMEDIES
Section 501. Events of Default...........................................................................44
Section 502. Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment..........................................45
Section 503. Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee.............................46
Section 504. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim............................................................47
Section 505. Trustee May Enforce Claims without Possession of Securities, Guarantees or Coupons..........48
Section 506. Application of Money Collected..............................................................48
Section 507. Limitations on Suits........................................................................49
Section 508. Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal and any Premium, Interest and Additional
Amounts.....................................................................................50
Section 509. Restoration of Rights and Remedies..........................................................50
Section 510. Rights and Remedies Cumulative..............................................................50
Section 511. Delay or Omission not Waiver................................................................50
Section 512. Control by Holders of Securities............................................................51
Section 513. Waiver of Past Defaults.....................................................................51
Section 514. Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws............................................................51
Section 515. Undertaking for Costs.......................................................................52
Section 516. Direct Action Right of Holders of Trust Preferred Securities................................52
ARTICLE SIX
THE TRUSTEE
Section 601. Certain Rights of Trustee...................................................................53
Section 602. Notice of Defaults..........................................................................54
Section 603. Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities......................................54
Section 604. May Hold Securities.........................................................................55
Section 605. Money Held in Trust.........................................................................55
Section 606. Compensation and Reimbursement..............................................................55
Section 607. Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility.....................................................56
Section 608. Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor...........................................56
Section 609. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor......................................................58
Section 610. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business.................................59
Section 611. Appointment of Authenticating Agent.........................................................59
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ARTICLE SEVEN
HOLDERS LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE, COMPANY AND GUARANTOR
Section 701. Company and Guarantor to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders.....................61
Section 702. Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders......................................62
Section 703. Reports by Trustee..........................................................................62
Section 704. Reports by Company and Guarantor............................................................62
ARTICLE EIGHT
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER AND SALES
Section 801. Guarantor May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms......................................63
Section 802. Company May Consolidate, etc., Only on Certain Terms........................................64
Section 803. Successor Person Substituted for Company or Guarantor.......................................66
Section 804. Assumption by the Guarantor of the Company's Obligations....................................66
Section 805. Indemnification Procedure...................................................................67
ARTICLE NINE
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
Section 901. Supplemental Indentures without Consent of Holders..........................................68
Section 902. Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Holders.............................................69
Section 903. Execution of Supplemental Indentures........................................................71
Section 904. Effect of Supplemental Indentures...........................................................71
Section 905. Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures..........................................71
Section 906. Conformity with Trust Indenture Act.........................................................71
Section 907. Effect on Senior Indebtedness...............................................................72
ARTICLE TEN
COVENANTS
Section 1001. Payment of Principal, any Premium and Interest..............................................72
Section 1002. Maintenance of Office or Agency.............................................................73
Section 1003. Money for Securities Payments to Be Held in Trust...........................................74
Section 1004. Additional Amounts..........................................................................76
Section 1005. No Restriction on Indebtedness or Liens.....................................................78
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Section 1006. Corporate Existence.........................................................................78
Section 1007. Payment of Expenses of Each Trust...........................................................78
Section 1008. Waiver of Certain Covenants.................................................................79
Section 1009. Company Statement as to Compliance; Notice of Certain Defaults..............................79
ARTICLE ELEVEN
REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES
Section 1101. Applicability of Article....................................................................79
Section 1102. Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee.......................................................80
Section 1103. Selection by Trustee of Securities to be Redeemed...........................................80
Section 1104. Notice of Redemption........................................................................80
Section 1105. Deposit of Redemption Price.................................................................82
Section 1106. Securities Payable on Redemption Date.......................................................82
Section 1107. Securities Redeemed in Part.................................................................83
Section 1108. Redemption for Tax Reasons..................................................................83
ARTICLE TWELVE
REPAYMENT AT THE OPTION OF HOLDERS
Section 1201. Applicability of Article....................................................................84
ARTICLE THIRTEEN
SECURITIES IN FOREIGN CURRENCIES
Section 1301. Applicability of Article....................................................................85
ARTICLE FOURTEEN
MEETINGS OF HOLDERS OF SECURITIES
Section 1401. Purposes for Which Meetings May Be Called...................................................85
Section 1402. Call, Notice and Place of Meetings..........................................................85
Section 1403. Persons Entitled to Vote at Meetings........................................................86
Section 1404. Quorum; Action..............................................................................86
Section 1405. Determination of Voting Rights; Conduct and Adjournment of Meetings.........................87
Section 1406. Counting Votes and Recording Action of Meetings.............................................88
ARTICLE FIFTEEN
PURCHASE OF SECURITIES UPON CHANGE IN CONTROL
Section 1501. Purchase of Securities at Option of the Holder upon Change in Control.......................88
Section 1502. Effect of Change in Control Purchase Notice.................................................91
Section 1503. Deposit of Change in Control Purchase Price.................................................91
Section 1504. Covenant to Comply With Securities Laws Upon Purchase of Securities.........................92
Section 1505. Repayment to the Company....................................................................92
ARTICLE SIXTEEN
GUARANTEES
Section 1601. Guarantee...................................................................................92
Section 1602. Execution and Delivery of Guarantees........................................................94
ARTICLE SEVENTEEN
SUBORDINATION OF SECURITIES
Section 1701. Securities Subordinated to Company Senior Indebtedness......................................94
Section 1702. Priority and Payment of Proceeds in Certain Events: Remedies Standstill.....................95
Section 1703. Payments Which May Be Made Prior to Notice..................................................96
Section 1704. Rights of Holders of Senior Indebtedness Not to Be Impaired.................................96
Section 1705. Trustee May Take Action to Effectuate Subordination.........................................97
Section 1706. Subrogation.................................................................................97
Section 1707. Obligations of Company Unconditional; Reinstatement.........................................97
Section 1708. Trustee Entitled to Assume Payments Not Prohibited in Absence of Notice.....................98
Section 1709. Right of Trustee to Hold Senior Indebtedness................................................98
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Section 1710. Notice to Trustee...........................................................................99
Section 1711. Reliance on Judicial Order or Certificate of Liquidating Agent..............................99
Section 1712. Trustee Not Fiduciary for Holders of Company Senior Indebtedness...........................100
ARTICLE EIGHTEEN
SUBORDINATION OF GUARANTEE
Section 1801. Guarantee Subordinated to Guarantor Senior Indebtedness....................................100
Section 1802. Priority and Payment of Proceeds in Certain Events: Remedies Standstill....................100
Section 1803. Payments which May Be Made Prior to Notice.................................................102
Section 1804. Rights of Holders of Guarantor Senior Indebtedness Not to Be Impaired......................102
Section 1805. Trustee May Take Action to Effectuate Subordination........................................102
Section 1806. Subrogation................................................................................103
Section 1807. Obligations of Guarantor Unconditional; Reinstatement......................................103
Section 1808. Trustee Entitled to Assume Payments Not Prohibited in Absence of Notice....................104
Section 1809. Right of Trustee to Hold Guarantor Senior Indebtedness.....................................104
Section 1810. Notice to Trustee..........................................................................104
Section 1811. Reliance on Judicial Order or Certificate of Liquidating Agent.............................105
Section 1812. Trustee Not Fiduciary for Holders of Guarantor Senior Indebtedness.........................106
ARTICLE NINETEEN
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 1901. Submission to Jurisdiction.................................................................106
Section 1902. Stamp Duty.................................................................................107
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INDENTURE, dated as of ______ (the "Indenture"), among APACHE FINANCE CANADA II CORPORATION, an unlimited liability company duly organized and existing under the laws of the Province of Nova Scotia, Canada (the "Company"), having its principal executive office located at 700-9th Ave. S.W., Alberta Canada T2P 3V4, APACHE CORPORATION, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (the "Guarantor"), having its principal executive office located at One Post Oak Central, 2000 Post Oak Boulevard, Suite 100, Houston, Texas 77056-4400, and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, a banking corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of New York (the "Trustee"), having its Corporate Trust Office located at 4 New York Plaza, 15th Floor, New York, New York 10004.
RECITALS
The Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture to provide for the issuance from time to time of its subordinated unsecured debentures, notes or other evidences of Indebtedness (the "Securities"), unlimited as to principal amount, to bear such rates of Interest, to mature at such time or times, to be issued in one or more series and to have such other provisions as shall be fixed as provided in this Indenture. All things necessary to make this Indenture a valid agreement of the Company, in accordance with its terms, has been done.
For value received, the Guarantor has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture to provide for the issuance of the Guarantees by it with respect to the Securities as set forth in this Indenture.
The Guarantor desires to make the Guarantees provided for herein, and has determined that such Guarantees are necessary and convenient to the conduct of the business of the Company, an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of the Guarantor.
All things necessary to make the Guarantees, when executed by the Guarantor and endorsed on the Securities authenticated and delivered hereunder, the valid obligations of the Guarantor, and to make this Indenture a valid agreement of the Guarantor, in accordance with its terms, have been done.
The Guarantor may from time to time create or establish one or more statutory trusts for the purpose of issuing undivided beneficial interests in the assets thereof and using the proceeds thereof to acquire the Company's Securities.
This Indenture is subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission promulgated thereunder that are required to be part of this Indenture and, to the extent applicable, shall be governed by such provisions.
NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH:
For and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the Securities by the Holders (as herein defined) thereof, it is mutually covenanted and agreed, for the equal and proportionate benefit of all Holders of the Securities or of any series thereof and any Coupons (as herein defined) as follows:
ARTICLE ONE
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION
Section 101. Definitions.
Except as otherwise expressly provided in or pursuant to this Indenture or unless the context otherwise requires, for all purposes of this Indenture:
(a) the terms defined in this Article have the meanings assigned to them in this Article, and include the plural as well as the singular;
(b) 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;
(c) 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 terms "generally accepted accounting principles" or "GAAP" with respect to any computation required or permitted hereunder shall mean such accounting principles as are generally accepted at the date of such computation;
(d) the words "herein", "hereof", "hereto" and "hereunder" and other words of similar import refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section or other subdivision; and
(e) the word "or" is always used inclusively (for example, the phrase "A or B" means "A or B or both", not "either A or B but not both").
Certain terms used principally in certain Articles hereof are defined in those Articles.
"Act", when used with respect to any Holder, has the meaning specified in Section 104.
"Additional Amounts" has the meaning specified in Section 1004.
"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 the meanings correlative to the foregoing.
"Applicable Taxing Jurisdiction" means the jurisdiction (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) in which the Company (including any Successor) is incorporated or resident (or deemed for tax purposes to be resident).
"Authenticating Agent" means any Person authorized by the Trustee pursuant to Section 611 to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate Securities of one or more series.
"Authorized Newspaper" means a newspaper, in an official language of the place of publication or in the English language, customarily published on each day that is a Business Day in the place of publication, whether or not published on days that are Legal Holidays in the place of publication, and of general circulation in each place in connection with which the term is used or in the financial community of each such place. Where successive publications are required to be made in Authorized Newspapers, the successive publications may be made in the same or in different newspapers in the same city meeting the foregoing requirements and in each case on any day that is a Business Day in the place of publication.
"Bearer Security" means any Security in the form established pursuant to Section 201 which is payable to bearer.
"Board of Directors" means, when used with reference to the Company or the Guarantor, either the board of directors of the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, or any duly authorized committee of such board of directors of the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be.
"Board Resolution" means, when used with reference to the Company or the Guarantor, a copy of one or more resolutions, certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, to have been duly adopted by its respective Board of Directors and to be in full force and effect on the date of such certification, delivered to the Trustee.
"Business Day", with respect to any Place of Payment or other location,
means, unless otherwise specified with respect to any Securities pursuant to
Section 301, any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which banking
institutions in such Place of Payment or other location are authorized or
obligated by law, regulation or executive order to close.
"Change in Control" has the meaning specified in Section 1501.
"Change in Control Purchase Date" has the meaning specified in Section 1501.
"Change in Control Purchase Notice" has the meaning specified in
Section 1501.
"Change in Control Purchase Price" has the meaning specified in Section 1501.
"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 Indenture such Commission is not existing and performing the duties now assigned to it under the Trust Indenture Act, then the body performing such duties at such time.
"Common Stock" includes any stock of any class of the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, which has no preference in respect of dividends or of amounts payable in the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company or the
Guarantor, as the case may be, and which is not subject to redemption by the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be.
"Company" means the Person named as the "Company" in the first paragraph of this Indenture until a successor Person shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter "Company" shall mean such successor Person.
"Company Indebtedness Ranking Junior to the Securities" means, with respect to the Securities of any particular series, any Indebtedness, whether outstanding on the date of execution of this Indenture or thereafter created, assumed or incurred, to the extent such Indebtedness by its terms ranks junior to and not pari passu with or prior to the Securities (and any other Company Indebtedness Ranking on a Parity with the Securities) in right of payment upon the happening of the dissolution, winding-up, liquidation or reorganization of the Company. The securing of any Indebtedness otherwise constituting Indebtedness Ranking Junior to the Securities shall not be deemed to prevent such Indebtedness from constituting Company Indebtedness Ranking Junior to the Securities.
"Company Indebtedness Ranking on a Parity with the Securities" means, with respect to the Securities of any particular series, Indebtedness, whether outstanding on the date of execution of this Indenture or thereafter created, assumed or incurred, to the extent such Indebtedness specifically by its terms ranks pari passu with and not prior to the Securities in the right of payment upon the happening of the dissolution, winding-up, liquidation or reorganization of the Company. The securing of any Indebtedness otherwise constituting Company Indebtedness Ranking on a Parity with the Securities shall not be deemed to prevent such Indebtedness from constituting Company Indebtedness Ranking on a Parity with the Securities.
"Company Request" and "Company Order" mean, respectively, a written request or order, as the case may be, signed in the name of the Company by the Chairman of the Board of Directors, a Vice Chairman, the President or a Vice President, and by the Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, of the Company, and delivered to the Trustee.
"Company Senior Indebtedness" means, with respect to the Securities of any particular series, all Indebtedness of the Company, whether outstanding on the date of execution of this Indenture or thereafter created, assumed or incurred, except the Securities of such series, Company Indebtedness Ranking on a Parity with the Securities or Company Indebtedness Ranking Junior to the Securities.
"Conversion Agent" means any Person authorized by the Company to convert or exchange any Security pursuant to its terms on behalf of the Company.
"Conversion Event"means the cessation of the use of (i) in the case of a Foreign Currency other than the Euro, both by the government of the country or the confederation which issued such Foreign Currency and for the settlement of transactions by a central bank or other public institutions of or within the international banking community, or (ii) in the case of the Euro, the Euro both by governments within the Euro Zone and for the settlement of transactions by central banks or other public institutions of or within the Euro Zone or of or within the international banking community.
"Corporate Trust Office" means the principal corporate trust office of the Trustee at which at any particular time its corporate trust business shall be administered, which office at the date of original execution of this Indenture is located at 4 New York Plaza, 15th Floor, New York, New York 10004.
"Corporation" includes corporations and limited liability companies and, except for purposes of Article Eight, associations, companies and business trusts.
"Coupon" means any interest coupon appertaining to a Bearer Security.
"Currency", with respect to any payment, deposit or other transfer in respect of the principal of or any premium or Interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to any Security, means Dollars or the Foreign Currency, as the case may be, in which such payment, deposit or other transfer is required to be made by or pursuant to the terms hereof or such Security and, with respect to any other payment, deposit or transfer pursuant to or contemplated by the terms hereof or such Security, means Dollars.
"CUSIP number" means the alphanumeric designation assigned to a Security by Standard & Poor's Ratings Services, CUSIP Service Bureau.
"Defaulted Interest" has the meaning specified in Section 307.
"Direct Action" has the meaning specified in Section 516.
"Dollars" or "$" means a dollar or other equivalent unit of legal tender for payment of public or private debts in the United States of America.
"Euro" means the currency introduced at the start of the third stage of European economic and monetary union pursuant to the Treaty establishing the European Communities, as amended by the Treaty on European Union and the Treaty of Amsterdam.
"European Monetary System"means those member states of the European Union from time to time that have adopted the Euro and participate in European economic and monetary union.
"Euro Zone" means those member states of the European Union from time to time that have adopted the Euro and participate in European economic and monetary union.
"Event of Default" has the meaning specified in Section 501.
"Foreign Currency" means any currency, currency unit or composite currency, including, without limitation, the ECU and Euro, issued by the government of one or more countries other than the United States of America or by any recognized confederation or association of such governments.
"GAAP" means such accounting principles as are generally accepted in the United States of America as of the date or time of any computation required hereunder.
"Government Obligations" means securities which are (i) direct obligations of the United States of America or the other government or governments in the confederation which issued the Foreign Currency in which the principal of or any premium or interest on such security or any additional amounts in respect thereof shall be payable, in each case where the payment or payments thereunder are supported by the full faith and credit of such government or governments or (ii) obligations of a Person controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of the United States of America or such other government or governments, in each case where the timely payment or payments thereunder are unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation by the United States of America or such other government or governments, and which, in the case of (i) or (ii), are not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer or issuers thereof, and shall also include a depository receipt issued by a bank or trust company as custodian with respect to any such Government Obligation or a specific payment of interest on or principal of or other amount with respect to any such Government Obligation held by such custodian for the account of the holder of a depository receipt, provided that (except as required by law) such custodian is not authorized to make any deduction from the amount payable to the holder of such depository receipt from any amount received by the custodian in respect of the Government Obligation or the specific payment of interest on or principal of or other amount with respect to the Government Obligation evidenced by such depository receipt.
"Guarantee" means any guarantee of the Guarantor endorsed on a Security authenticated and delivered pursuant to this Indenture and shall include the guarantees set forth in Section 202.
"Guarantor" means the Person named as "Guarantor" in the first paragraph of this Indenture until a successor corporation shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter "guarantor" shall include such successor corporation.
"Guarantor Indebtedness Ranking Junior to the Guarantee of the Securities" means, with respect to the Securities of any particular series, any Indebtedness, whether outstanding on the date of the execution of this Indenture or thereafter created, assumed or incurred, to the extent such Indebtedness by it terms ranks junior to and not pari passu with or prior to the Guarantee of the Securities (and any other Guarantor Indebtedness Ranking on a Parity with the Guarantee of the Securities) in right of payment upon the happening of the dissolution, winding-up, liquidation or reorganization of the Guarantor. The securing of any Indebtedness otherwise constituting Guarantor Indebtedness Ranking Junior to the Guarantee of the Securities shall not be deemed to prevent such Indebtedness from constituting Guarantor Indebtedness Ranking Junior to the Guarantee of the Securities.
"Guarantor Indebtedness Ranking on a Parity with the Guarantee of the Securities" means, with respect to the Securities of any particular series, Indebtedness, whether outstanding on the date of execution of this Indenture or thereafter created, assumed or incurred, to the extent such Indebtedness specifically by its terms ranks pari passu with and prior to the Guarantee of the Securities in the right of payment upon the happening of the dissolution, winding-up, liquidation or reorganization of the Guarantor. The securing of any Indebtedness otherwise constituting Guarantor Indebtedness Ranking as a Parity with the Guarantee of the Securities shall not be deemed to prevent such Indebtedness from constituting Guarantor Indebtedness Ranking on a Parity with the Guarantee of the Securities.
"Guarantor Request" and "Guarantor Order" mean, respectively, a written request or order, as the case may be, signed in the name of the Guarantor by the Chairman of the Board, a Vice Chairman, the President or a Vice President, and by the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer, the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, of the Guarantor and delivered to the Trustee.
"Guarantor Senior Indebtedness" means, with respect to the securities of any particular series, all Indebtedness of the Guarantor, whether outstanding on the date of execution of this Indenture or thereafter created, assumed or incurred, except the Guarantor's obligations under the Guarantee in respect of the Securities of such series, Guarantor Indebtedness Ranking on a Parity with the Guarantee of the Securities or Guarantor Indebtedness Ranking Junior to the Guarantee of the Securities.
"Holder", in the case of any Registered Security, means the Person in whose name such Security is registered in the Security Register and, in the case of any Bearer Security, means the bearer thereof and, in the case of any Coupon, means the bearer thereof.
"Indebtedness", with respect to any Person, means (a) indebtedness for borrowed money and deferred payment obligations representing the unpaid purchase price of real or personal property of, or guaranteed by, such Person, other than accounts payable arising in the ordinary course of business payable on terms customary in the trade, (b) indebtedness secured by Liens (as defined in Section 1005) or payable out of the proceeds of production from property, (c) indebtedness which is evidenced by mortgages, notes, bonds, debentures, acceptances or other instruments, (d) indebtedness which must be capitalized as liabilities under GAAP, (e) liabilities under interest rate swap, exchange, collar or cap agreements and all other agreements or arrangements designed to protect against fluctuations in interest rates or currency exchange rates, (f) liabilities under commodity hedge, commodity swap, exchange, collar or cap agreements, fixed price agreements and all other agreements or arrangements designed to protect against fluctuations in oil and gas prices, (g) guarantees and endorsements of obligations of others, directly or indirectly, and all other repurchase agreements and indebtedness in effect guaranteed through an agreement, contingent or otherwise, to purchase such indebtedness, or to purchase or sell property, or to purchase or sell services, primarily for the purpose of enabling the debtor to make payment of the indebtedness or to assure the owner of the indebtedness against loss, or to supply funds to or in any manner invest in the debtor, or otherwise to assure a creditor against loss (but excluding guarantees and endorsements of notes, bills and checks made in the ordinary course of business); and (h) indebtedness relative to the amount of all letters of credit; provided, however, that such term shall not include any amounts included as deferred credits on the financial statements of such Person or of a consolidated group including such Person, and computed in accordance with GAAP.
"Indenture" means this instrument 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, with respect to any Security, by the terms and provisions of such Security and any Coupon appertaining thereto established pursuant to Section 301 (as such terms and provisions may be amended pursuant to the applicable provisions hereof).
"Independent Public Accountants" means accountants or a firm of accountants that, with respect to the Company, the Guarantor and any other obligor under the Securities, the Guarantees or the Coupons, are independent public accountants within the meaning of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated by the Commission thereunder, who may be the independent public accountants regularly retained by the Company, the Guarantor or any such other obligor or who may be other independent public accountants. Such accountants or firm shall be entitled to rely upon any Opinion of Counsel as to the interpretation of any legal matters relating to this Indenture or certificates required to be provided hereunder.
"Indexed Security" means a Security the terms of which provide that the principal amount thereof payable at Stated Maturity may be more or less than the principal face amount thereof at original issuance.
"Interest", with respect to any Original Issue Discount Security which by its terms bears Interest only after Maturity, means Interest payable after Maturity and, when used with respect to a Security which provides for the payment of Additional Amounts pursuant to Section 1004, includes such Additional Amounts.
"Interest Payment Date", with respect to any Security, means the Stated Maturity of an installment of Interest on such Security.
"Judgment Currency" has the meaning specified in Section 116.
"Legal Holidays", with respect to any Place of Payment or other location, means a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banking institutions in such Place of Payment or other location are not authorized or obligated to be open.
"Lien" has the meaning specified in Section 1005.
"Maturity", with respect to any Security, means the date on which the principal of such Security or an installment of principal becomes due and payable as provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, whether at the Stated Maturity or by declaration of acceleration, notice of redemption or repurchase, notice of option to elect repayment or otherwise, and includes the Redemption Date and Change in Control Purchase Date.
"New York Banking Day" has the meaning specified in Section 116.
"Office" or "Agency", with respect to any Securities, means an office
or agency of the Company and the Guarantor maintained or designated in a Place
of Payment for such Securities pursuant to Section 1002 or any other office or
agency of the Company maintained or designated for such Securities pursuant to
Section 1002 or, to the extent designated or required by Section 1002 in lieu of
such office or agency, the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee.
"Officers' Certificate" means a certificate signed by the Chairman of the Board, a Vice Chairman, the President or a Vice President, and by the Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company or the Guarantor, as applicable, that complies with the requirements of Section 314(e) of the Trust Indenture Act and is delivered to the Trustee.
"Opinion of Counsel" means a written opinion of counsel, who may be an employee of or counsel for the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, or other counsel
who shall be reasonably acceptable to the Trustee, that, if required by the Trust Indenture Act, complies with the requirements of Section 314(e) of the Trust Indenture Act and is delivered to the Trustee.
"Original Issue Discount Security" means a Security issued pursuant to this Indenture which provides for declaration of an amount less than the principal face amount thereof to be due and payable upon acceleration pursuant to Section 502.
"Outstanding", when used with respect to any Securities, means, as of the date of determination, all such Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered under this Indenture, except:
(a) any such Security theretofore canceled by the Trustee or the Security Registrar or delivered to the Trustee or the Security Registrar for cancellation;
(b) any such Security for whose payment either at the Maturity thereof or upon the Company becoming obligated (subject to withdrawal of any Change in Control Purchase Notice) to pay the Change in Control Purchase Price, money in the necessary amount has been theretofore deposited pursuant hereto (other than pursuant to Section 402) with the Trustee or any Paying Agent (other than the Company or the Guarantor) in trust or set aside and segregated in trust by the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be (if the Company or the Guarantor shall act as its own Paying Agent), for the Holders of such Securities and any Guarantees or Coupons appertaining thereto, provided that, if such Securities are to be redeemed, notice of such redemption has been duly given pursuant to this Indenture or provision therefor satisfactory to the Trustee has been made;
(c) any such Security with respect to which the Company or the Guarantor has effected defeasance or covenant defeasance pursuant to Section 402, except to the extent provided in Section 402;
(d) any such Security which has 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, unless there shall have been presented to the Trustee proof satisfactory to it that such Security is held by a protected purchaser in whose hands such Security is a valid obligation of the Company; and
(e) if the Securities are convertible or exchangeable into other securities, cash or property, Securities converted or exchanged as contemplated by this Indenture, and such Securities if such other securities, cash or property have been either (i) delivered to the Holders thereof in accordance with this Indenture or (ii) deposited with and are held by the Paying Agent in trust for the Holders of such Securities in accordance with this Indenture and such Securities, provided in the case of this clause (ii) that any applicable notice of conversion or exchange has been duly given to the Holders thereof pursuant to this Indenture and such securities;
provided, however, that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities have given any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder or are present at a meeting of Holders of Securities for quorum purposes, (i) the
principal amount of an Original Issue Discount Security that may be counted in making such determination and that shall be deemed to be Outstanding for such purposes shall be equal to the amount of the principal thereof that pursuant to the terms of such Original Issue Discount Security would be declared (or shall have been declared to be) due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration thereof pursuant to Section 502 at the time of such determination, and (ii) the principal amount of any Indexed Security that may be counted in making such determination and that shall be deemed outstanding for such purpose shall be equal to the principal face amount of such Indexed Security at original issuance, unless otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, and (iii) the principal amount of a Security denominated in a Foreign Currency shall be the Dollar equivalent, determined on the date of original issuance of such Security, of the principal amount (or, in the case of an Original Issue 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 (iv) Securities beneficially owned by the Company, the Guarantor or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the Company, the Guarantor (other than any Trust so long as any of the Preferred Securities of such Trust are outstanding) or such other obligor, shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding, except that, in determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in making any such determination or relying upon any such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver, only Securities which a Responsible Officer of the Trustee knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded. Securities so owned which shall have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the Trustee (A) the pledgee's right so to act with respect to such Securities and (B) that the pledgee is not the Company, the Guarantor or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Coupons appertaining thereto or an Affiliate of the Company, the Guarantor or such other obligor.
"Paying Agent" means any Person authorized by the Company to pay the principal of, or any premium or Interest on, or any Additional Amounts with respect to, any Security or any Coupon on behalf of the Company.
"Person" means any Corporation, partnership, joint-stock company, limited liability company and, except for purposes of Article Eight, individual, trust, joint venture, unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.
"Place of Payment", with respect to any Security, means the place or places where the principal of, any premium or Interest on, or any Additional Amounts with respect to such Security are payable as provided in or pursuant to this Indenture or such Security.
"Predecessor Security" of any particular Security means every previous Security evidencing all or a portion of the same Indebtedness 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 lost, destroyed, mutilated or stolen Security or any Security to which a mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Coupon appertains shall be deemed to evidence the same Indebtedness as the lost, destroyed, mutilated or stolen Security or the Security to which a mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Coupon appertains.
"Preferred Securities" means the preferred securities of a Trust, representing undivided beneficial interests in the assets of such Trust.
"Redemption Date", with respect to any Security or portion thereof to be redeemed, means the date fixed for such redemption by or pursuant to this Indenture or such Security.
"Redemption Price", with respect to any Security or portion thereof to be redeemed, means the price at which it is to be redeemed as determined by or pursuant to this Indenture or such Security.
"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 Registered Security on any Interest Payment Date therefor means the date, if any, specified in or pursuant to this Indenture or such Security as the "Regular Record Date".
"Required Currency" has the meaning specified in Section 116.
"Responsible Officer" means, when used with respect to the Trustee, any officer of the Trustee in its Corporate Trust Office with direct responsibility for the administration of this Indenture 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.
"Sale/Leaseback Transaction" has the meaning specified in Section 1006.
"Security" or "Securities" means any note or notes, bond or bonds, debenture or debentures, or any other evidences of Indebtedness, as the case may be, authenticated and delivered under this Indenture; provided, however, that, if at any time there is more than one Person acting as Trustee under this Indenture, "Securities", with respect to any such Person, shall mean Securities authenticated and delivered under this Indenture, exclusive, however, of Securities of any series as to which such Person is not Trustee.
"Security Exchange" when used with respect to the Securities of any series which are held as assets of a Trust pursuant to the Trust Agreement of such Trust, means the distribution of the securities of such series by such Trust to the holder of the Trust Securities of such Trust in exchange for such Trust Securities upon certain events described in the applicable Trust Agreement of such Trust.
"Security Register" and "Security Registrar" have the respective meanings specified in Section 305.
"Senior Indebtedness" with respect to the Securities of any particular series, means, collectively, Company Senior Indebtedness with respect to the Securities of such series and Guarantor Senior Indebtedness with respect to the Securities of such series.
"Special Record Date" for the payment of any Defaulted Interest on any Registered Security means a date fixed by the Trustee pursuant to Section 307.
"Stated Maturity" with respect to any Security or any installment of principal thereof or Interest thereon or any Additional Amounts with respect thereto, means the date established by or pursuant to this Indenture or such Security as the fixed date on which the principal of such Security or such installment of principal or Interest is, or such Additional Amounts are, due and payable.
"Subsidiary" means any Corporation of which at the time of determination the Guarantor, the Company or one or more other Subsidiaries owns or controls directly or indirectly more than 50% of the shares of Voting Stock.
"Subsidiary Assignee" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 802.
"Succession Date" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 1108.
"Successor" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 802.
"Successor Additional Amounts" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 802.
"Trust" means any statutory trust created or established by the Company as a direct or indirect wholly-owned subsidiary to issue Trust Securities and to use the proceeds from the sale thereof to purchase Securities.
"Trust Agreement" means the agreement or declaration establishing the terms and conditions of a Trust.
"Trust Indenture Act" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, and any reference herein to the Trust Indenture Act or a particular provision thereof shall mean such Act or provision, as the case may be, as amended or replaced from time to time or as supplemented from time to time by rules or regulations adopted by the Commission under or in furtherance of the purposes of such Act or provision, as the case may be.
"Trust Securities" means the Preferred Securities and common securities of a Trust, each representing undivided beneficial interests in the assets of such Trust.
"Trustee" means the Person named as the "Trustee" in the first paragraph of this instrument until a successor Trustee shall have become such with respect to one or more series of Securities pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter "Trustee" shall mean each Person who is then a Trustee hereunder; provided, however, that if at any time there is more than one such Person, "Trustee" shall mean each such Person and as used with respect to the Securities of any series shall mean the Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series.
"United States", except as otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture or any Security, means the United States of America (including the states thereof and the District of Columbia), its territories and possessions and other areas subject to its jurisdiction.
"United States Alien", except as otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture or any Security, means any Person who, for United States Federal income tax purposes, is (i) a foreign corporation, (ii) a non-resident alien individual, (iii) a non-resident alien fiduciary of a
foreign estate, (iv) any trust unless (A) a court within the United States may exercise primary supervision over the trust's administration, and (B) one or more United States Aliens has the authority to control all substantial decisions of the trust, or (v) a foreign partnership one or more of the members of which is, for United States Federal income tax purposes, a Person described in any of clauses (i) through (iv) above.
"U.S. Depositary" or "Depositary" means, with respect to any Security issuable or issued in the form of one or more global Securities, the Person designated as U.S. Depositary or Depositary by the Company in or pursuant to this Indenture, which Person must be, to the extent required by applicable law or regulation, a clearing agency registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and, if so provided with respect to any Security, any successor to such Person. If at any time there is more than one such Person, "U.S. Depositary" or "Depositary" shall mean, with respect to any Securities, the qualifying entity which has been appointed with respect to such Securities.
"Vice President", when used with respect to the Guarantor, the Company or the Trustee, means any vice president, whether or not designated by a number or a word or words added before or after the title "Vice President".
"Voting Stock" means stock of a Corporation of the class or classes having general voting power under ordinary circumstances to elect at least a majority of the board of directors, managers or trustees of such Corporation provided that, for the purposes hereof, stock which carries only the right to vote conditionally on the happening of an event shall not be considered voting stock whether or not such event shall have happened.
Section 102. Compliance Certificates and Opinions.
Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Indenture, upon any application or request by the Guarantor or the Company, as applicable, to the Trustee to take any action under any provision of this Indenture, the Guarantor or the Company, as the case may be, shall furnish to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate stating that such action is authorized or permitted by this Indenture and 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 or any of them is specifically required by any provision of this Indenture relating to such particular application or request, no additional certificate or opinion need be furnished.
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 Guarantor or the Company, as applicable, may be based, insofar as it relates to legal matters, upon an Opinion of Counsel, unless such officer knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the opinion with respect to the matters upon which his certificate or opinion is based are erroneous. Any such 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 Guarantor or the Company, as applicable, stating that the information with respect to such factual matters is in the possession of the Guarantor or the Company, as applicable, 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 or any Security, 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 or pursuant to this Indenture to be given or
taken by Holders or by holders of Preferred Securities may be embodied in and
evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by
such Holders or by holders of Preferred Securities in person or by an agent duly
appointed in writing. If, but only if, Securities of a series are issuable as
Bearer Securities, any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice,
consent, waiver or other action provided in or pursuant to this Indenture to be
given or taken by Holders of Securities of such series or by holders of
Preferred Securities may, alternatively, be embodied in and evidenced by the
record of Holders of Securities or by holders of Preferred 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 Fourteen, 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 Guarantor or the Company, as the case may be. 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 or by
holders of Preferred Securities signing such instrument or instruments or 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 315 of the Trust Indenture Act) conclusive in favor of the Trustee, the
Guarantor or the Company, and any agent of the Trustee or the Company or the
Guarantor, if made in the manner provided in this Section 104. The record of any
meeting of Holders of Securities shall be proved in the manner provided in
Section 1406.
Without limiting the generality of this Section 104, unless otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, a Holder, including a U.S. Depositary that is a Holder of a global Security, may make, give or take, by a proxy, or proxies, duly appointed in writing, any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act provided in or pursuant to this Indenture to be made, given or taken by Holders, and a U.S. Depositary that is a Holder of a
global Security may provide its proxy or proxies to the beneficial owners of interests in any such global Security through such U.S. Depositary's standing instructions and customary practices.
The Trustee may fix a record date for the purpose of determining the Persons who are beneficial owners of interest in any permanent global Security held by a U.S. Depositary entitled under the procedures of such U.S. Depositary to make, give or take, by a proxy or proxies duly appointed in writing, any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act provided in or pursuant to this Indenture to be made, given or taken by Holders. If such a record date is fixed, the Holders on such record date or their duly appointed proxy or proxies, and only such Persons, shall be entitled to make, give or take such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act, whether or not such Holders remain Holders after such record date. No such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act shall be valid or effective if made, given or taken more than 90 days after such record date.
(b) The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such instrument or writing may be proved in any reasonable manner which the Trustee deems sufficient and in accordance with such reasonable rules as the Trustee may determine; and the Trustee may in any instance require further proof with respect to any of the matters referred to in this Section 104.
(c) The ownership, principal amount and serial numbers of Registered Securities held by any Person, and the date of the commencement and the date of the termination of holding the same, shall be proved by the Security Register.
(d) The ownership, principal amount and serial numbers of Bearer Securities held by any Person, and the date of the commencement and the date of the termination of holding the same, may be proved by the production of such Bearer Securities or by a certificate executed, as depositary, by any trust company, bank, banker or other depositary reasonably acceptable to the Trustee, the Guarantor and the Company, wherever situated, if such certificate shall be deemed by the Company, the Guarantor and 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 Company, the Guarantor and the Trustee to be satisfactory. The Trustee, the Company and the Guarantor 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, or (2) such Bearer Security is produced to the Trustee by some other Person, or (3) such Bearer Security is surrendered in exchange for a Registered Security, or (4) such Bearer Security is no longer Outstanding. The ownership, principal amount and serial numbers of Bearer Securities held by the Person so executing such instrument or writing and the date of the commencement and the date of the termination of holding the same may also be proved in any other manner which the Trustee, the Guarantor and the Company deem sufficient.
(e) If the Company or the Guarantor shall solicit from the Holders of any Registered Securities any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act, the Company may at its option (but is not obligated to), by Board Resolution, fix in advance a record date for the determination of Holders of Registered Securities entitled to give
such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other 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 Registered Securities of record at the close of business on such record date shall be deemed to be Holders for the purpose of determining whether Holders of the requisite proportion of Outstanding Securities have authorized or agreed or consented to such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act, and for that purpose the Outstanding Securities shall be computed as of such record date; provided that no such authorization, agreement or consent by the Holders of Registered Securities shall be deemed effective unless it shall become effective pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture not later than six months after the record date.
(f) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act by 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 or suffered to be done by the Trustee, any Security Registrar, any Paying Agent, any Conversion Agent or the Company or the Guarantor in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such Act is made upon such Security.
Section 105. Notices, etc. to Trustee, the Company and the Guarantor.
Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act of Holders or other document provided or permitted by this Indenture to be made upon, given or furnished to, or filed with,
(a) the Trustee by any Holder or holder of a Preferred Security, the Guarantor or 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: Institutional Trust Services, or
(b) the Guarantor or the Company by the Trustee or any Holder or holder of a Preferred Security, shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to the Guarantor or the Company, as applicable, addressed to the attention of its 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, the Guarantor or the Company, as applicable.
Section 106. Notice to Holders of Securities; Waiver.
Except as otherwise expressly provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, where this Indenture provides for notice to Holders of Securities of any event,
(a) 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
(b) such notice shall be sufficiently given to Holders of Bearer Securities, if any, if published in an Authorized Newspaper in The City of New York and, if such Securities are then listed on any stock exchange outside the United States, in an Authorized Newspaper in such city as the Company shall advise the Trustee that such stock exchange so requires, on a Business Day at least twice, the first such publication to be not earlier than the earliest date and the second such publication not later than the latest date prescribed for the giving of such notice.
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. Any notice which is mailed in the manner herein provided shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given or provided. In case by reason of the suspension of regular mail service or by reason of any other cause it shall be impracticable to give such notice by mail, then such notification as shall be made with the approval of the Trustee shall constitute a sufficient notification for every purpose hereunder.
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 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 mailed to Holders of Registered Securities as provided above.
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 of Securities shall be filed with the Trustee, but such filing shall not be a condition precedent to the validity of any action taken in reliance upon such waiver.
Section 107. Language of Notices.
Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, election or waiver required or permitted under this Indenture shall be in the English language, except that, if the Company or the Guarantor so elects, any published notice may be in an official language of the country of publication.
Section 108. Conflict with Trust Indenture Act.
If any provision hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with any duties
under any required provision of the Trust Indenture Act imposed hereon by
Section 318(c) thereof, such required provision shall control.
Section 109. 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 110. Successors and Assigns.
All covenants and agreements in this Indenture by the Company or the Guarantor, as applicable, shall bind such party's successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not.
Section 111. Separability Clause.
In case any provision in this Indenture, any Security, any Coupon or any Guarantee 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 112. Benefits of Indenture.
Except as otherwise expressly provided herein with respect to holders of Senior Indebtedness and holders of Preferred Securities, nothing in this Indenture, any Security or any Coupon, or in any Guarantee, express or implied, shall give to any Person, other than the parties hereto, any Security Registrar, any Paying Agent, any Conversion Agent and their successors hereunder and the Holders of Securities or Coupons, any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Indenture.
Section 113. Governing Law.
This Indenture, the Securities, any Coupons and the Guarantees shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York applicable to agreements made or instruments entered into and, in each case, performed in said state without regard to the conflict of laws principles thereof.
Section 114. Legal Holidays.
Unless otherwise specified in or pursuant to this Indenture or any Securities, in any case where any Interest Payment Date, Business Day following any Change in Control Purchase Date or Stated Maturity or Maturity of any Security, or the last date on which a Holder has the right to convert or exchange Securities of a series that are convertible or exchangeable, shall be a Legal Holiday at any Place of Payment, then (notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, any Security, Coupon or Guarantee other than a provision in any Security, Coupon or Guarantee that specifically states that such provision shall apply in lieu hereof) payment need not be made at such Place of Payment on such date, and such Securities need not be converted or exchanged on such date but such payment may be made, and such Securities may be converted or exchanged, on the next succeeding day that is a Business Day at such Place of Payment with the same force and effect as if made on the Interest Payment Date or at the Stated Maturity or Maturity or on such last day for conversion or exchange, and no Interest shall accrue on the amount payable on such date or at such time for the period from and after such Interest Payment Date, Business Day following any Change in Control Purchase Date, Stated Maturity, Maturity or last day for conversion or exchange, as the case may be, to the next succeeding Business Day.
Section 115. Counterparts.
This Indenture may be executed in several counterparts, each of which shall be an original and all of which shall constitute but one and the same instrument.
Section 116. Judgment Currency.
Each of the Company and the Guarantor agrees, to the fullest extent
that it may effectively do so under applicable law, that (a) if for the purpose
of obtaining judgment in any court it is necessary to convert the sum due in
respect of the principal of, or premium or Interest, if any, or Additional
Amounts on the Securities of any series (the "Required Currency") into a
currency in which a judgment will be rendered (the "Judgment Currency"), the
rate of exchange used shall be the rate at which in accordance with normal
banking procedures the Trustee could purchase in The City of New York the
Required Currency with the Judgment Currency on the New York Banking Day
preceding that on which a final unappealable judgment is given and (b) its
obligations under this Indenture to make payments in the Required Currency (i)
shall not be discharged or satisfied by any tender, or any recovery pursuant to
any judgment (whether or not entered in accordance with clause (a)), in any
currency other than the Required Currency, except to the extent that such tender
or recovery shall result in the actual receipt, by the payee, of the full amount
of the Required Currency expressed to be payable in respect of such payments,
(ii) shall be enforceable as an alternative or additional cause of action for
the purpose of recovering in the Required Currency the amount, if any, by which
such actual receipt shall fall short of the full amount of the Required Currency
so expressed to be payable and (iii) shall not be affected by judgment being
obtained for any other sum due under this Indenture. For purposes of the
foregoing, "New York Banking Day" means any day except a Saturday, Sunday or a
legal holiday in The City of New York or a day on which banking institutions in
The City of New York are authorized or obligated by law, regulation or executive
order to be closed.
ARTICLE TWO
SECURITIES AND GUARANTEE FORMS
Section 201. Forms Generally.
Each Guarantee, Registered Security, Bearer Security, Coupon and temporary or permanent global Security issued pursuant to this Indenture shall be in the form established by or pursuant to a Board Resolution, an Officers' Certificate or in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, shall have such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as are required or permitted by or pursuant to this Indenture or any indenture supplemental hereto and may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification and such legends or endorsements placed thereon as may, consistently herewith, be determined by the officers executing such Guarantee, Security or Coupon as evidenced by their execution of such Guarantee, Security or Coupon.
Unless otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture or any Securities, the Securities shall be issuable in registered form without Coupons and shall not be issuable upon the exercise of warrants.
Definitive Securities and definitive Coupons and Guarantees shall be printed, lithographed or engraved or produced by any combination of these methods on a steel engraved border or steel engraved borders or may be produced in any other manner, all as determined by the officers of the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, executing such Securities, Coupons or Guarantees, as evidenced by their execution of such Securities, Coupons or Guarantees.
Section 202. Guarantee by Guarantor; Form of Guarantee.
The Guarantor by its execution of this Indenture hereby agrees with each Holder of a Security authenticated and delivered by the Trustee, and with the Trustee on behalf of each such Holder, to be irrevocably and unconditionally bound by the terms and provisions of the Guarantee set forth below and authorizes the Chairman of the Board, the President or any Vice President or the Treasurer of the Guarantor to execute, manually or by facsimile signature in the name and on behalf of the Guarantor, and to confirm such Guarantee to the Holder of each such Security by his or her execution and delivery of each such Security, with such Guarantee endorsed thereon, authenticated and delivered by the Trustee. When delivered pursuant to the provisions of Section 303 hereof, the Guarantee so set forth on the Security shall bind the Guarantor notwithstanding the fact that such Guarantee does not bear the signature of the Guarantor.
Guarantees to be endorsed on the Securities shall, subject to Section 201, be in substantially the form set forth below:
GUARANTEE
For value received, Apache Corporation, a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Delaware (the "Guarantor," which term includes any successor Person under the Indenture referred to in the Security upon which this Guarantee is endorsed), hereby irrevocably and unconditionally guarantees to the Holder of the Security upon which this Guarantee is endorsed and to the Trustee on behalf of the Trustee and such Holder the due and punctual payment of the principal of, and any premium, and Interest on, and any Additional Amounts with respect to, such Security, and any other amount due and payable pursuant to the terms of the Indenture or payments referred to therein, if any, when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at the Stated Maturity, by declaration of acceleration, call for redemption, repurchase, or otherwise, according to the terms of such Security and of the Indenture referred to therein. In case of the failure of Apache Finance Canada II Corporation, an unlimited liability company organized under the laws of the Province of Nova Scotia, Canada (the "Company," which term includes any successor corporation under such Indenture), punctually to make any such payment of principal, any premium or Interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to such Security, the Guarantor hereby agrees to cause any such payment to be made punctually when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at the Stated Maturity or by declaration of acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise, and as if such payment were made by the Company.
The Guarantor hereby agrees that its obligations hereunder shall be as if it were principal debtor and not merely surety, and shall be absolute and unconditional, irrespective of, and shall be unaffected by, any invalidity, irregularity or unenforceability
of such Security or such Indenture, any failure to enforce the provisions of such Security or such Indenture, or any waiver, modification or indulgence granted to the Company with respect thereto, by the holder of such Security or the Trustee or any other circumstance which may otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge of a surety or guarantor. The Guarantor hereby waives the benefits of division and discussion, diligence, presentment, demand of payment, filing of claims with a court in the event of merger, insolvency or bankruptcy of the Company, any right to require a proceeding first against the Company, protest or notice with respect to such Security or the indebtedness evidenced thereby and all demands whatsoever, and covenants that this Guarantee will not be discharged except by strict and complete performance of the obligations contained in such Security and this Guarantee. The Guarantor hereby agrees that, in the event of a default in payment of principal of, or any premium or Interest on, or any Additional Amounts with respect to, such Security, or default in any sinking fund or analogous payment referred to therein, legal proceedings may be instituted by the Trustee on behalf of, or by, the Holder of such Security, on the terms and conditions set forth in the Indenture, directly against the Guarantor to enforce this Guarantee without first proceeding against the Company.
The Guarantor shall be subrogated to all rights of the Holder of such Security and the Trustee against the Company in respect of any amounts paid to such Holder by the Guarantor on account of such Security pursuant to the provisions of this Guarantee or the Indenture; provided, however, that the Guarantor shall not be entitled to enforce, or to receive any payments arising out of or based upon, such right of subrogation until the principal of, and any premium and Interest on, and any Additional Amounts required with respect to, all Securities issued under such Indenture shall have been paid in full.
No reference herein to such Indenture and no provision of this Guarantee or of such Indenture shall alter or impair the guarantee of the Guarantor, which is absolute and unconditional, of the due and punctual payment of principal of, any premium and Interest on, and any Additional Amounts required with respect to, the Security upon which this Guarantee is endorsed.
This Guarantee shall not be valid or obligatory for any purpose until the certificate of authentication of the Security upon which this Guarantee is endorsed shall have been manually executed by or on behalf of the Trustee under such Indenture.
All terms used in this Guarantee which are defined in such Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in such Indenture.
This Guarantee shall be deemed to be a contract made under the laws of the State of New York, and for all purposes shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.
This Guarantee is an unsecured obligation of the Guarantor, and is subordinated to all existing and future Guarantor Senior Indebtedness as set forth, and to the extent provided, in the Indenture. The Guarantor agrees, and each Holder by accepting a Security agrees, to the subordination of this Guarantee and authorizes the Trustee to give it effect and appoints the Trustee as attorney-in-fact for such purposes.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Guarantor has caused this Guarantee to be duly executed under its corporate seal and dated the date of the Security upon which this Guarantee is endorsed.
Apache Corporation
Attest:
Each Guarantee shall be dated the date of the Security upon which it is endorsed. Reference is made to Article Sixteen and Article Eighteen for further provisions with respect to the Guarantees.
Section 203. Form of Trustee's Certificate of Authentication.
Subject to Section 611, 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.
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, as Trustee
Section 204. Securities in Global Form.
Unless otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture or any Securities, the Securities shall not be issuable in temporary or permanent global form. If Securities of a series shall be issuable in global form, any such Security may provide that it or any number of such Securities shall represent the aggregate amount of all Outstanding Securities of such series (or such lesser amount as is permitted by the terms thereof) from time to time endorsed thereon and may also provide that the aggregate amount of Outstanding Securities represented thereby may from time to time be increased or reduced to reflect exchanges. Any endorsement of any Security in global form to reflect the amount, or any increase or decrease in the amount, or changes in the rights of Holders, of Outstanding Securities represented thereby shall be made in such manner and by such Person or Persons as shall be specified therein or in the Company Order or Guarantor Order to be delivered pursuant to Section 303 or 304 with respect thereto. Subject to the provisions of Section 303 and, if applicable, Section 304, the Trustee shall deliver and redeliver any Security in permanent global form in the manner and upon instructions given by the Person or Persons specified therein or in the applicable Company Order or Guarantor Order. If a Company Order or Guarantor Order pursuant to Section 303 or 304 has been, or simultaneously is, delivered,
any instructions by the Company or the Guarantor with respect to a Security in global form shall be in writing but need not be accompanied by or contained in an Officers' Certificate and need not be accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 307, unless otherwise specified in or pursuant to this Indenture or any Securities, payment of principal of, any premium or Interest on or any Additional Amounts in respect of, any Security in temporary or permanent global form shall be made to the Person or Persons specified therein.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 308 and except as provided in the preceding paragraph, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company and the Trustee shall treat the Holder of a global security in registered form as the Holder of the principal amount of Outstanding Securities represented by such global Security.
ARTICLE THREE
THE SECURITIES
Section 301. Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series.
The aggregate principal amount of Securities which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is unlimited. The Securities may be issued in one or more series.
With respect to any Securities to be authenticated and delivered hereunder, there shall be established in or pursuant to a Board Resolution of the Company, an Officers' Certificate of the Company or established in one or more indentures supplemental hereto,
(a) the title of such Securities and the series in which such Securities shall be included;
(b) any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the Securities of such title or the Securities of such series which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture (except for Securities authenticated and delivered upon registration or transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Securities of such series pursuant to Section 304, 305, 306, 905 or 1107, upon repayment on part of any Registered Security of such series pursuant to Article Twelve or upon surrender in part of any Security for conversion into or exchange for Common Stock or other securities, cash or property pursuant to its terms, or pursuant to or as contemplated by the terms of such Securities);
(c) if such Securities are to be issuable as Registered Securities, as Bearer Securities or alternatively as Bearer Securities and Registered Securities, and whether the Bearer Securities are to be issuable with Coupons, without Coupons or both, and any restrictions applicable to the offer, sale or delivery of the Bearer Securities and the terms, if any, upon which Bearer Securities may be exchanged for Registered Securities and vice versa;
(d) if any of such Securities are to be issuable in global form, when any of such Securities are to be issuable in global form and (i) whether such Securities are to be issued in temporary or permanent global form or both, (ii) whether beneficial owners of interests in any such
global Security may exchange such interests for Securities of the same series and of like tenor and of any authorized form and denomination, and the circumstances under which any such exchanges may occur, if other than in the manner specified in Section 305, and (iii) the name of the Depositary or the U.S. Depositary, as the case may be, with respect to any global Security;
(e) if any of such Securities are to be issuable as Bearer Securities or in global form, the date as of which any such Bearer Security or global Security shall be dated (if other than the date of original issuance of the first of such Securities to be issued);
(f) if any of such Securities are to be issuable as Bearer Securities, whether Interest in respect of any portion of a temporary Bearer Security in global form payable in respect of an Interest Payment Date therefor prior to the exchange, if any, of such temporary Bearer Security for definitive Securities shall be paid to any clearing organization with respect to the portion of such temporary Bearer Security held for its account and, in such event, the terms and conditions (including any certification requirements) upon which any such Interest payment received by a clearing organization will be credited to the Persons entitled to Interest payable on such Interest Payment Date;
(g) the date or dates, or the method or methods, if any, by which such date or dates shall be determined, on which the principal of such Securities is payable;
(h) the rate or rates at which such Securities shall bear Interest, if any, or the method or methods, if any, by which such rate or rates are to be determined, the date or dates, if any, from which such Interest shall accrue or the method or methods, if any, by which such date or dates are to be determined, the Interest Payment Dates, if any, on which such Interest shall be payable and the Regular Record Date, if any, for the Interest payable on Registered Securities on any Interest Payment Date, if Additional Amounts on such Securities or any of them shall not be payable as provided in Section 1004, and any deletion from, or modifications or additions to, the provisions of Section 1004 or Section 1108 in respect of the Securities of such series, the notice, if any, to Holders regarding the determination of Interest on a floating rate Security and the manner of giving such notice, and the basis upon which Interest shall be calculated if other than that of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months;
(i) any deletions from, modifications of or additions to the subordination provisions of Article Seventeen with respect to such Securities, whether or not such subordination provisions are consistent with the subordination provisions set forth therein;
(j) the right, if any, to extend the Interest payment periods and the duration of any such extension, including the maximum consecutive period, if any, during which Interest payment periods may be extended;
(k) if in addition to or other than the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, the place or places where the principal of, any premium and Interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to such Securities shall be payable, any of such Securities that are Registered Securities may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange and notices or demands to or upon the Company or the Guarantor in respect of such Securities and this Indenture may be served, the extent to which, or the manner in which, any Interest payment or Additional
Amounts on a global Security on an Interest Payment Date, will be paid and the manner in which any principal of or premium, if any, on any global Security will be paid;
(l) whether any of such Securities are to be redeemable at the option of the Company and, if so, the date or dates on which, the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which and the other terms and conditions upon which such Securities may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option of the Company;
(m) the obligation, if any, of the Company to redeem or purchase Securities of the series pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous provisions (including payments made in cash in anticipation of future sinking fund obligations) or at the option of a Holder and the date or dates on which or 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;
(n) whether the Securities of the series will be convertible into and/or exchangeable for Common Stock or other securities, whether or not issued by the Company, cash or property and the terms and conditions of any such conversion or exchange and, if so provided, the terms and conditions upon which such Securities will be convertible or exchangeable, and any deletions from or modifications or additions to this Indenture to permit or to facilitate the issuance of such convertible or exchangeable Securities or the administration thereof;
(o) the denominations in which any of such Securities that are Registered Securities shall be issuable if other than denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof, and the denominations in which any of such Securities that are Bearer Securities shall be issuable if other than the denomination of $5,000;
(p) if other than the principal amount thereof, the portion of the principal amount of any of such Securities that shall be payable upon declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 502 or the method by which such portion is to be determined;
(q) if other than Dollars, the Foreign Currency in which payment of the principal of, any premium or Interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to any of such Securities shall be payable;
(r) if the principal of, any premium or Interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to any of such Securities are to be payable, at the election of the Company or a Holder thereof or otherwise, in Dollars or in a Foreign Currency other than that in which such Securities are stated to be payable, the date or dates on which, the period or periods within which, and the other terms and conditions upon which, such election may be made, and the time and manner of determining the exchange rate between the Currency in which such Securities are stated to be payable and the Currency in which such Securities or any of them are to be paid pursuant to such election, and any deletions from or modifications of or additions to the terms of this Indenture to provide for or to facilitate the issuance of Securities denominated or payable, at the election of the Company or a Holder thereof or otherwise, in a Foreign Currency;
(s) whether the amount of payments of principal of, any premium or Interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to such Securities may be determined with reference to an
index, formula or other method or methods (which index, formula or method or methods may be based, without limitation, on one or more Currencies, commodities, equity indices or other indices), and, if so, the terms and conditions upon which and the manner in which such amounts shall be determined and paid or payable;
(t) any deletions from, modifications of or additions to the Events of Default or covenants of the Company or the Guarantor with respect to any of such Securities, whether or not such Events of Default or covenants are consistent with the Events of Default or covenants set forth herein;
(u) if either or both of Section 402(2) relating to defeasance or
Section 402(3) relating to covenant defeasance shall not be applicable to the
Securities of such series, or any covenants in addition to those specified in
Section 402(3) relating to the Securities of such series shall be subject to
covenant defeasance, and any deletions from, or modifications or additions to,
the provisions of Article Four in respect of the Securities of such series;
(v) if any of such Securities are to be issuable upon the exercise of warrants, and the time, manner and place for such Securities to be authenticated and delivered;
(w) if any of such Securities are to be issuable in global form and are to be issuable in definitive form (whether upon original issue or upon exchange of a temporary Security) only upon receipt of certain certificates or other documents or satisfaction of other conditions, then the form and terms of such certificates, documents or conditions;
(x) if there is more than one Trustee, the identity of the Trustee and, if not the Trustee, the identity of each Security Registrar, Paying Agent, Conversion Agent or Authenticating Agent with respect to such Securities;
(y) the Change in Control Purchase Price, if applicable;
(z) the name of the applicable Trust (which shall distinguish such statutory trust from all other Trusts), if any, to which the Securities of such series are to be deposited as assets and the date of its Trust Agreement; and
(aa) any other terms of such Securities and any deletions from or modifications or additions to this Indenture in respect of such Securities.
All Securities (and Guarantees endorsed thereon) of any one series and all Coupons, if any, appertaining to Bearer Securities of such series shall be substantially identical except as to Currency of payments due thereunder, denomination and the rate of Interest, or method of determining the rate of Interest, if any, Maturity, and the date from which Interest, if any, shall accrue and except as may otherwise be provided by the Company in or pursuant to the Board Resolution and set forth in the Officers' Certificate or in any indenture or indentures supplemental hereto pertaining to such series of Securities. The terms of the Securities of any series may provide, without limitation, that the Securities shall be authenticated and delivered by the Trustee on original issue from time to time upon telephonic or written order of persons designated in the Officers' Certificate or supplemental indenture (telephonic instructions to be promptly confirmed in writing by such person) and that such persons are authorized to determine, consistent with such
Officers' Certificate or any applicable supplemental indenture, such terms and conditions of the Securities of such series as are specified in such Officers' Certificate or supplemental indenture. All Securities of any one series need not be issued at the same time and, unless otherwise so provided by the Company, a series may be reopened for issuances of additional Securities of such series or to establish additional terms of such series of Securities.
If any of the terms of the Securities of any series shall be established by action taken by or pursuant to a Board Resolution, the Board Resolutions of the Company and the Guarantor shall be delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Officers' Certificate setting forth the terms of such series.
Section 302. Currency; Denominations.
Unless otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, the principal of, any premium and Interest on and any Additional Amounts with respect to the Securities shall be payable in Dollars. Unless otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, Registered Securities denominated in Dollars shall be issuable in registered form without Coupons in denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof, and the Bearer Securities denominated in Dollars shall be issuable in the denomination of $5,000. Securities not denominated in Dollars shall be issuable in such denominations as are established with respect to such Securities in or pursuant to this Indenture.
Section 303. Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating.
Securities shall be executed on behalf of the Company by its Chairman of the Board, one of its Vice Chairmen, its President, its Treasurer, one of its Assistant Treasurers, one of its Directors or one of its Vice Presidents under its corporate seal reproduced thereon and attested by its Secretary, its Treasurer or one of its Assistant Secretaries or Assistant Treasurers. Coupons shall be executed on behalf of the Company by the Treasurer, one of its Vice Presidents or any Assistant Treasurer of the Company. The signature of any of these officers on the Securities or any Coupons appertaining thereto may be manual or facsimile.
Securities, and any Coupons 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 or Coupons.
At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of this Indenture, the Company may deliver Securities, together with any Coupons appertaining thereto, executed by the Company, with Guarantees endorsed thereon by the Guarantor, to the Trustee for authentication and, provided that the Board Resolutions and Officers' Certificates or supplemental indenture or indentures with respect to such Securities referred to in Section 301 and a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of such Securities and a Guarantor Order approving the delivery of the Guarantees endorsed thereon have been delivered to the Trustee, the Trustee in accordance with the Company Order and subject to the provisions hereof and of such Securities shall authenticate and deliver such Securities having such Guarantees. In authenticating such
Securities, and accepting the additional responsibilities under this Indenture in relation to such Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto, and the Guarantees endorsed thereon, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and (subject to Sections 315(a) through 315(d) of the Trust Indenture Act) shall be fully protected in relying upon,
(1) an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that:
(a) the form or forms and terms of such Securities and Coupons, if any, and Guarantees have been established in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture;
(b) all conditions precedent to the authentication and delivery of such Securities and Coupons, if any, appertaining thereto, have been complied with and that such Securities and Coupons, when completed by appropriate insertions, executed under the Company's corporate seal and attested by duly authorized officers of the Company, delivered by duly authorized officers of the Company to the Trustee for authentication pursuant to this Indenture, and 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 legally valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms, except as enforcement thereof may be subject to or limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, arrangement, fraudulent conveyance, fraudulent transfer or other similar laws relating to or affecting creditors' rights generally, and subject to general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in a proceeding in equity or at law) and will entitle the Holders thereof to the benefits of this Indenture, including the Guarantee; such Opinion of Counsel need express no opinion as to the availability of equitable remedies;
(c) Guarantees, when executed under the Guarantor's corporate seal and attested by duly authorized officers of the Guarantor and endorsed upon a Security that is authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and issued by the Company in the manner and subject to any condition specified in such Opinion of Counsel, will constitute legally valid and binding obligations of the Guarantor, enforceable against the Guarantor in accordance with its terms, except as enforcement thereof may be subject to or limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, arrangement, fraudulent conveyance, fraudulent transfer or other similar laws relating to or affecting creditors' rights generally, and subject to general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in a proceeding in equity or at law) and will entitle the Holders to the benefits of this Indenture; such Opinion of Counsel need express no opinion as to the availability of equitable remedies;
(d) all laws and requirements in respect of the execution and delivery by the Company of such Securities and Coupons, if any, have been complied with; and
(e) This Indenture has been qualified under the Trust Indenture Act; and
(2) Officers' Certificates of the Company and the Guarantor stating that, in each case, to the best knowledge of the Persons executing such certificate, no event which is, or after notice or lapse of time or both would become, an Event of Default with respect to any of the Securities or the Guarantees shall have occurred and be continuing.
If all the Securities of any series are not to be issued at one time, it shall not be necessary to deliver an Opinion of Counsel and Officers' Certificates at the time of issuance of each Security, but such opinion and certificate, with appropriate modifications, shall be delivered at or before the time of issuance of the first Security of such series. After any such first delivery, any separate request by the Company that the Trustee authenticate Securities of such series for original issue will be deemed to be a certification by the Company and the Guarantor that all conditions precedent provided for in this Indenture relating to authentication and delivery of such Securities continue to have been complied with.
The Trustee shall not be required to authenticate or to cause an Authenticating Agent to authenticate any Securities if the issue of such Securities pursuant to this Indenture will affect the Trustee's own rights, duties or immunities under the Securities and this Indenture or otherwise in a manner which is not reasonably acceptable to the Trustee or if the Trustee, being advised by counsel, determines that such action may not lawfully be taken.
Each Registered Security shall be dated the date of its authentication. Each Bearer Security and any Bearer Security in global form shall be dated as of the date specified in or pursuant to this Indenture.
No Security or Guarantee 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 in Section 202 or 611
executed by or on behalf of the Trustee or by the Authenticating Agent by the
manual signature of one of its authorized officers. Such certificate upon any
Security shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such Security
has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder. Except as permitted by
Section 306 or 307, the Trustee shall not authenticate and deliver any Bearer
Security or related Guarantee unless all Coupons appertaining thereto then
matured have been detached and canceled.
Section 304. Temporary Securities.
Pending the preparation of definitive Securities, the Company
may execute and deliver to the Trustee and, upon Company Order and Guarantor
Order, the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in the manner provided in
Section 303, temporary Securities in lieu thereof which are printed,
lithographed, typewritten, mimeographed 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 or pursuant to
this Indenture, in bearer form with one or more Coupons or without Coupons and
having endorsed thereon Guarantees of the Guarantor substantially of the tenor
of the definitive Guarantees, and with such appropriate insertions, omissions,
substitutions and other variations as the officers executing such Securities or
Guarantees may determine, as conclusively evidenced by their execution of such
Securities or Guarantees, as the case may be. Such temporary Securities may be
in global form.
Except in the case of temporary Securities in global form, which shall be exchanged in accordance with the provisions thereof, if temporary Securities are issued, the Company shall cause definitive Securities to be prepared without unreasonable delay. After the preparation of definitive Securities of the same series and containing terms and provisions that are identical to
those of any temporary Securities, such temporary Securities shall be exchangeable for such definitive Securities with Guarantees of the Guarantor endorsed thereon upon surrender of such temporary Securities at an Office or Agency for such Securities, without charge to any Holder thereof. Upon surrender for cancellation of any one or more temporary Securities (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 authorized denominations of the same series and containing identical terms and provisions, each with a Guarantee of the Guarantor endorsed thereon; provided, however, that no definitive Bearer Security, except as provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, shall be delivered in exchange for a temporary Registered Security; and provided, further, that a definitive Bearer Security shall be delivered in exchange for a temporary Bearer Security only in compliance with the conditions set forth in or pursuant to this Indenture. Unless otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture with respect to a temporary global Security, until so exchanged the temporary Securities of any series shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as definitive Securities of such series.
Section 305. Registration, Transfer and Exchange.
With respect to the Registered Securities of each series, if any, the Company shall cause to be kept a register (each such register being herein sometimes referred to as the "Security Register") at an Office or Agency for such series in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Company shall provide for the registration of the Registered Securities of such series and of transfers of the Registered Securities of such series. Such Office or Agency shall be the "Security Registrar" for that series of Securities. Unless otherwise specified in or pursuant to this Indenture or the Securities, the Trustee shall be the initial Security Registrar for each series of Securities. The Company shall have the right to remove and replace from time to time the Security Registrar for any series of Securities; provided that no such removal or replacement shall be effective until a successor Security Registrar with respect to such series of Securities shall have been appointed by the Company and shall have accepted such appointment by the Company. In the event that the Trustee shall not be or shall cease to be Security Registrar with respect to a series of Securities, it shall have the right to examine the Security Register for such series at all reasonable times. There shall be only one Security Register for each series of Securities.
Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Registered Security of any series at any Office or Agency for such series, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Registered Securities of the same series denominated as authorized in or pursuant to this Indenture, of a like aggregate principal amount bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding and containing identical terms and provisions, having Guarantees duly endorsed thereon.
At the option of the Holder, Registered Securities of any series may be exchanged for other Registered Securities of the same series containing identical terms and provisions, in any authorized denominations, and of a like aggregate principal amount, upon surrender of the Securities to be exchanged at any Office or Agency for such series. Whenever any Registered Securities are so surrendered for exchange, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver, the Registered Securities which the Holder making the exchange is entitled to receive having Guarantees duly endorsed thereon.
If provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, with respect to Securities of any series, at the option of the Holder, Bearer Securities of such series may be exchanged for Registered Securities of such series containing identical terms, denominated as authorized in or pursuant to this Indenture and in the same aggregate principal amount, upon surrender of the Bearer Securities to be exchanged at any Office or Agency for such series, 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, the Guarantor 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, the Guarantor 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 Bearer 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 for such series located outside the United States. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in case a Bearer Security of any series is surrendered at any such Office or Agency for such series in exchange for a Registered Security of such series 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 date for payment of Defaulted Interest, such Bearer Security shall be surrendered without the Coupon relating to such Interest Payment Date or proposed date of payment, as the case may be (or, if such Coupon is so surrendered with such Bearer Security, such Coupon shall be returned to the Person so surrendering the Bearer Security), and Interest or Defaulted Interest, as the case may be, shall 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 shall be payable only to the Holder of such Coupon when due in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture.
If provided in or pursuant to this Indenture with respect to Securities of any series, at the option of the Holder, Registered Securities of such series may be exchanged for Bearer Securities upon such terms and conditions as may be provided in or pursuant to this Indenture with respect to such series.
Whenever any Securities are surrendered for exchange as contemplated by the immediately preceding two paragraphs, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the Securities, having endorsed thereon Guarantees of the Guarantor, which the Holder making the exchange is entitled to receive.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, except as otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, any global Security shall be exchangeable for definitive Securities only if (i) the Depositary is at any time unwilling, unable or ineligible to continue as Depositary and a successor
depository is not appointed by the Company within 90 days of the date the Company is so informed in writing, (ii) the Company executes and delivers to the Trustee a Company Order to the effect that such global Security shall be so exchangeable, or (iii) an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing with respect to the Securities. If the beneficial owners of interests in a global Security are entitled to exchange such interests for definitive Securities as the result of an event described in clause (i), (ii) or (iii) of the preceding sentence, 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 such form and denominations as are required by or pursuant to this Indenture, and of the same series, containing identical terms and in aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of such global Security, executed by the Company. On or after the earliest date on which such interests may be so exchanged, such global Security shall be surrendered from time to time by the U.S. Depositary or such other Depositary as shall be specified in the Company Order with respect thereto, and in accordance with instructions given to the Trustee and the U.S. Depositary or such other Depositary, as the case may be (which instructions shall be in writing but need not be contained in or accompanied by an Officers' Certificate or be accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel), as shall be specified in the Company Order with respect thereto to the Trustee, as the Company's agent for such purpose, to be exchanged, in whole or in part, for definitive Securities as described above without charge. The Trustee shall authenticate and make available for delivery, in exchange for each portion of such surrendered global Security, a like aggregate principal amount of definitive Securities of the same series of authorized denominations and of like tenor as the portion of such global Security to be exchanged, which (unless such Securities are not issuable both as Bearer Securities and as Registered Securities, in which case the definitive Securities exchanged for the global Security shall be issuable only in the form in which the Securities are issuable, as provided in or pursuant to this Indenture) shall be in the form of Bearer Securities or Registered Securities, or any combination thereof, as shall be specified by the beneficial owner thereof, but subject to the satisfaction of any certification or other requirements to the issuance of Bearer Securities; provided, however, that no such exchanges may occur during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before any selection of Securities of the same series to be redeemed and ending on the relevant Redemption Date; and provided, further, that (unless otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture) no Bearer Security delivered in exchange for a portion of a global Security shall be mailed or otherwise delivered to any location in the United States. Promptly following any such exchange in part, such global Security shall be returned by the Trustee to such Depositary or the U.S. Depositary, as the case may be, or such other Depositary or U.S. Depositary referred to above in accordance with the instructions of the Company referred to above. If a Registered Security is issued in exchange for any portion of a global Security after the close of business at the Office or Agency for such Security where such exchange occurs on or after (i) any Regular Record Date for such Security and before the opening of business at such Office or Agency on the next Interest Payment Date, or (ii) any Special Record Date for such Security and before the opening of business at such Office or Agency on the related proposed date for payment of Interest or Defaulted Interest, as the case may be, Interest shall 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 shall 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 global Security shall be payable in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture.
All Securities issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities and all Guarantees endorsed thereon shall be the valid obligations of the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, evidencing the same debt and entitling the Holders thereof to the same benefits under this Indenture as the Securities and Guarantees endorsed thereon surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.
Every Registered Security presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or for exchange or redemption shall (if so required by the Company or the Security Registrar for such Security) be duly endorsed, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar for such Security duly executed by the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing.
No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange, or redemption of Securities, but the Company or the Trustee may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge.
Except as otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, the Company shall not be required (i) to issue, register the transfer of or exchange any Securities during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before the day of the selection for redemption of Securities of like tenor and the same series under Section 1103 and ending at the close of business on the day of such selection, or (ii) to register the transfer of or exchange any Registered Security so selected for redemption in whole or in part, except in the case of any Security to be redeemed in part, the portion thereof not to be redeemed, or (iii) to exchange any Bearer Security so selected for redemption except, to the extent provided with respect to such Bearer Security, that such Bearer Security may be exchanged for a Registered Security of like tenor and the same series, provided that such Registered Security shall be immediately surrendered for redemption with written instruction for payment consistent with the provisions of this Indenture or (iv) to issue, register the transfer of or exchange any Security which, in accordance with its terms, has been surrendered for repayment at the option of the Holder, except the portion, if any, of such Security not to be so repaid.
Section 306. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities.
If any mutilated Security or a Security with a mutilated Coupon appertaining to it is surrendered to the Trustee, subject to the provisions of this Section 306, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a new Security of the same series containing identical terms and of like principal amount, having endorsed thereon the Guarantee of the Guarantor and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding, with Coupons appertaining thereto corresponding to the Coupons, if any, appertaining to the surrendered Security.
If there be delivered to the Company, the Guarantor and to 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, the Guarantor or the Trustee that such Security or Coupon has been acquired by a protected purchaser, the Company shall execute and, upon Company Request the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in exchange for or in lieu
of any such mutilated, 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 containing identical terms and of like principal amount having endorsed thereon the Guarantee of the Guarantor 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.
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 306,
in case any 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, any premium or Interest on or any Additional Amounts
with respect to any Bearer Securities shall, except as otherwise provided in
Section 1002, be payable only at an Office or Agency for such Securities located
outside the United States and, unless otherwise provided in or pursuant to this
Indenture, any Interest on Bearer Securities and any Additional Amounts with
respect to such Interest shall be payable only upon presentation and surrender
of the Coupons appertaining thereto.
Upon the issuance of any new Security under this Section 306, the Company or the Trustee 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, with any Coupons appertaining thereto, and the Guarantee of the Guarantor endorsed thereon, issued pursuant to this Section 306 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 a separate obligation of the Company and the Guarantor, respectively, whether or not the destroyed, lost or stolen Security and Coupons appertaining thereto or the destroyed, lost or stolen Coupon shall be at any time enforceable by anyone, and shall be entitled to all the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with any and all other Securities of such series and any Coupons and related Guarantees duly issued hereunder.
The provisions of this Section 306, as amended or supplemented pursuant to this Indenture with respect to particular Securities or generally, shall be 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 and Certain Additional Amounts; Rights to Interest and Certain Additional Amounts Preserved.
Unless otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, any Interest on and any Additional Amounts with respect to any Registered Security which shall be payable, and are punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date shall be paid to the Person in whose name such Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered as of the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such Interest. Unless otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, in case a Bearer Security is surrendered in exchange for a Registered Security
after the close of business at an Office or Agency for such Security on any Regular Record Date therefor and before the opening of business at such Office or Agency on the next succeeding Interest Payment Date therefor, such Bearer Security shall be surrendered without the Coupon relating to such Interest Payment Date and Interest shall not be payable on such Interest Payment Date in respect of the Registered Security issued in exchange for such Bearer Security, but shall be payable only to the Holder of such Coupon when due in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture.
Unless otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, any Interest on and any Additional Amounts with respect to any Registered Security which shall be payable, but shall not be punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date for such Registered Security (herein called "Defaulted Interest") shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder thereof on the relevant Regular Record Date by virtue of having been such Holder; and such Defaulted Interest may be paid by the Company or the Guarantor, at its election in each case, as provided in Clause (1) or (2) below:
(1) The Company or the Guarantor may elect to make payment of any Defaulted Interest to the Person in whose name such Registered Security (or a Predecessor Security thereof) shall be 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 or the Guarantor shall notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of Defaulted Interest proposed to be paid on such Registered Security and the date of the proposed payment, and at the same time the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, 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 on or prior to the date of the proposed payment, such money when so deposited to be held in trust for the benefit of the Person 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 the Holder of such Registered Security (or a Predecessor Security thereof) at his address as it appears in the Security Register not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date. The Trustee may, in its discretion, in the name and at the expense of the Company cause a similar notice to be published at least once in an Authorized Newspaper of general circulation in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, but such publication shall not be a condition precedent to the establishment of such Special Record Date. Notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor having been mailed as aforesaid, such Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the Person in whose name such Registered Security (or a Predecessor Security thereof) shall be registered at the close of business on such Special Record Date and shall no longer be payable pursuant to the following clause (2). In case a Bearer Security is surrendered at the Office or Agency for such Security in exchange for a Registered Security after the close of business at such Office or Agency on 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 Defaulted Interest and Defaulted Interest shall not be payable on such
proposed date of payment in respect of the Registered Security issued in exchange for such Bearer Security, but shall be payable only to the Holder of such Coupon when due in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture.
(2) The Company or the Guarantor may make payment of any Defaulted Interest in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which such Security may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, if, after notice given by the Company or the Guarantor to the Trustee of the proposed payment pursuant to this Clause, such payment shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee.
Unless otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture or the Securities of any particular series, at the option of the Company, Interest on Registered Securities that bear Interest may be paid by mailing a check to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register or by transfer to an account maintained by the payee with a bank located in the United States.
Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section 307 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.
If any convertible or exchangeable Security of any series is converted or exchanged after any Regular Record Date and on or prior to the next succeeding Interest Payment Date (other than any Security with respect to which the Stated Maturity Date is prior to such Interest Payment Date), Interest that is due on such Interest Payment Date shall be payable on such Interest Payment Date notwithstanding such conversion or exchange, and such Interest (whether or not punctually paid or duly provided for ) shall be paid to the Person in whose name that Security is registered at the close of business on such Regular Record Date. Except as otherwise expressly provided in the immediately preceding sentence, in the case of any Security that is converted or exchanged, Interest shall not be payable if the Regular Record Date is after the date of conversion or exchange of such Security.
Section 308. Persons Deemed Owners.
Prior to due presentment of a Registered Security for registration of transfer, the Company, the Guarantor, the Trustee and any agent of the Company, the Guarantor or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name such Registered Security is registered in the Security Register as the owner of such Registered Security for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of, any premium and (subject to Sections 305 and 307) Interest on and any Additional Amounts with respect to such Registered Security and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not any payment with respect to such Registered Security shall be overdue, and neither the Company, the Guarantor nor the Trustee or any agent of the Company, the Guarantor or the Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
The Company, the Guarantor, the Trustee and any agent of the Company, the Guarantor or the Trustee may treat the bearer of any Bearer Security or the bearer of any Coupon as the absolute owner of such Security or Coupon for the purpose of receiving payment thereof or
on account thereof and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not any payment with respect to such Security or Coupon shall be overdue, and neither the Company, the Guarantor, the Trustee nor any agent of the Company, the Guarantor or the Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
No holder of any beneficial interest in any global Security held on its behalf by a Depositary shall have any rights under this Indenture with respect to such global Security, and such Depositary may be treated by the Company, the Guarantor, the Trustee, and any agent of the Company, the Guarantor or the Trustee as the owner of such global Security for all purposes whatsoever. None of the Company, the Guarantor, the Trustee, any Paying Agent, Conversion 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 global Security 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, exchange or conversion or for credit against any sinking fund payment shall, if surrendered to any Person other than the Trustee, be delivered to the Trustee, and any such Securities and Coupons, as well as Securities and Coupons surrendered directly to the Trustee for any such purpose, shall be canceled promptly by the Trustee. The Company or the Guarantor may at any time deliver to the Trustee for cancellation any Securities or Coupons previously authenticated and delivered hereunder which the Company or the Guarantor may have acquired in any manner whatsoever, and all Securities or Coupons so delivered shall be canceled promptly by the Trustee. No Securities or Coupons shall be authenticated in lieu of or in exchange for any Securities canceled as provided in this Section 309, except as expressly permitted by or pursuant to this Indenture. All canceled Securities and Coupons held by the Trustee shall be destroyed by the Trustee in accordance with its customary procedures, unless by a Company Order or Guarantor Order, the Company or the Guarantor directs their return to it.
Section 310. Computation of Interest.
Except as otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture or in any Security, Interest on the Securities shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.
ARTICLE FOUR
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE
Section 401. Satisfaction and Discharge.
Upon the direction of the Company by a Company Order or the Guarantor by a Guarantor Order, this Indenture shall cease to be of further effect with respect to any series of Securities specified in such Company Order or Guarantor Order and any Coupons appertaining thereto, and the Trustee, on receipt of a Company Order or Guarantor Order, at the expense of the
Company and the Guarantor, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture as to such series, when
(1) either
(a) all Securities of such series theretofore authenticated and delivered and all Coupons appertaining thereto (other than (i) Coupons appertaining to Bearer Securities of such series surrendered in exchange for Registered Securities of such series and maturing after such exchange whose surrender is not required or has been waived as provided in Section 305, (ii) Securities and Coupons of such series which have been destroyed, lost or stolen and which have been replaced or paid as provided in Section 306, (iii) Coupons appertaining to Securities of such series called for redemption and maturing after the relevant Redemption Date whose surrender has been waived as provided in Section 1107, and (iv) Securities and Coupons of such series for whose payment money in the applicable Currency has theretofore been deposited in trust or segregated and held in trust by the Company or the Guarantor and thereafter repaid to the Company or the Guarantor or discharged from such trust, as provided in Section 1003) have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or
(b) all Securities of such series and, in the case of (i) or
(ii) below, any Coupons appertaining thereto not theretofore delivered to the
Trustee for cancellation
(i) have become due and payable, or
(ii) will become due and payable at their Stated Maturity within one year, or
(iii) if redeemable at the option of the Company, are to be called for redemption within one year under arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption by the Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of the Company,
and the Company or the Guarantor, in the case of (i), (ii) or (iii) above, has deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in trust for such purpose, money in the Currency in which such Securities are payable in an amount sufficient to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness on such Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, including the principal of, any premium and Interest on, and any Additional Amounts with respect to such Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto, to the date of such deposit (in the case of Securities which have become due and payable) or to the Maturity thereof, as the case may be;
(2) the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable hereunder by the Company with respect to the Outstanding Securities of such series and any Coupons appertaining thereto; and
(3) the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, 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 as to such series have been complied with.
In the event there are Securities of two or more series hereunder, the Trustee shall be required to execute an instrument acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture only if requested to do so with respect to Securities of such series as to which it is Trustee and if the other conditions thereto are met.
Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture with respect to any series of Securities, the obligations of the Company and the Guarantor to the Trustee under Section 606 and, if money shall have been deposited with the Trustee pursuant to subclause (b) of clause (1) of this Section 401, the obligations of the Trustee, the Guarantor and the Company with respect to the Securities of such series under Sections 305, 306, 403, 1002, 1003 and Article Twelve, with respect to the payment of Additional Amounts, if any, with respect to such Securities as contemplated by Section 1004 (but only to the extent that the Additional Amounts payable with respect to such Securities exceed the amount deposited in respect of such Additional Amounts pursuant to subclause (b) of clause (1) of this Section 401, and, unless otherwise provided pursuant to Section 301 with respect to the Securities of such series, any rights to convert or exchange the Securities of such series into other securities in accordance with their terms), shall survive.
Section 402. Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance.
(1) Unless, pursuant to Section 301, either or both of (i)
defeasance of the Securities of or within a series under clause (2) of this
Section 402, or (ii) covenant defeasance of the Securities of or within a series
under clause (3) of this Section 402 shall not be applicable with respect to the
Securities of such series, then such provisions, together with the other
provisions of this Section 402 (with such modifications thereto as may be
specified pursuant to Section 301 with respect to any Securities), shall be
applicable to such Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto, and the
Company may at its option by Board Resolution or Officers' Certificate, at any
time, with respect to such Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto,
elect to have Section 402(2) or Section 402(3) be applied to such Outstanding
Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto upon compliance with the
conditions set forth below in this Section 402.
(2) Upon the Company's exercise of the above option applicable
to this Section 402(2) with respect to any Securities of or within a series, the
Company and the Guarantor shall be deemed to have been discharged from their
respective obligations with respect to such Outstanding Securities and any
Coupons appertaining thereto, and with respect to the Guarantees endorsed
thereon, on the date the conditions set forth in clause (4) of this Section 402
are satisfied (hereinafter, "defeasance"). For this purpose, such defeasance
means that the Company and the Guarantor shall be deemed to have paid and
discharged the entire Indebtedness represented by such Outstanding Securities
and any Coupons appertaining thereto, and such corresponding Guarantees, which
shall thereafter be deemed to be "Outstanding" only for the purposes of clause
(5) of this Section 402 and the other Sections of this Indenture referred to in
clauses (i) and (ii) below, and to have satisfied all of its other obligations
under such Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto and this Indenture
insofar as such Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto are concerned
(and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper
instruments acknowledging the same), except for the following which shall
survive until otherwise terminated or discharged hereunder: (i) the rights of
Holders of such Outstanding Securities and any Guarantees and Coupons
appertaining thereto to receive, solely from the trust fund described in clause
(4) of this Section 402 and as more fully set forth in such Section, payments of
the
principal of, any premium and Interest or any Additional Amounts with respect to, such Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto when such payments are due, and any rights of Holder to convert or exchange such Securities into or for Common Stock or other securities, cash or property, (ii) the obligations of the Company and the Trustee with respect to such Securities under Sections 305, 306, 1002 and 1003, with respect to the payment of Additional Amounts, if any, on such Securities as contemplated by Section 1004 (but only to the extent that the Additional Amounts payable with respect to such Securities exceed the amount deposited in respect of such Additional Amounts pursuant to Section 402(4)(a) below), and any obligations of the Guarantor relating to a surviving obligation of the Company, (iii) the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee hereunder and (iv) this Section 402. The Company may exercise its option under this Section 402(2) notwithstanding the prior exercise of its option under clause (3) of this Section 402 with respect to such Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto.
(3) Upon the Company's exercise of the above option applicable
to this Section 402(3) with respect to any Securities of or within a series, the
Company and the Guarantor, to the extent specified pursuant to Section 301,
shall be released from their respective obligations in respect of any covenant
applicable to such Securities or the Guarantees endorsed thereon, with respect
to such Outstanding Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto on and after
the date the conditions set forth in clause (4) of this Section 402 are
satisfied (hereinafter, "covenant defeasance"), and such Securities and any
Coupons appertaining thereto shall thereafter be deemed to be not "Outstanding"
for the purposes of any direction, waiver, consent or declaration or Act of
Holders (and the consequences of any thereof) in connection with any such
covenant, but shall continue to be deemed "Outstanding" for all other purposes
hereunder. For this purpose, such covenant defeasance means that, with respect
to such Outstanding Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto and the
Guarantees endorsed thereon, the Company and the Guarantor may omit to comply
with, and shall have no liability in respect of, any term, condition or
limitation set forth in any such Section or such other covenant, whether
directly or indirectly, by reason of any reference elsewhere herein to any such
Section or such other covenant or by reason of reference in any such Section or
such other covenant to any other provision herein or in any other document and
such omission to comply shall not constitute a default or an Event of Default
under Section 501(3) or 501(4) or otherwise, as the case may be, but, except as
specified above, the remainder of this Indenture and such Securities and Coupons
appertaining thereto and the Guarantees endorsed thereon shall be unaffected
thereby.
(4) The following shall be the conditions to application of clause (2) or (3) of this Section 402 to any Outstanding Securities of or within a series and any Coupons appertaining thereto and the Guarantees endorsed thereon:
(a) The Company or the Guarantor shall irrevocably have deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee (or another trustee satisfying the requirements of Section 607 who shall agree to comply with the provisions of this Section 402 applicable to it) as trust funds in trust for the purpose of making the following payments, specifically pledged as security for, and dedicated solely to, the benefit of the Holders of such Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto,
(1) an amount in Dollars or in such Foreign Currency in which such Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto are then specified as payable at Stated Maturity, or
(2) Government Obligations applicable to such Securities and Coupons appertaining thereto (determined on the basis of the Currency in which such Securities and Coupons appertaining thereto are then specified as payable at Stated Maturity) which through the scheduled payment of principal and Interest in respect thereof in accordance with their terms will provide, not later than one day before the due date of any payment of principal of, any premium or Interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to such Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto, money in an amount, or
(3) a combination thereof,
in any case, in an amount, sufficient, without consideration of any reinvestment of such principal and Interest, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, to pay and discharge, and which shall be applied by the Trustee (or other qualifying trustee) to pay and discharge, the principal of, any premium or Interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to such Outstanding Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto on the Stated Maturity of such principal or installment of principal or Interest on the day on which such payments are due and payable in accordance with the terms of this Indenture and of such Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto.
(b) Such defeasance or covenant defeasance shall not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, this Indenture or any other material agreement or instrument to which the Company or the Guarantor is a party or by which either of them is bound.
(c) No Event of Default or event which with notice or lapse of time or both would become an Event of Default with respect to such Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such deposit and, with respect to defeasance only, at any time during the period ending on the 91st day after the date of such deposit (it being understood that this condition shall not be deemed satisfied until the expiration of such period).
(d) In the case of an election under clause (2) of this
Section 402, the Company or the Guarantor shall have delivered to the Trustee an
Opinion of Counsel stating that (i) the Company or the Guarantor has received
from the Internal Revenue Service a letter ruling, or there has been published
by the Internal Revenue Service a Revenue Ruling, or (ii) since the date of
execution of this Indenture, there has been a change in the applicable Federal
income tax law, in either case to the effect that, and based thereon such
opinion shall confirm that, the Holders of such Outstanding Securities and any
Coupons appertaining thereto will not recognize income, gain or loss for Federal
income tax purposes as a result of such defeasance and will be subject to
Federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times
as would have been the case if such defeasance had not occurred.
(e) In the case of an election under clause (3) of this
Section 402, the Company and the Guarantor shall have delivered to the Trustee
an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the Holders of such Outstanding
Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto will not recognize income, gain
or loss for Federal income tax purposes as a result of such covenant defeasance
and will be subject to Federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same
manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such covenant
defeasance had not occurred.
(f) The Company and the Guarantor shall have delivered to the
Trustee an Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that
all conditions precedent to the defeasance or covenant defeasance under clause
(2) or (3) of this Section 402 (as the case may be) have been complied with.
(g) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Section
402(4), such defeasance or covenant defeasance shall be effected in compliance
with any additional or substitute terms, conditions or limitations which may be
imposed on the Company or the Guarantor in connection therewith pursuant to
Section 301.
(5) Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 1003, all money and Government Obligations (or other property as may be provided pursuant to Section 301) (including the proceeds thereof) deposited with the Trustee (or other qualifying trustee, collectively for purposes of this Section 402(5) and Section 403, the "Trustee") pursuant to clause (4) of Section 402 in respect of any Outstanding Securities of any series and any Coupons appertaining thereto shall be held in trust and applied by the Trustee, in accordance with the provisions of such Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Company acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Holders of such Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto of all sums due and to become due thereon in respect of principal of, any premium or Interest on or any Additional Amounts but such money need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.
Unless otherwise specified in or pursuant to this Indenture or any Security, if, after a deposit referred to in Section 402(4)(a) has been made, (a) the Holder of a Security in respect of which such deposit was made is entitled to, and does, elect pursuant to Section 301 or the terms of such Security to receive payment in a Currency other than that in which the deposit pursuant to Section 402(4)(a) has been made in respect of such Security, or (b) a Conversion Event occurs in respect of the Foreign Currency in which the deposit pursuant to Section 402(4)(a) has been made, the indebtedness represented by such Security and any Coupons appertaining thereto and the Guarantees endorsed thereon shall be deemed to have been, and will be, fully discharged and satisfied through the payment of the principal of, any premium or Interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to, such Security as the same becomes due out of the proceeds yielded by converting (from time to time as specified below in the case of any such election) the amount or other property deposited in respect of such Security into the Currency in which such Security becomes payable as a result of such election or Conversion Event based on (x) in the case of payments made pursuant to clause (a) above, the applicable market exchange rate for such Currency in effect on the second Business Day prior to each payment date, or (y) with respect to a Conversion Event, the applicable market exchange rate for such Foreign Currency in effect (as nearly as feasible) at the time of the Conversion Event. Unless otherwise provided pursuant to
Section 301, the right, if any, to extend an Interest payment period shall terminate upon defeasance or covenant defeasance, as the case may be.
The Company and the Guarantor shall, jointly and severally,
pay and indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or other charge, imposed on
or assessed against the Government Obligations deposited pursuant to this
Section 402 or the principal or Interest received in respect thereof other than
any such tax, fee or other charge which by law is for the account of the Holders
of such Outstanding Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto.
Anything in this Section 402 to the contrary notwithstanding,
the Trustee shall deliver or pay to the Company from time to time upon Company
Request, or the Guarantor, as the case may be, upon Guarantor's Request, any
money or Government Obligations (or other property and any proceeds therefrom)
held by it as provided in clause (4) of this Section 402 which, in the opinion
of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a
written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, are in excess of the
amount thereof which would then be required to be deposited to effect a
defeasance or covenant defeasance, as applicable, in accordance with this
Section 402.
Section 403. Application of Trust Money.
Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 1003, all money and Government Obligations deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 401 or 402 shall be held in trust and applied by it, in accordance with the provisions of the Securities, the Coupons and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Company or the Guarantor acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Persons entitled thereto, of the principal, premium, Interest and Additional Amounts for whose payment such money has or Government Obligations have been deposited with or received by the Trustee; but such money and Government Obligations need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.
Section 404. Reinstatement.
If the Trustee or the Paying Agent is unable to apply any money in accordance with this Article with respect to any Securities by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, then the obligations under this Indenture, such Securities and the related Guarantees from which the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, has been discharged or released pursuant to this Article shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit has occurred pursuant to this Article with respect to such Securities and the related Guarantees, until such time as the Trustee or Paying Agent is permitted to apply all money held in trust pursuant to this Article with respect to such Securities in accordance with this Article; provided, however, that if the Company or the Guarantor makes any payment of principal of, any premium or Interest on or Additional Amounts with respect to any such Security or the related Guarantee following reinstatement of its obligations, the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, shall be subrogated to the rights (if any) of the Holders of such Securities to receive such payment from the money so held in trust.
ARTICLE FIVE
REMEDIES
Section 501. Events of Default.
"Event of Default", wherever used herein with respect to Securities of any series, means any one of the following events (whatever the reason for such Event of Default and whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body), unless such event is specifically deleted or modified in or pursuant to the supplemental indenture, Board Resolution or Officers' Certificate establishing the terms of such series pursuant to this Indenture:
(1) failure to pay any Interest on or any Additional Amounts payable in respect of any Security of such series when such Interest becomes or such Additional Amounts become due and payable, and continuance of such default for a period of 30 days; or
(2) failure to pay the principal of or any premium on any Security of such series when it becomes due and payable at either its Maturity or, if applicable, at 12:00 noon, New York, New York time, on the Business Day following the Change in Control Purchase Date; or
(3) if applicable, failure by the Company to deliver the required securities or other rights upon an appropriate conversion or exchange election by Holders of the Securities or the related Preferred Securities; or
(4) failure to perform or the breach of any covenant or warranty of the Company or the Guarantor in this Indenture or the Securities (other than a covenant or warranty a default in the performance or the breach of which is elsewhere in this Section 501 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 failure or breach for a period of 60 days after there has been given, by registered or certified mail, to the Company and the Guarantor by the Trustee or to the Company, the Guarantor 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 failure or breach and requiring it to be remedied and stating that such notice is a "Notice of Default"; or
(5) default in the deposit of any sinking fund payment when and as due by the terms of a Security of such series; or
(6) the entry by a court having competent jurisdiction of:
(a) a decree or order for relief in respect of the Company, the Guarantor or any other Subsidiary in an involuntary proceeding under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law and such decree or order shall remain unstayed and in effect for a period of 60 consecutive days; or
(b) a decree or order adjudging the Company, the Guarantor or any other Subsidiary to be insolvent, or approving a petition seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition of the Company, the Guarantor or any other Subsidiary and such decree or order shall remain unstayed and in effect for a period of 60 consecutive days; or
(c) a final and non-appealable order appointing a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee or other similar official of the Company, the Guarantor or any other Subsidiary or of any substantial part of the property of the Company, the Guarantor or any other Subsidiary, as the case may be, or ordering the winding up or liquidation of the affairs of the Company, the Guarantor or any other Subsidiary; or
(7) the commencement by the Company, the Guarantor or any other Subsidiary of a voluntary proceeding under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or of a voluntary proceeding seeking to be adjudicated insolvent or the consent by the Company, the Guarantor or any other Subsidiary to the entry of a decree or order for relief in an involuntary proceeding under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or to the commencement of any insolvency proceedings against it, or the filing by the Company, the Guarantor or any other Subsidiary of a petition or answer or consent seeking reorganization or relief under any applicable law, or the consent by the Company, the Guarantor or any other Subsidiary to the filing of such petition or to the appointment of or taking possession by a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee or similar official of the Company, the Guarantor or any other Subsidiary or any substantial part of the property of the Company, the Guarantor or any other Subsidiary or the making by the Company, the Guarantor or any other Subsidiary of an assignment for the benefit of creditors, or the taking of corporate action by the Company, the Guarantor or any other Subsidiary in furtherance of any such action; or
(8) any other Event of Default provided in or pursuant to this Indenture with respect to Securities of such 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 (other than an Event of Default specified in clause (6) or (7) of Section 501) occurs and is continuing, then the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series may declare the principal of all the Securities of such series, or such lesser amount as may be provided for in the Securities of such series, to be due and payable immediately, by a notice in writing to the Company and the Guarantor (and to the Trustee if given by the Holders), and upon any such declaration such principal or such lesser amount shall become immediately due and payable; provided that in the case of a series of Securities then held by a Trust, if upon an Event of Default with respect to the Securities of that series the Trustee has, or the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series have, failed to declare the principal of all the Securities of such series to be due and payable immediately, the holders of not less than 25% in aggregate liquidation amount of the outstanding Preferred Securities of that Trust shall have such right by a notice in writing to the Company and to the Trustee.
If an Event of Default specified in clause (6) or (7) of
Section 501 occurs, all unpaid principal of and accrued Interest on the
Outstanding Securities of that series (or such lesser amount as may be provided
for in the Securities of such series) shall ipso facto become and be immediately
due and payable without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee
or any Holder of any Security of that series.
At any time after Securities of any series have been accelerated 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 not less than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series (subject to, in the case of any series of Securities held as assets of a Trust and with respect to which a Security Exchange has not theretofore occurred, such consent of the holders of the Preferred Securities and the common securities of such Trust as may be required under the Trust Agreement of such Trust), by written notice to the Trustee, the Guarantor and the Company, may rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences if:
(1) the Company or the Guarantor has paid or deposited with the Trustee a sum of money sufficient to pay:
(a) all overdue installments of any Interest on and Additional Amounts with respect to all Securities of such series and any Coupon appertaining thereto;
(b) the principal of and any premium on any Securities of such series which have become due otherwise than by such declaration of acceleration and Interest thereon and any Additional Amounts with respect thereto at the rate or rates borne by or provided for in such Securities;
(c) to the extent that payment of such Interest or Additional Amounts is lawful, Interest upon overdue installments of any Interest and Additional Amounts at the rate or rates borne by or provided for in such Securities;
(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 all other amounts due the Trustee under Section 606; and
(2) all Events of Default with respect to Securities of such series, other than the non-payment of the principal of, any premium and Interest on, and any Additional Amounts with respect to Securities of such series which shall have become due solely by such declaration of acceleration, shall 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) there is a failure to pay any installment of Interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to any Security or any Coupon appertaining thereto when such Interest or Additional Amounts shall have become due and payable and such default continues for a period of 30 days; or
(2) there is a failure to pay the principal of or any premium on any Security at its Maturity;
the Company shall, upon demand of the Trustee, pay to the Trustee, for the benefit of the Holders of such Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto, the whole amount of money then due and payable with respect to such Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto, with Interest upon the overdue principal, any premium and, to the extent that payment of such Interest shall be legally enforceable, upon any overdue installments of Interest and Additional Amounts at the rate or rates borne by or provided for in such Securities, and, in addition thereto, such further amount of money 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 all other amounts due to the Trustee under Section 606.
If the Company or the Guarantor fails to pay the money it is required to pay the Trustee pursuant to the preceding paragraph forthwith upon the demand of the Trustee, the Trustee, in its own name and as trustee of an express trust, may institute a judicial proceeding for the collection of the money so due and unpaid, and may prosecute such proceeding to judgment or final decree, and may enforce the same against the Company or the Guarantor or any other obligor upon such Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto or the Guarantees endorsed thereon and collect the monies adjudged or decreed to be payable in the manner provided by law out of the property of the Company, the Guarantor or any other obligor upon such Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto or the Guarantees endorsed thereon, 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 and any Coupons appertaining thereto 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 such Securities or in aid of the exercise of any power granted herein or therein, 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, the Guarantor or any other obligor upon the Securities or the Guarantees endorsed thereon or the property of the Company, the Guarantor or 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 or the Guarantor for the payment of any overdue principal, premium, Interest or Additional Amounts) shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise,
(1) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount, or such lesser amount as may be provided for in the Securities of such series, of the principal and any premium, Interest and Additional Amounts owing and unpaid in respect of the Securities and any Coupons appertaining thereto 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 or counsel) and of the Holders of Securities or any Coupons allowed in such judicial proceeding, and
(2) to collect and receive any monies or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same;
and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder of Securities or any 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 or any Coupons, to pay to the Trustee any amount due to it for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 606.
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 any 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 any Coupon, in any such proceeding; provided, however, that the Trustee may, on behalf of the Holders, vote for the election of a trustee in bankruptcy or similar official and be a member of a creditors' committee or other similar committee.
Section 505. Trustee May Enforce Claims without Possession of Securities, Guarantees or Coupons.
All rights of action and claims under this Indenture or any of the Securities, the Guarantees or any Coupons may be prosecuted and enforced by the Trustee without the possession of any of the Securities, Guarantees 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 or judgment, after provision for the payment of the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, shall be for the ratable benefit of each and every Holder of a Security or Coupon in respect of which such judgment has been recovered.
Section 506. Application of Money Collected.
Any money collected by the Trustee pursuant to this Article shall be applied in the following order, at the date or dates fixed by the Trustee and, in case of the distribution of such money on account of principal, or any premium, Interest or Additional Amounts, 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 and any predecessor Trustee under Section 606;
SECOND: To the payment of the amounts then due and unpaid upon the Securities and any Coupons for principal and any premium, Interest and Additional Amounts 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 aggregate amounts due and payable on such Securities and Coupons for principal and any premium, Interest and Additional Amounts, respectively;
THIRD: The balance, if any, to the Person or Persons entitled thereto.
Section 507. Limitations on Suits.
Except as provided in Sections 508 or 516, no Holder of any Security of any series or any Coupons appertaining thereto, or holder of Preferred Securities of the Trust, if any, that is the Holder of Securities of that series, shall have any right to institute any proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to this Indenture, the Guarantees, the Securities of any series or any Coupons appertaining thereto, or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy hereunder, unless:
(1) such Holder or holder of Preferred Securities has previously given written notice to the Trustee of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Securities of such series;
(2) the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series or the holders of not less than 25% in aggregate amount of such outstanding Preferred Securities 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 of such Outstanding Securities of such securities or the holder or holders of such outstanding Preferred Securities 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 such series or the holders of a majority in aggregate liquidation amount of such outstanding Preferred Securities;
it being understood and intended that no one or more of such Holders of such Outstanding Securities of such series or the holder or holders of such outstanding Preferred Securities shall have any right in any manner whatever by virtue of, or by availing of, any provision of this Indenture or any Security or Guarantee to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any other such Holders or Holders of Securities of any other series or holder or holders of Preferred Securities of another Trust, or to obtain or to seek to obtain priority or preference over any other Holders of such Outstanding Securities of such series or the holder or holders of such outstanding Preferred Securities or to enforce any right under this Indenture, except in the manner herein provided and for the equal and ratable benefit of all such Holders.
Section 508. Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal and any Premium, Interest and Additional Amounts.
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, any premium and (subject to Sections 305 and 307) Interest on, and any Additional Amounts with respect to such Security or payment of such Coupon or payment pursuant to the Guarantee endorsed on such Security, as the case may be, on the respective Stated Maturity or Maturities therefor specified in such Security or Coupon (or, in the case of redemption, on the Redemption Date or, in the case of repayment at the option of such Holder if provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, on the date such repayment is due, or in the case of a Change in Control, or as to any Change in Control Purchase Notice given timely, on the Change in Control Purchase Date) and to convert or exchange such Security in accordance with its terms, if applicable, and to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment or conversion or exchange, and such right 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 a 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 the Company, the Guarantor, the Trustee and each such Holder shall, subject to any determination in such proceeding, be restored severally and respectively to their former positions hereunder, and thereafter all rights and remedies of the Trustee and each such Holder 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 each and every Holder of a Security or a Coupon is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every right and remedy, to the extent permitted by law, shall 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, to the extent permitted by law, 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 any Holder of a Security or a Coupon may be exercised from time to time, and as often as may be deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by such Holder, as the case may be.
Section 512. Control by Holders of Securities.
Subject to Section 601(e), the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series or, if that series of Securities is held by a Trust, the holders of a majority in aggregate liquidation amount of the Preferred Securities of that Trust, 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 and any Coupons appertaining thereto, provided that:
(1) such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or with this Indenture or with the Securities of any series;
(2) the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee which is not inconsistent with such direction; and
(3) such direction is not unduly prejudicial to the rights of the other Holders of Securities of such series not joining in such action.
Section 513. Waiver of Past Defaults.
Subject to Section 502, the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series, or, if that series of Securities is held by a Trust, the holders of a majority in aggregate liquidation amount of the Preferred Securities of that Trust, on behalf of the Holders of all the Securities of such series and any Coupons appertaining thereto may waive any past or prospective default hereunder with respect to such series and its consequences, except a default:
(1) in the payment of the principal of, any premium or Interest on, or any Additional Amounts with respect to, any Security of such series or any Coupons appertaining thereto; 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. Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws.
Each of the Company and the Guarantor covenants that (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) it will not at any time insist upon, or plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay or extension law wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, which may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and each of the Company and the Guarantor expressly waives (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) 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.
Section 515. 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 or omitted by it as Trustee, the filing by any party litigant in
such suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and that such court
may in its discretion assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys'
fees, against any party litigant in such suit having due regard to the merits
and good faith of the claims or defenses made by such party litigant; but the
provisions of this Section 515 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 Outstanding Securities of any
series, or, if a series of Securities is held by a Trust, the holders of more
than 10% aggregate liquidation amount of the Preferred Securities of that Trust,
or to any suit instituted by any Holder or holder of Preferred Securities, if
any, for the enforcement of the payment of the principal of, any premium or
Interest on or Additional Amounts with respect to any Security on or after the
respective Stated Maturities expressed in such Security or pursuant to Section
516 (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the Redemption Date, in the case
of repayment, on or after the date for repayment and, in the case of Change of
Control, on or after the date for payment of the Change of Control Purchase
Price) or for the enforcement of the right, if any, to convert or exchange any
Security into Common Stock or other securities, cash or property in accordance
with its terms.
Section 516. Direct Action Right of Holders of Trust Preferred Securities.
If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and is attributable either to (a) the failure of the Company or the Guarantor to pay the principal of or any premium or Interest on or Additional Amounts with respect to the Securities on the due date therefor or (b) the failure by the Company or the Guarantor to deliver the required securities or other property upon an appropriate conversion or exchange right election, and an event of default has occurred and is continuing under the applicable Trust Agreement, a holder of the related Preferred Securities, in lieu of any action that may otherwise be taken hereunder as a Holder of Securities, may institute a legal proceeding directly against the Company and/or the Guarantor for enforcement of payment to such holder of the principal of or any premium or Interest on or Additional Amounts with respect to such Securities having a principal amount equal to the liquidation amount of the Preferred Securities held by such holder or for enforcement of such conversion or exchange rights, as the case may be (a "Direct Action"). Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, neither the Company nor the Guarantor may amend this Indenture to remove the foregoing right to bring a Direct Action without the prior written consent of the holders of all of the Preferred Securities outstanding affected thereby. Notwithstanding any payments made to a holder of Preferred Securities by the Company or the Guarantor in connection with a Direct Action, the Company and the Guarantor shall remain obligated to pay the principal of, any premium or Interest on or Additional Amounts with respect to the related Securities, and the Company shall be subrogated to the rights of the holder of such Preferred Securities with respect to payments on the
Preferred Securities to the extent of any payments made by the Company or the Guarantor as the case may be to such holder in any Direct Action.
ARTICLE SIX
THE TRUSTEE
Section 601. Certain Rights of Trustee.
Subject to Sections 315(a) through 315(d) of the Trust Indenture Act:
(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, security, note, coupon or other paper or document reasonably 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 or the Guarantor mentioned herein shall be sufficiently evidenced by a Company Request or a Company Order or Guarantor Request or Guarantor Order, as the case may be (in each case, other than delivery of any Security, together with any Coupons appertaining thereto, to the Trustee for authentication and delivery pursuant to Section 303 which shall be sufficiently evidenced as provided therein), and any resolution of the Board of Directors may be sufficiently evidenced by a Board Resolution of the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be;
(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 shall be herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of bad faith on its part, rely upon a Company's Officers' Certificate or, if such matter pertaining to the Guarantor, a Guarantor's 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 or pursuant to this Indenture at the request or direction of any of the Holders of Securities of any series or any Coupons appertaining thereto 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, security, coupon 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, during business hours and upon reasonable notice, the books, records and premises of the Company and the Guarantor, 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;
(h) the Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of any default (as defined in Section 602) or Event of Default with respect to the Securities of any series for which it is acting as Trustee unless either (1) a Responsible Officer of the Trustee assigned to the Corporate Trust Department of the Trustee (or any successor division or department of the Trustee) shall have actual knowledge of such default or Event of Default or (2) written notice of such default or Event of Default shall have been given to the Trustee by the Company, the Guarantor or any other obligor on such Securities or by any Holder of such Securities; and
(i) the Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken, suffered 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 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 by mail to all Holders of Securities of such series entitled to receive reports pursuant to Section 703(3), 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, any premium or Interest on or Additional Amounts with respect to, any Security of such series, the Trustee shall be protected in withholding such notice if and so long as a committee of Responsible Officers of the Trustee in good faith determines that the withholding of such notice is in the best interest of the Holders of Securities and Coupons of such series. For the purpose of this Section 602, 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. Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities.
The recitals contained herein and in the Securities, except the Trustee's certificate of authentication, and in any Coupons shall be taken as the statements of the Company and the Guarantor, and neither the Trustee nor any Authenticating Agent assumes any responsibility for their correctness. The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Indenture or of the Securities or the Coupons appertaining thereto or the Guarantees, except that the Trustee represents that it is duly authorized to execute and deliver this Indenture, authenticate the Securities and perform its obligations hereunder and that the statements made by it in a Statement of Eligibility and Qualification on Form T-1 supplied to the Company are true and accurate, subject to the qualifications set forth therein. Neither the Trustee nor any Authenticating
Agent shall be accountable for the use or application by the Company of the Securities or the proceeds thereof.
Section 604. May Hold Securities.
The Trustee, any Authenticating Agent, any Paying Agent, any Conversion Agent, any Security Registrar or any other Person that may be an agent of the Trustee, the Company or the Guarantor, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Securities or Coupons and, subject to Sections 310(b) and 311 of the Trust Indenture Act, may otherwise deal with the Company and the Guarantor with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee, Authenticating Agent, Paying Agent, any Conversion Agent, Security Registrar or such other Person.
Section 605. Money Held in Trust.
Except as provided in Section 403 and Section 1003, money held by the Trustee in trust hereunder need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law and shall be held uninvested. The Trustee shall be under no liability for Interest on any money received by it hereunder except as otherwise agreed in writing with the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be.
Section 606. Compensation and Reimbursement.
Each of the Company and the Guarantor, jointly and severally, agrees:
(a) to pay to the Trustee from time to time reasonable compensation for all services rendered by the Trustee hereunder (which compensation shall not be limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express trust);
(b) 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 the Trustee's negligence or bad faith; and
(c) to indemnify the Trustee and its agents for, and to hold them harmless against, any loss, liability or expense incurred without negligence or bad faith on their part arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of the trust or trusts hereunder, including the costs and expenses of defending themselves against any claim or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of their powers or duties hereunder.
As security for the performance of the obligations of the Company under this Section 606, the Trustee shall have a lien prior to the Securities of any series upon all property and funds held or collected by the Trustee as such, except funds held in trust for the payment of principal of, and premium or Interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to particular Securities or any Coupons appertaining thereto.
Any compensation or expense incurred by the Trustee after a default specified by Section 501 is intended to constitute an expense of administration under any then applicable bankruptcy or insolvency law. "Trustee" for purposes of this Section 606 shall include any predecessor Trustee but the negligence or bad faith of any Trustee shall not affect the rights of any other Trustee under this Section 606.
The Company's obligations under this Section 606 and any lien hereunder shall survive the resignation or removal of any Trustee, the discharge of the Company's obligations pursuant to Article Four of this Indenture and the termination of this Indenture.
Section 607. Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility.
(1) There shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder that is a Corporation, organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of America, any state thereof or the District of Columbia, eligible under Section 310(a)(1) of the Trust Indenture Act to act as trustee under an indenture qualified under the Trust Indenture Act and that has a combined capital and surplus (computed in accordance with Section 310(a)(2) of the Trust Indenture Act) of at least $50,000,000 subject to supervision or examination by Federal or state authority. If at any time the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section 607, it shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect hereinafter specified in this Article Six.
(2) The following indenture shall be considered specifically
described herein for purposes of clause (i) of the proviso contained in Section
310(b)(1) of the Trust Indenture Act; Indenture dated as of ___________ between
[the Company] [the Guarantor] and ______________, as successor trustee; and,
pursuant to Section 310(b)(1)(C)(i) of the Trust Indenture Act, unless otherwise
ordered by the Commission, an event of default by the Company under this
Indenture will not disqualify the Trustee under this Indenture because it is a
trustee under such other indenture.
Section 608. 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 pursuant to Section 609.
(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 and the Guarantor. If the instrument of acceptance by a successor Trustee required by Section 609 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 series.
(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 the Company and the Guarantor.
(d) If at any time:
(i) the Trustee shall fail to comply with the obligations imposed upon it under Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act with respect to Securities of any series after written request therefor by the Company, the Guarantor or any Holder of a Security of such series who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security of such series for at least six months; or
(ii) the Trustee shall cease to be eligible under
Section 607 and shall fail to resign after written request therefor by
the Company, the Guarantor or any such Holder; or
(iii) the Trustee shall become incapable of acting or shall be adjudged 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, (A) the Company, by or pursuant to a Board Resolution, may remove the Trustee with respect to all Securities or the Securities of such series, or (B) subject to Section 315(e) of the Trust Indenture Act, any Holder of a Security who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security of such series for at least six months may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee with respect to all Securities of such series 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 or pursuant to a Board Resolution, shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee or Trustees with respect to the Securities of that or those series (it being understood that any such successor Trustee may be appointed with respect to the Securities of one or more or all of such series and that at any time there shall be only one Trustee with respect to the Securities of any particular series) and shall comply with the applicable requirements of Section 609. If, within one year after such resignation, removal or incapability, or the occurrence of such vacancy, a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series shall be appointed by Act of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series delivered to the Company and the retiring Trustee, the successor Trustee so appointed shall, forthwith upon its acceptance of such appointment in accordance with the applicable requirements of Section 609, become the successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series and to that extent supersede the successor Trustee appointed by the Company. If no successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series shall have been so appointed by the Company or the Holders of Securities and accepted appointment in the manner required by Section 609, any Holder of a Security who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security of such series for at least six months may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of 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 by mailing written notice of such event by first-class mail, postage prepaid, to the Holders of Registered Securities, if any, of such series as their names and addresses appear in the Security Register and, if Securities of such series are issued as Bearer
Securities, by publishing notice of such event once in an Authorized Newspaper in each Place of Payment located outside the United States. Each notice shall include the name of the successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series and the address of its Corporate Trust Office.
Section 609. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor.
(a) Upon the appointment hereunder of any successor Trustee with respect to all Securities, such successor Trustee so appointed shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Company, the Guarantor and 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 hereunder of the retiring Trustee; but, on the request of the Company, the Guarantor or such successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee, upon payment of its charges, shall execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such successor Trustee all the rights, powers and trusts of the retiring Trustee and, subject to Section 1003, shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all property and money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder, subject nevertheless to its claim, if any, provided for in Section 606.
(b) Upon the appointment hereunder of any successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more (but not all) series, the Company, the Guarantor, the retiring Trustee and such successor Trustee 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, such successor Trustee all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates, (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 co-trustees of the same trust, 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 that no Trustee shall be responsible for any notice given to, or received by, or any act or failure to act on the part of any other Trustee hereunder, and, upon the execution and delivery of such supplemental indenture, the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective to the extent provided therein, such retiring Trustee shall have no further responsibility for the exercise of rights and powers or for the performance of the duties and obligations vested in the Trustee under this Indenture with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates other than as hereinafter expressly set forth, 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 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, the Guarantor, or such successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee, upon payment of its charges with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor relates and subject to Section 1003 shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee, to the extent contemplated by such
supplemental indenture, the property and money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates, subject to its claim, if any, provided for in Section 606.
(c) Upon request of any Person appointed hereunder as a
successor Trustee, the Company and the Guarantor 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 609, as the case may be.
(d) No Person shall accept its appointment hereunder as a successor Trustee unless at the time of such acceptance such successor Person shall be qualified and eligible under this Article Six.
Section 610. 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 of the corporate trust business of the Trustee, shall be the successor of the Trustee hereunder, 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 611. Appointment of Authenticating Agent.
The Trustee may appoint one or more Authenticating Agents acceptable to the Company with respect to one or more series of Securities which shall be authorized to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate Securities of that or those series issued upon original issue, exchange, registration of transfer, partial redemption or partial repayment or pursuant to Section 306, and Securities so authenticated shall be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture and shall be valid and obligatory for all purposes as if authenticated by the Trustee hereunder. Wherever reference is made in this Indenture to the authentication and delivery of Securities by the Trustee or the Trustee's certificate of authentication, such reference shall be deemed to include authentication and delivery on behalf of the Trustee by an Authenticating Agent and a certificate of authentication executed on behalf of the Trustee by an Authenticating Agent.
Each Authenticating Agent shall be acceptable to the Company and the Guarantor and, except as provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, shall at all times be a corporation that would be permitted by the Trust Indenture Act to act as trustee under an indenture qualified under the Trust Indenture Act, is authorized under applicable law and by its charter to act as an Authenticating Agent and has a combined capital and surplus (computed in accordance with Section 310(a)(2) of the Trust Indenture Act) of at least $50,000,000. If at any time an Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section 611, it shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in this Section 611.
Any Corporation into which an Authenticating Agent may be
merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any Corporation
resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which such
Authenticating Agent shall be a party, or any Corporation succeeding to all or
substantially all of the corporate agency or corporate trust business of an
Authenticating Agent, shall be the successor of such Authenticating Agent
hereunder, provided such Corporation shall be otherwise eligible under this
Section 611, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on
the part of the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent.
An Authenticating Agent may resign at any time by giving written notice thereof to the Trustee, the Company and the Guarantor. The Trustee may at any time terminate the agency of an Authenticating Agent by giving written notice thereof to such Authenticating Agent, the Company and the Guarantor. Upon receiving such a notice of resignation or upon such a termination, or in case at any time such Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section 611, the Trustee may appoint a successor Authenticating Agent which shall be acceptable to the Company and shall (i) mail written notice of such appointment by first-class mail, postage prepaid, to all Holders of Registered Securities, if any, of the series with respect to which such Authenticating Agent shall serve, as their names and addresses appear in the Security Register, and (ii) if Securities of the series are issued as Bearer Securities, publish notice of such appointment at least once in an Authorized Newspaper in the place where such successor Authenticating Agent has its principal office if such office is located outside the United States. Any successor Authenticating Agent, upon acceptance of its appointment hereunder, shall become vested with all the rights, powers and duties of its predecessor hereunder, with like effect as if originally named as an Authenticating Agent. No successor Authenticating Agent shall be appointed unless eligible under the provisions of this Section 611.
The Company agrees to pay each Authenticating Agent from time to time reasonable compensation for its services under this Section 611.
The provisions of Sections 308, 603 and 604 shall be applicable to each Authenticating Agent.
If an Authenticating Agent is appointed with respect to one or more series of Securities pursuant to this Section 611, the Securities of such series may have endorsed thereon, in addition to or in lieu of the Trustee's certificate of authentication, an alternate certificate of authentication in substantially the following form:
This is one of the Securities of the series designated herein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK,
As Trustee
If all of the Securities of any series may not be originally issued at one time, and if the Trustee does not have an office capable of authenticating Securities upon original issuance located in a Place of Payment where the Company wishes to have Securities of such series authenticated upon original issuance, the Trustee, if so requested in writing (which writing need not be accompanied by or contained in an Officers' Certificate by the Company), shall appoint in accordance with this Section 611 an Authenticating Agent having an office in a Place of Payment designated by the Company with respect to such series of Securities.
ARTICLE SEVEN
HOLDERS LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE, COMPANY AND GUARANTOR
Section 701. Company and Guarantor to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders.
In accordance with Section 312(a) of the Trust Indenture Act, the Company and the Guarantor shall furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee:
(a) semi-annually with respect to Securities of each series not later than March 15 and September 15 of the year or upon such other dates as are set forth in or pursuant to the Board Resolution, Officers' Certificate or indenture supplemental hereto authorizing such series, a list, in each case in such form as the Trustee may reasonably require, of the names and addresses of Holders as of the applicable date; and
(b) at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, within 30 days after the receipt by the Company or the Guarantor of any such request, a list of similar form and content as of a date not more than 15 days prior to the time such list is furnished;
provided, however, that so long as the Trustee is the Security Registrar no such list shall be required to be furnished.
Section 702. Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders.
The Trustee shall comply with the obligations imposed upon it pursuant to Section 312 of the Trust Indenture Act.
Every Holder of Securities or Coupons, by receiving and holding the same, agrees with the Trustee, the Guarantor and the Company that none of the Company, the Trustee, the Guarantor, any agent of any of them or any Security Registrar shall be held accountable by reason of the disclosure of any such information as to the names and addresses of the Holders of Securities in accordance with Section 312(c) of the Trust Indenture Act, regardless of the source from which such information was derived, and that the Trustee shall not be held accountable by reason of mailing any material pursuant to a request made under Section 312(b) of the Trust Indenture Act.
Section 703. Reports by Trustee.
(a) Within 60 days after September 15 of each year commencing with the first September 15 following the first issuance of Securities pursuant to Section 301, if required by Section 313(a) of the Trust Indenture Act, the Trustee shall transmit, pursuant to Section 313(c) of the Trust Indenture Act, a brief report dated as of such September 15 with respect to any of the events specified in said Section 313(a) which may have occurred since the later of the immediately preceding September 15 and the date of this Indenture.
(b) The Trustee shall transmit the reports required by Section 313(a) of the Trust Indenture Act at the times specified therein.
(c) Reports pursuant to this Section 703 shall be transmitted in the manner and to the Persons required by Sections 313(c) and 313(d) of the Trust Indenture Act.
Section 704. Reports by Company and Guarantor.
The Company, pursuant to Section 314(a) of the Trust Indenture Act, shall:
(a) file with the Trustee, within 15 days after the Company and the Guarantor are 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 or the Guarantor 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 or the Guarantor is not required to file information, documents or reports pursuant to either of said Sections, then they 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;
(b) 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 and the Guarantor, with the conditions and covenants of this Indenture as may be required from time to time by such rules and regulations; and
(c) transmit within 30 days after the filing thereof with the Trustee, in the manner and to the extent provided in Section 313(c) of the Trust Indenture Act, such summaries of any information, documents and reports required to be filed by the Company and the Guarantor pursuant to paragraphs (a) and (b) of this Section 704 as may be required by rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by the Commission.
ARTICLE EIGHT
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER AND SALES
Section 801. Guarantor May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms.
Nothing contained in this Indenture or in any of the Securities shall prevent any consolidation or merger of the Guarantor with or into any other Person or Persons (whether or not affiliated with the Guarantor), or successive consolidations or mergers in which the Guarantor or their successor or successors shall be a party or parties, or shall prevent any conveyance, transfer or lease of the property of the Guarantor as an entirety or substantially as an entirety, to any other Person (whether or not affiliated with the Guarantor); provided, however, that:
(a) in case the Guarantor shall consolidate with or merge into another Person or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets as an entirety or substantially as an entirety to any Person, the entity formed by such consolidation or into which the Guarantor is merged or the Person which acquires by conveyance or transfer, or which leases, the properties and assets of the Guarantor as an entirety or substantially as an entirety shall be a Corporation organized and validly 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 (or indentures, if at such time there is more than one Trustee) supplemental hereto, executed by the successor Person and delivered to the Trustee, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, the performance of every obligation of the Guarantor in this Indenture and the Guarantees on the part of the Guarantor to be performed or observed, and which supplemental indenture shall provide for conversion or exchange rights in accordance with the provisions of the Securities of any series that are convertible into or exchangeable for Common Stock or other securities, cash or property;
(b) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Event of Default or event which, after notice or lapse of time, or both, would become an Event of Default, shall have occurred and be continuing, including any default pursuant to the Holder's Change of Control Purchase Option set forth in Article Fifteen; and
(c) either the Guarantor or the successor Person shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer or lease and, if a supplemental indenture is required in connection
with such transaction, such supplemental indenture comply with this Article Eight and that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to such transaction have been complied with.
Section 802. Company May Consolidate, etc., Only on Certain Terms.
(a) The Company shall not consolidate with or merge into any other Person, or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets as an entirety or substantially as an entirety to any Person, unless:
(1) any Person formed by such consolidation or into which the Company is merged or to whom the Company has conveyed, transferred or leased its properties and assets as an entirety or substantially as an entirety (a "Successor") is a Person organized and validly existing under the laws of the jurisdiction of organization of such Person, and expressly assumes 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 any premium and Interest on and any Additional Amounts with respect to all the Securities of the Company and the performance or observance of every covenant of this Indenture on the part of the Company to be performed or observed, and which supplemental indenture shall provide for conversion or exchange rights in accordance with the provisions of the Securities of any series that are convertible into or exchangeable for Common Stock or other securities, cash or property;
(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 occurred and be continuing;
(3) any such Person shall expressly agree, by an indenture supplemental hereto, executed and delivered to the Trustee, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, (i) to immediately indemnify (pursuant to the indemnification procedure described in Section 805) the Holder of each Security against (A) any tax, assessment or governmental charge imposed on such Holder or required to be withheld or deducted from any payment to such Holder (including any governmental charge or withholding attributable to such Person's indemnifying such Holder) as a consequence of such consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer or lease, and (B) any other tax costs or other tax expenses of the act of such consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer or lease (except that if the Company or any such Person delivers by the date of any such transaction an opinion of an independent counsel or a tax consultant of recognized standing that the Holders will not recognize income, gain or loss for U.S. federal income tax purposes as a result of such transaction, a Holder will have such rights to indemnification only if and when gain for U.S. federal income tax purposes is actually recognized by such Holders) and (ii) that all payments pursuant to the Securities in respect of the principal of and any premium and Interest on such Securities, as the case may be, shall be made without withholding or deduction for, or on account of, any present or future taxes, duties, assessments or governmental charges of whatever nature imposed or levied by or on behalf of the jurisdiction of organization of such Person or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein, unless such taxes, duties, assessments or governmental charges are required by such jurisdiction or any such subdivision or authority to be withheld or deducted, in which case such Person will pay by way of additional Interest such additional amounts of or in respect of, principal and any premium and Interest ("Successor
Additional Amounts") as will result (after deduction of such taxes, duties, assessments or governmental charges and any additional taxes, duties, assessments or governmental charges payable in respect of such) in the payment to each Holder of a Security of the amounts which would have been payable pursuant to the Securities had no such withholding or deduction been required, except that no Successor Additional Amounts shall be so payable for or on account of:
(A) any tax, duty, levy, assessment or other
governmental charge which would not have been imposed but for the fact
that such Holder: (i) was a resident, domiciliary or national of, or
engaged in business or maintained a permanent establishment or was
physically present in, the jurisdiction of organization of such
Successor or any of its territories or any political subdivision
thereof or otherwise had some connection with such jurisdiction other
than the mere ownership of, or receipt of payment under, such Security;
(ii) presented (if presentation is required) such Security for payment
in such jurisdiction or any of its territories or any political
subdivision thereof, unless such Security could not have been presented
for payment elsewhere; (iii) presented (if presentation is required)
such Security more than thirty (30) days after the date on which the
payment in respect of such Security first became due and payable or
provided for, whichever is later, except to the extent that the Holder
would have been entitled to such Successor Additional Amounts if it had
presented such Security for payment on any day within such period of
thirty (30) days; (iv)is not dealing with the Successor directly or
indirectly, on an arm's-length basis; or (v) entered into or
participated in a scheme to avoid the applicable withholding tax of the
jurisdiction of organization of the Successor or any of its territories
or political subdivisions thereof, being a scheme which the Successor
was neither a party to nor participated in;
(B) any estate, inheritance, gift, sale, transfer, personal property or similar tax, assessment or other governmental charge;
(C) any tax, assessment or other governmental charge which is payable otherwise than by withholding or deduction from payments of (or in respect of) principal of or any premium or Interest on, such Securities;
(D) any tax, assessment or other governmental charge that is imposed or withheld by reason of the failure to comply by the Holder or the beneficial owner of the Security with a request of the Company or the Successor addressed to the Holder (i) to provide information concerning the nationality, residence or identity of the Holder or such beneficial owner or (ii) to make any declaration or other similar claim or satisfy any information or reporting requirement, which, in the case of (i) or (ii), is required or imposed by statute, treaty, regulation or administrative practice of the taxing jurisdiction as a precondition or exemption from all or part of such tax, assessment or other governmental charge; or
(E) any combination of items (A), (B), (C) and (D);
nor shall Successor Additional Amounts be paid with respect to any payment of the principal of or any premium or Interest on any such Security to any Holder who is a fiduciary or partnership or other than the sole beneficial owner of such payment to the extent such payment would be required
by the laws of the jurisdiction of organization of such Person (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) to be included in the income for tax purposes of a beneficiary or settlor with respect to such fiduciary or a member of such partnership or a beneficial owner who would not have been entitled to such Successor Additional Amounts had it been the Holder of the Security; and
(4) 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, if a supplemental indenture is required in connection with such transaction, such supplemental indenture comply with this Article and that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to such transaction have been complied with.
(b) The Company may assign its obligations under any series of
Securities to any other Subsidiary (the "Subsidiary Assignee") and such
Subsidiary Assignee shall be treated as the Successor to the Company with
respect to such series of Securities, provided that the conditions set forth in
Section 802(a) that would apply to the merger of the Company into such
Subsidiary Assignee are satisfied.
Section 803. Successor Person Substituted for Company or Guarantor.
Upon any consolidation by the Company or the Guarantor with or merger of the Company or the Guarantor into any other Person or any conveyance, transfer or lease of the properties and assets of the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, as an entirety or substantially as an entirety to any Person in accordance with Sections 801 or 802, the successor Person formed by such consolidation or into which the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, is merged or to which such conveyance, transfer or lease is made shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, under this Indenture with the same effect as if such successor Person had been named as the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, herein; and thereafter, except in the case of a lease, the predecessor Person shall be released from all obligations and covenants under this Indenture, the Securities, the Guarantees and the Coupons.
Section 804. Assumption by the Guarantor of the Company's Obligations.
(a) The Guarantor may, at its option, assume the obligations of the Company as obligor under any series of Securities and this Indenture; provided that:
(i) the Guarantor expressly assumes in an assumption agreement or supplemental indenture hereto, executed and delivered to the Trustee, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, the due and punctual payment of the principal of and any premium and Interest on such Securities and the performance or observance of every covenant of this Indenture on the part of the Company to be performed or observed (including any obligation to pay any Additional Amounts), and which agreement or supplemental indenture shall provide for conversion or exchange rights in accordance with the provisions of the Securities of the applicable series;
(ii) immediately after giving effect to such assumption, no Event of Default and no event, which after notice or lapse of time or both, would become an Event of Default, shall have occurred and be continuing; and
(iii) the Guarantor shall expressly agree in an assumption agreement or supplemental indenture hereto, executed and delivered to the Trustee, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, to immediately indemnify (pursuant to the indemnification procedure described in Section 805) the Holder of each Security against (i) any tax, assessment or governmental charge imposed on such Holder or required to be withheld or deducted from any payment to such Holder (including any governmental charge or withholding tax attributable to the Guarantor indemnifying such Holder) as a consequence of such assumption and (ii) any costs or expenses of such assumption (except that if the Guarantor delivers to the Trustee an opinion of an independent counsel or a tax consultant of recognized standing that the Holders will not recognize income, gain or loss for U.S. federal income tax purposes as a result of such assumption by the date of such assumption, a Holder will have indemnification rights pursuant to the indemnification procedure described in Section 805 only if and when gain for U.S. federal income tax purposes is actually recognized by such Holder); and
(iv) the Guarantor shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate stating that such assumption and such assumption agreement or supplemental indenture comply with this Article and that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to such assumption have been complied with.
(b) Upon any assumption pursuant to Section 804(a), the Guarantor shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Company under such Securities and this Indenture with the same effect as if the Guarantor had been named as the Company herein, and the Company shall be released from its liability as obligor upon the Securities and any Coupons and under this Indenture.
Section 805. Indemnification Procedure.
(a) If a transaction described above under Sections 801, 802 or 804 (an "Indemnifiable Transaction") should constitute a taxable event for U.S. federal income tax purposes, the Guarantor or any other Person that assumes the obligations of the Guarantor or the Company pursuant to such Sections, as the case may be, shall indemnify a Holder of a Security against any tax, assessment or governmental charge imposed on such Holder or required to be withheld or deducted from any payment to such Holder (including any governmental charge or withholding attributable to an indemnification payment made by or on behalf of the Guarantor or any such Person) and any other tax costs or other tax expenses attributable to such Indemnifiable Transaction, and the Guarantor or any such Person, as the case may be, shall comply with the following indemnification procedures:
(1) Unless the Guarantor or any such Person, as the case may be, delivers to the Trustee by the date of an Indemnifiable Transaction an opinion of an independent counsel or a tax consultant of recognized standing to the effect that such Indemnifiable Transaction will not be a taxable event for U.S. federal income tax purposes, the Guarantor or any such Person, as the case may be, shall send to each Holder on or prior to the date of such Indemnifiable Transaction (i)
notification explaining the U.S. federal income tax consequences to each such Holder of such Indemnifiable Transaction and (ii) an indemnification claim form requesting (A) information concerning each such Holder's tax basis and holding period in a Security and (B) a statement that the Holder is not then an entity described in Section 501 of the Internal Revenue Code, as amended from time to time, that is exempt from U.S. federal income tax and (iii) a statement setting forth the address to which each such Holder must remit such form.
(2) If the Guarantor or any such Person delivers such an opinion, each Holder will have indemnification rights pursuant to this Section 805 only if and when gain for U.S. federal income tax purposes is actually recognized by such Holder.
(3) When the Guarantor or any such Person, as the case may be, receives from a Holder an indemnification claim form, the Guarantor or such Person, as the case may be, shall within 15 Business Days remit to such Holder a certified check in an amount equal to the product of any gain recognized as a result of the Indemnifiable Transaction and the highest marginal U.S. income tax rate in effect at the time of such Indemnifiable Transaction (the "Indemnification Amount"). For these purposes, a Holder's gain shall equal the amount by which the fair market value of a Security at the time of such Indemnifiable Transaction exceeds such Holder's adjusted tax basis in such Security.
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 or pursuant to a Board Resolution), the Guarantor (when authorized by or pursuant to 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:
(a) to evidence the succession of another Person to the Company or the Guarantor, and the assumption by any such successor of the covenants of the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, contained herein and in the Securities or the Guarantees; or
(b) to add to the covenants of the Company or the Guarantor for the benefit of the Holders of all or any series of Securities (as shall be specified in such supplemental indenture or indentures) or to surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the Company or the Guarantor; or
(c) 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 on the payment of principal of, any premium or Interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to Securities, to permit Bearer Securities to be issued in exchange for Registered Securities, to permit Bearer Securities to be exchanged for Bearer Securities of other authorized denominations or to permit or facilitate the issuance of Securities in uncertificated form, provided any such action shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of Securities of any series or any Coupons appertaining thereto in any material respect; or
(d) to establish the form or terms of Securities of any series and any Coupons appertaining thereto as permitted by Sections 201 and 301 or of the related Guarantees as permitted by Section 202; or
(e) 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 609; or
(f) to cure any ambiguity or to correct or supplement any provision herein which may be defective or inconsistent with any other provision herein, or to make any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under this Indenture which shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of Securities of any series then Outstanding or any Coupons appertaining thereto in any material respect; or
(g) to add to, delete from or revise the conditions, limitations and restrictions on the authorized amount, terms or purposes of issue, authentication and delivery of Securities, as herein set forth; or
(h) to add any additional Events of Default with respect to all or any series of Securities (as shall be specified in such supplemental indenture); or
(i) to supplement any of the provisions of this Indenture to such extent as shall be necessary to permit or facilitate the defeasance and discharge of any series of Securities pursuant to Article Four, provided that any such action shall not adversely affect the interests of any Holder of a Security of such series and any Coupons appertaining thereto or any other Security or Coupon in any material respect; or
(j) to secure the Securities or the Guarantees; or
(k) to make provisions with respect to conversion or exchange rights of Holders of Securities of any series; or
(l) to amend or supplement any provision contained herein or in any supplemental indenture, provided that no such amendment or supplement shall materially adversely affect the interests of the Holders of any Securities then Outstanding.
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 (and, in the case of any series of Securities held as assets of a Trust, such consent of holders of the Preferred Securities and the common securities of such Trust as may be required under the Trust Agreement of such Trust), by Act of said Holders delivered to the Company and the Trustee, the Company (when authorized by or pursuant to a Board Resolution), the Guarantor (when authorized by or pursuant to a Board Resolution) and the Trustee may enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or
eliminating any of the provisions of this Indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series under this Indenture or of the Securities of such series; provided, however, that no such supplemental indenture, without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security affected thereby, shall:
(a) change the Stated Maturity of the principal of, or any premium or installment of Interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to, any Security, as such Stated Maturity may be extended in accordance with the terms of such Security or Coupon appertaining thereto, or reduce the principal amount thereof or the rate (or modify the calculation of such rate) of Interest thereon or any Additional Amounts with respect thereto, or any premium payable upon the redemption thereof or otherwise, or change the duration of the maximum consecutive period, if any, that payments of Interest on such Securities may be deferred, if applicable, or change the obligation of the Company to pay Additional Amounts pursuant to Section 1004 (except as contemplated by Section 801(a) and permitted by Section 901(a)), or reduce the amount of the principal of an Original Issue Discount Security that would be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 502 or the amount thereof provable in bankruptcy pursuant to Section 504, change the redemption, conversion or exchange provisions or adversely affect the right of repayment at the option of any Holder as contemplated by Article Twelve or change the subordination provisions that apply to the terms of such Securities in a manner adverse to Holders, or change the Place of Payment, Currency in which the principal of, any premium or Interest on, or any Additional Amounts with respect to any 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 repayment at the option of the Holder, on or after the date for repayment or in the case of change in control, after the Change in Control Purchase Date); or
(b) reduce the percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series, the consent of whose Holders is required for any such supplemental indenture, or the consent of whose Holders is required for any waiver (of compliance with certain provisions of this Indenture or certain defaults hereunder and their consequences) provided for in this Indenture, or reduce the requirements of Section 1404 for quorum or voting; or
(c) modify or effect in any manner adverse to the Holders the terms and conditions of the obligations of the Company under the Securities or the Coupons, or the Guarantor under the Guarantees, or either of them hereunder, in respect of the due and punctual payments of principal of, any premium or Interest on, or any Additional Amounts with respect to, the Securities; or
(d) modify any of the provisions of this Section 902, Section 513 or Section 1008, 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; or
(e) make any change that adversely affects the right to convert or exchange any Security into or for Common Stock or other securities, cash or property in accordance with its terms; or
(f) modify any of the provisions of this Indenture relating to the subordination of the Securities in a manner adverse to Holders of Securities.
A supplemental indenture which changes or eliminates any covenant or other provision of this Indenture which shall have been included expressly and 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 of Securities under this Section 902 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.
As a condition to executing, or accepting the additional trusts created by, any supplemental indenture permitted by this Article Nine or the modifications thereby of the trust created by this Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive (in addition to those documents required by Section 102), and (subject to Section 315 of the Trust Indenture Act) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such supplemental indenture is authorized or permitted by this Indenture. The Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into any such supplemental indenture which affects the Trustee's own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.
Section 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 a Security theretofore or thereafter authenticated and delivered hereunder and of any Coupon appertaining thereto shall be bound thereby.
Section 905. Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures.
Securities of any series authenticated and delivered after the execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to this Article Nine 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 and the Guarantor 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 with Guarantees endorsed thereon, if appropriate, and executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in exchange for Outstanding Securities of such series.
Section 906. 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 907. Effect on Senior Indebtedness.
No supplemental indenture shall directly or indirectly modify or eliminate the provisions of Article Seventeen or Article Eighteen, as the case may be, in any manner which might terminate or impair the subordination of the Securities of any series to Company Senior Indebtedness with respect to such series or the subordination of the Guarantee in respect thereof to Guarantor Senior Indebtedness with respect to such series, respectively, without the prior written consent of the holders of such Company Senior Indebtedness or Guarantor Senior Indebtedness, respectively.
ARTICLE TEN
COVENANTS
Section 1001. Payment of Principal, any Premium and Interest.
(1) The Company shall pay the principal of, any premium and Interest on (including Interest accruing during any extension period and/or on or after the filing of a petition in bankruptcy or reorganization relating to the Company, whether or not a claim for post-filing Interest is allowed in such proceeding) and any Additional Amounts with respect to the Securities on or prior to the dates and in the manner provided in such Securities or pursuant to this Indenture. An installment of principal, and any premium, Interest or Additional Amounts shall be considered paid on the applicable due date if on such date the Trustee or the Paying Agent holds, in accordance with this Indenture, money sufficient to pay all of such installment then due. With respect to any Security, the Company shall pay Interest on overdue principal and Interest on overdue installments of Interest (including Interest accruing during any extension period and/or on or after the filing of a petition in bankruptcy or reorganization relating to the Company, whether or not a claim for post-filing Interest is allowed in such proceeding), or Additional Amounts to the extent lawful, at the rate accruing on such Security, compounded with the same frequency as Interest is payable on such Securities. Interest on overdue Interest shall accrue from the date such amounts become overdue.
(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 1001 (1) or any other provision herein to the contrary, the Company shall have the right, as provided in an Officer's Certificate or supplemental indenture issued pursuant to Article Nine, in its sole and absolute discretion at any time and from time to time while the Securities of any series are outstanding, so long as no Event of Default with respect to such series of Securities has occurred and is continuing, to defer payments of Interest by extending the Interest payment period for such series of Securities for the maximum consecutive period, if any, specified for such series of Securities, provided that such extension period must end on an Interest Payment Date and shall not extend beyond the Stated Maturity or Redemption Date of any Security of such series, and provided further that at the end of each extension period the Company shall pay all Interest then accrued and unpaid (together with Interest thereon to the extent permitted by applicable law at the rate accruing on such Securities). Prior to the termination of an extension period, the Company may shorten or may further extend the Interest payment period for such series of Securities, provided that such extension period together with all such previous and further extensions may not exceed the maximum consecutive period specified for such series of Securities, end on a date other than an Interest Payment Date or
extend beyond the Stated Maturity or Redemption Date of any Security of such
series. The Company shall give the Trustee notice of the Company's election to
begin an extension period for any series of Securities and any shortening or
extension thereof at least five Business Days prior to: (i) the date notice of
payment of Interest on such Securities is required to be given to any national
securities exchange on which the related Preferred Securities, if any, or
Securities are then listed or other applicable self-regulatory organization, or
(ii) the date of the notice of the record or payment date of the related
distribution on the Preferred Securities issued by the Trust which is the Holder
of the Securities of such series, but in any event not less than five Business
Days prior to the Record Date fixed by the Company for the payment of such
Interest. The Company shall give or cause the Trustee to give notice (a form of
which shall be provided by the Company to the Trustee) of the Company's election
to begin an extension period to the Holders by first class mail, postage
prepaid.
Section 1002. Maintenance of Office or Agency.
The Company and the Guarantor shall maintain in each Place of Payment for any series of Securities an Office or Agency where Securities of such series, and Guarantees with respect thereto (but not Bearer Securities, except as otherwise provided below, unless such Place of Payment is located outside the United States), may be presented or surrendered for payment, where Securities of such series may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange, where Securities of such series may be presented and surrendered in the event of a conversion or exchange, and where notices and demands to or upon the Company and the Guarantor in respect of the Securities of such series relating thereto and this Indenture may be served. If Securities of a series are issuable as Bearer Securities, the Company and the Guarantor shall maintain, subject to any laws or regulations applicable thereto, an Office or Agency in a Place of Payment for such series which is located outside the United States where Securities of such series and any Coupons appertaining thereto, and Guarantees with respect thereto, may be presented and surrendered for payment; provided, however, that if the Securities of such series are listed on The Stock Exchange of the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland or the Luxembourg Stock Exchange or any other stock exchange located outside the United States and such stock exchange shall so require, the Company and the Guarantor shall maintain a Paying Agent and a Conversion Agent, if applicable, in London, Luxembourg or any other required city located outside the United States, as the case may be, so long as the Securities of such series are listed on such exchange. The Company and the Guarantor will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location, and any change in the location, of such Office or Agency. If at any time the Company and the Guarantor shall fail to maintain any such required Office or Agency or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the addresses thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may only be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, except that Bearer Securities of such series and any Coupons appertaining thereto, and Guarantees with respect thereto, may be presented and surrendered for payment at the place specified for the purpose with respect to such Securities as provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, and the Company and the Guarantor hereby appoint the Trustee as their agent to receive all such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands.
Except as otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, no payment of principal, premium, Interest or Additional Amounts with respect to Bearer Securities shall be made at any Office or Agency in the United States or by check mailed to any address in the United States or by transfer to an account maintained with a bank located in the United States; provided,
however, if amounts owing with respect to any Bearer Securities shall be payable in Dollars, payment of principal of, any premium or Interest on and any Additional Amounts with respect to any such Security, or the Guarantees with respect thereto, may be made at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee or any Office or Agency designated by the Company in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, if (but only if) payment of the full amount of such principal, premium, Interest or Additional Amounts at all offices outside the United States maintained for such purpose by the Company and the Guarantor in accordance with this Indenture is illegal or effectively precluded by exchange controls or other similar restrictions.
The Company and the Guarantor may also from time to time designate one or more other Offices or Agencies where the Securities of one or more series, and the Guarantees endorsed thereon, 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 or the Guarantor of its obligation to maintain an Office or Agency in each Place of Payment for Securities of any series for such purposes. The Company and the Guarantor shall 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 provided in or pursuant to this Indenture, the Company and the Guarantor hereby designate as the Place of Payment for each series of Securities and the Guarantees endorsed thereon, the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, and initially appoints the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee as the Company's or the Guarantor's Office or Agency in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York for such purpose. The Company and the Guarantor may subsequently appoint a different Office or Agency in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York for the Securities of any series, and the Guarantees endorsed thereon.
Unless otherwise specified with respect to any Securities pursuant to Section 301, if and so long as the Securities of any series (i) are denominated in a Foreign Currency or (ii) may be payable in a Foreign Currency, or so long as it is required under any other provision of this Indenture, then the Company and the Guarantor will maintain with respect to each such series of Securities, or as so required, at least one exchange rate agent.
Section 1003. Money for Securities Payments to Be Held in Trust.
If the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, shall at any time act as its own Paying Agent with respect to any series of Securities, it shall, on or before each due date of the principal of, any premium or Interest on or Additional Amounts with respect to any of the Securities of such series, segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto a sum in the Currency or Currencies in which the Securities of such series are payable (except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301 for the Securities of such series) sufficient to pay the principal of, any premium or Interest on or Additional Amounts so becoming due until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided, and shall promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure so to act.
Whenever the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, shall have one or more Paying Agents for any series of Securities, it shall, on or prior to each due date of the principal of, any premium or Interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to any Securities of such series, deposit with any Paying Agent a sum (in the Currency or Currencies described in
the preceding paragraph) sufficient to pay the principal of, any premium or Interest on or Additional Amounts so becoming due, such sum to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto, and (unless such Paying Agent is the Trustee) the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, will promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure so to act.
The Company shall 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 1003, that such Paying Agent shall:
(a) hold all sums held by it for the payment of the principal of, any premium or Interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to 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 provided in or pursuant to this Indenture;
(b) give the Trustee notice of any default by the Company or the Guarantor (or any other obligor upon the Securities of such series) in the making of any payment of principal, any premium or Interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to the Securities of such series; and
(c) 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 or the Guarantor, as the case may be, 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 of the Company or the Guarantor direct a Paying Agent to pay, to the Trustee all sums held in trust by the Company, the Guarantor or such Paying Agent, such sums to be held by the Trustee upon the same terms as those upon which such sums were held by the Company, the Guarantor 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 sums.
Except as otherwise provided herein or pursuant hereto, any money deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held by the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, in trust for the payment of the principal of, any premium or Interest on or any Additional Amount with respect to any Security of any series or any Coupon appertaining thereto and remaining unclaimed for two years after such principal or any such premium or Interest or any such Additional Amount shall have become due and payable shall be paid to the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, on Company Request, or (if then held by the Company or the Guarantor) shall be discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such Security or any Coupon appertaining thereto, or Guarantees endorsed thereon, shall thereafter, as an unsecured general creditor, look only to the Company or the Guarantor (pursuant to the Guarantees) 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 or the Guarantor (pursuant to Guarantee) as trustee thereof, shall thereupon cease; provided, however, that the Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being required to make any such repayment, may at the expense of the Company cause to be published once, in an Authorized Newspaper in each Place of Payment for such series or to be mailed to Holders of Registered Securities of such series, or both, 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 or mailing nor shall it be later than two years after such principal and any premium or Interest or Additional Amounts shall have become due and payable, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining will be repaid to the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be.
Section 1004. Additional Amounts.
Except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301 for the Security of any series, the Company and the Guarantor each agrees to pay to the Holder of any such Security or any Coupon appertaining thereto Additional Amounts as provided in or pursuant to this Indenture or such Securities. Whenever in this Indenture there is mentioned, in any context, the payment of the principal of or any premium or Interest on, or in respect of, any Security of any series or any Coupon or the net proceeds received on the sale or exchange of any Security of any series, such mention shall be deemed to include mention of the payment of Additional Amounts provided by the terms of such series established hereby or pursuant hereto to the extent that, in such context, Additional Amounts are, were or would be payable in respect thereof pursuant to such terms, and express mention of the payment of Additional Amounts, if applicable, in any provision hereof shall not be construed as excluding Additional Amounts in those provisions hereof where such express mention is not made.
All payments of, or in respect of, principal of or any premium or Interest on any Security of any series or any Coupon or the net proceeds received on the sale or exchange of any Security of any series shall be made without withholding or deduction for, or on account of, any present or future taxes, duties, levies, assessments or governmental charges of whatever nature imposed or levied by or on behalf of the Applicable Taxing Jurisdiction, unless such taxes, duties, levies, assessments or governmental charges are required by the Applicable Taxing Jurisdiction to be withheld or deducted. In that event, the Company will pay such additional amounts of, or in respect of, principal of or any premium or Interest on any Security of any series or any Coupon or the net proceeds received on the sale, or exchange of any Security of any series ("Additional Amounts") as will result (after deduction of such taxes, duties, levies, assessments or governmental charges and any additional taxes, duties, levies, assessments or governmental charges payable in respect of such Additional amounts) in the payment to the Holder of the Securities of such series of the amounts that would have been payable in respect of such Securities and no such withholding or deduction been required, except that no Additional Amounts shall be so payable for or on account of:
(a) any tax, duty, levy, assessment or other governmental charge that would not have been imposed but for the fact that such Holder:
(i) was a resident, domiciliary or national of, or engaged in business or maintained a permanent establishment or was physically present in the Applicable Taxing Jurisdiction or otherwise had some connection with the Applicable Taxing Jurisdiction other than the mere ownership of such Security.
(ii) presented (if presentation is required) such Security for payment in the Applicable Taxing Jurisdiction, unless such Security could not have been presented for payment elsewhere;
(iii) presented (if presentation is required) such
Security, as the case may be, more than thirty (30) days after
the date on which the payment in respect of such Security
first became due and payable or was provided for, whichever is
later, except to the extent that the Holder would have been
entitled to such Additional Amounts if it had presented such
Security for payment on any days within such period of thirty
(30) days;
(iv) is not dealing with the Company, directly or indirectly, on an arm's-length basis; or
(v) entered into or participated in a scheme to avoid withholding tax of the Applicable Taxing Jurisdiction, being a scheme which the Company was neither a party to nor participated in;
(b) any estate, inheritance, gift, sale, transfer, personal property or similar tax, assessment or other governmental charge;
(c) any tax, assessment or other governmental charge that is payable otherwise than by withholding or deduction from payments of, or in respect of principal of or Interest on such Security;
(d) any tax, assessment or other governmental charge that is
imposed or withheld by reason of the failure to comply by the Holder or
the beneficial owner of such Security with a request of the Company
addressed to the Holder (i) to provide information concerning the
nationality, residence or identity of the Holder or such beneficial
owner or (ii) to make any declaration or other similar claim or satisfy
any information or reporting requirement, which, in the case of (i) or
(ii), is required or imposed by a statute, treaty, regulation or
administrative practice of the Applicable Taxing Jurisdiction as a
precondition to exemption from all or part of such tax assessment or
other governmental charge; or
(e) any combination of items (a), (b), (c) and (d);
nor shall Additional Amounts be paid with respect to any payment of the principal of or any premium or Interest on any Security of any series or any Coupon or the net proceeds received on the sale or exchange of any Security of any series to any Holder who is a fiduciary or partnership or other than the sole beneficial owner of such payment to the extent such payment would be required by the laws of the Applicable Taxing Jurisdiction to be included in the income for tax purposes of a beneficiary or settlor with respect to such fiduciary or a member of such partnership or a beneficial owner who would not have been entitled to such Additional Amounts had it been the Holder of such Security.
Except as otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture or the Securities of the applicable series, 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 such series of Securities (or if the Securities of such series shall 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 or Interest if there has been any change with respect to the matters set forth in the below mentioned Officers' Certificate, the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, shall furnish to the
Trustee and the principal Paying Agent or Paying Agents, if other than the Trustee, an Officers' Certificate instructing the Trustee and such Paying Agent or Paying Agents whether such payment of principal of and premium, if any, or Interest on the Securities of such series shall be made to Holders of Securities of such series or the Coupons appertaining thereto who are United States Aliens or non-residents of the Applicable Taxing Jurisdiction without withholding for or on account of any tax, assessment or other governmental charge described in the Securities of such 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 agrees to pay to the Trustee or such Paying Agent the Additional Amounts required by the terms of such Securities. Each of the Company and the Guarantor, jointly and severally, 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 1004.
Section 1005. No Restriction on Indebtedness or Liens.
Nothing in this Indenture or in the Securities shall in any way restrict or prevent the Company, the Guarantor or any other Subsidiary from issuing, assuming, guaranteeing or otherwise incurring or securing any Indebtedness, or otherwise granting any Liens in respect thereof.
For the purposes of this Section 1005, "Lien" shall mean, with respect to any asset, any mortgage, lien, pledge, security interest or encumbrances of any kind in respect of such asset, whether or not filed, recorded or otherwise perfected under applicable law.
Section 1006. Corporate Existence.
Subject to Articles Eight and Fifteen, each of the Company and the Guarantor shall do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its corporate existence and that of each other Subsidiary and their respective rights (charter and statutory) and franchises; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not obligate the Company, the Guarantor or any other Subsidiary to preserve any such right or franchise if the Company, the Guarantor or any other Subsidiary shall determine that the preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of its business or the business of such other Subsidiary.
Section 1007. Payment of Expenses of Each Trust.
The Company covenants for the benefit of the Holders of each series of Securities owned by a Trust to pay all of the obligations, costs and expenses of such Trust (other than payments in respect of Trust Securities) in accordance with the provisions of its Trust Agreement and to pay the taxes of such Trust in accordance with the provisions of its Trust Agreement in order to permit such Trust to make distributions on and redemptions of its Preferred Securities in accordance with its Trust Agreement.
Section 1008. Waiver of Certain Covenants.
The Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, may omit in any particular instance to comply with any term, provision or condition set forth in Sections 1001(2)or 1006 with respect to the Securities of any series if before the time for such compliance the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series, by Act of such Holders, either shall waive such compliance in such instance or generally shall have waived compliance with such term, provision or condition, but no such waiver shall extend to or affect such term, provision or condition except to the extent so expressly waived, and, until such waiver shall become effective, the obligations of the Company and the Guarantor and the duties of the Trustee in respect of any such term, provision or condition shall remain in full force and effect.
Section 1009. Company Statement as to Compliance; Notice of Certain Defaults.
(a) Each of the Company and the Guarantor shall deliver to the
Trustee, within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year, a written statement
(which need not be contained in or accompanied by an Officers' Certificate)
signed by the principal executive officer, the principal financial officer or
the principal accounting officer of the Company and the Guarantor, respectively,
stating that
(1) a review of the activities of the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, during such year and of its performance under this Indenture has been made under his or her supervision, and
(2) to the best of his or her knowledge, based on such review, (i) the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, has complied with all the conditions and covenants imposed on it under this Indenture throughout such year, or, if there has been a default in the fulfillment of any such condition or covenant, specifying each such default known to him or her and the nature and status thereof, and (ii) no event has occurred and is continuing which is, or after notice or lapse of time or both would become, an Event of Default, or, if such an event has occurred and is continuing, specifying each such event known to him and the nature and status thereof.
(b) Each of the Company and the Guarantor shall deliver to the Trustee, within five days after the occurrence thereof, written notice of any Event of Default or any Default.
ARTICLE ELEVEN
REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES
Section 1101. Applicability of Article.
Redemption of Securities of any series at the option of the Company as permitted or required by the terms of such Securities shall be made in accordance with the terms of such Securities and (except as otherwise provided herein or pursuant hereto) this Article Eleven.
Section 1102. Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee.
The election of the Company to redeem any Securities shall be evidenced by or pursuant to a Board Resolution or an Officers' Certificate. In case of any redemption at the election of the Company of (a) less than all of the Securities of any series or (b) all of the Securities of any series, with the same issue date, Interest rate or formula, Stated Maturity and other terms, 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 and of the principal amount of Securities of such series to be redeemed.
Section 1103. Selection by Trustee of Securities to be Redeemed.
If less than all of the Securities of any series with the same issue date, Interest rate or formula, 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 and which may provide for the selection for redemption of portions of the principal amount of Registered Securities of such series; provided, however, that no such partial redemption shall reduce the portion of the principal amount of a Registered Security of such series not redeemed to less than the minimum denomination for a Security of such series established herein or pursuant hereto.
The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company and the Security Registrar (if other than itself) 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 of such Securities which has been or is to be redeemed.
Unless otherwise specified in or pursuant to this Indenture or the Securities of any series, if any Security selected for partial redemption is converted or exchanged for Common Stock or other securities, cash or property in part before termination of the conversion or exchange right with respect to the portion of the Security so selected, the converted or exchanged portion of such Security shall be deemed (so far as may be) to be the portion selected for redemption. Securities which have been converted or exchanged during a selection of Securities to be redeemed shall be treated by the Trustee as Outstanding for the purpose of such selection.
Section 1104. Notice of Redemption.
Notice of redemption shall be given in the manner provided in
Section 106, not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the Redemption
Date, unless a shorter period is specified in the Securities to be redeemed, to
the Holders of Securities to be redeemed. Failure to give notice by mailing in
the manner herein provided to the Holder of any Registered Securities designated
for redemption as a whole or in part, or any defect in the notice to any such
Holder, shall not affect the validity of the proceedings for the redemption of
any other Securities or portion thereof.
Any notice that is mailed to the Holder of any Registered Securities in the manner herein provided shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether or not such Holder receives the notice.
All notices of redemption shall state:
(a) the Redemption Date;
(b) the Redemption Price;
(c) if less than all Outstanding Securities of any series are to be redeemed, the identification (and, in the case of partial redemption, the principal amount) of the particular Security or Securities to be redeemed;
(d) in case any Security is to be redeemed in part only, the notice which relates to such Security shall state that on and after the Redemption Date, upon surrender of such Security, the Holder of such Security will receive, without charge, a new Security or Securities of authorized denominations for the principal amount thereof remaining unredeemed;
(e) that, on the Redemption Date, the Redemption Price shall become due and payable upon each such Security or portion thereof to be redeemed, and, if applicable, that Interest thereon shall cease to accrue on and after said date;
(f) the place or places where such Securities, together (in the case of Bearer Securities) with all Coupons appertaining thereto, if any, maturing after the Redemption Date, are to be surrendered for payment of the Redemption Price and any accrued Interest and Additional Amounts pertaining thereto;
(g) that, unless otherwise specified in such notice, Bearer Securities of any series, if any, surrendered for redemption must be accompanied by all Coupons maturing subsequent to the date fixed for redemption or the amount of any such missing Coupon or Coupons will be deducted from the Redemption Price, unless security or indemnity satisfactory to the Company, the Trustee and any Paying Agent is furnished;
(h) if Bearer Securities of any series are to be redeemed and any Registered Securities of such series are not to be redeemed, and if such Bearer Securities may be exchanged for Registered Securities not subject to redemption on the Redemption Date pursuant to Section 305 or otherwise, the last date, as determined by the Company, on which such exchanges may be made;
(i) that the redemption is out of a sinking fund, if such is the case;
(j) in the case of Securities of any series that are convertible or exchangeable into other securities, cash or property or rights, the conversion or exchange price or rate, the date or dates on which or the period or periods during which the right to convert or exchange the principal of the Securities of such series to be redeemed will commence or terminate and the place or places where such Securities may be surrendered for conversion or exchange; and
(k) the CUSIP number or the Euroclear or the Clearstream Luxembourg reference numbers of such Securities, if any (or any other numbers used by a Depositary to identify such Securities).
A notice of redemption mailed 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 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on any Redemption Date, the Company shall deposit, with respect to the Securities of any series called for redemption pursuant to Section 1104, 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 in the applicable Currency sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of, and (except if the Redemption Date shall be an Interest Payment Date, unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301 or in the Securities of such series) any accrued Interest on and Additional Amounts with respect thereto, all such Securities or portions thereof 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 any accrued Interest and Additional Amounts to the Redemption Date; provided, however, that, except as otherwise provided in or pursuant to this Indenture or the Bearer Securities of such series, installments of Interest on Bearer Securities whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to the Redemption Date shall be payable only upon presentation and surrender of Coupons for such Interest (at an Office or Agency located outside the United States except as otherwise provided in Section 1002), and provided, further, that, except as otherwise specified in or pursuant to this Indenture or the Registered Securities of such series, 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 Regular Record Dates therefor according to their terms and the provisions of Section 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 any Interest or Additional Amounts represented by Coupons shall be payable only upon presentation and surrender of those Coupons at an Office or Agency for such Security located outside of the United States except as otherwise provided in Section 1002.
If any Security called for redemption shall not be so paid upon surrender thereof for redemption, the principal and any premium, until paid, shall bear Interest from the Redemption Date at the rate prescribed therefor in the Security.
Section 1107. Securities Redeemed in Part.
Any Registered Security which is to be redeemed only in part shall be surrendered at any Office or Agency for such Security (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, the Guarantees of the Guarantor shall be endorsed on 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, containing identical terms and provisions, 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. If a Security in global form is so surrendered, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the U.S. Depositary or other Depositary for such Security in global form as shall be specified in the Company Order with respect thereto to the Trustee, without service charge, a new Security in global form in a denomination equal to and in exchange for the unredeemed portion of the principal of the Security in global form so surrendered.
Section 1108. Redemption for Tax Reasons
Except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301 for the Securities of any series, if, as a result of any change in or any amendment to the laws, regulations or published tax rulings of the Applicable Taxing Jurisdiction affecting taxation, or any change in the official administration, application or interpretation of such laws, regulations or published tax rulings either generally or in relation to the Securities of any series, which change or amendment becomes effective on or after the original issue date of such Securities or which change in official administration, application or interpretation shall not have been available to the public prior to such issue date, it is determined by the Company that (a) the Company would be required to pay any Additional Amounts pursuant to this Indenture in respect of any payments that it may be required to make with respect to such Securities and (b) such obligation cannot be avoided by the Company or the Guarantor taking reasonable measures available to it, the Company may, at its option, redeem all (but not less than all) of the Securities of such series upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days' written notice as provided in this Indenture, at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid Interest to the date fixed for
redemption; provided, however, that (x) no such notice of redemption may be given earlier than 60 days prior to the earliest date on which the Company would be obligated to pay such Additional amounts were a payment then due in respect of such Securities and (y) at the time any such redemption notice is given, such obligation to pay such Additional Amounts must remain in effect.
If (a) the Company shall have on any date (the "Succession Date") consolidated with or merged into, or conveyed or transferred or leased its properties and assets as an entirety or substantially as an entirety to, any Successor which is organized under the laws of any jurisdiction other than the United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia or the jurisdiction in which the Company is organized, (b) as result of any change in or any amendment to the laws, regulations or published tax rulings of such jurisdiction, or of any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein, affecting taxation, or any change in the official administration, application or interpretation of such laws, regulations or published tax rulings either generally or in relation to such Securities, which change or amendment become effective on or after the Succession Date or which change in official administration, application or interpretation shall not have been available to the public prior to such Succession Date and is notified to the Company, such Successor would be required to pay any Successor Additional Amounts pursuant to the Indenture or the terms of such Securities in respect of any payments that it may be required to make with respect to such Securities and (c) such obligation cannot be avoided by the Company or such Successor taking reasonable measures available to it, the Company or such Successor may at its option redeem all (but not less than all) of such Securities, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days' written notice as provided in this Indenture, at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued Interest to the date fixed for redemption; provided however, that (a) no such notice of redemption may be given earlier than 60 days prior to the earliest date on which a Successor would be obligated to pay such Successor Additional Amounts were a payment then due in respect of such Securities, and (b) at the time any such redemption notice is given, such obligation to pay such Successor Additional Amounts must remain in effect.
ARTICLE TWELVE
REPAYMENT AT THE OPTION OF HOLDERS
Section 1201. Applicability of Article.
Securities of any series which are repayable at the option of the Holders thereof before their Stated Maturity shall be repaid in accordance with the terms of the Securities of such series. The repayment of any principal amount of Securities pursuant to such option of the Holder to require repayment of Securities before their Stated Maturity, for purposes of Section 309, shall not operate as a payment, redemption or satisfaction of the Indebtedness represented by such Securities unless and until the Company, at its option, shall deliver or surrender the same to the Trustee with a directive that such Securities be canceled. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 1201, in connection with any repayment of Securities, the Company may arrange for the purchase of any Securities by an agreement with one or more investment bankers or other purchasers to purchase such Securities by paying to the Holders of such Securities on or
before the close of business on the repayment date an amount not less than the repayment price payable by the Company on repayment of such Securities, and the obligation of the Company to pay the repayment price of such Securities shall be satisfied and discharged to the extent such payment is so paid by such purchasers.
ARTICLE THIRTEEN
SECURITIES IN FOREIGN CURRENCIES
Section 1301. Applicability of Article.
Whenever this Indenture provides for (i) any action by, or the determination of any of the rights of, Holders of Securities of any series in which not all of such Securities are denominated in the same Currency, or (ii) any distribution to Holders of Securities, in the absence of any provision to the contrary in the form of Security of any particular series or pursuant to this Indenture or the Securities, any amount in respect of any Security denominated in a Currency other than Dollars shall be treated for any such action or distribution as that amount of Dollars that could be obtained for such amount on such reasonable basis of exchange and as of the record date with respect to Registered Securities of such series (if any) for such action, determination of rights or distribution (or, if there shall be no applicable record date, such other date reasonably proximate to the date of such action, determination of rights or distribution) as the Company or the Guarantor may specify in a written notice to the Trustee or, in the absence of such written notice, as the Trustee may determine.
ARTICLE FOURTEEN
MEETINGS OF HOLDERS OF SECURITIES
Section 1401. 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 Fourteen to make, give or take any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act provided by this Indenture to be made, given or taken by Holders of Securities of such series.
Section 1402. 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 1401, to be held at such time and at such place in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, or, if Securities of such series have been issued in whole or in part as Bearer Securities, in London or in such place outside the United States as the Trustee shall determine. 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 Guarantor (in each case, by or pursuant to a Board Resolution) 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 1401, by written request setting forth in reasonable detail the action
proposed to be taken at the meeting, and the Trustee shall not have mailed
notice of or made the first publication of the notice of such meeting within 21
days after receipt of such request (whichever shall be required pursuant to
Section 106) or shall not thereafter proceed to cause the meeting to be held as
provided herein, then the Company, the Guarantor 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, if
Securities of such series are to be issued as Bearer Securities, in London for
such meeting and may call such meeting for such purposes by giving notice
thereof as provided in clause (a) of this Section 1402.
Section 1403. 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 or the Guarantor and their respective counsel.
Section 1404. 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 at least 66-2/3% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of a series, the Persons entitled to vote 66-2/3% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series shall constitute a quorum. In the absence of a quorum within 30 minutes after 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 of not less than 10 days as 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 of not less than 10 days as 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 1402(1), 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 only 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 consent or waiver which this
Indenture expressly
provides may be given by the Holders of at least 66-2/3% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of a series may be adopted at a meeting or an adjourned meeting duly convened and at which a quorum is present as aforesaid only by the affirmative vote of the Holders of 66-2/3% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series; and provided, further, 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 Act 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 such series.
Any resolution passed or decision taken at any meeting of Holders of Securities of any series duly held in accordance with this Section 1404 shall be binding on all the Holders of Securities of such series and the Coupons appertaining thereto, whether or not such Holders were present or represented at the meeting.
Section 1405. 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 such 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, the Guarantor or Holders of Securities as provided in Section 1402(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 Securities of such series held or represented by him; provided, however, that no vote shall be cast or counted at any meeting in respect of 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 1402 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 1406. 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 the 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 triplicate of all votes cast at the meeting. A record, at least in triplicate, 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 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 1402 and, if applicable, Section 1404. 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, another to the Guarantor 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.
ARTICLE FIFTEEN
PURCHASE OF SECURITIES UPON CHANGE IN CONTROL
Section 1501. Purchase of Securities at Option of the Holder upon Change in Control.
(1) If on or prior to Maturity, there shall have occurred a Change in Control (as defined herein), the Securities shall be purchased, at the option of the Holder thereof, by the Company at the purchase price specified in the Securities (the "Change in Control Purchase Price"), on the date that is 35 Business Days after the occurrence of the Change in Control (the "Change in Control Purchase Date"), subject to satisfaction by or on behalf of the Holder of the requirements set forth in Section 1501(3).
A "Change in Control" shall be deemed to have occurred at such time as any of the following events shall occur:
(a) Any person (for purposes of paragraph (a) of this Section 1501(1) only, the term "person" shall mean a "person" as defined in or for purposes of Section 13(d)(3) or Section 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act of 1934 (as defined herein), or any successor provision to either of
the foregoing, including any "group" acting for the purposes of acquiring, holding or disposing of Securities within the meaning of Rule 13D-5(b)(1) under the Exchange Act of 1934), together with its Affiliates and Associates (as defined herein), shall file or become obligated to file a report under or in response to Schedule 13D or 14D-1 (or any successor schedule, form or report) pursuant to the Exchange Act of 1934 disclosing that such person has become the beneficial owner (as the term "beneficial owner" is defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act of 1934, or any successor provision) of either (A) 50% or more of the shares of Common Stock of the Guarantor then outstanding or (B) 50% or more of the voting power of the Voting Stock of the Guarantor then outstanding; provided, however, that for purposes of paragraph (a) of this Section 1501(1), a person shall not be deemed the beneficial owner of (1) any securities tendered pursuant to a tender offer or exchange offer made by or on behalf of such person, or its Affiliates or Associates, until such tendered securities are accepted for purchase or exchange thereunder, or (2) any securities in respect of which beneficial ownership by such person arises solely as a result of a revocable proxy delivered in response to a proxy or consent solicitation that is made pursuant to, and in accordance with, the Exchange Act of 1934 and the applicable rules and regulations thereunder and is not then reportable on Schedule 13D (or any successor schedule, form or report) under the Exchange Act of 1934.
(b) There shall be consummated any sale, transfer, lease or conveyance of all or substantially all of the properties and assets of the Guarantor to any other Corporation or Corporations or other Person or Persons (other than a Subsidiary of the Guarantor).
(c) There shall be consummated any consolidation of the Guarantor with or merger of the Guarantor with or into any other Person (whether or not affiliated with the Guarantor) in which the Guarantor is not the sole surviving or continuing Corporation or pursuant to which the shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the consummation of such consolidation or merger are converted into cash, securities or other property, other than a consolidation or merger in which the holders of shares of Common Stock receive, directly or indirectly, (A) 75% or more of the common stock of the sole surviving or continuing Corporation outstanding immediately following the consummation of such consolidation or merger and (B) securities representing 75% or more of the combined voting power of the Voting Stock of the sole surviving or continuing Corporation outstanding immediately following the consummation thereof of such consolidation or merger.
"Exchange Act of 1934" shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
"Associate" shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Rule 12b-2 under the Exchange Act of 1934, as in effect on the date hereof.
(2) Within 15 Business Days after the occurrence of a Change in Control, the Company shall mail a written notice of Change in Control by first-class mail to the Trustee and to each Holder (and to beneficial owners as required by applicable law, including, without limitation, Rule 13c-4 under the Exchange Act of 1934) and if any Bearer Securities are then Outstanding, shall cause a copy of such notice to be published at least once in an Authorized Newspaper located in The City of New York and, if any Securities are then listed on any stock exchange located outside the United States, in an Authorized Newspaper in such city as the stock exchange so
requires. The notice shall include or transmit a form of Change in Control Purchase Notice (as described below) to be completed by the Holder and shall state:
(a) the events causing a Change in Control and the date of such Change in Control;
(b) the date by which the Change in Control Purchase Notice pursuant to this Section 1501 must be given;
(c) the Change in Control Purchase Date;
(d) the Change in Control Purchase Price;
(e) the name and address of the Trustee and the Office or Agency;
(f) that the Securities must be surrendered to the Trustee or the Office or Agency to collect payment;
(g) that the Change in Control Purchase Price for any Security as to which a Change in Control Purchase Notice has been duly given and not withdrawn will be paid promptly following the later of the Change in Control Purchase Date or the time of surrender of such Security as described in Section 1501(2)(f);
(h) the procedures the Holder must follow to exercise rights under this Section 1501(1) and a brief description of those rights; and
(i) the procedures for withdrawing a Change in Control Purchase Notice.
(3) A Holder may exercise its rights specified in Section 1501(1) upon delivery of a written notice of purchase (a "Change in Control Purchase Notice") to the Trustee or to an Office or Agency at any time prior to the close of business of the Change in Control Purchase Date, stating:
(a) the certificate number or numbers of the Security or Securities, except in the case of global Securities, which the Holder will deliver to be purchased;
(b) the portion of the principal amount of the Security or Securities which the Holder will deliver to be purchased, which portion must be $1,000 or an integral multiple thereof; and
(c) that such Security or Securities shall be purchased on the Change in Control Purchase Date pursuant to the terms and conditions specified in the Securities.
The delivery of the Security, by hand or by registered mail prior to, on or after the Change in Control Purchase Date (together with all necessary endorsements), to the Trustee or to an Office or Agency shall be a condition precedent to the obligation of the Company to pay to the Holder the Change in Control Purchase Price therefor; provided, however, that such Change in Control Purchase Price shall be so paid pursuant to this Section 1501 only if the Security so
delivered to the Trustee or such Office or Agency shall conform in all respects to the description thereof set forth in the related Change in Control Purchase Notice.
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, any Holder delivering to the Trustee or to an Office or Agency, the Change in Control Purchase Notice contemplated by this Section 1501(3) shall have the right to withdraw such Change in Control Purchase Notice at any time prior to or on the Change in Control Purchase Date by delivery of a written notice of withdrawal to the Trustee or to such Office or Agency in accordance with Section 1502.
Section 1502. Effect of Change in Control Purchase Notice.
Upon receipt by the Company of the Change in Control Purchase Notice specified in Section 1501(3), the Holder of the Security in respect of which such Change in Control Purchase Notice was given shall (unless such Change in Control Purchase Notice is withdrawn as specified in the following paragraph) thereafter be entitled to receive solely the Change in Control Purchase Price with respect to such Security. Such Change in Control Purchase Price shall be paid to such Holder promptly following the later of (x) the Change in Control Purchase Date, as the case may be, with respect to such Security (provided the conditions in Section 1501(3), as applicable, have been satisfied) and (y) the time of delivery of such Security to the Trustee or to an Office or Agency by the Holder thereof in the manner required by Section 1501(3), as applicable.
A Change in Control Purchase Notice may be withdrawn by means of a written notice of withdrawal delivered to the office of the Trustee or to an Office or Agency at any time prior to the close of business on the Change in Control Purchase Date, specifying:
(a) the certificate number or numbers of the Security or Securities, except in the case of global Securities, in respect of which such notice of withdrawal is being submitted;
(b) the principal amount of the Security or Securities with respect to which such notice of withdrawal is being submitted; and
(c) the principal amount, if any, of such Security or Securities which remains subject to the original Change in Control Purchase Notice, and which has been and will be delivered for purchase by the Company.
There shall be no purchase of any Securities pursuant to
Section 1501 if there has occurred and in continuing an Event of Default (other
than a default in the payment of the Change in Control Purchase Price).
Section 1503. Deposit of Change in Control Purchase Price.
Prior to 12:00 noon, New York, New York time, on the Business
Day following the Change in Control Purchase Date, the Company shall deposit
with the Trustee (or, if the Guarantor or a Subsidiary or an Affiliate of any of
them is acting as Paying Agent, shall segregate and hold in trust as provided in
Section 1003) an amount of cash in immediately available funds or securities, if
expressly permitted hereunder, sufficient to pay the aggregate Change in Control
Purchase Price of all the Securities or portions thereof which are to be
purchased. If a deposit is made with the Trustee of the aforesaid amount of cash
or securities, the Securities or portions thereof with respect
to which a Change in Control Purchase Notice has been delivered and not validly withdrawn shall become due and payable as of the Business Day following the applicable Change in Control Purchase Date, and on and after such date Interest payable in respect of such Securities shall cease and all other rights of the Holders thereof shall terminate, other than the right to receive the Change in Control Purchase Price upon delivery of such Securities to the Trustee.
Section 1504. Covenant to Comply With Securities Laws Upon Purchase of Securities.
In connection with any purchase of Securities under Section 1501 hereof, the Company and the Guarantor shall (a) comply with Rule 13e-4 under the Exchange Act of 1934, if applicable, (b) file the related Schedule 13E-4 (or any successor schedule, form or report) under the Exchange Act of 1934, if applicable, and (c) otherwise comply with all Federal and state Securities laws regulating the purchase of the Securities (including positions of the Commission under applicable no-action letters) so as to permit the rights and obligation under Section 1501 to be exercised in the time and in the manner specified in Section 1501 and 1502.
Section 1505. Repayment to the Company.
The Trustee shall return to the Company any cash, together
with Interest or dividends, if any, thereon (subject to the provisions of
Section 605) held by it for the payment of the Change in Control Purchase Price
of the Securities that remain unclaimed as provided in the Securities; provided,
however, that to the extent the aggregate amount of cash deposited by the
Company pursuant to Section 1503 exceeds the aggregate Change in Control
Purchase Price of the Securities or portions thereof to be purchased, then
promptly after the Change in Control Purchase Date, the Trustee shall return any
such excess to the Company together with Interest or dividends, if any, thereon
(subject to the provisions of Section 605).
ARTICLE SIXTEEN
GUARANTEES
Section 1601. Guarantee.
The Guarantor hereby irrevocably and unconditionally guarantees to each Holder of a Security authenticated and delivered by the Trustee, and to the Trustee on behalf of such Holder, the due and punctual payment of the principal of and any premium and Interest on and any Additional Amounts with respect to such Security and the due and punctual payment of any payments provided for pursuant to the terms of such Security and any Coupons appertaining thereto, when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at the Stated Maturity, by declaration of acceleration, call for redemption or repayment or otherwise, in accordance with the terms of such Security, any such Coupons and this Indenture, and any and all other amounts owed by the Company to the Trustee or the Holders under the terms of this Indenture. This guarantee will not be discharged with respect to any Securities of any series or Coupons appertaining thereto except by payment in full of the principal thereof, premium, if any, and Interest thereon and all other amounts payable thereunder and under this Indenture with respect thereto. The Guarantor hereby expressly waives its right to require the Trustee or any Holder to pursue or exhaust its legal
or equitable remedies against the Company prior to exercising its rights under this guarantee. In case of the failure of the Company punctually to make any such payment, the Guarantor hereby agrees to cause such payment to be made punctually when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at the Stated Maturity or by declaration of acceleration, call for redemption or repayment or otherwise, and as if such payment were made by the Company.
The Guarantor hereby agrees that any amounts to be paid by it hereunder shall be paid without deduction or withholding for or on account of any and all present or future tax, duty, assessment or governmental charge imposed upon or as a result of such payment by the Government of the United States, or any state or other political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein, or if deduction or withholding of any such tax, duty, assessment or charge shall at any time be required by or on behalf of the Government of the United States or any such state, political subdivision or taxing authority, the Guarantor shall pay such additional amount in respect of principal, premium, if any, and Interest, if any, as may be necessary in order that the net amounts paid to the Holder of a Security or the Trustee on behalf of the Holder of such Security, as the case may be, pursuant to this guarantee after such deduction or withholding shall not be less than the amount provided for in such Security to be then due and payable; except that no such additional amount shall be payable in respect of any Security to any Holder (a) who is subject to such tax, duty, assessment or governmental charge in respect of such Security by reason of his being connected with the United States otherwise than merely by the holding or ownership of such Security, or (b) who is not dealing at arm's length with the Guarantor (within the meaning of the Internal Revenue Code, as amended from time to time).
The Guarantor hereby agrees that its obligations hereunder shall be as if it were principal debtor and not merely surety, and shall be absolute and unconditional, irrespective of the validity, regularity or enforceability of any Security or this Indenture, the absence of any action to enforce the same, any waiver or consent by the Holder of such Security or by the Trustee with respect to any provisions thereof or of this Indenture, the obtaining of any judgment against the Company or any action to enforce the same or any other circumstances which might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a guarantor. The Guarantor hereby waives the benefits of division and discussion, diligence, presentment, demand of payment, filing of claims with a court in the event of merger, insolvency or bankruptcy of the Company, any right to require a proceeding first against the Company, protest or notice with respect to any Security or the indebtedness evidenced thereby and all demands whatsoever, and covenants that no guarantee (including any Guarantee endorsed on a Security) will be discharged in respect of any Security except by complete performance of the obligations contained in such Security and in this guarantee. The Guarantor hereby agrees that, in the event of a default in payment of principal (or premium, if any) or Interest, if any, on or Additional Amounts with respect to any Security, or a default in any payment referred to therein, legal proceedings may be instituted by the Trustee on behalf of, or by, the Holder of such Security, on the terms and conditions set forth in this Indenture, directly against the Guarantor to enforce this guarantee without first proceeding against the Company.
The Guarantor shall be subrogated to all rights of the Holders of the Securities of a particular series against the Company in respect of any amounts paid by the Guarantor on account of such Securities pursuant to the provisions of this guarantee or this Indenture; provided, however, that the Guarantor shall not be entitled to enforce or to receive any payments arising out of, or
based upon, such right of subrogation until the principal of, any premium and Interest on, and Additional Amounts with respect to, all Securities of such series issued hereunder shall have been paid in full.
Section 1602. Execution and Delivery of Guarantees.
The Guarantees to be endorsed on the Securities of each series shall include the terms of the guarantee set forth in Section 202 (except that references to premium and Interest need be included only if any premium or Interest, respectively, is provided for in the terms of such series) and any other terms that may be set forth in the form established pursuant to Section 202 with respect to such series. The Guarantor hereby agrees to execute the Guarantees, in a form established pursuant to Section 202, to be endorsed on each Security authenticated and delivered by the Trustee.
The Guarantees shall be executed on behalf of the Guarantor by its Chairman of the Board, a Vice Chairman of the Board, its President or one of its Vice Presidents, under its corporate seal reproduced thereon attested by its Secretary or one of its Assistant Secretaries. The signature of any of these officers on the Guarantees may be manual or facsimile.
Guarantees bearing the manual or facsimile signatures of individuals who were at any time the proper officers of the Guarantor shall bind the Guarantor, notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them have cased to hold such offices prior to the authentication and delivery of such Guarantees or did not hold such offices at the date of such Guarantees.
The delivery of any Security by the Trustee, after the authentication thereof hereunder, shall constitute due delivery of the Guarantee endorsed thereon on behalf of the Guarantor. The Guarantor hereby agrees that its Guarantee set forth in Section 202 and in this Article shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding any failure to endorse a Guarantee on any Security.
The Guarantees shall continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time payment on any Security, in whole or in part, is rescinded or must otherwise be restored to the Company or the Guarantor upon the bankruptcy, liquidation or reorganization of the Company or the Guarantor or otherwise.
ARTICLE SEVENTEEN
SUBORDINATION OF SECURITIES
Section 1701. Securities Subordinated to Company Senior Indebtedness.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 506 or any other provision herein or in any Security, the Company and the Trustee and, by their acceptance thereof, the Holders of the Securities (a) covenant and agree that all payments by the Company of the principal of and any premium or Interest on and any Additional Amounts with respect to the Securities (other than Securities which have been discharged pursuant to Article Four or Securities that provide for a sinking fund pursuant to the Board Resolution, Officers' Certificate or supplemental indenture
establishing the series as to which such sinking fund is applicable) shall be subordinated in accordance with the provisions of this Article Seventeen in right of payment to the prior payment in full, in cash or cash equivalents, of all amounts payable on, under or in connection with Company Senior Indebtedness, and (b) acknowledge that holders of Company Senior Indebtedness are or shall be relying on this Article Seventeen. Nothing herein or in any Security is intended to or shall limit the amount of Company Senior Indebtedness the Company may incur.
Section 1702. Priority and Payment of Proceeds in Certain Events: Remedies Standstill.
(1) Upon any payment or distribution of assets or securities of the Company, as the case may be, of any kind or character, whether in cash, property or securities, upon any dissolution or winding up or total or partial liquidation or reorganization of the Company, whether voluntary or involuntary, or in bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other proceedings, all amounts payable on, under or in connection with Company Senior Indebtedness (including any Interest accruing on such Company Senior Indebtedness subsequent to the commencement of a bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar proceeding) shall first be paid, ratably according to the aggregate amounts remaining unpaid on account of the principal of and any premium and Interest on the Company Senior Indebtedness held or represented by each, to the extent necessary to make payment in full of all Company Senior Indebtedness remaining unpaid, in cash, or payment provided for in cash or cash equivalents, ratably according to the aggregate amounts remaining unpaid on account of the principal of and any premium and Interest on the Company Senior Indebtedness held or represented by each, to the extent necessary to make payment in full of all Company Senior Indebtedness remaining unpaid, before the Holders or the Trustee on behalf of the Holders or the holders of Preferred Securities, if any, shall be entitled to receive from the Company any payment of principal of or any premium or Interest on or Additional Amounts with respect to the Securities or distribution of any assets or securities.
(2) No direct or indirect payment by or on behalf of the
Company of principal of or any premium or Interest on or Additional Amounts with
respect to the Securities (other than Securities which have been discharged
pursuant to Article Four or Securities that provide for a sinking fund), whether
pursuant to the terms of the Securities or upon acceleration or otherwise, shall
be made if, at the time of such payment, there exists (a) a default in the
payment of all or any portion of any Company Senior Indebtedness and the Trustee
has received written notice thereof from the Company, from holders of Company
Senior Indebtedness or from any trustee, representative or agent therefor, or
(b) any other default affecting Company Senior Indebtedness as a result of which
the maturity of Company Senior Indebtedness has been accelerated and the Trustee
has received written notice from the Company, from holders of Company Senior
Indebtedness or from any trustee, representative or agent therefor, and such
default shall not have been cured or waived by or on behalf of the holders of
such Company Senior Indebtedness.
(3) If, notwithstanding the foregoing provisions prohibiting such payment or distribution, the Trustee or any Holder shall have received any payment on account of the principal of or any premium or Interest on or Additional Amounts with respect to the Securities when such payment is prohibited by this Section 1702 and before all amounts payable on, under or in connection with Company Senior Indebtedness are paid in full in cash or cash equivalents, then and in such event (subject to the provisions of Section 1708) such payment or distribution shall be
received and held in trust for the holders of Company Senior Indebtedness and, at the written direction of the trustee, representative or agent for the holders of the Company Senior Indebtedness, shall be paid to the holders of the Company Senior Indebtedness remaining unpaid to the extent necessary to pay such Company Senior Indebtedness in full in cash or cash equivalents.
Upon any payment or distribution of assets or securities referred to in this Article Seventeen, the Trustee and the Holders shall be entitled to rely upon any order or decree of a court of competent jurisdiction in which such dissolution, winding up, liquidation or reorganization proceedings are pending or upon a certificate of the receiver, trustee in bankruptcy, liquidating trustee, agent or other Person making any such payment or distribution, delivered to the Trustee or to the Holders for the purpose of ascertaining the Persons entitled to participate in such distribution, the holders of Company Senior Indebtedness and other Indebtedness of the Company, the amount thereof or payable thereon, the amount or amounts paid or distributed thereon and all other facts pertinent thereto or to this Article Seventeen.
Section 1703. Payments Which May Be Made Prior to Notice.
Nothing in this Article Seventeen or elsewhere in this Indenture shall prevent (1) the Company, except under the conditions described in Section 1702, from making payments of principal of or any premium or Interest on or Additional Amounts with respect to the Securities or from depositing with the Trustee any monies for such payments, or (2) the application by the Trustee of any monies deposited with it for the purpose of making such payments of principal of or any premium or Interest on or Additional Amounts with respect to the Securities, to the Holders entitled thereto, unless at least two Business Days prior to the date when such payment would otherwise (except for the prohibitions contained in Section 1702) become due and payable, the Trustee shall have received the written notice provided for in Section 1702(2)(a) or (b).
Section 1704. Rights of Holders of Senior Indebtedness Not to Be Impaired.
No right of any present or future holder of any Company Senior Indebtedness to enforce subordination as herein provided shall at any time or in any way be prejudiced or impaired by any act or failure to act in good faith by any such holder, or by any noncompliance by the Company with the terms and provisions and covenants herein regardless of any knowledge thereof any such holder may have or otherwise be charged with.
The provisions of this Article Seventeen are intended to be
for the benefit of, and shall be enforceable directly by, the holders of Company
Senior Indebtedness. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Article
Seventeen, to the extent any Holders or the Trustee have paid over or delivered
to any holder of Company Senior Indebtedness any payment or distribution
received on account of the principal of or any premium or Interest on or
Additional Amounts with respect to the Securities to which any other holder of
Company Senior Indebtedness shall be entitled to share in accordance with
Section 1702, no holder of Company Senior Indebtedness shall have a claim or
right against any Holders or the Trustee with respect to any such payment or
distribution or as a result of the failure to make payments or distributions to
such other holder of Company Senior Indebtedness.
Section 1705. Trustee May Take Action to Effectuate Subordination.
Each Holder of a Security, by his acceptance thereof, authorizes and directs the Trustee on his behalf to take such action as may be required by the trustee, representative or agent for holders of Company Senior Indebtedness or by the Company to effectuate, as between the holders of Company Senior Indebtedness and the Holders, the subordination as provided in this Article Seventeen and appoints the Trustee his attorney-in-fact for any and all such purposes.
Section 1706. Subrogation.
Upon the payment in full, in cash or cash equivalents, of all Company Senior Indebtedness, any Holder shall be subrogated to the rights of the holders of such Company Senior Indebtedness to receive payments or distributions of assets of the Company in respect of such Company Senior Indebtedness until the Securities shall be paid in full; and for the purposes of such subrogation, no payments or distributions to holders of such Company Senior Indebtedness of any cash property or securities to which such Holders of the Securities would be entitled except for this Article Seventeen, and no payment pursuant to this Article Seventeen to holders of such Company Senior Indebtedness by such Holders of the Securities, shall, as between the Company, its creditors other than holders of such Company Senior Indebtedness and such Holders of the Securities, be deemed to be a payment by the Company to or on account of such Company Senior Indebtedness, it being understood that the provisions of this Article Seventeen are solely for the purpose of defining the relative rights of the holders of such Company Senior Indebtedness, on the one hand, and such Holders of the Securities, on the other hand.
If any payment or distribution to which Holders of Securities would otherwise have been entitled but for the provisions of this Article Seventeen shall have been applied, pursuant to this Article Seventeen, to the payment of all Company Senior Indebtedness, then and in such case such Holders of the Securities shall be entitled to receive from the holders of such Company Senior Indebtedness at the time outstanding any payments or distributions received by such holders of Company Senior Indebtedness in excess of the amount sufficient to pay, in cash or cash equivalents, all such Company Senior Indebtedness in full.
Section 1707. Obligations of Company Unconditional; Reinstatement.
Nothing in this Article Seventeen or elsewhere in this Indenture or in any Security is intended to or shall impair, as among the Company, its creditors other than holders of Company Senior Indebtedness and Holders of the Securities, the obligations of the Company, which are absolute and unconditional, to pay to such Holders the principal of and any premium and Interest on and Additional Amounts with respect to the Securities as and when the same shall become due and payable in accordance with their terms, or is intended to or shall affect the relative rights of such Holders of the Securities and creditors of the Company other than the holders of the Company Senior Indebtedness, nor shall anything herein or therein prevent the Trustee or any Holder of Securities or holder of Preferred Securities, as applicable, from exercising all remedies otherwise permitted by applicable law under this Indenture, subject to the rights, if any, under this Article Seventeen of the holders of such Company Senior Indebtedness in respect of cash, property or securities of the Company received upon the exercise of any such remedy.
The failure to make a scheduled payment of principal of or any premium or Interest on or Additional Amounts with respect to the Securities by reason of Section 1702 shall not be construed as preventing the occurrence of a Default or an Event of Default under Section 501; provided, however, that if (1) the conditions preventing the making of such payment no longer exist, and (2) such Holders of the Securities are made whole with respect to such omitted payments, the Default or Event of Default relating thereto (including any failure to pay any accelerated amounts) shall be automatically waived, and the provisions of the Indenture shall be reinstated as if no such Event of Default had occurred.
Section 1708. Trustee Entitled to Assume Payments Not Prohibited in Absence of Notice.
The Trustee or Paying Agent shall not be charged with the knowledge of the existence of any default in the payment of all or a portion of any Company Senior Indebtedness or any other default affecting Company Senior Indebtedness as a result of which the maturity of the Company Senior Indebtedness has been accelerated, unless and until the Trustee or Paying Agent shall have received written notice thereof from the Company or one or more holders of Company Senior Indebtedness or from any trustee, representative or agent therefor; and, prior to the receipt of any such written notice, the Trustee or Paying Agent may conclusively assume that no such facts exist.
Unless at least two Business Days prior to the date when by the terms of this Indenture any monies are to be deposited by the Company with the Trustee or any Paying Agent for any purpose (including, without limitation, the payment of the principal of or any premium or Interest on or Additional Amounts with respect to any Security), the Trustee or Paying Agent shall have received with respect to such monies the notice provided for in Section 1702, the Trustee or Paying Agent shall have full power and authority to receive and apply such monies to the purpose for which they were received. Neither of them shall be affected by any notice to the contrary, which may be received by either on or after such second Business Day. The foregoing shall not apply to the Paying Agent if the Company is acting as Paying Agent. Nothing in this Section 1708 shall limit the right of the holders of Company Senior Indebtedness to recover payments as contemplated by Section 1702. The Trustee or Paying Agent shall be entitled to rely on the delivery to it of a written notice by a Person representing himself or itself to be a holder of such Company Senior Indebtedness (or a trustee, representative or agent on behalf of such holder) to establish that such notice has been given by a holder of such Company Senior Indebtedness or a trustee, representative or agent on behalf of any such holder. The Trustee shall not be deemed to have any fiduciary duty to the holders (and shall be fully protected in relying upon such notice) of Company Senior Indebtedness.
Section 1709. Right of Trustee to Hold Senior Indebtedness.
The Trustee and any Paying Agent shall be entitled to all of the rights set forth in this Article Seventeen in respect of any Company Senior Indebtedness at any time held by them, to the same extent as any other holder of such Company Senior Indebtedness, and nothing in this Indenture shall be construed to deprive the Trustee or any Paying Agent of any of its rights as such holder.
Section 1710. Notice to Trustee.
The Company shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee or
Paying Agent of any fact known to the Company which would prohibit the making of
any payment to or by the Trustee in respect of the Securities. Failure to give
such notice shall not affect the subordination of the Securities to Company
Senior Indebtedness. Notwithstanding the provisions of this or any other
provision of this Indenture, the Trustee or Paying Agent shall not be charged
with knowledge of the existence of any facts which would prohibit the making of
any payment to or by the Trustee or Paying Agent in respect of the Securities
pursuant to this Article Seventeen, unless and until the Trustee or Paying Agent
shall have received written notice from the Company or a holder of Company
Senior Indebtedness or from any trustee or agent therefor; and, prior to the
receipt of any such written notice, the Trustee, subject to the provisions of
Section 601, or Paying Agent shall be entitled in all respects to assume that no
such facts exist; provided, however, that if a Responsible Officer of the
Trustee or Paying Agent shall not have received, at least three Business Days
prior to the date upon which by the terms hereof any such money may become
payable for any purpose (including, without limitation, the payment of the
principal of or any premium or Interest on or Additional Amounts with respect to
any Security, the notice with respect to such money provided for in this Section
1710, then, anything herein contained to the contrary notwithstanding, the
Trustee or Paying Agent shall have full power and authority to receive such
money and to apply the same to the purpose for which such money was received and
shall not be affected by any notice to the contrary which may be received by it
within three Business Days prior to such date.
The Trustee, subject to the provisions of Section 601, or Paying Agent shall be entitled to conclusively rely on the delivery to it of a written notice by a Person representing himself or itself to be a holder of Company Senior Indebtedness (or a trustee or agent on behalf of such holder) to establish that such notice has been given by a holder of Company Senior Indebtedness (or a trustee or agent on behalf of any such holder). In the event that the Trustee or Paying Agent determines in good faith that further evidence is required with respect to the right of any Person as a holder of Company Senior Indebtedness to participate in any payment or distribution pursuant to this Article Seventeen, the Trustee or Paying Agent may request such Person to furnish evidence to the reasonable satisfaction of the Trustee or Paying Agent as to the amount of Company Senior Indebtedness held by such Person, the extent to which such Person is entitled to participate in such payment or distribution and any other facts pertinent to the rights of such Person under this Article Seventeen, and if such evidence is not furnished, the Trustee or Paying Agent may defer any payment which it may be required to make for the benefit of such Person pursuant to the terms of this Indenture pending judicial determination as to the rights of such Person to receive such payment.
Section 1711. Reliance on Judicial Order or Certificate of Liquidating Agent.
Upon any payment or distribution of assets of the Company
referred to in this Article Seventeen, the Trustee, subject to the provisions of
Section 601, and the Holders of the Securities shall be entitled to rely upon
any order or decree entered by any court of competent jurisdiction in which such
insolvency, bankruptcy, receivership, liquidation, reorganization, dissolution,
winding up or similar case or proceeding is pending, or a certificate of the
trustee in bankruptcy, liquidating trustee, Custodian, receiver, assignee for
the benefit of creditors, agent or
other Person making such payment or distribution, delivered to the Trustee or to the Holders of Securities, for the purpose of ascertaining the Persons entitled to participate in such payment or distribution, the holders of Company Senior Indebtedness and other indebtedness of the Company, the amount thereof or payable thereon, the amount or amounts paid or distributed thereon and all other facts pertinent thereto or to this Article Seventeen.
Section 1712. Trustee Not Fiduciary for Holders of Company Senior Indebtedness.
The Trustee shall not be deemed to owe any fiduciary duty to the holders of Company Senior Indebtedness and shall not be liable to any such holders if the Trustee shall in good faith mistakenly pay over or distribute to Holders of Securities or to the Company or to any other Person cash, property or securities to which any holders of Company Senior Indebtedness shall be entitled by virtue of this Article or otherwise. With respect to the holders of Company Senior Indebtedness, the Trustee undertakes to perform or to observe only such of its covenants or obligations as are specifically set forth in this Article and no implied covenants or obligations with respect to holders of Company Senior Indebtedness shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee.
Nothing in this Article shall apply to claims of or payments to, the Trustee under or pursuant to Section 606.
ARTICLE EIGHTEEN
SUBORDINATION OF GUARANTEE
Section 1801. Guarantee Subordinated to Guarantor Senior Indebtedness
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 506 or any other provision herein or in any Security, the Guarantor and the Trustee and, by their acceptance thereof, the Holders of the Securities (a) covenant and agree that all payments by the Guarantor pursuant to the Guarantee of the principal of and any premium or Interest on and any Additional Amounts with respect to the Securities (other than Securities which have been discharged pursuant to Article Four or Securities that provide for a sinking fund pursuant to the Board Resolution, Officers' Certificate or supplemental indenture establishing the series as to which such sinking fund is applicable) shall be subordinated in accordance with the provisions of this Article Eighteen in right of payment to the prior payment in full, in cash or cash equivalents, of all amounts payable on, under or in connection with Guarantor Senior Indebtedness, and (b) acknowledge that holders of Guarantor Senior Indebtedness are or shall be relying on this Article Eighteen. Nothing herein or in any Security is intended to or shall limit the amount of Guarantor Indebtedness the Guarantor may incur.
Section 1802. Priority and Payment of Proceeds in Certain Events: Remedies Standstill
(1) Upon any payment or distribution of assets or securities of the Guarantor, as the case may be, of any kind or character, whether in cash, property or securities, upon any dissolution
or winding up or total or partial liquidation or reorganization of the Guarantor, whether voluntary or involuntary, or in bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other proceedings, all amounts payable on, under or in connection with Guarantor Senior Indebtedness (including any Interest accruing on such Guarantor Senior Indebtedness subsequent to the commencement of a bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar proceeding) shall first be paid, ratably according to the aggregate amounts remaining unpaid on account of the principal of any premium and Interest on the Guarantor Senior Indebtedness held or represented by each, to the extent necessary to make payment in full of all Guarantor Senior Indebtedness remaining unpaid, in cash, or payment provided for in cash or cash equivalents, ratably according to the aggregate amounts remaining unpaid on account of the principal of and any premium and Interest on the Guarantor Senior Indebtedness held or represented by each, to the extent necessary to make payment in full of all Guarantor Senior Indebtedness remaining unpaid, before the Holders or the Trustee on behalf of the Holders or the holders of Preferred Securities, if any, shall be entitled to receive from the Guarantor pursuant to the Guarantee any payment of principal of or any premium or Interest on or Additional Amounts with respect to the Securities or distribution of any assets or securities.
(2) No direct or indirect payment by or on behalf of the Guarantor pursuant to the Guarantee of principal of or any premium or Interest on or Additional Amounts with respect to the Securities (other than Securities which have been discharged pursuant to Article Four or Securities that provide for a sinking fund), whether pursuant to the terms of this Securities or upon acceleration or otherwise, shall be made if, at the time of such payment, there exists (a) a default in the payment of all or any portion of any Guarantor Senior Indebtedness and the Trustee has received written notice thereof from the Guarantor, from holders of Guarantor Senior Indebtedness or from any trustee, representative or agent therefor, or (b) any other default affecting Guarantor Senior Indebtedness as a result of which the maturity of Guarantor Senior Indebtedness has been accelerated and the Trustee has received written notice from the Guarantor, from holders of Guarantor Senior Indebtedness or form any trustee, representative or agent therefor, and such default shall not have been cured or waived by or on behalf of the holders of such Guarantor Senior Indebtedness.
(3) If, notwithstanding the foregoing provisions prohibiting such
payment or distribution, the Trustee or any Holder shall have received any
payment pursuant to the Guarantee on account of the principal or any premium or
Interest on or Additional Amounts with respect to the Securities when such
payment is prohibited by this Section 1802 and before all amounts payable on,
under or in connection with Guarantor Senior Indebtedness are paid in full in
cash or cash equivalents, then and in such event (subject to the provisions of
Section 1808) such payment or distribution shall be received and held in trust
for the holders of Guarantor Senior Indebtedness and, at the written direction
of the trustee, representative or agent for the holders of the Guarantor Senior
Indebtedness, shall be paid to the holders of the Guarantor Senior Indebtedness
remaining unpaid to the extent necessary to pay such Guarantor Senior
Indebtedness in full in cash or cash equivalents.
Upon any payment or distribution of assets or securities referred to in this Article Eighteen, the Trustee and the Holders shall be entitled to rely upon any order or decree of a court of competent jurisdiction in which such dissolution, winding up, liquidation or reorganization proceedings are pending or upon a certificate of the receiver, trustee in bankruptcy, liquidating trustee, agent or other Person making any such payment or distribution, delivered to the Trustee or
to the Holders for the purpose of ascertaining the Persons entitled to participate in such distribution, the holders of Guarantor Senior Indebtedness and other Indebtedness of the Guarantor, the amount thereof or payable thereon, the amount or amounts paid or distributed thereon and all other facts pertinent thereto or to this Article Eighteen.
Section 1803. Payments which May Be Made Prior to Notice
Nothing in the Article Eighteen or elsewhere in this Indenture shall prevent (1) the Guarantor, except under the conditions described in Section 1802, from making payments of principal of or any premium or Interest on or Additional Amounts pursuant to the Guarantee with respect to the Securities or from depositing with the Trustee any monies for such payments, or (2) the application by the Trustee of any monies deposited with it for the purpose of making such payments of principal of or any premium or Interest on or Additional Amounts with respect to the Securities, to the Holders entitled thereto, unless at least two Business Days prior to the date when such payment would otherwise (except for the prohibitions contained in Section 1802) become due and payable, the Trustee shall have received the written notice provided for in Section 1802(2)(a) or (b).
Section 1804. Rights of Holders of Guarantor Senior Indebtedness Not to Be Impaired
No right of any present or future holder of any Guarantor Senior Indebtedness to enforce subordination as herein provided shall at any time or in any way be prejudiced or impaired by any act or failure to act in good faith by any such holder, or by any noncompliance by the Guarantor with the terms and provisions and covenants herein regardless of any knowledge thereof any such holder may have or otherwise be charged with.
The provisions of this Article Eighteen are intended to be for the
benefit of, and shall be enforceable directly by, the holders of Guarantor
Senior Indebtedness. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Article
Eighteen, to the extent any Holders or the Trustee have paid over or delivered
to any holder of Guarantor Senior Indebtedness any payment or distribution
received on account of the principal of or any premium or Interest on or
Additional Amounts with respect to the Securities to which any other holder of
Guarantor Senior Indebtedness shall be entitled to share in accordance with
Section 1802, no holder of Guarantor Senior Indebtedness shall have a claim or
right against any Holders or the Trustee with respect to any such payment or
distribution or as a result of the failure to make payments or distributions to
such other holder of Guarantor Senior Indebtedness.
Section 1805. Trustee May Take Action to Effectuate Subordination.
Each Holder of a Security, by his acceptance thereof, authorized and directs the Trustee on his behalf to take such action as may be required by the trustee, representative or agent for holders of Guarantor Senior Indebtedness or by the Guarantor to effectuate, as between the holders of Guarantor Senior Indebtedness and the Holders, the subordination as provided in this Article Eighteen and appoints the Trustee his attorney-in-fact for any and all such purposes.
Section 1806. Subrogation.
Upon the payment in full, in cash or cash equivalents, of all Guarantor Senior Indebtedness, any Holder shall be subrogated to the rights of the holders of such Guarantor Senior Indebtedness to receive payments or distributions of assets of the Guarantor in respect of such Guarantor Senior Indebtedness until the Securities shall be paid in full; and for the purposes of such subrogation, no payments or distributions to holders of such Guarantor Senior Indebtedness of any cash property or securities to which such Holders of the Securities would be entitled except for this Article Eighteen, and not payment pursuant to this Article Eighteen to the holders of such Guarantor Senior Indebtedness by such Holders of the Securities, shall, as between the Guarantor, its creditors other than holders of such Guarantor Senior Indebtedness and such Holders of the Securities, be deemed to be a payment by the Guarantor to or on account of such Guarantor Senior Indebtedness, it being understood that the provisions of this Article Eighteen are solely for the purpose of defining the relative rights of the holders of such Guarantor Senior Indebtedness, on the one hand, and such Holders of the Securities, on the other hand.
If any payment or distribution to this Holders of Securities would otherwise have been entitled but for the provisions of this Article Eighteen shall have been applied, pursuant to this Article Eighteen, to the payment of all Guarantor Senior Indebtedness, then and in such case such Holders of the Securities shall be entitled to receive from the holders of such Guarantor Senior Indebtedness at the time outstanding any payments or distributions received by such holders of Guarantor Senior Indebtedness in excess of the amount sufficient to pay, in cash or cash equivalents, all such Guarantor Senior Indebtedness in full.
Section 1807. Obligations of Guarantor Unconditional; Reinstatement.
Nothing in this Article Eighteen or elsewhere in this Indenture or in any Security is intended to or shall impair as among the Guarantor, its creditors other than holders of Guarantor Senior Indebtedness of the Securities, the obligations of the Guarantor, which are absolute and unconditional, to pay to such Holders pursuant to the Guarantee the principal of and any premium and Interest on and Additional Amounts with respect to the Securities as and when the same shall become due and payable in accordance with their terms, or is intended to or shall affect the relative rights of such Holders of the Securities and creditors of the Guarantor other than the holders of the Guarantor Senior Indebtedness, nor shall anything herein or therein prevent the Trustee or any Holder of Securities or holder of Preferred Securities, as applicable, from exercising all remedies otherwise permitted by applicable law under this Indenture, subject to the rights, if any, under this Article Eighteen of the holders of such Guarantor Senior Indebtedness in respect of cash, property or securities of the Guarantor received upon the exercise of any such remedy.
The failure to make a scheduled payment pursuant to the Guarantee of principal of or any premium or Interest on or Additional Amounts with respect to the Securities by reason of Section 1802 shall not be construed as preventing the occurrence of a Default or an Event of Default under Section 501; provided, however, that if (1) the conditions preventing the making of such payment no longer exist, and (2) such Holders of the Securities are made whole with respect to such omitted payments, the Default or Event of Default relating thereto (including any failure to pay any
accelerated amounts) shall be automatically waived, and the provisions of the Indenture shall be reinstated as if no such Event of Default had occurred.
Section 1808. Trustee Entitled to Assume Payments Not Prohibited in Absence of Notice.
The Trustee or Paying Agent shall not be charged with the knowledge of the existence of any default in the payment of all or a portion of Guarantor Senior Indebtedness or any other default affecting Guarantor Senior Indebtedness as a result of which the maturity of the Guarantor Senior Indebtedness has been accelerated, unless and until the Trustee or Paying Agent shall have received written notice thereof from the Guarantor or one or more holders of Guarantor Senior Indebtedness or from any trustee, representative or agent therefor; and, prior to the receipt of any such written notice, the Trustee or Paying Agent may conclusively assume that no such facts exist.
Unless at least two Business Days prior to the date when by the terms
of this Indenture any monies are to be deposited by the Guarantor with the
Trustee or any Paying Agent for any purpose (including, without limitation, the
payment pursuant to the Guarantee of the principal of or any premium or Interest
on or Additional Amounts with respect to any Security), the Trustee or Paying
Agent shall have received with respect to such monies the notice provided for in
Section 1802, the Trustee or Paying Agent shall have full power and authority to
receive and apply such monies to the purpose for which they were received.
Neither of them shall be affected by any notice to the contrary, which may be
received by either on or after such second Business Day. The foregoing shall not
apply to the Paying Agent if the Guarantor is acting as Paying Agent. Nothing in
this Section 1808 shall limit the right of the holders of Guarantor Senior
Indebtedness to recover payments as contemplated by Section 1802. The Trustee or
Paying Agent shall be entitled to rely on the delivery to it of a written notice
by a Person representing himself or itself to be a holder of such Guarantor
Senior Indebtedness (or a trustee, representative or agent on behalf of such
holder) to establish that such notice has been given by a holder of such
Guarantor Senior Indebtedness or a trustee, representative or agent on behalf of
any such holder. The Trustee shall not be deemed to have any fiduciary duty to
the holders (and shall be fully protected in relying upon such notice) of
Guarantor Senior Indebtedness.
Section 1809. Right of Trustee to Hold Guarantor Senior Indebtedness.
The Trustee and any Paying Agent shall be entitled to all of the rights set forth in this Article Eighteen in respect of any Guarantor Senior Indebtedness at any time held by them, to the same extent as any other holder of such Guarantor Senior Indebtedness, and nothing in this Indenture shall be construed to deprive the Trustee or any Paying Agent of any of its rights as such holder.
Section 1810. Notice to Trustee.
The Guarantor shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee or Paying Agent of any fact known to the Guarantor which would prohibit the making of any payment to or by the Trustee in respect of the Securities. Failure to give such notice shall not affect the subordination of the Guarantee to Guarantor Senior Indebtedness. Notwithstanding the provisions of this or any other
provision of this Indenture, the Trustee or Paying Agent shall not be charged
with knowledge of the existence of any facts which would prohibit the making of
any payment to or by the Trustee or Paying Agent in respect to the Securities
pursuant to this Article Eighteen, unless and until the Trustee or Paying Agent
shall have received written notice from the Guarantor or a holder of Guarantor
Senior Indebtedness or from any trustee or agent therefor; and prior to the
receipt of any such written notice, the Trustee, subject to the provisions of
Section 601, or Paying Agent shall be entitled in all respect to assume that no
such facts exist; provided, however, that if a Responsible Officer of the
Trustee or Paying Agent shall not have received, at least three Business Days
prior to the date upon which by the terms hereof any such money may become
payable for any purpose (including, without limitation, the payment pursuant to
the Guarantee of the principal of or any premium or Interest on or Additional
Amounts with respect to any Security, the notice with respect to such money
provided for in this Section 1810, then, anything herein contained to the
contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee or Paying Agent shall have full power and
authority to receive such money and to apply the same to the purpose for which
such money was received and shall not be affected by any notice to the contrary
which may be received by it within three Business Days prior to such date.
The Trustee, subject to the provisions of Section 601, or Paying Agent shall be entitled to conclusively rely on the delivery to it of a written notice by a Person representing himself or itself to be a holder of Guarantor Senior Indebtedness (or a trustee or agent on behalf of such holder) to establish that such notice has been given by a holder of Guarantor Senior Indebtedness (or a trustee or agent on behalf of any such holder). In the event that the Trustee or Paying Agent determines in good faith that further evidence is required with respect to the right of any Person as a holder of Guarantor Senior Indebtedness to participate in any payment or distribution pursuant to this Article Eighteen, the Trustee or Paying Agent may request such Person to furnish evidence to the reasonable satisfaction of the Trustee or Paying Agent as to the amount of Guarantor Senior Indebtedness held by such Person, the extent to which such Person is entitled to participate in such payment or distribution and any other facts pertinent to the rights of such Person under this Article Eighteen, and if such evidence is not furnished, the Trustee or paying Agent may defer any payment which it may be required to make for the benefit of such Person pursuant to the terms of this Indenture pending judicial determination as to the rights of such Person to receive such payment.
Section 1811. Reliance on Judicial Order or Certificate of Liquidating Agent.
Upon any payment or distribution of assets of the Guarantor referred to in this Article Eighteen, the Trustee subject to the provisions of Section 601, and the Holders of the Securities shall be entitled to rely upon any order or decree entered by any court of competent jurisdiction in which such insolvency, bankruptcy, receivership, liquidation, reorganization, dissolution, winding up or similar case or proceeding is pending, or a certificate of the trustee in bankruptcy, liquidating trustee, Custodian, receiver, assignee for the benefit of creditors, agent or other Person making such payment or distribution, delivered to the Trustee or to the Holders of Securities, for the purpose of ascertaining the Persons entitled to participate in such payment or distribution, the holders of Guarantor Senior Indebtedness and other indebtedness of the Guarantor, the amount thereof or payable thereon, the amount or amounts paid or distributed thereon and all other facts pertinent thereto or to this Article Eighteen.
Section 1812. Trustee Not Fiduciary for Holders of Guarantor Senior Indebtedness.
The Trustee shall not be deemed to owe any fiduciary duty to the holders of Guarantor Senior Indebtedness and shall not be liable to any such holders if the Trustee shall in good faith mistakenly pay over or distribute to Holders of Securities or to the Guarantor or to any other Person cash, property or securities to which any holders of Guarantor Senior Indebtedness shall be entitled by virtue of this Article or otherwise. With respect to the holders of Guarantor Senior Indebtedness, the Trustee undertakes to perform or to observe only such of its covenants or obligations as are specifically set forth in this Article and no implied covenants or obligations with respect to holders of Guarantor Senior Indebtedness shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee.
Nothing in this Article shall apply to claims of or payments to, the Trustee pursuant to Section 606.
ARTICLE NINETEEN
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 1901. Submission to Jurisdiction.
The Company hereby acknowledges and agrees for the benefit of the Trustee and the Holders of Securities and Coupons that any judicial proceedings instituted in relation to any matter arising out of this Indenture, the Securities or the Coupons may be brought in any court having subject matter jurisdiction in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, New York (including, without limitation, federal courts located in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, New York), and, by execution and delivery of this Indenture, the Company hereby irrevocably accepts generally and unconditionally, the jurisdiction of the aforesaid courts, acknowledges their competence and irrevocably agrees to be bound by any judgment rendered in any such proceeding. The Company also irrevocably and unconditionally waives for the benefit of the Trustee and the Holders of Securities and Coupons any immunity from jurisdiction and any immunity from legal process (whether through service or notice, attachment prior to judgment, attachment in aid of execution, execution or otherwise) in respect of this Indenture. The Company hereby irrevocably designates and appoints for the benefit of the Trustee and the Holders of Securities, Guarantees and Coupons for the term of this Indenture CT Corporation, 111 8th Avenue, New York, New York 10011 as its agent to receive on its behalf service of all process (with a copy of all such service of process to be delivered to CT Corporation, 111 8th Avenue, New York, New York 10011) brought against it with respect to any such proceeding in any such court in the City of New York, such service being hereby acknowledged by the Company to be effective and binding service on it in every respect whether or not the Company shall then be doing or shall have at any time done business in New York. Such appointment shall be irrevocable so long as any of the Securities or Coupons or the obligations of the Company hereunder remain outstanding until the appointment of a successor by the Company and such successor's acceptance of such appointment. Upon such acceptance, the Company shall notify the Trustee of the name and address of such successor. The Company further agrees for the benefit of the Trustee and the
Holders of the Securities and the Coupons to take any and all action, including the execution and filing of any and all such documents and instruments, as may be necessary to continue such designation and appointment of said CT Corporation in full force and effect so long as any of the Securities or Coupons or the obligations of the Company hereunder shall be outstanding. The Trustee shall not be obligated and shall have no responsibility with respect to any failure by the Company to take such action. Nothing herein shall affect the right to serve process in any other manner permitted by any law or limit the right of the Trustee or any Holder to institute proceedings against the Company in the courts of any other jurisdiction or jurisdictions.
Section 1902. Stamp Duty.
The Company and the Guarantor, jointly and severally, agree to pay or reimburse any Holder of Securities or Coupons for stamp duty or similar governmental charges imposed upon this Indenture, any Securities or any Coupons.
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This instrument may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to be duly executed, and their respective corporate seals to be hereunto affixed, all as of the day and year first above written.
[SEAL] APACHE FINANCE CANADA II CORPORATION
By:
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Name:
Title:
Attest:
By:
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Name:
Title:
[SEAL] APACHE CORPORATION
Attest:
By: By:
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Name: Name:
Title: Title:
[SEAL] JPMORGAN CHASE BANK,
as Trustee
Attest:
By: By:
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Title: Title:
STATE OF TEXAS
: SS.:
COUNTY OF HARRIS
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On the ___ day of __________, before me personally came ________, to me known, who, being by me duly sworn, did depose and say that he is the Vice President and Treasurer of APACHE CORPORATION, a State of Delaware corporation, one of the persons described in and who executed the foregoing instrument; that he knows the seal of said Corporation; that the seal affixed to said instrument is such Corporation's 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.
[NOTARIAL SEAL]
STATE OF TEXAS
: SS.:
COUNTY OF HARRIS
On the ___ day of __________, before me personally came ____________, to me known, who, being by me duly sworn, did depose and say that he is a _____ of APACHE FINANCE CANADA II CORPORATION, an unlimited liability company organized under the laws of the Province of Nova Scotia, Canada, one of the persons described in and who executed the foregoing instrument; that he knows the seal of said Corporation; that the seal affixed to said instrument is such Corporation's 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.
[NOTARIAL SEAL]
STATE OF NEW YORK
: SS.:
COUNTY OF NEW YORK
On the ___ day of __________, before me personally came _________, to me known, who, being by me duly sworn, did depose and say that he is a _______ of JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, a banking corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of New York, one of the persons described in and who executed the foregoing instrument; that he knows the seal of said Corporation; that the seal affixed to said instrument is such Corporation's 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.
[NOTARIAL SEAL]
412774.7
EXHIBIT 4.15
FORM OF
PREFERRED SECURITIES GUARANTEE AGREEMENT
APACHE TRUST [I/II]
Dated as of ______________
CROSS REFERENCE TABLE(1)
Section of Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended Section of Agreement 310(a) .................................................................. 4.1(a) 310(b) ..................................................................... 2.8 310(c) .............................................................Inapplicable 311(a) ..................................................................... 2.2 311(b) ..................................................................... 2.2 311(c) .............................................................Inapplicable 312(a) ..................................................................... 2.2 312(b) ..................................................................... 2.2 312(c) .............................................................Inapplicable 313(a) ..................................................................... 2.3 313(b) ..................................................................... 2.3 313(c) ..................................................................... 2.3 313(d) ..................................................................... 2.3 314(a) ..................................................................... 2.4 314(b) .............................................................Inapplicable 314(c) ......................................................................2.5 314(d) .............................................................Inapplicable 314(e) ..................................................................... 2.5 314(f) .............................................................Inapplicable 315(a) .......................................................... 3.1(d); 3.2(a) 315(b) ..................................................................... 2.7 315(c) .................................................................. 3.1(c) 315(d) .................................................................. 3.1(d) 316(a) ............................................................. 2.6; 5.4(a) 317(a) .................................................................. 3.1(b) 318(a) .................................................................. 2.1(b) |
(1) This Cross-Reference Table does not constitute part of the Agreement and shall not have any bearing upon the interpretation of any of its terms or provisions.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATIONS
Section 1.1 Definitions and Interpretations...................................1
ARTICLE II
TRUST INDENTURE ACT
Section 2.1 Trust Indenture Act: Application..................................4
Section 2.2 List of Holders of Securities.....................................5
Section 2.3 Reports by the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee.............5
Section 2.4 Periodic Reports to Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee........5
Section 2.5 Evidence of Compliance with Conditions Precedent..................6
Section 2.6 Events of Default; Waiver.........................................6
Section 2.7 Event of Default; Notice..........................................6
Section 2.8 Conflicting Interests.............................................7
ARTICLE III
POWERS, DUTIES AND RIGHTS OF PREFERRED
SECURITIES GUARANTEE TRUSTEE
Section 3.1 Powers and Duties of the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee...7
Section 3.2 Certain Rights of Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee..........9
Section 3.3 Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Guarantee............11
ARTICLE IV
PREFERRED SECURITIES GUARANTEE TRUSTEE
Section 4.1 Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee; Eligibility..............11
Section 4.2 Appointment, Removal and Resignation of Preferred Securities
Guarantee Trustees...............................................11
ARTICLE V
GUARANTEE
Section 5.1 Guarantee........................................................12
Section 5.2 Waiver of Notice and Demand......................................13
Section 5.3 Obligations Not Affected.........................................13
Section 5.4 Rights of Holders................................................14
Section 5.5 Guarantee of Payment.............................................14
Section 5.6 Subrogation......................................................14
Section 5.7 Independent Obligations..........................................15
ARTICLE VI
LIMITATION OF TRANSACTIONS; RANKING
Section 6.1 Limitation of Transactions.......................................15
Section 6.2 Ranking..........................................................16
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ARTICLE VII
TERMINATION
Section 7.1 Termination......................................................16
ARTICLE VIII
INDEMNIFICATION
Section 8.1 Exculpation......................................................16
Section 8.2 Indemnification..................................................16
Section 8.3 Compensation.....................................................17
ARTICLE IX
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 9.1 Successors and Assigns...........................................17
Section 9.2 Amendments.......................................................18
Section 9.3 Notices..........................................................18
Section 9.4 Benefit..........................................................18
Section 9.5 Governing Law....................................................19
Section 9.6 Counterparts.....................................................19
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PREFERRED SECURITIES GUARANTEE AGREEMENT
This GUARANTEE AGREEMENT (the "Preferred Securities Guarantee"), dated as of ______________, is executed and delivered by Apache Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "Guarantor"), and ________________, as trustee (the "Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee"), for the benefit of the Holders (as defined herein) from time to time of the Preferred Securities (as defined herein) of Apache Trust [I/II], a Delaware statutory trust (the "Issuer").
WHEREAS, pursuant to an Amended and Restated Trust Agreement (the "Agreement"), dated as of ________________, among the trustees of the Issuer named therein, the Guarantor, as sponsor, and the holders from time to time of undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the Issuer, the Issuer is issuing on the date hereof up to _______________ preferred securities, liquidation amount $___ per preferred security, having an aggregate liquidation amount of $_____________ designated the __% preferred securities (the "Preferred Securities");
WHEREAS, as incentive for the Holders to purchase the Preferred Securities, the Guarantor desires irrevocably and unconditionally to agree, to the extent set forth in this Preferred Securities Guarantee, to pay to the Holders the Guarantee Payments (as defined herein) and to make certain other payments and fulfill certain other obligations on the terms and conditions set forth herein; and
WHEREAS, the Guarantor is concurrently herewith executing and delivering a guarantee agreement (the "Common Securities Guarantee") with substantially identical terms to this Preferred Securities Guarantee for the benefit of the holders of the Common Securities (as defined herein), except that if an Event of Default (as defined in the Agreement), has occurred and is continuing, the rights of holders of the Common Securities to receive Guarantee Payments under the Common Securities Guarantee are subordinated to the rights of Holders to receive Guarantee Payments under this Preferred Securities Guarantee.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the purchase by each Holder, which purchase the Guarantor hereby agrees shall benefit the Guarantor, the Guarantor executes and delivers this Guarantee for the benefit of the Holders.
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATIONS
Section 1.1 Definitions and Interpretations.
In this Preferred Securities Guarantee, unless the context otherwise requires or otherwise specifies:
(a) capitalized terms used in this Preferred Securities Guarantee but not defined in the preamble above have the respective meanings assigned to them in this Section 1.1;
(b) terms defined in the Agreement as at the date of execution of this Preferred Securities Guarantee have the same meaning when used in this Preferred Securities Guarantee unless otherwise defined in this Preferred Securities Guarantee;
(c) a term defined anywhere in this Preferred Securities Guarantee, including the recitals, has the same meaning throughout;
(d) all references to the "Preferred Securities Guarantee" or this "Preferred Securities Guarantee" are to this Preferred Securities Guarantee as modified, supplemented or amended from time to time;
(e) all references in this Preferred Securities Guarantee to an Article, Section or other subdivision are to an Article, Section or other subdivision of this Preferred Securities Guarantee;
(f) a term defined in the Trust Indenture Act has the same meaning when used in this Preferred Securities Guarantee, unless otherwise defined in this Preferred Securities Guarantee;
(g) a reference to the singular includes the plural and vice versa;
(h) the words "include," "includes" and "including" shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase "without limitation"; and
(i) the words "herein," "hereof" and "hereunder" and other words of similar import refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular Article or Section or other subdivision.
"Affiliate" has the same meaning given to that term in Rule 405 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any successor rule thereunder.
"Authorized Officer" of a Person means any Person that is authorized to bind such Person.
"Business Day" means any day other than Saturday, Sunday or any day on which banking institutions and trust companies in The City of New York are permitted or required by any applicable law or executive order to close.
"Common Securities" means the securities representing common undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the Issuer.
"Corporate Trust Office" means the office of the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee at which the corporate trust business of the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee shall, at any particular time, be principally administered, which office at the date of execution of this Guarantee is located at ___________________, __________________, New York, NY _____________, Attention: ___________________.
"Covered Person" means any Holder or beneficial owner of Preferred Securities.
"Debentures" means the series of debt securities of the Debenture Issuer (as defined in the Agreement) issued under the Indenture (as defined in the Agreement) held by the Property Trustee (as defined in the Agreement) on behalf of the Issuer.
"Direction" by a person means a written direction signed: (a) if the Person is a natural person, by that Person; or (b) in any other case in the name of such Person by one or more Authorized Officers of that Person.
"Event of Default" means a default by the Guarantor on any of its payment or other obligations under this Preferred Securities Guarantee.
["Guarantee of the Debentures" means the guarantee of the Debenture Guarantor (as defined in the Agreement) pursuant to the Indenture.]
"Guarantee Payments" means the following payments or distributions, without duplication, with respect to the Preferred Securities, to the extent not paid or made by the Issuer:
(i) any accumulated and unpaid Distributions (as defined in the Agreement) that are required to be paid on such Preferred Securities to the extent the Issuer shall have funds available therefor,
(ii) the redemption or repayment price, if any, specified in the Agreement, including all accumulated and unpaid distributions to the date of redemption or repayment (the "Redemption or Repayment Price") with respect to Preferred Securities called or submitted for redemption or repayment, to the extent the Issuer has funds available therefor, and
(iii) upon a voluntary or involuntary dissolution, winding-up
or termination of the Issuer (other than in connection with the
distribution of Debt Securities to the Holders in exchange for
Preferred Securities if so provided in the Agreement), the lesser of
(a) the aggregate of the liquidation amount and all accumulated and
unpaid Distributions on the Preferred Securities to the date of
payment, to the extent the Issuer shall have funds available therefor,
and (b) the amount of assets of the Issuer remaining available for
distribution to Holders in liquidation of the Issuer (in either case,
the "Liquidation Distribution").
"Holder" shall mean any holder, as registered on the books and records of the Issuer, of any Preferred Securities; provided, however, that, in determining whether the Holders of the requisite percentage of Preferred Securities have given any request, notice, consent or waiver hereunder, "Holder" shall not include the Guarantor or any Affiliate of the Guarantor.
"Indemnified Person" means the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee, including in its individual capacity, any Affiliate of the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee, or any officers, directors, shareholders, members, partners, employees, representatives, nominees, custodians or agents of the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee.
"Officers' Certificate" means, with respect to (a) the Guarantor, a certificate signed by the Chairman of the Board, a Vice Chairman, the President or a Vice President, and by the Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Guarantor and (b) any other Person, a certificate signed by any two Authorized Officers of such Person. Any Officers' Certificate delivered with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided
for in this Preferred Guarantee Agreement shall comply with Section 314 of the Trust Indenture Act and shall include:
(i) a statement that the individuals signing the Officers' Certificate have read the covenant or condition and the definitions relating thereto;
(ii) a brief statement of the nature and scope of the examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in such Officers' Certificate are based;
(iii) a statement that, in the opinion of each such individual, he or she has made such examination or investigation as, in such individual's opinion, is necessary to enable such individual to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with; and
(iv) a statement as to whether, in the opinion of such individuals, such condition or covenant has been complied with.
"Other Document" means any instrument or agreement constituting Trust Property, other than the Debentures, specified in the Agreement.
"Person" means a legal person, including any individual, corporation, estate, partnership, joint venture, association, joint stock company, limited liability company, trust, unincorporated association or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof, or any other entity of whatever nature.
"Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee" means _________________, until a Successor Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee has been appointed and has accepted such appointment pursuant to the terms of this Preferred Securities Guarantee and thereafter means each such Successor Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee.
"Responsible Officer" means, with respect to the Preferred Guarantee Trustee, any officer within the Corporate Trust Office of the Preferred Guarantee Trustee with direct responsibility for the Preferred Guarantee Trustee's obligations under this Preferred Guarantee Agreement and also means, with respect to a particular corporate trust matter, any other officer to whom such matter is referred because of that Officer's knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject.
"Successor Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee" means a successor Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee possessing the qualifications to act as Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee under Section 4.1.
"Trust Indenture Act" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended.
ARTICLE II
TRUST INDENTURE ACT
Section 2.1 Trust Indenture Act: Application.
(a) This Preferred Securities Guarantee is subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act that are required to be part of this Preferred Securities Guarantee and shall, to the extent applicable, be governed by such provisions; and
(b) If and to the extent that any provision of this Preferred Securities Guarantee limits, qualifies or conflicts with the duties imposed by Sections 310 to 317, inclusive, of the Trust Indenture Act, such imposed duties shall control.
Section 2.2 List of Holders of Securities.
In accordance with Section 312(a) of the Trust Indenture Act, the Guarantor shall provide to the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee:
(a) within 14 days after each of the dates as are determined for the Property Trustee pursuant to Section 2.2(a)(i) of the Agreement, a list, in such form as the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee may reasonably require, of the names and addresses of the Holders ("List of Holders") as of such date; provided that the Guarantor shall not be obligated to provide such List of Holders if the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee is the Registrar or at any time the List of Holders does not differ from the most recent List of Holders given to the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee by the Guarantor; and
(b) at any other time, within 30 days of receipt by the Guarantor of a written request by the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee for a List of Holders as of a date no more than 14 days before such List of Holders is given to the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee. The Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably practicable, all information contained in the List of Holders given to it or which it receives in its capacity as paying agent or registrar (if acting in such capacity), provided that the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee may destroy any List of Holders previously given to it on receipt of a new List of Holders.
The Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee shall comply with its obligations under Sections 311(a), 311(b) and 312(b) of the Trust Indenture Act.
Section 2.3 Reports by the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee. Within 60 days after May 15 of each year, commencing with the May 15 that first occurs following the issuance of the Preferred Securities, the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee shall provide to the Holders such reports as are required by Section 313 of the Trust Indenture Act, if any, in the form and in the manner provided by Section 313 of the Trust Indenture Act. The Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee shall also comply with the requirements of Section 313(d) of the Trust Indenture Act.
Section 2.4 Periodic Reports to Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee. The Guarantor shall provide to the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee such documents, reports and information as required by Section 314 (if any) and the compliance certificate required by Section 314 of the Trust Indenture Act in the form, in the manner and at the times required by Section 314 of the Trust Indenture Act.
Section 2.5 Evidence of Compliance with Conditions Precedent. The Guarantor shall provide to the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee such evidence of compliance with any conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Preferred Securities Guarantee that relate to any of the matters set forth in Section 314(c) of the Trust Indenture Act. Any certificate or opinion required to be given by an officer pursuant to Section 314(c)(1) may be given in the form of an Officers' Certificate.
Section 2.6 Events of Default; Waiver. The Holders of not less than a Majority in liquidation amount of Preferred Securities may, by vote or written consent, on behalf of all Holders, waive any past Event of Default and its consequences. Upon such waiver, any such Event of Default shall cease to exist, and any Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured, for every purpose of this Preferred Securities Guarantee, but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other default or Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereon.
Section 2.7 Event of Default; Notice.
(a) The Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee shall, within 90 days after a Responsible Officer of the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee obtains actual knowledge of the occurrence of an Event of Default, transmit by mail, first class postage prepaid, to the Holders, notices of all such Events of Default actually known to such Responsible Officer of the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee, unless such defaults have been cured before the giving of such notice, provided, that, except in the case of default in the payment of any Guarantee Payment or, if applicable, in the delivery of any cash, securities or other property in exchange for or upon conversion or redemption of or otherwise in accordance with the terms of, any Debenture or Other Document or the Securities, the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee shall be protected in withholding such notice if and so long as a Responsible Officer of the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee in good faith determines that the withholding of such notice is in the interests of the Holders.
(b) The Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee shall not be deemed to have knowledge of any Event of Default except:
(i) a default in the payment of any Guarantee Payment;
(ii) any failure to deliver any cash, securities or other property in exchange for or upon conversion or redemption of or otherwise in accordance with the terms of any Debenture or Other Document or the Securities, if applicable; and
(iii) any default as to which the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee shall have received written notice or of which a Responsible Officer of the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee charged with the administration of this Preferred Securities Guarantee Agreement shall have actual knowledge.
(c) The Guarantor shall file annually within 30 days after May 15 of each year, commencing with the May 15 that first occurs following the issuance of the Preferred Securities, with the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee in accordance with Section 314(a)(4) of the
Trust Indenture Act a certification as to whether or not it is in compliance with all the conditions applicable to it under this Preferred Securities Guarantee Agreement.
Section 2.8 Conflicting Interests.
(a) If the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee has or shall acquire any "conflicting interest" within the meaning of Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act, the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee shall in all respects comply with the provisions of Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act.
(b) The Agreement and the Indenture shall be deemed to be specifically described in this Preferred Securities Guarantee for the purposes of clause (i) of the first proviso contained in Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act. [Describe others if applicable]
ARTICLE III
POWERS, DUTIES AND RIGHTS OF PREFERRED
SECURITIES GUARANTEE TRUSTEE
Section 3.1 Powers and Duties of the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee.
(a) This Preferred Securities Guarantee shall be held by the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee for the benefit of the Holders, and the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee shall not transfer this Preferred Securities Guarantee to any Person except a Holder exercising his or her rights pursuant to Section 5.4(b) or to a Successor Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee on acceptance by such Successor Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee of its appointment to act as Successor Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee. The right, title and interest of the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee shall automatically vest in any Successor Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee, and such vesting and succession of title shall be effective whether or not conveyancing documents have been executed and delivered pursuant to the appointment of such Successor Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee.
(b) If an Event of Default actually known to a Responsible Officer of the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee has occurred and is continuing, the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee shall enforce this Preferred Securities Guarantee for the benefit of the Holders.
(c) The Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee, before the occurrence of any Event of Default and after the curing or waiver of all Events of Default that may have occurred, shall undertake to perform only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Preferred Securities Guarantee, and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Preferred Securities Guarantee against the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee. In case an Event of Default has occurred (that has not been cured or waived pursuant to Section 2.6) and is actually known to a Responsible Officer of the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee, the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Preferred Securities Guarantee, and use the same degree of care and skill in its exercise thereof, as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of his or her own affairs.
(d) No provision of this Preferred Securities Guarantee shall be construed to relieve the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act, its own bad faith or its own willful misconduct, except that:
(i) prior to the occurrence of any Event of Default and after the curing or waiving of such Events of Default that may have occurred:
(A) the duties and obligations of the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee shall be determined solely by the express provisions of this Preferred Securities Guarantee, and the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee shall not be liable except for the performance of such duties and obligations as are specifically set forth in this Preferred Securities Guarantee, and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Preferred Securities Guarantee against the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee; and
(B) in the absence of bad faith on the part of the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee, the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon any certificates or opinions furnished to the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Preferred Securities Guarantee; but in the case of any such certificates or opinions that by any provision hereof are specifically required to be furnished to the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee, the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee shall be under a duty to examine the same to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of this Preferred Securities Guarantee;
(ii) the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer of the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee, unless it shall be proved that the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts;
(iii) the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance with the direction of the Holders of not less than a Majority in liquidation amount of the Preferred Securities relating to the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee under this Preferred Securities Guarantee; and
(iv) no provision of this Preferred Securities Guarantee shall require the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur personal financial liability in the performance of any of its duties or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee shall have reasonable grounds for believing that the repayment of such funds or liability is not reasonably assured to it under the terms of this Preferred Securities Guarantee or if indemnity reasonably satisfactory to the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it.
Section 3.2 Certain Rights of Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee.
(a) Subject to the provisions of Section 3.1:
(i) the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee may conclusively rely, and shall be fully protected in acting or refraining from acting upon, any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed, sent or presented by the proper party or parties;
(ii) any direction or act of the Guarantor contemplated by this Preferred Securities Guarantee shall be sufficiently evidenced by a Direction or an Officers' Certificate;
(iii) whenever, in the administration of this Preferred Securities Guarantee, the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee shall deem it desirable that a matter be proved or established before taking, suffering or omitting any action hereunder, the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee (unless other evidence is herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct on its part, request and conclusively rely upon an Officers' Certificate which, upon receipt of such request, shall be promptly delivered by the Guarantor;
(iv) the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee shall have no duty to see to any recording, filing or registration of any instrument (or any rerecording, refiling or reregistration thereof);
(v) the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee may consult with competent legal counsel or other experts, and the advice or written opinion of such counsel and experts with respect to legal matters or advice within the scope of such legal counsel's or expert's area of expertise 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 accordance with such advice or opinion. Such counsel may be counsel to the Guarantor or any of its Affiliates and may include any of its employees. The Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee shall have the right at any time to seek instructions concerning the administration of this Preferred Securities Guarantee from any court of competent jurisdiction;
(vi) the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Preferred Securities Guarantee at the request or direction of any Holder, unless such Holder shall have provided to the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee such security and indemnity, reasonably satisfactory to the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee, against the reasonable costs, expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees and reasonable expenses and the expenses of the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustees, agents, nominees or custodians) and liabilities that might be incurred by it in complying with such request or direction, including such reasonable advances as may be requested by the Preferred Securities
Guarantee Trustee; provided that, nothing contained in this Section 3.2(a)(vi) shall be taken to relieve the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee, upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, of its obligation to exercise the rights and powers vested in it by this Preferred Securities Guarantee;
(vii) the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee shall not be bound to conduct an investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document, but the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee, in its discretion, may make such further inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit;
(viii) the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents, nominees, custodians or attorneys, and the Preferred Securities Guarantee 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;
(ix) any action taken by the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee or its agents hereunder shall bind the Holders, and the signature of the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee or its agents alone shall be sufficient and effective to perform any such action, and no third party shall be required to inquire as to the authority of the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee to so act or as to its compliance with any of the terms and provisions of this Preferred Securities Guarantee, both of which shall be conclusively evidenced by the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee's or its agent's taking such action;
(x) whenever in the administration of this Preferred
Securities Guarantee the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee shall
deem it desirable to receive instructions with respect to enforcing any
remedy or right or taking any other action hereunder, the Preferred
Securities Guarantee Trustee (i) may request instructions from the
Holders of a Majority in liquidation amount of the Preferred
Securities, (ii) may refrain from enforcing such remedy or right or
taking such other action until such instructions are received, and
(iii) shall be protected in conclusively relying on or acting in
accordance with such instructions;
(xi) except as otherwise expressly provided by this Preferred Securities Guarantee, the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee shall not be under any obligation to take any action that is discretionary under the provisions of this Preferred Securities Agreement; and
(xii) the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken, suffered, or omitted to be taken by it in good faith, without negligence, and reasonably believed by it to be authorized or within the discretion or rights or powers conferred upon it by this Preferred Securities Guarantee.
(b) No provision of this Preferred Securities Guarantee shall be deemed to impose any duty or obligation on the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee to perform any act or acts or exercise any right, power, duty or obligation conferred or imposed on it in any jurisdiction in which it shall be illegal, or in which the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee shall be unqualified or incompetent in accordance with applicable law, to perform any such act or acts or to exercise any such right, power, duty or obligation. No permissive power or authority available to the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee shall be construed to be a duty.
Section 3.3 Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Guarantee.
The recitals contained in this Guarantee shall be taken as the statements of the Guarantor, and the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee does not assume any responsibility for their correctness. The Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee makes no representation as to the validity or sufficiency of this Preferred Securities Guarantee.
ARTICLE IV
PREFERRED SECURITIES GUARANTEE TRUSTEE
Section 4.1 Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee; Eligibility
(a) There shall at all times be a Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee which shall:
(i) not be an Affiliate of the Guarantor; and
(ii) be a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of America or any State or Territory thereof or of the District of Columbia, or a corporation or Person permitted by the Securities and Exchange Commission to act as an institutional trustee under the Trust Indenture Act, authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust powers, having a combined capital and surplus of at least 50 million U.S. dollars ($50,000,000), and subject to supervision or examination by Federal, State, Territorial or District of Columbia authority. If such corporation publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of the supervising or examining authority referred to above, then, for the purposes of this Section 4.1 (a)(ii), 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.
(b) If at any time the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee shall cease to be eligible to so act under Section 4.1(a), the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee shall immediately resign in the manner and with the effect set out in Section 4.2(c).
Section 4.2 Appointment, Removal and Resignation of Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustees.
(a) Subject to Section 4.2(b), the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee may be appointed or removed without cause at any time:
(i) until the issuance of any Preferred Securities, by written instrument executed by the Guarantor;
(ii) unless an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, after the issuance of any Securities, by the Guarantor; and
(iii) if an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, after the issuance of the Preferred Securities, by vote or written consent of the Holders of a Majority in liquidation amount of the Preferred Securities.
(b) The Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee shall not be removed in accordance with Section 4.2(a) until a Successor Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee has been appointed and has accepted such appointment by written instrument executed by such Successor Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee and delivered to the Guarantor.
(c) The Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee appointed to office shall hold office until a Successor Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee shall have been appointed or until its removal or resignation. The Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee may resign from office (without need for prior or subsequent accounting) by an instrument in writing executed by the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee and delivered to the Guarantor, which resignation shall not take effect until a Successor Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee has been appointed and has accepted such appointment by instrument in writing executed by such Successor Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee and delivered to the Guarantor and the resigning Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee.
(d) If no Successor Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee shall have been appointed and accepted appointment as provided in this Section 4.2 within 60 days after delivery to the Guarantor of an instrument of removal or resignation, the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee resigning or being removed may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for appointment of a Successor Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee. Such court may thereupon, after prescribing such notice, if any, as it may deem proper, appoint a Successor Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee.
(e) No Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee shall be liable for the acts or omissions to act of any Successor Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee.
(f) Upon termination of this Preferred Securities Guarantee or removal or resignation of the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee pursuant to this Section 4.2, the Guarantor shall pay to the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee all amounts due to the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee accrued to the date of such termination, removal or resignation.
ARTICLE V
GUARANTEE
Section 5.1 Guarantee.
The Guarantor irrevocably and unconditionally agrees to pay in full to the Holders the Guarantee Payments (without duplication of amounts theretofore paid by the Issuer), as and when due, regardless of any defense, right of set-off or counterclaim that the Issuer may have or assert. The Guarantor's obligation to make a Guarantee Payment may be satisfied by direct payment of the required amounts by the Guarantor to the Holders or by causing the Issuer to pay such amounts to the Holders.
In addition, the Guarantor irrevocably and unconditionally agrees to cause the Issuer to deliver to the Holders such securities and other property as may be deliverable to them in accordance with the terms of the Preferred Securities, including as a result of any conversion, exchange, redemption, liquidation or other provision of the Debentures, the Other Documents or the Preferred Securities.
Section 5.2 Waiver of Notice and Demand.
The Guarantor hereby waives notice of acceptance of this Preferred Securities Guarantee and of any liability to which it applies or may apply, presentment, demand for payment, any right to require a proceeding first against the Issuer or any other Person before proceeding against the Guarantor, protest, notice of nonpayment, notice of dishonor, notice of redemption and all other notices and demands.
Section 5.3 Obligations Not Affected.
The obligations, covenants, agreements and duties of the Guarantor under this Preferred Securities Guarantee shall in no way be affected or impaired by reason of the happening from time to time of any of the following:
(a) the release or waiver, by operation of law or otherwise, of the performance or observance by the Issuer of any express or implied agreement, covenant, term or condition relating to the Preferred Securities to be performed or observed by the Issuer;
(b) the extension of time for the payment by the Issuer of all or any portion any sums payable or the performance by the Issuer of any other obligation under, arising out of, or in connection with, the Preferred Securities (other than an extension of time permitted by the Indenture);
(c) any failure, omission, delay or lack of diligence on the part of the Holders to enforce, assert or exercise any right, privilege, power or remedy conferred on the Holders pursuant to the terms of the Preferred Securities, or any action on the part of the Issuer granting indulgence or extension of any kind;
(d) the voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution, sale of any collateral, receivership, insolvency, bankruptcy, assignment for the benefit of creditors, reorganization, arrangement, composition or readjustment of debt of, or other similar proceedings affecting, the Issuer or any of the assets of the Issuer;
(e) any invalidity of, or defect or deficiency in, the Preferred Securities;
(f) the settlement or compromise of any obligation guaranteed hereby or hereby incurred; or
(g) any other circumstance whatsoever that might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a guarantor, it being the intent of this Section 5.3 that the obligations of the Guarantor hereunder shall be absolute and unconditional under any and all circumstances.
There shall be no obligation of the Holders to give notice to, or obtain the consent of, the Guarantor with respect to the happening of any of the foregoing.
Section 5.4 Rights of Holders.
(a) The Holders of a Majority in liquidation amount of the Preferred Securities have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting of any proceeding for any remedy available to the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee in respect of this Preferred Securities Guarantee or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee under this Preferred Securities Guarantee.
(b) If the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee fails to enforce this Preferred Securities Guarantee, any Holder may institute a legal proceeding directly against the Guarantor to enforce its rights under this Preferred Securities Guarantee, without first instituting a legal proceeding against the Issuer, the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee or any other Person. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Guarantor has failed to make a Guarantee Payment or to perform any of its other obligations under Section 5.1, a Holder may directly institute a proceeding in the Holder's own name against the Guarantor for enforcement of this Capital Security Guarantee for the portion of such Guarantee Payment or the performance of such other obligation to which such Holder is entitled. The Guarantor waives any right or remedy to require that any action on this Preferred Securities Guarantee be brought first against the Issuer or any other person or entity before proceeding directly against the Guarantor.
Section 5.5 Guarantee of Payment
This Preferred Securities Guarantee creates a guarantee of payment and not of collection.
Section 5.6 Subrogation
The Guarantor shall be subrogated to all rights, if any, of the Holders against the Issuer in respect of any amounts paid to such Holders by the Guarantor under this Preferred Securities Guarantee; provided, however, that the Guarantor shall not (except to the extent required by mandatory provisions of law) be entitled to enforce or exercise any right that it may acquire by way of subrogation or any indemnity, reimbursement or other agreement, in all cases as a result of payment under this Preferred Securities Guarantee, if, at the time of any such payment, any amounts are due and unpaid under this Preferred Securities Guarantee. If any amount shall be paid or property delivered to the Guarantor in violation of the preceding sentence, the Guarantor agrees to hold such amount or property in trust for the Holders and to pay over such amount or deliver such property to the Holders entitled thereto.
Section 5.7 Independent Obligations
The Guarantor acknowledges that its obligations hereunder are independent of the obligations of the Issuer with respect to the Preferred Securities, and that the Guarantor shall be liable as principal and as debtor hereunder to make Guarantee Payments pursuant to the terms of this Preferred Securities Guarantee notwithstanding the occurrence of any event referred to in subsections (a) through (g), inclusive, of Section 5.3 hereof.
ARTICLE VI
LIMITATION OF TRANSACTIONS; RANKING
Section 6.1 Limitation of Transactions
So long as any Preferred Securities remain outstanding, the Guarantor shall not
(i) declare or pay any dividends or distributions on, or redeem, purchase, acquire, or make a liquidation payment with respect to, any of the Guarantor's capital stock (which includes common and preferred stock);
(ii) make any payment of principal, interest or premium, if
any, on or repay or repurchase or redeem any debt securities of the
Guarantor that rank pari passu with or junior in right of payment to
[the Guarantee of] the Debentures;
(iii) make any guarantee payments with respect to any
guarantee by the Guarantor of the debt securities of any subsidiary
thereof or any other party if such guarantee ranks pari passu or junior
in right of payment to [the Guarantee of] the Debentures (other than
(a) dividends or distributions in shares of, or options, warrants or
rights to subscribe for or purchase shares of, common stock of the
Guarantor, (b) any declaration of a dividend in connection with the
implementation of a stockholders' rights plan, or the issuance of stock
under any such plan in the future, or the redemption or repurchase of
any such rights pursuant thereto, (c) payments under the Preferred
Securities Guarantee and any Other Documents, (d) as a result of a
reclassification of the Guarantor's capital stock or the exchange or
the conversion of one class or series of the Guarantor's capital stock
for another class or series of the Guarantor's capital stock, (e) the
purchase of fractional interests in shares of the Guarantor's capital
stock pursuant to the conversion or exchange provisions of such capital
stock or the security being converted or exchanged, and (f) purchases
of common stock related to the issuance of common stock or rights under
any of the Guarantor's benefit plans for its directors, officers or
employees or any of the Guarantor's dividend reinvestment plans)
if at such time (i) there shall have occurred any event of which the Guarantor has actual knowledge that is, or with the giving of notice or the lapse of time, or both, would be an Event of Default, (ii) the Guarantor shall be in default with respect to its payment or other obligations under Section 5.1 of this Preferred Securities Guarantee or (iii), if the terms of the Debentures provide for the deferral of the obligation of the Guarantor, as issuer of [the Guarantee of] the Debenture, to pay interest thereon, whether at the option of the Guarantor or another Person or otherwise, a notice of deferral has been given and not rescinded or any interest deferral period
shall have commenced and be continuing. [insert or modify the foregoing provision as appropriate]
Section 6.2 Ranking
This Preferred Securities Guarantee will constitute an unsecured obligation of the Guarantor and will rank [insert applicable ranking, i.e., equal to [Debentures] [Guarantee of the Indebtedness], subordinate, senior or otherwise]
ARTICLE VII
TERMINATION
Section 7.1 Termination
This Preferred Securities Guarantee shall terminate upon (i) full payment of the Redemption or Repayment Price of all Preferred Securities, (ii) the conversion or exchange of all the Preferred Securities and the full payment of any related amounts or (iii) full payment of the amounts payable or delivery of securities or other property deliverable upon liquidation of the Issuer, in each case, in accordance with the terms of the Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Preferred Securities Guarantee will continue to be effective or will be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time any Holder must restore payment of any sums paid or other property distributed under the Preferred Securities or under this Preferred Securities Guarantee.
ARTICLE VIII
INDEMNIFICATION
Section 8.1 Exculpation.
(a) No Indemnified Person shall be liable, responsible or accountable in damages or otherwise to the Guarantor or any Covered Person for any loss, damage or claim incurred by reason of any act or omission performed or omitted by such Indemnified Person in good faith in accordance with this Preferred Securities Guarantee and in a manner that such Indemnified Person reasonably believed to be within the scope of the authority conferred on such Indemnified Person by this Preferred Securities Guarantee or by law, except that an Indemnified Person shall be liable for any such loss, damage or claim incurred by reason of such Indemnified Person's negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct with respect to such acts or omissions.
(b) An Indemnified Person shall be fully protected in relying in good faith upon the records of the Guarantor and upon such information, opinions, reports or statements presented to the Guarantor by any Person as to matters the Indemnified Person reasonably believes are within such other Person's professional or expert competence and who has been selected with reasonable care by or on behalf of the Guarantor, including information, opinions, reports or statements as to the value and amount of the assets, liabilities, profits, losses, or any other facts pertinent to the existence and amount of assets from which Distributions to Holders might properly be paid.
Section 8.2 Indemnification.
(a) To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Guarantor agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Indemnified Person from and against any loss, damage or claim incurred by such Indemnified Person by reason of any act or omission performed or omitted by such Indemnified Person in good faith in accordance with this Preferred Securities Guarantee and in a manner such Indemnified Person reasonably believed to be within the scope of authority conferred on such Indemnified Person by this Preferred Securities Guarantee, except that no Indemnified Person shall be entitled to be indemnified in respect of any loss, damage or claim incurred by such Indemnified Person by reason of negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct with respect to such acts or omissions.
(b) To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, reasonable out-of-pocket expenses (including reasonable legal fees) incurred by an Indemnified Person in defending any claim, demand, action, suit or proceeding shall, from time to time, be advanced by the Guarantor prior to the final disposition of such claim, demand, action, suit or proceeding upon receipt by the Guarantor of an undertaking by or on behalf of the Indemnified Person to repay such amount if it shall be determined that the Indemnified Person is not entitled to be indemnified as authorized in Section 8.2(a).
(a) The provisions set forth in this Section 8.2 shall survive the termination of the Preferred Securities Guarantee and any resignation or removal of the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee.
Section 8.3 Compensation.
The Guarantor agrees:
(a) to pay to the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee from time to time such compensation as shall be agreed in writing between the Company and the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee 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); and
(b) to reimburse the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee upon its request for reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made by the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee in accordance with any provision of this Preferred Securities Guarantee (including the reasonable compensation and the expenses and advances of its agents and counsel), except any such expense or advance as may be attributable to its negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith.
ARTICLE IX
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 9.1 Successors and Assigns.
All guarantees and agreements contained in this Preferred Securities Guarantee shall bind the successors, assigns, receivers, trustees and representatives of the Guarantor and shall inure to the benefit of the Holders of the Preferred Securities then outstanding.
Section 9.2 Amendments.
Except with respect to any changes that do not adversely affect the rights of Holders (in which case no consent of Holders will be required), this Preferred Securities Guarantee may only be amended while any Preferred Securities are outstanding with the prior approval of the Holders of at least a Majority in liquidation amount (including the stated amount that would be paid on redemption, liquidation or otherwise, plus accumulated and unpaid Distributions to the date upon which the voting percentages are determined) of all the outstanding Preferred Securities covered by the Preferred Securities Guarantee. The provisions of Section 12.2 of the Agreement with respect to meetings of Holders apply to the giving of such approval.
Section 9.3 Notices.
All notices provided for in this Preferred Securities Guarantee shall be in writing, duly signed by the party giving such notice, and shall be delivered, telecopied or mailed by registered or certified mail, as follows:
(a) If given to the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee, at the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee's mailing address set forth below (or such other address as the Preferred Securities Guarantee Trustee may give notice of to the Holders of the Preferred Securities):
(b) If given to the Guarantor, at the Guarantor's mailing address set forth below (or such other address as the Guarantor may give notice of to the Holders):
(c) If given to any Holder, at the address set forth on the books and records of the Issuer.
All such notices shall be deemed to have been given when received in person, telecopied with receipt confirmed, or mailed by first class mail, postage prepaid except that if a notice or other document is refused delivery or cannot be delivered because of a changed address of which no notice was given, such notice or other document shall be deemed to have been delivered on the date of such refusal or inability to deliver.
Section 9.4 Benefit.
This Preferred Securities Guarantee is solely for the benefit of the Holders and, subject to Section 3.1(a), is not separately transferable from the Preferred Securities.
Section 9.5 Governing Law.
THIS PREFERRED SECURITIES GUARANTEE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICTS OF LAWS PRINCIPLES THEREOF.
Section 9.6 Counterparts.
The parties may sign any number of copies of this Preferred Securities Guarantee. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement. Any signed copy shall be sufficient proof of this Preferred Securities Guarantee.
THIS PREFERRED SECURITIES GUARANTEE is executed as of the day and year first above written.
APACHE CORPORATION, as Guarantor
EXHIBIT 4.20
FORM OF AMENDED AND RESTATED TRUST AGREEMENT
OF
APACHE TRUST [I/II]
Dated as of _________________
CROSS REFERENCE TABLE(1)
Section of Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended Section of Agreement 310(a).......................................................................................................5.3(a) 310(b)...............................................................................................5.3(c), 5.3(d) 310(c).................................................................................................Inapplicable 311(a).......................................................................................................2.2(b) 311(b).......................................................................................................2.2(b) 311(c).................................................................................................Inapplicable 312(a).......................................................................................................2.2(a) 312(b).......................................................................................................2.2(b) 312(c).................................................................................................Inapplicable 313.............................................................................................................2.3 314(a).............................................................................................2.4, 2.7, 3.6(e) 314(b).................................................................................................Inapplicable 314(c)..........................................................................................................2.5 314(d).................................................................................................Inapplicable 314(e)..........................................................................................................2.5 314(f).................................................................................................Inapplicable 315(a)..............................................................................................3.9(b); 3.10(a) 315(b).......................................................................................................2.7(a) 315(c).......................................................................................................3.9(a) 315(d).......................................................................................................3.9(b) 316(a)..........................................................................................................2.6 316(b)..........................................................................................................2.6 316(c).......................................................................................................3.6(e) 317(a).......................................................................................................3.8(h) 317(b)...............................................................................................3.8(c); 7.2(a) 318..........................................................................................................2.1(c) |
(1) This Cross-Reference Table does not constitute part of the Agreement and shall not have any bearing upon the interpretation of any of its terms or provisions.
Table of Contents
Page
ARTICLE I
INTERPRETATION AND DEFINITIONS
Section 1.1 Definitions..................................................................................1
ARTICLE II
TRUST INDENTURE ACT
Section 2.1 Trust Indenture Act; Application.............................................................9
Section 2.2 Lists of Holders of Securities...............................................................9
Section 2.3 Reports by the Property Trustee..............................................................9
Section 2.4 Periodic Reports to Property Trustee........................................................10
Section 2.5 Evidence of Compliance With Conditions Precedent............................................10
Section 2.6 Events of Default; Waiver...................................................................10
Section 2.7 Event of Default; Notice....................................................................12
ARTICLE III
ORGANIZATION
Section 3.1 Name........................................................................................13
Section 3.2 Office......................................................................................13
Section 3.3 Purposes....................................................................................13
Section 3.4 Authority...................................................................................14
Section 3.5 Title to Property of the Trust..............................................................14
Section 3.6 Powers and Duties of the Administrative Trustees............................................14
Section 3.7 Prohibition of Actions by the Trust and the Trustees........................................17
Section 3.8 Powers and Duties of the Property Trustee...................................................18
Section 3.9 Certain Duties and Responsibilities of the Property Trustee.................................21
Section 3.10 Certain Rights of Property Trustee..........................................................22
Section 3.11 Delaware Trustee............................................................................24
Section 3.12 Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities......................................25
Section 3.13 Duration of Trust...........................................................................25
Section 3.14 Mergers.....................................................................................25
ARTICLE IV
SPONSOR
Section 4.1 Sponsor's Purchase of Common Securities.....................................................27
Section 4.2 Covenants of the Sponsor....................................................................27
Section 4.3 Rights and Responsibilities of the Sponsor..................................................27
Section 4.4 Right to Proceed............................................................................28
Section 4.5 Expenses....................................................................................28
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ARTICLE V
TRUSTEES
Section 5.1 Number of Trustees..........................................................................29
Section 5.2 Delaware Trustee............................................................................29
Section 5.3 Property Trustee; Eligibility...............................................................30
Section 5.4 Certain Qualifications of Administrative Trustees and Delaware Trustee Generally............30
Section 5.5 Administrative Trustees.....................................................................31
Section 5.6 Appointment; Removal and Resignation of Trustees............................................31
Section 5.7 Vacancies Among Trustees....................................................................33
Section 5.8 Effect of Vacancies.........................................................................33
Section 5.9 Meetings....................................................................................33
Section 5.10 Delegation of Power.........................................................................34
Section 5.11 Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business.................................34
ARTICLE VI
DISTRIBUTIONS
Section 6.1 Distributions...............................................................................34
ARTICLE VII
ISSUANCE OF SECURITIES
Section 7.1 General Provisions Regarding Securities.....................................................35
Section 7.2 Paying Agent and Registrar..................................................................38
ARTICLE VIII
TERMINATION OF TRUST
Section 8.1 Termination of Trust........................................................................39
ARTICLE IX
TRANSFER OF INTERESTS
Section 9.1 Transfer of Securities......................................................................40
Section 9.2 Transfer or Exchange of Certificates........................................................40
Section 9.3 Deemed Security Holders.....................................................................41
Section 9.4 Book Entry Interests........................................................................41
Section 9.5 Notices to Clearing Agency..................................................................41
Section 9.6 Appointment of Successor Clearing Agency....................................................42
Section 9.7 Definitive Trust Preferred Security Certificates............................................42
Section 9.8 Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Certificates...........................................42
ARTICLE X
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY OF HOLDERS OF
SECURITIES, TRUSTEES OR OTHERS
Section 10.1 Liability...................................................................................43
Section 10.2 Exculpation.................................................................................43
Section 10.3 Fiduciary Duty..............................................................................44
Section 10.4 Indemnification.............................................................................45
Section 10.5 Outside Businesses..........................................................................47
Section 10.6 Trustees' Fees and Expenses.................................................................48
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ARTICLE XI
ACCOUNTING
Section 11.1 Fiscal Year.................................................................................48
Section 11.2 Certain Accounting Matters..................................................................48
Section 11.3 Banking.....................................................................................48
Section 11.4 Withholding.................................................................................49
ARTICLE XII
AMENDMENTS AND MEETINGS
Section 12.1 Amendments..................................................................................49
Section 12.2 Meetings of the Holders of Securities; Action by Written Consent............................51
ARTICLE XIII
REPRESENTATIONS OF PROPERTY TRUSTEE AND DELAWARE TRUSTEE
Section 13.1 Representations and Warranties of Property Trustee..........................................53
Section 13.2 Representations and Warranties of Delaware Trustee..........................................53
ARTICLE XIV
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 14.1 Notices.....................................................................................54
Section 14.2 Governing Law...............................................................................55
Section 14.3 Intention of the Parties....................................................................55
Section 14.4 Headings....................................................................................55
Section 14.5 Successors and Assigns......................................................................55
Section 14.6 Partial Enforceability......................................................................56
Section 14.7 Entire Agreement............................................................................56
Section 14.8 Remedies....................................................................................56
Section 14.9 Counterparts................................................................................56
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EXHIBIT A Terms and Conditions of Securities EXHIBIT A-1 Form of Trust Preferred Security Certificate EXHIBIT A-2 Form of Common Security Certificate |
FORM OF
AMENDED AND RESTATED TRUST AGREEMENT
OF
APACHE TRUST [I/II]
[date]
AMENDED AND RESTATED TRUST AGREEMENT (the "Agreement") dated and effective as of ________________, among the Trustees (as defined herein), for the benefit of the Holders (as defined herein), and the Sponsor (as defined herein).
WHEREAS, certain of the Trustees and the Sponsor created Apache Trust
[I/II] (the "Trust"), a Delaware statutory trust under the Statutory Trust Act
(as defined herein), pursuant to a Trust Agreement dated as of March 13, 2000
(the "Original Agreement"), and a Certificate of Trust filed with the Secretary
of State of the State of Delaware on March 13, 2000;
WHEREAS, prior to the date hereof, no Securities (as defined herein) have been issued);
WHEREAS, all of the Trustees and the Sponsor, by this Agreement, intend to amend and restate each and every term and provision of the Original Agreement;
NOW, THEREFORE, it being the intention of the parties hereto to continue the Trust as a Delaware statutory trust under the Statutory Trust Act and to constitute this as the governing instrument of the Trust, in consideration of the mutual covenants herein contained and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties, intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
INTERPRETATION AND DEFINITIONS
Section 1.1 Definitions.
Unless the context otherwise requires or unless specified in an Exhibit hereto:
(a) each capitalized term used in this Agreement but not defined in the preamble has the respective meaning assigned to it in this Section 1.1;
(b) a term defined anywhere in this Agreement has the same meaning throughout;
(c) all references to the "Agreement" or this "Agreement" are to this Agreement as modified, supplemented or amended from time to time, and include Exhibits to this Agreement;
(d) all references in this Agreement to Articles, Sections and Exhibits are to Articles and Sections of and Annexes and Exhibits to this Agreement unless otherwise specified;
(e) a term defined in the Trust Indenture Act, either directly or by reference therein, has the same meaning when used in this Agreement unless otherwise defined in this Agreement;
(f) a reference to the singular includes the plural and vice versa;
(g) the words "include," "includes" and "including" shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase "without limitation;"
(h) all accounting terms used but not defined herein have the meanings assigned to them in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles as in effect at the time of computation; and
(i) the words "herein," "hereof" and "hereunder" and other words of similar import refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section, Exhibit or other subdivision.
"Administrative Trustee" has the meaning set forth in Section 5.1.
"Affiliate" has the meaning given to that term in Rule 405 under the Securities Act or any successor rule thereunder.
"Agent" means any Paying Agent or Registrar.
"Authorized Newspaper" means a daily newspaper, in the English language, customarily published on each day that is a Business Day in The City of New York and of general circulation in The City of New York.
"Authorized Officer" of a Person means any Person that is authorized to bind such Person.
"Book Entry Interest" means a beneficial interest in a Global Certificate registered in the name of a Clearing Agency or its nominee, ownership and transfers of which shall be maintained and made through book entries by a Clearing Agency as described in Section 9.4.
"Business Day" means any day other than Saturday, Sunday or any day on which banking institutions and trust companies in The City of New York are permitted or required by any applicable law or executive order to close.
"Certificate" means a Common Security Certificate or a Trust Preferred Security Certificate.
"Clearing Agency" means an organization registered as a "Clearing Agency" pursuant to Section 17A of the Exchange Act that is acting as depository for the Trust Preferred Securities and in whose name or in the name of a nominee of that organization shall be registered a Global Certificate and which shall undertake to effect book entry transfers and pledges of the Trust
Preferred Securities. Unless otherwise specified in the Terms and Conditions, DTC shall be the initial Clearing Agency.
"Clearing Agency Participant" means a broker, dealer, bank, other financial institution or other Person for whom from time to time the Clearing Agency effects book entry transfers and pledges of securities deposited with the Clearing Agency.
"Closing Date" means the "Closing Time" and each "Date of Delivery", if any, under the Underwriting Agreement.
"Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time, or any successor legislation.
"Commission" means the Securities and Exchange Commission, as from time to time constituted and existing under the Exchange Act, 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.
"Common Security" has the meaning set forth in Section 7.1.
"Common Securities Guarantee" means the guarantee agreement dated as of the date hereof and executed and delivered by the Sponsor and ____________ _______________, as trustee, for the benefit of the Holders of the Common Securities, as such agreement may be modified, supplemented or amended from time to time.
"Common Security Certificate" means a definitive certificate in fully registered form representing a Common Security, which shall be prepared by the Sponsor and a specimen of which shall be substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A-2.
"Company Indemnified Person" means (a) any Administrative Trustee; (b) any Affiliate of any Administrative Trustee; (c) any officers, directors, shareholders, members, partners, employees, representatives or agents of any Administrative Trustee or any Affiliate of any Administrative Trustee; or (d) any officer, employee or agent of the Trust or its Affiliates.
"Corporate Trust Office" means the office of the Property Trustee in The City of New York at which the corporate trust business of the Property Trustee shall, at any particular time, be principally administered, which office at the date of execution of this Agreement is located at 450 West 33rd Street, 15th Floor, New York, New York 10001, Attention: Capital Markets Fiduciary Services.
"Covered Person" means: (a) any officer, director, shareholder, partner, member, representative, employee or agent of (i) the Trust or (ii) the Trust's Affiliates; and (b) any Holder of Securities.
"Creditor" has the meaning set forth in Section 4.5.
"Debenture Event of Default" means an event of default under the Debentures.
["Debenture Guarantor" means Apache Corporation, a Delaware corporation, in its capacity as guarantor under the Indenture, and its successors.]
"Debenture Issuer" means [Apache Corporation, a Delaware corporation,] [Apache Finance Australia Pty Ltd, a proprietary company organized under the laws of the Australian Capital Territory, Australia,] [Apache Finance Canada II Corporation, an unlimited liability company organized under the laws of Nova Scotia, Canada,] or any successor entity, in its capacity as issuer of the Debentures under the Indenture.
"Debenture Trustee" means ___________________, a ________ banking corporation as trustee under the Indenture until a successor is appointed thereunder, and thereafter means such successor trustee.
"Debentures" means the debt securities to be purchased by the Trust specified in the Terms and Conditions.
"Delaware Trustee" has the meaning set forth in Section 5.2.
"Direction" by a Person means a written direction signed: (a) if the Person is a natural person, by that Person; or (b) in any other case, in the name of such Person by one or more Authorized Officers of that Person.
"Direct Action" has the meaning set forth in Section 3.8(e).
"Distribution" has the meaning set forth in the Terms and Conditions.
"DTC" means The Depository Trust Company or any successor entity.
"Event of Default" means a Debenture Event of Default or any Other Document Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.
"Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time, or any successor legislation.
"Fiduciary Indemnified Person" means (a) the Property Trustee, (b) the Delaware
Trustee, (c) any Affiliate of the Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee, and
(d) any officers, directors, shareholders, members, partners, employees,
representatives, custodians, nominees or agents of the Property Trustee or the
Delaware Trustee.
["Foreign Taxes" has the meaning set forth in Section 14.10.]
"Global Certificate" has the meaning set forth in Section 9.4.
"Holder" or "holder" means a Person in whose name a Security is registered, such Person being a beneficial owner within the meaning of the Statutory Trust Act.
"Indemnified Person" means a Company Indemnified Person or a Fiduciary Indemnified Person.
"Indenture" means the Indenture specified in the Terms and Conditions, among the Debenture Issuer[, the Debenture Guarantor] and the Debenture Trustee under which the Debentures are issued, as such indenture may be modified, supplemented or amended from time to time, and includes any indenture supplemental thereto.
"Investment Company" means an entity required to register as an investment company under the Investment Company Act.
"Investment Company Act" means the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended from time to time, or any successor legislation.
"Legal Action" has the meaning set forth in Section 3.6(g).
"Majority in liquidation amount" with respect to Securities of any class means, except as provided elsewhere in this Agreement or by the Trust Indenture Act, more than 50% of the aggregate liquidation amount (including the stated amount that would be paid on redemption, liquidation or otherwise, plus any accrued and unpaid Distributions to the date upon which the voting or written consent percentages are determined) of all outstanding Securities of such class.
"Officers' Certificate" means, with respect to (A) the Sponsor, a certificate signed by the Chairman of the Board, a Vice Chairman, the President or a Vice President, and by the Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Sponsor and (B) any other Person, a certificate signed by any two Authorized Officers of such Person. Any Officers' Certificate delivered with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Agreement shall comply with Section 314 of the Trust Indenture Act and shall include:
(a) a statement that the individuals signing the Officers' Certificate have read the covenant or condition and the definitions relating thereto;
(b) a brief statement of the nature and scope of the examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in such Officers' Certificate are based;
(c) a statement that, in the opinion of each such individual, he or she has made such examination or investigation as, in such individual's opinion, is necessary to enable such individual to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with; and (d) a statement as to whether, in the opinion of such individuals, such condition or covenant has been complied with.
"Other Document" means any instrument or agreement constituting Trust Property, other than the Debentures, specified in the Terms and Conditions.
"Other Document Event of Default" means an event of default under any Other Document, if any, that is specified in the Terms and Conditions as an Other Document Event of Default.
"Outstanding," with respect to any Securities, means, as of the date of determination, all Securities theretofore executed and delivered under this Agreement, except:
(a) Trust Preferred Securities theretofore cancelled by the Property Trustee or delivered to the Property Trustee for cancellation or Common Securities theretofore cancelled by an Administrative Trustee or delivered to the Administrative Trustees for cancellation;
(b) Securities for whose payment, repayment or redemption money in the necessary amount and currency has been theretofore deposited with the Property Trustee or any Paying Agent for the Holders of such Securities, provided that if such Securities are to be repaid or redeemed, notice of such repayment or redemption has been duly given pursuant to this Agreement;
(c) Securities which have been paid or in exchange for or in lieu of which other securities have been executed and delivered pursuant to this Agreement; and
(d) if the Securities are convertible or exchangeable into other securities or other property, Securities converted or exchanged as contemplated by this Agreement if such other securities have or other property has been either (i) delivered to the Holders of such Securities in accordance with this Agreement or (ii) deposited with and are held by the Property Trustee or any Paying Agent in trust for the Holders of such Securities in accordance with this Agreement, provided in the case of this clause (ii) that any applicable notice of conversion or exchange has been duly given to the Holders thereof pursuant to this Agreement; provided, however, that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite liquidation amount of outstanding Trust Preferred Securities have given any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder, Trust Preferred Securities owned by the Sponsor or any Administrative Trustee or any Affiliate of the Sponsor or any Administrative Trustee shall be disregarded and deemed not to be outstanding, except that (i) in determining whether any Trustee shall be protected in relying upon any such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver, only Trust Preferred Securities that such Trustee actually knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded and (ii) the foregoing shall not apply at any time when all of the outstanding Trust Preferred Securities are owned by the Sponsor, one or more of the Trustees and/or any such Affiliate. Trust Preferred Securities so owned which have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the Administrative Trustees the pledgee's right so to act with respect to such Trust Preferred Securities and that the pledgee is not the Sponsor or any Affiliate of the Sponsor.
"Paying Agent" has the meaning set forth in Section 7.2(a).
"Person" means a legal person, including any individual, corporation, estate, partnership, joint venture, association, joint stock company, limited liability company, trust, unincorporated association, or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof, or any other entity of whatever nature.
"Property Trustee" means the Trustee meeting the eligibility requirements set forth in Section 5.3.
"Property Trustee Account" has the meaning set forth in Section 3.8(c).
"Quorum" means, with respect to the Administrative Trustees, a majority of the Administrative Trustees or, if there are only two Administrative Trustees, both of them.
"Registrar" has the meaning set forth in Section 7.2(b).
"Related Party" means, with respect to the Sponsor, any direct or indirect wholly owned subsidiary of the Sponsor or any other Person that owns, directly or indirectly, 100% of the outstanding voting securities of the Sponsor.
"Responsible Officer" means, with respect to the Property Trustee, any officer within the Corporate Trust Office of the Property Trustee with direct responsibility for the Property Trustee's obligations under this Agreement and also means, with respect to a particular corporate trust matter, any other officer to whom such matter is referred because of that officer's knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject.
"Securities" means the Common Securities and the Trust Preferred Securities.
"Securities Guarantees" means the Common Securities Guarantee and the Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee.
"Securities Act" means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended from time to time, or any successor legislation.
"Sponsor" means Apache Corporation, a Delaware corporation, or any successor entity, in its capacity as sponsor of the Trust.
"State" means any of the 50 states in the United States or the District of Columbia.
"Statutory Trust Act" means Chapter 38 of Title 12 of the Delaware Code, 12 Del. C. Section 3801, et seq., as it may be amended from time to time, or any successor legislation.
"Successor Delaware Trustee" has the meaning set forth in Section 5.6(b)(ii).
"Successor Entity" has the meaning set forth in Section 3.14(b)(i).
"Successor Property Trustee" has the meaning set forth in Section 3.8(f)(ii).
"Super Majority" has the meaning set forth in Section 2.6(a)(ii).
"10% in liquidation amount" with respect to either the Common Securities or the Trust Preferred Securities means, except as provided elsewhere in this Agreement or by the Trust Indenture Act,
10% or more of the aggregate liquidation amount (including the stated amount that would be paid on redemption, liquidation or otherwise, plus any accrued and unpaid Distributions to the date upon which the voting percentages are determined) of all such outstanding Common Securities or Trust Preferred Securities.
"Terms and Conditions" means the terms and conditions of the Common Securities and the Trust Preferred Securities determined by the Sponsor and executed by the Administrative Trustees in accordance with Section 7.1(b) and attached hereto as Exhibit A.
"Trustee" or "Trustees" means each Person who has signed this Agreement as a trustee, so long as such Person shall continue in office in accordance with the terms hereof, and all other Persons who may from time to time be duly appointed, qualified and serving as Trustees in accordance with the provisions hereof, and references herein to a Trustee or the Trustees shall refer to such Person or Persons solely in their capacity as trustees hereunder.
"Trust Indenture Act" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended from time to time, or any successor legislation.
"Trust Preferred Security" has the meaning set forth in Section 7.1(a).
"Trust Preferred Security Beneficial Owner" means, with respect to a Book Entry Interest, a Person who is the beneficial owner of such Book Entry Interest, as reflected on the books of the Clearing Agency, or on the books of a Person maintaining an account with such Clearing Agency (directly as a Clearing Agency Participant or as an indirect participant, in each case in accordance with the rules of such Clearing Agency).
"Trust Preferred Security Certificate" means a certificate representing a Trust Preferred Security, which shall be prepared by the Sponsor and a specimen of which shall be substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A-1.
"Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee" means the guarantee agreement dated as of the date hereof executed and delivered by the Sponsor and JPMorgan Chase Bank, as trustee, for the benefit of the Holders, as such agreement may be modified, supplemented or amended from time to time.
"Trust Property" means (a) the Debentures, (b) any Other Documents, (c) any cash on deposit in, or owing to, the Property Trust Account, and (d) all proceeds and rights in respect of the foregoing or any other property and assets for the time being held or deemed to be held by the Property Trustee pursuant to this Agreement.
"Underwriting Agreement" means the underwriting agreement for the offering and sale of Trust Preferred Securities, including any amendments or supplements thereto.
ARTICLE II
TRUST INDENTURE ACT
Section 2.1 Trust Indenture Act; Application.
(a) This Agreement is subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act that are required to be part of this Agreement and shall, to the extent applicable, be governed by such provisions.
(b) The Property Trustee shall be the only Trustee which is a trustee for the purposes of the Trust Indenture Act.
(c) If and to the extent that any provision of this Agreement limits, qualifies or conflicts with the duties imposed by Sections 310 to 317, inclusive, of the Trust Indenture Act, such imposed duties shall control.
(d) Any application of the Trust Indenture Act to this Agreement shall not affect the nature of the Securities as equity securities representing undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the Trust.
Section 2.2 Lists of Holders of Securities.
(a) In accordance with Section 312(a) of the Trust Indenture Act, the Administrative Trustees, on behalf of the Trust, shall provide to the Property Trustee:
(i) within 14 days after each March 15 and September 15 of each year or such other dates as are set forth in the Terms and Conditions, a list, in such form as the Property Trustee may reasonably require, of the names and addresses of the Holders of the Securities ("List of Holders") as of such date, provided that the Administrative Trustees, on behalf of the Trust, shall not be obligated to provide such List of Holders at any time that the Property Trustee is the Registrar or the List of Holders does not differ from the most recent List of Holders given to the Property Trustee by the Administrative Trustees on behalf of the Trust; and
(ii) at any other time, within 30 days of receipt by the Trust of a written request by the Property Trustee for a List of Holders as of a date no more than 14 days before such List of Holders is given to the Property Trustee. The Property Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably practicable, all information contained in the Lists of Holders given to it or which it receives in the capacity as Paying Agent or Registrar (if acting in such capacity), provided that the Property Trustee may destroy any List of Holders previously given to it on receipt of a new List of Holders.
(b) The Property Trustee shall comply with its obligations under Sections 311(a), 311(b) and 312(b) of the Trust Indenture Act.
Section 2.3 Reports by the Property Trustee.
Within 60 days after May 15 of each year, commencing with the May 15 that first occurs following the issuance of the Securities, the Property Trustee shall provide to the Holders of the Trust Preferred Securities such reports as are required by Section 313 of the Trust Indenture Act,
if any, in the form and in the manner provided by Section 313 of the Trust
Indenture Act. The Property Trustee shall also comply with the requirements of
Section 313(d) of the Trust Indenture Act.
Section 2.4 Periodic Reports to Property Trustee.
The Administrative Trustees, on behalf of the Trust, shall provide to the Property Trustee such documents, reports and information as required by Section 314 of the Trust Indenture Act (if any) and the compliance certificate required by Section 314 of the Trust Indenture Act in the form, in the manner and at the times required by Section 314 of the Trust Indenture Act.
Section 2.5 Evidence of Compliance With Conditions Precedent. Each of the Sponsor and the Administrative Trustees, on behalf of the Trust, shall provide to the Property Trustee such evidence of compliance with any conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Agreement that relate to any of the matters set forth in Section 314(c) of the Trust Indenture Act. Any certificate or opinion required to be given by an officer pursuant to Section 314(c)(1) may be given in the form of an Officers' Certificate.
Section 2.6 Events of Default; Waiver.
(a) The Holders of not less than a Majority in liquidation amount of Trust Preferred Securities may, by vote or written consent, on behalf of the Holders of all of the Trust Preferred Securities, waive any past Event of Default in respect of the Trust Preferred Securities and its consequences, provided that, if the corresponding Debenture Event of Default or Other Document Event of Default:
(i) is not waivable under the Debentures or any Other Document, if any, as the case may be, the Event of Default under this Agreement shall also not be waivable; or
(ii) requires the consent or vote of greater than a majority in principal amount of the holders of the Debentures or more than a majority of other interests in such Other Document, as the case may be (a "Super Majority"), to be waived under the Indenture or such Other Document, as the case may be, the Event of Default under this Agreement may only be waived by the vote of the relevant Super Majority in liquidation amount of Holders of the Trust Preferred Securities.
The foregoing provisions of this Section 2.6(a) shall be in
lieu of Section 316(a)(1)(B) of the Trust Indenture Act and such
Section 316(a)(1)(B) of the Trust Indenture Act is hereby expressly
excluded from this Agreement and the Trust Securities, as permitted by
the Trust Indenture Act. Upon such waiver, any such Debenture Event of
Default or Other Document Event of Default shall cease to exist, and
any Event of Default with respect to the Trust Preferred Securities
arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured, for every purpose
of this Agreement, but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or
other default or Event of Default with respect to the Trust Preferred
Securities or impair any right consequent thereon. Any waiver by the
Holders of the Trust Preferred Securities of an Event of Default with
respect to the Trust Preferred Securities shall also be deemed to
constitute a waiver by the Holders of the Common Securities of
any such Event of Default with respect to the Common Securities for all purposes of this Agreement without any further act, vote, or consent of the Holders of the Common Securities.
The Holders of a Majority in liquidation amount of the Trust Preferred Securities shall have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Property Trustee or to direct the exercise of any trust or power conferred upon the Property Trustee, including the right to direct the Property Trustee to exercise the remedies available to it as a holder of the Debentures and any Other Documents; provided, however, that (subject to the provisions of Section 3.9) the Property Trustee shall have the right to decline to follow any such direction if the Property Trustee shall determine that the action so directed would be unjustly prejudicial to the Holders not taking part in such direction or if the Property Trustee, being advised by competent legal counsel, determines that the action or proceeding so directed may not lawfully be taken or if the Property Trustee, in good faith, by its board of directors or trustees, executive committee, or a trust committee of directors or trustees, and/or Responsible Officers, shall determine that the action or proceeding so directed would involve the Property Trustee in personal liability.
(b) The Holders of a Majority in liquidation amount of the Common Securities may, by vote or consent, on behalf of the Holders of all of the Common Securities, waive any past Event of Default with respect to the Common Securities and its consequences, provided that, if the underlying Event of Default under the Indenture:
(i) is not waivable under the Debentures or Other Document, except where the Holders of the Common Securities are deemed to have waived such Event of Default under this Agreement as provided elsewhere in this Section 2.6, the Event of Default under this Agreement shall also not be waivable; or
(ii) requires the consent or vote of a Super Majority to be waived, except where the Holders of the Common Securities are deemed to have waived such Event of Default under this Agreement as provided below in this Section 2.6, such Event of Default under this Agreement may only be waived by the vote or consent of the Holders of at least the proportion in aggregate liquidation amount of the Common Securities that the relevant Super Majority represents of the aggregate principal amount of the Debentures outstanding;
provided further, that, notwithstanding (i) or (ii) above, each Holder
of the Common Securities shall be deemed to have waived any such Event
of Default and all Events of Default with respect to the Common
Securities and its consequences if all Events of Default with respect
to the Trust Preferred Securities have been cured, waived or otherwise
eliminated, and until such Events of Default have been so cured, waived
or otherwise eliminated, the Property Trustee will be deemed to be
acting solely on behalf of the Holders of the Trust Preferred
Securities and only the Holders of the Trust Preferred Securities will
have the right to direct the Property Trustee in accordance with the
terms of this Agreement and the Securities. The foregoing provisions of
this Section 2.6(b) shall be in lieu of Sections 316(a)(1)(A) and 316
(a)(1)(B) and of the Trust
Indenture Act and such Sections 316(a)(1)(A) and 316(a)(1)(B) of the Trust Indenture Act are hereby expressly excluded from this Agreement and the Securities, as permitted by the Trust Indenture Act. Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.6(b), upon such waiver, any such Debenture Event of Default or Other Document Event of Default shall cease to exist, and any Event of Default with respect to the Common Securities arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured for every purpose of this Agreement, but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other default or Event of Default with respect to the Common Securities or impair any right consequent thereon.
(c) A waiver of a Debenture Event of Default or Other Document Event of Default by the Property Trustee at the direction of the Holders of the Trust Preferred Securities constitutes a waiver of the corresponding Event of Default with respect to the Trust Preferred Securities under this Agreement. Any waiver of a Debenture Event of Default or Other Document Event of Default by the Property Trustee at the direction of the Holders of the Trust Preferred Securities shall also be deemed to constitute a waiver by the Holders of the Common Securities of the corresponding Event of Default under this Agreement with respect to the Common Securities for all purposes of this Agreement without further act, vote or consent of the Holders of the Common Securities. The foregoing provisions of this Section 2.6(c) shall be in lieu of Section 316(a)(1)(B) of the Trust Indenture Act and such Section 316(a)(1)(B) of the Trust Indenture Act is hereby expressly excluded from this Agreement and the Securities, as permitted by the Trust Indenture Act.
(d) The right of any Holder to receive payment of Distributions in accordance with this Agreement and the terms of the Securities on or after the respective payment dates therefore, or to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after such payment dates, shall not be impaired without the consent of each such Holder.
Section 2.7 Event of Default; Notice.
(a) The Property Trustee shall, within 90 days after a Responsible Officer of the Property Trustee obtains actual knowledge of the occurrence of a default, transmit by mail, first class postage prepaid, to the Holders of the Securities, notices of all defaults known to the Property Trustee other than defaults that have been cured or waived before the giving of such notice (the term "defaults" for the purposes of this Section 2.7(a) being hereby defined to include Debenture Events of Default and Other Document Events of Default, if any, not including any periods of grace provided for therein and irrespective of the giving of any notice provided therein); provided that, except for a default in the payment of principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on, or in the delivery of any cash, securities or other property in exchange for or upon conversion or redemption of or otherwise in accordance with the terms of, any Debenture or Other Document or the Securities, the Property Trustee shall be protected in withholding such notice if and so long as a Responsible Officer of the Property Trustee in good faith determines that the withholding of such notice is in the interests of the Holders of the Securities.
(b) The Property Trustee shall not be deemed to have knowledge of any default except:
(i) a default under Sections 501(1) and 501(2) of the Indenture;
(ii) any failure to deliver any cash, securities or other property in exchange for or upon conversion or redemption of or otherwise in accordance with the terms of the Debentures or Other Documents or the Securities; and
(iii) any default as to which the Property Trustee shall have received written notice or of which a Responsible Officer of the Property Trustee shall have actual knowledge.
(c) The Sponsor and the Administrative Trustee shall file annually within 30 days after May 15 of each year, commencing with the May 15 that first occurs following the issuance of the Securities, with the Property Trustee in accordance with Section 314(a)(4) of the Trust Indenture Act a certification as to whether or not they are in compliance with all the conditions applicable to them under this Agreement.
ARTICLE III
ORGANIZATION
Section 3.1 Name. The Trust is named "Apache Trust [I/II]," as such name may be modified from time to time in accordance with the Statutory Trust Act. The Administrative Trustees shall give prompt written notice of any change in the name of the Trust to the Delaware Trustee, the Property Trustee and the Holders of the Securities. The Trust's activities may be conducted under the name of the Trust or any other name deemed advisable by the Administrative Trustees.
Section 3.2 Office. The address of the principal office of the Trust is c/o Apache Corporation, One Post Oak Central, 2000 Post Oak Boulevard, Suite 100, Houston, Texas 77056-4400. On ten Business Days prior written notice to the Property Trustee and Holders of the Securities, the Administrative Trustees may designate another principal office.
Section 3.3 Purposes. The exclusive purposes and functions of the Trust are and the Trust shall have the power and authority (a) to issue and sell the Securities and use the gross proceeds from such sale to acquire the Debentures and any Other Documents specified in the Terms and Conditions, (b) to enter into or hold each Other Document, if any, to be entered into or held by the Trust in accordance with the Terms and Conditions and (c) to engage in only those other activities necessary or incidental thereto. The Trust shall not borrow money, issue debt or reinvest proceeds derived from investments, pledge any of its assets, execute mortgages or otherwise undertake (or permit to be undertaken) any activity that would cause the Trust not to be classified for U.S. federal income tax purposes as a grantor trust. It is the intent of the parties to this Agreement for the Trust to be classified as a grantor trust for U.S. federal income tax purposes under Subpart E of Subchapter J of the Code, pursuant to which the owners of the Trust Preferred Securities and the Common Securities will be the owners of the Trust for U.S. federal income tax purposes, and such owners will include directly in their gross income the income, gain, deduction or loss of the Trust as if the Trust did not exist. By the acceptance of this Agreement neither the Trustees nor the Sponsor or the Holders of the Trust Preferred Securities or Common Securities will take any position for U.S. Federal income tax purposes, or permit the Trust to make any election, which is contrary to the classification of the Trust as a grantor trust.
Section 3.4 Authority. Subject to the limitations provided in this Agreement and to the specific duties of the Property Trustee, the Administrative Trustees shall have exclusive and complete authority to carry out the purposes of the Trust. An action taken by the Administrative Trustees in accordance with their powers shall constitute the act of and serve to bind the Trust and an action taken by the Property Trustee on behalf of the Trust in accordance with its powers shall constitute the act of and serve to bind the Trust. In dealing with the Trustees acting on behalf of the Trust, no Person shall be required to inquire into the authority of the Trustees to bind the Trust. Persons dealing with the Trust are entitled to rely conclusively on the power and authority of the Trustees as set forth in this Agreement.
Section 3.5 Title to Property of the Trust. Except as provided in Section 3.8 with respect to the Trust Property and the Property Trustee Account or as otherwise provided in this Agreement, legal title to all assets of the Trust shall be vested in the Trust. A Holder shall not have legal title to any part of the assets of the Trust, but shall have an undivided beneficial interest in the assets of the Trust.
Section 3.6 Powers and Duties of the Administrative Trustees. The Administrative Trustees shall have the power, duty and authority, which shall be exclusive except as otherwise set forth herein, and are hereby authorized and directed to cause the Trust to engage in the following activities:
(a) execute, deliver, issue and sell the Trust Preferred Securities and the Common Securities in accordance with this Agreement; provided, however, that the Trust may issue no more than one series of Trust Preferred Securities and no more than one series of Common Securities, and, provided further, that there shall be no interests in the Trust other than the Securities, and the issuance of Securities shall be limited to a simultaneous issuance of both Trust Preferred Securities and Common Securities on each Closing Date;
(b) in connection with the issue and sale of the Trust Preferred Securities:
(i) assist in filing with the Commission any registration statement and any prospectus relating to the registration statement on Form S-3 prepared by the Sponsor, including any amendments or supplements thereto, pertaining to the Trust Preferred Securities and to take any other action relating to the registration and sale of the Trust Preferred Securities under federal and state securities laws;
(ii) execute and file any documents prepared by the Sponsor, or take any acts as determined by the Sponsor to be necessary in order to qualify or register all or part of the Trust Preferred Securities in any State in which the Sponsor has determined to qualify or register such Trust Preferred Securities for sale;
(iii) execute and file an application, prepared by the Sponsor, to the New York Stock Exchange, Inc. or any other national stock exchange or the Nasdaq Stock Market's National Market for listing or quotation of any Trust Preferred Securities;
(iv) execute and file with the Commission any registration statement on Form 8-A, including any amendments thereto, prepared by the Sponsor, relating to the
registration of the Trust Preferred Securities under Section 12(b) or 12(g) of the Exchange Act;
(v) execute and enter into and deliver the Underwriting Agreement providing for the sale of the Trust Preferred Securities;
(vi) execute and deliver letters, documents or instruments with DTC and other Clearing Agencies relating to the Trust Preferred Securities;
(vii) execute the Terms and Conditions and attach them to this Agreement; and
(viii) execute, enter into or file any other instrument, agreement, certificate or other document negotiated or prepared by the Sponsor on behalf of the Trust, including any Other Document to be entered into or held by the Trust, and to take such other action, in each case as the Administrative Trustees or any of them deem necessary or incidental (and not otherwise covered by the power of the other Trustees hereunder or under the Securities), in connection with the issuance, the sale or the terms of any Securities and the investment by the Trust in the Trust Property, including any remarketing, auction or similar agreements.
(c) acquire the Debentures and any Other Documents with the proceeds of the sale of the Trust Preferred Securities and the Common Securities; provided, however, that the Administrative Trustees shall cause legal title to the Debentures and any Other Documents to be acquired by the Trust on a Closing Date to be held of record in the name of the Property Trustee for the benefit of the Trust and the Holders of the Trust Preferred Securities and the Holders of Common Securities;
(d) give the Sponsor and the Property Trustee prompt written notice of the occurrence of any event that, in accordance with this Agreement, may require that a notice be sent to Holders, including events that may result in an Event of Default, or any redemption, conversion or exchange of or deferral of distributions on the Securities;
(e) establish a record date with respect to all actions to be taken hereunder that require a record date be established, including and with respect to, for the purposes of Section 316(c) of the Trust Indenture Act, Distributions, voting rights, any repayments, any redemptions, any conversions and any exchanges, and to issue relevant notices to the Holders of Trust Preferred Securities and Holders of Common Securities as to such actions and applicable record dates;
(f) take all actions and perform such duties as may be required of the Administrative Trustees pursuant to the terms of the Securities and this Agreement;
(g) to the fullest extent permitted by law, bring or defend, pay, collect, compromise, arbitrate, resort to legal action, or otherwise adjust claims or demands of or against the Trust ("Legal Action"), unless pursuant to Section 3.8(e) the Property Trustee has the exclusive power to bring such Legal Action;
(h) employ or otherwise engage employees and agents (who may be designated as officers with titles) and managers, contractors, advisors, and consultants and pay reasonable compensation for such services;
(i) cause the Trust to comply with the Trust's obligations under the Trust Indenture Act;
(j) give the certificate required by Section 314(a)(4) of the Trust Indenture Act to the Property Trustee, which certificate may be executed by any Administrative Trustee;
(k) incur expenses that are necessary, appropriate, convenient or incidental to carry out any of the purposes of the Trust;
(l) act as, or appoint another Person to act as, Registrar and transfer agent for the Securities;
(m) take all action that may be necessary or appropriate for the preservation and the continuation of the Trust's valid existence, rights, franchises and privileges as a statutory trust under the laws of the State of Delaware and of each other jurisdiction in which such existence is necessary to protect the limited liability of the Holders of the Trust Preferred Securities or to enable the Trust to effect the purposes for which the Trust was created;
(n) take any action, not inconsistent with this Agreement or with applicable law, that the Administrative Trustees determine in their discretion to be necessary or incidental in carrying out the activities of the Trust, including:
(i) causing the Trust not to be deemed to be an Investment Company required to be registered under the Investment Company Act;
(ii) causing the Trust to be classified for U.S. Federal income tax purposes as a grantor trust; and
(iii) cooperating with the Debenture Issuer to ensure that the Debentures will be treated as indebtedness of the Debenture Issuer for U.S. Federal income tax purposes,
provided, in each case, that such action does not adversely affect the interests of Holders;
(o) take all action necessary to cause all applicable tax returns and tax information reports that are required to be filed with respect to the Trust to be duly prepared and filed on behalf of the Trust; and
(p) execute all documents or instruments, perform all duties and powers, and do all things for and on behalf of the Trust in all matters which the Administrative Trustees deem necessary or incidental to the foregoing.
The Administrative Trustees must exercise the powers set forth in this
Section 3.6 in a manner that is consistent with the purposes of the Trust set
out in Section 3.3. None of the
Administrative Trustees shall take any action that is inconsistent with the purposes of the Trust set forth in Section 3.3.
Subject to this Section 3.6, the Administrative Trustees shall have
none of the powers or the authority of the Property Trustee set forth in Section
3.8. No permissive power or authority available to the Administrative Trustees
shall be construed to be a duty. Any expenses incurred by the Administrative
Trustees pursuant to this Section 3.6 shall be reimbursed by the Sponsor.
The Administrative Trustees shall take all actions on behalf of the Trust that are not specifically required by this Agreement to be taken by any other Trustee.
Section 3.7 Prohibition of Actions by the Trust and the Trustees.
(a) The Trust shall not, and the Trustees shall not cause the Trust to, engage in any activity other than as required or authorized by this Agreement. In particular, the Trust shall not and the Trustees shall not cause the Trust to:
(i) invest any proceeds received by the Trust from holding the Debentures or other Trust Property, but shall distribute all such proceeds to Holders of Securities pursuant to the terms of this Agreement and of the Securities;
(ii) acquire or vary any assets other than as expressly provided herein;
(iii) possess Trust Property for other than a Trust purpose;
(iv) (iv) make any loans or incur any indebtedness for borrowed money, other than loans represented by the Debentures or other Trust Property;
(v) possess any power or otherwise act in such a way as to vary the Trust assets or the terms of the Securities in any way whatsoever;
(vi) sell, assign, transfer, exchange, mortgage, pledge, set-off or otherwise dispose of any of the Trust Property or interests therein, including to Holders, except as provided in this Agreement;
(vii) take or consent to any action that would result in the placement of a lien on any Trust Property;
(viii) issue any securities or other evidences of beneficial ownership of, or beneficial interest in, the Trust other than the Securities; or
(ix) other than as provided in this Agreement,
(A) direct or exercise any remedy, trust or power with respect to the Debentures, or any other instrument or agreement constituting Trust Property,
(B) waive any past default that is waivable under the Indenture or any Other Document,
(C) exercise any right to rescind or annul any declaration that the principal of or other amounts payable or other property deliverable under the Debentures or amounts payable or other property deliverable under any Other Document shall be due and payable, or
(D) consent to any amendment, modification or termination of the Indenture or the Debentures or any Other Document, in the case of each of clauses (A) through (D), (x) without the approval of a Majority in liquidation amount with respect to the Securities or, where a consent under the Indenture or Other Document, as the case may be, would require the consent of each holder of Debentures or other interests, as the case may be, affected thereby, of each Holder of Securities, and (y) unless the Trust shall have received an opinion of nationally recognized independent tax counsel to the effect that the Trust will not, as a result of such action, fail to be classified as a grantor trust for such purposes.
Section 3.8 Powers and Duties of the Property Trustee.
(a) The legal title to the Trust Property shall be owned by and held of record in the name of the Property Trustee in trust for the benefit of the Trust and the Holders of the Securities. The right, title and interest of the Property Trustee to the Trust Property shall vest automatically in each Person who may hereafter be appointed as Property Trustee in accordance with Section 5.6. Such vesting and cessation of title shall be effective whether or not conveyancing documents with regard to the Trust Property have been executed and delivered.
(b) The Property Trustee shall not transfer its right, title and interest in the Trust Property to the Administrative Trustees or to the Delaware Trustee (if the Property Trustee does not also act as Delaware Trustee) or, except in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and the Securities, any other Person.
(c) The Property Trustee shall:
(i) establish and maintain one or more segregated non-interest bearing trust accounts (collectively, the "Property Trustee Account") in the name of and under the exclusive control of the Property Trustee on behalf of the Trust and the Holders and, upon the receipt of funds in respect of the Trust Property, deposit such funds into the Property Trust Account and, upon the receipt of funds distributed to the Property Trustee in respect of the Trust Property held by the Property Trustee, deposit such funds into the Property Trustee Account, and make distributions of such funds out of the Property Trust Account to the Holders of the Trust Preferred Securities and the Holders of the Common Securities in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the Securities. Funds in the Property Trustee Account shall be held uninvested until disbursed in accordance with this Agreement and the Securities. The Property Trustee Account shall be one or more accounts maintained with one or more banking institutions (which may include the Property Trustee if it qualifies hereunder) the rating on whose
long-term unsecured indebtedness is rated at least "A" or above by a "nationally recognized statistical rating organization," as that term is defined for purposes of Rule 436(g)(2) under the Securities Act;
(ii) upon receipt of any Trust Property on each Closing Date and the receipt of any property other than funds distributed to the Property Trustee in respect of Trust Property held by the Property Trustee, hold such other property in safe keeping and make distributions of such other property to the Holders of the Trust Preferred Securities and the Holders of the Common Securities in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the Securities; and
(iii) engage in such ministerial activities as shall be necessary or incidental to hold the Trust Property in accordance with the provisions hereof and to effect distributions on and any redemption, repayment, conversion or exchange of the Trust Preferred Securities or the Common Securities and the distribution of all or any part of the Trust Property to Holders in liquidation of the Trust or otherwise, in each case in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the Securities.
(d) The Property Trustee shall take all actions and perform such duties as may be specifically required of the Property Trustee pursuant to the terms of the Securities and this Agreement.
(e) Subject to Section 3.9(a), the Property Trustee shall take any Legal Action which arises out of or in connection with an Event of Default of which a Responsible Officer of the Property Trustee has actual knowledge or the Property Trustee's duties and obligations under this Agreement, the Statutory Trust Act or the Trust Indenture Act; provided, however, that if the Property Trustee fails to enforce its rights under this Agreement and the Debentures or any Other Document after a Holder of Trust Preferred Securities has made a written request, such Holder of Trust Preferred Securities may, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law and subject to the terms of this Agreement and the Indenture, institute a legal proceeding against the Debenture Issuer[, the Debenture Guarantor] or any obligor under any Other Document, as the case may be, without first instituting any legal proceeding against the Property Trustee or any other Person. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and such event is attributable to (i) the failure of the Debenture Issuer [or the Debenture Guarantor, as the case may be,] to pay interest or any premium on or principal of the Debentures on the date such interest or principal is otherwise payable (including, in the case of repayment or redemption, on the repayment or redemption date) and, if applicable, not during an authorized Extension Period (as defined in the Terms and Conditions) or, if the Debentures are exchangeable or convertible, the failure of the Debenture Issuer to convert or exchange the Debentures into or for other property in accordance with the terms thereof, or (ii) the failure of any obligor under any Other Document to pay or deliver cash, securities or other property in accordance with the terms of such Other Document, then, in the case of (i) and (ii), a Holder of Trust Preferred Securities may directly institute a proceeding (a "Direct Action") for enforcement of payment or delivery to such Holder of the principal of or interest on or other property deliverable upon the exchange or conversion of Debentures having a
principal amount equal to the aggregate liquidation amount of the Trust Preferred Securities of such holder on or after the due date specified in the Debentures or any cash, securities or other property that is required to be paid or delivered pursuant to such Other Document on or after the due date therefor equal to the percentage of outstanding securities represented by such Holder's Securities. In connection with such Direct Action, the rights of the Holders of Common Securities will be subordinated to the rights of such Holders of Trust Preferred Securities. Except as provided in the preceding sentences, the Holders of Trust Preferred Securities will not be able to exercise directly any other remedy available to the holders of the Debentures or Other Documents.
(f) The Property Trustee shall continue to serve as a Trustee until either:
(i) the Trust has been completely dissolved and wound up and the proceeds of the liquidation distributed to the Holders of Securities and the Trust is terminated, in accordance with the terms of the Securities and this Agreement; or
(ii) a successor Property Trustee has been appointed and has accepted that appointment in accordance with Section 5.6 (a "Successor Property Trustee").
(g) The Property Trustee shall have the legal power to exercise all of the rights, powers and privileges of the Trust as holder of Debentures under the Indenture and as beneficiary of or party to any Other Document and, if an Event of Default actually known to a Responsible Officer of the Property Trustee occurs and is continuing, the Property Trustee shall, for the benefit of Holders of the Securities, enforce the rights of the Trust as holder of the Debentures and as beneficiary of or party to any Other Document subject, in each case, to the rights of the Holders pursuant to the terms of the Securities and this Agreement.
(h) The Property Trustee shall be authorized to undertake any actions set forth in Section 317(a) of the Trust Indenture Act.
(i) Subject to this Section 3.8, the Property Trustee shall have none of the duties, liabilities, powers or the authority of the Administrative Trustees set forth in Section 3.6.
(j) For such time as the Property Trustee is the Paying Agent, the Property Trustee may authorize one or more Persons to act as additional Paying Agents and to make distributions, redemption payments or liquidation payments on behalf of the Trust with respect to all Securities. Any such additional Paying Agent may be removed by the Property Trustee, at any time, so long as the Property Trustee remains as Paying Agent and a successor Paying Agent or additional Paying Agents may be (but are not required to be) appointed at any time by the Property Trustee.
(k) The Property Trustee must exercise the powers set forth in this
Section 3.8 in a manner that is consistent with the purposes and
functions of the Trust set out in Section 3.3, and the Property Trustee
shall not take any action that is inconsistent with the purposes and
functions of the Trust set out in Section 3.3.
Section 3.9 Certain Duties and Responsibilities of the Property Trustee.
(a) The Property Trustee, before the occurrence of any Event of Default and after the curing or waiver of all Events of Default that may have occurred, shall undertake to perform only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Agreement and no implied covenants shall be read into this Agreement against the Property Trustee. In case an Event of Default has occurred (that has not been cured or waived pursuant to Section 2.6) of which a Responsible Officer of the Property Trustee has actual knowledge, the Property Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Agreement, 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 or her own affairs.
(b) No provision of this Agreement shall be construed to relieve the Property Trustee from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act, its bad faith or its own willful misconduct, except that:
(i) prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default and after the curing or waiving of all such Events of Default that may have occurred:
(A) the duties and obligations of the Property Trustee shall be determined solely by the express provisions of this Agreement and the Property Trustee shall not be liable except for the performance of such duties and obligations as are specifically set forth in this Agreement, and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Agreement against the Property Trustee; and
(B) in the absence of bad faith on the part of the Property Trustee, the Property Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon any certificates or opinions furnished to the Property Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Agreement; provided, that in the case of any such certificates or opinions that by any provision hereof are specifically required to be furnished to the Property Trustee, the Property Trustee shall be under a duty to examine the same to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of this Agreement;
(ii) the Property Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer of the Property Trustee, unless it shall be proved that the Property Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts;
(iii) the Property Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance with the direction of the Holders of not less than a Majority in liquidation amount of the Securities relating to the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Property Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Property Trustee under this Agreement;
(iv) no provision of this Agreement shall require the Property Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur personal financial liability in the performance of any of its duties or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if it shall have reasonable grounds for believing that the repayment of such funds or liability is not reasonably assured to it under the terms of this Agreement or if indemnity reasonably satisfactory to the Property Trustee against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it;
(v) the Property Trustee's sole duty with respect to the custody, safe keeping and physical preservation of the Trust Property and the Property Trustee Account shall be to deal with such property in a manner that is similar to the manner in which the Property Trustee deals with similar property for its fiduciary accounts generally, subject to the protections and limitations on liability afforded to the Property Trustee under this Agreement, the Statutory Trust Act and the Trust Indenture Act;
(vi) the Property Trustee shall have no duty or liability for or with respect to the value, genuineness, existence or sufficiency of the Trust Property or the payment of any taxes or assessments levied thereon or in connection therewith;
(vii) the Property Trustee shall not be liable for any interest on any money received by it except as it may otherwise agree in writing with the Sponsor; money held by the Property Trustee need not be segregated from other funds held by it except in relation to the Property Trustee Account maintained by the Property Trustee pursuant to Section 3.8(c)(i) and except to the extent otherwise required by law; and
(viii) the Property Trustee shall not be responsible for monitoring the compliance by the Administrative Trustees or the Sponsor with their respective duties under this Agreement, nor shall the Property Trustee be liable for any default or misconduct of the Administrative Trustees or the Sponsor.
Section 3.10 Certain Rights of Property Trustee.
(a) Subject to the provisions of Section 3.9:
(i) the Property Trustee may conclusively rely and shall be fully protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed, sent or presented by the proper party or parties;
(ii) any direction or act of the Sponsor or the Administrative Trustees contemplated by this Agreement shall be sufficiently evidenced by a Direction or an Officers' Certificate;
(iii) whenever in the administration of this Agreement, the Property Trustee shall deem it desirable that a matter be proved or established before taking, suffering or omitting any action hereunder, the Property Trustee (unless other evidence is herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of negligence or bad faith on its part, request and conclusively rely upon an Officers' Certificate which, upon receipt of such request, shall be promptly delivered by the Sponsor or the Administrative Trustees;
(iv) the Property Trustee shall have no duty to see to any recording, filing or registration of any instrument (including any financing or continuation statement or any filing under tax or securities laws) or any rerecording, refiling or registration thereof;
(v) the Property Trustee may consult with competent legal counsel or other competent experts and the advice or written opinion of such counsel and experts with respect to legal matters or advice within the scope of such legal counsel's or experts' area of expertise 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 accordance with such advice or opinion. Such counsel may be counsel to the Sponsor or any of its Affiliates, and may include any of its employees; and the Property Trustee shall have the right at any time to seek instructions concerning the administration of this Agreement from any court of competent jurisdiction;
(vi) the Property Trustee shall be under no obligation to
exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this
Agreement at the request or direction of any Holder, unless
(A) such Holder shall have provided to the Property Trustee
security and indemnity, reasonably satisfactory to the
Property Trustee, against the reasonable costs, expenses
(including reasonable attorneys' fees and expenses and the
reasonable expenses of the Property Trustee's agents, nominees
or custodians) and liabilities that might be incurred by it in
complying with such request or direction, including such
reasonable advances as may be requested by the Property
Trustee and (B) the Property Trustee has obtained the legal
opinions, if any, required by the applicable provisions of
this Agreement, provided that nothing contained in this
Section 3.10(a)(vi) shall be taken to relieve the Property
Trustee, upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, of its
obligation to exercise the rights and powers vested in it by
this Agreement;
(vii) the Property Trustee shall be under no obligation to conduct an investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document, but the Property Trustee, in its discretion, may make such further inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit;
(viii) the Property Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents, custodians, nominees or attorneys, and the Property 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;
(ix) any action taken by the Property Trustee or its agents hereunder shall bind the Trust and the Holders of the Securities, and the signature of the Property Trustee or its agents alone shall be sufficient and effective to perform any such action, and no third party shall be required to inquire as to the authority of the Property Trustee to so act or as to its compliance with any of the terms and provisions of this Agreement, both of which shall be conclusively evidenced by the Property Trustee's or its agent's taking such action;
(x) whenever in the administration of this Agreement the Property Trustee shall deem it desirable to receive instructions with respect to enforcing any remedy or right or taking any other action hereunder, the Property Trustee
(A) may request instructions from the Holders (which instructions may only be given by the Holders of the same proportion in liquidation amount of the Securities as would be entitled to direct the Property Trustee under the terms of the Securities in respect of such remedy, right or action)
(B) may refrain from enforcing such remedy or right or taking such other action until such instructions are received, and
(C) shall be protected in conclusively relying on or acting in accordance with such instructions, provided that the Property Trustee shall not take any action unless it shall have obtained the legal opinions required by the applicable provisions of this Agreement;
(xi) except as otherwise expressly provided by this Agreement, the Property Trustee shall not be under any obligation to take any action that is discretionary under the provisions of this Agreement; and
(xii) the Property Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken, suffered, or omitted to be taken by it in good faith, without negligence, and reasonably believed by it to be authorized or within the discretion or rights or powers conferred upon it by this Agreement.
(b) No provision of this Agreement shall be deemed to impose any duty or obligation on the Property Trustee to perform any act or acts or exercise any right, power, duty or obligation conferred or imposed on it, in any jurisdiction in which it shall be illegal, or in which the Property Trustee shall be unqualified or incompetent in accordance with applicable law, to perform any such act or acts, or to exercise any such right, power, duty or obligation. No permissive power or authority available to the Property Trustee shall be construed to be a duty.
Section 3.11 Delaware Trustee. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement other than Section 5.2, the Delaware Trustee shall not be entitled to exercise any powers, nor shall the Delaware Trustee have any of the duties and responsibilities of the Trustees (except as required
under the Statutory Trust Act) described in this Agreement. Except as set forth in Section 5.2, the Delaware Trustee shall be a Trustee for the sole and limited purpose of fulfilling the requirements of Section 3807 of the Statutory Trust Act. In the event that the Delaware Trustee shall at any time be required to take any action or perform any duty hereunder, the Delaware Trustee shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 3.9(b)(ii) and (viii) and Section 3.10. No implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Agreement against the Delaware Trustee.
Section 3.12 Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities. The recitals contained in this Agreement and the Securities shall be taken as the statements of the Sponsor, and the Trustees do not assume any responsibility for their correctness. The Trustees make no representations as to the value or condition of the property of the Trust or any part thereof. The Trustees make no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Agreement or the Securities.
Section 3.13 Duration of Trust. The Trust, unless dissolved pursuant to the provisions hereof, shall [dissolve on _____________________] [have perpetual existence].
Section 3.14 Mergers.
(a) The Trust may not consolidate, amalgamate, merge or convert with or into, or be replaced by, or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets as an entirety or substantially as an entirety to, any Person, except for the sole purpose of changing its domicile and as set forth in Section 3.14(b) and (c).
(b) Subject to Section 3.14(a), the Trust may, at the request of the Sponsor, with the consent of the Administrative Trustees or, if there are more than two, a majority of the Administrative Trustees and without the consent of the Holders of the Trust Preferred Securities, the Delaware Trustee or the Property Trustee, consolidate, amalgamate, merge or convert with or into, or be replaced by a trust organized as such under the laws of any State; provided that:
(i) the successor entity (the "Successor Entity") expressly assumes all of the obligations of the Trust under any agreement to which the Trust is a party and either:
(A) expressly assumes all of the obligations of the Trust under the Securities; or
(B) substitutes for the Trust Preferred Securities other securities having substantially the same terms as the Trust Preferred Securities (the "Successor Trust Preferred Securities"), so long as the Successor Trust Preferred Securities rank the same as the Trust Preferred Securities rank with respect to distributions of Trust Property and payments upon liquidation, redemption, repayment and otherwise and substitutes for the Common Securities other securities having substantially the same terms as the Common Securities (the "Successor Common Securities" and, together with the Successor Trust Preferred Securities, the "Successor Securities"), so long as the Successor Common Securities rank the same as the
Common Securities rank with respect to distributions of Trust Property and payments upon liquidation, redemption, repayment and otherwise;
(ii) the Successor Entity has a trustee that possesses substantially the same powers and duties as the Property Trustee;
(iii) the Trust Preferred Securities or any Successor Securities will be listed, quoted or included for trading, or any Successor Securities will be listed, quoted or included for trading upon notification of issuance if applicable, on any national securities exchange or with another system on which the Trust Preferred Securities are then listed, quoted or included for trading;
(iv) such merger, conversion, consolidation, amalgamation or replacement does not cause the Trust Preferred Securities (including any Successor Securities) to be downgraded or placed under surveillance for review for a possible downgrade by any nationally recognized statistical rating organization;
(v) such merger, conversion, consolidation, amalgamation or replacement does not adversely affect the rights, preferences and privileges of the Holders of the Securities (including any Successor Securities and any Successor Trust Preferred Common Securities) in any material respect;
(vi) such Successor Entity has a purpose substantially identical to that of the Trust;
(vii) prior to such merger, conversion, consolidation, amalgamation or replacement, the Sponsor has received an opinion of a nationally recognized independent counsel to the Trust experienced in such matters to the effect that:
(A) such merger, conversion, consolidation, amalgamation or replacement does not adversely affect the rights, preferences and privileges of the Holders of the Securities (including any Successor Securities) in any material respect;
(B) following such merger, conversion, consolidation, amalgamation or replacement, neither the Trust nor the Successor Entity will be required to register as an Investment Company; and
(C) following such merger, conversion, consolidation, amalgamation or replacement, the Trust (or the Successor Entity) will continue to be classified as a grantor trust for U.S. Federal income tax purposes;
(viii) the Sponsor, directly or indirectly, owns all of the Successor Common Securities and guarantees the obligations of such Successor Entity under the Successor Trust Preferred Securities at least to the extent provided by the Securities Guarantees; and
(ix) the Property Trustee has received an Officers' Certificate from the Sponsor and an opinion of counsel, each to the effect that all conditions precedent to the transaction as set forth in this Agreement have been satisfied.
(c) Notwithstanding Section 3.14(b), the Trust shall not, except with the consent of Holders of 100% in liquidation amount of the Securities, consolidate, amalgamate, merge or convert with or into, or be replaced by any other Person or permit any other Person to consolidate, amalgamate or merge with or into, or replace it if such consolidation, amalgamation, merger, conversion, or replacement would cause the Trust or Successor Entity to be classified as other than a grantor trust for U.S. Federal income tax purposes.
ARTICLE IV
SPONSOR
Section 4.1 Sponsor's Purchase of Common Securities. On each Closing Date, the Sponsor shall purchase all of the Common Securities issued by the Trust, in an amount at least equal to 3.0% of the Securities of the Trust issued on such Closing Date, at the same time as the Trust Preferred Securities are sold.
Section 4.2 Covenants of the Sponsor. For so long as the Trust Preferred Securities remain outstanding, the Sponsor shall:
(a) cause the Trust to remain a statutory trust and not to voluntarily dissolve, wind up, liquidate, or terminate, except as permitted by this Agreement;
(b) use its commercially reasonable efforts to ensure that the Trust will not be
(i) an Investment Company or
(ii) classified as other than a grantor trust for U.S. Federal income tax purposes.
Section 4.3 Rights and Responsibilities of the Sponsor. In connection with the issue and sale of the Trust Preferred Securities and so long as the Securities are outstanding, the Sponsor shall have the right and responsibility (which shall be exclusive except as otherwise set forth herein) to engage in the following activities:
(a) determine the Terms and Conditions;
(b) prepare, execute and file on behalf of the Trust with the Commission a registration statement on Form S-3 and any prospectus or prospectus supplement relating to such registration statement in relation to the Trust Preferred Securities, including any amendments thereto;
(c) if deemed necessary or advisable by the Sponsor, determine the States in which to take appropriate action to qualify or register for sale all or part of the Trust Preferred Securities and to do any and all such acts on behalf of the Trust, and prepare, execute and file any documents on behalf of the Trust as the Sponsor deems necessary or advisable in order to comply with the applicable laws of any such States;
(d) if deemed necessary or advisable by the Sponsor, prepare, execute and file on behalf of the Trust an application to the New York Stock Exchange or any other national stock exchange or the Nasdaq National Market for listing upon notice of issuance of any Trust Preferred Securities;
(e) if necessary, prepare, execute and file on behalf of the Trust with the Commission, a registration statement on Form 8-A relating to the registration of the Trust Preferred Securities under Section 12(b) or 12(g) of the Exchange Act, including any amendments thereto; and
(f) negotiate the Underwriting Agreement and any other instrument or agreement which, in the opinion of the Sponsor, the Trust should be a party to, bound by or a beneficiary of, including any remarketing, auction or exchange agreement.
Section 4.4 Right to Proceed.
(a) The Sponsor acknowledges the rights of Holders to institute a Direct Action as set forth in Section 3.8(e) hereto.
Section 4.5 Expenses. In connection with the offering, sale and issuance of the Debentures or Other Documents to the Property Trustee and in connection with the sale of the Securities by the Trust, the Sponsor shall:
(a) pay all costs and expenses relating to the offering, sale and issuance of the Debentures or Other Documents, including commissions to the underwriters payable pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement and compensation of the Trustee under the Indenture in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture;
(b) be responsible for and shall pay all debts and obligations (other than with respect to the Securities) and all costs and expenses of the Trust (including, but not limited to, costs and expenses relating to the organization, maintenance and dissolution of the Trust), the offering, sale and issuance of the Securities (including commissions to the underwriters in connection therewith), the fees and expenses (including reasonable counsel fees and expenses) of the Property Trustee, the Delaware Trustee and the Administrative Trustees (including any amounts payable under Article X of this Agreement), the costs and expenses relating to the operation of the Trust, including, without limitation, costs and expenses of accountants, attorneys, statistical or bookkeeping services, expenses for printing and engraving and computing or accounting equipment, Paying Agents, Registrars, transfer agents, duplicating, travel and telephone and other telecommunications expenses and costs and expenses incurred in connection with the acquisition, financing, and disposition of Trust assets and the enforcement by the Property Trustee of the rights of the Holders;
(c) be primarily liable for any indemnification obligations arising under Section 10.4 with respect to this Agreement; and
(d) pay any and all taxes (other than United States withholding taxes attributable to the Trust or its assets) and all liabilities, costs and expenses with respect to such taxes of the Trust.
The Sponsor's obligations under this Section 4.5 shall be for the benefit of, and shall be enforceable by, any Person to whom such debts, obligations, costs, expenses and taxes are owed (a "Creditor") whether or not such Creditor has received notice hereof. Any such Creditor may enforce the Sponsor's obligations under this Section 4.5 directly against the Sponsor and the Sponsor irrevocably waives any right or remedy to require that any such Creditor take any action against the Trust or any other Person before proceeding against the Sponsor. The Sponsor agrees to execute such additional agreements as may be necessary or desirable in order to give full effect to the provisions of this Section 4.5.
ARTICLE V
TRUSTEES
Section 5.1 Number of Trustees. The number of Trustees initially shall be four, and:
(a) at any time before the issuance of any Securities, the Sponsor may, by written instrument, increase or decrease the number of Trustees; and
(b) after the issuance of any Securities, the number of Trustees may be
increased or decreased by the Holders of a Majority in liquidation
amount of the Common Securities; provided, however, that, the number of
Trustees shall in no event be less than two, provided further that (1)
one Trustee shall meet the requirements of Section 5.2(a) or (b); (2)
there shall be at least one Trustee who is an employee or officer of,
or is affiliated with the Sponsor (an "Administrative Trustee"); and
(3) one Trustee shall be the Property Trustee for so long as this
Agreement is required to qualify as an indenture under the Trust
Indenture Act, and such Property Trustee may also serve as Delaware
Trustee if it meets the applicable requirements.
Section 5.2 Delaware Trustee. If required by the Statutory Trust Act, one Trustee (the "Delaware Trustee") shall be:
(a) a natural person who is a resident of the State of Delaware; or
(b) if not a natural person, an entity which has its principal place of business in the State of Delaware, and otherwise meets the requirements of applicable law, provided that, if the Property Trustee has its principal place of business in the State of Delaware and otherwise meets the requirements of applicable law, then the Property Trustee shall also be the Delaware Trustee and Section 3.11 shall have no application.
(c) The initial Delaware Trustee shall be:
Chase Manhattan Bank USA, National Association c/o JPMorgan Chase Attn: Institutional Trust Services 500 Stanton Christiana Road, OPS4 Newark, Delaware 19713
Section 5.3 Property Trustee; Eligibility.
(a) There shall at all times be one Trustee which shall act as Property Trustee for so long as this Agreement is required to qualify as an Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act, which shall:
(i) not be an Affiliate of the Sponsor; and
(ii) be a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of America or any State or Territory thereof or of the District of Columbia, or a corporation or Person permitted by the Commission to act as an institutional trustee under the Trust Indenture Act, authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust powers, having a combined capital and surplus of at least 50 million U.S. dollars ($50,000,000), and subject to supervision or examination by Federal, State, Territorial or District of Columbia authority. If such corporation publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of the supervising or examining authority referred to above, then for the purposes of this Section 5.3(a)(ii), 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.
(b) If at any time the Property Trustee shall cease to be eligible to so act under Section 5.3(a), the Property Trustee shall immediately resign in the manner and with the effect set forth in Section 5.6(c).
(c) If the Property Trustee has or shall acquire any "conflicting
interest" within the meaning of Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture
Act, the Property Trustee and the Holder of the Common Securities (as
if it were the obligor referred to in Section 310(b) of the Trust
Indenture Act) shall in all respects comply with the provisions of
Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act.
(d) The Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee and the Indenture
[Describe others if applicable] shall be deemed to be specifically
described in this Agreement and the Indenture for purposes of clause
(i) of the first proviso contained in Section 310(b) of the Trust
Indenture Act.
(e) The initial Property Trustee shall be:
JPMorgan Chase Bank 450 West 33rd Street, 15th Floor New York, New York 10001 Attention: Capital Markets Fiduciary Services
Section 5.4 Certain Qualifications of Administrative Trustees and Delaware Trustee Generally. Each Administrative Trustee and the Delaware Trustee (unless the Property Trustee also acts as Delaware Trustee) shall be either a natural person who is at least 21 years of age or a legal entity that shall act through one or more Authorized Officers.
Section 5.5 Administrative Trustees. The initial Administrative Trustees shall be:
Thomas L. Mitchell
Matthew W. Dundrea
(a) Except as otherwise expressly set forth in this Agreement and except if a meeting of the Administrative Trustees is called in accordance with Section 5.9 with respect to any matter over which the Administrative Trustees have power to act, any power of the Administrative Trustees may be exercised by, or with the consent of, any one such Administrative Trustee.
(b) Unless otherwise determined by the Administrative Trustees in accordance with Section 5.9, and except as otherwise required by the Statutory Trust Act or applicable law, any Administrative Trustee is authorized to execute on behalf of the Trust any documents which the Administrative Trustees have the power and authority to cause the Trust to execute pursuant to Section 3.6.
Section 5.6 Appointment; Removal and Resignation of Trustees.
(a) Subject to Section 5.6(b), Trustees may be appointed or removed without cause at any time:
(i) until the issuance of any Securities, by written instrument executed by the Sponsor;
(ii) after the issuance of any Securities, by the Holders of a Majority in liquidation amount of the Common Securities voting as a class at a meeting of the Holders of the Common Securities unless an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, and
(iii) if an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, after the issuance of the Securities, with respect to: (A) the Administrative Trustees, by vote or written consent of the Holders of a Majority in liquidation amount of the Common Securities acting separately as a class; and (B) the Property Trustee and the Delaware Trustee, by vote or written consent of the Holders of a Majority in liquidation amount of the Trust Preferred Securities, acting separately as a class.
(b) (i) The Property Trustee shall not be removed in accordance with
Section 5.6(a) until a Successor Property Trustee possessing the
qualifications to act as Property Trustee under Sections 5.2 and 5.3
has been appointed and has accepted such appointment by written
instrument executed by such Successor Property Trustee and delivered to
the Administrative Trustees, the Delaware Trustee (if the removed
Property Trustee is not also the Delaware Trustee) and the Sponsor.
(ii) The Delaware Trustee shall not be removed in accordance with Section 5.6(a) until a successor possessing the qualifications to act as Delaware Trustee under Sections 5.2 and 5.4 (a "Successor Delaware Trustee") has been appointed and has accepted such appointment by written instrument executed by such Successor Delaware Trustee and
delivered to the Administrative Trustees, the Property Trustee (if the removed Delaware Trustee is not also the Property Trustee) and the Sponsor.
(c) A Trustee appointed to office shall hold office until such Trustee's successor shall have been appointed or until such Trustee's death, bankruptcy, dissolution, termination, removal or resignation. Any Trustee may resign from office (without need for prior or subsequent accounting) by an instrument in writing signed by the Trustee and delivered to the other Trustees, the Sponsor, the Trust and, after an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Holders of Trust Preferred Securities, which resignation shall take effect upon such delivery or upon such later date as is specified therein; provided, however, that:
(i) no such resignation of the Property Trustee shall be effective:
(A) until a Successor Property Trustee has been appointed and has accepted such appointment by instrument executed by such Successor Property Trustee and delivered to the Trust, the Sponsor, the Delaware Trustee, the resigning Property Trustee and, after an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Holders of Trust Preferred Securities; or
(B) until the assets of the Trust have been completely liquidated and the proceeds thereof distributed to the Holders of the Securities and the Trust is terminated pursuant to the terms of this Agreement and the Securities; and
(ii) no such resignation of the Delaware Trustee shall be effective until a Successor Delaware Trustee has been appointed and has accepted such appointment by instrument executed by such Successor Delaware Trustee and delivered to the Trust, the Sponsor, the Property Trustee, the resigning Delaware Trustee and, after an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Holders of Trust Preferred Securities.
(d) The Holders of the Common Securities or, if an Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing after the issuance of any Securities, the
Holders of Trust Preferred Securities shall use all reasonable efforts
to promptly appoint a Successor Delaware Trustee or Successor Property
Trustee, as the case may be, if the Property Trustee or the Delaware
Trustee delivers an instrument of resignation in accordance with this
Section 5.6.
(e) If no Successor Property Trustee or Successor Delaware Trustee
shall have been appointed and accepted appointment as provided in this
Section 5.6 within 60 days after delivery to the other Trustees, the
Sponsor, the Trust and, after an Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing, the Holders of the Trust Preferred Securities of an
instrument of resignation, the resigning Property Trustee or Delaware
Trustee, as applicable, may petition any court of competent
jurisdiction for appointment of a Successor Property Trustee or
Successor Delaware Trustee. Such court may thereupon, after prescribing
such
notice, if any, as it may deem proper, appoint a Successor Property Trustee or Successor Delaware Trustee, as the case may be.
(f) No Property Trustee or Delaware Trustee shall be liable for the acts or omissions to act of any Successor Property Trustee or Successor Delaware Trustee, as the case may be.
(g) At the time of the resignation or removal of the Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee, the Sponsor shall pay to such Trustee any amounts that may be owed to such Trustee pursuant to Section 10.4.
Section 5.7 Vacancies Among Trustees. If a Trustee ceases to hold office for any reason and the number of Trustees is not reduced pursuant to Section 5.1, or if the number of Trustees is increased pursuant to Section 5.1, a vacancy shall occur. A resolution certifying the existence of such vacancy by the Administrative Trustees or, if there are more than two Administrative Trustees, a majority of the Administrative Trustees shall be conclusive evidence of the existence of such vacancy. The vacancy shall be filled with a Trustee appointed in accordance with Section 5.6.
Section 5.8 Effect of Vacancies. The death, resignation, retirement, removal, bankruptcy, dissolution, liquidation, incompetence or incapacity to perform the duties of a Trustee shall not operate to dissolve, terminate or annul the Trust. Whenever a vacancy among the Administrative Trustees shall occur, until such vacancy is filled by the appointment of an Administrative Trustee in accordance with Section 5.6, the Administrative Trustees in office, regardless of their number, shall have all the powers granted to the Administrative Trustees and shall discharge all the duties imposed upon the Administrative Trustees by this Agreement.
Section 5.9 Meetings. If there is more than one Administrative Trustee, meetings of the Administrative Trustees shall be held from time to time upon the call of any Administrative Trustee. Regular meetings of the Administrative Trustees may be held at a time and place fixed by resolution of the Administrative Trustees. Notice of any in-person meetings of the Administrative Trustees shall be hand delivered or otherwise delivered in writing (including by facsimile, with a hard copy by overnight courier) not less than 48 hours before such meeting. Notice of any telephonic meetings of the Administrative Trustees or any committee thereof shall be hand delivered or otherwise delivered in writing (including by facsimile, with a hard copy by overnight courier) not less than 24 hours before a meeting. Notices shall contain a brief statement of the time, place and anticipated purposes of the meeting. The presence (whether in person or by telephone) of an Administrative Trustee at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting except where an Administrative Trustee attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting to the transaction of any activity on the ground that the meeting has not been lawfully called or convened. Unless provided otherwise in this Agreement, any action of the Administrative Trustees may be taken at (i) a meeting by vote of a majority of the Administrative Trustees present (whether in person or by telephone) and eligible to vote with respect to such matter, provided that a Quorum is present, or (ii) without a meeting and without prior notice by the unanimous written consent of the Administrative Trustees. In the event there is only one Administrative Trustee, any and all action of such Administrative Trustee shall be evidenced by a written consent of such Administrative Trustee.
Section 5.10 Delegation of Power.
(a) Any Administrative Trustee may, by power of attorney consistent with applicable law, delegate to any other natural person over the age of 21 his or her power for the purpose of executing any documents contemplated in Section 3.6.
(b) The Administrative Trustees shall have power to delegate from time to time to such of their number or to officers of the Trust the doing of such things and the execution of such instruments either in the name of the Trust or the names of the Administrative Trustees or otherwise as the Administrative Trustees may deem expedient, to the extent such delegation is not prohibited by applicable law or contrary to the provisions of the Trust, as set forth herein.
Section 5.11 Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business. Any Person into which the Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee, as the case may be, may be merged or converted or with which either may be consolidated, or any Person resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee, as the case may be, shall be a party, or any Person succeeding to all or substantially all the corporate trust business of the Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee, as the case may be, shall be the successor of the Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee, as the case may be, hereunder, provided such Person 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; provided however, that such successor shall promptly notify the Sponsor (except that a Successor Delaware Trustee shall file an appropriate amendment to the Certificate of Trust of the Trust, if required by the Statutory Trust Act).
ARTICLE VI
DISTRIBUTIONS
Section 6.1 Distributions. If and to the extent that the Trust receives income on any Debenture or pursuant to any Other Document whether in cash, securities or other property as proceeds from the redemption, repayment, conversion, exchange, maturity or other disposition of any Debenture or pursuant to any Other Document (including any interest or premium on or the principal of the Debentures, any securities or other property received in exchange or upon conversion of the Debentures, or any cash, securities or other property received under any Other Document), then, unless otherwise specified in this Agreement, the Property Trustee shall distribute such income, cash, securities and other property to the Holders of the Securities in accordance with the terms of the Securities they hold as set forth in this Agreement, including the Terms and Conditions. The Property Trustee shall make the distributions on the Trust Preferred Securities and the Common Securities in accordance with the relative rights, preferences and privileges that apply to each of those classes of Securities as set forth in this Agreement.
ARTICLE VII
ISSUANCE OF SECURITIES
Section 7.1 General Provisions Regarding Securities.
(a) The Administrative Trustees shall, on behalf of the Trust, issue one class of preferred securities representing undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the Trust having such terms as are set forth in the Terms and Conditions (the "Trust Preferred Securities") and one class of common securities representing undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the Trust having such terms as are set forth in the Terms and Conditions (the "Common Securities"). The Trust shall issue no securities or other interests in the assets of the Trust other than the Trust Preferred Securities and the Common Securities.
(b) The terms of the Securities shall be established by the Sponsor and set forth in the Terms and Conditions. The Terms and Conditions shall be executed by each of the Administrative Trustees, attached to this Agreement as Exhibit A and incorporated herein by reference, and shall set forth the following to the extent not provided by, or in lieu or modification of, the other provisions of this Agreement:
(i) the designation of the Trust Preferred Securities and the designation of the Common Securities;
(ii) any limit upon the number and/or aggregate liquidation amount of the Trust Preferred Securities or the Common Securities to be executed and delivered under this Agreement (except for Securities authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Securities of such class pursuant to Section 9.2, 9.7 or 9.8, upon repayment or redemption in part of any Security or upon surrender in part of any Security for conversion or exchange into other securities pursuant to its terms);
(iii) the amounts payable out of the assets of the Trust to, and any other rights of the Holders upon, the liquidation of the Trust and any provisions for the dissolution and liquidation of the Trust, including the obligation, if any, of the Sponsor, the Trust or any other party to liquidate the Trust and any terms and conditions of such liquidation;
(iv) the date or dates, or the method or methods, if any, by which such date or dates shall be determined, on which the liquidation amount and premium, if any, of the Securities are distributable;
(v) the rate or rates at which income on the Trust Property shall be distributed to Holders, or the method or methods, if any, by which such rate or rates are to be determined, the date or dates, if any, from which such income shall accrue or the method or methods, if any, by which such date or dates are to be determined, the date or dates, if any, on which such income shall be payable, including any deferral provisions, and the record date or dates, if any, for the income payable on the Securities on any such income payment date, the notice, if any, to Holders regarding the determination of income on a floating rate Security and the manner of giving such notice, and the basis upon which interest shall be calculated if other than that of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months;
(vi) whether the Distributions on the Securities will be cumulative and, if so, the dates from which and upon which distributions will accumulate and be payable;
(vii) whether, in addition to or other than the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, the place or places where the distributions on the Securities may be made, the Securities may be surrendered for registration of transfer, exchange, redemption, repayment, conversion or upon maturity, and notices or demands to or upon the Trust in respect of the Securities and this Agreement may be served;
(viii) whether the Trust is obligated or entitled to redeem or purchase any of such Securities at its option, pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous provision or at the option of any Holder thereof or otherwise, and, if so, the date or dates on which, the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which and the other terms and conditions upon which such Securities shall be redeemed or purchased, in whole or in part, pursuant to such obligation, and any provisions for the remarketing, auction or other secondary sales of Securities so redeemed or purchased;
(ix) the denominations in which the Securities shall be issuable if other than denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple;
(x) whether the Securities will be convertible into and/or exchangeable for other securities or property or both, and if so, the terms and conditions upon which the Securities will be so convertible or exchangeable;
(xi) any voting rights granted to the Holders of the Trust Preferred Securities or the Common Securities in addition to or in lieu of the voting rights set forth elsewhere in this Agreement;
(xii) if other than U.S. dollars, the currency in which cash distributions on the Securities shall be payable;
(xiii) if cash distributions with respect to the Securities are to be payable, at the election of the Trust or a Holder thereof or otherwise, in a currency other than that in which the Securities are stated to be payable, the date or dates on which, the period or periods within which, and the other terms and conditions upon which, such election may be made, and the time and manner of determining the exchange rate between the currency in which the Securities are stated to be payable and the currency in which the Securities or any of them are to be paid pursuant to such election;
(xiv) whether any distributions may be determined with reference to an index, formula or other method or methods (which index, formula or method or methods may be based, without limitation, on one or more currencies, commodities, equity indices or other indices), and, if so, the terms and conditions upon which and the manner in which such amounts shall be determined and paid or payable;
(xv) the title and amount of the Debentures and any Other Documents to be acquired with the proceeds of the sale of the Securities;
(xvi) the ranking of the Trust Preferred Securities and the Common Securities; and
(xvii) any other rights, preferences, restrictions, limitations or conditions relative to the Trust Preferred Securities or the Common Securities permitted by Delaware law and any deletions from or modifications or additions to this Agreement, including any Events of Default or covenants of any of the parties hereto, in respect of the Securities, provided no covenant in this Agreement may be modified without the consent of the party giving such covenant.
(c) The Certificates shall be in the forms prepared by the Sponsor and signed on behalf of the Trust by at least one Administrative Trustee. Such signature shall be the manual or facsimile signature of any present or any future Administrative Trustee. In case any Administrative Trustee who shall have signed any of the Securities shall cease to be such Administrative Trustee before the Certificates so signed shall be delivered by the Trust, such Certificates nevertheless may be delivered as though the person who signed such Certificates had not ceased to be such Administrative Trustee; and any Certificate may be signed on behalf of the Trust by any persons who, at the actual date of execution of such Certificate, shall be an Administrative Trustee of the Trust, although at the date of the execution and delivery of the Agreement any such person was not such an Administrative Trustee. Certificates shall be printed, lithographed or engraved or may be produced in any other manner as is reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Trustee, as evidenced by such individual's execution thereof, and may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification or designation and such legends or endorsements as the Administrative Trustee that signs such Certificates may deem appropriate, or as may be required to comply with any law or with any rule or regulation of any stock exchange on which Securities may be listed, or to conform to usage.
A Trust Preferred Security Certificate shall not be valid until authenticated by the manual signature of an authorized officer of the Property Trustee. Such signature shall be conclusive evidence that a Trust Preferred Security Certificate has been authenticated under this Agreement. Each Trust Preferred Security Certificate shall be dated the date of its authentication by the Property Trustee. Each Common Security Certificate shall be dated the date it is executed by an Administrative Trustee. Upon a written order of the Trust signed by one Administrative Trustee, the Property Trustee shall authenticate Trust Preferred Security Certificates, provided the aggregate liquidation amount or number of the Trust Preferred Securities shall not exceed the aggregate liquidation amount or number, as the case may be, of Trust Preferred Securities designated in the Terms and Conditions, as such liquidation amount or number, as the case may be, may be reduced by redemptions, repayments, exchanges, conversions or liquidating distributions.
The Property Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent acceptable to the Administrative Trustees to authenticate Trust Preferred Security Certificates. An authenticating agent may authenticate Trust Preferred Security Certificates whenever the
Property Trustee may do so. Each reference in this Agreement to authentication by the Property Trustee includes authentication by such agent. An authenticating agent has the same rights as the Property Trustee to deal with the Sponsor or an Affiliate of the Sponsor.
(d) The consideration received by the Trust for the issuance of the Securities shall constitute a contribution to the capital of the Trust and shall not constitute a loan to the Trust.
(e) Upon issuance of the Securities as provided in this Agreement, the Securities so issued shall be deemed to be validly issued, fully paid and, subject to Section 10.1(b), non-assessable.
(f) Every Person, by virtue of having become a Holder or a Trust Preferred Security Beneficial Owner in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, shall be deemed to have expressly assented and agreed to the terms of, and shall be bound by, this Agreement.
Section 7.2 Paying Agent and Registrar. In the event that the Trust Preferred Securities are not in book-entry only form:
(a) The Trust shall maintain in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, an office or agency where the Trust Preferred Securities may be presented for payment ("Paying Agent"), and any such Paying Agent shall comply with Section 317(b) of the Trust Indenture Act. The Administrative Trustees on behalf of the Trust may appoint the Paying Agent and may appoint one or more additional paying agents in such other locations as it shall determine. The term "Paying Agent" includes any additional paying agent. The Administrative Trustees on behalf of the Trust may change any Paying Agent without prior notice to any Holder. The Administrative Trustees on behalf of the Trust shall notify the Property Trustee of the name and address of any Paying Agent not a party to this Agreement. If the Administrative Trustees on behalf of the Trust fail to appoint or maintain another entity as Paying Agent, the Property Trustee shall act as such. The Administrative Trustees on behalf of the Trust or any of its Affiliates (including the Sponsor) may act as Paying Agent. The Property Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office shall initially act as Paying Agent for the Trust Preferred Securities and the Common Securities.
(b) The Trust shall maintain in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, an office or agency where Trust Preferred Securities may be presented for registration of transfer or exchange ("Registrar"). The Registrar shall keep a register of the Trust Preferred Securities and of their transfer or exchange. The Administrative Trustees on behalf of the Trust may appoint the Registrar and may appoint one or more co-registrars in such other locations as it shall determine. The term "Registrar" includes any such additional registrar. The Administrative Trustees on behalf of the Trust may change any Registrar or co-registrar without prior notice to any Holder. The Administrative Trustees on behalf of the Trust shall notify the Property Trustee of the name and address of any Agent not a party to this Agreement. If the Administrative Trustees on behalf of the
Trust fail to appoint or maintain another entity as Registrar, the Property Trustee shall act as such. The Trust or any of its Affiliates (including the Sponsor) may act as Registrar. The Administrative Trustees on behalf of the Trust shall act as Registrar for the Common Securities.
(c) Notwithstanding Sections 3.6(b)(vi) and 3.6(l), the Trust initially appoints the Property Trustee as Registrar for the Trust Preferred Securities and authorizes it to execute and deliver letters, documents and instruments with DTC and other Clearing Agencies relating to the Trust Preferred Securities.
ARTICLE VIII
TERMINATION OF TRUST
Section 8.1 Termination of Trust.
(a) The Trust shall dissolve and its affairs shall be wound up upon the first of the following to occur:
(i) (other than in connection with a merger, consolidation or similar transaction not prohibited by this Agreement or any Trust Property) upon the filing of a certificate of dissolution or its equivalent with respect to the Sponsor [or the Debenture Issuer]; or the revocation of the Sponsor's [or the Debenture Issuer's] charter and the expiration of 90 days after the date of revocation without a reinstatement thereof;
(ii) upon the entry of a decree of judicial dissolution of the Trust;
(iii) when all the Securities shall have been called for redemption, repayment, conversion or exchange and the amounts necessary for redemption, repayment, conversion or exchange thereof shall have been distributed to the Holders in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the Securities;
(iv) upon the liquidation of the Trust and the distribution to the Holders of all amounts they are required to receive in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the Securities;
(v) the expiration of the term of the Trust provided in
Section 3.13 of this Agreement; and
(vi) any other event specified in the Terms and Conditions.
(b) As soon as is practicable after the occurrence of an event referred to in Section 8.1(a) and upon completion of the winding-up of the Trust, an Administrative Trustee shall file a certificate of cancellation of the Certificate of Trust of the Trust with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware.
(c) The provisions of Section 4.4 and Article X shall survive the termination of the Trust.
ARTICLE IX
TRANSFER OF INTERESTS
Section 9.1 Transfer of Securities.
(a) Securities may only be transferred, in whole or in part, in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement and in the terms of the Securities. To the fullest extent permitted by law, any transfer or purported transfer of any Security not made in accordance with this Agreement shall be null and void.
(b) Subject to this Article IX and the Terms and Conditions, Trust Preferred Securities shall be freely transferable.
(c) Subject to this Article IX, the Sponsor and any Related Party may only transfer Common Securities to the Sponsor or a Related Party of the Sponsor; provided that, any such transfer is subject to the condition precedent that the transferor obtain the written opinion of nationally recognized independent counsel experienced in such matters that such transfer would not cause more than an insubstantial risk that:
(i) the Trust would not be classified for U.S. Federal income tax purposes as a grantor trust; and
(ii) the Trust would be an Investment Company or the transferee would become an Investment Company.
Section 9.2 Transfer or Exchange of Certificates. The Registrar shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers or exchanges of Certificates, which shall be effected without charge but only upon payment (with such indemnity as the Administrative Trustees may require) in respect of any tax or other government charges that may be imposed in relation to it. The Trust will not be required to register or cause to be registered the transfer of its trust preferred securities after they have been converted, exchanged, repaid, redeemed or called for redemption. Upon surrender for registration of transfer or exchange of any Certificate at the Corporate Trust Office of the Property Trustee, the applicable Registrar shall cause one or more new Certificates to be issued in the name of the designated transferee or transferees or the party requesting the exchange, as the case may be. Every Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer or exchange in form satisfactory to the applicable Registrar and duly executed by the Holder or such Holder's attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be canceled by the applicable Registrar. A transferee of a Certificate and the recipient of one or more Certificates issued in exchange for cancelled Certificates shall be entitled to the rights and subject to the obligations of a Holder hereunder upon the receipt by such transferee or recipient of a Certificate or Certificates duly executed by an Administrative Trustee and, in the case of a Trust Preferred Security Certificate, authenticated by the Property Trustee. By acceptance of a Certificate, each transferee shall be deemed to have agreed to be bound by this Agreement.
Section 9.3 Deemed Security Holders. The Trustees may treat the Person in whose name any Certificate shall be registered on the books and records of the Trust as the sole holder of such Certificate and of the Securities represented by such Certificate for purposes of receiving Distributions and for all other purposes whatsoever and, accordingly, shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in such Certificate or in the Securities represented by such Certificate on the part of any Person, whether or not the Trust shall have actual or other notice thereof.
Section 9.4 Book Entry Interests. Unless otherwise specified in the Terms and Conditions, the Trust Preferred Securities Certificates, on original issuance, shall be issued in the form of one or more, fully registered, global Trust Preferred Security Certificates (each a "Global Certificate"), to be delivered to DTC, the initial Clearing Agency, by, or on behalf of, the Trust. Each such Global Certificate shall initially be registered on the books and records of the Trust in the name of Cede & Co., the nominee of DTC, and no Trust Preferred Security Beneficial Owner will receive a definitive Trust Preferred Security Certificate representing such Trust Preferred Security Beneficial Owner's interests in any Global Certificate, except as provided in Section 9.7. Except for the definitive Trust Preferred Security Certificates issued to the Trust Preferred Security Beneficial Owners pursuant to Section 9.7 or in accordance with the Terms and Conditions:
(a) the provisions of this Section 9.4 shall be in full force and effect;
(b) the Trust, the Trustees and any Agent shall be entitled to deal with the Clearing Agency for all purposes of this Agreement (including the payment of distributions on any Global Certificate and receiving approvals, votes or consents hereunder) as the Holder of the Trust Preferred Securities and the sole holder of any Global Certificate and shall have no obligation to the Trust Preferred Security Beneficial Owners;
(c) to the extent that the provisions of this Section 9.4 conflict with any other provisions of this Agreement other than the Terms and Conditions, the provisions of this Section 9.4 shall control; and
(d) the rights of the Trust Preferred Security Beneficial Owners shall be exercised only through the Clearing Agency and shall be limited to those established by law and agreements between the Trust Preferred Security Beneficial Owners and the Clearing Agency and/or the Clearing Agency Participants to receive and transmit payments and other distributions on the Global Certificates to such Clearing Agency Participants. DTC will make book entry transfers among the Clearing Agency Participants; provided, that, solely for the purposes of determining whether the Holders of the requisite amount of Trust Preferred Securities have voted on any matter provided for in this Agreement, the Trustees may conclusively rely on, and shall be protected in relying on, any written instrument (including a proxy) delivered to the Trustees by the Clearing Agency setting forth the Trust Preferred Security Beneficial Owners' votes or assigning the right to vote on any matter to any other Persons either in whole or in part.
Section 9.5 Notices to Clearing Agency. Whenever a notice or other communication to the Trust Preferred Security Holders is required under this Agreement, unless and until definitive fully registered Trust Preferred Security Certificates shall have been issued to the Trust Preferred
Security Beneficial Owners pursuant to Section 9.7 or otherwise, the Administrative Trustees shall give all such notices and communications specified herein to be given to the Trust Preferred Security Holders to the Clearing Agency, and shall have no notice obligations to the Trust Preferred Security Beneficial Owners.
Section 9.6 Appointment of Successor Clearing Agency. If any Clearing Agency elects to discontinue its services as securities depositary with respect to the Trust Preferred Securities, the Administrative Trustees may, in their sole discretion, appoint a successor Clearing Agency with respect to such Trust Preferred Securities.
Section 9.7 Definitive Trust Preferred Security Certificates. If:
(a) a Clearing Agency elects to discontinue its services as securities depositary with respect to the Trust Preferred Securities and a successor Clearing Agency is not appointed within 90 days after such discontinuance pursuant to Section 9.6; or
(b) the Administrative Trustees elect after consultation with the Sponsor to terminate the book-entry system through the Clearing Agency with respect to the Trust Preferred Securities, then:
(i) definitive fully registered Trust Preferred Security Certificates shall be prepared and executed by the Administrative Trustees and authenticated by the Property Trustee on behalf of the Trust with respect to such Trust Preferred Securities; and
(ii) upon surrender of any Global Certificate by the Clearing Agency, accompanied by registration instructions, the Administrative Trustees shall cause definitive fully registered Trust Preferred Securities Certificates to be executed, and the Property Trustee shall cause such Trust Preferred Securities Certificates to be authenticated and delivered to Trust Preferred Security Beneficial Owners in accordance with the instructions of the Clearing Agency. Neither the Trustees nor the Trust shall be liable for any delay in delivery of such instructions and each of them may conclusively rely on and shall be protected in relying on, said instructions of the Clearing Agency. The definitive fully registered Trust Preferred Security Certificates shall be printed, lithographed or engraved or may be produced in any other manner as is reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Trustees, as evidenced by their execution thereof, and may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification or designation and such legends or endorsements as the Administrative Trustees and the Property Trustee may deem appropriate, or as may be required to comply with any law or with any rule or regulation made pursuant thereto or with any rule or regulation of any stock exchange on which Trust Preferred Securities may be listed, or to conform to usage.
Section 9.8 Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Certificates. If:
(a) any mutilated Certificate shall be surrendered to the Administrative Trustees, or if the Administrative Trustees shall receive evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Certificate; and
(b) there shall be delivered to the Administrative Trustees and the Property Trustee such security or indemnity as may be required by them to keep each of the Trustees and the Trust harmless, then, in the absence of notice that such Certificate shall have been acquired by a protected purchaser, any Administrative Trustee on behalf of the Trust shall execute and deliver, and, in the case of a Trust Preferred Securities Certificate, the Property Trustee shall authenticate, in exchange for or in lieu of any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Certificate, a new Certificate of like denomination. In connection with the issuance of any new Certificate under this Section 9.8, the Administrative Trustees and the Property Trustee may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection therewith.
Any duplicate Certificate issued pursuant to this Section shall constitute conclusive evidence of an ownership interest in the relevant Securities, as if originally issued, whether or not the lost, stolen or destroyed Certificate shall be found at any time.
ARTICLE X
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY OF HOLDERS OF
SECURITIES, TRUSTEES OR OTHERS
Section 10.1 Liability.
(a) Except as expressly set forth in this Agreement, the Debentures, any other instrument or agreement, the Securities Guarantees and the terms of the Securities, [neither] the Sponsor [nor the Debenture Issuer] shall [not] be:
(i) personally liable for the return of any portion of the capital contributions (or any return thereon) of the Holders of the Securities, which shall be made solely from assets of the Trust; or
(ii) required to pay to the Trust or to any Holder of Securities any deficit upon dissolution of the Trust or otherwise.
(b) The Sponsor, as the [Debenture Issuer] [Debenture Guarantor], shall be liable for all of the debts and obligations of the Trust (other than with respect to the Securities) to the extent not satisfied out of the Trust's assets.
(c) Pursuant to Section 3803(a) of the Statutory Trust Act, the Holders of the Trust Preferred Securities shall be entitled to the same limitation of personal liability extended to stockholders of private corporations for profit organized under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.
Section 10.2 Exculpation.
(a) No Indemnified Person shall be liable, responsible or accountable in damages or otherwise to the Trust or any Covered Person for any loss, damage or claim incurred by reason of any act or omission performed or omitted by such Indemnified Person in good faith on behalf of the Trust and in a manner such Indemnified Person reasonably believed
to be within the scope of the authority conferred on such Indemnified Person by this Agreement or by law, except that an Indemnified Person shall be liable for any such loss, damage or claim incurred by reason of such Indemnified Person's gross negligence (or, in the case of the Property Trustee, negligence), bad faith or willful misconduct with respect to such acts or omissions.
(b) An Indemnified Person shall be fully protected in relying in good faith upon the records of the Trust and upon such information, opinions, reports or statements presented to the Trust by any Person as to matters the Indemnified Person reasonably believes are within such other Person's professional or expert competence and who has been selected with reasonable care by or on behalf of the Trust, including information, opinions, reports or statements as to the value and amount of the assets, liabilities, profits, losses, or any other facts pertinent to the existence and amount of assets from which Distributions to Holders of Securities might properly be paid.
Section 10.3 Fiduciary Duty.
(a) To the extent that, at law or in equity, an Indemnified Person has duties (including fiduciary duties) and liabilities relating thereto to the Trust or to any other Covered Person, an Indemnified Person acting under this Agreement shall not be liable to the Trust or to any other Covered Person for its good faith reliance on the provisions of this Agreement. The provisions of this Agreement, to the extent that they restrict the duties and liabilities of an Indemnified Person otherwise existing at law or in equity (other than the duties imposed on the Property Trustee under the Trust Indenture Act), are agreed by the parties hereto to replace such other duties and liabilities of such Indemnified Person.
(b) Unless otherwise expressly provided herein:
(i) whenever a conflict of interest exists or arises between any Covered Persons and any Indemnified Person; or
(ii) whenever this Agreement or any other instrument or agreement contemplated herein or therein provides that an Indemnified Person shall act in a manner that is, or provides terms that are, fair and reasonable to the Trust or any Holder of Securities, the Indemnified Person shall resolve such conflict of interest, take such action or provide such terms, considering in each case the relative interest of each party (including its own interest) to such conflict, agreement, transaction or situation and the benefits and burdens relating to such interests, any customary or accepted industry practices, and any applicable generally accepted accounting practices or principles. In the absence of bad faith by the Indemnified Person, the resolution, action or term so made, taken or provided by the Indemnified Person shall not constitute a breach of this Agreement or any other agreement contemplated herein or of any duty or obligation of the Indemnified Person at law or in equity or otherwise.
(c) Whenever in this Agreement an Indemnified Person is permitted or required to make a decision:
(i) in its "sole discretion" or under a grant of similar authority, the Indemnified Person shall be entitled to consider such interests and factors as it desires, including its own interests, and shall have no duty or obligation to give any consideration to any interest of or factors affecting the Trust or any other Person; or
(ii) in its "good faith" or under another express standard, the Indemnified Person shall act under such express standard and shall not be subject to any other or different standard imposed by this Agreement or by applicable law.
Section 10.4 Indemnification.
(a) (i) The Sponsor shall indemnify, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any Company Indemnified Person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the Trust) by reason of the fact that he is or was a Company Indemnified Person against expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Trust, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful. The termination of any action, suit or proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, shall not, of itself, create a presumption that the Company Indemnified Person did not act in good faith and in a manner which he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Trust, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful.
(ii) The Sponsor shall indemnify, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any Company Indemnified Person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of the Trust to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that he is or was a Company Indemnified Person against expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit if he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Trust and except that no such indemnification shall be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such Company Indemnified Person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the Trust unless and only to the extent that the Court of Chancery of Delaware or the court in which such action or suit was brought shall determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which such Court of Chancery or such other court shall deem proper.
(iii) Any indemnification under paragraphs (i) and (ii) of
this Section 10.4(a) (unless ordered by a court) shall be made
by the Sponsor only as authorized in the specific case upon a
determination that indemnification of the Company Indemnified
Person is proper in the circumstances because he has met the
applicable standard of conduct set forth in paragraphs (i) and
(ii). Such determination shall be made (1) by the
Administrative Trustees by a majority vote of a Quorum
consisting of such Administrative Trustees who were not
parties to such action, suit or proceeding, (2) if such a
Quorum is not obtainable, or, even if obtainable, if a Quorum
of disinterested Administrative Trustees so directs, by
independent legal counsel in a written opinion, or (3) by the
Common Security Holder of the Trust.
(iv) Expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees) incurred
by a Company Indemnified Person in defending a civil,
criminal, administrative or investigative action, suit or
proceeding referred to in paragraphs (i) and (ii) of this
Section 10.4(a) shall be paid by the Sponsor in advance of the
final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding upon
receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such Company
Indemnified Person to repay such amount if it shall ultimately
be determined that such person is not entitled to be
indemnified by the Sponsor as authorized in this Section
10.4(a). Notwithstanding the foregoing, no advance shall be
made by the Sponsor if a determination is reasonably and
promptly made (i) by the Administrative Trustees by a majority
vote of a Quorum of disinterested Administrative Trustees,
(ii) if such a Quorum is not obtainable, or, even if
obtainable, if a Quorum of disinterested Administrative
Trustees so directs, by independent legal counsel in a written
opinion or (iii) the Common Security Holder of the Trust,
that, based upon the facts known to the Administrative
Trustees, independent legal counsel or Common Security Holder
at the time such determination is made, such person acted in
bad faith or in a manner that such person did not believe to
be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Trust, or,
with respect to any criminal proceeding, that such Company
Indemnified Person believed or had reasonable cause to believe
his conduct was unlawful. In no event shall any advance be
made in instances where the Administrative Trustees,
independent legal counsel or Common Security Holder reasonably
determine that such person deliberately breached such person's
duty to the Trust or its Common or Trust Preferred Security
Holders.
(v) The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided
by, or granted pursuant to, the other paragraphs of this
Section 10.4(a) shall not be deemed exclusive of any other
rights to which those seeking indemnification and advancement
of expenses may be entitled under any agreement, vote of
shareholders or disinterested directors of the Sponsor or
Trust Preferred Security Holders of the Trust or otherwise,
both as to action in his official capacity and as to action in
another capacity while holding such office. All rights to
indemnification under this Section 10.4(a) shall be deemed to
be provided by a contract between the Sponsor and each Company
Indemnified Person who serves in such capacity at any time
while this Section 10.4(a) is in effect. Any repeal or
modification of this Section 10.4(a) shall not affect any rights or obligations then existing.
(vi) The Sponsor or the Trust may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a Company Indemnified Person against any liability asserted against him and incurred by him in any such capacity, or arising out of his status as such, whether or not the Sponsor would have the power to indemnify him against such liability under the provisions of this Section 10.4(a).
(vii) For purposes of this Section 10.4(a), references to the "Trust" shall include, in addition to the resulting or surviving entity, any constituent entity (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger, so that any person who is or was a director, trustee, officer or employee of such constituent entity, or is or was serving at the request of such constituent entity as a director, trustee, officer, employee or agent of another entity, shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this Section 10.4(a) with respect to the resulting or surviving entity as such person would have with respect to such constituent entity if its separate existence had continued.
(viii) The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by, or granted pursuant to, this Section 10.4(a) shall, unless otherwise provided when authorized or ratified, continue as to a person who has ceased to be a Company Indemnified Person and shall inure to the benefit of the successors, heirs, executors and administrators of such a person.
(b) To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Sponsor agrees to indemnify each Fiduciary Indemnified Person for, and to hold each Fiduciary Indemnified Person harmless against, any loss, liability or expense to the extent incurred without gross negligence (or in the case of the Property Trustee, pursuant to Section 3.9, negligence), bad faith or willful misconduct on its part, arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of the trust or trusts hereunder, including the costs and expenses (including reasonable legal fees and expenses) of defending itself against or investigating any claim or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder. The provisions of this Section 10.4(b) shall survive the satisfaction and discharge of this Agreement and any resignation or removal of the Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee, as the case may be.
Section 10.5 Outside Businesses. Any Covered Person, the Sponsor, the Delaware Trustee and the Property Trustee (subject to Section 5.3(c)) may engage in or possess an interest in other business ventures of any nature or description, independently or with others, similar or dissimilar to the business of the Trust, and the Trust and the Holders of Securities shall have no rights by virtue of this Agreement in and to such independent ventures or the income or profits derived therefrom, and the pursuit of any such venture, even if competitive with the business of the Trust, shall not be deemed wrongful or improper. No Covered Person, the Sponsor, the Delaware Trustee or the Property Trustee shall be obligated to present any particular investment or other opportunity to the Trust even if such opportunity is of a character that, if presented to the Trust, could be taken by the Trust, and any Covered Person, the Sponsor, the Delaware Trustee
and the Property Trustee shall have the right to take for its own account (individually or as a partner or fiduciary) or to recommend to others any such particular investment or other opportunity. Any Covered Person, the Delaware Trustee and the Property Trustee may engage or be interested in any financial or other transaction with the Sponsor or any Affiliate of the Sponsor, or may act as depositary for, trustee or agent for, or act on any committee or body of holders of, securities or other obligations of the Sponsor or its Affiliates.
Section 10.6 Trustees' Fees and Expenses. Each Trustee shall receive as compensation for its services hereunder such fees and expenses as have been separately agreed upon before the date hereof between the Sponsor and such Trustee, and each Trustee shall be entitled to be reimbursed by the Sponsor for other reasonable expenses hereunder, including the reasonable compensation, expenses and disbursements of such agents, representatives, experts and counsel as such Trustee may employ in connection with the exercise and performance of its rights and duties hereunder.
ARTICLE XI
ACCOUNTING
Section 11.1 Fiscal Year. The fiscal year ("Fiscal Year") of the Trust shall be the calendar year, or such other year as is required by the Code.
Section 11.2 Certain Accounting Matters.
(a) At all times during the existence of the Trust, the Administrative Trustees on behalf of the Trust shall keep, or cause to be kept, full books of account, records and supporting documents, all of which shall reflect in reasonable detail each transaction of the Trust. The books of account shall be maintained on the accrual method of accounting, in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, consistently applied. The Trust shall use the accrual method of accounting for U.S. Federal income tax purposes.
(b) The Administrative Trustees, on behalf of the Trust, shall cause to be duly prepared and delivered to each of the Holders of Securities, any annual U.S. Federal income tax information statement required by the Code and the Treasury Regulations, containing such information with regard to the Securities held by each Holder as is required by the Code and the Treasury Regulations. Notwithstanding any right under the Code to deliver any such statement at a later date, the Administrative Trustees on behalf of the Trust shall endeavor to deliver all such statements within 30 days after the end of each Fiscal Year of the Trust.
(c) The Administrative Trustees on behalf of the Trust shall cause to be duly prepared and filed with the appropriate taxing authority an annual U.S. Federal income tax return, on a Form 1041 or such other form required by U.S. Federal income tax law, and any other annual income tax returns required to be filed by the Trust with any state or local taxing authority.
Section 11.3 Banking. The Administrative Trustees, on behalf of the Trust, shall maintain one or more bank accounts in the name and for the sole benefit of the Trust; provided, however, that all payments for the benefit of holders of Securities of funds in respect of Trust Property shall be
made directly to the Property Trustee Account and no other funds of the Trust shall be deposited in the Property Trustee Account. The sole signatories for such accounts shall be designated by the Administrative Trustees; provided, however, that the Property Trustee shall designate the signatories for the Property Trustee Account.
Section 11.4 Withholding. The Administrative Trustees on behalf of the Trust shall comply with all withholding requirements under U.S. Federal, state and local law. The Trust shall request, and the Holders shall provide to the Trust, such forms or certificates as are necessary to establish an exemption from withholding with respect to each Holder, and any representations and forms as shall reasonably be requested by the Trust to assist it in determining the extent of, and in fulfilling, its withholding obligations. The Administrative Trustees on behalf of the Trust shall file required forms with applicable jurisdictions and, unless an exemption from withholding is properly established by a Holder, shall remit amounts withheld with respect to the Holder to applicable jurisdictions. To the extent that the Trust is required to withhold and pay over any amounts to any authority with respect to distributions or allocations to any Holder, the amount withheld shall be deemed to be a distribution in the amount of the withholding to the Holder. In the event of any claimed over withholding, Holders shall be limited to an action against the applicable jurisdiction. If the amount required to be withheld was not withheld from actual distributions made, the Trust may reduce subsequent distributions by the amount of such withholding.
ARTICLE XII
AMENDMENTS AND MEETINGS
Section 12.1 Amendments. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement or by any applicable terms of the Securities:
(a) this Agreement may only be amended by a written instrument approved and executed by the Sponsor and the Administrative Trustees (or, if there are more than two Administrative Trustees, a majority of the Administrative Trustees) and:
(i) if the amendment affects the rights, powers, duties, obligations or immunities of the Property Trustee, also by the Property Trustee; and
(ii) if the amendment affects the rights, powers, duties, obligations or immunities of the Delaware Trustee, also by the Delaware Trustee;
(b) no amendment shall be made:
(i) unless, in the case of any proposed amendment, the Property Trustee shall have first received an Officers' Certificate from each of the Trust and the Sponsor that such amendment is permitted by, and conforms to, the terms of this Agreement (including the terms of the Securities);
(ii) unless, in the case of any proposed amendment which affects the rights, powers, duties, obligations or immunities of the Property Trustee, the Property Trustee shall have first received:
(A) an Officers' Certificate from each of the Trust and the Sponsor that such amendment is permitted by, and conforms to, the terms of this Agreement (including the terms of the Securities); and
(B) an opinion of qualified independent counsel that such amendment is permitted by, and conforms to, the terms of this Agreement (including the terms of the Securities); and
(iii) to the extent the result of such amendment would be to:
(A) cause the Trust to fail to continue to be classified for purposes of U.S. federal income taxation as a grantor trust;
(B) reduce or otherwise adversely affect the powers of the Property Trustee in contravention of the Trust Indenture Act; or
(C) cause the Trust to be deemed to be an Investment Company required to be registered under the Investment Company Act;
(c) after the Trust has issued any Securities that remain outstanding, without the consent of the Holders of a Majority in liquidation amount of each class of Securities affected, this Agreement may not be amended for any reason in a manner that would adversely affect the rights, privileges or preferences of such class of Securities, provided that, except as may be provided in the Terms and Conditions, without the consent of each Holder of Securities affected thereby, this Agreement may not be amended to:
(i) change the Distribution rate, or manner of calculation of the Distribution rate, amount, timing or currency or otherwise adversely affect the method of any required payment;
(ii) change the purpose of the Trust;
(iii) authorize the issuance of any additional beneficial interests in the Trust;
(iv) change the conversion, exchange, redemption or repayment provisions, if any;
(v) change the conditions precedent for the Sponsor to elect to dissolve the Trust and distribute the Debentures held by the Trust to the Holders of the Securities, if applicable;
(vi) change the liquidation, distribution or other provisions relating to the distribution of amounts payable upon the dissolution and liquidation of the Trust;
(vii) affect the limited liability of any Holder of the Securities; or
(viii) restrict the right of a Holder of the Securities to institute suit for the enforcement of any required payment on or, if applicable, after the due date
therefor or for the conversion or exchange of the Securities in accordance with their terms.
(d) Section 9.1(c) and this Section 12.1 shall not be amended without the consent of all of the Holders of the Securities;
(e) Article IV shall not be amended without the consent of the Sponsor;
(f) the rights of the holders of the Common Securities under Article V to increase or decrease the number of, and appoint and remove, Trustees shall not be amended without the consent of the Holders of a Majority in liquidation amount of the Common Securities; and
(g) notwithstanding Section 12.1(c), this Agreement may be amended by the Trustees and the Sponsor without the consent of the Holders of the any Securities that are outstanding to:
(i) cure any ambiguity;
(ii) correct or supplement any provision in this Agreement that may be defective or inconsistent with any other provision of this Agreement;
(iii) add to the covenants, restrictions or obligations of the Sponsor;
(iv) conform to any change in the Investment Company Act or the Trust Indenture Act or the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder or any written change in interpretation or application of such act or such rules or regulations by any legislative body, court, government agency or regulatory authority; or
(v) cause the Trust to continue to be classified for U.S. federal income tax purposes as a grantor trust,
provided however, that, in the case of clauses (i) or (ii), such action shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of the Holders. Any amendments to this Agreement adopted pursuant to Section 12.1(g) shall become effective when notice thereof is given to the Holders.
Section 12.2 Meetings of the Holders of Securities; Action by Written Consent.
(a) Except as otherwise provided in the Terms and Conditions, meetings of the Holders of any class of Securities may be called at any time by the Administrative Trustees (or as provided in the terms of the Securities) to consider and act on any matter on which Holders of Securities are entitled to act under the terms of this Agreement, the terms of the Securities or the rules of any stock exchange on which the Trust Preferred Securities are listed or admitted for trading. The Administrative Trustees shall call a meeting of the Holders if directed to do so by the Holders of at least 10% in liquidation amount of Securities. Such direction shall be given by delivering to the Administrative Trustees one or more calls in a writing stating that the signing Holders of Securities wish
to call a meeting and indicating the general or specific purpose for which the meeting is to be called. Any Holders of Securities calling a meeting shall specify in writing the Certificates held by the Holders of Securities exercising the right to call a meeting and only those Securities specified shall be counted for purposes of determining whether the required percentage set forth in the second sentence of this paragraph has been met.
(b) Except to the extent otherwise provided in the terms of the Securities, the following provisions shall apply to meetings of Holders of Securities:
(i) notice of any such meeting shall be given to all the Holders of Securities having a right to vote thereat at least seven days and not more than 60 days before the date of such meeting. Whenever a vote, consent or approval of the Holders of Securities is permitted or required under this Agreement, the terms of the Securities or the rules of any stock exchange on which the Trust Preferred Securities are listed or admitted for trading, such vote, consent or approval may be given at a meeting of the Holders of Securities. Any action that may be taken at a meeting of the Holders of Securities may be taken without a meeting and without prior notice if a consent in writing setting forth the action so taken is signed by the Holders of Securities owning not less than the minimum amount of Securities in liquidation amount that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all Holders of Securities having a right to vote thereon were present and voting. Prompt notice of the taking of action without a meeting shall be given to the Holders of Securities entitled to vote who have not consented in writing. The Administrative Trustees may specify that any written ballot submitted to the Holder of Securities for the purpose of taking any action without a meeting shall be returned to the Trust within the time specified by the Administrative Trustees;
(ii) each Holder of a Security may authorize any Person to act for it by proxy on all matters in which a Holder of Securities is entitled to participate, including waiving notice of any meeting, or voting or participating at a meeting. No proxy shall be valid after the expiration of 11 months from the date thereof unless otherwise provided in the proxy. Every proxy shall be revocable at the pleasure of the Holder of Securities executing it. Except as otherwise provided herein, all matters relating to the giving, voting or validity of proxies shall be governed by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware relating to proxies, and judicial interpretations thereunder, as if the Trust were a Delaware corporation and the Holders of the Securities were stockholders of a Delaware corporation;
(iii) each meeting of the Holders of the Securities shall be conducted by the Administrative Trustees or by such other Person that the Administrative Trustees may designate; and
(iv) unless the Statutory Trust Act, this Agreement, the terms of the Securities, the Trust Indenture Act or the listing rules of any stock exchange on which the Trust Preferred Securities are then listed or trading otherwise provides, the Administrative Trustees, in their sole discretion, shall establish all other
provisions relating to meetings of Holders of Securities, including notice of the time, place or purpose of any meeting at which any matter is to be voted on by any Holders of Securities, waiver of any such notice, action by consent without a meeting, the establishment of a record date, quorum requirements, voting in person or by proxy or any other matter with respect to the exercise of any such right to vote.
ARTICLE XIII
REPRESENTATIONS OF PROPERTY TRUSTEE AND DELAWARE TRUSTEE
Section 13.1 Representations and Warranties of Property Trustee. The Trustee that acts as initial Property Trustee represents and warrants to the Trust and to the Sponsor at the date of this Agreement, and each Successor Property Trustee represents and warrants to the Trust and the Sponsor at the time of the Successor Property Trustee's acceptance of its appointment as Property Trustee, that:
(a) the Property Trustee is a banking corporation, a national banking association or a bank with trust powers, duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the United States of America or any State of the United States, with trust power and authority to execute and deliver, and to carry out and perform its obligations under the terms of, this Agreement;
(b) the Property Trustee satisfies the requirements set forth in
Section 5.3(a);
(c) the execution, delivery and performance by the Property Trustee of this Agreement has been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Property Trustee. The Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Property Trustee, and it constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Property Trustee, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, moratorium, insolvency, and other similar laws affecting creditors' rights generally and to general principles of equity and the discretion of the court (regardless of whether the enforcement of such remedies is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law);
(d) the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by the Property Trustee does not conflict with or constitute a breach of the Articles of Organization or By-laws of the Property Trustee; and
(e) no consent, approval or authorization of, or registration with or notice to, any State or Federal banking authority is required for the execution, delivery or performance by the Property Trustee, of this Agreement.
Section 13.2 Representations and Warranties of Delaware Trustee. The Trustee that acts as initial Delaware Trustee represents and warrants to the Trust and to the Sponsor at the date of this Agreement, and each Successor Delaware Trustee represents and warrants to the Trust and the Sponsor at the time of the Successor Delaware Trustee's acceptance of its appointment as Delaware Trustee, that:
(i) the Delaware Trustee is a banking corporation or national banking association, duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware or the United States, as the case may be, with power and authority to execute and deliver, and to carry out and perform its obligations under the terms of, this Agreement;
(ii) the execution, delivery and performance by the Delaware Trustee of this Agreement has been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Delaware Trustee. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Delaware Trustee, and it constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Delaware Trustee, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, moratorium, insolvency, and other similar laws affecting creditors' rights generally and to general principles of equity and the discretion of the court (regardless of whether the enforcement of such remedies is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law);
(iii) no consent, approval or authorization of, or registration with or notice to, any State or Federal banking authority is required for the execution, delivery or performance by the Delaware Trustee of this Agreement; and
(iv) the execution, delivery and performance of the Agreement by the Delaware Trustee does not conflict with or constitute a breach of the Articles of Organization or By-laws of the Delaware Trustee; and
(v) the Delaware Trustee is a natural person who is a resident of the State of Delaware or, if not a natural person, an entity which has its principal place of business in the State of Delaware.
ARTICLE XIV
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 14.1 Notices. All notices provided for in this Agreement shall be in writing, duly signed by the party giving such notice, and shall be delivered, telecopied or mailed by registered or certified mail, as follows:
(a) if given to the Administrative Trustees or the Trust, in care of the Administrative Trustees at the Trust's mailing address set forth below (or such other address as the Trust may give notice of to the Holders of the Securities and the other Trustees):
Apache Trust [I/II] c/o Apache Corporation One Post Oak Central 2000 Post Oak Blvd., Suite 100 Houston, Texas 77056-4400
(b) if given to the Delaware Trustee, at the mailing address set forth below (or such other address as Delaware Trustee may give notice of to the Holders of the Securities):
Chase Manhattan Bank USA, National Association c/o JPMorgan Chase Attn: Institutional Trust Services 500 Stanton Christiana Road, OPS4 Newark, Delaware 19713
(c) if given to the Property Trustee, at its Corporate Trust Office to the attention of Capital Markets Fiduciary Services (or such other address as the Property Trustee may give notice of to the Holders of the Securities):
JPMorgan Chase Bank 450 West 33rd Street, 15th Floor New York, New York 10001 Attention: Capital Markets Fiduciary Services
(d) if given to the Holder of the Common Securities, at the mailing address of the Sponsor set forth below (or such other address as the Holder of the Common Securities may give notice to the Trust and the other Trustees):
Apache Trust [I/II] c/o Apache Corporation One Post Oak Central 2000 Post Oak Blvd., Suite 100 Houston, Texas 77056-4400
(e) if given to any other Holder, at the address set forth on the books and records of the Trust.
All such notices shall be deemed to have been given when received in person, telecopied with receipt confirmed, or mailed by first class mail, postage prepaid except that if a notice or other document is refused delivery or cannot be delivered because of a changed address of which no notice was given, such notice or other document shall be deemed to have been delivered on the date of such refusal or inability to deliver.
Section 14.2 Governing Law. This Agreement and the rights of the parties hereunder shall be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware and all rights and remedies shall be governed by such laws without regard to principles of conflict of laws.
Section 14.3 Intention of the Parties. It is the intention of the parties hereto that the Trust be classified for U.S. Federal income tax purposes as a grantor trust. The provisions of this Agreement shall be interpreted to further this intention of the parties.
Section 14.4 Headings. Headings contained in this Agreement are inserted for convenience of reference only and do not affect the interpretation of this Agreement or any provision hereof.
Section 14.5 Successors and Assigns. Whenever in this Agreement any of the parties hereto is named or referred to, the successors and assigns of such party shall be deemed to be included,
and all covenants and agreements in this Agreement by the Sponsor and the Trustees shall bind and inure to the benefit of their respective successors and assigns, whether so expressed.
Section 14.6 Partial Enforceability.
If any provision of this Agreement, or the application of such provision to any Person or circumstance, shall be held invalid, the remainder of this Agreement, or the application of such provision to persons or circumstances other than those to which it is held invalid, shall not be affected thereby.
Section 14.7 Entire Agreement.
This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement among the parties. It supersedes any prior agreement or understandings among them, and it may not be modified or amended in any manner other than as set forth herein.
Section 14.8 Remedies.
The failure of any party to seek redress for violation of, or to insist upon the strict performance of, any provision of this Agreement shall not prevent a subsequent act, which would have originally constituted a violation, from having the effect of an original violation. The rights and remedies provided by this Agreement are cumulative and the use of any one right or remedy by any party shall not preclude or waive its right to use any or all other remedies. Said rights and remedies are given in addition to any other rights the parties may have by law, statute, ordinance or otherwise.
Section 14.9 Counterparts. This Agreement may contain more than one counterpart of the signature page and this Agreement may be executed by affixing the signature of each of the Trustees to one of such counterpart signature pages. All of such counterpart signature pages shall be read as though one, and they shall have the same force and effect as though all of the signers had signed a single signature page.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused these presents to be executed as of the day and year first above written.
CHASE MANHATTAN BANK USA, as Delaware
Trustee
JP MORGAN CHASE BANK, as Property Trustee
APACHE CORPORATION, as Sponsor
EXHIBIT A
TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF
_____% TRUST PREFERRED SECURITIES
_____% COMMON SECURITIES
[NOTE: This is a form of Terms and Conditions. The actual Terms and Conditions included in this Agreement may vary substantially from this form, as contemplated by Section 7.1(b) of the form of Amended and Restated Trust Agreement.]
Pursuant to Section 7.1 (a) of the Amended and Restated Trust Agreement, dated as of _______________, of Apache Trust [I/II] (as amended from time to time, the "Agreement"), the undersigned, being all the Administrative Trustees of Apache Trust [I/II], hereby establish the designation, rights, privileges, restrictions, preferences and other terms and provisions of the Trust Preferred Securities and the Common Securities:
(1) The Terms and Conditions form a part of the Agreement, except as otherwise provided herein or unless the context otherwise requires, and all of the provisions of the other parts of the Agreement, including the definitions of capitalized terms, apply to these Terms and Conditions. Furthermore, unless the context otherwise requires, in these Terms and Conditions, references to paragraphs mean paragraphs of these Terms and Conditions and:
["Applicable Ownership Interest" has the meaning set forth in paragraph 5(c).]
["Applicable Principal Amount" has the meaning set forth in paragraph 5(c).]
["Authorized Newspaper" for purposes of the Reset Spread Announcement Date shall be ____________________________.]
["Collateral Agent" means ____________________________.]
"Coupon Rate" has the meaning set forth in paragraph 3(a).
"Debentures" means ___________.
"Distribution" has the meaning set forth in paragraph 3(a).
["Debenture Repayment Price" means, with respect to any Debentures put to the Sponsor on ____________________, an amount per Debenture equal to $________, plus accrued and unpaid interest.]
["Failed Remarketing" has the meaning set forth in the Purchase Contract Agreement.]
"Investment Company Event" has the meaning set forth in paragraph 5(b).
"Liquidation Distribution" has the meaning set forth in paragraph 4.
"Ministerial Action" has the meaning set forth in paragraph 5(b).
["Payment Amount" has the meaning set forth in paragraph _____.]
["Pledge Agreement" means the Pledge Agreement dated as of _________________ among the Sponsor, ________________________, as collateral agent (the "Collateral Agent"), and _________________________, as purchase contract agent (the "Purchase Contract Agent").]
["Primary Treasury Dealer" has the meaning set forth in paragraph _______.]
["Purchase Contract Agreement" means the Purchase Contract Agreement dated as of _______________________ between ___________________, as Purchase Contract Agent, and the Sponsor.]
["Purchase Contract Settlement Date" means _________________________.]
["Put Option" has the meaning set forth in paragraph 7(a).]
["Put Option Exercise Date" has the meaning set forth in paragraph 7(a).]
["Put Option Repayment Price" has the meaning set forth in paragraph 7(a).]
["Quotation Agent" has the meaning set forth in paragraph 5(c).]
["Redemption Amount" has the meaning set forth in paragraph 5(c).]
"Redemption/Distribution Notice" has the meaning set forth in paragraph 6(a).
"Redemption Price" has the meaning set forth in paragraph 5(c).
["Remarketing Agreement" has the meaning set forth in the Purchase Contract Agreement.]
["Reset Agent" means a nationally recognized investment banking firm chosen by the Sponsor to determine the Reset Rate. It is currently anticipated that ___________________ will act in such capacity.]
["Reset Announcement Date" means the tenth (10) Business Day immediately preceding the Purchase Contract Settlement Date.]
["Reset Rate" means the distribution rate per annum (to be determined by the Reset Agent), equal to the sum of (x) the Reset Spread and (y) the rate of interest on the Two Year Benchmark Treasury in effect on the third Business Day immediately preceding the Purchase Contract Settlement Date, that the Trust Preferred Securities should bear in order for the Trust Preferred Securities to have an approximate market value of _________% of their aggregate liquidation amount on the third Business Day immediately preceding the Purchase Contract Settlement Date; provided, that the Sponsor may limit such Reset Spread to be no higher than _________ basis points (_____%).]
["Reset Spread" means a spread amount to be determined by the Reset Agent on the tenth (10) Business Day immediately preceding the Purchase Contract Settlement Date.]
"Tax Event" has the meaning set forth in paragraph 5(c).
"Tax Event Redemption" has the meaning set forth in paragraph 5(c).
"Tax Event Redemption Date" has the meaning set forth in paragraph 5(c).
["Termination Event" has the meaning set forth in Section 1 of the Purchase Contract Agreement.]
["Treasury Portfolio" has the meaning set forth in paragraph 5(c).]
["Treasury Portfolio Purchase Price" has the meaning set forth in paragraph 5(c).]
"Treasury Regulations" means the income tax regulations, including temporary and proposed regulations, promulgated under the Code by the U.S. Treasury, as such regulations may be amended from time to time (including corresponding provisions of succeeding regulations).
["Treasury Securities" has the meaning set forth in Section 1 of the Purchase Contract Agreement.]
["Two-Year Benchmark Treasury" means direct obligations of the United States (which may be obligations traded on a when-issued basis only) having a maturity comparable to the remaining term to maturity of the Trust Preferred Securities, as agreed upon by the Sponsor and the Reset Agent. The rate for the Two-Year Benchmark Treasury will be the bid side rate displayed at 10:00 A.M., New York City time, on the third Business Day immediately preceding the Purchase Contract Settlement Date in the Telerate system (or if the Telerate system is (a) no longer available on the third Business Day immediately preceding the Purchase Contract Settlement Date or (b) in the opinion of the Reset Agent (after consultation with the Sponsor) no longer an appropriate system from which to obtain such rate, such other nationally recognized quotation system as, in the opinion of the Reset Agent (after consultation with the Sponsor) is appropriate. If such rate is not so displayed, the rate for the Two-Year Benchmark Treasury shall be, as calculated by the Reset Agent, the yield to maturity for the Two-Year Benchmark Treasury, expressed as a bond equivalent on the basis of a year of 365 or 366 days, as applicable, and applied on a daily basis, and computed by taking the arithmetic mean of the secondary market bid rates, as of 10:30 A.M., New York City time, on the third Business Day immediately preceding the Purchase Contract Settlement Date, of three leading U.S. government securities dealers selected by the Reset Agent (after consultation with the Sponsor) (which may include the Reset Agent or an Affiliate thereof).]
(2) Designation and Number.
(a) Trust Preferred Securities. Preferred securities of the Trust, with an aggregate liquidation amount with respect to the assets of the Trust of up to ___________________ Dollars ($___________) and a liquidation amount with respect to the assets of the Trust of $_________ per security, are hereby designated for the purposes of identification only as "______% Trust Preferred Securities" (the "Trust Preferred Securities"). The Trust Preferred
Security Certificates evidencing the Trust Preferred Securities shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A-I to the Agreement, with such changes and additions thereto or deletions therefrom as may be required by applicable law or the rules of any stock exchange on which the Trust Preferred Securities are listed or to conform to ordinary usage, custom or practice.
(b) Common Securities. Common Securities of the Trust, with an aggregate liquidation amount with respect to the assets of the Trust of up to____________________ Dollars ($____________) and a liquidation amount with respect to the assets of the Trust of $_______ per security, are hereby designated for the purposes of identification only as "______% Common Securities" (the "Common Securities"). The Common Security Certificates evidencing the Common Securities shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A-2 to the Agreement, with such changes and additions thereto or deletions therefrom as may be required by applicable law or to conform to ordinary usage, custom or practice.
(c) The maximum liquidation amount of Trust Preferred Securities and Common Securities referred to above excludes Securities authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of other Securities pursuant to Section 9.2, 9.7 or 9.8 of the Agreement, upon repayment, redemption, exchange [or conversion] into other securities in accordance with its terms.
(d) The Preferred Securities and the Common Securities represent undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the Trust.
(e) In connection with the purchase of the Securities, the Sponsor will deposit in the Trust, and the Trust will purchase, respectively, as trust assets, Debentures of the Sponsor having an aggregate principal amount equal to $[ ], and bearing interest at an annual rate equal to the annual Distribution rate on the Preferred Securities and Common Securities and having payment and redemption provisions which correspond to the payment and redemption provisions of the Preferred Securities and Common Securities.
(3) Distributions.
(a) Cash distributions will be payable on each Security at the rate per annum of _____% (the "Coupon Rate") of the stated liquidation amount of $______ per Security [until ________________________, and at the Reset Rate thereafter], such rate[s] being the rate[s] of interest payable on the Debentures. Distributions in arrears for more than one quarter will bear interest thereon compounded quarterly at the rate of ______% [until __________________________ and at the Reset Rate thereafter] (to the extent permitted by applicable law). The term "Distributions" as used herein includes such cash distributions and any such interest payable unless otherwise stated. A Distribution is payable only to the extent that payments are made in respect of the Debentures held by the Property Trustee and to the extent the Property Trustee has funds available therefor. The amount of Distributions payable for any period will be computed for any full quarterly Distribution period on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months, and for any period shorter than a full quarterly Distribution period for which Distributions are computed, Distributions will be computed on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed per 30-day month.
(b) Distributions on the Securities will be cumulative, will accumulate from _____________________, and will be payable quarterly in arrears, on __________________, _____________________ and _________________________ of each year, commencing on _____________________, when, as and if available for payment, except as otherwise described below (a "Distribution Payment Date") except as otherwise described below. [So long as the Debenture Issuer shall not be in default in the payment of interest on the Debentures, the Debenture Issuer has the right under the Indenture to defer payments of interest on the Debentures by extending the interest payment period from time to time on the Debentures for a period not exceeding 20 consecutive quarters (each an "Extension Period"), during which Extension Period no interest shall be due and payable on the Debentures, provided that no Extension Period shall last beyond the Stated Maturity of the Debentures. As a consequence of such deferral, Distributions will also be deferred. Despite such deferral, quarterly Distributions will continue to accrue with interest thereon (to the extent permitted by applicable law) at the Coupon Rate compounded quarterly to the extent permitted by law during any such Extension Period. Prior to the termination of any such Extension Period, the Debenture Issuer may further extend such Extension Period; provided that such Extension Period, together with all such previous and further extensions thereof, may not exceed 20 consecutive quarters or extend beyond the Stated Maturity of the Debentures. Any interest accrued on the Debentures during an Extension Period shall be paid Pro Rata to holders of Debentures on the first payment date following the Extension Period and the Payment Amount shall be paid Pro Rata to the Holders on the first Distribution Payment Date following the Extension Period. Upon the termination of any Extension Period and the payment of all amounts then due, the Debenture Issuer may commence a new Extension Period, subject to the above requirements. If (i) the Debenture Issuer shall exercise its right to defer payment of interest as provided above and the Extension Period is continuing, or (ii) there shall have occurred any Event of Default, as defined in the Indenture, or (iii) there shall have occurred any Event of Default, as defined in the Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee, then (a) the Debenture Issuer shall not (i) declare or pay any dividends or distributions on, or redeem, purchase, acquire or make a liquidation payment with respect to, any of the Debenture Issuer's Capital Stock or (ii) make any payment of principal of or interest on or repay, repurchase or redeem any debt securities of the Debenture Issuer that rank equally with or junior to the Debentures or make any guarantee payments with respect to any guarantee by the Debenture Issuer of the debt securities of any Subsidiary of the Debenture Issuer that by its terms ranks equally with or junior to the Debentures (other than (a) dividends or distributions in Common Stock, (b) any declaration of a dividend in connection with the implementation of a Rights Plan, the issuance of any Capital Stock of the Debenture Issuer under any Rights Plan or the redemption or repurchase of any rights distributed pursuant to a Rights Plan, (c) payments under any Guarantee relating to the Trust Preferred Securities, and (d) purchases of Common Stock related to the issuance of Common Stock or rights under the Debenture Issuer's dividend reinvestment plan, or under any of the Debenture Issuer's benefit plans for its directors, officers, employees, consultants or advisors).]
(c) Distributions on the Securities will be payable to the Holders thereof as they appear on the books and records of the Trust at the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding each of the relevant payment dates on the Securities. [Subject to any applicable laws and regulations and the provisions of the Agreement, each such payment in respect of the Trust Preferred Securities will be made as described under the heading "_________________" in the Prospectus Supplement dated _____________________ to the Prospectus dated ______________________ (collectively, the "Prospectus") of the Trust relating
to the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (file no._________________________) of the Sponsor and the Trust.] The relevant record dates for the Common Securities shall be the same record date as for the Trust Preferred Securities. If the Trust Preferred Securities shall not continue to remain in book-entry only form or are not in book-entry only form at issuance, the relevant record dates for the Trust Preferred Securities shall conform to the rules of any securities exchange on which the securities are listed and, if none, as shall be selected by the Administrative Trustees, which dates shall be at least more than one, but less than 60 Business Days before the relevant payment dates, which payment dates correspond to the interest payment dates on the Debentures. Distributions payable on any Securities that are not punctually paid on any Distribution payment date, as a result of the Debenture Issuer [or the Debenture Guarantor, as the case may be,] having failed to make a payment under the Debentures, will cease to be payable to the Person in whose name such Securities are registered on the relevant record date, and such defaulted Distribution will instead be payable to the Person in whose name such Securities are registered on the special record date or other specified date determined in accordance with the Indenture; provided, however, that Distributions shall not be considered payable on any Distribution Payment Date falling within an Extension Period unless the Debenture Issuer has elected to make a full or partial payment of interest accrued on the Debentures on such Distribution Payment Date. If any date on which Distributions are payable on the Securities is not a Business Day, then payment of the Distribution payable on such date will be made on the next succeeding day that is a Business Day (and without any interest or other payment in respect of any such delay) except that, if such Business Day is in the next succeeding calendar year, such payment shall be made on the immediately preceding Business Day, in each case with the same force and effect as if made on such date. [So long as the Holder of any Trust Preferred Securities is the Collateral Agent, the payment of Distributions on such Trust Preferred Securities held by the Collateral Agent will be made at such place and to such account as may be designated by the Collateral Agent.] Distributions on the Securities will be paid by the Trust.
[(d) The Coupon Rate on the Securities (as well as the interest rate on the Debentures) will be reset on the third Business Day immediately preceding the Purchase Contract Settlement Date to the Reset Rate (which Reset Rate will be in effect on and after the Purchase Contract Settlement Date). On the Reset Announcement Date, the Reset Spread and the Two-Year Benchmark Treasury to be used to determine the Reset Rate will be announced by the Sponsor. On the Business Day immediately following the Reset Announcement Date, the Holders of Securities will be notified of such Reset Spread and Two-Year Benchmark Treasury by the Sponsor. Such notice shall be sufficiently given to Holders of Securities if published in an Authorized Newspaper.]
[(e) Not later than 7 calendar days nor more than 15 calendar days prior to the Reset Announcement Date, the Sponsor will request DTC (as defined herein) or its nominee (or any successor Clearing Agency or its nominee) by first-class mail, postage prepaid, to notify the Trust Preferred Security Beneficial Owner or Clearing Agency Participants holding Trust Preferred Securities of such Reset Announcement Date and the procedures to be followed by such Holders who intend to settle their obligation under the Purchase Contract with separate cash.]
(f) In the event that there is any money or other property held by or for the Trust that is not accounted for hereunder, such property shall be distributed Pro Rata (as defined herein) among the Holders of the Securities.
(4) Liquidation Distribution Upon Dissolution.
In the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution, winding-up or other termination of the Trust, the Holders of the Securities on the date of the dissolution will be entitled to receive out of the assets of the Trust, after satisfaction (or reasonable provision for satisfaction) of liabilities to creditors, such amounts as determined by Section 8.1(a) of the Agreement, which shall be distributed on a Pro Rata basis to the Holders of the Securities in exchange for such Securities (such amount being "Liquidation Distribution").
(5) Redemption and Distribution
(a) Upon the redemption of the Debentures in whole (but not in part), at maturity, the proceeds from such redemption shall, after satisfaction of liabilities to creditors of the Trust, be simultaneously applied to redeem Securities having an aggregate liquidation amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of the Debentures so redeemed at a redemption price of $_____ per Security plus an amount equal to accumulated and unpaid Distributions thereon at the date of the repayment, payable in cash.
(b) If an Investment Company Event (as defined herein) shall
occur and be continuing the Administrative Trustees shall dissolve the Trust and
after satisfaction of liabilities to creditors, cause Debentures held by the
Property Trustee, having an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate
stated liquidation amount of, with an interest rate equal to the rate of _____%,
[if on or prior to ____________________, and the Reset Rate thereafter,] and
accrued and unpaid interest equal to accumulated and unpaid Distributions on,
and having the same record date for payment as the Securities, to be distributed
to the Holders of the Securities in liquidation of such Holders' interests in
the Trust on a Pro Rata basis, within 90 days following the occurrence of such
Investment Company Event (the "90 Day Period"); provided, however, that, if at
the time there is available to the Trust the opportunity to eliminate, within
the 90 Day Period, the Investment Company Event by taking some ministerial
action, such as filing a form or making an election, or pursuing some other
similar reasonable measure that will have no adverse effect on the Trust, the
Debenture Issuer, the Sponsor or the Holders of the Securities and will involve
no material cost ("Ministerial Action"), the Administrative Trustees will pursue
such Ministerial Action in lieu of dissolution.
"Investment Company Event" means that the Administrative Trustees shall have received an opinion of independent counsel experienced in such matters (an "Investment Company Event Opinion") to the effect that, as a result of the occurrence of a change in law or regulation or a written change in interpretation or application of law or regulation by any legislative body, court, governmental agency or regulatory authority (a "Change in 1940 Act Law"), which Change in 1940 Act Law becomes effective on or after the date of the Prospectus, there is a more than an insubstantial risk that the Trust is or will be considered an investment company that is required to be registered under the Investment Company Act.
(c) If a Tax Event shall occur and be continuing, the Debentures are redeemable at the option of the Debenture Issuer, in whole but not in part, on not less than 30 days nor more than 60 days notice ("Tax Event Redemption"). If the Debenture Issuer redeems the Debentures upon the occurrence and continuance of a Tax Event, the proceeds from such redemption shall
simultaneously be applied by the Trust to redeem the Securities having an aggregate stated liquidation amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of the Debentures so redeemed at a redemption price (the "Redemption Price"), per Security, equal to the Redemption Amount plus any accumulated and unpaid Distributions thereon to the date of such redemption. [If, following the occurrence of a Tax Event, the Debenture Issuer exercises its option to redeem the Debentures, the Debenture Issuer shall appoint the Quotation Agent to assemble the Treasury Portfolio in consultation with the Company.] To the extent the Redemption Price is received by the Property Trustee, the Property Trustee will distribute, to the record Holder of the Securities the Redemption Price payable in liquidation of such Holder's interests in the Trust.
"Tax Event" means the receipt by the Administrative Trustees of an opinion of a nationally recognized independent tax counsel experienced in such matters to the effect that, as a result of (a) any amendment to, or change (including any announced prospective change) in, the laws (or any regulations thereunder) of the United States or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein affecting taxation, (b) any amendment to or change in an interpretation or application of such laws or regulations by any legislative body, court, governmental agency or regulatory authority or (c) any interpretation or pronouncement that provides for a position with respect to such laws or regulations that differs from the generally accepted position on the date the Securities are issued, which amendment or change is effective or which interpretation or pronouncement is announced on or after the date of issuance of the Securities under the Agreement, there is more than an insubstantial risk that (i) interest payable by the Debenture Issuer on the Debentures would not be deductible, in whole or in part, by the Debenture Issuer for federal income tax purposes or (ii) the Trust would be subject to more than a de minimis amount of other taxes, duties or other governmental charges.
["Treasury Portfolio" means, with respect to the Applicable Principal Amount of Debentures (a) if the Tax Event Redemption Date occurs prior to ________________ a portfolio of zero-coupon U.S. Treasury Securities consisting of (i) interest or principal strips of U.S. Treasury Securities which mature on or prior to ________________, in an aggregate amount equal to the Applicable Principal Amount and (ii) with respect to each scheduled interest payment date on the Debentures that occurs after the Tax Event Redemption Date, interest or principal strips of U.S. Treasury Securities which mature on or prior to that date in an aggregate amount equal to the aggregate interest payment that would be due on the Applicable Principal Amount of the Debentures on such date, and (b) if the Tax Event Redemption Date occurs after ___________________, a portfolio of zero-coupon U.S. Treasury Securities consisting of (i) principal or interest strips of U.S. Treasury Securities which mature on or prior to _________________ in an aggregate amount equal to the Applicable Principal Amount and (ii) with respect to each scheduled interest payment date on the Debentures that occurs after the Tax Event Redemption Date, interest or principal strips of such U.S. Treasury Securities which mature on or prior to such date in an aggregate amount equal to the aggregate interest payment that would be due on the Applicable Principal Amount of the Debentures on such date.]
["Applicable Ownership Interest" means, with respect to [title of security] and the U.S. Treasury Securities in the Treasury Portfolio, (A) a 1/____,or ____%, undivided beneficial ownership interest in a U.S. Treasury Security in the amount of $1,000 included in such Treasury Portfolio payable on or prior to ______________________ and (B) for each scheduled interest payment date on the Debentures that occurs after the Tax Event Redemption Date, a _____%
undivided beneficial ownership interest in a $1,000 face amount of such U.S. Treasury Security which is a principal or interest strip maturing on such date.]
["Applicable Principal Amount" means either (i) if the Tax Event Redemption Date occurs prior to ______________________, the aggregate principal amount of the Debentures corresponding to the aggregate stated liquidation amount of the Trust Preferred Securities [which are components of title of security]] on the Tax Event Redemption Date or (ii) if the Tax Event Redemption occurs on or after ________________________ the aggregate principal amount of the Debentures corresponding to the aggregate stated liquidation amount of the Trust Preferred Securities outstanding on such Tax Event Redemption Date.]
["Redemption Amount" means for each Debenture, the product of
(i) the principal amount of such Debenture and (ii) a fraction whose numerator
is the Treasury Portfolio Purchase Price and whose denominator is the Applicable
Principal Amount.]
["Treasury Portfolio Purchase Price" means the lowest aggregate price quoted by a primary U.S. government securities dealer in New York City (a "Primary Treasury Dealer") to the Quotation Agent on the third Business Day immediately preceding the Tax Event Redemption Date for the purchase of the Treasury Portfolio for settlement on the Tax Event Redemption Date.]
["Quotation Agent" means (i) _________________________________ and its respective successors, provided, however, that if the foregoing shall cease to be a Primary Treasury Dealer, the Sponsor shall substitute therefor another Primary Treasury Dealer and (ii) any other Primary Treasury Dealer selected by the Sponsor.]
On and from the date fixed by the Administrative Trustees for a Tax Event Redemption or any distribution of Debentures upon dissolution of the Trust: (i) the Securities shall no longer be deemed to be outstanding, (ii) DTC or its nominee (or any successor Clearing Agency or its nominee) or the record Holder of the Trust Preferred Securities, will receive a registered global certificate or certificates representing the Debentures to be delivered upon such distribution and any certificates representing Securities, except for certificates representing Trust Preferred Securities held by DTC or its nominee (or any successor Clearing Agency or its nominee), will be deemed to represent beneficial interests in the Debentures having an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate stated liquidation amount of $_______, with an interest rate of _____% [if on or prior to ________________________, and at the Reset Rate thereafter,] and accrued and unpaid interest equal to accrued and unpaid Distributions on such Securities until such certificates are presented to the Debenture Issuer or its agent for transfer or reissue.
(6) Redemption or Distribution Procedures.
(a) Notice of any redemption (other than in connection with
the maturity of the Debentures) of, or notice of distribution of Debentures in
exchange for, the Securities (a "Redemption/Distribution Notice") will be given
by the Property Trustee by mail to each Holder of Securities to be redeemed or
exchanged not fewer than 30 nor more than 60 days before the date fixed for
redemption or exchange thereof which, in the case of a redemption, will be the
Tax Event Redemption Date. For purposes of the calculation of the date of
redemption or exchange and the dates on which notices are given pursuant to this
Section 6(a), a Redemption/Distribution Notice
shall be deemed to be given on the day such notice is first mailed by first-class mail, postage prepaid, to Holders of Securities. Each Redemption/Distribution Notice shall be addressed to the Holders of Securities at the address of each such Holder appearing in the books and records of the Trust. No defect in the Redemption/Distribution Notice or in the mailing of either thereof with respect to any Holder shall affect the validity of the redemption or exchange proceedings with respect to any other Holder.
(b) If Securities are to be redeemed and the Property Trustee gives a Redemption/Distribution Notice, which notice may only be issued if the Debentures are redeemed as set out in this Section 6 (such notice will be irrevocable), then (A) while the Trust Preferred Securities are in book-entry only form, with respect to the Trust Preferred Securities, by 12:00 noon, New York City time, on the redemption date, provided that the Debenture Issuer has paid the Property Trustee a sufficient amount of cash in connection with the related redemption or maturity of the Debentures by 10:00 A.M. New York City time on such Redemption Date, the Property Trustee will deposit irrevocably with DTC or its nominee (or any successor Clearing Agency or its nominee), [the Purchase Contract Agent or the Collateral Agent, as applicable,] funds sufficient to pay the applicable Redemption Price with respect to the Trust Preferred Securities and will give DTC, [the Purchase Contract Agent or the Collateral Agent, as applicable,] irrevocable instructions and authority to pay the Redemption Price to the Holders of the Trust Preferred Securities so called for redemption, and (B) with respect to Trust Preferred Securities issued in definitive form and Common Securities, provided that the Debenture Issuer has paid the Property Trustee a sufficient amount of cash in connection with the related redemption or maturity of the Debentures, the Property Trustee will pay the relevant Redemption Price to the Holders of such Securities by check mailed to the address of the relevant Holder appearing on the books and records of the Trust. Notwithstanding the foregoing, so long as the Holder of any Trust Preferred Securities is the Collateral Agent or the Purchase Contract Agent, the payment of the Redemption Price in respect of such Trust Preferred Securities held by the Collateral Agent or the Purchase Contract Agent shall be made no later than 12:00 noon, New York City time, on the Tax Event Redemption Date by check or wire transfer in immediately available funds at such place and to such account as may be designated by the Collateral Agent or the Purchase Contract Agent. If a Redemption/Distribution Notice shall have been given and funds deposited as required, if applicable, then immediately prior to the close of business on the date of such deposit, or on the redemption date, as applicable, distributions will cease to accumulate on the Securities so redeemed and all rights of Holders of such Securities so called for redemption will cease, except the right of the Holders of such Securities to receive the Redemption Price, but without interest on such Redemption Price. Neither the Administrative Trustees nor the Trust shall be required to register or cause to be registered the transfer of any Securities that have been so called for redemption. If any date fixed for redemption of Securities is not a Business Day, then payment of the Redemption Price payable on such date will be made on the next succeeding day that is a Business Day (without any interest or other payment in respect of any such delay) except that, if such Business Day falls in the next calendar year, such payment will be made on the immediately preceding Business Day, in each case with the same force and effect as if made on such date fixed for redemption. If payment of the Redemption Price in respect of any Securities is improperly withheld or refused and not paid either by the Property Trustee or by the Sponsor as guarantor pursuant to the relevant Securities Guarantee, Distributions on such Securities will continue to accumulate from the original redemption date to the actual date of payment, in which case the actual payment date will be considered the date fixed
for redemption for purposes of calculating the Redemption Price and such Securities shall cease to be outstanding.
(c) Redemption/Distribution Notices shall be sent by the Property Trustee on behalf of the Trust to (A) in respect of the Trust Preferred Securities, DTC or its nominee (or any successor Clearing Agency or its nominee) if the Global Certificates have been issued or, if Definitive Trust Preferred Security Certificates have been issued, to the Holder thereof, and (B) in respect of the Common Securities, to the Holder thereof.
(d) Subject to the foregoing and applicable law (including, without limitation, U.S. federal securities laws) the Sponsor or any of its subsidiaries may at any time and from time to time purchase outstanding Trust Preferred Securities by tender, in the open market or by private agreement.
[(7) Repayment at Option of Holders.]
[(a) If a Failed Remarketing (as described in Section 5.3(b) of the Purchase Contract Agreement and incorporated herein by reference) has occurred, each holder of Securities who holds such Securities on the day immediately following the Purchase Contract Settlement Date, shall have the right to require the Trust to repay all or a portion of such Securities owned by such holder (the "Put Option") on __________________________ (the "Put Option Exercise Date"), upon at least three Business Days' prior notice, at a repayment price of $_________ per Security plus an amount equal to the accrued and unpaid Distributions thereon to the date of payment (the "Put Option Repayment Price").
(b) The Trust shall obtain funds to pay the Put Option Repayment Price of Securities being repaid under the Put Option through presentation by the Property Trustee, on behalf of the Trust, to the Debenture Issuer, pursuant to the right of the holder of the Debentures to require the Debenture Issuer to repay all or a portion of the Debentures on the Put Option Exercise Date, Debentures in an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate stated liquidation amount of such Securities for repayment on the Put Option Exercise Date at the Debenture Repayment Price.
(c) In order for the Securities to be repaid on the Put Option Exercise Date, the Trust must receive on or prior to 4:00 p.m. on the third Business Day immediately preceding the Put Option Exercise Date, at the Corporate Trust Office of the Property Trustee, the Securities to be repaid with the form entitled "Option to Elect Repayment" on the reverse thereof or otherwise accompanying such Security duly completed. Any such notice received by the Trust shall be irrevocable. All questions as to the validity, eligibility (including time of receipt) and acceptance of the Securities for repayment shall be determined by the Trust, whose determination shall be final and binding.
(d) Payment of the Put Option Repayment Price to Holders of Securities shall be made at the Corporate Trust Office of the Property Trustee, provided that the Property Trustee has received from the Debenture Issuer a sufficient amount of cash in connection with the related repayment of the Debentures no later than 1:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Put Option Exercise Date by check or wire transfer in immediately available funds at such place and to such
account as may be designated by such Holders. If the Property Trustee holds immediately available funds sufficient to pay the Put Option Repayment Price of such Securities, then, immediately prior to the close of business on the Put Option Exercise Date, such Securities will cease to be outstanding and distributions thereon will cease to accumulate, whether or not Securities are delivered to the Property Trustee, and all other rights of the Holder in respect of the Securities, including the Holder's right to require the Trust to repay such Securities, shall terminate and lapse (other than the right to receive the Put Option Repayment Price but without interest on such Put Option Repayment Price). Neither the Administrative Trustees nor the Trust shall be required to register or cause to be registered the transfer of any Securities for which repayment has been elected. If payment of the Put Option Repayment Price in respect of Securities is (i) improperly withheld or refused and not paid either by the Property Trustee or by the Sponsor as guarantor pursuant to the Securities Guarantees, or (ii) not paid by the Property Trustee as the result of an Event of Default with respect to the Debentures presented for repayment as described in paragraph 6(b), Distributions on such Securities will continue to accumulate, from the original Put Option Exercise Date to the actual date of payment, in which case the actual payment date will be considered the Put Option Exercise Date for purposes of calculating the Put Option Repayment Price.
(e) The Debenture Issuer will request, not later than 10 nor more than 15 calendar days prior to ___________________ (the date on which some or all of the Trust Preferred Securities could be remarketed in the manner described in Section 5.3(b) of the Purchase Contract Agreement and incorporated herein by reference) that DTC notify the Trust Preferred Securities Holders of such remarketing and of the procedures that must be followed if a Holder of Trust Preferred Securities wishes to exercise such Holder's rights with respect to the Put Option.]
(8) Voting Rights - Trust Preferred Securities.
(a) Except as provided under Sections 8(b) and 10 and as otherwise required by law and the Agreement, including these Terms and Conditions, the Holders of the Trust Preferred Securities will have no voting rights.
(b) Subject to the requirements set forth in this paragraph, the Holders of a Majority in liquidation amount of the Trust Preferred Securities, acting separately as a class may direct the time, method, and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Property Trustee, or the exercise of any trust or power conferred upon the Property Trustee under the Agreement, including (i) directing the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Debenture Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Debenture Trustee with respect to the Debentures, (ii) waiving any past default and its consequences that is waivable under the Indenture, (iii) exercising any right to rescind or annul a Agreement that the principal of all the Debentures shall be due and payable, or (iv) consenting to any amendment, modification or termination of the Indenture or the Debentures where such consent shall be required, provided, however, that, where a consent or action under the Indenture specifically would require the consent or act of the Holders of greater than a majority of the Holders in principal amount of Debentures affected thereby (a "Super Majority"), the Property Trustee may only give such consent or take such action at the written direction of the Holders of at least the proportion in liquidation amount of the Trust Preferred Securities which the relevant Super Majority represents of the aggregate principal amount of the Debentures outstanding. The Property
Trustee shall not revoke any action previously authorized or approved by a vote of the Holders of the Trust Preferred Securities. Other than with respect to directing the time, method and place of conducting any remedy available to the Property Trustee or the Debenture Trustee as set forth above, the Property Trustee shall not take any action in accordance with the directions of the Holders of the Trust Preferred Securities under this paragraph unless the Property Trustee has obtained an opinion of tax counsel to the effect that for the purposes of U.S. federal income tax the Trust will not be classified as other than a grantor trust on account of such action. If the Property Trustee fails to enforce its rights under the Debentures after a Holder of Trust Preferred Securities has made a written request, such Holder of Trust Preferred Securities may, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, institute a legal proceeding directly against the Debenture Issuer [or the Debenture Guarantor, as the case may be,] to enforce the Property Trustee's rights under the Debentures without first instituting a legal proceeding against the Property Trustee or any other Person. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and such event is attributable to the failure of the Debenture Issuer [or the Debenture Guarantor, as the case may be,] to pay interest or principal on the Debentures on the date such interest or principal is otherwise payable (or in the case of redemption, on the redemption date), then a Holder of Trust Preferred Securities may directly institute a proceeding for enforcement of payment to such Holder of the principal of or interest on the Debentures having a principal amount equal to the aggregate liquidation amount of the Trust Preferred Securities of such Holder on or after the respective due date specified in the Debentures. Except as provided in the preceding sentence, the Holders of Trust Preferred Securities shall not exercise directly any other remedy available to the holders of the Debentures.
Any approval or direction of Holders of Trust Preferred
Securities may be given at a separate meeting of Holders of Trust Preferred
Securities convened for such purpose, at a meeting of all of the Holders of
Securities in the Trust or pursuant to written consent. The Administrative
Trustees will cause a notice of any meeting at which Holders of Trust Preferred
Securities are entitled to vote to be mailed to each Holder of record of Trust
Preferred Securities. Each such notice will include a statement setting forth
(i) the date of such meeting, (ii) a description of any resolution proposed for
adoption at such meeting on which such Holders are entitled to vote and (iii)
instructions for the delivery of proxies.
No vote or consent of the Holders of the Trust Preferred Securities will be required for the Trust to repay and cancel Trust Preferred Securities or to distribute the Debentures in accordance with the Agreement and the terms of the Securities. Notwithstanding that Holders of Trust Preferred Securities are entitled to vote or consent under any of the circumstances described above, any of the Trust Preferred Securities that are owned by the Sponsor or any Affiliate of the Sponsor shall not be entitled to vote or consent and shall, for purposes of such vote or consent, be treated as if they were not outstanding
(9) Voting Rights - Common Securities.
(a) Except as provided under Sections 9(b), 9(c) and 10 and as otherwise required by law and the Agreement, including these Terms and Conditions, the Holders of the Common Securities will have no voting rights.
(b) The Holders of the Common Securities are entitled, in accordance with Article V of the Agreement, to vote to appoint, remove or replace any Trustee or to increase or decrease the number of Trustees.
(c) Subject to Section 2.6 of the Agreement and only after any Event of Default with respect to the Trust Preferred Securities has been cured, waived, or otherwise eliminated and subject to the requirements of the second to last sentence of this paragraph, the Holders of a Majority in liquidation amount of the Common Securities, voting separately as a class, may direct the time, method, and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Property Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Property Trustee under the Agreement, including (i) directing the time, method, and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Debenture Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Debenture Trustee with respect to the Debentures, (ii) waive any past default and its consequences that is waivable under the Indenture, or (iii) exercise any right to rescind or annul a Agreement that the principal of all the Debentures shall be due and payable, provided that, where a consent or action under the Indenture specifically would require the consent or act of the Holders of a Super Majority, the Property Trustee may only give such consent or take such action at the written direction of the Holders of at least the proportion in liquidation amount of the Common Securities which the relevant Super Majority represents of the aggregate principal amount of the Debentures outstanding. Pursuant to this Section 8(c), the Property Trustee shall not revoke any action previously authorized or approved by a vote of the Holders of the Trust Preferred Securities. Other than with respect to directing the time, method and place of conducting any remedy available to the Property Trustee or the Debenture Trustee as set forth above, the Property Trustee shall not take any action in accordance with the directions of the Holders of the Common Securities under this paragraph unless the Property Trustee has obtained an opinion of tax counsel to the effect that for the purposes of U.S. federal income tax the Trust will not be classified as other than a grantor trust on account of such action. If the Property Trustee fails to enforce its rights under the Agreement, any Holder of Common Securities may institute a legal proceeding directly against any Person to enforce the Property Trustee's rights under the Agreement, without first instituting a legal proceeding against the Property Trustee or any other Person.
Any approval or direction of Holders of Common Securities may be given at a separate meeting of Holders of Common Securities convened for such purpose, at a meeting of all of the Holders of Securities in the Trust or pursuant to written consent. The Administrative Trustees will cause a notice of any meeting at which Holders of Common Securities are entitled to vote to be mailed to each Holder of record of Common Securities. Each such notice will include a statement setting forth (i) the date of such meeting, (ii) a description of any resolution proposed for adoption at such meeting on which such Holders are entitled to vote and (iii) instructions for the delivery of proxies.
No vote or consent of the Holders of the Common Securities will be required for the Trust to redeem and cancel Common Securities or to distribute the Debentures in accordance with the Agreement and the terms of the Securities.
(10) Amendments to Agreement and Indenture.
(a) In addition to any requirements under Section 12.1 of the Agreement, if any proposed amendment to the Agreement provides for, or the Administrative Trustees otherwise propose to effect, (i) any action that would materially adversely affect the powers, preferences or special rights of the Securities, whether by way of amendment to the Agreement or otherwise, or (ii) the dissolution of the Trust, other than as described in Section 8.1 of the Agreement or these Terms and Conditions, then the Holders of outstanding Securities as a class will be entitled to vote on such amendment or proposal (but not on any other amendment or proposal) and such amendment or proposal shall not be effective except with the approval of the Holders of at least a Majority in liquidation amount of the Securities, voting together as a single class; provided, however, if any amendment or proposal referred to in clause (i) above would adversely affect only the Trust Preferred Securities or only the Common Securities, then only the affected class will be entitled to vote on such amendment or proposal and such amendment or proposal shall not be effective except with the approval of a Majority in liquidation amount of such class of Securities.
(b) In the event the consent of the Property Trustee as the holder of the Debentures is required under the Indenture with respect to any amendment, modification or termination on the Indenture or the Debentures, the Property Trustee shall request the written direction of the Holders of the Securities with respect to such amendment, modification or termination and shall vote with respect to such amendment, modification or termination as directed by a Majority in liquidation amount of the Securities voting together as a single class; provided, however, that where a consent under the Indenture specifically would require a Super Majority, the Property Trustee may only give such consent at the direction of the Holders of at least the proportion in liquidation amount of the Securities which the relevant Super Majority represents of the aggregate principal amount of the Debentures outstanding; provided, further, that the Property Trustee shall not take any action in accordance with the directions of the Holders of the Securities under this Section 10(b) unless (i) the Property Trustee has obtained an opinion of tax counsel to the effect that for the purposes of U.S. federal income tax the Trust will not be classified as other than a grantor trust on account of such action or (ii) such action would not reduce or otherwise adversely affect powers of the Property Trustee or cause the Trust to be deemed an "investment company" which is required to be registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940.
(11) Pro Rata.
A reference in these terms of the Securities to any payment, distribution or treatment as being "Pro Rata" shall mean pro rata to each Holder of Securities according to the aggregate liquidation amount of the Securities held by the relevant Holder in relation to the aggregate liquidation amount of all Securities outstanding unless, in relation to a payment, an Event of Default under the Agreement has occurred and is continuing, in which case any funds available to make such payment shall be paid first to each Holder of the Trust Preferred Securities pro rata according to the aggregate liquidation amount of Trust Preferred Securities held by the relevant Holder relative to the aggregate liquidation amount of all Trust Preferred Securities outstanding, and only after satisfaction of all amounts owed to the Holders of the Trust Preferred Securities, to each Holder of Common Securities pro rata according to the aggregate liquidation amount of Common Securities held by the relevant Holder relative to the aggregate liquidation amount of all Common Securities outstanding.
(12) Ranking.
The Trust Preferred Securities rank pari passu and payment thereon shall be made Pro Rata with the Common Securities except that, where an Event of Default occurs and is continuing under the Indenture in respect of the Debentures held by the Property Trustee, the rights of Holders of the Common Securities to payment in respect of Distributions and payments upon liquidation, redemption and otherwise are subordinated to the rights to payment of the Holders of the Trust Preferred Securities.
(13) Acceptance of Securities Guarantee and Indenture.
Each Holder of Trust Preferred Securities and Common Securities by the acceptance thereof, agrees to the provisions of the Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee and the Common Securities Guarantee, respectively.
(14) No Preemptive Rights.
The Holders of the Securities shall have no preemptive or other similar rights to subscribe for any additional securities.
(15) Additional Provisions
[Include additional provisions for conversion, exchange or otherwise, if any.]
(16) Miscellaneous.
These terms constitute a part of the Agreement.
The Sponsor will provide a copy of the Agreement, the Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee or the Common Securities Guarantee (as may be appropriate), and the Indenture to a Holder without charge on written request to the Sponsor at its principal place of business.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused these Terms and Conditions to be executed as of ________________________.
EXHIBIT A-I
FORM OF TRUST PREFERRED SECURITY CERTIFICATE
[NOTE: This is a form of Trust Preferred Security Certificate. The actual Trust Preferred Security Certificate may vary substantially from this form, as contemplated by Section 7.1(b) of the form of Amended and Restated Trust Agreement.]
[IF THE TRUST PREFERRED SECURITY IS TO BE A GLOBAL CERTIFICATE INSERT -
This Trust Preferred Security is a Global Certificate within the meaning of the Agreement hereinafter referred to and is registered in the name of The Depository Trust Company (the "Depositary") or a nominee of the Depositary. This Trust Preferred Security is exchangeable for Trust Preferred Securities registered in the name of a person other than the Depositary or its nominee only in the limited circumstances described in the Agreement and no transfer of this Trust Preferred Security (other than a transfer of this Trust Preferred Security as a whole by the Depositary to a nominee of the Depositary or by a nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary or another nominee of the Depositary) may be registered except in limited circumstances.
Unless this Trust Preferred Security is presented by an authorized representative of The Depository Trust Company (55 Water Street, New York, New York) to the Trust or its agent for registration of transfer, exchange or payment, and any Trust Preferred Security issued is registered in the name of Cede & Co. or such other name as requested by an authorized representative of The Depository Trust Company and any payment hereon is made to Cede & Co., ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY A PERSON IS WRONGFUL since the registered owner hereof, Cede & Co., has an interest herein.]
CUSIP NO______________
Certificate Evidencing Trust Preferred Securities of Apache Trust [I/II]
____% Trust Preferred Securities
(liquidation amount $_____ per Trust Preferred Security)
Apache Trust [I/II], a statutory trust created under the laws of the State of Delaware (the "Trust"), hereby certifies that __________________ (the "Holder") is the registered owner of _________________ Trust Preferred securities of the Trust representing preferred undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the Trust designated as the ______% Trust Preferred Securities (liquidation amount $______ per Trust Preferred security) (the "Trust Preferred Securities"). The
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Trust Preferred Securities are transferable on the books and records of the Trust, in person or by a duly authorized attorney, upon surrender of this certificate duly endorsed and in proper form for transfer. The designation, rights, privileges, restrictions, preferences and other terms and provisions of the Trust Preferred Securities represented hereby are issued and shall in all respects be subject to the provisions of the Amended and Restated Trust Agreement of the Trust dated as of __________________, as the same may be amended from time to time (the "Agreement"), including the designation of the terms of the Trust Preferred Securities as set forth in Exhibit A to the Agreement. Capitalized terms used herein but not defined shall have the meaning given them in the Agreement. The Holder is entitled to the benefits of the Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee to the extent provided therein. The Sponsor will provide a copy of the Agreement, the Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee and the Indenture to a Holder without charge upon written request to the Trust at its principal place of business.
Upon receipt of this certificate, the Holder is bound by the Agreement and is entitled to the benefits thereunder.
[In addition, the Holder is deemed to have (i) agreed to the terms of
the Indenture and the Debentures, including that the Debentures are subordinate
and junior in right of payment to all present and future Senior Indebtedness (as
defined in the Indenture) as and to the extent provided in the Indenture and
(ii) agreed to the terms of the Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee, including
that the Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee is subordinate and junior in right
of payment to all other liabilities of the Sponsor, including the Debentures,
except those made pari passu or subordinate by their terms, and pari passu with
the most senior preferred or preference stock now or hereafter issued by the
Sponsor and with any guarantee now or hereafter entered into by the Sponsor in
respect of any preferred or preference stock of any Affiliate of the Sponsor.]
By acceptance, the Holder agrees to treat, for U.S. federal income tax purposes, the Debentures as indebtedness and the Trust Preferred Securities as evidence of indirect beneficial ownership in the Debentures.
Unless the Property Trustee's Certificate of Authentication hereon has been properly executed, the Trust Preferred Securities evidenced by this Certificate shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Agreement or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trust has executed this certificate this ________ day of _________________________.
APACHE TRUST [I/II]
TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Trust Preferred Securities referred to in the within-mentioned Agreement.
Dated: ,
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JPMORGAN CHASE BANK,
as Property Trustee
By:
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Authorized Signatory
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[FORM OF REVERSE OF SECURITY]
Distributions payable on each Trust Preferred Security will be fixed at a rate per annum of ____% (the "Coupon Rate") of the stated liquidation amount of $_____ per Trust Preferred Security, such rate being the rate of interest payable on the Debentures to be held by the Property Trustee. Distributions in arrears for more than one quarter will bear interest thereon compounded quarterly at the rate of _____% [until [____________________], and at the Reset Rate thereafter] (to the extent permitted by applicable law). The term "Distributions" as used herein includes such cash distributions and any such interest payable unless otherwise stated. A Distribution is payable only to the extent that payments are made in respect of the Debentures held by the Property Trustee and to the extent the Property Trustee has actually received and holds funds available therefor. The amount of Distributions payable for any period will be computed for any full quarterly Distribution period on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months, and for any period shorter than a full quarterly Distribution period for which Distributions are computed, Distributions will be computed on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed per 30-day month.
Except as otherwise described below, Distributions on the Trust
Preferred Securities will be cumulative, will accumulate from the date of
original issuance and will be payable quarterly in arrears, on
[_____________________________________________ of each year, commencing on
___________________], _______________to holders of record, if in book-entry only
form, one Business Day prior to such payment date, which payment dates shall
correspond to the interest payment dates on the Debentures. In the event that
the Trust Preferred Securities are not in book-entry form, the record date will
conform to the rules of any securities exchange on which the securities are
listed and, if none, as shall be selected by the Administrative Trustees, which
dates will be more than one, but less than 60, Business Days before the relevant
payment date, which date shall correspond to the interest payment dates of the
Debentures. [The Debenture Issuer has the right under the Indenture to defer
payments of interest by extending the interest payment period from time to time
on the Debentures for a period not exceeding 20 consecutive quarters (each an
"Extension Period"), provided that no Extension Period shall last beyond the
date of the maturity of the Debentures and, as a consequence of such deferral,
quarterly Distributions will also be deferred. Despite such deferral, quarterly
Distributions will continue to accrue with interest thereon (to the extent
permitted by applicable law) at the Coupon Rate compounded quarterly during any
such Extension Period. Prior to the termination of any such Extension Period,
the Debenture Issuer may further extend such Extension Period; provided that
such Extension Period together with all such previous and further extensions
thereof may not exceed 20 consecutive quarters or extend beyond the maturity of
the Debentures. Payments of accrued Distributions will be payable to Holders as
they appear on the books and records of the Trust on the first record date after
the end of the Extension Period. Upon the termination of any Extension Period
and the payment of all amounts then due, the Debenture Issuer may commence a new
Extension Period, subject to the above requirements.]
The Trust Preferred Securities shall be redeemable as provided in the Agreement.
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[OPTION TO ELECT REPAYMENT]
[The undersigned hereby irrevocably requests and instructs the Trust to repay $______ stated liquidation amount of the within Trust Preferred Security, pursuant to its terms, on the "Put Option Exercise Date," together with distributions thereon accrued but unpaid to the date of repayment, to the undersigned at:
and to issue to the undersigned, pursuant to the terms of the Agreement, a new Trust Preferred Security or Trust Preferred Securities representing the remaining stated liquidation amount of this Trust Preferred Security.
For this Option to Elect Repayment to be effective, the within Trust Preferred
Security with this Option to Elect Repayment duly completed must be received by
the Trust at the [Corporate Trust Office] of the Property Trustee at JPMorgan
Chase Bank, __________________, New York, New York _____________, Attention:
[Corporate Trust Administration].
Dated: Signature:
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Signature Guarantee:
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Note: The signature to this Option to Elect Repayment must correspond with the
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name as written upon the face of the within Trust Preferred Security in every particular without alternation or enlargement or any change whatsoever.]
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ASSIGNMENT
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned assigns and transfers this Trust Preferred Security Certificate to:
and irrevocably appoints
Dated: Signature:
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Signature Guarantee:
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(Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Trust Preferred Security Certificate)
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EXHIBIT A-2
FORM OF COMMON SECURITY CERTIFICATE
[NOTE: This is a form of Common Security Certificate. The actual Common Security Certificate may vary substantially from this form, as contemplated by Section 7.1(b) of the form of Amended and Restated Trust Agreement.]
The Common Securities may only be transferred by the Debenture Issuer and any Related Party to the Debenture Issuer or a Related Party of the Debenture Issuer; provided that, any such transfer is subject to the condition precedent that the transferor obtain the written opinion of nationally recognized independent counsel experienced in such matters that such transfer would not cause more than an insubstantial risk that:
(i) the Trust would not be classified for U.S. federal income tax purposes as a grantor Trust; and
(ii) the Trust would be an Investment Company or the transferee would become an Investment Company.
CUSIP NO._____________
Certificate Evidencing Common Securities
of
Apache Trust [I/II]
Common Securities
(liquidation amount $_____ per Common Security)
Apache Trust [I/II], a statutory trust created under the laws of the State of Delaware (the "Trust"), hereby certifies that Apache Corporation (the "Holder") is the registered owner of _____ common securities of the Trust representing common undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the Trust designated as the _____% Common Securities (liquidation amount $____ per common security) (the "Common Securities"). The Common Securities are transferable on the books and records of the Trust, in person or by a duly authorized attorney, upon surrender of this certificate duly endorsed and in proper form for transfer. The designation, rights, privileges, restrictions, preferences and other terms and provisions of the Common Securities represented hereby are issued and shall in all respects be subject to the provisions of the Amended and Restated Trust Agreement of the Trust dated as of ____________, 20[ ], as the same may be amended from time to time (the "Agreement"), including the designation of the terms of the Common Securities as set forth in Exhibit A to the Agreement. Capitalized terms used herein but not defined shall have the meaning given them in the Agreement. The Holder is entitled to the benefits of the Common Securities Guarantee to the extent provided therein. The Sponsor
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will provide a copy of the Agreement, the Common Securities Guarantee and the Indenture to a Holder without charge upon written request to the Sponsor at its principal place of business.
Upon receipt of this certificate, the Sponsor is bound by the Agreement and is entitled to the benefits thereunder.
[In addition, the Holder is deemed to have (i) agreed to the terms of
the Indenture and the Debentures, including that the Debentures are subordinate
and junior in right of payment to all present and future Senior Indebtedness (as
defined in the Indenture) as and to the extent provided in the Indenture and
(ii) agreed to the terms of the Common Securities Guarantee, including that the
Common Securities Guarantee is subordinate and junior in right of payment to all
other liabilities of the Sponsor, including the Debentures, except those made
pari passu or subordinate by their terms, and pari passu with the most senior
preferred or preference stock now or hereafter issued by the Sponsor and with
any guarantee now or hereafter entered into by the Sponsor in respect of any
preferred or preference stock of any Affiliate of the Sponsor.]
By acceptance, the Holder agrees to treat, for U.S. federal income tax purposes, the Debentures as indebtedness and the Common Securities as evidence of indirect beneficial ownership in the Debentures.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trust has executed this certificate this ________ day of _________________________.
APACHE TRUST [I/II]
Title: Administrative Trustee
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[FORM OF REVERSE OF SECURITY]
Distributions payable on each Common Security will be fixed at a rate per annum of _____% (the "Coupon Rate") of the stated liquidation amount of $_______ per Common Security, such rate being the rate of interest payable on the Debentures to be held by the Property Trustee. Distributions in arrears for more than one quarter will bear interest thereon compounded quarterly at the rate of _____% [until [__________________________________], and at the Reset Rate thereafter] (to the extent permitted by applicable law). The term "Distributions" as used herein includes such cash distributions and any such interest payable unless otherwise stated. A Distribution is payable only to the extent that payments are made in respect of the Debentures held by the Property Trustee and to the extent the Property Trustee has actually received and holds funds available therefor. The amount of Distributions payable for any period will be computed for any full quarterly Distribution period on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months, and for any period shorter than a full quarterly Distribution period for which Distributions are computed, Distributions will be computed on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed per 30-day month.
Except as otherwise described below, distributions on the Common
Securities will be cumulative, will accumulate from the date of original
issuance and will be payable quarterly in arrears, on
[___________________________ of each year, commencing on________________],
________________, to Holders of record one Business Day prior to such payment
dates, which payment dates shall correspond to the interest payment dates on the
Debentures. [The Debenture Issuer has the right under the Indenture to defer
payments of interest by extending the interest payment period from time to time
on the Debentures for a period not exceeding 20 consecutive quarters (each an
"Extension Period"), provided that no Extension Period shall last beyond the
date of the maturity of the Debentures and, as a consequence of such deferral,
quarterly Distributions will also be deferred. Despite such deferral, quarterly
Distributions will continue to accrue with interest thereon (to the extent
permitted by applicable law) at the Coupon Rate compounded quarterly during any
such Extension Period. Prior to the termination of any such Extension Period,
the Debenture Issuer may further extend such Extension Period; provided that
such Extension Period together with all such previous and further extensions
thereof may not exceed 20 consecutive quarters or extend beyond the maturity of
the Debentures. Payments of accrued Distributions will be payable to Holders as
they appear on the books and records of the Trust on the first record date after
the end of the Extension Period. Upon the termination of any Extension Period
and the payment of all amounts then due, the Debenture Issuer may commence a new
Extension Period, subject to the above requirements.]
The Common Securities shall be redeemable as provided in the Agreement.
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[OPTION TO ELECT REPAYMENT]
[The undersigned hereby irrevocably requests and instructs the Trust to repay $______ stated liquidation amount of the within Common Security, pursuant to its terms, on the "Put Option Exercise Date," together with distributions thereon accrued and unpaid to the date of repayment, to the undersigned at:
and to issue to the undersigned, pursuant to the terms of the Agreement, a new Common Security or Common Securities representing the remaining stated liquidation amount of this Common Security.
For this Option to Elect Repayment to be effective, the within Common Security with this Option to Elect Repayment duly completed must be received by the Trust at the [Corporate Trust Office] of the Property Trustee at JPMorgan Chase Bank, New York, New York, Attention: [Corporate Trust Administration].
Dated: Signature:
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Signature Guarantee:
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Note: The signature to this Option to Elect Repayment must correspond with the
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name as written upon the face of the within Common Security in every particular without alternation or enlargement or any change whatsoever.]
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ASSIGNMENT
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned assigns and transfers this Common Security Certificate to:
and irrevocably appoints
Dated: Signature:
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Signature Guarantee:
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(Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Common Security Certificate)
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EXHIBIT 5.4
(Richards, Layton, & Finger Letterhead)
May 23, 2003
Apache Trust I
Apache Trust II
c/o Apache Corporation
2000 Post Oak Boulevard
Suite 100
Houston, TX 77056
Re: Apache Trust I &
Apache Trust II
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have acted as special Delaware counsel for Apache Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), Apache Trust I, a Delaware statutory trust ("Trust I"), and Apache Trust II, a Delaware statutory trust ("Trust II" and together with Trust I the "Trusts" and each sometimes hereinafter individually referred to as a "Trust"), in connection with the matters set forth herein. At your request, this opinion is being furnished to you.
For purposes of giving the opinions hereinafter set forth, our examination of documents has been limited to the examination of originals or copies of the following:
(a) The Certificate of Trust of Trust I, dated as of March 13, 2000 (the "Trust I Certificate of Trust"), as filed in the office of the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware (the "Secretary of State") on March 13, 2000;
(b) The Certificate of Trust of Trust II, dated as of March 13, 2000 (the "Trust II Certificate of Trust" together with the Trust I Certificate the "Certificates of Trust"), as filed in the office of the Secretary of State on March 13, 2000;
(c) The Trust Agreement of Trust I, dated as of March 13, 2000, among the Company and the trustees of the Trust named therein
(d) The Trust Agreement of Trust II, dated as of March 13, 2000, among the Company and the trustees of the Trust named therein;
Apache Trust I
Apache Trust II
May 23, 2003
(e) The Registration Statement (the "Registration Statement") on Form S-3, including a preliminary prospectus (the "Prospectus"), relating to the undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the Trust (each, a "Trust Preferred Security" and collectively, the "Trust Preferred Securities"), to be filed by the Company, the Trusts and others with the Securities and Exchange Commission on or about May 23, 2003;
(f) A form of Amended and Restated Trust Agreement of each of the Trusts (the "Trust Agreement"), to be entered into among the Company, the trustees of the Trust named therein, and the holders, from time to time, of undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the Trust, filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement; and
(g) A Certificate of Good Standing for each of the Trusts, dated May 2, 2003, obtained from the Secretary of State.
Initially capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined are used as defined in the Trust Agreement.
For purposes of this opinion, we have not reviewed any documents other than the documents listed in paragraphs (a) through (g) above. In particular, we have not reviewed any document (other than the documents listed in paragraphs (a) through (g) above) that is referred to in or incorporated by reference into the documents reviewed by us. We have assumed that there exists no provision in any document that we have not reviewed that is inconsistent with the opinions stated herein. We have conducted no independent factual investigation of our own but rather have relied solely upon the foregoing documents, the statements and information set forth therein and the additional matters recited or assumed herein, all of which we have assumed to be true, complete and accurate in all material respects.
With respect to all documents examined by us, we have assumed (i) the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as authentic originals, (ii) the conformity with the originals of all documents submitted to us as copies or forms, and (iii) the genuineness of all signatures.
For purposes of this opinion, we have assumed (i) that the Trust
Agreement will constitute the entire agreement among the parties thereto with
respect to the subject matter thereof, including with respect to the creation,
operation and termination of the Trusts, and that the Certificates of Trust are
in full force and effect and have not been amended, (ii) except to the extent
provided in paragraph 1 below, that each of the parties to the documents
examined by us has been duly created, organized or formed, as the case may be,
and is validly existing in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction
governing its creation, organization or formation, (iii) the legal capacity of
natural persons who are signatories to the documents examined by us, (iv) that
each of the parties to the documents examined by us has the power and authority
to execute and deliver, and to perform its obligations under, such documents,
(v) that each party to the documents examined by us has duly authorized,
executed and delivered such documents, (vi) the receipt by each Person to whom a
Trust Preferred Security is to be issued by the
Apache Trust I
Apache Trust II
May 23, 2003
Trusts (collectively, the "Trust Preferred Security Holders") of a Trust Preferred Security Certificate for such Trust Preferred Security in the name of such Person and the payment for the Trust Preferred Security acquired by it, in accordance with the Trust Agreement and the Registration Statement, and (vii) that the Trust Preferred Securities will be issued and sold to the Trust Preferred Security Holders in accordance with the Trust Agreement and the Registration Statement. We have not participated in the preparation of the Registration Statement and assume no responsibility for its contents.
This opinion is limited to the laws of the State of Delaware (excluding the securities laws of the State of Delaware), and we have not considered and express no opinion on the laws of any other jurisdiction, including federal laws and rules and regulations relating thereto. Our opinions are rendered only with respect to Delaware laws and rules, regulations and orders thereunder that are currently in effect.
Based upon the foregoing, and upon our examination of such questions of law and statutes of the State of Delaware as we have considered necessary or appropriate, and subject to the assumptions, qualifications, limitations and exceptions set forth herein, we are of the opinion that:
1. Each of the Trusts has been duly created and is validly existing in good standing as a statutory trust under the Delaware Statutory Trust Act.
2. The Trust Preferred Securities will represent valid and, subject to the qualifications set forth in paragraph 3 below, fully paid and nonassessable undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the Trusts.
3. The Trust Preferred Security Holders, as beneficial owners of the Trusts, will be entitled to the same limitation of personal liability extended to stockholders of private corporations for profit organized under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware. We note that the Trust Preferred Security Holders may be obligated to make payments as set forth in the Trust Agreement.
We consent to the filing of this opinion with the Securities and Exchange Commission as an exhibit to the Registration Statement. In addition, we hereby consent to the use of our name under the heading "Legal Matters" in the Prospectus. In giving the foregoing consents, we do not thereby admit that we come within the category of Persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A.
EAM/wrm
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EXHIBIT 23.1
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption "Experts" in this Registration Statement and related Prospectus for the registration of up to $1.5 billion of securities and to the incorporation by reference therein of our report dated March 14, 2003, with respect to the consolidated financial statements of Apache Corporation included in its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2002, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
/s/ ERNST & YOUNG LLP
Houston, Texas
May 22, 2003
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EXHIBIT 23.4
[BENNETT JONES LLP LETTERHEAD]
May 23, 2003
We consent to the use of our name under the caption "Legal Matters" in the prospectus included as part of the registration statement on Form S-3 filed by Apache Corporation on the date hereof. In giving such consent, we do not admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
Very truly yours,
BENNETT JONES LLP
/s/ Bennett Jones LLP -------------------------- |
EXHIBIT 23.8
[RYDER SCOTT COMPANY LETTERHEAD]
CONSENT OF RYDER SCOTT COMPANY PETROLEUM CONSULTANTS
As independent petroleum engineers, we hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this registration statement of our Firm's review of the proved oil and gas reserve quantities of Apache Corporation as of January 1, 2003, and to all references to our Firm included in this registration statement.
/s/ RYDER SCOTT COMPANY, L.P.
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RYDER SCOTT COMPANY, L.P.
Houston, Texas
May 23, 2003
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EXHIBIT 25.1
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D. C. 20549
FORM T-1
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) ________
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK
(Exact name of trustee as specified in its charter)
NEW YORK 13-4994650
(State of incorporation (I.R.S. employer
if not a national bank) identification No.)
270 PARK AVENUE
NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10017
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
William H. McDavid
General Counsel
270 Park Avenue
New York, New York 10017
Tel: (212) 270-2611
(Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)
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APACHE CORPORATION
(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)
DELAWARE 41-0747868 (State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. employer incorporation or organization) identification No.) |
ONE POST OAK CENTRAL
2000 POST OAK BOULEVARD, SUITE 100
HOUSTON, TEXAS 77056
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
DEBT SECURITIES
GUARANTEE OF DEBT SECURITIES OF APACHE FINANCE AUSTRALIA PTY LTD
GUARANTEE OF DEBT SECURITIES OF APACHE FINANCE CANADA II CORPORATION
GUARANTEE OF TRUST PREFERRED SECURITIES OF APACHE TRUST I
GUARANTEE OF TRUST PREFERRED SECURITIES OF APACHE TRUST II
(Title of the indenture securities)
GENERAL
Item 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.
New York State Banking Department, State House, Albany, New York 12110.
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Washington, D.C., 20551
Federal Reserve Bank of New York, District No. 2, 33 Liberty Street, New York, N.Y.
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Washington, D.C., 20429.
(b) Whether it is authorized to exercise corporate trust powers.
Yes.
Item 2. Affiliations with the Obligor and Guarantors.
If the obligor or any Guarantor is an affiliate of the trustee, describe each such affiliation.
None.
Item 16. List of Exhibits
List below all exhibits filed as a part of this Statement of Eligibility.
1. A copy of the Restated Organization Certificate of the Trustee dated March 25, 1997 and the Certificate of Amendment dated October 22, 2001 (see Exhibit 1 to Form T-1 filed in connection with Registration Statement No. 333-76894, which is incorporated by reference).
2. A copy of the Certificate of Authority of the Trustee to Commence Business (see Exhibit 2 to Form T-1 filed in connection with Registration Statement No. 33-50010, which is incorporated by reference). On November 11, 2001 in connection with the merger of The Chase Manhattan Bank and Morgan Guaranty Trust Company of New York, the surviving corporation was renamed JPMorgan Chase Bank.
3. None, authorization to exercise corporate trust powers being contained in the documents identified above as Exhibits 1 and 2.
4. A copy of the existing By-Laws of the Trustee (see Exhibit 4 to Form T-1 filed in connection with Registration Statement No. 333-76894, which is incorporated by reference.).
5. Not applicable.
6. The consent of the Trustee required by Section 321(b) of the Act (see Exhibit 6 to Form T-1 filed in connection with Registration Statement No. 33-50010, which is incorporated by reference). On November 11, 2001, in connection with the merger of The Chase Manhattan Bank and Morgan Guaranty Trust Company of New York, the surviving corporation was renamed JPMorgan Chase Bank.
7. A copy of the latest report of condition of the Trustee, published pursuant to law or the requirements of its supervising or examining authority.
8. Not applicable.
9. Not applicable.
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 the Trustee, JPMorgan Chase Bank, 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 23rd day of May, 2003.
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK
By /s/ WILLIAM G. KEENAN
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William G. Keenan
Vice President
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Exhibit 7 to Form T-1
Bank Call Notice
RESERVE DISTRICT NO. 2
CONSOLIDATED REPORT OF CONDITION OF
JPMorgan Chase Bank
of 270 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10017
and Foreign and Domestic Subsidiaries,
a member of the Federal Reserve System,
at the close of business December 31, 2002, 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
ASSETS IN MILLIONS
Cash and balances due from depository institutions:
Noninterest-bearing balances and currency and coin ................... $ 18,102
Interest-bearing balances ............................................ 8,392
Securities:
Held to maturity securities ............................................... 396
Available for sale securities ............................................. 79,372
Federal funds sold and securities purchased under agreements to resell
Federal funds sold in domestic offices ............................... 16,164
Securities purchased under agreements to resell ...................... 67,327
Loans and lease financing receivables:
Loans and leases held for sale ....................................... 24,545
Loans and leases, net of unearned income $159,647
Less: Allowance for loan and lease losses 3,572
Loans and leases, net of unearned income and allowance ............... 156,075
Trading Assets ............................................................ 194,198
Premises and fixed assets (including capitalized leases) .................. 6,280
Other real estate owned ................................................... 104
Investments in unconsolidated subsidiaries and associated companies ....... 678
Customers' liability to this bank on acceptances outstanding .............. 349
Intangible assets
Goodwill ............................................................. 2,159
Other Intangible assets .............................................. 3,315
Other assets .............................................................. 44,932
TOTAL ASSETS .............................................................. $622,388
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LIABILITIES
Deposits
In domestic offices .................................................. $171,786
Noninterest-bearing ................. $ 75,101
Interest-bearing .................... 96,685
In foreign offices, Edge and Agreement subsidiaries and IBF's ........ 128,780
Noninterest-bearing ................. $ 7,380
Interest-bearing .................... 121,400
Federal funds purchased and securities sold under
agreements to repurchase:
Federal funds purchased in domestic offices .......................... 5,701
Securities sold under agreements to repurchase ....................... 120,579
Trading liabilities ....................................................... 118,113
Other borrowed money (includes mortgage indebtedness and
obligations under capitalized leases) ................................... 8,388
Bank's liability on acceptances executed and outstanding .................. 356
Subordinated notes and debentures ......................................... 8,528
Other liabilities ......................................................... 24,520
TOTAL LIABILITIES ......................................................... 586,751
Minority Interest in consolidated subsidiaries ............................ 97
EQUITY CAPITAL
Perpetual preferred stock and related surplus ............................. 0
Common stock .............................................................. 1,785
Surplus (exclude all surplus related to preferred stock) .................. 16,304
Retained earnings ......................................................... 16,347
Accumulated other comprehensive income .................................... 1,104
Other equity capital components ........................................... 0
TOTAL EQUITY CAPITAL ...................................................... 35,540
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TOTAL LIABILITIES, MINORITY INTEREST, AND EQUITY CAPITAL .................. $622,388
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I, Joseph L. Sclafani, E.V.P. & Controller of the above-named bank, do hereby declare that this Report of Condition has been prepared in conformance with the instructions issued by the appropriate Federal regulatory authority and is true to the best of my knowledge and belief.
JOSEPH L. SCLAFANI
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 in- structions issued by the appropriate Federal regulatory authority and is true and correct.
WILLIAM B. HARRISON, JR. )
ELLEN V. FUTTER ) DIRECTORS
FRANK A. BENNACK, JR. )
EXHIBIT 25.2
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D. C. 20549
FORM T-1
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) ________
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK
(Exact name of trustee as specified in its charter)
NEW YORK 13-4994650
(State of incorporation (I.R.S. employer
if not a national bank) identification No.)
270 PARK AVENUE
NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10017
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
William H. McDavid
General Counsel
270 Park Avenue
New York, New York 10017
Tel: (212) 270-2611
(Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)
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APACHE FINANCE AUSTRALIA PTY LTD
(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)
AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY 98-0397057 (State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. employer incorporation or organization) identification No.) |
ONE POST OAK CENTRAL
2000 POST OAK BOULEVARD, SUITE 100
HOUSTON, TEXAS 77056
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
DEBT SECURITIES
(Title of the indenture securities)
GENERAL
Item 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.
New York State Banking Department, State House, Albany, New York 12110.
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Washington, D.C., 20551
Federal Reserve Bank of New York, District No. 2, 33 Liberty Street, New York, N.Y.
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Washington, D.C., 20429.
(b) Whether it is authorized to exercise corporate trust powers.
Yes.
Item 2. Affiliations with the Obligor and Guarantors.
If the obligor or any Guarantor is an affiliate of the trustee, describe each such affiliation.
None.
Item 16. List of Exhibits
List below all exhibits filed as a part of this Statement of Eligibility.
1. A copy of the Restated Organization Certificate of the Trustee dated March 25, 1997 and the Certificate of Amendment dated October 22, 2001 (see Exhibit 1 to Form T-1 filed in connection with Registration Statement No. 333-76894, which is incorporated by reference).
2. A copy of the Certificate of Authority of the Trustee to Commence Business (see Exhibit 2 to Form T-1 filed in connection with Registration Statement No. 33-50010, which is incorporated by reference). On November 11, 2001 in connection with the merger of The Chase Manhattan Bank and Morgan Guaranty Trust Company of New York, the surviving corporation was renamed JPMorgan Chase Bank.
3. None, authorization to exercise corporate trust powers being contained in the documents identified above as Exhibits 1 and 2.
4. A copy of the existing By-Laws of the Trustee (see Exhibit 4 to Form T-1 filed in connection with Registration Statement No. 333-76894, which is incorporated by reference.).
5. Not applicable.
6. The consent of the Trustee required by Section 321(b) of the Act (see Exhibit 6 to Form T-1 filed in connection with Registration Statement No. 33-50010, which is incorporated by reference). On November 11, 2001, in connection with the merger of The Chase Manhattan Bank and Morgan Guaranty Trust Company of New York, the surviving corporation was renamed JPMorgan Chase Bank.
7. A copy of the latest report of condition of the Trustee, published pursuant to law or the requirements of its supervising or examining authority.
8. Not applicable.
9. Not applicable.
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 the Trustee, JPMorgan Chase Bank, 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 23rd day of May, 2003.
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK
By /s/ WILLIAM G. KEENAN
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William G. Keenan
Vice President
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Exhibit 7 to Form T-1
Bank Call Notice
RESERVE DISTRICT NO. 2
CONSOLIDATED REPORT OF CONDITION OF
JPMorgan Chase Bank
of 270 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10017
and Foreign and Domestic Subsidiaries,
a member of the Federal Reserve System,
at the close of business December 31, 2002, 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
ASSETS IN MILLIONS
Cash and balances due from depository institutions:
Noninterest-bearing balances and currency and coin ................... $ 18,102
Interest-bearing balances ............................................ 8,392
Securities:
Held to maturity securities ............................................... 396
Available for sale securities ............................................. 79,372
Federal funds sold and securities purchased under agreements to resell
Federal funds sold in domestic offices ............................... 16,164
Securities purchased under agreements to resell ...................... 67,327
Loans and lease financing receivables:
Loans and leases held for sale ....................................... 24,545
Loans and leases, net of unearned income $159,647
Less: Allowance for loan and lease losses 3,572
Loans and leases, net of unearned income and allowance ............... 156,075
Trading Assets ............................................................ 194,198
Premises and fixed assets (including capitalized leases) .................. 6,280
Other real estate owned ................................................... 104
Investments in unconsolidated subsidiaries and associated companies ....... 678
Customers' liability to this bank on acceptances outstanding .............. 349
Intangible assets
Goodwill ............................................................. 2,159
Other Intangible assets .............................................. 3,315
Other assets .............................................................. 44,932
TOTAL ASSETS .............................................................. $622,388
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LIABILITIES
Deposits
In domestic offices .................................................. $171,786
Noninterest-bearing ................. $ 75,101
Interest-bearing .................... 96,685
In foreign offices, Edge and Agreement subsidiaries and IBF's ........ 128,780
Noninterest-bearing ................. $ 7,380
Interest-bearing .................... 121,400
Federal funds purchased and securities sold under
agreements to repurchase:
Federal funds purchased in domestic offices .......................... 5,701
Securities sold under agreements to repurchase ....................... 120,579
Trading liabilities ....................................................... 118,113
Other borrowed money (includes mortgage indebtedness and
obligations under capitalized leases) ................................... 8,388
Bank's liability on acceptances executed and outstanding .................. 356
Subordinated notes and debentures ......................................... 8,528
Other liabilities ......................................................... 24,520
TOTAL LIABILITIES ......................................................... 586,751
Minority Interest in consolidated subsidiaries ............................ 97
EQUITY CAPITAL
Perpetual preferred stock and related surplus ............................. 0
Common stock .............................................................. 1,785
Surplus (exclude all surplus related to preferred stock) .................. 16,304
Retained earnings ......................................................... 16,347
Accumulated other comprehensive income .................................... 1,104
Other equity capital components ........................................... 0
TOTAL EQUITY CAPITAL ...................................................... 35,540
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TOTAL LIABILITIES, MINORITY INTEREST, AND EQUITY CAPITAL .................. $622,388
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I, Joseph L. Sclafani, E.V.P. & Controller of the above-named bank, do hereby declare that this Report of Condition has been prepared in conformance with the instructions issued by the appropriate Federal regulatory authority and is true to the best of my knowledge and belief.
JOSEPH L. SCLAFANI
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 in- structions issued by the appropriate Federal regulatory authority and is true and correct.
WILLIAM B. HARRISON, JR. )
ELLEN V. FUTTER ) DIRECTORS
FRANK A. BENNACK, JR. )
EXHIBIT 25.3
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D. C. 20549
FORM T-1
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) ________
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK
(Exact name of trustee as specified in its charter)
NEW YORK 13-4994650
(State of incorporation (I.R.S. employer
if not a national bank) identification No.)
270 PARK AVENUE
NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10017
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
William H. McDavid
General Counsel
270 Park Avenue
New York, New York 10017
Tel: (212) 270-2611
(Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)
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APACHE FINANCE CANADA II CORPORATION
(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)
NOVA SCOTIA 98-0397056 (State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. employer incorporation or organization) identification No.) |
ONE POST OAK CENTRAL
2000 POST OAK BOULEVARD, SUITE 100
HOUSTON, TEXAS 77056
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
DEBT SECURITIES
(Title of the indenture securities)
GENERAL
Item 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.
New York State Banking Department, State House, Albany, New York 12110.
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Washington, D.C., 20551
Federal Reserve Bank of New York, District No. 2, 33 Liberty Street, New York, N.Y.
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Washington, D.C., 20429.
(b) Whether it is authorized to exercise corporate trust powers.
Yes.
Item 2. Affiliations with the Obligor and Guarantors.
If the obligor or any Guarantor is an affiliate of the trustee, describe each such affiliation.
None.
Item 16. List of Exhibits
List below all exhibits filed as a part of this Statement of Eligibility.
1. A copy of the Restated Organization Certificate of the Trustee dated March 25, 1997 and the Certificate of Amendment dated October 22, 2001 (see Exhibit 1 to Form T-1 filed in connection with Registration Statement No. 333-76894, which is incorporated by reference).
2. A copy of the Certificate of Authority of the Trustee to Commence Business (see Exhibit 2 to Form T-1 filed in connection with Registration Statement No. 33-50010, which is incorporated by reference). On November 11, 2001 in connection with the merger of The Chase Manhattan Bank and Morgan Guaranty Trust Company of New York, the surviving corporation was renamed JPMorgan Chase Bank.
3. None, authorization to exercise corporate trust powers being contained in the documents identified above as Exhibits 1 and 2.
4. A copy of the existing By-Laws of the Trustee (see Exhibit 4 to Form T-1 filed in connection with Registration Statement No. 333-76894, which is incorporated by reference.).
5. Not applicable.
6. The consent of the Trustee required by Section 321(b) of the Act (see Exhibit 6 to Form T-1 filed in connection with Registration Statement No. 33-50010, which is incorporated by reference). On November 11, 2001, in connection with the merger of The Chase Manhattan Bank and Morgan Guaranty Trust Company of New York, the surviving corporation was renamed JPMorgan Chase Bank.
7. A copy of the latest report of condition of the Trustee, published pursuant to law or the requirements of its supervising or examining authority.
8. Not applicable.
9. Not applicable.
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 the Trustee, JPMorgan Chase Bank, 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 23rd day of May, 2003.
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK
By /s/ WILLIAM G. KEENAN
----------------------------
William G. Keenan
Vice President
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Exhibit 7 to Form T-1
Bank Call Notice
RESERVE DISTRICT NO. 2
CONSOLIDATED REPORT OF CONDITION OF
JPMorgan Chase Bank
of 270 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10017
and Foreign and Domestic Subsidiaries,
a member of the Federal Reserve System,
at the close of business December 31, 2002, 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
ASSETS IN MILLIONS
Cash and balances due from depository institutions:
Noninterest-bearing balances and currency and coin ................... $ 18,102
Interest-bearing balances ............................................ 8,392
Securities:
Held to maturity securities ............................................... 396
Available for sale securities ............................................. 79,372
Federal funds sold and securities purchased under agreements to resell
Federal funds sold in domestic offices ............................... 16,164
Securities purchased under agreements to resell ...................... 67,327
Loans and lease financing receivables:
Loans and leases held for sale ....................................... 24,545
Loans and leases, net of unearned income $159,647
Less: Allowance for loan and lease losses 3,572
Loans and leases, net of unearned income and allowance ............... 156,075
Trading Assets ............................................................ 194,198
Premises and fixed assets (including capitalized leases) .................. 6,280
Other real estate owned ................................................... 104
Investments in unconsolidated subsidiaries and associated companies ....... 678
Customers' liability to this bank on acceptances outstanding .............. 349
Intangible assets
Goodwill ............................................................. 2,159
Other Intangible assets .............................................. 3,315
Other assets .............................................................. 44,932
TOTAL ASSETS .............................................................. $622,388
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LIABILITIES
Deposits
In domestic offices .................................................. $171,786
Noninterest-bearing ................. $ 75,101
Interest-bearing .................... 96,685
In foreign offices, Edge and Agreement subsidiaries and IBF's ........ 128,780
Noninterest-bearing ................. $ 7,380
Interest-bearing .................... 121,400
Federal funds purchased and securities sold under
agreements to repurchase:
Federal funds purchased in domestic offices .......................... 5,701
Securities sold under agreements to repurchase ....................... 120,579
Trading liabilities ....................................................... 118,113
Other borrowed money (includes mortgage indebtedness and
obligations under capitalized leases) ................................... 8,388
Bank's liability on acceptances executed and outstanding .................. 356
Subordinated notes and debentures ......................................... 8,528
Other liabilities ......................................................... 24,520
TOTAL LIABILITIES ......................................................... 586,751
Minority Interest in consolidated subsidiaries ............................ 97
EQUITY CAPITAL
Perpetual preferred stock and related surplus ............................. 0
Common stock .............................................................. 1,785
Surplus (exclude all surplus related to preferred stock) .................. 16,304
Retained earnings ......................................................... 16,347
Accumulated other comprehensive income .................................... 1,104
Other equity capital components ........................................... 0
TOTAL EQUITY CAPITAL ...................................................... 35,540
--------
TOTAL LIABILITIES, MINORITY INTEREST, AND EQUITY CAPITAL .................. $622,388
========
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I, Joseph L. Sclafani, E.V.P. & Controller of the above-named bank, do hereby declare that this Report of Condition has been prepared in conformance with the instructions issued by the appropriate Federal regulatory authority and is true to the best of my knowledge and belief.
JOSEPH L. SCLAFANI
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 in- structions issued by the appropriate Federal regulatory authority and is true and correct.
WILLIAM B. HARRISON, JR. )
ELLEN V. FUTTER ) DIRECTORS
FRANK A. BENNACK, JR. )
EXHIBIT 25.4
FORM T-1
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK
(Exact name of trustee as specified in its charter)
NEW YORK 13-4994650
(State of incorporation (I.R.S. employer
if not a national bank) identification No.)
270 PARK AVENUE
NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10017
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
William H. McDavid
General Counsel
270 Park Avenue
New York, New York 10017
Tel: (212) 270-2611
(Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)
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APACHE TRUST I
(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)
DELAWARE 76-6159546 (State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. employer incorporation or organization) identification No.) |
ONE POST OAK CENTRAL
2000 POST OAK BOULEVARD, SUITE 100
HOUSTON, TEXAS 77056
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
TRUST PREFERRED SECURITIES
(Title of the indenture securities)
GENERAL
Item 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.
New York State Banking Department, State House, Albany, New York 12110.
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Washington, D.C., 20551
Federal Reserve Bank of New York, District No. 2, 33 Liberty Street, New York, N.Y.
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Washington, D.C., 20429.
(b) Whether it is authorized to exercise corporate trust powers.
Yes.
Item 2. Affiliations with the Obligor and Guarantors.
If the obligor or any Guarantor is an affiliate of the trustee, describe each such affiliation.
None.
Item 16. List of Exhibits
List below all exhibits filed as a part of this Statement of Eligibility.
1. A copy of the Restated Organization Certificate of the Trustee dated March 25, 1997 and the Certificate of Amendment dated October 22, 2001 (see Exhibit 1 to Form T-1 filed in connection with Registration Statement No. 333-76894, which is incorporated by reference).
2. A copy of the Certificate of Authority of the Trustee to Commence Business (see Exhibit 2 to Form T-1 filed in connection with Registration Statement No. 33-50010, which is incorporated by reference). On November 11, 2001 in connection with the merger of The Chase Manhattan Bank and Morgan Guaranty Trust Company of New York, the surviving corporation was renamed JPMorgan Chase Bank.
3. None, authorization to exercise corporate trust powers being contained in the documents identified above as Exhibits 1 and 2.
4. A copy of the existing By-Laws of the Trustee (see Exhibit 4 to Form T-1 filed in connection with Registration Statement No. 333-76894, which is incorporated by reference.).
5. Not applicable.
6. The consent of the Trustee required by Section 321(b) of the Act (see Exhibit 6 to Form T-1 filed in connection with Registration Statement No. 33-50010, which is incorporated by reference). On November 11, 2001, in connection with the merger of The Chase Manhattan Bank and Morgan Guaranty Trust Company of New York, the surviving corporation was renamed JPMorgan Chase Bank.
7. A copy of the latest report of condition of the Trustee, published pursuant to law or the requirements of its supervising or examining authority.
8. Not applicable.
9. Not applicable.
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 the Trustee, JPMorgan Chase Bank, 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 23rd day of May, 2003.
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK
By /s/ WILLIAM G. KEENAN
----------------------------
William G. Keenan
Vice President
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Exhibit 7 to Form T-1
Bank Call Notice
RESERVE DISTRICT NO. 2
CONSOLIDATED REPORT OF CONDITION OF
JPMorgan Chase Bank
of 270 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10017
and Foreign and Domestic Subsidiaries,
a member of the Federal Reserve System,
at the close of business December 31, 2002, 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
ASSETS IN MILLIONS
Cash and balances due from depository institutions:
Noninterest-bearing balances and currency and coin ................... $ 18,102
Interest-bearing balances ............................................ 8,392
Securities:
Held to maturity securities ............................................... 396
Available for sale securities ............................................. 79,372
Federal funds sold and securities purchased under agreements to resell
Federal funds sold in domestic offices ............................... 16,164
Securities purchased under agreements to resell ...................... 67,327
Loans and lease financing receivables:
Loans and leases held for sale ....................................... 24,545
Loans and leases, net of unearned income $159,647
Less: Allowance for loan and lease losses 3,572
Loans and leases, net of unearned income and allowance ............... 156,075
Trading Assets ............................................................ 194,198
Premises and fixed assets (including capitalized leases) .................. 6,280
Other real estate owned ................................................... 104
Investments in unconsolidated subsidiaries and associated companies ....... 678
Customers' liability to this bank on acceptances outstanding .............. 349
Intangible assets
Goodwill ............................................................. 2,159
Other Intangible assets .............................................. 3,315
Other assets .............................................................. 44,932
TOTAL ASSETS .............................................................. $622,388
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LIABILITIES
Deposits
In domestic offices .................................................. $171,786
Noninterest-bearing ................. $ 75,101
Interest-bearing .................... 96,685
In foreign offices, Edge and Agreement subsidiaries and IBF's ........ 128,780
Noninterest-bearing ................. $ 7,380
Interest-bearing .................... 121,400
Federal funds purchased and securities sold under
agreements to repurchase:
Federal funds purchased in domestic offices .......................... 5,701
Securities sold under agreements to repurchase ....................... 120,579
Trading liabilities ....................................................... 118,113
Other borrowed money (includes mortgage indebtedness and
obligations under capitalized leases) ................................... 8,388
Bank's liability on acceptances executed and outstanding .................. 356
Subordinated notes and debentures ......................................... 8,528
Other liabilities ......................................................... 24,520
TOTAL LIABILITIES ......................................................... 586,751
Minority Interest in consolidated subsidiaries ............................ 97
EQUITY CAPITAL
Perpetual preferred stock and related surplus ............................. 0
Common stock .............................................................. 1,785
Surplus (exclude all surplus related to preferred stock) .................. 16,304
Retained earnings ......................................................... 16,347
Accumulated other comprehensive income .................................... 1,104
Other equity capital components ........................................... 0
TOTAL EQUITY CAPITAL ...................................................... 35,540
--------
TOTAL LIABILITIES, MINORITY INTEREST, AND EQUITY CAPITAL .................. $622,388
========
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I, Joseph L. Sclafani, E.V.P. & Controller of the above-named bank, do hereby declare that this Report of Condition has been prepared in conformance with the instructions issued by the appropriate Federal regulatory authority and is true to the best of my knowledge and belief.
JOSEPH L. SCLAFANI
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 in- structions issued by the appropriate Federal regulatory authority and is true and correct.
WILLIAM B. HARRISON, JR. )
ELLEN V. FUTTER ) DIRECTORS
FRANK A. BENNACK, JR. )
EXHIBIT 25.5
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D. C. 20549
FORM T-1
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) ________
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK
(Exact name of trustee as specified in its charter)
NEW YORK 13-4994650
(State of incorporation (I.R.S. employer
if not a national bank) identification No.)
270 PARK AVENUE
NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10017
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
William H. McDavid
General Counsel
270 Park Avenue
New York, New York 10017
Tel: (212) 270-2611
(Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)
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APACHE TRUST II
(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)
DELAWARE 76-6159545 (State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. employer incorporation or organization) identification No.) |
ONE POST OAK CENTRAL
2000 POST OAK BOULEVARD, SUITE 100
HOUSTON, TEXAS 77056
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
TRUST PREFERRED SECURITIES
(Title of the indenture securities)
GENERAL
Item 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.
New York State Banking Department, State House, Albany, New York 12110.
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Washington, D.C., 20551
Federal Reserve Bank of New York, District No. 2, 33 Liberty Street, New York, N.Y.
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Washington, D.C., 20429.
(b) Whether it is authorized to exercise corporate trust powers.
Yes.
Item 2. Affiliations with the Obligor and Guarantors.
If the obligor or any Guarantor is an affiliate of the trustee, describe each such affiliation.
None.
Item 16. List of Exhibits
List below all exhibits filed as a part of this Statement of Eligibility.
1. A copy of the Restated Organization Certificate of the Trustee dated March 25, 1997 and the Certificate of Amendment dated October 22, 2001 (see Exhibit 1 to Form T-1 filed in connection with Registration Statement No. 333-76894, which is incorporated by reference).
2. A copy of the Certificate of Authority of the Trustee to Commence Business (see Exhibit 2 to Form T-1 filed in connection with Registration Statement No. 33-50010, which is incorporated by reference). On November 11, 2001 in connection with the merger of The Chase Manhattan Bank and Morgan Guaranty Trust Company of New York, the surviving corporation was renamed JPMorgan Chase Bank.
3. None, authorization to exercise corporate trust powers being contained in the documents identified above as Exhibits 1 and 2.
4. A copy of the existing By-Laws of the Trustee (see Exhibit 4 to Form T-1 filed in connection with Registration Statement No. 333-76894, which is incorporated by reference.).
5. Not applicable.
6. The consent of the Trustee required by Section 321(b) of the Act (see Exhibit 6 to Form T-1 filed in connection with Registration Statement No. 33-50010, which is incorporated by reference). On November 11, 2001, in connection with the merger of The Chase Manhattan Bank and Morgan Guaranty Trust Company of New York, the surviving corporation was renamed JPMorgan Chase Bank.
7. A copy of the latest report of condition of the Trustee, published pursuant to law or the requirements of its supervising or examining authority.
8. Not applicable.
9. Not applicable.
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 the Trustee, JPMorgan Chase Bank, 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 23rd day of May, 2003.
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK
By /s/ WILLIAM G. KEENAN
----------------------------
William G. Keenan
Vice President
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Exhibit 7 to Form T-1
Bank Call Notice
RESERVE DISTRICT NO. 2
CONSOLIDATED REPORT OF CONDITION OF
JPMorgan Chase Bank
of 270 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10017
and Foreign and Domestic Subsidiaries,
a member of the Federal Reserve System,
at the close of business December 31, 2002, 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
ASSETS IN MILLIONS
Cash and balances due from depository institutions:
Noninterest-bearing balances and currency and coin ................... $ 18,102
Interest-bearing balances ............................................ 8,392
Securities:
Held to maturity securities ............................................... 396
Available for sale securities ............................................. 79,372
Federal funds sold and securities purchased under agreements to resell
Federal funds sold in domestic offices ............................... 16,164
Securities purchased under agreements to resell ...................... 67,327
Loans and lease financing receivables:
Loans and leases held for sale ....................................... 24,545
Loans and leases, net of unearned income $159,647
Less: Allowance for loan and lease losses 3,572
Loans and leases, net of unearned income and allowance ............... 156,075
Trading Assets ............................................................ 194,198
Premises and fixed assets (including capitalized leases) .................. 6,280
Other real estate owned ................................................... 104
Investments in unconsolidated subsidiaries and associated companies ....... 678
Customers' liability to this bank on acceptances outstanding .............. 349
Intangible assets
Goodwill ............................................................. 2,159
Other Intangible assets .............................................. 3,315
Other assets .............................................................. 44,932
TOTAL ASSETS .............................................................. $622,388
========
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LIABILITIES
Deposits
In domestic offices .................................................. $171,786
Noninterest-bearing ................. $ 75,101
Interest-bearing .................... 96,685
In foreign offices, Edge and Agreement subsidiaries and IBF's ........ 128,780
Noninterest-bearing ................. $ 7,380
Interest-bearing .................... 121,400
Federal funds purchased and securities sold under
agreements to repurchase:
Federal funds purchased in domestic offices .......................... 5,701
Securities sold under agreements to repurchase ....................... 120,579
Trading liabilities ....................................................... 118,113
Other borrowed money (includes mortgage indebtedness and
obligations under capitalized leases) ................................... 8,388
Bank's liability on acceptances executed and outstanding .................. 356
Subordinated notes and debentures ......................................... 8,528
Other liabilities ......................................................... 24,520
TOTAL LIABILITIES ......................................................... 586,751
Minority Interest in consolidated subsidiaries ............................ 97
EQUITY CAPITAL
Perpetual preferred stock and related surplus ............................. 0
Common stock .............................................................. 1,785
Surplus (exclude all surplus related to preferred stock) .................. 16,304
Retained earnings ......................................................... 16,347
Accumulated other comprehensive income .................................... 1,104
Other equity capital components ........................................... 0
TOTAL EQUITY CAPITAL ...................................................... 35,540
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TOTAL LIABILITIES, MINORITY INTEREST, AND EQUITY CAPITAL .................. $622,388
========
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I, Joseph L. Sclafani, E.V.P. & Controller of the above-named bank, do hereby declare that this Report of Condition has been prepared in conformance with the instructions issued by the appropriate Federal regulatory authority and is true to the best of my knowledge and belief.
JOSEPH L. SCLAFANI
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 in- structions issued by the appropriate Federal regulatory authority and is true and correct.
WILLIAM B. HARRISON, JR. )
ELLEN V. FUTTER ) DIRECTORS
FRANK A. BENNACK, JR. )