United States

Securities and Exchange Commission

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

 

Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15( d ) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

May 31, 2018

 

  Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)

 

International Seaways, Inc.

 

  (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

1-37836-1

 

Commission File Number

 

Marshall Islands   98-0467117
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)   (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)

 

600 Third Avenue, 39th Floor  

New York, New York  10016

 

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

 

Registrant's telephone number, including area code   (212) 578-1600

  

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

 

 

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

 

Emerging growth company  x

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.  x

 

 

 

 

 

   

Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

 

On May 31, 2018, International Seaways, Inc. (the “Company”) completed a registered public offering of $25 million aggregate principal amount of its 8.50% senior unsecured notes due 2023 (the “Notes”), which resulted in aggregate net proceeds to the Company of approximately $23.480 million, after deducting commissions and estimated expenses. The Company intends to use the net proceeds to fund the Euronav transaction, to repay a portion of its outstanding credit facility and for general corporate purposes.

 

The Company issued the Notes under an indenture dated as of May 31, 2018 (the “Base Indenture”), between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee (the “Trustee”), as supplemented by a supplemental indenture dated as of May 31, 2018 (the “First Supplemental Indenture” and, together with the Base Indenture, the “Indenture”), between the Company and the Trustee. The Notes will mature on June 30, 2023 and bear interest at a rate of 8.50% per annum. Interest on the Notes will be payable in arrears on March 30, June 30, September 30 and December 30 of each year, commencing on September 30, 2018. Interest on this Note shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months. The terms of the Indenture, among other things, limit the Company’s ability to merge, consolidate or sell assets.

 

The Company may redeem the Notes at its option, in whole or in part, at any time on or after June 30, 2020 at a redemption price equal to 100% of their principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the redemption date. In addition, if the Company undergoes a Change of Control (as defined in the Indenture) the Company may be required to repurchase all of the Notes at a purchase price equal to 101% of the principal amount of the Notes, plus accrued and unpaid interest (including additional interest, if any), to, but excluding, the repurchase date.

 

The Indenture contains certain restrictive covenants, including covenants that, subject to certain exceptions and qualifications, restrict our ability to make certain payments if a default under the Indenture has occurred and is continuing or will result therefrom and require us to limit the amount of debt we incur, maintain a certain minimum net worth and provide certain reports. The Indenture also provides for certain customary events of default (subject, in certain cases, to receipt of notice of default and/or customary grace or cure periods).

 

The foregoing is only a summary of certain provisions and is qualified in its entirety by the terms of the Base Indenture and the First Supplemental Indenture, copies of which are filed herewith as Exhibits 4.1 and 4.2.

 

Item 2.03 Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.

 

The information included in Item 1.01 is incorporated by reference into this Item 2.03.

 

 

 

 

Section 9 – Financial Statements and Exhibits

  

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

The following exhibits are incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-224313) as exhibits thereto and are filed as part of this Current Report:

 

(d) Exhibits

  

Exhibit
No.
Description
   
1.1 Underwriting Agreement dated May 24, 2018 among International Seaways, Inc. and Company and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC and Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated, as representatives of the several Underwriters listed on Schedule II thereof.
4.1 Indenture, dated May 31, 2018, between International Seaways, Inc. and The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee.
4.2 First Supplemental Indenture, dated May 31, 2018, between International Seaways, Inc. and The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee.
5.1 Opinion and consent of Reeder & Simpson, P.C.
5.2 Opinion and consent of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP.
23.1 Consent of Reeder & Simpson, P.C. (included in Exhibit 5.1 hereto).
23.2 Consent of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP (included in Exhibit 5.2 hereto).

 

 

 

 

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

  INTERNATIONAL SEAWAYS, INC.
  (Registrant)
   
   
Date: May 31, 2018 By /s/ James D. Small III
    Name: James D. Small III
    Title: Chief Administrative Officer, Senior Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel

 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit
No.
Description
   
1.1 Underwriting Agreement dated May 24, 2018 among International Seaways, Inc. and Company and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC and Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated, as representatives of the several Underwriters listed on Schedule II thereof.
4.1 Indenture, dated May 31, 2018, between International Seaways, Inc. and The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee.
4.2 First Supplemental Indenture, dated May 31, 2018, between International Seaways, Inc. and The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee.
5.1 Opinion and consent of Reeder & Simpson, P.C.
5.2 Opinion and consent of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP.
23.1 Consent of Reeder & Simpson, P.C. (included in Exhibit 5.1 hereto).
23.2 Consent of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP (included in Exhibit 5.2 hereto).

  

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 1.1  

 

Execution Version

 

INTERNATIONAL SEAWAYS, INC.

 

$25,000,000 8.50% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2023

 

UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT

 

May 24, 2018

 

 

 

 

May 24, 2018

 

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC and Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated
As Representatives of the several Underwriters named in Schedule II hereto

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

International Seaways, Inc., a corporation organized under the laws of the Republic of The Marshall Islands (the “ Company ”), proposes to issue and sell to the several underwriters named in Schedule II hereto (the “ Underwriters ”), for whom each of Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC and Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated are acting as representatives (the “ Representatives ”), the aggregate principal amount of its 8.50% Senior Notes due 2023 set forth in Schedule I hereto (the “ Firm Securities ”). The Company also proposes to grant to the Underwriters an option to purchase up to an additional aggregate principal amount of such 8.50% Senior Notes due 2023 set forth in Schedule I hereto (the “ Option Securities ” and, together with the Firm Securities, the “ Securities ”). The Securities shall be issued under the indenture specified in Schedule I hereto (the “ Indenture ”) between the Company and the Trustee identified in such Schedule (the “ Trustee ”). If the firm or firms listed in Schedule II hereto include only the Representatives listed in Schedule I hereto, then the terms “Underwriters” and “Representatives” as used herein shall each be deemed to refer to such firm or firms.

 

The Company has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “ Commission ”) a registration statement, including a prospectus, on Form S-3 (Reg. No. 333-224313), relating to the securities (the “ Shelf Securities ”), including the Securities, to be issued from time to time by the Company. The registration statement as amended to the date of this Agreement, including the information (if any) deemed to be part of the registration statement at the time of effectiveness pursuant to Rule 430A or Rule 430B under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ Securities Act ”), is hereinafter referred to as the “ Registration Statement ”, and the related prospectus covering the Shelf Securities dated May 21, 2018 in the form first used to confirm sales of the Securities (or in the form first made available to the Underwriters by the Company to meet requests of purchasers pursuant to Rule 173 under the Securities Act) is hereinafter referred to as the “ Basic Prospectus ”. The Basic Prospectus, as supplemented by the prospectus supplement specifically relating to the Securities in the form first used to confirm sales of the Securities (or in the form first made available to the Underwriters by the Company to meet requests of purchasers pursuant to Rule 173 under the Securities Act) is hereinafter referred to as the “ Prospectus ,” and the term “ preliminary prospectus ” means any preliminary form of the Prospectus. For purposes of this Agreement, “ free writing prospectus ” has the meaning set forth in Rule 405 under the Securities Act, “ Time of Sale Prospectus ” means the documents and pricing information set forth opposite the caption “Time of Sale Prospectus” in Schedule I hereto, and “ broadly available road show ” means a “bona fide electronic road show” as defined in Rule 433(h)(5) under the Securities Act that has been made available without restriction to any person. As used herein, the terms “Registration Statement”, “Basic Prospectus”, “preliminary prospectus”, “Time of Sale Prospectus” and “Prospectus” shall include the documents, if any, incorporated by reference therein as of the date hereof. The terms “ supplement ”, “ amendment ”, and “ amend ” as used herein with respect to the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus, the Time of Sale Prospectus, any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus shall include all documents subsequently filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “ Exchange Act ”), that are deemed to be incorporated by reference therein.

 

 

 

 

On April 18, 2018, Seaways Holding Corporation (“ Purchaser ”), a corporation incorporated under the laws of the Marshall Islands and a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, entered into a stock purchase and sale agreement (“ SPA ”) with Euronav NV (“ Euronav ”) and Euronav MI Inc. (“ Seller ”), Euronav’s wholly-owned subsidiary, pursuant to which Purchaser agreed to purchase from Seller, on the terms and subject to the conditions in the SPA, the holding companies for six very large crude carrier vessels (respectively, the “ Acquisition Subsidiaries ” and the “ Acquisition Vessels ”), each as listed on Schedule IV-3, from Euronav for an aggregate price of $434 million. For purposes of this Agreement, references to “the Company” and/or “its subsidiaries” in Sections 1(f), (r), (s), (t), (w), (x), (y), (z), (aa), (dd), (ee), (ff) and (qq) and Section 5(a)(ii) of this Agreement shall be deemed to include, and the representations and warranties and conditions contained therein shall apply to, to the knowledge of the Company, the Acquisition Subsidiaries and the Acquisition Vessels, as applicable.

 

1.        Representations and Warranties . The Company represents and warrants to and agrees with each of the Underwriters that:

 

(a)       The Company meets the requirements for use of Form S-3 under the Securities Act and has prepared and filed with the Commission a Registration Statement on Form S-3, including a related Basic Prospectus, for registration under the Securities Act of the offering and sale of the Securities. The Registration Statement, including any amendments or supplements thereto, has become effective; no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement is in effect, and no proceedings for such purpose are pending before or threatened by the Commission.

 

(b)       (i) Each document, if any, filed or to be filed pursuant to the Exchange Act and incorporated by reference in the Time of Sale Prospectus or the Prospectus complied or will comply when so filed in all material respects with the Exchange Act and the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, (ii) each part of the Registration Statement, when such part became effective, did not contain, and each such part, as amended or supplemented, if applicable, will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (iii) the Registration Statement as of the date hereof does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (iv) the Registration Statement and the Prospectus comply, and as amended or supplemented, if applicable, will comply in all material respects with the Securities Act and the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, (v) the Time of Sale Prospectus does not, and at the time of each sale of the Securities in connection with the offering when the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers and at the Closing Date and the Option Closing Date (each as defined in Section 4), the Time of Sale Prospectus, as then amended or supplemented by the Company, if applicable, will not, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, (vi) each broadly available road show, if any, when considered together with the Time of Sale Prospectus, does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading and (vii) the Prospectus does not contain and, as amended or supplemented, if applicable, will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, except that the representations and warranties set forth in this paragraph do not apply to (A) statements or omissions in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus or the Prospectus based upon information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by such Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use therein or (B) that part of the Registration Statement that constitutes the Statement of Eligibility (Form T-1) under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the “ Trust Indenture Act ”), of the Trustee.

 

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(c)       The Company is not an “ineligible issuer” in connection with the offering pursuant to Rules 164, 405 and 433 under the Securities Act. Any free writing prospectus that the Company is required to file pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Securities Act has been, or will be, filed with the Commission in accordance with the requirements of the Securities Act and the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder. Each free writing prospectus that the Company has filed, or is required to file, pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Securities Act or that was prepared by or on behalf of or used or referred to by the Company complies or when filed, used or referred to will comply in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act and the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder. Except for the free writing prospectuses, if any, identified in Schedule I hereto, and electronic road shows, if any, each furnished to the Representatives before first use, the Company has not prepared, used or referred to, and will not, without the Representatives’ prior consent, prepare, use or refer to, any free writing prospectus.

 

(d)       The Company has been duly incorporated, is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the Republic of The Marshall Islands, has the corporate power and authority to own or lease its property and to conduct its business as described in the Time of Sale Prospectus, is in good standing and is duly qualified to transact business in each jurisdiction in which the conduct of its business or its ownership or leasing of property requires such qualification, except to the extent that the failure to be so qualified or be in good standing would not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries and its interest in the JV Entities (as defined below), taken as a whole.

 

(e)       There are no restrictions on subsequent transfers of the Securities under the laws of the Republic of The Marshall Islands.

 

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(f)       Except as otherwise disclosed in the Time of Sale Prospectus, each subsidiary of the Company has been duly incorporated or formed, is validly existing as a corporation, limited partnership, limited liability company or other entity, as applicable, in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or formation, has the corporate, limited partnership, limited liability company or other entity power and authority, as applicable, to own or lease its property and to conduct its business as described in the Time of Sale Prospectus, is in good standing and is duly qualified to transact business in each jurisdiction in which the conduct of its business or its ownership or leasing of property requires such qualification, except to the extent that the failure to be so qualified or be in good standing would not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries and its interest in the JV Entities, taken as a whole; all of the issued shares of capital stock or other ownership interests of each subsidiary of the Company have been duly and validly authorized and issued, are fully paid and non-assessable and are owned directly by the Company, free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, equities or claims.

 

(g)       The Company has equity interests in the entities listed in Schedule IV-2 of this Agreement (collectively, the “ JV Entities ”), in the respective percentages as set forth on Schedule IV-2. To the knowledge of the Company, the equity interests in the JV Entities have been duly and validly authorized and issued, are fully paid and non-assessable, and the respective percentages of such equity interests are owned directly by Africa Tanker Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, or the Company.

 

(h)       This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and is in proper form under the laws of the Republic of The Marshall Islands for the enforcement thereof against the Company, and to ensure the legality, validity, enforceability or admissibility into evidence in the Republic of The Marshall Islands of this Agreement.

 

(i)       There is no franchise, agreement, contract, indenture or other document or instrument of a character required to be described in the Registration Statement, Time of Sale Prospectus or the Prospectus, or to be filed as an exhibit thereto, which is not described or filed as required.

 

(j)       The Indenture has been duly qualified under the Trust Indenture Act and has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by, and is a valid and binding agreement of, the Company, enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and equitable principles of general applicability. The Indenture will conform to the description thereof contained in each of the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus.

 

(k)       The Securities have been duly authorized and, when executed and authenticated in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture and delivered to and paid for by the Underwriters in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, will be valid and binding obligations of the Company, in each case enforceable in accordance with their terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and equitable principles of general applicability, and will be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture. The Securities will conform to the description thereof contained in each of the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus.

 

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(l)       The execution and delivery by the Company of, and the performance by the Company of its obligations under, this Agreement, the Indenture and the Securities will not contravene any provision of applicable law or the certificate of incorporation or by-laws of the Company or any agreement or other instrument binding upon the Company or any of its subsidiaries or JV Entities that is material to the Company and its subsidiaries and its interest in the JV Entities, taken as a whole, or any judgment, order or decree of any governmental body, agency, arbitrator, court or other authority having jurisdiction over the Company or any subsidiary or JV Entity, including, without limitation, the International Maritime Organization (the “ IMO ”).

 

(m)       No consent, approval, authorization or order of, or qualification with, any governmental body or agency in the United States, the Republic of The Marshall Islands or any other jurisdiction, including the IMO, is required for the performance by the Company of its obligations under this Agreement, the Indenture or the Securities, except such as may be required by the securities or Blue Sky laws of the various states in connection with the offer and sale of the Securities.

 

(n)       The consolidated historical financial statements included in the Registration Statement, Time of Sale Prospectus and Prospectus present fairly in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the entities purported to be shown thereby on the basis stated therein as of the dates and for the periods indicated, comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable accounting requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and have been prepared in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods involved (except as otherwise noted therein). The selected financial data set forth under the caption “Summary Historical Consolidated Financial Information” in the Registration Statement, Time of Sale Prospectus and Prospectus and under the caption “Selected Financial Data” in the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on May 14, 2018 fairly present, on the basis stated therein, information included therein. No forward-looking statement (within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E of the Exchange Act) contained or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus or the Prospectus was, at the time issued, made without a reasonable basis or made other than in good faith.

 

(o)       Ernst & Young LLP, who have audited the financial statements for the period ended December 31, 2017 and delivered their report with respect to the audited consolidated financial statements included in or incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement and Prospectus, were and are the independent registered public accounting firm with respect to the Company within the meaning of the Act and the applicable published rules and regulations thereunder.

 

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(p)       PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, who have audited the financial statements as of December 31, 2016 and for each of the two years in the period ended December 31, 2016 and delivered their report with respect to the audited consolidated financial statements included in or incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement and Prospectus, were the independent registered public accounting firm with respect to the Company within the meaning of the Act and the applicable published rules and regulations thereunder.

 

(q)       On the date hereof and on or as of the Closing Date or the Option Closing Date, as the case may be, (i) the assets of the Company at their fair valuation exceed the liabilities of the Company, including contingent liabilities, (ii) the capital of the Company is adequate to conduct the business of the Company, (iii) the Company owns, leases, possesses or otherwise has the right to use all such assets necessary to the conduct of its operations as described in the Time of Sale Prospectus and Prospectus, (iv) the Company has the ability to pay its debts and obligations, including contingent obligations, as such debts mature and the Company does not intend to, or does not believe that it will, incur debt beyond its ability to pay as such debt matures and (v) the Company is not “insolvent” (as such term is defined under Section 101(32) of Title 11 of the United States Code and Section 2(g) of The Marshall Islands Business Corporations Act).

 

(r)       There has not occurred any material adverse change, or any development involving a prospective material adverse change, in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings, business or operations of the Company and its subsidiaries and its interest in the JV Entities, taken as a whole, from that set forth in the Time of Sale Prospectus.

 

(s)       There are no legal or governmental proceedings, actions or suits before any governmental agency, authority or body, including the IMO, or any arbitration involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries or JV Entities or its property pending or threatened to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any JV Entity is a party or to which any of the properties of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any JV Entity is subject (i) other than proceedings accurately described in all material respects in the Time of Sale Prospectus and proceedings that would not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries and its interest in the JV Entities, taken as a whole, or on the power or ability of the Company to perform its obligations under this Agreement, the Indenture or the Securities or to consummate the transactions contemplated by the Time of Sale Prospectus or (ii) that are required to be described in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus and are not so described; and there are no statutes, regulations, contracts or other documents that are required to be described in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or to be filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement that are not described or filed as required.

 

(t)       Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries nor JV Entities is (i) in violation of its respective charter or by-laws, (ii) in violation of any applicable statute, law, rule, regulation, judgment, order or decree of any competent court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body, arbitrator or other authority, including, without limitation, the IMO, or (iii) in default (or with the giving of notice or lapse of time would be in default) under any existing obligation, agreement, covenant or condition contained in any indenture, loan agreement, mortgage, lease or other agreement or instrument to which any of them is a party or by which any of them is bound or to which any of the properties of any of them is subject, except in each case covered by clauses (ii) and (iii) such as would not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries and its interest in the JV Entities, taken as a whole, or on the power or ability of the Company to perform its obligations under this Agreement, the Indenture or the Securities or to consummate the transactions contemplated by the Time of Sale Prospectus.

 

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(u)       Each preliminary prospectus filed as part of the registration statement as originally filed or as part of any amendment thereto, or filed pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act, complied when so filed in all material respects with the Securities Act and the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.

 

(v)       The Company is not, and after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Securities and the application of the proceeds thereof as described in the Prospectus will not be, required to register as an “investment company” as such term is defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

 

(w)       Except as would not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries and its interests in the JV Entities, the Company and its subsidiaries, and to the knowledge of the Company, its JV Entities (i) are in compliance with any and all applicable foreign, federal, state and local laws and regulations relating to the protection of human health and safety, the environment or hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants (“Environmental Laws”), (ii) have received all permits, licenses or other approvals required of them under applicable Environmental Laws to conduct their respective businesses, (iii) are in compliance with all terms and conditions of any such permit, license or approval and (iv) have not been named as a “potentially responsible party” under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as amended.

 

(x)       In the ordinary course of its business, the Company reviews the effect of Environmental Laws on the business, operations and properties of the Company and its subsidiaries and JV Entities, in the course of which the Company identifies and evaluates associated costs and liabilities (including without limitation, any capital or operating expenditures required for clean-up, closure of properties or compliance with Environmental Laws or any permit, license or approval, any related constraints on operating activities and any potential liabilities to third parties), and such review has not identified costs or liabilities associated with Environmental Laws (including, without limitation, any capital or operating expenditures required for clean up, closure of properties or compliance with Environmental Laws or any permit, license or approval, any related constraints on operating activities and any potential liabilities to third parties) that would, singly or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries and its interest in the JV Entities, taken as a whole, except as set forth in the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto).

 

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(y)       No material labor dispute with the employees of the Company or any of its subsidiaries of JV Entities exists, except as described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus, or, to the knowledge of the Company, is imminent; and the Company is not aware of any existing, threatened or imminent labor disturbance by the employees of any of its principal suppliers, manufacturers or contractors.

 

(z)       The Company and each of its subsidiaries and JV Entities are insured by insurers of recognized financial responsibility against such losses and risks and in such amounts as are reasonably adequate and customary in the businesses in which it is engaged; all policies of insurance and fidelity or surety bonds insuring the Company, its subsidiaries, JV Entities, or its businesses, assets, employees, officers and directors are in full force and effect; the Company and its subsidiaries and JV Entities are in compliance with the terms of such policies and instruments in all material respects; and the Company has no reason to believe that neither it nor any of its subsidiaries or JV Entities will not be able to renew its existing insurance coverage as and when such coverage expires or to obtain similar coverage from similar insurers as may be necessary to continue its business at a cost that would not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries and its interest in the JV Entities, taken as a whole.

 

(aa)     The Company and its subsidiaries and JV Entities possess all certificates, authorizations and permits issued by the appropriate federal, state or foreign regulatory authorities necessary to conduct their respective businesses as described in the Registration Statement, Time of Sale Prospectus and Prospectus, and neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries or JV Entities has received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any such certificate, authorization or permit which, individually or in the aggregate, if the subject of an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries and its interest in the JV Entities, taken as a whole, except as described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus.

 

(bb)    Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries or JV Entities, nor any affiliates of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, has taken, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that could reasonably be expected to cause or result in any stabilization or manipulation of the price of the Securities.

 

(cc)     The Company and its subsidiaries, and its and their directors and officers, in their capacities as such, are in compliance in all material respects with all applicable provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the rules and regulations promulgated in connection therewith (the “ Sarbanes-Oxley Act ”) that are effective and applicable to the Company and its subsidiaries, and its and their directors and officers.

 

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(dd)    (i) None of the Company or its subsidiaries, or any director or officer thereof, or, to the Company’s knowledge, any of its affiliates, JV Entities, any employee of the Company or of any of its subsidiaries, JV Entities or affiliates or any agent or representative of the Company or of any of its subsidiaries or affiliates, has taken or will take any action in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay, or authorization or approval of the payment, giving or receipt of money, property, gifts or anything else of value, directly or indirectly, to any government official (including any officer or employee of a government or government-owned or controlled entity or of a public international organization, or any person acting in an official capacity for or on behalf of any of the foregoing, or any political party or party official or candidate for political office) (“ Government Official ”) in order to influence official action, or to any person in violation of any applicable anti-corruption laws; (ii) the Company and its subsidiaries, and to the Company’s knowledge, its JV Entities and affiliates, have conducted their businesses in compliance with applicable anti-corruption laws and have instituted and maintained and will continue to maintain policies and procedures reasonably designed to promote and achieve compliance with such laws and with the representations and warranties contained herein; and (iii) neither the Company nor its subsidiaries or JV Entities will use, directly or indirectly, the proceeds of the offering in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay, or authorization of the payment or giving of money, or anything else of value, to any person in violation of any applicable anti-corruption laws.

 

(ee)     The operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, and to the knowledge of the Company, the JV Entities, are and have been conducted at all times in material compliance with all applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements, including those of the Bank Secrecy Act, as amended by Title III of the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001 (USA PATRIOT Act), and the applicable anti-money laundering statutes of all jurisdictions where the Company and its subsidiaries and JV Entities conduct business, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the “ Anti-Money Laundering Laws ”), and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries with respect to the Anti-Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the best knowledge of the Company, threatened.

 

(ff)      (i) None of the Company, any of its subsidiaries, or any director, officer or employee thereof, or, to the Company’s knowledge, its JV Entities, any agent, affiliate or representative of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, is an individual or entity (“ Person ”) that is:

 

(A)       the subject of any sanctions administered or enforced by the United States government (including by, without limitation, the U.S. Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“ OFAC ”) and the U.S. Department of State), the United Nations Security Council (“ UNSC ”), the European Union (“ EU ”), Her Majesty’s Treasury (“ HMT ”) or other relevant sanctions authority (collectively, “ Sanctions ”), or

 

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(B)       located, organized or resident in a country or territory that is the subject of Sanctions (including, without limitation, the Crimea region, Cuba, Iran, North Korea and Syria).

 

(ii)       None of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or JV Entities is a Person subject to sanctions by virtue of a relationship of ownership or control with a Person described in subsections (A) or (B) of section (i) of this paragraph.

 

(iii)      The Company will not, directly or indirectly, use the proceeds of the offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other Person:

 

 (A)       to fund or facilitate any activities or business of or with any Person or in any country or territory that, at the time of such funding or facilitation, is the subject of Sanctions; or

 

 (B)       in any other manner, in each case, as will result in a violation of Sanctions by any Person (including any Person participating in the offering, whether as underwriter, advisor, investor or otherwise).

 

(iv)       For the past 5 years, the Company and its subsidiaries and JV Entities have not knowingly engaged in, are not now knowingly engaged in, and will not engage in, any dealings or transactions with any Person, or in any country or territory, that at the time of the dealing or transaction is or was the subject of Sanctions.

 

(gg)     Neither the Company nor any of its properties or assets has any immunity from the jurisdiction of any court or from any legal process (whether through service or notice, attachment prior to judgment, attachment in aid of execution or otherwise) under the laws of the United States, the Republic of The Marshall Islands or any political subdivisions thereof. The irrevocable and unconditional waiver and agreement of the Company contained in Section 14 not to plead or claim any such immunity in any legal action, suit or proceeding based on this Agreement is valid and binding under the laws of the Republic of The Marshall Islands.

 

(hh)     The courts of the Republic of The Marshall Islands would recognize as a valid judgment any final monetary judgment obtained against the Company in the courts of the State of New York.

 

(ii)       The choice of law of the State of New York as the governing law of this Agreement is a valid choice of law under the laws of the Republic of The Marshall Islands and will be honored by the courts of the Republic of The Marshall Islands. The Company has the power to submit, and pursuant to Section 13 has, to the extent permitted by law, legally, validly, effectively and irrevocably submitted, to the jurisdiction of the New York Courts (as defined in Section 13), and has the power to designate, appoint and empower, and pursuant to Section 13, has legally, validly and effectively designated, appointed and empowered an agent for service of process in any suit or proceeding based on or arising under this Agreement in any of the New York Courts.

 

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(jj)      There are no documentary, stamp or other issuance of transfer taxes or duties or similar fees or charges under U.S. Federal law or the laws of any U.S. state, the Republic of The Marshall Islands or any political subdivision of any thereof, required to be paid in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the Indenture, or the issuance by the Company of the Securities, or the sale and delivery by the Company of the Securities or the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Indenture.

 

(kk)    The Company and each of its subsidiaries have filed all federal, state, local and foreign tax returns required to be filed through the date of this Agreement or have requested extensions thereof (except where the failure to file would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect) and have paid all taxes required to be paid thereon (except for cases in which the failure to file or pay would not have a material adverse effect, or, except as currently being contested in good faith and for which reserves required by U.S. GAAP have been created in the financial statements of the Company), and no tax deficiency has been determined adversely to the Company or any of its subsidiaries which has had (nor does the Company nor any of its subsidiaries have any notice or knowledge of any tax deficiency which could reasonably be expected to be determined adversely to the Company or its subsidiaries and which could reasonably be expected to have) a material adverse effect.

 

(ll)       No capital gains, income, withholding or other taxes are payable by or on behalf of the Underwriters to the Republic of The Marshall Islands, or to any political subdivision or taxing authority of either thereof or therein in connection with the issuance and delivery by the Company of the Securities to or for the respective accounts of the Underwriters or the sale and delivery by the Underwriters of the Securities to the initial purchasers thereof, aside from any capital gains, income, withholding or other taxes payable by any Underwriter in connection with a business carried on by that Underwriter in the Republic of The Marshall Islands in respect of the sale and delivery of the Securities.

 

(mm)   All payments of principal, premium (if any), any additional amounts and any interest on the Securities may, under the current laws and regulations of the Republic of The Marshall Islands and any political subdivisions thereof, be paid in United States dollars and may be freely transferred out of the Republic of The Marshall Islands, and all such payments will not be subject to withholding or other taxes under the laws and regulations of the Republic of The Marshall Islands and are otherwise free and clear of any other tax, withholding or deduction under the laws and regulations of the Republic of The Marshall Islands and without the necessity of obtaining any consents, approvals, authorizations, orders, licenses, registrations, clearances and qualifications of or with any court or governmental agency or body in the Republic of The Marshall Islands.

 

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(nn)   The Company and each of its subsidiaries maintain a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorizations; transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles and to maintain asset accountability; access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences; and the interactive data in eXtensible Business Reporting Language included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement is accurate. Except as described in the Time of Sale Prospectus, since the end of the Company’s most recent audited fiscal year, there has been (i) no material weakness in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting (whether or not remediated) and (ii) no change in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

(oo)    The Company maintains disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(e) under the Exchange Act) that comply in all material respects with the requirements of the Exchange Act; such disclosure controls and procedures have been designed to ensure that material information relating to the Company and its subsidiaries is made known to the Company’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer by others within those entities; and such disclosure controls and procedures are effective.

 

(pp)   The interactive data in eXtensible Business Reporting Language included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement fairly presents the information called for in all material respects and has been prepared in accordance with the Commission’s rules and guidelines applicable thereto.

 

(qq)    Except as otherwise disclosed in the Time of Sale Prospectus, all of the vessels described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus, except for each of the vessels listed on Schedule IV-2 (each of which are owned by a JV Entity (the “ JV Vessels ”)) and the vessels listed on Schedule IV-4 (the “ Chartered Vessels ”, each of which is chartered-in by a subsidiary of the Company (each the “ Chartering Subsidiary ”)), are owned directly by subsidiaries of the Company; each of the vessels listed on Schedule IV-1 (the “ Owned Vessels ”) hereto and, to the knowledge of the Company, the JV Vessels and the Chartered Vessels has been duly and validly registered as a vessel under the laws and regulations and flag of the jurisdiction set forth opposite its name on Schedule IV-1 or IV-2, as applicable; each Company subsidiary or JV Entity, as applicable, has good title to the applicable Owned Vessel or the applicable JV Vessel, free and clear of all mortgages, pledges, liens, security interests and claims and all defects of the title of record except for those mortgages, pledges, liens, security interests and claims arising under credit facilities, each as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus, and any other encumbrances which would not, in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries and its interest in the JV Entities, taken as a whole; and each of the charter-in contracts in respect of the Chartered Vessels is a valid and binding agreement of, the relevant Chartering Subsidiary, enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and equitable principles of general applicability.

 

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(rr)      Effective January 1, 2018, the Company adopted certain new accounting policies as disclosed in the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with Commission on May 14, 2018 (the “ Recast Financials Form 8-K ”) (which contains an explanatory paragraph for the adoption of ASU No. 2017-07, Improving the Presentation of Net Periodic Pension Cost and Net Periodic Postretirement Benefit Cost (ASC 715), ASU No. 2016-15, Classification of Certain Cash Receipts and Cash Payments (ASC 230) and ASU No. 2016-18, Statement of Cash Flows (ASC 230): Restricted Cash (collectively, the “ New Accounting Policies ”)). The Recast Financials Form 8-K contains consolidated historical financial statements of the Company as of and for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017, prepared by the Company and audited by Ernst & Young LLP, and as of and for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015, prepared by the Company and audited by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (collectively, the “ Audited Recast Financial Statements ”) that have been recast to give effect to the New Accounting Policies as further described in the Audited Recast Financial Statements. The Recast Financials Form 8-K also includes consolidated historical financial information as of and for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013 (collectively, the “ Unaudited Recast Annual Financial Information ”), that have been recast to give effect to the New Accounting Policies as further described therein. The Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, filed with the Commission on May 7, 2018, contains unaudited consolidated financial statements for the quarter ended March 31, 2017, prepared by the Company that that have been recast to give effect to the New Accounting Policies as further described therein (the “ Unaudited Recast Interim Financial Statements ” and, together with the Unaudited Recast Annual Financial Information, the “ Unaudited Recast Financial Information” ). All such Unaudited Recast Financial Information has been derived from the Company’s audited or reviewed historical financial statements and recast by the Company on the same basis as Audited Recast Financial Statements and fairly present, in all material respects, the financial results of the Company for such periods in accordance with U.S. GAAP, after applying the New Accounting Policies.

 

2.        Agreements to Sell and Purchase . (a) The Company hereby agrees to sell to the several Underwriters, and each Underwriter, upon the basis of the representations and warranties herein contained, but subject to the conditions hereinafter stated, agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Company the respective principal amounts of Firm Securities set forth in Schedule II hereto opposite its name at the purchase price set forth in Schedule I hereto.

 

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(b)       The Company hereby grants an option to the several Underwriters, and each Underwriter, upon the basis of the representations and warranties herein contained, but subject to the conditions hereinafter stated, agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Company up to the aggregate principal amount of Option Securities set forth in Schedule II hereto at the applicable purchase price set forth in Schedule I hereto. Said option may be exercised in whole or in part at any time and from time to time on or before the 30th day after the date of this Agreement upon written or telegraphic notice by the Representatives to the Company setting forth the principal amount of Option Securities as to which the several Underwriters are exercising the option and the Option Closing Date. The principal amount of Option Securities to be purchased by each Underwriter shall be the same percentage of the total number of Option Securities to be purchased by the several Underwriters as such Underwriter is purchasing of the Firm Securities, subject to such adjustments as the Representatives in their absolute discretion shall make to eliminate any Securities having a principal amount of less than $25.00.

 

3.        Public Offering . The Company is advised by you that the Underwriters propose to make a public offering of their respective portions of the Securities as soon after the Registration Statement and this Agreement have become effective as in your judgment is advisable. The Company is further advised by you that the Securities are to be offered to the public upon the terms set forth in the Prospectus.

 

4.        Payment and Delivery . (a) Payment for the Firm Securities, and the Option Securities (if the option provided for in Section 2(b) hereof shall have been exercised on or before the second Business Day immediately preceding the Closing Date) shall be made to the Company in Federal or other funds immediately available in New York City on the closing date and time set forth in Schedule I hereto, or at such other time on the same or such other date, not later than the third business day thereafter, as may be designated in writing by the Representatives. The time and date of such payment are hereinafter referred to as the “ Closing Date .” Payment for the Securities shall be made against delivery to you on the Closing Date for the respective accounts of the several Underwriters registered in such names and in such denominations as you shall request in writing not later than one full business day prior to the Closing Date, with any transfer taxes payable in connection with the transfer of the Securities to the Underwriters duly paid.

 

(b)       If the option provided for in Section 2(b) hereof is exercised after the second Business Day immediately preceding the Closing Date, the Company will deliver the Option Securities (at the expense of the Company) to the Representatives on the date specified by the Representatives (which shall be within two Business Days after exercise of said option) for the respective accounts of the several Underwriters, against payment by the several Underwriters through the Representatives of the purchase price thereof to or upon the order of the Company by wire transfer payable in same-day funds to an account specified by the Company. If settlement for the Option Securities occurs after the Closing Date (such date, the “ Option Closing Date ”), the Company will deliver to the Representatives on the Option Closing Date for the Option Securities, and the obligation of the Underwriters to purchase the Option Securities shall be conditioned upon receipt of, supplemental opinions, certificates and letters confirming as of such date the opinions, certificates and letters delivered on the Closing Date pursuant to Section 5 hereof.

 

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5.        Conditions to the Underwriters’ Obligations . The several obligations of the Underwriters are subject to the following conditions:

 

(a)       Subsequent to the execution and delivery of this Agreement and prior to the Closing Date or the Option Closing Date, as the case may be:

 

(i)       there shall not have occurred any downgrading, nor shall any notice have been given of any intended or potential downgrading or of any review for a possible change that does not indicate the direction of the possible change, in the rating accorded the Company or any of the securities of the Company or any of its subsidiaries by any “nationally recognized statistical rating organization,” as such term is defined in Section 3(a)(62) of the Exchange Act; and

 

(ii)       there shall not have occurred any change, or any development involving a prospective change, in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings, business or operations of the Company and its subsidiaries and its interest in the JV Entities, taken as a whole, from that set forth in the Time of Sale Prospectus that, in the Representatives’ judgment, is material and adverse and that makes it, in the Representatives’ judgment, impracticable to market the Securities on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Time of Sale Prospectus.

 

(b)       The Underwriters shall have received on the Closing Date or the Option Closing Date, as the case may be, a certificate, dated the Closing Date or the Option Closing Date, as the case may be, and signed by an executive officer of the Company, to the effect set forth in Section 5(a)(i) above and to the effect that the representations and warranties of the Company contained in this Agreement are true and correct as of the Closing Date or the Option Closing Date, as the case may be, and that the Company has complied with all of the agreements and satisfied all of the conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied hereunder on or before the Closing Date or the Option Closing Date, as the case may be. The officer signing and delivering such certificate may rely upon the best of his or her knowledge as to proceedings threatened.

 

(c)       The Underwriters shall have received on the Closing Date or on the Option Closing Date, as the case may be, an opinion of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, outside counsel for the Company, dated the Closing Date or the Option Closing Date, as the case may be, substantially in the form attached hereto as Annex A.

 

(d)       The Underwriters shall have received on the Closing Date or on the Option Closing Date, as the case may be, an opinion of Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, dated the Closing Date or the Option Closing Date, as the case may be, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives.

 

(e)       The Underwriters shall have received on the Closing Date or on the Option Closing Date, as the case may be, an opinion of Reeder & Simpson, P.C., Marshall Islands counsel for the Company, dated the Closing Date or the Option Closing Date, as the case may be, substantially in the form attached hereto as Annex B.

 

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(f)       The Underwriters shall have received, on each of the date hereof and the Closing Date or the Option Closing Date, as the case may be, a letter dated the date hereof or the Closing Date or the Option Closing Date, as the case may be, in form and substance satisfactory to the Underwriters, from each of Ernst & Young LLP and PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, each independent public accountants, each containing statements and information of the type ordinarily included in accountants’ “comfort letters” to underwriters with respect to the financial statements and certain financial information contained in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus; provided that the letter delivered on the Closing Date or the Option Closing Date shall use a “cut-off date” not earlier than the date hereof.

 

(g)       Prior to the Closing Date, an application shall have been made for admission, listing and trading of the Securities on the New York Stock Exchange, and satisfactory evidence of such shall have been provided to the Representatives.

 

(h)       FINRA shall have raised no objection to the fairness and reasonableness of the underwriting terms and arrangements.

 

6.        Covenants of the Company . The Company covenants with each Underwriter as follows:

 

(a)       To furnish to you, without charge, a signed copy of the Registration Statement (including exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein) and to deliver to each of the Underwriters during the period mentioned in Section 6(e) or 6(f) below, as many copies of the Time of Sale Prospectus, the Prospectus, any documents incorporated by reference therein and any supplements and amendments thereto or to the Registration Statement as you may reasonably request.

 

(b)       Before amending or supplementing the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus or the Prospectus, to furnish to you a copy of each such proposed amendment or supplement and not to file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which you reasonably object.

 

(c)       To furnish to the Underwriters a copy of each proposed free writing prospectus to be prepared by or on behalf of, used by, or referred to by the Company and not to use or refer to any proposed free writing prospectus to which the Underwriters reasonably object.

 

(d)       Not to take any action that would result in an Underwriter or the Company being required to file with the Commission pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Securities Act a free writing prospectus prepared by or on behalf of the Underwriter that the Underwriter otherwise would not have been required to file thereunder.

 

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(e)       If the Time of Sale Prospectus is being used to solicit offers to buy the Securities at a time when the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers and any event shall occur or condition exist as a result of which it is necessary to amend or supplement the Time of Sale Prospectus in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances, not misleading, or if any event shall occur or condition exist as a result of which the Time of Sale Prospectus conflicts with the information contained in the Registration Statement then on file, or if, in the opinion of counsel for the Underwriters, it is necessary to amend or supplement the Time of Sale Prospectus to comply with applicable law, forthwith to prepare, file with the Commission and furnish, at its own expense, to the Underwriters and to any dealer upon request, either amendments or supplements to the Time of Sale Prospectus so that the statements in the Time of Sale Prospectus as so amended or supplemented will not, in the light of the circumstances when the Time of Sale Prospectus is delivered to a prospective purchaser, be misleading or so that the Time of Sale Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, will no longer conflict with the Registration Statement, or so that the Time of Sale Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, will comply with applicable law.

 

(f)       If, during such period after the first date of the public offering of the Securities as in the opinion of counsel for the Underwriters the Prospectus (or in lieu thereof the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) of the Securities Act) is required by law to be delivered in connection with sales by an Underwriter or dealer, any event shall occur or condition exist as a result of which it is necessary to amend or supplement the Prospectus in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances when the Prospectus (or in lieu thereof the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) of the Securities Act) is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading, or if, in the opinion of counsel for the Underwriters, it is necessary to amend or supplement the Prospectus to comply with applicable law, forthwith to prepare, file with the Commission and furnish, at its own expense, to the Underwriters and to the dealers (whose names and addresses you will furnish to the Company) to which Securities may have been sold by you on behalf of the Underwriters and to any other dealers upon request, either amendments or supplements to the Prospectus so that the statements in the Prospectus as so amended or supplemented will not, in the light of the circumstances when the Prospectus (or in lieu thereof the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) of the Securities Act) is delivered to a purchaser, be misleading or so that the Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, will comply with applicable law.

 

(g)       To endeavor to qualify the Securities for offer and sale under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions as you shall reasonably request.

 

(h)       To make generally available to the Company’s security holders and to the Representatives as soon as practicable an earning statement covering a period of at least twelve months beginning with the first fiscal quarter of the Company occurring after the date of this Agreement which shall satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.

 

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(i)       Whether or not the transactions contemplated in this Agreement are consummated or this Agreement is terminated, to pay or cause to be paid all expenses incident to the performance of its obligations under this Agreement, including: (i) the fees, disbursements and expenses of the Company’s counsel and the Company’s accountants in connection with the registration and delivery of the Securities under the Securities Act and all other fees or expenses in connection with the preparation and filing of the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus, the Time of Sale Prospectus, the Prospectus, any free writing prospectus prepared by or on behalf of, used by, or referred to by the Company and amendments and supplements to any of the foregoing, including the filing fees payable to the Commission relating to the Securities (within the time required by Rule 456 (b)(1), if applicable), all printing costs associated therewith, and the mailing and delivering of copies thereof to the Underwriters and dealers, in the quantities hereinabove specified, (ii) all costs and expenses related to the transfer and delivery of the Securities to the Underwriters, including any transfer or other taxes payable thereon, (iii) the cost of printing or producing any Blue Sky or legal investment memorandum in connection with the offer and sale of the Securities under state securities laws and all expenses in connection with the qualification of the Securities for offer and sale under state securities laws as provided in Section 6(g) hereof, including filing fees and the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters in connection with such qualification and in connection with the Blue Sky or legal investment memorandum, (iv) all filing fees and the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel to the Underwriters incurred in connection with the review and qualification of the offering of the Securities by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, provided, however, that such fees and disbursement of counsel for the Underwriters pursuant to clauses (iii) and (iv) shall not exceed $35,000, (v) any fees charged by the rating agencies for the rating of the Securities, (vi) costs and expenses of the Company relating to investor presentations on any “road show” undertaken in connection with the marketing of the offering of the Securities, including, without limitation, expenses associated with the preparation or dissemination of any electronic road show, expenses associated with the production of road show slides and graphics, fees and expenses of any consultants engaged in connection with the road show presentations with the prior approval of the Company, (vii) all fees and expenses in connection with the preparation and filing of the registration statement on Form 8-A relating to the Securities and all costs and expenses incident to listing the Securities on the New York Stock Exchange and the cost of the preparation, issuance and delivery of the Securities, (viii) the costs and charges of any trustee, transfer agent, registrar or depositary, (ix) the document production charges and expenses associated with printing this Agreement and (x) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance of the obligations of the Company hereunder for which provision is not otherwise made in this Section. It is understood, however, that except as provided in this Section, Section 8 entitled “Indemnity and Contribution,” and the last paragraph of Section 10 below, the Underwriters will pay all of their costs and expenses, including fees and disbursements of their counsel, transfer taxes payable on resale of any of the Securities by them and any advertising expenses connected with any offers they may make.

 

(j)       If the third anniversary of the initial effective date of the Registration Statement occurs before all the Securities have been sold by the Underwriters, prior to the third anniversary to file a new shelf registration statement and to take any other action necessary to permit the public offering of the Securities to continue without interruption; references herein to the Registration Statement shall include the new registration statement declared effective by the Commission;

 

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(k)       During the period beginning on the date hereof and ending on the date 45 days subsequent to the date of the final Prospectus, not to offer, sell, contract to sell or otherwise dispose of any debt securities of the Company or warrants to purchase or otherwise acquire debt securities of the Company substantially similar to the Securities (other than (i) the Securities, (ii) commercial paper issued in the ordinary course of business or (iii) securities or warrants permitted with the prior written consent of the Representatives identified in Schedule I with the authorization to release this lock-up on behalf of the Underwriters);

 

(l)       To prepare a final term sheet relating to the offering of the Securities, containing only information that describes the final terms of the Securities or the offering in a form consented to by the Representatives and substantially in the form attached hereto as Schedule III, and to file such final term sheet within the period required by Rule 433(d)(5)(ii) under the Securities Act following the date the final terms have been established for the offering of the Securities;

 

(m)       The Company shall pay, and shall indemnify and hold the Underwriters harmless against, any stamp, issue, registration, documentary, sales, transfer income, capital gains or other similar taxes or duties imposed under the laws of the Republic of The Marshall Islands or any political sub-division or taxing authority thereof or therein that is payable in connection with (i) the execution, delivery, consummation or enforcement of this Agreement, (ii) the creation, allotment and issuance of the Securities, (iii) the sale and delivery of the Securities to the Underwriters or purchasers procured by the Underwriters, or (iv) the resale and delivery of the Securities by the Underwriters in the manner contemplated herein;

 

(n)       All sums payable by the Company under this Agreement shall be paid free and clear of and without deductions or withholdings of any present or future taxes or duties, unless the deduction or withholding is required by law, in which case the Company shall pay such additional amount as will result in the receipt by each Underwriter of the full amount that would have been received had no deduction or withholding been made; and

 

(o)       All sums payable to an Underwriter shall be considered exclusive of any value added or similar taxes. Where the Company is obliged to pay value added or similar tax on any amount payable hereunder to an Underwriter, the Company shall in addition to the sum payable hereunder pay an amount equal to any applicable value added or similar tax.

 

7.        Covenants of the Underwriters . Each Underwriter severally covenants with the Company not to take any action that would result in the Company being required to file with the Commission under Rule 433(d) a free writing prospectus prepared by or on behalf of such Underwriter that otherwise would not be required to be filed by the Company thereunder, but for the action of the Underwriter.

 

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8.        Indemnity and Contribution . (a) The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter, each person, if any, who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of either Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act and each affiliate of any Underwriter within the meaning of Rule 405 under the Securities Act from and against any and all losses, claims, damages and liabilities (including, without limitation, any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with defending or investigating any such action or claim) caused by any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement or any amendment thereof, any preliminary prospectus, the Time of Sale Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto, any issuer free writing prospectus as defined in Rule 433(h) under the Securities Act, any Company information that the Company has filed, or is required to file, pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Securities Act, any “road show” as defined in Rule 433(h) under the Securities Act (a “road show”) or the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto, or caused by any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, except insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities are caused by any such untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission based upon information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by such Underwriter through you expressly for use therein.

 

(b)       Each Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly, to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its directors, its officers who sign the Registration Statement and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of either Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act to the same extent as the foregoing indemnity from the Company to such Underwriter, but only with reference to information relating to such Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by such Underwriter through you expressly for use in the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus, the Time of Sale Prospectus, any issuer free writing prospectus, road show or the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto.

 

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(c)       In case any proceeding (including any governmental investigation) shall be instituted involving any person in respect of which indemnity may be sought pursuant to Section 8(a) or 8(b), such person (the “ indemnified party ”) shall promptly notify the person against whom such indemnity may be sought (the “ indemnifying party ”) in writing and the indemnifying party, upon request of the indemnified party, shall retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party to represent the indemnified party and any others the indemnifying party may designate in such proceeding and shall pay the fees and disbursements of such counsel related to such proceeding. In any such proceeding, any indemnified party shall have the right to retain its own counsel, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such indemnified party unless (i) the indemnifying party and the indemnified party shall have mutually agreed to the retention of such counsel or (ii) the named parties to any such proceeding (including any impleaded parties) include both the indemnifying party and the indemnified party and representation of both parties by the same counsel would be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interests between them. It is understood that the indemnifying party shall not, in respect of the legal expenses of any indemnified party in connection with any proceeding or related proceedings in the same jurisdiction, be liable for the fees and expenses of more than one separate firm (in addition to any local counsel) for all such indemnified parties and that all such fees and expenses shall be reimbursed as they are incurred. Such firm shall be designated in writing by the Representatives authorized to appoint counsel under this Section set forth in Schedule I hereto, in the case of parties indemnified pursuant to Section 8(a), and by the Company, in the case of parties indemnified pursuant to Section 8(b). The indemnifying party shall not be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent, but if settled with such consent or if there be a final judgment for the plaintiff, the indemnifying party agrees to indemnify the indemnified party from and against any loss or liability by reason of such settlement or judgment. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, if at any time an indemnified party shall have requested an indemnifying party to reimburse the indemnified party for fees and expenses of counsel as contemplated by the second and third sentences of this paragraph, the indemnifying party agrees that it shall be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent if (i) such settlement is entered into more than 30 days after receipt by such indemnifying party of the aforesaid request and (ii) such indemnifying party shall not have reimbursed the indemnified party in accordance with such request prior to the date of such settlement. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified party, effect any settlement of any pending or threatened proceeding in respect of which any indemnified party is or could have been a party and indemnity could have been sought hereunder by such indemnified party, unless such settlement includes an unconditional release of such indemnified party from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such proceeding.

 

(d)       To the extent the indemnification provided for in Section 8(a) or 8(b) is unavailable to an indemnified party or insufficient in respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to therein, then each indemnifying party under such paragraph, in lieu of indemnifying such indemnified party thereunder, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other hand from the offering of the Securities or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause 8(d)(i) above is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause 8(d)(i) above but also the relative fault of the Company on the one hand and of the Underwriters on the other hand in connection with the statements or omissions that resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other hand in connection with the offering of the Securities shall be deemed to be in the same respective proportions as the net proceeds from the offering of the Securities (before deducting expenses) received by the Company and the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by the Underwriters bear to the aggregate initial public offering price of the Securities as set forth in the Prospectus. The relative fault of the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other hand shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company or by the Underwriters and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. The Underwriters’ respective obligations to contribute pursuant to this Section 8 are several in proportion to the respective principal amounts of Securities they have purchased hereunder, and not joint.

 

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(e)       The Company and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just or equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 8 were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Underwriters were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation that does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in Section 8(d). The amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages and liabilities referred to in Section 8(d) shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth above, any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 8, no Underwriter shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total price at which the Securities underwritten by it and distributed to the public were offered to the public exceeds the amount of any damages that such Underwriter has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The remedies provided for in this Section 8 are not exclusive and shall not limit any rights or remedies which may otherwise be available to any indemnified party at law or in equity.

 

(f)       The indemnity and contribution provisions contained in this Section 8 and the representations, warranties and other statements of the Company contained in this Agreement shall remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of (i) any termination of this Agreement, (ii) any investigation made by or on behalf of any Underwriter, any person controlling any Underwriter or any affiliate of any Underwriter or by or on behalf of the Company, its officers or directors or any person controlling the Company and (iii) acceptance of and payment for any of the Securities.

 

9.        Termination . The Underwriters may terminate this Agreement by notice given by the Representatives to the Company, if after the execution and delivery of this Agreement and prior to the Closing Date or the Option Closing Date, as the case may be, (i) trading generally shall have been suspended or materially limited on, or by, as the case may be, any of the New York Stock Exchange, the NYSE MKT or the NASDAQ Global Market, (ii) trading of any securities of the Company shall have been suspended on any exchange or in any over-the-counter market, (iii) a material disruption in securities settlement, payment or clearance services in the United States or other relevant jurisdiction shall have occurred, (iv) any moratorium on commercial banking activities shall have been declared by Federal or New York State or relevant foreign country authorities or (v) there shall have occurred any outbreak or escalation of hostilities, or any change in financial markets, currency exchange rates or controls or any calamity or crisis that, in the Representatives’ judgment, is material and adverse and which, singly or together with any other event specified in this clause (v) makes it, in the Representatives’ judgment, impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the offer, sale or delivery of the Securities on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Time of Sale Prospectus or the Prospectus.

 

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10.        Effectiveness; Defaulting Underwriters . This Agreement shall become effective upon the execution and delivery hereof by the parties hereto.

 

If, on the Closing Date or on the Option Closing Date, as the case may be, any one or more of the Underwriters shall fail or refuse to purchase Securities that it has or they have agreed to purchase hereunder on such date, and the aggregate principal amount of Securities which such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed or refused to purchase is not more than one-tenth of the aggregate principal amount of the Securities to be purchased on such date, the other Underwriters shall be obligated severally in the proportions that the principal amount of Securities set forth opposite their respective names in Schedule II bears to the aggregate principal amount of Securities set forth opposite the names of all such non-defaulting Underwriters, or in such other proportions as you may specify, to purchase the Securities which such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed or refused to purchase on such date; provided that in no event shall the principal amount of Securities that any Underwriter has agreed to purchase pursuant to this Agreement be increased pursuant to this Section 10 by an amount in excess of one-ninth of such principal amount of Securities without the written consent of such Underwriter. If, on the Closing Date or on the Option Closing Date, as the case may be, any Underwriter or Underwriters shall fail or refuse to purchase Securities and the aggregate principal amount of Securities with respect to which such default occurs is more than one-tenth of the aggregate principal amount of Securities to be purchased on such date, and arrangements satisfactory to you and the Company for the purchase of such Securities are not made within 36 hours after such default, this Agreement shall terminate without liability on the part of any non-defaulting Underwriter or the Company. In any such case either you or the Company shall have the right to postpone the Closing Date or the Option Closing Date, as the case may be, but in no event for longer than seven days, in order that the required changes, if any, in the Registration Statement, in the Time of Sale Prospectus, in the Prospectus or in any other documents or arrangements may be effected. Any action taken under this paragraph shall not relieve any defaulting Underwriter from liability in respect of any default of such Underwriter under this Agreement.

 

If this Agreement shall be terminated by the Underwriters, or any of them, because of any failure or refusal on the part of the Company to comply with the terms or to fulfill any of the conditions of this Agreement, or if for any reason the Company shall be unable to perform its obligations under this Agreement the Company will reimburse the Underwriters or such Underwriters as have so terminated this Agreement with respect to themselves, severally, for all out-of-pocket expenses (including the fees and disbursements of their counsel) reasonably incurred by such Underwriters in connection with this Agreement or the offering contemplated hereunder.

 

11.        Entire Agreement . (a) This Agreement, together with any contemporaneous written agreements and any prior written agreements (to the extent not superseded by this Agreement) that relate to the offering of the Securities, represents the entire agreement between the Company and the Underwriters with respect to the preparation of any preliminary prospectus, the Time of Sale Prospectus, the Prospectus, the conduct of the offering, and the purchase and sale of the Securities.

 

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 (b)       The Company acknowledges that in connection with the offering of the Securities: (i) the Underwriters have acted at arms length, are not agents of, and owe no fiduciary duties to, the Company or any other person, (ii) the Underwriters owe the Company only those duties and obligations set forth in this Agreement and prior written agreements (to the extent not superseded by this Agreement), if any, and (iii) the Underwriters may have interests that differ from those of the Company. The Company waives to the full extent permitted by applicable law any claims it may have against the Underwriters arising from an alleged breach of fiduciary duty in connection with the offering of the Securities.

 

12.        Counterparts . This Agreement may be signed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be an original, with the same effect as if the signatures thereto and hereto were upon the same instrument.

 

13.        Applicable Law . This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York. The Company hereby submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the United States federal and state courts in the Borough of Manhattan in The City of New York (a “ New York Court ”) in any suit or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby. The Company irrevocably and unconditionally waives any objection to the laying of venue of any suit or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby in a New York Court and irrevocably and unconditionally waives and agrees not to plead or claim in any such court that any such suit or proceeding in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum. The Company has appointed the Trust Company of the Marshall Islands, Inc., Trust Company Complex, Ajeltake Island, Ajeltake Road, Majuro, Marshall Islands MH96960 as its authorized agent (the “ Authorized Agent ”) upon whom process may be served in any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or based upon this Agreement or the transactions contemplated herein which may be instituted in any New York Court, by any Underwriter, the directors, officers, employees and agents of any Underwriter, or by any person who controls any Underwriter, and expressly accepts the non-exclusive jurisdiction of any such court in respect of any such suit, action or proceeding. The Company hereby represents and warrants that the Authorized Agent has accepted such appointment and has agreed to act as said agent for service of process, and each of them agrees to take any and all action, including the filing of any and all documents that may be necessary to continue such appointment in full force and effect as aforesaid. Service of process upon the Authorized Agent shall be deemed, in every respect, effective service of process upon the Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any action arising out of or based upon this Agreement may be instituted by any Underwriter, the directors, officers, employees and agents of any Underwriter, or by any person who controls any Underwriter, in any court of competent jurisdiction in the Republic of The Marshall Islands.

 

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The obligation of the Company pursuant to this Agreement in respect of any sum due to any Underwriter or any person controlling any Underwriter shall, notwithstanding any judgment in a currency other than United States dollars, not be discharged until the first business day, following receipt by such Underwriter or controlling person of any sum adjudged to be so due in such other currency, on which (and only to the extent that) such Underwriter or controlling person may in accordance with normal banking procedures purchase United States dollars with such other currency; if the United States dollars so purchased are less than the sum originally due to such Underwriter or controlling person hereunder, the Company agrees, as a separate obligation and notwithstanding any such judgment, to indemnify such Underwriter or controlling person against such loss. If the United States dollars so purchased are greater than the sum originally due to such Underwriter or controlling person hereunder, such Underwriter or controlling person agrees to pay to the Company an amount equal to the excess of the dollars so purchased over the sum originally due to such Underwriter or controlling person hereunder.

 

14.        Waiver of Immunity. To the extent that the Company has or hereafter may acquire any immunity (sovereign or otherwise) from any legal action, suit or proceeding, from jurisdiction of any court or from set-off or any legal process (whether service or notice, attachment in aid or otherwise) with respect to itself or any of its property, the Company hereby irrevocably waives and agrees not to plead or claim such immunity in respect of its obligations under this Agreement.

 

15.        WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL . EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

 

16.        Headings . The headings of the sections of this Agreement have been inserted for convenience of reference only and shall not be deemed a part of this Agreement.

 

17.        Notices . All communications hereunder shall be in writing and effective only upon receipt and if to the Underwriters shall be delivered, mailed or sent to you at the address set forth in Schedule I hereto; and if to the Company shall be delivered, mailed or sent to the address set forth in Schedule I hereto.

 

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  Very truly yours,
   
  INTERNATIONAL SEAWAYS, INC.
   
  By: /s/ Lois K. Zabrocky
    Name: Lois K. Zabrocky
    Title: President

 

Accepted as of the date hereof

 
Acting severally on behalf of themselves
and the several Underwriters named in
Schedule II hereto

 
MORGAN STANLEY & CO. LLC

 

By:      /s/ Yurij Slyz
  Name: Yurij Slyz
  Title: Executive Director

  

STIFEL, NICOLAUS & COMPANY, INCORPORATED
 
By: /s/ Chris Weyers
  Name: Chris Weyers
  Title: Managing Director

 

On behalf of the Underwriters

 

  

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  Very truly yours,
   
  INTERNATIONAL SEAWAYS, INC.
   
  By:  
    Name:
    Title:

 

Accepted as of the date hereof

 

Acting severally on behalf of themselves
and the several Underwriters named in
Schedule II hereto

 

MORGAN STANLEY & CO. LLC
 
By:       
  Name:
  Title:

 

STIFEL, NICOLAUS & COMPANY, INCORPORATED
 
By:     
  Name:
  Title:

 

On behalf of the Underwriters

 

  

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SCHEDULE I

 

Representatives:

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC

 

Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated

   
Indenture: Indenture to be dated as of the Closing Date between the Company and the Trustee (the “ Base Indenture ”), as supplemented by a supplemental indenture to be dated as of the Closing Date between the Company and the Trustee (the “ Supplemental Indenture ”)
   
Trustee: The Bank of New York Mellon
   
Registration Statement File No.: 333-224313
   
Time of Sale Prospectus

1.          Prospectus dated May 21, 2018 relating to the Shelf Securities

 

2.          The preliminary prospectus supplement dated May 23, 2018 relating to the Securities

 

3.          Free writing prospectus dated May 24, 2018, substantially in the form set forth in Schedule III hereto

   
Securities to be purchased: 8.50% Senior Notes due 2023
   
Aggregate Principal Amount: $25,000,000 ($28,750,000 assuming the underwriters exercise their option to purchase the additional Notes in full)
   
Purchase Price: 96.85% of the principal amount of the Securities, plus accrued interest, if any, from May 31, 2018
   
Maturity: June 30, 2023
   
Interest Rate: 8.50% per annum, accruing from May 31, 2018
   
Interest Payment Dates: March 30, June 30, September 30 and December 30, commencing September 30, 2018

 

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Closing Date and Time: May 31, 2018 9 a.m.
   
Closing Location:

Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP

825 Eighth Avenue

New York, New York 10019

   
Address for Notices to Underwriters:

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC

1585 Broadway

New York, New York 10036

Attn: Investment Banking Division

Fax: (212)-507-8999

 

Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated

787 7th Avenue, 11th Floor

New York, New York 10019

   
Address for Notices to the Company:

International Seaways, Inc.

c/o International Seaways Ship Management LLC

600 Third Avenue, 39th Floor

New York, New York 10016

 

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SCHEDULE II

Underwriter   Principal Amount of
Firm Securities To
Be Purchased
 
       
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC     12,500,000  
Stifel, Nicolaus & Company Incorporated     8,750,000  
Jefferies LLC     1,875,000  
B. Riley FBR, Inc.     1,875,000  
Total   $ 25,000,000  

 

Underwriter   Principal Amount of
Option Securities (up
to the amounts listed
below)
 
       
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC     1,875,000  
Stifel, Nicolaus & Company Incorporated     1,312,500  
Jefferies LLC     281,250  
B. Riley FBR, Inc.     281,250  
Total   $ 3,750,000  

 

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SCHEDULE III

 

Filed Pursuant to Rule 433
Registration No. 333-224313

 

SUMMARY OF FINAL TERMS

May 24, 2018

 

$25,000,000

INTERNATIONAL SEAWAYS, INC.

8.50% NOTES DUE 2023

 

 
This summary pricing sheet relates only to the securities described below and should only be read together with the preliminary prospectus supplement, subject to completion, dated May 23, 2018, relating to these securities and supersedes the information in the preliminary prospectus supplement to the extent inconsistent with the information in the preliminary prospectus supplement.  Except as set forth in the immediately preceding sentence, this summary pricing sheet is qualified in its entirety by reference to the preliminary prospectus supplement.  Capitalized terms not defined herein have the meanings assigned to them in the preliminary prospectus supplement.
 
Issuer International Seaways, Inc.
   
Securities Offered 8.50% Notes due 2023 (the “Notes”).
   
Trade Date May 24, 2018.
   
Settlement Date May 31, 2018 (1) (DTC).
   
Principal Amount $25,000,000 ($28,750,000 assuming the underwriters exercise their option to purchase the additional Notes in full).
   
Denominations $25 and integral multiples of $25 in excess thereof.
   
Maturity June 30, 2023.
   
Interest Payment Dates March 30, June 30, September 30 and December 30, commencing September 30, 2018.
   
Optional Redemption The Notes will be redeemable at the option of the Issuer, in whole or in part, at any time on or after June 30, 2020, at a redemption price equal to 100% of their principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but not including, the redemption date.
   
Coupon 8.50%.
   
Public Offering Price 100%.
   
Day Count 30/360.
   
Net Proceeds to the Issuer
(before expenses; assumes no exercise of underwriters’ option)
$24,212,500 ($27,844,375 assuming the underwriters exercise their option to purchase the additional Notes in full).
   
Ratings (2) Caa1/CCC+.
   
Listing The Issuer intends to file an application to list the Notes on the New York Stock Exchange.
   
CUSIP/ISIN 46032V 106 / US46032V1061.
   

 

(1) The Issuer expects that delivery of the Notes will be made against payment therefor on or about May 31, 2018, which will be the fourth business day following the date hereof (this settlement cycle being referred to as “T+4”). Under Rule 15c6-1 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, trades in the secondary market generally are required to settle in two business days, unless the parties to a trade expressly agree otherwise. Accordingly, purchasers who wish to trade the Notes on the date hereof or the next succeeding business day will be required, by virtue of the fact that the Notes initially will settle in T+4, to specify alternative settlement arrangements at the time of any such trade to prevent a failed settlement and should consult their own advisor .

 

(2) A credit rating of a security is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold securities and may be subject to review, revision, suspension, reduction or withdrawal at any time by the assigning rating agency.

 

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SUMMARY OF FINAL TERMS

May 24, 2018

 

$25,000,000

INTERNATIONAL SEAWAYS, INC.

8.50% NOTES DUE 2023

 

Joint Book-Running Managers

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC

Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated

Jefferies LLC

Co-Managers B. Riley FBR, Inc.
   
This communication is intended for the sole use of the person to whom it is provided by us. This communication does not constitute an offer to sell the Notes and is not soliciting an offer to buy the Notes in any jurisdiction where the offer or sale is not permitted.
 
The issuer has filed a registration statement (including a prospectus) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) for the offering to which this communication relates.  Before you invest, you should read the prospectus in that registration statement and other documents the issuer has filed with the SEC for more complete information about the issuer and this offering.  You may get these documents for free by visiting EDGAR on the SEC Web site at www.sec.gov. Alternatively, the issuer, any underwriter or any dealer participating in the offering will arrange to send you the prospectus if you request it by contacting: Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC at Attn: Prospectus Department, 180 Varick Street, 2nd Floor, New York, NY 10014 or Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated at 787 7th Avenue, 11th Floor, New York, NY 10019, Attn: Syndicate Department, or telephone: 1-855-300-7136, or e-mail: syndprospectus@stifel.com or Jefferies LLC, by calling toll-free at 1-877-877-0696 or by emailing DCMProspectuses@jefferies.com.
 
ANY DISCLAIMERS OR OTHER NOTICES THAT MAY APPEAR BELOW ARE NOT APPLICABLE TO THIS COMMUNICATION AND SHOULD BE DISREGARDED. SUCH DISCLAIMERS OR OTHER NOTICES WERE AUTOMATICALLY GENERATED AS A RESULT OF THIS COMMUNICATION BEING SENT VIA BLOOMBERG OR ANOTHER EMAIL SYSTEM.

 

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ANNEX B

 

1.       Owned Vessels

 

Subsidiary   Jurisdiction   Owned Vessel   Owned Vessel
Registration
ALCESMAR LIMITED   Marshall Islands   SEAWAYS ALCESMAR (ex OVERSEAS ALCESMAR)   2280
ANTIGMAR LIMITED   Marshall Islands   SEAWAYS ANTIGMAR (ex OVERSEAS ANTIGMAR)   2283
ARIADMAR LIMITED   Marshall Islands   SEAWAYS ARIADMAR (ex OVERSEAS ARIADMAR)   2284
ATHENS PRODUCT TANKER CORPORATION   Marshall Islands   SEAWAYS ATHENS (ex OVERSEAS ATHENS)   4377
FRONT PRESIDENT INC.   Marshall Islands   SEAWAYS EVEREST (ex OVERSEAS EVEREST)   3712
SEVENTH AFRAMAX TANKER CORPORATION   Marshall Islands   SEAWAYS FRAN (ex OVERSEAS FRAN)   1577
GOLDMAR LIMITED   Marshall Islands   SEAWAYS GOLDMAR (ex OVERSEAS GOLDMAR)   2278
HATTERAS TANKER CORPORATION   Marshall Islands   SEAWAYS HATTERAS   7597
CABO HELLAS LIMITED   Marshall Islands   SEAWAYS HELLAS (ex CABO HELLAS)   2269
JADEMAR LIMITED   Marshall Islands   SEAWAYS JADEMAR (ex OVERSEAS JADEMAR)   2275
OAK TANKER CORPORATION   Marshall Islands   SEAWAYS KILIMANJARO (ex OVERSEAS KILIMANJARO)   4169
KYTHNOS CHARTERING CORPORATION   Marshall Islands   SEAWAYS KYTHNOS (ex OVERSEAS KYTHNOS)   4017
OCEANIA TANKER CORPORATION   Marshall Islands   SEAWAYS LAURA LYNN (ex OVERSEAS LAURA LYNN)   2371
LEYTE PRODUCT TANKER CORPORATION   Marshall Islands   SEAWAYS LEYTE (ex OVERSEAS LEYTE)   4255
AMALIA PRODUCT CORPORATION   Marshall Islands   SEAWAYS LUZON (ex OVERSEAS LUZON)   2946
MAPLE TANKER CORPORATION   Marshall Islands   SEAWAYS MCKINLEY (ex OVERSEAS MCKINLEY)   4111
MILOS PRODUCT TANKER CORPORATION   Marshall Islands   SEAWAYS MILOS (ex OVERSEAS MILOS)   4376
MONTAUK TANKER CORPORATION   Marshall Islands   SEAWAYS MONTAUK   7598
1372 TANKER CORPORATION   Marshall Islands   SEAWAYS MULAN (ex OVERSEAS MULAN)   1656
PEARLMAR LIMITED   Marshall Islands   SEAWAYS PEARLMAR (ex OVERSEAS PEARLMAR)   2274
EIGHTH AFRAMAX TANKER CORPORATION   Marshall Islands   SEAWAYS PORTLAND (ex OVERSEAS PORTLAND)   1638
KATSURA TANKER CORPORATION   Marshall Islands   SEAWAYS RAFFLES   2295
BATANGAS TANKER CORPORATION   Marshall Islands   SEAWAYS REDWOOD (ex OVERSEAS REDWOOD)   4934
REYMAR LIMITED   Marshall Islands   SEAWAYS REYMAR (ex OVERSEAS REYMAR)   2271
ROSALYN TANKER CORPORATION   Marshall Islands   SEAWAYS ROSALYN (ex OVERSEAS ROSALYN)   1632
ROSEMAR LIMITED   Marshall Islands   SEAWAYS ROSEMAR (ex OVERSEAS ROSEMAR)   2277
RUBYMAR LIMITED   Marshall Islands   SEAWAYS RUBYMAR (ex OVERSEAS RUBYMAR)   2276
SAKURA TRANSPORT CORP.   Marshall Islands   SEAWAYS SAKURA (ex OVERSEAS SAKURA)   3403
SAMAR PRODUCT TANKER CORPORATION   Marshall Islands   SEAWAYS SAMAR (ex OVERSEAS SAMAR)   4375
MINDANAO TANKER CORPORATION   Marshall Islands   SEAWAYS SHENANDOAH (ex OVERSEAS SHENANDOAH)   5473
SHIRLEY AFRAMAX CORPORATION   Marshall Islands   SEAWAYS SHIRLEY (ex OVERSEAS SHIRLEY)   4852
SILVERMAR LIMITED   Marshall Islands   SEAWAYS SILVERMAR (ex OVERSEAS SILVERMAR)   2279
SKOPELOS PRODUCT TANKER CORPORATION   Marshall Islands   SEAWAYS SKOPELOS (ex OVERSEAS SKOPELOS)   3726
TOKYO TRANSPORT CORP.   Marshall Islands   SEAWAYS TANABE (ex OVERSEAS TANABE)   2487
CARL PRODUCT CORPORATION   Marshall Islands   SEAWAYS VISAYAS (ex OVERSEAS VISAYAS)   2947
MAREMAR PRODUCT TANKER CORPORATION   Marshall Islands   VICTORY   4915

 

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2.       JV Entities – JV Vessels

 

JV Entity   Jurisdiction   %
Ownership
  JV Partner   JV Vessel  

JV Vessel

Official
Number

TI Africa Limited   Hong Kong   50%   Euronav Hong Kong Limited   FSO Africa   2388
TI Asia Limited   Hong Kong   50%   Euronav Hong Kong Limited   FSO Asia   3426
OSG Nakilat Corporation (“OSGNC”) Subsidiaries-   Marshall Islands   49.9%   Nakilat Maritime Services Ltd.        
Overseas LNG H1 Corporation   Marshall Islands   100% by OSGNC       Al Gattara   2917
Overseas LNG S1 Corporation   Marshall Islands   100% by OSGNC       Tembek   2921
Overseas LNG H2 Corporation   Marshall Islands   100% by OSGNC       Al Gharrafa   2917
Overseas LNG S2 Corporation   Marshall Islands   100% by OSGNC       Al Hamla   2922

 

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3.       Acquisition Subsidiaries – Acquisition Vessels

 

Acquisition Subsidiary   Jurisdiction   Acquisition Vessel  

Acquisition Vessel

Registration

Gener8 Andriotis LCC   Marshall Islands   VLCC 1 (Andriotis)   Marshall Islands
Gener8 Chiotis LCC   Marshall Islands   VLCC 2 (Chiotis)   Marshall Islands
Gener8 Miltiades LCC   Marshall Islands   VLCC 3 (Miltiades)   Marshall Islands
Gener8 Strength LCC   Marshall Islands   VLCC 4 (Strength)   Marshall Islands
Gener8 Success LCC   Marshall Islands   VLCC 5 (Success)   Marshall Islands
Gener8 Supreme LCC   Marshall Islands   VLCC 6 (Supreme)   Marshall Islands

 

4.         Chartered-in Vessels

 

Owner   Owner
Jurisdiction
  Chartering
Subsidiary
 

Chartering
Subsidiary

Jurisdiction

  Chartered Vessel  

Chartered Vessel

Registration

Argo Shipping Corporation   Marshall Islands   Delta Aframax Corporation   Marshall Islands   SEAWAYS YELLOWSTONE   Marshall Islands
Argo Shipping Corporation   Marshall Islands   Epsilon Aframax Corporation   Marshall Islands   SEAWAYS YOSEMITE   Marshall Islands
Belerion Maritime Co.   Marshall Islands   Kimolos Tanker Corporation   Marshall Islands   SEAWAYS KIMOLOS   Marshall Islands
Pretty Urban Shipping S.A.   Panama   Urban Tanker Corporation   Marshall Islands   PTI SEXTANS   Hong Kong
Pretty View Shipping S.A.   Panama   View Tanker Corporation   Marshall Islands   PTI CYGNUS   Hong Kong
Pretty Concept Shipping S.A.   Panama   Concept Tanker Corporation   Marshall Islands   PTI HERCULES   Hong Kong

Pretty Rich Shipping S.A.

  Panama   Rich Tanker Corporation   Marshall Islands   PTI ORION   Hong Kong

 

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Exhibit 4.1

 

INTERNATIONAL SEAWAYS, INC.

 

and

 

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON

 

as Trustee

 

INDENTURE

 

Dated as of May 31, 2018

 

SENIOR DEBT SECURITIES

 

 

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

Article I Definitions And Other Provisions Of General Application 1
   
Section 1.1 Definitions 1
     
Section 1.2 Compliance Certificates and Opinions 7
     
Section 1.3 Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee 8
     
Section 1.4 Acts of Holders; Record Dates 8
     
Section 1.5 Notices, Etc. to Trustee and Company 9
     
Section 1.6 Notice to Holders; Waiver 10
     
Section 1.7 Conflict with Trust Indenture Act 11
     
Section 1.8 Effect of Headings and Table of Contents 11
     
Section 1.9 Successors and Assigns 11
     
Section 1.10 Separability Clause 11
     
Section 1.11 Benefits of Indenture 11
     
Section 1.12 Governing Law; Waiver of Jury Trial; Consent to Jurisdiction 11
     
Section 1.13 Legal Holidays 12
     
Section 1.14 Foreign Account Tax Compliance 12
     
Article II Security Forms 12
   
Section 2.1 Forms Generally 12
     
Section 2.2 Form of Legend for Global Securities 13
     
Section 2.3 Form of Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication 13
     
Article III The Securities 14
   
Section 3.1 Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series 14
     
Section 3.2 Denominations 16
     
Section 3.3 Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating 16
     
Section 3.4 Temporary Securities 18
     
Section 3.5 Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange 19
     
Section 3.6 Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost, and Stolen Securities 20
     
Section 3.7 Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved 21
     
Section 3.8 Persons Deemed Owners 22
     
Section 3.9 Cancellation 23
     
Section 3.10 Computation of Interest 23
     
Section 3.11 CUSIP Numbers 23
     
Article IV Satisfaction and Discharge 24
   
Section 4.1 Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture 24
     
Section 4.2 Application of Trust Money 25
     
Article V Remedies 25
   
Section 5.1 Events of Default 25
     
Section 5.2 Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment 27

 

 

 

 

Section 5.3 Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee 28
     
Section 5.4 Trustee May File Proofs of Claim 28
     
Section 5.5 Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities 29
     
Section 5.6 Application of Money Collected 29
     
Section 5.7 Limitation on Suits 29
     
Section 5.8 Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal, Premium, and Interest 30
     
Section 5.9 Restoration of Rights and Remedies 30
     
Section 5.10 Rights and Remedies Cumulative 30
     
Section 5.11 Delay or Omission Not Waiver 31
     
Section 5.12 Control by Holders 31
     
Section 5.13 Waiver of Past Defaults 31
     
Section 5.14 Undertaking for Costs 32
     
Article VI The Trustee 32
   
Section 6.1 Certain Duties and Responsibilities 32
     
Section 6.2 Notice of Defaults 33
     
Section 6.3 Certain Rights of Trustee 33
     
Section 6.4 Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities 36
     
Section 6.5 May Hold Securities 36
     
Section 6.6 Money Held in Trust 36
     
Section 6.7 Compensation and Reimbursement 36
     
Section 6.8 Disqualification; Conflicting Interests 37
     
Section 6.9 Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility 37
     
Section 6.10 Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor 38
     
Section 6.11 Acceptance of Appointment by Successor 39
     
Section 6.12 Merger, Conversion, Consolidation, or Succession to Business 40
     
Section 6.13 Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company 40
     
Section 6.14 Appointment of Authenticating Agent 41
     
Article VII Holder’s Lists and Reports by Trustee and Company 43
   
Section 7.1 Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders 43
     
Section 7.2 Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders 43
     
Section 7.3 Reports by Trustee 43
     
Section 7.4 Reports by Company 44
     
Article VIII Consolidation, Merger, Conveyance, Transfer or Lease 44
   
Section 8.1 Company May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms 44
     
Section 8.2 Successor Substituted 45
     
Article IX Supplemental Indentures 45
   
Section 9.1 Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders 45
     
Section 9.2 Supplemental Indentures With Consent of Holders 46

 

 

 

 

Section 9.3 Execution of Supplemental Indentures 47
     
Section 9.4 Effect of Supplemental Indentures 47
     
Section 9.5 Conformity With Trust Indenture Act 47
     
Section 9.6 Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures 47
     
Section 9.7 Notice of Supplemental Indentures 48
     
Article X Covenants 48
   
Section 10.1 Payment of Principal, Premium, and Interest 48
     
Section 10.2 Maintenance of Office or Agency 48
     
Section 10.3 Money for Securities Payments to Be Held in Trust 49
     
Section 10.4 Statement by Officers as to Default 50
     
Section 10.5 Existence 50
     
Article XI Redemption of Securities 50
   
Section 11.1 Applicability of Article 50
     
Section 11.2 Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee 50
     
Section 11.3 Selection by Trustee of Securities to Be Redeemed 51
     
Section 11.4 Notice of Redemption 51
     
Section 11.5 Deposit of Redemption Price 52
     
Section 11.6 Securities Payable on Redemption Date 52
     
Section 11.7 Securities Redeemed in Part 52
     
Article XII Sinking Funds 53
   
Section 12.1 Applicability of Article 53
     
Section 12.2 Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities 53
     
Section 12.3 Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund 53
     
Article XIII Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance 54
   
Section 13.1 Applicability of Article; Company’s Option to Effect Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance 54
     
Section 13.2 Defeasance and Discharge 54
     
Section 13.3 Covenant Defeasance 54
     
Section 13.4 Conditions to Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance 55
     
Section 13.5 Deposited Money and U.S. Government Obligations to be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions 57
     
Section 13.6 Reinstatement 57

 

NOTE: This table of contents shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be part of the Indenture.

 

 

 

 

INTERNATIONAL SEAWAYS, INC.

Certain Sections of this Indenture relating to

Sections 310 through 318, inclusive, of the

Trust Indenture Act of 1939:

 

Trust Indenture Act Section   Indenture Section
§310 (a)(1)   6.9
  (a)(2)   6.9
  (a)(3)   Not Applicable
  (a)(4)   Not Applicable
  (b)   6.8
      6.10
§311 (a)   6.13
  (b)   6.13
§312 (a)   7.1
  (b)   7.2(a)
  (c)   7.2(b)
§313 (a)   7.3(a)
  (b)   7.3(a)
  (c)   7.3(a)
  (d)   7.3(b)
§314 (a)   7.4
  (a)(4)   1.2
      10.4
  (b)   Not Applicable
  (c)(1)   1.2
  (c)(2)   1.2
  (c)(3)   Not Applicable
  (d)   Not Applicable
  (e)   1.2
§315 (a)   6.1
  (b)   6.2
  (c)   6.1
  (d)   6.1
  (d)(1)   6.1
  (d)(2)   6.1
  (d)(3)   6.1
  (e)   5.14
§316 (a)(1)(A)   5.12
  (a)(1)(B)   5.2
      5.13
  (a)(2)   Not Applicable
  (b)   5.8
  (c)   1.4(c)
§317 (a)(1)   5.3
  (a)(2)   5.4
  (b)   10.3
§318 (a)   1.7

 

NOTE: This shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be part of the Indenture.

 

 

 

 

INDENTURE , dated as of May 31, 2018, between INTERNATIONAL SEAWAYS, INC., a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the Marshall Islands (the “Company”), having its principal office at 600 Third Avenue, 39th Floor, New York, New York, and THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, a New York corporation, as Trustee (the “Trustee”).

 

RECITALS OF THE COMPANY

 

The Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture to provide for the issuance from time to time of its senior, unsecured debentures, notes, or other evidences of indebtedness (the “Securities”), to be issued in one or more series as provided in this Indenture.

 

All things necessary to make this Indenture a valid and legally binding agreement of the Company, in accordance with its terms, have been done.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH:

 

For and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the Securities by the Holders, it is mutually agreed, for the equal and proportionate benefit of all Holders of the Securities or of any series of the Securities, as follows:

 

Article I

 

Definitions And Other Provisions Of General Application

 

Section 1.1            Definitions .

 

For all purposes of this Indenture, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires:

 

(1)         the terms defined in this Article have the meanings assigned to them in this Article and include the plural as well as the singular;

 

(2)         all other terms used in this Indenture which are defined in the Trust Indenture Act, either directly or by reference to the Trust Indenture Act, have the meanings assigned to them in the Trust Indenture Act;

 

(3)         all accounting terms not otherwise defined in this Indenture have the meanings assigned to them in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States and, except as otherwise expressly provided in this Indenture, the term “accounting principles generally accepted in the United States” with respect to any computation required or permitted under this Indenture shall mean such accounting principles as are generally accepted in the United States at the date hereof;

 

(4)         the words “herein”, “hereof” and “hereunder” and other words of similar import refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section or other subdivision; and

 

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(5)         unless the context otherwise requires, any reference to an “Article” or a “Section” refers to an Article or a Section, as the case may be, of this Indenture.

 

“Act”, when used with respect to any Holder, has the meaning specified in Section 1.4(a).

 

“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 6.14 to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate Securities of one or more series.

 

“Authorized Officer” means any officer of the Company designated by or pursuant to a Board Resolution to take certain actions as specified in this Indenture.

 

“Board of Directors” means either the board of directors of the Company or any other duly authorized committee of that board.

 

“Board Resolution” means a copy of a resolution certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company to have been duly adopted by the Board of Directors, or by action of an Authorized Officer designated as such pursuant to a resolution of the Board of Directors, and to be in full force and effect on the date of such certification, and delivered to the Trustee.

 

“Business Day” means, unless otherwise specified, any day that is not a Saturday or Sunday and that is not a day on which banking institutions are authorized or required by law, regulation or executive order to be closed in The City of New York, New York or a day on which the Corporate Trust Office is closed.

 

“Commission” means the Securities and Exchange Commission, as from time to time constituted, created under the Exchange Act or, if at any time after the execution of this Indenture such Commission is not existing and performing the duties now assigned to it under the Trust Indenture Act, then the body performing such duties at such time.

 

“Company” means the 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” or “Company Order” means a written request or order signed in the name of the Company by its Chairman, its Chief Executive Officer, its President, its Chief Financial Officer, or a Vice President, and by its Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, its Controller, an Assistant Controller, its Secretary, or an Assistant Secretary, and delivered to the Trustee.

 

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“Corporate Trust Office” means the office of the Trustee at which any particular time its corporate trust business in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania shall be principally administered, which office as of the date of this instrument is located at 500 Ross Street, 12 th Fl., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15262, except that with respect to presentation of Securities for payment or for registration of transfer or exchange, such term shall mean the office or agency of the Trustee at which at any particular time its corporate agency business shall be conducted, which office at the date of this instrument is located at 101 Barclay Street, New York, New York 10286; Attention: Corporate Trust Division—Corporate Finance Unit, or, in the case of any of such offices or agency, such other address as the Trustee may designate from time to time by notice to the Company.

 

“Covenant Defeasance” has the meaning specified in Section 13.3.

 

“Debt” means, with respect to any Person at any date of determination (without duplication):

 

(i) all debt of such Person for borrowed money,

 

(ii) all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or other similar instruments,

 

(iii) all obligations of such Person in respect of letters of credit or other similar instruments (including reimbursement obligations with respect thereto),

 

(iv) all obligations of such Person to pay the deferred purchase price of property or services, which purchase price is due more than six months after the date of placing such property in service or taking delivery thereto or the completion of such services, except trade payables,

 

(v) all obligations of such Person as lessee under Capitalized Leases,

 

(vi) Debt of Persons other than such Person secured by a Lien on any asset of such Person, whether or not such Debt is assumed by such Person; provided that the amount of such Debt shall be the lesser of (A) the fair market value of such asset at such date of determination and (B) the amount of such Debt, and

 

(vii) all Debt of Persons other than such Person guaranteed by such Person to the extent such Debt is guaranteed by such Person.

 

“Defaulted Interest” has the meaning specified in Section 3.7.

 

“Defeasance” has the meaning specified in Section 13.2.

 

“Depositary” means, with respect to the Securities of any series issuable or issued in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Securities, the Person designated as Depositary for such series by the Company pursuant to Section 3.1, which Person shall be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act.

 

“Event of Default” has the meaning specified in Section 5.1.

 

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“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended now or in the future, and any successor statute.

 

“Global Security” means a Security bearing the legend prescribed in Section 2.2 evidencing all or part of a series of Securities, authenticated and delivered to the Depositary for such series or its nominee, and registered in the name of such Depositary or nominee.

 

“Holder” means a Person in whose name a Security is registered in the Security Register.

 

“Indenture” means this instrument as originally executed or as it may from time to time be supplemented or amended by one or more supplemental indentures entered into pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, including, for all purposes of this Indenture and any such supplemental indenture, the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act that are deemed to be a part of and govern this Indenture and any such supplemental indenture, respectively. The term “Indenture” shall also include the terms of particular series of Securities established as contemplated by Section 3.1.

 

“Interest Payment Date”, with respect to any Security, means the Stated Maturity of an installment of interest on such Security.

 

“Lien” means, any mortgage, lien, pledge, security interest, encumbrance or charge of any kind (including, without limitation, any conditional sale or other title retention agreement or lease in the nature thereof, any sale with recourse against the seller or any Affiliate of the seller, or any agreement to give any security interest).

 

“Maturity”, when used with respect to any Security, means the date on which the principal of such Security or an installment of principal becomes due and payable in accordance with its terms or the terms of this Indenture, whether at the Stated Maturity or by declaration of acceleration, call for redemption, or otherwise.

 

“Officers’ Certificate” means a certificate signed by the Chairman, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, the Chief Financial Officer, or a Vice President, and by the Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, the Controller, an Assistant Controller, the Secretary, or an Assistant Secretary, of the Company, and delivered to the Trustee. One of the officers signing an Officers’ Certificate given pursuant to Section 10.4 shall be the principal executive, financial, or accounting officer of the Company.

 

“Opinion of Counsel” means a written opinion, reasonably acceptable to the Trustee, of counsel, who may be counsel for the Company.

 

“Original Issue Discount Security” means any Security which provides for an amount less than the principal amount of such Security to be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity of such Security pursuant to Section 5.2.

 

“Outstanding”, when used with respect to Securities, means, as of the date of determination, all Securities previously authenticated and delivered under this Indenture, except :

 

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(i) Securities previously cancelled by the Trustee or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation;

 

(ii) Securities for whose payment or redemption money in the necessary amount has been previously deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent (other than the Company) in trust or set aside and segregated in trust by the Company (if the Company shall act as its own Paying Agent) for the Holders of such Securities; provided that, if such Securities are to be redeemed, notice of such redemption has been duly given pursuant to this Indenture or provision for such redemption satisfactory to the Trustee has been made;

 

(iii) Securities which have been paid pursuant to Section 3.6 or in exchange for or in lieu of which other Securities have been authenticated and delivered pursuant to this Indenture, other than any such Securities in respect of which there shall have been presented to the Trustee proof satisfactory to it that such Securities are held by a protected purchaser in whose hands such Securities are valid obligations of the Company;

 

(iv) Securities which have been defeased pursuant to Section 13.2; and

 

(v) Securities not deemed outstanding pursuant to Section 11.3;

 

provided , however , that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite principal amount of the Outstanding Securities have given any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, or waiver under this Indenture, (i) the principal amount of an Original Issue Discount Security that shall be deemed to be Outstanding shall be the amount of the principal that would be due and payable as of the date of such determination upon acceleration of its maturity pursuant to Section 5.2, (ii) if, as of such date, the principal amount payable at the Stated Maturity of a Security is not determinable, the principal amount of such Security which shall be deemed to be Outstanding shall be the amount as specified or determined as contemplated by Section 3.1, and (iii) Securities owned by the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or any such other obligor shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding, except that, in determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying upon any such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, or waiver, only Securities which a Responsible Officer of the Trustee actually knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded. Securities so owned which have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgee’s right so to act with respect to such Securities and that the pledgee is not the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or any such other obligor.

 

“Paying Agent” means any Person authorized by the Company to pay the principal of or any premium or interest on any Securities on behalf of the Company.

 

“Periodic Offering” means an offering of Securities of any series from time to time, the specific terms of which Securities, including, without limitation, its rate or rates of interest, if any, its Stated Maturity, and redemption provisions, if any, with respect to such Securities are to be determined by the Company or its agents upon the issuance of such Securities.

 

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“Person” means any individual, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust, association, unincorporated organization, or government or any agency or political subdivision of any government.

 

“Place of Payment”, when used with respect to the Securities of any series, means the place or places where the principal of and any premium and interest on the Securities of that series are payable as specified as contemplated by Section 3.1.

 

“Predecessor Security” of any particular Security means every previous Security evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced by such particular Security; and, for the purposes of this definition, any Security authenticated and delivered under Section 3.6 in exchange for or in lieu of a mutilated, destroyed, lost, or stolen Security shall be deemed to evidence the same debt as the mutilated, destroyed, lost, or stolen Security.

 

“Redemption Date”, when used with respect to any Security to be redeemed, means the date fixed for such redemption by or pursuant to this Indenture.

 

“Redemption Price”, when used with respect to any Security to be redeemed, means the price at which it is to be redeemed pursuant to this Indenture.

 

“Regular Record Date” for the interest payable on any Interest Payment Date on the Securities of any series means the date specified for that purpose as contemplated by Section 3.1.

 

“Responsible Officer”, when used with respect to the Trustee, means any officer assigned to the Corporate Trust Division—Corporate Finance Unit (or any successor division or unit) of the Trustee located at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, who shall have direct responsibility for the administration of this Indenture, and for the purposes of Sections, 5.12(3), 6.1(c)(2) and 6.2 shall also include any other officer of the Trustee to whom any corporate trust matter is referred because of such officer’s knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject.

 

“Securities” has the meaning stated in the first recital of this Indenture and more particularly means any Securities authenticated and delivered under this Indenture.

 

“Security Register” and “Security Registrar” have the respective meanings specified in Section 3.5.

 

“Significant Subsidiary” means the “significant subsidiaries” or any “significant subsidiary” of the Company, as defined in Rule 1-02(w) of Regulation S-X under the Securities Act.

 

“Special Record Date” for the payment of any Defaulted Interest means a date fixed by the Trustee pursuant to Section 3.7.

 

“Stated Maturity”, when used with respect to any Security or any installment of principal or interest on such Security, means the date specified in such Security as the fixed date on which the principal of such Security or such installment of principal or interest is due and payable.

 

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“Subsidiary” means a corporation or other Person more than 50% of the outstanding voting stock or a majority of the controlling interest of which is owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company or by one or more other Subsidiaries, or by the Company and one or more other Subsidiaries. For the purposes of this definition, “voting stock” means stock which ordinarily has voting power for the election of directors, whether at all times or only so long as no senior class of stock has such voting power by reason of any contingency.

 

“Trustee” means the Person named as the “Trustee” in the first paragraph of this instrument until a successor Trustee shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter “Trustee” shall mean or include each Person who is then a Trustee under this Indenture, and if at any time there is more than one such Person, “Trustee”, as used with respect to the Securities of any series, shall mean the Trustee with respect to Securities of that series.

 

“Trust Indenture Act” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as in force at the date as of which this Indenture was executed; provided , however , that in the event the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 is amended after such date, “Trust Indenture Act” means, to the extent required by any such amendment, the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as so amended.

 

“U.S. Government Obligation” has the meaning specified in Section 13.4.

 

“Vice President”, when used with respect to the Company or the Trustee, means any vice president (other than any assistant vice president), whether or not designated by a number or a word or words added before or after the title “vice president”.

 

Section 1.2            Compliance Certificates and Opinions .

 

Upon any application to 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.

 

Every certificate or opinion (other than the Officers’ Certificate delivered under Section 10.4 of this Indenture) with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture shall include:

 

(1)         a statement that each individual signing such certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition and the related definitions;

 

(2)         a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in such certificate or opinion are based;

 

(3)         a statement that, in the opinion of each such individual, he or she has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with; and

 

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(4)         a statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such individual, such condition or covenant has been complied with.

 

Section 1.3            Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee .

 

In any case where several matters are required to be certified by, or covered by an opinion of, any specified Person, it is not necessary that all such matters be certified by, or covered by the opinion of, only one such Person, or that they be so certified or covered by only one document, but one such Person may certify or give an opinion with respect to some matters and one or more other such Persons as to other matters, and any such Person may certify or give an opinion as to such matters in one or several documents.

 

Any certificate or opinion of an officer of the Company may be based, insofar as it relates to legal matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations by, counsel, unless such officer knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to the matters upon which this certificate or opinion is based are erroneous. Any such certificate or opinion of counsel may be based, insofar as it relates to factual matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations by, an officer or officers of the Company stating that the information with respect to such factual matters is in the possession of the Company, unless such counsel knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to such matters are erroneous.

 

Where any Person is required to make, give, or execute two or more applications, requests, consents, certificates, statements, opinions, or other instruments under this Indenture, they may, but need not, be consolidated and form one instrument.

 

Section 1.4            Acts of Holders; Record Dates .

 

(a)          Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver, or other action provided or permitted by this Indenture to be given or taken by Holders may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders in person or by agent duly appointed in writing; and, except as otherwise expressly provided in this Indenture, such action shall become effective when such instrument or instruments are delivered to the Trustee and, where it is expressly required by this Indenture, to the Company. Such instrument or instruments (and the action embodied in and evidenced by such instrument or instruments) are sometimes referred to as the “Act” of the Holders signing such instrument or instruments. Proof of execution of any such instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent shall be sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture and (subject to Section 6.1) conclusive in favor of the Trustee and the Company, if made in the manner provided in this Section.

 

Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, a Holder, including a Depositary that (or whose nominee) is a Holder of a Global Security, may make, give, or take, by a proxy or proxies, duly appointed in writing, any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver, or other action provided or permitted in this Indenture to be made, given, or taken by Holders, and a Depositary that (or whose nominee) is a Holder of a Global Security may provide its proxy or proxies to the beneficial owners of interests in any such Global Security.

 

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(b)          The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such instrument or writing may be proved by the affidavit of a witness of such execution or by a certificate of a notary public or other officer authorized by law to take acknowledgments of deeds, certifying that the individual signing such instrument or writing acknowledged to him its execution. Where such execution is by a signer acting in a capacity other than his individual capacity, such certificate or affidavit shall also constitute sufficient proof of his authority. The fact and date of the execution of any such instrument or writing, or the authority of the Person executing the same, may also be proved in any other manner which the Trustee deems sufficient.

 

(c)          The Company may fix any day as the record date for the purpose of determining the Holders of Securities of any series entitled to give or take any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver, or other action, or to vote on any action, authorized, or permitted to be given or taken by Holders of Securities of such series. If not set by the Company prior to the first solicitation of a Holder of Securities of such series made by any Person in respect of any such action, or, in the case of any such vote, prior to such vote, the record date for any such action or vote shall be the 30th day (or, if later, the date of the most recent list of Holders required to be provided pursuant to Section 7.1) prior to such first solicitation or vote, as the case may be. With regard to any record date for action to be taken by the Holders of one or more series of Securities, only the Holders of Securities of such series on such date (or their duly designated proxies) shall be entitled to give, take, or vote on the relevant action.

 

(d)          The ownership of Securities shall be proved by the Security Register.

 

(e)          Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver, or other Act of the Holder of any Security shall bind every future Holder of the same Security and the Holder of every Security issued upon the registration of transfer of, in exchange for, or in lieu of such Security in respect of anything done, omitted, or suffered to be done by the Trustee or the Company in reliance on such action, whether or not notation of such action is made upon such Security.

 

(f)          Without limiting the foregoing, a Holder entitled to give or take any action under this Indenture with regard to any particular Security may do so with regard to all or any part of the principal amount of such Security or by one or more duly appointed agents each of which may do so pursuant to such appointment with regard to all or any different part of such principal amount.

 

Section 1.5            Notices, Etc. to Trustee and Company .

 

Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver, or Act of Holders or other document provided or permitted by this Indenture to be made upon, given or furnished to, or filed with,

 

(1)         the Trustee by any Holder or by the Company shall be sufficient for every purpose under this Indenture if made, given, furnished, or filed in writing to or with the Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office, Attention: Corporate Trust Division—Corporate Finance Unit, or

 

(2)         the Company by the Trustee or by any Holder shall be sufficient for every purpose under this Indenture (unless otherwise expressly provided in this Indenture) if in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to the Company addressed to it at the address of its principal office specified in the first paragraph of this instrument or at any other address previously furnished in writing to the Trustee by the Company, Attention: Corporate Secretary.

 

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The Trustee shall have the right, but shall not be required, to rely upon and comply with notices, instructions, directions or other communications sent by e-mail, facsimile and other similar unsecured electronic methods by persons believed by the Trustee to be authorized to give instructions and directions on behalf of the Company. The Trustee shall have no duty or obligation to verify or confirm that the person who sent such instructions or directions is, in fact, a person authorized to give instructions or directions on behalf of the Company; and the Trustee shall have no liability for any losses, liabilities, costs or expenses incurred or sustained by the Company as a result of such reliance upon or compliance with such notices, instructions, directions or other communications. The Company agrees to assume all risks arising out of the use of such electronic methods to submit notices, instructions, directions or other communications to the Trustee, including without limitation the risk of the Trustee acting on unauthorized instructions, and the risk of interception and misuse by third parties. The Company shall use all reasonable endeavors to ensure that any such notices, instructions, directions or other communications transmitted to the Trustee pursuant to this Indenture are complete and correct. Any such notices, instructions, directions or other communications shall be conclusively deemed to be valid instructions from the Company to the Trustee for the purposes of this Indenture.

 

Section 1.6            Notice to Holders; Waiver .

 

Where this Indenture provides for notice to Holders of any event, such notice shall be sufficiently given (unless otherwise expressly provided in this Indenture) if in writing and (i) mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to each Holder affected by such event, at his address as it appears in the Security Register, or (ii) in the event that a Depositary (or a nominee thereof) is a Holder of Securities issued in the form of Global Securities, then with respect to such Securities given by electronic, email or other means as such be acceptable to such Depositary, in all cases, not later than the latest date (if any), and not earlier than the earliest date (if any), prescribed for the giving of such notice. In any case where notice to Holders is given by mail, neither the failure to mail such notice, nor any defect in any notice so mailed, to any particular Holder shall affect the sufficiency of such notice with respect to other Holders. Where this Indenture provides for notice in any manner, such notice may be waived in writing by the Person entitled to receive such notice, either before or after the event, and such waiver shall be the equivalent of such notice. Waivers of notice by Holders shall be filed with the Trustee, but such filing shall not be a condition precedent to the validity of any action taken in reliance upon such waiver.

 

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 under this Indenture.

 

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Section 1.7            Conflict with Trust Indenture Act .

 

If any provision of this Indenture limits, qualifies, or conflicts with a provision of the Trust Indenture Act that is required under such Act to be a part of and govern this Indenture, the latter provision shall control. If any provision of this Indenture modifies or excludes any provision of the Trust Indenture Act that may be so modified or excluded, such provision shall be deemed to apply to this Indenture as so modified or to be excluded, as the case may be.

 

Section 1.8            Effect of Headings and Table of Contents .

 

The Article and Section headings in this Indenture and the Table of Contents are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction of this Indenture.

 

Section 1.9            Successors and Assigns .

 

All covenants and agreements in this Indenture by the Company shall bind its successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not.

 

Section 1.10          Separability Clause .

 

In case any provision in this Indenture or in the Securities shall be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable, the validity, legality, and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired by such invalid, illegal, or unenforceable provision.

 

Section 1.11          Benefits of Indenture .

 

Nothing in this Indenture or in the Securities, express or implied, shall give to any Person, other than the parties to this Indenture and their successors under this Indenture, any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Indenture.

 

Section 1.12          Governing Law; Waiver of Jury Trial; Consent to Jurisdiction .

 

This Indenture and the Securities shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York (including but not limited to N.Y. General Obligations Law Section 5-1401 and any successor statute thereto).

 

Each of the Company and the Trustee, and each Holder of a Security by its acceptance thereof, hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any and all right it may have to trial by jury in any legal proceeding directly or indirectly arising out of or relating to this Indenture, the Securities or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby.

 

Each of the Company and the Trustee irrevocably consents and submits, for itself and in respect of any of its assets or property, to the nonexclusive jurisdiction of any court of the State of New York or any United States court sitting, in each case, in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, New York, United States of America, and of any appellate court in respect thereof in any suit, action or proceeding that may be brought in connection with this Indenture or the Securities, and waives any immunity from the jurisdiction of such courts. Each of the Company and the Trustee irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any objection to any such suit, action or proceeding that may be brought in such courts whether on the grounds of venue, residence or domicile or on the ground that any such suit, action or proceeding has been brought in an inconvenient forum. Each of the Company and the Trustee agrees, to the fullest extent that it lawfully may do so, that final judgment in any such suit, action or proceeding brought in such a court shall be conclusive and binding upon the Company and the Trustee, respectively, and the Company waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any objection to the enforcement by any competent court in the Company’s jurisdiction of organization of judgments validly obtained in any such court in New York on the basis of such suit, action or proceeding.

 

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Section 1.13          Legal Holidays .

 

In any case where any Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date, or Stated Maturity of any Security shall not be a Business Day at any Place of Payment, then (notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture or of the Securities, other than a provision of the Securities of any series which specifically states that such provision shall apply in lieu of this Section) payment of interest or principal (and premium, if any) need not be made at such Place of Payment on such date, but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day at such Place of Payment with the same force and effect as if made on the Interest Payment Date, or Redemption Date, or at the Stated Maturity, provided that, if such payment is made on such next succeeding Business Day, no interest shall accrue with respect to the payment due on such date for the period from and after such Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date, or Stated Maturity, as the case may be.

 

Section 1.14          Section 1.14   Foreign Account Tax Compliance.

 

The Company agrees (i) to provide the Trustee with such reasonable information as it has in its possession to enable the Trustee to determine whether any payments pursuant to the Indenture are subject to the withholding requirements described in Section 1471(b) of the US Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (the “Code”) or otherwise imposed pursuant to Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code and any regulations, or agreements thereunder or official interpretations thereof (“Applicable Law”), and (ii) that the Trustee shall be entitled to make any withholding or deduction from payments under the Indenture to the extent necessary to comply with Applicable Law, for which the Trustee shall not have any liability.

 

Article II

 

Security Forms

 

Section 2.1            Forms Generally .

 

The Securities of each series shall be in substantially such form or forms as shall be established by or pursuant to one or more Board Resolutions or in one or more indentures supplemental to this Indenture, or in an Officer’s Certificate pursuant to such Board Resolution or any such supplemental indenture, in each case with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions, and other variations as are required or permitted by this Indenture, and may have such letters, numbers, or other marks of identification and such legends or endorsements placed on them as may be required to comply with the rules of any securities exchange or as may, consistently with this Indenture, be determined by the officers executing such Securities, as evidenced by their execution of the Securities. If the form of Securities of any series is established by action taken pursuant to a Board Resolution, a copy of an appropriate record of such action shall be certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company and delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Company Order contemplated by Section 3.3 for the authentication and delivery of such Securities.

 

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The definitive Securities, if any, shall be printed, lithographed, or engraved on steel engraved borders or may be produced in any other manner, all as determined by the officers executing such Securities, as evidenced by their execution of such Securities.

 

Section 2.2            Form of Legend for Global Securities .

 

Any Global Security authenticated and delivered under this Indenture shall bear a legend (in addition to any legend that may be required by the applicable requirements of the Depositary) in substantially the following form:

 

“This Security is a Global Security within the meaning of the Indenture referred to in this Security and is registered in the name of a Depositary or its nominee. This Security may not be transferred to, or registered or exchanged for Securities registered in the name of, any Person other than the Depositary or its nominee or a successor of such Depositary or a nominee of such successor and no such transfer may be registered, except in the limited circumstances described in the Indenture. Every Security authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for or in lieu of, this Security shall be a Global Security subject to the foregoing, except in such limited circumstances.”

 

Section 2.3            Form of Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication .

 

The Trustee’s certificates of authentication shall be in substantially the following form:

 

TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

 

This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.

 

Date: THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, as Trustee
   
  By:         
    Authorized Signatory

 

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Article III

 

The Securities

 

Section 3.1            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. There shall be established in or pursuant to a Board Resolution and, subject to Section 3.3, set forth, or determined in the manner provided, in an Officers’ Certificate pursuant to a Board Resolution or indenture supplemental to this Indenture, or established in one or more indentures supplemental to this Indenture, prior to the issuance of Securities of any series,

 

(1)         the title of the Securities of the series (which shall distinguish the Securities of the series from Securities of any other series);

 

(2)         any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the Securities of the series which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture (except for Securities authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Securities of the series pursuant to Section 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 9.6, or 11.7 and except for any Securities which, pursuant to Section 3.3, are deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered under this Indenture);

 

(3)         the Person to whom any interest on a Security of the series shall be payable, if other than the Person in whose name that Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on Regular Record Date for such interest;

 

(4)         the date or dates on which the principal (and premium, if any) of the Securities of the series is payable;

 

(5)         the rate or rates at which the Securities of the series shall bear interest, if any, the date or dates from which such interest shall accrue, the Interest Payment Dates on which any such interest shall be payable, and the Regular Record Date for any interest payable on any Interest Payment Date;

 

(6)         the right, if any, to extend the interest payment periods and the duration of any such deferral period, including the maximum consecutive period during which interest payment periods may be extended;

 

(7)         the place or places in addition to the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, if any, where the principal of and any premium and interest on Securities of the series shall be payable;

 

(8)         the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which, and the terms and conditions upon which Securities of the series may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option of the Company and, if other than by a Board Resolution, the manner in which any election by the Company to redeem the Securities shall be evidenced;

 

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(9)         the obligation, if any, of the Company to redeem, purchase, or repay Securities of the series pursuant to any mandatory redemption, sinking fund, or analogous provision or at the option of a Holder of the Security, and the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which, and the terms and conditions upon which Securities of the series shall be redeemed, purchased, or repaid, in whole or in part, pursuant to such obligation;

 

(10)        if other than denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples of such denomination, the denomination or denominations in which Securities of the series shall be issuable;

 

(11)        if the amount of payments of principal of or any premium or interest on any Securities of the series may be determined with reference to an index or formula, the manner in which such amounts shall be determined;

 

(12)        if other than the principal amount of the Securities of the series, the portion of the principal amount of Securities which shall be payable upon declaration of acceleration of its Maturity pursuant to Section 5.2;

 

(13)        if the principal amount payable at the Stated Maturity of any Securities of the series will not be determinable as of any one or more dates prior to the Stated Maturity, the amount which shall be deemed to be the principal amount of such Securities as of any such date for any purpose under the Securities or this Indenture, including the principal amount which shall be due and payable upon any Maturity other than the Stated Maturity or which shall be deemed to be Outstanding as of any date prior to the Stated Maturity (or, in any such case, the manner in which such amount deemed to be the principal amount shall be determined);

 

(14)        the application, if any, of either or both of Section 13.2 and Section 13.3 to the Securities of the series (including, in the case of Section 13.3, the covenants and any Events of Default not specified therein that are subject thereto) and, if other than by a Board Resolution, the manner in which any election pursuant to such Sections by the Company shall be evidenced;

 

(15)        whether the Securities of the series shall be issuable in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Securities and, in such case, the Depositary or Depositaries for such Global Security or Global Securities (if other than The Depository Trust Company), and any circumstances other than those set forth in Section 3.5 in which any such Global Security may be transferred to, and registered and exchanged for, Securities registered in the name of, a Person other than the Depositary for such Global Security or its nominee and in which any such transfer may be registered;

 

(16)        any Authenticating Agents, Paying Agents, or any other agents with respect to the Securities of the series;

 

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(17)        any other covenant or warranty included for the benefit of Securities of the series in addition to (and not inconsistent with) those included in this Indenture for the benefit of Securities of all series, or any other covenant or warranty included for the benefit of Securities of the series in lieu of any covenant or warranty included in this Indenture for the benefit of Securities of all series (including any covenant contained in Article X), or any provision that any covenant or warranty included in this Indenture for the benefit of Securities of all series (including any covenant contained in Article X) shall not be for the benefit of Securities of such series, or any change to or combination of the provisions of any such covenant or warranty included in this Indenture for the benefit of Securities of all series (including any covenants contained in Article X) which applies to the Securities of such series;

 

(18)        any addition to, deletion from, or change in the Events of Default which applies to any Securities of the series and any change in the right of the Trustee or the requisite Holders of such Securities to declare the principal amount of such Securities due and payable pursuant to Section 5.2;

 

(19)        the terms, if any, upon which the Securities of the series may be convertible into or exchanged for other securities of the Company and the terms and conditions upon which such conversion or exchange shall be effected; and

 

(20)        any other terms of the Securities of such series, or of any specified tenor thereof.

 

All Securities of any one series shall be substantially identical except as to denomination and except as may otherwise be provided in or pursuant to the Board Resolution referred to above and (subject to Section 3.3) set forth, or determined in the manner provided, in the Officers’ Certificate referred to above or in any indenture supplemental to this Indenture.

 

Unless otherwise provided with respect to the Securities of any series, at the option of the Company, interest on the Securities of any series that bears interest may be paid by mailing a check to the address of the Person entitled to such interest as such address shall appear in the Security Register.

 

If any of the terms of the series are established by action taken pursuant to a Board Resolution, a copy of an appropriate record of such action shall be certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company and delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Officers’ Certificate setting forth the terms of the series.

 

Section 3.2            Denominations .

 

The Securities of each series shall be issuable in registered form without coupons in such denominations as shall be specified as contemplated by Section 3.1. In the absence of any such provisions with respect to the Securities of any series, the Securities of such series shall be issuable in denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiples of such denomination.

 

Section 3.3            Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating .

 

The Securities shall be executed on behalf of the Company by its Chairman, its Chief Executive Officer, its President, or one of its Vice Presidents, and may (but need not) have the corporate seal of the Company affixed or reproduced thereon and, if so affixed or reproduced, attested by its Secretary or one of its Assistant Secretaries. The signature of any of these officers on the Securities may be manual or facsimile.

 

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Securities bearing the manual or facsimile signatures of individuals who were at any time the proper officers of the Company shall bind the Company, notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them have ceased to hold such offices prior to the authentication and delivery of such Securities or did not hold such offices at the date of such Securities.

 

At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of this Indenture, the Company may deliver Securities of any series executed by the Company to the Trustee for authentication, together with the documents referred to below in this Section 3.3, for the authentication and delivery of such Securities, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver such Securities to or upon a Company Order or pursuant to such procedures acceptable to the Trustee and to such recipients as may be specified from time to time by a Company Order. If so provided in or pursuant to the Board Resolution or supplemental indenture establishing the Securities of any series, the maturity date, original issue date, interest rate, and any other terms of any or all of the Securities of such series may be determined by or pursuant to such Company Order and procedures. If provided for in such procedures, such Company Order may authorize authentication and delivery pursuant to electronic instructions from the Company or its duly authorized agent, which instructions shall be promptly confirmed in writing. In authenticating such Securities and accepting the additional responsibilities under this Indenture in relation to such Securities, the Trustee shall be provided with and (subject to Section 6.1) shall be fully protected in relying upon, unless and until such documents have been superseded or revoked:

 

(a)          a Company Order requesting such authentication and setting forth delivery instructions if the Securities are not to be delivered to the Company, provided that, with respect to Securities of a series subject to a Periodic Offering, (i) such Company Order may be delivered by the Company to the Trustee at any time prior to the delivery to the Trustee of the Securities of such series for authentication and delivery, (ii) the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver the Securities of such series for original issue from time to time, in an aggregate principal amount not exceeding the aggregate principal amount established for such series, pursuant to a Company Order or pursuant to such procedures acceptable to the Trustee as may be specified from time to time by a Company Order, and (iii) if so provided in or pursuant to the Board Resolution or supplemental indenture establishing the Securities of such series, the maturity date, original issue date, interest rate, and any other terms of any or all of the Securities of such series may be determined by a Company Order or pursuant to such procedures;

 

(b)          any Board Resolution, Officers’ Certificate and/or executed supplemental indenture referred to in Sections 2.1 and 3.1 by or pursuant to which the form or forms and terms of the Securities of such series were established;

 

(c)          an Officers’ Certificate setting forth the form or forms and the terms of the Securities of such series, stating that such form or forms and terms have been established pursuant to Sections 2.1 and 3.1 and comply with this Indenture, and covering such other matters as the Trustee may reasonably request; and

 

(d)          an Opinion of Counsel, substantially to the effect that:

 

(i)          the form or forms of the Securities of such series have been duly authorized and established in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture;

 

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(ii)         the terms of the Securities of such series (or the manner of determining such terms) have been established in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture; and

 

(iii)        that such Securities, when authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and issued by the Company in the manner and subject to any conditions specified in such Opinion of Counsel, will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company, enforceable in accordance with their terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium, and similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors rights and to general equity principles and other customary qualifications and assumptions.

 

The Trustee shall not be required to authenticate such Securities if the issue of such Securities pursuant to this Indenture will affect the Trustee’s own rights, duties, liabilities or immunities under the Securities or this Indenture or otherwise.

 

Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 3.1 and of the preceding paragraph, if all Securities of a series are not to be originally issued at one time, it shall not be necessary to deliver the above specified documents at or prior to the time of authentication of each Security of such series if such documents contemplate such future issuances and are delivered at or prior to the authentication upon original issuance of the first Security of such series to be issued.

 

Each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication.

 

No Security 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 this Indenture executed by the Trustee by manual signature of an authorized signatory, and such certificate upon any Security shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such Security has been duly authenticated and delivered under this Indenture. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any Security shall have been authenticated and delivered but never issued and sold by the Company, and the Company shall deliver such Security to the Trustee for cancellation as provided in Section 3.9, for all purposes of this Indenture, such Security shall be deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered under this Indenture and shall never be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture.

 

Section 3.4            Temporary Securities .

 

Pending the preparation of definitive Securities of any series, the Company may execute, and upon Company Order the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, temporary Securities 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 and with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions, and other variations as the officers executing such Securities may determine, as evidenced by their execution of such Securities.

 

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If temporary Securities of any series are issued, the Company will cause definitive Securities of that series to be prepared without unreasonable delay. After the preparation of definitive Securities of such series, the temporary Securities of such series shall be exchangeable for definitive Securities of such series upon surrender of the temporary Securities of such series at the office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment for that series, without charge to the Holder. Upon surrender for cancellation of any one or more temporary Securities of any series, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange one or more definitive Securities of the same series, of any authorized denominations and of a like aggregate principal amount and tenor. Until so exchanged the temporary Securities of any series shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as definitive Securities of such series and tenor.

 

Section 3.5            Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange .

 

The Company shall cause to be kept at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee a register (the register maintained in such office or in any other office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment may sometimes be collectively referred to as the “Security Register”) in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Company shall provide for the registration of Securities and of transfers of Securities. The Trustee is hereby appointed “Security Registrar” for the purpose of registering Securities and transfers of Securities as provided in this Indenture.

 

Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Security of any series at the office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment for that series, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Securities of the same series, of any authorized denominations and of a like aggregate principal amount and tenor.

 

At the option of the Holder, Securities of any series may be exchanged for other Securities of the same series, of any authorized denominations and of a like aggregate principal amount and tenor, upon surrender of the Securities to be exchanged at such office or agency. Whenever any Securities are so surrendered for exchange, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the Securities which the Holder making the exchange is entitled to receive.

 

All Securities issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities shall be the valid, legally binding obligations of the Company, evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Securities surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.

 

Every Security presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or for exchange shall be duly endorsed, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly executed, by the Holder or his attorney duly authorized in writing.

 

No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities, but the Company or the Trustee may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities, other than exchanges pursuant to Section 3.4, 9.6, or 11.7 not involving any transfer.

 

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The Company shall not be required (i) to issue, register the transfer of, or exchange Securities of any series during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before the day of the mailing of a notice of redemption of Securities of that series selected for redemption under Section 11.3 and ending at the close of business on the day of such mailing, or (ii) to register the transfer of or exchange any Security so selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Security being redeemed in part.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing and except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.1, if at any time the Depositary for the Securities of a series represented by a Global Security or Global Securities notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as a Depositary for the Securities of such series or if at any time the Depositary for Securities of a series shall no longer be registered or in good standing under the Exchange Act or other applicable statute or regulation, the Company shall appoint a successor Depositary with respect to the Securities of such series. If a successor Depositary for the Securities of such series is not appointed by the Company or, if appointed, has not accepted such appointment, within 90 days after the Company receives such notice or becomes aware of such condition, the Company will execute, and the Trustee, upon Company Request, will authenticate and deliver, Securities of such series in definitive form in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Global Security or Global Securities representing Securities of such series in exchange for such Global Security or Global Securities.

 

In the event that (i) the Company at any time and in its sole discretion determines that the Securities of any series issued in the form of one or more Global Securities shall no longer be represented by such Global Security or Global Securities or (ii) there shall have occurred and be continuing an Event of Default with respect to the Securities of any series, the Company will execute, and the Trustee, upon Company Request or instructions from the Depositary, will authenticate and deliver, Securities of such series in definitive form and in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Global Security or Global Securities representing such series in exchange for such Global Security or Global Securities.

 

Upon the occurrence in respect of any Global Security of any series of any one or more of the conditions specified in the preceding two paragraphs or such other conditions as may be specified as contemplated by Section 3.1 for such series, such Global Security may be exchanged for Securities registered in the names of, and the transfer of such Global Security may be registered to, such Persons (including Persons other than the Depositary with respect to such series and its nominees) as such Depositary shall direct. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, any Security authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, any Global Security shall also be a Global Security and shall bear the legend or legends specified in Section 2.2 except for any Security authenticated and delivered in exchange for, or upon registration of transfer of, a Global Security pursuant to the preceding sentence.

 

Section 3.6            Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost, and Stolen Securities .

 

If any mutilated Security is surrendered to the Trustee, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange a new Security of the same series and of like tenor and principal amount and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding.

 

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If there shall be delivered to the Company and the Trustee (i) evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss, or theft of any Security 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 has been acquired by a protected purchaser, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in lieu of any such destroyed, lost, or stolen Security, a new Security of the same series and of like tenor and principal amount and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding.

 

In case any such mutilated, destroyed, lost, or stolen Security has become or is about to become due and payable, the Company in its discretion may, instead of issuing a new Security, pay such Security.

 

Upon the issuance of any new Security under this Section, the Company may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation to such issuance and any other expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Trustee) connected with such issuance.

 

Every new Security of any series issued pursuant to this Section in lieu of any destroyed, lost, or stolen Security shall constitute an original additional contractual obligation of the Company, whether or not the destroyed, lost, or stolen Security shall be at any time enforceable by anyone, and shall be entitled to all the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with any and all other Securities of that series duly issued under this Indenture.

 

The provisions of this Section are exclusive and shall preclude (to the extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost, or stolen Securities.

 

Section 3.7            Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved .

 

Except as otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 3.1 with respect to any series of Securities, interest on any Security which is payable, and is punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date shall be paid to the Person in whose name that Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest.

 

Any interest on any Security of any series which is payable, but is not punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date (“Defaulted Interest”) shall cease to be payable to the Holder on the relevant Regular Record Date by virtue of having been such Holder, and such Defaulted Interest may be paid by the Company, at its election in each case, as provided in clause (1) or (2) below:

 

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(1)         The Company may elect to make payment of any Defaulted Interest to the Persons in whose names the Securities of such series (or their respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest, which shall be fixed in the following manner. The Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of Defaulted Interest proposed to be paid on each Security of such series and the date of the proposed payment, and at the same time the Company shall deposit with the Trustee an amount of money equal to the aggregate amount proposed to be paid in respect of such Defaulted Interest or shall make arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for such deposit prior to the date of the proposed payment, such money when deposited to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such Defaulted Interest as provided in this clause. At such time 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 related Special Record Date to be transmitted to each Holder of Securities of such series at his address as it appears in the Security Register, not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date. Notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the related Special Record Date having been so mailed, such Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the Persons in whose names the Securities of such series (or their respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of business on such Special Record Date and shall no longer be payable pursuant to the following clause (2).

 

(2)         The Company may make payment to Holders of any Defaulted Interest on the Securities of any series in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which such Securities may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, if, after notice given by the Company to the Trustee of the proposed payment pursuant to this clause, such manner of payment shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee.

 

Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section, each Security delivered under this Indenture upon registration of transfer of or in exchange for or in lieu of any other Security shall carry the rights to interest accrued and unpaid, and to accrue, which were carried by such other Security.

 

Section 3.8            Persons Deemed Owners .

 

Prior to due presentment of a 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 Security is registered as the owner of such Security for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of and any premium and (subject to Section 3.7) any interest on such Security and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Security be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee, nor an agent of the Company or the Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

 

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No holder of any beneficial interest in any Global Security registered in the name of a Depositary or its nominee shall have any rights under this Indenture with respect to such Global Security, and such Depositary or nominee, as the case may be, 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. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this Indenture shall prevent the Company, the Trustee, or any agent of the Company or the Trustee from giving effect to any written certification, proxy, or other authorization furnished by a Depositary or its nominee pursuant to this Indenture. Furthermore, none of the Company, the Trustee, any Paying Agent, the Security Registrar, or any other agent of the Company or the Trustee will have any responsibility or liability for any aspect of the records relating to or payments made on account of beneficial ownership interests in any such Global Security or for maintaining, supervising or reviewing any records relating to such beneficial ownership interests. The Company, the Trustee, any Paying Agent, the Security Registrar, or any other agent of the Company or the Trustee shall be entitled to deal with the Depositary, and any nominee thereof, that is the registered holder of any Global Security for all purposes of this Indenture relating to such Global Security (including the payment of principal, premium, if any, and interest and additional amounts, if any, and the giving of instructions or directions by or to the owner or holder of a beneficial ownership interest in such Global Security) as the sole holder of such Global Security and shall have no obligations to the beneficial owners thereof. None of the Trustee, the Paying Agent or the Security Registrar shall have any responsibility or liability for any acts or omissions of the Depositary with respect to such Global Security, for the records of any such depositary, including records in respect of beneficial ownership interests in respect of any such Global Security, for any transactions between the Depositary and any Depositary participant or between or among the Depositary, any such Depositary participant and/or any holder or owner of a beneficial interest in such Global Security, or for any transfers of beneficial interests in any such Global Security.

 

Section 3.9            Cancellation .

 

All Securities surrendered for payment, conversion, redemption, registration of transfer or exchange, or for credit against any sinking fund payment shall, if surrendered to any Person other than the Trustee, be delivered to the Trustee and shall be promptly cancelled by it. The Company may at any time deliver to the Trustee for cancellation any Securities previously authenticated and delivered which the Company may have acquired in any manner whatsoever, and may deliver to the Trustee (or to any other Person for delivery to the Trustee) for cancellation any Securities previously authenticated which the Company has not issued and sold, and all Securities so delivered shall be promptly cancelled by the Trustee. No Securities shall be authenticated in lieu of or in exchange for any Securities cancelled as provided in this Section, except as expressly permitted by this Indenture. All cancelled Securities held by the Trustee shall be disposed of by the Trustee in accordance with its then customary procedures.

 

Section 3.10          Computation of Interest .

 

Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.1 for Securities of any series, interest on the Securities of each series shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.

 

Section 3.11          CUSIP Numbers .

 

The Company in issuing the Securities may use “CUSIP”, “ISIN” or other similar numbers (if then generally in use), and, if so, the Trustee shall use “CUSIP”, “ISIN” or other similar numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders; provided that any such notice may state that no representation is made as to the correctness of such numbers either as printed on the Securities or as contained in any notice of a redemption and that reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed on the Securities, and any such redemption shall not be affected by any defect in or omission of such numbers. The Company shall promptly notify the Trustee in writing of any change in “CUSIP”, “ISIN” or other similar numbers.

 

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Article IV

 

Satisfaction and Discharge

 

Section 4.1            Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture .

 

This Indenture shall upon Company Request cease to be of further effect (except as to any surviving rights of registration of transfer or exchange of Securities expressly provided for in this Indenture), and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, when

 

(1)         either:

 

(A)         all Securities previously authenticated and delivered (other than (i) Securities which have been destroyed, lost, or stolen and which have been replaced or paid as provided in Section 3.6 and (ii) Securities for whose payment money has previously 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 10.3) have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or

 

(B)         all such Securities not previously 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)        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 the purpose an amount sufficient to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness on such Securities not previously delivered to the Trustee for cancellation (other than Securities which have been destroyed, lost, or stolen and which have been replaced or paid as provided in Section 3.6), for principal and any premium and interest to the date of such deposit (in the case of Securities which have become due and payable) or to the Stated Maturity or Redemption Date, as the case may be;

 

(2)         the Company has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable by the Company under this Indenture; and

 

(3)         the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent provided for in this Indenture relating to the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture have been complied with.

 

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Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, the obligations of the Company to the Trustee under Section 6.7, the obligations (if any) of the Company to any Authenticating Agent under Section 6.14 and, if money shall have been deposited with the Trustee pursuant to subclause (B) of clause (1) of this Section, the obligations of the Trustee under Section 4.2 and the last paragraph of Section 10.3 shall survive such satisfaction and discharge.

 

In the event Securities of two or more series were at any time issued under this Indenture, 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 the Securities of all series as to which it is Trustee and if the conditions of satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture contained in this Section 4.1 in respect of such Securities have been satisfied. In the event there are two or more Trustees under this Indenture, the effectiveness of any such instrument shall be conditioned upon receipt of such instruments from all such Trustees.

 

Section 4.2            Application of Trust Money .

 

Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 10.3, all money deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 4.1 shall be held in trust and applied by it, in accordance with the provisions of the Securities 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 to such money, of the principal and any premium and interest for whose payment such money has been deposited with the Trustee.

 

Article V

 

Remedies

 

Section 5.1            Events of Default.

 

“Event of Default,” wherever used herein with respect to Securities of any series, means any one of the following events, unless in the establishing Board Resolution, supplemental indenture or Officer’s Certificate, it is provided that such series shall not have the benefit of said Event of Default:

  

(1)         failure to pay any interest on the Securities within 30 days after such interest becomes due and payable by the terms of the Securities of such series;

 

(2)         failure to pay principal of (or premium, if any, on) the Securities at maturity, or if applicable, the redemption price, when the same becomes due and payable;

 

(3)          failure to pay any sinking fund installment as and when the same shall become due and payable by the terms of the Securities, and continuance of such default for a period of 30 days;

 

(4)         failure to comply with (or obtain a waiver with respect to) any of the covenants or agreements in the Securities or this Indenture (other than an agreement or covenant that has been expressly included in this Indenture solely for the benefit of another series of Securities) for 90 days after there has been given, by registered or certified mail, to the Company by the Trustee or to the Company by the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of all outstanding Securities affected by that failure a written notice specifying such failure and requiring it to be remedied and stating that such notice is a “Notice of Default” hereunder;

 

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(5)         the Company or any Significant Subsidiary pursuant to or within the meaning of any Bankruptcy Law:

 

(a)          commences a voluntary case;

 

(b)          consents to the entry of an order for relief against it in an involuntary case;

 

(c)          consents to the appointment of a Custodian of it or for all or substantially all of its property;

 

(d)          makes a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors; or

 

(e)          generally is unable to pay its debts as the same become due;

 

(6)         a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order or decree under any Bankruptcy Law that:

 

(a)          is for relief against the Company or any Significant Subsidiary in an involuntary case;

 

(b)          appoints a Custodian of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary or for all or substantially all of its property; or

 

(c)          orders the liquidation of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary; and

 

(d)          the order or decree remains unstayed and in effect for 90 days;

 

(7)         a default or defaults with respect to any issue or issues of other Debt of the Company or any Subsidiary having an outstanding aggregate principal amount of $35 million for all such issues of all such Persons, whether such Debt now exists or shall hereafter be created, which default or defaults shall constitute a failure to pay all or any portion of the principal of such Debt when due and payable or shall have resulted in such Debt becoming or being declared due and payable prior to the date on which it would otherwise have become due and payable and such Debt has not been discharged in full or such acceleration has not been rescinded or annulled (by cure, waiver or otherwise) within 60 days of such acceleration; provided, however, that any secured Debt in excess of the limits set forth above shall be deemed to have been declared due and payable if the lender in respect thereof takes any action to enforce a security interest against, or an assignment of, or to collect on, seize, dispose of or apply any assets of the Company or its Subsidiaries (including lock-box and other similar arrangements) securing such Debt, or to set off against any bank accounts of the Company or its Subsidiaries in excess of $35 million in the aggregate; and

 

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(8)         any other Event of Default provided in the supplemental indenture, Officers’ Certificate or Board Resolution under which such series of Securities is issued or in the form of Security for such series.

 

The term “Bankruptcy Law” means title 11, U.S. Code or any similar Federal or State law for the relief of debtors or any comparable statute applicable to the Company or a Significant Subsidiary. The term “Custodian” means any receiver, trustee, assignee, liquidator or similar official under any Bankruptcy Law.

 

Section 5.2            Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment.

 

If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of any series at the time outstanding occurs and is continuing (other than an Event of Default referred to in Section 5.1(5) or (6)) then in every such case the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of that series may declare the principal amount (or, if any Securities of that series are Discount Securities, such portion of the principal amount as may be specified in the terms of such Securities) of and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on all of the Securities of that series to be due and payable immediately, by a notice in writing to the Company (and to the Trustee if given by Holders), and upon any such declaration such principal amount (or specified amount) and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, shall become immediately due and payable. If an Event of Default specified in Section 5.1(5) or (6) shall occur, the principal amount (or specified amount) of and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on all outstanding Securities shall ipso facto become and be immediately due and payable without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or any Holder.

 

At any time after such a declaration of acceleration with respect to any series has been made and before a judgment or decree for payment of the money due has been obtained by the Trustee as hereinafter in this Article provided, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of that series, by written notice to the Company and the Trustee, may rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences if (i) the Company has paid or deposited with the Trustee a sum sufficient to pay all matured installments of interest upon all the Securities of that series and the principal of (and premium, if any, on) any and all Securities of that series that shall have become due otherwise than by acceleration (with interest upon such principal and premium, if any, and, to the extent that such payment is enforceable under applicable law, upon overdue installments of interest, at the rate per annum expressed in the Securities of that series to the date of such payment or deposit) and the amount payable to the Trustee pursuant to Section 6.7 and (ii) all Events of Default with respect to Securities of that series, other than the non-payment of the principal and interest, if any, of Securities of that series which have become due solely by such declaration of acceleration, have been cured or waived as provided in Section 5.13.

 

No such rescission shall affect any subsequent Default or impair any right consequent thereon.

 

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Section 5.3            Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee.

 

The Company covenants that if:

 

(1)         default is made in the payment of any interest on any Security when such interest becomes due and payable and such default continues for a period of 30 days;

 

(2)         default is made in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any, on) any Security at its Maturity; or

 

(3)         default is made in the making or satisfaction of any sinking fund or analogous obligation when the same becomes due pursuant to the terms of any Security,

 

then the Company will, upon demand of the Trustee, pay to it, for the benefit of the Holders of such Securities, the whole amount then due and payable on such Securities for principal and any premium and interest and, to the extent that payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable, interest on any overdue principal and premium and on any overdue interest, at the rate or rates prescribed in such Securities, and, in addition, such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements, and advances of the Trustee, its agents, and counsel.

 

If the Company fails to pay such amounts immediately upon such demand, the Trustee, in its own name and as trustee of an express trust, may institute, at the expense of the Company, a judicial proceeding for the collection of the sums so due and unpaid, may prosecute such proceeding to judgment or final decree, and may enforce the same against the Company or any other obligor upon such Securities and collect the moneys adjudged or decreed to be payable in the manner provided by law out of the property of the Company or any other obligor upon such Securities, wherever situated.

 

If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of any series occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may in its discretion proceed to protect and enforce its rights and the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series by such appropriate judicial proceedings as the Trustee shall deem necessary to protect and enforce any such rights, whether for the specific enforcement of any covenant or agreement in this Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any power granted in this Indenture, or to enforce any other proper remedy.

 

Section 5.4            Trustee May File Proofs of Claim .

 

In case of any judicial proceeding relative to the Company (or any other obligor upon the Securities), its property, or its creditors, the Trustee shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise, to take any and all actions authorized under the Trust Indenture Act in order to have claims of the Holders and the Trustee allowed in any such proceeding. In particular, the Trustee shall be authorized to collect and receive any moneys or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same; and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator, or other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is authorized by each Holder to make such payments to the Trustee and, in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due it for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements, and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 6.7.

 

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No provision of this Indenture shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, or composition affecting the Securities or the rights of any Holder or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding; provided , however , the Trustee may vote on behalf of the Holders for the election of a trustee in bankruptcy or similar official and may be a member of a creditors, or other similar committee.

 

Section 5.5            Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities .

 

All rights of action and claims under this Indenture or the Securities may be prosecuted and enforced by the Trustee without the possession of any of the Securities or the production of such Securities in any related proceeding, and any such proceeding instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in its own name as trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment shall, after provision for the payment of the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements, and advances of the Trustee, its agents, and counsel, be for the ratable benefit of the Holders of the Securities in respect of which such judgment has been recovered.

 

Section 5.6            Application of Money Collected .

 

Any money collected by the Trustee pursuant to this Article or, after an Event of Default, any money or other property distributable in respect of the Company’s obligations under this Indenture shall be applied in the following order, at the date or dates fixed by the Trustee and, in case of the distribution of such money on account of principal or any premium or interest, upon presentation of the Securities and the notation on such Securities of the payment if only partially paid and upon surrender of such Securities if fully paid:

 

FIRST: To the payment of all amounts due the Trustee (including any predecessor trustee) under Section 6.7;

 

SECOND: To the payment of the amounts then due and unpaid for principal of and any premium and interest on the Securities in respect of which or for the benefit of which such money has been collected, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and payable on such Securities for principal and any premium and interest, respectively; and

 

THIRD: To the Company or as a court of competent jurisdiction shall direct in writing.

 

Section 5.7            Limitation on Suits .

 

No Holder of any Security of any 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 under this Indenture, unless:

 

(1)         such Holder has previously given written notice to the Trustee of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Securities of that series;

 

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(2)         the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series shall have made written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default in its own name as Trustee under the Indenture;

 

(3)         such Holder or Holders have offered to the Trustee indemnity reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee against the costs, expenses, and liabilities to be incurred in compliance with such request;

 

(4)         the Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice, request, and offer of indemnity has failed to institute any such proceeding; and

 

(5)         no direction inconsistent with such written request has been given to the Trustee during such 60-day period by the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series;

 

it being understood and intended that no one or more of such Holders shall have any right in any manner whatever by virtue of, or by availing of, any provision of this Indenture to affect, disturb, or prejudice the rights of any other of such Holders, or to obtain or to seek to obtain priority or preference over any other of such Holders or to enforce any right under this Indenture, except in the manner provided in this Indenture and for the equal and ratable benefit of all of such Holders.

 

Section 5.8            Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal, Premium, and Interest .

 

Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, the Holder of any Security shall have the right, which is absolute and unconditional, to receive payment of the principal of and any premium and (subject to Section 3.7) any interest on such Security on the Stated Maturity or Maturities expressed in such Security (or, in the case of redemption or mandatory repurchase, on the Redemption Date or mandatory repurchase date, as applicable), and to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment and such rights shall not be impaired without the consent of such Holder.

 

Section 5.9            Restoration of Rights and Remedies .

 

If the Trustee or any Holder has instituted any proceeding to enforce any right or remedy under this Indenture and such proceeding has been discontinued or abandoned for any reason, or has been determined adversely to the Trustee or to such Holder, then and in every such case, subject to any determination in such proceeding, the Company, the Trustee and the Holders shall be restored severally and respectively to their former positions under this Indenture and thereafter all rights and remedies of the Trustee and the Holders shall continue as though no such proceeding had been instituted.

 

Section 5.10          Rights and Remedies Cumulative .

 

Except as otherwise provided with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost, or stolen Securities in the last paragraph of Section 3.6, no right or remedy conferred in this Indenture upon or reserved to the Trustee or to the Holders is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every right and remedy shall, to the extent permitted by law, be cumulative and in addition to every other right and remedy given under this Indenture or now or in the future existing at law or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or employment of any right or remedy under this Indenture, or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent assertion or employment of any other appropriate right or remedy.

 

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Section 5.11          Delay or Omission Not Waiver .

 

No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any Holder of any Securities to exercise any right or remedy accruing upon any Event of Default shall impair any such right or remedy or constitute a waiver of or acquiescence in any such Event of Default. Every right and remedy given by this Article or by law to the Trustee or to the Holders may be exercised from time to time, and as often as may be deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by the Holders, as the case may be.

 

Section 5.12          Control by Holders .

 

The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series shall have the right to direct the time, method, and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee, with respect to the Securities of such series, provided that

 

(1)         such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or with this Indenture,

 

(2)         the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee which is not inconsistent with such direction, and

 

(3)         the Trustee shall have the right to decline to follow any such direction if the Trustee in good faith shall, by a Responsible Officer or Officers of the Trustee, determine that the proceeding so directed would involve the Trustee in personal liability.

 

Section 5.13          Waiver of Past Defaults .

 

The Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series may on behalf of the Holders of all the Securities of such series waive any past default under this Indenture with respect to such series and its consequences, except a default (1) in the payment of the principal of or any premium or interest on any Security of such series, or (2) in respect of a covenant or provision of this Indenture which under Article IX cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security of such affected series.

 

Upon any such waiver, such default shall cease to exist, and any Event of Default arising from such default 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 consequent right.

 

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Section 5.14          Undertaking for Costs .

 

All parties to this Indenture agree, and each Holder of any Securities by his acceptance of such Securities shall be deemed to have agreed, that any court may in its discretion require, in any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture, or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken, suffered, or omitted by it as Trustee, the filing by any party litigant in such suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and that such court may in its discretion assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorney’s fees and expenses, against any party litigant in such suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by such party litigant; but the provisions of this Section 5.14 shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Company, to any suit instituted by the Trustee, to any suit instituted by any Holder, or group of Holders, holding in the aggregate more than 10% in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of any series, or to any suit instituted by any Holder for the enforcement of the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on any Securities on or after the Stated Maturity or Maturities expressed in such Securities (or, in the case of redemption or mandatory repurchase, on or after the Redemption Date or mandatory repurchase date, as applicable).

 

Article VI

 

The Trustee

 

Section 6.1            Certain Duties and Responsibilities .

 

(a)          Except during the continuance of an Event of Default,

 

(1)         the Trustee undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Indenture, and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee; and

 

(2)         in the absence of bad faith on its part, the Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Indenture; but in the case of any such certificates or opinions which by any provision hereof are specifically required to be furnished to the Trustee, the Trustee shall be under a duty to examine the same to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of this Indenture (but need not confirm or investigate the accuracy of mathematical calculations or other facts, statements, opinions or conclusions stated therein).

 

(b)          In case an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture, and use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise, as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of his or her own affairs.

 

(c)          No provision of this Indenture shall be construed to relieve the Trustee from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act, or its own willful misconduct, except that

 

(1)         this Subsection (c) shall not be construed to limit the effect of Subsections (a) or (d) of this Section;

 

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(2)         the Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer, unless it shall be proved that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts; and

 

(3)         the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance with the direction of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series, determined as provided herein, relating to the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Trustee, under this Indenture with respect to the Securities of such series.

 

(d)          No provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder, or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if it shall have reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it.

 

(e)          Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every provision of this Indenture relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of or affording protection to the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of this Section 6.1.

 

Section 6.2            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 to all Holders of Securities of such series, as their names and addresses appear in the Security Register (or in case that a Depositary (or a nominee thereof) is a Holder of Securities issued in the form of Global Securities, then with respect to such Securities give by electronic, email or other means as such be acceptable to such Depositary), 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 default in the payment of the principal of or the interest on any of the Securities of such series, or in the payment of any sinking fund installment or analogous payment on such series, the Trustee shall be protected in withholding such notice if and so long as a committee comprised of Responsible Officers of the Trustee in good faith determines that the withholding of such notice is in the interests of the Holders 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 6.3            Certain Rights of Trustee .

 

Subject to the provisions of Section 6.1:

 

(a)          the Trustee may conclusively 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, other evidence of indebtedness, or other paper or document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties;

 

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(b)          any request or direction of the Company mentioned in this Indenture shall be sufficiently evidenced by a Company Request or Company Order and any resolution of the Board of Directors may be sufficiently evidenced by a Board Resolution;

 

(c)          whenever in the administration of this Indenture the Trustee shall deem it desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to taking, suffering, or omitting any action under this Indenture, the Trustee (unless other evidence be specifically prescribed in this Indenture) may, in the absence of bad faith on its part, conclusively rely upon an Officers’ Certificate;

 

(d)          the Trustee may consult with counsel of its selection and the 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 under this Indenture in good faith and in reliance on such advice or Opinion of Counsel;

 

(e)          the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request or direction of any of the Holders pursuant to this Indenture, unless such Holders shall have offered to the Trustee reasonable security or indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee against the costs, expenses, and liabilities which might be incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction;

 

(f)          the Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness, or other paper or document, but the Trustee, in its discretion, may make such further inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit, and, if the Trustee shall determine to make such further inquiry or investigation, it shall be entitled to examine the books, records, and premises of the Company, personally or by agent or attorney at the sole cost of the Company and shall incur no liability or additional liability of any kind by reason of such inquiry or investigation;

 

(g)          the Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers or perform any duties under this Indenture 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;

 

(h)          the Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken, suffered, or omitted to be taken by it in good faith and reasonably believed by it to be authorized or within the discretion or rights or powers conferred upon it by this Indenture;

 

(i)          the Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of any default or Event of Default with respect to the Securities unless written notice of such default or Event of Default shall have been given to a Responsible Officer of the Trustee at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee by the Company or by any Holder of the Securities, and such notice references the Securities and this Indenture;

 

(j)          the permissive rights of the Trustee enumerated herein shall not be construed as duties;

 

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(k)          the rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits given to the Trustee, including, without limitation, its right to be indemnified, are extended to, and shall be enforceable by, the Trustee in each of its capacities hereunder, and each agent, custodian and other Person employed to act hereunder;

 

(l)          the Trustee may request that the Company deliver a certificate setting forth the names of individuals and/or titles of officers authorized at such time to take specified actions pursuant to this Indenture, which certificate may be signed by any person authorized to sign an Officers’ Certificate, including any person specified as so authorized in any such certificate previously delivered and not superseded;

 

(m)          anything in this Indenture notwithstanding, in no event shall the Trustee be liable for special, indirect, punitive or consequential loss or damage of any kind whatsoever (including but not limited to loss of profit), even if the Trustee has been advised as to the likelihood of such loss or damage and regardless of the form of action; and

 

(n)          the Trustee shall not be responsible or liable for any failure or delay in the performance of its obligations under this Indenture arising out of or caused, directly or indirectly, by circumstances beyond its control, including, without limitation, any provision of any law or regulation or any act of any governmental authority, acts of God; earthquakes; fire; flood; terrorism; wars and other military disturbances; sabotage; epidemics; riots; interruptions; loss or malfunctions of utilities, computer (hardware or software) or communication services; accidents; labor disputes; acts of civil or military authority and governmental action.

 

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Section 6.4            Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities .

 

The recitals contained in this Indenture and in the Securities, except the Trustee’s certificates of authentication, shall be taken as the statements of the Company, and the Trustee or any Authenticating Agent assumes no responsibility for their correctness. The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Indenture or of the Securities. The Trustee or any Authenticating Agent shall not be accountable for the use or application by the Company of Securities or the proceeds from such Securities. The Trustee shall not be responsible to make any calculation with respect to any matter under this Indenture. The Trustee shall have no duty to monitor or investigate the Company’s compliance with or the breach of, or cause to be performed or observed, any representation, warranty, or covenant, or agreement of any Person, other than the Trustee, made in this Indenture.

 

Section 6.5            May Hold Securities .

 

The Trustee, any Authenticating Agent, any Paying Agent, any Security Registrar, or any other agent of the Company, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Securities and, subject to Sections 6.8 and 6.13, 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 agent.

 

Section 6.6            Money Held in Trust .

 

Money held by the Trustee in trust under this Indenture need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law. The Trustee shall be under no liability for interest on any money received by it under this Indenture except as otherwise agreed in writing with the Company.

 

Section 6.7            Compensation and Reimbursement .

 

The Company agrees:

 

(1)         to pay to the Trustee from time to time such compensation as shall be agreed in writing between the Company and the Trustee for all services rendered by it under this Indenture (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 in this Indenture, 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 shall be determined to have been caused by its own gross negligence or willful misconduct; and

 

(3)         to indemnify each of the Trustee and any predecessor Trustee and their officers, agents, directors and employees for, and to hold them harmless against, any and all loss, damage, claim, liability, or expense, including fees and expenses of counsel and including taxes (other than taxes based upon, measured by or determined by the income of the Trustee), incurred without gross negligence or willful misconduct on their part, arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of the trust or trusts under this Indenture, including the costs and expenses of defending itself against any claim (whether asserted by the Company, or any Holder or any other Person) or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties under this Indenture, or in connection with enforcing the provisions of this Section.

 

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To secure the Company’s obligations under this Section, the Trustee shall have a lien prior to the Securities upon all money or property held or collected by the Trustee in its capacity as Trustee, except for such money and property which is held in trust to pay principal (and premium, if any) or interest on particular Securities;

 

In addition to, and without prejudice to its other rights under this Indenture, when the Trustee incurs any expenses or renders any services after the occurrence of an Event of Default specified in Section 5.1(1) or (2), such expenses (including the fees and expenses of its counsel) and the compensation for such services are intended to constitute expenses of administration under the United States Bankruptcy Code (Title 11 of the United States Code) or any similar Federal or State law for the relief of debtors; and

 

The provisions of this Section 6.7 shall survive the satisfaction and discharge of the Indenture, the resignation or removal of the Trustee and the termination for any reason of this Indenture.

 

“Trustee” for purposes of this Section shall include any predecessor Trustee; provided, however, that the negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith of any Trustee hereunder shall not affect the rights of any other Trustee hereunder.

 

Section 6.8            Disqualification; Conflicting Interests .

 

If the Trustee has or shall acquire a conflicting interest within the meaning of Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act, the Trustee shall either eliminate such interest or resign, to the extent and in the manner provided by, and subject to the provisions of, the Trust Indenture Act and this Indenture. For the purpose of the second paragraph of Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act, the phrase “default (as such term is defined in such indenture, but exclusive of any period of grace or requirement of notice)” is hereby defined to mean any event which is, or after notice or lapse of time or both would become, an Event of Default. To the extent permitted by the Trust Indenture Act, the Trustee shall not be deemed to have a conflicting interest by virtue of being a trustee under this Indenture with respect to Securities of more than one series.

 

Section 6.9            Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility .

 

There shall at all times be a Trustee under this Indenture which shall be a Person that is eligible pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act to act as such and has a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000. If such Person publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of its supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section (and to the extent permitted by the Trust Indenture Act), the combined capital and surplus of such Person shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. If at any time the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, it shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in this Article.

 

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Section 6.10          Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor .

 

(a)          No resignation or removal of the Trustee and no appointment of a successor Trustee pursuant to this Article shall become effective until the acceptance of appointment by the successor Trustee in accordance with the applicable requirements of Section 6.11.

 

(b)          The Trustee may resign at any time with respect to the Securities of one or more series by giving written notice of such resignation to the Company.

 

(c)          The Trustee may be removed at any time with respect to the Securities of any series by Act of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series, delivered to the Trustee and to the Company.

 

(d)          If at any time:

 

(1)         the Trustee shall fail to comply with Section 6.8 after written request for such compliance by the Company or by any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security for at least six months, or

 

(2)         the Trustee shall cease to be eligible under Section 6.9 and shall fail to resign after written request by the Company or by any such Holder, or

 

(3)         the Trustee shall become incapable of acting or shall be adjudged a bankrupt or insolvent or a receiver of the Trustee or of its property shall be appointed or any public officer shall take charge or control of the Trustee or of its property or affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation, or liquidation,

 

then, in any such case, (i) the Company by a Board Resolution may remove the Trustee with respect to all Securities, or (ii) subject to Section 5.14, any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security for at least six months may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee with respect to all Securities and the appointment of a successor Trustee or Trustees.

 

(e)          If the instrument of acceptance by a successor Trustee required by Section 6.11 shall not have been delivered to the Trustee within 30 days after the giving of such notice of resignation or removal, the Trustee resigning or being removed may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series.

 

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(f)          If the Trustee shall resign, be removed, or become incapable of acting, or if a vacancy shall occur in the office of Trustee for any cause, with respect to the Securities of one or more series, the Company, by a Board Resolution, shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee or Trustees with respect to the Securities of that or those series (it being understood that any such successor Trustee may be appointed with respect to the Securities of one or more or all of such series and that at any time there shall be only one Trustee with respect to the Securities of any particular series) and shall comply with the applicable requirements of Section 6.11. If, within one year after such resignation, removal, or incapability, or the occurrence of such vacancy, a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series shall be appointed by Act of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series delivered to the Company and the retiring Trustee, the successor Trustee so appointed shall, immediately upon its acceptance of such appointment in accordance with the applicable requirements of Section 6.11, become the successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series and to that extent supersede the successor Trustee appointed by the Company. If no successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series shall have been so appointed by the Company or the Holders and accepted appointment in the manner required by Section 6.11, any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security of such series for at least six months may, on behalf of himself and 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.

 

(g)          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 to all Holders of Securities of such series in the manner provided in Section 1.6. Each notice shall include the name of the successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series and the address of its Corporate Trust Office.

 

Section 6.11          Acceptance of Appointment by Successor .

 

(a)          In case of the appointment of a successor Trustee under this Indenture with respect to all Securities, every such successor Trustee so appointed shall execute, acknowledge, and deliver to the Company and to the retiring Trustee an instrument accepting such appointment. Upon such delivery, the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective and such successor Trustee, without any further act, deed, or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts, and duties of the retiring Trustee; but, on the request of the Company or the successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall, upon payment of its charges and all other amounts payable to it hereunder, execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such successor Trustee all the rights, powers, and trusts of the retiring Trustee and shall duly assign, transfer, and deliver to such successor Trustee all property and money held by such retiring Trustee under this Indenture, subject nevertheless to its lien provided for in Section 6.7.

 

(b)          In case of the appointment under this Indenture of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more (but not all) series, the Company, the retiring Trustee, and each successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more series shall execute and deliver a supplemental indenture wherein each successor Trustee shall accept such appointment and which (1) shall contain such provisions as shall be necessary or desirable to transfer and confirm to, and to vest in, each successor Trustee all the rights, powers, trusts, and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates, (2) if the retiring Trustee is not retiring with respect to the Securities of all series, 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 under this Indenture by more than one Trustee, it being understood that nothing in this Indenture or in such supplemental indenture shall constitute such Trustees cotrustees of the same trust and that each such Trustee shall be trustee of a trust or trusts under this Indenture separate and apart from any trust or trusts under this Indenture administered by any other such Trustee; and, upon the execution and delivery of such supplemental indenture, the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective to the extent provided in such supplemental indenture and each such successor Trustee, without any further act, deed, or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts, and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates; and such retiring Trustee shall duly assign, transfer, and deliver to such successor Trustee all property and money held by such retiring Trustee under this Indenture with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates, subject nevertheless to its lien provided for in Section 6.7.

 

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(c)          Upon request of any such successor Trustee, the Company shall execute any and all instruments for more fully and certainly vesting in and confirming to such successor Trustee all such rights, powers, and trusts referred to in paragraph (a) and (b) of this Section, as the case may be.

 

(d)          No successor Trustee shall accept its appointment unless at the time of such acceptance such successor Trustee shall be qualified and eligible under this Article.

 

Section 6.12          Merger, Conversion, Consolidation, or Succession to Business .

 

Any Person into which the 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 Trustee shall be a party, or any Person succeeding to all or substantially all the corporate trust business of the Trustee, shall be the successor of the Trustee under this Indenture, 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 to this Indenture. In case any Securities shall have been authenticated, but not delivered, by the Trustee then in office, any successor by merger, conversion, or consolidation to such authenticating Trustee may adopt such authentication and deliver the Securities so authenticated with the same effect as if such successor Trustee had itself authenticated such Securities.

 

Section 6.13          Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company .

 

If and when the Trustee shall be or become a creditor of the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities (other than by reason of a relationship described in Section 311(b) of the Trust Indenture Act), the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act regarding the collection of claims against the Company or any such other obligor. For purposes of Section 311(b) of the Trust Indenture Act:

 

(A)         the term “cash transaction” means any transaction in which full payment for goods or securities sold is made within seven days after delivery of the goods or securities in currency or in checks or other orders drawn upon banks or bankers and payable upon demand; and

 

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(B)         the term “self-liquidating paper” means any draft, bill of exchange, acceptance or obligation which is made, drawn, negotiated or incurred by the Company or such obligor for the purpose of financing the purchase, processing, manufacturing, shipment, storage or sale of goods, wares or merchandise and which is secured by documents evidencing title to, possession of, or a lien upon, the goods, wares or merchandise or the receivables or proceeds arising from the sale of the goods, wares or merchandise previously constituting the security, provided the security is received by the Trustee simultaneously with the creation of the creditor relationship with the Company or such obligor arising from the making, drawing, negotiating or incurring of the draft, bill of exchange, acceptance or obligation.

 

Section 6.14          Appointment of Authenticating Agent .

 

The Trustee may appoint an Authenticating Agent or Agents (which may be an affiliate of the Company) with respect to one or more series of Securities which shall be authorized to act of behalf of the Trustee to authenticate Securities of such series issued upon original issue and upon exchange, registration of transfer, or partial redemption or conversion, or pursuant to Section 3.6, 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. Wherever reference is made in this Indenture to the authentication and delivery of Securities by the Trustee or the Trustee’s certificate of authentication, such reference shall be deemed to include authentication and delivery on behalf of the Trustee by an Authenticating Agent and a certificate of authentication executed on behalf of the Trustee by an Authenticating Agent. Each Authenticating Agent shall be acceptable to the Company and shall at all times be a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of America, any of its states, or the District of Columbia, authorized under such laws to act as Authenticating Agent, having a combined capital and surplus of not less than $50,000,000 and subject to supervision or examination by federal or state authority. If such Authenticating Agent publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of the supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section, the combined capital and surplus of such Authenticating Agent shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. If at any time an Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, such authenticating Agent shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in this Section.

 

Any Person into which an Authenticating Agent may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any Person resulting from any merger, conversion, or consolidation to which such Authenticating Agent shall be a party, or any Person succeeding to the corporate agency or corporate trust business of an Authenticating Agent, shall continue to be an Authenticating Agent, provided such Person 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.

 

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An Authenticating Agent may resign at any time by giving written notice to the Trustee and to the Company. The Trustee may at any time terminate the agency of an Authenticating Agent by giving written notice to such Authenticating Agent and to the Company. Upon receiving such a notice of resignation or upon such a termination, or in case at any time such Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, the Trustee may appoint a successor Authenticating Agent which shall be acceptable to the Company and shall mail written notice of such appointment by first-class mail, postage prepaid, to all Holders of Securities of the series with respect to which such Authenticating Agent will serve, as their names and addresses appear in the Security Register. Any successor Authenticating Agent upon acceptance of its appointment under this Indenture shall become vested with all the rights, powers, and duties of its predecessor, 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 to each Authenticating Agent from time to time reasonable compensation for its services under this Section.

 

If an appointment with respect to one or more series is made pursuant to this Section, the Securities of such series may have endorsed on it, in addition to the Trustee’s certificate of authentication, an alternative certificate of authentication in the following form:

 

This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.

 

  THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, as Trustee
   
  By:  
    As Authenticating Agent
     
  By:  
    Authorized Officer

 

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Article VII

 

Holder’s Lists and Reports by Trustee and Company

 

Section 7.1            Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders .

 

The Company will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee:

 

(a)          semi-annually, not later than June 30 and December 31 in each year, a list for each series, in such form as the Trustee may reasonably require, of the names and addresses of the Holders of Securities of such series as of the preceding June 15 or December 15, as the case may be, and

 

(b)          at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, within 30 days after the receipt by the Company of any such request, a list of similar form and content as of a date not more than 15 days prior to the time such list is furnished; provided , that if and so long as the Trustee shall be the Security Registrar for such series, such lists shall not be required to be furnished.

 

Section 7.2            Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders .

 

(a)          The Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably practicable, the names and addresses of Holders contained in the most recent list furnished to the Trustee as provided in Section 7.1 and the names and addresses of Holders received by the Trustee in its capacity as Security Registrar. The Trustee may dispose of as it deems fit any list furnished to it as provided in Section 7.1 upon receipt of a new list so furnished.

 

(b)          The rights of Holders to communicate with other Holders with respect to their rights under this Indenture or under the Securities, and the corresponding rights and privileges of the Trustee, shall be as provided by the Trust Indenture Act.

 

(c)          Every Holder of Securities, by receiving and holding the same, agrees with the Company and the Trustee that neither the Company nor the Trustee nor any agent of either of them shall be held accountable by reason of any disclosure of information as to names and addresses of Holders made pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act.

 

Section 7.3            Reports by Trustee .

 

(a)          The Trustee shall transmit to Holders such reports concerning the Trustee and its actions under this Indenture as may be required pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act at the times and in the manner provided pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act. To the extent that any such report is required by the Trust Indenture Act with respect to any 12-month period, such report shall cover the 12-month period ending May 15 and shall be transmitted (in accordance with the Trust Indenture Act) by the next succeeding July 15.

 

(b)          A copy of each such report shall, at the time of such transmission to Holders, be filed by the Trustee with each stock exchange upon which any Securities are listed, with the Commission, and with the Company. The Company will promptly notify the Trustee when any Securities are listed on any stock exchange.

 

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Section 7.4            Reports by Company .

 

The Company shall file with the Trustee and the Commission, and transmit to Holders, such information, documents, and other reports, and such summaries, as may be required pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act at the times and in the manner provided pursuant to such Trust Indenture Act; provided that any such information, documents, or reports required to be filed with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act shall be filed with the Trustee within 15 days after the same is so required to be filed with the Commission.

 

Delivery of such reports, information, and documents to the Trustee is for informational purposes only and the Trustee’s receipt of such shall not constitute actual or constructive notice of any information contained therein or determinable from information contained therein, including the Company’s compliance with any of its covenants hereunder (as to which the Trustee shall be entitled to rely exclusively on Officers’ Certificates).

 

Article VIII

 

Consolidation, Merger, Conveyance, Transfer or Lease

 

Section 8.1            Company May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms .

 

The Company shall not consolidate with or merge into any other Person or convey, transfer, or lease its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to any Person, and the Company shall not permit any Person to consolidate with or merge into the Company or convey, transfer, or lease its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to the Company, unless:

 

(1)         in case the Company shall consolidate with or merge into another Person or convey, transfer, or lease its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to any Person, the Person formed by such consolidation or into which the Company is merged or the Person which acquires by conveyance or transfer, or which leases, the properties and assets of the Company substantially as an entirety shall expressly assume, by a supplemental indenture, 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 all the Securities and the performance or observance of every covenant of this Indenture on the part of the Company to be performed or observed;

 

(2)         immediately after giving effect to such transaction and treating any indebtedness which becomes an obligation of the Company or a Subsidiary as a result of such transaction as having been incurred by the Company or such Subsidiary at the time of such transaction, no Event of Default, and no event which, after notice or lapse of time or both, would become an Event of Default, shall have happened and be continuing; and

 

(3)         the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer, or lease and, if a supplemental indenture is required in connection with such transaction, such supplemental indenture, comply with this Article and that all conditions precedent in this Indenture provided for relating to such transaction have been complied with.

 

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Section 8.2            Successor Substituted .

 

Upon any consolidation of the Company with, or merger of the Company into, any other Person or any conveyance, transfer, or lease of the properties and assets of the Company substantially as an entirety in accordance with Section 8.1, 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 in this Indenture, and thereafter, except in the case of a lease, the predecessor Person shall be relieved of all obligations and covenants under this Indenture and the Securities.

 

Article IX

 

Supplemental Indentures

 

Section 9.1            Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders .

 

Without the consent of any Holders, the Company, when authorized by a Board Resolution, and the Trustee, at any time and from time to time, may enter into one or more supplemental indentures, 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 in this Indenture and in the Securities; or

 

(2)         to add to the covenants of the Company for the benefit of the Holders of all or any series of Securities (and if such covenants are to be for the benefit of less than all series of Securities, stating that such covenants are expressly being included solely for the benefit of such series) or to surrender any right or power conferred in this Indenture upon the Company; or

 

(3)         to add any additional Events of Default for the benefit of the Holders of all or any series of Securities (and if such additional Events of Default are to be for the benefit of less than all series of Securities, stating that such additional Events of Default are expressly being included solely for the benefit of such series); or

 

(4)         to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture to such extent as shall be necessary to permit or facilitate the issuance of Securities in bearer form, registrable or not registrable as to principal, and with or without interest coupons, or to permit or facilitate the issuance of Securities in uncertificated form; or

 

(5)         to add to, change, or eliminate any of the provisions of this Indenture in respect of one or more series of Securities, provided that any such addition, change, or elimination (i) shall neither (A) apply to any Security of any series created prior to the execution of such supplemental indenture and entitled to the benefit of such provision nor (B) modify the rights of the Holder of any such Security with respect to such provision or (ii) shall become effective only when there is no such Security Outstanding; or

 

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(6)         to secure the Securities; or

 

(7)         to establish the form or forms or terms of Securities of any series as permitted by Sections 2.1 and 3.1; or

 

(8)         to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment under this Indenture 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 under this Indenture by more than one Trustee, pursuant to the requirements of Section 6.11(b);

 

(9)         to comply with any requirements of the Commission in connection with qualifying this Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act or conform this Indenture or the Securities of any series to the description thereof contained in any applicable prospectus, prospectus supplement, free writing prospectus, offering memorandum, term sheet or other offering document;

 

(10)        to cure any ambiguity, mistake, defect or inconsistency; or

 

(11)        to make any change, provided that such change shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of Securities of any series in any material respect.

 

Section 9.2            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 a series, by Act of such Holders delivered to the Company and the Trustee, the Company, when authorized by a Board Resolution, and the Trustee may enter into a supplemental indenture or indentures for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series under this Indenture; provided , however , that no such supplemental indenture entered into pursuant to this Section 9.2 shall, without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security affected by such supplemental indenture,

 

(1)         change the Stated Maturity of the principal of, or any installment of principal of or interest on, any Security, or reduce its principal amount or rate of interest or any premium payable upon its redemption, or reduce the amount of the principal of an Original Issue Discount Security or any other Security that would be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of its Maturity pursuant to Section 5.2, or adversely affect any right of repayment at the option of the Holder of any Security, or change any Place of Payment where any Security or any premium or interest is payable, or impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after its Stated Maturity (or, in the case of redemption or mandatory repurchase, on or after the Redemption Date or mandatory repurchase date, as applicable), 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 the provisions of or defaults under this Indenture and their consequences provided for in this Indenture, or

 

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(3)         modify any of the provisions of this Section or Section 5.13, 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 affected Outstanding Security, provided , however , that this clause shall not be deemed to require the consent of any Holder with respect to changes in the references to “the Trustee” and concomitant changes in this Section, or the deletion of this proviso, in accordance with the requirements of Section 6.11(b) and 9.1(8).

 

A supplemental indenture which changes or eliminates any covenant or other provision of this Indenture which has expressly been included solely for the benefit of one or more particular series of Securities, or which modifies the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series with respect to such covenant or other provision, shall be deemed not to affect the rights under this Indenture of the Holders of Securities of any other series.

 

It shall not be necessary for any Act of Holders under this Section to approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture, but it shall be sufficient if such Act shall approve the substance of such supplemental indenture.

 

Section 9.3            Execution of Supplemental Indentures .

 

In executing, or accepting the additional trusts created by, any supplemental indenture permitted by this Article or the modifications of the trusts created by this Indenture, the Trustee shall be provided with in addition to the documents required by Section 1.2, and (subject to Section 6.1) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such supplemental indenture is authorized or permitted by this Indenture. The Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into any such supplemental indenture which affects the Trustee’s own rights, duties, liabilities or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.

 

Section 9.4            Effect of Supplemental Indentures .

 

Upon the execution of any supplemental indenture under this Article, this Indenture shall be modified in accordance with such supplemental indenture, and such supplemental indenture shall form a part of this Indenture for all purposes; and every Holder of Securities previously or subsequently authenticated and delivered under this Indenture shall be bound by such supplemental indenture.

 

Section 9.5            Conformity With Trust Indenture Act .

 

Every supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this Article shall conform to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act.

 

Section 9.6            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 Company, bear a notation in form approved by the Company 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.

 

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Section 9.7            Notice of Supplemental Indentures .

 

After any supplemental indenture under this Article becomes effective, the Company may give to the Holders of Securities, in the manner referred to in Section 1.6, a notice briefly describing such supplemental indenture; provided, however, that the failure to give such notice to all Holders of Securities, or any defect therein, shall not impair or affect the validity of such supplemental indenture.

 

Article X

 

Covenants

 

Section 10.1          Payment of Principal, Premium, and Interest .

 

The Company covenants and agrees for the benefit of each series of Securities that it will duly and punctually pay the principal of and any premium and interest on the Securities of that series in accordance with the terms of the Securities and this Indenture.

 

Section 10.2          Maintenance of Office or Agency .

 

The Company will maintain in each Place of Payment for any series of Securities an office or agency where Securities of that series may be presented or surrendered for payment, where Securities of that series may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange, and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities of that series and this Indenture may be served. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location, and any change in the location, of such office or agency. If at any time the Company shall fail to maintain any such required office or agency or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with its address, such presentations, surrenders, notices, and demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and the Company appoints the Trustee as its agent to receive all such presentations, surrenders, notices, and demands.

 

The Company may also from time to time designate one or more other offices or agencies where the Securities of one or more series may be presented or surrendered for any or all such purposes and may from time to time rescind such designations; 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 will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such designation or rescission and of any change in the location of any such other office or agency.

 

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Section 10.3          Money for Securities Payments to Be Held in Trust .

 

If the Company shall at any time act as its own Paying Agent with respect to any series of Securities, it will, on or before each due date of the principal of or any premium or interest on any of the Securities of that series, segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such principal, premium, or interest a sum sufficient to pay the principal and any premium and interest so becoming due until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as provided in this Indenture and will promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure to act.

 

Whenever the Company shall have one or more Paying Agents for any series of Securities, it will, prior to each due date of the principal of or any premium or interest on any Securities of that series, deposit with a Paying Agent a sum sufficient to pay such amount, such sum to be held as provided by the Trust Indenture Act, and (unless such Paying Agent is the Trustee) the Company will promptly notify the Trustee in writing of its action or failure to act.

 

The Company will cause each Paying Agent for any series of Securities other than the Trustee to execute and deliver to the Trustee an instrument in which such Paying Agent shall agree with the Trustee, subject to the provisions of this Section, that such Paying Agent will (i) comply with the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act applicable to it as a Paying Agent and (ii) during the continuance of any default by the Company (or any other obligor upon the Securities of that series) in the making of any payment in respect of the Securities of that series, and upon the written request of the Trustee, immediately pay to the Trustee all sums held in trust by such Paying Agent for payment in respect of the Securities of that series.

 

The Company may at any time, for the purpose of obtaining the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture or for any other purpose, pay, or by Company Order direct any Paying Agent to pay, to the Trustee all sums held in trust by the Company or such Paying Agent, such sums to be held by the Trustee upon the same trusts as those upon which such sums were held by the Company or such Paying Agent; and, upon such payment by any Paying Agent to the Trustee, such Paying Agent shall be released from all further liability with respect to such money.

 

Subject to applicable abandoned property laws, any money deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held by the Company, in trust for the payment of the principal of or any premium or interest on any Security of any series and remaining unclaimed for two years after such principal, premium, or interest has become due and payable shall be paid to the Company on Company Request, or (if then held by the Company) shall be discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such Security shall thereafter, as an unsecured general creditor, look only to the Company for payment, and all liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such trust money, and all liability of the Company as trustee, shall cease at such time.

 

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Section 10.4          Statement by Officers as to Default .

 

The Company will deliver to the Trustee, within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Company ending after the date of this Indenture, an Officers’ Certificate (one of the signers of which shall be the principal executive officer, principal financial officer, or principal accounting officer of the Company), stating whether or not, to the best knowledge of the signers, the Company is in default in the performance and observance of any of the terms, provisions, and conditions of this Indenture (without regard to any period of grace or requirement of notice provided under this Indenture) and, if the Company shall be in default, specifying all such defaults and their nature and status of which they may have knowledge. The Company will deliver to the Trustee written notice of the occurrence of any Event of Default or default (which word has the meaning of the word “default” as used in Section 6.2), within ten (10) Business Days of the Company becoming aware of any such Event of Default or default and setting forth the detail of such Event of Default or default and the action the Company proposes to take with respect thereto.

 

Section 10.5          Existence .

 

Subject to Article VIII, the Company will do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its existence, rights (charter and statutory), and franchises; provided , however , that the Company shall not be required to preserve any such right or franchise if the Board of Directors shall determine that its preservation is no longer desirable in the conduct of the business of the Company and that its loss is not disadvantageous in any material respect to the Holders.

 

Article XI

 

Redemption of Securities

 

Section 11.1          Applicability of Article .

 

Securities of any series which are redeemable before their Stated Maturity shall be redeemable in accordance with their terms and (except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.1 for Securities of any series) in accordance with this Article.

 

Section 11.2          Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee .

 

The election of the Company to redeem any Securities shall be evidenced by a Board Resolution or in another manner specified as contemplated by Section 3.1 for such Securities. In case of any redemption at the election of the Company, the Company shall, at least 60 calendar days prior to the Redemption Date fixed by the Company (unless a shorter notice shall be satisfactory to the Trustee), notify the Trustee of such Redemption Date, of the principal amount of Securities of such series to be redeemed and, if applicable, of the tenor of the Securities to be redeemed. In the case of any redemption of Securities prior to the expiration of any restriction on such redemption provided in the terms of such Securities or elsewhere in this Indenture, the Company shall furnish the Trustee with an Officers’ Certificate evidencing compliance with such restriction.

 

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Section 11.3          Selection of Securities to Be Redeemed .

 

If less than all the Securities of any series are to be redeemed (unless all of the Securities of such series and of a specified tenor are to be redeemed or such series is comprised of a single Security), the particular Securities to be redeemed shall be selected from the Outstanding Securities of such series not previously called for redemption (i) in the case of Global Securities, in accordance with applicable procedures of the Depositary or (b) if there are no such requirements of the Depositary, on a pro rata basis and in compliance with any applicable securities exchange rules or (ii) by lot and which may provide for the selection for redemption of portions (equal to the minimum authorized denomination for Securities of that series or any integral multiple of such denomination) of the principal amount of Securities of such series of a denomination larger than the minimum authorized denomination for Securities of that series. If less than all of the Securities of such series and of a specified tenor are to be redeemed (unless such series is comprised of a single Security), the particular Securities to be redeemed shall be selected from the Outstanding Securities of such series and specified tenor not previously called for redemption in accordance with the preceding sentence.

 

For all purposes of this Indenture, unless the context otherwise requires, all provisions relating to the redemption of Securities shall relate, in the case of any Securities redeemed or to be redeemed only in part, to the portion of the principal amount of such Securities which has been or is to be redeemed.

 

Section 11.4          Notice of Redemption .

 

Notice of redemption shall be given by first-class mail, postage prepaid, mailed not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date, to each Holder of Securities to be redeemed, at his address appearing in the Security Register.

 

All notices of redemption shall state:

 

(1)         the Redemption Date,

 

(2)         the Redemption Price (or, if not determinable, the methodology for determining the Redemption Price) and accrued interest, if any,

 

(3)         if less than all the Outstanding Securities of any series are to be redeemed, the identification (and, in the case of partial redemption of any Securities, the principal amounts) of the particular Securities to be redeemed, and that on or after the date fixed for redemption, upon surrender of such Security, a new Security or Securities of such series in authorized denominations for an aggregate principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion will be issued,

 

(4)         that on the Redemption Date the Redemption Price and accrued interest, if any, will become due and payable upon each such Security to be redeemed and that interest on such Security will cease to accrue on and after such date,

 

(5)         the place or places where such Securities are to be surrendered for payment of the Redemption Price and accrued interest, if any,

 

(6)         that the redemption is for a sinking fund, if such is the case, and

 

(7)         the CUSIP numbers”, “ISIN” or other similar numbers, if any, of the Securities to be redeemed.

 

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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 (delivered to the Trustee, together with a form of notice of redemption, at least 45 days (unless a shorter period shall be acceptable to the Trustee) prior to the Redemption Date) , by the Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Company and shall be irrevocable.

 

Section 11.5          Deposit of Redemption Price .

 

Prior to 10:00 a.m., New York City time on the Redemption Date, the Company shall deposit with the Trustee or with a Paying Agent (or, if the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent, segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section 10.3) an amount of money sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of, and (except if the Redemption Date shall be an Interest Payment Date) accrued interest on, all the Securities which are to be redeemed on that date.

 

Section 11.6          Securities Payable on Redemption Date .

 

Notice of redemption having been given in accordance with this Indenture, the Securities to be redeemed shall, on the Redemption Date, become due and payable at the Redemption Price specified in the notice, and from and after such date (unless the Company shall default in the payment of the Redemption Price and accrued interest) such Securities shall cease to bear interest. Upon surrender of any such Security for redemption in accordance with such notice, such Security shall be paid by the Company at the Redemption Price, together with accrued interest to the Redemption Date; provided , however , that, unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.1, installments of interest whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to the Redemption Date shall be payable to the Holders of such Securities, or one or more Predecessor Securities, registered as such at the close of business on the relevant Record Dates according to their terms and the provisions of Section 3.7.

 

If any Security called for redemption shall not be so paid upon surrender for redemption, the principal and any premium shall, until paid, bear interest from the Redemption Date at the rate prescribed in the Security.

 

Section 11.7          Securities Redeemed in Part .

 

Any Security which is to be redeemed only in part shall be surrendered at a Place of Payment (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 or his attorney duly authorized in writing), and the Company shall execute, and the Trustee may authenticate and deliver to the Holder of such Security without service charge, a new Security or Securities of the same series and of like tenor, of any authorized denomination as requested by such Holder, in aggregate principal amount equal to and in exchange for the unredeemed portion of the principal of the Security so surrendered.

 

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Article XII

 

Sinking Funds

 

Section 12.1          Applicability of Article .

 

The provisions of this Article shall be applicable to any sinking fund for the retirement of Securities of a series except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.1 for Securities of such series.

 

The minimum amount of any sinking fund payment provided for by the terms of Securities of any series is referred to in this Indenture as a “mandatory sinking fund payment”, and any payment in excess of such minimum amount provided for by the terms of Securities of any series is referred to in this Indenture as an “optional sinking fund payment”. If provided for by the terms of Securities of any series, the cash amount of any sinking fund payment may be subject to reduction as provided in Section 12.2. Each sinking fund payment shall be applied to the redemption of Securities of any series as provided for by the terms of Securities of such series.

 

Section 12.2          Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities .

 

The Company (1) may deliver Securities of a series (other than any previously called for redemption) and (2) may apply as a credit Securities of a series which previously have been redeemed by the Company either at the election of the Company pursuant to the terms of such Securities or through the application of permitted optional sinking fund payments pursuant to the terms of such Securities, or have been otherwise acquired by the Company as permitted by such Securities, in each case in satisfaction of all or any part of any sinking fund payment with respect to the Securities of such series required to be made pursuant to the terms of such Securities as provided for by the terms of such series; provided that such Securities have not been previously so credited. Such Securities shall be received and credited for such purpose by the Trustee at the Redemption Price specified in such Securities for redemption through operation of the sinking fund and the amount of such sinking fund payment shall be reduced accordingly.

 

Section 12.3          Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund .

 

Not less than 90 days prior to each sinking fund payment date for any series of Securities, the Company will deliver to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate specifying the amount of the next ensuing sinking fund payment for that series pursuant to the terms of that series, the portion, if any, which is to be satisfied by payment of cash and the portion, if any, which is to be satisfied by delivering and crediting Securities of that series pursuant to Section 12.2 and the basis for such credit and will also deliver to the Trustee any Securities to be so delivered. Not less than 30 days before each such sinking fund payment date the Securities to be redeemed upon such sinking fund payment date shall be selected in the manner specified in Section 11.3 and the Trustee shall cause notice of redemption to be given in the name of and at the expense of the Company in the manner provided in Section 11.4. Such notice having been duly given, the redemption of such Securities shall be made upon the terms and in the manner stated in Sections 11.6 and 11.7.

 

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Article XIII

 

Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance

 

Section 13.1          Applicability of Article; Company’s Option to Effect Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance .

 

If, pursuant to Section 3.1, provision is made for either or both of (a) Defeasance of the Securities of a series under Section 13.2 or (b) Covenant Defeasance of the Securities of a series under Section 13.3, then the provisions of such Section or Sections, as the case may be, together with the other provisions of this Article XIII, shall be applicable to the Securities of such series, and the Company may at its option by Board Resolution or in any other manner specified as contemplated by Section 3.1, at any time, with respect to the Securities of such series, elect to have either Section 13.2 (if applicable) or Section 13.3 (if applicable) be applied to the Outstanding Securities of such series upon compliance with the conditions set forth below in this Article XIII.

 

Section 13.2          Defeasance and Discharge .

 

Upon the Company’s exercise of the above option applicable to this Section, the Company shall be deemed to have been discharged from its obligations with respect to the Outstanding Securities of such series on and after the date the conditions precedent set forth in Section 13.3 are satisfied (“Defeasance”). For this purpose, such Defeasance means that the Company shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire indebtedness represented by the Outstanding Securities of such series and to have satisfied all its other obligations under such Securities and this Indenture, insofar as such Securities are concerned (and the Trustee, upon Company Order and 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 under this Indenture: (A) the rights of Holders of Outstanding Securities of such series to receive, solely from the trust fund described in Section 13.4 as more fully set forth in such Section, payments of the principal of (any premium, if any) and interest on such Securities when such payments are due, (B) the Company’s obligations with respect to such Securities under Sections 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 6.7, 10.2, and 10.3, and any ancillary obligations, (C) the rights, powers, trusts, duties, immunities, and other provisions in respect of the Trustee under this Indenture, and (D) this Article XIII. Subject to compliance with this Article XIII, the Company may exercise its option under this Section 13.2 notwithstanding the prior exercise of its option under Section 13.3 with respect to the Securities of such series. Following a Defeasance, payment of the Securities of such series may not be accelerated because of an Event of Default.

 

Section 13.3          Covenant Defeasance .

 

Upon the Company’s exercise of the above option applicable to this Section and after the date the conditions set forth below are satisfied (“Covenant Defeasance”), (1) the Company shall be released from its obligations under any covenant applicable to such Securities that is determined pursuant to Section 3.1 to be subject to this provision, and (2) the occurrence of any event specified in Section 5.1(5) or 5.1(6) solely with respect to Significant Subsidiaries, Section 5.1(7) or determined pursuant to Section 3.1 to be subject to this provision shall not be deemed to be or result in an Event of Default. For this purpose, such Covenant Defeasance means that, with respect to the Outstanding Securities of such series, 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 whether directly or indirectly by reason of any reference elsewhere in this Indenture to any such Section or by reason of any reference in any such Section to any other provision in this Indenture or in any other document, but the remainder of this Indenture and such Securities shall be unaffected by such Covenant Defeasance.

 

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Section 13.4          Conditions to Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance .

 

The following shall be the conditions precedent to application of either Section 13.2 or Section 13.3 to the Outstanding Securities of such series:

 

(1)         The Company shall irrevocably have deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee (or another trustee which satisfies the requirements contemplated by Section 6.9 and agrees to comply with the provisions of the Indenture applicable to it as if it were the Trustee under this Indenture), as trust funds in trust for the purpose of making the following payments, and dedicated solely to, the benefit of the Holders of such Securities, (A) money in an amount, or (B) U.S. Government Obligations which through the scheduled payment of principal and interest in accordance with their terms will provide, not later than one day before the due date of any payment, money in an amount, or (C) a combination of such money and U.S. Government Obligations, in each case sufficient, without reinvestment, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants or investment bankers expressed in a written certification delivered to the Trustee, to pay and discharge, and which shall be applied by the Trustee (or any such other qualifying trustee as previously provided) to pay and discharge, the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the Outstanding Securities of such series on the Maturity of such principal, any premium or interest, and any mandatory sinking fund payments or analogous payments applicable to the Outstanding Securities of such series on their due dates. Before such a deposit, the Company may make arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the redemption of Securities at a future date or dates in accordance with Article XI, which shall be given effect in applying the foregoing provisions. For this purpose, “U.S. Government Obligations” means securities that are (x) direct obligations of the United States of America for the payment of which its full faith and credit is pledged, or (y) obligations of a Person controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of the United States of America the payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation by the United States of America, which, in either case, are not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer, and shall also include a depository receipt issued by a bank (as defined in Section 3(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended), which may include the Trustee, as custodian with respect to any such U.S. Government Obligation or a specific payment of principal of or interest on any such U.S. Government Obligation held by such custodian for the account of the holder of such 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 U.S. Government Obligation or the specific payment of principal of or interest on the U.S. Government Obligation evidenced by such depository receipt.

 

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(2)         No Event of Default or event which with notice or lapse of time or both would become an Event of Default with respect to the Securities of such series shall have occurred and be continuing (A) on the date of such deposit or (B) insofar as subsections 5.1(1) and (2) are concerned, at any time during the period ending on the 120th day after the date of such deposit or, if longer, ending on the day following the expiration of the preference period applicable to the Company under federal law in respect of such deposit (it being understood that the condition in this clause (B) shall not be deemed satisfied until the expiration of such period).

 

(3)         Such Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall not (A) cause the Trustee in respect of the Securities of such series to have a conflicting interest as defined in Section 6.8 or for purposes of the Trust Indenture Act with respect to any Securities of the Company or (B) result in the trust arising from such deposit to constitute, unless it is qualified as, a regulated investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

 

(4)         Such Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, this Indenture or any other agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party or by which it is bound.

 

(5)         Such Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall not cause any Securities of such series then listed on any registered national securities exchange under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, to be delisted.

 

(6)         In the case of an election under Section 13.2, the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel stating that (x) the Company has received from, or there has been published by, the Internal Revenue Service a ruling, or (y) since the date of this Indenture there has been a change in the applicable federal income tax law, in either case to the effect that, and based on such ruling or change such opinion shall confirm that, the Holders of the Outstanding Securities of such series 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.

 

(7)         In the case of an election under Section 13.3, the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the Holders of the Outstanding Securities of such series 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.

 

(8)         The Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that (subject to customary qualifications and assumptions) after the period described in Section 13.4(2), the trust funds will not be subject to the effect of any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally.

 

(9)         Such Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall be effected in compliance with any additional terms, conditions, or limitations which may be imposed on the Company in connection with such Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance pursuant to Section 3.1.

 

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(10)        The Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent provided for in this Indenture relating to either the Defeasance under Section 13.2 or the Covenant Defeasance under Section 13.3 (as the case may be) have been complied with.

 

Section 13.5          Deposited Money and U.S. Government Obligations to be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions .

 

Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 10.3, all money and U.S. Government Obligations (including any proceeds) deposited with the Trustee or other qualifying trustee (solely for purposes of this Section and Section 13.6, the Trustee and any such other qualifying trustee are referred to collectively as the “Trustee”) pursuant to Section 13.4 in respect of the Outstanding Securities of such series shall be held in trust and applied by the Trustee, in accordance with the provisions of such Securities and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (but not including the Company acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Holders of such Securities, of all sums due and to become due on such Securities in respect of principal (and premium, if any) and interest, but such money need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.

 

The Company shall pay and indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee, or other charge imposed on or assessed against the money or U.S. Government Obligations deposited pursuant to Section 13.4 or the principal and interest received in respect of such money or U.S. Government Obligations other than any such tax, fee, or other charge which by law is for the account of the Holders of Outstanding Securities.

 

Anything in this Indenture to the contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee shall deliver or pay to the Company from time to time upon Company Request any money or U.S. Government Obligations held by it as provided in Section 13.4 which, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification delivered to the Trustee, are in excess of the amount which would then be required to be deposited to effect an equivalent Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.

 

Section 13.6          Reinstatement .

 

If the Trustee or the Paying Agent is unable to apply any money or U.S. Government Obligations in accordance with Section 13.5 by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining, or otherwise prohibiting such application, then the Company’s obligations under the Securities of such series shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to this Article XIII until such time as the Trustee or Paying Agent is permitted to apply all such money and U.S. Government Obligations in accordance with Section 13.5; provided , however , that if the Company makes any payment of principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on any such Security following the reinstatement of its obligations, the Company shall be entitled, at its election, (a) to receive from the Trustee or Paying Agent, as applicable, that portion of such money or U.S. Government Obligations held by the Trustee or the Paying Agent, as applicable, equal to the amount of such payment, or (b) to be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such Securities to receive such payment from the money and U.S. Government Obligations held by the Trustee or the Paying Agent.

 

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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. The exchange of copies of this Indenture and of signature pages by facsimile or electronic format ( i.e. , “pdf” or “tif”) transmission shall constitute effective execution and delivery of this Indenture as to the parties hereto and may be used in lieu of the original Indenture for all purposes. Signatures of the parties hereto transmitted by facsimile or electronic format ( i.e. , “pdf” or “tif”) shall be deemed to be their original signatures for all purposes.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Indenture to be duly executed as of the day and year first above written.

 

  INTERNATIONAL SEAWAYS, INC.
   
  By: /s/ James D. Small III
  Name: James D. Small III
  Title: Chief Administrative Officer, Senior Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel
   
  THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, as Trustee
   
  By: /s/ Laurence J. O’Brien
  Name: Laurence J. O’Brien
  Title: Vice President

 

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Exhibit 4.2

 

This FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE (this “ First Supplemental Indenture ”), dated as of May 31, 2018, between INTERNATIONAL SEAWAYS, INC., a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the Republic of The Marshall Islands (the “ Company ”), and THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, a New York corporation, as trustee (the “ Trustee ”).

 

RECITALS

 

WHEREAS, the Company and the Trustee have heretofore executed and delivered an indenture, dated as of May 31, 2018 (the “ Indenture ”), providing for the issuance by the Company from time to time of its Securities to be issued in one or more series;

 

WHEREAS, Sections 2.1, 3.1 and 9.1 of the Indenture provide, among other things, that the Company and the Trustee may, without the consent of Holders, enter into indentures supplemental to the Indenture to provide for specific terms applicable to any series of Securities;

 

WHEREAS, the Company intends by this First Supplemental Indenture to create and provide for the issuance of a new series of Securities to be designated as the “8.50% Senior Notes due 2023” (the “ Notes ”);

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 9.1(7) of the Indenture, the Trustee and the Company are authorized to execute and deliver this First Supplemental Indenture to amend or supplement the Indenture, without the consent of any Holder of Securities; and

 

WHEREAS, all things necessary to make the Notes, when executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee, issued upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth hereinafter and in the Indenture and delivered as provided in the Indenture against payment therefor, valid, binding and legal obligations of the Company according to their terms, and all actions required to be taken by the Company under the Indenture to make this First Supplemental Indenture a valid, binding and legal agreement of the Company, have been done.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and for other good and valuable consideration, the sufficiency and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

 

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE

 

Section 1.01. Definitions .

 

(a)        All capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined below shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Indenture.

 

 

 

 

(b)        The following are definitions used in this First Supplemental Indenture, and to the extent that a term is defined both herein and in the Indenture, the definition in this First Supplemental Indenture shall govern with respect to the Notes.

 

Cash and Cash Equivalents ” means, as of a given date, the Company’s cash and cash equivalents as determined in accordance with U.S. GAAP.

 

Continuing Director ” means a director who either was a member of the Board of Directors on the issue date of the Notes or who becomes a member of the Board of Directors subsequent to that date and whose election, appointment or nomination for election by the Company’s stockholders is duly approved by a majority of the continuing directors on the Board of Directors at the time of such approval, either by a specific vote or by approval of the proxy statement issued by the Company on behalf of the entire Board of Directors in which such individual is named as nominee for director.

 

Credit Facility ” means, with respect to the Company or any Subsidiary, any debt or commercial paper facilities with banks or other lenders providing for revolving credit or term loans or any agreement treated as a finance or capital lease in accordance with U.S. GAAP.

 

Cross Default ” means, a default by the Company under any Credit Facility if such default:

 

(a) is caused by a failure to pay principal of, or interest or premium, if any, on outstanding indebtedness under such Credit Facility (other than non-recourse indebtedness of any Subsidiary) prior to the expiration of the grace period for payment of such indebtedness set forth in such Credit Facility (“ payment default ”); or

 

(b) results in the acceleration of such indebtedness prior to its maturity;

 

and, in each case, the principal amount of any such indebtedness, together with the principal amount of any other such indebtedness under which there has been a payment default or the maturity of which has been so accelerated, aggregates $35 million or more.

 

Default ” means any event that is, or after notice or passage of time or both would be, an Event of Default.

 

Immaterial Subsidiary ” means any Subsidiary of the Company that is not a Significant Subsidiary.

 

Intangible Assets ” means, in respect of the Company as of a given date, the intangible assets of the Company of the types, if any, presented in the Company’s consolidated balance sheet.

 

Net Worth ” means, as of a given date, the result of, without duplication:

 

(a) Total Assets, less

 

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(b) Intangible Assets, less

 

(c) Total Borrowings (without giving effect to any fair value adjustments pursuant to FASB’s Accounting Standards Codification 820).

 

Non-Recourse Liabilities ” means, in respect of the Company or any Subsidiary thereof as of a given date, the non-recourse liabilities as described in subparts (a)-(h) of the definition of Total Borrowings which neither the Company nor any other Subsidiary thereof provides any credit support of any kind to or is directly or indirectly liable as a guarantor or otherwise, other than a pledge of the equity interests in the Non- Recourse Subsidiary.

 

Non-Recourse Subsidiary ” means any Subsidiary of the Company that has only Non-Recourse Liabilities.

 

Restricted Payment ” means any dividend or other distribution (whether in cash, securities or other property) with respect to any shares of any class of capital stock of or other ownership interests in the Company or any Subsidiary, or any payment (whether in cash, securities or other property), including any sinking fund or similar deposit, on account of the purchase, redemption, retirement, acquisition, cancellation or termination of any such shares of capital stock of or other ownership interests in the Company or any Subsidiary or any option, warrant or other right to acquire any such shares of capital stock of or other ownership interests in the Company or any Subsidiary.

 

Significant Subsidiaries ” or “ Significant Subsidiary ” means the “significant subsidiaries” or any “significant subsidiary” of the Company, as defined in Rule 1-02(w) of Regulation S-X under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

Total Assets ” means, in respect of the Company on a consolidated basis, as of a given date the aggregate of the following, without duplication:

 

(a) all of the assets of the Company of the types presented on its consolidated balance sheet; less

 

(b) Cash and Cash Equivalents; less

 

(c) Non-Recourse Liabilities; and less

 

(d) assets under any vessel construction or ship purchase agreement (including novation and assignment and assumption agreements) that the Company is required to record on its books under U.S. GAAP even though the Company is no longer the legal owner of the vessel or legally obligated to take delivery of the vessel.

 

Total Borrowings ” means, in respect of the Company on a consolidated basis, as of a given date the aggregate of the following, without duplication:

 

(a) the outstanding principal amount of any moneys borrowed; plus

 

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(b) the outstanding principal amount of any acceptance under any acceptance credit; plus

 

(c) the outstanding principal amount of any bond, note, debenture or other similar instrument; plus

 

(d) the book values of indebtedness under a lease, charter, hire purchase agreement or other similar arrangement which would, in accordance with U.S. GAAP, be treated as a finance or capital lease; plus

 

(e) the outstanding principal amount of all moneys owing in connection with the sale or discounting of receivables (otherwise than on a non-recourse basis or which otherwise meet any requirements for de-recognition under U.S. GAAP); plus

 

(f) the outstanding principal amount of any indebtedness arising from any deferred payment agreements arranged primarily as a method of raising finance or financing the acquisition of an asset (except trade payables); plus

 

(g) any fixed or minimum premium payable on the repayment or redemption of any instrument referred to in clause (c) above; plus

 

(h) the outstanding principal amount of any indebtedness of any person of a type referred to in the above clauses of this definition which is the subject of a guarantee given by the Company to the extent that such guaranteed indebtedness is determined and given a value in respect of the Company on a consolidated basis in accordance with U.S. GAAP; less

 

(i) Cash and Cash Equivalents; less

 

(j) Non-Recourse Liabilities.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, “ Total Borrowings ” shall not include any of the following:

 

(a) indebtedness or obligations arising from derivative transactions, such as protecting against interest rate or currency fluctuations;

 

(b) indebtedness under any vessel construction or ship purchase agreement (including novation and assignment and assumption agreements) that the Company is required to record on its books under U.S. GAAP even though the Company is no longer the legal owner of the vessel or legally obligated to take delivery of the vessel;

 

(c) preferred or prepaid revenues;

 

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(d) purchase price holdbacks in respect of a portion of the purchase price of an asset to satisfy warranty or other unperformed obligations of the seller of such asset; and

 

(e) any obligations constituting the exercise of appraisal rights and settlements of any claim of actions (whether actual, contingent or potential) with respect thereto.

 

U.S. GAAP ” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America.

 

Voting Stock ” of any specified Person as of any date means the capital stock of such Person that is at the time entitled to vote generally in the election of the board of directors of such Person.

 

For purposes of the foregoing definitions and the covenants set forth in Article V of this First Supplemental Indenture, any accounting term, phrase, calculation, determination or treatment used, required or referred to is to be construed in accordance with U.S. GAAP in effect as of March 31, 2018.

 

Section 1.02. Other Definitions .

 

Term

Defined in Section

Additional Amounts   7.01(a)
     
Change of Control   4.01(a)
     
Change of Control Purchase Date   4.01(a)
     
Change of Control Purchase Price   4.01(a)
     
Interest Payment Date   2.04(c)
     
Maturity Date   2.04(b)
     
Regular Record Date   2.04(c)
     
Specified Tax Jurisdiction   7.01(a)
     
Taxes   7.01(a)

 

Section 1.03. Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act .

 

This First Supplemental Indenture is subject to the mandatory provisions of the Trust Indenture Act, which are incorporated by reference in and made a part of this First Supplemental Indenture. The following Trust Indenture Act terms have the following meanings:

 

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“Commission” means the SEC.

 

“indenture securities” means the Notes.

 

“indenture security holder” means a Holder.

 

“indenture to be qualified” means this First Supplemental Indenture.

 

“indenture trustee” or “institutional trustee” means the Trustee.

 

“obligor” on the indenture securities means the Company and any other obligor on the indenture securities.

 

All other Trust Indenture Act terms used in this First Supplemental Indenture that are defined by the Trust Indenture Act, defined by Trust Indenture Act reference to another statute or defined by Commission rules promulgated under the Trust Indenture Act have the meanings assigned to them by such definitions.

 

ARTICLE II

APPLICATION OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
AND CREATION, FORMS, TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF NOTES

 

Section 2.01. Application of this First Supplemental Indenture . Notwithstanding any other provision of this First Supplemental Indenture, the provisions of this First Supplemental Indenture, including the covenants set forth herein, are expressly and solely for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes. The Notes constitute a separate series of Securities as provided in Section 3.1 of the Indenture.

 

Section 2.02. Creation of the Notes . In accordance with Section 3.1 of the Indenture, the Company hereby creates the Notes as a separate series of its Securities issued pursuant to the Indenture. The Notes shall be issued initially in an aggregate principal amount of up to $28,750,000.

 

Section 2.03. Global Notes . The Notes shall each be issued in the form of a global Security, duly executed by the Company and authenticated by the Trustee, which shall be deposited with the Trustee as custodian for the Depository and registered in the name of “Cede & Co.,” as the nominee of the Depository. The Depository Trust Company initially shall serve as Depository for the Notes. So long as the Depository, or its nominee, is the registered owner of a global Security, the Depository or its nominee, as the case may be, shall be considered the sole owner or Holder of the Notes represented by such global Security for all purposes under the Indenture and under such Notes. Ownership of beneficial interests in such global Security shall be shown on, and transfers thereof will be effective only through, records maintained by the Depository or its nominee (with respect to beneficial interests of participants) or by participants or Persons that hold interests through participants (with respect to beneficial interests of beneficial owners).

 

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Section 2.04. Terms and Conditions of the Notes .

 

The Notes shall be governed by all the terms and conditions of the Indenture, as supplemented by this First Supplemental Indenture. In particular, the following provisions shall be terms of the Notes:

 

(a)        Title and Conditions of the Notes . The title of the Notes shall be as specified in the Recitals; and the aggregate principal amount of the Notes shall be unlimited.

 

(b)        Stated Maturity . The Notes shall mature, and the principal of the Notes shall be due and payable in U.S. dollars to the Holders thereof, together with all accrued and unpaid interest thereon, on June 30, 2023 (the “ Maturity Date ”).

 

(c)        Payment of Principal and Interest; Additional Amounts . The Notes shall bear interest at 8.50% per annum, from and including May 31, 2018 , or from the most recent Interest Payment Date (as defined hereafter) on which interest has been paid or provided for until the principal thereof becomes due and payable, and on any overdue principal. Interest shall be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months. Interest on the Notes shall be payable quarterly in arrears in U.S. dollars on March 30, June 30, September 30 and December 30 of each year, commencing on September 30, 2018 (each such date, an “ Interest Payment Date ” for the purposes of the Notes issued under this First Supplemental Indenture). Payments of interest shall be made to the Person in whose name a Note (or predecessor Note) is registered at the close of business on March 15, June 15, September 15 or December 15  (whether or not that date is a Business Day), as the case may be, immediately preceding such Interest Payment Date (each such date, a “ Regular Record Date ” for the purposes of the Notes issued under this First Supplemental Indenture). All payments in respect of the Notes shall include Additional Amounts as and to the extent set forth in Article VII of this First Supplemental Indenture.

 

(d)        Registration and Form; Denomination . The Notes shall be issuable as registered securities as provided in Section 2.03 of this Article II. The form of the Notes shall be as set forth in Exhibit A attached hereto, which is incorporated herein by reference. The Notes shall be issued and may be transferred only in minimum denomination of $25.00 and integral multiples of $25.00 in excess thereof.

 

(e)        Defeasance and Discharge; Covenant Defeasance . The provisions for defeasance and discharge in Section 13.2 of the Indenture, and the provisions for covenant defeasance in Section 13.3 of the Indenture, shall be applicable to the Notes. If the Company shall effect a covenant defeasance of the Notes pursuant to Section 13.3 of the Indenture, (1) the Company shall cease to have any obligation to comply with the covenants and agreements set forth in Articles IV and V of this First Supplemental Indenture and Section 7.4 of the Indenture and (2) the Events of Default set forth in Sections 5.1(5) and 5.1(6) of the Indenture (but only with respect to Significant Subsidiaries), the Event of Default set forth in Section 6.01(c) of this First Supplemental Indenture and the Event of Default set forth in Section 5.1(7) of the Indenture, shall no longer constitute Events of Default for purposes of the Notes.

 

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(f)        Further Issuance . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in the Indenture, the Company may, from time to time, without the consent of or notice to the Holders, create and issue further securities having the same interest rate, maturity and other terms (except for the issue date, the public offering price and the first Interest Payment Date) as, ranking equally and ratably with, the Notes. Additional Notes issued in this manner shall be issued under a separate CUSIP or ISIN number unless such additional Notes are issued pursuant to a “qualified reopening” of the original Notes, are otherwise treated as part of the same “issue” of debt instruments as the original Notes or both the original Notes and the additional Notes are issued with no more than a de minimis amount of original discount, in each case for United States federal income tax purposes. No such additional securities may be issued if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing with respect to the Notes.

 

(g)        Redemption . The Notes will be redeemable by the Company at its option prior to maturity as set forth in Sections 3.01 and 3.02 of this First Supplemental Indenture.

 

(h)        Sinking Fund . The Notes are not entitled to any sinking fund.

 

(i)        Other Terms and Conditions . The Notes shall have such other terms and conditions as provided in the form thereof attached as Exhibit A hereto.

 

ARTICLE III

REDEMPTION

 

Section 3.01. Optional Redemption for Changes in Withholding Taxes . The Company may redeem the Notes, at its option, at any time in whole but not in part, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ notice (which notice will be irrevocable), at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of the outstanding principal amount of Notes, plus accrued and unpaid interest (if any) to, but not including, the applicable Redemption Date and all Additional Amounts (if any) then due and which will become due on the applicable Redemption Date (subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date and Additional Amounts (if any) in respect thereof), in the event that the Company determines in good faith that the Company has become or would become obligated to pay, on the next date on which any amount would be payable with respect to the Notes, Additional Amounts and such obligation cannot be avoided by taking reasonable measures available to the Company (including making payment through a Paying Agent located in another jurisdiction), as a result of:

 

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(a)       a change in or an amendment to the laws (including any regulations or rulings promulgated thereunder) of any Specified Tax Jurisdiction affecting taxation, which change or amendment is announced or becomes effective on or after the date of the Indenture; or

 

(b)        any change in or amendment to any official position of a taxing authority in any Specified Tax Jurisdiction regarding the application, administration or interpretation of such laws, regulations or rulings (including a holding, judgment or order by a court of competent jurisdiction), which change or amendment is announced or becomes effective on or after the date of the Indenture.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, no such notice of redemption for changes in withholding taxes may be given earlier than 60 days prior to the earliest date on which the Company would be obligated to pay Additional Amounts if a payment in respect of the Notes were then due. Before the Company publishes, mails or delivers notice of redemption of the Notes, the Company will deliver to the Trustee and Paying Agent (a) an Officers’ Certificate stating that the Company is entitled to effect such redemption and setting forth a statement of facts showing that the conditions precedent to the right of the Company to so redeem have occurred and (b) an opinion of independent legal counsel of recognized standing that the Company has or will become obligated to pay Additional Amounts as a result of the circumstances referred to in clause (1) or (2) of the preceding paragraph.

 

The Trustee and Paying Agent will accept and will be entitled to conclusively rely upon the Officers’ Certificate and opinion as sufficient evidence of the satisfaction of the conditions precedent described above, in which case they will be conclusive and binding on the Holders.

 

Except to the extent inconsistent with the foregoing, all provisions of Article XI of the Indenture shall apply to any redemption pursuant to this Section 3.01.

 

Section 3.02. Optional Redemption . The Company may redeem the Notes at its option, in whole or in part, at any time on or after June 30, 2020, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ prior notice, at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of their principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but not including, the Redemption Date. Article XI of the Indenture shall apply to any such redemption of the Notes.

 

Section 3.03. Partial Optional Redemption . If fewer than all of the Notes are to be redeemed, the particular Notes to be redeemed shall be selected (i) on a pro rata basis or such other method as required by the applicable procedures of the depositary (if the Notes are global Securities), or (ii) if there are no such requirements of the depositary, on a pro rata basis or such other method as may be required by applicable stock exchange rules.

 

Section 3.04. Open Market Repurchases . Notwithstanding any provision hereunder or in the Indenture to the contrary, the Company and its Affiliates may purchase Notes from investors who are willing to sell from time to time, either in the open market at prevailing prices or in private transactions at negotiated prices. Notes that the Company or any of its Affiliates purchase may, at the Company’s discretion, be held, resold or canceled.

 

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ARTICLE IV

CHANGE OF CONTROL

 

Section 4.01. Change of Control .

 

(a)       If a Change of Control occurs at any time, Holders will have the right, at their option, to require the Company to purchase for cash any or all of the Notes, or any portion of the principal amount thereof, that is equal to $25 or an integral multiple of $25. The price the Company is required to pay (the “ Change of Control Purchase Price ”) is equal to 101% of the principal amount of the Notes to be purchased plus accrued and unpaid interest to but excluding the Change of Control Purchase Date (unless the Change of Control Purchase Date is after a record date and on or prior to the interest payment date to which such record date relates, in which case the Company will instead pay the full amount of accrued and unpaid interest to the Holder on such record date and the Change of Control Purchase Price will be equal to 101% of the principal amount of the Notes to be purchased). The “ Change of Control Purchase Date ” will be a date specified by the Company that is not less than 20 or more than 35 calendar days following the date of the Change of Control notice as described below. Any Notes purchased by the Company will be paid for in cash. A “ Change of Control ” will be deemed to have occurred at the time after the Notes are originally issued if

 

(1) any “Person” (as such term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act), is or becomes the “Beneficial Owner” (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act, except that for purposes of this clause (1) such Person shall be deemed to have “Beneficial Ownership” of all shares that any such Person has the right to acquire, whether such right is exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time), directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of the Company;

 

(2) the merger or consolidation of the Company with or into another Person or the merger of another Person with or into the Company, or the sale of all or substantially all the assets of the Company (determined on a consolidated basis) to another Person other than a transaction following which, in the case of a merger or consolidation transaction, holders of securities that represented 100% of the Voting Stock of the Company immediately prior to such transaction (or other securities into which such securities are converted as part of such merger or consolidation transaction) own directly or indirectly at least a majority of the voting power of the Voting Stock of the surviving Person in such merger or consolidation transaction immediately after such transaction and in substantially the same proportion as before the transaction;

 

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(3) Continuing Directors cease to constitute at least a majority of the Board of Directors; or

 

(4) after the Notes are initially listed on the New York Stock Exchange or another national securities exchange, the Notes fail, or at any point cease, to be listed on the New York Stock Exchange or such other national securities exchange. For the avoidance of doubt, it shall not be a Change of Control if after the Notes are initially listed on the New York Stock Exchange or another national securities exchange, such Notes are subsequently listed on a different national securities exchange and the prior listing is terminated.

 

(b)       On or before the 20th day after the occurrence of a Change of Control, the Company will provide to all Holders and the Trustee and Paying Agent a notice of the occurrence of the Change of Control and of the resulting purchase right. Such notice shall state, among other things: (i) the events causing a Change of Control; (ii) the date of the Change of Control; (iii) the last date on which a Holder may exercise the repurchase right; (iv) the Change of Control Purchase Price; (v) the Change of Control Purchase Date; (vi) the name and address of the Paying Agent; and (vii) the procedures that Holders must follow to require the Company to purchase their Notes.

 

(c)       Simultaneously with providing such notice, the Company will publish a notice containing this information in a newspaper of general circulation in The City of New York or publish the information on the Company’s website or through such other public medium as the Company may use at that time.

 

(d)       To exercise the Change of Control purchase right, Holders must deliver, on or before the Business Day immediately preceding the Change of Control Purchase Date, the Notes to be purchased, duly endorsed for transfer, together with a written purchase notice and the form entitled “Option of Holder to Elect Purchase” on the reverse side of the Notes duly completed, to the Paying Agent. The purchase notice must state: (i) if certificated, the certificate numbers of the Notes to be delivered for purchase or if not certificated, the notice must comply with appropriate Depository procedures; (ii) the portion of the principal amount of Notes to be purchased, which must be $25 or a multiple thereof; and (iii) that the Notes are to be purchased by the Company pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Notes and the Indenture.

 

(e)       Holders may withdraw any purchase notice (in whole or in part) by a written notice of withdrawal delivered to the Paying Agent prior to the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding the Change of Control Purchase Date. The notice of withdrawal shall state: (i) the principal amount of the withdrawn Notes; (ii) if certificated Notes have been issued, the certificate numbers of the withdrawn Notes, or if not certificated, the notice must comply with appropriate Depository procedures; and (iii) the principal amount, if any, which remains subject to the purchase notice.

 

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(f)       On each Change of Control Purchase Date, the Company will, to the extent lawful, (i) accept for payment all Notes or portions of Notes properly tendered pursuant to the applicable Change of Control offer made by the Company, (ii) deposit with the Paying Agent at least one Business Day prior to an amount equal to the Change of Control Purchase Price in respect of all Notes or portions of Notes properly tendered pursuant to the applicable Change of Control offer made by the Company and (iii) deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee the Notes properly accepted together with an Officers’ Certificate stating the aggregate principal amount of Notes or portions of Notes being repurchased. If the Paying Agent holds money or securities sufficient to pay the Change of Control Purchase Price of the Notes on the Change of Control Purchase Date, then: (i) the Notes will cease to be outstanding and interest, including any Additional Amount, if any, will cease to accrue (whether or not book-entry transfer of the Notes is made or whether or not the Notes are delivered to the Paying Agent); and (ii) all other rights of the Holder will terminate (other than the right to receive the Change of Control Purchase Price).

 

(g)       In connection with any purchase offer pursuant to a Change of Control purchase notice, the Company will, if required, comply with the provisions of the tender offer rules under the Exchange Act that may then be applicable. To the extent that the provisions of any such securities laws or regulations conflict with the Change of Control provisions of the Notes, the Company will comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and will not be deemed to have breached its obligations under the Change of Control provisions of the Notes by virtue of such conflicts.

 

(h)       No Notes may be purchased at the option of Holders upon a Change of Control if the principal amount of the Notes has been accelerated, and such acceleration has not been rescinded, on or prior to such date.

 

ARTICLE V

COVENANTS

 

The covenants set forth in this Article V shall be applicable to the Company in addition to the covenants in Article X of the Indenture, which shall in all respects be applicable in respect of the Notes.

 

Section 5.01. Limitation on Borrowings .

 

The Company shall not permit Total Borrowings to equal or exceed 70% of Total Assets.

 

Section 5.02. Limitation on Minimum Net Worth .

 

The Company shall ensure that its Net Worth always exceeds six hundred million U.S. dollars ($600,000,000).

 

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Section 5.03. Reports .

 

During the period that any Cross Default exists, at the request of any Holder, the Company shall provide, to the extent that it is not prevented or restricted from doing so by the provisions of any relevant Credit Facility, to such Holder any report or other information that is provided to any lender or other financier under the Credit Facility giving rise to the Cross Default. As a condition to the receipt of such report or other information, such Holder must agree not to disclose such report or information to any third party or to purchase or sell any of the Company’s securities on the basis of any material, nonpublic information included in such report or other information.

 

Section 5.04. Restricted Payments .

 

The Company will not, nor will the Company permit any of its Subsidiaries to, declare or make, or agree to pay or make, directly or indirectly, any Restricted Payment, except (a) the Company may make Restricted Payments payable solely in equity interests issued by the Company and not in cash, (b) a Subsidiary of the Company may make Restricted Payments in cash to the Company or another Subsidiary of the Company and in each case to other owners of the equity of such Subsidiary on a pro rata basis and (c) the Company may make any other Restricted Payments in cash in accordance with applicable law so long as after giving effect thereto no Default has occurred and is continuing and no Default will result therefrom.

 

Section 5.05. Line of Business .

 

The primary business of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, shall be the direct or indirect ownership, management, operation, leasing or chartering of vessels for the transportation or storage of crude oil, refined petroleum products, chemicals and liquefied natural gas, for use for floating production, storage and offtake or floating storage and offtake and for any business incidental thereto

 

Section 5.06. Fundamental Changes .

 

The Company will not, nor will the Company permit any of its Subsidiaries (other than an Immaterial Subsidiary) to, merge into or consolidate with any other Person, or permit any other Person to merge into or consolidate with the Company or its Subsidiaries, or sell, transfer, lease (other than leases and charters in the ordinary course of business) or otherwise dispose of (in one transaction or in a series of transactions) all or any substantial part of the assets of the Company, or all or any substantial part of the stock of any of its Subsidiaries (in each case, whether now owned on the date of the Indenture or thereafter acquired), or liquidate or dissolve, except that, if at the time thereof and immediately after giving effect thereto no Default shall have occurred and be continuing:

 

(1) any Subsidiary may merge into the Company in a transaction in which the Company is the surviving corporation;

 

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(2) any Subsidiary may merge into any other Subsidiary in a transaction in which the Company’s consolidated ownership interest percentage in the surviving Subsidiary is no less than the Company’s consolidated ownership interest percentage in either predecessor entity;

 

(3) any Subsidiary may sell, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of its assets to the Company or to another Subsidiary;

 

(4) any Subsidiary may liquidate or dissolve if the Board of Directors determines in good faith that such liquidation or dissolution is in the best interest of the Company and is not materially disadvantageous to the Holders;

 

(5) the Company and any Subsidiary may sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of any of the Company or its Subsidiaries’ assets, including equity interests in any of its Subsidiaries, (in the ordinary course of business or otherwise) in any transaction or series of transactions so long as (A) the aggregate market value of all assets so sold, transferred, leased or otherwise disposed of under this clause (5) during any fiscal year does not exceed 25% of the aggregate market value of all of the Company and its Subsidiaries’ assets on the last day of the immediately preceding fiscal year and (B) the Company receives, or the relevant Subsidiary receives, consideration at the time of such sale, transfer, lease or other disposition at least equal to the fair market value (including as to the value of all non-cash consideration), as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors, of the assets subject to such sale, transfer, lease or other disposition;

 

(6) the Company and any of its Subsidiaries may enter into any sale, transfer or disposition that is followed by the leasing back of the asset sold, transferred or disposed of; and

 

(7) so long as no Default or Change of Control would result therefrom, the Company and any of its Subsidiaries may acquire the assets or interests of any Person, by way of merger or consolidation, so long as, after taking into account such acquisition, the transportation or storage of crude oil, refined petroleum products, chemicals and liquefied natural gas, for use for floating production, storage and offtake or floating storage and offtake and for any business incidental thereto constitute at least 51% of the Company’s consolidated total assets.

 

Section 5.07. Compliance Measurement .

 

Compliance with the covenants in this Article V shall be measured on the last day of each of the Company’s fiscal quarters, commencing June 30, 2018. Within 60 days after the end of the first three fiscal quarters each fiscal year and within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate confirming compliance with each of the covenants in this Article V. Each such Officers’ Certificate will be made available to the Holders of the Notes upon request to the Trustee. The Company shall mail, within 10 Business Days of the discovery thereof, to all Holders of the Notes and Trustee, notice of any Default in compliance with the covenants in this Article V.

 

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ARTICLE VI

EVENTS OF DEFAULT

 

Section 6.01. Additional Events of Default . In addition to the Events of Default in Article V of the Indenture, the following shall be Events of Default with respect to the Notes:

 

(a)       failure by the Company to perform or comply with the provisions of Article VIII of the Indenture (as amended by Article VIII of this First Supplemental Indenture) relating to mergers and similar events;

 

(b)       failure by the Company to provide notice of a Change of Control or to repurchase Notes tendered for repurchase following the occurrence of a Change of Control in conformity with the covenant set forth in Article IV of this First Supplemental Indenture; and

 

(c)       one or more judgments, decrees, verdicts, consent orders, consent decrees, writs, declarations or injunctions (“ Orders ”) for the payment of money in an aggregate amount of $35.0 million or more that are not covered by insurance from an unaffiliated insurance company with an A.M. Best financial strength rating of at least A- (it being understood that even if such amounts are covered by insurance from such an insurance company, such amounts shall count if responsibility for such amounts has been denied by such insurance company or such insurance company has not been properly notified of such amounts) shall be rendered against the Company or any subsidiary and remains undischarged, unvacated or unbonded for a period of 60 consecutive days during which execution shall not be effectively stayed, or any action shall be legally taken by a judgment creditor to levy upon properties of the Company or any subsidiary to enforce any such Order.

 

Section 6.02. Default Rate . After the occurrence of (i) any Default with respect to clause (1) or (2) of the definition of “Events of Default” in Section 5.1 of the Indenture or (ii) any Event of Default, Holders will have the right to receive additional interest on the Notes at an annual rate equal to 2.00% per annum (the “ Default Rate ”) of the outstanding principal amount of the Notes for each day beginning on, and including, the date on which such Default or Event of Default, as applicable, first occurs and on which such Default or Event of Default, as applicable, is continuing. This additional interest will be payable in arrears on the same dates and in the same manner as regular interest on the Notes.

 

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Section 6.03. Reporting Default . At the Company’s election, the sole remedy under the Indenture for an Event of Default relating to (i) the Company’s failure to file with the Trustee pursuant to Section 314(a)(1) of the Trust Indenture Act any documents or reports that it is required to file with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act or (ii) the failure to comply with its annual and quarterly reporting obligations to the Trustee and the Commission, as described in, will, after the occurrence of such an Event of Default, consist exclusively of the right to receive additional interest on the Notes at an annual rate equal to (i) 0.25% per annum of the outstanding principal amount of the Notes for each day during the 90-day period beginning on, and including, the date on which such Event of Default first occurs and on which such Event of Default is continuing; and (ii) 0.50% per annum of the outstanding principal amount of the Notes for each day during the 90-day period beginning on, and including, the 91st day following, and including the date on which such Event of Default first occurs and on which such Event of Default is continuing. In the event the Company do not elect to pay the additional interest upon an Event of Default in accordance with this paragraph, the Notes will be subject to acceleration as provided in Section 5.2 of the Indenture. This additional interest will be payable in arrears on the same dates and in the same manner as regular interest on the Notes. On the 181st day after such Event of Default first occurs (if not waived or cured prior to such 181st day), such additional interest will cease to accrue and the Notes will be subject to acceleration as provided above. The provisions of this Section 6.03 will not affect the rights of Holders in the event of the occurrence of any other Events of Default.

 

In order to elect to pay additional interest as the sole remedy during the first 180 days after the occurrence of an Event of Default relating to the failure to comply with the reporting obligations in accordance with the immediately preceding paragraph, the Company must notify all Holders and the Trustee and Paying Agent of such election on or before the close of business on the fifth Business Day prior to the date on which such Event of Default would otherwise occur. Upon the Company’s failure to timely give such notice or pay additional interest, the Notes will be immediately subject to acceleration as provided in Section 5.2 of the Indenture.

 

ARTICLE VII

 

ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS

 

Section 7.01. Additional Amounts .

 

(a)       All payments made by or on behalf of the Company under or with respect to the Notes will be made free and clear of and without withholding or deduction for, or on account of, any present or future tax, duty, levy, impost, assessment or other governmental charge (including penalties, interest and other liabilities related thereto) (hereinafter “ Taxes ”) unless the withholding or deduction of such Taxes is then required by law. If any deduction or withholding for, or on account of, any Taxes imposed or levied by or on behalf of the government of the Republic of the Marshall Islands or any political subdivision or any authority or agency therein or thereof having power to tax, or any other jurisdiction in which the Company (including any successor entity) is organized or is otherwise resident for tax purposes, or any jurisdiction from or through which payment is made by the Company or its agent (including, without limitation, the jurisdiction of each Paying Agent) (each a “ Specified Tax Jurisdiction ”), will at any time be required to be made from any payments made under or with respect to the Notes. The Company will pay such additional amounts (the “ Additional Amounts ”) as may be necessary so that the net amount received in respect of such payments by a Holder (including Additional Amounts) after such withholding or deduction will not be less than the amount such Holder would have received if such Taxes had not been withheld or deducted; provided , however , that the foregoing obligation to pay Additional Amounts does not apply to:

 

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(1)       any Taxes that would not have been so imposed but for the Holder or beneficial owner of the Notes having any present or former connection with the Specified Tax Jurisdiction including any such connection arising as a result of such Holder or beneficial owner (i) being organized under the laws of, or otherwise being or having been a domiciliary, citizen, resident or national thereof, (ii) being or having been engaged in a trade or business therein, (iii) having or having had its principal office located therein, (iv) maintaining a permanent establishment therein, (v) being or having been physically present therein, or (vi) otherwise having or having had some connection with the Specified Tax Jurisdiction (other than, in each case, any present or former connection arising as a result of the mere acquisition, ownership, holding, enforcement or receipt of payment in respect of the Notes);

 

(2)       any estate, inheritance, gift, sales, excise, transfer, personal property tax or similar tax, assessment or governmental charge;

 

(3)       any Taxes payable other than by deduction or withholding from payments under, or with respect to, the Notes;

 

(4)       any Taxes imposed that would not have been imposed but for a failure of the Holder or beneficial owner to comply with a written request of the Company or its agent addressed to the Holder to timely provide any applicable certification, documentation, information or other reporting requirement concerning the nationality, residence, identity or connection with the relevant Specified Tax Jurisdiction of the Holder or beneficial owner of a Note if such compliance is required as a precondition to relief or exemption from such Taxes;

 

(5)       any Taxes that would not have been so imposed but for the beneficiary of the payment having presented a Note for payment (in cases in which presentation is required) more than 30 days after the date on which such payment or such Note became due and payable or the date on which payment thereof is duly provided for, whichever is later (except to the extent that the Holder would have been entitled to Additional Amounts had the Note been presented on the last day of such 30-day period);

 

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(6)       any Taxes imposed on or with respect to any payment by the Company to the Holder if such Holder is a fiduciary or partnership or Person other than the sole beneficial owner of such payment, to the extent that a beneficiary or settlor with respect to such fiduciary, a member of such partnership or the beneficial owner of such payment would not have been entitled to Additional Amounts had such beneficiary, settlor, member or beneficial owner been the actual Holder of such Note;

 

(7)       any Taxes imposed under Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “ Code ”), as of the issue date of the Notes (or any amended or successor version that is substantively comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with), or any U.S. Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder or official administrative interpretations thereof and any agreements entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b)(1) of the Code or any fiscal or regulatory legislation, rules or practices adopted pursuant to any intergovernmental agreement entered into in connection with the implementation of such sections of the Code; or

 

(8)       any combination of items (1) through (7) above.

 

(b)       If the Company becomes aware that it will be obligated to pay Additional Amounts with respect to any payment under or with respect to the Notes, the Company will deliver to the Trustee and Paying Agent at least 30 days prior to the date of that payment (unless the obligation to pay Additional Amounts arises after the 30th day prior to that payment date, in which case the Company will notify the Trustee and Paying Agent promptly thereafter but in no event later than two Business Days prior to the date of payment) an Officers’ Certificate stating the fact that Additional Amounts will be payable and the amount so payable. The Officers’ Certificate shall also set forth any other information necessary to enable the Paying Agent to pay Additional Amounts to Holders on the relevant payment date. The Trustee and Paying Agent will be entitled to rely solely on such Officers’ Certificate as conclusive proof that such payments are necessary. The Company will provide the Trustee and Paying Agent with documentation reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee and Paying Agent evidencing the payment of Additional Amounts.

 

(c)       The Company will make all withholdings and deductions required by law and will remit the full amount deducted or withheld to the relevant governmental authority on a timely basis in accordance with applicable law. As soon as practicable, the Company will provide the Trustee and Paying Agent with an official receipt or, if official receipts are not obtainable, other documentation reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee and Paying Agent evidencing the payment of the Taxes so withheld or deducted. Upon written request, copies of those receipts or other documentation, as the case may be, will be made available by the Trustee and Paying Agent to the Holders of the Notes.

 

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(d)       Whenever in the Indenture, this First Supplemental Indenture or the Notes there is referenced, in any context, the payment of amounts based upon the principal amount of the Notes or of principal, interest or any other amount payable under, or with respect to, the Notes, such reference will be deemed to include payment of Additional Amounts as described under this heading to the extent that, in such context, Additional Amounts are, were or would be payable in respect thereof.

 

(e)       The Company will pay any present or future stamp, court, issuer, registration or documentary taxes or any other excise or property taxes, charges or similar levies that arise in any Specified Tax Jurisdiction from the execution, delivery, enforcement or registration of the Notes, the Indenture or any other document or instrument in relation thereof, or the receipt of any payments with respect to the Notes, and the Company will indemnify the Holders for any such taxes paid by such Holders.

 

Section 7.02. Obligations to Survive . The obligations described in Section 7.01 of this First Supplemental Indenture will survive any termination, defeasance or discharge of the Indenture and will apply mutatis mutandis to any jurisdiction in which any successor person to the Company is organized or any political subdivision or authority or agency thereof or therein.

 

ARTICLE VIII

 

Consolidation, Merger, Conveyance, transfer or lease

 

Section 8.01. Company May Consolidate, Etc. Only on Certain Terms . Solely for purposes of the Notes, the following shall replace in its entirety clause (1) of Section 8.1 of the Indenture:

 

“(1) the successor Person is a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Cayman Islands, the United States, any State of the United States or the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of the Bahamas, the Commonwealth of Bermuda, the British Virgin Islands or any Member State of the European Union and expressly assumes, by supplemental indenture, 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 all the Notes and the performance or observation of every covenant of this First Supplemental Indenture and the Indenture on the part of the Company to be performed or observed;”

 

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ARTICLE IX

 

MISCELLANEOUS

 

Section 9.01. Ratification of Indenture .

 

This First Supplemental Indenture is executed and shall be constructed as an indenture supplement to the Indenture, and as supplemented and modified hereby, the Indenture is in all respects ratified and confirmed, and the Indenture and this First Supplemental Indenture shall be read, taken and constructed as one and the same instrument.

 

Section 9.02. Conflict with Trust Indenture Act .

 

If any provision of this First Supplemental Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with a provision of the Trust Indenture Act that is required under such Act to be a part of and govern this First Supplemental Indenture, the latter provision shall control. If any provision of this First Supplemental Indenture modifies or excludes any provision of the Trust Indenture Act that may be so modified or excluded, such provision shall be deemed to apply to this First Supplemental Indenture as so modified or to be excluded, as the case may be.

 

Section 9.03. Notices, Etc. to Trustee and Company; Notice to Holders; Waiver .

 

All notices and other communications shall be given as provided in Section 1.5 and 1.6 of the Indenture.

 

Section 9.04. Governing Law; Waiver of Jury Trial; Consent to Jurisdiction .

 

This First Supplemental Indenture and the Notes shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York (including but not limited to N.Y. General Obligations Law Section 5-1401 and any successor statute thereto).

 

Each of the Company and the Trustee, and each Holder by its acceptance thereof, hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any and all right it may have to trial by jury in any legal proceeding directly or indirectly arising out of or relating to the Indenture, this First Supplemental Indenture, the Notes or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby.

 

Each of the Company and the Trustee irrevocably consents and submits, for itself and in respect of any of its assets or property, to the nonexclusive jurisdiction of any court of the State of New York or any United States court sitting, in each case, in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, New York, United States of America, and of any appellate court in respect thereof in any suit, action or proceeding that may be brought in connection with the Indenture, this First Supplemental Indenture or the Notes, and waives any immunity from the jurisdiction of such courts. Each of the Company and the Trustee irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any objection to any such suit, action or proceeding that may be brought in such courts whether on the grounds of venue, residence or domicile or on the ground that any such suit, action or proceeding has been brought in an inconvenient forum. Each of the Company and the Trustee agrees, to the fullest extent that it lawfully may do so, that final judgment in any such suit, action or proceeding brought in such a court shall be conclusive and binding upon the Company and the Trustee, respectively, and the Company waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any objection to the enforcement by any competent court in the Company’s jurisdiction of organization of judgments validly obtained in any such court in New York on the basis of such suit, action or proceeding.

 

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Section 9.05. Successors and Assigns .

 

All covenants and agreements in this First Supplemental Indenture and the Notes by the Company shall bind its successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not.

 

Section 9.06. Separability Clause .

 

In case any provision in this First Supplemental Indenture or in the Notes shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality, and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired by such invalid, illegal, or unenforceable provision.

 

Section 9.07. Counterparts .

 

This First Supplemental 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 9.08. Effect of Headings .

 

The Article and Section headings of this First Supplemental Indenture are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction of this First Supplemental Indenture.

 

Section 9.09. Trustee Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Notes .

 

The recitals contained herein and in the Notes, except the Trustee’s certificate of authentication, shall be taken as the statements of the Company, and the Trustee or any Authenticating Agent assumes no responsibility for their correctness. The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this First Supplemental Indenture or of the Notes. The Trustee or any Authenticating Agent shall not be accountable for the use or application by the Company of Notes or the proceeds from such Notes. The Trustee shall not be responsible to make any calculation with respect to any matter under this First Supplemental Indenture. The Trustee shall have no duty to monitor or investigate the Company’s compliance with or the breach of, or cause to be performed or observed, any representation, warranty, or covenant, or agreement of any Person, other than the Trustee, made in this First Supplemental Indenture.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this First Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed as of the date first written above.

 

  COMPANY:
   
  INTERNATIONAL SEAWAYS, INC.
   
  By:  /s/ James D. Small III
    Name: James D. Small III
    Title: Chief Administrative Officer, Senior Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel

 

 

 

 

 

 

  TRUSTEE:
   
  THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, as Trustee
   
  By:  /s/ Laurence J. O’Brien
    Name: Laurence J. O’Brien
    Title: Vice President

 

 

 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT A

 

FORM OF NOTE

 

THIS NOTE IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITORY (AS DEFINED IN THE INDENTURE) OR A NOMINEE THEREOF. THIS NOTE IS EXCHANGEABLE FOR NOTES REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A PERSON OTHER THAN THE DEPOSITORY OR ITS NOMINEE ONLY IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE AND, UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR NOTES IN DEFINITIVE FORM, THIS NOTE MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITORY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITORY, OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITORY TO THE DEPOSITORY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITORY, OR BY THE DEPOSITORY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITORY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITORY.

 

UNLESS THIS NOTE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“ DTC ”), TO THE COMPANY (AS DEFINED BELOW) OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY NOTE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.

 

CUSIP NO. 46032V 106
ISIN NO. US46032V1061

 

INTERNATIONAL SEAWAYS, INC.

8.50% SENIOR NOTE DUE 2023

$ No.:        

 

INTERNATIONAL SEAWAYS, INC., a Marshall Islands corporation (hereinafter called the “ Company ”, which term includes any successor corporation under the Indenture referred to below), for value received, hereby promises to pay to [●] / [insert if Global Security: Cede & Co.], or registered assigns, the principal sum [of $[●] ([●] DOLLARS)] [insert if Global Security: set forth on Schedule I annexed hereto] on June 30, 2023, and to pay interest thereon from May 31, 2018 or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, quarterly on March 30, June 30, September 30 and December 30 of each year, commencing on September 30, 2018, at the rate of 8.50% per annum, until the principal hereof is paid or made available for payment. Interest on this Note shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months. If any Interest Payment Date or the Maturity Date falls on a day that is not a Business Day, the required payment shall be made on the next Business Day as if it were made on the date such payment was due and no interest shall accrue on the amount so payable for the period from and after such Interest Payment Date or the Maturity Date, as the case may be, to such next Business Day. The interest so payable and punctually paid or duly provided for on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in the Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Note (or one or more predecessor Notes) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest, which shall be March 15, June 15, September 15 or December 15 (whether or not a Business Day), as the case may be, next preceding such Interest Payment Date. Any such interest which is payable but not punctually paid or duly provided for on any Interest Payment Date shall forthwith cease to be payable to the registered Holder hereof on the relevant Regular Record Date by virtue or having been such Holder, and may be paid to the Person in whose name this Note (or one or more predecessor Notes) is registered at the close of business on a subsequent special record date (which shall be at least 10 days before the payment date) for the payment of such defaulted interest to be fixed by the Company, notice whereof shall be given to the Holders of Notes of this series not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or may be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Notes may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in the Indenture.

 

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Payment of the principal of and interest on this Note (including, without limitation, any purchase price relating to a Change of Control) will be made at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose in The Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts; provided , however , that, at the option of the Company, interest may be paid by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register; provided , further , that payment to DTC or any successor depository may be made by wire transfer to the account designated by DTC or such successor depository in writing.

 

This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Company designated as its 8.50% Senior Notes due 2023 (herein called the “ Notes ”), issued and to be issued in one or more series under an Indenture, dated as of May 31, 2018 (the “ Base Indenture ”), between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee (herein called the “ Trustee ”, which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture, dated May 31, 2018, between the Company and the Trustee (the “ First Supplemental Indenture ” and, together with the Base Indenture, the “ Indenture ”), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Notes, and of the terms upon which the Notes are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. This Note is one of the series designated on the face hereof.

 

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If an Event of Default with respect to the Notes shall occur and be continuing, the principal of the Notes may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.

 

The Notes are redeemable by the Company at its option prior to maturity as set forth in Sections 3.01 and 3.02 of the First Supplemental Indenture.

 

The Notes are not subject to any sinking fund.

 

Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control, each Holder of Notes will have the right to require the Company to purchase all or a portion of such Holder’s Notes at a purchase price equal to 101% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to but excluding the date of purchase.

 

The Indenture contains provisions permitting, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and the rights of the Holders of the Notes of each series issued under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the written consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes at the time Outstanding of each series affected thereby. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of specified percentages in aggregate principal amount of the Notes of any series at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Notes of such series, to waive compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Note shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Note and of any Notes issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Note.

 

No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Note or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and interest on this Note, at the times, place and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein and in the Indenture prescribed.

 

As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations set forth therein and in this Note, the transfer of this Note may be registered on the Security Register upon surrender of this Note for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose in any place where the principal of and interest on this Note are payable, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or by his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Notes of this series and of like tenor, of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.

 

The Notes are issuable only in registered form in the denominations of $25 or any integral multiple thereof. As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations set forth in the Indenture, and in this Note, the Notes are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Notes of this series in different authorized denominations, as requested by the Holders surrendering the same.

 

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No service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith, other than in certain cases provided in the Indenture.

 

Prior to due presentment of this Note for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Note is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Note be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

 

The Indenture contains provisions whereby (i) the Company may be discharged from its obligations with respect to the Notes (subject to certain exceptions) or (ii) the Company may be released from its obligations under specified covenants and agreements in the Indenture, in each case if the Company irrevocably deposits with the Trustee money or U.S. Government Obligations, or a combination thereof, in an amount sufficient, without consideration of any reinvestment, to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness on all Notes of this series, and satisfies certain other conditions, all as more fully provided in the Indenture.

 

This Note 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.

 

All terms used in this Note without definition that are defined in the Indenture or the First Supplemental Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture or the First Supplemental Indenture, respectively.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Note to be duly executed as of the date set forth below.

 

Date:  
   
  INTERNATIONAL SEAWAYS, INC.
   
  By:       
    Name:
    Title:
     
  By:     
    Name:
    Title:

 

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Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication

 

This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.

 

Dated:  
   
  THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON,
  as Trustee
   
  By:  
    Authorized Signatory

 

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ASSIGNMENT FORM

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s) unto

 

PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR
OTHER IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE

 

PLEASE PRINT OR TYPEWRITE NAME AND ADDRESS INCLUDING POSTAL ZIP CODE OF ASSIGNEE

   
   
   

 

the within Security and all rights thereunder, hereby irrevocably constituting and appointing attorney to transfer said Security on the books of the Company, with full power of substitution in the premises.

 

Dated:    

 

Signature:    

 

NOTICE: THE SIGNATURE TO THIS ASSIGNMENT MUST CORRESPOND WITH THE NAME AS WRITTEN UPON THE FACE OF THE WITHIN INSTRUMENT IN EVERY PARTICULAR, WITHOUT ALTERATION OR ENLARGEMENT OR ANY CHANGE WHATEVER.

 

Signature Guarantee:

 

SIGNATURE GUARANTEE

 

Signatures must be guaranteed by an “eligible guarantor institution” meeting the requirements of the Registrar, which requirements include membership or participation in the Security Transfer Agent Medallion Program (“ STAMP ”) or such other “signature guarantee program” as may be determined by the Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

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OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE

 

If you want to elect to have this Note purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 4.01 of the First Supplemental Indenture, check the box:

¨

 

If you want to elect to have only part of this Note purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 4.01 of the First Supplemental Indenture, state the amount in principal amount: $_______________

 

Dated:        Your Signature:    
        (Sign exactly as your name appears
 on the other side of this Note.)

 

Signature Guarantee:     
  (Signature must be guaranteed)

 

Signatures must be guaranteed by an “eligible guarantor institution” meeting the requirements of the Registrar, which requirements include membership or participation in the Security Transfer Agent Medallion Program (“ STAMP ”) or such other “signature guarantee program” as may be determined by the Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

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Schedule I

 

SCHEDULE OF TRANSFERS AND EXCHANGES

 

The initial principal amount of this Global Security is $[●] [(● DOLLARS)]. The following increases or decreases in principal amount of this Global Security have been made:

 

Date of
Exchange

 

Amount of
Decrease in
Principal
Amount of this
Global Security

 

Amount of
Increase in
Principal Amount
of this Global
Security

 

Principal Amount
of this Global
Security following
such Decrease or
Increase

 

Signature of
Authorized
Signatory of
trustee or
Custodian

                 
                 
                 

 

Exhibit A - Schedule I

 

 

Exhibit 5.1

 

REEDER & SIMPSON, P.C.

ATTORNEYS AT LAW

 

P.O. Box 601 RMI Tel.: +692-625-3602
RRE Commercial Center Honolulu Tel.: 808-352-0749
Majuro, MH 96960 Email: dreeder.rmi@gmail.com
Marshall Islands r.simpson@simpson.gr

 

May 31, 2018

 

International Seaways, Inc.

600 Third Avenue, 39th Floor,

New York, New York, 10016

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

Re: International Seaways, Inc.

 

We have acted as Marshall Islands counsel to International Seaways, Inc. (the “ Company ”), a corporation organized under the laws of the Republic of the Marshall Islands (the “ RMI ”), in connection with (a) the Company’s offering (the “ Offering ”), of US$25,000,000.00 of 8.50% Notes due 2023 (the “ Securities ”), pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-224313) (the “ Registration Statement ”), (b) the Underwriting Agreement dated May 24, 2018 (the “ Underwriting Agreement ”), between the Company and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC and Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated, as representative of the several Underwriters listed on Schedule II of the Underwriting Agreement (collectively, the “ Underwriters ”); and (c) the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement of the Company dated May 23, 2018 (the “ Preliminary Prospectus ”), and the Final Prospectus Supplement of the Company dated May 24, 2018 (the “ Final Prospectus, ” and, together with the Preliminary Prospectus, the “ Prospectus ”), with respect to the Offering. The Securities will be issued under an indenture dated as of May 31, 2018 (the “ Base Indenture ”), between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee (the “ Trustee ”), as supplemented by a first supplemental indenture dated as of May 31, 2018 (the “ Supplemental Indenture ” and, together with the Base Indenture the “ Indenture ”).

 

In connection with this opinion, we have examined originals or electronic copies, certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction, the following documents (together the “ Documents ”): (i) the Registration Statement; (ii) the Prospectus; (iii) the Underwriting Agreement; (iv) the Company’s Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation; (v) the Indenture; (vi) a copy of the Securities in global form as executed by the Company and authenticated by the Trustee, (vii) the Company’s Bylaws; and (viii) resolutions of the meetings of the Board of Directors of the Company, approving the offering of the Securities and all action relating thereto. We have also examined such corporate documents and records of the Company and other instruments, certificates and documents as we have deemed necessary or appropriate as a basis for the opinions hereinafter expressed. In such examinations, we have assumed the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity to original documents of all documents submitted to us as electronic copies or drafts of documents to be executed, the genuineness of all signatures, and the legal competence or capacity of persons or entities to execute and deliver such documents. As to various questions of fact which are material to the opinions hereinafter expressed, we have relied upon statements or certificates of public officials, directors of the Company and others, and have made no independent investigation, but have assumed that any representation, warranty or statement of fact or law, other than as to the laws of the RMI, made in any of the Documents is true, accurate and complete.

 

 

 

 

Based upon and subject to the foregoing, and having regard to such other legal considerations that we deem relevant, we are of the opinion that:

 

  1. The Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the RMI, with full corporate power and authority to enter into and deliver the Indenture and the Securities.

 

  2. The Indenture and the Securities have been duly authorized, validly executed and delivered by the Company and do not conflict with, or result in a breach or violation of, (i) the articles of incorporation or by-laws of the Company or (ii) any RMI statute, law rule, order, or regulation of general application to which the Company is subject.

 

  3. Under the laws of the RMI, when the Securities have been issued and delivered in accordance with the terms of the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, the Indenture and the Underwriting Agreement, and upon payment of the consideration therefore, the Securities will constitute binding obligations of the Company.

 

We qualify our opinion to the extent that we express no opinion as to any law other than the laws of the RMI, including the statutes and Constitution of the RMI, as in effect on the date hereof and the reported judicial decisions interpreting such statutes and constitution. None of the opinions expressed herein relates to compliance with or matters governed by the laws of any jurisdiction except the RMI. In rendering this opinion, we have (A) relied in respect of matters of fact upon certificates of officers and employees of the Company and upon information obtained from public officials and (B) assumed that all documents submitted to us as originals are authentic, that all copies submitted to us conform to the originals thereof, and that the signatures on all documents examined by us are genuine.

 

We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as Exhibit 5.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K of the Company dated May 31, 2018, and to each reference to us under the heading “Legal Matters” in the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus and the Final Prospectus, without admitting we are an “expert” within the meaning of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.

 

  Sincerely,
     
  By: /s/ Dennis J. Reeder
   

Dennis J. Reeder

    Reeder & Simpson, P.C.

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 5.2

 

 

 

May 31, 2018

 

International Seaways, Inc.

600 Third Avenue, 39th Floor,

New York, New York, 10016

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

We have acted as special counsel to International Seaways, Inc., a corporation organized under the laws of the Republic of the Marshall Islands (the “Company”), in connection with the Company’s offering of $25,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 8.50% Senior Notes due June 30, 2023 (the “Securities”) pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-224313​). Such registration statement, as amended as of its most recent effective date (May 24, 2018), insofar as it relates to the Securities (as determined for purposes of Rule 430B(f)(2) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”)), is herein called the “Registration Statement,” and the prospectus, dated May 21, 2018, as supplemented by the prospectus supplement thereto, dated May 24, 2018, is herein called the “Prospectus.” The Securities were issued under an indenture dated as of May 31, 2018 as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture dated as of May 31, 2018 (together, the “Indenture”), in each case between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee (the “Trustee”).

 

In arriving at the opinion expressed below, we have reviewed the following documents:

 

(a) the Registration Statement;

 

(b) the Prospectus;

 

(c) an executed copy of the Underwriting Agreement, dated May 24, 2018, between the Company and the several underwriters named in Schedule II thereto;

 

(d) an executed copy of the Indenture; and

 

 

 

 

 

 

International Seaways, Inc., p. 2

 

(e) a copy of the Securities in global form as executed by the Company and authenticated by the Trustee.

 

In addition, we have reviewed the originals or copies certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction of all such other documents, and we have made such investigations of law, as we have deemed appropriate as a basis for the opinion expressed below.

 

In rendering the opinion expressed below, we have assumed the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals and the conformity to the originals of all documents submitted to us as copies. In addition, we have assumed and have not verified the accuracy as to factual matters of each document we have reviewed.

 

Based on the foregoing, and subject to the further assumptions and qualifications set forth below, it is our opinion that the Securities are the valid, binding and enforceable obligations of the Company, entitled to the benefits of the Indenture.

 

Insofar as the foregoing opinion relates to the validity, binding effect or enforceability of any agreement or obligation of the Company, (a) we have assumed that the Company and each other party to such agreement or obligation has satisfied those legal requirements that are applicable to it to the extent necessary to make such agreement or obligation enforceable against it (except that no such assumption is made as to the Company regarding matters of the law of the State of New York that in our experience normally would be applicable to general business entities with respect to such agreement or obligation), (b) such opinion is subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency and similar laws affecting creditors' rights generally and to general principles of equity and (c) such opinions are subject to the effect of judicial application of foreign laws or foreign governmental actions affecting creditors’ rights.

 

In giving the foregoing opinion, we have assumed the correctness, without independent investigation, as to matters relating to the law of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, of the opinion of Reeder & Simpson, P.C., a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 5.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K of the Company dated May 31, 2018 (the “May 31, 2018 8-K”), and our opinion is subject to all of the limitations and qualifications contained therein. Except insofar as we have assumed the correctness of matters relating to the law of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, our opinion is limited to the law of the State of New York.

 

We hereby consent to the use of our name in the Prospectus under the heading “Legal Matters,” as counsel for the Company that has passed on the validity of the Securities and to the filing of this opinion as Exhibit 5.2 to the May 31, 2018 8-K. In giving such consent, we do not thereby admit that we are within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act or the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder.

 

 

 

 

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The opinion expressed herein is rendered on and as of the date hereof, and we assume no obligation to advise you or any other person, or to make any investigations, as to any legal developments or factual matters arising subsequent to the date hereof that might affect the opinion expressed herein.

 

  Very truly yours,
   
  CLEARY GOTTLIEB STEEN & HAMILTON LLP
   
  By: /s/ Jeffrey D. Karpf
    Jeffrey D. Karpf, a Partner